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when two pieces were immediately 

 discharged, the heavy shot from 

 which perforated the glass of the 

 bed- room window in more than 

 twenty places; but Mr. Orgil, 

 though in the room, received no 

 personal injury. Several persons 

 who worked with him some time 

 ago, and who left him in conse- 

 quence of a dispute about prices, 

 have been seized; but whether 

 any circumstance has come out 

 whicli is likely to lead to a dis- 

 covery, we are ignorant. 



16. On the 14th of April the 

 ice of the river Duna broke up, 

 but again congealed and stuck fast 

 on the 16th. The consequence 

 was, that the water burst through 

 the dykes, and caused damage 

 in Riga to the amount of 30 

 millions of rubles. More than 80 

 vessels with hemp were sunk, and 

 a great quantity of timber and 

 masts, besides 400 houses de- 

 stroyed. 



18. On the 15th, a novel spec- 

 tacle presented itself at Portsmouth 

 in the arrival of the Polonaise 

 French ship of the line, of 80 

 guns, with a French Rear Ad- 

 miral's flag and the Bourbon co- 

 lours flying, being the first French 

 ship of that description that ever 

 anchored at Spithead not as a 

 prize. She was commanded bj' 

 Rear-admiral Trouett, (orTroude), 

 and brought over a deputation, 

 consisting of five French gentle- 

 men, to Louis XVIll. from the 

 principal authorities and inhabi- 

 tants of Cherbourg, to congratu- 

 late him upon his happy restora- 

 tion. 



A spirit of insubordination has 

 begun to be again manifested in 

 the neighbourhood of Notting- 

 ham. Threatening letters have 



been sent to some of the most 

 respectable hosiers : and Satur- 

 day's Gazette ofi^ers the Prince 

 Regent's pardon, and a reward of 

 200 guineas, for the discovery and 

 apprehension of five or six persons 

 disguised in flannel shirts, who, 

 early in the morning of the 4th 

 instant, broke into the shop of 

 Mr. Morley, of Greasiy, in the 

 county of Nottingham, and de- 

 stroyed several stocking frames 

 with the work that was on them. 



19. Thomas Bryan, of Bilston, 

 in Stafl'ordshire, a miner, after 

 having been drinking the whole 

 of the day, returned to his house 

 about eight o'clock, in company 

 with a person named Nevett, his 

 companion in the day's merriment, 

 and his wife, Mary Bryan, who 

 had been with them for a short 

 time. They supped together ; 

 and the woman afterwards went 

 out at the front door, leaving her 

 husband and Nevett together. A 

 few minutes after, Nevett went 

 out for a short time, when Bryan 

 immediately took up his hat, went 

 out at the back door, and at length 

 round the house to the front door, 

 apparently agitated with jealousy. 

 His wife verj- soon followed him 

 into the house : Bryan said to her» 

 "Well, thee art come, art?" at 

 which she smiled, and repUed, 

 " Aye, lad, 1 am come." He 

 then i-aid, " Aye, and I'll be with 

 thee in a minute ;" upon which 

 he quitted his seat, and taking 

 from the chimney-piece a large 

 carving-knife, went towards his 

 wife, who met him, and a scuffle 

 ensued. Nevett interfered, and 

 pulled him away, but too late ; 

 the blood flowed upon the floor. 

 A surgeon was sent for, after 

 whose arrival she gasped two or 



