CHRONICLE. 
She said she wished we had mis- 
sed the island ; and I do not won- 
der at it; for if its boundless crag- 
gy rocks and lofty mountains 
strike the senses of a stranger, 
who can depart at his pleasure, 
with a cold heart-appalling effect, 
what must be the feelings of ba- 
nished majesty! Nature seems to 
have formed it for security to its 
inhabitants. Had general Buo- 
naparte ever entertained a hope 
of escape, when he came in sight 
of this place it must have been 
banished for ever; the whole 
world beside, I should suppose, 
does not present such another 
spot.” 
“© Northumberland Oct. 18. 
*«Buonaparte was very much 
pleased with the attention shewn 
to him, whilst on board this ship, 
however he might have felt upon 
subjects connected with bringing 
him here. He publicly thanked 
captain Ross, on the quarter 
deck, for his kindness, and re- 
quested he would do the same for 
him to the officers.” 
IRISH COUNTRY FAIRS. 
[From the Dublin Chronicle. | 
12.—The accounts upon this 
subject are most melancholy. 
Hitherto the fairs of December 
have been most important to the 
tenantry. The sales at those fairs 
have been looked forward to, as 
affording the means of paying the 
September and November rents, 
the taxes, and even the tithes. 
This resource now fails them al- 
‘together. 
Tipperary fair is usually, per- 
haps, the greatest December fair 
in the South of Ireland. All 
money appointments are made 
for that and the following days. 
Let us see how this fair now 
105 
proves. It was held on Saturday 
and Monday last, the 9th and 
11th inst. 
On Saturday, being the great 
pig fair, near 2,500 pigs were 
exposed to sale in Tipperary 
town. Not more than 1,014 
found buyers; the rates were 
from 18s. to 22s. 9d, per cwt. 
being from 2d. to 23d. per Ib. 
(In 1811 to 1812, the prices were 
from 50s. to 56s. per cwt.) 
The buyers would not venture 
to take any of the large or heavy 
pigs; these remained unsold; 
they tookno pigs exceeding 2ewt. 
1 qr. in weight. |The general 
gloom and disappointment were 
beyond all description. 
On Monday at the great cattle 
fair, the shew was very. thin, 
owing to the despair of the mar- 
ket. The number of store bul- 
locks exposed to sale did not ex- 
ceed 120; the prices were consi- 
derably below those even of De- 
cember, 1814. 
14.—The following extracts 
from the information of John 
Pryer, an under gamekeeper on 
Mr. Whitbread’s estate at South- 
hill, taken before William Wil- 
shere, esq. give the particulars of 
the whole transaction of the mur- 
der of the gamekeeper. 
‘‘ Charles Dines, the head game- 
keeper at Soutbhill, lived in the 
park. I live about half a mile 
from the park, with James Gur- 
ney, who was usually employed by 
Dines as an assistant when we 
went out at night. On Saturday 
evening, 9th December, about 
half-past eight, Dines came to us, 
and told us that he had, as he sat 
in his house, heard two guns 
fired in the park, and another as 
he was coming along.. Gurney 
