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London, England, 1823-07-15 00:00:00

MORTALITY AT SIERRA LEONEb

EXTRACT OP A LEtTER, DATED .SIERRA LEoNEt
MAY Si.
;" That dreadful scourge the yellow fever has been
brought into. this colony by the ship Carolit,e, from
the Meditrranean and cut of a population of about
110 Euro:Tans, nearly eighty have fallen victims to
this dreadful disease: lir. Yards of 250 blacks have
also died of it : our streets are liter aily deserted.—
Among the deaths are the following
Deputy-Assistant rommi.sarv.General Brown, T. O'Meara
and J. 0. N. Walsh, Esqrs. and Mr. Beck; the three latter gentles
men had been many years in this colony : Messrs. Keith,Wison.
I 11.atlett, Beck, Buuyer, Gun:lett, Creighton, Hunter, Mac Coy,
White, Chuber, Owen, Anihros4lll:.rten, Partlett, Sheriff, and
Glennie; Captain Fos, ed \Vest India Regiment; Captains
Langley, Pounder, and Tteguier ; Dr. Miliennis; Rev. Messrs.
Lane' Palmer, and Scheniels, and many othcrs.
'•While writing this, I have just learned that our
worthy Chief Justice was taken with the black vomit
last night, after attending the funeral of Mr. WAt.su,
and that he cannot live many hours."

The Emperor of AUSTRIA has appointed Count
LAZARUS FERDINAND de BRUNNIITTR, late Charge

d'Affaires at the Court of Spain, to be 51 in i stet'
Pie-
nipotentiary anti Envoy Extraordinary from Austria
to his Majesty the King of SPAIN. Till the Kma't
deliverance he is accredited in the same quality to the

Regency at Madrid.
Letters from Madeira of the 20th-ult. were received
in town yesterday, which state that the news of the
counter-revolution in Lisbon had reached that island

a few days previous,
.by the Portuguese packet. It
is added also, on good authority, that the instructions
from the new Government of Lisbon to the Governor
of Madeira were to respect the Brazilian Bag.
A vessel has arrived at Liverpool from Buerftos
Ayres, with dates to the Rth of May. No particular
event had happened in that place since the departure
of the previous advices. Letters front Chili of the
19th of A pril, mention that General PRETE! had been
appointed Director on the preceding sth, and had
taken possession of the Government House. A new
Minister of Finance had been appointed. Letters of.
the 19th of March from Lima, contain the following
particulars : A Decree of the Congress and Mears
tive confirms the Loan of 1,200,0001. contracted for
in England by the Envoys from Peru. No apprehen-
sions were entertained with regard to Lima, La.
SERNA not having more than 5000 disposable men,
and the garrison was larger than that number. A
Revolution had broken out in Cusco, which would
call for the immediate attention of the Royalists. D.
PEDRO MESA was the person appointed Finance Mi-
nister, and he was anxious to repair the error s df his
predecessors, by considerably lowering the import
duties in Chili. Transports had sailed from Lima to
bring a body of Colombian troops. The Royalists
had gone to quell the revolt at Cusco.
The Centenary .of the invention of Printing was
celebrated with great solemnity at Haarlem, last week.
on the questionable ground that LAURENS KOSTER, a
native of that city, made the great discovery. The
whole gave great satisfaction to an immense number
of spectators, and no accident whatever occurred.—
The Great Church, which was fitted up for the occa-
sion, afforded a very striking sight. An appropriate
discourse delivered flout the pulpit by Professor
PALM, in which he vindicated the claims of KOSTER
to this great invention, made a deep impression on
his hearers.
TUNIS, JUKE W.—SOME days ago an English fri-
gate arrived in this port. It has two Envoys on board,
who are commissioned to demand of this Government
the liberty of all Christian slaves who are subjects of
the lonian ISlands.
ST. Prreasaustori, Juive 30.—An imperial Ukase

of the 21st orders the appointment of five physicians,
with salaries of two to 3,000 riz dollars, at the mineral
springs in the Caucasus.
PLYgOlini, JULY 13.—=The Ainen`can ship Falcon, .
EAMES, from Antwerp to New York, put in, here on-
Wednesday, from contrary winds. She has a great
many, passengers on board, among whom is the
Count de MeSsEoxs, son of Lucian BONAPAnTE
(about 25 years of are, and bears a striking resem-
blance, to the late Ex-r._strznott), with his wife, a
daughter of JOSEPH BON APAIiTE, and family. Whilst
at the Royal Hotel, on nursday, he presented to Mr.
WILKINSON (fo:eign clerk to Messrs. Foxes and Co.),
a very handsome ring, as a mark of respect tOr his
kind attention, and also gave him four dotd:loons
towards the Spanish subscription. When asked in
what name the donation should be registered, he re-
plied, "in that of CHARLES B:)NAPARTf." The Falcon
sailed on Thursday for. New I'm k.
Monday re'nnight, in the parish of Tarland, there
was one r:f the most remarkable falls of hail ever re-
membered. It covered the ground to the depth of
nearly eighteen inches, by measurement; and had
not entirely disappeared in the forenoon of neat day.
It extended over only a very narrow track.
Barnes Fair, usually held in July, has, by an order
of the Magistrates of the district, been suppressed.
BETTING AT TATTERSALT:S, JULY 14.
Tattersall's has not been more numerously nor respectably at-
tended for some time than to-day. All present seemed to be
alert in speculations, and many to very high amounts, most par-
ticularly on the Doncaster St. Leger. The changes on this hr.
portant stakes, as we have before observed, are great every bet-
ting day. Sherwood, at the opening of the room, became first
favourite, but afterwards went back, and now stands half a point
better than on Thursday last. Tinker left off as first favunrite,
only having gone back half a point. Tancred has also gone hack
half a point, and Miss Fanny has got up• full two points. The
richer St. Leger horses are nearly stationary. The Derby fiat
three favourites have 'each moved a point upwards. Vourneen,
at the eqly part of the day, stood at 8 and 9 to I against him,
but fell back to 10. There was some trifling betting on tke Oaks,
as also upon the Gloucestershire Stakes at Cheltenham on Wvd-
nesday next, and the Nottingham Gold Cup of the same day.
A little sparring took place on the different Produce Stakes of
this week at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but we cannot vouch for any
real betting. The fellowing is the present state of the odd/. un
the principal Races:

11011CASIEll CS. LIG-EX.
in 2255 tioo 1 1
aaagstti Claudetionet tAine
jLootru
41 to 1 agst Tinker 24 to 1 Agit Colambus (taken)
5i to 1 apt Sherwood ,
61 to 1 agst Tated
11 to 1 apt Bliss Fanny (tat.) 40 to 1 agst Blercandotri
20 to 1 agst Abron }lieb odds apt any other.
20 to 1 apt Palais Royal
DEILNY.
10 to 1 apt Vourneen (taken) 17 to 1 apt Corinne
15 to 1 apt Pantina colt 44 22 to 1 agst Swiss •
16 to 1 apt Agnes colt
• . 22-to 1 apt Cressida
17 to I agst Reserve colt 122t0 1. apt Brown Mess
OAIII.
I No betting on aay
other
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2 to 1 agst Atlas 110 tot; p.p.
Non:Nona/a Gm; Ct:r.-2 .o 1 apt the Dogi of Wake.
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6 to 1 apt Prudence
9 to I apt Brilris
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EL° FEME NTS.

A considerable bustle was created at Aylesbury,
on Wednesday, by the following occurrence :—About
a quarter p tst four o'clock in.the afternoon, a post-
chaise and four drove with great fury to the White
Hart Inn, in Aylesbury, containing a Gentleman (it
is supposed an Officer in the Army), and a Lady,
with whom, it afterwards transpired, he had eloped
from Cheltenham, who, immediately on their arrival,
bounced from the chaise, chewing evident marks of
agitation to the by-standers, whose suspicions were
soon realized by the Gentleman's assuring the postil-
lions that they were pursued, exhorting them to se-
crecy; and, at the same time, requesting a change of
horseswith all possible speed. By this time the Kid-
derminster coach had arrived at the White Hart,
bringing with it a former suitor of the young Lady,
who, after a little inquiry, beheld his dearic and her
gallant within a few yards of the coach, from which
he alighted, and, sans ceremonie, knocked him down,
and kept him on the ground by kneeling on his breast
till a constable arrived, when they all retired to the
Inn, but in a short time the services of the constable
were dispensed with. The mother, accompanied by
a Gentleman, arrived in great distress, about an hour
and a half after the occurrence. The suitor of the
young Lady, it appeared, had rode on horseback as
far as-Weston toll.gate, about seven miles from Ayles-
bury, when his horse broke down, and he was com-
pelled to take the coach. The party, with the ex-
ception of the gallant, left Aylesbury, on their way
for London, the same evening ; the young Lady and
the Officer took leave of each other by waving their
handkerchiefs. The latter took the same route on
Thursday morning.
A young surgeon, whose abiding place was for-
merly in the neighbourhood of Heytesbury, eloped'
on Sunday se'nnigbt with the only daughter of a,
wealthy old gentleinan, of Mount Sorrell, in Leices
tershire. An attachment having been suspected for
some time previous, every means was resorted to
which parental vigilance and circumspection could
suggest to prevent an elopement, and bars, locks and
bolts, were put in requisition. But all were of no
avail: the address and perseverance of the suitor, co-
operating with the determined spirit of the Lady, sur-
mounted all obstacles. Cupid possessed a pick-lock
which defied the utmost ingenuity of the locksmith;
and although residing at Plymouth, the enterprising
suitor made a long arm, and succeeded in carrying
his deviated fair one in a chaise and four from Mount
Sorrell to London, where they were married by bans,
on the following morning.

AFFLUENT SPINSTER.—The Blackburn Journal
says, " As evidence of the capability of the :pining
business to realize wealth, we need only state, that
the only daughter of one of our leading manufactu-
rers has a secured fortune of 1,000,000 guineas."
KNARESBOROUGH TRADE.—We have to mention,
with much regret, that the unhappy differences still
subsisting between the linen manufacturers at Barns-
ley and their weavers, have extended to Knaresbo-
rough. It appears from a letter which we have just
received from a very respectable and intelligent cor-.
respondent, that on Saturday last it was announced to
their workmen by four of the principal houses in
Knaresborough, that they had determined to reduce
the wages of the weavers. On this intimation, about
200.0 f them assembled on the evening of that day,
and determined to call a General Meeting on the
Monday following. At eight o'clock, on Monday
morning, about 2000 men, women, and boys, met to-
gether in the Long Flat, and passed Resolutions ex-
pressive of their determination to follow the example
of-the Barnsley weavers, and to decline to accept of
the reduced Kices. The Meeting then adjourned till
two o'clock, when a much larger concourse of people
assembled than before, and after discussing various
Resolutions, they formed in Procession, two deep, and
marched round the town. On Tuesday, a cart, which
was removing some yarn to be worked out of the
town was surrounded by about 200 persons, but it was
suffered to proceed in the end without injury ; and a
master manufacturer from Barnsley, who was in some
peril near the High Bridge, escaped unhurt. On Wed-
nesday another Meeting and Procession took place,
after the market, and it is announced that these dis-
plays are to continue every evening till the differences
are adjusted. Iris impossible to say how far these un-
hapfry disagreements are to extend. The masters de-
clare that they cannot afford to continue the wages
, which have hitherto been paid, as precisely the same
kind of goods are manufactured in Scotland so much
lower than they can afford them, that they are in
danger of being driven out of the market; while the
men insist, that the masters already receive a fair
profit, and that an extensive combination is formed
amongst them at Barnsley and Knaresborough to de-
prive their workmen of supplying their families with
a sufficiency of the common necessaries of life. For
the last twelve months, they sAy, the clear average
earnings of the best of them have not exceeded 12s.
a week.—Leeds Mercury.
STEAM ENGINES.—It appears that the number of
steam-engines at present in action, in this country,
may be reckoned at 10,000; and one with another
each may be estimated to be equal in power to 20
horses; that each horse will do the work of six men ;
and that, consequently, the acting powers of our steam
engines are equal in effect to '200,000 horses, or
1,200.,000 men.
Steam navigation appearslo be carried to a very
great extent in the Canadas. On the river St.-Law-
rence,hetween Montreal and Quebec, during the open
season, which lasts from he Ist of May to the 25th
of November, no less than eight vessels are con-
stantly plying, of which the largest, the Lady Sher-
btooke, is of 787 tons burden, and is impelled by an
engide of 60 horse power.
A letter from Montreal, dated June 14, says—" I
have just been informed that the Dc Salaberry steam-
boat was burnt to the water's edge on Thursday-
morning last, at four o'clock, off Cape Rouge, and,
all her cargo destroyed. There was a considerable
number of settlers on board, but they were fortis-.
Irately all saved."
A lire broke out in his Majesty's ship FALMOUTH,
in Portsmouth Harbour,, on Thursday, which was
speedily put out, with scarcely any damage. Al-
droner the ship had no powder on board, some of
the crew and three women jumped overboard, and
one of the latter was dlOUned.

THE ITRES.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.-;-Last night, the Musical
Drama of the Knight of Snowdoun, founded upon Sir
WALTER SCOTT'S poem of The Lady of the Lake, was
revived at this Theatre, for the purpose of introducing
Mr. WALLACK, as Roderic Dint, and the representa-
tion was as effective as could be wished. Miss L.
DANCE sustained the character of the Fair Ellen, and
looked, acted, and sung so sweetly, as to win the ad-
miration of the audience, who rewarded her withithe
most flattering applause. Mrs. AUSTIN and Miss
Povvir, as Alice and Isabel, sang divinely; and Mr.
W. CHAPMAN, as Macloon, afforded a high relief to
the sombre character of the piece. In the farce of
My Aunt, Mr. WALLACK sustained his original cha-
racter of Dick Dashall, without any diminution of
spirit; and Mr. CHAPMAN, as Rattle, kept the audi-
ence in a roar.
HAYM A RKET THEATRE.—The new Play of Sweet-
hearts and Wives, again attracted a crowded audience
last night. The Musical Entertainment of My Grand-
mother, concluded the evening's amusement, in which
Madame VESTRIS sustained the part of Florella for
the first time. She introduced, with much success,
a new song from the Opera of La Donna del Logo,
" Awake, the Morning beams, Love." HARLEY, in
Dicky Gossip, was extremely comic.

The Dinner Party given by the Duke and Duchess
of CLARENCE on Friday, at Bushy Park, to celebrate
the anniversary of their wedding-day, consisted of
twenty-five. In addition to the Duke of CUNIBER-
LAND and Prince LEOPOLD, already noticed, the Du-
chess of GLOUCESTER, the Duchess of KENT, and the
Duke of Sussex; were present. The company pre-
sent in the evening consisted of about 200, chiefly
composed of the Nobility and Gentry of the neigh-
bourhood. Dancing commenced at ten o'clock. Sup-
per was served at one o'clock, after which dancing
was resumed, and was continued till four o'clock.
The Mansion was most 'brilliantly illuminated. At
the top of each of the wings were two full crowns ;
under them were "J. D. C." in large letters. The
entrance and iron railings were tastefully illuminated
with variegated lamps, in festoons, &c.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE gave his weekly mag.
niEcentDejeune on,Saturday. The party arrived be-
ween the hours of three and six, the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON being the last. It was about six o'clock when
Ibis Grace arrived, and then the company were par-
taking of the hospitalities of the house. Covers were
laid in every apartment therein, and even in the Stew-
ard's room ; in the first instance for 340, but the in-
vited and uninvited mustered nearly five hundred.—
There were drank sixty quarts of Roman punch.
Champaigne,Burgundy,Hock, Hermitage, and Claret,
were placed at every plate. In addition, the wine of
Benicarlow and excellent Muscadine for the Ladies.
During the repast, the splendid band of the 2d Life
Guards played under the umbrageous arms of the'
Cyprus trees; and, when it was concluded, the French
band, hitherto invisible, struck up their exhilarating ,
airs. The dancing commenced with waltzes, and was I
kept up with great spirit till a late hour.
PILLAR IN HONOUR OF HIS MAJESTY.—The Com-
missioners of King's-town harbour have been most
indefatigable in forwarding its completion, and add-
ing to its grandeur, utility, and effect. Saturday se'n-
night they succeeded in erecting the great granite
pillar in commemoration of our gracious SOVIREIGN'S
departure from Dublin, which ,rises over the har-
bour, and measures in one solid stone sixteen feet.--
The column, it is intended, should be forty feet high.
It is placed on the remaining part of a ridge of rocks
which extended from the shore into the interior,
which are now used in making the great pier. It has
an admirable effect, as the spot on which it stands is
all that now remains of the great ridge. The bass,
rests in the bosom of this old fragment, and imme-
diately. under the pillar are four great
'granite orbs.
The appearance of the whole is very striking, and
well worthy the memorable occasion of which it is
an interesting testimonial.
A SINGULAR FACT.—An old travelling trunk,
which had for more than twenty years been used in
the tool-house of a gentleman's garden some few miles
from Lewes, as the depositary of Seeds for the use of
the gardener. it was a few weeks ago accidentally
discovered contained 363 guineas, which, by the in-
genious contrivance of two secret drawers, must have
' been long concealed, as the guineas were principally
coined in the reigns of Charles and James.
A SON'S Materattauce.—The Court of Session
has decided the action Fox MAULS, Esq. v. the Hon.]
Was. RAMSAY MAULS, for an increased allowance, by
awarding to the pursuer an aliment of £BOO per am'
EXAMINATION OP THE GOLD AND SILVER COIL
Saturday, at ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's'
Most Honourable Privy Council assembled in the
Court of the Duchy of Lancaster (in the Tally Court
of the Exchequer, adjoining Westminster Hall), to
make trial of his Majesty's coins in the pix of the
Mint. There were present the LORD CHANCELLOR,
Lord STOWELL, Lord BEXLEY, the CHANCELLOR Of
the EXCHEQUER, Mr. BECKET, &c. Their object in'
thus meeting was to ascertain the correctness of the
issue of the British coinage, and its purity. for which
purpose a Jury was summoned, being Members of
the Goldsmiths' Company, and 'the best judges of
gold the country can produce.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in addressing the Jury,
noticed the alterations in the currency of this country,
from the time of the Bank of England ceasing to pay
in cash, and the issuing of the paper currency, which
was obliged to be continued from the long protracted
and unprecedented war in which Great Britain bad
been engaged. The return to cash payments having
been gradual, was so extremely; well arranged as to
produce no very material inconvenience ; whereas, if
it had been sudden and general, it would- have been
of the most serious coniequences to nth:abets, aad
possibly to some ruinous.
The trial of the gold and silver of the new coinage,
with the specimens of the former coinage, occupied
the attention of the Jury nearly the whole of the day.
The business having commenced at an early hour, they
breakfasted together at the King's Arms Tavern, New
'Palace-yard. At the conclusion the Lords of the'
Council were entertained with a turtle feast at Gold-
smiths' Hall.—Total value of the gold monies coined
by Lord MARYISOROUGH, from January 1, to Decem-
ber 13, 1822,.is 5,356,7871. 12s. 6d. Total value of
the new silver monies coined by Lord Mativaonomt
from the Ist of January to the 31st of December;
1822, is 31,4301. 7s. lid.

FIRES.

Frogley Lodge, Bucks, the beautiful chateau of
P. R. WINGROVE, Esq. Nt as but nt to the ground on
Sunday night. The tire was first seen from a drying
room over the kitchen detached from the house, but it
soon spread, and in less 'than an hour it was a heap
of rains. Providentially the inmates, eight in num-
ber, who had retired to bed, escaped. It was ele-
gantly furnished, besides a valuable library, and not
a vestige was saved.
Another fire broke out on Sunday, at the house of
Mr. CANTON, Mitchell-place, Paddington, which
consumed the second and third floors. It haprened
through the negligence of a servant setting fire to a
window curtain in putting a child to bed.

:Yesterday, A. NUGENT, Esq. of Hunter-street,
Brunswick-square, was docking the tail of a favourite
hunter he had standing at a livery-stable in Gray's
Inn-lane, when the animal, from some cause, kicked
him on the thigh, tore his breeches and the pocket,
and the twenty pound mark from the corner of a
£2O Bank-note he had in his pocket, without othet-
wise damaging, the note, tore his drawers and the
shirt, and with all this Mr. NUGENT escaped personal
injury : his skin was not so much as touched in the

slightest degree.
A man was mowing a field of grass, near Sr,eaton
•Castle, not far from 11Iiitby, on Saturday, when he
found something impede his progress. On laying
down his scythe, and examining the place, he found
a hen pheasant which lie had cut in two as she was
sitting on her nest with eleven eggs. llis master
took the eggs lion-, and placed them under a hen
which he had at that time sitting.
Saturday night, between nine and ten o'clock, as
one of the Lynn four-horse coaches was entering
town, when near Church-street, Shoreditch, a boy or
nine yeari of age, of the name of John Pearce, son of
a respectable mechanic in Wilks'-place, Hoxton, who
was playing near the kirb-stone, was knocked down
by the near leader, and kicked under one of the
wheels, which passed over his neck. lie was taken
into the shop of a surgeon near the spot, but breathed
his last before any assistance could be rendered him.
Six young men hired a sailing-boat on Sunday to
go up the River, and having reached Twickenham,
they waited until nearly dark, and, as it turned out,
they refreshed themselves rather too freely. On their
return, through the unskilful management of the sail,
the boat was run against a barge, and a part of the
side was stove in. She neatly filled with water at

the moment, and three of the young men went over
board, and one was drowned. One swam on shore,
and two remained in the boat until they were rescued
by the bargemen. The name of the person drowned
was Stapleton, an appi entice to a skinner in the Bo-
rough.road.
Saturday, a boat which had been railing for macka-
rel off Dover, and was waiting in the Roads for wa-
ter in the harbour, by the force of a sudden wave
made a pitch, and in the return she shipped a heavy
sea at the stern, and immediately went down with
four hands on board ; but by the prompt assistance of
several other boats, although it was blowing very
bard at the time, one of them succeeded in picking
up two of the people, but all efforts to save the other
two, Birch and Clark, were unavailing. 'Die two
who were saved were so much exhausted, that one of
them, of the name of Beer, died soon afterwards.
The two former have left wives.
Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as the workmen
employed in rebuilding Mr. Sterry's house, in High-
street, Borough, neatly opposite St. George's Church,
were retiring to dinner, one of the labourers, in his
eagerness to descend the ladder, struck his foot
against one of the boards, and was precipitated to the
ground, where he lay totally- senseless, the blood
issuing from his eyes and mouth, and his thigh-bone
protruding through his trowsers. He was taken on
a shutter to St. Thomas's Hospital, without the least
hopes of recovery.
A representation having been made to his MA-
JESTY that two men (namely Wm. Nadiia and Wm.
Daubney) sentenced at the last Assizes for Notting-
ham to be transported for life, were innocent of the
offence with which they had been charged, and had
been mistaken for other characters, a Gentleman
holding a high official situation was directed imme-
diately to go on board the vessel in which the men
were embarked, and which was waiting only for a
fair wind to set sail for New South Wales, and make
the necessary inquiries of the incliiiduals themselves.
The result proved so far satisfactory, that his MA-
JESTY was induced, without a moment's delay, to
grant them a free pardon.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--On Saturday evening, a
man of the name of Robert Tooley, at No. 5, Little
Gray's Inn-lane, being in a state of intoxication, and
having a quarrel with his wile, ook up a sharp
pointed knife, and stabbed her; the wound she re-
ceived in her left arm, from which she bled upwards
of a quart, the artery being divided. The poor wo-
man was carried in a very bad state to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, and Tooley was taken before the
Sitting Magistrate, at Hatton-garden, and committed
for want of bail.
ALLEGED MURDER OF MRS. CHAMBERLAYNE.—
Yesterday an Inquest was held before Mr. Jszirmarr,
on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlayne, who
was found dead in her room on Saturday morning,
under the circumstances stated in our Union-hall
account of yesterday. After a very minute and pa-
tient investigation, the Jury brought in a verdict of
,4 Accidental Death," thus exonerating the person who
had been in custody from the chirge of murder.
Furious Rinttio.—Mrs..Bishop, an elderly person,
who has the charge of the Offices at No. 29, Prince's-
street, Lothbuty, in•crossing the Way near to the cor-
ner of Lombard-street and Cornhill, on Sunday nth.*
was rode over by a gentleman on horseback, and very
_seriously hurt. The gentleman rode off at full speed,
leaving the poor woman in imminent danger of being
crushed to death .by the numerous stagecoaches
which were passing at the time.
A WHOLE CONGREGATION ILL !!—A Clergymen of
Ireland one Sunday, when about to -sec out to per-
" form Divine Service, received a letter froirrhis Clerk
to this effect:—" Sir—She is unwell,* and therefote
you need not come to-day." Who was this She?—
Was it our Mother Church? • Nu.; it was the mother
of the sexton, who was the onlyvetbuil in the habil
of attending the Chtuch, and who, on this occasion*
happened to be ill, and. therefore the Cliagiuran, ba
no congregation at all! isi