some swivel cartridges and a quantity of gunpowder. The mate of the vessel, to relieve the tedium of waiting for a wind, imprudently broke open the door during the master's absence, took out some powder, and went from the vessel to shoot sea-fowl, leaving on board only a boy about fourteen years of age. The youth, thus left, amused himself by getting a handful of gunpowder, and throwing it in small quantities into a fire on board; but having, it is supposed, scattered some between the cabin and the fire-place, the flame ran along the train, and in an instant, by the tremendous explosion of all the powder kept for the guns, which the Jason carried, the whole stern of the vessel was swept away, and she sunk with a full cargo of oats on board. Providentially the boy was not hurt by the explosion, and was taken from the sinking vessel by a boat which was put off from the Tre Madoc, lying near.

21. The Tarantula privateer arrived at Fowey, on Tuesday, from an unsuccessful cruize of Cape Finisterre. Ou Friday last, in the Bay of Biscay, she fell in with a large ship, dismasted and waterlogged; and, on boarding, ascertained her to be the Orion, laden with timber and lumber, supposed from America. They found one man dead in the companion, and were preparing to go between decks, when they were assailed by the most horrid stench, which obliged them to relinquish their design, and abandon the wreck. The hold of the Orion appeared full of water, but she was tolerably clear between the decks. stench, no doubt, proceeded from

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the bodies of the unfortunate crew, who had perished on board her, but whether through fatigue or hunger, could not be ascertained. The man in the companion appeared to have been dead about a week.

An alarming typhus fever made its appearance last week among the crew of the Romulus frigate, at Plymouth. It is supposed to have been communicated by some French deserters received on board her at Lisbon some days since. Eighty of the crew have been sent to the royal naval hospital at that. place.

A number of farmers and others were last week summoned before the magistrates at Stafford, for making a deduction from the wages of their servants, enrolled in the local militia, on account of their having been absent from service during the period of training and exercise. The magistrate observed that the legislature had provided · for the point in dispute, and referred to the 15th clause of the 48th Geo. III. c. 3. which ordains that no ballot, enrolment, and service under the act shall make void, or in any manner affect, any in denture of apprenticeship or contract of service. The defendants, upon the act being read, agreed to pay their servants the full wages.

23. Early on Monday morning, the Hon. Mr. Vernon's gamekeeper, accompanied by two assistants, surprized a gang of poachers in one of the woods of Stainbro' Park, Yorkshire, shooting pheasants. The villains imme diately fired upon them, and wounded the three, the gamekeeper in his hand, the landlord of the

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inn at Stainbro' dangerously in the back, and the third man in the arm (so that it has been found necessary to amputate it), and then escaped.

24. Thursday se'nnight died, at Gretna Green, aged 79, Joseph Paisley, the Gretna Green parson. He was born at Kirkandrew-upon-Esk, in Cumberland, and early in life was bound an apprentice to a tobacconist; which vocation requiring sobriety and attention, ill accorded with the lax disposition of Paisley. He soon left this trade to follow the employment of a fisherman, and he was allowed by his coteinporaries, from his uncommon strength and agility, to be the most expert man in the use of the lister, for the destruction of salmon, of any that we have heard of, and endured every kind of fatigue more than any other man. His conversation never turned upon religious objects; his delight was in talking of juvenile feats of activity, and about brandy, and the immense quantities he could have drank of that stimulant without feeling the sinallest effects from intoxication. He was accustomed to relate, in the presence of concurring witnesses, that he frequently swallowed a pint of unadulterated brandy at one draught. He dwelt with complacency on a celebrated achievement of which he shared the glory of a great brother drinker: they consumed, without any assistance whatever, no less than ten gallons of brandy in three days. This man could never have gained celebrity, had it not been for the culpable facility with which marriages are celebrated in Scotland; for a more unpolished and rongh man

in his manners we never conversed with, and his conversation was always mixed with obscenity and grossness.

A melancholy accident happened, on Sunday se'nnight, at the seat, of Pierce Mahony, Esq. near Killarney. Three female domestics unthinkingly placed some coals of fire in a room which had no chimney, and in which they slept. The consequence of this imprudent measure was, that two of them. were found suffocated next morning; the third providentially survived.

Dublin, Jan. 24.-On Sunday night last, a party of armed ruffians entered the house of Daniel Hurley, of Kilmore, and forcibly, carried away Eleanor Hurley, his daughter. By his examination, it appears that Michael Ryan, commonly called Sclug, a notorious, robber, and Timothy and Cornelius Ryan, his brothers, were principally concerned, and the only persons he knew. Lieutenant Neville Wayland, of the Ballintemple Infantry, having heard of it soon after, took three yeomen with him. to the cross-roads near Lacken, in hopes that they might meet the party on their return. In about half an hour, hearing the noise of horses coming at a great rate, he divided his little party two at each side of the road, and desired they should on no account fire until they were fired at. On their coming up, (consisting of five horses and about six or seven men), he advanced and desired them in the king's name to stop and surrender themselves, which they instantly answered with three shots at the yeomen; one of the foremost presented a bright blunderbuss at

Lieut. Wayland, so near that the flash threw light on his face, but fortunately burned priming only, or his head would have been blown to atoms. Several shots were fired on both sides, but the yeomen's with more effect, for one of the ruffians dropped off his horse; the others made their escape, the Lieutenant and his party being on foot, and it being about one o'clock in the morning. This wretch, though mortally wounded, got on his knee, and swore he would have a yeoman's life, but was unable to present his blunderbuss, his arm being broken. He would not tell his name, and desired he might be thrown into a dyke, and the dirt thrown over him, and nothing said about it. He died soon after, and the body was conveyed to Dundrum. He proved to be Edmund Ryan, of Donohill, flaxdresser, a deserter from Sir Thos. Fitzgerald's regiment, and one of the most determined wicked fellows in the country.

Vast crowds came to view the body on Monday, which was permitted, in hopes it might have a proper effect on the people. Lord Hawarden, who was at Mr. Wm. Cooper's, at Cashel, being sent to early that day, came out and took a party of the Ballintemple cavalry, with Mr. William Cooper, a magistrate, and scoured the country as far as Cappagh, after the runaways, until a late hour that night, and also the next day, but without success. The friends of the deceased having applied to his Lordship for the body, he said he would give it up if the girl was sent home by Wednesday; which not being done, his Lordship brought out a guard of the Fer

managh from Cashel, and had the body conveyed to Cashel, and buried near the jail.

25. Monday last, a poor woman,` who resided at Bayswater, was brought to bed of a boy, and not having money sufficient to supply a nurse, a neighbour of her's tendered her services, but the husband coming home in the evening, declined the offer, adding, at the same time, that he could attend on her himself. The next morning some acquaintances called to see them, and knocked at the door several times, but no one answering, the doors were broken open, when the man and his wife were both found dead, and a little infant sucking at the breast of the woman. The cause is attributed to their having burnt some charcoal to air the room, which suffocated them. They have left three young children.

The new aqueduct bridge over the Ouse river, below Stoney Stratford, at Wolverton, which has been some time in preparation, of cast-iron in lieu of that of brick, which fell down in February, 1808, was opened on Monday for the passage of boats. The whole length of the iron work is 101 feet; it is wide enough for two boats to pass each other, and has a towing-path of iron attached to it: it is firm and tight in every part, and displays not the least appearance of strain from its vast weight.

Glasgow, Jan: 26.—On the 24th inst. the anniversary of Mr. Fox's birth was celebrated here by a numerous party of the admirers of that statesman. Above one hundred gentlemen dined on this occasion, in the ball-room of the Black

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Bull inn here; Peter Spiers, Esq. of Culcreuch, in the chair; Sir John Maxwell, of Pollok, Croupier. Constitutional and appropriate songs maintained the enthusiasm and harmony of the meeting till a late hour. Among the toasts, the following were the most remarkable:

The King.

Charles James Fox.

The Prince of Wales.

The Princess Charlotte of Wales, and may she ever bear in mind the principles of Mr. Fox, inculcated by her Father.

May the Regal Duties and the Regal

Powers never be disjoined.

Magna Charta, and may the modern, like the ancient Barons, support consti

tutional reform.

The Crown, its just prerogatives; the People, their fair representation.

Lord Holland, and may he ever support the principles of his illustrious relative.

Earl Grey, and may Presbyterians soon be permitted to defend the State, without renouncing their church.

Catholic Emancipation. The Cortes, and the revival of liberty in Spain.

Mr. Whitbread, and the effectual punishment of peculators.

May the influence of the Pitt system at home be commensurate to its success on the Continent.

Lord Lauderdale, and a reform of our Indian system.

Mr. Sheridan, and the publicity of legislative deliberation.

The memory of Washington, and amity between the only two free nations of the world.

Clerk of Eldin; and may British science

ever guide British valour.

Sir Samuel Romilly, and his practical test of a great statesman.

The Bishop of Landaff, the uniform friend of civil and religious liberty.

The victims of Walcheren, and may their fate be forgiven in heaven, but not forgotten on earth.

26. A few days since, the clubbox of a journeyman tailor's so

tested his innocence, it was stated> that this club, which consisted of several hundred members, was originally established for the reit had also supplied the whole lief of sick members, &c. but that body of journeymen tailors in four several strikes for increase of wages during the last seven years, in all of which they had been successful. Such was the surplus, that money was still in the Bank to promote combinations in different parts of the country, among mechanics in other professions, and 201. liad recently been sent down to Manchester, to further illegal combina. tions of journeymen. It was also observed, that journeymen tailors, by their clubs, are more liberal in: supporting combinations than most> other mechanics, as they subscribe any sum that may be required, to: support themselves and others. Two of the prisoners in the present instance were discharged; but a third, named Wild, was remanded, one of the stolen notes having been traced to his possession.

28. Last week a farmer's son, at Paul, in Holderness, of the name of Binning, while threshing, having a loaded gun by him to shoot pigeons, just as he was firing out of the barn at one, a young woman, his cousin, who lived in: the family, passing the door re

ceived the whole contents of the piece in her head, which was literally blown to pieces.

A small island of the Danube, called Engel, near Pichment, has exhibited the phenomenon of a floating island. In the memory of the oldest persons it had remained stationary until May last, when the rapidity and pressure of the stream are supposed to have detached its bottom; its inclination is uniformly to the right bank of the river, but its motion is not perceptible. Since May it has made a progress of about eight miles; and, what is not the least singular, has, from the eager and unabated curiosity of the Germans, made the fortunes of three persons who obtained a temporary proprietorship of it.

30. A fatal pugilistic contest took place on Wednesday se'nnight, at Rollestone, near Burtonupon-Trent, in the county of Stafford. On the preceding evening, Charles Beale, a farmer from Stretton, and Stringer Tonks, a basket maker, of Repton, having quarrelled, agreed to meet the next day at Rollestone, to decide their dispute. The constable of the parish was present as stake-holder! The combatants fought with a determination and courage seldom witnessed, until the 31st round, when Tonks struck Beale a dreadful blow under the ear, and death terminated the fight.

31. A few evenings ago, about seven o'clock, Mr. Forshaw, a gentleman of Preston, was robbed by three footpads on the Prescot road, between Gilead-house and Fairfield, near Liverpool. He was riding on the foot pavement, when a man suddenly seized the bridle

of his horse, and demanded his money. Mr. Forshaw made some resistance to this demand, and during the struggle which ensued, two other men came up, one of whom instantly fired a pistol, the ball of which passed through Mr. F's clothes, and wounded him in the side. The other aimed a blow at him with a tremendous bludgeon, which, if it had taken effect, would probably have caused his immediate death; but the robber who had first seized the bridle of the horse now interposed, and stopped the blow as it was descending. One of them seized Mr. F's watch chain, which broke in the attempt to draw out his watch; but as he perceived that all resistance would be fruitless, and escape impossible, after entreating them to desist from farther violence, he quietly delivered his watch and a considerable sum of money, with which the robbers immediately departed.

FEBRUARY.

1. In consequence of the letter to the Minister of the French Marine, from Captain Eastwick, of: the Elizabeth, lately wrecked near Dunkirk, seconded by the appli-. cation of the Commandant of the place, General O'Meara, Buonaparte has liberated the remainder of the crew of that vessel, who were confined in the gaol at Dunkirk. One of the officers relates, that before the Elizabeth was driven on shore, she had been beating about for nine days; and the crew, consisting mostly of Lascars, being completely worn out by fatigue, could no longer

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