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a fine male child, and we now coine to the must ;AMU
task. It appears, that on TUCAday afternoon al. at hel
house,
and seeing her husband tinning tow:mht Maec

apprehensive of pa— me violence. There 10.1,:;
sides herself in the house, she tnatclv.d her i
a neighbour's house for prrreetion v.
Burt, who pursued her to 1,1 room on Ow
there was no person in the house to prute t
wretch began his attack on the helpless

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to, and ran

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armed wit; a knife, such as shoemlkers

Made wan worn away at the point, so as to cat to it very t.e.e.
this instrument lie instantly plunged indiscriminately, . •
seem, into the poor infant and woman ; the woman ecr.nine
fully, and implored mercy in the most piteous terms. N
however, appears to have appalled the assassin, and he
Ida murderous work till the woman fell, exhausted by the Iwo„,
blood, and the exertions she had male to screen herself aid infee.
from the effects of his maddened rage. Some persons had be the,
time assembled at the dent: below, and one, wide more courage than,
the rent, rushed up stairs and seized the murderer by the miler,
and after a desperate struggle, threw him on the ground, by shin:
time more assistant* hisd arrived, and the wretch was secured.'
There is no doubt but he would also have stabbed the man wi-A,
first came to the Reel:et:ince of his wife, had not the handle of fe
knife come off from the blade, which remained sticking in the
murdered infant ! The woman, wounded and lacerated as the wp,
fled into an adjoining house with her infant. Every assistance 1.!3t
could be given to her was immediately aftbrded by the neighbour..
The infant died in, a short time afterwards. The woman was toe.
'eyed to her mother's house with but faint hopes of recovery; she
has reeeived a severe stab in the thigh, another in the right errs
near an artery, another under the eye, and a fourth in the umple;
her front teeth (at least six or seven of them) are dashed out, and
she also received a kick in the side, from which more danger is ap-
prehended than even from the wounds. The infant, we understand,
was a meet beautilhl little creature: its body and head are almnst
li:erally covered with wounds. The room in which the murder
was committed presented a moat appalling sight when the people
entered : the murderer, and his wife and child, were covered wuh
blood, which was streaming from their mangled persons, and the
nor was covered all over with gore, which was trampled about in
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every dtreetion. The man WAS then taken to the blAck hnle, who
he remained till yesterday morning, when a Coroner's Inquest w:
held on the body of the infant. Verdict—" Wilful :11i.rder.".
Brig,liton Gazette.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNEF nns, A uc..23.

Arrived the Larreboo, Wright, from St. Andrew's, N.B. ;
mingham, Cubh, from New York ; Cyrus, —. from Baltimore:
Jamaica, Harvey, from Jamaica; Nelson Wool, —, frmu
Quebec.
The Philadelphia, Onion, from Liverpool, hm arrived at PhiL.
ddyhia. . .

_ the Sophia,
Edward•, from Liverpool, has orived at Quibec.
The Constitution, Dewsbury, from Liverpool, arrived,,: Deme-
rara, 17th June.
The Manchester, Thompson, film Liverpool for Valve/As;
&c. was spoken Inch lust. Di miles westward of the Celia Ilan.
The Nimrod, Bruce, from Trinidad, has arrived in the Clyde.
The Josephine, Coles, ar.d Panthen, Hathaway, from Liverpool,
have wised at New York.

The Robert Fulton, Linton, from Londonderry, has arrived at
New York, in 41 days.

FALMOUTH. AUGUST 22.—Arrived the Albion, Burrell, fur-
London to Leghorn; and his Majesty's ship Royalist, Lieutenm
Robellaird, from Lisbon, in twelve days, with despatches.—
Wind S.IV.
PLYMOUTH, AUOUST 22.—Arrived the Nese John, Ayr, from
Quebec ; and the Speculation, front St. John's, in 32 days.—
Wind S.
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 23.—Arrived the Camelion, and th.
Eagle, cutters, from a cruise; the John and Thomas, Gordon.
from London. His Alajesty's ship Clinker came into harbour.—
Wind S.W.
Doves, Aunt:rev 23.—The Ann of London, Welated, frain
London to Exeter, having shifted her cargo Mt Beachy Bead. yes-
terday, in coming for this isartiout, not answering the helm, got int
shore behind the South Pier, and sustained damage. She was Weil
floated off and brought into port.
DEAL, AUGUST 23.—Arriv. d the Lady Campbell, Murphy,
front Bombay, Gibraltar, and Cadiz. She parted her cable in
bt 'aging up In the Downs this morning, and has been stiprEel
will new anchor and cable, and remains tinder quarantine. Ar.
rived and sailed fur the River the David Lyon, Berry, from Ja-
maica i the Eliza, Soper, from Oren tila ; the Tropic, Brandford.
from Barhadoes; and the Stanton Castle, Willem., from Quebec.
Passed the Brunswick, Chase, from Baltimore to Bremen. Arrival
from the River and remain the Magnet, Todd, from New South
Wales ; the Patriot, Guild, from Trieste ; and the Fawn, Hale,
front the South Set.s.—Wind W.S.W.
GRAVESEND, AuGU4T 23.—Arrived the Elva, Wylie, and
Samuel IVhitbread, Warwick, from Quebec; Alexaruhr, Veer.
ham, and Ethelred, Sutton, from Jamaica; Montrose, Rol-
burgh, from Trinidad; and Margaret Richardson, Thomas, from
Para.—Sailed the Salmon River, Duke, for Sierra Leone; and
Ludolph, Schmidt, for Stettin.
WHITEHAVEN, A no 22.—The Kitty, Fishes, which sailed from
hence 14th inst. for Dublin, got oil share the next day at the en-
trance of Harrington harbour, and sunk, but it is expected will
Le
raised. The cargo (coal) has been discharged. The Ilardsea,
Nicholson, from Beltast, was on shore near Maryport,
inst. was got oh' next day without much damage. A boat, wall
"Acorn, IVm. Deny, master, of Great Yannouth," painted upon
it, has been picked up near St. Bees Head. The Lark, Dec.
woody, of Workington, from Liverpool, was driven on shore neu
blaryport, 15th inst. but has been gut off' with considerable damage,
and carried in there. The Nancy, M'Cartney, was driven on shot::
at Skinburnesa, 15th
LIMA, Ara IL 28.—The Inca, Prowse, arrived here this day
from Guatimala. In entering the Boqueron Passage, which is tit
much frequented by merchant vessels, she ran on shore on the Ca-
motal Bank, where she remained three days, and was get off by
great exertions, after taking out some of the cargo. It is supposed
she has not sustained much damage, as she makes but little water.
The United States, American frigate, and the Diligente, French.
corvette, rendered the Inca every assistance, in the absence 01
British ships of war.

CUSTOM HOUSE, Auo. 23.
SHIPS ENTERED IN WARD.—The Fortuna., Madam, from
Sundswall; i7etdwell, Holderness, from Standgme Cretk ; Hayti,
Stephemon, from Rotterdam ; Good Intent, Fox, and Latina,
Bromley, from lianiburgh ; liarriot, Page, from Ostend ; Thames,
A therden, tram Rotterdam; Milford, Taylor, from Mogadore;
Fame, Barfield, from Harlingen ; Vroew Frauds% Jammu. Om
AVeender ; A'rouw Gesina, Vander Worwle, from Groningen ;
Helene, Aadea, from Emden; Twee Gabroeders, Orerzee, from
Worcum; and Thalia, Cogirlen, from St. Kitts.
ENTERED OUTWARD.—The New Minerva, Mennuirtlfwavi
for Pernambuco; Lusitania, 'Puke, for Sierra Leene: Arundel.
Foord, for Jamaica; Hylton Joliffe, Moak, for Hand.urgh ;
Dews, Faillant, for Calais; Integrity, Johnston, for St. Kitts;
Melville ‘Frewan. Purdy, and Briton, Foster, for Jamaica ;
eta Amelia, Kohler, for Stettin; Amethyst, Thompson, for
Quebec anti Montreal: Inclination, Oration, for Bremen; Royal
George, Vittery, f.ir Dublin.
CLEARED OUTWARD6.—The Jong Johanna, Liar, for Ostend,
Bruges, and Ghent ; Lisbon Packet, Prowse, fur Newfoundland :
Caledonia. Wrightson, for Trieste and Venice; Henry and Sand:.
Wart, for Malta, Corfu, Cephalcni 1, and %ante ; Mars, 81ak...
for Rotterdam ; Prince Frederick, Hart, for Rotterdam ; Derma.. ch,
Bishop, for Malaga; lila, Pasamore, for North America and
Jamaica; Judith, Dunkerly, tor Archangel; Unity, Mare, for
Alalaga ; Mediterranean, Dare, for Bordeaux; Barbedoea Packet.
Lewes, for Cadiz ; Sir William Wallace, Brown, for the Cape of
Good Hope and Mauritius; Sirene, Hambre, foe Rio Janeiro
Portland, Just, for Jamaica ; Ganges, Boulby, for Genoa cute
Leghorn ; Fame, Hatfield, for Ilsniburgh; Elizabeth, Thompson,
for Rio Janeiro London, Gibbs, for Rotterdam ; John, Leettan:,
for the Baltic; Isabella, Aers, for Jamaica ; and Susanna Ann.
Ferguson, for the South Whale Fishery.
CLEARED OUTWARD TO IRELAND.—The Favourite, fflk,
for Dublin ; and Ranger, Savage, far Belfast.

A new night coach, called the Moon, started for tiv
first time last Tuesday afternoon, from the Norfolk Hotel.
for London. From the number of passengers, inside and
out, it might he called the Full Moon. Whilst it stoppcd
for a few minutes in the Market-place, the guard Flayed
lively tune on the bugle-horn—he was dressed in scarlet;
altogether it is a smart set-out. It goes three times a week.
Since writing the above, we find ti.at the Moon has sud-
denly undergone a supernatural change, and that she is 1.0
longer the " Queen of the Night," but the Monarch of en;
o This change of appellation it may be presumed has
beenehlg
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