Fleet street, which blew off the roof, and threw down the end brick wall, which contained the three large receivers for purifying the gas previous to its passing into the gasometers. FIORIN GRASS.On the 9th instant, in presence of General Sir James Stewart Denham, Bart. the Reverend Archibald Livingstone, minister of Cambusnethan, and Mr David Leighton, factor to the general, were cut and accurately weighed, 480 English pounds from one fall of the fiorin grass growing in Cambusnethan glebe, La narkshire. On Thursday the 21st, the Eagles taken from the French during the war in the Peninsula, together with the two that were taken at Waterloo, were installed with great pomp and solemnity in the Chapel at Whitehall. 22d. From the letter of a Traveller at Hamburgh.-Marshal Blucher arrived here to day. It was the first time of my seeing the venerated warrior. Such a physiognomy is never to be forgotten. It is far above the common standard. The piercing look is accompanied by an expression of good nature. The crowd of daubers, who have pretended to represent him, have sinned terribly against truth. They have given the energetic gainer of battles the look of a common but cher. We may excuse the French for doing this. They must give vent to their spite in some way or other, and therefore they give our heroes the countenances of baboons. 25th.-NEWCASTLE.-William Brown and James Cummings (two seamen) were convicted of forcibly boarding and preventing the ship William, of Blyth, from proceeding to sea, and sentenced to be confined in Morpeth jail six months. One of the prisoners, in his defence, stated, that he had been only a few days discharged from his Majesty's service. Nicholas Greener (called the admi ral) was indicted upon several counts. The first four for assaults upon William Henderson, with intent to prevent him from following his lawful trade of a seaman; the fifth count, for a riot and assault; and the sixth, for a common assault. He was convicted of the fifth charge, and acquitted of all the others, and sentenced to be confined in Morpeth jail six months. He was afterwards tried and convicted with two other seamen, Joseph Pollard and Daniel M'Farlane, of a riot and assault, and false imprisonment, on Stephen Boocock, a lumper at North Shields. Greener was sentenced to two months of imprisonment in Morpeth jail, McFarlane four months, and Pollard one month, in the same place. On the trial of Nicholas Greener (the mock admiral of the rioters), for the assault and outrageous punishment of Henry Henderson, on the 18th of October last, on the Lowlights Point, it appeared that the seamen had broken into Henderson's house by force of arms (because he, seeing their lawless designs, had got himself sworn in a special constable, in order to protect the laws and keep the peace of the country,) and dragged him to a temporary gallows, in the form of a pair of sheers or triangle. The mob, consisting of many hundreds, waited some time for Greener's order for punishment. Greener said, "I wash my hands of him; but take ye him, and punish him as you like." On which they bound him by the thighs, (first cutting off the skirts of his coat) the body, and arm pits, and hung him by a rope in the air; they then threw sand and small stones at him until he lost his senses; Greener, seeing the man nearly at the point of death, took up a handspike and said he would knock down the first man that threw another handful of stones or sand. The infuriated multitude immediately ceased, obeying the com mand. Henderson was cut down, and fell apparently dead; but on being loosed, he recovered, and was conducted to his house under the protection of Greener, who then showed symp toms of fear for the man's life. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, November 25.-The Crown, from Philadelphia on the 17th, off Cape Nichola Mole, was boarded by the Carthagenian privateer schooner Jupiter, and treat ed politely; the captain of the privateer stated he had lately captured several Spanish vessels. The brigantine Decoverte, Campbell, from this port, has arrived at St Jago de Cuba; when off that place she was boarded by a schooner, said to be a Carthagenian privateer, which took out her mate, and a gentleman who was a passenger, and flogged them in a most inhuman manner, without assigning any reason, and then sent them back to the Decoverte. The schooner Popa, Brugman, from this port, has arrived at Carthagena. She had an engagement with two schooners belonging to the blockading squadron and beat them off. 27th. Thursday, a numerous and respectable meeting was held in Merchant's Hall, Edinburgh, for the purpose of concerting measures for the relief of the Protestants in France. The Reverend Sir H. Moncrieff Well wood, Bart. in the chair. The Reverend Mr Andrew Thomson, of St George's Church, after a long and able speech, in which he described the sufferings of our Protestant brethren in the south of France, read several resolutions, which, he hoped, would be adopted by the meet. ing. The Reverend Dr M'Crie, in an excellent speech, to which much attention was paid, seconded the resolutions. He insisted that the present prosecution of the Protestants in the south of France, arose from religious, and not from political motives. To prove this, he read several extracts from letters and other publications, and he thought it was the duty of the Protestants in this country to support their persecuted brethren in France. Several other gentlemen spoke in favour of the resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to, and a committee was appointed to carry them into effect. A meeting was held, on Thursday last, at M Ewan's tavern, in the Roy al Exchange, for the purpose of commemorating the birth-day of Burns. The company exceeded one hundred in number, and comprised a respectable proportion of rank and fashion, and a high display of literary talent. Amongst the former, we remarked, the Earl of Leven; the honourable Ramsay Maule, M. P.; Charles Forbes, Esq. M. P.; Alexander Boswell, Esq. of Auchinleck; the honourable Captain Napier, R. N.; Captain G. C. Mackenzie, R. N.; Captain Gordon, R. N.; Lieutenant-colonel Wilson, late from the field of Waterloo, with other naval and military charac ters. In the latter, we numbered Mr Jeffrey, Mr John Wilson, and Mr Walter Scott. Mr Boswell took the chair, and the honourable Mr Maule was croupier. Mr Scott acted as one of the stewards, assisted by Mr George Thomson, the well known correspondent of Burns, and other gentlemen, distinguished as the friends or admirers of the poet. We believe we may at length announce, that a matrimonial arrangement has actually taken place, in behalf of the presumptive heiress of the British throne, on the one part, and a prince of the house of Saxe-Cobourg, on the other. The probability of the event has been so long whispered, that its final settlement will excite less general surprise. It is the third son of the reigning duke who is to receive, sometime during the ensuing spring, the hand of the Princess Charlotte of Wales. The bridegroom elect, we suppose we may call him, is the same prince who drew considerable attention in London, about a year and a half ago, by the grace of his person and dignity of his address. We believe we may also add, in plain English phraseology, that his highness is, in other respects, a very excellent and worthy man. He is at present a captain only in the Austrian service, and is about twenty-six years of age. 29th. The trials of Sir Robert Wilson and his friends are fixed to come before the Court of Assizes, on Friday or Saturday. It was first thought that Thursday would have been the day, but every thing could not be got ready by that time. The prisoners continue apart. FEBRUARY. 1st.-On Monday last, Mr M'Kenzie, supervisor, and Mr D. Gorie, made a very curious but important seizure of a large still of 50 gallons contents, with all the apparatus belonging to it, consisting of two mash tuns, several hogsheads, and a variety of other utensils, besides destroying 250 gallons of malt, wash, &c. The still was erected in a vault, under the hot-house of a gardener, near Leith, and the smoke carried through the flues to prevent detection. The entry was by a ladder within the hot-house, which was covered over by a trap door, so nicely fitted as almost to be imperceptible. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed, that no master's mate or midshipman shall be confirmed in the rank of lieutenant who shall not have passed an examination at the Royal Naval College, at Portsmouth, touching his knowledge of the elements of mathematics, and the theory of navi gation. He must, besides these prerequisites for the rank, have been examined by three captains as to his proficiency in seamanship; and the captains are strictly enjoined to be particular in conducting the examinations, and in enquiring, not merely into the candidate's ability to work a ship in ordinary occasions, but in every point of seamanship. ST PETERSBURGH, Jan. 10.-Yesterday was published here in our imperial manifesto, in the Russian and French languages, the convention concluded at Paris on the 14th of September last, between the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia, by which they declare, that they take the principles and duties of the Christian religion for the basis of their conduct and actions, as being the only one on which the happiness of states and nations can repose; at the same time, they invite all other powers to take part in their union, by which they flatter themselves with uniting nations together as brethren, and founding the happiness of all mankind. PARIS, 24th Jan-An interesting discovery has been made, by examining the papers of Courtois, one of the regicides lately deceased, namely, that of a letter of the murdered Queen, Marie Antoinette, together with some hair of her majesty, and of Louis XVI., which was all she had to bequeath to her son and daughter, Louis XVII., who was poisoned, and the present Duchess of Angouleme. The will and letter have been examined by the king and royal family, who have pronounced them genuine. 3d. On the 25th ult. almost all the English who remained at St Denis quitted that town, and the artillery which was at La Chapelle set out yesterday morning. The staff of the English troops which occupied Marly le Fort, Marly Bougivat, Putaux, Lucienne, and other places adjacent, was *: * the same men of the Eng-recense by their music, trution of 3 o ht, with re tors, contained wrn a glazed on the top of the tower, light- tructure has proved a more arduous oth. Two industrious shoemakers, taken in that dreary and desca ze tre St Denis ration took place on Thurs by the terrible snow storm of at the isle of Mav, by the hill far from any human habit nesday evening, the 17th Jan exhausted by wading in the deer and the fury of the element. T they seem to have crowded together ing eve or helping hand red, na hollow place on the ar side for rest or sheiter: here they had been overpowered by -leep, and death was the consequence! A countryman passing along the same road the next morning, struck with horror on observing a hand and foot pointing through nformation a wreath of snow, ran back a mile and a half to the nearest house, and brought assistance to dig the three unfortunates from their cold grave. being sent to Elgin (six miles off) a party of men with a hearse went to bring home the bodies to their sorrowing relations. Four poor familles sion bounty at the pubic an were at once throws of the compar liberality of the mistet x Ega, * Tacokeith like is w ruch word the VO ES Tur sorbed one dred guncas awards their sup were bought from his se of Portland, and issioners for North#use directions this completed. movement the The French government bas susasmi petted the crculation of English karsak tracent France; a measure which will oc mcrease the de er to read them. In a pecuniary vu, u will do little or no Ist naper, for such Llways opposed #th cartment, ermanas, that the number circulated was very small. And although it has been found necessary to mitigate in some degree the first order of the minister of p lice, yet it is only altered thus far, that he postman was yesterday directed to deliver to the different subscribers their papers, on condition of paying three and sixpence for the postage of each journal, which previously cost only two pence. No subscriber would comply with this exorbitant demand, so that the newspapers were sent back to the post office, and in all probabihty now consigned to the flames. And, in fact, by these means the cir. culation of the English journals in France is as effectually prohibited as by any coercive measure the minister of police could devise. The Paris paper exhibit another lamentable proof of the morale of the disbanded French soldiery.ne of these wretches, named Magloire, on receiving sentence of death, for at least 50 robberies and attempts to murder, coolly and impudently addressed the judges, expressing his hopes that they would order him "white bread and wine" until he was hanged, as he was a poor man, and had no money. The first chambers of the barrack caled the Arbaletriers, at Valenciennes, broke down on the night of the 4th of this month. The first and second stories fell in upon the stables. Out of 20 of the English train of altillery, who occupied those two cham. bers, seven were killed and five wounded. Five horses were destroyed. 12th. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has nobly granted a large sum of money for the erection of a splendid monument to the memory of the Cardinal Duke of York, the la-t of the race of the tuarts. It is to be placed in the Basilisk of the Vatican at Rome. This spontaneous act of munificence and magnanimity, in honour of an unfortunate but certainly of a highly accomplished and vir tuous prince of the royal house of Stuart, is beyond all praise; perhaps no sovereign prince in Europe, and we disavow all invidious distinctions, ever exhibited a similar trait of heroism and true magnanimity. The celebrated Canova is to execute the monument. It is said that Chief Baron O'Grady intends to dispute with the crown the appointment to the clerkship of the pleas in the Irish Court of Exchequer, and that he has actually appointed his own son to fill the situation, and his brother to the place of deputy. The clerkship is worth 15,000!. per annum; the situation of deputy is estimated to produce 5000/. There is a considerable group of spots visible at presen near the centre of the sun's disk, besides one very large spot not far from the sun's eastern limb, the diameter of which, on the 14th instant, exceeded three times the apparent thickness of the strata of luminous matter which surrounds the dark central nucleus of the sun. 14th.-CURLING MATCHES-On the 9th curt. a game was played upon the McLean Pond, betwixt the parishes of Newlands and Penicuik; the game was divided into six rinks, two sevens to each; Newlands was successful upon three rinks, gaining 32 shots; Penecuik gaining 44 on the remaining rinks, entitled them to the honour of the day by twelve shots. On the 12th curt. in consequence of an agreement, twelve of the members of the Merchiston curling club met with twelve of the members of the Penicuik club, on Merchiston Pond, in the vicinity of Edinburgh. The game was played upon three rinks. After a keen contest, victory was declared in favour of Penicuik upon each rink, the first rink gaining 20 shots, the second nine, and the third four, making in whole 33 shots. |