The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-14 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN ROYAL INSTITUTION. On Saturday last the Leone.' for-the Season commenced at the Royal institution, in Albemarle Street, and we were happy to observe that the audience were more numerous than usnal. The utility of this Establishment has now been confie med by such long experience, and the dis coveries which have emanated from it have been so beneficial and honourable to the country, that it was nit!) great pleasure we learnt from Profeseor Brande's in troduction. that the aspect of its affairs uas at the present moment more promising and propitious thanit had been for the last fonrteen years.—After describing the means that have been success!ally adopted to oppose the difficulties with which it was st one time surrounded—difficulties which, the Profes ser observed, some people bad busied themselves in exag gerating for the purpose of predicting a downfall, which they endeavoured to hasten by their insinuations—he con cluded an eloquent eppeal in the following words : Let me entreat you seriously and earnestly to take up the eine of the Royal lnatitution. We are not in a bankrupt state, nor upon the brink of dissolution, nor shall we easily be brought to the one or the other ex cept by our own inattention and %npineness. Let me also remind you of the nature of the instruction and informa tion which it is the object of the Institution to promul- Or te •of its intern', its dignity, anal importance—of its in dependence of fashion and the taste of the moment—of its connection with the use, the permanence. and the pleasure of intellectual arqnireinents. Let these things be considered, and I feel convinced and satisfied that we shall not want the support which is one due, nor those means which are re- Tiired for the permanence of one establishment; but that, on the contrary, we shall he enabled to add to our reputation. to extend our usefulness, and multiply our course of instruction ; and that the first sunshine of encouragement w:.ich rte receive will dissipate the threatening clouds that have lately hung about us, and permanently dissolve those mists of discontent and opposition that leave darkened our atmosphere, and which those who are not interested in our welfare have vainly interpreted as the forerunners of our end, and the consummation of their wishes." aotmEN+llllm.• MADRID, JAN. 29.—0 n Monday last took place the m ention of a male and female servant, for having robbed their master. It was a day of indignation and sorrow, for at least the female part of the population of this capital. All the women were in tears on seeing a young and in te reseog looking girl going with firmness and resignation to suffer the vile and dis g usting punishment of the gibbet; and which, as they did not fail to recollect, was abolished by the Con aitutional Government. What a spectacle for the inhabitants of a country who pride themselves upon a chivalrous and almost devotional feeling towards the sex, to see an able-bodied ruffian of an executioner get astride upon the sleculders of a young female, writhing in the agonies of death, anal with one of his horrid hands forcing a handkerchief into her month, while with his heels he struck her repeatedly, and violently on the sromach. Such an atrocious and revolting sight is calculated to do more injury to the cause of absolutism than the fusilading of a whole village of Constitutionslists. When the man-servant arrived at the gibbet, he gazed with the must intense and aucuished attention upon the disfigured body of his unfor tunate wife (for, it is said, be was married to her the night before the execution) and then sabinittesl himself to the same dreadful fate. When he was turned off,a tremendons rush took place amongst the crowd, without auy one knowing the cause. Several persons were seriously injured. The confection commenced at the moment when the cry of Viva el Reg Absoluto was heard, which is now invaria hly sent forth at the death of unfortunate wretches, no matter what their political opinion, or even if they have none, as was the case in this instance. Among other instances of the rapid improvement of Van D:etnan's Land, which appear in the Hobart fawn Gazettes uhich were yesterday received. is the projected establish ment of passage-vessels, constructed after the manner of the Leith and Berwick smacks, to sail regularly between Hobart Town and Sidney, fur the conveyance of passen gers. A company had been formed for this purpose at Hobart -town, to which the sum of 2,5001, had been subscribed. the whole amount required for the undertaking being 6,0001. The Berwick, a passage-vessel for Van Deetnan's Land, had brought out a supply of Merino, the greater part of which arrived safe ; but of 24 head of horned cattle, shipped on board the same vessel. the whuls unfortunately perished. These cattle were of the approved breed, and in consequence of the very serious loss sustained as well to the colony as to the individuals concerned, a legal investigation was likely to take place on the subject. W e are glad to perceive that proper protection is given to the passengers on their voyage to this colony, by giving them damages in the law courts in cases of neglect or ill -I,estment of the captain. Three actions for such conduct were brought in the Lieutenant Governor's court against the captain of the Berwick, in all of which verdicts were riven for the plaintiffs. New Solent WALRB.—A few nights ago a hyena tiger was seen in the sheepfold of G. W. thinning, Esq. of Koa I Hever. Four kangaroo dogs, which were thrown in upon refused to fight ; and he had seized a lamb, when a small terrier, of the Scotch breed, was put in, and instantly seized the animal, and after a severe fight, to the astonish pant of all present, the terrier succeeded in killing his advertary.—(Frons the Hobart-town Gazette, of Aug 2 ) it is determined to separate the Ooverumentt of Malta of the lonian Islands. which were conjointly held by ate late Sir 'rhomas Maitland. The former is to be given lo the Marquis of Hastings, with a salary of 60001. a year ; the latter to Sir Frederick Adam, with one of 49001. per .a.num. The command of the forges in the Mediterranean e ell mot be included, as heretofore, in the liovernusent of Matta.— (Courier.) Itappears, by an estimate which has been laid upon the reel, of the House of Commons, that the nnusher of sea men to be raised for the present year will be 29.000. includ ing 9000 Royal Marines. This will be au increase in our naval service of between 3 and 4000 men, as we stated would be the case, two or three months ago. The extended commercial relations which may be expected in South America., and the necessity, occasioned by what has taken place in our West Indian colonies. of augmenting our fume in the Leeward Islands, are the only causes for this increase.—(lbid.) When the British troops went into garrison at Antwerp in 1515, they found the streets excessively dirty. To their com plsinte of the filthiness and unwholesomeness of the town, and to their representations of the necessity of cleaning it, the Nis uktrates answered. with offended dignity, that •• the City of Antwerp was clean." The British Commandant then ordered ourseldiers to sweep the streets. and to pile up all the dirt acidotic the houses of those Magistrates who with so much per tinacity maintained that the City of Antwerp was clean. The mountainsof dirt collected by the soldiers in one morning blocked up the windows, and it was with difficulty that the Magistrates could get out of their doors. When they did, tKiwever, they immediately bestirred themselves, convinced by iture senses than one that the City of Antwerp was not clean ; lied they afterwards took due care that thee streets should be regularly swept.—Narratiee of a Residence in Belgium ix 18 I&—[Is there not often occasion to bring the same evidence home to the doors of some of the Commissieuers for cleansing &c. the streets of London.] A banking-firm, under the sounding title of the Brighton Royal Bank," was opened in this town, some nullities since, by a Mr. John Kinnear, who issued two sorts of one-pound notes—one of which was made payable in Norfolk -street, Loodoe, and the other at his house on the Old Steyne. These notes, which were generally looked upon with an eye of suspicion. were, for the most part, • sent in for payment as fast as they were issued.—Some few h undreds, however, were. we fear, in the bands of our fel la w.townsmen yesterday se'nnight, when Mr. Kinnear vet 'used to pay his notes. any longer ; and we perceive his 1 1110 Iselin the list of bankrupts in Tuesday's Clazet:e. We that the public will be on their guard against any aim,„ lar attempts to impose upon their cre d u lity .—( B r ighton 'I? old.) LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' AND APPRENTICES LIBRARY. (?ROM TIIR MECHANICS' WEEKLY JOURNAL.) It is with pleasure we notice the formation of libraries, for the creation of a taste in the labouring classes for useful read. ing ; and therefore hail the occasion of saying that the inha. bitants of Liverpool, the second town in the empire, held a meeting on the 10th instant, for taking the library which has been collected by the exertions of Mr. Egerton Smith, and which amounted to about 1,300 volumes, under public protee• tion and control, and Welting further donations and susscrip• lions, in consequence of which meeting the library was ac• cepted by the public, and transferred to the care of the mew hers. Tile terms of subscription which constitute a member will appear very small, in comparison of those of the London li braries. A benefaction, as it is termed, of not less than two guineas, either in money or in books, according to the valu ation of the committee, not of the donor, constitute a member, we summit), for life, although this is not positively ex,iressed ; as also a subscription of not less than four shillings a year. Such Is the liberality of the members of this library, that those mechanics and apprentices who are not members, but who are desirous of partaking of its benefits, shall, for the present, be furnished with books, on being nominated thereto by members ; doubtless in the hope that, when they shall have imbibed a taste for useful reading, and felt its benefit, they will cheerfully contribute their support to the library. What a striking contrast does this afford to the idiberality of the London Mechanics' Institute ! How clearly does this 'View the mercenary spirit which acuated the original promoters of that institution: standing, as it does, a soli tary instance of such illiberality, amongst the numerous public societies of various kin Is in the metropolis; ail of whom are desirous of the presence of visitors, and frank is offering their treasures ; and the same liberality is to be found in all public institutions in every town in England ; even the private lecturers, are in almost every instance, equally free in their admission. The conihict of 31r. Egerton Smith, in laying the foun dation of this library, deserves the highest praise. He collected books, and provided a room, until it had be come an institution of such magnitude and promise, that he felt he ought no longer to continue the responsibility of its management,—especially as he was connected with a party in politics, and therefore niielit, by some zealots, be considered as standing in the way of the progress of an in stitution which ought to be hept dear of any ilea of poli tical party spirit. With this view he had declined to ac cept the donation of several volumes of the Liverpool Mer. cury, although bin own newspaper; as all works of pole mic theology esti politics were to he excluded. Nor does the formalon of this library appear to he the only instance of Mr. E. Smith's attention to the forming of the minds of the labouring classes. Some years ago, a boy came under his notice of an extraordinary mechanical geuius,—he gave him the means of some little education, and supplied him with a few books. Timis boy afterwards went to America; and some time ago he received a letter from hint, acknowledging the kind encouragement and cultivation of his capacity, and acquainting him, that he had arrived at such credit in his profession, that he was building a carriage for the President of the United States. It appears also, from the speeches made at the meeting, that there are now four hundred young men, readers, in Liverpool, and many more might have been added, if the present extent of the library would have admitted them. An objection bad been nisde to the donation of Egan's Sporting Anecdotes, as improper for the library. This ap pears to us an attempt to check the free expansion of thought amongst the members. That persons who introduced theo logical or political discussions in lectures and speeches made to a society instituted for other purposes, should be subject to sine for taking up the timeof the members, and obliging those of a contrary opinion either to abstain from attendance, or to hear important subjects discussed in a manner to which their eats are unaccustomed, is highly proper. It is ego illy proper that books of these kinds, or of mere amusement, should not lie allowed to be received as part of the subscription qualifying a person to be a member, or to be purchased from the so iety's funds : —but as to free gifts, we think any restriction whatever of the subjects of the books is illiberal, and Contrary to the practice of the public libraries in the metropolis, or in the universities, as the possession of them dues not enforce the cousideration of the subjects upon the society, as is the case in public speeches. We are there. fore extremely Sorry to observe these symptoms at the corn mencetnent of this library, as we have always understood that the dissolution of the Surry Institution was chiefly owing to dissentions as to the books which were to be in troduced. May this example be a warai og. The Committee appointed by toe House of Commons, to " inquire into the state of the laws and its consequences, re specting Artizans leaving the kingdom and residing abroad; also respecting the exportation of Tools anti Machinery; and of the Combination Laws," yesterday. at two o'clock, met. for the first tins in one of the Committee-rooms of the House of Commons. They named Mr. Hume to be Chair man. They resume their sittings this day as they have leave to inert, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House ; and then proceed to business, by ordering the at tendance of divers persons, and the presentation of sundry papers. MIRACULOUS Escape —About ten o'clock in the morn ing of Sunday last, while the Nith was rolling from bank to brae. a little boy about seven years old, son of ►V. Ho tta% carter in Maxwelltown, haviag become giddy by gazing too intensely on a foaming eddy, lost his balance and tumbled ever the brow into the raging flood, nearly opposite to Provost Shortridge's brewery. This eddy, or tiny whirlpool, is formed by a buttress built several hun dred years ago, and scch was the force of the back cur rent, that the boy in the first instance was carried up the stream as far as the last arch of the Old Bridge, where, after more than one circumvolution, he was at length caught by the main stream, and hurried rapidly down the river. Alarmed by the cries of the boy's father, a num ber of spectators hastened to the spot, who deeming it im possible to render the smallest assistance, continued to gaze on the scene of death, expecting every moment to see the little sufferer dashed over the Canal, or suffocated amidst the immense body of water that rushes with such force through the gullet door. Such, in fact, was the strength of the current that the boy did not well sink, and it was observed that he constantly turned his eye in the di rection of the father, whose feelings it would be vain to at tempt to describe. And here while every arm was power less and every heart despairing, an intrepid youth of the natneof ►V. Johusione,conceived that it was possible to res cue the poor child. The gullet door, as it is termed. is opened and shut bra peculiar machine fixed on the river's bank, with strong Iron chains extending to the edge of the dam head, and by means of these the fearless youth con trived to warp himself down into the stream. His situation, of course, was perilous in the extreme; yet by clinging with one band and extending the other, be contrived to seize bold of the half drowned child jest as he was gliding into thi yawning chasm. Hut here a new difficulty occurred,—to retreat was impossible,—to ad vance instant death. Other persons ventured a little way on tie chains, but their efforts were altogether useless, and before the ropes could be procured, Johnstone had to support both his own and the boy's weight, for near ly a quarter of an hour. Hopes, however, were got at length, by the judiciousness of which, both the poor child and his brave deliverer were safely extricated, to the great delight of the sympathising spectators. For a considerable time the boy was insensible, but Hr. Spalding. surgeon, happened to be present, and by his assistance, he was im mediately conveyed to a warm bed, and in a few boars restored to the use of his faculties. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on William Johnstone. Considering the state of the river, the proximity of the Caul, the celerity of his motions, and the risks he ran altogether, we firmly I believe that a •deed of greater daring was never before as maptedifar less successfully eseautel(DimsfriesCourier. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL ..-..gw-- Yesterday a meetintr of the Governors of the London Fever Hospital took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the porp , ise of receiving the 23.1 Annual Report of the Committee. J. L. MALLATT, Esq. Treasnrer, in the Chair. The Report stated that in the veir 1823, the admissions into the Hospital amounted to 366, of which number 283 hal been dismissed cured; 14 were dismissed as improper objects • and 46 died. There were rem4ining in the Hospital 23, and the total number of admissions since the opening in 1802 amounted to 4781. For the four years preceding 1822 the cases of fever were gradually dimi nished : the admissions being in the first year 608; in the second 539 ;in the third 477 ; and in the fourth 323. An average of 100 took place in 1822, for the number rose to 246. 'Last year the number had declined to 399; so that the Committee considered malignant infectious fever as stationary for the last three years, so far as they could judge from the Hospital records. The report was aloge tber very gritifying. It appeared however, that the funds were inadequate to the extensive objects of the Institution. and it was .in consequence unanimously resolved, that it should be referred to the General Committee to adopt measures for increasing the resources of the Institution. The Duke of Somerset was re-elected President for the year ensuing, and the name of Lord Bexley was added to the list of Vice-Presidents. I ICELAND. CLostmer., FEB. 7.—About ten o'clock on Thursday night, a most unfortunate occurrence took place at Sinone about three miles beyond Cashel in the direction of Dourles. Two Police Constables were returning from Cashel, in company with two or three people on a car. Wloile passing the house of a man of the name of Michael Myers (a tenant of Mr. Mansergh) a fossil or pistol fell from the car, and the charge exploded. Two young lads, sons of the above named Michael Myers, who, with their father were at supper, on hearing the report of arms, start ed up and ran to the door. The people on the car, who, it is said, were for the most part in liquor, were much alarmed at the explosion—and conceiving an attack had been made on them, a woman on the car cried out, poin:ing to the lads at the door of Myers's house, " We're are the fellows who fired the shot !" One or both of the policemen immediately fired upon these youths, when one of the latter was wounded in the body, and the other shot through the head, and killed. Some reports say that but one shot was fired, and that shot killed the one and wounded the other. The wounded man has been brmight into the Infirmary of Cashel, and one of the police has been committed to gaol. The matter is related in various ways, and was of so recent occurrence, that the precise facts may not have been actually known when the accounts left this place: but one thing is unhappily certain that one of Myers's sons has been deprived of life—and that father and sons were people of as fair character for i honesty and good conduct, as that country can produce. —(Clommel Ado.) On Tuesday evening as a party of bailiffs were destrain ing for tithes on part of the parish of Knockgratfon, be tween Caher and Cashel, while driing away some stock, they were attacked by a body of the peasantry at Bally garrald, on whom they were obliged to tire in their own defence—when, we understand, a man of the name of Louhy was shot through the hotly ; another, of the name of Costigan, was also stwerely wounded ; and a man named (known had his upper lip and two of his teeth carried away by a ball ; and we have not heard of any damage done on the part of the bailiffs, save only, that during the action, the women and children of the neighbourhood carried away the sock that had been seized.—(lbid.) We are sorry to state that a few nights since, at Tene lire, on the lands of Boughadown, in the direction of Itallinatroult, a capital el melting house and two out offices, were levelled with the ground. by those wretched incen diaries who are increasing the miseries of the country.— ANTRim LINEN MATtKCT. —On Thursday last. the in• habitants of Antrim witnessed the most valuable object that appeared in town, for upwards of thirty years—we mean the show of linens in their first market, to a large extent. There were not less of different kinds, (from sd. to 6(1. per yard) than SOO pieces. There was a very large quantity of fine 4-4 wider; and all that seemed wanting was a few more purchasers for these kinds, which, in all probability, would not have been the ease, had the Belfast Linen Merchants known they would have been so well supplied. All the 3-4 wider were soon bought up, and the premiums given for every kind impartially to those who merited them. Indeed from the good sitnatton of the town, anti from the perseverance of the inhabitants to arcommo date both seller and buyer, there is every probability of Antrim Linen Market soon becoming. what it formerly was, one of the best in the kingdom. —(Southers Whig.) If the worthy Member for Galway persevere in his zeal for the suppression of Bell and Bear•baiting, a Lorrespondent says, he may effect his purpose without any Act of Parliament. The places where the greatest uproar and the most serious mischiefs are pro !need by these sports, are asserted to he within the cognizance of the City Magis trates (not far from lisrtholo.riew-lane), and can perhaps be proceeded agsinst as nuisances. If the picture which the honourable gentleman drew of the men who attend such pliers be correct, it is surprising that they have so long been tolerated. According to the Parliamentary Report of Yhursdar, the Honourable Member stated that the police fhcers allege that " they are the worst characters that go there." KENT TREAD MILL.—OD Wednesday the tread-mill in our county prison, which had been just completed at an expence of three thousand pounds, was first put in motion. There are eight distinct shafts, all communicating with the grind wheel, of the folloning dimensions ; two twenty-five feet, two twenty feet, and four sixteen feet in length, making one hundred and fifty four feet, which, al lowing eighteen inches to every man while at work, are ca pable of containing one hundred persons at the same time. A spations mill has been built to grind and dress tbe corn, c ipa!)le fur the working of three pair of stones, which Nil! guild toelve bushels an hour, or eighteen quarters of woeat every day. Only two pair of stones are at pre sent completed. flue mill, together with the whole of the machinery attached to it, is considered to be the mest per feet and complete building of the kind in the whole king dotu.—(Aluidsione Paper.) IMPORTANT TO PUBLICAN/,—Various meetings have been held in different parts of the kingdom, by the inn keepers and victuallers, for the purpose of preparing petitions, which, in many instances, have been adopted and already presented to Parliament, for a reduction of the wine, spirits, ale and beer licenses, as they were previous to the s.lth and 56th of his late Majesty's reign ; and it is hoped that the victuallers in all towns, throughout the Empire, will lase no time in exerting themselves in en deavouring to obtain so desirable an object, which is essentially necessary, in conformity with the then Chancel lor of the Exchequer's remarks in the House of Commons, the 20th Feburary, 1815, wherein be observed, that the additional burthen of fifty per cent. on the licenses for four years, was necessary for the purpose of assisting in winding up the war expellees, in consequence of some of the war times being repealed in April following. The fact is, this additional impost has not been repealed ; therefore, Ills confidently anti cipated, that this pledge will be redeemed, and not so mime• rotas a body of burthened people disregarded. Of course it becomes an Imperative duty of the victuallers to petition th e House in strong but temperate language, which we trust will be the case where it has net already been done.—(NOttinghass Review.) WEEKLY REGISTER OF WEATHER. -`- The weather this week has been very variable. The first two days were very mild, but moist.—Tuesday was fair, and Wednesday clear and bright, hut frosty. Thursday was dreaey. chilly, and wet, and was followed by a gale of wind at if I!- night. Yesterday was fair and clear, till the afternoon, when a sudden darkness came on. attended by what the Scots call "an even down pour of rain." the heavizst and the longest we have experienced for many months. The rain cuntinual for fully twelve hours. The quantity of rain fallen here sites Saturday last, amounts to one inch, and 16 hundredtLs. Strand, Feb. 14. THERMOMETER. 8 •'clock. 1 1 I i o'clock. 1 at night. lILIONZItit. Feb. 8, 8 10, T 11, W 12, Th 13, F 14,5. 56 49 st 45 63 59 47 39 4 7 39 46 49 44 Cloudy Cloudy I Cloudy Fair Fair •loudy Fdir 'so ,8& 29,87 ,I 6 Greatest degree of cold early is the morning, as ascent-hied by the night thermometer : Sund. I M. T. I W. I Th. F. I sit. 47. 1 47 I 31 I 31. 33. 33 I 33. Rev. EDWARD IRvlr4o.—The Edinburgh Star, Off Booting the story in the Fife Herald, of the offer of the living of Leslie to this gentleman, says. " We have good reasons for questioning the truth of the above report.' On Tuesday last, the Commissioners of the A• eued Taxes, met at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester, to heir appeals on supplementary eita-gee, when upwards of forty respect able young men, appeared to summonses fur shooting, or sporting. without a license. Folirteen only of the eases were allowed —after the parties had taken the oath of not having shot at game, including rabbit, snipe, w.mdcock, or landrail, within the last six months. A SCRAP FOR THE CREDULOUS. —A Western American Paper mentions the following as an easy method of taking owls:—When you discovet one on a tree, and find that it is looking at yon, all you hare to do is to move qnicklg round the tree aeveral times, when the owl's attention will he so firmly fixed, that, forgett:ng the necessity of turning its body with its heal, it will follow your motions until it wrings its head off! —Well done, Jonathaa! The rope-spinners in this town have lately received se veral foreign orders, and they are at present thronger and in better spirits than they have been at any time since the termination of the war. At a meeting of the journeymen, held last night, it was resolved to intimate to the masters their determination to have their wages advanced from 15s to ISs a week.—(slat;oto Chronicle.) FORWARDNESS or THE SEASON.—AC an illustration of the mildness or the season, there is now in the garden of Mr. Brown, of Gillingham, a sparrow sitting on four eggs; a cir cumstance unprecedented in the earl part of February.--(Kenf ish Ckrod.) An egg was taken from a lark's nest a few days ago,.in the meadow, near Colwick.—(Nollingham Review.) It is a fact, strongly indicative of the extreme mildness of the season, that butterflies, in fall vigour, have been seen fly ing about in the neighbourhood of Lewes.—(Brightora Herald ) We are informed that the new French system of weaving all kinds of figured goods without drawboys, by a single adjunc tion to a common I mm merits the attention of manufacturers. The artist can change the figures from one flower to another in fifteen minutes, and can produce twenty different patterns in as many yards of cloth; the whole is worked by one single treadle only, as well In large shawls as in nirrow goods ; he possesses the art of printing all kinds of yarns in different colours in set and regular distances, smaller and longer at pleasure, which produces an astonishing effect when these yarns are manufactured into goods.—(Glasgow Chron.) On Friday, Mr. Hancock, of Tregondele, Menheniots Itist two fine rains in the following marine^. The rams were cou pled together by a chain round their necks, end turned out to grass in a field with a colt little more than twelve months old. la the morning as Mr. Hancock went round to view his Hoek, he found the rams suspended by the chain across the back of the colt, quite dead. The colt it is supposed had laid down, and the rams in grazing passed the chain across him, when rising suddenly he must have taken them up with him. The colt was little injured, except exhaustion by fatigue. Strawberries, raspberries, and grapes, were yesterday exposed for sale in Covent Carden mar ket; cauliflowers, vegetables, asparagus, celery, and radishes, were also its the marker. On Sunday morning the Women's Hospital, en out building of Cuxhrath workhouse, took fire in consequence of some sparks of fire communicating to the thatch, through a failure in the brick work. The alarm being given, Mr. Tnompsoa the master of the workhouse, assisted by the paupers exerted themselves with great alacrity, and the flames were extinguish ed before the engties arrived 'tote Maidstone. We und..rstand that a meeting of several of the most re spectable i,diabitants of this City, at which the Mayor pre sided, was held last evening in the Council Chamber, whey it was unanimously rr ;Jived to petition Parliament for the adv• Lion of such measures es may to them appear best calculated to enure the gradual abolition of Slavery in the West Indies.— (Canterbury Paper) On Saturday night, a lad, about 12 year+ of age, went into the wild beast show in our market place, when his curiosity leri him to go within the iron range, which is erected to keep spectators at a proper distance; and on approaching one of the lionesses, the beast thrust out her paw and tore the lad's face with her talons, and probably had not the keeper iustantly interfered, the lad would have paid still more dearly for his peeping. The boy was in stantly conveyed to a druggist's shop, where his wounds were dressed. We mention this as a caution against going too near the wonderful animals which are exhibited to gratify the public curiosity.—(Nottingham Review.) StioCKING ACCIDILNT.-011 Saturday night last, as the wife of Mr. C. Wills, jun. of Chapel -street, Chichester, was reaching for something near the fire place, her shawl caught fire, which communicated to her dress, and although, a nurse and her sister were with her at the time in the room. she was so dreadfully burnt as to occasion death time next morning. fire sister was so much alarmed that she ran into the street, and went into fits—the persons who hastened to the spot, and attended on her, sot knowing the fatal accident in the house.--Tire husband, who beard the cries of his wife, ran up stairs, and threw a blanket over her, and extinguished the flames, but not till the whole of her clothes, except a very small portion of her stays, was reduced to ashes. On Wednesday night a large vat, in the brewery of Messrs. Wigney, burst, by which a large quantity of beer, said to be worth many, hundreds of pounds was 10St.— (Brightog Herald.) Lewes Stock market, on Tuesday, exhibited a 0 ,, 0d supply of beef which met a dull sale; mutton was snort in quantity. At llailsham, on Wednesday, dullness was also the leading feature. LIMES CORN MARKET, TUESDAY, FeBRUARY 10.—White wheat, (new) 3/. Ss. Od.; red wheat, (new) 31 Os. I.IJ. to 31. 4s. 01. ; barley, (new) 11. 17s. Oil.; oats, (new) 11. 4s. Oil, ARUNDEL CORN MARXIST.—Wheat 151. to 161. per lead ; barley, 30s. to 331.; oats, 225. to 255. per quarter ; beaus, 6s. 3d.; pease, ss. ; tares, 10s. pet' bushel. CRICHSSTIR CeRN MARKET.—lnspector's return. this week—l,242 quarters of wheat, average, 655. BJ.; bar ley, 341. ; oats, 23e. 2d. ; peas, 395. 100. The brig Mexiesalarrived here on Sunday, the Bth instant, bringing Havannah newspapers to the fled ult. The chaage from a Constitutional to a Royalist Government had taktla place, and passed over with surprising indifference. The Island remained perfectly tranquil. An American Velisel, which left Vera Cruz on the Wish or Nov. had arriverCet Havanna ea the lat ult. The hombardmeat of the tows from the tort sen , tintied.—(Livery ea! Pm. kr.) 30,34 ,46 .~ .~ I I i I