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of machinery, called gig-mills, to the use of which the committee objects. The persecuted man having given information to the magistrates, all the members of the committee, with their books and papers, were taken into custody, and an extensive correspondence and combination have been discovered.

As the servant of Mrs. Shuttleworth was driving a gig with his mistress in it, down Parliamentstreet, Nottingham, the drums in attendance near the mess-house began to roll, which so alarmed the horse that he flew with great rapidity, and the man turning the horse from his course to prevent his running over a woman, rèndered him more furious; the vehicle was overturned, and the lady and man dashed with great violence against a newly built house the man was slightly injured, but Mrs. S. died on the Wednesday following, at her house in Lenton-terrace.

Cork, Jan. 8.-We regret much that we are obliged to state the loss of the government packet Greyhound, captain Rich, on her passage from this city to Britol, with passengers. She was lost on the Culver Sands on the 29th ult. and all on board have perished. Amongst the passengers, we regret to say, were many of our fellow-citizens, and their connexions.

10. The recent success that attended discharging guns without the application of fire, has proved how important the method might be on service, either at sea or in the field. When the Leipsic brig was wrecked on the bar at Yarmouth, the force of the wind

was so extreme, and the sea breaking so furiously over the pier head, that a match could not be kept lighted to explode the mortar with; fortunately lieut. Woodger had with him tubes primed with a mixture of hyperoxymuriate of potass and sugar-candy; also, a bottle of sulphuric acid, which, on his applying a small quantity of the latter to the former ingredients, produced the instantaneous ignition consequent on their coming in contact, otherwise, it is probable the mortar could not have been fired, and the crew would therefore have been lost.

A German Gazette contains the following article:-"We are informed, that the Jesuits are leaving Rome by dozens, and by hundreds, to repair to the different colleges re-opened for them in Spain, Naples, Sicily, Parma, &c. There have lately departed 300 for the first of these dominions. As this order has been suppressed about fifty years, viz. in Portugal ia 1759; in Spain, 1767; in Naples and Parma, in 1768, the members of this order must either be endowed with an extraordinary longevity, or they must have recruited in secret, in order for us to be able to comprehend how, on a sudden, so great a number of Jesuits appear."

11. Mr. Macdonald, younger, of Rhue, and three servants, having set out from Arisaig, for Knoydart, by sea, their boat suddenly struck on a hidden rock, in a hard gale, and was placed on her beam ends. In this perilous situation, Mr. Macdonald and his men clung to the gun-wale, but perceiving that they could not all,

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without imminent danger, remain in this situation, he left the wreck, and getting hold of the boat's cars, by which he supported himself, he swam ashore, after being two hours in the water. Scarcely had he left it, when the boat was seen by persons on shore to sink, and the three servants were unfortunately lost.

12. Owing to the melting of the snow on the surrounding mountains, Strabane (Ireland) was visited by the greatest and most destructive flood which has been witnessed there for nearly twenty years. Fortunately it took place in the day time, otherwise hundreds of lives must have been lost in the lower part of the town. As it was, numbers were rescued with difficulty by boats brought from Lifford, there being none at the time on the canal. The waters approached nearly to the market-house in the centre of the town, completely inundating the entire space between that and Lifford; some houses and cattle were carried away, and the goods of the poorer classes, by whom the lower parts of the town were chiefly occupied, were much injured.

13. For some time past the bridge over the Petterill at Botcherby, a village in the near vicinity of Carlisle, had been in a very insufficient state; and this condition of the bridge was rendered still more insecure by the late flood, the effects of which were extremely visible, as it appeared almost to have separated longitudinally into two parts, the walls and arches on each side considerably declining from the perpendicular, so that it was deemed impossible for the bridge

to hang together during any length of time. On Wednesday, as Peter Dixon, Esq. was proceeding from Carlisle, with two of his sons and the female branches of the family, to Warwick, to visit the extensive manufacturing concern carried on in that place, under the firm of Peter Dixon and Sons; the carriage, in which were seated Mr. Dixon, sèn. and the young ladies, had only passed the erection in question a few minutes, and one of the young gentlemen, who was following on horseback, had scarcely cleared the extremity of the bridge, when one half of the structure suddenly tumbled into à mass of ruins, leaving, on the opposite bank, the other young gentleman, on the very instant of his getting upon it! Indeed, so very instantaneous was its ruin, that the two Messrs. Dixons had no other notice of the peril they almost miraculously escaped, than the tremendous crash by which it was accompanied. — (Carlisle Journal.)

18. This being the day appointed for General Thanksgiving to Divine Providence on the reestablishment of Peace in Europe, a particular form of Prayer, prepared, as usual, by the highest ecclesiastical authority, was read in all the churches throughout the kingdom. The day was selected likewise in London, very appropriately, for the ceremony of lodging the eagles taken from the enemy at the battle of Waterloo, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. Undoubtedly it accorded well with the solemnity of the occasion, and added, not a little, to the interest of the scene, to behold the spectacle of depositing

in a Christian Temple the tokens of victory, and dedicating to the God of Battles, the memorials of a triumph, the splendour of which throws into shade every former example of military renown. The ceremony was conducted with perfect order; and associated as it was with the duties of religious worship, the memory of the contest in which the trophies were won, and the sight of the brave veterans who had survived its carnage, the influence it produced was not of an ordinary nature, but rather approached to a sentiment of sublimity. A brigade of the Guards formed on the Parade in St. James's Park at nine o'clock, of which one company, consisting of a captain, three subalterns, two serjeants, and 84 privates, all of whom were at Waterloo, were appointed an escort to the eagles, and took post opposite to Melbourn House. A detachment of Royal Artillery was also on the ground, and the two bands attended in their state clothing. Soon after ten the Duke of York arrived at the Horse Guards in his private chariot, and proceeded on to the parade, accompanied by Sir Harry Calvert, the Adjutant General, Sir Henry Torrens, Secretary to his Royal Highness, and a very large assemblage of distinguished officers, decorated with the several insignia they have been invested with. The usual duty of the day proceeded, and after the trooping of the colours had taken place, the detachment that had been selected were escorted to the Tilt Yard by the two bands, and received the Eagles; the detachment then advanced arms, the bands playing

the "Grenadiers March," and proceeded round the square in ordinary time. The several ranks were opened three deep, and they were received by the guard of the day with ordered arms, and standing at ease. The trophies were carried by serjeants of the first and third regiments, and on reaching the colours of the grenadier regiment, were lowered to the ground, while the former, with "Lincelles, Coruna, Barossa, and Waterloo," emblazoned in gold, majestically waved; and the troops, with the spectators, instantaneously gave three loud huzzas with the most enthusiastic feeling. The detachment still continued to proceed with the trophies, and on reaching the centre of the parade, facing the Horse Guards, wheeled on their right, and marched to Whitehall Chapel. The remainder of the troops were wheeled backwards on their left, and marched in review order before the Duke of York, the relief to their several duties, and the remainder to chapel, with the form of prayer to be used in their hands.

The men were dressed in new clothing, with caps on a new principle, and, as we are informed, far superior in comfort to the wearers.

The serjeants with the eagles entered the body of the chapel as soon as the first lesson was read by Archdeacon Owen, the Chaplain General. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Gloucester were in the royal pew, and the chapel was extremely crowded. The escort entered by the two doors, in equal divisions, the band playing, and marching up to the steps of the communion

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table, when they filed off to the right and left. As soon as the band had ceased, the two serjeants bearing the eagles, approached the altar, and fixed upon it their consecrated banners. After the Litany a voluntary was played by the band; and at the conclusion of the Communion Service, which was read by the chaplains of the chapel, the Rev. Mr. Jones and the Rev. Mr. Howlett, the 100th Psalm was sung by the whole congregation. An excellent Sermon was then preached by the Bishop of London, from the following text:-Psalm 20, verses 7, 8:

"Some trust in chariots and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

"They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen and stand upright.”

And after the customary blessing, the band played " God save the King," the whole congregation standing. There was present a considerable number of persons of fashion and of listinction in public life; ama ng others, the Royal Dukes, the Earl of Liverpool, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, and several other naval and military officers, with many elegant and distinguished females.-Times,

A most artful act of robbery was committed on the premises of the Misses Radnidge, two very young respectable females, who have lately commenced business in Argyle-street, Bath. Their servant girl brought them some beer for supper on the above evening, which they both observed was not so palatable as they had been accustomed to have,

little suspecting that some opiate had been infused in it. They partook of it, and shortly after retired to bed, where they slept soundly till half past ten on the following morning, when their younger sister, who lived in a neighbouring house, went and awakened them. They were much surprised on knowing the time to which they had slept; and still more so, on coming down stairs and finding that their shop till had been robbed of money to the amount of 71., and a variety of articles, in ribbons, wearing apparel, &c. stolen, to the value, together, of nearly 301. The vile perpetrator had absconded at an early hour, leaving the doors partly opened, and no traces of her have yet been discovered. She is a native of Exeter.

20. An inquest was held before William Joyner, Esq. Coroner, at New Park Farm, Berkeley, on the body of William Ingram, who was killed by some poachers, in a wood belonging to Colonel Berkeley, on the morning of the 9th inst. From the evidence of Mark Cullimore, game-keeper, and Thomas Clark, park-keeper, it appeared, that the manors of Lords Ducie, Miss Langley, and Colonel Berkeley, having of late been very much infested by poachers, the respective proprietors had employed a number of persons to perambulate the estates, in order to preserve the game, but always without fire-arms. Thursday night last, these persons met to the number of 30, and afterwards divided themselves into three parties; the first consisting of eleven men, were those employe l

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employed by Miss Langley; the second party consisting of ten, and the third containing nine men, were in the service of Lord Ducie and Colonel Berkeley. Some time after they had separate ed, the attention of the last-mentioned body was attracted by the report of two gims, when they immediately made for the spot whence the sound seemed to proceed. As they approached it, a shot was fired at them, without any previous notice, but did no injury but on coming nearer, another discharge took place, which unfortunately killed the deceased on the instant, a portion of the charge having penetrated the heart. Immediately after wards, a succession of shots were fired, which seyerely wounded the following persons: Barge and Davies in the head and eyes; Raymond Hensburgh, John King, and Berry, in the legs; and another, whose name, we believe, is Pinnell, in the thigh. The noise of the firing soon brought up the second party, or perhaps more murder might have been committed, and, in a little time, Miss Langley's men likewise arrived, wheu they commenced a pursuit, but although they got a sight of the villains, who were sixteen or eighteen in number, they could not get sufficiently near to secure any one of them. The deceased had been in the service of Colonel Berkeley upwards of five years. The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against some persons unknown. Vickery, from Bowstreet, arrived at Colonel Berkeley's on Monday night, to assist in

discovering the villains and bringing them to justice. The wounded men are all considered out of danger.

Further particulars.-On Feb. 1st were cor amitted to Gloucester gaol, John Penny, late of the parish of Hill, in Gloucestershire, charged or the oaths of Jolm King and others, with the wilful murder of one Wm. Ingram, in the night of the 18th ult. within a certain lose situate in the said parish of Hill; and John Allen, Wm. Penny, Thomas Collins, Daniel Long, John Reeves, John Burley, James Jenkins, Thomas Morgan, James Roach, and Wm. Greenaway, all late of the said parish of Hill, severally charged with having feloniously been present at the said murder. Greenaway a ad Burley were afterwards admitted King's evidence. The whole of the prisoners are young men of decent appearance.

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The crimes imputed to the above prisoners are substantiated by the confession of two of their associates, who have been admitted evidence for the crown. It apped red that these desperate maraud ers assembled at the house of Johr Allen, one of the prisoners, on the evening of the 18th ult. with the avowed intention of deying game on the adjoining iors, but prepared for a more polical purpose; in proof of which it need only be stated, that the whole gang, amounting in number to sixteen, had their faces blicked at his house, and were se parately sworn not to betray each other before they sallied forth, about eleven o'clock at night, eight of them armed with

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