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tion was immediately set on foot for 
relief of the sufferers, under the di- 
rection of a committee, of which 
Mr. Maltby, the bishop’s chaplain, 
is chairman. 
About a quarter before one o’clock 
in the morning, avery large and lu- 
“ minous meteor was seen in the air ; 
apparently about 200 yards distant 
from the earth; it passed over the 
town of Cambridge, taking its course 
from S$. W. to N.E. 
colour it nearly resembled the moon, 
and hada tail of considerable length: 
its light was very splendid, and its 
yelocity astonishing, being visible not 
more than half a minute! 
An ewe belonging to Mr. Bam 
ton, of Barford, lambed at the usual 
time this season, and seven weeks 
after lambed again. 
10th. Messrs. Easterby and Mac 
Farlane, the accomplices of Capt. 
Codlin, who was executed in De- 
cember last, for sinking the brig 
Adventure, off Brighton, received 
his majesty’s pardon ! 
llth. This day, about 3 o'clock, 
an obstruction took place in the nar- 
row part of the Strand, near Ex- 
eter Change, in consequence of the 
breaking down of an hackney coach. 
Two men and a woman, crossing the 
street, unfortunately ran between 
two coal waggons, then in contact 
with each other; when the two 
men and the woman were so jammed 
in, notwithstanding their screams 
and shrieks, before any assistance 
could be given, that they were killed 
on the spot. 
A child who was left in a cradle 
at Welling, Herts, was attacked by 
anumber of vais, and when the fa- 
mily, alarmed by its cries, arrived to 
_ its aid, they found a great part of 
its face devoured. Hopes were, 
however, entertained of its recovery. 
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The first consul, driving a pheton, 
with four horses in hand, was thrown 
from his seat in the Park, near St. 
Cloud, on the 11th instant. ‘The 
shock was violent; but he lighted 
on the grass, and experienced no 
injury, except a slight bruise on the 
hand. 
12th. Early this morning a fire 
broke out in an upper apartment of 
the left wing of Huntley Castle, the 
seat of the duke of Gordon, which 
originated from the snuff of a candle 
being left burning on the floor. ‘I'his 
wing having been separated from the 
building by a stone wall, the door 
which communicated with it was 
quickly built up with turf, which 
secured th¢ remainder from destruc- 
tion. After burning for several 
hours, the conflagration was extin- 
guished. Most of the property was 
saved by the villagers. 
On this evening lord Whitworth 
departed from Paris, and landed at 
Dover on the 20th, where he met 
general Andreossi, the French mi- 
nister to the court of London, on 
his way to Paris. 
On the 17th appeared in the Ga- 
zette, dated the 16th. (the morning 
of the French embassador’s de- 
parture from London) an order 
in council, directing that general 
reprisals be granted against the 
ships, goods, and subjects of the 
French republic, or to persons in- 
habiting within any of the territories 
of the French republic. It also 
contains a proclamation, ordering 
an embargo-to be laid on all ships in 
our ports, belonging to the French 
or Batavian’ republics, or to any 
countries occupied by the French 
armies. ‘The gazette likewise con 
tains a proclamation for granting 
the war bounty of five pounds to 
every able seaman who shall enter 
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