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the royal veterans, was indefati- 

 gable in tier care of the women 

 and children. 



9. About 300 emigrants, na- 

 tives of the canton of Basle, and 

 100 i^'cm Argovie, left Switzer- 

 land on the 9th, and proceeded 

 down the Rhine to Holland, where 

 they intend to embark for Ame- 

 rica. They carry with them con- 

 siderable property, and sufficient 

 for establishing themselves. 



1 0. Of the alarming extent of 

 illegal distillation in Ireland, aird 

 its ruinous eft'ects, the following 

 statement may afford an idea : — 

 At Oniagh assizes seventy- seven 

 men were sentenced to imprison- 

 ment for illegal stills ; at Lifford 

 assizes sixty for the like offence, 

 besides fines on the county to the 

 amount of ia,000l. At Derry 

 assizes the trials for illegal distil- 

 lation were numerous beyond all 

 former experience. Ninety per- 

 sons were convicted and impri- 

 soned ; and a great many were 

 liberated for the present on bail, 

 as the gaol was unable to contain 

 them. 



11. Konlasherg. — According to 

 the last accounts from Marien- 

 burg, fifty-three villages in tlie 

 great Werder, with 9,930 inha- 

 bitants, and in the districts of 

 Tiegenhoff', forty-nine villages, 

 with 10,902 inhabitants, were 

 under water. To these are to be 

 added the Elbing villages, 1? in 

 number, with 4,000 inhabitants. 



15. The Academy of Mines, 

 established at Freyberg, in the 

 Erzgebirg, under the direction of 

 the celebrated Werner, and which 

 had experienced dilapidations for 

 some years past, is again in a 

 state of prosperity. A great num- 

 ber of pupils from foreign parts 



have arrived there, and some 

 Englishmen were besides ex- 

 pected. Werner was about to 

 publish a very important minera- 

 logical work. He is at present 

 engaged in making researches for 

 several sidt mines, which are ex- 

 pected to be diseovered in the 

 kingdom of Saxony, and particu- 

 larly in the Vogtland, in the en- 

 virons of Plauen. 



16. The Aquillon, arrived at 

 Spithead from the Mediterranean, 

 has brought some particulars of 

 the loss of the Ister frigate, cap- 

 tain Forrest, which was wrecked 

 on a reef of rocks to the westward 

 of Cape de Gat. The Ister sailed 

 from Portsmouth on the 21st of 

 February, tilted up on the peace 

 establishment, and was proceed- 

 ing up the Mediterranean, from 

 Malaga, to join Lord Exmouth, 

 when the accident happened ; she 

 struck at two o'clock in the morn- 

 ing of the 7th ult. when running 

 at the rate of nine knots. Hopes 

 were entertained that, by great 

 exertions, she might be got off", 

 and, by the assistance of a zebeck, 

 which came out of Malaga, 24 of 

 her guns were taken out, and' 

 sent to Gibraltar ; but it proved, 

 on making fresh exertions, that 

 the rocks had beat through her, 

 and she was fast filling with sand. 

 All the crew were safely taken out 

 and landed at JMalaga, excepting 

 Mr. Sjtwell, midshipman, and 

 eight men, who were drowned by 

 the upsetting of the gig- boat. 

 Captain Hey wood, of the Mon- 

 tague, w ho has for some time had 

 the command at Gibraltar, on 

 hearing of the misfortune, imme- 

 diately proceeded in that ship tc 

 the spot, in the hope of being able 

 to save the stores. 



17. Ber- 



