The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-01-04 00:00:00

PRI:ATE CORRESPONDENCE. We hasten with pleasure to publish the fidlow log sp i r ited sentiments and observations of the writer in a ;lei% ate letter from Wirtemburgh, as a arrnfiUa which, we trust, will greatly help to kindle that flame of liberty, which we hope to see at to great distainv enlighten all Germany. sn . r „ ir r, list . lttl9. The States of our little ki n gdom are at length convoked, anti the attention of all grassy is naturally enough turned towards us. It is in het about to ace whether the logotted policy of the Aus- Mao Calline. and stall more oppressive system adopted Ire thst itt rim % An really succeed in preventing all t ie minor Soveretetts from giving such institutions to the i r p eo ple ;13 the span of the . age, no less than public opio i„, ao l oe flly demand. It ette Constituti n, on is a real compact bete the king. and the Natio the anti lia,sed by the Diet at Frankfort, l a ma ' g,. ,„ liitons Ile not exist ..r the inhabitants of Wirtembitrgh. We are. than k It eei reit, rwathipatrtl,.anti no power on earth t o wrest Ow long-as isheil-for triumph from our hands. ;we:. chat ic , sso d . at I% Jessie, anti the King's subse quent recetitint: et our Nlitnieipal Burly, there can no longer be any ooulit ut his intention to govern constitu iienatiy, he arts thus, his Majesty has nothing io fear front fireig , t influence, his asoeven powerful it may be: that he has tl..termined to be independent, there are proits on record. Prince Paul, the biog . & brother, v.ho has been so lone at Paris, is sunituoned IA attend the (:handier Of Peer s > ; we rely on the patriot igos.f his Itoyat Highness on th.s trying occasion, and on lideutly hope that no personal feelings will prevent • bs mmediate and hearty co-operation with those who, :hotsgh perhaps blameable in other respects, have at Ina the merit of wishin, to save the ilaerties of our common country, threatened as they are on every side. Snack by the fatal effects of pi..itical divisions in other conntries, recent measures have taught us the import anre and imessity of burying party animosities in oblivion, as affording Wirtetuburgh the only hope of ultimate victory. Anecdote of the just and upright Judge Jef *Ties, who thought, at least spoke, of the Trimmers of his day, as certtin Judges of our's speak of the Radicuts. Jefferies fell a sacrifice to his hostility to therairritirg Trimmers, as some others may one day to the pour Radicals. The anecdote in North's Life of Lord Keel cr Guilford is so curious, and il !nitrates in so striking a manner the ferocious cha mfer of ictreries, that we a: . e induced to give the whole pa.....4ii:e : .. One of .lietie intemperances was fatal to him. There was a scritener. of Wapping, brought to hearing, for relief against a hammery howl. The contingency of losing an !Atte showed. the bill was going to bedit teissol; bat one to' the plaintiff's Counsel said, that be was estrange fellow, and sometimes went to church, some times to coneentieles, and none could tell what to make of kin; awl it was thoeucht he erosa 'flimsier. At that the Cksatellu'r tired. " And o Trimmer!" said he, " I here Writ aim if '.l that mounter, bet s u rer saw one. Come forth, Mr. Tri,mnr ; turn you rotund, and let us see year shat e:- and at that rate talked so long, that tio pour tel!oty nos ready to drop under him ; but at last the hilt was dismissed with coats, and he went his way. In the hall, one of his friends asked him liaw he came oil' " Came off !" said be, " I hare esrapedfiom the terrors gthat wax's fare, which I world *wee aspictgpl a gicisi to sure nix 411; axd I shall eer taint, here Insfrig . htfat impression of is loss, as I Hue." Afterward', when the Prince of :Orange cause, and all was in colifut,ion, this Lord Chancellor, being very ob noxious, disguised hirasslf, in order to go beyond sea. He was in a seaman's garb, and drinking a pot in a cel lar. This scrivener came into the cellar after some of I is client,. and his eye caught that face which made him start; and the Chancellor, seeing himself eyed, feigned a cough. and turned the other way with his pot in his hand. But Mr. Trimmer went out, and gave notice that he ea' there; 1% hereupon the mob dewed in, and he was in extreme hazard of his life," kr.c.—(Noi•th' Lift. of U. Keeper t;eisbrel. p. 2t0.) THE Dt vit. IN A DRAWER.—" In looking over the Alberni Dircrtcry, at the Eagle Tavern, a gen tleman near me ol.served in the same the name of one ' Silva &litre. Fortune-teller, No. 8, Chapel meet,' and he said, that if I would accompany him he should like to pay a visit to this pahnister and professor of trecruman.ic art. I readily consented, and we set out. After alma. a thi!e% su alit, we arrived at the residence of the Albauy f'rie's cs-.—Alounting rather a broken stoop, we knocked, and were introduced into a mystic parlour; where a Park anii dirty Sibyl, near '2llO weight, as I should smilsiese, made her appearance. and requested us to sit down. Ileiug informed of the nature of our er rand, she produced a park of cards, atid after making a circle, she went through the usual proceeding, repeat ing, ' a long journey by water—severe illness—fortune by marriapt--six or seven children—great danger and happy esvi p e ; &c. &e. when suddenly, out of the drawer from which she had taken the cards, a loud voice voci ferated, ' lloid! You old hag! you're telling lies!' The astonishment depleted on the countenance of pour Silva Zelwre, and I:er assistant, a black yid. may be easily iniagiuct!. Silence and looks of amazement ensued, and tontiumal for a few seconds ; but in some degree reco vering ht rsitif fialtu the fright, she savann a about to pro teed, elicit again voices assailed her that appeared to come from under the floor in the cellar, and then out of the cliiiiiney, on which they were both seized with such a panic, that overthrowing table, cards, and the whole apparcto, they jumped up, made for the door, asset dis ollPearA, ltavi lig mu convulsed with laughter, to find our way nut in the dark as well as we could. " I inuoit now tell you, that the gentleman who caused this ludicrous scene of merriment, and made an impression on me that I can never forget, was a celebrated ventri loquist, elm had lately given specimens of his very ex traordinary ta!ent."--(.4lbang Paper.) Tim THEAT3E.—We have had some novelty at our Theatre. Mr. CHARLES CONNOR, formerly of the Dublin Stage, and mow of Covent-Garden, ap peared on T:!..sday night as Fitzjames, and last night as Harr!, Nemesia. This evening lie will play Major ir Floh• , sq.—Mr. CON NOR can play all of the characters in whirls he appears very respectably; but in Irish cha racters, we think him calculated to reads a high degree of excellence—we mean the Irish Gextlemen ; we be lieve there is no other individual on the. English or Irish Stage his equal in such characters. We should be glad of his return to the Dublin Stage, shunt., it escape the ruin which inipends over it, owing to a fatal concnrreuce of circumstances.—(Doldin Evening Post ) A few days since, the workmen, who are laying down the new water pipes under the pavement at the north side of College-lireen,foand, nearly opposite Dr. PRIVIIARD . S house, tdiree human skeletons. They were at first in good pnonrvation,, but mouldered into dust upon being handled. The teeth were remarkably tine and perfect. We remember a similar circnnistance, a short time since, in that neighbourhood ; and indeed, when w e recollect that the whole space was formerly the Cemetery of St. Augustin's Monastery, and also of the haunt's Church, now the Mayor's Chapel, we can easily *account for the sccutisscs.—(Bristol Mercury.) EPIGIUMg. TIM POLE STIR. State Tcros of the Compass spurn, And on the rough sea roll; But by the magnet toueh'd;they turn Like needle to the l'ole.• JOCVLATOR. • Mr. Pole is Master of the Mint. ON Tilt NAVIES OF TWO DIVUNAL THE cotitir•" JIND THZ POST." •. Cowrier and Post ;—bat why thus name Themselves, tills Vulgar Jacks?" •• Nay. sure 'tis well jud;'d in thesis same; How kites* them else for Hams?" JOet I. ATOR IMAM , ►Ot A ATAIIITIIAO ►tOPLE. " Driven by dire want, we ask some aid or ) ou, wko kelp yonrselres to plenty.•" " Pram!—!lave we not like Christians pray's!. Assist them !leaven !'— Wilt nought content ye?" Dee. VI, 1019. Jut t LATna. • Alluding to certain Trustees for Public Charities.—See Mr. Brougham's Inquir). BRIGHTON. ✓AN. 3. The attendance of Nobility_ on Saturday morn ing, to leave their Dames in Marlborough-row, for several hours was so numerous, that the enclosed Palace lawn assumed the appearance, as it were, of a public promenade. The Regent continues in the enjoyment of sound health and good spirits. The Duchess of Gloucester renewed her warm bathing at Williams's on Wednesday. In the ttttt rning of Friday, her Royal Highness. wills I the Duelain of Leeds, alighted from her carriage on tbs Marine Parade, and continued, for some time, app rently .h to enjoy the walk. This part of the town. when the sharp breath of Boreas desolates :he northern extremity, is irresistibly attractive; for, warmed by the reflected solar rays on the glass of ocean, the atm ! sphere is often tempered to the geniality of spring, in the coldest periods of winter. The new stone pavement here, also, extending from the Steyne to the Royal Cres cent, is inviting to pedestrian exercises. The Prince Regent was on horseback in the Riding school on Saturday. The Duchess of Gloucester's dinner party on New Year's Day, consisted of the Regent. the Duchess of Leeds, the Marquis and Marchioness and Lady E. Co nyngham, the F.arl and Countess of Mexhorough, the. Earl and Countess of Warwick, and General Sir B. This town will again have to regret the absence of its Royal benefactor on Wednesday morning, his Royal Highness purposing to return to Carbon House on that day. The departure of the Duchess of Gloucester will also take place on Wednesday. LEWES, J.i.v . 3. The Duke of Wellington, on last Friday even ing, paid a second visit to Maresdeld Park Man- • sion, to spend a few dr i p, at this season of festivity, with Sir John and Lady Shelter - .1 - • • (7NRIPTSIAS FEATIVITIIII AT MAREMILD ThtlrSdaT, December ?34, Lady Shelly gave a magnifi cent Hall and Snpper to a distinguished party in the house, and to all the families in the neighbourliod of Marestield Park, and of this town. On Saturday last, being New Year's Day, Sir John and Lady Shi.lley, equally hospitable to their pourer neighbours, gave their annual dinner to 150 children of the Maresfield National and Sunday Schools, consisting of roast beef and plumb pudding; after which, rewards were given to the deserving in each class ; premiums were also distributed to the industrious poor, of from I one to three guineas, with a medal : FIRST CLASS. For bringing up the largest Family without parochial relief. SECOND CLASS. 1. For the neatest Cottage. 2. For the best Darden. 3. For the Woman who has gained the most money by out-doors labour. 4. For iu-doors labour. Tntan CLASS. I. To the Boy who has gained most by out-doors la bour. 2. To the Girl who has gained most by out-doors la bour. 3. To the 641 for in-doors labour in the first year. Aud in the hope of encouraging a spirit of inolepend owe amongst the poor, clothes were distributed to every family in the parish, not having received parochial re lief, in the course of the last year, to the number of 42. On Christmas -day, the poor children of the parish of Itingmer, in number about seventy, were. according to annual custom, entertained at illyn.le-Itourne-place house, by the Rev. Mr. Tutte, with a plentiful and com fortable dinner ; after which they returned home with cheerful countenances and gladdened hearts. The Executors of the late Swan Downer, Esq. lave,l out of the fund left to their discretionary power, for cha ritable purposes, distributed at this inclement season a considerable quantity of coals, chiefly amongst needy persons, receiving weekly or occasional parochial as sistance, residing within the four parishes of this ho rougb.—Frorn the same fund they have before extended relief to several hundreds of the poor inhabitants of Lewes, and of places in its vicinity. The plague, notwithstanding winter, spreads' I more and more in Turkey. The Eurydice frigate, Capt. Wauchope, from the St. Helena station, has been paid off at Deptford. SINGULAR ACCIIIINT.--011 Sunday evenin, about nine o'clock, a large portio n of the brick wor k of the 1 front wall, in the third story of a house in lireek-street, 1 , Soho, (the wine vaults, No. 25,) fell suddenly into the, street with a tr. tociidous crash. Three persons were passing at the time/ two of whom , a g entleman and lady, escaped unhurt; but the other was unfortnnateiv , knocked down, and severely lacerated and bruised. The I portion of the brick work that fell has the /lappetpearance' of having been a casing of the original w cone- / they it was so or not , it had b y some means admitted the i introduction of wet, which acted on the work by the re- I rent changes of the weather. These extraordinary al-, wades% first soddenly expanding the particks of water, , when it was converted into ice, and then as suddenly I contracting them when thawed, appear to have detached 1 • the wet materials from the building. The cause is suffi ciently obvious; and the warning it previously gives in the cracking of the work, is also sufficient, one -would think, to put the occupants of hunses, and district sur veyors. on the alert, to prevent the occurrence of such serious accidents to passengers. TIIE STATESMAN. NAVAL INTELLIGENCR. D•AL, JAN. 3.—Came down from the River, sailed, the tieorge Horne, Teller, for Madras oitta ; Dorothy Foster, Sowden, for Jamaica Blackburn, fur Trieste; Elizabeth and Margaret, fur Charente; Liberty, Blanchard, for Lilibon ; Mnrwaster, for Seville; and • West Indian ti for Ireland and the Cape of Good Hope. .WHyrriv, JAN. 2.—The sloop Itoseberry, on this harbour, struck against the pier, and carried her topmast and bowsprit, her stern stove in. at wise damaged. PonTsmorrra, Jaw. 3.—Sailed the °lobelia, I for Canton ; Aurora, Cavaa, for Amsterdam ; W I Middleton, for the Mediterranean ; Weymout ship, and Northampton, transport, for the Cape Hope; and his Majesty's ship Raleigh, for India station. The Alfred, Wilkinson, fur MI gone out of harbour, and brought up at the Motherbani PIAMOVTII, Jam. 2.—Arrieed the Britannia, from Malaga and Lisbon ; and Isabelle, Friel Sunderland, for Demerara. FA LMOUTH, JAN. I.—Sailed the Doke of Kent with a mail for Lisbon; Ossian, Black, for Brill?ant, fur Charente; and Industry , for Waterford. WEYMOUTH, Jas. I. This place within the last fortnight has heel with disasters •t sea of the most afflicting flaw' loss of the five men particularly, who perished land Roads, by the breaking of a heavy sea • boat, on their way to this harbour, from his . Admiralty cruiser, greyhound, has been universal) deep lamented. They were all of estimable characters and sailors. The feelings of the inhabitants, hot! month and Melcombe Regis, have been nobly on this melancholy event. The well known Rev. ti. Chamberlain, Rector of Weymouth _ cotube Regis, in works of benevolence, seconded active exertion, of Mr. Striven, of the Royal - Chief Officer of the Oreyhounsl, and of l'apti White, Commander of Psis Majesty's Post Office the Countess of Liverpool, has been eminently ful in the collection of a sum amounting to fur the relief and comfort of the widowed families of the unfortunate star . Truly it may he said, that Weymouth is surpassed b in this kingdom fur its prompt, willing, and charities. Some degree of consolation it is to their wires and children, that the dead bodies fund. (In Thursday, the 2:14I ult. they were the grave. The Members of the Friendly which two of them belonged, each heath covered with black cloth, and a crape in their the Rev. Dr. Dupre, their Chaplain and Mimi her, in his canonicals, at their head, moved t in solemn procession. In the church-yard tl two opposite lines, through which the coffin , the chord'. Lieutenant Nugent, N. N. Cointnand the Greyhound, and Mr. Srriven, attended also t' their respect for the memory of their premat' parted seam ilk Cie inaimer hey. O. Chamber' the sublime and awful Funeral Service Wee, heart. The last duties of the grave were per Dr. Dupre ; and at the words which ceniusit remains of mortality to dust and ashes, not r I overflowing congregation was unnioistened I The Second Subscription Concert took plat , ll* se a Royal lintel Assembly Rooms, which, consv. the severity of the weather, was better attended could have been expected. A letter from Sierra Leone, dated Se' 15319, says—" His Majesty's brig Thist nant Hagan, is arrived from Portsmom Cape de Verd, and will proceed, in a fe% loce. - ard, to check, if possible, the increasii in slaves, crurried on by the Portuguese niards. Within these few days two of description have been sent in by his Majest Morgiana and Pheasant. This colon; very unhealthy during the rainy season, pot to say, many lives have been lost, Europeans." Sunday s.?nnight, the Egeria, 26 gut, Shiner, arrived from Newfoundland, whi she left on the 21st of November, raj!' for Lisbun. She remained iu the Tagus and then took on hoard Mr. Weld, the Bril d'Affaires to the Coutt of Lisbon, and his ' she landed at Cork. The Sir Francis Drake, sloop of war, were the only vessels left at The lirashopper, Captain Buchan, was i Exploits, where it was intended she shoal( on the setting in of the frost, to send an cxi the ire, on the river, for the purpose of of ciliatory communication the Red li which tribe (a woman) was on hoard the and was to he employed in the nrgocisoion. diens, from a mistaken notion of the character tentions of oar fishermen, commit, at every oppo predatory mischief on their nets and property rivers, and murder whatever stragglers fall in their way. The catch of fish this coasts of Newfoundland, has been toleral the markets proved very bad. Some of the arrived at. Lisbon with the Egeria, were obliged to proceed with their cargoes to • ranean. Egeria brought home Captail and part of the officers and crew of the ' Drake, which ship has been laid up at St. reduced state. EAST GRINSTEAD, DEC. 31.—A mismicktestanding has occurred between of the parishes of Hardield and W' Sussex, and the gamekeepers of the Dorset: the two parties having been on for a long while, the gamekeepers proceeded some of the !webers and other poaching dogs belongit to the farmers, which brought on very violent quarrels and nearly the whole neighbourhood taking up the (MUM of the farmers, whom they regards! as greatly opprssa the gamekeepers had recourse to the plats of bringik the affair before the Magistrates, in the form of informi e tions, on the charge of keeping an unlawful breed a dogs. An accidental circeinstance, which tended greatly to increase the alum was, that a detachment of the' regiment of Dotards soddenly appeared in the village Hartnett], where they were billeted, on their way Portsmouth; and this circumstance was immediately cos at rued into the arrival of military for the preservative of time react. The fray, however, has subsided, it hailer been determined epee to refer the disputed point Lord Whitworth, on his return frost Naplei. ' 4 . : • I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I . . -.bi--. leer, atoll BETTING AT TATTERSeLLII, Jew. S. and Cal-1 DERRY. :a; Juno, 10 to I agst e. by Walton, d. by Wizard, out of Lisette t, Hunter, , is to I apt Pinclarrie t 1 10 to 1 agst c. on' of Briseis ; Thomas, 17 to I rgst Brother to Blucher transport,' 100 to 4 apt Duke of Ural'ion's hr. e. Luck I OAKS. 3 ente „._ i 4to I lint f. out of Sorcery ""F II HI I apt The Bride Tien away 13 to 1 agst Mr. Jacques's b. f. ' and other- RIDDIADIWORT I i ' ll f ' .. IST CLASS. 4 • II to 2 agst Misdeeds . , Dewson, 6 to I apt f. nut of Kellett' Woodlark, 61 to 1 agst c. out of Financier's d. SD CIASS. . . uth, store- 7 to 4 apt f. out of Sorcery pe of Good the West ALPHABETICAL LIST or rim WINNING HORSES, dal; ladras, has IN ENGLAND. SCOTLAND. AND lI•LES, 1819. otherbank. - . (Conlinisrd front Friday's Paper.) t, Refloat', - .. Ages. lend* (ruinliv e 4: Antonia. Captain Parker's. v. 7 t ir . i at ftroxash, 4. Ches. Filly (dam by Sir tioluninn), Mr. J. Piekford's, the 1 , i rut King's Purse of 100 gs, at Nottingham. p acket, • C.11'0E11701 4 . ir Trieste; • 3. Bl ue Ruin, Mr. Rich's, 4bgs. at Stockbridge; and IlOgs. • 'y, Henley, at Salisbury. 3. Napoleon, Mr. Hunt's, bOl. at Stockbridge. ay CAMILLUS. 4. Camhyses, Sir 111. N. 'tykes's. twice MC at Beverley t and one of the great Subscription Purses of SUM Ws. at York August Meeting. we, visited 3. Gr. Colt (Consul) Sir M. M. St kes's, 3W. at York. trove. The 3. Magistrate. Mr. Ilonidsworties, 300 gs. and the Third ted in Port- t'lass of the ()attends' Stakes of 40ngs, and 230 gs, at 4. New market. 1 upon their ! 3. Mr. Speaker. Major Bower's, 40 gs. at Beverley. is aletti t 3. Panains, Sir N. M. styles's. Ste. at Mallon. rersal y and 4. Rhadamanthiss, Sir M. M. Sykes's, the Claret Stakes of I 400 gs. at York Spring Meeting; Mr. llouldswor t h' s . - sil excellent the Gold (u p , value 100 gs. with 210 gs in specie, at il ,th in We y- Manchester; and the Gold Cup , table 14.10 p, at y dispinyed Pontefract. 4. Roman, Mr. Riddell's. trOgs, at Aliddleham • ' the King's II zeal of the P urse of 101igs, at Newcastle • Mr. It. Nlitnes's,loogs. h and Mel- at 'York August Meeting ; 1 001. at Doncaster; sad tided by the 6to. 19s. at Richmond. I Navy, and ey CARDINAL eons. tain Robert I. Advance, Mr. Clifton's. 701. at Preston ; the Gold Cup. ,fact packet, value 100 gs, with Inge in specie. at Kninsford: &11. stly success- at Salisbury ; the King's Purse of 10gs. at Lichfield; ) near 2501., and the Gold Cup, at Om estry. 0. The Duchess. Mr. Lambton's, the Gosforth Stakes of and orphan 130 p. anal the Cold Cup, value itlngs, chit 10p is y and justly specie, at Newcastle. by no town sal D V CASTREL. m '4 g enerous 4. Merlin, Mr. Wollaston's. the Port Stakes of 3011 gs, at Newaierket ; Mr. G. 1.. Fox's. 300 gs, at Newillarket t rir bereaved sad the Fitzwillium Stakes of 100 es and 130ga, lit 1 have been Doncaster. re carried to O. Sunflower, Lord Ressmore's. 4111 gs, at Berton-rpm- r Society, to . Trent ; and 00gs. at Derby. ang a staff, NT CAVENDISH. ir hats, with 3. Carendo, Mr. Whitehouee's. liege, at Chester. notary Mem- et rpm SERVO. 1 tw o by two 4. Brown Colt (out of Tamborine), Mr. King's, 48gs, at they formed Aylesbury. 6. Captiin Candid, Lord Exeter's, OUgs and 400 gs. a t Ne w- s pa'ssed into market. " wander of 4. Master Beverley, l'ol. King's, 60'., at Mallon: and SOL. also to show imattirely de' & Oceans, at York Spring Aleetimf. Lord Queensberry s, :501., at Newcastle. I. The Giant, Lord U. 11. Cavendish's, 100 f. 13.4. 4d., at . Arden Tea Newmarket. ari.,.ted every 3. The stygiiin, Mr. Brandling's, 26es. at Doncaster. performed tor 4. Torrcli. Mr. llouldsworth's. the Gold Cup, value 100 p. with 130 gs in specie; and Miss, at Chester. lined the sad IT CR AAA N T ES. an eye in an 4. Cardenio, Lord Milton's, the King's P urse of 100 gs, at I by tears. Doncaster. plate at Rue- 3, Dulcines. Mr. Prince's, 100 gs. at Newmarket; 'Lord , 1, considering Exeter's. 160 gs, 604200g5, at Stamford ; and 711.105... , Atended than at Newmarket. IV CESTRIAN. - 7 ,44 2. Bay Colt (out of Juno), Sir J. U. Egerton's, nowt Holywell-Hunt. - ; I Ttember 9.3, ST CIIIIIRT SPENCE. stle, Lieute- t. Malmsey. Gen. Grosvenor's, Vbgs , at Ne wmarb il . loth and the a•-(Hoses. 3. Maus, Mr. 11111's, W. at Uriusithy. few days, to av et.evst.snn. cuing trade o. Single Peeper, Col. Itt•rrington's. the Berkeley-Haat to and Spa- Stakes of 30gs, at Cheiteuhant ; and Togs, at Shrews- A* the above bury. ijesty's ships S . B a y C o lt, Sir C. Wo l l l s s e rlen"rkloogli. s, at Lichfield. ty has been (To be continued on Friday.) n, and, I re- t, principally Cunious OcctettENclt.-A few days ago was shot, near the rntranre of Kilkenny harliOnr, a large runs,. Captain soa-fowl, basing through its neck an arrow, such as which island those described - by Captain Cook to be used by the as- ith the trade lives of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. The shaft or s el e ven days, the arrow, which is about eight inches long, is of a kind Llritish Charge of wood resembling hone, and is rudely bearded with f am ily, w h om iron. 'f he beard anti shaft shot st least four itiches`b the, slid Drake through the neck ; and the flesh round the shaft is not t S t. ' John's.-- only healed, hut perfectly hard and callous. in the Ilay of A few days ago a hare, pursued by hounds, in Id winter, and, the Aird, took a stone quarry in its course, and bound- txpedition over ing from the top of the precipice, 15 feet high, upon opening a con- the shoulders of a man at work below, brought him to lmlians, one of the grouad, anal before he had recovered his feet a nd onGrasshopper, self-possession, puss, not waiting to triumph in her an- on. These In- designed prowess, wade good her escape Irons all her aracter and in- enemies for a time. ry opportnnitv. Saturday night, as the Hitchin stage w as g oin g r • wordy up the along near the Red Cap, at Holloway, a man who was a i unfortunately passenger on the coach, fell from the roof into the road, I season, on th and was killed instantaneously. The deceased was • 'ably good, butt named A. Marsh; he was in a stair of intoxication at the to vessels which time of the accident, having drank six shillings-worth re subsequently of mixed liquor while on the coach. The body was to the Slediter- tak-n to a public4touse for a Coroner's Inquest. Iptain Booker. Saturday evening, James Kincham, the driver he Sir Francis of the Reading stage, on its way to town, fell from his L Julia's, in a box into the road, and the wheel passed over his body . anal killed him. The deceased was perfectly sober at the . very serious time, and is supposed to have been attacked with a6t of !en the farmers , apoplexy. The horses set off at full gallop, but were Withyb e rn, i n stopped by dinning against a waggon loaded with bay ; se Duchess of the passengers sustained no injury. The accident hap- i very ban terms r - oened between Colebrook an' lainglard. ceeded to shoot Last week two very extensive warehouses in r dogs belonging Paisley took on a number of bands, and one of these riolent quarrels; sent to Polluckshaws for plain !vat era. It is 41.nerally ring up the cause I expected that oar languishiug insunfactures will revive ready oppressed, c onsiderably immediately after the new - year. .. . las of bringing I Strabane was visited by a very large flood on Friday form of informs - and Saturday last. The late heavy fall of :.n .w, and thus nlawful breed of thaw which commenced on 11 entirstlay swelled the rite: , :h tended great l y_, 'to a very great brigh t on Filth's- which . decreased very . 'lament of the 34 little until rite evening of Sa...ri;:y. The commonica s ion in the village of between that town and Liffuri et as totally prevented on on their way to Friday. but on Saturday was open for horses. &c. The laraalliat cl Y coo - !,goad has been very math destroyed, and would moire • the Preperchnch ' t immediate repair. A number of poor families at the foot s. . . dssiderl, it having of the tow's. and at the Itri k k e •en I, sulT•red conaidera- . lisputed point to bly ,• the water having forced into their dwelling., it 4pleti. I taut have a serious e ff ect upon tl.sir ha alth. s: a . . . _ -