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London, England, 1808-01-05 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. -

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A heavy gle...cerste. on at this place on.liscedny-afel
ternoon, and frOrn six to eleven in the evening it hlew•
tremendously hard. .About seven o'clock,. the .piles
which form,the ..east end of the Coffer-dam, at the
entrance of the New Dock, were discovered to have
given way, owing to .the violence of .the wind and
tide. Fears were entertained for the safety bf the
works. A number of workmen were collected, but
it being nearly high water, the waves broke so furi-
ously over the tops of the piles, that it was almost
impossible to approach the place where their assist-
ance was most wanted. By the great exertions of the
engineers, and the rest of the people employed, seve-
ral supports were fixed during the night, between the
walls of the bason and the inside of the piles ; and
the works were thus effectually secured before the
morning tide. Other precautions have since been
adopted, against the danger with which they were
threatened. In the same evening, the piling on the
fbreshore of *the Humber, on the ground belonging
to Messrs. ENGLISH, EARLE, and Co. on the west-
side of the Dock, and a large quantity of earth which
had been thrown up for the purpose of making a
road, were carried away. About forty yards of a very
thick brick embankment, in front of Mr. Anrilomy
ArKiNsoN's premises, a little distance from this town,
was thrown quite down. The lead covering of St.
John's Church,. about thirty feet long, and twelve or
thirteen broad, was also stripped off, and carried into
the yard of the Waterworks. Part of the roof of a
malt-kiln in Trinity-house-lane, was also blrown
down..

TORBAY,] ANCARYi. •
Yesterday evening the wind got round from S. to
E. and blew very hard, and about ten the Ville
'at-is, Royal George, Saint George, Dreadaught,
remetatre, Tonnant, Neptune, Saturn, Lavinia, ank
4imtva, got under weigh, and proceeded to the*
restward. This morning the wind got round again
o the westward, when the Royal George, Saint
korge, Dreadnought, Tonnant,
and
geptune returned again, and are now in Torbay. The
Vile de Paris is gone to Plymouth,. and the sawn.
a cruia.

PORTSMOUTH. JANVARY
Arrived the Peirsons, Ro&0N, and the Cove, Roa-
m two of the fleet which sailed Prom hence on the
18th ultimo, for the West Indies, having parted the
onyoy on the 31st, in a gale ; the George Hibberts,.
vtain HEAD, one of the same convoy, had lost her
itoeisprit, but had got a jury one oat. Arrived also;
he Tiber, SIMPSON ; Apollo, CHAPMAN' ; and the
kph Nicholson, FINDLAY, (transports) having se-
from the Expedition under command of Sir

.i.rsCOTTO ; also, the Pallas, RicustoNn, from
lon's. His Majesty's 'ship Contest has re-ciP--
hrotight into this port the Portuguese ship
from the Brazils. Sailed his Majesty's Ship
Eury'alus to the westward. WindS.W.
DOVER, JANUARY 4.
Sailed this day four sail of the Danish prize ships
London, to be sold. Came in the French privateer
-.captured by the Lion. Passed by this cky the
-, of and from Quebec, bound to London
in with: in a gale, about eight days since,- a-
\ the loss of her topmasts and boats, from
had parted from the convoy two days
.heavy gale ; she had received no damage in
did she require any assistance. The :slow
Captain Scorr, also from Demerara, is
• by this day for London, having parted corn-
fleet.—Wind W.S.W. and moderate.
DEAL, JANUARY 4. •
Arrived, the Eclipse. sloop, from Shetiness ; and
7urrous gun-bri;;, front a. cruize off (;steed.-7
the Arniston, Pei-Set/402*e, and Cirencester
- for the Riv‘r•i- C9e Aurora ligale
Sprightly cutter, for. Portsragaith ; the Blood.:
a 'Ciaizc. otßoulil,gne.—Arrived,
CaYenne, tiOnr.Portsmouth.
:AIN IN TIM POMVS.
, • Rowley ; Cumberland
iytille, • aadClyde frigates; Clsal..
,Royalist,.•PonsioisiTrompeyse, Pearock,
WtatigitS,::fltAsker, entice!,
liavr ttittspori, and se-
AVind,N.W, witK light
H+)ilt In* Cepttin PKINGii, sailed
The Atifttekit,' 7I•, was docked on
Dictator was docked on %the" Ist.
,r.defeets•ntidegotack The Cuerr.,
train SKENE, ksilled on Saturday to.
'here she will take in her guni and
1. immediately to Ptircsmouth.. The •
'aptain !kit( riob, dived on Sun`-
arrived yestOday-, 4nd is ordered
Th• Canada is wypectsd to be paid .
The Hypttripn hal' her jury masts.
lay, preparatory to her being
Ipered. The Aurora is ordered to be
The Victory was undocked last
masted k she imrdered to be rig-
'le dispatch. The ResolutiOn was
week, and is to be fitted fOr sea int:

The Britannia, • HAY,* 'of Newcastle, from Stock-
holm, for this port, with iron, whose capture and re-
capture we mentioned a few weeks ago, arrived here
on Tuesday. She sailed from Heligoland on the 10th
ult. under convoy of the Lord Keith cutter, in com-
pany with the Andalusia, of Whitby, re-captured at
the same time with the Britannia, and arrived at Yar-
mouth on the 16th ult. A neutral vessel arrived at
this port on Friday last from Riga, after havir.g been
detained by the Dane; both at Borahohn and Copt-i-
-uagen. The Captain's papers were ail opened ai.d
examined, but as the vessel was neutral property, he
was suffered to depart, on the principle of free ships
making free goods ; but he was strictly ordered to
clear out at Elsineur. Ten dollars a day were allowed
him for every day he' was detained.

On the morning of-Sunday last, a lugger privateer
.captured a ketch rigged vessel and a brig, off Whit-
by ; which she sent off to sea. About noon four
Leith smaeks, which proved to he the Queen, Nesbitt;
Hope, Hutton ; Swift, Ord ; and Alexia, Sanderson,
heaving in sight from the northward, the Trial, Re-
venue cutter at Whitby, put to sea, for the purpose of
,giving these vessels information of the circumstance,
and to join in the pursuit of the prizes ; which they
came up • wi:h before dark. The brig, which proved
'to be the Andalusia, Wilson, of Sunderland, coal
laden, with the Trial, put into Bridlington. The
ketch, which .was the Berry Castle, Brant, of and
bound to Dartmouth, with coals from Newcastle,
with the smacks steered away for Scarborough ;
where they arrived on Tuesday. The master and
five of the crew of the Berry Castle, were put on hoard
the privateer, and seven Frenchmen left in the Berry
Castle. . The lugger which captured them is called
la Glaneiar; of Dunkirk, bad been four days froth
Flushing, and had only captured the above vessels.

The fhccnix, Harrison, sailed from Scarborough on
Sunday for Shields, in ballast, and fell, in with a pri-
vatee. r, supposed to be the above vessel, on the North
cheek of Robin Hood's Bay, which chaced her back
as far as qoughton Wyke • and tired upwards of one
-liundre4 musket shot, one Of which went through the
-calf of one of the boy's legs. S:-,e arrived safe at
..Scarborough or. Monday last.

The. ships from Surinam were at Tortola on the
124th of' November, under convoy of his- Majesty's
ship Cygnet. It ii-st:pr used the .Berbiee ships were
in company.—N: B. The Cygnet sloop of war is ar-
rived in the DOwns.—Parted from her convoy on the
17t11 December in lat. 40.1. lung. 45. 44. in a gale.
The Swallow, Captain MILNFR, reported to have
perished in the storm, is safely arrived at Liverpool.
We are coracerned to learn the loss of the Pert brig,
formerly the Bonaparte French privateer, of 16 guns,
Captain Dossi.n CAmpunt., on the 16th of October,
on the Island of Margarita. Mr. STROUGHTON, mas-
ter, and ten men, were drowned. The accident hap-
pened in a hurricane, in which she drove from her
'anchors. She had taken, the day before, the Spanish
jacket. Alarm, of six guns, from Ferrol, hound •to
-.the-Spanish Main. Captain Campbell obtained pos-
•Session' of her mail and dispatches, hut they were after-
israids unfortuirately lost in th 2 Pert. Captain Canip-
bell came home in the Alexandria arrived last week at
Portsmouth. .

lOUTH, JANUARY 4.

iled the Ariadne frigate, and Sap-
The Stately, Nassau, Lynx, aiulirii
lue-peter flying, and are expected.. to
Ships here, Vanguard, Admi
nick, A4rniral DoriaAs, Nassau; 1
Lynx, and' V-ixen.-The ship; in"
the Beach; 'arid is in p9:rt 6.3. be kek
ied the Jenny-of Boston, kniN Mu..
London to BOsion, with,:gcjods.
are stated to be crui7ing off Flan-
ad that they have been too success.%
To vessels have been retaktn•by the
;hieh were captured off the Head,
.—Wind W. by N.
AI. AYPOINTNIENIS. *

_ The Otter, BOURDMANi from the \rest Indies for
:Liverpool, sprung a leak, and was burnt at sea on the
.15th ult.. and not the Lady Hoot!, ashefore stated.
The; flettor,.--.7., from Nev.-ry for London, 're-
:ported to be lost in the late gales, is safe in Thurso.

The Hercules, GoCLD, from Antigua for London,
foundered at sea on the 19th ult.—Crew saved.
The.Couritess of Darlirigton, MUNRO, from Wil-
mingtantis put into Dingle in distress.

pnintotilito a Post-Captain; and to toltf•
,dmirel•CMhranr'a flag ship.
romottd to a-Constnanditr, and to command

_ .
On Tuesday morning, a sloop laden with cheese,
salt, nails, &c. Matthew Brown master, from Gains-
,borough or Hull, was by a squall of wind, of Oys-
kerness, laid upon her side, and the mainsail filling
*WI water; occasioned her so suddenly to founder,
that with the greatest difficult}, the master, his wife,
' iwd:-meo got into the boat, and were saved. Part of
the cheese has been found upon the shore between
Hessle and Hull. .
A letter from Thurso has communicated the fol-
lowing distressing:particulars of the loss of the Ram-
bler—" We have just received the melanchilly ac-
'count of the loss of the brig Rambler of Leith,
.I•AmFs Nonnis master, cleared out at this port in Sep-
tember last for Picton, with emigrants. They left
Stromness the Ist of October, and on the 29th of the
same month were totally wrecked near the Bay of:
Bulls, in - Newfoundland; When the ship left this
port, she had on bo.ard.„ll2o passengers : the crew
contested of 14 seamen, besides the captain and sur-
geon. Of these the only survivors are three passen-
gers, the second mate, and four seamen ; so that,
melancholy to relate, 139 persons have perished on
this unfortunate voyage." •

promoted to a Commander.' - '• '
appeintedßegulating*O/ficer 2t Limerick. •
be Purser of the hirtne.
Purser of the Aurora.
ARRIVED.
the Vestal, Gritrwm, from St. Domingo.;
Of, from St. Thomas's ; Alfred, Coulson, from To-
the Pallas: Robinson, from New Brunswick—At
Phobe, Hemp ten, from Baltimore ; and the Cato,
bee—At Lochryan, the Lily of the Valley,
4 the Clyde, the Paragon, Wills, from Quebec;
ler, Butter, from Picton—At Poole, the Benjamin,
and the Mary, Boggs, froniNewfoundlandAt Ho-
t Coed Intent, Seymour, from Newfoundland:—At
the 7 homas, Brown ; Thomas, Archibald ; and the
er, from Antigua ; Hope, Cole, froth Charleston ;
Mary, Ssv sin ; and the Summer, Malcolm, from
Hull, the Pilgrim, Stevenson, from Mafts--At
ks°ll, Stevenson, from Monte Video--At Charies-
"ad°, burns, from Monte Video—At St. Domingo,
lberland, --, from Newfoundland—At Ss-
cergia, Pearce ; Planter, Pearrie ;
...
Charit.l, from Liverpool—At Philadelphia,
from Liverpool—At Africa, the Princess
from Liverpool.

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DUBLIN, DEC. Si.

, 4se .. 1' • " • TNE.ATIte.k. ':• • -. '-•• '
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Latifitight, airDrutly Lane, Mr:l'4mm); resumed' MITI: house of M. Coogan, of Tennde, contr? o'
-hispart of Romeo, in the Tragedyof Romeo and Juliet, and Wicklow, was entered by a number of aimed men on
was admiral)ly-supported by Mrs H.-SIM lONS, in the Monday evening last, at so early an hour as six o'clock,
gentle love-sick Juliet. Mr.. limuitsme played Mir- f and plundered of cash, plate, and v::::iring apparel to
cutio with Spirit ; and the whole performance went off i the amount of four hundred pounds and upwards.—
with much eclat. The Pantomime is much improved. Two young men, sons of Mr. C. have, we understand,
The house was well filled. been very roughly handled by this banditti, one of
whom had the audacity, in a very deliberate manner,
The Mountaineer: was performed at Covent Garden,
1 to dress himself ,in one of the young Gentlemen's
with great effect. The noble and generous soul of Oc-
was i clothes, and, Ater'viewing himself in the glass for
tavian, amid his violent and struggling passions,
sc.nne time, decamped with the rest of party.
delineated by 'Cramp.: in the most masterly style.— 1
• Mary Camoll, a very handsome girl, daughter of a
Miss &Num, -in her male attire, as the faithful Flo-
wealthy farmer, was forcibly carried off from the city
ranthe, presented a very handsome. and interesting .;
of Waterford, on the night of Saturiay sennight, by
figure, though we regretted that:the character did not
afford more room for the display of those superior 1 t one Damphey, the son of an eminent butcher, assisted
powers which this actress possesses in•no uncommon tby a party of five or six men. They brought her to
degree.—The beautiful Zorayda was well sustained 1 the house of the cousin of Damphey, in the town of
by Miss NottroN.—Mr. BIANCIIARD'S Sadi, and I Carrick-on-Star, where the parish priest, who resides
WADDY'S Kilmallorl, afforded much entertainment.— I in the adjoining house, having got intelligence of the
The new Pantomime, at this Theatre, is become an outrage, effected her rescue. Except the outrage in
immense favourite. c arrying her off by force, no violence had been offered

to her person. The ruffians at the same time carried •
off :smother girl, with whom Miss Carroll was on a
visit at 'Waterford. Examinations have been sworn
against the parties, who have absconded.
The wreck of the Prince of Wales packet still con-
tinues upon the sands near the ladies bathing place at
the Black-rock ; her hold is nearly choaked up with
san, in which there still remains undiscovered the
bodies of eleven officers and above one hundred priva'e
soldiers. Of the many persons. who were on board rue
above vessel, when she was wrecked in the late tre-
mendous tempest, only seventeen persons were saved,
consisting chiefly of the crew, two soldiers, and a wo-
man and child ; the bodies of seven men, and four
wcmen, arc all that have been since taken out of the
aly,ve wreck.
We have been informed by letters from Cork, Li-
merick, Newry, and Galway, that the inhabitants are
highly gratitil with the copper coin which has been
sent by Government for the payment of the troops, as
it will be a salutary check on the issue of small
notes, which are highly disagreeable, and only tole-
rated from necessity.
Thursday evening, about the hour of eight o'clock,
four armed ruffians remarkably well dressed, and of
•,enteel appearance, took post on Louisa Bridge, on
the Royal Canal, beyond I.eirlip, where they conti-
nued for upwards of an hour, indiscriminately robbing
the passengers. The unfortunate victims who came
in their way, they bound with curds, took them down
to the Spa Well, at Rye Aqueduct, where they were
detained and searched. Much praise is due to Mr..
Rose, of Collinstown, and Mr. Abraham Goodhall,
who, on the first alarm, immediately set out in pur-
suit of the miscrean:s ; but we are .:rry to say, they
were unable to do more than to prevent further mis-
chief.

A L'ANGLETERRF.

The post boy conveying the mail from Lismore to
Tallow, was stopped on the night of the 23d, at a
place called Battle Hill, by three armed men, who
robbed hint of the bags of lettc-rs, which have arrived
at the Post Office yesterday morning, from the fut.
lowing post towns, viz. Cappuquin, DungarTop, and

According to the last accounts from Candahar, it
appears that 'some Persian enthusiasts have entered
into a solemn engagement, not to rest till they have
exterminated the growing heresy of the Wahabees,
which threatens to overwhelm some of the fundamen-
tal doctrines of the fltithful ; for this purpose they have
again rallied round the standard of the present Pacha
of Bagdat. The Turks are said to have broken the
truce, which was lately made with the Wahabee
Chieftain, in consequence of one of the adherents of
the latter having assassinated a Turkish Officer, who
had been dispatched to his camp on a special embassy.
The dispute is said to have originated in a religious
argument. The Arab is recruiting his forces, laying
all the villages subject to his influence under contribu-
tion!, and obliging them to furnish their quota of
men. All the camels in the country have been put
in requisition.

Thursday night a boat was upset in Portsmouth
harbour, in going on hoard the Frtd,Tickstein Danish
ship, when Mr. Co'lint, the Purser of that ship, was
unfortunately drowned.

Last week the lead was entirely stripped from the
Baptist meeting-htlise, in Heavy Side-lane, Chatham,
by some villains who have not yet been di:,covered.
About fourteen .n( nibs ago the same meeting was
robbed in a similar way.
Wednesday two boys were drowned in Cowes goad,
by a boat upsetting in a gale.
Wednesday evening a tire broke out in a
belonging to the White Lion Inn, at Chelmsford,
which entirely consumed the same. This is the third
fire which has happened in the same Inn within these
twelve months, and strong suspicions ; re entertained
that the whole have been - wilfully at d maliciously
produced:
On Tuesday last there was a tremendous storm, ac-
companied with thunder; lightning, and rain, at
Oxford. It lasted from eight that monik until
three o'clock the next. Several chinwies were blown
down, a great quantity of tiles were thrown from the
roofs of houses by the force of the wind and rain, so
that the people were afraid to pass along the streets ;
and the lead on the roof of the Theatre was torn from
its fastening, and raised seven feet high above the roof.
Much damage has been done in the neighbourhood
of Leicester, by the high wind on Tuesday night ;
some new buildings, in Granby-street, were materially
injured. Upwards of 100 yards of a lofty new built
brick wall, in Land Pit-lane, was blown down, and a
poor man passing at the time, was killed by its falling
upon him. A woman was blown down and broke
her leg ; and several other accidents occurred.
• By the high wind on Tuesday one of the-turrets of
Fonthill Abbey was blown down. The fallen ma-
weighing two tons, considerably injured the
magnificent building, both internally and externally ;
fortunately no one received personal injury, though
two men servants had just passed the foot of a stair-
case as it was beat down. Preparations have already
been made to take down the remaining seven, and re.
build the whole upon a plan of greater security. •
The Cliffs at Brighton have suffer_td considetaderefliwi
during the late gales—an immense piece was
on Tuesday last. •

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Sailed this day fou
London, to be 'sob
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re] in with: in a g
g with the loss of
...erara ; had part.
•iti aheavy gale
hull, licir did she r
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.ne by this day for
.7 with the fleet.—
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Arrived, the Eclii
• .furious gun-bri•s
the Arniston,
Andin ships, for
.d Sprightly cutter
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'fio-NfOkkOtk7.- -

What's To-morrow ?—Mortals,say—v
The H.eir.dupparent of To-day,
In Fancy's view; who, ere his bitch,
To father Sol, by mother Earth,
' With plastic.all-creating power,
(That far efershoots the passing howl,
Dcpicts hint, whilst in Nature's womb,
Sees him arise from,Ev'ning's tomb,
And now with hasty steps draw near,
Exciting hope, and raising fear-.-
To gild with joy, or shade with scrrow,
Ten thousand prospects haste To-11imt ROA%
The Statesman's plot% his wars and leagues,
The Courtier's deep and dark intrigues,
Tbe Nlerehant's wealth, the Farmer's store,
The Lawyer's schemes, the 11Iiser's ore,
The Soldier's honour, Sailor's prize,
The fortunes both of Fools and Wise,
TU..MORROw's destinies await,
'rhos rregnant with the births of Fate.
flow watt, how strange, bow sad, bow gay,
The Scenes To4slostaow shall display!-
Har: life's first pulse shall learn to heat,
•'t nd the re her last forsake its seat ;
hie Minor see himself of age,
busy.Attor leave earth's stage;
Ow rise to office, honour, trust,
..In9rltie fallirg, " bite the dust ;'
I he iavir shall enjoy his fair,
- OS be or sbe rutbrace despair;
•• way-worn Traveller" find repose,
,lit sink lfeneath a load of woes';'
And joys et sriefs, and life or death,
Shall be inhall at every breath!
Who whit To-Ilisaltovr's pearls to share,
Should list To• Dav 'unvez'd with care:
Theitresva hour as gold receive,
Ty-marrow may our beget decriye;
For alt! what thousands now 'To-Day.'
Pestles constant tide sireeps far awiy!
.61vessird,'Srjw. 4, 1607. • !

GOSFLELD HALL.

S "b.t-a.

The seat of the Marquis of Buckingham in V.ssex,
lati *ideni7e of Lonii-XVIII. -was, very lain
atrtir the cot nest, in the 'poss,ession f ROlteri. 4e
Clair,' Earl of Gloucester, and is 'fa part of the 114-
finals'. of Clare, to which It parr acknostledgelkie34.7—
Vraitiihisiamili it wiiidietiaied&theViret, tarts
of Orford, and held Of tkem Adam de CaOsffeld
hid, in 'the reigns of Edward'. and 11. it was the
property of John Bellow.ti, Chevalier, whesi, name
apiejahl6 have been given to the Lordship; • If was
afterwards passed to the Roltes ; and from them, by..it;
heiress to the Wentworth sof Lodhain Half; of whom
Sir. Roger was Sheriff Or this county, In • the year
1499. The heiress of the latter family married Rich-
ard, second son of Lord. Ryche, from.-*htnsit'pttssed
to the Lords Grey; loit, at the beginning Qf the 18th
century, was sold to the Miltingtorts ; and agate, in
a short time, to John Knight, Esq. who, .41ying
in -111 S, bequeathed this Manor and LOrdship to
Anne, his Wire, `second daughter to- jamet Ctagga,
E Three years afterwards, this Lady mi"fift-d
Rob sq.
ert Nugent, Esq. after Wards Earl Nugent, from
whom, in 17Sffe. these estates became the property .of
George Marquis of Boekingliam, The present proprie;•
tor, *rho inherit; in right of hiviAdt• •-• •
The Mansion called .Cosfield, Hail, though. greatly
altered,' presents an interesting specimen., of the do.
trestle architecture that prevailed in the construction
of_the residences of the Nobility, during the reign • of
Henry VII who strictly enforced the ancient prero-
gative of the Crown, which had been compounded
Re the Usurper Stephen, in prohibiting his subjects
from erecting castles; yet here, as in other cases,
where the restraints of the law proved an insufficient
security against the violence of the times, its provi-
sions were evaded ; and the houses erected at the
above period, though not coming within the descrip-
tion of a fortress, were equally strong and well secu-
red as many of the Baronial Cistles-
This building was a large pile of brick, inclosing a
quadrangular court, into winch all the lower tier of
windows ripened. There were not any windows on
the ground-floor of the outside, and those of the upper
• stories being strongly barricadoed, no. admittance
could be forced but with great 'difficulty. The West'
side of the quadrangle remains nearly in its original
slate ; hilt the North, East, and South fronts were
bunt bytolin Kni!..,lit,En. who Owned the estate at the
beginning of the last century. Various alteraiions
have been made by the late Lord Nugent, and ackli-
ticinal i'mproiernents hive been effected underithe di-
rectirA of the present Noble Proprietor : the East and
Sonth sides having been enlarged by •different motes
and passages. The house; as originally built, con-
sisted of only one room in thickness, and, consequently
there was no other communication round the inside,
hit by passing through the mom. The west side. is
yet in- this state; and •the first floor is oicepied by a
long gallery, Its 6 feet in length; and 12 in width.—
This gallery is called (tors Atta.Ark',." in come-
menioration of that Sovereign having. twice visited.
Lady Ryche at Cosfield. •
The principal paintings that were in this mansion
'have been removed to Stowe ; a few good
p still
remain in the breakfast-roam ;and in the diaing-rOom
are many original portraits, particularly of George I.;
John Dube of Marlborough; 'tinsel Earl of Oxford,
William Earl of. Cadty_an, Jam Didge. gth r
IcTst.
Frederick Prince of Wales, the Zooid.
Shaftesbury, Richard Viscount Cobham, Sir William
• Wyndham, and 1)r.
In the Library was, till very, lately, an ancient
sculptured chimney-piece in stone, 'deserving
.notice
from its .sibject and. execution. •It represents, in bold
reliff, the memorable battle of. Bosworth Field, be-
tween Richard 111. and the Earl of Richmond ; and
contains 2.1 figures an horseback, with the King lying
pitistrate under his own charger. Most oldie persona-
ges introduced are known by the armorial bearings on
• their shields. Amongst otliei's are the Duke of Nor-
' folk; ttiv-Earls of Surrey dad- Northumberland, Sir
app t) by, Sir Walter. Blount, Sir William Herr.
. • beit, I.Ard Stanley, Sir Gentge Stkole Sir William
banduz, 14Ord• Edward Stifford,..Sir Qilbert Talbot,
• Sir It, Ratcliffe, gir T. TyiretEdwird Lord Lovell,
and eke Earl 'of Oxford. At' the eittrenthy of the
chi nary-piece are 'small-statues of Henry VII. • 'and
hit Viet's; esacdy resetriblinglhose on the. monument

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'at Westriiintper Abbey. The exact. date of this sctllp-
ture is uncertain, but it is known to be of considerable
antiquity, it)having been removed in the year 1657
-froml.BoitHall, a. Email house belonging to the Earls
of Oxford, owe of whom was a partizan of the Earl i
of Richmond ; but the wh(ll.e is now removed to
decorate the magnificent Gothic. Library lately built
at Stowe for the reception of the MSS. of that Collec-
tion: •
In the• green velvet apartments are various portraits
of the Craggs family. Among them those of James
Craggs, Postmaster-General; the Right Hon.
Jaines Craggs, Secretary of State ; Mrs. Craggs, his
mother, sister to Major-General Richards; and Ma-
jor-General Richards.
The Park of Gosfield is extensive, and contains
many fine old trees. It is also ornamented by a noble
sheet of water, that was enlarged to the extent of 102
acres, by the late Lord Nugent.

The reports concerning the Papal Bull, and the
Titular Bishop of Coact; ithich we copied from an
Evening Paper, have occasioned the foll Owing decla-
yation in the Irish Papers :
I cannot express my surprise and indignation, on readinr in a
London Paper, called The Sun, of the flat instant, a publication
(since envied Into other Papers), stating that the Pots had ad-
dressed a Ball to the Roman Catholic. Prelates of this kingdom, to
enrage them to use their influence with the people of the Roman
Catholic tetsuission in this country, in favour of the views and
objects of Bottninaf a ; and that the said Bull was accompanied
by another Papeifrom the FRENCH Rotra,holding out as a motive
of their compliance, the ascendancy of their religion in this coon:-
try ; and that these curious dticntnents having come into the hands
of Dr. Moir LAN, Titular Bishop* of Cork, he, as a loyal subject,
submitted them to the Duke of. Po airt..istn. Whatever may tee
the views and purpor.s intended by the person or persons who faa
hricated, and at the' present juncture published these false:
hoods, I deem it incumbent au me to contradict that publication
as soon as possible. I therefore do most solemnly declare, that I
never received, saw, nor beard of any such document, until I saw
them mentioned in the aforesaid Paper, called The Stn--that I
verily believe, and am certain beyond doubt, that no such docu
ments ever did, or do exist. I therefore could nut have submitted
them to his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND.
" FRANCIS MOYLAN,
" Cork, Dec. 2R, 1,101. It., C. Bishop of Cork."
Fier..—Saturday afternoon a most alarming fire
broke out on board a brig moored in Limehouse-hole,
which for some time threatened the destruction of the
vessel and every one in the same tier ; however, the
activity of the different crews who lent their assistance
soon extinguished it, after having burned some part
of the deck. The fire was occasioned by the careless-
less of the cook in boiling some pitch.
!1: rn Monday se'nnight, a child, about four years old,
laughter of Mrs. Reed, of Eye, being left with her
,iefant brother (whilst her mother went on an errand)
was burnt to death by her clothes having caught fire.
• A few days since, a gentleman, who was on a visit
to the house of a friend, at Falkland, retired to his
Vehamber after supper, in a state of inebriety. The
servants being shortly after alarmed by groans at the
kitchen window, discovered that the gentleman had
leaped from his chamber, a height of 20 feet. He
died next day. .
A few days since Mrs. Sarah Clark, many years a
resident of Salisbury, being called to sit down to
dinner with a party of friends, sunk down and ex-
pired without a groan. At four years old she lost her
.sight in a like sudden manner, while sitting at table,
and had ever since remained totally blind.
;Yesterday a respectable merchant in the city had his
pocket picked of a considerable suns in bank notes.—
information of the robbery was communicated to
Bow-street, accompanied by some intelligence, that
the suspected persons were to meet in the evening at'
the Cock and Hoop, in Holborn. To that house,
therefore, Adkins, with several other officers, pro.,
ceeded, and took seven persons into custody, among
whem they recognized three reputed thieves of the
•
names of Town, Morgan, and Ethic:. Above 301.
and a watch were found upon Town. Morgan, with
other articles of value, was in possession of a receipt
for 4001. of East India Stock. After examination at
Bow-street, one of the party who was unknown to
the Officers, was discharged, and the -others were
committed for re-examination on Wednesday.
HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday ten of the gang of
puerile plunderers, recently apprehended, were again
brought up for examination ; and a considerable
quantity of their spoil, found at the place where they
,were apprehended, and at different pawnbrokers, were
produced by Hancock, the officer, consisting of shoes,
handkerchiefs, spencers, stockings, candlesticks, a dray-
man's whip, a considerable number of seed cakes,
and other pastry, some china oranges, a silver moun-
ted ink glass, &c.
The gang altogether comprised no less than 36 in
'number, orily thirteen of whom are yet taken ; three
of those apprehended were found in bed with an infa-
mqus woman in St. Giles's. The exhibition of such
a crew,of squalid urchins at the bar, the oldest not
above twelve, the youngest scarcely seven years of
age, was a'spectacle truiy shocking to every humane
feeling. These little wretches, the offspring of the
very lowest order of beings in the purlieus of St.
Giles's and Drury-lane, are of that description which
Irusually fill the ranks of thieves and pickpockets, and
Late to be found pilfering round the fruit stalls in the
several markets, or plying about the theatresat nights
as link boys, or sellers of play bills. •
The approver, who in this case gave testimony.
against his accomplices, was a boy under eleven, and
remarkably small at his age. He was, howeverk
clear, sharp, arul consistent in his testimony. He stat-
ed, that on the 30th ult. he and two of the prisoners
set out for the purpose of picking (stealing) what they
could get. They .first directed their course towards
Cold Bath 'Fields, and on their way stole a pair of.
new shoes from one shop in Cold Batls-street, and a
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cotton halt/kerchief! from another. They attempted
to steal a piece of cotton from a shop window near.
.Holborn, but were detected. They then went to.
wards the Strand, and seeing .a pane broken in the
'window of a haberdasher's shop, they pulled a lady's
sPencer, through a hole in the glass. On another day
..1
they stole a waggoner's whip from the door of a pub--
lis house in Great Queen-street, and, four sheep's-
Ira& from' the window of a cook's shop in Pancras-
road, Their principal expedient was tb-Ciii thepanes
'from shop-windows, and steal' every think(' within
their reach.
No persons appeared to identify any of the articles
.fpund upon the prisoneys, although their system of
:m2d.atioa has been going on for above six monthi.
I
The)• wtit ietnimded into e ustody, in order that
the Magistrates Might send them to sea, wi_der the as:
spices ot the Trinity Iloilo& ' ,