working seat at Mr. Collis, with out however, fortunately, doing him any mischief; he made another blow with a loaded stick, which bad more effect, it fell upon Mr. Collis's hand, which it injured severely. Finding, however, that Mr. Collis was not to be deterred from seizing upon him, and that a reinforcement was following him into the room, he bolted through a window, and got over a wall. Here, however, he was beset by the Sheriff's party, which he resisted with extraordinary ferocity, until he received several wounds. He was, however, finally seized upon and lodged in gaol. There are different indictments against this ruffian for capital offences; and he is also a deserter from the 95th rifle corps, and from other regiments.

7. Judgment was this day passed upon Mr. Finnerty, for a libel on Lord Castlereagh, by which he was condemned to an imprisonment of eighteen months in Lincoln gaol, and to find security for good behaviour for five years from that time, himself in 5001. and two sureties in 2001. each,

Majority for Sir W. Guise-493 12. This evening, about eight o'clock, as a young man, the son of a butcher in Wandsworth, was passing on the Wandsworth-road, he was stopped by five footpads. One of them presented a small pistol to him; they then dragged him into a field and knocked him into a ditch, from which they afterwards pulled him out. They then proceeded to rifle his pockets, and robbed him of his coat. They next pinioned his arms back with his neckcloth, and because he looked at them, he received violent blows on each side of his face. After they had fastened his arms, one of them put the muzzle of a horse-pistol to his nose, and told him to smell the contents, which he should have in him if he looked after or pursued them. He remained in the position in which they left him for about threequarters of an hour, and then ventured into the road, and walked to the Britannia public-house, where he related what had happened, and got his arms released. The robbers were all dressed like grooms.

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cians attending the King, and that some of the members saw his Majesty. The council broke up at half-past two o'clock.

On the night of the 13th the Pandora sloop of war struck on the Scaw-reef, a shoal off the coast of Jutland. In less than five minutes she lost her rudder, in consequence of repeatedly striking the ground with great force in a heavy sea, and in an hour's time she was nearly filled with water: previously to which, the crew cut away the masts, in order to lighten the vessel; but the wind being extremely high, the sea broke over her with great fury, and every moment threatened to be their last. The wind was piercingly cold, and the men had the miserable prospect before them of being either washed overboard or frozen to death. In this state part of the crew perished from the inclemency of the weather; and next morning some of the survivors contrived to cut a hole in the weather side of the deck, which was above water, and by that they were enabled to get down below, one by one, out of the severe and boisterous weather. About three in the afternoon of the 14th some boats were observed coming off from the shore to their assistance, but the sea running very high, they durst not approach the wreck. The surviving crew were so reduced as to be unable to launch their own boats, which were covered with ice, and bore the appearance of marble of immense thickness. However, in the course of the night the wind abated, and the next morning being quite calm, a number of boats came off, and took the men from the wreck.

The crew were of course made prisoners; but the Danes have treated them with all possible hospitality. Twenty-nine sailors were lost from the severity of the weather.

On the 14th, between seven and eight o'clock, as Mr. Barwise, watch-maker, of St. Martin'slane, was on his way to Dulwich, he was stopped by three footpads, near the four-mile stone; they gave him such a violent blow in the face, that it knocked him down. They were armed with two horse-pistols, and having dragged him up again, they placed the muzzle of both the pistols to the back of his head, and pushed him in that way into a field near the spot, where they robbed him of his gold watch, a guinea and a half, and his great coat. They then left him, with a threat, if he pursued them; however, Mr. Barwise, on going out of the field, met with a countryman, who agreed with him to go in pursuit of the robbers. They accordingly set off towards Champion-hill, and observed them running; and notwithstanding they called out "stop thief," and they passed a watchman, who was in his box, he did not come out to assist, and the villains made their escape. It is supposed there were five in the gang, as Mr. Barwise observed two men watching in the road, while the three were robbing him in the field.

A most daring assault and robbery was committed on Kempshott-hill, near Basingstoke, Hants. As Mr. Thomas Rogers, sadler, of that town, was returning from Winchester, where he had been receiving a considerable sum, he

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was stopped by two footpads, who demanded bis money with dreadful imprecations, which he spiritedly refused to deliver, and, defending himself with a large pocket knife, desperately wounded one of the ruffians; the other, with a large bludgeon, immediately knocked him down, and cut his head in a shocking manner, depriving him of his senses. They then stripped him stark naked, and left him in a ditch, in which situation he was heard groaning by a post-boy, on his return from Winchester to the Crown Inn, Basingstoke, who took him into his chaise and conveyed him home, where he now lies in a dangerous

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15. Accounts were received yesterday from Teneriffe to the 8th ult. by which it appears that the yellow fever had made dreadful ravages at Santa Cruz, upwards of 1200 persons having died. About the middle of December, its virulence began to decrease, and continued to do so progressively to the departure of the last accounts, The fever had not appeared in any other part of the island of Teneriffe.

A short time since, two of the old swans, and four of those of the last year, whose feathers were about turning white, were stolen from the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park. The bodies were found tied to trees, without the skins and feathers, which have been traced to a Jew, who resides in the neighbourhood of Oxfordstreet, through his sending them to a feather-dresser to be dressed. The Jew has been taken into custody, and has undergone several examinations at the public office,

Bow-street. The skins and feathers have been identified by a man employed in the park. Yesterday the Jew underwent a final examination, and was ordered to find bail for having stolen property in his possession.

Loss of the Amethyst.

Plymouth, Feb. 16.-Last night it blew a very heavy gale of wind from the W.S.W. in which his Majesty's frigate Amethyst, of 36 guns, commanded by Capt. Walton, drove from her anchorage in the Sound, and about one o'clock ran on a reef of rocks near Mount Batten Bay, near the place where the Pallas frigate was also wrecked some years since; the night was extremely dark, and in consequence lights were hung out from all parts of the ship, and guns were fired from her as signals of distress: soon after striking it was deemed expedient to cut away her masts, which prevented her from falling over; but shortly after, from the damage sustained in her bottom, she was found to be filling fast, and in consequence some of her crew took to the boats, and were making for the shore, but were soon overwhelmed by a heavy sea then running into the bay, and it is feared the greater part of them must have perished, as six boats were discovered wrecks on the shore at day-light: a boat from one of the men of war in the Sound was proceeding to the relief of the crew, but, melancholy to relate, was overset on nearing the ship, and all hands perished, consisting of an officer (supposed to be a midshipman) and sixteen men; two other boats, from outward bound transports lying in Catwater, were also preceeding to

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the relief of the distressed, and it is feared were upset, and their crews perished, as they have not since been heard of. The Amethyst was riding at single anchor, ready to start for the squadron off Brest. Three of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers have been washed ashore. The guns that were fired from her, as signals of distress, unfortunately were shotted, which prevented the timely assistance that would otherwise have been rendered. It is feared the Amethyst will become a complete wreck, as she is now full of water, and no possibility of getting her off.

P. S. Since writing the above, we learn that a midshipman and five men have been picked up on the beach. Two masters of vessels, who assisted in saving many of the Amethyst's crew, are also said to be lost with their men.

Caravats and Shanavests.The following exp anation of the above names, by which two formidable factions, embracing the greater part of the lower order of people in the counties of Tipperary and Limerick, are distinguished, is taken from the report of the trial of some of these persons, before the late Special Commission at Clonmel:

men who were concerned in the affray in the month of August the same that were concerned at the races of Coolmoyne? A. They

were.

Q. Do you know a man of the name of Pauddeen Car? A. I do.

Q. He is your uncle. Was not he the principal ringleader and commander of the army of Shanavests ? A. He is a poor old man, and not able to take command.

Q. (By Lord Norbury. What was the first cause of quarrel? A. It was the same foolish dispute made about may-poles.

Q. (By the Chief Baron.)Which is the oldest party? A. The Caravats were going on for two years before the Shanavests stirred.

Q. Why were they called Caravats ? A. A man of the name of Hanly was hanged; he was prosecuted by the Shanavests, and Pauddeen Car said he would not leave the place of execution till he saw the Caravat about the fellow's neck; and from that time they were called Caravats.

Q. For what offence was Hanly hanged? A. For burning the house of a man who had taken land over his neighbour's head.

Q. Hanly was the leader of the Caravats ? A. Before he was banged his party was called the Moyle Rangers. The Shanavests were called Pauddeen Car's party.

Q. Why were they called Shanavests? A. Because they wore old waistcoats.

17. After weathering a dreadful storm on Thursday, the 31st ult. his Majesty's revenue cutter Defence, Captain Fishley, in cruising the next day on the coast of Anglesea, discovered a wreck near

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the creek of Cambyr. After the most minute inquiry, Capt Fishley could only learn that her sails or some remaining part of them) were marked "Robert Ritson, sailmaker, Maryport," in a circle. She had apparently been from Dublin, in ballast; and the remains of her spars and rigging indicate her to have been a fine, stout, well-found vessel. One of her unfortuuate crew was seen (by the people on shore) floating for a considerable time on the quarter-deck; and nine others were seen to perish! She had struck on a ledge of rocks at some distance from the shore. No bodies had then been found, nor any thing to trace what she really was.

18. On an appeal against the assessment of a surveyor of taxes in Warwickshire, who charged a spaniel as a sporting dog, though he was used only for the purpose of a house-dog, the Chairman gave the following interpretation of the Act: He stated that the intention of the legislature most evidently was to impose a higher rate of duty on sporting than on comซากา dogs; that the distinction contemplated in the act, referred not so much to the precise breed of dogs, as to the uses for which they are employed; that any dog whatever, if used for the purpose of sporting, must be charged at the higher rate of duty; and that all dogs, employed, bona fide, merely for the purpose of a house or a yard dog, without at all regarding the particular species, are liable only to the lower rate of duty.

At Ewerby, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, an inquest was held on the bodies of two fine children,

twins, named Francis and Richard Richardson, sons of a cottager in that parish, who were drowned in a pit near their father's dwelling. The poor little boys were remarkable for the extremely affectionate attachment they bore to each other, and were never happy when separated. One of them, it is supposed, adventured upon some rotten ice in the pit in which they were found a few days ago, and the anxiety of the other to save him from danger proved fatal to both.

The report of the Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, at Exeter, announces the cure, in the last two years, of 1195 persons; 86 of whom had cataracts, and 33 were born blind,

The boiler of the steam-engine at Providence Mill, Shipley, near Bradford, burst on Monday se'nnight, at the moment when the work-people were about to renew their labours after dinner: the explosion was tremendous; the boiler was carried eight or nine yards from its seat against the mill, to which it did considerable injury. Five young persons who were near the spot were so dreadfully wounded, that four of them died the same evening, and the fifth on Wednesday.

18. The Duke of Albuquerque expired at his apartments at Paddington. His disorder was derangement of the most violent kind. He was seized with it on Friday last, and never had a lucid interval from that day. His usual residence was at the Clarendon hotel; and on the first appearance of the disorder, he is said to have beat his own servants severely. This naturally excited astonish

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