coffee without injury to their health; and that they have in consequence proposed, that apothecaries should be permitted to keep coffee, and physicians to prescribe an ounce a day to persons who cannot do without it. This single case describes, with all the copiousness of volumes, the wretched state of those countries under the influence of the inexorable Tyrant of France.

In rebuilding the town of Schwartz, which was burnt during the late war between France and Austria, there were found in the vaults of the Cathedral the bodies of 300 persons, who, in seeking refuge from the flames and the sword, had been entombed alive, to suffer the most dreadful of all deaths-that of hunger. Some of these unfortunate victims had, by the most dreadful expedients, protracted their miserable existence 14 days and nights.

An article from Leipsic, of the 17th ult. inserted in a Paris Journal, states,→ "Great changes in our organization are preparing-changes which are adapted to the spirit of the age, and to the institutions in activity in France, and in most States of the Confederation of the Rhine. There will be, it is said, a new territorial division of the kingdom of Saxony; prefects of departments will be established; a new judicial order will be created; the Code Napoleon will be adopted, with some modification. We shall also enjoy the benefit of a new criminal legisla tion."

PRUSSIA.

The King of Prussia has publicly announced the suppression of all ecclesiastical institutions and convents throughout his kingdom.

SWEDEN.

The ceremony of presenting Bernadotte, the Crown Prince, to the Members of the Swedish Diet, took place at Stockholm, on the 1st ult. The address of the Crown Prince was full of submission and gratitude to the reigning Sovereign, and contained a peculiar compliment to the deputies of each of the orders.

An article from Stockholm of the 20th ult. states, that Buonaparte had demanded of the Swedish Government an immediate declaration of war against this country, and the confiscation of all colonial produce, &c. The first of these demands had been complied with, and the latter was under consideration. embargo has been laid on the shipping in the Danish and Norwegian ports, which was to continue until 4000 seamen had been raised for the Imperial fleet in the Scheldt.

An

The Court of Stockholm looked with infinite solicitude for advices from Eng

land expressive of the sentiments of our Government on their declaration of

war.

The recent coerced hostility of Swee den against this Country has involved that gallant but unfortunate nation in a state of the most deplorable and hope less embarrassment. Four years had elapsed without a single bankruptcy at Gottenburgh; but no less than seven failures, of considerable magnitude, have taken place during the two months that the Continental System has extended its baneful influence over the industry and the commerce of that country.

DENMARK.

Letters from Anholt mention, that Buonaparte had required of the King of Denmark to give effect in his territories to the late French Decree for burning English manufactures and colonial pro duce; on pain of Jutland and Holstein being entered by the French armies.

Accounts from Copenhagen, viá Hamburgh, mention that 4000 seamen, who had volunteered to serve on board the fleet in the Scheldt, had arrived in Zealand on their way from Norway. From Hamburgh and the other Hanse Towns, 2000 men had been furnished for the same purpose, who were proceeding to Antwerp.

AMERICA.

South American Gazettes have come to hand, with an important official paper issued by the Junta of Caraceas, granting, in favour of the British Nation, a res duction of one-fourth part of the duties which are now received from foreigners; on their importations and exportations through the Custom-houses in that territory-on conditions acceded to by Col. Robertson, as the representative of the British Government at the Venezuella, that the Merchants of the Caraccas should enjoy the same privileges, and pay the same tarif of duties as those of England, with liberty to introduce articles purchased in that territory, though not the productions of the country, provided that they are not prohibited, in British vessels.

The Revolution in the Spanish Colonies of South America is advancing with accelerated rapidity, and having traversed the vast regions of Terra Firma, has reached the Western confines of the new world. By a Letter datedCarthagena, Sept. 15, it appears a dreadful disturbance has broken out at Quito in Peru; in which, though Salenas, Morales, and Quiroga,the leaders of the Revolution (with about four thousand men, women, and children) perished, their followers, aided by forces which immediately marched from the revolutionary provinces, had succeeded in establishing their principles.

The

One of the Western caravans, in passing through the Desert of Syria in September last, was overtaken by a dreadful whirlwind, which putting in motion the sandy soil, rolled it along like the waves of the sea. The caravan consisted of near 800 persons, comprising merchants, pilgrims, &c. who were, with their camels, spread along a line of three miles in extent. The advanced guard obtained shelter on the Southern side of the mountainous chain of Karteron, while the remainder of the caravan, 650 souls, were buried beneath the sandy mass.

Intelligence of a disastrous attack upon the Isle of France has been brought from the Cape by the Baring country ship, and published in the following Bulletin:

"Admiralty Office, Dec. 14. "Intelligence has been received that on the 23d August, his Majesty's ships Sirius, Nereide, Magicienne, and Iphigenia, stood into the harbour Sud-est, in the Isle of France, with a view to attack an Enemy's squadron of two frigates, a corvette, and an armed Indiaman, lying at anchor there. In pushing for their stations along-side the Enemy, the Sirius, Magicienne, and Nereide, unhappily grounded, and it was found impossible to get them off, though the utmost skill and gallantry in endeavouring to save the ships under circumstances of peculiar disadvantage was displayed. After two days unremitted, but unavailing exertion, under the fire of the heavy batteries, Captain Pym abandoned all hope of being able to get off the Sirius and Magicienne, and they were in consequence burnt by their crews. The situation in which the Nereide grounded, enabled the enemy to turn the whole fire of their ships on her; but even in this unequal contest, Capt. Willoughby continued to fight her to the last extremity, till every Officer and man on board were either killed or wounded. All the Enemy's ships were driven on shore, but one of the frigates was afterwards cut off, and being joined by three others from Port Louis, they blockaded the Iphigenia at her anchorage under the Isle of Passe, on which Island (it having been previously garrisoned by us) the crews of the Sirius and Magicienne were landed."

COUNTRY NEWS.

Νου. 23. About one o'clock this morning, the cotton-mill of Robson and Co. at Wearyholm, near Carlisle, was discovered to be on fire. The fury and rapidity of the flames was so great, that

Dec. 9. A wolf and racoon, belonging to an itinerant showman of the name of Perkins, who was on his way from Stamford to Leicester, broke out of his caravan at Empingham, in Rutlandshire, where he had put up for the night. It is supposed they had escaped through a door that was not properly secured. The racoon has not yet been heard of, but the wolf has been seen in Burley Wood; all endeavours to take him have as yet been ineffectual. Several sheep have been missing since the escape of these voracious animals.

Dec. 11. About' four a. m. a fire broke out at Mark Hall, Essex, the seat of M. Burgoyne, esq. which destroyed two rooms. By the active exertions of the inhabitants of Harlow, who brought their fire-engines, the premises were saved, without any material less.

Dec. 14. At six this morning, a large parcel of the Castle Cliff at Dover, which overhung the private path leading to Moates Bulwark and Guildford Battery, fell with a most tremendous crash, and totally demolished two houses, a stable, store-house, &c.: the former, situated in the Ordnance-yard, contained the wife, five children, and a niece of Mr. Poole, who were all buried in the ruins, and killed. To these sufferers we have to add a child of Mrs. Poole's sister, dug out of the ruins on Saturday, making in all 7 persons. Mr. Poole, the only survivor of his family, is likely to recover, although he lay buried in the earth half an hour before he was extricated. Two horses, belonging to Major Eyre, in the stable, escaped destruction, from a very strong rafter having fell upon pieces of the rock, and sustained the weight of the rest; they were found lying down, and are but little Hurt. Every assistance was promptly afforded by Sir D. Rae (senior Officer of the garrison of Dover), and Brigade-Major Jarvis. The inhabitants of Dover were again alarmed, between 12 and 1 on the morning of the 16th, by the falling of the cliff extending along the houses on the N. W. side of Snargate street. Not less than 1200 tons of chalk fell down; and the houses of Capt. Sutton, Mr. Shepman, Capt. Hammond, Mrs. Stupples, and Widow Yawkins, were damaged: the out-houses at the back were dashed to pieces. No lives were lost by this fall. The quantity of land lost by the falls of the Cliff between Dover and Folkestone is estimated at six acres.

Dec. 14. The town and vicinity of Portsmouth were visited by a tornado, which passed in the direction of W.S.W. to S. E. and did very considerable damage. At South-Sea Common four houses were levelled to the ground, and

Saturday, Dec. 8.

1 About three this morning, a fire broke out in Lisle-street, Leicester-square, at the Mexican Coffee-house and American Hotel, kept by Mr. Simeon, who, with his wife, perished in the flames. A waiter, who slept in the garret, is said to be missing; and a boy is so dreadfully burnt that his recovery is doubtful. Some lodgers who were in the house, together with the waiters and female servants, almost without clothing, escaped, partly by the roof, and partly by the street door. The fire broke out in the lower part of the premises, and in less than an hour after the alarm was given, the whole were completely destroyed. A servant boy who leapt into the street from a window is much hurt, but not dangerously. Mr. Simeon was an old and faithful domestic to the late Duke of Portland, and attended his Grace at his death. He afterwards took the house in question, which was fitted up in a superior style of elegance.as a Hotel and Coffee-house. Friday, Dec. 14.

This evening, about five, the house of Mrs. Grant, White Hart-yard, Drurylane, fell down with a tremendous crash. Mrs. Grant and family were in the shop, but fortunately escaped with their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were precipitated from the third floor into the cellar, and were taken out dead. Anderson had been a soldier in the Guards 16 years, and has left an orphan, 12 years old, quite destitute. Two young men were taken out of the ruins, one much hurt, the other uninjured.

Thursday, Dec. 20.

A paper was read this evening at the Royal Society, endeavouring to prove that the vital principle of the body did not depend upon the head, but that a

vigorous circulation might be carried on by a pair of bellows after decapitation. Monday, Dec. 31.

Barometer.-Sir H. C. Englefield recommends a new mountain barometer, in which the cistern has a bottom of leather, on which a screw presses in the usual mode, so as to force the mercury nearly to the top of the tube when packed for carriage. This screw is to be unscrewed as far as it can when the barometer is prepared for use; and the leather bag is so adjusted, that there can be no reason to fear that the capacity of the cistern thus unscrewed for use, will ever be sensibly different from itself at different times.

Electric Column.--M. de Luc, of Windsor, has invented a machine, called the Electric Column, which may be considered the most important discovery in the science of electricity since that of the Voltaic pile. By means of it he set some small bells a ringing, which continued to do so without stopping, for a period of 152 days. This long continuance renders it not improbable that the weight of the clapper may be so adapted to the power of the apparatus, as to cause small bells to continue ringing for years together without intermission.

JUDGE JEFFERIES.-The workmen employed to repair the church of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, discovered a short time since the remains of the notorious Chancellor Jefferies. A large flat stone was removed near the communion-table, and in a vault underneath the men found a leaden coffin, containing the body. The coffin did not appear to have suffered much decay. It was closed, and a plate remained on it, inscribed with the name of Chancellor Jefferies. His son and daughter are also buried in the same vault. After the legal murders at Taunton, which Jefferies managed with so much address, he returned to London, and, to avoid the popular fury excited by his infamous conduct, disguised himself in the habit of a foreign sailor, with intention to escape to Hamburgh; but being discovered as he was looking out of a window in a house at Wapping, where he had concealed himself, he was seized by the mob, and almost killed. He was finally lodged in the Tower by the populace, in order that he might be brought to justice; but he died soon after, in consequence of the blows and bruizes he had received. He had previously resided in Aldermanbury, and his body was privately interred by his family. The coffin was not opened; and, after public curiosity had been gratified, it was replaced in the vault, and the stone fastened over it.

BIRTIIS,

Lady Dunbar, of Northfield, Scotland, a daughter.

At Norton Priory, Lancashire, the lady of Sir Richard Brooke, a daughter.

At Oxonheath, the lady of Sir Wm. Geary, bart. a son and heir.

At Banksfee house, Gloucestershire, the wife of M. B. Hicks Beach, esq. a son.

The wife of Thomas Eels, a bye-helper in the King's Mews, of three fine boys.

Dec. 2. The wife of Mr. Alderman Magnay, a daughter.

10. The wife of Isaac Goldsmid, esq. of Spital-square, a son.

14. In Bedford-row, the wife of William Tooke, esq. a son.

At Petersham, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Sampson, a son.

15. The Countess of Craven, a son. 18. At Hampstead heath, the wife of Thomas Shephard, esq. a daughter.

22. In Lincoln's-inn-fields, the wife of John Disney, esq. a son.

24. In Great Coram-street, Brunswick, square, Mrs. G. R. Marriott, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Nov. AT Rockhall, Scotland, James Crich13. ton, esq. of Friars Carse, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Grierson, bart. of Lag.

20. Edward Kendall, esq. of Dan-yPare, Brecknockshire, to Miss Darling, sister of Col. Darling, dep.-adjutant-general.

22. John Smythe, esq. of Cheritonlodge, Hampshire, to Mrs. Strickland, widow of Capt. W. Strickland, 82d reg.

Rev. Robert-William Baxter, rector of Kingsthorpe, Northampton, to Miss Clavering, of Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire.

24. Captain Jones, R. N. to Miss Smith; and on the same day, Capt. Crofton, of the Royal Marines, to Miss Ann Smith; both daughters of Stephen Smith, esq. of Woolwich Dock-yard.

At Stanton St. Bernard, Wilts, Thomas Whittard, of Lincoln's-inn, esq. to the relict of G. Lee, esq.

27. Henry Combe, esq. of Carolinestreet, Bedford-square, to Anne, 2d daugh. of Charles St. Barbe, esq. of Lymington.

28. Mr. Thomas Kennion, to Martha, eldest daughter of the Rev. Rob. Winter, D. D. of Great James-street, Bedford-row. GENT. MAG. December, 1810.

29, At Boldre, Charles-Thomas Bodenham, esq. to Eliza, daughter of the late Thomas Weld, esq. of Lulworth castle, Dorsetshire.

Lately. Right-hon. Thomas-H. Foster, son of the Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, to Miss Skeffington, daughter of the Right Hon. C. Skeffington.

At Edinburgh, the Duke of Argyle to the ci-devant Lady Paget ;-the marriage between Lord and Lady Paget having been dissolved in the Scotch Courts.

At Kensington, G. V. Neunburg, esq. of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire, to Mrs. R. Schneider, of Kensington.

Rev. Brooke-John Brydges, rector of Saltwood, Kent, to the third daughter of Sir Henry Hawley, of Leybourne Grange.

Rev. J. Bradshaw, rector of Brandesburton, Yorkshire, to the only daughter of J. Browne, esq. of ForncettSt. Peter's, Norfolk.

Rev. Mr. Kerwin, of Cumborne, to Miss Mary-Anne Richards, of Penryn, with a fortune of 40,0004.

J. S. Gowland, esq. of Leigh court, Worcestershire, to Miss Price, niece to J. M. Green, esq. of Cagebrook, Herefordshire.

Dec. 1. Thos. Roworth, esq. of Strattonstreet, Piccadilly, to Mary- Anne, 2d daughter of the Rev. Rich. Valpy, D. D. of Reading.

At Peasmarsh, Sussex, the Rev. John Newling, B. D. Canon Residentiary of Lichfield, to the daughter of the Rev. John Lettice, D. D.

At Cheltenham, Capt. Michael Riddell, of the Madras Cavalry, to Caroline-Alicia, third daughter of the late C.-F. Sheridan, esq. and niece, to the Right hon. R.-B. Sheridan,

3. At Castle Forbes, county Longford, Sir Richard Levinge, of High Park, co. Westmeath, to the Hon. Elizabeth-Anne Parkyns, eldest daughter of the late, and sister to the present Lord Rancliffe.

5. At Melbury Sampford, Charles Le mon, esquire, M. P. to Lady Charlotte Strangways, youngest daughter of the late Earl of Ilchester.

8. By special licence, James-Wedderburn Webster, esq. of Clapham, to the Right-hon. Lady Frances-Caroline Annėsley, second daughter of the Earl of Mount norris, and sister to Viscount Valentia.

13. Henry-Armwell Frankland, esq. only son of Vice-Admiral F. to Mary, only daughter of Henry-Streater Gill, esq. of Eashing house, Surrey.

Rev. J.-R. Thackeray, rector of Down ham Market, and vicar of St. Mary Mag dalen, Norfolk, to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of Wm. Franks, esq. of Beech-hill, Herts.

John Nelthorpe, esq. of Ferriby, son of the late Sir John N. Bart to Marianna, third daughter of John Brooke, esq. of Bardney hall, Barton upon Humber.

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