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London, England, 1824-12-06 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

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hiroavairn Decision ox RZWAIDS TO FIRITIOOL--Thillidiry last,
two fires took place in the neighbourhood of this office; one on the
premises of Mr. Ashton, gun-maker, Whitechapel, the other at
Mr. Jones's, a builder, in the Commercial-Mad. The firemen, who
arrived with the first engines applied at this office the next day for
an order for the payment of the reward which it has been the cus-
tom to grant ow the affidavit of the fireman. The Magistrate iu-
formed the applicants, that iu consequence of complaints that had
been made, the Magistrates had come to a determination not to
grant any orders for the payment of the reward, until the person
whose premises had been on fire was present ; a notice was served
on Mr. Ashton and Mr. Jones to attend, and on Saturday they and
the firemen appeared together at the office, when they both stated
that the fires on their premises had been put out before the engines
arrived, but u they did not accuse the engines of delay, they paid
the reward.

The Ceylon Gazelle, of June •12, announces the loss
of the brig Lion, Captain Stunt, between the Pambase
Pass and the Island of Delft, and it was feared the
master, passengers, and most of the crew, had perished,
as it appeared from one of the crew who escaped, that the
brig went to pieces almost immediately after she struck.
A most violent gale was experienced again in the
neighbourhood of East Grinstead, on Sunday se'nnight,
which did considerable damage. Several windows
were blown in, and some cbimnies blown down in the
neighbouring villages. The thermometer_ stood at 54
degrees, at midnight, which is very unusually high.—
The Sussex peasantry ascribe the boisterous weather to
the new moon's happening on Saturday.
Three wild geese were one day last week shot by a
man at Alfriston, in the neighbourhood of that place.
The number of prisoners now in Horsham jail for
trial at the ensuing Winter Assizes, is twenty-four.
A parsnip, straight and well grown, was, afew days
ago, pulled in the garden of Mr. Woods, of Lindfield,
that measured nineteen inches in circumference, and
weighed six pounds and a half.
Thursday, a sloop came into Dover Harbour, having
on board seventy silk umbrellas, fifty-two pieces of
Bandana handkerchiefs, some medicines, soap, &c. part
of the cargo, no doubt, of some unfortunate vessel
wrecked in the late gales.
. A young Doctor, whose loyalty led him to borrow a
military dress to enable him to enter the Tuileries with
more facility, in order to sprinkle holy water on the
coffin of the late LOUI3 XVIII. while lying in state, was
discovered by some one in attendance, and arrested.
He was tried for the offence of appearing in disguise,
and, at the earnest pleading of his Counsel, condemned
tp the mitigated penalty of twenty hours' imprisonment.
An Inquisition was taken at Pakenham, on the body
of Wm. Goldson. The deceased was going from Pa-
kenham Bell, on an ass, and was overtaken by John
Frost, driving a horse and cart, and when they were
descending a hill, the deceased was forced down, and
the horse trampled on his head, by which death was
caused. A witness proved that he had just before quit-
ted the road and protected himself from the. horse and
cart by getting into a ditch, and it was proved that
John Frost had been in the habit of driving very fast.
The Jury returned, a verdict of " Accidental Death ;"
but fixed a deodand of £8 upon the horse and cart.
The Jamaica Royal Gazette contains the following.
portrait of negro affection and fidelity, in an account of
a Coroner's Inquest at St, George's, at Happy Hut, on
the Bth Nov. on the bedy ofJames Giscome, alias James,
an old negro man, and head mason to James Giscorne,
Esq. who died at five o'clock on the morning of the
preceding day. This old man was in the house at the
time, and seemed much affected, saying that now his
master was dead, he would soon die too: be was ad-
vised to retire to his own house and did so. In the
course of the forenoon one of his sons, going to the
house, was surprised to find his father dead. The body
was lying undressed on the bed, with the face down.
wards, and it was at first supposed by the Jurors that
the pressure of the face on the pillow might have occa-
sioned suffocation, but no. indications of this appeared
on the countenance. The verdict_ was u That he died!
by the vititation of Goo."