The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-24 00:00:00

r ASSIZES -(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, Auu. 22. WHOMELL V. CALDERBANK AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a farmer living at Orridge, near Bolton, to recover damages from Calderbank, who is a blacksmith, and an auctioneer, named Drinkwat , r, for an illegal seizure for rent. It appeared, that on the 11th of l ,st June, Calderbank came to the plaintiff's house when the daughter only was at home, took the key out of the door, and said that he in tended to keep possession till her father paid rent to his landlord for twelve months to come. The defendant ad vertised the pr.perty for sale, but before the sale took pace, the pla ntiff recovered possession, Calderbank had a debt against the plaintiff of 151., which he had included in the distitss, and this seemed the only reason why he had t 'ken possession. The Jury found for the plaintiff, da:ra;tes 501, OXFORD CIRCUIT—OxFoRD, At:G. 23. TIIE 0T310, , R TRIALS. These cases, although of comparatively trivial interest in themselves as regards the ground of the actions, yet, from the circumstances connected with them, tt ey have had the t ffect of keeping the county, or at least those who have had any fellow-feeling for the parties, in a state of fer ment for some time past. Some of nor readers may, perhaps, recollect that trials took place here, in the year 1 830, of rioters upon the property forming the sulject of the present actions, when different punishments were awarded to the offenders. The present actions were three, and were brought by Sir Alexander Croke and a Mr. Williams, both holding allotments under the Otmoor Enclosure Act. There is an opinion prevalent among the Poor of the neighbourhood, that they have a right of common upon the land so enclosed, and that the Act °1 Parliament, and subsequent award, are, therefore, invalid. This notion has given rise to vaaious tresspasses Upon the enclosures ; and the present action was brought against a trespas•er, not in his own person, but of that of Ida colt. At the trial of the rioters much dissatisfaction *al expressed by the prisoners and their counsel that they had not previously had an opportunity of trying their right by civil action, and the tresspase was accordingly com mitted with the colt, which was seized by Sir Alexander and put in the pound ; It was again riotously rescued by the parties interested on the part of the poor ; and the no minal ground of the present action was to enable Sir Alexander to distrain for the trespass although the real object was to try the civil rights of the parties. Mr. JERVIS, with whom were Mr. BUSBY and Mr. J ORDAN, appeared for the plaintiffs in the several actions, sad Mr. TALrou an and Mr. JUSTICE for the defendant. The principal action, that which involved the right, , W as decided for the plaintiff; but the oth er t wo f a il e d 4° ,!° legal defects. At. Baron GURNEY, who tried the causes, left for ndon immediately on their conclusion ; ard Mr. Justice B °24NQuET is, we understand, paying a family visit in the neighbourhood of Monmouth. DENNIS COLLINS. Shortly after his trial Detr - ois Collins was removeil from the prison at Abingdon to th,i.t of Reading, and although sentence of detth was passed on him by the Judges, it is in tiversallv believed that his Majesty will commute the ''entence, and that he will be sent out of the coun t ry . T he Jury, within half an hour after the trial, desired that a Petition might he drawn up for them to sign, beseeching his Majesty to spare his life, which was accordingly done, and this petition was signed by the whole of the Jurors. The unhappy man has himself believed all along that he Would be executed; but, as is not very surprising in one Who had been on board a man-of-war all his life, he looked on what he supposed his fate not only without the least fear or emotion, but even with indifference. His greatest dread was, that he might be acquitted entirely, and turned out into the world again ; end lie said repeat " If my Priest (for he was a Catholic) would give me the the S acramen t t o -d a y I w ou ld a great deal rather go and be executed to•morrow than be turned out into the World, to undergo all the misery and starvation that I went through for the six months before this happened." In hi s manner there was nothing of bravado, and there was not the slightest appearance of savageness about him. ) 1 , 1 , 18 "in wish was, that the result of his trial might cause "ini to be imprisoned for as he said that that would "cure him a subsistence, and he should never have the op- Portunity of doing any more mischief. He himself states, that he has been twice confined as a lunatic, once on board B "'Pt and once in Ireland ; and although perhaps not in sfttlei he has evidently a very hot and irritable temper, and , 4 , n cies he has been ill used by almost every body, i ","ich is a way in which insanity often shows —4l f. It is said by some of the Jury that, at the con clusion of Mr. Carrington's speech, they were all con vinced of th e i nsan i ty o f C o lli ns; b ut when they heard v.:44ns himself, who made a long defence, after both his C ounsel had been heard, they were equally satisfied that the y ought not to pronounce him a lunatic. The old 1 4 50 had a great idea of appearing smart at his trial, and a ctually hail a new wooden leg made for the occasion, the old one as well as the clothes he wore at the time of assaulting his Majesty having been purchased by a rren e l, „ lady, who, for the sake of possessing these relics, an ' tl adY gave Collins new clothes for old ones. It is well worthy of remark, that the whole of the Jury state that suppostal that by acquitting Collins of the intention of killing hi s M a j esty and finding him guilty of the intent to • maim and wound only, they would prevent his being subject to capital punishment; and they also state that if s they had k nown that the verdict they found could have bad th e e ff ect of taking his life, they would rather than t hat have acquitted him altogether. However, as there seem s no doubt of his Majesty's taking a merciful view of the case, the intentions of the Jury will, in substance, be carried into effect. —Morning Herald. EXECUTION OF A LADY'S CATS. —o n Saturday week, a maiden lady, living at Walsiugham, Norfolk, and long known for her deep attachment and benevolence to the cat tribe, which dotage has for many years " grown with her growth," was observed in thought ful, melancholy mood, and dressed in the sable weeds of a Mourner, On inquiry it was found that a decree which had lately gone forth against her favourite companions, had that morning been put into execution; and, in spite o f the nine lives of the cat, 46 of them—all the lady's 't°ek—had " undergone the extreme penalty of the law," and were then lying skinless in a hole " by the wall," h d enied even a decent Christian burial. The benevolent ey has f or some t i me been allowed a pound a week by _s broth er , t h e ch i ef of which has been spent in the Mai ntenance of her to r t o i se - s h e ll s ; yea, so careful has bbeen in keeping as large a sto c k a s p oss ibl e , an d i n l ing them unsparingly, th a t i n d o i ng so s h e i s sa id to se half starved herself. Her brother, finding that this ' n° ldinat e a t tac h ment to t h ese four-footed animals was b 'eunaing daily more engrossing, and 4 that his sister was 4 '4 unlikely to starve herself outright for the gratification of this old-maidenish propensity, resolved on their destruc tion as above, and sent a man to fulfil his wishe s . Th e lady, however, will now have some consolation in visiting her neighbour's cats, and carrying them their daily per tisn of meat and milk, as she had b een accus t ome d t o d o fo r several y ars past, should not her life he endangered by g r ief for the loss of her own tabbies. —Hull Packet. BAILEY, who was to have been executed to -5Y for the murder of ELIZABETH MARTIN, was reprieved b" Saturd ay . Si nce hi s condemnation, his conduct has eo in k eep i ng with his unhappy eituat ' on—penitent for 3 former follies, which he admitted were great and fre quent--and resigned to the fate his country's laws had 4warded him. Whin the reprieve arrived his wife and Ttoother were about to enter the cell, for the purpose of a ki ng the l ast melancholy farewell of its lonely tenant. e ir joy - on the receipt of the happy intelligence was great the cause was unexpected. BAILEY himself did not exhi bit any extraordinary symptoms of unbounded gladness when first told that he was not to be snatched from society 5 o suddenly as he had long anticipated, but this is not to be attributed to moroseness, or the absence of the common ft•elings of humanity, for h e is far from being void of een -sibility ; but the judicious manner in which the intelligence `vll3 conveyed to him by the Governor, precluded the to bsbllity of one of those scenes which were of such fre gognt occurrence on similar occasions. Mr. BRUTTON, aw are that too sudden a disclosure might cause a mental tiwulsion that would, perhaps, save the prisoner from the 411 C 1 Wil, to be killed, after the Irish fashion, by kind -1144, began by raising a feeble hope of clemency being 'tended to him : this was succeeded by doubts on the jotof the informant, with respect to the sentence ever i' l og carried into execution ; and these again were fol -s Wed b y a confidence, alnmst amounting to assurance, that his life w0u1,4 be spared. The prisoner at first was 142 o 0 ved, declaring his willingness to meet his fate as be ',44le a Christian and a man, and persisted in his asseve rations of innocence of the crime for the supposed perpe- IN.tion of which he had been condemned. By degrees he i ‘ : l , 4 ,ced more interest in tbe Governor's communication 4 j"tlis apathy was succeeded by inquisitive anxiety ; the I,: t lost torpid resignation with which he at first responded 1 / 4; a humane interrogatories of Mr. BRUTTON, gave way, k tr l tolpici on of the true n a t ure o f the interview became ii h Nthened ; and when at length t h e f ull truth b urst t ;,_ °4 him, he appeared as one suddenly snatched from an nihilation. Staffordshire G aze tte. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES, accompanied by the Duke, Duchess, and Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, the Princess Au- GUSTA, and a numerous suite, went from the Palace at Windsor yesterday to the Queen's Lodge in Bushy Park, where the Royal Party dined. Their MAJESTIES and visitors were expected to return to the Palace at Windsor last night, except the Duke, Duchess, and Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, who remained at their residence at Kew. The Hanoverian Minister and Count FUNCHAL had interviews with Lord PAL3IERSTON yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess HOWICK arrived at their new residence in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, yesterday morning, from the scat of the E crl of Essex, Cashiohury Park, Herts. The noble Viscount attended at the Colo nial office. PUBLIC HEALTH AT MARGATE. NVe have just seen what appears to be an impartial and a highly satisfactory letter, written from Margate on the 21st instant, by Mr. E. Waring, a mc , st respectable surgeon there, to a medical friend here, respecting the state of the public health at Margate. We copy the part that relates to this subject, and it is this:—'` In answer to your inquiry received this morning, I am able to give such an account as shall, I have no doubt, he quite satisfactory. Our population is now about 30,000, and during the last three months we have had about 30 cases of cholera; 'about four of which have been cases oc curring in persons resident in this place, the rest in visi tors just arrived from London, or some other infected part. No registry is made of the cases ; every body knows there have been some instances of cholera, but few think it worth their while to take any pains in making inquiries about it, although many persons here would be afraid to venture to London. Nothing can be more true than that the dread of the affair increases in proportion to the distance from it." THE CHOLERA AT BILSTON. An appalling description of the orate of Rilston is given in the followinz letter, which the Rev. W. Leigh bas pub lished in the Wolverhampton Chronicle : " Parsonage, Bilston, Aug. 21, 1832. " The state of Bilston continues frightful in the ex treme, without any abatement of the disease whatever. Our distress has been increased by want of medical aid, all our professional gentlemen having been worn out by fatigue and exertion. So long as they had the strength they were most active, and we feel much indebted to them. Since Saturday, by the kindness of some of the medical gentle men in Birmingham, especially Mr. S. Cox, we have had aid from that place. We have also written to the Central Board, who will send to us a Waysician from town. When and where this most awful visitation will end, God only knows ; here it is unhappily increased by the wretched condition of the poor. We help their starving state in the best way we can. We relieved last week, from a sub scription raised amongst the inhabitants, 814 families, and we are still proceeding in the same good work, our fund amounting to two hundred pounds. It has been quite impossible to transmit a correct list of cases to the Central Board, the medical gentlemen not having had time to make out their respective lists. But this I may say with truth, and I tremble while I give you the statement, that from the 4th of this month up to this morning, there have been 1,200 eases of cholera, and 240 deaths, within the township of Bilston. In this wretched situation, I earnestly implore the prayers of your readers to - Almighty God on our behalf. Under the sanction of the highest medical authorities in Birmingham, I came to the painful resolution of closing my church on Sunday last, to prevent the congregating together of the people, nothing tending so much to spread the disease. A copy of my address to the inhabitants on this melancholy subject I have annexed for you. Those who know me will sympathize with me in my distress in thus feeling compelled to forego the com fort of public worship myself, and depriving my afflicted flock of the same consolation. " To THE INHABITANTS OF BILSTON.-It iS with ex treme pain and reluctance I have prevailed upon myself to announce to you that there will be no public worship this day in St. Leonard's Chapel. In taking this step lam doing great violence to my sense of religious duty as a Christian Minister, and I am urged to it only from the awful situation in which we are now placed. Having learned from the highest medical authorities that large assemblages of people congregated together tend more than any thing else to spread disease, I have, after much serious reflection, come to the present determination. I hope, however, that all persons bearing the sacred name of Christians will " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." I hope that family worship will not be forgotten on this most solemn occasion, and that every household throughout the township will, with united prayers and supplications, implore the God of all mercies to turn away from us that grievous calamity with which it has pleased Him to visit us. I respectfully offer these considerations to my dissenting brethren, and shall be thankful to find that they come to the same conclusion as myself. My ex cellent young friend, Mr. Fletcher, coincides with me in opinion, and begs me to say for him that his chapel will also be closed. " W. LEIGH, Incumbent of Bilqton." " N.B.—The Board of Health earnestly entreat the different Lodges and Benefit Societies not to attend for the present any funeral whatever of their respective members. " Aug. 19. " W. LEIGH, Chairman." FRANKFORT, AUG. 18. The political position of Germany is at this moment one of the most interesting. The people begin to feel their value, and have joined in two great cries—liberty of the press, and liberty of commerce. The Diet has shown its hatred to the former, but there is a wish exhibited to give liberty to the latter. Yet the Germans—who recol lect that the promises made in 1813 have been broken by their rulers, and that even the semblance now of making some efforts to give trade freedom is but smoke—ridicule the Diet, and say, " War is approaching—our oppressors are a!armed—it may break out at every hour, and then the humbug Conrederation will be destroyed, and our country united." There is a general feeling that if but one of the great Powers should dare to occupy any of the larger States with even the army of the Diet, a civil war must ensue, and, " thanks to the system adopted by the different Powers," there are now 150,000 men engaged in smuggling, whose recklessness of life and decision of cha racter, want only some hold leader to form a formidable body in opposition to the Kings, Princes, and Diet. The proposition last week of the Hanoverian Minister at the Diet, relative to free trade, having been received by that body, has been remitted for consideration to the dif ferent Courts. Among the remarkable events, is that of Lord Pal merston having grown asharn:d of his participation in the late infamous acts of the Diet, and of his having sent a soft mess lge to beg of the absolute rulers to act with more gentleness, lest the rod of oppression sli,uld break under their weight. _ _ In the mean time the war of the press is continued with great activity on both sides : the journals and publications publi4ied openly are obliged to support the Diet and its plans, but there are thousands of other publications that are sought after with avidity, in which wit, humour, and ridicule are used against them. Songs in favour of Poland and of freedom are sung on all sides. Among them is one most remarkable, called the German chase song, in which the people are represented as hunting their 38 rulers out of the country. It is adapted to the air to which the Poles sung a similar song when they expelled Constantine the Cruel from Warsaw. The air is, I be lieve, originally the first of Figaro, in The Barber of Seville. In a country where every peasant feels the power of sound, and is willing to resist oppression, there is a strong probability of the action being soon suited to the words. The next war is therefore eagerly desired by some of the ardent spirits in the south. In contradistinction with this popular spirit, one must not omit the persuasion of the friends of the actual order of things, that their armies will support them. It is ra ther a difficult task for their most expert Statesman to keep dow❑ the people ; the old plan of division, and beating in detail, might still serve, if the instruction of the people did not make that scheme manifest to them also. There is a sort of foreboding, on both sides, of a bloody revolu. tion ; and it is said, that whe❑ the Germans next throw away the scabbard in civil strife, they will exceed the French in thir,t for blood. The sympathy of the peop'e with the Polee continues unabated. They reproach bitterly the King of Prussia with his treachery towards that unfortunate nation. O ne of their favourite songs contains the following passage :-- " Friedrich Wilhelm, Herr der Preussen, Deiikt nicht fruher noth, Schlaght nun mit dem Herrin der Reussen, Polens sohne todt." " Frederick William, Lord of Prussia, Thinks not of his former need, Strikes now with the Lord of Russia, Poland's children dead." This being a sort of corporation festivity here, the civic troops were yesterday reviewed by the Burgermeister, and afterwards sung sortie of the flarnhach songs on the place of review. Bavaria, Hesse Darmstadt, and Brunswick, have pub_ fished the resolutions of the Diet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The only change worth notice yesterday related to Ju lius, Fang, Margrave, and Birdcatcher : the two first named were not in force, and plenty were eager to bet the odds quoted. Margrave sprang a point, and Bird catcher advanced two or three. The prices at closing averaged as follow 11 to 2 aest Mr. Watts's Nicotris 9 to 1 agst Lord Kelburne's Retainer (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Margrave 10 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Julius 10 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Fang 12 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Trustee 12 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Ludlow 16 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Birdcatcher 23 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Brother to Maria 30 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Perion The rest as before. BURTON UPON-TRENT RACES, Auo. 21. The Burton Gold Cup, in specie, by subs. of 10 soya, each, and 50 from the fund. Twice round and a distance. Hon. G. J. Vernon named Birmingham, 5 yrs 1 Mr. Yates's Hope, 4 yrs. old The Drakelow Stakes of 25 sovs. each, to which will be aided a fat buck, the gilt of Sr Roger Greisley. The srcond horse to save his stake. Twice round and a dis tance. Seven subs. Mr. Yate's Hope 4 yrs 1 Mr. Burton's b. g. by Catton,3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Blanche of Devon, 3 yrs 3 The Anglesea Plate of 50 sous. Two-mile heats, to start at the distance chair. Mr. Mostyn's b. f. by Teniers, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Beardsworth's b. f. by Catton, 3 yrs. Mr. Ogden's b. m. Olive, 4 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Blanche of Devon, 3 yrs 0 0 Capt. Handley's Twenty-ninth of July, 5 yrs 0 0 Mr. Pratt's b. in. Miss Bumblefoot, aged 0 0 Lord Lichfield's ch. f. by Sligo, 3 yrs. A Match for 50 soya. p. p. The straight mile. Mr. Sutton's Intrepid, 4 yrs. Mr. Smith's Sarah, 6 yrs. WEDNESDAY. —The two-year-old stakes, of 25 soya. each. T. Y. C. The straight half-mile. Edmund Peel's Esq. ch. 1. Frenzy Mr. Lacey's b. f. by Chauteau Margaux 2 T. Scarisbrick's Esq. ch. f. Georgiana 3 Mr. Beardsworth's f. by Scamper Brethv Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, 5 soya. ft. with 100 soya. added by the Earl of Chesterfield. One mile and a distance. Mr. Mostyn's Her Highness, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Massey's br. g. Douglas, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Bower's Sir John, 4 yrs Sir T. Stanley's b. f. by Brutendorf, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Painter's Russell, 6 yrs. Mr. T. Legh's br. c. Osmon, 3 yrs. 6 Lord Chesterfield's ch h. Carthusian 7 A Sweepstakes of 10 soy& each, with 10 sovs. added from the Fund if not walked over for, for horses not thorough bred. Gentlemen ridet s. Mr. Hobson's Admiral 0 2 1 1 Sir Roger Greisley named bl. g. Sailor 0 1 2 dr A Mitch for 100 sovs. h. ft. One mile and a quarter. Mr. White's bl. g. Sailor, 6 yrs 1 Mr. Wood's b. g. Midnight, aged The very unfavourable state of the weather during Tuesd.y, operated unfavourably upon the gaiety of the scene ; the attendance, consequently, was very limited. The Gold Cup was scarcely contested, Birmingham and Hope only starting, and was won by Birmingham.—The Drakelow Stakes were taken easily by Hope ; and Mr. Mostyn's bay filly, by Teniers, carried away the Anglesea Plate, at two heats.—We regret to state that during the running for the Anglesea Plate, for which seven horses started, Lord Lichfield's filly fell, and her rider (a boy) was thrown, and severely hurt. CANTERBURY RACES, AUG. 22. The King's Plate of 100 sort. Mr. Watson's Conscript walked over. A Plate of 100 soya. was won in 2 heats by Mr. Dockeray's Donegani, beating Mr. Rusk's Guildford. The Barham Down Plate of 50 sous., was won in 3 heats by Mr. Hodges's Witch, beating Palland, Keep sake, and 2 others. The Hunters' Stakes were won by Lord Marsham's Balloon, beating The Admiral and Midshipman. HEREFORD RACES, Aucwsr 22. The Gold Cup value 100 Bova. and 40 soya. in specie, was won by Mr. Thorne's Harry, 5 yrs. beating Thorn grove, Boy Blue, and Thorngrove. --. A Plate of 501 . was won in two heats and a walk over (the first a dead heat), by Georgiovanni beating b. f. by Middleton. SOUTHAMPTON RACES, AUGUST 22. These races commenced this day, and we never recollect to have seen so fashionable and numerous an assemblage of company. The Course had to boast of several fours, be sides many other dashing equipages. We were very much pleased with the excellent arrangements made by Mr. Hewitt, Clerk of the Course, who, much to his credit, kept the Course completely clear, a very rare occurrence at races a distance from the metropolis. The Steward, J. S. Penleaze, Esq., one of our respected Members, was on the stand, and contributed by his presence very much to the pleasures of the day. We subjoin a correct list of the sport : The Southampton Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added. Heats. Mr. Peel's Changeling 1 l Duke of Richmond's h. f. by Sultan ^ dr Mr. Page's Revealer 3 dr Rfty Pound Plate, given by the Members of the Town. Heats. Mr. Piper's Florine 1 4 1 Mr. S. Stanley's The Whig 3 1 '2 Duke of Richmond's Ciudad Rodrigo '2 3 3 Mr. Oliver's Don Antonio 4 '2 dr A Maiden Plate of 50/., given by the Ladies of South ampton. Heats. Mr..T. Kent's f. by Sultan 1 1 Mr. Farquharson's Bachanal Mr. Burton's Forester 3 3 The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Reeve's Moses 1 4 1 Mr. T. Thewle's Pigeon 2 3 2 Mr. C. G. Delme's Carboniere 5 1 3 Mr. S. Marsham named Whirlwind Mr. T. Chamberlayne's Planet 4 5 5 A Match of 50 sovs. Two miles. Mr. Cooper's Harvest Home 1 Mr. Upfold's Harkaway WINCHESTER RACES, Aua. 23. A Produce Stakes of 50 SON'S. each was won by Mr. Sadler's Eleanor beating Mr. Mills's Kate. Match 50 111 r. Gauntlett's Pompey beat Mr. Shard's Mayfly. A Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each, and 25 added, was won by Pompey beating Wire and Mortimer. The King's Plate of 100 g'. Jacko walked over. The Ladies' Plate was won by Alayfly, beating Mortimer and Wire. NEWPORT PAGNELL RACES, Aucusr 23. The Gold Cup Stakes, value 200 sovs. Three miles. Won easy by 111,,zeppa boating Augustus and Coroner. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, won in two heats by by Mr. Praed's Peru, beating Brunawicker. The Hunters' Stakes were won by Brunswicker beating two others. A Plate of 60 save. won by Coroner beating Apun. tador and Nimrod. Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, a woman who was in the habit of selling fish and oysters, died in the Cholera Hospital, in the Commercial-road, and was buried in Stepney church-yard, at 10 o'clock, six hours after her decease. A number of persons surrounded the hospital, and followed the funeral to the church-yard, al leging that the woman was not dead. They increased in numbers as they went along, and while the curate was per forating the burial service, he was frequently interrupted by the noise of the crowd. As soon as the curate left, the grave-digger and his assistan,s proceeded to fill in the earth. He was told by several persons that the woman was not dead. He replied, rather imprudently, that he did not care whether the woman was dead or alive, it was his duty to bury her. This only exasperated the crowd, who hissed and hooted in the most violent manner,and began todis lodge the earth from the grave, some with spades and others with their hands. In the mean time Inspector YOUNG, of the K division of police, having received information of the disturbance, hastened to the spot with a strong body of police, and found that the grave was nearly cleared. He very prudently allowed the people engaged in the affair to proceed, and the coffin was opened, in which was a great deal of water, but there was not the least indication to sup port the opinion that the woman had been buried alive; the corpse was entirely undisturbed. Still the multitude, which at this time amounted to at least 2,000 persons, were not satisfied, and threatened to go and pull down the houses of the curate and sexton. Inspector YOUNG, however, with great promptitude ordered his men to clear the churchyard, which was soon accomplished, the mob finding their resistance useless. Some very respectable persons assisted in the exhumation, but as they expressed themselves satisfied with the appearance of the corpse, they went away quietly,, ?CONcr .- % - 11 - 41 Pi rEri 4111 VT 74_Y ft:Atr Juky SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. HIE LUNDON .GAZETTE THIS EVENING. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, AUG. 23. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has ap pointed Doctor Charles Price, M.D. of Brighton, Physician Ex. traordinary to the King. \VAR-OFFICE, AUG. 24. nd or Scots Fusileer Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Charles Spencer Churchill, from half.pay Unat tached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. if. Mey. rick, who exchanges; Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis George Hugh Seymour to have the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, Aug. 24. _ _ la Regiment of Foot—Ensign W. Webster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward, promoted ; E. H. Hewgill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webster, August 24. 7th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel J. D. B. Elphinstone, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord F. Pitzclarence, who exchanges August 24. 20th Foot — Lieut. G. R. Langley, from the half-pay of the aoyal West India Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice Bentley, ap pointed to the 50th Regiment, August 24. 31st Foot—Licut. G. C. Marshall to be Captain, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, who retires. To be Lieutenants—Ensign W. Fortune, by purchase, vice Marshall, Aug. 21; Lieut. A. M. I. Durnfoid, from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment, vice Mun ton, appointed to the Rid Regiment, Aug. 25. To be Ensign, by purchase, NV. Maule Gent. vice Fortune, Aug. 24. 33d Foot—Lieut. J, W. Munton, from the 31st Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackay, promoted, Aug. 24. 50th Foot—Lieut. A. C. D. Bently, from the 20th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice T. W. Edwards, who retires upon half pay of the Royal West India Rangers, Aug '24. 53d Foot—Captain G. Granville, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain vice G. Chichester, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference, Aug 24. 61st FootZ.Brevet Colonel E. Darley, from half-pay Unat tached, to be lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. E. P. Barlow, who ex changes, receiving the differauce, Aug. 24. 6th Foot—Major G. Wilson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires; Captain P. Farquharson to be Major, by purchase, vice Wilson, Aug. 24. 76th Foot—Captain J. Faincombe to be Major, by purchase, vice Stevenson, who retires; Lieut. H. E. B. Hutchinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Faincombe; Ensign H. Trevelyan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hutchinson; C. Winter, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trevelyan, Aug. 24. 83d Fuot—T. J. St. Aubyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pringle- promoted, Aug. 24. _ Royal Staff Corps. To be Majors without purchase—Capt. G. Longmore and Capt. Dry Hall, Aug 24. To be Captains without purchase—Lieut. E. J. Cleather, Lieut. R. A. Scott, Lieut. C. Read, and Lieut. Hayne, Aug 24. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN RANDALL, Esher, Surrey, orn.chandler. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. WILLIAM SMITH, Worcester, money-scrivener, from Aug. 28 to Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Wm. tester. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS PARNHAM, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, to surrender Sept. 6, at twelve and one, and Oct. 5, at one, at the Bell Inn, Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire. Owen, Work sop • Smith, Chancery-lane, London. GEORGE MILLER land ROBERT BLACKIE, Liverpool, joiners, Sept. 10, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, LiverpooL ,Vincent, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London; Bartley and Hoberts, Liverpool. EDWARD CROKER, Lombard-street, tobacconist, Aug. 31, at half -past eleven, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Orosby, King-street, Cheapside, London; Cannan, Lothbury, official assignee. EDWARD HOSMER, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, leather. seller, Sept. 5, at eleven, and Oct. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Brundrett, Spinks, and Randall, King's Bench Walk, Temple ; Turquand, Token-house-yard, official assignee. THOMAS BARNS, Jermyn.street, St. James's, Westminster, tailor, Aug. 31, at two, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basingliall-street, official assignee; Not ley, Thanet.place, Temple-bar. THOMAS PRESTON, Cambridge, victualler, Aug. 31, at ten, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher. King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official Assignee; Beart, Tokeolumse-yard. WILLIAM BURTON, Codnor Park, Derbyshire, stone qottle-manufacturer, Aug. 31, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the George Inn, Alfreton. Wilson, Alfreton; Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn, London. , JA MES PRETTY, Walsall, Staffordshire, ironmonger, Sept. 14, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the White Cross Inn, Albrighton, Walmesley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London ; jun. Bilston, Staffordshire. WILLIAM PEA'RSON, Lan - iio l s-Conduit-street, tailor, Sept. 1, at ten, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. official assignee, Lothbury; Sylvester and Walker, Furnival's Inn. K ICH A RD LORD, Barby, Northamptonshire, malster, Sept. 3, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Goat Inn, Northampton. Capes, Raymond.buildings, Gray's-Inn ; Lucas, Edwards, and Free man, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire. CHARLES LUCAS BIRCH, Lincoln's-inn-fields, coach. maker, Sept. 5, at eleven, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assign e e, 8, Old Jewry ; Black more, 36, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Ilnrlen, a young man tolerably well dressed, was charged with having stolen an engraving of the bead of the Duke of Wellington and a gilt frame, from the Brick layers' Arms public-house, John's-mews. The prisoner had been in the public-house until four o'clock in the afternoon of the rubbery, and had been seen to quit it in company with a notorious thief (not in cus tody), who was carrying what appeared to be a picture, tied up in a pocket handkerchief. The landlord, Mr. Wells, having missed his property, upon giving information of his loss, a search was set on foot, when his Grace was found to have been put regu larly " up the spout." The pawnbroker in Wardour-street, who took in the Duke, recollected that the party who brought the pic ture answered the description of the person not in custody. The prisoner, who called himself a clothes-dealer living in Petticoat-lane, was remanded for the present. B 0 TV-STREET. Yesterday Mary M' Carthy was charged before Mr. ROE with the wilful murder of her sister, Margaret Sheehy, by knocking her down, and kicking her about the head. Mr. Thomas, the police superintendent, stated, that the prisoner was brought to the station-house the preced ing night by Reilly, one of the beadles of St. Giles's parish, who charged her with the murder of her sister. The prisoner appeared anxious to speak, when he (Mr. Thomas) cautioned her not to say any thing likely to criminate herself. After this caution, she confessed that she had occasioned the death of her sister, and was willing to suffer for it. Reilly, the beadle, stated, that prisoner and the de ceased, who was her elder sister, and about 55 years of age, quarrelled on the previous night in the Seven Dials. The prisoner threatened to heat the deceased, who ran away, and gathering some mud in her hands, she flung it at the prisoner, who knocked her down, and while on the ground kicked her about the head. The injuries which the deceased received occasioned her death, which occurred immediately after. The prisoner, who appeared very little moved at the situation in which she stood, was then ordered to be re manded, to abide the result of a Coroner's inquest. MARYLEB ONE. Yesterday James Diltom, Esq., of Allsop's-terrace, New-road, summoned the driver of Bolton's omnibus, No. 4,227, (James Gulliver,) for a serious injury he had suf fered from being knocked down by the pole of the said omnibus, when the hinder wheel went over one of his feet, on Tuesday the 15th July. Mr. Dalton was crossing the New-road, Marylebone, from Allsop's-terrace, on the afternoon of the day speci fied, when the omnibus was in sight, driving at about five miles an hour. Owing to his infirmities, he was obliged to lean either to the right or left ; he examined the road and saw only one omnibus in the middle on the Mary lehone side ; it might have passed. The pole, however, struck him in two places, and knocked him down, and the hinder -wheel of the omnibus went over his feet. Gulliver was ordered to find proper bail to answer Mr. Dalton's complaint. MARLBORO U GH- S TREE T. Yesterday an elderly woman of very respectable appear ance, accompanied by a gentleman, came to the office, and applied for assistance to enable her to recover her (laugh ter, who had disappeared from her house under the follow ing mysterious circumstances.— The applicant, extremely agitated, stated, that she was left a widow with 10 children, the eldest of whom was a daughter, 22 years of age. For the last 18 months, a young man, who represented himself of highly-respectable connexions, and holding a lucrative situation in the excise, visited her daughter, but much against the wishes of the family, as well as of her daughter. Nothing, however, deterred him from repeating his visits, and yesterday week he called and said he had come to take her daughter to Astley's. She declined the invitation, when the young man, in the most solemn manner, pledged himself to bring her home safe. She at length consented to accompany him, upon condition that her sister, who is 20 years of age, should be one of the party ; to this arrangement the young man consented, and the whole party went to the theatre. At the end of the performances, they returned home. Nothing further transpired until Sunday, when the young man proposed to take her daughter to Rich mond on Monday. She, in this instance, also expressed her dislike to go, but at length he succeeded in removing her objections, and they left her residence on Monday for Richmond. But from that time to the present she had not been able to obtain the least tidings of her, neither was she able to ascertaia whether they went to Richmond or not. What added to her sus picions that something had been done to her daughter, was her discovering that the entire statements of the young man as to his name, address, and profession, were utterly false. Upon going to those places where he said he was known, no such person ever visited there, nor was any in dividual answering his description in the excise. There was another circumstance relative to the young man rove . loped in great mystery—namely, that whenever her daughter went out he invariably objected to her taking one of his arms. Accident, however, on one occasion, led her to take his arm, when, to her daughter's astonishment, it fell powerless by his side. From the false representa tion, and the marked dislike of her daughter towards him, she was afraid that her child had been made away with. and to endeavour, if possible, to ascertain what had be come of her, led her to make the present application. The poor woman was informed that, as the case stood. it was impossible for the Magistrate to render her any as sistance. The only thing she could do would be to conti nue her inquiries, and it was probable that some tidings might be obtained. The applicant said that the only place she had to apply was to a gentleman living in Mecklenburg-square, and if nothing was known of the young man there, she had no other place to go. She was, however, afraid that htr child was no longer living. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Captain John Jenkins Large, master of the Hero Gravesend steam-pAck , 2t, app ared before Captain RICHBELL and Mr. BALLANTINE, to answer a charge of i legal), navigating his vessel at a greater rate or speed than five miles an hour, between London-bridge and Lime house-reach, and thereby endangering the lives of his Ma jesty's subjects. Mr. , Ryland the barrister, appeared on behalf of the . _ Watermen's Company, who felt themselves called upon to interfere, and, if possible, prevent a continuance of the rapid and dangerous navigation of steam-vessels in the river, by which many lives had been lost, property injured, and boats and barges capsized. The Watermen's Company were determined to prosecute all the captains of steam vessels who navigated their vessels beyond the I, gal speed in the Pool. On the day mentioned in the information, the Hero and Brilliant, belonging to opposition companies, and which were in the habit of competing, ran neck and neck together down the river, beyond the rate allowed by a by-law of the Watermen's Company, made by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and approved by the Judgts and Privy Council. The master of the Brilliant was con victed on Tuesday and held to bail, and he had no doubt the magistrates would come to a similar decision in this case. Captain Large said he should like to know who were the prosecutors. Mr. BALLA KTINT said, the Watermen's Company, and the learned coun'el had already stated as much. He must say, without any prejudice to this case, that the Water men's Company were bound by their position to take up all offences on the river, not only on account of their poor brethren whose boats were injured by steam-packet racing, but also on account of the public, who were inconvenienced by it, and who were unacquainted with the laws and cus toms of the Thames. He was glad the Company had begun to bestir themselves. James Edward Cutler, beadle of the Wa.erman's Com pany, on Monday, the 16th of July, embarked on board the Brilliant, at Fresh Wharf, London-bridge ; and on arriving off St. Katharine's, the Hero came from the wharf, and went a-head of the Brilliant down the river, the latter vessel keeping close a-stern. They continued in this way as far as the King's Arms, Litnehouse-reach, and he timed the two steamers from the London-dock entrance to that place, and they were exactly 16 minutes doing that distance. Mr. Ryland—Was there any swell. Witness—There was a very great swell all the way down, and the small boats and craft were tossed about as if in a rough sea. The vessels were competing. . Hartley, another beidle, confirmed this statement. Mr. W. Nichols, a surveyor for public bodies, had mea sured the ground from the London-dock entrance to the King's Arms, Limehouse, by the perambulator, as close to the water-side as possible, and the distance was 2 miles. 3 furlongs, and 3l poles, which calculation gave a speed to the steamer of auout 11 miles an hcur. The defendant said of course the bench would do as they pleased, he was at their mercy, and some conversa tion ensued between hint and the Magistrates, and Mr. Ryland, in which Captain Large made use of such expres sions, and conducted himself in such a manner, that Mr. BALLANTINE said, he should be under the painful necessity of committing him if he did not behave properly. Captain Large, after cross-examining the witnesses, then entered on his defence, and said, the Hero unfortu nately was the slowest steamer on the river, and was always last at her place of destination. She never went so fast as 11 miles an hour since she was built, and accord ing to the opinion of Mr. Watt, the celebrated engineer, she could not proceed at the rate of more than 9i miles an hour at full speed, and between the limits prescribed she was always but at half speed. He declared the Hero never went at the rate of more than five miles an hour in the Pool. Mr. BALLANTINE said, the captains were mistaken if they supposed what they called half speed was allowed . .. The law said five miles an hour within particular limits, and if a steamer went 16 miles an hour at full speed, as some of them did, the half speed of eight miles could not be allowed. Captain Large said, the tide alone would carry a veste four miles an hour and upwards, and the engines must be at work to give her steerage way, and it was almost im possible to go so slaw, tide and all, as five miles an hour. Mr. BALLANTINE-The law says you must not go faster. Captain RICHBELL said, his opinion was, that the rate of five miles an hour, allowed by law, was too much in , - that crowded river, between London-bridge and Green wich. Three was quite enough. Mr. Thomas East, master of the Watermen's Company, was in a large and stout boat with a party of seven ladies and gentlemen a few days ago, when the Hero and Kent passed them at a most rapid pace, off Lirnehouse Reach. They were racing, and the swell was so great that his boat was nearly capsized, and as much as five pails of water washed over and wetted them all. The respectable females at Greenwich, where he lived, complained that the velocity of the steamers was so great, that they were afraid to proceed to and from London by water ; and where ten ladies used to go, only one went now, and the water men belonging to the passage-boats suffered great loss. Other witnesses repeated their complaints of the injuries done by rapid steam navigation. Mr. BALLANTINE then convicted the defendant in the full penalty of 51. and costs, for navigating his vessel be yond the I,gal speed; and as that could not be done without endangering the public safety, he called upon him to find bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties of 501. each, to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour in future, and not navigate his vessel so as to endanger life and property. The fine was then paid, and two housekeepers entered into the required sureties. W ORSHIP-STREET. A young mtn of " shabbily-fine" exterior, named Fore man, appeared before Mr. BitounuroN, on the complaint of a poor cat's. meat man, who charged him with upsetting and breaking hia cart, and causing the demolition of his stock in trade. The complainant, it appeared, had a little cart drawn by a dog, and was quietly going his round with a load oi meat for the supply of his customers' cats, when the de fendant came rattling furiously along in a cart drawn by two large dogs, and, bouncing against his smaller vehicle, upset the dog, smashed the cart, and scattered the meat in the road, where great part of it was devoured, or carried off, by the vagabond curs of the neighbourhood. The defendant said it was an accident. He lived at a public-house near St. Luke's church, and had been keep ing his youngest son's birthday, and was a little elevated upon the occasion, but he came into collision with the cat's meat man as he was turning the corner of a street. " Please your Worship," said the complainant, " my poor dog could not have half a chance with his two great animals. They came pounce upon him, and capsized him like winking, and broke the cart." Mr. BAOUGIITON (to defendant)—You talk of keeping your younger son's birth-day. Why you look quite young yourself. The defendant was 27 years of age. Mr. BROUGHTON-And what are you, that you go driving about in such singular style? Defendant—A professional man—a professional singer. Mr. BuououToN—What, a singer at some of the public places about town ?-11e defendant had no parti cular engagement. He travelled about the country with his dogs to the watering and other public places, and visited the seats of the nobility and gentry, amongst whom he was well known. Mr. BROUGHTON asked him what part of the country he came from last ?—The defendant had been to Margate, but he arrived in town last week from Rochester, and had since that visited the Marquis of Downshire's residence at the west-end of the town. He travelled with great ex pedition, he said; his two dogs brought him up in a day from Rochester with his wife, their two children, ann.' their wardrobe. His wife was a ♦ery favourite vocalist. Mr. BROUGHTON thought a donky would answer the purpose better than the dogs. The defendant said a donky would he too expensive; and besides, it was rather low.—(A laugh.) Mr. BROUGHTON-And I suppose that your dogs, not being considered besets of burden, you have no toll to pay? —The defendant passed toll-free, except when he was coming up from Melton Mowbray, but then the toll was ilsmanded; andbeing unable to arguetiss toll-collectors out .1 it, he was obliged to pay l.ctore they et t hlT7l p.T. The Magistrate, after some further inquiries with respec t to his mode of life, told him he must pay for the damage he had done to the poor cat's-meat-man. Defendant in the result paid the complainant ss. UNION-HALL. Yesterhy, Mr. Sinchir, a respectable man, reading at Penton-place, Pentonville, accompanied by his wife, at *vad.-d at this office for the purpose of makir:g inquir'es r hLtive to his son, a lad between 17 and 18 pars of age. vho wa• committed from this office to Brixton, on an alleged charge of attempting to pick pockets at Camber vv.-11 fair. Mr. Sitridair said, that he and his family had be.n in a ,tate of great anxiety ever since Monday I st until Wed slay, owing to the absence of his son, wi o had received itermission of his mother, on the afternoon of the former !ay, to visit Camberwell fair. In the course of Wednes ty, the applicant, to his astonishment, heard that hi , son tad been titian into custody on a most siTicus charge, end that he was then actu illy lying in gaol. The object if the present application was to ascertain whether the in firmation he hail received on the subject was correct. Mr. CHAMBERS perfictly recoliected the case. The 'ad was brought up to that office on Tuesday by a police nan named Higgens, of the F division, who, in his evi lenee against the accused, deposed, that while on duty in :Main clothes, at Camberwell fair, he saw him thrust his 'land into a man's pocket, and immediately took him into -ustody. The policeman, in addition. d eposed that he 'mew the lad Sinclair to be a thief, and that he had been previously in custody, both at Biaw-e:eet and Hatton 4arden police-offices. Mr. Charnhers added, that relying on the testimony of the policeman, pirticulatly as re tard d that portion of it which related to the accused hav ing been previously in custody, be considered it his duty to commit him to Brixton for one month. The applican', who was very mucl, agitated, declared that his son had never been in custody before in the whale course of his life. The lad had seryed his apprenticeship to a baker in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury-square, And since then bad resided at home, where he was fur nished with every comfort that he requirt-d. The appli cant added, that his son had never shown the least pro pensity for thieving ; be always bore an irreproachable character, had no acquaintance with other lads, was fond of books and reading, and in fact his conduct was always exemplary. Mr. CHAMBERS said, that a greater number of juvenile “ffenders had been brought before bins during the last Camberwell fair, than he ever r.:=collected heretofOre. With respect to the present application, he would advise Mr. Sinclair to inquire at the police-offices, where his son was alleged to have been in custody, whether there was any foundation for the assertion made by the policeman. Mr. Sinclair hod already inquired, although he was convinced of the fact himself, and ascertained that bis son had never been in the situation alleged by the policeman. Mr. CHAMBERS said, when the lad was brought before him, seeing that his appearance was unlike that of a thief, he minutely questioned the policeman, who persisted in. stating that he knew the lad to be a thief, and also of his having been previously in custody. Mr. Staples said, that the friends of some other lade, who were committed from that office for similar offences. on the testimony of policemen, hal called there to make inquiries on the subject, and stated, that so p tsitive were they of the innocence of the accused, that they (the friends) intended—some to appeal, and others to apply to the Secretary of State on the subject. Mr. CHAMBERS should take especial care that the case. of the lad Sinclair should be minutely examined into immediately, with the view of liberating hint at once from prison, if the policeman were found to have perjured himself. It seemed to be the general impression, that the police men on duty at the fair vied with each other, to see who coal apprehend most prisoners from that annual scene of confusion. The men selected to perform the duty of at tending the fair, were not all belongiog to one division, but picked from various divi4ions ; and some of them had instructions to appear in plain clothes to deceive offenders, while others were dressed in the uniform. The former were chiefly on duty in the hustle of the fair, and the others in the outskirts of it. His Majesty's ships Donegal, Castor, Tyne, Snake, Prince of Wales, Onyx, and Nimrod, sailed from Cork on the 19th, fir Plymouth. One of those appalling subterranean occur rences, which the invaluable invention of Sir HUMPHREY DAVY has now happily rendered so rare among the coal mines throughout the country, took place on Friti iy last, it the little village of Nits-hill, contiguous to Hurlet works, near Glasgow, about eix miles from town. The pit in which the circumstance happened is the property of Mr. DOVE, and is known by the name of the Wel lington Pit. The miners detected an accumulation of the vapour, and about two in the afternoon they intimated the circumstance to the overseer, as a reason far not conti nuing their labours any longer. The inhabitants of Berr head and Neilston, both near, were resigning themselves to the mirth of their Reform Jubilee ; and the overseer taxed the poor colliers with what would have amounted to nothing more tha❑ a desire to disinter themselves to seek an after noon's refreshment in the light of day. He treated their fears with a bravado, and lighting a common lamp, ordered he miners to descend the shaft along with him, which they did, the number being fire men and two toys. On reaching the vapour, it exploded with tremendous violence, shaking the earth for a great distance, and making the clusters of cottages tremble to their founds.. Lions. While many hurried to the scene of the accident, others, anticipating the worst, posted off on horseback fur the assistance of medical men. The whole ettven were •oon raised to the mouth, all bearing dreadful marks of the shock. Medical practitioners were en the spot with all possible speed, and every exertion made to alleviate the sufferers. ABRAHAM TH031301.7, a young man, and J. WATSON, a boy, died that night, and little or no hope is en tertained of the recovery of one or two others. The fate of Tttoetsore was characterised by almost unparalleled hor tots. When extricated from the shaft insensible, hie fiesta was reduced to one unvaried pulpy mass, severing from the bones by its own weight. He was conveyed home to his disconsolate wife, to whom he had been united but six short months, when his body was wrapped in eotton, and otherwise treated. In the evening, while his wife was presenting him with a drink, in his frenzy he upset the candle, which in its fall ignited the cotton around his body, rendered doubly combustible by the presence of some medical emollient, and enveloped tins in flames! The poor wretch's tortures were increased tea-fold. Stung to nadnecs, he gathered his sinking energies into one fearful effort, sprung from his bed, darted to the door, and thence to the middle of the road, gave a convulsive hemp from the ground, which prostrated him with violence, and in about three minutes expired.—Scottish Guardian. THE EDDYSTONELIGHT-HOUSE.--The care of this important beacon is committed to four men, tire of whom take the charge of it by turns, and are relieved every -ix weeks. But as it often h,ppens, e , pecialy in stormy weather, that boats cannot touch at the Eddystone for many months, a proper quantity of salt provision is always laid up, as in a ship victualled for a long voyage. In high winds such a briny atmosphere surrounds this gloomy solitude from the dashing of the waves, that a man ex posed to it could not draw his breath. At these dreadful intervals the two forlorn inhabitants keep close quarters, and are obliged to live in darkness and stench, listening to the howling storm, excluded in every emergency from the least hope of assistance, and without any earthly com fort hut what is administered from their confidence in the strength of the building in which they are immured. Once, on relieving this forlorn guard, one of the men was found dead, his companion choosing rather to abut himself I up with the putrifying carcase, than by throwing it into the sea to incur the suspicion of murder. ►n fine weather these wretched beings scramble a little about the edge of the rock, when the tide ebbs, and amuse themselves with fishing, which is the only employment they have, except ,hat of trimming their nightly fires. Such total inaction and entire seclusion from all the joys and aids of society can only be endured by great religious philosophy, which we cannot imagine they feel; or by great stupidity, which in pity we must suppose they item ss. Yet, though this .wretched community is so small, we are assured it has sometimes been a scene of misanthropy. Instead of suf fering the recollection of those distresses anti dangers in which each is deserted by all but one to endear that one - o him, we are informed the humours of each were so soured that they preyed both on themselves and on each other. If one sat above, the other was commonly found ealow. Their meals, too, were solitary; each, like a brute, erowling over his feud alone. The etnoiument of this ar duous post is 201. a-year, and provisions while on duty. The house to live in may lie fairly thrown into the bar gain. Tee whole together, is, pectin; s, one of the least eligible pieces of preferment in Britain ; arid yet, from a story which Mr. SMEATON relates, it appeers there are stations still more ineligible. A fellow who got his liveti• hood by making leather° pipes for engines, grew tired of sitting constantly at work, and solicited a lighthouse s/13n's place, which, as coutpetitors are nut numerous, he obtained. As the Eddystone boat was carrying him to take possession of his habitation, one of the boatmen asked him what could tempt him to give ❑p a profitable business to be shut up fur months together in a pillar ? " Why," said the man, " because I did not like confinement."