The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-03 00:00:00

AFFAIRS. (FROM THE DUHLEY E'ININO POST There are certain on dila in the columns of our contem poraries, to which we shall shortly allude. It is said, that an amendment will be moved to the address, on the ground of inquiring into the state of the Catholics. We need hardly express our doubts on this subject. It is ttaid, that Lord *Lansdowne will move for a Coin /nines on the State of Ireland. We have some reason t o 'believe, that the Noble Lord will take an early opportunity of delivering his tentim•nts on Irish Alrtirs. Whether be will move fur a Committee is another question. There is no doubt, whatever the indisposition may he in certain quarters, that the alrdrs of I reland will be brought before the Legislature frequently during the approaching Session. _ _ _ Several petitions are in progress against the Tithe Corn -mutation Act. There will Nlco be one from the Catholics of Ireland on the same subject. A petition likewise, for a law to regulate the levying of Tithe in kind. A Petition from the same body on the state of the Country. A Petition relative to the administration of the law in the Inferior Jurisdictions. A Petition on behalf of the Catholics, against the oaths which they are now obliged to take, and praying for their repeal. They are expected to be heard, as a matter of right, at the bar of the House of Commons, by their counsel. Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shiel, we believe, will be appointed to this honorable offiee. The General Petition of the Catholics of Ireland will be entrusted to the Earl of Donoughinore and Mr. Plunkett. It is said, that Mr. Lamhton will have a motion on early this Session, on the appointment of Mr. tioold to the Seri eantey. 'the Duke of 'York takes the Chair on Patrick's Day at the London Tavern. It is said, that his Kny.il High ness's sentiments have undergone some modification. We hope so. Sir Francis Burdett. it is reported, will revive the ques tion touching the Sheriffs of Dublin. Tlie Committee of the Local Taxation of the City of Dublin will he revived, and we have reason to know, under very favourable auspices. It is by no means cer tain that the corporation will be supported by the Home Secretary. The Committee on the state of the Poor will also be re vived. The Union Duties will again come under the considera tion of the Legislature; and it is more than probable that they will be entirely done away with. The Commissioners of Inquiry will make another Re port on the subject of the Custom House, likewise on the Post 011 ice and Stamp Office. These Reports will be at once interesting and important. It is supposed that they till recommend still greater changes than have already occurred. The question of the Distilleries will be again introduced.— As the Act now stands, the monopoly, though opened in Law, Is almost exclusively secured to the great Houses, the small capitalists having no power whatever to enter into competition with them. The condition of the Irish Brewers will he taken into con sideration, and it is reasonably supposed that a part of the Malt Duty will be repealed. Sir Henry Parnell will move for the revival of the Com mittee to consider the expediency of assimilating the English and Irish Currencies. A motion will be made on the Orangemen of Ireland, in order to obtain specific information of their numbers, their arms, their organization, and their present constitution. On the whole, though there w1:1 be several great questions before Parliament in the ensuing Session, the affairs of Ire land will occupy a very prominent portion of the attention of the Legislature. It is believed that none but Natives of England will. in future, be employed in the Administration of the Revenue In Ireland. A Gentleman, high in the Excise Department in Dublin. is now under trial, on charges preferred by one lately dismissed frum a subordinate situation. RECENT Du rt.—TheComosissioners of Excise have directed an inquiry into the circumstances which gave rise to a recent duel, between the head of one of the departments in this City and a subordinate otlicer.—(Cork• paper.) The four new Regiments to be raised after the meeting of Parliament are to be commanded by Major Generals Donkin, Beckwith, Lyon, and Conran. . Gerdy:rev or Tux MAlLS.—We'are informed that the Postmasters-General have lately issued orders 11.„t so porin as the Mail arrives ear+ thy from England, notice shall be sent to each general letter receiving office throughout the city, and that public notice of the exact hour of arrival .shall he conspicuously exhibited in the minilow of each of them. TLe object of this arrange uu t, first, that the public shall be relieved from the inconvenience they are at present subject to, from heing obliged to send to the General l'imt-office, in order to Luow whether a mail has actually arrived or not ; and in the next place, that they may lie better able to judge whether the letter carriers have exercised proper diligeace on their respective walks.—(flublin Morning Post.) Rnnday being the birth day of the Scottish Bird, Items, the Fifth Anniversary, since the institution, was hcld on Monday, at the Shakespeare Tavern, North Shields, by the members of the North and South Shields Mans's t Int. The chair was taken at three o'clock, and after the rPrupany had partaken of an etcellent dinner, the usual toastc of the " King," th • "Duke of Tork," and the other branches of the Royal family, were given. " 60d save the bine," was sung by the whole assemblage after the first twast. After the second, " Rule Britannia," with accom paniments. Previous to announcing the toast a,f the day, "The memory of the Immortal Robert Burns," the el:ele m.'''. Mr. Richardson, rose and gave a just eulogy to the genies, the virtues, the warm hearted philanthropy, and p thimic worth of the deceased, in which be introduced tome anecdotes of character of the port, not generally l '. , t 'ewe- All n a ti ons , he observed, have had their Bards ; Scotland Lad been peculiarly blessed, by one who not i m only. sane in s weetest num b ers, b ut from the apt i tu d e o f e language in which be wrote, bid a fair chance of carry- In[ . his native dialect down to the latest posterity. Ages 140 roll away before another such natural and self-taught Itsius visitet: the earth. Many songs from the works of the Poet, and from others, sere sung; and a new one, mroposed fur the occasion, drew forth much applause. Several letters from Edinburgh, Sunderland, and other places, were read • and one gentleman from Dumfries t ribluced some dried grass, cut from Burn's grave in Aug. last The day was alsocommemorated by a dinner in this town. — (Xereastle Chronicle.) On Monday last, the friends and admirers of Robert Barns celebrated his anniversary, according to annual cos tom, at Mr. Tw e ndl e ' s , th e S co t c h Arms Inn, Ricker-gate. "ple company was numerous and the entertainment excel t,ret, and th e even i ng was spent w i t h th a t conviviality and harmony which the occasion inspired, and which have al lisp distinguished he meetings held in cotnmenioration of t he immortal Poet.— t (Carlisle Journal ) , On Satu r d ay last, the body of the Rev. Thomas Tod hunter of Knaresdale, was found inanimate. We are in formed that on the occasion of the ce leb r at ion of 2 marriage i : his neighbourhood, he had been invited to partake of the 'lstily and good cheer usual on such occasions among loantry p eop l e ,- an d b a d parta k en very f ree l y o f th e " sou l zP, iring bowl" by an early hour in the afternoon, when .., left the m erry party . an d at fOu r o ' c l oc k he vi as discover ;il corpse near to his own residence, Mr. T. bad reached CI " Year.—(l6jd.) • . 'THE STATESMAN LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. Professor Millington and Mr. John Taylor have each engaged to deliver a coot se of Lectures. Many members having sent in their names for the pn-- pose of receiving and imparting the elementary instruction as detailed in our paper of Saturday; and several having applied for further information, on the ground of the plan not being sufficiently explicit, the Committee have an nounced that, having it in contemplation to embrace with in one edifice all the conveniences for lectnring,workships, schools, &c., (which intention, from the difficulty of obtai n i ngsuitable prernises,they cannot carry instantly into effect,) have adopted the following plan, in order that the valueand interest of the Lectures may be understood and promoted by a previous knowledge ofthe principles from which they are drawn and of the terms In which they are expressed ; at the same time ' they wished to be distinctly understood, that this plan is not ' meant to interfere in the least with the defined objects of the Institution. nor does it produce any charge on the funds, the offer of instruction being perfectly gratuitous on the part of the proposers. The plan is simply this : A member of the Committee im parts instruction at his own house for one hour on a given night to ten others, who, in their turn, rive the same information, each at his own residence, to five others, who enter (if conve• nient) into a similar obligation, while any pupils present themselves, whose attendance will be regulated, as to time end place, to suit as much es possi',lii the convenience of each. KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, JAN. 27. &SHAUGHNESSY V. THE EVENING MAIL. The demurrer in this cause was called on in the list for argument. It appeared that the action was brought by the plaintiff,' the Catholic Dean of Ennis, in the County Clare, against the proprietors of The Evening Mail, for the publication in their paper of the 18th day of April last, attributing various acts, and certain language to the plaintiff, on the occasion of the execution of two criminals, in that town, of the names of Haslet and Rourke. The defendants ad vanced two pleas; first, not guilty, and second, that they copied the libel in question from The Antidote, or, Pro testant Guardian newspaper, of the 12th day of April last, in which the ohnoxions paragraph first appeared. On the litter ground they contended that The Erening Mail was justified in re-publishing it, and that The Antidote news paper alone was responsible to the plaintiff. To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and on the case being called on this day for judgment, the Court were un animous in allowing the demurrer, with costs, against the defendants, without callicg nn the plaintiff's counsel to argue it at any length : considering it now as settled law, that a prior publication, in written slander, is no justification to a subsequent publisher ; although we are informed the contrary was ruled in the range of O'Mullan against the Proprietor of The Berry Journal, by the Court of Com mon Pleas some years ago—a decision of that Court, upon which, we suppose, these pleas were grounded. STATE OF IRELAND, (FROM THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.) The Southern Papers, we rejoice to say, bring no news. Munster is perfectly tranquil. Times seem to he s t ettin g better—Corn and Cattle, and, of course, the value of Lands, are increasing, and the population is quiet. We should be glad to have the same to state with respect to the Nortb of Ireland. But it would appear, that the contests between the Orangemen and the Ribbonmen are renewing. We extract from one of the Belfast Papers, a Letter, in which the conduct of the latter is arraigned as the offiliders, in some fray in the County of Tyrone. One thing, however, may be gathered from the account, that the Yeomanry were brought ont, without a Magistrate, and that an individual was shot dead. lf, and we do not deny it, military are necessary to preserve the peace of the country, why not employ troops of the line? why make it a sort of Civil War between the unarmed Ribbonmen and the well-armed Orangemen ? It is idle to ex sect that peace can be pre served, when the hostile parties are suffered to come into perpetual collision. There is a little talk, and it is only a talk. becanse the thing is exquisitely absurd, of a Petition to Parliament to inquire into the disturbances of Ireland—that is to say, after the disturbances have been put down. But the plan is b till more extraordinary—it is this, the Petitioners reinire dot Commissioners shall be sent over to this country to make this inquiry—in other words, that Lord Wellesley and his Go vernment should be cyphers. and that these Commissioners 01041 be Viceroys over him ! It would be insulting the un derstanding of the Reader to reason upon this notably scheme. It not only makes the fatuity of the faction. They are disappointed that the Government has at length reduced the country to peace—that the peasantry are quiet —that rents are beginning to be paid—that farming pro dime is beginning to fetch a remunerating price ; and why should they not, therefore, he ridiculous ? TITIIE COMMUTATION AcT.—The reader is referred to the last page for so:tie particulars reg-arding the Tithe 11111. It has been rejected in tiro places in Tipperary and in a parish near Dublin. The latter is carious, on account of one of the Resolutions, the right of Catholics pay ing Prot , stant Clergymen. In the county of Mayo a composi tion has been made with two Vicars. LIMERICK, JAN. 2S.—The Commissioners for the issue of public money have just agreed to grant Sixty Tuott , and Pounds towirds the erection of a Bridge and Docks here. These Wurks ;till, when completed, make this a very handsome City and a commodious Port. Thanks to our invaluable Representative, Mr. Rice, through whose ex ertions this grant has been obtained, in spite of the oppo sition of a certain party. The expenditure of this sum will be or incalculable benefit here, where employment for the Mechanic and theLabourer is so much wanted. The following is an article under the head of Peru, which appears in the Colombian Gazette, of the 16th No vember : " Constituent Congress of Peru was reinstated on the 6th of August. " Communications have been received from the Presi dent of Colombia, Bolivar. uated Lima, :nth of September. The Peruvian Congress has committed to him the Libera tion of that Republic, with such unlimited powers as he may deem necessary for the fulfilment of so important a trust. "He presented himself in the Hall of Congress. and, amid reiterated accla , uations of confidence and gratitude, pledged himself to do all in his power to fulfil the desires of Congress, which he felt to be so much in unison with his own. An income of fifty thousand was assigned to him, to be paid in preference to all other claims; but Bo livar, with disinterested modesty, refused the grant, de claring his allowance from the State of Colombia to be perfectly adeq ate to all his wants. A splendid banquet wasgiven to him by the Government." At an early hour on Sunday last, a meeting took place on Blackheath between Vincent. Esq. of Demerara, and Lieutenant Musgrove, of the Honourable the East India Company's service. At the second fire lieutenant M. received his antagonist', hall in the right knee, and fell apparently lifeless ; the wound was dressed by a sur geon who w..s in attendance on the gronnd, lint from the shattered state of thit Woe, it is plesnmed that ampu tation will be necessary. Mr. V.. was attended by Mr. .1. Percival, and Nll. M. by a brother officer, whose name we could not learn. The parties quitted the ground without even an attempt at accommodation being . made by any one present. TURNPIKE DISPUTE. --•ger-- On Saturday, the filst . of January, a Silver Cup, very finely wrought, of large size, with the following superscription, was presented to Mr. Cobbett by Messrs. Cotter'.ll. Biggar. and Wells, deputed for that purpose by the Subscription Committee:— " This Cup is presented to William Cobbett, Req. by the Proprietors of one horse carts of Kensington and its vicinity, as a grateful testimony for his exertions in reducing the Turnpike Tolls to the amount authorised by law.—De• cember, I se3." The fo.lowing was Mr. Cohbett's Answer : " GENTLEMEN—In returning the Proprietors of one horse carts my best thanks for the Cup, which, by your hands, tl.ey have done me the honour to present to me, I cannot refrain from observing, that the continuation of public abuses is generally to be ascribed to a want of puhilc spirit is that part of the community whose knowledge, whose leisure, and whose pecu niary means leave them no apology for such want. A large part of the industrious persons, who suffered from the turnpike extortions, were wholly unable to obtain redress for them selves; and, in such a case, if we, who are able to appeal to the law, neglect, from whatever motive, to make such appeal, we discover a want of feeling for our poorer neighbours, and a wani of courage to defend ourselves; we invite oppression and insult; and we must expect to be oppressed and insulted by every one to whom an artful misinterpretation of the law affords a pretext for making a ticks upon our purse " Gentlemen, we have upon this occasion, done our duty ; I, in bringing the delinquents to justice; and you and the other proprietors of ene horse certs, in thus publicly conferring on my conduct so signal a mark of your approbation. " In the hope that our example may not he useless to the country in general, I remain, Gentlemen, your neighbo ur, friend, and most obedient servant, " WM. CORBETT." _ The 2d and 3d Divisions of the 75th Reginymt of Foot, which arrived on the 25th ult. at Portsmouth, on board the Fanny, and Indian Trader, transports, from Gibraltar, and which were ordered to perform quarantine, disembarked on the 30th ult., and marched into Gosport barracks. Letters from Stockholm of the 16th ult. t•tate, that in the night between the 13th and 1-Ith there occurred one of the most dreadful storms ever remembered in that country. Eight ships were driven from their anchorage in the ha:- hour, and wrecked upon the rocks and sb•dlows. Many houses were injured, and even the steeple on the top of the Exchange at Stockholm was bent by the vi..lenee of the wind. Stveral persons were blown from the bridges into the river and drowned, and the roads communicating with the city had been rendered impassable by the Lumber of trees which bad fallen. Died, at Annan, on Saturday last, Mr. George John. stone, surgeon, aged 40 years. This gentleman came by his death under the following circntnstanc"s late on the Thursday night preceding —Le had been vii , itini! a patient residing at one of the inns, which house he lett i i p-rte. t health—in a'mut half an hour after he wis discovered near his own door by two men, who, considering him to be in a state of inebriation, conducted him li.une. It subse quently appeared that lie had been maltreated and abu'ed in a shocking manner, but unable to g;ve any account of the inhuman wretches who had committed time di ibolical deed. He languished in great pain till Saturday, when he expired, leaving an amiable widow iuith fall. in fant children, to lament their loss. A precognition was taken on Monday by the Sheriff, and means are to de tect the murderers, which is expected to be attended with success. The deceased was much esteemed' by a numerous and respectable acquaintance. The shopkeepers in China have boards fixed on the fronts of their houses, on which are described the virtues of their commodities. Under all, and conspicuous by their size. are the characters poe-hoe, which sightfy, " No cheat ing here!" Mostatouvusutne.—We are sorry to bear that conside rable discontents prevail amongst some of the colliers in the western part of this county. It is but a short time since similar symptoms manifested themselves in one of the largest iron works in the neighbourhood, but which have been suppressed by firmness and resolution. Some of the workmen at one of the collieries have left their employ, and it is reported that the rest have given notice. The present rapid increase in the price of provisions is sup posed to Lave had considerable influence in producing these threatening occurrences, and under these and all other circumstances, whatever may he neeessary to the landed and agricultural interest, we hope the markets will not continue to rise as they have done of late.—(Bristol Mercury.) A short time ago, a feather bed was purt.haseil at the sale of the effects of two old maiden ladies in London, and sent to this city. Teo children have slept on it ever since; but their frequent cries, and the appearance of various scratches on their bodies, at length induced an examina tion of tile bed to ascertain the cause, when it was found that a large quantity of pies had been deposited anion: the feathers. On a strict search being made, 72 were taken out, besides many that were lost during the examination. —{Carlisle Journal.) Three children (the whole family) of James Long., of Trowbridge, now lie dead of the smallpox ; and numbers are daily falling victims to this dire complaint in that town. It is indeed ',uneatable that ignorance and obsti nary should so powerfully combine as to cause all this pro fusion of loiman life when so mild a preventative is at hand. —(Dorset County Chronicle.) IV e most particularly recommend all those who have the welfare of their children at heart, to have immediate re course to vaccination, in order to save them front this bale ful effects of that horrible disease, the small pox ; which we are sorry to state is HOW raging u ith great violence in many parts of the kingdom. Seeing most of the Prwineial papers, we mention this on the best anthotity. At CA pi r, Fifeshire, a most melancholy event cecurred. A young man just married, was attacked by this disease, and a few days since died. We could mention many other equally fatal cases; but we are afraid it might occasion great alarm, and prtbably cause the places in which they occur to be shun ned and pointed out as dangerous. We hope we have said enough to convince all persons who are exposed to the attack of this disorder, either in themselves or their families, to have immediate recourse to that very mild preventive—vaccination. PERT 11.—TWO lazy and drunken mechanics attempted. last week, a premature exit from this " weary world."-- The one by cutting his throat, the other by hanging.— Both, however, were frustrated in their mad attempt; as the one was timeously cut down, and the wound inflicted by the other timeou.ly sewed up. They are recovering from their state of nearly fatal insanity—the objects alike of sympathy and scorn. This is the second attempt at self destruction which one of them has made within these six weeks. A youth, shout fourteen years of age, an inmate of the Workhouse of this city, named Leach, made au attempt on his life on Tuesday last, by hanging himself. He had a day or two previous, been detained for selling a silver spoon, which was suspected to be part of the property stolen a few weeks ago, from the house of the Rev. Mr. Ladd, at Wick ham, but bad been discharged. When discovered by one of the men in the establishment, life was nearly . ext7nct, and it required the greatest exertion to restore su mmation ; a nd, when completely recovered, and upon being asked how he felt, he replied .• very well ;" and that •• be should ds it again,"—(Caatcrbury Paper.), 'Thissrost:t. A cct DK:ST.—Thursday last, a labourer named til'Uough, employed in the Dundalk distiller,, fell from a ladder into the wash reservoir, where he remained plung ing and inhuming in the scalding liquor until some per sons came to his relief. He is under the care of Dr. Neilson and (Jetty, suffering the most excraristing agony, being in one blister from the throat downwards. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TIETTING AT TATTERSALUS.—Fr n. 2. R I D WON TU. —tO I nest Reformer -9 to 2 nest Re becca-1 lln 2 agst Quadrille—S to I agst Ont 3 Carlos-8 to I agst Cressida-6 to son the Colts ngst the Fillies. DERRY.-5 ;to I egst Swiss—l 3 to 2 agst Reformer-I'J to nest Agnes-15 to I agst Osmond-15 to I Pest Itidiculp-17 to agst Jessy—lS to I egst Cressida—lS to I agst Don Carlos 20 to I oast If urly Burly-35 to I Best Myrtnidnn. OAKS.-4 to I agt Rebecca-7 to I agst Sister to Sailor. DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-10 to I aest Altisidora —I I In I test Swiss—l 7 to I aest Rosanne —22 to I agst Miss Craw field-23 to I agst Nlandat;e-22 to I agst Ringlet-2J to agst Streathatu-30 to I agst Equity. COURSING AT FISIIRRTON DowNs.—A coursing meeting which has excited very considerable interest, took place on Friday last, at Fisherton Dawns, near D.ptford, to de termine a snatch made at the. late Deptford Coursing Meeting between flurry biggi and Goodlake, : a it's, for ten sovereigns each, awl twenty the main. The com pany was most respectable and very numerous', the hares stunt runners, and the dogs in high condition, Mr.Biggs's rather the favourites. Mr. Big g's Blast brat Mr. Goodlske's Gawrey. Mr. Goodlake's Gondola bent Mr. Biggs's Brazil. Mr. Bigas's Ritrleigh„ and Mr. Gondiske's Girl, undecided. Mr. Goodlake's Giowivorm heat Mr. Bei tram. Mr. Gondlake's Golden Locks beat Mr. Biggs's Bolivar. Mr. Bigrs's Burleigli beat Me. Goodlake's WO. Some difference of opinion arose from Brazil having made a momentary stop in one pill of the curse, owing as it was generally believed, to .her haviaz lost sight of the bare at the turn of the hill. The umpires were not satisfied of this circumstance, and of course de cided ajainst her. She was decidedly superior to (iondola' and, but for this accide%t, Mr. Biggs would have won the main.—(Sulietrtril Journal) PIGEON SllooTlNG.—'l lie first mach of the season took place at ten o'clock yesterday morniir, on ltaphot Heath, between eleven picked men from the A , liton, against eleven from the Midgliaiit Club, at 15 lairds each, 21 yards from the trap. ASHTON. II DG If AN. Killed. Killed. Mr. Pearson l3 Captain 11 ornby l4 Mr. Jones l3 Mr. Welsh Mr. Arntqage . l2 Mr. Celhourne l2 Mr. Rogers ll Mr. Cochrane Mr. Steven Mr. Norris Mr. Wells Mr. Kemp 9 Mr. !C. Rogers ti Mr. Fiel.l,r Mr. Gible:t Mr. Marsden Aftor the tie it was agreed that the match should he decided at three IM-ds each. The Ashton torn killed 29, and won the match, by those of 3lidgliam killing twenty— seven only. Roxens:—Spntsc Axn LlNGAN.—Reynolds, t!le friend a••d trainer of the Wier boxer, arrived in London yesterday, from the West of England. to accommodate the Champion Spring in another match of 500 soy, reigns, !he aim he has demanded if ever he tights again. Ileynnl is ttks the light upon a stage, and he is ready to deposit SW. I,suran will snow in London in a day or two. Iteynoles offers to lig'tt any min in the worl•l of his own weight, and he is not partLular to a few pound; in weight if an oppohant is not taller thnn Langan andlleynobis — took a benefit at Tailors' on Thursday last. which was uncommonly well attended. The sets-to were excellent, and it was pleasing to see the brave stranger so %tell supported. In the evening the set.to between Santy Passosts and Lan!r.n was loudly ap— pl toted, hut it was no snatch—the Paddy bad all the best of it—and to finish the thing ducent, floored Master Santy in style. Considering the onfavourahl,. state of the morn'ng (a hard frost), a pretty numerous company-of sportiaten att.tuded Lord Derby's stag hounds on Friday lest, nt Woodinanstone, to greet his Lordship's first nppearance in the field this season.— He was accompanied by his sim, f. rd Staudty , and I o'ted in good health and spirits. In cane pence of the ground bein; in a slippery s air, the Noble E. rl did not pur Go the dnse beyond E,,s m Downs. hut we are informed t tile deer was taken in the oi n of kingston, after a good run. The hounds meet to morrow at Potter's Lane End. Oa Thursday last this New Forest In unit found a fox it New Park, and aft r a brilliant run of a minutes, with only one check, they ran into him in good f..rn, such to the satist clots of a ntruerous field. The New For st hounds are considered the finest body of hounds in hinglaid. A FINE Its; N.—Alenday se'nnight, Colonel Smith's cele• brated it rriers had an al.nost unprecedented rvn. They found a hare at Hales Owen, ar.d after crossing Frankley Hilts, they made for Northfield, leaving the chinch on the left. They then went its the direction for Hartezve, but shortly turned to the right for King's Norton, which they left abort a mile on the left, nod took the direction of Weatherick Hid, where they killed the hare, after a severe run of an hour and 20 urinates without a check. The distance in a straizlit Hai from where the hare was r;ubd to the plc - • e where i; was killed, was more than eight miles, arid a great part of the country they crossed was very heavy. The hare was a rem:n.1.10,1%. saiml one.. Counstxo Exxitooitoisanv.—A few thy - 3 since a hare was found at Horsey, near Eastbourne, when two dogs be longina to !Jostles Hilbert, Esq. and a famous bitch the property of .11r. Jones, were taken to the spot. Good law being allowed, the hare was started. The ground ran over oils heavy, and computed to be at least three stiles, and during the Ours., puss and her staunch pursuers might have been lieptently covered with a sheet. Just, however, as the hare was entering the plantations of Ingio Thomas, Esq. the greyhound.; still laying hard at her, a fourth deg unfortunately run in and killed ber. So severe was this course, that Jones's celebrated bitch fell suddenly dead at its conclusion, and it was for some time doubtful whether Mr. Gilbert's younger dog would not have experienced a similar fate. The loss of the bitch still be severely felt in the Eistbourne sporting circle, as she was considered equal to any greyhound in the kingdom ; Mr. Jones, fortunately possesses two of her puppies. The bare is to be preserved and stuffed. A young [My, on bearing a thousand coins bad been found near Brighton race-course, with great simplicity exclaimed—" I dare say they are my brother's, for I know he lust a thousand the last time he was at the races," There are now living at 31argate, a family of seven per. sons, (two eons and live daughters) whose united ages amount to five hundred years :—the oldest is eighty three, and the youngest fifty-seven; and what is most remarkable. all are now single; live have beer. married and two have not. There are also two sons of one of them, whose ages amount to one hundred and two years; also eleven grand children and five great grandchildren, and are Ai in a good state of health. Sarah B3 John Robert ....... 73 Mary 74 Song. Stephen Robert Susan SO Rachel Elizabeth II Grand children. 5 Great grand children. 10i A few weeks since a sto n e of grey copper ore was raisel at Barton Mine, which weighs upwards of four hundred weight, and is said to be of greater value than any shoal!' production in one stone hitherto seen in this country.— (West Briton.) It is a remarkable circumstance that in the small parish of Kirkhaugh, near Alston, the population of which does not exceed 300, the united ages of the last four persons deceased should amount to 345 years, —June 29, Itlixaheth Henderson, 73; Any. 31, It chard Wallis. 95; Drc. 21, Ann Archer, 7d; Jan.2l, 1821, Sarah Hum ble, 99; total, 345. , ~ i, ~e~ i k ! 1 , .. ...... II i 1 11 11 • I . ..1• il 1 .11 :t1 of t- N In; a I 9