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by them, had dropped his watch, 

 worth 50 guineas, and by that 

 means saved it ; the ruffians in 

 their hurry dropped 41. and their 

 whole booty did not exceed 12\. 

 Mrs. Yates preserved great com- 

 posure and command of herself 

 during the robbers' stay in the 

 house, but has since been seri- 

 ously ill. 



21. A young man, about 18 

 years of age, a native of Davis" 

 Straits, has been brought to this 

 coimtry by the Thomas and Anne 

 of Leith. He has brought a 

 canoe of his native country with 

 him, and yesterday he performed 

 some dexterous feats in the wet 

 dock, before a numerous com- 

 pany of spectators. He is a most 

 expert swimmer; he dives with 

 his boat above him, and rises 

 again at a great distance sitting in 

 it. He is dressed in the costume 

 of his country. — Edinburgh Cour- 

 ant. 



22. A number of porpoises, 

 from the Channel, came over 

 Exmouth-bar, and pursued the 

 smaller fish from the sea up the 

 river Exe ; the tide was nearly 

 out before they all returned : 

 three of enonnous size came 

 within a few yards of the bathing 

 machines, and the water being 

 very low, their leaping and plung- 

 ing made a great noise, the effect 

 of which was very diverting to 

 the spectators on the beach. It 

 has been observed, that dry and 

 warm weather occurs when these 

 creatures come into the river, 

 which has been demonstrated in 

 the present instance. 



24. Constantinople. — This city 

 has been again visited by a dread- 

 ful conflagration ; it broke out 

 in the night of the 15th, in the 



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finest quarter of the city, and 

 laid 1200 houses, and 3000 shops 

 and magazines, in ashes. The 

 Sultan was present and active the 

 whole night, and till nine in the 

 morning, but did not find in the 

 Janissaries the requisite alacrity 

 in extinguishing tlie flames. The 

 palace of their former favourite, 

 Jussuf-Aga, has remained alone 

 undamaged, in the quarter which 

 is destroyed. 



That stupendous undertaking 

 the Tunnel of the Tavistock 

 Canal, was, after thirteen years' 

 incessant labour, holed on the 

 21st with great accuracy. A line 

 of communication has been thus 

 opened between the Tavy and the 

 Tamar. The whole length of 

 driving through the hill is above 

 a mile and a half, and, in some 

 parts of it, more than 400 feet 

 below the surface. 



25. This afternoon, a serious 

 riot broke out among the convicts 

 in Newgate, originating in the 

 following manner : — A person, 

 who Avas visiting the prison, had 

 his pocket picked of his watch j 

 upon which an order was issued 

 by the Keeper for searching the 

 convicts, as well as those of their 

 friends who were then with them, 

 and that no other visitors should 

 be admitted until the watch was 

 recovered. The convicts in this 

 part of the prison, who amounted 

 to the number of 140, chose to 

 consider this order as an en- 

 croachment on their privileges, 

 and, emboldened by their num- 

 bers, not only resisted all search, 

 but proceeded to acts of violence 

 and outrage. They took posses- 

 sion of the common yard, where 

 they are allowed to exercise, and 

 see their friends, as well as of the 



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