North Wales Gazette

MRS. JORDAN. TO THE EDITOR. F:n,~The attention of the public has lately, it has many times b«Sor< beefl drawn, by no- tire in lbs daily papers, to tlm liaie of the hue Jordan, and much pait'i have been taken to $fi?ruat;ze tbe conduct of an illua'-triou* pet sonn?^ RS it iclate* to thatceli-braU-d and mweb eateeaiet" fa'-ourite of the public. These censures upon the conduct of the Duka of Clarence, have been often repeated, and as ofrcu treated wi i h silence on the par t <>( his Uoy a I Highness's frinnH. This silence h>i# however heen construet! t»y many, into an admission «>t tbe »cct»«atiooi till at length the stories «ooften told of .Mrs. Jordan's having been obliged to !e\'e hn COIIHlry, at;<1 fiy tn II nei£;hhnurin" !,i!l dota, vrhsre, it Ls raid, she djfd insoiteisl, for want of a Sriliiii-j allowance beiog uiade to her by the Dnke, are assumed as facts. It has on thus, until some persons nave ilp [I(, n t!i, i)uke of Clireiice the are fjrot»odle»'s,caii rescue the character of Um Royal iiigbnes* from such gr(\s caluitiny AH who know the Duke or his connections in- timately, are srtjtsainted with the truth; but none go fully possessed of the whole case as in t me It., fee I that any further forbearance would amount to a dereliction of duty oil my part aud, therefore, in justice lo a much injured character, take upon myself to submit the fol- lowing statement to the public, acquainting them in the, first place, that it was through my hands the whole transaction upon the separation of the Duk #nd Mrs. Jordan p»ised that it was at my suggestion Mr«, Jordan adopted tho resolution leaving this ef.uiitly for Frbrire, to ei)able tier the more readiU »ud honourably to extricate ber«ejf from tnnidles in which she had fallen, through a mWplaced coniiiience and that I pos- sess a correspondence with Mis. Jordio, eulne- queot to her ieaM"? lingland, which corroborates ray statement in the minute*' points. Upon the separation which took place between Mrs. Jordan and the D"k". !h* -veBf 181 •; it was agreed that she should baTe the care, until a certain age. of her iour youngest daughter*, and a settlement was made by the Duke. for the payment, by him, of the following sums • 1 er am. ¡ For the mainteBficce of bis fotir daugh- > ters. £ 1.500 For a house and r.arnuge tor their u*«. (iOO For Mrs. Jordan's own u«e 1500 And to enable Mrs. Jordan iti male* a pro- vision for three married daughters, c/iiidren of a former connection. 800 la all £ .{400 i ¡ This settlement was carried into efiect, a Trustees was appointed, and the moaios under such trust, were paid quarterly to the re»peeti»e accounts, at the bauking-house of Messrs. Coults and Co. It was a stipulation in the said settlement that in the event of Mrs. Jordan resuming her pro- fession, the care of the Duke's four daughters, together with the per annum, for their maintenance, sbouid revert to his Royal Highness—and this event aciaaily (lid take place in the course of a few month*, in ct>»*e<i<i*"ce of Mrs. Jordan's desire to accept ceitain proposal made to her to perforin. Mrs. Jordan did resume her profession, and not lone; after, reflections -were thrown out against, both the Duke and hene-lf. whereupon Mfa, Jnr. dan, indi(oant at su.-h hu »tta.-k upon his Ro_v»l Highness, wrote the following letter, whub wai published in the papers of (lie day. «' Sip.-Thougli I did not See the Morning Prilll tbat contained the paragraph alluded to in your liberal and respectable paper of yutrrday, yet I was not lone left in ignorance of the abuse it poured out agaiost alL, thii I could silrntly have submitted to but I «n« by no means aware that the writer of it had taken that opportunity of throwing out insinuations, which he thought might be injurious to r. no less honourabU tbau illustrious personage. In the love of truth, and in justice of hm Royal Highness, I think it my duty thus pub liely and unequivocally to dieclxre. flimt )I,$ li- berality to me has been uoble and generous in i the highest dfgret; but not having it in liis power to extend his bounty beyond the term or hlø own existence, he hat, with his acc8IOUHd goodnns and consideration, allowed me to endeavour to make that provision for »;jself which, »n event I that those of interest make uie hope i it, all never live to see, would entirely deprive me of. 14 This then, Sir, is my motive lor returning to my profession. I am too happy iu having every reason to hope ami believe that, under these circumstances 1 shall not offend the pub- lie at' large by seeking their support and p,oleciian-and while I feel that I pns»ess those, i shall patiently submit to any species of unmanly persecution, which a female, so peculiarly situai- •d, must always be sulijtci to. Ever ready f" ac- knowledge my deficiencies iu every respect, 1 may add, that I shall never be found wauuiig jo candoui and gratitude—nor forgetful of thevene- ratiou that every iudii idual ghouid feel lor the good opinion of the public. remain, sir, your much obliged, bumbie servant, D. J OK DA N It should have been before stateii, that upon settling the annual allowance to Mtt. Jordan, every thing in the shape of a money trasisai: tion was brought to account, and that the most trifling sums, even upon recollection, were ad- mitted, and, interest being calculated u pon the whole in her favour, to the latest period, the balance was uaid by me, nn the part of the Duke, and for which I hold Mis. JoriUn.s receipt. It should also be understood, that up to the day of their sepcration, Mrs; Jordan had receive, a large annual allowance from his Koyal lliglv oess. A cessation of correspondent between Mrs. Jordan and myself ensued, until September, 1815, when I most uucxpectedly receivrd a note from her, requesting to see me immediately. found her in tears, and under much emharassineut from a circumstauce that had hurst upon her, a» she orid, like a thi.-ii(lor siorm." She found herself iuvolved to a considerable aruouuf, by securities, which all at once appeared against her in the shape of bonds unit promissory notes, e incautiously by her«eif, to relieve, as sha thought from iriti,iig difliculfies, a neur relation, in whom she h" d placed the greatest conJide.nct. AI ceptances had been givrii by her inbicmk, upon siauiped paper, which she supposed weie for small amounts; but which afterward* ap- peared to have been laid before her, cupable of carrying large suais. She %,is frailnl of immediate arrest.— She j wished to treat aH her i launants most fairly and honourably, and to save 11 possible, the wife and children of the person who had so deceived tier, (((1m nrter ruin. She could not cuter info uego- ciations with her creditors unless at 'arge, & ap prehortd.ing if she remained in ttiai be stle itisial,tiy cd the resolution before mentioned, of going to France. | A li,t ofcretlitors was matle out, and "n ar- j rangement was in progress 10 enable her to reurrn j to this coentry. All sbe rvqiiired, in ordsr to set her mi nil at ease on Use extent of the demands ,a Is t 1,)c f- 5i, I) at r that might he out against her WHS, 'hat -the per- son who bad plunged her in'o »!1 these difficulties should dcclaie upon oath that the list he had given lo her, included the •■cr.uls. This the party from lime to time declined to do, ond, disap- pointed thus, jn the hope she had «<> fondly j cherished of ajain returning to her country, and j seeing those children for whom she had tbe most I tender affection, she sunk under tbe weight of her afflictions, end iu the month of June IS 16, j died at St. Clout) I u support of the foregoing narrative, the writer hai the most jncontestible evidence bus ti,tisfy liothing caii I)e t)ioi-e satisfa(:tf)iy or con- vincing to the public, than !he following extract fioui a letter, addressed by Mrs. Jordan to him, dated at Paris, lSih Jan. ISK5. DEAR Sill,—I have forborne writing to yon. that I sushi occupy as iititc of your, time as pos- sible. My spirits are in so distorbed a stat?, that my weak hand is scarcely able to trace the still more feehle efforts of my mind, He assures you, that [ ail) in possession of the names of nay creditors, to whom he has made me ans-eerable, by filling up those blank acceptances that I so unguardedly gave him, and J/sf declines making an oath to that purpose this has caused me much uneasiness, for it appears tOOle taglic, if not equivocal. I can solemnly declare that the imnes I sent you, are the ouly ones I know of, end (he giaater part of them utter strangers to me. I was in hopes that not only out of humanity aud j Us t ice to me, but for his own sakv, he would have done it voluufarily, as it would have been a means of removing, iu a great degree, the unplea- sant impi es-ions such a determination míht cause on 'he minds of those who still remain ausiuus for his future well doing. Ie I do not command or enforce it, but intreat iI, as the only relief he can give to a being whom lie !v,is almost destroyed 1. What i a terpretation can he put on his refusal r If he says he will not take (tie oatli, it is criiel, avil it he adds that he cannot, what is to become of uie ? Is it iu nature possible for are to re'saru to en uncertain home, with all the horron I suffered there fiesh on my saind, with thr con- stant dread of what may be hauging over me ? I really think (under those circumstances), that when my presence would he absolutely necessary fhat it would not remain j'u mj iown power to be able to encounter such misery. it is not, believe me, Hie feelintit of pride, avnri:-e,or tbe absence of those comfuitu l h ive all my life be«u accustomed to, that is Stilling me by incites it is the less of illy only remain log comfort, the hope 1 iiistl to live on from time to time, of seeing my children. The above 1ó"H' tion I can convince the world of, if driven to tt, by leaving 'be bond (all I have) to the credi'o-. <, and the Duke s generous allowance, so tt.e de- cision of the law. »' li is now, and ever h*« heen, tny wish to save for crsn now I rsel a regard for him I cannot conquer but surely I may expect some return of gratitude troni a man, who, by a smgle simple net, could iglieve fears that ate nearly insuppitrtaUe. The idea is ■ hocking. Excuse this long letter but T IUD sure yoti will see aud feei the motives and the urgency. wouce more dear Sir, fcrgi^e and excuse youn. DOHA JOIt D A N I trmf. Sir, that I have thus put m a fair j point of view the whole of ihts delicate question, | and 1 shall trouble you wslh but Julie mote ou j thi* siibjerf. With of Mrs. Jordan ceased the at- lowanee which, by his Koyal H ijhneis's rueaui, j she «a< enabled to make, of 2(>Uf. » »ear lo e<ich of her three married daughters. Surely, the. i blame can attaih to the Duke of Cltifin t, | whose liberality, in order to enable Mrs. Jordan | to make a suitable provision for them, m the evci t of her death, has been acknowledged bl her to ave been moil noble and generous, in tile highest degree." Ail sort, of mellul were resorted to by one of the parties (now no more), to compel a continu- ance of these allowances. The Duke did !i(,t chase to be driven to this respect bat ..I.to the importunity, from the ineiTicacy of threats, had died away, his Royai Highness, of hi. own generous accord did give to each his kind astis- lance, and I am to rhis day paying, and as Ion.. as it shall be his Royal Highnesi's pleasure, shaH continue to pay annual gratuities to the two sur v iving daughters. Who then, after this statement of /acj, shall e the 1),;k accuse the Di;ke of Clarence with want of geue. rosity towards Alts. Jordan or hur memory. The administration to the effects OI MTS. Jordan, hy tlie solicitor of the Treasuiy, was tx officio. and (he advertisement Much appeared iu ijle IIAI)tls. and which I'Al calt*ti fortti Iklis last at- tack, was |iit in, in regular discharge of the d(ifieii efi,ii I must conclude widl one assuranee, that after having given a true, end 1 (rust a candid recital of facts, I shall treat with contempt any thing further that may be said on this subject resting sa'islied—tf after an attachment of six and thirty years service to a good aud generous raaite: — i shall have added any thing to his comfort in (-on. viociug a single individual of the injustice he has sasUiued. atn, Sit, &o. &e. JOHN BARTON. Royal Mint, Jan. 21, 1S54.

THE CASE OF C. A. DEMPSTER. Tim unfortunate mall died at Middlewich, on Friday« the l4ih iust. The public will recollect that iu attempting some jugjling tricks, at Car- lisle, he swallowed a tabU«'knife, rather uiore than nine inches long, which remained in bis stomach without exciting any vary acute pain or producing any serious consequences, "ntjl within a few davs of his death. He left Callide with the intuition of proceeding to London, where his mother resides, for the purpose of consulting Sir Astley Cooper. During Ibe journey to Manches- ter he suffered much acute pain from the jolting of the coach when, finding himself unable to bear the iiiulion of the cart ilze. be embarket) iu a canal boat, but being taken very ill in the boat he was prevented pursuing his journey further than Middlewich. Thiscase having excited con- siderable interest in the public mind, as also in that of the profession, it may be proper to ob- serve that the body was opened the day after his I death, and the knife found 10 the stomach, which with the other of the viscera, was in a state of it)ll.nl,atioij soil gatigieE)e., The handle of the kuile (•* bich was of bone) was dissolved, as I ike- wis- a considerable portion of the blade so powerfully iil(t,.d had the knife been acted upon by the juices of the stomach, as to impress very forcibly oil the minds of the medical men who the body, a lelief that had the moti continued at Carlisle, and been kept in a qniet- state, the whole ol the knife might have been dissolved, and the case terminated favourably.— The kiiilc will be forwarded to Sir Astley Coo- p,!r. together with a more minute arcount, which will probably appear in some periodical work.— The public prints having slated that Sir Astley Cooper recommended an n Ilerat iou lor IIX tnrl inc the kiiife,Relleeu) it but justice to I he nbove men- tioned gentleman only about three hours prior to his death, when inflainm&tiou aDd mortification ) had already commcnced.

D I S C () V E In E n F TH E 11 U A sIN THE SOUTHERN POLAR SEAS. Ji V ?, SIM OK OFF. ( VwmmuniceUd by M, yl lexandar Von Humboldt ) j WHM.E Parry and Sabine wefe endeaiWttirjngH to penetrate towards the North Pole,"the Rus- sisn Navigators, by order of their Sovereign, traversed the high Anorectic latitudes, arid sailed round the Southern frozen zone, in such a course as fo reduce, much more thall enn Cap!. Cook, tbe unknown space where some small Antarctic Continent might exist. The account of this voyage, which vvas performed under the command of Capt. IJellinghuusMi, is not yet published; but M. S>monotf, Astronomer to the Expedition, had just mad!* known its principal results. The ,h, W,ls'ok ;¡.nd i;1 ;[¡!j, Ihl" hr.t COltl- mluHJ"d h) Cap. ,BelJlnhl1,en, lh ",coud hy Capt l.a z.'i re w, lai led from Cronstadt, July 3d, I81(», and bavin's touched al Copenhagen, I'orts- niouth, and Rio de Janeiro, proceeiled to, the. South Polar Seas. On the 24tti of Dec. which iu that, hemisphere answer* to the 14th of Jmn with us, they were in the 23d degree of latitude,- and perceived laud Covered with snow: toe fol- lowing day, they a^piostchcd K in^ C»»nrge's- Island. th« N. E'. coasts of which were survey ed by Cook they spent two day's in surveying the S. W. Coasts. On the 17th, they passed Clei'ke' I Rock, steering towgiria Sandwich' Land 03 the'; I y^fl, di», ove red a IIB« island, 10 whirh ( apt. f5.. gj-VH Ihe name of M^iquis (if Traverse's I,.land (the Russian Minister of the Marine.)—-Ibis island, the posuion of which is not precisely market) by M. Siinouotf, contained a peaked mountain, which WJB coiiiinoally smoking, antl surrounded br volcanic substances. They as- cended it but the expedition w^» without Na- turalists, ihose who had en«ageil to arcoajpanv it not ha-, in? joined a t the appointed, time — On the 27th they passed the isles ds U Ren- contre, al the distance ot Ihiny miles and-on the 29th, teached thel.iaJllÎ -(ailed by Cook bandwicti 7'he great English Narjratnr fhought that Capes Saunders, Montague, and Pfis'ol, were, I or at least might b', tbe pojau of a Uad of a cer tain extent. The Russians sailed round them, Surveyed them caielutly, ?ind proved that they art only islands of small compass, as rocky »i;d a- Kinz i'erpetnal"*now covers ifio.e bl^ck r ^cts, whan rue fmni tbe bnftota of an "Ce^n env-loi.ed In etei UJ 1 fogs.— Tbe moss, (he only vegetation of King George's Islassd, d sappears entirely a? Sandwwh Land, which ought to be called Hie Sou'heni. Sandwich I,lands, 'to ereat Ocean. Fl<>* ing ice began to fil-l-ttve sea; i the alrots, and the Penguins in g.r«at Biioibers, | chased the li<h.. On the 3'h of January, S~2'i, the Expedition I and, and sailed Eastward, foUowing at first the ^raf'e! of" 5'J <;«; but gradually tt reached, IM I it m deg. mit). In ttiij J ) latitude an eternal barrier of ice »ir*»ted iho n->v!gsfors. •' The South Pole," says M. Su»o n if, is sonounded by a b^ind of ice 800 torses ti iek." This assertion is perhaps too general.' 7he Russians were more than once on the point 0! penshiug i" tl»ese frightful seas tbe floating j lie threatened to dash their vessels to picres i a- d ir»s enormous waves disengaging them fioui | f'-e sh■ r-k of the ice, exposed them to rbo dan l g r of falling over. I hey suffered dreadfully I OlD the till. ami humidify, though it'was the sHOB.ner seas n in that Iletnu'pheie. Happily II.« T h of M sreb and on. the other hand,, it was | tmoj the 'id u> the 7 <h ol .March, 'hat the nuassfs i of flouting ice were the most numerous. I dates aie worthy our attentio'u i they pruv»:|.b«t I I even in Ih ,i,, hic' of i Ihe Ili, ty great .nllUo,jon. a) the air and in the water, The Auroia \nsiraiis ofleu. charmed the Ex- i pedition. It appesred to ct.m« constantly from tbe Pole, and not (nisi all the points of the Horizon »s Cap', i^arry observed it, in the corresponding northern latitudes. I» pe'^aps, that the magnetic. Poles of tbe Soatb, contrary jo ihe leceived theory, are near»r to ih« Pole of i ihe World ? I'l.e Aurora Australis delighted the | navigators by (he satiety and brilliancy of iit colours, which resembled those of the rainbow It assumed a thousand momentary foims; some- times, broken into bright rays, it seeuied to tra- verse ihe region of the clouds. A. early as the 5th of March, the Mtrn. had parted from (he Wostok, to proceed m a lower latitude to Port Jackson—a very judicious ar- i«ti £ 4?Tucof, becaune f(ie row'* of ihc»e. vessels across the Polar Seas to the south of Sandwich Land, of the Island of Circumcision and Kergiieleu's Land, has swej" a gieat*x,tesu of seas hitherto unknown, and almost demon- stratvd ihatao land of any considerable extent exists there, since the lw" fttissiau weii-els, tak- ing two d llirent [outet, d'd out eye" Lueet wnh an Inlet. On the 19th of. March the Wosfolt steered northwaids, and on ttie ..0th anchored iu 1 ort Jackson, alter a crui«e of 130 days m the South 34(,ks,,n, hiiet a crui-e ,f 1, Polar Seas The Mirni joined seveu days after- wards. This Grst tampaigu was remarkable: • I conducted the Russian flag through a pari of the Ocean where Capt. Cuolt. bad indeed made some boid advances, and raiher nearer to the Pole than those of Capt- Bellmghausen but the latter, by sa,ling ou a parallel, remained lou^t r '&itliili tile Polar Clicle.ttian Caj)(. We feel a less lively interest in tbe excursions which Capt B. made during the summer of (lie o( the Gc,t His inittut,lious were doubtless very judicious, since they were posnitiiy drawn up by tbe learned and aealous Admiral Krusensiero bui M. Si- uiour.ff does not wake us acquainted mitli (lietil. and relates all that part of the voyage, as it its only object had been ro discover some islauds. Sevtnleen u«w ones wfere found. Till' I III 01 O110, near the group of the Friendly Islands, has peaceable ^habitants, who possess large boats with sals. The Archipelago of Alexander island, near the dan^eiOus Archipelago of Bougainville, on the contrary, in iohabiled by an entiie savage Ault inhospitable rare, who are ignorant of the use of tire arias. When gome muskets wllh blank cartiidges were discharged at them, they thought it was for tbe purpose of consuming them with fire; the, took water in their hltutl. and held it before them, as if to show (hat they had means to extinguish Ihe fire. Tbe details of the moral improvement of the people of Otaheite, of the piogress of the Colony of Port Jackson, of the progress of the fishery, Hie dress, the dances of the Inhabitants of the Islands, are amusing, but not sufficiently new for us to dwell on thecn.- The Russians, who quitted New Holland on the 91h of May, returned to it on the 8th of Sept. ON THE SIX-BOTTLE MEN AMONGST OUR GRANDFATHERS. Ix the Spectator, and other miscellaneous writers of the reigns of Anne aud ihe twdllrst Ciaorges-we often hear tof six-bottle well &, the designation of those who were the (levoreer. of Bacchus; and we are apt to consider them as having stronger heads than the two-bottle men of the present day. Sticb indeed was my own opinion, until, accidentally opening a book ill my bookseller* shop, 1 was led to helieve that my previous couception iu this respect was cr. roneous, and that onr modern drunkards do in fact poor down their throats more alcohol,though in a less diluted state, than their grandfathers 1 and may therefore boast of beiiig, in the lan- guage of wiue-bibbers, better men than thefr ancestors. c I The hook which thus changed my faith in the superior abilities of the men of olden times, was Gtay's Elements of Pharmacy," which, from the title, [ should have supposed to have been merely devoted to medical subjects, and solely intended for apothecaries and druggists, had I not found iu to be in reality a concise introduc tion to chemistry, and to contain a multifarious mass of information, which may be sought for in v;»in in much larger works. When the author treats of wine, tie observes, that the difference which exii'S between the quantity of spirit of wine that may be distilled from the various kitidi of wine, a< ascertained by Neumann formerly, and :\1, Brai.de ill the preseut day, both che- mists of unquestionable accuracy and unimpeach- able veracity, show that the wine merchants of England are in the habit of adding a considerable quantity of brandy to their wine. This prac- tice in relation to red port is well known, thai the wine having always a third put of common Spanish brandy added 10 it at Oporto, in order to enable it to bear the voyage to England, which tt will cot always do unless it be (bus strength- ened. J Now Neumann, as quoted by Mr. Gray, fouo4 the sherry drank by our grandfathers yielded by d:sti!la'ion only 3 ounces in 38 nf spirit of wine, that is to iiny, nearly eight and half per cent.: while Mr. Brilude tindsthat our modern sherry yields on an average rather more-than nineteen per cent, of spirit of wine; so that he who now drinks a bottle of sherry, takes down as much spirit as his grandfather did when he drank two bottles and a half of that wins. 'I he difference is still more considerable in re- spect to red port. Mr. Gray says Neumann found 36 ounces of that ine yielded only one \Jun' anú Ih\ee (Jultr!ers of pili', Iha i. to .ay not qnite 5 per ceuf, whereas Mr. Brandt found the average yield (.f the red port now drank to be more ihou 22 per cent,-all enormous differ- fine, sinr-e a 11I"e bottle of modern red port is If cour.e' equal to) four bottles auti a hall of that drank by onr ancestors. Let us then no longer talk of the drunken hab- it* of our grandfathers since, although deep d inknig may not be so common, yet this com- pamti^e analysis of the wines drunkby them and by m. shows ijiat our two-bottle men per- So IN in reality greater feats in drinking than the r heroes of ih< buttle, or syphons, ag they were ingeniously called by a wriier of that time. I. J. F.

CREDITOR, (DEVON) JAN. 24. Wit h,:¿u had i)1t!! or the mult Dovel aaJ ex- ¡r,!lOrdlniilf) haul. I/li. day I e,er "itnflised.- J. Yard, Esq. cams down with hi* bounds, about 5 A M. our object was .« hare hunt, bbt on ar- riving at Ewlrw, the seat of TremUtt, Esq about a oiiie from this place, we perceived sitting ou the bank of the Ciiial a very large fe- male otter, and, having two good terriers, we went after her. lihe i(jimejistely I)fu,iCe(i ii)(o the wate,, by which we could trace her some d.stanc a. We twice sent in the hounds to no ef- fect, but, ou h<ating a little further on towards Downes, the male oiler was put cut frons a bank by the terriers i one of (he most terrific fights ensued, in whirh one of tbe hounds had both his less broken., or ra.h*r bit in two, in fol- lowing the otter under water however, after the spilling of so much blood, the dog* succeeded in bringing out tl>« oiter, tbst life of which was scarcely utiiici, »hs» ont uf the terriers drove the former one from under an alder bush. —She kept under wi&ter, and fought the dog*—a most extraordinary contest —tbe water over the spot was absolutely discoloured wi h the purple gore that had escaped from the wounds of many of the dogs; the leading bound was torn dreadfully, and after a successive light for two hours, the oiler succeeded ia re.,i)terif)g her hold, we then obtained a labourer, who dug after her and after he I,Aii CI)t above three feet below the surface or the water, struck the female otter, and drove her 00 land, where the dogs soon maimed and killed her. We then had the cu- riosity to see if it was fiom affection felt for young, or any other cause, that made her strug. gle so hard to regain tbe bank and, hav ing dug tulcher down. me perceived we hail taken her in the attic of her house, which was very curiouily constructed there were four apartments, the one over the other. In the Bottom, where the water might flow in, we found two Young only i the-se we endeavoured to keep alive, but ere they had been lakes top Trowbridge, ibey expired. The next story was more curious still it was dug in a circular manner over the other, at) (list the wa. l,pr be tirlier lrt in or kept out at plessurc, wi'h mould. This pari wa* formed of moss, weed, b>ti £ grass, and sttilts. This was, I imagined, to reuiose, her young, so that they should not be exactly out of the water. The next was formed fit sticks, laid very singularly across each other, with niauy heads of trout that she had taken for food. 'I he roof of this place is worthy remark, the moss being so placed as to form a complete covering. This I presume to be a cave, adapted for the prey she might take. Tbe fourth was a mere hovel, with a little moss and grass; the whole certainly worthy tho altcGliou of the ualuralist. t.

i^rl tjsce Ua neo SMUGGLING. — BRIGHTON, JAN. 27. Duriax- the gale of Thursday, a French vessel ran ashore with a cargo of fruit anil egg*. The ciew were preserved, but the little baric went to piect discovering a secret thereby worth knowi„> haps, in the exposure of several bale» of sifk~ which were not long out of the possession of 1 Majesty's Officers of the Customs. It fjt(i •. U" a matter of surprise to many, Hiaf French vV." sels, similar to the above, could matr. t. i( antwfir their purpose, to run in h.re to dispose of their apparently almost valueless cargoes but tbe rnys ery now is solved-ih.y w,|| fct c| J looked to, we conclude, for the future ■ Lord NeptuNe, in all IlngrJ mood. has let th* cat out of the btig The Cheltenham Chronicle of the 22d inst. COli, tait's a. paragraph, which biii)6 that the body of Mr. I terce had been found «„ ,hg preceding day; that be had been murdered, as previously conjectured, on account of ihe property he had about him at the time,and that his hat was thrown into the Float. in order to induce the friends of the deceased to suppose he had been drowoed.- In regard to this stat emeu-, we Hre authorised to say, that the Editor of the Cheltenham Paper has been grossly imposed on; nottjn* whatever having yet transpired which could authorise (he assertion. Smith, the Bow street ofifcer, who has been at Bristol for file last uine days, pursu- ing the investigation under a Committee of (jell- tlemen formed for the purpose, returned to Lon- don oil Wednesday evening, after a tedious and fruitless search. Messrs. Clarke, Richards, aud Medcalle, on whose authority we state these facts, are io the receipt IIf daily communications froin the Bris'o] Committee, and their latest Jet- ter left tbe investigation pretistly io the ..111. state it was a week ago. -=:=:="='=-=-0'51"< SUICIDK AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER, R TAUNTON, SOMEHSETSHHIE.— OU Monday K noon, a young man, named Norman, who beon in The service of Mr. hlead, an attorne this tOWD in II fil of jealousy attempted 10 WI; der a female-fellow servant, by shooting her ,1 the head with a pistol, which he had just belo !l purchased, and afterwards gave her several v: lent blows with a hammer. The .nb:!pi' wretch ttica tiaii ily retired to hit apartment, nearly severed his head from his body with ;1 razor, and the rootti was a ltiiost deluged W;I gore, he died toooaffer. Shortly after a ii broke pat iu the bouse, which added not a Ii;t!f -hole town wa!, a coinl)lete $Celle of bustle ail,] alarm. The nnfortunate female is not supposed tie!Y to recover. The long pending quesiioa between Mr. Cle- meiit, the of flie Obst,-ucr Newsl)ai)e" aud Ihe Learned Judges (by whom T-liist|e»i>i/« Ingo, atitl others, %e!e IlIed tor their connt'CI" with the Cato-street Plot, and by wlioin a Cit-.e If 500/. wa* imposed on Mr. Clement for publish 'ha triali of two of those persons, "rIa til..f trials had t)eeii coticlu(ied), will cotne before Duchy of Lancaster Court, by way of appeal, Friday next. 1\lr. ClelJ.\eul. if a¡¡pnlS, WIU cOli'- strained to pay the fine in quetliou to the Shell' of Middlesex, but iu doing so be felt it a diV- not only to himself, but to the public and to fit" fellow Jourr);oli,4if, it) enter his strong 1)rii(e4i against the injustice with which he had been treated, and Ihe uuconstiiutionl power which dr, Judges had thought proper to assume. t(Wi be recollected thai much discussion took pllt; on this subject at the time when the fioe Wi'" imposed, and that strong opinions were delivered in Ihe House of Commons a* to the illegality d the stel) which the Judges had taken. Th* question is one of considerable importance, ami after what has been said on a recent rase i.i wi. iio dotibt, excite a go,)(] deal tlf ilifelett- T;¡ right Hon. Lord Bexley, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, assisted by Mr. Justics Bayley and Justice Holroyd, will preside. The. Co,it)sol for Air. Cleratut are iNIr. Suallett, Brougham, Mr. Denman, and Mr. Ilialt. Thestf Gentlemen will, no doubt, be opposed by a strong Crown Bar.—Morning Chi onicle. The preserving of egjs, fresh and »ood, Ihrollh many months, may be tflTectctl by raerelv altering their position daily to a fresi; ( side downwards, in order to prevent the yolk, leltling, and coining in contact with the ;bell It is the practice of I'arinei-s' wives, in several of the midland and northern (ollntlu of Eng- land, to closely pack, with interposed straw, their increasing stock of eggs, daily, into a bee hive, or a similarly-shaped basket 111- I iti- straw upon them, and striking three or four pointed sticks across, tiht Upon the straw, so as to enable the bee hiveto be tilted on its side, or even turned upside dowc, iul" a new position, each day, in their dairy, or beer cellar, and this daily turning is continued until, on the approach of Lent, the ejjjj* are removed from the hives, and carefully packed J in the flats or boxes which convey lhe>n I" market. Lime water, syet, and other ex- ternal applications lo the shells have beets recommended fcr preserving of bul these must assuredly fail, when low- rest in one position is alloWcd to them: and a ltil. frequent raoviug, and avoiding- extremes of temperature, none othrr are tieceasiry.-It iS often plessiu- to a weary and hungry travel- ler, 011 enteriii}; a small inu s»r pot-bouse is> Derbyshire and its vicinirjf, lo see strong cab- bage-uets, full of eggs, suspended by books from the ceiling, iu a fresi, alld good Ilale; and this the landlady eUèCh, tbrough very considerably period., by her precaution of "cry day hooking up the net on a fresh there!n^ lh* *SS# tisbtl' Ui>

MISINQ INTELLIGEtiCM. COPPER OltE Sold at REDRUTH, on Thursday, January 29. MINKS, TONS. I PURCIIASERS. PRICK. Pembroke 113 Williams, Grenfell, Co. and Crown Co.. 3 13 6 ditto 99 ditto. 15 6 ditto 93 ditto 4 8 0 ditto 92 ditto 4 6 6 Penstruthal 83 Vox, ffilliams, Grenf- ell, Co. Cremit Co 3 10 6 aillo 70 Vivian and Son> 4 12 6 aitto 02 IPilli/tms, Grenfell, Sf n j Co CroiewCo. an 6 East Crinni, J05 Fox, William,, Gren. fe lit and Co 6 0 0 ditto 81 ditto.. 6 duto is ditto f, I ditto 71 Dnn-elt, So'n,'andNe- viU e 7 6 ditto 67 Fi)X^ GreH. fell and Co 5 10 0 w 6» m,. « 6 •'9 ire 70 Vivian and Son* 3 14 ditto 69 Do & Vox, miliamt, Grenfell Sf Co 3 « 0 dtlte 46 Birmingham^ Freeman 4 15 6 ditto 41 Freeman and Co 7 6 6 ditto 16 Fox,Williams,Grenfell § Co. S) Crotc* Co. 8 7 6 Tingtang 89 ditto f 0 6 ditto 76 Vivian and Sont 5 0 6 ditto 65 Birmingham Co 6 8 6 lr. Goriand 112 ffilliams, Grenfell. 3f Co. and Crown Co. 7 9 ditto 69 Vivian and Sons. 8 0 ditto 34 ditto. 7 b 0 Hh. Damsel 88 Freeman and Co. 7 6 0 Wh.Spinster 77 Vivian fy English 7 9 0 Ft-. Mints 74 Daniell, Son, and «- vill 7 12 0 Who Pink 17 Fox, Williams, Grcn- JeU, Co. 4 CrOWD Co 4 0 Total 2007 Tons.-Standard.CI IS. 10s

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