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brought on the shoulders of eight 
or ten men to the door of Hudson’s 
hotel, where Lord Percy had retir- 
‘ed; his Lordship was then chaired 
round the market in the usual form, 
and afterwards carried in the same 
state down Southampton.-street, and 
along the Strand to Northumber- 
land house, where the populace were 
regaled with bread and cheese and 
porter. ft ] 
Sth. This night an attempt was 
made to destroy the flotilla at Bou- 
logne. ‘The damage done proves to 
be very considerable; though not 
more than 300 rockets were dis- 
charged. One of the messengers 
who came over with Lord Lauder- 
dale, saw three héuses which had 
been set on firé and burnt by the 
rockets) What damage was done 
to the shipping could not be well 
ascertained, on accountof the strict 
wateh kept over the whole embassy, 
It was said, by some, that only three 
rockets had fallen on the ships, which 
had been taken up and thrown into 
the water withoutdoingany mischief, 
So much, however, were the enemy 
terrified by the extraordinary na- 
ture of the attack, as well as occu- 
pied in counteracting its effects, that, 
during the half hour the boats re- 
Mained before the town, one shell 
ouly was discharged at them. ‘The 
rockets or arrows are portable, and 
any town which ean be approached 
within two miles, would be endan- 
gered by theiroperation. Thesue- 
ecss against the shipping would have 
been infinitely greater, had not the 
boats approached too near the town. 
The fire in the town was seen burn- 
ing from Dover the morning after 
the attack. " 
11th. A few days since, a large 
eblong British or Danish barrow 
was opened in the parish of Duntest- 
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bourne-Abbots, Gloucestershire ; in 
which was found a kistraen, or crom- 
tech, containing about 8 or 9 bodies 
of different ages, many of the bones 
of which, and the teeth, were entire. 
The whole length of the barrow, 
diagonally, was about 50 yards; 
straight over the stones about 40; 
the width about 30 yards ; and the 
distance between the two. great 
stones 24 feet. ‘The barrow was 
composed of loose quarry-stonés, 
Jaid in strata near the great stones, 
and brought trom a distance. The 
largest stone, which has been long 
known in the country by the name 
of the Horse-Stone, is of the kind 
of grey-withers, or Stonehenge: it 
is flat on the Kast side, and round: 
on the’side which is in the barrow ; 
is 12 feet high from the base, and 
13 in circumference. The other 
stone lies almost flat on the ground, 
and is about three yards square, and 
one toot thick. Thiscovers the kis- 
traen which contains the bones, and 
which is divided into two cells, 
about 4 feet square each, and 6 deep, 
There is little doubt of its being Bri 
tish ; and it may be called the early 
altar, or family monument. ‘There 
are several other barrows in the 
neighbourhood ; and it is singular 
that the farm adjoining is called 
‘Tack Barrows, probably a corrup- 
tion or abbreviation of some other 
The bones are reburied, but 
the barrow, and the tomb, will be 
left open some time longer for the 
inspection of the curious. __ 
A dreadful riot took place a few 
days ago in Ratcliffe Highway, be- 
tween a party of Lascars and ano- 
ther of Chinese sailors, who have 
come home in the ships from India. 
They met nearly 200 in number in 
Angel-Gardens, Wapping, and as- 
sailed each other with all sorts of 
weapons, 
