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HULL, DECEMBIII '30.. ,
At a meeting of the merchants consakft In the Mediterranean
trade, held at. London a few days agotit"'Whs agreed that the de-
pt.:zip of the next convoy should belionelponed from the 31,
In tto the 15th January, and the othenaxed for the followil;
periods, viz.-Ist March, 15th April, •Ist June, 15th July, 1,
September, 15th October, and 10th Denaitber.
The Ariel, Colley, of and for this port] eel from Carriboo,
Nova ;Scotia, on the sd of Novemb#,..witis a cargo of timbei
staves, &c. and on the Seth of thatattoao, a tremendous gale
carried away her bowsprit and fere*** ,On the 4th inst. th
weather, became more modenue, and el* repairing their dama!-1
as well as possible, they proceeded oll=drvciyage until the 11th
instant, when they fell in with a , on making signals
of distress, bore down upon than, cited Captain Colley
to send his boat on board ; and tow; - she boat from the other
ship came alongside, and ordered illfgesseeilley to go with his
ord.
papers to the other vessel, which hellflif,neehrdingly, and found
her to be a Dane ; the Captain of which finding their dhtressed
situation, sent Captain Colley and all his crew (except the mate)
on board the Ariel. On the 18th a tremendous gale came on,
and in the evening of the 17th they were compelled to run the
vessel ashore on the N. W. side of the island of Rathlin, in order
to save their lives, which they happily effected. The ship is
complete wreck.
The snow Nautilus, James Cass, of Blythe, sailed from Lynn
for Blythe, in ballast, on the 13th instant, put into the Humber
on the 15th, and parted from her anchors and cables, and was
driven out to sea about seven o'clock, in the dreadful storm of Sa.
turday evening the 17th instant, with only the master and a boy
about fatten years of age on board ; the boat with two men bay.
frig been left upon the Spurn, at the time the storm commenced.
Before she parted with her cable, owing to the heavy sea wash-
ing over the deck of the vessel, the hatches were carried away;
I and she filled nearly up to the hold beams.. In this perilous sltua.
1 tion Captain Cass bore away for Lynn, which place he reached
on the Sunday night, and at ten o'clock fortunately was enabled
!te gain Lynn harbour in safety.
On the evening of Saturday se'n.taig' ht, the Mary and Ann,
Oliver;ssethis 'port, for London, watt Struck by a very heavy lea
1 off Cromer,. by which five of the crew were washed overheard,
1
and two of them, Francis Edwards, the Mate, and Henry Ab-
bott%the codk, drowned ; the other three ware carried back ,
board by a returning wave. The .vessel had shifted her cari,
ilost anchor and cable, and arrived in the Thames on Wedneskk
se'nnigkt, nearly upon her beam ends. A numberlef passengtis
were on board hers all of whom were landed in safety.
In the gale of yesterday se'nnigbt, the brig Holder, Henderson,
of Sunderland, from Cardiff to London, laden with wheat ar.r
iron, went on shore upon the rocks near Hay Cuff, about halls
mile to the westward of Dover harbour and-sunk. All the clew
perished. The brig Jane, Jenkins, of Carmarthen, with a nig,
of butter, went on shore near the same place, and was dashed
pieces ; the master alone was saved ' • he was washed on sly
, from the bowsprit, and was found at day-break under the C 1.17,
i half perished.

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Such is the state of the raids, from the great f,
of snow and the severity of the winter, that ti
letters by the inland Mails were not delivered ow
when this Paper was put to press:
The winter has set in with unusual severity iii Corn•
wall,.as well as in Devon. On Sunday morning tt►e
18th ult. the snow.was eight inches deep on.thelevi
fields near Truro. Next day the snow exceeded twel'
inches on the levels. A keen frost followed.

The severity of the snow may be judged of, frrn.
some of the roads over the Woids, being nearly 18 feet
when cut through.
The London mail of Friday last did not reap
Swansea till about ten o'clock at night, owing to the
mail-boat being unable to cross the Passage 1110
Friday morning, and the slippery state of the Weh
roads. The Milford mail arrived on horseback nearl,
at the same. time ; part of the road near Llanon was
an entire sheet of ice, and it being impossible for the
horses to retain any command of the coach on this
spot, it slid to the side of the road and upset ;
coachman and guard were both severely hurt, but two
passengers happily received no injury.
At day-break yesterday morning, a man, who, by
his habit and appearance, was supposed to have been
a respectable countryman, was found dead under the
pirk wall, by two gardeners. The body was re-
moved to the workhouse. He had some silvei in his
pocket, and he appeared as if he had been di inking.
The body is not yet owned.
Another man, known for many years as a beggar
about the streets, was found dead at three o'clock
yesterday morning, in Oxford-street. His name is
YEATESI and his garb was a filthy black coat. He
had a lame arm, and was seen daily in the fashionable
promenades at the West-end of the town.
Yesterday morning a fire broke out at an extensive
chair manufactory in Wardour-street, Soho. There
being some other work-shops of great extent nearly
adjoining, the accident excited a considerable degree
of alarm in the minds of the neighbours ; but happily
the flames were got the better of before any very ma-
terial damage was done.
On Monday afternoon, a child about three years of
age, in Duke-street, St. George's-fields, was shock-
htgly burnt by its clothes catching fire, having been
alone in a room there are some slender hopes of
its recovery.
On Monday evening, about seven o'clock, the work-
, shop of Mr. HACICADY, In Charles-street, Westminster
Bridge-road, caught fire and was burnt to the ground,
together with the dwelling-house, they were wooden
tenements. The neighbours by their exertions saved
the adjoining houses.
A fatal accident occurred on Monday night to
Mrs. BACHAN, the widow of a mercantile Gentleman,
at her house in Marsh-place, New-road, occasioned
by her clothes taking fire. The Lady had returned
home from a visit at twelve at night, and soon after
she had retired to her bed-room fire, her maid-servant
was alarmed by her shrieks, and on entering the
room Mrs. B. appeared enveloped in flames. The
servant, in her state of alarm, was unable to afford
immediate relief, but she hastened to get other as-
sistance, and in the interim the unfortunate Lady was
so burnt that she died on Tuesday,—She had on 3
cambric dress, which was consumed to tinder.

At Manddinham, the residence of the late E. B.
LLOYD, Esq. in the parish of Langadock, Carmar-
thenshire, on Thursday evening, the 22d ult. a dread.
ful fire broke out, and reduced to ashes the farm and
beast-houses, with the barn, gable, and coach-house,
and a great quantity of hay, corn, implements of
husbandry, &c. The loss sustained, at a mod :rate
computation, amounts to above 8450. Owing to
the rapidity of the flames, three cows and a bull were
scorched almost irrecoverably, before they could be
extricated from their perilous situation.
On the night of the 13th inst. the wooden house of
John Grant, sawmiller in Rothiemurchus, accidentally
took fire, and was in a short time consumed, with all
its contents. The poor man, his wife, and family,
having narrogly escaped with their lives, failed in
endeavouring to save their body clothes, and about
Al in cash.
A Cockney dining lately with a Literary Club,
gave as a sentiment, " Success to, the three
which he gravely explained as meaning og Raiding,
W ruing, and Arithmetic."

'THE ARMY.

CANTERIVIY, JAN. 5.-I.The embarkation of the
lards was completed at Ramsgate on Saturday
u, and the transports immediately sailed from the
under repeated cheers, to join the others in
Downs, from whence, on Sunday evening, the
proceeded down Channel under convoy of the
ALLevoza sloop, with a fine wind, for Portsmouth.
6th regiment of infantry has arrived at Chatham,
taken the duty of the Dock-yard and Lines.—
":ast Suffolk Militia has also moved from Ash.
to Chatham Barracks.
OIATFIA Si, JAN. 3.—A further supply of horses
the artillery service proceeds from this place, to.
for Spain. A detachment of the Gunner.Driv.
consisting of 40 men, and about 80 horses of the
establishment, are to take with them 300 of the
active and serviceable horses, which have been
}plied for the contract work, on the fortifications
jog on at this place ; from having lived hard,
being in the habit of constant and hard work, they
supposed to be peculiarly suited to the kind of
which they will be employed, when they
at the present seat of war.

Mfrs -
the mode c( conducting the Medical Dudes of the DAM
Army, and on the Constitution of a Board for the direction 1
4, mot; sitlt some Remarks on the cotnparative utility aa4
4 &wAges of General and Regimental Hospitals, &c.
mihi nullo discrintine agetur.
(reread:el from Ow SzA; of ytiterday.)
The duties and responsibilities of a Regimental
. have been lately rendered great and multi-
lolls. In addition to his medical duties, he is
answerable for the general expenditure of
T-Ti,o;• 1 ; and is obliged to transmit to the.
General very minute detailed accounts
article of expenditure, with a counterpart,
icing the sums of money deducted from the
of each sick soldier for his maintenance while in
Hospital, stating also whether there be a balance
deficiency of cash. These Returns contain about
columns, and must be filled up by the Surgeon
,elf, and transmitted weekly. To prevent fraud
the part of the Surgeon, in the charges for meat
and bread, the Commanding Officer is directed to
ascertain and certify the prices of these articles. The
names, companies, diseases, diets, &c. of all the pa-
tients in the hospitals must be detailed at full length,
with the sums deducted from each, and the length of
time they have each been ill.

Besides these weekly returns, the Surgeon must
msmit regular monthly returns of the sick of the
whether present or absent, stating the rani.
of sick and diseases that have been admitted, dis.
and the men who died dui ing the month ;
names and stations of the Assistapt-Surgeonc,

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of the detachments, the effective strength cf the
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is, and the number and rank or the servants cm-
iyed in the Hospital. Independently of these, he
directed to send Returns to the District Inspectors,-
:ding to the inclination of these gentlemen. The
Neon is, moreover, responsible that every man,
lan, and child, belonging to the regiment, has been
xinated, if not marked with the small-pox. -
rom a review of these duties, it will not, we pre-
'e, appear probable, that if they be all duly per-
the Surgeon can have much leisure to fol-

any calls of amusement or recreation ; particu-
ty when, besides the above labours, he is directed
Army Medical Lawgiver-24. to make frequent
'ions into the state of the Barracks, and of their
tror,s, to see that all cleanliness be preserved wit/iin,
that no nuisances exist without ; that the ventila-
or air-barrels be not shut or obstructed, and that
mess-rooms be not made use of for washing or
linen."—lle is likewise told, that when the
iment is billetted, 1. it is his duty to see that the
~ts are free from damp, that the bedding is
aad the air pure," and that these health itu 'w-
are of much consequence to the welfare of the

,ent. Farther, that when men are cured of the
~ by four frictions of sulphur ointment, "they must
be well washed with warm water, and put on
linen and clothes."
The above statement of some of the tasks-and du-

Imposed on the Regimental Surgeon, will she*,
his whole occupation is a tissue of labours, ya-
ms and complicated, connected with the Command-
Officer, the Inspector-Gentral of Regimental
'itals, and the District Inspectors of Hospi-

; and that by far the greatest portion of his
which might be usefully devoted to the calls of
profession, must be consumed in punctilious corn-
:e with his Insfructiorm, which oblige him to write
Returns with his own hand, " and to be very cir-
in the detail ; for if, on inspection, any
.ges appear" that are not satisfactory, " the ex-
' will inevitably fall on himself."
great labour necessary to frame, calculate, and
up these weekly Returns, is a great objection to
Many remarks might be made on the
• which the expenditure is detailed, and on the
qicity of columns, the object of which is not
; but, as this is at present foreign to our pur-
we shall only observe, that the present medical
a Regimental Surgeon are overwhelmed in
Irs imposed on him, which are foreign to the
aon, and cannot but obstruct the improvement of
Before quitting this subject, we cannot omit
ig the inadequacy of the pay of Staff Surgeons,

I Hospital Mates, and Regimental Medical oScers.
It seemed lately to have been the intention of Go-
vernment to place Staff and Regimental Surgeons of
ten years standing and upwards on a footing with
Majors, in point of pay and choice of quarters. The
pay of the Majors has been since, however, increased;'
and Regimental Surgeons of twenty years standing
in the service, in common with the youngest Ensign,
and Quarter. Master, still continue to be pent up in a
single barrack-room,
" Which serves him for parlour, and bed-room, and all?'
Besides the unfitness of quarters for Staff wad Regi-
mental Surgeons, there is an unaccountable omission
in apportioning their widows' pensions, which is a
miserable pittance, and greatly inferior to that of the,
other ranks of the service.
When we consider the mul t ifa ri ou s duties and labour:
of the Regimental and Assistant Surgeons, and the re-
lation in which they are placed to their Commanding
Officers, to the Inspector-General, and to the District
Inspectors ; when we consider the small rate of their
ul and half-pay, the nature Of the rank and privi-
lages they hold in their regiments, and that they may
be commanded by the youngest subaltern ; when we
consider the inadequacy of the quarters, and the pit.
ranee granted to their widows, we cannot be surprised
ar the Medical Board often complaining, and par.
titularly in March 1806, that they had " met with
unexpected difficulties in raising Medkal Recruits for
the Army ; and that, if the Continental war had
proceeded, they should have found themselves un-
equal to the necessary supply ; that th'e more extended
pay and allowance lately held out to Navy Surgeons,
had been a great check on their expectations of a
more abundant offer of army candidates."—Vide
their Letter to the Secretary at War.—And we know
that this scarcity of fit Surgeons still exists, to such
a degree, thlt there is a grievous deficiency of them
in all our foreign expeditions, which is really alarm_
ing. Even in this country, many vacancies exist in
regiments which cannot be filled up, on account of
the operation of the above causes; and, unless come
remedy be soon applied, no man of feeling or ability,
who is possessed of the means of daily subsistence,
will be willing to enter a service winch holds out so
many disadvantages, and so few real indufements.
We come, lastly, to say a few words on the duties
and appointments of Inspectors and Deputy Inspec-
tors of Hospitals, as they are styled :
The duties of this class of Officers, in the code of
" Instructions to Regimental Surgeons," apper.rs to
be thus defined They are to see that every part
of the Hospital Regulations have been observed—to
assist with their advice the Attending Surgeon—to
correct errors, and to the Officers command.
ing brigades or regiments, such further improvements
as they may deem necessary for the benefit of the sick,
and of the service."

Wren it is recollected that a Regimental Surgeon,
before he is permitted to assume his de; iei, is sabiected
to a examination which may be supposNl competent
to p ove his abilities ; that he is d:r.:.c.t..:clto send certi-
fied weekly returns, and a detailed register of his
medical prictice, to the Inspector-General ; that he
is under the immediate eye :and direction of his Com-
manding Officer, and of the General commanding the
Distric,, it might seem preposterous that the official
conduct of the Surgeon should be exposed to the ad-
ditional controul of a Deputy Inspector. It may be
admitted that occasional instances of remissness have
occurred, on the part of Regimental Medical Officers,
as in every department of the community, yet it does
not appear very evident, that the interposition 'of
Officers of this description is the best adapted to
correct any errors that may be supposed to exist. The
station and duties of a Regimental Surgeon render
him an object of great notice to the whole regiment ;
and any instances of his neglect or inattention are not
likely to be often, or long overlooked : indeed it is
difficult to conceive that, situated as a surgeon is, he
can require the aid of a foreign stimulus to incite
'him to do that, the neglect of which must be evident
to every private in the regiment.
If professional ability and length of service were
the sole recommendation for the office of Inspector
of Hospitals, we might think some just grounds
existed for the appointment, since their experience
might be beneficial to the service. That some of
these Officers are men of experience and abilities is
unquestionablz ; but that they are all selected from
the recommendation of merit alone is very doubtful.
It is certain that not a few of them, by their zealous
exertions, and their delicacy in performing certain
parts of their instructions, stamp a value and impor-
tance on their rank, which would not perhaps other-
wise attach to it ; and that they are of real utility to
the service. It must not be omitted, however, that
some may manifest their zeal in the discharge
of their duties by a minute cross-examination of
butchers and bakers, in the vicinity of troops, about
the lowest prices of meat sing bread furnished to. R-
egimental Hospitals, with a view perhaps to detect
collusions of the Commanding Officer and Surgeon
in the charges for these articles. Some, perhaps,
confine their enquiries to the price of salt, or of po-
tatoes ; others to that of oatmeal, and to t(e quan-
tity of this article necessary for a bason of 'gruel.
Some may more particularly devote their attention to
the transparency of the windows ; and others admire
the qualifications of the cook in making good broth
with the smallest proportion of ingredients. The
ambition of some may be to see the postman wait

.upon them groaning under. a toad of official letters
and sick returns, which they had directed the Staff, '
Regimental, and Assistant Surgeons to transmit, in
order to shew their own zeal and importance in the
service, and the great extent of their deputed autho-
rity ; others Might derive a peculiar gratification in
being officially informed whether a soldier has a sore
upon his right, or, on his left arm or leg; and, if
one of his eyes has been blackened and inflamed in
the course of the festivities at she end of the month
-might, perhaps, burn with anxiety to learn which
Of these organs is graced with the sable distinction.
. -We might enlate on the duties, &c. of Inspector
and Deputy-Inspectors of Hospitals, but think that
what we havee already said' on this subject will be suf-
ficient to shew that, in order to render this class of
Officers Rrofitably useful to the service, it is necessary
that they be all men of military and professional
knowledge, of long services, of an easy gracious de-
portment, of strict integrity, and pure independency
of spirit
,and principles. Their duties ought to be
circumscribed, and confined to objects that are strictly
important and professional ; namely, to the actual in-
.spection of the state of the sick, and into the condition
.of the troops, in point of health ; and, in cases of unu-
sisal sickness their duty should be, in conjunction with
the medical officer, or officers on the spot, to consult
and fully investigate the probable causes thereof, to
the end that an effectual remedy may be applied, as
speedily as possible. If the duties and jurisdiction pf
these officers be thus bounded, their inspections need
not be frequent, therefore a very small and select
proportion of their number will be perfectly adequate
to assist with their advice the attending Surgeons,
and to propose to the Officers commanding Brigades
or Regiments', such measures as the existing circum-
stances of the troops may demand. Moreover, if, as
is supposed, the ,Regimental Surgeons are properly
qualified, they will not, On ordinary occasions, often
require the assistance of advice' ; and it can only
be' in times of -unusual unhealthiness that Command,
ing Officers of Brigades or Regiments v ill everrequire
proposals sf further improvements'
,for the benefit
of the service.

We shall finish the article of the Inspectors and
Deputy-Inspectors, by observing, that if this class of
officers should be deemed necessary, their duties should
be abridged, and their numbers reduced—and it is
absolutely proper that they should not h^ dependent
on the choice or will of any individual, but that they
should be directly accountable to the Medical Board
conjunctly, for their conduct.

RETROSPECTIVE CONCLUSION.
The Remarks we have above offered on the Pre-
sent State of the Army Medical Department, in its
different Branches, would seem to justify the Conclu-
sion, That a certain, sperdy, and essential Reform;
is, in many respects, necessary ; particularly in the
instances, the most prominent features of which we
have endeavoured to lay Wore the Public in their
natural colours.

We shall,. lastly, collect the points
.at one view,
from the foregoing observations, which appear to be
necessary to constitute a reform, and that may be re-
duced to the following :

I. The Constitution of a New Medical Board, governed by n
President, conjunct and independent.
2. A Reformation in the System and Discipline of General
Hospitals.

S. A more judicious Selection, than heretofore, of Army Phi-
sicians.

4. A liberal ImproOment in the System and EstabEshment of
Regimental Hospitals, and an Abridgement of the•Labour
of Regimental Medical Officers.
S. An Imprbrement in the Pay and Situation of Staff, Regi•
mental, and. Assistant-Surfeons, and of Haspital Mates.
6. An Abridgement of the Labours, &c. of the Inspectors and
Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals, and a consequent Reduc-
tion of their Numbers.

The following instance of the base treachery of a
.French Dragoon, after having been vanquished by
a Serjeant c;f the 7th Light Dragoons, may be relied
on as fact, it being stated by a gentleman, who arrived
at Falmouth, with Mr. MATES, the Messenger, who
brought the dispatches from Toro, and who was an
eye-witness of the merited punishment of the French.
man, at the hands of the Spaniards :—Captain -
DUKMNFIELD commanded a small detachment on a
scouring party, at Palacios, when they fell in with a
party of French Dragoons, whom they engaged,
tvhen a Serjeant got one of them completely in his '
power, who, throwing down his sword, held his hand
as a token of amity to his adversary. The serjeant;
with the true characteristic of an Englislunan, took
him by the hand, when the wretch drew a pistol from
his holster, and discharged it at his conqueror, which
blew his hand to atoms, and killed his horse. The
assassin was instantly butchered by' the Spaniards,
and his body consumed to ashes in a fire made for
that purpose. Such was the disgust of the Spaniards,
that in their vengeance they killed the assassin's horse.
The gentleman who has favoure,d us with this fact
describes the enthusiasm of the British army as won-
Several frauds have been recently committed bya
Swindler, who is about five feet four in height, with
black whiskers, of very gentlemanly appearance and
good address. He is about in the day with an elderly
woman, also of good appearance, and an elderly man
servant. Mr. Sames, a jeweller in Mary-la-bonne-
street, sent home an order worth 701. to apartments
in Nottingham-street, and a chequevas returned for
the money, which was presented in vain, and on
going to Nottingham-street, it was ascertained that
the swindler had only taken the apartments in the
morning, and had not since been seen. He goes by
the names of Major Soult, Mr. Hedges, and the Rev.
Mr. Gaff; he was originally a waiter at Bath. He has
also obtained a sum of money of a Captain's Lady,
by representing himself as the intimate friend of her
husband, whom he lately left in Spain.

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,umialcx,..AccEaDEß 22.
_ The Special Commission for the county of Limerick
is fixed for next Monday fortnight. The Right Hon.
Lord Chief Baton, and the Hon. Baron GEORG r., will
be the Judges.
Monday, the 23d January next, is fixed for holding
a Special Commission, at Tralee, fore the • county of
Kerry.

CLONMEL. DECEMBER 28.

Monday list, fast, -as styOung lad, son to a most repec:-.
able Gentleman of this town, was amusing himself
fowling, near fairy pill, almost in the town, he was
accosted by two men, one of whom suddenly na
forcibly deprived him of his gun, with which they
immediately made off. Monday night, Jowl Howlett.,
Esq. Deputy Mayor, apprehended 4 number of per-
sons (nearly th:rty) who were riotous and diSorderly
in the streets, and in public-houses in. different parts
bf the town, and committed them to jail until they
should find bail for the peace and good behaviour for
seven
.yeart.l (n Sunday se'nnight, in the evening,
a man was tliOt in an affray in the vicinity of this
town. On rriday last, as two Gentlemen were fowl-
ing, not far from the same place; they were accosted
by two countrymen, who offered to beat the bushes
for them—the offer was accepted, and the artful cri-
minals attended patiently till the Gentlemen had fired
their. pieces, and then disarmed both of them. It is
also stated, that two other Gentlemen were served in
the same manner a short time ago.
Monday sennight, the troop of Scotch Greys, for
some time quartet* in Londonderry, marched for
Dundalk. .

An eminent aceouelseur, having given his testimony
in a cause of great weight, tried lately in Dublin; the
Judge was pleased to ccmpliment him, by saying—
"'pon my word, Doctor, you have delivered yourself
remarkably well !"
Mrs. BECK, a lady who resides at Piddinghoe, in
Sussex, and is in her 966th year, has now actually
living, within a short space round her house—of chil-
dren, grand, great, and great great children, no fevier
than one hundred and ten !

Interesting account of the destruction of a Royal
'Tiger, by cue of the Officers of the 2d Battalion of
the 7th Regiment N. I. stationed at Kaira :—On the
16th of June some of the Officers of the corps formed
a party to visit the celebrated ruins of Mahmooda-
bad. On approaching them, they were alarmed by
a sound like the roar of a Royal Tiger. They did
not, however, immediately see the animal, and pro.
ceeded towards the ruins ; but, on advancing a little
farther, he suddenly burst 'upon their view in all his
terrors, and sprang at them with indescribable fero-
city. A precipitate retreat was the natural conse-
quence, and one of the Gentlemen, who was but in-
differently mounted,, perceiving that he could not
depend on his horse, with the promptitude of a vi-
gerous and decisive mind, directed his course to a
tree, which he immediately ascended with his fowl-
ing-piece in his hand. His victim thus singled, the
Tiger gave over the pursuit of the others, and
bounded on the horse, who stood paralysed with fear
at the foot of the tree. At this crisis, the Gentleman
hi the tree took a cool and steady aim at the savage,
and wounded him, though not mortally. The Tiger
feeling his wound, retreated to some distance, but
almost immediately returned s ish increased fury.
In the mean time, the Officer had reloaded, and taking
aim at him again, while venting his rage on the mi-
serable horse, , wounded him mortally. On the first
attack of the Tiger, the retreat of the party was too
precipitate and general to admit of individual atten-
tions. Each person trusted to the speed of his horse,
and our hero was undesignedly left behind. But
when, in rallying hi a neighbouring village, 'his
comrades perceived' that he vas missing, they in-
stantly armed themselves, and returned with a large
concourse of the natives to the spot. They came in
sight of the tree, just as the Tiger had received his
mortal wound., He again retreated, and was traced
into a jungle, where they found him writhing in
agony. On their approach, he collected his remain-
ing strength into one final effort, and prepared to
spring, but the spear of a native prevented him, and
put an end to his struggles. On measuring him, he
was found to extend ten feet eight inches from the
nose to the tip of the tail. The poor horse was so
mangled, that he was immediately put to death.—
( Bombay Gazette.)

A few days since we expressed our intention to
examine the executive part of a new work, the Pros-
pectus of Which had excited a great degree of expec-
tation. The first Number -nf-44'The Repository of
Arts," itc‘' Published by ACICHRMANN, has made its
appeararia. The novelties attached to this work are
real patternsicirtheinannfactures described under the
article of fashion's, and so far the plan unites useful-
ness with novelty. The female figures are beauti-
ful, and there is a chasteness in the tout enremble of
the full dresi figure which we have never seen in
any other 'publication. We do not think the
Ar-
tists have done complete justice to Mr. A.'s shop,
which is certainly superior in itself to the repre-
sentation. We think the plate should have admit- •
ted a larger margin, and we recommend this
to Mr. A.'s consideration hi. future Numbers.—
The Game Vignette, by HOWET3 is really charming. •
The Literary departments appear to be well filled ;
and the communications, which are chiefly scientific,
are treated in a popularway, and with greatpropriety.
The Literary notices are of the first merit.

J. BAXTER and Co. Confectioners, in Edinburgh
and Glasgow, respectfully inform the Nobility and
Gentry, that at this season they have for years been
in the custom of sending to London, Bath, and all
over England, - SCOTS BUNS, SHORT BREAD, and
other CAKES, which for rich and delicious flavour,
have long had a preference at the tables of fashion in
every part of the united Empire. This year they
can warrant them of the very best kind having been
particularly fortunate in meeting with a quantity of
nice Dutch Butter, which gives such a delicate and
peculiar richness to the taste of the Buns, a, to make
them in the highest degree delicious. and exquisite.—
Boxes from one Guinea to five, containing a variety
of Cake , conveyed to any distance with perfect
safety. Great variety of Scots Comfits, from Is. bd.
46 4s. per pound.

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