songs and glees from the principal performers at the theatres. One toast excited particular attention. It was given by the president with his usual warmth of sentiment and feeling, and excited a burst of applause from the company. "The health of that medical character, who, at the risk of his own life, withstood the orders of Bonaparte, to destroy the sick soldiers in Egypt." Another of the vice presidents added, "That Desgenetts had formerly visited this country, and, in addition to his native goodness of heart, had here imbibed the independent spirit of a Briton." It must be pleasing to every friend of humanity, and to the medical profession in particular, to learn, from the statements laid before the meeting on that day, that since the institution was first set on foot, about 16 years ago, the property of the society has increased to 13,000l. 3 per cent. consols; and that 12001.'s have been distributed out of the interest of the stock to widows and orphans of deceased members, most of whom were unfortunately not in a situation to make a proper provision for their relatives.

30th. This morning, an excise officer, named Littlejohn, was found dead in a vat of strong beer, in a state of fermentation, at the brewhouse of Mr. Thornton at Horsham. It came out, in evidence, before the coroner's jury, on a view of the body, that the deceased went to the brewhouse, on Monday night, to make his accustomed survey; and that in leaning over the vessel, the azotic gas, arising from beer in such a state, might suffocate him, and cause him to fall into the liquor; they therefore returned a verdict of accidental death. The vessel con

taining about 16 barrels of beer, was by Mr. Thornton's direction, thrown into the common sewer..

31st. This day three bullocks were killed by lightning at Temple Bodmin. The flash struck a tree, which stood in a hedge, and shivered it from the top to the bottom, di❤ vided the hedge into two parts, made a deep furrow to the place where the bullocks stood, and killed them upon the spot, without leaving the slightest appearance of a wound.

A distressing event happened at Newington, in Surry. John Ricketts, the sexton, was employed digging a grave for the remains of a lady in the Kent-road, and the coffin was just entering the church-yard, preceded by the minister, when the whole mass of earth on each side of the grave fell in, and covered the unfortunate delver in a depth of six feet, just as he was getting out with his pick-axe and shovel. Within five minutes after the accident happened, a number of persons ran to assist the poor man, and began to remove the earth; their endeavours were however much retarded by the concourse of spectators, who rushed to the brink of the grave, and nearly an hour elapsed before they discovered the body, which being taken out, means were used by a profes sional gentleman to restore anima tion; but every effort proved inef fectual, and the body was borne away lifeless on a shutter, amidst the cries and complaints of a disconsolate wife and five children, who were witnesses of the affecting scene.

This day a violent storm of thunder and lightning pervaded the greatest part of Cornwall. A violent gust of wind passed through a part of the parish of Kenwin, which over

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NOVEMBER.

1st. Monsieur, brother to Louis XVIII. accompanied by his suite, returned to Yarmouth, from Sweden, whither he had gone to meet his royal brother, between whom and him a most affecting interview took place at Calmar on the 7th of last month.

Advices were received by government of a most extraordinary and atrocious violation of the law of nations, in the seizing and carrying of Sir George Rumbold, the British chargé d'affaires, to the Hans Towns, and the states of the circle of Lower Saxony, on the night of the 25th ultimo, by a detachment of French troops. The particulars are as follow-On the night of the 25th of October, a detachment of French troops, consisting of 250 men, land

burgh territory. They had embarked at Harburgh, a small town on the left bank of the Elbe, in the electorate of Hanover, and about a mile distant from the city of Hamburgh. They landed between the cities of Hamburgh and Altona. A part of the detachment to the amount of 80 men, proceeded under the conduct of two guides to Grindel, where Sir George had resided for some time. Grindel is a village composed of a small number of country houses, not far removed from the Hamburgh gate, which is called the Dammthor, a few hundred paces only distant. The detachment having arrived at Grindel, commenced its operations by surrounding the house of the English minister at about one in the morning. Sir George Rumbold hearing a knock at the door,, jumped out of bed to see what was the matter, and on looking out of the window, saw the house surrounded with soldiers, who told him they had dispatches for him. But on his refusing them admission, they instantly broke open the doors, rushed into every apartment, and pillaged the house of whatever was portable. They then seized Sir George, and conducted him in a carriage to the banks of the Elbe, across which river he was transported a close prisoner to llarburgh: thence he was carried closely guarded to Hanover; from which city he was removed to Paris, and confined there in the Temple!!!

The news from Gibraltar brought by dispatches received this day is of a most calamitous nature: it states that a malignant and pestilential sever had broken out in the garrison of that important place about the middle of September, and still conti

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"I had the pleasure, on the 21st ult. of relating to you the favourable opinion of our medical committee on the nature of the fever that had broke out in our garrison; since that period it has had much reason to alter its opinion: a great and alarming mortality has taken place, owing, in the first place, to sickness and filth, increased by want of sufficient medical attendance, nourishment and nurses. The numbers that have fallen to its violence within this fortnight are surprising: our reduced population does not now consist of (inhabitants and civilians) more than 3,000 souls. On Monday last 114 were buried, and all the week averaged nearly 90 per day! The number yesterday was reduced to 57, and this day I am hopeful it will not exceed 40, so that we mend apace, and expect the first heavy rains (hourly looked for) will relieve us from its ravages altogether. This mortality, from the causes before recited, you will easily conceive to have taken place principally among the poor. Of British merchants, very few have fallen, and those only in situations extremely prejudicial to health. The Jews have however died in numbers; and where the fever has broken out in a dirty ill-aired house, it has generally proved fatal to all its inhabitants. Many people have deserted the garrison from fear, and the death of many is ascribed to the same cause, particularly among the women and Jews. Among the British,

2nd. A fire broke out in the extensive water corn-mills of Mr. Pickering, at Frodsham-bridge, Cheshire, which entirely consumed the same. The damage done is very considerable; many thousand measures of corn having been destroyed. Among the principal sufferers are Messrs. Chadwicke, Brereton aud Leadbeater; the former of whom had upwards of 3,000 measures of corn upon the premises. These mills are the property of Sir Peter Warburton, bart.

5th. By intelligence received. this day from the West Indies, we learn that a tremendous hurricane had lately taken place in the windward islands: it blew from the 4th to the 6th of September, inclusive, without intermission. At St. Kitts its fury was most severely felt. It spread likewise to Antigua, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas's and Dominica. The losses at the different islands among the shipping are thus particularized:-St. Kitts 120; Antigua 29; St. Bartholomew 50; Dominica 1; St. Thomas's 44;-total, 274 ships, many of which are Americans. Every vessel in the roads of St. Pierre and Martinique were driven on shore, and, with the exception of five, were totally lost. At Jamaica it was experienced on the 29th of August, when the Pique frigate was completely dismasted, and two American vessels entirely lost.

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The effects of these hurricanes have not, however, been confined to the West Indies only. It appears by New York papers, dated September 30, that the losses sustained at Charleston, South Carolina, amounted to one million of dollars. In the beginning of September there occurred at Savannah a more dreadful hurricane than ever was remembered there; it continued to rage during the whole of the night of the 8th of September; and next morn. ing when the inhabitants ventured out of their houses, they beheld all the trees in and about the city lying prostrate on the ground, the tops of chimnies, and several houses blown down. The wharfs, from one end of the city to the other, were torn up; and almost every store near them, with their contents, were destroyed. Every vessel in the harbour which was not totally lost, was thrown upon the wharfs. A man and two children were killed by the falling of houses. In Hutchinson's island, and other rice plantations near the place, all the buildings were swept away in the general destruction, and many overseers, and negroes with their fami. lies, amounting to nearly 100, were lost. At a place called the Bluff, damage to the amount of 100,000 dollars was sustained. The planters on Skemaway and Wilmington islands have also suffered considerably.

The same mails bring the intelligence of Dessalines, the black chief of St. Domingo, having been proclaimed emperor of Hayti, that being the Indian name of Hispaniola.

The young gentlemen of Eton college had their annual rejoicings this night, with fire-works, &c. A young nobleman put a lighted squib into a

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school-fellow's coat pocket, about nine years old, which set fire to his clothes, and burned his side in so shocking a manner that he died in two days. His relations and friends, who have to lament his loss, reside at Petersburgh. The young noble. man has absented himself from college, in consequence of his distress of mind at this unfortunate circumstance.

6th. The coachman of Dr. Wilson, driving a cart from Benfield to London, had not proceeded above three miles before he fell from one of his horses on which he was riding, and, the wheel going over him, was killed upon the spot.

8th. The admirable gilt lion's head letter-box, which was formerly at Button's coffee-house, and in which the valuable original manuscript copy of the Guardian was received, was yesterday knocked down at the Shakespears-tavern, Coventgarden, to Mr. Richardson, for 171. 10s.

9th. Lord mayor's day was ob served with great display of civic splendour. About one o'clock the old and new lord mayors, aldermen, and sheriffs, proceeded in procession to Blackfriar's bridge, where the city barge conveyed them to Westminster. They were attended by the city companies in their barges. The lord mayor was sworn into of fice before the barons of the exche quer, and, having saluted the different courts, returned to the barge, and landed at Blackfriars. Mr. Pitt followed the procession at some distance along Cheapside, when a party of the populace took out the horses from his carriage, and drew it to Guildhall. The hall was brilliantly illu minated. At each end was fixed a large glass chandelier; and in the

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centre was hung a great number of variegated lamps, which were so arranged as to assume the form of a balloon. About six o'clock the company sat down to dinner. At the Lord Mayor's table were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Harrington and Camden, the Lords Melville, Grantley, Leslie, Mulgrave, and Castlereagh, Mr. Pitt, the Hanoverian and Turkish Ambassadors, several of the Judges, Sir John Colpoys, Admiral Peyton, Sir John Nichol, and some foreign officers, &c. &c. The ladies retired, soon after nine, to the common council room, where the crowd was very great. The ball was opened by a minuet between Alderman Hunter and Miss Le Mesurier. Country dances followed, and continued for several hours.

12th. This day the long-expected interview between the sovereign and the heir apparent took place at one o'clock at Kew palace. The queen and princesses were present. The meeting of those two personages, after a long interval, was marked by every emotion of kindness and conciliation on the one part, and of the most profound filial respect and veneration on the other. 13th. This day witnessed another violation of the law of nations by order of Buonaparte. Mr. Wagstaffe, the British messenger, was robbed of his dispatches, money, cloaths, &c. On the 6th he had set out for Petersburgh, with dispatches for Lord G. L. Gower; and on the 11th, he took a carriage at Husum, with intent to proceed through Berlin on his destination. Arriving at Nohrdoff, he proceeded to Lubec in company with a Hanoverian messenger; at which place they were joined by a Mecklenburgh merchant

going to Schwerin. The three carriages proceeded together for Schwerin, in safety, until they arrived between Rhena and Schwerin, in the forest within two German miles of the latter city. Here the two messengers and postilions were alarmed by the appearance of a horseman in the uniform of an officer of French light horse, who rode up with an insolent air, looked in at the window of each carriage, and, having made his observations, drew up; instantly seven men, well mounted, rushed from the wood and joined him. They had the uniform and appearance of French cavalry, and were armed with carbines and sabres. The men presented their pieces at Mr. Wagstaffe and his companions, threatening that, if the least resistance were made, they would blow out their brains. They then dragged the parties into a wood, about a quarter of a mile from the road side. Here they proceeded to tie the two messengers, the Mecklenburgh merchant, and the postilions, to the trees, and left them, threatening to shoot the first who attempted to disengage himself. At length Mr. W. untied himself, and released his companions; when, on reaching their darriages, they found that the banditti had robbed them of every thing.Mr. W. then returned to Husum, and reached London on Sunday.— This outrage took place upon the territory of the Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, within two German miles of his capital.

The persons who robbed Mr. Wagstaffe are discovered to be the commandant of Ratzeburgh, and seven French soldiers.

14th. This morning about half past ten o'clock, his majesty arrived at the queen's house from Windsor;

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