land, completed and not com pleted, 3,611.

The following roads in England afford a remarkable contrast: Glocestershire 897 miles road; annual income, 51,558l.; income, per mile, 571.; amount of debt, 212,5091.; debt, per mile, 2361.; annual expenditure, 31,494l.; expenditure, per mile, 35l.; excess of income, 19,734.; interest of debt, 4,3461.

Middlesex, which we believe includes London and its vicinity, north of, the Thames, 157 miles road; annual income, 95,5451.; income, per mile, 6081.; amount of debt, 185,475l.; debt, per mile, 1187; annual expenditure, 66,0501.; expenditure, per mile, 5481.; excess of income, 9,4951. ; interest of debt, 1,8021.

REDUCTION. A Treasury Minute has been published, regulating the salaries of the clerks in the various departments, with a view to economy. From this do cument we find, that every person in a government office is to be subjected to an abatement of 5 per cent on his salary; but per sons at or under 100l. a year, only to 2 per cent. Such as hold offices, the salary of which is con sidered higher than necessary, re tain those offices at their present salary until removed by promotion or otherwise, and, in the mean time, suffer a further assessment of 10 per cent on so much of the salary, as exceeds what any such office is to confer in future.

FRENCH CLERGY. The Clerical almanack of France, for 1822, states the number of priests in actual employment, to be 35,286, of whom 14,870 are above 60 years of age: 4,156 have been or dained during the last year. VOL. LXIV.

WIDOWHOOD.-A French widow has lately been disappointed, by the principal tribunal of Toulouse, in a clever expedient which she had adopted to satisfy at once her husband's will and her own. The whole of her husband's property was left her on condition of not marrying again; she took the property, and did not marry; but she was unlucky enough to have several children. The question was, whether this notorious breach of the spirit of the husband's will was not sufficient to defeat her right to the property; and, after a long argument, the court decided that it was.

29. ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF NEWGATE.On the 27th at night, a daring attempt was made by 13 convicts under sentence of transportation, to break out of this prison. On Sunday morning the turnkeys went to one of the north wards near Newgate-street, and on letting out the above culprits, they observed some mortar and lime on the floor. Upon examin ing the place, they found a "horse bedstead" raised up, which they removed, and discovered a hole, two feet square, in the wall, penetrating to the outer stone work. This circumstance being communicated to Mr. Brown, the governor, he instantly made every inquiry; but the convicts all denied any knowledge of the trans action; however, he threatened to confine them in separate cells, and feed them on bread and water, when one of them confessed the ringleaders to be three ruffians, named Foley, Perceval, and Davis, under sentence of transportation; the first, for seven years, for robbing Mr. Alderman Wood's brother; the second for life, for à C

burglary; and the last, for fourteen years, for forging the mark of the Goldsmith's Company. They immediately had body irons placed upon them, and were put in a different ward from the other ten. Mr. Brown then informed them, that he had orders from government to send off convicts, and, in consequence of their conduct, they might rest assured they should not be 24 hours longer in Newgate. Foley d-d him, and told him to do his worst; however, they began to feel the inconvenience of body irons, and yester day morning addressed the following letter to Mr. Brown:

Newgate, Jan. 28th, 1822. "SIR;-We, the undersigned, most humbly beg of your great kindness, to unburthen us with the body irons; we also wish you, Sir, to understand, that we regret our foolish attempt, and shall feel ever grateful, should you so far condescend to relieve us.-With much humility we beg leave to subscribe ourselves, your most obedient servants,

"JOSEPH FOLEY. "WILLIAM PERCEVAL. "ROBERT DAVIS." "W. R. H. Brown, esq." The other men have since confessed, that the three ringleaders stood over them with large knives and swore, the first man that gave an alarm they would butcher on the spot. They accomplished their work by taking the winder of the range, and expected to have penetrated through the stone work on the following night, had not the discovery of their design taken place.

ATHIEF DISCOVERED BY BLOODHOUNDS.-On Tuesday night, a labouring man named Tipper, at Forestside, Stansted, had a fat hog of 20 stone stolen from his stye.

He made application to the parkkeeper of Lewis Way, esq., to assist him in its recovery. A couple of Sleuth blood-hounds were laid on, which ran on trail six miles and a half, to the door of a cottage at West Bourne, when James Goble was taken into custody, he having killed the hog and cleaned it.

30. This evening, as Mrs. Maria Coran, a lady 73 years of age, residing at No. 121, Chancery-lane, was sitting by the fire, her dress was blown by a current of air to the bars of the stove, and in a moment the unfortunate lady was enveloped in flames. Her infirmities prevented her assisting herself, and no person was in the room at the time. At length, her shrieks were heard by some persons, who went immediately to her aid, but not till she was burned in the most terrific manner. Death put an

end to her misery soon afterwards.

31. PRIVILEGE OF GENTLEMEN OF THE PRIVY CHAMBERTapley v. Batthie. Mr. Holt moved for a rule to show cause, why the defendant should not be discharged out of the custody of the marshal (in which he was in execution), on the ground of his privilege as a gentleman of the king's privy chamber. The pri vilege of the defendant had been, in 1818, the subject of discussion in the court; who then refused to relieve him on motion (2 Barnewall and Alderson, 234). Previously to his last application, he had performed no actual service, which was the chief ground for rejecting his claim; since that time, he had been summoned to attend the coronation, warned to provide a suitable dress, and had the honour of walking next to his lordship (Mr. Justice Bayley) in the procession.

Mr. Justice Best.-Did he ever attend on any other occasion? Mr. Holt. I believe not, my lord.

Mr. Justice Best.-And we all hope, it will be a long time before he is required to attend on a similar

occasion!

Mr. Holt.-The Court before had great doubt on the subject, and only refused to relieve him in a summary way. Since that time, he has applied to the lord chancellor and to the lord chamberlain for a writ of privilege, but neither thought he had jurisdiction to grant it. In 2 Taunton, 18, the junior clerk of the kitchen was discharged for a similar cause.

Mr. Justice Best. Yes; because he is a menial servant, whose constant attendance is requisite. The late king's gardener was discharged a dozen times; but then his majesty required his personal

services.

Mr. Justice Bayley. If he had made affidavit of real duties, we might relieve him; but it is quite outrageous to rely on walking in a procession. He does not swear, that he ever was required to perform any service. It is a privilege, and a high privilege, to attend the coronation.

Mr. Holt. He was desired to attend by summons.

Mr. Justice Best.-Every knight of the Bath might claim the same privilege for the same reason.

Mr. Justice Bayley.-We can give him no relief. The king, if he chose to claim him, might do so; but the privilege is not that of the servant, but of the sovereign.

Mr. Justice Best. If the defendant were entitled to relief at all, he would have obtained his writ of privilege. The refusal of that writ shows that his claim

The king might

is unfounded. command his attendance, and might claim his discharge, if he were necessary to fill the number of servants, with which the king's dignity requires that he should be surrounded. And, even without such an application, if the Court saw that his office required constant attendance about the royal person, they would discharge him. But it is too much to ask this on the ground, that he has once performed the arduous service of eating a coronation dinner.-Motion refused.

CORK. In the middle of the night, an express arrived at the Post-office, dated from Macroom, and directed for Dublin Castle, announcing, that another conflict took place yesterday between the military, commanded by colonel Mitchell, and accompanied by sir Nicholas Colthurst, bart., and a party of the White Boys, who had left the neighbourhood of Dunmanway, for the purpose of joining the main body in the hilly country about Macroom. The result was, the complete dispersion of the band, after having had two killed, several wounded, and a great many taken prisoners.

Another engagement occurred between a party of the Rifle brigade, who had charge of some cars laden with ammunition, which they were accompanying from Macroom to Bandon, and a party of the deluded people, at a place called Clara Mountain, near Kilmurry, in which some of the latter were killed and wounded.

LIMERICK.-On Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, upwards of 20 men, all armed with muskets, enterred Curragh house, the seat of sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt, bart. On entering the kitchen, they

called for the gardener, and, having proceeded to the room where he was, ten of the gang took him by the neck and dragged him out of the house into the yard, where others of the party had previously secured the steward. The captain ordered them both to prepare for death; to take off their neckhandkerchiefs, and place them over their eyes. The gardener, who is a Scotchman, requested to know what they had done, and begged for mercy. The captain replied, that they were too loyal to their employers, in preventing the poor people from cutting the timber, and taking away turf, and that they should suffer death for such behaviour. After some time, however, a book was produced, and the gardener was sworn_to leave Curragh by the 1st of February, or he should certainly be put to death. The steward, who is a native of the place, was more leniently dealt with, as he was only reprimanded, and cautioned not to be so attentive in future. They were all disguised, some having white handkerchiefs tied round their heads, and others with green and black veils tied close on their faces. Six of the gang were placed at the lodge-gate, to watch the approach of the military, while the main body proceeded to the house, around which they also placed sentinels, before the entry of the rest. After swearing the gardener, they departed, firing shots. Sir Aubrey Hunt was in London.

On the night of Tuesday, at about 7 o'clock, a gang of ruffians, consisting of about sixteen, well armed with muskets, fixed bayonets, and swords, attacked several houses between Stone-hall and Askeaton, beat one man severely, and cut him

on the head with a sword; tendered an oath to another, and threatened all the owners of these houses with death, if they did not give up lands which they had recently taken.

TRALEE. This morning, in broad day-light, at 11 o'clock, the house of Mr. Henry Oliver (within half a mile of the town of Castleisland, where a military detachment was stationed) was attacked by upwards of 200 ruffians, who robbed it of 14 or 15 stand of arms, which they carried off in triumph. Mr. Oliver was then in Castle-island, transacting business with lord Brandon.

In the neighbourhood of Listowel, constant outrages are committed. A few nights since, Ballyhorgan-house, the seat of W. R. Hillard, esq., was attacked, and arms demanded. Many other houses in that district have been visited, and arms taken from them, within the last week. The neighbourhood of Killarney is also much disturbed. On Monday night last, about 200 ruffians went through lord Kenmare's demesne, and, pro ceeding to the house of his lordship's park-keeper, deprived him of some arms, and about nine pounds of gunpowder.

In consequence of the non-arrival, on Thursday evening, in Tralee, of the mail-coach from Cork, it was determined to send the mail from Tralee to Cork, on Friday morning, by a special mes senger. Accordingly, a Mr. Brereton, head clerk to the proprietor of the mail-coach, set out from Tralee on Friday morning last, at 6 o'clock, on horseback, with the mail-bags, and attended by one of the assistants belonging to the office. On their arrival at a place called Tuckbeg, which is

situate about twelve miles beyond Killarney, on the road to Cork, they were surrounded by a numerous party of the insurgents, who commenced their horrible outrages, by mortally wounding the horse on which Mr. Brereton rode. They then dragged the unfortunate man to the ground, and after having wounded him in several places with bayonets and pikes, finished the atrocious crime, by severing his head from his body with a blow of a scythe affixed to a pole, or billet of wood. The person who had accompanied him was taken prisoner, but, in the confusion of the moment, he was so fortunate as to make his escape. He brought the first account of this horrible act to Tralee.

OUTRAGE ON THREE ENGLISHMEN IN FRANCE.-On Sunday, the 27th of January, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as Mr. George Trevor Spencer, son of the hon. W. R. Spencer; captain Hollis, R. N., nephew to the dean of Winchester; and Mr. John Fordyce, were on their return from Paris, they got out of the Diligence, for the purpose of walking up one of the steep hills which lie between Boulogne and Calais; when they had almost ascended the hill, they were met by two Frenchmen, armed with double-barrelled guns, apparently returned from sporting, who, after staring at them in a very impertinent and offensive manner, accosted them with "Voila de ces ————— Anglais." On captain Hollis remarking, that he hoped the sportsmen would know them when they met again, they cocked their guns, and threatened to fire upon them; at the same time, one of the Frenchmen presented, and immediately recovered his arms; but the other waiting

till the English gentlemen had turned their backs, in order to proceed on their walk, deliberately discharged his piece at them, at the distance of not more than thirty-five paces, by which the whole party were wounded. Captain Hollis received several shot (which were what the French call chevrotin, about the size of the English buck-shot) in his hand and arm, as well as in different parts of his body, by which he was scriously hurt. Mr. Spencer and Mr. Fordyce were also injured, although in a much slighter degree. The villains proceeded down the hill till they came in sight of the Diligence, when they ran away across the fields, pursued by the wounded gentlemen and sir John Scott Lillie, who was travelling in their company, but happened to be at some distance behind, when the assault was committed. On finding themselves closely pursued, they again presented their guns, threatening to blow out the brains of any one, who attempted to follow them; so that the English party, who were totally unarmed, were compelled to abandon the attempt. On their arrival at Marquise, they gave information to the gens d'armes on duty at the village, who instantly went in search of the assassins. At Calais the affair was laid before the prefect of police, who made every exertion to discover the perpetrators of this unprovoked and cowardly attack upon three unarmed strangers; and Thomas Fonblanque, esq., the English consul, immediately wrote a representation of the case to sir Charles Stuart.

MURDER. In the early part of this month the following murder was perpetrated at St. Peters