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P RIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, OCT. 29.—The Congress at Troppau, th u ugh it professes only to treat of the affairs of Sicily, : will "ten d to Spain and Naples, but even these obje:cts are not 44) ° ,1 g the p r i mary causes. of the re-union of the So verei g ns. It ' s the affairs of Germany that is the grand point to be dis cussed, and the Emperor of Austria fears more. for his Ger -I"i' than his Italian dominions. The Emperor of Russia c t r i . tl li ttle about Spain, which he would not allow to h ave a "bera tive vote in the Council of Vienna, but he fears for the, trl oquillity of Prussia and Poland where the minds of p eo ple are in a.considerable state of agitation. It is be 4ettd that the D u k e d e RICHELIEU will represent France a t k : ctmgre ss . H e i s em i nen tly fitted for this post, from the the 11 r ectitude of his moral character, and its influenc e with SGrereigns of Europe. It is said the Duke DrcazEs is c 2 ni ng hom e t o b e appo i n t e d Mi n i s t er o f the Household ; 4 7 du not thitik his Grace will accept what he former l y de tred ; wa re th e o ffi ce o f t h e Mi n i s t er d e la Maison du-Koi like t el tile `faire du Palais in former times, such a p ost w ould k ia I': wo rth accepta nce . A s an e l e gant well bred man M. DECAZES ° WA All the post with honour, but it woulil be putting a 4t(tille under a bushel to bring talents of the very first `H.(l er into a place where they could be of little use. The inte -I:st of the Throne of France and M. DEcazes himself op rose s uch a nomination. I _ h oe sometimes m entioned M. KERATRY to you; he is now ;duivoright J aco bi n ; i n ever y N um b e r of his Paper he paints 4 g l4 nd as th e enem y o f France ; for this he has no !no -Itlizre., save th a t E ng l an d res t ore d th e B o uttßONS to the Throne ; is the grand crime of England in his eyes. M. BENJAMIN °NsraNt was, it appears, insulted at Sauwur; he might have 4 .__ Nded it, but he preferred risking-the life of his ho s t t o leav the house at his desire. It has become the subject of a pamphlet by M. C., and of several doleful articles in KE -4A In Y'S Journal. the other hand M. BERRYER, junior, has replied to M. A utairtes Pamphlet, on the affairs of Grenoble. The in- St)11 1 et' and puppyistn of this young Barrister merit a horse- - . 6l l itt g rather than a public notice. J. B. ROUSSEAU said ‘' ll eatt.toN, father arid son, that the nrst was a great man, bu,.4nd t he latt er a grea t b o y ; this strictly applies to Messrs. Jo t sen. and jun. The poor devil is a briefiess barris_ kr Slid therefore lie merits pity in being condemned to gain his bread by advocating such a cause as that of DONNADIEU , who ,o asts of h av i ng save d F rance a t Grenoble; Ire reported that ,c.,,, " 15 rind then 7000 had attacked the town, and that all the Z untr Y•three miles round was covered with the bodies of or traitors. 'Nov it turned out that it was an unarmed mob pr, 6 * ) Pei sons, six of whom were killed, and sixty taken k's:riers thus his host of slain amounted to six persons in h i , "'ace of tE miles !! ! This is the hero of M. BARRYER like hero like defender. PORTED ESCAPE OF BONAPARTE jo i e copy the following ridiculous article from :New York Paper, and we believe we may tlitnre t o pronounce th e silly story as not having e slightest foundation in fact "A-c . r Or A LETTER FROM ST. THOMAS'S, SEP- • TEMBER. 18. Ic e ac c i msten.to communicate to you that information has just ",;) it us that the crew of the French frigate Junon, when N e " Island of Ascension, headed by several of the Oth . cers, t at 21'01) the Captain and confined him below. They inim,e tvitCY proceeded to St. Helena, and arrived when the ‘ 4, - tti, t the sloop of war and guardships, were cruizing at some l o , a nee from the island. The Jimon having the British co stfitis filying, was mistaken for an English frigate, and per- c, (.4 to anchor on the left of the water battens s. Having ki t : e n i n excellent position for raking the two lower hatte.. de n ' s netammenced an enfilading fire, which being as.sud hr unexpected, did immense execution. and threw the trd n "" into confusion. BefOre troops were stationed and NI" restored, it was visible from the frigate that sere uti.'cers. of the garrisou were killed or wounded, all th increased the confusion arising . from the sudden attack. w i ll NAPOLEON not having been deceived as to the character sa ft ,' e . frigate, when at a considerable distance, (it being the :nwhich he returned from Egypt) and confirmed in the tierPtgl" by onem made the best use of his time. i n o:iced of the guards to accompany him. In a 'sot k4ot uniform he past the guard-house, reached the shore, t„ c ,,' , u the c on f u si o n seized a boat which was chained to the ttiv4e.and put off for the Amon ; as soon as the boat was per fe,ak bY•the frigate, she cut her cable, made directly far and to s an Napoleon, two attendants, and the soldier, and put br; This occurred upon the third or fourth day after the th e F s o-rcher left St.Heleoa. The guard ship, a 74, and sloop, li thl e d at a grea t di s t ance till dark the Junon threw out false Nri v : L" a .nd changing her course, escaped , and arrived here kik( is morning. There is the greatest bustle he re, all vll ' to see Naeor,Eox,though few, I think,will be gratified. tg feniaitas on board; his drafts:on ROTHSCHILD are offered (1 4 , a ) - fuent for supplies. It is understood she will sail in s ti v (), two for the United States. There is some doubt on the ,zirt of his reception there. she Junin), when she arrived, had the white flag fly in g h as since hoisted the tri-coloured. , e following is a led for -receiving Baro: poke of Ha►uilton • ' Duke of Leinster blarquess of Duwnsl►ire Earl Thanet Earl Cowper -Exrl Carnarvon F arl of Suffolk Farl ItoUtney List of the . PEERS who a OMPTEDA'S Letters :-- Earl of Albemarle Viscount Clitden Lord King . • .. Lord Downe Lord Foley Lord Alranley Lord Duncan Lord Kenyon. plans -TS / I °N, OCT. is.—The capital, as well as the: Of s t t ' r the kingdom, is in the most perfe c t state tin nquillitp ; 1 will say more, the nation is 4 u - f u riousl prepared `thee to adopt of reform -Cortes may think tl -essi arY to enact. In the public squa res, toeatres, and other places, no other ',than the 1 ) ,, Ilntenances of gladness and satisfaction are to .- se en. c,,L‘Tl6NALSociE;nr.—Yesterday the General isi r oittee of the National Society . held their e etttl fig at St. Martin's Vestry-room--Lord 1 1 , 1 7„ x.1.014 in th e Ch a ir. Seven fresh Schools were \ / .; (e u to the Society, and eleven grants of money made t owar d s the erecting, enlarging, and • g tip of school-rooms. t o , • followi n g is the arrangement which is to (4 3 "PlaCe 111 the Office of Clerk of the House of t P t ons, in cons e quence of the expiration of the ah e nt of the late Mr. lI.A.TsELL :—Mr. DYSON, Ofl!, h as S 6 long and so ably .filled the respective ti; es, of Clerk-Assistant and Deputy-Clerk, re jel, on the sa me a ll owan c e that the Clerk would t "tiled to under similar circumstances. Mr. h i Y succ ee d s to th e office of Clerk, and Mr. p oi ck mAN to that of Clerk-Assistant. The •ap tb 4tinent of Second Clerk-Assistant rests with Clerk. the e p e arnb rize given annually by Trinity College, W r i t - to . that junior Bachelor of Arts who duets • the beSt Essay on the character and con "aor King William III.; has been this year ' ll "ged to Mr. MATTIIEW TALBOT FOR, TIM STN. SHORT QUESTIONS. distressing to find the name of Majesty so bandied about by friends and foes that half of MAstsTY is gone, never I fear in one-person to .be. restored to its pristine purity. Feeling, indeed, as I do on this subject, with an hereditary love of Monarchy, as I may say, in creased by education, by family prejudices, and confirmed by habit,. I should shrink from any obserVations on passing subjects, were it not that the cause of truth, on which at present the welfare both of Prince and People,_ depends, is necessarily paramount to all other considera. tions I wish therefore to recall the attention of your Readers from•minor points of debate, into which her Majesty's Counsel seem anxious to lead the public mind, to dwell upon the more palpable and important facts connected with the voyage from Palestine to Italy. Now, Sir, observe, that the charge of BERGAbf!'s sleeping under the Royal tent, srlus cum soli!, though nut nudes cum nuda,—for that, as any may conceive, would have been inconvenient in case of accident or observation—that charge has been denied by the QUEEN herself, by her advocates, friends, defenders, writers, addressers, ,te. &c. even by two of her witnesses, though one proved it by implication, and the other by downright absolute adutission•, attempting to justify it at the same time, adding, that there was no mystery about it NoW, Sir, that the charkeis fully proved, at least so far positively, I presume even Mr. BROUGHAM will not attempt -to deny—the question therefore now is, why was it deuicd at all Unless that is answered most satisfactorily, even although BERGAM.I had slept but one night under the tent, instead of Vdrty-five nights, can the wittol exist who will have_the -hardihood to deny adultery? But observe also, that Mr. Bitounnitm so far omitted no tice of this Part of the charges' in his defensive open ing, that his Colleague actually hoped his doing so would not be considered as blinking the question, but merely a thing forgot! What, and could Mr. Baou GUAM forget to notice a point so important—a point that comes closer to the fact Of adultery than any other ? I protest, unless such had been said to be the case, I should have suspected that the' Learned Counsel did not feel quite satisfied with his instruc tions, or quite certain that Alderman WOOD'S " Thuuderers" would be able to thunder to any purpose. If the fact was no mystery on board' the polacre, the question naturally arises, why was it made a mystery in England ? Unless that question is answered clearly, pointedly, and convincingly, then the denial on the part of the accused is to all intents and purposes an admission of that which one of her Majesty's witnesses says, he did not see when he went up the ladder, under the tent at night, and then went back again ! God forbid, Mr. Editor, that I should break the bruised reed; but I may still offer these hints for Counsel on one side to ask, and for the other to answer—without that is done, aye, and satisfactorily too, no throwing out of the Bill, no abrupt stoppage of proceedings, will ever amount to acquittal. Your's, IGNOTUS. por t ' j us t, Fair r wi th ;riP et t. 4g# t the' trac k tee t te el" 3CC (r'le 1, is -el 6'l ir rC4r _ „ coui4 tl 4 Lye t 010 Crgrl' ff ,A voliii '• .01 ue , Y 9 r t tth3 rep o g olf': fercag prit l . s : l , 11 15 ' ' ' ' •ll iv ea bOIIC SHIP NEWS, MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.--.Tralee,Oct. 3 . — We regret to state that the Sally, of Working ton, MITCHINSON, master, was totally wrecked, yesterday, in Smerwick harbour ; and it is most melancholy to add, that, out of twelve per sons on board at the time, eleven met a watery grave, in sight of numerous spectators, who could use no exertions for their deliverance ! She was bound from Trinidad to Hull, with a valuable cargo of sugar, and was forced by stress of weather, about a week since, into Limerick harbour. The. Captain conceiv ed he left her riding in perfect security, and went hence to Cork on Saturday to purchase ma terials for the vessel, but the violence of the late gales broke her cables and drove her ashore. None of her cargo has been saved ; and among the eleven persons who were drowned we are sorry to include two revenue officers of Dingle, Jbhn Neligan and James Kennedy, who had boarded her. The name of the man who escaped is George Foster. DEAL, Nov. I.—Passed by a large fleet of vessels from Ramsgate Harbour, and proceeded down Channel for their different destinations. PoRTSMOUTH, Nov. h—Arrived the Crown transport, from Cork.---Went out otHarbour his Majesty's ship Eris, to Spit head. FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Sailed the De Jong Charlotte, Gren wick, for Havre, and Enterprize, Hoskin, for London. Cowes, Nov. t.—Arrived the Avon, Willis, from Water ford for London leaky; and Olympia, Rutherford, from Vir ginia for Rotterdam, with her sails split. LiVettenot., OCT. 31.—Artived the Magnet, Gill, from Quebec; Amity, Howe, from Labrador ; and Endymion, Todd, from St. John's, N. B. The Peter, Ellis, from Havauttah, is . arrived at New York in distress, with 5 feet water in her hold ; she has thrown 20 cases of sugar overboard ; and lost 5 of her crew. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Ilonse ) •when the under-mentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, - viz.k-Captain THOMAS LAR xiNs, Marquis Camden ; and Captain THOMAS BORRADAILE, .Inglis—for Bombay and China. Captain CHARLES MOIVTLQVIi Lowther Castle — for Bengal and China,. The body of Prince SCHWARTZENBERG WaS opened at Leipsic, when it appeared that he had died of an organic disease of the heart, which had lasted several years before its fatal termination. The Prince was in the 49th year of his age. The Duke and Duchess of HAMILTON and fa mily intend leaving town on Tuesday next for Paris, where they will pass the' winter, and in the ensuing spring they will make a tour through a part of Germany, Switzerland, and Italy ; in the latter country they propose passing of next winter, - returning to England the spring fol- lowing. Letters from Lisbon describe particularly the manner in which the new Government obtained possession of the diamonds and specie on- board the Vengeur ; duplicate bills of lading came to hand by the Phoenix, two days after, purporting that the property was to be delivered to the Treasury, and it was so delivered in consequence. THE AitTg. • NATIOWIL MEDALS.---Our Readers will re- . dollect the notice we have at various times taken of the Grand Series of National Medals, a work whiciiis nut only honour-• able to Mr. Moore, the Proprietor of Chet Series, but would he regarded as honourable to the Government itself. The Series describes the main circumstances of ttte late war in the Peninsula and in India, together With our principal Natal Viirories, containing, on One side, 'a distinkuished Geheral, Admiral, or ether caracter, and on the oh_yerse a leading Victory, &c., engraied by the very best hands •of England and. France; altogether forming a set of Medals superior to . any that has appeared in Europe since the time of Louts the XlVth,except the NAPoLKON Series. The Work is elegant, comprehensive, and complete, and we here again have the pleasure of mentioning it as introductory to a notice of a Vo lume containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Medals, detailing all the particulate connected with the sub ject of each Medal, in a style worthy of the Series of which the Volume is an accompaniment. It is explanatory without being too diffuse, it is elegant, entertaiiiing,and instructive.— _TenPlates are bound up with the Volume, eat') containing eight Obverses and Reverses, so as to exhibit the entire Series of the National Medals. They are engraved in outline with peculiar neatness and fidelity to the originals. The work is . also enriched by an introductdry statement of the present condition of the Medallic Art in England, with brief descrip tions of the Allegory of each Reverse on the liertals. The work is dedicated, oy permission, to the KING. and will be regarded as a Valuable addition to the library of the Mao of Taste in Literature and Art. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. f - • ,- NEWMARKET. THIRD 'OCTOBER MEETING, 1820. WEDNESDAY, Nov. Ld Jersey's c. by Soothsayer, 7st. sib. beat Mr. Payne's Jobson, 8st:711); T.T.O 50gs.-2 to.lingst Johann. • Bourcrie's c, by Haphazard, out of Dr. Busby's dam, Bst. 71b. beat Mr. Wyndham's c. by Ostavius, out of Troth's data, 7st. 71b. T.Y.C. 100 gs, h. ft.-5 to 2 agst Haphazard. Subscription • Plate of 501. for tWo:yr-olds, carrying fist. 71b. and three-yr-olds; Bst.lolb. Mr. Fox's br. c. by Fyldener, out of ,Meterina, 2 yrs .... 1 Mr. N. H. Smith's ch. c. Feramorz;• 3 yrs • 2 . • Sixteen Stat ted.—The Jndge placed but two. 10 to I agst Fyldener. Mr. Smith's ch. c. by Sclim, Sat. 71b. rec. 15gs from Major Wilson's b. f. by Juniper, Bst. 5111 . . D.M. 25gs. .s--- THE THEATRE.---We have to congratulate the Public on the appearance of a new Actor last night at. Drury-lane Theatre, whose talents are likely to render him one of the chief ornaments of the Loudon Stage. This performer is a Mr. COOPER ) who has acquired considerable reputa tion on Provincial boards, and who came last from Liverpool, a place that has often given such encouragement to theatrical talents as enabled them to make an early transfer to the Metropolis. Mr. COOPER may be fairly numbered among those who have received the sanction of Liver pool taste and judgment. The part which he assumed last night was Romeo, which he support ed, throughout with no ordinary rate of ability , and in some passages displayed conspicuous me rit, particularly in the scene with the Friar, in that with the Apothecary, and more particularly in the Tomb scene with Juliet. His figure is manly and well proportioned, and his face is re gular and expressive. His voice is very power ful, but, as he has not yet had practice sufficient to adapt it to the large area of the Theatre, it appeared occasionally somewhat harsh, perhaps because he thought it would not be heard if it had been less audible. His reception was highly favourable throughout, and we are glad to find that the diurnal Critics, who of course have their partialities and prejudices, have uniformly agreed in a just and liberal commendation of this Per former.---Mrs. WEST was very interesting in Juliet, as indeed she is generally in all her cha racters. ELLISTON wanted no portion of the vivacious levity" Of Mercutio; and the play in general was well received. Lord H AREIVO OD'S health is so much improved by his return to Yorkshire, that his Lordship is now enabled to take his airings on horseback when the weather permits. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess 'of BEAUFORT entertained the Earl and Countess Fortescue, Countess of Harrowby, Lady Mary Ryder, and a select party, with a dinner, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. Yesterday the Earl and Countess of MANS FIELD entertained the Marquess of Buckingham, Count and Countess Lieven, Baron Seguir, and a large party of distinguished personages with a dinner, at their seat at Comb Wood. The whole interior of the Marquess of BATn.'s house in Grosvenor-square, is taken to pieces, and will be re-built, with new additions. During the interval, the Noble Marquess and Marchio ness reside at the house of the Hon. _F. and Lady Elizabeth Campbell, .in Upper Brook street. The baptism of the son and heir of Sir WATKIN and Lady HARRIET WYNN was observed, on Thursday last, at Oswestry, with great rejoicing. Two oxen were distributed to the poor, amidst the acclamation's of the multitude and the ririgiug of bells ; and similar rejoicings took place in. all the towns round Wynnstay. Mr. YOUNG has again entered into a negocia 'flin for his return to C ov ent-garden.--(Morning Paper.) • • • The dramatic veteran, MITNDEN ) is again con fined to his room by a smart visitation of the gout, which, it is feared, may prevent his appear ant;.: on the stage for sonic time. This morning three -companies of the 13th Foot, being the second'division, marched from 'the Castle, on their route to Ireland.—ThiS day Came on before the High Court of Jus ticiary, the trial of Mardi& Kain, Sarah Dug -- gap, John Shields, and Manie -or Marion Scott or Shields, accused of theft, and - being habit and. reputed. thieves. John Shields and Manie or Marion Scott or Shields haVing failed to appear, sentence of outlawry was pronounced against them. r The two other pannels pleaded Guilty to the charge before the Courtand Jury.— Sentence delayed.—( Edinburgh Courant,Oct. 30.) DARING ROBBERY.--.-011 Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, as the husband of 'One of the laundresses of the Spring-garden Hotel was passing the end of Buckingham-court, lead ing into Spring-garden, he was attacked by seven or eight men,_ who knocked him down, and robbed him of a quantity of valuable linen, belonging to that establishment, with which they got clear off. Four known thieves„, accompanied by two women, were seen lurking about Spring , garden.early . that evening. OLD BAILEY, Itta-Amy.—Yesterday Thomas Gordon was 1n dieted • for intermarrying with Frances • Eliza beth d.awes, his former wife, Harriet, - being then living This. „case excited considerable- in terest, and the Court was crowded to excess dun. , ing the whole of the trial.' • The hearing':.Of th e case occupied more than six tours, :Auk the,evi deuce, was extremely. long and , intricate. It appeared that the prisoner was a Mariner, and had !served as gunner on board the Venus frigate.. Iti 1809-, be-carried his first wife, Harriet Cole, and in 181S' be married Hiss Frances Elizabeth Lawes;haviog ssth her acretticineut i•of be tween 2001. and 6001. per annum. Both the first and second wife were noiv dead; and the proseentiori'against the: pri , ' sorter was instituted by.the relations of Elizabeth Lawes, to recover the money which the prisoner had obtained• - by his second Marriage. . The material witness for the - thasectition ! WAs Sarah Short. She was the landlady of the Navy Arms at Wioculwich; anct she proved that; in 1809, the prisoner went to_ he married from her. house to his first wife, Harriet She stated, that in February last the prisoner came to her at Woolwich, She then told him that the Rev. Mr. Frazer (the clergyman who had married the prisoner to his second wife) had been applying to ber about his, the prisoner's, former marriage. The prisoner then told her, " You are the only person I am, afraid of; and if yotrwill swear that I am not the same Go-r -dole who married Harriet Cole, I. still settle upon you half the property which I have obtained by my second matriag v e." The withess.disdainruilv rejected the bribe, and said she was sure he was the man. The prisoner then said, "It is no mat ter;-I can get a luau of the name- of Collard to - prove that my first wife has fallen overboard." . , . . - Being cross-examined,l - be witness said that she - Came now to give her evidence for the .sake,ofj:nstice. She had seen some handbills posted, offering SOL reward to the person who could prove the first marriage of - the- prisoner. She positively de nied having said." What odds is it,? we can get the reward!: By subsequent evidence it was proved, that at the time of the prisoner's second marriage, his former ,wife was and that the prisoner had said - to another female, who knew of the fadt," I'M, can save my neck, if yon choose." - - Susan Matilda Laws, slater to the deceased Frances Eliza beth Lawes, stated, that tiefore lier - sister's deatirshe band some conversation with the prisoner.. She told hicojhrit.sho knew of his first marriage, and intended to inquire into The prisoner at first denied it, .but in a sitirsequeut -conversa tionhe said he did not know whether she was alive or not. He added, that he would give up the II business .erito gether if she (witness) *mild allow him 401. a year. This was of course refused, and these proceedings bad been - insti thted to recover the property which had. been made ever tv the prisoner immediately after marriage. - When the prisoner - married her sister, she was ihan infirm state both of body and mind, and, notwithstanding, the Prisoner.married tier. The witnesses forthe defence were called to show, that at the time of the second marriage of the prisoner, his first Wife, Harriet Cole, was dead; that, in 1815; she ohtaiued her bread by walking the streets as a common prostitute, and went un= der the feigned name of Mary White; and that she died- in the Magdalen Ward of St. Thomas's Hospital on the. Bth July 1815. This was proved by a woman of the name of Elizabeth Millington, a person with whom the prisoner had cohabited on board the Pomona frigate, and who, it was proved,'sias on the Bth July, 1815, on board •the POlllOll3 O then - lying at Portsmouth. - A clerk of St. Thomas's 1-lospital proved, that by the books it appeared that a Woman of the name of Mary White had died in the Magdalen Ward. There were, however, many women of the same name on the books. A blacksmith, of the name of Bone, resident at Woolwich, also stated that Mrs. Sarah Short was not to be believed on her oath, because be had seen her frequently intoxicated; and that be had heard her say, when talking about the reward, " Oh, what does that signify if we cen get the money ?" The Jury found the prisoner (billy, after a very short de liberation. The prisoner is a man of 42 years of age, and had served many years in the Navy. CUTTING AND ALAIMING.-JOhil Scott was ill dieted, under Lord Ellen borong h's Act, for cutting and maim ing Wm. Thorn, on Friday last, in the execution of his duty as an officer of the peace. The prisoner, with others, was disco vered hy the prosecutor pursuing his avocativir in breaking into the house of Mr: C. Bill, a surgeon, near Solm•sqoare, While endeavouring to prevent the prisOner's escape, the prosecutor received a deep wound in the head, from a clasp-.knife, which the prisoner aimed at him, The Officer remained for a consi derable time in a state of danger:—The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner is 21 years of age. FIRE.—At half-past four o'clock this Morning a fire broke out at the house of THOMAS Bow- DITCH, a -broker, on great Saffron-hill, which, from the early hour, spread much alarm amongst the inhabitants, and in which the unfortunate Mr. Bowditch was nearly burned to death. It happened as follows Bowditch 's "wife al ways kept - a candle- lighted in her room - every night ; at that hour in the morning she got up..to give her child some pap, and seeing that the clock -was standing still, she stood on a chair . to wind it up, in doing which she let the'eandle - fall into a heap of loose dry- horse-hair, 'which imme diately caught fire,aud communicated to the win dow and bed-curtains, and in .an instant :the whole of the apartment (first 'floor, Yfrotit rocifn) was in .a blaze. Mrs. Bowditch' •ran 'out of -'the, room nth the child in ,lier.arms, s c r eaming put fire as 14i.d as she could, and . alarmed all the lodgers. 7PoOr Mr. Bowditch was in bed and asleep at the time, and was dreadfully 'scathed from the. sheets and bed-curtains, .which were ' now in a blaze about him ; he ,jUmped up, and_ in attempting to tear down the curtains and trariipte . out the 'fire, his shirt caught and he was ;'en veloped in the flames, and he was' so bewildered in'the fire and smoke that he was unable to find his way out, and must have perished if it was not for the timely assistance of' the Watchman Mid some of the -.lodgers. He--was •so . . Shockingly' burnt, that_ he was immediately carried to Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, and we are: sorry to learn that there . are but faint hopes of his . recovery. Several fire • engines arrived-, which, Avithgthe prompt assistance of :the firemetv attOlte neiFs hours, happily prevented the, fire from spreadinf, and subdued the"deVohring elements lit notsbe fore the apa'rtinefte•and -all that was'in it Were destroyed. . • DREADFUL , CI R CUMSTANCE.:—TIieSday morn ing, 'about tWO o'clock," a Mat' eatas - - trophe occurred.: Rathbone-place, Oxford- street. Mr. Myham, a gentleman. who bad been. 'for some time past confined to'his apartment with a fever, Which at intervals' - caused was lying in bed,. at the.same time his wife. being in the room ; he suddenly jumped , out gf bed 100 made towards the window . „ which unfortunately was open, from Which he attempted to thrOW himself into the street. Mrs.•Myham, •much alarmed, endeavoured to stop him, in his Nip, pose, but sprang from her grasp, and plunged himself out' of the two-pair" front Window - into the street,- and was killed on the spot. His skull was shattered to pieces, and . both-his legs . au,d arms were broken.. His. body was carried to the Middlesex Hospital, Where a Ciirmier'S Inquest was held upon it. before Mr. STIRLIN-G,' the Co roner. A verdict 'of "- Lunacy" was , returned .by the Jury. • We are happy to hear that the profits of the benefit for the Widow - and ' Family of the late Mr. RAE, are expected to.amotint to little short of 20001-, - • • 0 1 9 ourlf an re t b.°