that he mortally wounded one of the villains, and severely, he supposes, another of them. The entire expulsion of them from the house was the result of his bravery; and they did not, that we can learn, obtain any object for which they had made this atrocious attempt upon the life and property of Mr Purcell. The body of the man who had been mortally wounded was found next day at some distance from the house. The name of the victim of this daring outrage is Nunan. He and his party came from Tulleylease, determined upon the robbery of Mr Purcell, having been apprized of his receiving, some days before, a considerable sum of money. We have great satisfaction in stating, that the whole of this banditti are known, and some of them seized upon. The second ruffian who had been wounded has since died.

The number of vessels condemned at Goree, for having been found engaged in the slave trade on the African coast, was, up to October, 1810, two ships, two brigs, and eight schooners, (Spanish and Portugueze,) besides two ships, three brigs, and two schooners, detained for trial.

On Saturday, an attempt at escape was made by the French prisoners at Eskmills, near Edinburgh, which, although at first it seemed to threaten serious consequences, was happily subdued without bloodshed. It appears that some suspicion of their intention having arisen, the prisoners were ordered to turn out, which they did with considerable reluctance, when a hole was discovered to have been dug under the foundation of the wall, nearly communicating with the outside. The prisoners, upon learning their disappointment, became quite turbulent, and vented their rage by demolishing the windows of the house occupied by the chief in command at that place; nor

could they be brought to submission till an addition to the military force arrived. An increased supply of ballcartridges has been since delivered to the soldiers; and some field-pieces have been got in readiness, in case of necessity. Several French officers, who were supposed to be instigators of the disturbance, were brought to the castle, to be confined by themselves.

On Tuesday last, a bargeman, near the floodgate on the river Lee, at Bromley, discovered part of a human head above the surface of the water. He immediately hastened in his skiff to the spot, and exclaimed, "Here is poor Mr Flight!" The feet and legs being deep in mud, with some diffi eulty he got the body into his boat, and conveyed it to his disconsolate family at Stratford. Mr Flight was an eminent miller and mealman of that place; and nearly a month ago he spent his evening at the sign of the Harrow, which house he left late in the night intoxicated, and is supposed to have fallen into the river.

A case of forgery has occurred with in this day or two, in the city, which, in point of art and dexterity, we pre sume has no parallel in the annals of swindling. The party having succeed. ed in procuring cash at a banking. house to the amount of 10001. for a forged check, in the course of the same day sent a person to the banking-house in question, in the name of the gentle. man forged upon, for his banker's book; requesting, at the same time, that it might be made up to the latest moment, and contain all the checks that had been paid, as the gentleman (mentioning the name of the proprie tor of the book) was about to leave town, and was desirous of seeing the state of his account. The request was complied with, and the swindler got possession of the forged draft, which no doubt he would immediately de

stroy, as the surest means of preser ving his own life, in the event of detection and apprehension.

A stock-broker, deemed until lately of great integrity, has absconded with 12,0001. The greater part of this sum belonged to persons in humble situations in life, who had placed it at his disposal, in order that they might derive higher interest from his experience in the fluctuations of the stocks.

A short time ago, the mail-coach from London to Carlisle, having changed horses at Boroughbridge, started off at full gallop, without guard or driver, with four inside passengers; and having run about a quarter of a mile on their usual road, struck off on a rough country road, crossed a draw bridge, and continued at the same speed about a mile and a half farther, when they were stopped by the road terminating at a farm gate. The passengers then got out in safety, and the driver and guard, who had followed on horseback, resumed their seats.

A few nights ago, two servants (the huntsman and whipper-in) of Sir John Dashwood King, Bart., were found dead in their beds, at his hunting seat at Bourton-on-the-Hill, Glocestershire. It appears, that on retiring to bed the preceding evening, conceiving the room where they slept (being over one of the out-buildings) to be rather damp, they had taken up with them, from under a furnace, some live coals in an open coal-scuttle, which they left in the middle of the room; but the place having no chimney or vent of any kind, and being closely shut up during the night, they must have been suffo. cated from the effect of the sulphuric gas. One of them was found in a sitting posture in bed, as if he had been awoke by the oppression of his breath; but, doubtless, at the moment he was too much overcome either to effect his escape or create alarm.

As some of the cadets were playing

at the back of the Cadet Barracks, at Woolwich, on Tuesday evening last, one of them struck a bull that had the day before been driven from Smithfield market, on its way to Chatham, and was possibly rendered furious by the cruel treatment which these poor animals are obliged to endure in being conveyed from one place to another. The blow so enraged him, that he ran after one of the cadets some distance, who, finding the animal gain upon him, threw himself flat upon the ground, which completely prevented the bull from goring him. Disappointed of his revenge, he immediately ran after another cadet, of the name of Kogers, and coming up to him, before he was aware of the animal, he gored the poor youth in the lower part of the back, and drove his horn nearly through the body, tossing him at the same time some height above the ground. The animal after this laid himself down close by poor Rogers, and the other cadet immediately ran for assistance. A gun was soon procured, and the animal killed by firing twice at him. Rogers was then conveyed to the Cadet Hospital with very little hopes of life. He continued in great agony for some time, when a mortification came on, and he died the next day.

VOLCANO IN THE SEA.-Extract of a letter from St Michael's, Feb. 7th, 1811:"For several weeks past the people of Ginetes, Varzes, and Caudelaria, had been much alarmed by repeated convulsions of the earth, which had rendered their houses unsafe, and induced them to pass the nights in temporary huts raised in their gardens, as you know is usual on these occasions; for, since those violent shocks which we experienced in July last, they had never been entirely free from alarm..

"It was reported, that a volcano had broke out upon the Pico das Camarinhas, and in other places; but on Saturday, the 2d of February, being

informed by a person from Ginetes, that the day before a tremendous volume of smoke was seen constantly is suing from the midst of the sea, and that by night the flames were visible, I resolved, in company with a friend, to proceed to the spot. This we did upon the 5th inst. When we arrived at Mounte Gordo, just above the Feiteiras, we perceived a vast column of thick dense smoke ascending from the sea, which was discoloured from Ginetes down to where we stood (a distance of two leagues at least,) and at intervals a dark muddy substance, resembling the lodo of the Furnas, was hove up to the height of ten, and sometimes twenty fathoms. As yet, we could not distinguish any fire; but the country-people assured us, we should plainly see it, if we staid till night; and we accordingly continued our journey towards Ginetes, where we arrived just after sun-set, and found ourselves precisely opposite the scene of our curiosity and admiration. We kept so bad a look-out, however, that we did not happen to be watching the first and second time it appeared (as we learnt from our host, who did not come in doors all night.) But as morning approached, and being desirous of bearing testimony to the fact, I resolved not to withdraw myself for a moment from the window; when, between five and six o'clock, I and my companion were filled with the most sublime sensations, at the awful appearance of these devouring elements. We saw the fire distinctly three several times. The first volume of it did not ascend very high; perhaps not more than twenty feet above, the surface of the sea; but another body, of less circumference, accompanied the smoke to a greater height, carrying up with it substances resembling pieces of stone or metal. The third and last explosion we beheld, was just at day-break: it was far more tremendous than either

of the others, and ascended like a host of sky rockets to an immense height, and the burning fluid or lava was not extinguished till it plunged again into the water.

"Being now broad day, we walked down to the sea-side, in order to endeavour to ascertain as near as possible the distance of the volcano from the shore. It appeared to us to be about one mile; but as we had no means of calculating, except by the eye, and fearing the magnitude of the object might lead us astray, we think it safest to call it a mile and a half, and would recommend your pointing it out as such to all masters of vessels coming this way; for, since the eruption has in some degree subsided, the spot appears like a rock under water, with the sea breaking furiously over it. In summer time it may be possible for boats to approach towards it, and more correct observations than our's will no doubt be made; for it has been blow ing a gale from W. S. W. ever since. You will find in Mr Read's map, that the shore of Ginetes is laid down in 25 deg. 44 min. west longitude; consequently, if he be correct, which we have no doubt he is, this danger, which lies in a due westerly line from the Pico de Ginetes, should be set down in 25 deg. 45 min. west longitude, and 37 deg. 524 min. north latitude. The fishermen say, there are soundings in eighty fathom water; and the crater, we conceive, may be about two hundred yards in circumference. What likewise struck us very forcibly was, that this must have been very nearly, if not exactly, the spot where the unfortunate crew of the Swift were swallowed up; and it is a question in my mind, whether some rock or shoal might not have existed under water at the time they were lost, and been the fatal cause of their destruction. The Juiz de Lugar informed us, their bodies were washed ashore just at the

foot of the Pico, and there are yet several pieces of timber and spars floating among the rocks.

"We all look upon the opening of this volcano in the sea as the most auspicious and providential thing that could have happened to the island, and that it will have the effect of relieving us from earthquakes in time to come, in the same manner as was formerly experienced, when the caldeiras of the Furnas broke out. From Ginetes round to Ribeira Gravede, shoals of dead fish have been cast ashore, supposed to have been killed by the sulphureous

water.

"The old legends of St Michael's relate, that some hundred and seventy years ago, an island appeared in this neighbourhood, but which was again Buried in the bowels of the ocean. Strange revolutions have happened in the Furnas, by which it appears, that copper mines were worked there in former times, a vast deal of ore having Been discovered, with the apparatus for a laboratory."

THE CHAMPION MOLINEUX AND POWERS. The astonishment of the amateur of pugilism will in a high degree be excited by the following account of a pugilistic contest between Molineux and Powers, who is a second rater, about equal with Dogherty, but a stone heavier. The cause of the battle, or which might rather be termed a turn up, was in consequence of an ungemman-like allusion to tawny complexion on the part of Powers, who, with more energy than elegance, swore destruction to the fraternity of black millers, although he had been vanquished by Richmond some time since. On pointed insults over and over again being given to Molineux, in the house of Richmond, whose forbearance entitled him to praise, Molineux and Powers stripped, and had a few rounds, not for hundreds but for love (technically terming it), and that love on rough stones.

Powers was backed by two or three who entered Richmond's house with him; and as the wrath of the multitude present was eminently displayed against the blacks, Richmond stood by his friend, and young Belcher, who had witnessed the whole affair, lent protection also to Molineux.

A battle, which lasted seventeen minutes, took place, which will best be conveyed by a general description. An irregular sort of a ring was formed, and at the first sets-to Powers nobbed his adversary about the head and got away; and this, to a man of science, is easily done, as Molineux possesses but little of that requisite; but his fighting is of another kind, which Crib can testify. Powers was not able to move the black, and after hitting he was pursued by Molineux into the crowd, but the latter was not able to plant a hit. In other rounds an irregular close took place, and both men fell. Towards the conclusion, Molineux got a hit at his antagonist's head, but it was at too great a length to effect much; but in the subsequent round, he gave Powers a doubler in the body. Whether that had the effect of putting an end to the combat, á white feather, or suffering from the blow, the vanquished best knows, but Powers would fight no more. The black had an eye lid swollen, and a cut in the lip, but he afterwards accompanied four ladies to the theatre.

NORFOLK ASSIZES.-The King v. Lord Clermont.-This was a criminal indictment, traversed from last assizes, charging William Charles Fortescue, Lord Viscount Clermont, with an assault on Sarah Lumley, widow, of Saham Toney. The assault was sworn by the prosecutrix herself to have been of a most violent, cruel, and outrageous kind; and the evidence of another poor woman, and that of a surgeon, went in corroboration of the statement as to the bodily injury she had thereby 'sus..

ham has been curate many years of Mayersfield, and had always duly performed his clerical duties. He had also been instrumental in founding a charity-school for the poor. There had been lately many inclosures in the forest, which had been thrown down by order of the lords of the manor. Richard Trill, Mr J. Knipe, and John Maynard, believed the letter to be his hand-writing.

Robert Turner, attorney, at Lewes, Mr Attree, and Mr Eusan, all said they believed the letter to be the handwriting of the prisoner.

This closed the case for the prosecution.

Mr Bingham then read a writen defence, in which he very feelingly commented on his unhappy situation, and argued on the improbability of his writing a threatening letter to his friend without any motive.

His counsel then called the following witnesses.

William Cramp, keeper of the house of correction at Lewes. In the month of January (the 12th,) Mr Richard Jenner called upon him, and conversed on the subject of the letter; he said he wished to have some conversation with a man in custody on a charge of felony, of the name of Best. He observed, he supposed witness had heard of the letter; he replied he had. He then said he wished the witness would examine Best, as he had no doubt but that Best knew who the writer was. There was no doubt but it was written by one of the foresters.

Lord Sheffield said, he had known Mr Bingham about five years. In doing his duty, in redressing disorders in the county, no man had been more diligent. He had had a very good opinion of Mr Bingham, and he was convinced he had incurred a great deal of rancour by his attempts to repress the disorders of the foresters.

Mr Archdeacon Doyley has known

I. M. Cripps, Esq. gave a most excellent character to the prisoner for integrity and honour, in every relation of life.

The Rev. Mr Turner, the Rev. Mr Bradford, Mr Claude Matte of Trant, and the Rev. Sackville Bayle, all spoke of the prisoner in terms of the highest praise, both as a gentleman and a cler gyman.

The Lord Chief Baron then summed up the evidence with great minuteness, and impressed the jury strongly with the necessity of their being perfectly satisfied, as there was no motive in evidence which could induce the prisoner to send this letter.

The jury, after considerable deliberation, found the prisoner Not Guilty.

The same prisoner was then indicted for setting fire to his house, with a view to defraud its owner, the Rev. Mr Rivett, his rector, and the Union Fire office, in which he had insured furniture, &c. to the amount of 5001. The evidence on this trial was long and complicated; but the only circumstances which appeared to make against the prisoner were, that he, the day before the fire, busied himself in causing to be removed from one outhouse to a nearer, the stacks of wood with which the house was fired, (as the prisoner stated his supposition at the time, maliciously) his depositing of a few private papers and quills over the privy, and of his burying a quantity of copy books of no great value in his garden, planting over them a flower for better concealment. It was proved, however, that the prisoner's plate and watch, which might have been more profitably removed, were burnt, and that he had actually sent for the latter on the evening of the fire to the house of a neighbour, where he had been vis siting, and where he had forgetfully,