found, the water was quite up to the chin of the little boy, who, with a degree of fraternal love, which would have done great honour to riper years, was supporting, with much difficulty, his lesser sister (who otherwise must have perished) in his infant arms.

A wedding was to have taken place at Bury last week, and the bridegroom attended at the church at the appointed hour: but the nymph, who had three miles to walk, encountered a shower on the road, which so completely cooled her love, that she turned back, and sent word to the poor swain that she had changed her mind.

LIVERPOOL, Aug 23.-Saturday a fine child, about 17 months old, playing with the stopper of a vinegar cruet, unfortunately got it into its throat, and, though medical assistance was had, the chill was soffocated, by the bulk of the stopper getting into the wind-pipe; with difficulty it was taken out, and every means used to restore animation, but wihout effect.

BIRMINGHAM, Aug 26-On Friday evening last, a monster in human shape, without the least provocation, or eveu previous conversation, violently assaulted and knocked down a respectable young woman in the Coach Yard in this town, and it is thought would have murdered her, had not her sister has tened to her assistance, when the villain ran away.-We are extremely sorry to learn that the young woman has been in convulsions from that time, and is now confined, with little hopes of recovery, with a locked jaw, totally incapable of receiving the least nourishment; but most sincerely hope the monster will not escape the punishment his brutality merits.

LONGEVITY.-There is now living at Morpeth a couple, of the name of Graham, whose ages together make 194 years, the husband being 101, and the wife 93. They have been married 78 years, and both enjoy good health. The man begs round the county, and the woman works in a little garden that belongs to their cottage.

There is now living in Kingston, Shropshire, a woman who has attained the 103d year of her age, and who, without the aid of glasses, can see to perforin the finest needle-work.-Her daughter, who resides with her, was born blind.

PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA.-This illustrious character, who died on the evening of the 3d Aug. at his country palace at Reinsberg, was aged 76 years and nearly 8 months; but the heroic deeds of the deceased have insured Immortality to his name. His exploits are celebrated in history, and his virtues and amiable qualifications are too well known to need a panegyric. His highness himself wrote, some years before his death, his epitaph, which will now be placed upon his tomb. It is in German, to the following purport:

EPITAPH.-Thrown by birth into the vortex of a giddy vapour, which the vulgar call glory and grandeur, but the nullity of which is too well known to the sage; a prey to all human infirmities; tormented by the passions of others, disturbed by his own, and borne down by the loss of beloved relations, true and faithful friends, yet often, too, consoled by friendship; happy in collecting his thoughts, happier still where his services could prove useful to his country, or suffering humanity. This, a brief sketch of the life of Henry Frederick Louis, son of Frederick William I. King of Prussia, and of Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George I. King of England. Traveller! remember that perfection is not to be

found on earth. If I was not the best of men, I did not belong to the number of the bad. Praise and blame cannot reach him that sleeps in eternity; but sweet hope embellishes the last hours of the man who has done his duty; nor does it forsake me at this moment 1

Buonaparte has given an unequivocal mark of his approbation of the peace. He has made the Marquis Cornwallis a present of a most magnificent garter, em broidered in the richest manner, with the motto and buckle of brilliants of great beauty. This was accompanied with a letter, expressing the obligations which both countries owed to him for his exertions in negociating a peace so necessary to their mutual repose and welfare.

LITERATURE. Mr. Neckar has published a new work; it is called Last Views upon Politics and Finance, offered to the French Nation.-"Yes," says the author, "they are the last; they are the last views I offer to the French nation

the last; that word suits my age and my health, which becomes weaker. I have shewn the political inconvenience of those timid combinations, which, -borrowing some traits from monarchy, and some from republicanism, have nej ther the majestic unity of the one, nor the animated movement of the other. I have traced two plans of government, one under the name of hereditary and tempered monarchy, the other under a republic one and indivisible, and submitting, as much as possible, in reason, to the laws of the church. I have termi nated the work by reflections upon finance, and I have destined them both for the present time and for futurity."

A circumstance as singular and extraordinary as it is wicked and atrocious, occurred lately in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn; it shews that some dark deed is working, which probably this publication may defeat:-A young woman, genteelly dressed, went to the workhouse of St. Andrew's parish, and applying to the overseers, desired to know whether they could provide a wet-nurse for a lady of considerable rank and fortune. They informed her there was a young woman who had just lain in of a fine healthy child; was shewn her, she praised

its beauty, observed it was a lovely infant, and that the mother of such a sweet child was no doubt exactly the person the lady wanted. She said she would in form the lady, and call again. She returned in the evening, again kissed and praised the child, and requested permission to take it to show the lady, who was waiting near the place in her carriage. The child was entrusted to her care, but she never afterwards made her appearance with it. Every search and enqui➡ ry was made, but without effect, no clue presenting itself to the discovery of who she was, and the whole affair is wrapt in mystery and conjecture. The unfortunate mother has been in a state bordering upon distraction ever since.

PRESTON JUBILEE GUILD, AUG. 30.-Yesterday presented a scene which is rarely to be seen in a country town; in fact, we were London in miniature, for the number of pedestrians passing and repassing through the principal streets was astonishingly great, whilst carriages of all descriptions poured in almost one continued line from all the roads leading to this town, but particularly from Liverpool and Manchester. In the Fishergate, which is the entrance of the town from Liverpool, the houses are modern built, and here is a charming terrace. Yesterday the windows were filled with some of the most charming Lancashire

witches, dressed in the top of the fashion, to view the company enter the town. About six o'clock the Earl and Countess of Derby entered their house in this town, from Knowsley, to dinner. They came in a coach and six, accompanied by Mrs. Farren and Mr. Wilson Bradyl. They were followed by their atteridants in two other carriages. We are sorry to say the distress for beds has obliged some to submit to the exorbitant prices demanded. A family has given fifty guineas for three beds in a very obscure and close part of the town.

The jubilee commenced this day, on which occasion the town was crowded with all descriptions of visitors. The scene commenced with a grand procession of the mayor and corporation, the different companies, manufacturers, &c. with their several flags and bands of music. The whole, presenting a most gratifying appearance, proceeded from the Town-Hall to the Parish Church, where they heard an excellent sermon; after which they paraded through the several streets of the town, amidst the plaudits of the admiring spectators. In the evening there was a brilliant assembly at the Guildhall. On Tuesday the mayoress, and several other ladies, graced the same procession with their company, and proceeded with it to church; after which the whole returned to the Town-Hall; and in the evening there was a play at the new theatre. The jubilee is to conti"nue ten days longer.

The gentlemen who closed the first day's procession were collected from various parts of the United Kingdom, and headed by the Earl of Derby and Mr. Erskine.

One of the most pleasing sights in the procession was, an assemblage of young persons belonging to the different manufactories, among whom were twenty-four young women, who had been selected for their attractive charms, and the inno*cence and simplicity of their manners. Their dress wholly consisted of the ma*nufacture of the town, white cambric, ornamented with blue ribbons and cotton fringe; each of them carried an artificial cotton tree in their hands; these trees appeared in full bloom: they were wholly made of cotton.

The second day's spectacle differed very little from that of the first. The ladies joined the procession, and to the pleasing scene added the charms of their grace and beauty. In the evening the usual entertainments took place.

The Guild has been kept up every twenty-one years since the granting of the charter by King Henry II. Duke of Normandy, who confirmed the charter, and ordered that a guild should be held every twenty-one years, for the freemen to renew their freedom. If they let one guild pass without renewing their freedom, either by themselves or by proxy, they are for ever excluded from all rights and privileges attached to the town of Preston. The first guild held under the charter was in the second year of the reign of Edward III. since which time this makes the eighteenth guild which has been held under the reign of twelve monarchs.

PRESERVATION OF CORN.-A correspondent of the agricultural society of Poitiers, has accidentally discovered a preventative against the destruction of corn by insects. Having occasion about ten years ago to repair the floor of his granary, he made use of the timber Italian poplars for that purpose. Previous to that time his granary was infested with weevils almost every year, in spite of every precaution; and since laying down the poplar flooring he has not seen

one. Many additional experiments have been made relative to his discovery, and with complete success.

A male tyger, which broke loose in Essex a few days ago, has been killed, but not until he mangled a young child in a shocking manner, and killed a number of sheep. He was so gorged with his prey, that he was overcome with little difficulty, in a sheep-fold near the spot where he made his escape.

BUXTON, Aug. 15.-The town talk here is upon a very singular affair, of which the following are the particulars:-A person, in appearance a gentleman, arrived about a month ago, and took lodgings at the principal inn, where he assumed all the consequence attached to fortune and great expectations. He called himself the Hon. Henry Howard, and introduced himself to the acquaintance of the most respectable people in the town, frequented the baths and other public places, and being a man of good address, was well received in all companies. Having thus established himself in their good opinion, he borrowed several small sums of money, and got on credit a variety of goods, consisting of linen, wearing apparel, &c. Some suspicious circumstances however appearing, an inquiry was set on foot, the result of which was, that the Hon. Henry Howard proved to be a common swindler, and to be the same person who defrauded the mistress of the inn at Weymouth of thirty pounds, and decamped on the evening of the day their Majesties arrived there, leaving a small trunk filled with stones. The inquiry was set on foot by Mr. James Cumming, a gentleman who had lent him .50 on the supposition that he was the heir to the Norfolk Dukedom. Mr. Cumming gave immediate information to the magistrate of the county, who ordered the nominal Mr. Howard to be apprehended. On his second exami-, nation the following particulars transpired :-It appeared his name is J. B. Cros sier, and that he formerly was a shopkeeper in London, where he failed in business. Soon after his failure he went to Ireland, where he assumed the name of Howard. In Dublin he kept the best company, and was thought to be a man of good fortune. After passing some months in the most independent manner, he found means to ingratiate himself so much into the favour of one family in Dublin, that he borrowed £ 500, the principal of which he promised to return as soon as a remittance from his steward could arrive, which he expected in three days at farthest. It is hardly necessary to add, that he decamped before the day of payment arrived. On his quitting Weymouth he went to Liverpool, where he practised the same system of deception, and, among other persons, he defrauded Mr. J. Bates out of £37. After pursuing the same course at almost every town through which he passed, he at last arrived at Buxton, where a period is likely to be put to his practices.

A few days since as a lady was passing by the new buildings on Snow-hill, she was greatly alarmed by the violence of a restive horse, and in endeavouring to escape out of his way, her clothes unfortunately caught a piece of timber lying in the road, and actually tore her muslin dress from her side. Her situation may easily be conceived by those who have observed the present fashion of our females. She continued to fly amidst the shouts of the crowd, in no respects differing in appearance from our common parent, till surrounded by several other females, who attempted to supply the loss by the loan of an apron, until the torn

fragments were restored to their former situation, and the lady's beauties effectually secured from the prying eyes of the vulgar.

The agricultural society at Meux, in France, has invited all those who think proper to make use of the following very simple method of preserving grain from weevils and other insects, to communicate the result of those trials:Soak cloths, made of flax, in water, wring them, and cover your heaps of grain with them; in two hours time you will find all the weevils upon the cloth, which must be carefully gathered up, that none of them may escape, and then immersed in water, to destroy them. A plant of henbane, placed in the middle of a heap of corn, drives them away. In this case it is necessary to watch and crush them as fast as they come out, which they do in a very short time.

Fonthill-house which has long been under repair, is now open to public inspection every day except Sundays. Mr. Beckford has lately sold the fine altieri claudes to Lord Radstock for 650 guineas. The gothic abbey, when finished, will have cost £. 500,000.

Mr. Fox-The audience given on the 2d to the corps deplomatique by the first consul, was more brilliant and more numerous than any that has preceded it. It is, indeed, a grand, solemn, and affecting sight, to see this assemblage of all the ambassadors of Europe restored to peace. What added to the interest of this audience was, the presence of a man who had defended, with so much ability, that peace which had been conquered by so much glory. It was at this audience that Fox was presented. Among the English, who surrounded the ambassador, we remarked great lords and peers of the united kingdom; but national pride imposed silence upon all other pride, and Fox, the patriot Fox, was placed in the front rank even by the peers; it was not only Mr. Merry, it was the whole English deputation, that presented the first man of England to the First Consul of France. It must have been to Mr. Fox one of the sweetest moments of his life; and the distinguished reception from the Chief of the Nation must have been the best recompence for the contests which that friend to peace maintained in parliament, against the miserables who had the tremendous courage to call for war. Twice did the First Consul accost him, and among many flatttering things, said, "that there were in the world but two na➡ tions; the one inhabits the east, the other the west. The English, French, Germans, Italians, &c. under the same civil code, having the same manners, the same habits, and almost the same religion, are all members of the same family, and the men who wish to light up again the flame of war among them, wish for civil war. These principles, Sir, were developed in your speeches with an energy that does as much honour to your heart as to your head." Alderman Combe, the late lord mayor of London, was presented, at the same audience; and the Consul said to him, that the firm and paternal conduct he had adopted, during the scarcity in London, ensured him the esteem and gratitude of all governments, and of all statesmen. Mr. Fox dined on the same day with the First Consul; who had a very long conversation with him, in presence of a numerous company.

A gentleman was lately walking through St. Giles's, where a levelling citizen attempting to pick his pocket of a handkerchief, which the gentleman caught in time, and secured, observing to the fellow, that he had missed his aim, the latter, with perfect sang-froid, answered, "better luck next time, master."