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London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

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iNCE/DIARISM Stiss'EX.
BRIGHTON, t'ZITNDA een ten and eleven o'nlac
kst night a light was observed in the north, ehich vv,sl.
es-id, tidy the reflection from a large fire in the neiri
booi hood, and half an hour afterwards n,-ws arrived tag
a barn on Mr. Gorringe's firm at Withdean, two wile/
and a half fr,nn Brighton, was on fire.
On inq,,iry at the farm, this afternoon, we learn tbit
the fire was seen by several persons about the same ii.,03e1
when intelligence was immediately conveyed to 0
Gnrringe. The villagers turned out, and Every Willi
seemed to exert himself to the utmost to quell the flani,e*
which in a few minutes had completely enveloped if
barn, the roof of which immediately fell in with antis'
Owing to the extreme drought of the summer, lit!
water could be obtained, and the only thing to be di°T,
was to endeavour to save the corn in the barn, and
prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining fa,rls,
buildings. The latter object was accomplished, hut t°'
former almost entirely failed, not more than about °
waggon load of wheat-sheaves being saved, and the,°:
are so much scorched as to be nearly worthless. The
fire made rapid progress, and nothing is now left of
barn but the stone walls. The whole of the contents °
the barn are now (six o'clock P.M.) a mass of smoulder
ing fire. The farm belongs to the wife of Captain Ogg,
son of Sir Charles Ogle, who had insured the premise,/
in the Phoenix ; the farming stock of the tenant wassif
insured inthe County Fire-office. The damage is tea.
mated at 5004

We regret to add that no doubt exists that the 614
was the work of an incendiary. Mr. Gorringe's
reaching the barn, discovered the flames througt
a gap in the door, where one of the planks of %hie,
it was composed had been] wrenched off. A yen
man, named Lidbetter, a wheelwright in the village,
son of the bailiff of Mr. W. Stanford, in the adjoiaisp
village of Preston, was one of the first to carry the intel.
ligence to Mr. Gorringe ; and he stated, that havil
gone out of the road to get under some trees for shelter
from a storm, two men passed him in a direction from
the barn to the high road at the moment he discove..
the fire ; and that on seeing him they threatened DP."
with pistols, if he dared to follow them. It aPPearh
however, that there are no trees capable of affordhloi
shelter at the spot in question ; arid the strangeness
bis story, the improbability of two men who had fired
building going from it towards a frequented road, Whells
the downs in the opposite direction afforded an tale
certain means of escaping detection, together with t
circumstance of his passing several,cottages which stall,
next the fire, to give the alarm at those more dists°:
combined to raise a suspicion to his disadvantage. Tie
of the East Sussex constabulary arriving during
progress of the fire, Mr. Gorringe d'sired Lidbettet
repeat his statement to them ; and tai his doing so, thei
took him into custody, and conveyed him' to Brighteth
where ne is now locked up, awaiting an examination be
fore the magistrates.
Mr. Gorringe invited all the ;men who had render
assistance at the fire to dine at his house to-day ;
after dinner explained to them, that if any one had fire
the barn out of malice towards him or the owner, be bi
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entirely failed in his object, inasmuch as the whole
the property was insured.

A BATTLE WITH RATTLESNAKES.—RattIesoII
are proverbially abundant upon all these prairies;
as there is seldom to be found either stick or stone
which to kill them, one hears almost a constant poPrhe
of rifles or pistols, among the vanguard, to clear t'j
route of these disagreeable occupants, lest they sh°ll
bite our animals. As we were toiling up through ,0
sandy hillocks which border the southern banks •
the Arkansas, the day being excessively warm,
came upon a perfect den of these reptiles. I Pi
not say thousands—though this, perhaps, was neat,
the truth—but hundreds, at least, where coiled or crap,
ing in every direction. They were no sooner u!,,
covered than we were upon them with guns and Ptio
tols, determined to let none of them escape. 10_,,aj
midst of this amusing scramble among the snakes,
mustang colt, which had, somehow or other become ro(
parated from its dam, came bolting among our releild
loose stock, to add to the confusion. One of our
evidently impressed with the impertinence of the
truder, sprang forward and attacked it, with the stiff'
rent intention of executing summary chastisement ; s".O
another mule, with more benignity of temper than lt o
irascible compeer, engaged most lustily in defence a
the unfortunate little mustang. As the contest /1;
carried on among the waggons, the teamsters eqt)
became very uproarious, so that the whole, WI
the snake fracas, made up a capital scene of e°".,
ir
fusion. When the mule skirmish would have endeu'i,
no one had interfered, is a question which remained 5.
determined ; for some of our company, in view of
consequences that might result from the contest, re Poo
inhumanly took sides with the assailing mule ; and $°
after they entered the lists, a rifle ball relieved the _,4
colt from its earthly embarrassments and the comPl3#
from further domestic disturbance. Peace once more reei
stored, we soon got under weigh, and that evening pit
our camp opposite the celebrated " Cache,"—e
where some of the earliest adventurers had been c°";
pelted to conceal their merchandise.--Journal of a Sao
Fe Trader.
THE CHILDREN OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY: ',J
will be seen from what I have said that nothing e°ll,
be more extreme than the poverty of the Irish peasent 4l
And yet, notwithstanding all the hardships throe
which they have to pass on their journey through
I never saw a set of finer-looking children than thy,
you meet with in the poorer districts of the country
They far surpass, in the comeliness of their little cog%
tenances, the children of this country. I saw hundrseitY
of them whom, from the regularity of their features
the symmetry of their forms, I thought perfect pictula
It is true, that as they advance in years, they lose
singular beauty which characterises them in earlylire;
but this is solely to be ascribed to their hard destiflr
which compels them to be constantly employed in th;
hardest outdoor labour without half the requisite smolt
of food. It is only surprising that the Irish peasentrl,
can exist at all on their limited supplies of food, conside
ing the great amount of labour they have to go throogb,
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Englishmen would perish in masses were they compes
to perform, for one short month, the same amount of
work, without more than one or two scanty meals a 01;
and those meals consisting solely of potatoes.—lmpre,
sons of Ireland and the Irish, by the Author of "Bandy'
Recollections."

REMOVAL OF BODIES IN THE TOWER.—During: t. 1120
last few days, much interest has been manifested in r
Tower, in consequence of the exhumation of the bocho
interred in the burial-ground attached to the church :I
St. Peter in Vincula, opposite the White Tower, in tho
fortress, the ground being required for the capaciousivid
barracks, which are to be erected on its site, and that (
the grand storehouse. A few days since the Bishop f,
London attended and consecrated a large vault to "he
westward of the church, which has been made for 141.0
purpose of receiving the dead removed from wo
yard. Most of the bodies have, however, be%
taken away by the relatives, and re-interred
different parts of the country, in their several falDtle
vaults. The Board of Ordnance has directed t",
ground to be completely cleared by the 14th install"
and those remains which have not been removed by ti:e
relatives up to that day will be disinterred and placed t¢
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the vault. Those who were laid in the ground WV,
principally persons who had held civil situations in it(
fortress. The barracks are to be built somewhat e'lli
the style of the Wellington Barracks, in St. James
Park, and when completed the garrison will afford an3P!t
accommodation for a whole regiment.
THE BIRMINGHAM TRADE.--WE are much plea
to state that our manufacturers generally are fully °11;
ployed—several of them, to our knowledge, have WI
months' orders in hand. We are also gratified to sti
that two eminent firms have, within the last fortnight"
voluntarily advanced the wages of their workpeopl°„
one employing upwards of one hundred pair of hal'
—Birmingham Advertiser.
PEMBROKE DOCK.—Mr. Brunel has visited frobq
Point, on the subject of the Milford branch of the Son;
Wales Railway. The share-list in Pembrokeshire ~/
steadily progressing. The result of the deliberations ,
the Committee on fortifying the Naval Arsenal at Pei,
broke has not been made public. It is rumoured, b°;o
ever, that an additional battery is to be constructed
some of the adjacent heights.—Carnarron Herald.
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PRODIGIOUS POTATOES.—Mr. Worthington, farm'
hli kin, has dug up several remarkably large potatoes
to,
varying in weight from 4klbs. to slbs. each.—Pres-
Guardian.

BIRTHS.
On the 4th inst., at Roehampton, the lady of D. B. chsr
man, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Walthara-cross, Herts, the lady 0-
f
Jearrad, Esq., of a son.
rd
On the 7th inst., at Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane,
Edward Thompson, of a daughter.
On the 7tk inst., at Hanover-terrace, Peckham, the Did/
of A. Johnson, Esql of a daughter. TO,
On the 7th inet., at Thornton Watlass, the wife of the --
Reginald Courtenay, of a son.
lids
On the Bth inst., in Dorset- place, Dorset-square, the --
il
of J. T. Blunt, Esq., of a son, still-born.

MARRIED.
On the 30th ult., William Daniell, Esq., surgeon, NeYg;
to Emma, youngest daughter of T. L. Tiffin, Esq., or 9
cottage, Great Cornard, Suffolk. tO
On the 7th inst., at Bow Church, Henry Walker, Estik'd
Harriet Susan, only daughter of John Burnet, Esq., of
mont House, Kensington
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On the 7th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, o".b.
Jenner, of Reading, to Elizabeth Lewis, the youngest &of;
ter of the late William Fynmore, of Craven-street, Strand' e,
On the 7th inst., at Cheveley, John Fairlie, Esq., of Ch_no
►
ley-Park, to Mary, eldest daughter of William Parr Isaac.'"
Esq., of Newmarket.
,Irest
On the 7th inst., at the Independent Meeting-house
Yarmouth, the Rev. George Moir, Minister of the Free Chtl'"
sbelleit
at New Maehar, to Ellen, daughter of the late John
Esq., of Great Yarmouth.
On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, Dublin Jolliffe
Esq., 3d Dragoon Guards, to Henrietta, relict of the lara '—
Fannin, Esq., of Dublin.
Frederic':
On the 7th inst., at Highworth, Wilts, George
Crowdy, Esq., of Faringdon, Berks, to Maria Kate, Pun°
daughter of James Crowdy, Esq., of the former place.

DIED. T iidBo
On the 31st ult., in Brunswick square, Brighton, .4
Blackledge Brackenbury, Esq., of Manchester.
On the 3d inst., at Hackney, Mr. H. Parry, aged 64. v.
On the sth inst., Elizabeth, second daughter of the Be
J. Greenwood, D.D., Rector of Colne Engaine, Essex.
On the 7th inst., at Stroud-green, Hornsey, Middlesex, "
Pattinson, Esq.
On the 7th inst., John Clarke,Esq., surgeon, of Dean-
Southwark, aged 43.
Blol3'
On the 7th inst., Anne, the wife of John Ilderton
Esq., aged 70.
On the 7th inst., at Bedford, John H. Gow, Esq. J.
In York street, Portman- square, James, the son of Mr.
Banks, aged 33. street,

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London: Printed and Published by MURDO 1.0131111 Q
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sax Office, -0°•,.,
Strand, in the Precioet of the Savoy, iti the Cowlig
Middlesex, Monday, Noveng or 11, 1844.