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London, England, 1810-08-10 00:00:00

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MARG.ITE NOT.

UNIPIERSIfr INTELLIGENCE.

August 3, at Seavar the Recubrets,.4. A. M. CAIMIDet, AnOtTST G.—The R. Dr. Wm. Bcp.
All the passengers, and stowage for the intestines, transt
Magdalen,erreo tan
of Lld now Prebendary of Westulin„„,
he sum 5,C00 3 er cent.
being now on board, we set sail for the renowned varsity, founding eight new schoplarships.Consols to this •
port of Margate, with the wind at S. S. E. hoping, Messrs Gabriel V..lpy and Jobn blingaby, of King's CO.
Dee volente, to reach the destined haven in twenty-four are admitted Fellows of that society.
. The Rev. W. Wade, B. D. of St. John's College, lien,,,,
hours.
Hcrte, is presented by the Man and Clisiter of f, :
As a preparatory step towards maintaining the bar- the Vicarage of Impitiatee in 0114 Coonty.
mony of the expedition, it was arranged by the Stew- The Rev. W. Brown, A. M. one of the Prebendaries of C...
‘ard (who is the Commanding Officer on these occa- terbury, has been presented by the Duke of Marlboroiegh to • .
sions) that no more than three persons should sleep Rectory of Stonefirld, in Oxfordshire, void by :he resignation
at once in the same bed ! the Rev. W. Mayor, t-.L.D.
When we passed Cuckold's Point, it was °heaved STORM.--On Fridav the town and neighbourhore
that the greater part of the married men went below; of Leeda were visited by one of the most tremenitous
storms of thunder and lightning ever recollected to
but this must have been a movement merely acciden-
have been witnessed. 'file peals were awfully le
tal, as it is not reconcileable to probability that a p:tir
• it
and succeeded the flash with a celerity that prori.e
of horns could have been any sort of gorgon to Gen-
ttemen so morally and respectably circumstanced. the contending clouds to be immediately over fet
On our arrival opposite Blackwell, all hands were town. Rain fell in torrents, and the streets were ie
piped upon deck, to look at a naked gibbet that raised some minutes complatel v under water. Me. Hee igh
its appalling and melancholy form frem among the house, on the south ride of Leeds Bridee, has re.
sedges that skirt the Kentish shore.—A warm dispute ceived a great id injury. In a neighbourly,.
now arose as to the quelity and turpitude of its list house, inhabited by Mr. 0.1.1 y, the lightnineetelas
occupant, some vehemently asserting that it was a pi. the window of the room, sehare the tamily nut. e
rate who poisoned his Captain, and others that it was dinaer, breke several squares, and iollicted, el:' n
a Captain who murdered his cook : but ge themele. eons the fragments of o:us, or from the actii n
factor was not there to answer for himself, his repu. 1 Shining, ate ut a (Inuit small scars on Mr. Oadye
tatioo, like that of many other great men, wits ban. ha ad, which bled proluselv. Iris wife ::ad imtunaltiv
tiled very inaccurately in his absence. There were :15 just rhea from d nue or: tl.e con equelices miela
many telescopes employed to view this gibbet, which been fatal, as the fluid struck the plate off which sle
was not nine yards from their noses, as the astrono- had been eating, and comphealy sepiteited the boteee
mers of all Europe. used to ascertain the transit of Ve. from the aim In Newcastle, the pea's w:. re au fidir
nus ! but the helmsman (by mere chance, no doubt) 1 )td, and succeeded the fleth with a c(•lerhy that
having run foul of a barge that was flanking an un- proved the contending cleeds to be immediately tear
loaded East Indiaman, the concussion destroyed the the town. We have heard of var:aty of accide.its,
progress of the ohservation, and threw the whole band though we are glad to understand no lives have bcea
of City Philosophers in one vast heap over each other, last. The house of Mr. Frost, at Walker, xas neati7
like a house of cards, when the finger of childnood unroofed, aid several of the sa inrlw. s %%tee brokau to
upsets the leading buttress 1 pieces. The windows of Mr. Weodhouse's lieu::
were else completely driven in, and several !tees were
Various and important were the remarks that were
r
made by our motley establishment as we passed the rent in pieces. On both Saturday and Sunday theta
was heard occasional peals of thunder from the cast.
hulks at Woolwich : A dryedter's warehouseman,
from Thames-street, quoted the Marquis. Bcc:aria, to r At Edinburgh, on Sunday, there was a storm of
thunder and lightning, and a great deal at rain at-
prove that the severity of our Criminal Code was
often disproportiened to the bearing of the atrocity ;
companied wit)l hail stones. The flashes the rola.
this discourse brought the name of Sir SAMUEL Ito-
fling were very vivid. It lasted upwards of an hour.
MILLY upon the tapis, whose health was generally At Cakemuir, in that neiehboerhood, a child was
drank with enthusiasm, in bottled porter, for which killed by the lightning. Between 2 and S e'clock,
we only paid the moderate price of 10d. per bottle ! the lightning broke upon the thrashing mill at Spring-
field, near Mid Calder, which communicating to the
It was my rare fortune to swig from one that had been
previously seven times down the throats of my thirty i offices, the whole were entirely burnt to the ground.
associates, who seemed to drink the health of this be- A bey, bringing sr mc horses from watering, had his
hat blown off, and was for a few minutes stupitied,
nevolent Gentleman with as much energy as if they
had been recently fed on sponge and unslacked lime ! but sustained no other injury.
My fastidious stomach revolted, and sent up a strong Saturday se'nnight, about one o'clock, during a
remonstrance against the measure ; but I made a vir-
heavy storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, the elec.
tue of my necessity, and complimented the popular tric fluid struck the reef of the Coach and Horses
interest, at the expence of my feelings and better 1 Public-1"w, Ilford, Essex, which forced itself with
judgment ! great velocity through the premises into the parlour,
After an eventful sail of six hours, with the benefit where a party were sitting ; in its course it took the
of the tide, we had the felicity to arrive at the half- bell-wires, which it milted into the size of small shot,
way house to Gravesend ! where we came to anchor, it then took the door-posts of the parlour, which, with
the force, were shivered to splinters nearly the whole
and many of the passengers went on shore, to recruit
both their spirits and stores, after an inconclusive heig ht ; it then rolled a considerable way into flu
voyage, that involved so much patience, peril, and parlour, where, being evaporated, it totally &;.+p-
nicety of navigation. peered, leaving behind it a most sulphureaus
and cn the floor a place scorched so much as to be
In this station we had an oblique view of Belvidere
House, the noble seat of Lord EARDLEY, who had the entirely black. Although several persons were in the
parlour and rooms adjacent, they received not the
superlative honour to entertain the bang-up Club
least injury.
with a magnificent breakfast, at five o'clock in the : -
afternoon ! and, on the other side, a full view of the
county of Essex, so remarkable for the growth of corn
and calves ! I was casting my eyes over this rich pro-
vince, so peculiarly the care of Ceres, whoa my ru-
mination was interrupted by a clamour in the Seven-
Shilling Cabin, where a Pewnbroker's • Lady had ac-
cused an itinerant Jew with robbing her of a knuckle
of ham ! but the son of Mordecai pledged himself in
opposition to the charge ; and as no reasonable per.
son could possibly doubt his word of honour, it was
commonly supposed that the Lady of the Blue Balls,
like the cl timant on the dignities of the house of Ner-
folk, had been dreaming of advantages that never ap-
pertained to her condition.
The returning ebb having new commenced, the
anchor was re-raised, and all hearts were elated with
the expectation of reaching Margate in the evenine.
As the wind was still so scanty as scarcely to be ab:e
to bear die gossamer upon its bosom, not less than
one hundred pair of bps were screwed up, in the act
of whistling a supplicatory tune to Eohis, to sand us
an extra breeze, with which request he complied,
like a well-bred god, and we began to clash along
through the mud, if not the maii., and passed North.
fleet, Purfleen Grays, and Gravesend, with the cele-
rity of an avant Courier ! Now the scene became truly
awful !—expectoratien was the ward, and an odour
was the consegitence I—e Lie still there, Madam,"
bawled a consumptive guest to a lusty Dowager, who
was rolling in the bed above him, like a Leviathan in
trouble : the respondent was leaning forward to ex-
plain, when the ceconomv oilier stomach forsook her,
and she discharged its bilious contents full upon the
extended mouth of the appellant, in a warm stream,
as rich and as yellow as the sands of I'actolus ! But
the garcon descended with a huge mop, and absorbed
all the offering that had not insinuated itself doiran the
pia of the half-suffocated Irato !

PRICE OF IiOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.
BAGS.
Kent 41. 41. to Gl. 001. Kent 41. 15.6. to 71. Os.
Cusses 31. tos. to 51. Os. illsseT 31. 15s. to 51. os,
PRICE OF HAY A:sltt :iTRAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Meadow Hay 51. Os. to 81. 1:5. Clover 71. Os tap 91. Os
Now ditto 61. .54. to 61.151. New do. 31. Os to E. Ss
Straw 21. 10s. to 31. S..
COAL MARKET, August M.
Slurs sold Price
11 495. 3S. to 611. 04.
2 625. 6d to .525. td.
0 005. 041. to 001.
COUNTRY MARKS _ _

Sh:rs at Market
1.1 Newcastle Coals
Sunderland
1 Welch

NE wcAsTtr, .41u3us; We had to-day a small supply of
Wl.eat front the farmers, but having had borne farther arrives
I of Wheat from the Baltic, sales were male at a little variation
from the prices of last Sa•urday. G.,01 Atezhkribargh Wheat
10t;s. to 108 s. Polish mixed Wheat 1101. The quantity of Wheat
.is very inconsiderable. We have had a great importation of Rye
; since our last, but much of it in rather a heated coodition. prices
I about 2s. per qr. lower. Good Barley about 4,'4. Malt from 76..
to /1.2 s We had to-day a tolerable supply of Oats, which wer•
taken off at la" week's prices. The o rather has been very wet
here this week, and ithlt as to protract the harvest.
Nit-414. rl, Auglist 1.-1• o-day there was a short supply of
cattle, which sol I readily ; a great many sheep and lambs, part
left unsold, with little alteration in prices. Beef 7s. 6d. to 04. 91.
: Mutton Rs. to 91. 4d. Lamb 71. to Is. per atone, sinking (dials.
Wheat loth. to lads. per grinner. Rye 525. to Ka. Oats Sok. to
c.. 7%. id.
i KELSO, August 3.-Wheat, new, ROs. to ON. Pease, new, WI.
to 53%. per boll of 6 Winchester bushels. Barley 4Cs. to 5Cs.
Oats, 30s. to 3:s. per boll of 7t Winchester bushels.
11ADDI NGTO ' August 3.--Wheat, old, 31i1. to .7.3. New Pa-
' ley. 3(k. to ess. Pt ate teti. to Tis. Oats ;P.:, per
f Winchester huNlals. '1 he slimly of Wh.at la ge, aid sait i
j At Faceter Fair, Ilst week, there was a nom( rou, show of lean
cattle, but few tat ones ; sale very dull; horst, in great plenty,
but few sold ; leather qu'te a drug.
CAN 1 F.RBURY, AUGUST 4.
B. Wheat 8 Is 0.1 to ibis (xl 'I art. (bosh.) 101 Otto 11$ Oa
New ditto 00s Od to 00s Od Brovm Malt PGs Od to Gs 04
White ditto 90s CJ to 124 s Od ArnherM.dt 1,76 Od to (11. Od
Fine ditto 126 s 0.1 to 130 s Od Pale ditto 083 Od to 05 Od
New ditto Or is Cd to Ocs Otl Fine Floi.r 9tis Od to do il.l
Rye GJ to 60s Od Second ditto 141 s Od to Cs od
42s Cd to 4ss ed Third dirt) i4Os 011 to sus id
Oats £Bs Od to 2Gs :d Rough Meal Ws od to Os 01
New 00s Od to OCs d Hops (bags) 31 WI to 41 10s
Seed ditto oos oil to 00s Od N. (bags) 01 Os to 01 es
Beans 41's Cd to 49s Cd Fine do. 01 Os to CI us
New Cls od to OOs :d N. Pockets 41 Os to A 5$
Tick 521 tid to 56. Cd Flay (togs) 41 Ls to A Cs
New 00s Cd to ous td Sainfoin 41 I'.a to 31 51
Hog Peas 4tts Od to r.Ol ed Clover 41 51 to 41 les
ditto 60a Od to 705 Od Straw 31 Os to 01 Os

At sunset, when we were off the Medway, a small
sea struck the bows of the vessel. whca a Dale passen-
ger was pitched, with the merry-though t of a fowl in
his mouth, against a rope, which pror identially kept
him from a watery grave ! But he was greatly rallied
afterwards by the wits on board, for hav►ng ...hewn an
inclination to leave the company abruptly, and with-
out the required formalities of an adieu !

i BIRTH.
Monday se'nsight, Mrs. helhanke, wife et Capt:;in R. Mil-
banke, R. N. of Blaekviell, near Darlinress, eta son sod bt:r.
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We did not reach the Nore Lights till midnight,
when the wind varied nearly a-head ; and after pas-
sing a rough night, we are now happily here. The nED.
Steward is collecting the passage :stoney, which na- On the 2.2c1 of July, on his passage from Lisb.,n, Lieutenant-
flintily creates ennui—which must account for the Vtl• Co'onel Dru mmond, of the 3d, or butfi.
pidity of this epistle .; hut I hope to acquire new vi- On the 429th ult. so his passage from Leith to London, Alia-
gour, both mentally and corporeally, when I have an
4::tenr
tih'ieton2rithi
'aElt.selit.ti..l4ontki3lualslnedieoll.n, the Rev. John Ashbritlges
been washed and put ified from the abominations a M.A. curate of that parish, in his 50d year.
necessity. Lately, in the West Indict, in the X4th year of his age, Mr.
George
and eW..st son of
W e arc now tumbling, by scores, into a boat that Ni 7
is alongside to convey us to land ; the shore is lined .ro A'eiltjb°tun'AClLul Suzlrg‘o.
he
integrity of heart gained the love of all around him. and """
ofnblianudtfordßxoeyhaolseNaamia,bk• disposition and
with civil announcers, who are thrusting cards into all loss will be long and deeply regretted by his tritsfi sod relatives
•
Sunday night lair, six days after the birth of a son, in the
Silmy pockets,significant of the desire of their principles
year of her age, I.ady St. John Alibiing, wife of t"ir licury S
to accommodate me, and the other Genii pas,sen-
John MiLimay, Bart. ...
gcrs, with every thing that the mind can devise, or tbs
atic_
the heart desire l—a Li botheur—you shall know ni LO MAIN : erinted anti publfibed by I.liNfld. KIN I
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