The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

LORD BYRON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit—Captain MEDWIN, in his Conversations of Lord Byron, alludes to a Religious Work, the perusal of which had a great effect on his Lord ship's mind, as it contained such strong argu ments in favour of our Religion, that his Lordship neither could, nor wished to refute them.— ' As every circumstance which had any influence Over the opinions of Lord BYRON must be inte resting to the Public, permit me, through the medium of your valuable Journal, to request the Author of the 46 Conversations," or one of your numerous readers who may possess information 0 0 the subject, to state the title of the work above adverted to,—a communication which will give much satisfaction to A CONSTANT READER. The Lords of the Admiralty have issued or de's that anchors, cables, &c. shall be furnished from his MAJEsTY's stores at the out-ports to such merchant ships as stand in need of assistance during the present stormy weather. \ Electioneering seems ell alive at Penryn, where STANBURY and his friend, Mr. WEEDING, ho intends offering himself at the election, are arrived. The street has been illuminated, and a dinner given. • ,O t Tuesday last tickets, each entitling the holder to half a gallon of porter, were distributed among the electioneering friends of the Members of the Borough of Lewes, which most liberal al lowance was drank partly at the White Hart, and partly at the Star. It is rumoured that the Borough of Lewes will be contest e d f or at t h e nex t G ene ral Election. , 61 r- 'l'. R. K EMP an d M r . A. D ONOVAN hav e been named as the Candidates in opposition to the Present Members. The Capital of the Equitable Assurance Society 15 estimated at the enormous sum of ten millions sterli ng. The Edinburgh s u bscriptions for the sufferers b the late fi res in that city amount to upwards tn‘ 7,0001. It is much to be regretted that a more general appeal has' not been.made to the inhabit ants of the two Sister Kingdoms, as now it is in competition with snore recent subscriptions. IVe are sorry to state, that the Concert, which vi T ti'4dvertised to take place at Portsmouth on , i frsdaY last, for the bene fi t of the widow and ly of the late Mr. HOWELL, has been una "dahly postponed, in consequence of the dun te,roUs illn ess o f th e Secretary to the Committee. ` e trust that whenever it is held it will be nume i"sly attended i not only from the respect which , s , (111 ! to the memory of Mr. HOWELL, but as an .'uditional i nstance o f th e lib era lity and public tmPirit which are invariably shewn by the inhabit 'tit, of Portsmouth and Portsea. A. letter from Florence states, that on the 18th tewer7 a large fish, weighing 6,000 lbs., was cast ashore near p* Santa. It was a coracine long-snouted fish., and was L ea by some to be of the whale species, a fish by the bye not "earn in the waters of the Mediterranean. d The D u t c h Distill e rs at Schiedam have ad d4;s'ea a petition to the Government, on the subject of the late rPost on Grain. Their memorial, which is energetically al.io up, states, that they cannot exist unless they have a __° 4 reign market the their spirits, and they can only com nid such foreign market by low pieces; that, under the ~rvy imposed. duties on b•rain, they find it will not be in sir power to compete with their rivals ; that Holland does Outg ro w a sufficiency of Barley, for the use of the distilleries ; and that foreign Rye and Barley arc indispensably necessary for the Success of their manufacture. A. Continental Journal states, that it is at pre- , tou the intention of the King of France to give a magnificent e ntertainment this Christmas, at the Palace of the Tuileries, t P the citizens of Paris, including the merchants, artists, menu. •aet,Urc rs , &c. The rich Marquis of MONTEVIRGEN, in the p rovince of Leon, has been arrested by the Spanish Govern rtit under sentrete of his being a Free-mason, and not only m a * he been to prison, but his estates have been confiscat. I ,l' A similar fate has attended several other rich individuals, ( p l o a l rh for i s )o ec j u e riti's sake, had retired to their country residences, o :The &shop of CHICHESTER has appointed a L ,e i t_leral Ordination at Chichester on the 25th of January, 1825, - 1, the Festival of the Conversion of St. Paul. i he Duke of NORFOLK is again making his FatsF happy in that neighbourhood, by sojourning at his seat, VEltoP Manors, Notts. " 4 , 1 4 ‘ 1 , 111 Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, P,,:" his usual benevolence, has given a donation of 251. to the tier% Society of Alnwick (recently instituted), under the et . th e s e l ect Society of Tradesmen and others, and his coo `ttie has also been pleased to honour the Institution by be. fu r l 1 1-T its Patron.—A Mechanic's Institute is about to be b,. l ,_eu at Alnwick, under the irnmediate patronage of the Noble "rt and under the Presidency of Earl OnEY. i t 't ile Rev. G. Gould), Rector of Fleet (a vil. 1 4 1 ! e _ destroyed by, the late storm), intends building a new vil. 4, 2 . and with a degree of philantrophy that will ever._ lm_ s t ir his name, has taken and provided for all the sufferers TS. ( h l l ll ma--(Sllerborne Mercury.) chui d ay the Lord Bishop of this diocese instituted . the_ Rev. on °II shes Ch luttils/ A.B, to the Rectory of Trcntishoe,m D ev on, thpresentatio n of Mrs. Amelia Warren Griffiths, void by re fsignation of th e R e v. William Charles Hill.—On Sunday too, ; Lite Lord Bishop of this Diocese, held a private Ordina teitem which th e R ev . H enr y Alfo r d, A.B. of Sydney Sussex 4 oe, Cambridge; the Rev. Francis Gregory, A.B. of 11,4,,F011ege, Oxford ; the Rev. John Harding, A.B. of A.ll, Oxford; the Rev. Charles Edward Palmer, Jr alles °%,Bt. Peter's College, Cambridge ; and the Rev. Wm. tdr il i tt _Powell, A.B. of Trinity College, Cambridge, were P on en Into the Holy Order of Priests.—( Exeter Flying bee. 2 . ) wieltkat the Auction Mart, yesterday se'nnight, s he Ls, • stanley and Sons houses ,, üblic auction, the Ma. k m . i rel at Brighton, and s tile Nos. 2,3, and 4, in nester -street (all freehold) for the sum of 11,5001. .„„ e v ey ,n corn stacks in the eastern part of Essex tile ) , ( l ever known to be so much injured by the high winds as 1 4ve i t . ueen by the strong gales last week. Is calculated that the apple trees which have df iZa up by the roots during the late gales, in the Counties kisilf`nrset and D ev on a lone, were capable of producing 7 hogshe a d s of cider annuidly. 4 Mit er) l etter from Exeter says—" One thousand were found between Exminster and Exinouth.” I \l. 11.4 nPUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Sunday night y e Aldred, the farrier, who has lived for many la t la Glass-house -street, Ratcliffe, came home er Ivik t h an was his usual custorn,and because his litlitbleTi?raided him with it, he commenced beat -1- in a most shameful manner, and kicked for se veral parts of her body, till he left her u". tier shrieks brought the neighbours So ber c tor a ss istance , who helped her to bed, and two sent 4 i Messrs. Harkness and Conquest were the ~f " ) but , notwithstanding their medical skill,- pee r inj ut , woman died yesterday morning from the w its i Y she received. Mr. Eldred, the husband, ex a4 , l . lllll ediately taken into custody, and will be qtle st ine d this day before a Magistrate. The In- Nth; Will sit this evening. Mrs. Eldred was 41/14 e 4 hyer ear oss.s old and has left two babes to l • FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Earl O'Neil, from his seat in Ireland ; Lord and Lady Hol land, in Old Burlington-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, in town, from the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiobury Park; Sir William Johnstone Hope and the Countess of Athlone, from Mr. Adair's, Flixton Hall, Suf folk ; Sir Bethnel and Lady Codrington, in Park-lane, from Doddington Castle ; Mr. Ricketts, in Grosvenor-square; Col. and Mrs. Lemon, in Brook-street; Mrs. and Miss Hanway, in Conduit -street, from Conway, in `Wales, Lord and Lady Erskine, and the Hon. Miss Erskine, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, from Gaddcsden Park ; Charles Shakerley, Esq., and Madame Shakerley, at ditto, from Leamington ; Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. at ditto, from Brighton ; the Rev. Mr. Haile, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Herts ; Captain Jervoise, R.N. at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Portsmouth ; Mrs. Jacks, from Bath. CHANGES.—The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, from the Marquis of Camden's seat, the Wilderness, Kent, for her seat in Hants ; the Earl of Jersey, at his seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, from Warwick Castle ; Dowager Lady Anson, for Mr. Coke's seat in Norfolk ; the Hon. George Lamb, for Cambridge ; Captain Hall, for Hampton Court ; Col. Baillie, for Surrey; Capt. and Mrs. Westerm, for Chat ham ; Major Forbes, for Queen-square, Bath ; the Bishop of St. Asaph, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Here fordshire ; the Earl of Clanricarde, from the Clarendon Hotei, Bond-street, for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; Sir Roger Gresley, Bart. for the Earl of Coventry's seat, Croome Worces tershire ; J. R. Vest, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's. place, for his seat in Warwickshire; P. Williams, Esq, from ditto, for Oxford ; Capt. Barrett, from ditto, for Bath. ,i4t7 ,1 • . 4 . 11- 1 .., , i t •. :, .... ',O , . ..,/,.—‘..' f '., ' ' e - 0 1 • k ' ' ' 417- . tiri,' , 4‘. ..,,,,S; `7 l lO O It ". ' ' ' l \ ' o . iii: - '•— _ a 1), c..... ,, c. 4. - -c5,•,, , ..... 4 ; 0 ,, , r, p. , (1. - It•-_. :- '77 , ./ : " C-, r a.. %top ••• ~, 14%,; -, I , ‘Nex , .• , ~i FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lord Alvaney entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday, at his house in Park-place ; among whom were the Earl of Glengal. Lord Lowther, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Begot, Sir C. Stuart, Dam, Colonel Cook, Mr. Raikes, &c. The Marquis of Cholmondeley had a thinner party yesterday at his house in Piccadilly. IMPROVEMENTS AT LONDONDERRY HOUSE, PARK-LANE. These are rapidly approaching to something like an order in architecture. The grand Roman staircase will be a magnificent object; indeed, it is thought, that it will vie with that celebrat ed one in Northumberland House. The entrance from Park. lane (it was heretofore in Hertford-street) will lead into a large square hall, and in line with the street-door will be a corridor of great length, leading into one of the finest rooms, for a pic. ture gallery, in Europe. We have already mentioned the drawing.room ; the cielings are finished, and they present such specimens of matchless execution, as modern times cannot parallel. The Vienna Court Gazelle of the 23d Nov. contains an account of a deputation from the States of Lower Austria having had the honour, on the 12th of last month, to Fresent their congratulations on the marrisge of the Archduke RANCIS CHARLES, first to their Imperial MAJESTIES, then to the new married Couple, and lastly to their Majesties the King and Queen of BAVARIA. On the 16th the 31st regiment of infantry, in garrison at Vienna, received its new colours. They were first consecrated in the Court Chapel with great ceremony, In the presence of the Imperial Court, and of the King of BAVARIA, whose Regiment it is, and then delivered to the Regiment, which was drawn up in Joseph's-square ; a suitable address having been made by Colonel Vox WEsEr. One of the colours was adorned by the KING, and the other by the EMPRESS, with very magnificent tassels. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.- ,ETTING-ROOM, Dec. 6. DONCASTEC 11 to 1 agst Memnon 12 to 1 agst Cleveland 16 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 22 to 1 agst Homer 25 to 1 agst Mandano • 26 to 1 agst Ilia Grace ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 agst Brother to Duport 30 to 1 agst Crow-catcher 33 to 1 agst Alderman 10 to 1 agst Conviction 60 to 1 agst Brother to \Vhis kerandos. it to 1 agst Muleteer 9 to 1 apt Rufus 12 to 1 agst Phantom colt D EU 5 to 1 agst Aline 9 to I agst Sorcery 11 to 1 agst Waltz tIIY. 17 to 1 agst Advance 17 to 1 agst Bolero 20 to 1 agst any other. KS. 14 to 1 agst Attica. 15 to 1 agst Pipylina. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OE HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK. The East Sussex Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Ditchling Common; Saturday, at Sutton, near Seaford. The Watnall Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Roeleston Ma nor ; Friday, at Oxton. NEW FOREST STAG HOUNDS.—ThUndfty last the hounds belonging to the Groomkeepers of the , Forest, met at Bratley Wood. After beating the covers for some time, they found a tine young stag at Red Hill, near Picked Post, on the Ring wood road, and after a sharp run of 35 minutes, took him alive near the Woodman's Cottage, at Holmes Hill Enclosure. Mrs. WEICIISEL being one day rather hoarse from a cold, her husband coining into the room where she was practising a new air for Vauxhall, and observing a bottle of medicine upon the table untouched, which she ought to have taken, Hung it at her head with great fury. A gentle man was mentioning the cruelty of the circum stance some time after to a friend, who very drily observed, " lie could not see any such great im propriety in the affair ; Mrs. W. was singing, you say, and Mr. W. only accompanied her with the bass viol." Professor BUCIELAND has published a letter re lative to the cave lately discovered at Banvvell. The Professor states the thickness of the mass of sand, mud, and limestones, through which the bones, horns, and teeth are dispersed, to be in one place nearly forty feet. He adds—" Many large baskets full of bones have already been extracted, belonging to the ox and their tribes • of the latter there are several varieties, including the elk. There are also a few portions of the skele ton of a wolf, and of a gigantic bear. The bones are mostly in a state of preservation equal to that of common grave bones ; but it is clear, from the fact of some of them belonging to the great ex tinct species of the bear, that they are of an ante- Mullen origin." The Editor of the New York Gazette, on the 29th October, says, he has been presented with a monstrous sized apple grown in the orchard of Colonel White Danbury, Connecticut ) which weighs 22 ounces. THE THEATRE. Datnty-LANE.—The fine historical Drama of Ring John was represented at this Theatre last night. Mr. MACREADY supported the part of the gloomy tyrant with considerable ability. It is a part which suits very well with his saturnine manner. There was great force and • well managed artifice in the scene where he works upon the affection and ambition of Hubert. But perhaps the previous scene, in ri hich he maintain ed the dignity of a British Monarch in opposition to the arrogant claimsof Rome,displayed his talents to more advantage. Altogether his performance was very creditable to his professional character. TERRY, who is altogether successful in graver parts, and those which manifest a rough tender ness, rendered Hubert more than usually pro minent. His scene with young Arthur was pe culiarly affecting: WALT.Ack gave Faulconbridge with true gallant spirit; and Mrs. BUNN display ed energy and characteristic feeling in Constance, which were deeply impressive and deservedly ap plauded. THEATRICAL DUEL.—The Manager of the New York Theatre, well known in the theatrical world from his liberality, has we understand been lately in imminent peril of losing his life from the effect of a hostile rencontre. Mr. P—, it will be remembered, left this country in the Spring of the present year, with a considerable addi tion of talent to his company, which was even before that considered the first in the United States. The cause which led to the meeting is stated to be an affair of a delicate nature, which took place in New York previously to his departure for England ; but an opportunity of meeting the offending party, it seems, did not offer until his re turn. Mr. P. received his adversary's shot in the thigh, and for some days his life was considered in a precarious state ; but by the last accounts, we are happy to learn, he was recovering. What renders the circumstance the more remarkable is,' , that Mr. P—'s brother was shot dead upon the spot, in a similar affair, only a few years back. We understand that it is in contemplation to form a Club, to consist of Militia and Yeomanry Officers, under the patronage of a Noble Duke. A- Correspondent in Northumberland writes, under date of the 4th inst.—" The weather for the last eight days been very wintry ; frosts of some Intensity, with a fall of snow sufficient to colour the ground. Farther north the fall'of snow has been much heavier, with every appearance (says the Scottish parrs) of a set-in winter. For the last two or three N it s time the ;forth Mail has been an hour each day behind ts time of arrival at Newcastle; and on Thursday night (the 2d instant) the Western, or Carlisle Mail, was full three hours later than its usual time, in consequence of the Glasgow Mail being stopped on Stainmore by the snow." CANINE REPROOF.—Among, a pack of hounds kept by a gentleman in the middle of the last century, was a favourite bitch, which he sulTered to come into the parlour. This bitch having a litter of whelps, the gentleman one day, while she was absent, had them taken out of the kennel and drowned. The poor creature soon missing her whelps, sought them with much anxiety, and soon discovered them in the pond in which they had been drowned. She took them out one by hi the f ace o f h er gfhhtertheinto the parlour, laid them at m uster,and when she had brought last she looked o ti n ,n e, fe b e r t ot o i Piteously the. master, laid herself doWn and died ! The Bunker Hill Monument, contemplated a t Boston, will be one of the most noble and inte resting edifices in this country, when completed in the manlier proposed. It is to be a co lumn of granite 250 feet in height, which is higher than the Monument of London, or any steeple in America, to be ascended by a circular stairway to the top, f rom w hich a most beautiful and extensive prospect will be pre sented to the spectator. The cost is estimated at 75,000 dollars, to raise which a subscription will be lodged-in every town in the State. It is a part of the design of the patriotic founders to collect and preserve all printed manuscript and personal histories of the early scenes of the Re- - volutionary War, and the arms and implements which were used in those scenes. --(New York Statesman.) COCK PIT, DUCK•LANE, WESTMIXSTER.-011 Tuesday last there was a great variety of exhibitions at this Pit. The celebrated dog Billy, who has scarcely a tooth in his under jaw, was put in to fi g h t , or rat h er to kill without oppo sition, one hundred rats. The dog seems to improve, notwith standing his defects as grinders, upon every batch. The rats upon being thrown out of the basket, ran to the four corners of the Pit, and Billy cleared each corner of life with wonderful rapidity. Amongst those who witnessed and admired the ability of Bill were Jack Ketch and the son of a Nobleman, who actually got into conversation together without being able to give is guess at each other's station or business. After the dog had dispatched the rats in less than twelve minutes, a badger was tied to the wall, and bull terrier set at him. The fight was furious for a long time ; at length the dog conquered ; but the victory was dearly won, both of the poor animals having suffer ed dreadfully. Jack and the Honourable Mr. - relished this battle better than the last, although Billy they admitted had done the job as clean as if he had been bred in Newgate. A light between a bull dog and a bull terrier then took place. The battle was a despe , ...te one. The bull terrier, although Whs. lighter than his antagonist, vanquished him after twenty minutes tearing at him. Jack enjoyed this amusement even more than the former, and his new friend thought him quite right, and observed, that he was certainly a judge. " Why yes," said Jack," when I am done my own business I likes to see others doing theirs in the same neat way." Every one knows at what business Jack had been employed in the morn ! ! ! The Three per Cents at Par—and xeo,oco or 830,000 to be gained by the risk of only 24. 19s. !! This is literally the case, as Bun purchase at HIS Stock Prize s i n t h e present Scheme, at least 100 in Money for ever, 100 OFFlCESguarnnte guarantees any t o of those the who 3 per Cents. HE also pledges himself t o every Purchaser at ins OFFICES to return £lB for every Whole Ticket, and in proportion for Shares, to those who do not obtain a good Prize on the 16th December, if applied for within Ten . ..Days from that date, and as the Two X 20,000 Prizes must he drawn in the first five minutes, and all the other Capitals (including son/ the £30,000 Prizes) maybe drawn that day, it is certain that many persons must gain large for tunes by that day's Drawing, and no one need risk more than R 4. 19s. by a Whole Ticket, or 9s. 6d, by a Sixteenth. Tle full particulars of this advantageous mode of adventure may be had gratis at either of Bunt's Offices 4 Gambill, I or 9, Charing-cross , where th e G rand Prize of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, N o . 15, 766, drawn on Wednesday, the 3d inst., was Sold in Shares' Also Two X 20,000 Prizes, and 23 other Capi tals) all drawn within a Month. MINING ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROVINCE OF RIO DE LA PLATA. It was announced yesterday in the city, that an Association has been formed for working the Mines in the provinces of Rio de la Plata, by which is understood all that territory known under the Spanish dominion by the name of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres. This Company is established in conformity with a Decree passed at Buenos Ayres, autho rizing the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs to take measures for its formation in this country, who has in con sequence transmitted an official communication to Messrs. Hullet Brothers, and Co., through whom all the arrangements will be carried into effect. Reports have been obtained by the Government of Buenos Ares, from the Governors of the pro vinces in which the mines are situated, containing various in formation on the subject, of some of which reports copies have been forwarded to England to Messrs. Hu'let Brothers and Co., and others are expected. It is stated the prospectus of this undertaking, that mines of gold, silver, and other metals abound in all the provinces, and that those situated in what are called the Lower Provinces, such as Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis, Cordova, Tucuman,, &c, are nearly in a virgin state, having been worked only at intervals, and on a small scale, by men of little capital. These latter mines are also in most instances placed in a fertile country, with abundant re. sources of all kinds likely to be wanted, and admitting an easy communication with Buenos Ayres. The greater part of these mines having no legal proprietors, may be entered upon in full possession immediately; in others, where a legal possession exists on the part of an individual, an arrangement will take place between them and the conductors of this undertaking.— The slave-trade having been abolished, as also compulsory la bour in all the provinces of Buenos Ayres, these mines will be worked entirely . by hired or voluntary labour, and will conse quently tend to Improve the condition of the people generally inhabiting the districts in which the mines are situated. By a law passed at Buenos Ayres in November, ltll2, the exportation duty on gold and silver is fixed at one per cent. The objects of the Association embrace every purpbse connected with work. ing mines, and the purchase and reduction of ores, minerals, and metals, without limitation to any particular province or teiri. tory. It is proposed to dispatch agents and miners immediately, to commence operations at some of the principal mines, and to examine such other mines as it may be deemed expedient to work.—( Times.) Dr. &Hi Tunon, who was a Lieutenant in the army of General Wolfe, in the celebrated battle on the heights of Abraham, in 1750, is now living at East Windsor, Connecticut, at the advanced age of 94 years. He is supposed - to be the only surviving_ o ffi cer of General Wolfe's army in Europe or America. He continues to receive a pension from the British Government. Dr. Tudor graduated at Yale Col. lege in 1750, and before he entered the army was a surgeon in theßritish Navy.—(,loston Courier.) The practice of the Barristers who are accus tomed to do business at the Old Bailey Courts has hitherto proved very unprofitable this Ses sions. It probably was never known to occur before, that on the first day of the Sessions, of 42 prisoners who took their trial, one only was defended by Counsel. MOST EXTRAORD INA RY PRESERVATION.—We are about to record one of the most unparalleled and providential escapes that perhaps ever hap. petted. It appears that the Coromandel, 110 tons, while a short distance to the S.E. of the Eddystone, about three o'clock on Monday morning, under close-reefed topsail and stay foresail, was struck by a sea, and in five mi. nutes more, another took her under her bilge whilst rolling, and upset her, precipitating the unfortunate watch into the sea. The master, two of the crew, and a passenger, who were in the cabin, felt themselves thrown down and all smothered with the various cabin furniture which was plied upon them. While groping in this frightful darkness, the master accidentally seized the scuttle-hatch,which was now above their heads, he with his companions crept into the coal-hole, and there remained in dreadful anxiety for one hour before the water reached them. After a miser able lapse of six hours, and when the water had mounted to their chins, they felt the ship strike —the water receded—hope returned—she struck again—light issued from below, and shortly after the rejoicing prisoners crept from their retreat and landed on the Breakwater, a huge projecting mass of which had pierced the vessel and held her fast. Mr. Eddy, of Ca wsand, who was in his pilot-boat, soon perceived the sufferers, and at the risk of his own life rescued them from their peril. Nothing but the bottom of the vessel re mains, and her cargo has disappeared.--( West Briton.) On Thursday night last, Mrs. JANE ALLISON, a most respectable and industrious widow, (noted as an excellent maker of cheese), who occupies a considerable farm, called Borrow dale, situated on Stainmoor, two or three miles from Brough, having retired to rest at 11 o'clock, was, as well as her servant maid and boy, roused from bed, by a person at the win• dow loudly calling on her " to get up immediate ly, as the byer (about 100 yards from the dwell ing, and in which there were four calves) was on lire." Mrs. Allison at first supposed the alarm to be only some idle frolic, and did not instantly rise; she made some inquiries of her nocturnal visiter respecting his calamitous announcement, and asked him who it was that called ? when he replied, in a voice she could not recognize, " James Alderson." The reflection of light, however, soon convinced her that there was cause for alarm ; and putting on a small part of her dress, she hurried out, and was followed by her servants, leaving a lighted candle upon the table. With the greatest difficulty, and personal danger to herself, she liberated the poor scorched animals in the byer, while the blazing thatch was falling upon her. On returning to her dwell ing, instead of having had the assistance of her pretended friend, who gave the alarm, to put a stop to the devouring element, she discovered that her drawer in the parlour, where she generally kept her money had been forced open, and all that was valuable (consisting of a 51. B an k of England note, and several memorandums o f i m portance) taken away. Fortunately, how ever, she had a few days before remitted to her landlord a considerable sum as rent,which,it is sup posed had been the villain's inducement to commit so diabolical a burglary, expecting, no doubt, to find a larger sum. The byre was totally consum ed ; and had the wind blown in a contrary di rection, a valuable hay-stack would have been destroyed. It appears that h ay h a d b een p u ll.. ed from the stack, and laid up in a corner of the building,and set fire to, which soon communicated to the thatch. A little more delay in getting the cattle out would have proved fatal to them. No discovery has yet been made of the perpetrator of SO horrid a crime ; but exertions are making, and will be persevered in, by the respectable people of the neighbourhood for that purpose.— (Carlisle Patriot) ROYAL NAVY. On Tuesday last a Branch of the Royal Navy Annuitant Society, was formed at Bath,—Admiral the Earl of Northesk, President.—Tbere were present also at the Meeting (some of whom have undertaken the various duties of the So ciety) the following Officers of the Navy Admirals Sir Wm. Hargood, Sir IL W. Bayntum, Sir Wm. Hotham, S. J. Ballard, and R. Williams--Captains Fitzgerald, Lord James O'Bryen, C. Cole, Edgell, Clay, ;Vaster, C. Jones, Lye, Northey, Lysaght, Foote, B a yl e y, Yellowes, Car roll, G. Roberts, Hon. F. Noel, J. Brenton, Conolly, Sykes, St. Clair, Rooke, Garland, Cotgrave, and Harrington.—Lieu tenants Robinson, Jonas, Beadyshe, Paget, Hufharn, Nugent, and Novesielski. The naval officers who conspicuously distinguished them. selves by getting on board the transport Admiral Berkeley (wrecked near Haslar Hospital, in the gale on the 23d ult.) whereby the whole of the soldiers, with their wives and children, were brought on shore in safety, were Lieutenant Pesting, of the Brazen ; Lieut. Grandy, of the Preventive Service ; Lieut. Bowman, of the Ganges ; Mr. Robins, Midshipman of th e Genoa ; and another officer whose name is unknown. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Mitford, Taylor, from Mogadore ; and the Si. Lawrence, Harby. from Quebec ; sailed the 12th of November in company with the following vessels, viz. :—Canada, Jean', Rebecca, Recovery, Sir Watkin, London, Centurion, Richard Pope, Cherub, Alexander, Canadian, aria, Kelsie Wood, William Park, and twelve sail more —names unknown. The Harlequin, Hall, from London, was on shore on Green Island and full of water; the crew, and part of the cargo expected to be saved. The brig Union was on sho re on t h e I s l and of New Orleans. The William Park had been on shore on Harc Island, and had thrown part of her deals overboard, but made no water; the St. Laurence passed her off Bie Island. Passed through from the River yesterday the following outward-bound, viz.: --Comet, APPlierson ; Albina, Shadf re d ; H u d son Champlin; Marquess Wellesly, Napier; Fox, Whi te; La , tone, —; Orcall, Bryant ; Alert, &tholes ; Leander Frith ; Scholfield, Evans. Several coasters, bo u nd westwar d,' have put back. PonTssto writ, MC. fl.—Wind S.W. blowing fresh.._ The wind having got round to the S.W. this morni ng , an d i n . creasing to fresh breezes, several of the outward-bound ships which sailed the latter part of yesterday have put back—(names not mentioned).—No arrivals. FALMOUTH, DEC. s.—The whole of the outward-bound got away yesterday and this morning, with a fresh breeze at N.E.—No arrivals. The Highlander, Mitchell, from Nassau, N. P. has arrived in the Downs. The Ladiilora, from Antwerp to London, put into Cux haven the 211th ult. with her pumps choaketi. The Ranger, Tum, from Hamburg!) to London, was carried into Cuxhaven about the 20th ult., very leaky, having been on shore; cargo discharging. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE PANORAMA, REGENT'S PARK. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening at Inquest was held in the Committee Room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before T. SHELTON, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Thomas Clarke, aged 40, a carpenter, in the employ of Mr. Peto, the builder.—'Thomas Davey deposed, that he has the superintend. ence of the erection of a building in the Regent's Park, for the purpose of exhibiting panoramic views, we believe, on a new plan. On Saturday morning last, about eight o'clock, wit. ness was standing at the top of the building, when his atten tion was attracted by a crash. Witness, on looking down, perceived the deceased falling. 'Witness proceeded to his as. sistance, and found him in a dreadful condition, lying on the ground. He procured a hackney coach, and had the deceased conveyed to the Hospital. CORONER—Why did you bring him to this Hospital, when the Middlesex Hospital was so much nearer ? Witness—Because I have already taken two or three acci dents to that Hospit a l an d h ave me t w i t h considerable delay, and have ultimately brought them here. The deceased fell a height of 68 feet. He died in the coach, on the way to the Hospital. Crave corroborated the evidence of last witness, and that no blame was attributable to any party. Mr. W. Birch, house.surgeon, deposed that he examined the deceased's person on being brought to the Hospital, and found a compound fracture of the thigh and another on the left leg; those injuries caused death. rhe proprietor of the establishment begged to impress on the minds of the Jury that every precaution was observed to pre vent accident during the late stormy weather. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF TUE LATE FLOODS,—, (Further Particulars.)—Mr. Annrs, whose loss of 102 sheep we mentioned in our last, had, on the night of the flood, sent a man to the meadows, to see Wall was safe. The man brought word that all was well, and that the water was sinking.— His surprise and distress may be well imagined, when, in the morning, he discovered, that so far from sinking, the river had risen to such a height as to cover the meadows where his sheep, cattle, and horses, were confined. The horses, cattle, and about 20 fat sheep, had saved themselves by crowding together upon a hillock in one of the meadows, and were liberated by boats. Mr. Addis's loss is really a distressing one ; he had newly come to the faun, and though he neither asks nor expects the assistance of his friends and neighbours, we would just suggest that a guinea a piece would be nothing out of the pockets of his brother flamers, and would make the worthy but unfortunate yeoman comparatively easy on the score of his loss. All the accounts from Ross concur in stating the scene at Wilton-bridge to have been truly grand. The coachman of the Champion, when he came to the. spot where the water crossed the road to a great depth and extent, with a coolness and caution which does him credit, drew up, and waited till the returning coach arrived on the opposite aide, when they exchanged passengers and parcels by the interven. tion of boats. At Monmouth, the appalling scenes of devas. tation which the waters of the Wye and Monnow spread along their shores last week have been renewed in the early part of this, with accumulated effects. • To the inhabitants of !lion-, now-street they have been particularly injurious. Th e rivers have risen and fallen twice within a few days, and were continuing to rise when our latest accounts came away yea. terday. It Is our painful duty to record another melancholy death occasioned by the late general overthrow of the waters. On the night of Tuesday (30th ult.), as Mr. Powell, of Bac. ton, was returning from Abergavenny market, he was drowned at Monnow-bridge, near Alontuouth-cap. What renders the accident more distressing is, that the cries of the unfortunate sufferer were heard during the space of two hours; but in con. sequence of the darkness of the night, it could not be ascertain. ed to what spot to direct assistance. It is supposed, that find ing himself in danger, and passing under a tree, he forsook the back of his horse, and sought escape by catching hold at the branches,. but exhausted nature sunk hint into a watery grave. On the Wednesday morning, the horse was found in an adjoin. ing meadow.—(Hereford Independent.) DEVIL'S 1311,IDGE.The upper arch of the ce. lebratecl Devil's Bridge, near Haled, Cardigan. shire, is broken down, and impassable by heavy vehicles. A safe and temporary platform has been placed for travellers ; the coach from Lian. idloes proceeds no farther than the end of the bridge, where passengers alight, and proceed in another coach, stationed upon the other side the chasm. The lower arch, and indeed the founda tion of this picturesque and extraordinary struc ture (which is supposed to have been built nearly seven centuries ago by the Monks of Strata Florida Abbey), la' still secure, The second arch, which overspans the other, was erected in 1753, at the expence of the county ; and in th e year 1814, the patriotic Mr. JOHNEA, of Haled , removed the low parapets of crumbling s t one , work, and placed in their stead iron hand -rails and ornaments.—(Hergford Independent.) SAVAGE MURDER.—On Friday evening last, a man, named James Keenan, returning from the market of Fintona, in the county Tyrone, in company with his sister, was followed by a party of fellows armed with weapons of different kinds, and beat to death. Some of the barbarians, we understand, are known, and warrants issued by the Magistrates for their apprehension.— (Erne Packet.) 'a