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London, England, 1820-02-12 00:00:00

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The following is an extract from The Dr&lilt
Eveniag Past :
The following letter was sent to tis ye;ter-
day. We tin st anxiously hope dist the intelligence
which it conveys will he found correct. As there
can be no possible motive in misleading the public
or ourselves in r matter of such deep interest, we
entertain little dnuht as to the authenticity of the
statement. Mr. APTarisli, as Mr. MiDoisgsld ob-
serves, is one of the most considerable merchants in
Montreal. Ilis name appears very frequently in
the Parliamentary Papers, concerning Lord Sel-
kirk's settlement in the Red [tire,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE D. E. POST.
" Delmont-sired, Febrssey MOSUL
Stn—Having, this sis”iinst, received the roliownie ia.
terming hit:enemies flea Mr. Juke lll•Tarisli, of Mon-
treal, and eat maim say neticeof is the !Meet Leedee
Papers, I bass to regoset yes wilt give it • place is Ivor
paper. Mr. IPTarish is nee of the principal hiercionla of
Montreal, and wee ef tie Needs West Company. I swig yew,
ward for steed. Ilse advert free, his letter, wid ems.enedsay
meat ow my part, and ram& year won diettirat 'trysail,
"JAMES SPDOUGALD."

" ' Illeistreek December 27,1219.
" ' A Illemeoger arrived from the bedlam Cauvery, about
an hour ago, with the pleasiiig intelligence that the North-
West Paseage bed beta found by the ships seat eat haw
England lasi summer. They made their pareage goad
through ewe of the Sewn& la 11416's Bay, sail had
reached the mewl, stow Copperusieeillieee. where the vim-
eels were secured fur the wirier, mot Mr. Hoffer, or Hoff-
am, muscat to and gut say of the Agents .f our Company,
to whom he was to deliver the dispairh, sad diem relived le
his ship. The (Wraith was delivered le Mr. Grant, who
seat it ors bninediaiely S. this place; and it is just settiog
off for Quebec to the Acting Governor. The poet is selling
off fur New Tort, nod I have only these to say, that I hope
this may reach you men. All further particulars you will
new bear; but ail that I ha►e sold you is all that l have
myself beard.

"'JOHN IPTARISH'."

With respect to the name of Hoffer or !Inflow',
mentioued in the extract from Mr. 11141'arish's
ter, it affords us a strong corroboration of the pro.
[Nobility of the intelligence. In looking over an
account of Camillo Ross's voyage, for the mimes
of the officers on beard tl►e expedition. we could
not, it is true, find the name of Hoffer. or Maier ;
but, in Lieutenant, now Captain Parry's ship, the
Alezenetkr, we And the name of Lieutenant H. P.
Hoppuer, the son, we believe. of the celtbrated
painter of that name. Though we cannot Mate,
from our own keiuo ledge, that Mr. Hummer went
out again with Captain Parry. yet it is most pro.
l►able lie accompanied that Officer in his voyage.
Coppermine River ens visited by Mr. Hearne about
the year 1771, as nearly as we recollect. for we have
not his book 'sear us, ►n the viciniry of which he
states he saw the sea. But by some strange fata-
lity, Hearne did not proceed to the coast, and, we
believe, took no observation; a doubt, therefore,
has been thrown on his account.

We wait with the utmost anxiety. in anxiety
which the public will Assn with us, for further ac-
counts.

AXTRAONDINANY ATTACK.

The following reminds us of the extraordinary
attack made by the lioness on the leaden in the
Salisbury mail coach, a few years ego:—
The Portsmouth snail-coiteh, ow ins way to Lon-
don, oil Thursday night, when it came by the side
of the Devil's Punch Bowl, between Petersfield
and Mousehill, had its leaders suddenly seized by
three bull dogs belonging to two men with a fish.
cart. The leaders, by their violent struggles,
broke their harness, and disengaged themselves
fron► the conch, one of them fell over the bank,
and the ferocious dogs with him. One of the
men succeeded in getting the horse op. The
horses are 'both very much injured ; one of them
so much that it is linseed he cannot recover ; and
the harness is broken all to pieces. The guard
was obliged to drive the coach, with a pair only,
to Mourehill, and the coachman to walk with the
injured leaders. Whoever has travelled this road,
and knows the place called the Devil's Punch Bowl,
which is by all travellers thought a great natural
curiosity, must consider the passengers and the
roach to have had • most providential escape. It
was • fortunate circumstances that the horses had,
by the violence of their struggles, cleared them.
*dyes of their harness; as the coach must other-
wise bare inevitably been precipitated by au
almost perpendicular descent into an immense
depth. It is surprising that this place, so near
the road side, which has for years been at once the
admiration and terror of traveller., has yever been
fenced by • wall, and it is seriously to be wished
that those whose duty it is will not suffer it to re-
main longer than is absolutely necessary in this
dangerous state.

EXTRACT FROM AN INIPRUCI PAPER OF TUE VOW

ON JANUARY.

Letters from Italy give us the following intel-
ligence
4. The Princess of WALE' is expected at Rome.
Her Royal Highness will arrive by sea at Civita
Vecchia. She will pass some lime at lame. and
will thence proceed to Pesaro. where she will again
establish her residence."

Since his MAJNere has been recovering from his
(ate severe illness, his Physicians have prescribed
the free use of asses milk, sod it has produced-the
moat beneficial effects: its restorative qualities faci-
litating the progress of his recovery very materially.
(Evening Paper.,
The friends of Alderman Come. the Leap
M•TO11, and Aldermen WOOD, have commenced
a CIIIIVIOII for the City of London, with every prow.
pect of success.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
Elm India House, when Captain N. Tuptine was
sworn into the command of the ship Princeu
Ainelia, consigned to China &reit.
.The topic of conversation yesterday was the sod-
dew disappearance of a man of fashion, who has long
taken the trail in the gay haunts at the west end of
the town. He held high rank in the army. stud is
so accomplished scholar. Au unhappy predilection
for play is the cause assigned for his abrupt depar-
ture. Some of his friends ore said to be under tic.
ceptences for a very ceuraderable sear. All the
tradespeople ate jell tutpeid; sod were then site
hotel-keeper beg reason to bewail his Ice.. The Is.
L. •

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To row ZDITOtt UP I'll at loirl3TT PAISS.
SIR—I noticed the remark of ■ Corm/vendee* in goer
Paper of Thera*); last, respeethig the omission of the
Queen's name a ibe prayer Ns the Hogsl Families, Suede)
last ; the like occurrence took place at ht. Anne's church,
where I happened to be. I should like to lor ibformed the
rearm for such a strange onoissioe.
Your obedient Servos., H.
Fuer-street, Strand, Feb 11, 10311.

RXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.

Ahost three week■ ago the wife of Mr. Chandler, a re-
rprirtabte licensed virtilalli r, who keeps the sign of the
White Hart, at Rattle Bridge, and who was labouring soder
a dropsical complaint, died (tei all appearance) rather sod-
denly. Her death was announced he some of the Morriss
Papers, and every memory arrangement mak for her ia-
tueneet. The gate leading isle the house, and the win-
dows, as usual oa such melancholy oreasius, were partly
clued up, sad have remained so ever glace; the preparations
for the funeral are however discoatineed, mid she still lies iu
her bed in the room in which she reported to MVP died.—
All round the neighboarhood it is cosidantly reported that
she is not dead, hut in a truce; that she has been visited by
some imminent physicians and eurgeoas, who have bled her,
and that the blood Rowed very freely ; that there is a per-
ceptible warmth •bent her heart, and under her arm pits,
which indicate that life is not maim, ; that every seem
have hem need to restore her, but without effect; and that
she is ordered to be kept is her bed whilst those appearances
continue. It i• melancholy to adds that when the report o
Mrs. Chandler's disuoint' her sister, she woo lout-f
audiately takes ill, and expired deed, after.