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dren, two sen'ant maids, and two 

 young men ! ! Human nature 

 sickens at the contemplation of 

 such an act of horror, and lan- 

 guage sinks under the task of 

 expressing the emotions which it 

 raises. — Dublin Correspondent. 



Mr. Fisher, of W'aune, near 

 Hull, lately went into his harvest- 

 field, and lay down, and thrusting 

 his hands under a sheaf of wheat, 

 felt one of them pricked, but 

 took no notice of it. in the 

 course of a day or two a swelling 

 ensued with great pain; and not- 

 withstanding all medical assist- 

 ance, he died in about four days. 

 It is supposed he was hit by a 

 ^iper. — Countij paper. 



An inquisition was held before 

 Mr. Hill, Coroner for Worcester- 

 shire, at the Talbot, Kempsey, on 

 the body of Cassia Mace, spinster, 

 when it appeared from tlie evi- 

 dence of Sarah Hoare, a servant 

 to the deceased's mother, that on 

 Monday e\criirig, the deceased 

 proposed to take some salts, and 

 desired her to reach them from a 

 cuj)board, where they were in 

 blue paper, which she did, and 

 the mother nieasvn'cd three tea- 

 spoons full, which were diisolved 

 in water, and when cold, deceased 

 swallowed them. After swallow- 

 ing them, she stamped about the 

 house in tlie greatest agony, ex- 

 claiming, " Good God, mother, 

 what have I taken! I have been 

 taking poison — the boot-top stutf 

 instead of tlie salts ;" and so it 

 turned out, for the salts were in 

 the cupboard in a similar paper, 

 and of e(juul (juantity ; she had 

 taken oxalic acid. The unfortu- 

 nate young woman languished in 

 the grcateit agony till the follow- 

 ing day. Verdict — Casually poi- 

 soned. 



2. State of the iVari/.— The fol- 

 lowing is the state and disposition 

 of the British navy, made up to 

 the present day : — At sea, of the 

 line, 12 ; from 50 to 4 4 guns, 

 •2; frigates 32 ; sloops and yachts, 

 14; brigs, 46; cutters, 3; school- 

 ers, &c. 3 : total, ] 12. — In port 

 and fitting, of the line, 1 1 ; from 

 50 to 44 gvins, 3 ; frigates, 7 ; 

 sloo])s, &c. 6"; brigs, 1/ ; cutters, 

 1 ; schooners, &c. 4 : total 49. — 

 Guard sliips, of the line, "2 ; hos- 

 j)ital shijjs, jirison ships, &c. of 

 the line, 4 ; frigates, 1 : total, 

 5. — In commission, of the line, 

 29 ; from 50 to 44 guns, 5 ; fri- 

 gates, 40; sloops, &c. 20 ; brigs, 

 63; cutters, 4; schooners, ike. 

 7: total, 168. — Ordinary and re- 

 pairing for service, of the line, 

 130; from 50 to 44 guns, 19; 

 frigates 88; sloops, &c. 24; bombs, 

 &c. 6; brigs, 117; cxitters, 2; 

 schooners, &c. 5: total, 391. — 

 Building, of the line, 18; frigates, 

 9; sloops, &.C. 1 ; brigs, 5 : tot.il, 

 33. — Grand total, 592. Decrease 

 in the grand total, 26. 



About 30 British emigrants, 

 returned disappointed and cheer- 

 less, were landed at Greenock, 

 from the Cheerful, arrived fiom 

 New York. There are several 

 Avcavers amongst them, who, of 

 course, could not obtain a liveli- 

 hood by their trade there, while 

 British manufactures were selling 

 so far below the original cost. 

 The sea-ports are full of British 

 emigrants, seeking some oppor- 

 tunity or means of returning 

 home. Captain Beveridge says, 

 that if he could have taken them, 

 and carried them gratuitously, 

 he might have got a thousand 

 passengers of this description at 

 New York. 



4. !o tlie afternoon, as a Mr. 



