the vagrant tenants of an encampment formed very near the cave of the deceased.

The Leeds paper says: "We are informed, from good authority, that the Methodist Missions in the West Indies are in a most flourishing state: about 770,000 of the Negroes are now under instruction; about 15,000 of these are ornaments of Christian virtue; and about 70 of the Mulattoes and Blacks are already become teachers themselves.

SKETCH OF BONAPARTE.-The person of the First Consul is small, below the ordinary size of men. The Consular garb does not become him; he looks best in the plain uniform of the National Guard, which he at present generally wears. His face is strongly marked with melancholy, reflection, and deep thought; the lines of premature age are very visible upon it. He is said to be impenetrable even to his friends. His head is remarkably large, and his eyes are well formed, and well set, animating a countenance which has been seldom known to smile. His voice is the deepest toned, and seems to issue as from a tomb. His mouth is large and handsome; and in general it may be asserted,' there is that harmony of features which denotes an entire character. The various resemblances of him are tolerably exact; though they by no means do him justice, nor give his look, which is extremely interesting and impressive.

A fire broke out on the 15th December, at the house of Count Potoki, at Vienna, and his Excellency was so severely hurt in endeavouring to save himself, that he died next day.

AN ANECDOTE.-It is no wonder that Hatfield the imposter should prefer a full commitment to Newgate, under a general confession, to Tothill-fields Bridewell, and the daily interrogatories at a Bow-street Exhibition; the request that he made to Sir Richard Ford on this occasion, reminds us of an authentic anecdote of the late Lord Howe.-When captain of the Dunkirk man of war, a black sailor had committed some offence, for which he was ordered to receive a certain number of lashes. Being tied to the gun, the Captain, who, with the good discipline of the service at heart, sometimes went, if not the wrong, at least the round about way to effect it, ordered the ship's company to be piped upon deck, and then began a long exhortation in favour of subordination and obedience: the black culprit heard it all, under various heads of dissertation, for nearly three quarters of an hour; when, unable any longer to endure the oppression of his commander's eloquence, with the other sufferings that were to follow, thus movingly addressed him:-" Massa! if you preach-em, preach-em; if you frog-em, frog-em; but don't you preach-em and frog-em too!" Notwithstanding, the Captain of the Dunkirk continued his preaching, and afterwards, with unexampled bad taste, frogged poor blackey into the bargain.

GALVANISM. The body of George Foster, who was lately executed for the murder of his wife and child, by throwing them into the Paddington Canal, was conveyed to a house not far distant, where it was subjected to the Galvanic process, by Professor Aldini, under the inspection of Mr. Keate, Mr. Carpue, and several other professional gentlemen. Mr. Aldini, who is the nephew of the discoverer of this most interesting science, shewed the eminent and superior powers of Galvanism to be far beyond any other stimulant in nature. On the first application of

the process to the face, the jaw of the deceased criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted, and one eye was actually opened. In the subsequent part of the process, the right hand was raised and clenched, and the legs and thighs were set in motion. It appeared to the uninformed part of the by-standers as if the wretched man was on the eve of being restored to life. This, however, was impossible, as several of his friends who were under the scaffold, had violently pulled his legs, in order to put a more speedy termination to his sufferings. The experiment, in fact, was of a better use and tendency. Its object was to shew the excitability of the human frame, when this animal electricity is duly applied. In cases of drowning or suffocation, it promises to be of the utmost use; by reviving the action of the lungs, and thereby rekindling the expiring spark of vitality. In cases of apoplexy or disorders of the head, it offers also most encouraging prospects for the benefit of mankind. The professor, we understand, has made use of Galvanism also in several cases of insanity, and with complete success. It is the opinion of the first medical men, that this discovery, if rightly managed and duly prosecuted, cannot fail to be of great, and perhaps, as yet, unforeseen utility.

The following particulars of a most horrid deed, which was committed at a amall village between Marquise and Boulogne, may be relied on :-A written paper, with three signatures, was carried to the house of the mayor of this village, appointing a meeting, upon business in the evening, at a fixed place. A neighbout observed three men at the door, and the mayor to go out with his great coat on, leaving at home his wife, daughter, niece, and a maid servant. Early the next morning, a nephew of the mayor's calling, found the door open, and upon entering, first beheld the dreadful sight of the maid lying murdered in the passage; the mother and daughter dead in one room, and the niece a corpse in another. As soon as he could recover himself from the horrid spectacle, he, with the assistance of a neighbour, searched the other parts of the house, when it appeared nothing had been taken away. The written paper was found, con taining the three signatures, which induced the nephew and the neighbour to proceed to the stated place, when, as their minds foreboded, they discovered the unfortunate may or miserably mangled. In one of his hands was a large lock of hair grasped, with a part of the skin to it, supposed to belong to one of the villains. This was taken immediately to the municipality, who, for a few hours, embargoed all the vessels between Calais and Boulogne, and a most active search was made. The diligences were all examined, and every one obliged to take off his hat; but unhappily the monsters were not discovered. A person arrived in England a few days since, to communicate the shocking act to the English police, in order to trace the villains if they should have crossed the channel. It is imagin ed the perpetrators are three conscripts, and that, having left the paper, they conceived the hand-writing might lead to a discovery, and therefore returned again to the house to get it back, which brought on the dreadful catastrophe alluded to. The mayor was a powerful man; he was very much cut, and by the hair, which he appears to have torn from one of their heads, it is evident he made a stout resistance. A considerable reward was offered, but whether by the nephew or from the municipality, it is not mentioned.

On Wednesday evening, Jan. 13, at seven o'clock, the coroner's inquest sat at the watch-house, Queen's-head-alley, Newgate Street, on the body of a black man, unknown, found dying under the gateway of Bull-head court, Newgate Street; their verdict was Died by the inclemency of the weather." A hair dresser, of Gutter Lane, Cheapside, was constable of the night. About three o'clock a watchsman found the deceased near Mitre Court, Cheapside, and supposing him dying. Jeft him in care of the constable, at the watch-house. By the warmth of the fire he so far recovered, as to say he was perishing with cold, and had no money. A'gentleman present gave him a shilling. In a few minutes the constable desired him to go and seek a lodging or refreshment. He crawled to the corner of Butcherhall-lane. The watchman on that beat brought two patroles, who dragged him under the gateway of Bull-head-court, about a quarter past four: returning about five, they found him dead, and then carried him to the watch-house!-The shilling was found in his pocket.

LOSS OF THE HINDOSTAN EAST INDIAMAN.-We are concerned to state the total loss of the Hon, East India Company's ship the Hindostan, captain Edward Balston, This ship was consigned to Madras and China. The fatal ac cident took place on Tuesday night, Jan. 12, during the severe gale which then prevailed. A few minutes before 4 o'clock, she parted with all her anchors, and drove on shore off the Culvers, near Margate, and shortly after went to pieces. Her copper has been entirely torn off, consequently no part of the cargo can be saved. We are sorry to add to this melancholy account, that one gentleman of the name of Clarke, a cadet for Madras, and a passenger on board this ship, with sixteen of the crew, have unfortunately perished. Most of the officers of the Hindostan have arrived in town. We are assured that every possible exertion was made to save the ship, but the fury of the gale baffled every effort. The cargo was estimated at £70,000. She had a vast quantity of private silver bullion on board, on freight; but we learn the East India Company had not a single dollar on board, The Hindostan was a fine ship of the largest dimensions, being of the burthen of 1243 tons, and was proceeding on her fourth voyage.

MURDER COMMITTED TWELVE YEARS AGO. The following singular circumstance occurred at Deal, in Kent, within these few days: A person who has kept a public house in the neighbourhood of Deal with much respectability for some years, was disputing with another person in Deal. High words arose, and a soldier belonging to the regiment in barracks there, came up and enquired what was the matter. After the altercation had subsided, the soldier said to the publican, that he was sure he was a Lincolnshire man, by his voice and dialect; the publican said he was, but that he had not been there for some years. The soldier soon after called upon one of the magistrates of Deal, and informed him, that a murder was committed about twelve years ago in Lincolnshire, by three men; that two were taken and executed, but that the third, though frequently advertised for, was never found, and that he strongly suspected the publican was the man. The magistrate sent a statement of the circumstance, and a description of the publican's person, to the place where the murder was stated to have been committed, and received for answer, that the statement made by the soldier was correct, and that the description of the publican answered, in a great measure, that of the murderer who had made his escape: but that, if it was the same person, he had a gun-shot wound in one of his legs. The publi

ean was taken up, and on his legs being inspected by a surgeon, he pronounced that a wound appearing on one of his legs, was a gun-shot wound. In conse quence of which, the publican has been committed to Deal gaol, in order to be sent to the county where the murder was committed, to take his trial.

MARRIED.

Lord Andover to the Hon. Miss Dutton. At Orrery St. Mary's, Devonshire, William Bagwell, Esq. to the Hon. Miss Graves, eldest daughter of the Jate Admiral Lord Graves, and sister to the present Lord. Lately, at Dishley, Leicestershire, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Ryder, Rector of Lutterworth, to Sophia, second daughter of Thomas March Phillips, Esq. of Garendon Park, Leicestershire. At Wandsworth, Surrey, Charles Watkins, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. to Miss Mary Williams. John F. H. Rawlins, Esq. to Miss Baker, eldest daughter of Wm. Baker, Esq. of Bayfordbury, Hertford. shire, and grand daughter of the late Right. Hon. Lady Juliana Penn. At Earsdon Church, Northumberland, the Right Hon. Lord Delaval, to Miss Knight. By special licence, at Lady Cecilia Johnston's, in Wimpole-street, Anthony Merry, Esq. late his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, to Mrs. Leathes, widow of the late J. Leathes, Esq. of Herringfleet Hall, in the county of Suffolk.

DIED,

At his house in Bloomsbury-square, in the 60th year of his age, Thomas Cadell, Esq. Alderman of the ward of Walbrook; a gentleman most truly endeared to a very extensive circle of friends, who will long and deeply feel his loss. At Mount Panther, in the County of Down, the Right Hon. Francis Charles Annesley, Earl Annesley, Viscount Glerawly, and Bason Annesley. In the 91st year of her age, Lady Wheate, of Lechlade, Gloucestershire. At Oporto, John Whitehead, Esq. in the 76th year of his age, forty-seven years his Majesty's Consul at that place. Lately, at Grenada, the Hon. George Vere Hobart, late Governor of that Island. At his house at

Twickenham, in the the 81st year of his age, Sir Richard Perryn, Knt. late one of the Barons of the Exchequer. At Altona, the Right Hon. Dowager Lady Clifford, mother of the present Lord Clifford. At his seat at Ham, in Surrey, Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker. He was a very able officer, and distinguished himself in the ever-memorable actions of the 1st of June and 14th of February, under those great and illustrious commanders, Lords Howe and St. Vincent. At Paris, of a decline, on the 14th inst. the Hon. Temple Luttrell, next brother to Earl Carhampton. By his death, without issue, the estate of Sw. Howfield, in the island of Jamaica, comes to his brother, the Hon. John Olmius, one of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Revenue of Excise. After being delivered of a still-born infant, Mrs. Greville, wife of Colonel Henry Greville, of Hanover-square. The Rev. Henry Heathcote, Rector of Walton, near Liverpool, and brother to the Dowager Countess of Macclesfield, Lately, on his passage home from the West Indies, Brigadier General Romer, brother to the Lady of J. Callendar, Bart. of Preston Hall.

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