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I Ist floor apartnient-iis hei4ntle. do Monday witness
passed a few hours with the unfo—rtunate.decease4, who
was in perfect health at the tithe; altil`slinttFy after
leaving her she Was 3ilitilieditia th6)deceisecc earring
out sthie, coaie kir Ffbied4iftet,- F amt on
Are l" Witness proceeded Itte stkirs' • atur.bgtelirtfle
deceased all in Rattles: Tlif %seer raft Of her dress
was entirely burnt or, add MOO' the Waist tipwirifts
formed a complete. circle or flahtes. While deceaXed
was screaming, and endeavouring to leave them from
her face With her hands, she called out a Murder !"
'and two Gentlemen cattle in and put a blanket round
'her, and extinguished the flames. She was then
brought to the Hospital. She was burnt on the same
parts of her perion as the last deceased.
Mr. Birch, the Surgeon, deposed, that- the deceased's
arms, rice, bfeasts, kc. were burnt dreadfully. The
hry, after a little consultation, returned a verdict of—
Accideittally Burnt to Death.

Another Coroner's Inquest was held on the body of
Muster George H. Davies, aged five years, son of Mr.
Davies, of No. 23, Dartmouth-street, Westminster.—
The deceased was in one of the apartments where a fire
was a-light, and during the absence of his parents be
was playing with the fire, when his clothe, came in
contact with the flames, by which he was in a short
time surrounded, and burnt in a horrid manner before
assistance arrived. Verdict—Accidental Death.

Letters have been received from Malta, via Mar-
seilles, in the remarkably short space of fifteen days,
being dated the 20th ult. The following passage of
a letter, from a person of 'notch experience in the Me-
diterranean, thus regards the proposed relaxations of
quarantine in this country :
" A Dr. Mamas has written much to prove the non-contagion
of plague, which, it is understood, has had considerable weight at
home, in calming the fears relative to the direct communication
with Egypt. However. too many proofs can be produced, in op-
position to his opinions, by those much better acquainted with the
disease than he can be from a short residence in Turkey. It will
be most lamentable should this horrid malady reach England; and
that it will, without most extraordinary precautions, can scarcely
be doubted. The risk incurred ought to be most strongly im-
pressed on the minds of Ministers; and certainly everything should
be done to keep the disease as fat front Great Britain as possible."
The spirit of improvement is gaining ground on the
Continent, and excited by the example given by this
country, arrangements are planned to facilitate inter-
course, and abridge the time heretofore required for the
conveyance of the Mails. Thus the Post Office at
Frankfort has adopted a method, by which letters will
be carried from thence to Milan in 48 hours less time
than has hitherto been invariably consumed.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The Opera of Der
Freischuta was performed at this House on Tuesday night.
The novelty of the evening consisted in Miss PATON'S
resumption of her old character of Bertha, which had
been performed, ad interim, during her indisposition, by
Miss HAMMIRSLItY. Miss PATON appears to have ex-
perienced no diminution of her very delightful powers
during her temporary absence. In the remaining pieces
incidental to the character she was equally successful.
Aladdin concluded the entertaiuments of the evening.
A conjunction of Mars and Mercury, in Aries, will
take place at five o'clock to-morrow morning.
The Spanish Government has just sold off the whole
of the quicksilver on hand, from the mines of Almaden,
to a French mercantile house, deliverable in Seville,
at thirty-eight dollars per quintal (about Is. 6d. per
pound). The quantity is about 11,000 quintals.
A communication has been made to the Assembly of
Upper Canada, from the British Government, offering
to loan to the Province the sum of 70,0004 for the pur-
pose of making a Canal from Lake Ontario to the river
Ottawa, provided the Legislature of the Province will
secure the payment by a specific tax.—New York Paper.
A new mode of lighting Theatres has been adopted
in Italy. The lamps are above the ceiling, and .send'
forth a light through a plate of glass, which distributes'
the rays around the Theatre. The effect of this mode of
lighting may be if imagined by picturing to one's self
the disk of the Sun at its zenith.
The carpet-weavers of Kilmarnock have struck work
for an advance of wages, and the masters are adver-
tising for other workmen.—Glasgow Free Press.
TALMA'S last benefit in Parigon the 21st ult.) was
one of the most brilliant assemblages ever seen in the
French capital. The vast salle of the Opera House
was completely filled ; the receipts amounted to 35,000
francs, about 14001. sterling.
A curious Chinese docnment has reached this coun-
try, in reference to the Burmese war. It is a Procla-
mation of the Emperor of CHINA, grounded on a dis-
patch from one of his Governors—the Governor of the
Province of Yunnan—bringing under his attention the
state of the frontiers. The Governor states that the
Burmese are engaged in a war with the English, and
have been defeated in most of the engagements which
they have hitherto had ; and he recommends that on
the frontier towards the Burmese territory, there be
erected " fortifications and towers," to prevent the
violation of the Chinese territory by either of the
parties. The Emperor directs that a line of fortifica-
tions be erected all along the frontiers, according to the
recommendation of the Governor. This Proclamation,
which is translated from the Pekin Gazette, and has
reference to the early affairs in Assam, will be pub-
lished in the transactions of the Asiatic Society.
The 15th of March last,there was discovered at My.
sey (Jura), fifteen feet under ground, on the right bank
of the Loue, a canoe, formed of a single tree, hollowed
out, and of extraordinary dimensions. It is an oak,
about thirty feet long, three feet broad within the sides,
and twenty-six inches deep. • The thickness of the bot-
tom varies from seven to eight inches; and the sides are
about four inches thick. The two ends are raised regu-
larly to the height of the sides, and are pierced with
several holes, which appear to have been intended for
oars, and bear the marks of the rubbing. The preser-
vation of the boat was perfect, but since it has been ex-
posed to the air, some parts have fallen into dust, but
the heart of the wood has not even lost its natural colour.

OARSTANO—A party of the inhabitants of this an-
cient Borough, consisting of more than fifty persons,
partook of a most excellent supper at the Royal Oak,
Garstang, on Tuesday evening, the 22d inst. Thomas
Bell, Esq. in the Chair. The object of the meeting was
to drink the healths of his Majesty's Ministers, and to
express their respectful gratitude tor the late most am-
ple reduction of the public taxes. The duties of the
Chair were ably supported by the worthy Gentleman
who presided. The accustomed patriotic toasts were
drunk with a degree of enthusiasm which marked the
most devoted attachment to, and greatest admiration
of, our glorious Constitution; and truly might it have
been said, at the time our national songs engaged her
attention of the meeting, that
" Merril; every bosom bnomleth,
Where the soot of freedom soundrth."