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amine, whieli had been withheld I)ona him when he gave Inv first opinion.--(lleur, hear.)—lti the whole course of there proceedings, the Norwich Directors had abr.'s' a strong care for self, and a total disregard for every body else. They now came forward and shook off the London insurers as au excrescence from their body. He applauded the manly atid candid conduct of Mr. Brooke. iii com plaining of the 1111111lbef iu whirls Mr. Bilottilire name was used by the Norwich Directors. It was the common act of common cunning to try dull shift upon another the blame of which the shifter was alone goiltv. if Mr. Bignold had duce wrong, what ought to he said of the Board who had ineti tttt its wrong, and who now turwil n routid and *belt. red themselves wider their accusa tion of his conduct ?—( Ileur.)—lle was sorry to see that the labours of the Committee had been so Ineffectual, and that instead of leading to a reforma tion of ahnees, they had only terminated in their own dissolutiou. The Latin sentence might be well applied to them— " Parteriend moat's, townie ridicules mus." The Committee was, however, now deed, and he Would, in speaking of them, adhere to the maxim of •• De 'nor-fair nil nisi bonnan." lie hoped the good they had done would hereafter reale''', and the evil he forgotten.—(lleit).) Mr. MIDDLETON complained that Mr. Barry hail misrepresented the sentiments of Mr. Brooke, who, though lie had cast blame upon the Directors, yet, nevertheless, affixed upon Mr. Bigliold the full share for which he deserved to answer. The benefits achieved by the Committee might be trtced in their :arduous examination and adjustment of tedi ous and disputed claims, which the parties who were now present could state were satisfactorily settled.—(Hear.) Mr. LoCILWOOD said, that he was agent for the Norwich Society at Bury St. Ediuunds. He mere ly foie to justify the llosrd of Directors from the iminuations which h a dl been thrown out against them. Ile could assure the Meeting, that the se imitation of the London fire insurers was not the vo luntary act of the Norwich Directors, it was 'sot only, as had been aunt, dictated by the law, but also by the concurrent voice of the country insurers, nine-tenths of whom were averse to the extension of the fire department to the metropolis. If this iloi menilierment did nut take place, lie could of his own knowledge say, that in his department in Suf folk 300 country insurers would withdraw from the establishment. Mr. BIGNOLD, sen. stated, that when he came to London to extend the benefits of the Norwich Society to the metropolis, he had dune so with the cordial consent of the Norwich Directors, and in the course of two years hurl rapidly advanced the general interests of the liostitution. lie at first called in the aid of a few London frienda to assist in the plans of the Office, and intended to have en larged their number, and placed the concern on a steady and firm foundation. He had now prepared a plan which would grea►ly lessen the effects of calamity by fire, mud reduce of course the ex pense of insurance. With respect to his own recount, he defied any man to establish any specific accusation against him. He had esta blished this Institution, and his situation, after his labours had been made use of. was attempted to be wrested from him. It was sin old sajing, that " If a man once took the trouble to plant a vineyard, lie would soon get persons ready to collect his grapes and profit by their culture." Su it was in this case, the Committee wanted to join with the Di.. rectors, and divide among each other lucrative of flees; they had alienated his sous from him, and had deluded them by flattering promises, which, in the end, would be found delusive; and he was to be sacrificed, because he denounced their plans. He would assure them, however, they would not so easily get rid of him by this sort of compromise among each other. Ile ass too firm to be shaken by this arrangement, to establish six Directors at Norwich and twelve in London—all with salaries. They admitted that he had honesty, assiduity, and they even flattered him with haring talents well-suited to their loistioess ; but he would not be deluded by the artifices which were em ployed against him. Mr. Alderman THORp rose to say a few words respecting the Report. The Members of the Com mittee, of whom he had the honour to be one, were accused by some Gentlemen of having framed a Report which did not in ramie parts contain all that it ought, and in others less than it ought. lie was ready to confess that he thought it contained rather too much matter, and that it would have been as well if the Report MRS confined to the sim ple fact of the separation of the Norwich from the London Fire Insurers. He was also free to say that for as variety of reasons the state of the funds of the Institution was not so clearly ►et down as it ought. lint the time of the London Committee had been considerably employed in the investigation of con tested claims, nearly the whole of which they had succeeded in bringing to a satisfactory conclusion. They had also furnished a large mass of information to the public ►espectin the whole business of the Norwich concern—whether this information, tilos given, were of value or not, it was for the public to determine. The Report was certainly deficient in stating the funds of the Society, for the Committee had not the fullest information on that subject. They had heard of large sums remaining in the hands of agents, of the particular amount or ap propriation of which, they were uninformed. lint they had reported northing winch was not the fact, and made no observateer which they did not be lieve to be strictly (untitled in truth. As to the establishment of a new Office, Gentlemen must act as they pleased in that respect, he would pro nounce no opinion 1/1)011 such a measure. BIGNOI.D. 5e11.". " Mr. Thorp is a Director of another Fire Office." Mr. Alderman I tIORP said that he was a member of saintlier office, hut lie had never canvassed for a single insurer for it. Ile had always been otherwise engaged. Ile would beat with contempt every Mei 'mants of this kind.—(44ppionse.) Mr. II ANsoN rose, wool was proceeding to pro nounce its plain anti rbfleinnve terms nt . a very per sonal naituie, a severe phillipie upon Mr. 1:141101d, twit. *kris- BARRY rm..: to order. Hod strongly crtouretl the untru4ur•m.o o r such glom' perionalutuu 111. lIANAON urinated. and incl, that loud) here •ud eliorlitre, 4r. Buiptuld had ilditdered the Committee collectively and individually. Ile hail talked of a coalition between the Committee and the Norwich Directors. This must have arisen from a circumstance that had occurred late last night, when the Deputation from Norwich made a proposition, which was not encouraged by the Committee, and the proposers of it then agreed it should be withdrawn. It was said, that the Nor wich Directors had cast the London Insurers off— then let not the latter return to then).—lllear.k. It is said, that the Norwich Society prospers in the country, though/ it (hoes not in town. was this difference ? for other establishments of a similar kind were found to flourish in the Metropolis; and surely nothing but bad management could have prevented equal success to this. Mr. KEMISLE said lie would not have obtruded himself upon the Meeting were it not for the re marks that had been mode on the conduct of the Committee, the members of which had no reward for their trouble but the consciousness of having discharged their duty , " and nothing extenuated or lei down in malice . " If the Committee had done wrong, let their error be proclaimed, and their mis conduct reprobated. A Learned Gentleman had made un eloquent speech against them, but the Meeting would recollect, that Gentlemen of that highly honourable profession were often in the habit of speaking at particular sides of a question, without ever incurring any moral animadversion for the opinions they had so expressed.—lle thanked Mr. Barry, however, fur his Latin (Notations, and he would apply one of them to 11r. Bignold.— That Gentleman was completely defunct, and of him let it be said—" De morttris oil nisi bonuns." —( Laughter.j—With respect to what had taken place last night in the Consinittee, it would be as well at once to state the plain tale. The deputa tion from the Norwich Society had intimated, that if a new Fire-office un their phut were set oil foot, they would willingly assist it, by giving their fire engines to it for six months, giving it the hornless which it would not itself embark to, and other ad vantages. The Committee thought it right to re ject this tender of co-operation, and there the mat ter elided. Mr. • Eane defended the conduct of the Com mitter, and thought they had acted throughout iu the most praiseworthy manner. Mr. BROOKE said, the C 'ttee did not want to accept the favour offered by the Deputation.— If anew society were to be established. they could purchase engines of their own. Mr. Alderman l'Atitsom said, that as a Member of the Norwich Board, he could assure them that the Board felt the confidence which had been placed its them by the public, and when they were obliged to relinquish the London Fire Insurance, it was because they were informed by eminent lawyers that they could out legally perse vere in currying it on. lie could assure the Meet ing that the country fire insurers were averse to this union with London, for in the metropolis, during the two or three years that this union had subsisted, the concern had sustained a loss in London of ti,ooo/. They would still uphold their life insur ance here, and would gladly wish well to any fire iusurance company established on their own plan. There was surely room for both to prosper, sod lie took leave of the Meeting on the part of the Nor wich Directors. with the greatest respect. The Rupert was then rtcrivetland agreed to. Mr. BROOKE then proposed, that a Meeting be convened to consider of the iiiropiitty of establish. ing • National Fire and Lite Association, on the principle of mutual risk and mutual assurance. Mr. HANSOM seconded this motion, which was immediately carried.--(Fer krsoltations see Ad vertisement in front of our Paper.) Mr. WATSON put the following question—" I desire to know, wind the holders or policies lOr six years on fire assurance are to tlo, after the separa tion between the Norwich Hoard and London In surers next Christmas?" Mr. BIGNOLD, jun.- 1, Whether the policies be f or s i x mouths or six years, the Directors at Nor wich consider themselves hound to abide by them; and if the holders should wish to ailed them at any period while they remain in force, the Directors will he ready to return a fair and full proportion of the premium already given.—( Near, hear.)-1;e -&Mrs, the Directors will share among the London insurers their quota of the general protiis of the business throughout the count ; although in London the concern, as had been stated, incurred on actual loss. The Duet:tors could not, it was now ascertained, pursue the tire insurance in the Metropolis; but they had the power, and would exercise it, of carrying on the life bii,iness herr." Mr. WATSON, Mr. TWIGG, and other gentle men, were of opinion that a Committee ought to he appointed to investigate the affairs of the Life department of the Norwich Society. Mr. BROOKE complained of the inaccuracy of the accounts, particularly of the monists in the hoods of agents. Mr. BIGNOLD, jun. said, that these accounts were closely arranging, and that the balances with agents were by nu messes so much as had been stated. ~M►. MORGAN (ihe Actuary) could see no use of appointing a Committee to ►nake the suggested inquiry. Severn! irregular explanations took place at this time in the room, and Nlr. T. Bignohl, jun. threw out a sharp allusion to the George and Vulture Committer, which called up Nlr. Alderman Thorp, who pointedly complained of the indecency of the allusion, and defended the conduct of the George and Vulture Committee, whose original charge of mismanagement against the Norwich Society had been since substantiated by the fact. After some mutual explanations between the Gentlemen who hail spoken, a motion of Thanks to the Norwich Directors was then put and r►jecled. The motions, of course, to the Clciirtnito and Se cretary, were then carried, and these Gentlemen severally returned thanks. A further Meeting Mill be held on Wednesday. the 30th of Deceuslwr. The late fire in Cornlntl 11119 No Mlle!' injured the adjoining Iron-.r, thut int tof them mu. un dergo sums repair. The Oohs. I,l,la:ince I /thee ni to he pulled down, and it is txrecied that Ni.' I, bring the corner, EITON's, Nii, mid the ad joining house, will hr puttint•ca by the City, to make the improvements lung spoken of. FOREIGN IN TELLIGENCE. will pass, through Switzerland a:4 ids way to Italy. Ceneral La Harpe will accompany the Prince in thn jourriley. P. ince John Caradja, Hospodar of %Vail:K.l)la, ar rived at Zurich on the 29th of November. lie coo 'limed his journey the next morning to Geneva. The Federal Directory, authorised by the votes of the Cantons, delivered on the I.!th of November to the Ministers of the Allied Powers, the Act by winch Switzerland accepts the Convention .:Isticlud. ed at Aix-la-Chupelle on the 9th of Octoh last, as fur as that Conveution call concertstheCunfrder,.t inn, The Cram! Council of Lucerne had an extra ot.linary meeting on the 22d and :13d of November. The report on th,7•liiiNsion to Rome, drawn up by 31. Fischer, Counsellor of the Legation, was read, accompanied by the papers attached to it. The reading lasted near five hours, and was followed by some verbal explanations given by M. Ruttemen. the chief of the deputation. 'lie Council declared it. self satisfied with the steps taken in this important tie. gociation. It expressed its gratitude to the Deputies, and referred the sequel of the negotiations to the little Council. It then ratified the purchase (tithe private house hitherto occupied by the Nunceature, and which will serve henceforth for the sittings of the Council of State, and for the Chancery. Lsidly, it decreed an addition of 4,000 francs to the salary of the chief Avoyrr, and of 1,600 franca to that of the Pecond Avnyer, during the years when the Federal Directory shall have its seat in this Canton. CASSEL, DECEMBER 6. The Court has gone into mourning to-day for the Queen of England, for six weeks. STUTGARD, DECEMBER 4. The Couit has gone into mourning to-day, for fuur weeks, fur the Queen of England. FRANKFORT. DECEMBER P. 'Elie Treaty of Commerce lately concluded be tween Denmark mitt Prussia contains • stipulation, hich is the more praiseworthy, as it re-establishes a right of nations which unhappily has been fre quently disregarded in the wars which have broken out since the French Revolution. It is, that in vase of war between the two Powers, the merchants ou both sides shall be respected.—( Frankfurt Pa pax, Dec. 11.) HERLIN, WOVE:III3ER 9. 6 . A report was spread yesterday, that by a Cabi. net Order, canned by the rliTutes at Breslau about the gynitiastit• exercises of the youth, all the Tourney they are called) in the Monarchy are I l".etl.—(Allgemeine Zeitang, Der. 7.) THE BRITISH PRESS. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS. DECEMBER 15. The King's indisposition did not suffer his Ma je►ty to repair to the Chapel ; his Majesty heard Mass in his apartments. Lord Welliog►on left Paris last morning, for London, at six o'clock. Lord (7:r.ilsreagli departed at nuon fur the same destio3ll,ll.. CHAMBER OF PLE.IIS. BULLETIN OF THE SITTING OF THE 14tH OF Dr.cEINBEB, ISIB. In the Royal Sitting of the 10th of this month, the Chancellor of France, iu the name of the king, had invited each of the Chambers to as. amble on Monday, the 14th, in the ordinary place of sitting, to resume the course of their labours. The Chamber of Peers assembled in conse quence at the Palace of the Luxembourg on Mon. day Ilse 14th, under the presadeuey of the Chan cellor. After some formal business, the Chamber pro. ceeded to the formation of its definitive bureau. The Duke de Deadeauville, the Marquis de Pastoret, the Marquis de Verse, and the Marshal Due de Belluno. were declared Secretaries of the Chamber for the Session of 1818-19. The Cham ber likewise nominated a Conimittee of tive Nlem bers, to prepare an Address to the King, in An swer to his Majesty's Speech. The rest of the sitting was occupied in the for mation and organisation of the bureaux, and in nominatiog, a Committee of Petitions. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—DEmissaI4. M. ANGLE% PROVIsIoNA I. PRESIDENT. At one o'clock the Deputies assembled in the Hall. M. Angles, the senior Member, took the chair, and opened the Sitiiisg. The Chamber then proceeded to constitute the bureaux. The President—" Gentlemen, 1 have received a letter with the following address—' To 31errieurs the Representutires of the French nation.' It is signed Louis Burr;. The author requires that it should be submitted in the present Sitting to tl:e eyes of the Members." A gient number of voices exclaim, " No, no !" MM. de CliaLifire, de Chsbriaul, and seseial others—" ire we not the Representatives sf she French uution—the order of the day." Other Nleinbers—" The Chamber is not yet constituted—let it be sent to the Committee of Petitions." The President announced that it should be re. ferred to the Bureau of Petitions. At lour o'clock the several bureaux had complet. ed their organisation by the following nominations : ld Matren. The Baruu de Saliu, Pierident ; M. Bre tub, Secretary. 2u B. The Count Simeon, President; M. Ssulni.r, Se cretary. 3d. B. The Count Dutuanoir, President ; M. Barthe la Bastille, Secretary. 4141 B. The Count Beugnot, President; the Baron Blan quert Bailleul, Secretary. 5tA B. General Count Lagrange, President; Count Dan gler, Secretary. 6th B. Baron Barairon, President; M. Mestadier, Se cretary. 7114 - 11. M. Deserre, President ; M. Prue de la Botillye, Secretary. Slh IS. Coma Dupont, President ; Count Saint Aulaity, Secretary. M. de Villete, President ; M. Rourdesn, Secretary. A tijou rued. 11'; are assured that the pretended Address to the Represeotatierg of the /Patio?, and of *lnch the Chamber of Deputies prevented the rending, is very insignificant, and Offen only a cold irons. It begins Iltusw " I have the hoopoe of very humbly oppriaing yom that in the year 13 of the !Witch Repolilic I composed the true cv■trm of government of poliliral Wilier, nod of eeof ...... y iu articral, which I aiWrrsa by the vtlortfcre to the furor r St nate."--(Ga:rtic dc France.) GERNIAN PAPERS. VIENNA. DECEMISFR 1. The " Memoir on the State of G eromoy," which a person in office circulated with a kind of mystery at Aix-la-Chapelle, has excited a divagierable ten. sation in some parts of Germany. They could easily have dispensed with the efforts of a stranger to annul the liberty of the Journals and periodical works, which is already sufficiently restricted in mutt of the German States. Ile pretends that all calamities are concentrated in Germany, and that every thing dernairds the return of a better state of things. The Archduke Ferdinand, Commander in-Chief in Ilungary. and the Duke of Wellington. are ap pointed Field-Marshals. The Archdukes Lewis and Masters of the Ordnance, said our Anihairsador of the French Court, 13aruis 'Vincent, General of Cavalry (this is the sante rank in the cavalry as illaster of the Ordilance iii the artilltr). The Emperor Alexander is expected with cer tainty on the I.2rh. Yesterday forenoon, at eleven o'clock, Ins Ma jesty the Emperor arrived here from lies journey to Aix-la-Chapelle, toarther with her Majesty the Empress, to the iiiiivtraid joy of the inhabitants of this city. Their 11.jesiics are both in pertect health. Prince Schwartorriberg is also arrived. SWITZERLAND, DI-CI SIDER .5. IJis lmlr tial llig!utess the Grand I)tslie 511c1suel LON DON, SAI IiRDAY. DEcemseit 19, 1818. From private accounts we have collected some ftirthrr intelligence respecting the arrangements re cently made in Paris between the French Govern ment, the Contractors fur the Loan, and the Am bassadors of the Allied Powers. It is understood that u Convention has been concluded, by winch a further extension of time, from eighteen to twenty seven months, has been granted to the French Go vernment for the payment of the contributions, snd that the payment of the debts due to foreign indi viduals, which was to have commenced shortly, has been postponed until July nex•. This Convention, Orison: 1i said to have been signed by the several Ambassadors and Ministers in Paris, still wants the confirmation of the respective Sovereigns, and it is not improbable that Prussia and Austria might re fuse their assent to an act annulling the solemn en gagements so lately concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle. The folloaitig extract of a letter from Paris gives smile particulars of the arrangement : " At the espiratioo of the eighteeu months, the French Government wilt give, not boar de la raiasc d'ettrartissement, but ?emu roptir, which will not be negociable till nine months after they are issued, and will remain in the hands of the Cominksioneis of the Allied Powers. At the expira tion of that period they will be payable every day for nine mouths; which will thus make the whole lilac extend to shoot the 1.4 of Marcli,ls2l. " The arrangement was not made with MNT. Laboueheve and Barimr, but by the dilTerent Ambassadors of the Allied Powers. The Banker► of course were consulted. It will nifty( only the latter part of what was dime at Aix-la-Cha pelle respiTtiug the liquidation payments." professed object of the Government of France in thus repeatedly requiring extension of time, is to raise the public funds from their present deptr•a"o. Private accounts state, that this seemed oat Almiday to have been attained, for thr live per cent'. /Trued on that day at 60 f. and finally closed at 651 E. Hopes were entertained that in a few days 11w live per cents. would teach 70 1. Since writing the above, we have received Paris Papers of Tuesday, but they are quite silent re. specting the alleged pecuniary arratigeinent be. tweets the French Government aetl tie A tultassa does of the Anita Powers. They, however, afford full confirmation of the statement we have already given taspecting the state of the funds on Monday. On that day, as we have already said, the five per cent•. opened it 66 fr. and clo.ea ut lis fr. r 0 c.— The &silk Actions were at 1,513 fr. Cerim% Myers have arrived of recent dotes. A Vseona Paper notices writiog, winch i. 'said to have been circulated ut Aix-lit-Chopt•Pr, with an air of mystery, by a foreigner of distinetiii, respecting the state of Germany ; the object of which weals to have been to obtain the itnposit inn of further restraints upon the public Ines. through out Germany. This work is syid to hare prodarA a sensation of displeasure to wary parts of Gel. twisty. The Vietims Paper observes, that the pet,, of Germany already labours under sulfiei: at tc. strict ion. Private letters ha . ve been received is town Lton Madrid. dated the Gus invtant s which slide the KING has hero inditerd to 'rare Crtt retire for svfety to the whither lie ucconiiiittiird by the British Alitiister, Sir II EN r ‘VEI.I.I:SLEY. We cannot dioguise the tileiot:ril it would afford us, were we enabled to firm the truth of these reports, but we fear they are sa yet premature. The people of Sons mug. HU doubt feel deeply indignant at the despett cruelty of their ingrate KING ; but there is WI Government, however bad. that has init some strength even in public opinion, which it wutdd rr_ quire energy and union to shake. The day of re tribution, however, we firmly hope is not far distant, when the people of Spain will prove themselves worthy of their ancient name, and of a bettor fate than to lick the dust beneath the feet of an imhe. cite hing, and tremble before the fainthar. The P.iris Papers which arrived at a late Lour last night, contain no intelligence from Spoil,. Yesterday a Meeting of the Insurer , : in the Fi r e Brandi of the London Department of the Norwich fintitution took piace, and our readers wi!l ate by mar report of the proceeding% that the Norwich Board have given not ice of their ioteciion of dow continuing tile Fire Departuu•nt w London afi. r the expiration of the billleiStiOZ Policie% The L Department will be iipiald in the usual mantle:. On Thursday week, Lieut.-Colonel MITCIII3., Major CAMPBELL, and Captain M`DONNEI.L. embarked ins board the Hillsborungh ;.c Donagliadve, for Portputrick ; and on Friday, General Dirumuoriu landed at Donagliadee Irons Port pai ick. A direct line of road is projected from Cl► ite:t. ham to Brighton, which will also open a counnom. cation to that !tart of the coast. from lieref..ril South Wales. The intended bridge at the Lots, r Lode near Tewkesbury will greatly facilitite thin communication, and also improve the direct road from Brecon to London, as the distance from Bre con to Cheltenham will then be nearly seven miles less than at present, and the road pasts through the finest parts of that county. Lord GEORGE CAVENDIsH'S new Arcade, lead ing from Piccadilly to Borlingtotogrodens. is n. w in a considerable state of fun wardness. The entrance at each end will be formed by arches of stone, sup ported by Corinthian columns. Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH has sold his patent residence in Saville-row, to Colonel Sirloin NS, Ulla 1/0/11‘e1.141011 to be given to the Colonel at Cowin:is next. His Lordship and family will iminedintely retire to Hunter, his seat in Lancashire ; their return to town, they will occupy 800'1. 4 0'1.1 House as a family residence, fur the first (k.rening Paper.) An attempt to convey a boy, of albotit six yertrs of age, from his parents and home, iii the Sheffield, was made a few days since by a person who had succeeded in decoying him to some distatice, and there compelled the boy to c4ll him father, Iry threats and punishment, which we understand In have been severely indicted. They were observed in a field together by some persons, who interro gated the child ; but influenced by a terror he hot told them the man was his father, which they, how, ever, discovered he was not. They then brought the man before the Magistrates, who, finding lout to be somewhat insane, sent hint to the overseer.' of Brampton Bierlow, with WI order that lie should be taken Care of ass lunatic pauper, under a forfeiture of 501. for not obeying it. The extraordinary demand for the Royal hare Pocket Cabinet fur 1619, and the interest excited by its elegant embellishment*, enriblea the Proprie tor to announce, that the Second Edition is already Fu'i lished, enriched with eleven beautiful capper-p.4, •orr ings—Portraits alter late Royal Highness the Princess Coil title and her Illustrious Consort—Views of Claremont, Ike.— Memoirs, Anecdotes., Poetry, &c. 3u. ; tdcgautty with gilt edges, only Ss. ed. W. M. has also on sale Ina cheap Pocket-books for 1819, price only eigliicen-pence, contaioing eight select Views—List of Menitxra or the iww Parliament, &c. The extra Edition, handsomely Wand, with gilt edges, Sts. can uuly be purchased at MARSHALL'. Lottery-Office, 1, Holborn-ban, and no where else in lon dun. W. M. has on sale all the Pocket-book. far ISM — The Repository", Regent—.Souvenir—Atlas—Kca.sly's, in elegant hiudiugs. A satiety sent to choose Icoau to any part of Town, free of expense. On Wednesday la.t, as Mr. J. CLAIMS, jun. of Greenhammerton, was shooting in a field below the village, a hare was started, which ran parallel with a fence, and only a few yards from it after ramie% a short distance it was shot, and on going op to tne hedge, a woodcock was discovered, which had been set at the bottom of the hedge, in a line with the hare, fluttering in the agonies of de.itli, having hero, mortally wounded by the same shot which killrd tha hate. IV hat renders the above CirCUlllSillllet• CA, more remarkable is, that woodcocks ere very *met in the township of Grecolmitines ton, heing the only one ever seen in that part of the manor doting this leil3oll. GAMBLlNG.—Gambling was invented by Ih Lydian. when moire the p•essure of a great Nowt , To divert themselves loom dwelling on their still-r lugs, they contrived dice balls, tables, Ike. 'l . ll , invention, intended as a remedy for hung( r, is 1:01 a very r cumnon cause of tort evil. Turner, tole pugilist, met his friends at his bc•ri in a spor•imis room no That-ad:l eveniog, WII attended by a most re.pectable party of the :: , firers of his boxing talent. He made nit re i !y ithatin accepting his challenge, and atatia t: Ins money Was ready at BURNS, ill Wiloltii••• street, and which has oicitcd mitt:h streprise to sporting cm'clet, •1