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NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.
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The Cif,/ of Edinburgh, arrived from Bengal, sailed thence 6th
Mlsts.h. which, our Readers will recollect, is an old date. She is
late truorSt. Helena, but advices by her from that island are of no
yublic interest.
Arrived off Margate, the Edward, Toms, from Grenada ; and
Argo. TAYLOR, from Honduras.
(HI the Wight, the Neptune, SAMMY, from Guadaloupe.
In the Ihisens, the Piggott, Honsitzr, from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind &W. fresh breezes.—Arrived the
Puke of York packet, from Buenos Ayres—sailed the 2341 July;
and from Mashie Video, 25th do.
l'oarsmouzir, Ssrr. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Joseph
and Ann, POWEN, from the Havannah ; Moffatt, BROWN, from
Quebec; Eclipse, Ilsowci.t.; Margaret, BaowN; and Industry,
j;ose, (ruin London. Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship
u"tosoetan, for Milford, and brought up at Spithead.
roves, Seer. 26.—Arrived the Sir Joseph Banks, ARMSTRONG,
Irani Tobago, in 46 days, very leaky—for the lasi 29 days.: tte men
were constantly at the pumps; bad thrown overboard 200 pun- ,
chow: of rem, and the ground tier of sugar washed Out. The
Masrer and crew nearly worn out with fatigue.
14.41., SEPT. 26.—Wind &W.—Arlived the Isabella Simpson,
)115...; Richard and Sibella, HOLLAND; and Friends, from
Jamaica, ; Ilvrcules, &MR, from Honduras; and the Alexander,
its oamo:os, from et yloti. Arrived from the River, and remain,
th. lIH:MADIN, fur Jamaica. At nine, A.M. the outward
verii,hed, with a light breeze from the North, but afterwards
ditto., to the S.IV when the whole brought up again.
Doves. Seer. 26.—Arrived off here, the Britannia, llourtita,
'row, the Cape of Good Hope—sailed Bth July ; Barkley, FA am ea,
_, from Jamaka ; and the Georgians, WATT, from
Dal:aeon, Seer. 25.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary Ellen,
Bosarisses: from Carthagena ; British Tar, from Grenada;
Eima Palter, Rawson, from Charleston; Frances, ---, from Vir-
ginia; !hairy, 'IAILTIN, from New Orleans; Roman, DICICENS9N,
;.nd Orozembo, Tatusison, from New York; General Brown,
Soars., f Miransichi, in 17 days; Baltic, MILLER, from Alex-
andra,; Helen, am, from Viaua ; and the Lucy Ann, —,
f in Nassau (N.P.)

Ef.OPED —Miss F—r—d, a captivating lass of nine-
tcea, left her bar-maid's avocation, in the neighbour-
lsid of Knightsbridge, on Saturday morning, with a
eon of Mars, Lieutenant S—t—d, who occasionally
lodged in the house. They were traced to Hounslow,
allele they took chaise, and proceeded to within two
?biles of Twyford, Berks, where they were overtaken in
hired gig from Maidenhead, by the two brothers of
the Lady, when the gallant was rather unceremoniously
attacked, and a meeting was proposed and accepted
as yesterday. The lass was reluctantly brought back.
The city of Liege has set the honourable example of
opening a subscription in favour of the GreAcs. Many
s•rim2, nin the liaiversity have shewn great enthu-
siasm and genelosity in favour of that heroic people.
Subscriptions:have also beta opened at Mons, and in the
Comilwrcial Club at Brussels.
A erson residing at Lilling, in Yorkshire, purchaste
a field of standing wheat on Wednesday week ; he
lined hands and cut it down on Thursday, carried and
threshed it on Friday, took it to York market on Sa-
turday, sold and delivered it, and received the money.
Three master. weavers were convicted in the penalty
of 201. each, at the Trowbridge Sessions, last week, for
paying their wotkpeople in goods instead of money.
List week, a flock of seven seagulls were seen to fly,
in a neatly south direction, between Acton at.d
()lily about five miles from Hyde Park. It is said to
be a prognostic of very sharp weather.
Yesterday morning a fire broke out in No. 5, White
Lion-street, Goodman's•fields, occupied by Messrs. Ja-
cobs .and Franks, furriers, which burnt so furiously,
that it was with the greatest difficulty the inmates esca-
ped in their night clothes. The two infant children of
Mr. Jacobs were thrown by Mrs.J. from an upper win-
deX,•to the crowd in the street, and were both caught
unhurt! Mrs. J. who is in tie family way, escaped
from a back window to an adjoining house. The house,
with the furniture and stock in trade, is now a heap of
I uini ; and there was on the premises an order, intended
to have been sent home yesterday, to the value of 1.7100.
tit.orroay.—At Whitehaven, during last week, one
George Jackson (alias Cow-lumps, alias Gwordy Bo-
theio) undertook for a trifling wager to eat 101bs. of
mutton in an hour.— A leg of mutton, weighing 91bs.
the largest which could be procured, was placed before
him, and he demolished it, -with two large rolls, in the
given time. He made an offer then to eat two shillings'
wroth of penny pies, which, however, was not accepted;
and he actually drank ten glasses of spirit and water.
EXTENSIVB ROBBERY AT BOLTON.—Some time be-
tween Saturday night week and Monday morning the
bank of Messrs. ORMROD, HABDCASTLE, and Co. of
Bolton, was entered
.by means of false keys. As no
person visited the premises on Sunday, the robbery,
though in all probability committed on Saturday night,
was not discovered until Monday morning, when on
entering the Bank at the usual hour of business, it was
found that the iron safe, which was supposed to be well
secured by one of BRAMAH'S patent locks, had been
opened in the following novel and ingenious manner
—The small springs in the lock which prevent the bolt
from being shot, except by the key which belongs to
the lock, had been bored out, (apparently by means of
a brace) and entirely destroyed, so that the lock was
readily opened by means of a blank key, which the
robbers left behind them in the bank. It had evidently
been recently heated to soften the iron of which it was
composed, and had been filed on the spot, to make it
fit the lock which it was intend( dto open. In the safe
were the following bills and cash, all of which were
carried off by the robbers:—

In gold

In promiscuous local notes .
In Blackburn notes . .
In Bolton 51. and U. notes .

. at'l64 18 6
. 175 ;0 0
. 526 10 0
. 540 0 0

Tani £1406 18
Besides a draft for 80/. and four hundred 51. notes of
the Bolton bank, unsigned, but dated the Ist of August,
1825. On examining the premises, it was found
that they ha I been entered at the front door, by means
of false keys.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.-021 the 20th instant,
about six o'clock in the morning, as FRANCIS DESPA RD,
Es.q. of Killaghy Castle, a Magistrate, was entering his
shrubberies, a shot a as fired at him, which tore his
coat close to his body ; on turning round and seeing a
second man with a blunderbuss, Mr. DESPARD darted
in and closed the door, upon which the blunderbuss
was discharged, and seventeen bullets were driven
through the door, which Mr. DESPARD escaped by in-
clining to one side;
.immediately he rushed out with a
pistol, which he had the precaution to carry in conse-
quence of friendly and anonymous letters he lately re-
ceived, when the assassin who fired the blunderbush
missed file at him with a pistol, and when in ti e act of
making off, Mr. DESPARD fired at him, when the villain
dropped his pistol, which has since been found ; from
the quantity of blood that has been traced fur three or
four fields, it is considered he must be severely wounded.
Mr. DESPARD then returned to his house to procure
arms for his men and a policeman that was them, when
they went in pursuit ;.but in consequence of the wooded
state of Lis demesne, the blood-thirsty villains escaped.

TRIAL OF MILITARY PONTUO.vS.
.cll AT H Ms MONDAY A rmairomr.
his Crate the Duke of Wau.nmenu and suite arrived here early
ibis morning, for the purpose of deciding on the merits of three
different sets of.pornotms, the inventions of Sir Jeans CoccaRTON,
Colonel PAISLRT, and Major &merman.
Ilia Grace was attended by Lord Femme flostuesve, and seve-
ral General Officers, with the Admiral, Sir BOSSILY Monson, and
his Captain. The morning was cloudy, and threatened for rain ;
but as the day advanced, it cleared off, and was very fine, which
induced all the beauty and fashion of the neighbourhood to embark
in boats, for the purpose of seeing the Duke, and viewing the dif-
ferent evolutions, which were performed with such dexterity, as to
call forth the admiration of his Grace and the Committee of Ge-
neral Officers. It Is not yet known which invention is considered
the best. Colonel Paucity's are made of copper, and are very
heavy, as well as expensive, and require about twenty men to
carry each; also difficult to launch in a muddy river. Sir Janes
Coct.dtrost's are built of wood, which has one great advantage,
that the army may cut the timber and make them on the spot,
without much trouble. Major BLANCHARD'S are made of tin, and
are so light, that four men may carry one with great ease ; they tan
be kept in repair for a trifling expense, and will carry a much
greater weight than either of the others.
Great praise is due to Colonel Parscar, for the high state of per-
fection he has brought the Sappers to, in managing these boats; I,
they pulled them up the river, with only six oars
.to each,
against a very strong tide, beating the Admiral's barge with
the greatest ease. I regret to say, one of the soldiers, by some
accident, Inisstql his hold, fell overboard, and was drowned ;
although there were many boats around him, yet none were for-
tunate enough to get up in time to save the pour fellow. This is
the second or third accident of the same kind, which has happened
in training the men in the management of the pontoons. It seems
a pity, in a river like the Medway, where the tide runs so strong,
that the soldiers who are employed on these rafts are not furnished
with sonic sort of life-preserver as a safeguard, in the event of
being knocked overboard.—The Duke left- Rochester about four
o'clock, on his return to London ; and it was generally remarked
that his Grace was looking thin. We fear his standing m many
hours on a wet marsh may prove injurious to him.