The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-13 00:00:00

MAIL COACHES.

We consider it our duty to state, that the
Guard of the Mail Coach this day used every
possible exertion to get forward with six horses
from Brough, but finding from the depth of
the snow it was impossible to proceed, was
obliged to leave it half a mile from this place,
and proposed carrying it forward upon horseback ;
but from the Snowstorm continuing with great
severity, and the road in many plas,s, not to be
discerned, being covered with seven or eight teet
of snow, together with being informed by a Post.
boy who brought six horses to our assistance from
Greta.bridge, that in day-light he could hardly
find his way, we advised the Guard not to pro-
ceed, as it must be at imminent danger of the toss
of his life and the Mail, and that we should repre.
sent the circumstance,

Signed by the Three Passengers.

The Direetors of the East India Company, with
their accustomed liberality, have ordered an allow- -
ance to the Captains of the several ships outward-
bound, and detained at Portsmouth, in order that
they may provide a table for the Company's Cadets,
who have hitherto too often suffered, not only in
their poCkets, but morals, from being
left at the
mercy of the inns of that place.
The beautiful piece of .Roman pavement, lately
discovered opposite to the East India House, has
been taken up in so pitied a state, by the means
of plaister
•Parisr a.tder the direaion of Mr.
HoLLArao, that it will form a principal ornament ,
to the flooring of the Company's Museum, where
it is intended to be laid down in frame work.
A singular forgery has lately been committed in
Dublin. A letter was written to the Lord Lieute-
nant, in the name of ,a Nobleman, requesting an
employment for a person named in it, which on be..
ing shown to the supposed author, was discovered
to be a forgery, and is the produEtion of a Lady.
By General GRINFIELD'S Will, which was proved
yesterday, his younger brother, a Clergyman at
Bristol, becomes entitled to all the fortune, except-
ing a legacy to the late Mrs. GR INFIELD'S rela.
tions.

Mrs. GLovta, by too strong an exertion of her
voice last night, in performing her part in The
English Fleet, hurt herself so much that she was
obliged to be supported on the Stage.—She is an
excellent comic Adress, and it is a pity to see her
continue to labour through a part that is certainly
not well adapted to her talents.
Among' the ,nfm, regulations which are to take
place in , Drury-Lane Theatre, it is said that con-
siderable retrenchnients are to be made, several per-
sons continuing to derive an income from it who
are incapable of rendering any service to it, or none
at least adequate to what they receive.

Mr. F.AIiEI;ItOTHER, the Aulioneer, sold some
Renters' Shares of Drury-Lane Theatre on Wednes-
day, and on offering them to the Public, he descanted
on the increasing attradion of that Theatre,
arising from the exertions of honest Carlo and
Cinderella, but above all from the promise of Mr.
SHERIDAN Co write again for its support. The
last mentioned circumstance immediately drew forth
aburst of merriment am•mg the audience, but this
sally u 2 ingenuity in the Orator had a good, effett
upon the whole, for the shares went off at a price
much above expedation.

Mrs. MARA, from the Liverpool The,tre, is soon
to aprear at Dtury Land Theatre, as Julia, in The

SOtTriIWARK POLUNTEER INFANTRY.

As some late proceedings of a Dart of this Corps
have given rise to a great deal of conversation, we
shall state the farts that have occurred, and leave
the PubliC to appreciate their conduit.
A few weeks ago, Captain THoursou and Lieu.
tenant BARKER of the 3d Company, for very
valid reasons, resigned their situations in the
Corps, which were accepted by their Commander,
Mr. TIERNET, who almost immediately nominated:
two Gentlemen who were OfF.cers in the same
Corps,' to succeed them. The 3d Company had
nothing to alledge against the Gentlemen proposed,
but objeited to them because they were not of their
own appointment, supposing the choice of their
Officers devolved upon them ; and as a mark of
their disapprobation, they held a meeting on IVICn
day last, and passed several resolutions, Idllich were. "
signed by all the ad Company, expressive of their
objeetion to the Officers nominated by Mt. Ti RNE Y 9
and of his right to appoint them. These resolutions
were the same evening, sent to their Commander.—
The next day Mr. Tr E ItNEY ordered a muster of the
Corps before the Sessions-House in the Borough ;
when being all assembled, he ordered them to form,
a square, except the third Company, which he placed
in the centre of the Corps, and then addressed them.
He reprobated, in the strongest terms, the measures
they had taken, told them they were disgraced for
ever, and that they had been guilty of a gross aft
of mutiny. As for the person whom he considered
at the head of the business, he would represent his
chodu6l to fits MAJESTY.- On the first formation
of. a Cerpse it. was proper that they should choose
their Officers ; after that a:1 the appointments de..
volved on the Commander. Having finished his oh -
_servaitons, he ordered the third Company to pile ,
their iiT.iis, to strip off their .7•:-atitrenierat., and re-
sign them all to a person i.ee: to receive them,
•whicli wits aecordingly done, r_el they were &pi)...
.sited in the Sessihns House, and the Company dis-
missed. It is, here ever, uotrue, that they are en.:
timely disbanded. 1 heecontiue of the rest of the
Corps has not been in the least 41:eeted by whet has
taken place, as they attend every day to drib. i'lii~
occurrence, we understand, will be the cause scare
new regulation for the guidance of Volunteer Corps
in general, as it appears on this sobjeCt, 4
fines, there are points which are not clearly settled.,

The number of Volunteers in the Counties of
Durham, NOrthumberland, Cumberlind, Westruore.
land, and the three Ridings of Yorkshire, according
•to the late Returns, amounts to 7,910. The AX.
riflery, -Troops of the Line and Militia being added
to this, the whole Force in that district is estimated
at 60,009 men.

Signal posts are established-in each parish in Ayr.,
shire, for the men to repair to on the alarm being
given.
Orders were received on Monday sennight, at
Ayr, for the County Cavalry, and the Ayr Rifle
Corps, to hold themselves in immediate readiness
to march. Biscuit was accordingly ordered to be
baked, to supply each man with bread for so many
days. Knapsacks have been ordered for the Rifle
Corps, and the first Regiment of Ayrshire Volun.
teen.
<47 eArnnigke att. Ayr 'arid 24.--vrtvri Yam,
innteers unanimously made an offer for general Ger•
vice, and tq toter on permanent duty when re.
quired.

The fifth battalion of the Royal Army of Reserve,
at present in Ayr Barracks, hale got a route tot
Liverpool, and expert by every post an order to
Mardi.

'We are requested to state, that Mr. KENNAH 10
not an Army Agent, nor ever sold or purchased
a Militia Commission—it was merely to oblige hist
friend that he recommended Stott.

The Battalions of Reserve, attached, to the 5,0
Regiment, consisting, of moo men, and who are at
present quartered in Carlisle, have received orders
to provide themselves immediately with three days'
provisions, and to hold themselves in readiness to
(nrch at a moment's notice; and, in order that they '1
niay be conveyed, with the utmost expedition, to any--
place where their services may he dernanded, the
Mayor has ordered a sufficient number of Carts and ,
other car6ages to be summoned fur thiridrPose,
should oceaston rrquire them.
Saturday foremoon there was a nrinter on the
Calton.hill, near Edit.burgh, of the pioneers','
bourers, &c. who have volunteered (heir services to
break up roads, &c. in case the enemy should make
an attempt on this past of the coast. Not wi:ll..
standing the severity of the weather, upwards of
one thousand men appeared, many of whom had
proper instruments, such as ma ttocks, spades, shovels,
&c. for executing the work they are designed to be
employed in.—After being inspected, they received
one shilling each, and were dismissed. It snowed. ".
heavily the whole time.
no less than TehTbousand Pounds for the Copy., ight,
Mr. Fox, it is confidently said, has been coffered
of " The History of the House of STUART,", which.
it has long been understood that he is employed in
preparing. This offer, according to report, came
from one of the most respectable Booksellers in the
Trade, and was ready to he paid in hard cash.—.
Large and liberal as this offer is, there can be little
doubt that /the name of the Author would recom-
mend the Work so much as to tender it a very pro.'
fitable speculation. We trust that Mr. Fox wilt,
in this work, suffer no party.bias to interfere, but
consider the dignity of an Historian, ,and imparti-
ally state the tads he may detail, .and dispassion-
ately exhibit the characters he may introduce.---
With the abilities and knowledge which he'peSseises,
he maythen fairly look forward, to have his name
placed in the same rank with HUMS,ROBERTSON,
and GIBBON.

A:French Poem in. one of The Moniteurs, repre-
sents Fear, Robbery! and Fraud, .as'the Allies of the
English. The two latter haire long been so noto•-
riously the Allies of France, that it is ridiculous to'
connea them with any other Country. Fear, in-
deed,. has-not accompanied the French attacks lately.
hut then those attacks have been oracle where there.
'Was little chance of resistanee. Bur if Frince should
venture to carry its menaced I.,vaston into effect.,.
*e'iizive no doubt that its old fillies RoBSERY 'anti
FRAu D. will have no room to at. 4, and it will PR)"
to be chiefly undei the influence of FEAti.

ITIER re:

•
WEW-YORK, DEC. TO.
ON the 3oth ult. Mr. MERRY presented 'to the
president of the United States, his Letters of Ceee
dence as His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordi.
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the said States.
We pre informed that the snow in Meadsville
(Penn.) ‘-as 16 inches deep on the loth inst. and it
is thought will probably lay on the ground until
spring.
On Thursday night, the rith ult. snow fell in
Walpole (N. H.) between three and four inches in
depth, on which it had been tolerably running with
sleighs till the zsth.
Capt. STirarsoN, arrived at. Salem from Surinam,:
left there Oa. 14, and informs; that foreigners on
board of American vessele; and Americans without
PrOteCtions, were pressed.by the Dutch Commodore.
He adds, that the English were daily expeded, and
measures of defence were diligently making, but
there were few men to oppose them.
A Letter from France of a recent date, treating
of the meditated Invasion of England speaks of its
success with-the greatest confidence.—England is
Mentioned as the inevitable Colony of France; A
system of Provincial Government is said to be in
preparation, and a Prefed appointed. It is added,
that one of the regulations for this new Govern-
' tient is, that all Englishmen who may be dissatisfied.
With the Colonial Administration, or disaffected to
the Mother Country, are to be transported; to the
United States.
• Ey the Sloop Sally, from St. Domingo, we learn
Catlike prosped of the French in that quarter had
briglitentd. The Troops from Jacquemel, which
was evacuated, had arrived in the City of St. Do-
Mingo, and they expeded to maintain theinselves
there. Several Vessels had arrived with provi-
Sions ; flour was selling at 8 and 9 dollars ; beef,
• pork, and provisions in general, proportionably
cheap,
l'he French Schooner Telegraph, which has been
trtliZing about Charleston -for some time, lately
raptured a Bermudian Sloop, Capt. BOYD, off Sa-
'lannah Bar, and sent her under a Prize-master and
Crew to the West Indies. •
, By the latest information from Guadaloupe,
brought -by the John Vining yesterday, it appears
that theiltekvateers from that Island are very nume-
t °us, ielti.etseii,,#tday sending 'in prizes. Two days
before she sailed, a French Privateer of 16 guns and
460 men, broesbt in an English Guineaman, with
18 guns and` 4j men, which she had captured after
t smart action, in which the Captain of the Guinea-
toart and several of his men were kille4i the Priva.
teen Was 'considerably damaged.

wAsairroTotr, DEC,
arrived at this place. on Friday
Captain Roortasi
last, He has brought the irttp3rtar:t intelligence of
the reitoration of Peace between the United States
and the Emperor of Morocco. During the nego-
ciatioo our -Frigates were moored in
battle array
within 300 yards Of Tangiers, for the purpose of
bartering it down in case Peace had not been made
viva the terms which he had dietated.

'CHARLESTON, NOV. 19.
fThe 'British Schooner Union, late Capt. WEDGE,
rom Honduras, bound to London, whose capture
by the French byte an Schooner *Telegraph was some ,time
nounced, arrived at Nassau {N: P.) on the
4th instant ; the Prize-
master having been mur-
dered and thrown overboard by the French Sailors,
and the vessel given up to the British Prisoners.
The British Frigate 'Boston was seen yesterday to
eie Northward DI the Bar.

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LEXINGTON, DEC. t.
A. Oentletnan who passed through town on Tues.
tray evening-, from Tennessee, states that the two
thousand Militia, who were ordered by Government
to equip and hold theMselves in readiness to march
by the zoth of this month, were attending to orders, and that five hundred had already gone tip head..
quarters.

,NATeHEZ, NOV. 17.
!"The Treaty arrived here this day from Washing-
. It is expetted that the Troops will march
"ra,Port Adams to New-Orleans in ten days.
............. -..-.-....
Ir cill IIY
entlelllllll WllO recently
Switzerland arrived in town
l , arn, that the French Agents
in that County
r-
we le
had industriously propagated
amongst
otes fwere mongst the Swiss, that in England one pound Bank
N selling
pound.' for as, and bread at sod per
©f©fOParliame f the sum of goo,oool. voted in the last Session
tion nt, to the Direetors of Inland Naviga-
in Ireland, 22,641. 54. 6d. have been issued
to the Royal Canal Company, for the completion of
a Canal from Dublin to Coolnahay, in We9Meath,
for the execution Of certain works at Dublin, and
adjoining to the Liffey, and for the reduClion of the
tolls.on that whole nivigarinn ; z 2,8901. 123, lod•
have been issued, upon contraft for improvements
and the recluc'tion of tolls, to the Barrow Naviga-
tion Company. Other stnaller sums have been ex-
peind-ed upon•surveys : and, in general, the progress
71:w anal i
cemprovement is, by the effed of the gt.ant,
exedingly aftive in Ireland.
•Dtrar., Rv.
RAORDI\TARY NARY..—Last week a duel was
fought at IVlanri ' •
L "'ester, between a copper coloured
Trumpeter o, ID
a ''‘ifie Corps,-and a Private in the
Manchester Volunteers. The dispute arose over
their. cups, and the parties,met in an adjacent field
the next morning, without seconds, each having a
case of large horse pistols, and being provided, ac-
cording to agreement, with S rounds of ball par-
tridgest The ground, nine paces, being measured,
they tossed up for the first fire, which was won by
the Private, who, discharging his pistol, grazed the
Trumpeter's left hip, and' made him jump a few
paces out of his, place ; he instantly fired and hit his
antagonist in the hat. The parties then closed to
see that each other loaded fairly. Te Private now
fired a second time and missed ; e
t then exclaimed,
" Stop Jack, there's two to one agairfst you; don't
fire and I'll give nu a bellyful Of ale." This pro-
position was immediately acceded to, and the par-
ties retired in perfed amity ftom the field to the
next adjoining tap.

OLD BAILEY.

%EC Otirs D AT--THURSD AY, JAN. ±••

Ceorge Smith was put to the Bar to be tried on a
charge of Forgery of a Bill of Exchange for tot. gs.
6d. drawn by Coxe and Greenwood on James Ker,
and with the forged acceptance of the said James
Ker,. with intent to defraud the said James Ker.
Another Count in the Indidiment charged the Pri-
soner with uttering the" said Bill of Exchange,
knowing it to be forged, with the like intent.—
Another for forging and uttering, &c. with intent
to defraud a person of the name of Riekerby.
Mr. Ker, the Prosecutor of this Inditiment, ap-
peared when called, and stated, that he had been
attending here' yesterday,' exiled-ling 'this trial to
come on : that he went over the way:to a public.
house, with some friends; to get some'refreshment :
that he -then had in his pocket a book, containing,
among other papers,• the' Bill of Excha'nge'tidlich
was the foundation of this Indidiment : that he soon
afterwards missed his pocket-book, and on his go-
ing home in the evening, he found his pOcket,book
hacl been returned to his wife, containing every
thing that was in 'it before he lost- it, except the
Bill of Exchange in question. He said he knew the
young man who had returned the pocket-bodk,.
thaving been acquainted with him in Ireland.
The CHIEF BARON asked the Prosecutor, how it
happened that he had been so remiss as not to look
after this young man, and endeavour to find him?
The Prosecutor said he did not know his lodg

The Ca rEF BARON said, that 23 the Bill of Ex-
change on which the perjury was assigned, was not
produced, the Prisoner must, in point of La',, be
acquitted; but, his Lordship added to the Prose-
cutor, that he had done a great injury to the Pub..
lie, by defeating the ends of public justice,. lie
said; that this transaaion had very, much. the ap.
pe.•rance of a collusion.
The Prisoner was then acquitted.

. . .
Thomas Sm;tb was brought to ,the Bar and ar-
raigned on a charge of Bigamy, but no Witness ap-
peared again,st,hirn but his first wife); There were,
indeed, two Certificates of two different Marriages
by ihe Prisoner, but there was nobody
,4o,,prove
that these Certiffcates had been coMpared.with the
original Registers of the.se Mariia'ie, and iherefore
the Prisoner was acquitted; arid, dts4harged. •
•

Margaret Carall was charged With the capital of-
fence of feloniously stealing a pockmbook,sontain-
ing one rol. note, two SJ. notes, ,three 21. and five
ri. notes, all of the'Bank of England, the property,
of William Davis, in the dwelling house of Robeft.
Horford.

The circumstances of this case were briefly, as
follow :—The Prosecutor it appeared is one of the
shopmen of Nrr.-Hortoril,. jeweller,, No. 71, Qx-
ford-street. Tilt Prisoner had lived,somerhpe as
servant in the family ; die pocket-boOk, containing
the notes laid in the Indidtnent, was kept in a box
of the Prosecutor's, which -was deposited' in a part
of the house to which the Prisoner had access. He
missed it on the evening of the t7th of December,
which was three or four days after the Prisoner had
quitted the service of Mr. Horford. He imagined
he might hai c loct the. key-through a halt: iii doe of
his , pockets ; however, suspicion attaching upon,
the Prisoner, she was sought after and apprehended
at the Hole in the Wall public-house, or in that neigh.!
bourhood. The pocket-book with the notes there-
in was found in her, possession, on which she fell
on her knees and begged fur forgiveness,
The property being produced, the Prosecutor
identified the pocket-book without hesitation. -

The Prisoner offered no defence, and the Learned
Judge who tried the case (LAwitesc c) observed to
the Jury, that if they were of opinion the girl
took the pocket hook out of the box, there could
be no doubt upon the case, as thenotes'amounted td"
'a far greater sum than was necessarily required to
bring it under the law.

After a short conference the Jury pronounced a
general verdia of—Guilty--Death."
• The Prisoner is a very well:looking girl) and
stated helr age to be /9.

loseph Pocock was capitally Aaligecil,...'with the
E.Olience of highway robbery, in feloniously snaking
an assault upon Edward Gedges, the younger, upon
the 7th of January instant, putting him in fear,
and forcibly taking fro his person a pair of hoots,
value' los. the property of Edward Gedges, the
elder.

By the evidence, the principal of which was a
hoy'of eight years old, son to the Prosecutor, and
who appeared duly to ,understand the nature of an
oath, it appeared he was. bringing home his fathers
boots, after being repaired, in a basket ; it was .of
an afternoon ; he was met by the Prisoner and an:
other person in irinsbury.square ; they made up to
him, and the Prisoner, without saying a word at
the time, snatched the basket out of his hand. He
immediately cried out, and the Prisoner was caught
.after he had ran a very short way, with one of the
boots in his hand, which he attempted to throw over
the rails of the Square. On the cross-examination
of the little Gentleman by the Prisoner's. Counsel,
it transpired that tie had observed the Prisoner
.and
his companion a little before the basket was taken
from him ; that they walked along side of him a
little way, and that the Prisoner asked him to
him carry the basket for him ; but he was certain
it was the Prisoner who snatched the basket from
him..

One or two Witnesses proved that the Prisoner
was taken in Finsbury-squhre with a boot in his
po%ession, and which he had attempted; `just as he
was laid hold of, to chuck over the tailing of the
Square, and that his companion, by running quicker
and a different way, had got off. -
The Prisoner left his defence to hi:. Counsel..
Several Witnesses appeared to his chuader—he is
by trade a shoemaker.
Mr. Justice RooKE said, that to constitute the
offence laid in the indiEtment, there must be either
a taking by force or violence, or a putting in fear ;.
none of which appeared in the present case by the
evidence ; the offence was therefore reduced to a

larceny, and a t erdia to that import WdS accord-
ingly pronounced.
The Prisoner is, vety -low in stature, nearly as
diminutive as the child from whom lie took the pro-
perty) and is greatly deformed.

Mary Warmer was indided for feloniously steal-
ing, •on the 27th .of December, one seven shilling
piece, and six shillings, and six-pentt in silver; from
the. person of Juhn Gallie, his property. -
It- appeared that the Prosecutor, a journeyman
shoemaker, fell in with the Prisoner, ,a Nymph of
the Pavement, who happened to be unhoused at that
time, between -two and three o'clOck in the Morn.
ing of the day above mentioned ; he had been drink_
ing in company nearly ,to that hour, but was not
much intoxicated, being, in the language of one
of the Witnesses, only about " 'half gooe." He
met her near Fleet-market, .and after some convert
sation, it was agreed thsey,sliould repair to the
White Horse, an open hoUSe which she recoil),
mended; near Clare-market. When they Were
there, in one of the boxes in the tap-room, the Pro-
secutor called out and ordered a pint of purl ; while
he was thus employed, his companion slipped her
hand:into his pocket and took out the money laid
in the indiament ; he felt her hand in Ilia pocket :
he took no notice of it to her at the moment, but
shortly after she was feeling for his watch, on which
he said, " You have taken my money, and now
you want my watch; I'd charge you with the first
watchman I see." - He accordingly did so. On
being searched, the money was found upon her.
And such supplementary evidence was adduced, as
determitied the Jury to find the Prisoner—Guiby.

George Smith wls brought to the Bar a second
time, and arraigned upon a-charge of forging, &e-
a certain order for the payment of money, purport-
ing -to be a bill of exchange accepted bye. Messrs.
Greenwood and Co. Army. Agents, for the sum of
81. r gs. with intent to defraud, &c.
Mr. J. Pike, a ;shoemaker inli•leet-street, came
forward and statrd, ''''tivat the Prisoner came and
tendered him the.ofd-er described in the iodiament;
it was for 81. t ss. ,And drawn on Messrs. Preen.
wood anti Co. Fle_prerended to-be a-Lieutenant in
• the r3th Regiment,
,and, said it was fur a month's
pay.

In this part of the case, the-Court deeming it
necessary to recur to- the-evidence of a person of
the name of Rickerby ; accordingly, William Rick_
erby was called by.the OfEL-err., and afterwards for-
mally cited'upon his recognizance.'
• Mi.lti,coßDEßobserved, that, Rickerby was a
most esentiit Wilnegs; as he was the person to
prove the instrument a forgery ; his absence was,
therefore, fatal to the present prosecution, and the
business standing in that manner, the Jury would
have, however-greatly the circumstance, was. to be
regretted, to acquit the Prisoner in the present in-
.,
stance.

The RECORD-ER gave very particular clireEtions
to the SherilT3 to see•that Rickerby's recngnizances.
were.estremed, arid Mr. Sheriff LI/ owroN, after'
adverting-to the circumstance which occurred in the
earl7•partof 111 e day, expressed his opinion that
the Prisoner.ought to be detained.
Ohe of the Officers; of the Court took the oppor-.
tunity to acquaint the Bench of a conviction of the
Prisonr, 4which he . stated, took
,place, some time
since, th consequence of which it was allowed that
he-6ould.transliVit himself, and that the Prisoner
WilS at large before the expiration of the pertiod for
which he was to, be trans ported. He conceived the
Pris'oner could be, inditted,

The itECORDER simply, observed, the Grand
July were still sitting.' The Court gave directions
that the Priboner should he detained.

• CUR IbtrsCtactTsasTANcE.--A few nights since,
a Medical Gentleman returning from the Theatre,
and' seeing.a'crowd about Saint Martin's Watch.
house, ventured to• see what was passing there-
in ; •he found . tfiat some Gentlemen, who had
been sacrificing to. Bacchus, had got into a 'row ;
he recognized. among them the face of an old
friend, whom he had not seen for some years -; the
latter requested his' card, 'which the Medical Gen-
tleinan gaVe him from his Pocketbook. This
Pocket=book. Contained Bank Noteg'to the amount of
fool. which he had been so incautious is to take to
the Theatre with him. -left the Watch house,
and two iron who were therein followed him.. He
had scarcely left the steps ,ere he felt something
touch his hand, and looking round discovered a large
Newfoundland .dog, which immediately leaped on
him, and kept following him. When they reached
Grosvenor-square (the ''Gentleman resides in Park_
lane), the two men attacked him, and seized him
by the Collar, demanding his book. The dog in-
stantly flew at them both, one of whom he severely
bit in the leg, and they both Made their escape.—
The faithful guardian attended the Gentleman to the
door of his 'house, and waited until the servant
opened it. The Gentleman endeavoured to coax the
animalin, but without avail; he refused all their
intreaties to enter, and they were compelled to shut
the door. On opening it in a few minutes, they
found he,had taker► his departure.
On Sunday se'nnight an incident occurred in the
river Wear, near Lumley castle, of an extraordi-
nary instance 9f the sagacity of a Newfoundland
dog. The Chester-le-street
.volunteers were cross-
ing the river to exercise at Lumley, when a dog was
observed struggling with the current, apparently
following them. The dog being near the edge of
a dam, from the rapidity of the current and the ex-
tent of the fall, the little animal would inevitably
have been drowned, but for a Newfoundland dog
hard by, which immediately plunged in without
being ordered, and brought it to'land by the collar.
- Another occurrence, full as exttaordinaty, lately
took place in that neighbourhood; in a pointer be-
longing to Captain Coottn, of Chester. Being on
a shooting party, a single bird got up while the
dog was at a distance, and on being fired at was
brought to the ground. The dog immediately per.
ceiving the circumstance, came :as usual to bring
the prey to his master, but on his road discovered,
a covey, at which he pointed, although he had the
bird still alive in his mouth. On the covey being
sprung, a second was brought down, when he brought
both birds safe to his master,