The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-12 00:00:00

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Among the ship- P i uk in the harbour the fever has raged with. • gre a t. violence." • Extract of a Letter from Boston, Aug. 14.] • "We can congratulate ourselves upon the ge neral exemptiOn from the disease; no disorder o f a malignant kind prevails amongst us. We attribute the•general health of our city in a great tie re'e to th e fine cool and clear weather which W e Dave recently experienced ; our hot weather ea, • , the early part of the summer, before our fr a mes . had become relaxed." • „„, • • • .elbertleen Chronicle contains a long report adiriner gi v en to Mr. HOME, in the New Inn, . - eed ? on . Thursday last; ALEXANDER . BAN ' 24 • ' A ' 34)114 ' ; * Esq. in- the Chair. About one hue ' ti r e Tenons, chiefly inhabitants of Aberdeen, 14t d°wu. .to dinner. On Mr. ,HulNiE"s health hi t • . n g been drank. / • he addressed :the- company, • "Plait ilug the grounds and motives of his public t on a - " a ct,. and attr ib ut i ng t h e .di t li cu l t i es o f t h e eou " t rY to the PITT system, and to the profuse foea , oi tureof fifteen hundred million; in twenty t.. r Y e arS,. Which the prosecutioe of that system d , a ccasi one d . H e pledged himself to continue ei s • exertions for obtaining a 'reduction of the t 4hi; le-e lx . periditure and such a reform of the 4ior ts ' - - the °f Ce mmons as would be consistent with C vi e:s of th e 'Whi gs, w h o, 'h e t h oug h t, ought 74 i, o '” . au explicit declaration. of . what th e th t h t4 l; e th ~ I ,,(*tit expect f r o m th em , i n th e even t o f ""ug brought into power. .‘ cutta. a ers to the 6th of March arrived • il 3' d es v t i erd aY : but contain little news. According to t her e f rom Lucknow, a letter had been received "' ( "M Major FArTurtm's camp„ , stating that tihed village of I3uragOng, late in the pos by 0 1 ° 2 . QUASISI ALEE KHAN, had been taken - I Loglish tr oo p s , a f ter a s h ort con fli ct at - Pr o ' 'with some loss. It is added, that the 14131:letor of the village, rendered desperate by th e OPPresSion heaped on him by AGA MEER, and lei s it s , ll 4arance of a British force, bad burnt no attTa4.six or seven towns, previous to his being sev:;. lt ed• Lady Hastings had suffered from q o ,;. e ! indisp o siti on , -b ut was recovered. The kpior-General w as a t B arrackpore. J4l" i ces direct fr om L a G uayra of the 15th of therl we re received yesterday. Puerto Cabello • ta.l4 e . n lained i n t h e same state, desertions daily gre4o l3l. . t ae from the Royalist forces there, and Co lurbbi • • prevailing in the t own ; b u t th e ' Ser Y Pre vent t , 4 " Were not strong enough at sea, to • Was f i s :PPlies being thrown in. Every thing "Pe g eTa ° n very well at Caraccas, and BOLIVAR Ti le 6 8 1 _"11 to arrive there from Quito. Ye st i. tt ,,h , e of YORK visited the KING yesterday. ' l O morning, at ten o'clock, his Royal k u Y e n t ,i s't he Duke of CAMBRIDGE, accompanied • 'kin g , 10,nels PLATT and HUGINON, left the Pl age af ace at Pimlico, in his travelling cor k,. inid four, for Brighton. l 'eta ° .PE, it seems, has made an offer to Go tt,' 41 N of - evectinc , a new Gate at the Northern "" been ac ,cept,d. rto, nyde Park, which has ab ov e f , nis is a liberal act on the part of the t° t h 4 '' rea tlernan, and 'will be a great advantage • (livid Public. h We wish that other wealthy in , g tet, wo uld act upon this p r i nc ipl e , an d to at it l" e exPences o f th e country w ith equa l at Th e Patrioti sm . iq SudC'a r quis o f H ERTFORD arr i ve d on M onday f 4" ,in N'Y :4 Suffolk, from Bagley Hall, -.J u kshlre, w h ere preparations are ma ki ng ke of re eepron of his Roy a l Hi g h ness th e Th e ‘4 . i .Y °Rx, and a p ar t y o f s i x t een . upp o --;archioness Dowager Of HERTFORD is se d to be the richest widow in the King- Po• • ler 1 a tlds - Adyship has four hu n d re d th ousan d 41tioney, and one hundred thousand in M_At th e e ,. wse of the last Session of Parliament, at he wonT moved an Add ress t o hi s M AJESTY, ld be graciously pleased to send out / t the s , i ,°T . ), to inquire into the administration 1,, t AY A i r , l • 4i inal Law in the Leeward Islands. A nDocK, of Lincoln's-inn, and roaTu ' ie t (it.i s Nr-4 , t tßls, of the Middle Temple, Esqrs., -a td) to be the Commissioners for this uY BEST purpose. Ivh::,"'lrE, who was surgeon to Lord NEL ph"nd at : Lordship received his mortal t•Ysici a „ J: rafalgar is said to be appointed t hat te ' the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, ?act t , zealous and excellent officer, Dr. IV TR/ G qe e ate . uT, deceased. getry• of :?rry to hear that a great number of i v aelt ed `.'l.e County of Roscommon are severely 'ectio Zv i County the spotted typhus fever. The 111 111 Wks th• atie c aught by - those Gentlemen in the -ern net f n, -Us ° distributing oatmeal to the nu k ;str esed objects in that county.—(Ar -4* s gy pa ° 7 . 4 hteer.) St bilatvlc sloop, of 18 guns, was commissioned on for forei tuar n.bi Captain BOXER, and is ordered to be e tech, P . ' servic e lity e h *ra et wil ef th service to , to ha ve e ictuaumg Department at Chatham, "eae co '' the e,Z3ken place on the Ist instant, has been de r.ull'ittL(Cl‘':attlile quarter, to allow time for making up m ia , k 4, ani G azate.) les e trial l 0 ", "'jun., of Plymouth, is about to „, r .111) th n the Louisa tender, which is break net, , e b oo ,. to Oe of a lightning conductor, i en 'iey ir tk ur P°ses fixing in the masts of vessels, Said the electric fluid through the Bottom. 14a d ' that should a body of gun-powder sur latil td, that Pron the o f !-"ed conductor (a copper bolt), it ex g . n 'te ; indeed this form a part Perimentwil l * ---- ymouth Chronicle.) ..r / i~'E E=• 4, 15, 01 90' 10Ig 311' 2, 510, 0 21 ' 00, 26ft 5 1, Nit 0. 585, ' g 96 ',14 3°9 0' 187, 517 52, 366 Vit ' Fes ` Mn• 41 6, 719 268 ' 561' 169 1 M k ' . L.A : 6fP' 193, 470 c FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Salisbury, at his house in Arlington-street, from Worthing ; Viscount and Viscountess Granville, at their house in , Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from the Marquis of Bath's seat, Longleat, Wilts ; Lord George Bentirick, at his father's (the Duke of Portland) house, in St. Jainn'S-square, from Litchfield ; Sir Henry and Lady Georgiana WelleSley, and Mr. and Miss Wellesley, at their house in Bolton -street, from Worthing; Lieut.-General Sir Philip Keating Roche, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street from Worthing; tare •Hon. Miss Thnrlow, at Hotlgson's Hotel, .Dover-street ; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Raikes, at Hampton, from Scotland. .DEPARTURES.—The Earl and Countess of Coventry and Family, for Croome, Worcestershire; Baroness Oxenstierna and Mrs. Cuthbert, from. Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, for Cheltenham ; Mr. George Parkhouse, for Chelenham Lord William Russell, for the Continent ; Lord John Russell, for Woburn Abbey; C. B. Bathurst, Esq. for his seat, Syd ney Park, GlouceStershire ; the Hon. Gen. Walpole, from Warren's Hotel, for the Earl of Orford's seat, Norfolk. _ FASHIONABLE CHANGES.—The Dowager Countess of LiVerpool, from Park-lane, on 'a tour ; Earl of Lauderdale, from,Edinburgh, on a tour ; Mr. Henry Villeboys, for Mal ham, near Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk ; Mr.. John Evelyn, on a tour; Mr. Montague Burgoyne . and. Sir Chas. Blacket, for Mortlake, in Surrey ; Major and Mrs. Atherly, from Brighton, for Newport, in the Isle of Wight.; Mr. and Mrs. Charteris, from Sidmouth, in Devonshire, for Nelson's-crescent, Rams gate ; Mr. John Kingston, on a tour ; Colonel - Mansell,. for Truro, Limerick ; Lord WilliaM Bentinck, at the Duke of Portland's, Welbeck, Notts, from Ireland ; -Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet William Wynn, at Berne, Switzerland, on a visit to their brother, his Excellency Henry Wynn, from the German Spa. ~e -.) '43 4 . 4 ''. - • "t i t etni t \ -4 4_.,1 4 , .1 ',,,:... ,' .. ...I'., .„ ... ...,•• ,••••%.' / ) ,V,/.1 -) 4 - ;‘ , 11 , ‘ / ., 'N '' ' ',,,' ---'' . • >,• . o ''' , , ,- N s - -.....---_-_—_,f. -, --.- c , , y 1 14 ti •• ' . '' ,o4 ' • \ --: t -ER OY 1)%-'- FASHIONABLE PARTIES: Count and . Countess Lieven entertained Viscount and Vis countess Granville and a distinguished party at dinner yester. thy, at their house in Harley -street. Mr. Charles Cavendish Greville, gave a grand Dinner yes terday to a large party, at his house in George-street, Hanover square. PRESTON GUILD-MONDAY, SEPT. 9. The ascent of Mr. LIVINGSTON in a balloon took place this day from Woodcock's-yard, Friar'sgate, into which persons were admitted on paying five shillings each. There was a n ninneroits assemblage of Ladies and Gentlemen, amongst whom we noticed several personages of rank. .The ascent was to have taken place at 11 o'clock, but in consequence of the want of gas, with which the balloon was inflated, it did not take place till three. The firing of cannon throughout the day announced the several stages of filling the balloon, attaching the car, ascent of the pilot, and presentation of the.banners.— At three o'clock all the preparations having been ' finished, and the different instruments, provisions, &c. securely stowed, the Countess of Derby anal the Mayoress presented the ban ners. The ropes were then cut, and the intrepid' aeronaut standing in the car, the balloon rose in a slow and majestic manner. amidst the cheers of the surrounding spectators, who crowded all the adjacent streets, and covered the imi, nendes and roofs of houses which commanded a view of the interesting exhibition. The wind at the time blew strongly from the west, , and of course the balloon took an easterly di rection, inclining a little to the north. Its progress was slow, considering the strength of the wind, but it soon obtained an elevated situation and was in view nearly a quarter of an hour. when it disappeared in a dense cloud, having previously passed through two smaller ones. Two post chaises were despatched at an early hour for the purpose of watching the progress of the balloon. We understand ►t is the intention of Mr. Livingston to ascend again on Saturday next. The lateness of the hour prevents us from detailing further particulars. The Races did not commence this day till a late hour; in consequence of the absence of all persons to witness the ascent of the balloon, and the course was not very numerously at tended when the first heat co►mnenced. NORTHUMBERLAYM HousE, &c. The repairs and im provements are all expected to be completed ere Christmas Day. The workmen have been obliged to under Pin the whole of the edifice. The grand marble stair-case is completed ; it, next to that of Chesterfield House, will be the finest thing of the kind in London. The Upholders are expected to complete the interior decoration by the 24th of March ; and in the month of May a Grand Fete is expected to be given. His Grace is also making great improvements at Alnwick Castle. Sion is finished. The Duke of Northumberland had it in contempla tion to take the ground on the north side of Be%eley-square ; but finding the space in the rear would cramp any future ex tension, the idea was given up. At this period it was proposed to erect twenty houses, at 3001. a year, on the ground whereon Northumberland House now stands. • Inconsequence of the Lotto CHANCELLOR'S de cision in favour of the trustees of the British illaseum, the lat ter are going to build two wings in the garden behind, 315 feet long by thirty-five feet wide. The estimated expence is two hundred thousand pounds, which the Government will advance by instalments of twenty thousand pounds a-year, during ten years. The present house is not to be pulled down, but re paired and beautified, .so as to correspond, as near as possi ble, with the new work. The library, the Townley collection of marbles, and those things that are the heaviest, are to be re moved into the new wings, so that only the light articles will be in the present house. LeGT.RDEMAIN, CHEMISTRY, &-c.—We noticed last week the new Exhibition brought forward in King's Arms Hall, Cornhill, by Mr. COR NILLOT, a very ingenious foreigner. We attend ed it again last night, and witnessed his extraor dinary talents in this respect. The company were gratified with many new experiments, all of which displayed such skill and science as con stituted the completest deceptio visas perhaps ever presented to the public. The Room was very well attended, and ►everal Ladies and Gen tlemen assisted in the tricks, without, however, having the least idea of the means by which they were accomplished. On Saturday last a very full meeting was held in the County Hall, Perth, of the Lieutenancy of the County (Sir A. M. M'KENZIE in the Chair), when a Committee of their number was appointed to wait upon his Grace the Duke of, ATHOLL, for the purpose of requesting his Grace to name a day when he could honour the Lieu tenancy with his company at dinner, to give them an opportunity of expressing the sense en tertained by them of his Grace's polite attention and hospitality during his MAJESTY'S visit to Edinburgh. The resolutions to this purpose were moved by Sir DAVID MONCREIFFE, seconded by General Sir DAVID BAIRD, and unanimously and warmly approved of. --(Edinburgh Courant, Sept. 9.) At the late Lewis Assizes, a landlord brought some wine to a Gentleman dining in a private room, which he did not approve, and he re quested it might be changed. The landlord ex pressed his surprise at this, as he said it was greatly admired by the Gentlemen of the gar, who were drinking it above stairs. " Aye," re plied the other very coolly, " they are not Judges." THE REPORT, OF AN HISTORICAL. FACT.— When Miss ANN PITT, sister to the great Wm. PITT, afterwards Earl of CHATHAM, received a pension from Lord BUTE , her brother wrote her a very angry note, saying " he never wished to live to see the name of PITT and pension together." When the same WILLIAM PITT received a pension from the same Lord BUTE of 3000/. per annum, his sister sent him back his own letter. Hid) 0 E T R , 'l. SONNET. • '`!c'2r; Watching its ev'ry motion, 'her soft eye Met Mine and stink beneath it : nor bereft Me yet of all its beauty, while it left On her fair cheek suffus'd the sun set dye Of Hope and ProMise. Still 1 turn'd away My eager glances ; for to give her pain Ev'n for a moment, oh ! it were to pay Too dear for an Elysium. When again (After the weary penance of a minute,) I look"d ; the blush was yielding to the ray - Of a most glorious smile, which seem'd to say— For there was something more than pardon in it— " I know your gentle purpose in.that trial, And would reward you for your self-denial." THE POET. (From " The Vale of Chamoulii ;" by the Author of " Rome." How pants the bard to rend this cumbrous clay, And cast it, like a beggar'S weeds, away! To quit, as martyrs spurn an earthly crown, The flesh that'weighs his glorious spirit down To tear that sweet, blue spangled robe of night, And pierce the regions of celestial light, • From earth's dark bosom burst in flowery bloom. And rise to splendour from Cimmerian, gloom, As springs exulting from the,mournful care To living light the Rhone's impetuous wave! Frail man, alternate sport of hopes and fears, Poor shivering tenant of a vale-of tears, Looks.to the starry orbs, that ,round him roll, From this dull flesh, the dungeon of the soul. And, tlear7d from all an earthly world's alloy, Anticipates the immaterial joy. • - O ! for, the thrilling harp-of him, who gave Voice to the bleeding myrtle; . frblit the grave Of cold.beow'd Tartarus, and Stygian gloom, - From PlUto's realms, the monarch of the tomb, Summon'cl the hoary sire, with wizard charms, And clasped the shade within the warrior's arms; Or him, whose wand along the blasted heath Of Fores rous'd the wrinkled bags of death, Or on the lonely isle, in cloud and storm, Charm'd from the gloom sweet Ariel% fairy form ; Or that pure style, that genius only gives, That classic elegance, that breathes and lives In rich, harmonious Akenside, whose lay, Thro' bright imagination's flowery way, Led to_the dome of wisdom and of taste, In numbers flowing, splendid, warm, and chaste, Monient of composition ! moment blest With all that charms the bard's tumultuous breast, Brighter than all the glorious light that plays On conquering helms amidst the battles blaze. One ray of genius, warm, sublime, and clear, Outshines the splendour of the starry sphere ; No chaits of sceptred Autocrat can bind The wings of fancy, or the power of mind The bard victorious wins the envied goal, Conquest immortal ! triumph of the soul! Rouses the spell-bound forms nom iron sleep, Spirits from air, the monster from the deep, And tho' wild forms his piercing orb'evade, He thro' Cimmerian darkness grasps the flying shade. Tin THEATRE.—The new Opera of Morning, Noon, and Night, or The Romance of a Day, which we noticed after its first appearance at the Haymarket Theatre on Monday, was last night represented for the third time, and such curtail ments and alterations have been since made as considerably improve the piece altogether. The curtailments have chiefly taken place in the choral part of the music. The two prominent charac ters, as we before observed, are Lord Scribbleton and Shark. They are well contrasted by the Au thor, and the difference is admirably kept up by the acting of LISTON and TERRY. These characters in our opinion could not be represented with better effect. LISTON, by the easy carelessness of his manner in the scribbling Lord chews that if he had turned his attention to genteel comedy as much as he has done to the grotesque and the ludicrous, he would most probably have been ad mired in that province of the drama. As to TERRY, his variety has deservedly rendered him a popular actor, and his expression of the rough repentance of Shark is characteristic and strik i lag. The public are much indebted to the Pro prietor of this Theatre for tempting Miss PATON to quit the Concert line of her profession, and to venture on the Stage. Her merit as a singer is high indeed, but it was hardly possible to anticipate the ability which she displays as an Actress. The Performers in general are now so well settled in their respective:parts that the piece passes off with suitable- correctness and spirit.—We now find that the report which as signed this piece to Mr. T.• DIBDIN is well founded, and, considering the great number of his lyrical and dramatic compositions, it is evident that he possesses no small , share of hereditary fertility.—The House was ,very well attended last night. Mr.YATES, the actor, who met with so unfor tunate an accident in Vauxhall Gardens ; is now able to perform at Brighton,-in a kind of enter tainment like that of Mathews 'at Home. It is somewhat curious that taking off one part of the life of Gil Blos at the English Opera House, has given new life to the piece. Lord BY RoN's forthcoming new Tragedy is said to be founded on a Swedish story. Mrs. COCKLE, a Lady of well-known poetical talents, wrote a tragedy on the same subject a few years ago, which was accepted, and even under rehearsal at the late Drury Lane Theatre, but the fire at that place prevented its representation. Several of the Performers of the King's Theatre are, it seems, engaged to perform II Turco in Italia at Edinburgh, but DE BEGRES and his beautiful wife are to give single airs and duets at Doncaster, on their journey. The foundation is laid out for the new Union Club House, on the north-side of Cockspur.street, nearly opposite Spring Gardens. It will have a grand front with pillars.—The Col - - lege of Physicians is to be on the south side of Pall-Mall East, at the hack of the Union Club. Both the above buildings will have a front that will face the east, so as to form one side of a street to run from Cockspur-street to Pall-Mall East.—The Union University Club, at the corner of Suffolk-street, is pro ceeding very rapidly. The Cork Paper of Saturday last says—" Por ter was yesterday reduced to three-pence per pot." - VIE A RIVLY4 b„,; . • MILITARY RECORDS. r . RECORDS OF THE * SERVICES OF REGIMENTS. .HIRECTED BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. his MAJESTY has been pleased to command, that with a view of preserVing a remembrance of the particu lar services and achievmentw of the British:Army, a National Military Record of 41 the Battles and Actions in which Regi ments have been, or may be engaged, shall be prepared by the Inspector. of Regimental Colours, and deposited in the office of the Adjutant-General ; and that this Record shall con tain the following particulars; viz. := Ist. An Account of all the Battles or Actions in which the Troops have been, or maybe engaged as aforesaid. 2d Paintings of the Colours and Trophies captured in the several engagements. 3d. The Names of the Officers killed, or wounded, in each action. 4th. The Names of those Officers, who, in consideration of their, gallant services, and meritorious conduct. in the said en gagements, either have been, or may be distinguished and re warded with titleS, • medals, or other marks of his Majesty's gracious favour ; together with the. Names of all such Non commissioned Officers and Privates as may has 4 especially signalized themselves. sth. A List of the Corps engaged in each action, to ;*ether with Paintings of such' liadgcs.and Distinc,tions as his Ma jesty may have been graciously pleased to authorise to .be borne on their standards, col Ours, and appointments, in com memoration of their distinguished conduct and signal intre pidity. It is understood that Lord Edward Somerset will be ap pointed Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons, vice General De lancey deceased. Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.8., is to succeed to the Colonelcy of 'the 84th Regiment, vice Lieut.:General Walker, appointed to the 12d Light Infantry. It is also understood that , Lord Hill will be appointed Lieu tenant-General of the Ordnance, vice tDa late Lieutenant- General Oakes. • - • • It is reported that the. Royal stables are - to be converted into barracks. On Monday next, the MI - inst. a detachment of the Yagers, under the command of Captain Bessell, of the" Hon. Artillery ' Company, will match at an early hour, from their head-quar ters near Finsbury-square, and proceeded to the new Practice Ground of the Royal Artillery, near Pluinstead, about a mile beyond Woolwich, where the whole of the day will be em ployed in the necessary practice of ball-firing. Two Ceurt-martials are ordered to assemble immediately; one for the trial of" an old Officer of a most distinguished regi ment of cavalry, the other for a Field Officer of the Guards. The body of Highlanders from Sutherlandshire, who formed the guard of Lord F. L..Gower in Edinburgh, arrived in safety at Dunrobin Castle last week. AIERCANTI L E Sill ['PING. DEAL, SEPT. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Britannia; Luke, from Madras; Alexander, Just, Jamaica in 50 days; Heworth, Brachcroft, from Demerara in 53 days ; -Ranger Spence, Sierra Leone ; England, Reay, St. V ,Vincent John Bushman, Hutchinson, Jamaica ; Phoenix, Bennett, South Seas ; and several more, particulars unknown. Remain the Demerara Packet, for Demerara; and James, for Africa. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT.ll.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ocean ' transport from the Downs; for'Cork ; Sophia, ditto, ditto ; Fox hound, Mattison, ditto, South Seas ; Venus, Champlin, ditto, Philadelphia, Brixton, Lusk, ditto, New South Wales ; Good Intent, Black, Rotterdam to Milford • Hiv orood, Downs, Grangemouth. Several of the outward-bound put back last night. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 10 —Wind S.E.—Arrived the Ber wick, Smith, from Petersburgh in 51 days. Sailed the Mars, Somerset, for Demerara ; Nautilus, Mickhill, St. Andrew's ; George, Moysey,. St. John's, Newfoundland ; and Countess, Morley, South Seas. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 10. —Wind S.E.—Sailed the Lord' Sid modth Packet, for Brazils; and Walsingliain Packet, for Ame rica.. Arrived off the port the Eclipse, Hodgson, from Jamaica for London ; and Lord Stewart, —, from Archangel for I Bristol. PILCHARD FISHERY. I I Before the rising of the moon on Thursday evening last, two scans, belonging to Mevagissey, shot upon some brimming fish, and were supposed to have enclosed 100 maunds of pilchards. Next morning, to their great disappointment, they found the en closure to consist of from 40 to 50,000 mackarel. The circum stance; however, gave riseto a hope, that a large body of pilchards were not far off; particularly as some fine fish were taken by the driving boats on Friday morning. The expectations of a successful season have been nearly destroyed. The weather of last week has been very unfavourable, and very few fish have yet made their appearance in the North Channel. At St. Ives alone, there are ninety scans, which for the last six years have occasioned to their owners a heavy loss. A letter from Mara zion, of the 4th Sept, says, there were about. thirty scans afloat in the Mount's Bay, which, up to that. time, had not caught more than 350 hogsheads, but that the drift boats had been more than usually successful, having taken on an average from 18 to 20 hogsheads each.—( Western Luminary.) The unfavourable weather has caused the seams at Looe to be housed : they have taken but 60 hogsheads of pilchards this season.—( Cornwall Chronicle We congratulate the public -on the prospect there is now of the long projected scheme of forming a. communication between the British and Bristol Channels, by means of a canal from Beer Harbour to Bridgewater being at length carried into effect. An actual survey is now in progress, with a view to an application to Par liament in the ensuing Session. This impor tant communication will be effected at a very moderate expence, compared with all former calculations, on the plan which has been adopted at the Bude Canal ; and that this plan will fully answer all the expectations entertained of it, there can no longer remain a doubt, since an engineer of great experience, appointed mutually by the Bude Canal Company, and their engineer and contractor, has very recently made a general sur vey of that work, and pronounced his decided approbation both on the plan and execution of the work.—( West of England Journal.) The famous Lord RODNEY dining at Carlton House, congratulated the Prince of WALES (now the KING), on seeing a plate of British cured herrings at table. " Your Royal Highness," said the noble veteran, does infinite good to the British Navy, in encouraging this example of English luxury : every table will follow the fashion; and if the number of fashionable tables is considered, the result may be, in time, an addition of twenty thousand of the hardiest seamen to our navy—of seamen raised and em ployed in that branch of fishing, which has raised Holland to her maritime, force." "My Lord," replied the PRINCE, "'you do me more justice than I deserve ; these her rings, I am sorry to say, were not cured by Bri tish hands ; I understand your reasoning—it is just, it is that of Lord Rodney upon his own element. Henceforward I shall order a plate of British-cured herrings, to be purchased at any expence, and appear a standing dish at my ta ble ; we shall call it a Rodney. Under that de signation, what true patriot will not follow my example ?" _ _ THE LATE BOXING MATCH.—The patrons of York are good again to match their man, and they truly say he slept auring the fight. That fact is certain, and we repeat, upon our informant's knowledge, that he is not unmanned by defeat in combat. The energies of the body were delayed by ttultifica.. tion on the head. Flowers, the west country blacksmith, fights this with Weston, a provincial farmer. Weston has trode his round, and covered it well. OLD BAILEY—(Tnis DAY.) [BEFORE THE RECORDER.] CHALLENGING OF THE JURY. Lhn Benjamin Biaoks, who stands indicted for forging, and uttering as true a certain receipt for the sum of 151. 10s:, purporting to be the 'receipt of one William Clarke, well knowing the same to he forged and counterfeited, was put" to the bar.—After the indictment had been read the prisoner requested that his trial might be postponed, in order that he might procure a wit ness, which was ve r y essen ti a l t o hi s case.—The RECORDER informed him if he had any motion to make he must do it after the whole of the indict ments had been read. When the Clerk of the Arraigns was swearing the Jury the prisoner stepped forward, and said he wished to challenge some of the Jury. .He understood that some of them came from Ilaminergmith. This, however, was not the fact. He then stated that he believed many of them knew a person at Hammersmith.- -As the Jury were respectively sworn, he asked them,—Whether they did not know Robert Gregson, of Hammersmith ?• when most of the Gentlemen answered that they did know ; but all disclaimed i*ntirnate acquaintance. This appeared to satisfy the prisoner, and he te tired from the bar.—The prisoner's name appears on the list, and his trial will probably come on in the course of the day. THE ADVOCATES' LIBRARY. Among the many improvementsthit are every day taking place in this city, none deserve public notice so much as the new library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates. This magnificent hall is 140 feet long, 42 broad, and abo u t 30 hi g h, and is finished agreeable to a plan designed by the late Mr. Stark. The floor is of fine polished oak, over which, is laid a beautiful, carpet, about 12 feet broad. The roof is supported by 60 elegant columns and pilasters, of the Corinthian order, 20 ft. high. The plaster war;: of the rich eliptic ceiling was done by Mr. Lawson, and, with the handsome dome in the centre, has a fine. effect. A gallery, with a fine bronzed cast-iron rail," extends round the whole of the room. The furniture was made by Mr. Trot ter and for elegance of manufaeture cannot be su rp asse d.-..Tfij The. former stair-case not being considered equally splendid with the room, the Faculty erected an elegant one, after a de sign drawn by Mr. Playfair. During the period that the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in London were exhibiting their works, Mr. Stothard was employing his pencil in decorating the interior of this splendid h a ll, an d was only two months engaged in an undertaking, which might require ,four in the ordinary time, as few could have sustained the la bour of fourteen hours out of the four-and-twenty. That part of the Library which has been thus ornamented is a space about four feet below the dome, from which the interior receives its principal light, and the subject chosen is Apollo and the Muses, together with the first characters of lite rature and science.—The order of the design represents Apollo in the centre, and opposite the entrance, on his left, Euterpe, Terpsichore. Clio, Thalia, and Urania; and on the right of the god, are Melpomene, Calliope, Erato, and Poly hymnia ; aright and left of the Muses, boys are seen flying with wreaths of laurel towards the compartments, which contain the orators, poets, historians, .&c. placed as follow:—lm mediately opposite the figure of Apollo is that of De mosthenes, on whose . right is Cicero,, and on his left Herodotus and Livy. To the left of the orators are the philosophers and historians, as Newton, Hume, Robert son, and Gibbon ; on the other side of Newton, are Bacon, Napier, and Adam Smith. In the group which contains the poets, llomer is in the centre; on his right Burns, and Virgil on his left ; between Burns and Horner is Shakespeare, and be tween Virgil and Homer, Milton. These several groups, to gether with Apollo and the Muses, are in compartments form. ed by laurel trees, which separate without interrupting the chain of connection. Between the four arches, beneath the dome, are introduced arabesque ornaments ; while the whole, in point of colouring and effect, is calculated to relieve the in terior of the building, without interfering with its architectural arrangement, presenting a coup-trceil, which does equal credit to the skill of the artist and the judgment of those with whom the design originated. This branch of the Library contains antiquities, history, and geography alone, and is calculated to contain about 30,000 volumes. The liberal manner in which the Advocates' Library is conducted reflects the highest honour on that learned body, as strangers are allowed the free use of any book they may want to consult, during the hours it is kept open.—(Edinburgh Courant, Sept. 9.) RE3IARBABLE CIRCUMSTANCE AND PROW DENTIAL ESCAPE. _ _ On Friday evening as some of the Hoppers in the employ of James Ellis, Esq. at Banning, were drawing water from the well belonging to that gentleman, a boy and girl happen ed to be carelessly playing near the spot just as the bucket was being let down ; the girl, to avoid the winch hitting her, stepped.baA, and fell on the bucket as it was descending, and was taken with it to the bottom of the well, a depth of 48 feet ; but by holding fast to the rope she was miraculously preserved, and drawn up again without experiencing any o her injury than a few slight bruises. The poor boy, we regret to state; did not escape so fortunately ; the winch, in the velocity of its course, struck him a violent blow on the head, which levelled him to the earth, and fractured his skull in so dreadful a manner that he was taken up in almost a lifeless state. A surgeon from. Maidstone was immediately procured ' • and on his examin ing the head a portion of the brain Was found protruding from the wound. He in a most skilful manner operated on the frac. cure, and extracted all the parts of the bone pressing on the brain ; and, astonishing to relate, that, although he took Ocala the head at least two spoonfuls of the brain, yet the boy,. who bore the operation with much composure, retains all his faculties and hopes are entertained of his final recover. 4( Maidstone J0717 . na1.) Of the same larnetable occurrence the Maidstone Gazette gives the following account : •• On Friday, as a boy, twelve years of age, and his sister were playing, the girl got hold of a bucket of a well, the winch of which was held by the boy. Unfortunately he loosed his hold; the girt was precipitated to the bottom, and the handle of the winch, in its rapid revolution, struck the boy on the head. The girl was much hurt, and the scalp of her head was nearly torn off; but none of her -bones were broken. The poor boy was taken up in a most deplorable condition, the blow having dread fully fractured his forehead. Mr. Whatm a n, s urgeon o f this town, was speedily on the spot., and rendered every aid that medical skill could suggest. He found a considerable portion of the es frantis depressed upon the brain; on elevating and removing of which upwards of two tea spoonsful of the stih stance of the brain nrotruded and separated from the mass. It was expected that death would speedily put an, end to the poor boy's sufferings, but he was yesterday (Sept. 9) still alive and sensible. He has a great deg ree of fever, which every endea vour is used to lower; but it i s most probable that inflarnma don of thebrain will shortly'supervene, and that medical skill will finally prove unavailing. In the reign of Queen MARY square-toed shoes were in fashion, and the Dandies of that day wore them of'so prodigious a breadth, that Buz,- wan says, if he remembers right, there was a Proclamation came out, that no man should wear his shoes above six inches square at the toes. A Gentleman, well known in the sporting circles east of Temple Bar, has undertaken, for a considerable wager, to ride from London to Cheltenham, and back again, a distance of 200 miles, in 48 successive hours, and upon the same horse. The animal is thirteen years old, and-has never been used to laborious work. Betting two to one against him. Easy Method of Breaking Glass in any required Directian.—Dip a piece of worsted thread its spirits of turpentine, wrap it round the glass in the direction that you require it to be broken, and then set fire to the thread; or apply a red hot wire round the glass, and'if it does not im mediately crack, throw cold water on it while the wire remains hot. By this means glass that , is broken may often be fashioned and rendered useful for a variety of purposes.