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weapons. After several were se- 
verely wounded, 18 of the ringlead- 
ers were secured by the police.— 
Four Lascars had a narrow escape, 
as they had cords round their necks, 
and were just aboutto be turned off 
from a bedstead, and so hung, when 
they were rescued by a party of 
British seamen. 
12th. Peymeurn.—This morning a 
duel was fought by Mr. Armstrong, 
a midshipman of thePrince of Wales, 
and Mr. Long, midshipman of the 
Resistance, which sailed lately from 
that port, leaving him behind. It 
terminated fatally to the latter.— 
His antagonist’s ball entered his right 
side, and lodged in his left shoulder. 
_ This circumstance took place at 
half past eight o ‘clock, and was not 
made known till threé in the after 
noon, when the port-admiral order- 
ed search to be made for the deceas- 
ed. He was found lying on his 
back, his hat on, his pockets 
turned out, aud a cane lying across 
his arm. ‘The quarrel originated 
at a hopinPembroke-street. . Mr. 
L. was a youth of afiable manners, 
about 18 years old, and, it is said, 
nearly related to the duke of Mon- 
trose. — The jury returned a ver- 
diét of Wilfui Murder, in conse- 
quence of which Armstrong ‘and 
the two seconds have been appre- 
hended, and are now in irons. 
14th. A meteor was observed 
about eight this evening at Swansea; 
‘during the short time it was visible, 
it illuminated a considerable extent 
of the country. 
i6th. Two fine young oxen, the 
property of J. A. Dalrymple, esq. 
of the Gatehouse, Sussex,died lately 
sosuddetily, that the men who attend- 
ed them could scarcely believe 
them to be dead. On opening them 
it appeared, from the stomach, that 
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they had been licking a gate which 
had just been painted with white 
lead and oil, and which had occasi- 
oned their death. A similar accident 
took place a short time since, under 
the observation of Mr. Tooths, in 
Kent. , 
19th. G. Rick was this day gored’ 
to death by a bull at Pickworth, 
near Falkingham ;— the deceased 
had lived with the proprictor of the 
bull, but had been obliged to leave 
his service, in consequence of a 
determined hostility which the ani- 
mal had manifested towards him 5 
they had not seen each other for 
some time, when the bull, having 
strayed from his pasture, met and 
kitled the object of his enmity. 
A professorship of military sur- 
gery has lately been instituted in the 
university of Edinburgh, by order 
of his majesty. 
Five hundred and twenty an 
silver coins haye lately been disco- 
vered near Cartmeil in Lancashire, 
by two labourers employed in get- 
ting stones, on aa estate belongiig 
to lord George Henry Cavendish. 
They were inclosed in an unglazed 
earthen pot. ‘he coins are all in 
a state of high preservation, and are 
now in the possessiou of lord Caven- 
dish. The earthen vase was broken 
to pieces before its contents were 
discovered. 
25th. This day the parliament, 
which stood prorogued to the 29th 
of O@ober, and ‘which was to meet 
for the dispatch of business on the 
29th of November, was dissolved ; 
and writs issued fora new parliament 
to be assembled on the 15th of De- 
cember.—The privilege of franking, 
at present dormant, recommences 
on the Oth of November. 
Among the personages who late- 
ly attracted public notice at Brigh- 
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