The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

- . 1 ,0! ( hies and Pr' oishosent of 1 .'0 14 113 a nd o:f•sder s an w ittee. • A rei %Tonal of It seasonal fel, o dproy nst," l opto i t. I•he .s hould i,.ornmendad A , h ice.i trc , t lte, that the 1,41 recently( ,:ae intern,. l dots not Paan rue WOMAN. — ,4 *Word's), 1 ,,,a timely" o sesPe cth lssire. Ad lot of ;.ate of thin Iturbide, stil the arcuate titian of sP' ase sir that Telling noel 041. The I Ns" ( I.ere tanglo easiy ned Lit NOWA' reveled si2ned by I the ‘• We th melt. sod deored Di! early as a bll;ty, Gee fak'i'r( tnt 'vans of r t' Toth *Ole WI possible, t 3 millions Om Onto say 4 0 " lariat a la to-snorron lity—a Pi sat fonds I:en or t , tilirrn by lanJ!! :410 milli Bourbon Sp.is an, try sill I • is* had been thr eAt, am to Le int The dr (ander II Etleiasfal theta sine theta tlsey stIV I , W e ; 1 : Ayeahlei aro Cow sue V War orii THE STATESMAN. Provincial Depotstions' suggesting the mta of prosinciel corps of Csxadores, to be em %seeding their provinces against factious nil other malefactors, were referred to a eon , report of the Committee of Commerce on a of tileConsulado of Cori ant was also read. The related to the prohibition of foreign grain, Iroposed that it should he admitted into ports of The Committee were of opinion that the me suld be referred to the Boverontent, and this idetion was approved by the Cortes. front New Orleans to the 7th of November the ravages of the yellow fever in that City ly decreased, as on the Ist. n't there were only qinents ; and in the two succeeding days, lot appear that there were any deaths. HL eitaah the tIITON ettuataft, 4th INsT.--Faolll schooner Felix, Max well, arrived rd.) , evening, in five days from Havannah, we Avert from our attentive correspondents files of ipective Gazelles of that place to the 27th ult. in-, Advice' had reached there from Vera Cries. W I of Soptember ; but very little is published of thel t hings in that in tog country. The Emperor, still sustains himself on his throne ; and from :imastance of his again permitting the transpor t specie from the mines of Vera Crua, it would that his ,authority was more respected, and tea more safe, than it bad been for some time previ :lie absence of all proclamations in the Havannah . by timplaloupe. Victoria , and ot hers, who, we tgltt to believe, were about to overturn the new augers favourably for the quiet of this self. _.....'Einoeror, at least fur the present. NosteemCemirel MILSTlNrso—The Requisition to be -.t e a to the lligh Sheriff of Norfolk is already Aby more than five hundred names. The terms Of requisition are ss follow : We the undersigned, Occupiers of Land, Tradeo i,,and o thers, affected by the od unpreem. 1; 4 Distresses of Agriculture, request you wilt. as as may be, convene a County Alerting of the No- Gentry, Llergy.. and others, for the purpose of into consideration those distresses and the beat . of relieving them. o the High Sheriff of the County of Norfolk." thing we would mention to oar readers, that it is le, for the French G o vernment to have gained 2 or ions of money hy gambling in our funds during Mein/Bons of the last three weeks. And this. they do over and over again in the course of • short time.l rt starlike article in their leading papers to day— tiemorrow down fall *or funds, 2 or 3 per ceet.—they bay—a peaceable article is inserted a day or two after - funds rist —they sell out—and thereby gain a mil- or two of pontiffs sterling, which must first be by the Rotten Buronghs from the people of Eng- I 1! This is another of the blessings of a debt ofl millions sterling, occasioned by restoring these very ' oboes, who now threaten to 'put down liberty in :Mend Portugal, by which the interest of this coon. mill bt injured more deeply, than if all the Boor t had bad a millstone tied about their necks and \ thrown into the sea. The Boroughs made the and the debt restored the Bourbons, who seem ificllned not to forget their b e n efactors!—(Exeter ksrs.) - 'The detachment of officers of the Ord Department (soder the dlreeficn of Major Thomas Colby, of the Royal EagincistOentployed oath., Ttigouorautrical Survey, io the Western Isles of Scotland, bite recently returned from thws° that Tower, the season not allowing them to cootie , -a their laborious duties in those islands. In the spring will Worn to the same part. Other detachments In vs rizicartes in About Britain wil l remain and continue the s tab weather will permit thew Themations ere Ayraiire, Norther., Consoles of North Web's, and the Bast as eusetiel of RneJsod. - v ea ceis lau:dest arrived at the Warwick Arms, in _. Wick. on Saturday last, where the honourable and worthy Baronet staid till Monday.—(Covealry Neralel)l A very interesting discussion took place yesterday at the Meetiog ef the West of England Agricultural So tier:Galli Rama, at Bath, the Marquess of Lansdowisl, in the Chair, arising out of the Report of one of the Commilees, Which' represented the state of the Agrictd !mists to'be utterly hopeless, without an immediate, change of 'Circumstances. To this an amendment was moved by Alt. Fags, of Backweli. and most ably me, minded by the Hun. and Rev. Mr. Lygon (of Worcester,, sliir,) anti supported by Sir John Hippesly, who spoke v ith a vigour, an acuteness, and effect, which, when the lion. Bart. declared his age to he 77, excited the great- 1 est applause. The tpeakersinaintoined that the WWI at the Agticulturists was had, but not such as to excite' to despair; ihat the country was improving. and would I improve; and that any st.i.ements front such s respect aliie body as there assembled, which would tend to as nerve Englishmen and paralyse honourable exertion, must do harm. Sir T. Lethbridge, Mr. Elwin, sad other gentlemen, most energetically pressed the recep tion of the Report, m aintaining that every syllable a the statements of distress was true, and that the truth ought boldly to he given ont to the world. The goer tion was not decided when our correspondent was forced to close his letter.—(Bristol Observer.) • Alritobert Gourley, of Wily, Wilts, and whose name hnssouften appeared before the public, attended the Magistrates of Salisbury, on Tuesday last, to obtain an order for • weh ly maintenence, upon the overseers of his parish. The Coart, attracted by the novelty of the thirty, was very crow ded ; Mr. Gourley attempted to read the nature of hi. application, but was not permitted. A John Ball no% sp.,iier was produced, containing a fetter from him. in a Inch he said that it was nut from neteo ail but from choice, that he had thrown himself upon his pariah. ite justified the language it contained, by basic', that " having gained a settlement at Wily, be dial nut ter why he should at all become burdensome to his frlehils; he had nu ikaht but amongst those he raw around Hui Ile could raise ten pounds, but this was not what be wanted—he is anted labour ; he did, not wish to eat the bread of idleness.." On being interrogated Is to kis havieg property, lie said that " there were 13001. Invested in the hands of trustees, but not fur his benefit, and over which he had no commit." He denied having any property. The Magistrates paid him that respect which his 'dews and integrity demanded, and made sake most ample allowances for those eccentricities which end proved a source of misery to himself and to all his zoneections. He was eventually allowed three shilling. per week; and the once opulent inhabitant of Deptford Cottage now labours on the roads tbrongh the day, and reposes at night ender the roof of a poor-house isee Gazelle) On Saturday last, a novel proceeding took place at. Brimstone, in Norfolk. Forcible possession having been taken of a piece of land belonging to the Rev. George Barnes, as rector of that parish, complaint was made to Sir Wm. Browne F01k..., Bert. • neighbouring Justice of the Peace, who, ander the authority of the Act of the nth of Henry VI. cap. 9. issued his precept to the High Sheriff, for s ummoning . a Jury to meet at Brimstone and esquire into the fact; in pomace of which the Jury suet, who being sworn and a charge delivered to thew by the Justice, heard the evidence produced on both sides, sod afterwards returned • verdict of the forcible entry, whereupon Sir William, attended by the Sheriffs' Officers and Constables, proceeded to the spot, and rein stated Mr. Barnes in his land, and afterwards required the agressors to lind sureties for keeping the peace. Monday last, four boys were accidentally drowned by the ice giving way, at an old clay-pit, nor Leicester in t:rotary ; a fifth, who was got out with symptoms of life, and fur a while seemed tu be recovering, d:ed also the tailoring day. A DDREiSllttlir MARQUESS WELLIMILEY. (FROM Tit DtilLtN DIORNINO POST 07 TOCRSDAT.) This day the Householders of Mary's Parish watt is Vestry, fur the pnrpnse of preparing an Address to his Excellency the Lord Lieoteoant, on the late outrage com- I nittted at the Theatre-Royal. Yesterday, a Deputation, consisting of the tinder- i named Gentlemen, waited on the Lord Mayor with a Requisition, requesting his Lordship to call a General Meeting, for the purpose of voting an Address to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on the recent Outrage committed at the Theatre. Mr. Luke White addressed the Lord Mayor, who received the Depatation with great politeness and attention, and expressed a hope that the example would be followed by every County and City in Ireland Sir Frederick Flood, Bart. ; Sir A. B. King, Bart. I Sir Chas. Morgan; Luke White, Esq. M.P. ; Arthur Guineas, Esq.; Jobe David Latonche, Esq. ; Henry Grattan, Esq. ; Val. O'Connor, Evq. ; Hugh O'Connor, Esq. ; N. P. Leader, Esq.; Eccles Cuthbert , Es q . ; Captain Potter! , ; Thomas (bold, Esq ; Richard Mil liken, Esq.; George Ness, Esq. ; John Comerford, Esq. The Requisition is the most numerous. and respect able we have ever seen on any public occasion. , TITHES. * A COUNTY OF KILKENNY Kinn MEETINIII. • (rain' TR, LISINSTIM iOURNAL.) • • In one last number we announced the forward a S of the Requisition for a County meeting, to pe on the Legislature on the subject of tithes; we deem it right, in order to enable. our readers to appreciate duly the spirit which animates dm Requisitionists, and the sense which they manifest of the necessity of an imme diate and thorough refined of the tithes system, to give publicity to the sentiments of some of the Noblemen and gentlemen who call for the Meeting. With this view we laid before our marls, on Saturday last, the letter of Lord Duncannon. We this day have the satis faction to submit to them, the just and spirited remarks of the Hon. Somerset Butler, as expressed is( Use follow. ing laconic and energetic letter. To the tastily exer tions of this Gentleman is our County indebted for the petition in favour of Catholic Emancipation come tans since agreed to, and now in pro gress to Parliament. We beg leave to remind our readers, that even in his letter on that occasion, Mr. Butler recommended to the Freeholders of the County of Kilkenny, a Petition on the very subject on which the County is now about to be convened. la his letter on the present occasion he calls the attention of the Inhabitants of his native county to a further measure of vest and vital im portance, not to this country only, but to the Empire at ' large. Twelve months elapsed from the time that he re-' commended a Petition to Parliament on the tithe question, I before the people vicbecame convinced of the necessity of yielding to his ade. In less than twelve months /more, we have no doubt that his suggestion oa the question of Parliameotary Reform will produces public Meeting to pe- tition for that great constitutional measure, shonld the Le gislature. as at present constituted, still pertinacioasly re fuse to yield to the wishes of the p ublic on the subjects of Catholic Emancipation, and Parliamentary Reform Elm Park, Dublin, Dec.B, 1822. San—ln eompliance with the wishes expressed le your letter, I shall give ,ey signature to the Requisition ; but without a Reform in Porilament. I fear it is vain to expect any chane le oar barbarous Tithe System. le my opn, the non-r g esideat Pastor, thrPlaralist sad Pro cter, will con tinue to lire by the sweat from the brow of the unfortunate husbandman as long as the corrupt Borough System exists. I am, Sir, your obedient humble Servast, SOMERSET IL BUTLER. To David Borkiall, Esq. • Sir Wm. Elliot, Bart., Admiral Mr Jolla Boreeford d Mt. Balfour, are emendates foe the vacant erre notation of Berwick-40n Tweed, occasioned by death of the Earl of Tankerville. Some opposition hatchets have lately visited Devizes, and during the last week it has beets made known by the town crier that they were selling prime joints of mutton lord lamb, the former at 24'1., and the latter at 34. per lb. The following, we understand, are the names of those who voted against the motion, in the Court of Com mon Council, on Thursday lase, on the subject of Con stitutional Reform ; Mr. James and 31r. Brook, Ward of Cheep; Mr. Dixon, Tower Ward ; Mr. Pierce, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Kyle, Walbroek Ward ; and Mr. flea. der, Colemao-street Ward. Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated October 4 :—" Although our condition is somewhat better than it was two rsontbs back, yet it still remains a far from enviable one, aid almost all the settlers find themselves most grievously disappointed io their golden expectations. The land which we have bail given us in this, oioe tenths of it, totally unfit fur tillage ; it is strongly impregnated, in many parts, with sulpha'', and in others, with a substance resembling spit-prtre; and it is foetid extremely difficult to raise either wheat or barley, although we were led to understand that both would easily grow here. Potatoes are, however, found to thrive generally ; and many other descriptions of Foglish vegetables, it is thought, will, after a little extra cultivation, answer well enough. The colonists and settlers have, however, certainly got the worst part of the Cape, as we learn from several who h ave wade incursions i nto ' the interior, that the Calfres have some 'delightful plots of ground, which only want cultivation by LiViliZeli baud. to render them valuable and produc tive. The late dreadful Storms here have done most irreparable damage to such of the crops as the industry aid indefatigability of the settlers bad been able to raise, and this is doubly disheartening from the unu sual pains they had been compelled to take to bring them to any maturity. We bare had lately several cargoes of wheat from Van Diersan's land, and our letters ac companying.these supplies give mostflattering "accounts of that colony, which never fails to excitant.. envy of the poor settlers here. The aboriginal 'eh aLitants of this part of the world are the most savig4. agouti', and euseivitisable set of beings you ever sisim4ll stempts to get them into any sort of amicable ireitowese be e n found impracticable , sad a n y settler...am, matter Iwo' kind his intention may be, who veotivreettito their poiewssiona is almost certain of being muerte/ed. This has been the case with more than one among us, who, having been impradent and daring enough to go among them, have fallen victims to that imprudence. In con sequence of these acts of violeuce, the intercourse with the natives is very limited, it being found utterly im possible to establish any real terms of amity with them.' they are likewise most notorious thieves; not such petty ones as you's in England, but rubbers by the wholesale, who drive off whole droves of our cattle at time. This arises wore from a natural love of theiviog than from any real want of the beast, as they abound in the interior, with fine cattle of all descriptions. This colony will most certainly never answer the views of the settleratits mineral state holding out but little hopes to the agriculturist that he could ever raise sufficient crops to remunerate him for his expenses and labour. Toe Dutch farmers still remaining here entertain simi lar ideas, although, hating the advantage of &Rebuke, they are touch better off than we ere." All enquiry about the parents of the little boy, aban dned to the wide world, and sent as a present by the co o ach from Leicester, (not Nottingham, a s erroneously stated,) to Mrs. Fisher of Loughborough, three weeks ago, having proved unavailing, the child, on Wednesday last, was placed in Loughborough workhouse. Surely the unnatural mother, when she hears this, will no longer ilelsy comiag forward and eagerly taking it again under tier own pletectioz,--7(Nottivkain Review) REGULATIONS . OF N , PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES I - In nur papet of the 11th, we carected the mistshe of the French journals, in which it was stated that the King had refused to sign the decree of the Cortes for the regulation of patriotic societies. The decree is now published in an oificiai forte, and as the peoceedings of the patriotic societies are held up by the Ultra French papers as a cause of war, it may be worth while to rev peat in substance the regulations lunder which these meetings are placed. They are at follow :- 1. All persons who propose to meet publicly for the purpose of discussing political subjects; must give 13 hours previous notice of the time add place of meeting to the First CoetAtutional Alcaideo or the Political Chief of the district. 2. If it be intended that the meeting shall be perioill- I cal, those who propose to form the society must draw up a set of rules, and.present the" same to the above mea -1 tioned magistrates within the fi xed period of 12 bciarit not, however, for the approbation of the said authorities. but merely to give an opportunity for aacertaioiag etbe titer any thing is proposed to be done which may call 'for consideration or interposition. 3. In the case of any appearances of sedition, such as acts of violence, or factious acclamations, the Political Chief, the Alcalde, or the Corregidor, is empowered to dissolve the meeting i which is to be done by reading, taregtimes, with a loud voice, the present law, and de. siring AI the persons then assembled to disperse. In the case of their refusing to obey, force may be used to mike thew withdraw. 4. The dispersion of a meeting or society shall not prevent Ats members from assembling again within three days; but all the formalities required by art i l, mast be repealed. 5. These meetings may remain open until midnight, or one le the morning ; but, after the last mentioned hour, the Magistrates may dismiss them. If the persons present refuse to withdraw, they shall be held to be in a state of disobedience, and the society shall incur the penalty of suspension. 6. 'these meetings have no legal character; and peti tions from them cannot be received as from corporate bodies, hut must beheld as merely espreasioi the opinion of the individuals present. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BF.TWI BRITISH AND FRRNCH SHIPPINIL By • &enter of the Minister of Marine, addressed to the Commissioners of Marine at Dunkirk, Havre, St. Maio, Nantes, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Marseilles, it appears that Messrs. Lascombe, agents of the Associa tion called Lloyd's, at London, have cause(' to be trans lated into French a work entitled navel-ell Telegra• ?hie Language, or Code of Signal,. By means of this work, and of the signs which it contains, the ships of France and England may carry on, at sea, easy and cer tain communications. Vessels provided with this work, anti with these signs, may convey, with greater rapidity, assistance to others in distress, or demand assistance themselves; they will be able to give and receive im portant indications as to shoals that shall be avoided, what courses should be followed, and with respect to anchorages, the entrance of ports, icc. In consequence oldie benefits which may result from this system, to humanity, to comuseree, and to navigation, the Minister has given orders in the five military ports, that the eoinricanders of King's ships should he Bocce'. sleety supplied with the work and the signs in creation. From a letter of Messrs. Luscumbe. to the Committee at Lloyd's, it farther appears that orders bare been given not only that the whole of the French navy sha l l be p ro. ,vided with this systena..bat also that it - be transmitted to the Atheist ports of Primes 'KT 'tier cofoiffeT, for m purposes of communicating with the merchant service; and that the French Government has taken into serious consideration a plan for the establishing of these signals on the principal points and headlandsof Fresco; so that ships approaching these shores will ha enabled to com municate, and by this means to receive prompt Bassist ance under circumstances of distress or otherwise. The only difference which exists between the flaw employed by the French merchant service sud the English is, the substitution of • light yellow in stead of a white hand in the telegraph flag. French ships of tVar are now supplied with the same flags as those used in the mere iant service. save only th it No. 7 and No. 9 have undergone a slight inclination to an angular form, in order that they might not be mis taken for the scrate flags of the same design used in the French navy. Ibis difference, as will be seen Icy-refer ence to the piste facing the French Ships of war, is so ' very trilling that it wilt probably be considered un• worthy of notice. Ships provided with these signals may now communicate with the point of La Here and the tower of Havre, where posts are established. ALAUSIXO Flux Tuts MORNINO.—This morning, about two o'clock• an alarming fire broke out at Long's Hotel, Bond..street. The Rainer a peered first in one of the attics, and communicated to the floor beneath ; but by the prompt attendance of the engines and exertions of the firemen, the conflagration was confined to the up per stories of the house, which were totally destroyed A party of the Guards attended on the first alarm. ThiS disaster, it is reported, was orra.ioned by a valet of a Gentleman who lodges in the Hotel, having gone to bed in a state of intoxication. The body of the person who committed Suicide last night, near Waterloo bridge, was we understand, recog nised this morning by a person from the Excltange Coffee House, in the Strand ; hut his name has not transpired. His linen is marked with the letters I. H. On Tuesday morning, the female nt of Miss Laev.in South-street, Chichester, was alarmed by the welter fire, which she ascertained to proceed from the bed-room of her mistress, where it appeared that a lighted candle had fallen from out of the socket of the candlestick, and set fire to the bed furniture. Miss L. was asleep. and course unconscious of her darigere.-.:. With difficulty she, was aroused and extricated from her perilous situation unhurt. The bed furniture wee ea urely CODSUIDeti.: EXtTii4 Me. 26.—0 n Monday evening last, about ten o'clock, this city was thrown into the greatest alarm. in consequence of a fire breaking out in the premises of Mr. Greenslade, druggist, South Street. The fire ori ginated in the warehouses, behind the dwelling house, and burnt with great violence, so that fears were enter tained for the mljuiiiing house, and also for the Unita rian Chapel, which is closely connected—but, by the timely arrival of the engines, and from the exertions-of the firemen and inhabitants, the dames were got under without spreading farther than the warehouse, which is entirely consumed. Youth of both sexes are particularly advised to attend to that inestimable ornament, the Human Hair, as that attended coin youth is a sure pres..rvative, and fixes a Atamiaa fur a beautiful head of hair. The only article that really pos sesses nutritious virtues for promoting • luxuriant growth et hair is ROWLAND'S MACAsStit OIL, which eradicates the scurf nay and pleasant, prevents the hair felling off or turn ing grey, strengthens and produces beautiful flowin.r earls. and renders hair that is harsh and dry. as soft, sino.stli, and glossy as silk. As impostors purchase the empty bottles, and offer for sale a pernicious composition instead of the genuine, it is indispeusatsly necessary to ask for Rowland's; and observe, the prices are fns. 6d., Ts. • 10s. 6d. • aid 21s. ; and each genuine b ottle is wra pp ed ' lo a book. and signed on the outside In red—" A. Rowland and Son." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. • —iaiem•—i--. 41F• . swotrg. dec. AL—Arrived the Marianne. Parker; ll Cape of Good llope.—Sailed the Ida. for Hour: ; and Brothers, for Jamaica. —Wind N. E. ' beta, Dee. 20.—Win4 E. N. E. Y . /AE.IIOI/TR, DEC. 10, 0 P. M.—Several homeward-boan ves s els are now putting in ; among t hem. the Albion, oi 4 Londo nd the Est, of Bristol.—Wind E.N.E. London PLY TO. Dar 10 .— Arrived His hlaj•titt'a Ship Glou cester, in the Eastward. and remaind in the Sound with His Majesty's ships Phaeton, Eden. and Valorous; also ar rised, the Dwarf Cutter from a cruize. Put in to take pas sengers for Sierra Leone; the Nepoe Trader, from Loa• don, for Sierra Leone; and arrived the Martha. Colliab, from Newbunilland and Borodino, 3$ days from St, John's. New Brunswick.—The Berwick, for Van Diarnan's Lind, sailed yesterday engers.—Wind E. Hanwictr. Dar , w ed the Vanslltart,Masternsao, , with mails from 11 ind N.H. • LivierooL, 64 Majesty's Brig, Racehorse, was lost on Sunchly 4,011 the Isle of Man, sod Ma of the MN and three boatmen were drowned. • ii.. The following elegant olorceaa Was picked up In a bottle at Sully, on 11th Dec.:-- . 1 Western Olen, on board the brig Royal Union, for Quebec to Dublin, out twenty-three days, lat. 48. lb n. long. 40. In. W. of Greenwich, by Jas. Phelan, cable pas. sugar:Friday: Sept. 27. ISM" " Wheeaer may this bottle find; By reporting us will he kind; Will sedsfy these who're concerned, -- .Arel reap the fruit of oar ship's errand : . . , • Now may you have a prosperous gale, With as much aft as bear top gallant sail ; And may you in tie haven lie, Safe moored beneath a tranquil sky; :_ And may yeti have a happy year, ' - . Warm fi res, good wine, and hearty eli cit," Psomeretaeism.—Yesterd bout tad o'clock, II prodigious crowd sesembled raleston, t Mr. Res:- sell, the pedestrian. set out on- match to wale . mites In eisueeessive hours. Owing, however, to edam derail with the proprietor of the groatel adjoiniegerhore be west*: '• walk, he did nut commence till half past Elie o'clock. Wines 4 lit became dark, torches were procured, sod the crowd hi; Incased every moment till nine o'clock, whea It is coojwl 4 7 isl tared upwards of five thous' were present. The n'ght was exceedingly dark, and a no, rof ralschlevouslauthe .? surrounded a large gally,,ete ho full of mad, towage , syllich, when any person approa ed, they opened MO- ' ;plinke, and allowed them to fall in. Hundreds were tak en is llythTsatrahtgein,which seemed to eve great plessere toyhe e M pectators. as was testified by a loud shout at every homer. on of a new victim Russell. tams atima, was getting on at a steady pease about 8 miles or b miles ao hour. and at 17 minutes to II this forenoon had accomplished 83 miles.— (Gbassfore Won. of Tuesday.) A man getearneTownsend, on Monday last, for the seke of - what heoeut4 of the lookers•on, walked the space of SI mite; backward, In five hours and a half! The ground by chose kw this undertaking was from the middle of Dl ses Gr eco to the bridge on the London roa d—a quarter or L ai mile s ta n ce. Tile time he • allowed h imself was six `hours, but he aeromplished his task within the five hours and a hitf.—(Devires Gezotti.) ' Duct. PREVYNTEI).—A dad, between a farmer and a miller, who reside in the western part of this county, 'was, a few days ago, prevented, by the interference of the Civil power. Th e farmer, to chew his • pluck,' has .‘ posted his opponent on his trim doors. There is no doubt bet that a real pistol fight would have liken place, had not a surgeon, who was applied to to Wiwi the combatants to the field, blabbed the secret.—(Brie.- - too Herald) On Saturday Meld, the 'Mt list. Mr. Hunt, head mime- • keeper to the Hight Hoe. Robert Peel, it Laiworth Ca t ha t received lafereeatko that a badly of poachers Intended night to eater his master's plantations, Immediately sum mooing his &mistimes t w elve In number, be awaited th eir ,• wised, mad belawenallevint aed twelve o'ctoek seta diechs rge of littoral ens intmaisedd tier r near approach. Mr. Hunt • on challenging them, was answwittbf - 1 Wren wets ap —"— peered to act as lea.ler, who said, "We are five-and thirty strong and are for • death or glory;' but we Will not use fire-arms unless your party fire first. ' Turning to his Will he then threatened to /11001 the first that loft the fluid; and placing them in military array, a gemeral - fight ensued Both parties wets sensed with Mahe and steinatis (Metre meats much used by polishers, aml resembling flails.) After . a combat of 20 minutes, the poachers retreated. leaving be-. hied them several pheasants which they had previously killed, hut taking away the keeper's valuable dad:tie-barrel gun. Hach Poacher was distinguished by a white handker chief mind hit hat. Mr. Hunt was much hurt, and received . many deep moues in the head, but immediate assistance being obtained, he is now fast woman: all his men were more or less braised, en al the poachers suffered se verely, as was amply shown by the bloody state of the ground on which the Only occurred. An account being transmitted to Mr. Peel, et the time in London, ea active Bow-street officer (Bishop) was immediately sent down, end we have pleasure in stating that his exertions have led to the pprehension of set eral of the offenders. It appears the • greater part ofthe gang belong to Milborne, Piddletown, and adjacent a s/es—distant twelve or fourteen miles from Lit it worth. Thomas Jeffries, and Rimed Marlin, of Mil borne; Drouta Skinner and Stephen Scott. of Ptddletown. and John Rower, of Woolb rid g e. labourers, charged with • with this nffenee, have been committed by James Frampton, Zsq. to die gaol at Dorchester, for trial at the eusuiag County Sessions.—(Dorchester Gazette:) Rice.—The late storm did much damage to some of the houses in Ince, near this city. The one occupied by dse Rev. Mr. Peel, however, sustained the greatest. — While the storm was raging with its ittmost-molenee, at , about half-pact ten, a stack of chitnnies fell upon. the . roof, which burst into the garret with • tremendous crash ; forced that floor into the room below, and finally karst into the latter ; the whole mass of bricks, tiles, mortar, and two doming% being precipitated into the kitchen:. At this time Mies Peel, a child of Mr. Peel's sod the nurse, were in the kitchen, and, what is truly surprising, not on, of them was injured. It news the mass of ruins descended towards the outward side of the boner, where the 'pars and boarding of the second door, shaken from their fastnesses in the wall. gars Way, ant. fell in a body, while the opposite extremity of the hoard ings, though entirely Ipesened or broken otr from, the Inner wall, remained resting agaiest it, the floor now presenting an oblique position, somewhat resembling the ridge of a house. Prosidentially the individuals named were sitting in that part of the kitchen over which the 1 flooring struck, and were thus p d from being buried in the ruins. At the time of this extraordinary preservation, one, not much less singular, occurred is another part of the house. Two of Mr. Peel's children were in bed at the time of the cfllllll, io a room adjoining . . . tne cbambpr which had fallen in, when a quantity of bricks , and slates proceeding fr om the inner wall of „the upper I . room, fell upon a curtain at the top of a camp-bee, in which the children lay. The weight of the ruebist. sae at least sixty poonle, which, though it did not blast through the curtain, forced it downwards to within ita!f a yard of the children, and formed the appearance of A bag, hanging immediately oYer illeel. Of course, im mediately after the accident took place below, these in nocents became ol;ects of solicitude, and on the servants reaching their room, they were found aslaep and unbutt! . Au out-door servant man happening to he on the pre mises when the doors fell, alarmed the neighbours, se veral of whom rap to the house, when Illiss Peel, four children, and t ell the servants, were taken front the scene of desolatiorf to Mr. Warisorton's 'Cant-house, where"' tbey retuaioe I for that night. The Ril i'. Mr. Peel and his L idy happened to be on a visit at Oxford, as ire ate informed, when the accident took place.—(o.eve,. Guardian.) 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