the farm he occupied after another man had been dispossessed of it.

7. The transport which sailed from Cork, and was supposed to have been lost in her passage to Quebec, with four hundred and eighty-seven soldiers, and two hundred and forty-eight women and children on board, has been heard of. The Crocodile frigate, on approaching the desolate island of Anticosta, observed a part of the crew of the transport on shore, where she had been wrecked; and succeeded in bringing away the survivors, who had been on the island thirty-seven days.

An inquisition was held last week at Ashton-upon-Mersey, upon the bodies of a young woman and her infant child, found drowned in the Mersey. The deceased had been courted by a young man, by whom she had the child, and was afterwards slighted by him, and resolved to drown herself and the infant. The jury brought in a verdict-Lunacy

The Mayor of Oxford has requested the inhabitants of that city to abstain from giving alms to beggars; an office having been established in the Town Hall for investigating the cases of persons asking alms, and affording relief to such as really want it. Professional beggars are dealt with according to law.

8. An inquest was held at the Crown, Westminster Bridge, on the body of Jolin Stevenson, late a saddler in Westminster Road, who was killed on Tuesday by Zephyr, the stag at Astley's theatre. Mr. Parker, one of the proprietors of the theatre, stated, that he had the care of the stag, which belongs to a foreigner named Garnier, now in

to

France. Garnier had been applied to several times to take the animal away, but neglected to do so: it was kept in a stall near the stables. On Tuesday last witness was preparing to feed it with turnips, when he saw the deceased, who had been employed last summer make a collar or halter for the stag. Finding it was tight, the animal having grown fat, he called to Stevenson, and asked if it could not be altered. Deceased said it could. After a few minutes conversation, they went towards the stall, and on the approach of Mr. Stevenson, the stag made a dart at him, fixed him with his horns against the wall, and gored him. The witness having a stick, beat the stag, and forced him to quit the deceased. Stevenson then appeared with his body bent to the ground, a profusion of blood issued from the wound, and in a short time after the accident he expired. Witness had, previous to the accident, told him the animal was dangerous. Mr. Cook, surgeon, Westminster Road, deposed, that he was required by a messenger, about one o'clock on Tuesday, to go to Astley's, a serious accident having taken place. He found Mr. Stevenson lying on a shutter, he had received a wound on the superior and anterior part of the thigh, in the direction of the femoral artery, two inches and a half in depth, and no doubt there was a division of the femoral artery and femoral vein. Arterial action had ceased, and from the nature of the injury, he considered the wound mortal; deceased was placed in a warm bath, but not by the direction of Mr. Cook Verdict, Accidental death. The stag is forfeited

to the archbishop of Canterbury as a deodand. Ten pounds are to be given as an equivalent.

Thirty fine ewes in lamb, the property of Mr. Minchin, Bramdean, were killed in a meadow at Alresford, by a dog. Only two or three of them were bitten, but the timid animals were driven into a ditch, and kept so close together, that they were smothered.

9. This evening, about seven o'clock, Lynn was thrown into alarm by the sudden appearance of the Brunswick Hussars, from the Horse Barracks, under a supposition, from orders they had received, that there was a riot; but it appeared that an express had arrived from the mayor, requesting the assistance of a detachment of dragoons, as a disturbance had broken out amongst the sailors in the merchants' service, and the military were marched off in that direction. It is reported that the merchants signified on Thursday last their intention of reducing the wages of seamen from five pounds to four pounds the voyage, and on the refusal of some of them, and their using strong language, two were committed to gaol. On Friday morning several hundred assembled, and proceeded to the gaol, and after assaulting the mayor and constables, forced the door with the boom of a vessel, and released the prisoners. They also stopped all vessels from proceeding to sea, and obliged the crews to leave the ships. On Sunday last two troops of the 5th Dragoons marched from Ipswich, through Stowmarket and Thetford, for Lynn; and on Monday last about fifty of the Bedford Militia passed through Bury in waggons, from Colchester, to suppress the riot

among the sailors, but which has happily subsided without bloodshed.

10. An inquest was held in Dublin, on the body of the late Lord Ffrench, at which alderman Bloxam presided. The body was found stretched on the floor, with a pistol in each hand, the fore fingers of which were applied to the triggers. It would appear that the unhappy nobleman was standing in the middle of the floor when he shot himself, and that he fell against a table, upon one of the corners of which some blood was discovered. It was the left-hand pistol that he used. He applied it to the left temple, and the ball passed through the head. The right-hand pistol was discharged in the fall, and its contents, after passing through a chair, lodged in a wooden partition under the middle window of the chamber. Both instruments were small, but must have been strongly charged, as the reports were extremely loud. In the pockets of his lordship some silver and a few immaterial papers were found.

Surgeon Ireland having examined the body, declared bimself of opinion, that "the deceased came by his death in consequence of a ball having passed through the head above the right ear."

A number of persons then gave evidence as to the conduct and behaviour of the deceased a short time previous to the fatal event, who all agreed in stating particulars which denoted a change in his usual manner, and symptoms of derangement.

After the evidence closed, Mr. O'Dwyer addressed the jury with much feeling. He could not conceive how it was possible to mistake the state of the ill-fated no

bleman's

bleman's mind, after the clear, circumstantial, and concurrent testimony which had been given by so many respectable witnesses.

The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, brought in the following verdict: "We find that the late Lord Ffrench came by his death by discharging a pistol loaded with ball through his head, being at the same time in a state of insanity."

On Saturday, an inquest was held at the Kettle and Gridiron, Harrow Road, on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Eaton, who kept a shop there for twenty years, and were found murdered in their shop. Mr. Eaton was suspended from a scale beam with his throat cut, and Mrs. Eaton on her bed, with her throat cut from ear to ear. Some sand was found on the soles of Eaton's shoes, and it is supposed he went backwards after murdering Mrs. Eaton. They were married fifty-two years, and were above seventy years old. They had lived happy, but his behaviour of late was rather insane.-Verdict Insanity.

11. This evening, about seven o'clock, as Mr. Nathaniel Crossland, Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, was coming down Highgate-hill, he heard most distressing cries. It was a very dark and rainy night. He followed the cries to a lane leading to a farm, up which he went about twenty yards, where he found a man lying on the ground, apparently in a very distressed state; he asked him several questions as to the cause of his lying there, and of his cries. It was some time before he could obtain an answer that he could understand, but at length learned, that he had been robbed and wounded, and left in that helpless state;

when just as he was about to raise the man up, and give him assistance, a man rushed out from behind the hedge, knocked him down with a bludgeon upon the man on the ground, who instantly got up, and no doubt had been lying there voluntarily, and mak ing a noise to excite the attention of passengers. They stopped his mouth with a woollen cloth, and held him down while they robbed him of bank-notes to the amount of 131. a watch, and other property. They then endeavoured to murder him by cutting his throat with a knife; but Mr. Crossland struggled hard, and having a very thick neckcloth, they were prevented from effecting their bloody purpose. He tried to wrest the knife from the robbers, and eventually succeeded, but not without cutting his right hand dreadfully: the villains then escaped. Mr. Crossland returned to the public road, and found the patrole within about thirty yards from the spot where the daring act had taken place, who denied having heard him call patrole or murder, and he made no attempt to pursue the robbers. Mr. Crossland procured assistance, and was conducted back to Highgate, when he was supposed to be in a dying state, from his throat having been cut, and the profusion of blood that had flowed; but on Mr. Wetherell, a surgeon, being called in, he found it unnecessary to sew up the wound, as the wind-pipe had not been completely separated. Mr. Crossland is now in a fair way of doing well.

12. Twelve cattle, belonging to Richard Owen, tenant of a farm belonging to Mr. C. W. Wynn, at Myfod, Montgomeryshire, br ke

from

from their pasture, and strayed into a neighbouring farm, where some branches of a yewtree had been cut on the 3d instant. On the 6th, in the evening, they were safe in their pasture; and early on the 7th, six of them were found dead near the place where the branches lay.

13. An article from Hoff, Germany, dated Dec, 15, says, "In the night of the 12th instant, a fire broke out at Asch, in county Zedwitz, which spread with such rapidity, that it burnt down the catholic church, the mansions of the three Counts of Zedwitz, the postoffice, and about 400 private dwellings, the inhabitants of which had no time to remove their effects. A verger perished in endeavouring to save the public records, and two children are missing. The loss sustained by stocking manufacturers alone is estimated at 30,000 florins."

King of Hayti.-This sable sovereign seems resolved to be behind with no monarch, Oriental or European, in the external magnificence of exalted rank. The ceremonies of his court,-his Princes and Princesses, the gradations of his nobility in Dukes, and Counts,

a

They consist of a state saddle and state harness for eight horses. The saddle is of a very large size, the seat part much curved; with pistol holsters, and a large saddlecloth. The whole is made of crimson Genoa velvet; the seat worked in devices, with yellow silk, and studded with gold. The holster covers and saddle-cloth are most splendidly embroidered with broad variegated and vandyked gold borderings, and trimmed with rich fringes of gold bullion-headed with roses, and decorated with tassels of the same description at the corners. On each side of the cloth is represented in gold embroidery his Majesty's coat of arms, with stars and sprigs of oak. The heraldic bearings are a shield; on the field gules, a phoenix issuing from flames, with a motto on a curved ribband underneath, “Je renais de mes cendres." The field is dotted with nine mullets. supporters are two lions rampant and crowned. The motto underneath is, "Dieu, ma cause, et mon epée." The shield is surmounted by a crown, not exactly like the regal crowns of England or France, nor opening like the imperial crown; but of large dimensions, and spreading more than the European crowns. It is surrounded by the collar of the new order of Hayti, with the cross pendant. The double holster covers have similar decorations. The stirrups are of silver, curiously chased and gilt. The bridle and stirrup holders are of black japanned leather, embossed with silver, gilt phonixes, and military trophies. The state harness for eight horses is magnificent without heaviness. It is of japanned black leather, and is

Barons, have already been before e he public. A crown, a sceptre, roces, and other attributes of the regali have already been sent out to his Majesty from this country. Articles for the completion of his public equipage, manufactured by eminent sadlers in the city, are now ready to be shipped for Hayti. In their quality, design, and execution, they are perhaps unequalled in their kind in the display of any Potentate of Europe, on the proudest occasions.

The

enriched

enriched with a splendid profusion of ornaments, all of solid silver, but not gilt. Winkers, bosses, face-pieces, neck-bands, territs, traces, &c. are all adorned with crowns, or phoenixes, or full coats of arms, &c. the reins are of crimson silk, adorned with gold bullion tassels. On the whole, we believe, that nothing so costly has yet been executed, and the general effect of it, glittering under a tropical sun, must form a most beautiful and superb feature in the pageantry of King Henry.

The town of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, was thrown into a very serious ferment, by the commissioners of the property tax (yielding to the suggestion of the inspect or) notifying a considerable intended advance in the usual assessment on property. When it became generally known for what purpose this meeting of the commissioners was held at the Crown Inu, more than 300 persons assembled, who rushing themselves into the commissioners' room, seized the inspector, and forced him out through the glass window into the yard, by which he was considerably cut and bruised. The tumult increased so much without side, that the officer only effected his escape from this popular resentment, by privately passing through several neighbouring houses; the people then proceeded to the inspector's house, the windows of which they instantly destroyed. The commissioners, we understand, at length appeased their fury, by a declaration, that no rise of the tax should take place for the pre

sent.

A steam-boat was put in motion on the canal near Limehouse. The Lord Mayor,&c. were on board.

It is about 40 tons burthen, and will convey between 2 and 300 passengers. It proceeded a mile and returned, performing the distance in 16 minutes. Another is building on the river of 200 tons, to be employed as a packet between London and Ramsgate. 16. Dublin.-A scene of extraordinary disorder and tumult took place at the theatre. The Forest of Bondi, or the Dog of Montargis, was the afterpiece which had been given out for representation; but in consequence of some misunderstanding between the patentee and the proprietor of the canine performer in the piece, as to the terms on which the services of the dog were to be had, the afterpiece did not go forward, and The Miller and his Men was substituted. The audience had not been sufficiently apprised of the change, and would not submit to the disappointment; and expressed their disapprobation so strongly, as completely to obstruct the performance of the adopted melodrama. Some of the performers came forward to address the audience while the afterpiece was in progress, but they were obliged to retire, and their appearance became at length a matter of some peril, as they were assailed with every missile thing that the gallery, and ultimately the pit, could seize upon. The stage-manager, Mr. Rock, came forward, after a considerable time, and he shared the fate of the others who had attempted to obtain attention. After several efforts to go through with the piece, without a chance of success, the curtain dropped; and from that time until the house was cleared by the interposition of the sheriffs, accompanied by con

stables