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her speech, and informed him how she had been treated, on which he immediately sent for a constable, and the unnatural mother was taken into custody. The father in-law having received information in time, unfortunately escaped. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Quarter, Sessions.

This morning, about two o'clock, as the watchman was going his rounds in Windfield-street, Christchurch, Middlesex, he discovered the extensive sugar-houses belonging to Mr Krudge, in George-street, to be on fire: he instantly gave the alarm, and the inhabitants lost no time in rendering every assistance in their power. Having learned that three men and a boy slept on the premises, they burst open the doors and brought them out at very great risk. In less than two hours the premises were totally consumed, with all the property, except seven hogsheads of refined sugar, and about as many barrels of molasses.-No lives were lost.

15th. The following is extracted from the Journal de l'Empire: Captain Serres de St Claire, who some time since was condemned for the murder of Cornelia Kersemacker, called the handsome Dutch woman at Paris, has been a second time brought before a council of war, and again found guilty. As, however, the crime appeared to have been un, premeditated, the council sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for life, to be degraded at the head of the guards to which he belonged, and to pay the expences of the process. He was then introduced. "St Claire," said the president, "you have disgraced yourself." "Never!" cried the prisoner, starting from his seat and Stabbing himself with a dagger which he had concealed. The soldiers ran towards him, and he sunk into their

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arms. Then taking off, himself, the cross of the Legion of Honour, he said, "There it is, Mr President, no one shall take it from me. I am dying. As my last consolation I declare, that I never attempted the life of any person." The blood flowed copiously from the wound; a surgeon was sent for, and the prisoner was carried back to the prison of the Abbaye. He died in consequence of the wound.

At Manchester, the children, in connection with the establishment, to the number of 7976, went in procession to

the Old Church in that town. The
juvenile crowd having entered the
church, the warden was about to com-
mence the service, when, suddenly, a
most distressing accident arose from
unfounded affright. It appears that
one of the windows in the Trafford
chapel having been accidentally bro-
ken from the outside, a simultaneous
rising of the children upon a form to
ascertain the cause ensued. The form
springing up at the lightened end, and
falling again instantly, the noise crea-
ted an alarm; shrieks ensued from the
women, who were possessed with inde-
scribable emotions of dread, and a pre-
cipitate rush of the children to escape
produced a catastrophe which spread
a general gloom in that quarter of the
town the remainder of the day.
youth perished in the confusion, five
others sustained various injuries, and
were conveyed to the infirmary. This
equally unforeseen and unhappy event
put a stop to the appointed sacred
duties, and the intended collection was
lost to the charity.

One

The last standing remains of Bolingbroke Castle, in Lincolnshire, the birth place (in 1367) of King Henry IV., crumbled over their base last week, and came to the ground.

18th.-COURT OF KING'S BENCH. -Crim. Con. An action brought by Major Warner against Captain Jones,

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was tried in the Court of King's Bench this day.

The criminality happened at Dumfries in March 1813. Plaintiff entered the room with his sword drawn; when the defendant threw himself on his knees, and baring his bosom, exclaimed, "Strike, for I have deserved it." Mrs Warner ran behind a screen, and called out, "Warner, don't make a fool of yourself!" Afterwards she was so much alarmed that she fell senseless on the floor. Several other particulars were detailed.

Mr Scarlett addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, and submitted that there was no proof whatever; but if the jury should consider the plaintiff entitled to a verdict and damages, the loss of so abandoned a wo. man could not be considered any loss at all, and damages the most trifling must be considered as a compensa

tion.

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with one thousand pounds damages.

The following is a copy of a letter from Captain Osborne, giving an account of the loss of the Clifton, of Workington, and the melancholy fate of her unfortunate crew :

Sidney, Cape Breton, May 20. "I am sorry to inform you of the loss of the Clifton. I left Chaleur Bay on the 21st of November, and got on shore on the 25th about six, A. M. eighteen miles to the N. E. of Cape St George, Newfoundland. The first stroke she gave knocked the rudder off, and we all got on shore in the af. ternoon, where we remained until the 28th, without any thing to eat or drink.

"On that day it was more moderate, and we got on board again; got the boat ready, and provisions, to look for inhabitants. It came on to blow very strong that night, and we had to remain on board to the 30th, when I

thought it best to get all the provisions on shore, for fear the vessel should go to pieces.

"On the 12th of December the mate and five hands took the boat to seek inhabitants. On the 16th they returned without finding any.

"At the same time W. Gile and W. Hailwood, apprentices, went off unknown to me. I expected they would find inhabitants, as I have since been informed there are some at the head of St George's Bay.

"Finding it impossible to travel, and not knowing where to look for in habitants, but thinking that St Peter's island would be the nearest inhabited place, (and it being impossible for us to take provisions with us to last until we got there) I determined that we should go upon an allowance, and remain there until the spring, expecting the commencement early in March; but in that I was mistaken. We had a very severe winter, almost perished with hunger and cold.

"We agreed to live on six ounces of beef a day. We had very little bread, only about a hundred weight, and it was wet; we had a very good stock of potatoes, but they, too, got wet in getting them on shore, and the greater part of them wasted by the frost. We had four potatoes apiece served out, as long as they lasted, which was till the latter end of February. On the 30th of December the cook died; he was a native of Africa.

"In the winter we got the longboat decked, and on the 20th of April launched her down on the ice. On the 23d the ice broke, and the wind being fair, we made sail from our dreary abode. At eight o'clock got in between the ice, and stuck so fast that we could not get out. On the 24th, blowing very hard from the N. N. E. and snowing, the ice stove in two planks of the long-boat's bow. Fortunately, having the jolly-boat with

us, we all got into her. It became moderate in the course of an hour, and froze very hard. It was one of the coldest nights I ever experienced.

"On the 25th, William Hayton, Henry Todhunter, and Wm. Crompton died; the latter belonged to Newcastle. The 26th, John Durham of Whitehaven, and Thomas Chapman, of Ulverstone, carpenter, died. The 27th, Joseph Atkinson died; and on the 28th, John Cannon. We were still on the ice and drifting out to sea. On the 30th, drifting close by the Bird Islands, we hauled the boat up on a large island of ice. On the 3d of May, I am sorry to inform you, I buried Joseph Losh. On the 5th, in the morning, we were between St Paul's Island and Cape Breton. The weather clearing up, and the ice breaking, we got the jolly-boat off, and pulled in towards Cape North. Finding we could not get within two miles of the shore for ice, we stood to the S.E. twenty miles round the ice, and landed the next night, one man, a boy, and myself; the man being nearly exhausted. I got a fire on shore, having tinder and matches with me. As soon

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23d. The first stone of the Southwark Bridge was laid by Admiral Lord Viscount Keith, K. B. attended by Sir John Jackson, bart. M. P. chairman, and the rest of the committee of management. The stone was laid precisely at 12 o'clock; the company afterwards repaired to the temporary bridge erected on the works, where was a cold collation. The following is a copy of the inscription on the plate affixed to the stone, and also enclosed with the different coins deposited beneath it :

INSCRIPTION.

On the Twenty-third day of May, MDCCCXV.
Being the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of his Majesty
GEORGE III.

And in the Regency of his Royal Highness
GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES,

The Right Honourable Admiral Lord Viscount KEITH, K. B.
attended by Sir JOHN JACKSON, Bart. M. P. Chairman,
and other Members of the Committee of

Management,

Laid the first Stone of this Bridge, which, connecting the City of
London with the Borough of Southwark, is called the

Southwark Bridge.

The funds for building the Bridge were raised by Subscription of private persons, incorporated by Act of Parliament, and the work was commenced at the glorious termination of the longest and most expensive war in which the nation has ever been engaged.

24th. About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the works

JOHN RENNIE, Engineer.

of the Gas Company, in Dorset-street, which occasioned the most serious

alarm to the whole of that neighbourhood in a short time the whole of the newly erected building for the supply of gas was burned to the ground, and the house attached; it being comprised chiefly of timber and combustible materials, the fire spread with such rapidity that the most dreadful consequences were apprehended; no lives were lost, but several accidents were sustained in the confusion incident to such a catastrophe. The fire was completely subdued by three o'clock.. 25th. A fire broke out at the stables of Mr Smith, a carrier, of Chipping Ongar, in Essex, in consequence of a candle being left in the stables, by which the stables were destroyed, and five horses burnt to death; the greatest part of all the unfortunate sufferer possessed was destroyed in the conflagration.

29th. An inquest was held at the sign of the Ship, in Berkeley-street, St John's, Clerkenwell, on the body of Ann Power, of the above street, who died on Friday evening last, in consequence of her having taken a large quantity of laudanum.

Anthony Power stated, that he was husband to the deceased; that about a month since, he being in trouble for debt, his wife came to visit him, and tendering two phials with liquid in them, requested witness to drink the same, which would relieve him at once from all his cares. He answered, he was not yet tired of life, but, should write to his friends in the country to assist him, which he did, and he received immediate relief. On Friday last, the deceased went to a closet in the room where they were sitting, and poured something from a bottle, which he thought was gin, into a cup, which she mixed with water, and drank the same, then leaving the room; soon after she returned, threw her arms about his neck, begged he would for give her, that the deed was done, and

desired he would send for a surgeon; witness immediately sent to Mr Chamberlain, surgeon, in Aylesbury-street.

Mr Shipley, assistant to Mr Cham`berlain, who attended on the deceased, said that he administered medicines for her relief, and a quantity of laudanum came off her stomach, but could not extract the whole.; after languishing some hours she expired. The jury returned a verdict of—Luпасу.

Some time ago, a young woman was amusing herself with an infant at Aston's Quay, near Carlisle Bridge, Dublin. Whilst she was sportively toying with the child, it made a sudden spring from her arms, and in an instant fell into the Liffey. The screaming nurse and anxious spectators saw the water close over the child, and conceived that it had sunk to rise no more. A Newfoundland dog, which had been accidentally passing with his master, sprang forward to the wall, and gazed wistfully at the ripple in the water, made by the child's descent. In the same instant the child reappeared on the surface of the Liffey, and the dog sprang forward towards the water. Whilst the animal was descending, the child again sunk, and the faithful creature was seen anxiously swimming round and round the spot where it had disappeared. Once more the child rose to the surface; the dog seized him, and, with a firm but gentle pressure, bore him to land without injury. Meanwhile a gentleman arrived, who, on enquiry into the circumstances of the transaction, exhibited strong marks of sensibility and feeling towards the child, and of admiration for the dog that had rescued him from death. The person who had removed the babe from the dog turned to shew the infant to this gentleman, when it presented to his view the well-known features of his own son! A mixed sensation of terror, joy, and surprise,

struck him mute. When he had recovered the use of his faculties, and fondly kissed his little darling, he lavished a thousand embraces on the dog, and offered to his master a very large sum, (500 guineas) if he would transfer the valuable animal to him; but the owner of the dog (Colonel Wynne) felt too much affection for the useful ereature to part with him for any consideration whatever.

The following is a correct description of the smallest dwarf ever known, who was exhibited before the Queen, the Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, Charlotte of Wales, the Prince Regent, and the Dukes of York and Clarence, on Friday week. His name is Simon Paap, a native of Zendvoort, near Haarlem, in Holland. He is 26 years of age, weighs only 27 pounds, and is only 28 inches in height. He is considered the shortest man ever seen. He is well made, and well proportioned for his size. He has not grown any since he was six years of age, for which no cause can be assigned by the faculty. He goes through the military exercise with a gun proportionate to his size. He smokes tobacco and takes snuff freely. He prefers the house to the open air. His appearance is that of a child between four and five years of age, but

his is visible in the features of his age

face; his disposition is very lively, and he can hold a conversation in his own language.

ANECDOTE OF MARSHAL BLucher. -When this heroic veteran appeared before the gates of Paris, he issued orders for storming that disloyal and perfidious city, when one of his aidsdu-camp riding up, informed him that the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia had just entered into it. "What brought them there so soon?" was his short reply; and, pointing to a howitzer near his horse's side, said, "Throw in that shell; for I will have

one shot at this rascally capital however," which was done accordingly. This circumstance is represented in the picture of this gallant chieftain, painted for the Prince Regent by Sir Thomas Laurence.

The following anecdote deserves to be generally known :--When the Duke de Berri, at the head of 4000 brave and faithful warriors, reached Bethune, he found there 300 soldiers who had openly declared for Buonaparte. These men were completely surrounded by the duke's corps; but still with a degree of desperate and stupid infatuation, they shouted Vive l'Empereur ! The duke darted into the midst of these 300 Buonapartists. He harangued them, and used every persuasion to make them cry Vive le Roi! but in vain. Perceiving their obstinacy to be incorrigible, he at last said, "You see plainly we could destroy every man of you-live, and make your escape!" They accordingly filed off, shouting as before, Vive l'Empereur! but adding, out of gratitude, Vive le Duc de Berri!

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