The Sun. — London, England, 1811-10-18 00:00:00

1".11i47'E in Vie MONK PASSAGE. Copy of a lette - r from .0)1. CHRISTIE to Major- Cwovr . ai , liof)G;oN, GiNefoor of t tie bland of Cura o,a and b4ndenciea, dated 13 , ;:raludas, Ausust 3, '.lc: " I ant sort y to have to inform your Excettenoy of .tb I,ss of tne nisil from your island, dispatched for I;ogiatiti by the brig .alifee Planter, HqttookEs JE.NkiNis,Corutpander, on the t. 5 111 01 July, On 'the niornin4 0' the .0 tat, piobeetittig in for the Mona ol:age, at .ien n'cl,cie., a schooner \yak sven in the nortii-east, hovering iii dlierent directions. It was Dot lone, nelo , e she bore down towards us, and at al).an t a o wiles ntfi displayed English coiouts, w filch the brig ron:li%e - rect by displaying tier ensign. Upon this she hailed troin us, and stood.a-y;ay to the S. E. In so doing, the schooner, presented her °roadside, aabrded Ati a hotter vow of her size, which .was con. siderahle, uti7,‘ we perceived her, decks to be lull of men. Welherefore, concluded she was a British cruizer, who, having observed tis n are.nough to he convinced of the brig being English was going away sathhed.' Even it we outdo have known al the iitne, I be unplea sant tree h, unfortuoately the brig w)s not, in a con ditiou to have made the least suitable preparation tor the proper reoepriun at an en-my. Or nice: men who composed the Coffee Pbinter's crew at her leaving Curacoa, six then lay dangerously ill et fever; aunt one of the rcnrtint••g three had hie left hand tlisibled 4) , the b•arsting ot a.- intact. SO that, aitticu gh the Master took on himself the Charge amid laboor of -the helm, these were hardly sufficient for the bu, , ness of alendnig the sad:, in which I assisted ; and thus the trumagement of a single piece of °alliance was wholly out of the 'At one o'clock the, k.:hartner tacked, and to our sorptise, appeared to be sanding pack • after us, w ith the English cOlohts , soll flyii , g . ; and,' atlt:,oitgh the brig . had been making off ooda all the cant is ihe cold carry, so great was the other's supe, tOrity to That, about. three, the had Come up again within caonon-range, threw a Shat over us,and hoisted Frern.h colours! As the French did not possess aAitigle harborer, Or spot, iii those se is, at light of their tri•colourcd flag, could hardly beliek6 my e)e.o The. Planter was a Mere floating hospital ; arid her escape being impossible, no altet native wasielt her Commander, who hauled down his color is, and pr , veeded to heave his vessel to ;„but, for want of hand,, Oh, flirt ti6tig - executed so quickly, ;IS Was, expected by the eneiny, he wantonly fired several shot at the btig, happily without, touching any-one. In a Jew ruiitures the filing ceased, to inake way for a humdiating BCCIIe---that.of behold iog tniMan beings abased Id the ,brutal ferocity of 11:l beasts ! A boat was immediately alongside flie Cijec !Vanier, wi , h Übo es it a dozen of such men, of ,illcolo4n.,and tongues. lf,..eb was armed with a sabrc, 4 Uticv,ol and a long knife. In an in,suoit trey Were s; lead over the Wig for booty. T iun t,s; . boxes, ILK k(1-4, &c. write forced open in search of dollars. The leader of this savage band was a Ffenehthan, h twci fret szAnCw6undS.on his tight arm, of good aspect, 1110dCbt depot oncut.oo toy remonstrating with him, he said, " It w is their way ;" that '' ships and their cargoes were of no use to them; that they al tvoy, burnt them after taking out any money, and the Most portable v duahles; • To the qtk;idion, from Whence Oil were commissioned,' or had fitted Cu ? tle clecinied . giving any answers. I perc,:i'veti that we were in the handi of pirates. At this time tlre 'schooner h ded, awl, in the Frtich hingoage, ordcred the , prize-master to make sail in the brig, and condati her o) thCir place of anchorage. At shoat ten o'clock, that night, the brie; anehored on the south-west side of the isle of Mow, within pis. 161 800 t t.c the shiire, As did also the schooner; Soon after, ch..se to her. Here, shidtered in smooth water, was their place for the pillage of the Copee Harder, of WhAever nritrt best Suit theM, previous to de stroying " Early iii ;he Marning(ef the22d) This work be tan, floats, u ilk 'l4:iefs of hands, kept plying tbe 'tweet, t he vessels, carrying off cannons, stores, spars, corclov, baks at dry goods, all My l:ve stock, wine, and other table pi ovisi • us, &C. In one of those boats Captain Jenkins came, and in fronted toe, that, Within the hour, the brig would be buint, for Whielt reason ,he had been permitted to return on board to put up a few Changes of linen. He said, that no one in the schooner would tell him from Whence she came. That she was an uncommonly One vessel, of aboht on !Modred and eighty tons,—, That her original Comolement of men was,onu hun dred and forty, and fixte were still on board about an hundred, of whom not more than thirty were White, about as many black, -the rest of all the va rious intermediate hoes. Among these I observed a -• few of theindian red cast, The savage aPpearance and manners of this Molly crew were rendered yet revol ing, by many, things about, then) being fiii9 ne staid' ith- the blood spilt, but. a few days betbro, in a severe cooflict with a Spanish packet lrotrt Cadiz, with mails, tor 'Porto-Bich and cal the gena ; by baiictiog, the packet was ovlr -I.,owe'red ; and 'their own COilfUSliOn w,as, that of 40 Spanthti, 014 slew thirty 7 fite. Ctiptlip Jenkins reptesttited tale extreme ineteased heat in the from The swarm of people, with the sttoeta froth the rick mid wounded, In be almost in supportable ; iroluiiittch that he. had asked, and ob tained, the tatroi k r to walk • their deck all night in lieavy rain and open air. Thotit-ityli of letons I strewed with heaps of dollars, which cOverod their great. cabin- floor. ".A bout tlnt o'clocki tie commander of the'Schoonerr came Oil board the Co/lee Planter.' He aCceised me %tot I. civility, arid asl,ed some questions about a ship at Curacao, (lamed the* .b.4chankei" a n d 5 .A1, that, by si:vetal intercepted letters, " he bad 'cer fain intelivocc she was appointeChw sail for Eng, land on 111,1:250, i - rind With a considerable quantity ut dotlor,." Knowing thatio be the'shi ft in which General L a ' yo d and Colon.-1 Vandespiegel, the col. lector, hod actuallyengaged their passage. for E uro pe, told hint, it rie V 4161.111 hi, 53:ely, he had b,, t o„ - r • :.e there waiting toethe Lac4razge, as she wa, to * , :tvoyed, at :Is tar a:), thicA-4 11 the oy time ,dVuii war. He replied that I:new of time tiV,M, that he heard of her al. LON 19 0 ); • I'it4itio by f<l . C 11A 1(0 kit IS, oi No. 4, felsrtlot-coect, Bow-street and rsblf . ' 113 the Chiwids, No. 11i, Strsi d, where Advertisements, Order: for the most !aily; that he certainly dia not pretend to lace a vessel of het ctn.'s; but (hit he would take a disund secure station well to' wind ard of Mona, to watt and. See the fact of the Exchange being alone or not. That dosing five weeks •he 'heat beets taking English and Spanish ve.setS of all de,t;rip inns, to, the number of thirty-one ; that our's mnde the thirty-second. He added; that he did not feel quit..! - at-his ease, as a 4tratige t.ad square rigg,ed.had just. been descried froth his to i4t-ht , a.l, N.vheref.re he had himself conic to hasten the dismantling pt the brig, so as then to diatrly sink her. I told sime that was his determna , ion, I should, for tnysell ask the fa vour of being lauded on Mona, which was.so vely near that it would cost him no time. He observed that it was a desert island, where I must perish ; and, besi 'es,' that his doing: that, might hereafter be attended w:in set ions conseqUeoee4 to hint-; self. I declared that, fo'r my own part, preferred taking my chance of l uting off the island to the he, ing received on hoard• his schtioner, and that, to what regarded him, he should iMmediaiely be fur-. niched with a. certificate, of its being done at my own earnest request. .13etore he could make any answer the schowirr hailed, and informed her Com mander that the strange sail . I.vaa fast approaching, loomed large, and like a vessel -,of. war: <Upon this he suddenly quitted .me• without slying one word,: stew into a boat,' and went inraigni on , hoard his ves ? .l. In five minut,s he called, to his officer In ' the brig, to repair;.4hrectly with all his men, on board of vim ; WhiCh .1 hey (14 in such haste as to leave several things behind. them, intended to hate been taken .awaf , . Iminediately the schooner was' under sad, ordering_the Caffee . Planor to wan her return there at, the - anchorage. In less tan half rtn hour she had rounded Oa:north- west corner of the • Island, and.,by her trip-sails, which.appearedover a long low point, she was observed stretching up close to the wind, until higher had hid her float Our view. Meanwhile the- strange - sail had come near enough to be, by us, clearly seen that. she was. not a vessel -of'_ war ! Captain Jenkins, however, putting his trust . in her, size-and 'appear ance for piotectiog him from any fatal consequence of his disregard to tins pirate's last order, only waited till she had got abreast of.hitn, and not snore than tribe to leeward, when he cat his ca ble', and ran- do to her , .She. proved to be the ship Carmarthen, Videl, master, from St. Domingo city, e. ith mahogany, bound to . London, having. only a di , zeu men to as • many guns, and, therethre, how.:tver huge, unfortunately incapable of arroldmg any real. protection. 'ln our offing from Moita we could see the schooner north of the,' island, far to Windward. For a 'time she ap vered to be fluttering about' with something of in decision. At length, with seeming ea.ition, she be. gan , to ct ig,. down slowiy towards us; Then our situ.r 7 t ion became cpitical i I kneW the Frenchman possess-• ed a fine telescqc - ; and it. was evkt lit that 'if ire once ventured to feel the Carmarthen (~s he appear rd to ilo) our fate in the btig would be, to be all put to the sword. At' this crisis, tl;ts provi diA4tial tipi)earatice of another ship checked the schoo:.cr, which back6.l her .0p4,411,. We sots) ma naged to speak with t his oilier most welcome strattger. She proved to be t. le ship Minerva, - Goodge, master, also from Si'. Domingo city, with maim- . galty, bound to London. • Atthough, to tact, but very indifferently maimed and .attned, she presented a warlike appearance, with consider. able size. This seasonable set.und junction at length detertnin d the schooner, wit:, hauled her wind again, to keep it ; so that below suu-set We had run her hull down. " Some of the ruffians said their commander's name was Jean Angereau, a native of Naotes. Your Ex. cellency will beSt judge of the expediency or utility of any representation to . the GrivernMent of Hayti respettiog the depredations and murders committed by tlioe Buceaniers 3 the greater part of them being clearlit; from thence, c•nd as their iessel (American built)... which they the Marengo, could not well keep those seas without being recruited with the rieceslary supplies Itl one or other of the many creeks or minor harbour& of that kingdom." SURREY SESSIONS!. THURSDAY, OCT. 17, Mr. co/e, a Gentleman in respea'able'circum• staeces, was indicted, fOr having violently assaulted a Lady in- North -street, Lambeth. It appeared in evidence, that'severakvotnen, among whom was the prosecutrix, met in North-street, about a month ago, and when they passed the door of. the defend ant, the proaecutlix observed, " how beautiful I looked when .was married, and had my white gnwn on." The defendant imakdiately ran out, and struck her in the face, Mr, NOLAN, for the defendant, admitted' that his client was hot just:Aitird in striking :I wottran, but ob served, that it was done after the greatest provoca , von,- ,in the female's, having made several remarks .which were itvended for n.ft.l6tions upon his wife, and finding his feelings - Mot as a man of honour must feel, he was led to act unguardedly 'as he did. The Jury found him guilty, and the Beech sen tenced him to pay a heir of 01. which, he illSLAntly did, and was discharged. • Mrs. Smilh,and her son, a boy about 17 years of age, were indt6ted for having violently assaulted John Bateman, and Elizabeth Holloway, on the will of June last. - It appeared from the evidence that Bateman was servant to a' Messenger Of Bankrupts, and a com, mission having been issued against George Smith, the husband of the tiro, and father of the second prisoner, he proceeded, inconipany of a person or the name of Burn, to take possession of the bank,' ropes property ; but tho prisoners`having got hold of Bateman, they struck him 'several blow - s, and. a:so beat Mrs. Holloway, who was the house•keeper, and intimate friend of the petitioning creditor. 'Mr. BARRON, for the delendahts,, stated,. that the COMllll9sion of bankruptcy had been superseded betoie Batetnatt went. into possesSion conseloeutly thu- defendants had airght to turn hun oi.tt of the It;juse. I'llC CHAiIIVJANi -hQWeVer, 'stated, that the de feodants had nti right to assault them. The Jory found the prisourrs guilty of the two assault:;, and the Coutt sentenced each prisoner to pay a fine of halt,a-crown forceful! °dunce. P3Lrr,l. MARLlSonouon 61 . 1:11; ."-'•TileAdiir. a man of the name of, Harrinn, w,s charged with $ll assault on two young lakiies on Sunday night last, in Bedford square. The particulars are as follow : the ladies were returning home fiom Gower-sireet - to Great itu.scil-streA, whet) the defendant, who was gen teelly dressed, met them, and detained them by of fering an escort, which was dosed. One of the ladies extricated herself, but the other called the Watch, when the defendant kno&ked her down by a blow on the face, and made off; but two geolle intri secured him, Ile was had to bail•to answer the brutal outrage at the_ Sebbious. . - rIATTON•pAHDEICI.---YeSierday Ahn Ihiley was brought up, and underwent an stan4l7 ing charged by Mr. John tides, sit Nutt-m . ole, with robbing.hirn in the motlth of Jtine 4809. of 'two five and eleven one pound Bank at England notes, his . property ; who stated, being in the prisoner's company, with Whhin he Was acquainted at the above time, that he pulled tho , said notes Out c 4 his p cket to pay the reckoning at . a Public-house at Islington, where they had been drinking; the pri soner took the property, with Which. absconded, and had never seen him till within a few , days since, w hen he caused him to be apprehended. The charge was corroborated .by the testimony of other witnesses, and the prisoner was committed to 'take .his trial. • • .! DUBLIN, Ocr. 12, - _ `ir e arc conferred to state« notwithstaditt tt)i vigilance of our Police establishment, die, Kock: and Dottityb,o,,k 'aids, are rendered scates of robberies from night tail. The VIP are lunl'elau',l and by .sprea..ing 41 , 0 Many banditti, they cern justice, gi ve pletely out-wit the by is men, who, •to do 0 , 0 11 duty.—"wever, unless stationed in bodi. - s m tell 6rtiagc, . horse, or foot pasSenger yards distance from each other along the road, ii. indeimigable in the iNchaige of tlvir stance, some nights ag0,..,0 Mr. li.----, wii s' 0 11>'" 0 by .a patty of robbers, who tioding.thig gettileloa had ho nanncy, allowed trim to proceticl--lalt 011 strict order Indio mention to an one that be Ilzi is s IN, For in ) been strapi)e , . l : scarCe . ;v linA N a tr' K- . 1 4 "` 12 " liul yards, when a fiesh bodrmet him, at 4 tati' 4. obey his orders, they allowed hitn , to procet'','-' when shorty• after a third party eatne acroi, r . l , who acted in the same s.vllid gtiii WW 101. ' encountered ss.-!‘, down to B.4ndyntount, w here he staid all ri!,.t., g a inen(r! • house,' otherwise he tionhi `ter r ni.y.l 4 7: era'. more o were all well armed with blaii lerbowl,.pisi, and long kitiveS. t.itrationc. The r0'..,0.1. Imotir R O BBERY AT THE CRoWN INN, roRTM , On Monday ,seinnight the. bed-n.)011)3 ot Gentlemen, who %vete stayiort, at the Crown I ,'" were entarpd while they vvere asleep, :Ind rotbol.' Air. kiopleY, Purser of the lieiultis, lint iiii ''. and seats ;j4ieut. Browne, ot the Hurnisdryai, ;. watch and seals; and Mr. BraLtbury, pt 'AI:. -`1 oe:ltre, his gold snuff-box, made in the 01 ° 1 . -"ateh, 'Ailli the 310::endsres of a cli-,ia 30 '''' , r ,,LI No suspicion Was attached to any criiticintc, t-..,,1 at the inn. It was, howevcr, at leto:i (11111',,,...t, that Blvett, the Bosx-street Ofii Al, 0100 04 - tor from Loadon,_to aseert9'.o, it po .l,:b!eo 11 ' t , , , f) r any suspicious persons were in the te,,‘ll. ,"""•;,:: :his arrival, it was suggested.by Mr. I ; :.',)iiii ~ r , a part' of six Gentlemen, who bad i!)11)01•10,i,,`:0, in the Coffeu•roarn bf the Inn, aod w.te 4 `,:d, the night preceding the robbery, shoulii be I"'",':, c ,di ' b i' u li t i , s c h t ;it .o ig F Corn tuunicated to them, mint' ' ll ''' be , gin ,A,,101 iil.,tl.)e.,ol,,tii.r.est:puptle)a! iisi•digid,to" if.),;)oibin,.seitlll'l,eo3.,;:i c9iTlPlitiii*lnis of ,a Geolleiptin, Ilii 1)1."°5alt„;41 • i°s3nifY 'lifeerlfri,i;, on the s‘ipprisition dr.° '•„';,,;. commencing .with him would dissipate .0 ` ) ; 1 ' ); . tic's the Tit her Gentlemen, of less irupn,ing"';,,l; ance, might f'cl. He w as acco:divgly 14'11.iii'i;e room, when, to . tbe sintptize of ,eveY dite.ooo, licue, and of all Who bad 'been intitnate 0,..ii,,,, in hid possession was - found t'ne w" lc ( ' I i i ; I , ''t pert) , that had heeo last. !Viten the surprt.- ie ,„. ; _? alla:,ed, and he was qtleooned 0 to vie 11 ., 1 v.:l"h 1184 been mi•ared, 1) , ..; retemd ttrent 11 poc',t et-bank in• his truck. , Witco f.tiveft "!:':,;,, ' ceeding to. Stared the trUnk, [be* it01t":',,,,., tr " - ' 4 t!P . a razor arta cui bis.yruat uodt'r ',,'. o ,t pail 9t the jaw. fie Wilti,lip„OCOlCe:Y i('''''r6',,,,, ',' atletnpted to rear the tconad...ppen •wttl.l"' ~iiil Medical asis ) anc,.. w3i ri,,co,ce,, and , it . 0 1 ;'''' d i l fva. had not ;vontide'd hial,dr s;., tivi,ly qty l° 'lle hicp .it lire; h e appeari t o, be .r.:coreill'ir,lA partiea. have been, bJt.l otf ry,ei to pi '' l- 1 ~I 0 00 the cwirtie at the next Sehii)i... •W d 4r d '' ,i ' iol V , I:.i,f! account without lamentiog ti.le Irov - , j'y,:,;o6 This Gentleman is a 'Lieutenitit in ar'''Y'..,',J,d married man,,atkci most reipec.tsbly coo ' i ' j 4 . 1 was staging at the Crown .tepid a siti9 'll''''', tO t4 O in which ship hehad beenprotutsed a ra)534); ' Cape. . • w_ A_bout: twelve days A‘voiciw, toll•Upou. Ay r,„ going op LOCilitill4.oli.. uf proceeded 4 ii „„hl.l, frotiOlt;- foundered • qi'osoe la l'' drii%tl'f L' :en, t!nfortonaie aeddeot. ok o ron we"' ' ` '.. , , , iiC , r s. roe Vessel waS-'seen to go down' 11:01 o nemen, .who --ioniedial,el).- illetliati 3 b1):1,".310,f ago; a when belorgii,,ll4° thei soifertn4, , t be place, hilt toond onlY 11161 . j -OA and,sotne other Oticlei flolthscrott j,,leh,w,a,;:ve _s' Their names are J:unci LW"' John 't.'3wart ; the laver h.is' left a foiiiill.,, 1,0140 of.i.iie,s_day. a dangerous tire blippened m 1,1,e,,0, ! 1 v , beet A right, near the ,alms houses, i,:.,i'l ri, ~hail.,. , 'lnc .accident was. occasiooed by 0 l''',.`" o,liii be made boiled over, and brfore ,ttof ritionl Id ve Dbu'lm3de to stifid.the names, the wil°lll liiplytil Barnes eovtloped by thy devour' og eleo:eri!..4 „.eit 'cv:;:elde-damagei: bui l d ing, ruse 4 abn(-Watv e.ag doneri cchiP3:tnAS3'lel'i.edrryielg:3l/110):6 I : dqCde:lritgiiiiiiiibletlCCl i);:e1:111:::_,,,,11 1:1:d: burn ill th e LaJY O n Wednesday last, atif:iielos;l-lorts, - I.:ker, jun. Esq. ()fa son. n . YestunlAy, Mrs. Tht).l._4 f On'Wecti es' . Kotaert Luioughairi, to Miss Louisa CJI)Pe' oor nikughurr ut Coluilei pullet Capper, ot Cjil'3Y" Glamorgatishire. I R : f ar v , r l . l i tite r atartl ti:lwTfislqn.,titl: 15):°°1:11i,;(1;;;11 Wiughter , an ti cs booth, I '' q ~ Astentay Morning, at Christ Church, SurreY/ to gess , , of Sttdiuri.i-strcet, Covent-Got:0, 4,10-01,1, Lydia litacktturuw. of Great-gurrey.sti,rt• Siolt Sarno morning, at St. Ma y's, r,91 . to Charlotte, s,:cond daughter of Hoary Lotebrooke- row. Di A 1). 4 . . r Listorh V, On the 16th of September, at 13Clein, .I,e'' ',.„ olip liC r. , ent tor thevreeoverk lir WS health. Koval t ~., ~.,, most stncerei y and ck,:idy Jainented, mr , to o l o , Ott the wit uit..at i.ti hon.e at ItAingtoini,,, ~,i io , Deli, many- .years t:Met Cirri: of Ole 1 , k"! , ,„ "ice. Dan., in tne 7„itn ) Cdr tit bib aSV... .., ,c.....,,1t 7,, Un the r rip itt. ..t. horibouse in .1.,,,r0tt _.:,‘"."-,,t I, i' .6 liz4bertir 14,:id, raja of 'l'hon,iii Rri, Jun o 1 n Ma Istani of i 11110 iC t dna - L , tate, i t•:ov o i ttot I. ;NavyclptuectitL':J3ll.l.l9;ll;:lY4:ll7°ll:6l4'4lA4:::l.:l6:llkf. !,o f 4,1 G r p no • kri*ti .5 pet Ceift. „ pc. / p It• 7 3 6 4 tp t'" cenc. 3 cent. per per Cent. Coro. i tyci I , i 3 hank ,a on. i 6 Icx div• , India Stock, 1 . riot "tlt I tutia Dorsi:, 14g, fp, pr. Sundt Sva Stuck, HIGH IvATEB, or4vos 10 .111) Atte r -'- KUVI. 11°131ing, 2 tniii.22:-1...1.2:.,22.41"1" 4.--4 JEDIDIrIH BUXTON. • JOClidiall Buxton. was a prodigy with respea skill in numbers. His faiher, Win. Buxton, was, schoolmaster of the parish where he was born, in 1704 ; yet Jedidian's education .was so much ne glected, that ho was never tattght to w rite ; and , with respect 'to any other kind of knowledg,e but that of numbers, seemed Always as ignOrant as a.boy • of ten years of Age. ' , How he came first: to know 'the relative 'propor lion of numbers and their progressiye denomina- AionS, lie did not rerriembi:r ; but to this he applied the whole force of his mind, and upon this his at- 7 tention wa4 constantly' tiKed, so that he frequendy took no cognizance of ekternai objeos, and when :he did, it was only with respe?.:t.to their number,.-- If any Space of time was mentioned, he would . 00t:i after say, it was so many Minutes; and it any dis tancect way, he would ,assign the number of hait's breadths without any question being Asked, or any, calculation expetied by the Company. When he once understOod a question, began to' s work Witty-amazing facility, after his own me thol, without the use of pen, pencil, or chalk, orl undeipancling °the common rules of arithmetic, as. taught in et he schools. lie would snide over apiece of land or a field, and 'tell the contents, of it, most as eitaC.ily - as if cue had measured : it by the chain : iu this' manner he tue3sured the whole Lordship of 01 some. .thousand acres, be-, longing to Sit John Rhodes, and, brought hint the contents of it, not Only in acres, roods, and perches, but even in square inches, Alter this, fur hie own amusement, he reduced , them into squsre hair breadths, corupnting forty-eight to each side of the inch. His memory. was so grew, that, while resolving a question, he could leave: otr and resume the opera tion again,,where he left off',. the next morning, 'or .at a week, amontp, or-at several months, and pro ceed regularly till it was completed. . . His memory would ; doubtless have, been equally retentive with respect to other objeCts, if he had at toad to other.objects with -equal diligence ; but his. perpetual application to figures prevented. tile .smallest acquisition of any other „knowledge. Ha was souretimila asked, on his return from church, whet lwr lie remembered the text or any part of the sermon, bur it never appeared that he brought away ooe - rientence ;- his mind, upon a closer examination, being sound to have beep' busied, even during divine service, in'his favourite operation, either. divldhig some time, or some space, into the smalfest known parts, or resolving some question, that had beeu given him as a test of his abilities, As this extraOrdinary.persOn lived in laborious po verty,' his life was unitorrn and obscure. Tirne, with respect to him, changed nothing but his age; nor did the seasons vat) , his employment, except that in winter he had used a.tlail, auci in summer a ling-hook'. In 1754, he,earne to London, Where he was introduced to the Royal Society, who, in order to prove his abilities, asi(edt him several questions is arithmetic,,and he gave them such satishittion, that they dismissed him with a handsome gratnity.. Jo this visit to the metropolis, the only objets of his curiosity, except figures, was to see the King and Royal Family ; but they being at: Kensing ton, JedkEith was disoppoinied. During his resi dence London, he. was taken to see King Richard the Third- performed at Drury-lane Play house ; and it. was. expected, either- that the novelty and the splendour of the show would have fixed him astoiti l litneot,.or kept his imagmation iu a conti nual hurry, or that his passions would, in some de gree, have been touched by the power of notion, if he bad opt pertealy, understood the dialogue. But Jedidialii,s Mind was emploicd in the Play-houOe just as it was employed in every other place. During the dance, he fixed his attention upon the num ber of steps ; he declared, atter a fine piece of mu sic, that the innumerable sounds produced by the instrornents.had peiplexed him beyond measure ; and be attended to Mr. Garrick, 'only to count ilia words that he uttered, 'in which it is said, he per , fettly succeeded. returned to the pl:lCe of his birth, where, if his enjoyments were kw, hii wishes did not seem to be greater. He applied ro ltis labour With cheerfulness; he regretted nothing that, .he left behind him hi London ; and it conti nued to be his opinion, that a slice of rusty bacon afforded the most d e licious repast PEDESTRIANI3I4.--A farmer, at Holt, near DOC chesta, of the name of ftimmington, commenced an undertaking on Saturday last, to perform on toot, eigt►ty miles a day f'or seven successive days. He a , cot l / 4 1plished ninety miles on Sunday, and eighty -on Monday, when •the last acco uut was received; ibed by WILLIAM. 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