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nearly opposite the Custom-house, 

 and narrowly escaped being run 

 over by a loaded cart, which pas- 

 sed close by his head : as it was, his 

 left leg was broke so dreadfully that 

 he was taken to the hospital with a 

 certainty that amputation would be 

 necessary. 



30th. Lady Blount, widow of sir 

 Walter Blount, bart. of Mawley- 

 hall, in Shropshire, and daughter 

 and co-heiress of James lord Aston, 

 was burnt to death. This dreadful 

 accident happened in the dining- 

 parlour, at Basford, in Stafford- 

 shire, immediately after the cloth 

 had been laid for dinner, and was 

 occasioned, we understand, by a 

 spark flying from the fire upon her 

 Ladyship's muslin dress. Before 

 the servants could arrive to assist 

 Iier, she was enveloped in flames ; 

 and the curtains of one of the win- 

 dows, with which she endeavoured 

 to extinguish them, had taken fire, 

 so as to endanger the safety of the 

 house. After lingering about five 

 hours in excruciating agony, which 

 she bore with fortitude and resigna- 

 tion, her ladyship expired, iu the 

 70th year of her age. 



.31st. ThQ fall of snow through- 

 out Shropshire has been so great, 

 that the mails have not arrived there 

 for many hours after their time, 

 during the last thr^e day.> : on the 

 high ground between Oxford and 

 Cheltenham it was drifted to the 

 height of ten feet. 



A girl, about fifteen- years of age, 

 lately eloped from her friends iu 

 the country, and assuming boy's 

 clothes, offered her service to the 

 master of a South-Sea whaler ; but 

 being rejected, engaged as an ap- 

 prentice to a waterman. A few 

 days since, going on board the sir 

 Hyde Parker. West Indiaman, cap- 



tain Smith, the boat upset, and she 

 was with greatdifiicuUy saved, bein;^ 

 wholly senseless when picked up. 

 During the resuscifative process her 

 sex was discovered. She has since 

 been taken into the service of Mr. 

 Brock, of Stepney Causeway, and 

 deports herself with great pro- 

 priety. 



Died. — In Canada aged 102, 

 Vtyenti Fohis, a native of China, 

 said to be descendi-d from the race 

 of the ancient Chinese emp>rors, 

 and brought to America in early 

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FEBRUARY. 



1st. The earl of Abergavenncy 

 East Indiaman sailed from Ports- 

 mouth this day in company with the 

 outward-bound ships ; when, the 

 weather proving adverse, the com- 

 modore made signal on Tuesday for 

 them to put iuto Portland Roads. 

 The Abergavenny having a pilot on 

 board who did not seem well ac- 

 quainted with the coast, she slruck 

 on the shambles of the Bill of Port- 

 land, about two miles from the 

 shore. Captain Wordsworth and 

 his officers were ol opinion that the 

 ship might be got olf without sus- 

 taining material damage ; and accor- 

 dingly no guns of distress were fired 

 for up wards of an hourand half, when 

 20 were di§cha,rged. All this time 

 the people were free from alarm, 

 and no idea prevailed that it would 

 be necessary to hoist out the boats. 

 About five P. M. thiugs bore a more 

 unfavourable aspect ; the carpenter 

 annotinccd that a considerable leak 

 v,'as discovered near the bottom of 

 tile chain-pumps, which it was not 

 in his power to stop. The pumps 

 were set a-going, and part of the 



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