in the neighbourhood of Cockermouth, when he came up with a party of gentlemen, in chase of a stag, which had been started at Dalemain, near Penrith, from whence the animal made off with extraordinary speed. After pass ing through the streets of Carlisle and Cockermouth, considerably in advance of his pursuers, whose horses were much fagged, Mr. C. being on a fresh horse, soon came up with the animal near Eaglesford, where he had taken refuge in a corn-yard, apparently so worn out that he thought he could make but little resistance, and was actually about to seize him, when the stag made a fatal spring at his adversary, and pierced him with his horns near the groin. Upon the gentlemen coming up, they did every thing to rescue him, but not before Mr. C. was a lifeless corpse. After having secured the stag, it was with considerable difficulty they even got his antlers disengaged from the man's body.

Outrages in Ireland.-On the evening of the 1st inst. was committed a most audacious robbery. Immediately after Robert Prendergast, esq. of Greenmount, and his family, had dined, and as the servants were going to dinner, the house was surrounded by a gang of plunderers, of whom six entered, and hustled the domestics into the dining parlour with their master and mistress, and their children, and Mrs. Hefferman (Mrs. P's sister). They placed a guard on the door, and the rest went to the kitchen, where they regaled themselves, taking care to relieve the sentries, and give them their share of refreshment. The whole then re-entered the parlour, VÓL. LVI.

and one of them putting a pistol to Mr. P's head, demanded his keys and property, promising, if he would give them up fairly, that they would not injure any one. Mr. P. gave them his keys, and the villains continued ransacking the house for above five hours, not departing until nearly one o'clock on Wednesday morning: Many of the jewels were valuable, and a great quantity of wearing apparel of every description was taken, every thing moveable and wearable that they could convey away. The property lost cannot well be estimated much short of a thousand pounds. They offered no further violence. On rummaging the drawers, they deliberately rejected several bank receipts of Mr. P., but took the government debentures and banknotes; and, upon guess, took also some documents of government stock. One of them left in guard of the family below, while the ransack was making, indulged his taste for music, and trying a couple of flutes, on one of which he played a tune or two, not at all in the style of a vulgar musician, he gave the preference to that which had four silver keys to it. Complaining of being fatigued, and wishing for some liquor, they declined doing any mischief in the cellar, and were satisfied with a glass of good old whiskey. Three only of them were disguised. The memory of Brennan's gang is pretty recent and many are living who remember Freney's.

A Cork paper states the following attack on the Cashel mail :— A daring outrage has been committed upon the coach which left

this city yesterday for Dublin.-At about twelve o'clock, as the coach was proceeding up a slight ascent, leading to a place called Rockwell, in the barony of Middlethird, and within about three miles of Cashel, it was discovered that the road was blocked up, cars being placed at each side, and a large tree resting upon both. The coach had scarcely arrived at this spot, when two shots were fired, both of which unhappily took effect; one upon the coachman, who received the ball in his breast; and the other on a gentleman, the assistant surgeon of the 38th regiment, who sat immediately behind him, and who was shot in the head. Notwithstanding the wounded state of the coachman, he, with great presence of mind, held his horses in hand, and though the road was very narrow, dexterously turned them round, and drove back to the last stage he had left. In the mean time one of the guards descended from his seat, and ran to the place whence the shots proceeded, but the miscreants could not be discerned, and all that remained for him was to fire in that direction, which he did.

2. An interesting female presented herself for relief to the German committee at Baker's Coffeehouse, in consequence of wounds she received in the late battles fought in the cause of Europe against France. She gave undoubted proofs of her having fought in the ranks in the hard contested actions in the vicinity of Leipsic, where she received several wounds. She was taken to the hospital at Leipsic, where her sex was discovered, This Amazonian warrior is a German of about twenty-five years of age: she served five years in the army.

8. The Prince Regent went in state to open the session of Parliament. At a quarter past one, his Royal Highness proceeded to St. James's Palace, dressed in purple and gold, with various orders. The procession moved through the state rooms, and the Prince entered the state coach at half past one, accompanied by the master of the horse and the lord in waiting. The attendants went in four carriages with six horses, preceded by six trumpeters and a kettle-drum. The procession was followed by the foreign ambassadors. His Royal Highness's entrance into the House of Peers was announced by a discharge of cannon from the Lambeth shore.

The Prince Regent has fulfilled the promise made by him to the university of Gottingen: he has sent to it a copy of every English work of importance that has appeared during the last ten years. The fine library of Gottingen is now in possession of this rich present.

10. A School of Physic has been established in Dublin. It comprises six professors, viz. for anatomy, chemistry, and botany, in the foundation of Trinity College, called University Professors; and for the theory and practice of medicine and the materia medica, called King's Professors, each of whom acts in succession for six months, as clinical lecturer and physician. Sir Patrick Dun has endowed a clinical hospital and a medical library. Students matriculated at Trinity College, and certified by the six professors, obtain in three years a diploma, on a footing with those granted at Edinburgh and Glasgow; and another class, after longer terms and other grades, obtain diplomas corre

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Jains then advanced, and presenting a cocked pistol to the bead of this aged gentleman, in the presence of his wife, daughters, and grand-children, desired him to kneel down. This Mr. Fisher refused, adding in a determined tone, If you mean to shoot me, I shall receive it standing," the villain then turned the pistol from the direction in which Mr. Fisher stood, and discharged it against the wall. The villains at this period were observed in the act of relieving their sentinel, of whom, as it afterwards appeared, numbers were regularly posted for a considerable distance about the house, and especially on the road to Youghal. They all appeared to have equal commands, and asked which of the young ladies would make tea; the father replied neither of them; upon which one of the gang very deliberately took up the kettle, and made tea, to which the whole party sat down, ate a large hot cake, then at the fire, besides all the bread and butter at table. They then commanded Mr. Fisher to shew them the house, in order to see whether there were any more arms, exclusive of the gun which they had previously taken from Mr. Fisher's son; this Mr. Fisher complied with. They then asked for spirits, when they were informed by Mr. Fisher that he had none, except a little rum, which was contained in a decanter; this they divided among themselves, and wishing the family good night, departed. They then went to the house of Mr. Power, which they plundered of arms, and set the house on fire, but it was happily extinguished.

In the same week, the house of the Rev. Mr. Averill, of Mothill,

in the county of Waterford, was attacked by a gang of armed ruffians, who had the almost universally combined objects in view, of obtaining money and arms. It was not ascertained of how many they consisted; but two of them entered the parlour, one of whom presented a pistol at Mr. Averill, and demanded his arms and powder. When he assured them that he had neither arms nor powder, he was compelled to attend them over the house, and to open for their inspection every drawer, desk, and cupboard. Disappointed in their primary, though not exclusive design, they demanded the price of powder which they thought they ought to have found, and robbed Mr. A. of a small sum of money he had in his pocket-book.

DECEMBER.

1. The New Testament has been translated into the Chinese language, by the East India Company's translator at Canton, and printed: fifty copies have been brought to England.

3. A coroner's inquest sat at the chamber of the Society of Gray's Inn on the body of John Hinckley, found the preceding afternoon dead in his bed. Many inquiries having been made for the deceased, and nobody having seen him for near three months, the ticket porters got into the chambers by the window, the outer and inner doors being locked. They drew aside the bed curtains, and discovered the deceased completely decayed. He was about fifty years of age, and the last time any one remembered to have seen him alive was about the middle of September.

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