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. b tie lassos suitor Illayh
ontward passage to Archangel limn -A
barque under reefed topsails, stand out from the N.
Cape, and steering a north-west course, wind strcug f tm
N.;1". The circumstance of a vessel steering at that sea-
son of the year, such a course from the quarter it appeased
to have sailed, attracted the particular attention of Capt.
Davidson, and is perhaps accounted for by its being des-
tined from Ilammerfest to Spitzbergen, with the necessary
supplies of provisions, stores, eec. for a party of 25 mess
who were sent on a Pshing expedition, as appears by the
following communication on the subject :
" A carrepondent writes from Cirriationa—!t is not without feel-
ings of interest and of considerable anxiety that our Government
look foroar.l to the result of an expedition that was last year sent.
to Spitzbergen, by two enterprising young Englishmen, who are
established ut Ilatuarterfest, close to the North Cape. They had
already; in the sunnier of 1824, erected buildings in lee .ouod,
lat. 77. 30. N. preparatory to their sending the people, and in
April 1823, the expedition, consisting of 25 men, sailed from Haut-
merfest under the conduct of an Englishman, we believe a surgeon
by profs ssion. A vea.el that accompanied them brought advice of
their safe arrival; since then no information has been received
Their object appears to he the sawhorse fishing, and we are in.
formed the country abounds in herds of rein deer, foxes, &c."

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THC ACCIDENT AT LATER-
coot..—it appears that three children have been taken out
of the ruins of the house adjoining, the roof of which was
carried in by the walls of the warehouse. A min, his
wife, and a child, have been also dug out of the ruins ;
the wife and child had brought the husband's dinner, and
they were dining together when they were hurried into
eternity at the same instant. Two other men have ais:,
been taken from among the heap. From the situation of
the mass, no doubt but the upper tier of vaults are broken
in, and probably the other tier may be injured. The loss
w:11 be very heavy, and where it will fall is at present
unknown.

THE Two New OPElZAS.—Notwithsianding the new
Opera of' " The Oracle, or, the Interrupted Sacrifice," was
not produced at the Lyceum until Monday last, 'the
whole of the music, newly arranged by Mr. Hawes, l'aS
been published, even at this early period, by the spirited
proprietors of the Royal Harmonic Institution, Argyll
Rooms; thus affording to the musical world an opportunity
of judging of the merits of the composition and arrange-
ment of the various airs, Rte. at ;Wit own homes, previous
tb v,itcjiinktbe.Teatre. On thwetyle of the arrangement
a winter. music, by Mr. Hawes. we have only to re-
mark that the tank has been executed in a manner which
reflects the highest credit ore that gentleman's tasteful
genius, and adds another laurel to his fame. The tom:
four following piec;:s, " The summer is coming," "
not to " Shadowy Dead," and " The Moon its 041
the Hill," introduced in the new operatic romance of the
Death Fetch, and composed by Chas. Horn, have created
that sensation in the fashionable circles, that the demand
for them has been unprecedented in the annals of music.
'Fete RANT ERS.—We have received the following let-
ter from our Correspondent at Staithes, near Whitby,
respecting a meeting of the Ranters there :
Yesterday, rhe llith inst. the Ranters had a camp meeting here
upon the Cliff, hick was attended by a steam-vessel from Sun-
derland. One hundred and twenty Ranters came in it as pas.
sengers, and great numbers came from other parts of the
neighbourhood—there were at least 1.000 people. In their usual
method of ranting std singing they spent the day in the open air.
The Sunderland people went on board their steam-vessel at tree
o'clock in the evening. and set their engine to work on their return
home. They had got on their passage back about ten miles, near
Redcar, when the vessel sprung a leak; ard from the Ranters
having, 1 suppose, bad faith. she sunk PO deep in the waters that
Vie wheels could not work. They Increased the fire—the water was
all dried up in the boiler—it was presently red hot, and set the
decks on fire. The confusion on board the vessel then became ex-
tremely great; they had no sails to put up, and had nothing but a
very -mail boat. The women screamed, and they shouted, to g^t
the people on shore to understand that they were in distress. Soma
called on their fathers, some on their brothers, others on their
husbands ; and some girls prayed to God, and held up their
hands for help. The men waved with their hats, and held up
women's shawls, till at last they got the people on shore to come
off wile' six citifies: but in getting into the cnbles, the confusion
was so great that several, both men and women, lenped over t!ie
boats, some not far enough, and fell into the sea. They supposed
they recovered them all, but could not tell. It was hardly possib:e
to prevent the cobles from being sunk alongside. The sea w:
very smooth, otherwise they must all have been drowned. \1•!:: r,
the weight was out of the vessel she did not sink,. but they towest
her away. The coble-men matle them pay well for taking them
on shore. It was about ten o'clock at night when they reached
land ; and they had more than thirty miles to waddle on foot '0
Sunderland, which it is probable will cure some of them of eantirg.
One poor fellow till upon the red-hot boiler, in the eonfus on of
getting into the coble, and burnt his hand very much. I hoer
written this in baste, from one of the people who has returned to
Staithes. They paid two shillings each person, for coating aid
going back in the vessel, before they went on board."
St: rare. Stephens, a respectable master-builder.
sassaalay atoptingiterrinated his existence, by strangu-
lation, at his house in ‘ilarwick-lane. For some time pest,
particularly since the weather has set in an intensely hot.
the unfortunate gentleman had been in a bad state of
health, accompanied with great nervous irritation and low-
ness of spirits. At the early hour of six, his son, whit
slept in the same room, got up for the purpose of going to
superintend some workmen, but previous to leaving the
house gave his father some medicines, who then appeared
in a composed state. His daughter, in about an hour af-
terwards, came down stairs, and as she was passing the- •
bed-100113 door, called in to inquire how he had passed the
night, when the melancholy sight presented itself of h. r
father hanging from the roof of the bed, cold andmoan;-
mate. Medical assistance was procured, but all to no put-
pose, as the vital spark had fled.

Wet xc; ROOO RY.—Betwcen the hours of one and
o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Green wocwl's villa at Brow; iton, where where the Duke of York is at present residing, was
broken into, and a small quantity of plate was stolen. H
Royal Highness was sleeping on the ground-floor, within a
very few yards from where the chest containing the plate
stood. It is supposul that the thieves heard some sligi;t
noise in the Royal Duke,'s chamber, as they took the pre-
caution to turn the key, which happened to be on the out-
side of the door, and made a prisoner of the Royal Gust
and to render confinement the more secure, they placed a
heavy chair against the door. Information of this robbery
was sent off' by express to Townsend, the chief officer
of Bow-street, who having communicated the same to S:r
Richard Birnie, proceeded, accompanied by that Magistrate
and Mr. Stafford, to the scene of the robbery, where it was
discovered that one of the windows at the back of the prw-
mises, which opened level with the ground, had been imr.x
open, and one of the hinges broken off. On the path lead.
ing to this window, the impressions of a person a toes at#
very distinct. It is conjectured that the thieves most
have been disturbed in their operation*, as a number of the
implements used by burglars were found on the lawn,
where it is supposed that they broke open the plate•ehe:t,
and made off with its contents.

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