light only whilst there is 9 feet water within the pier. Until the tide rises to that height the lamps will not be lighted, and they will be extinguished when the tide falls below it. Improvements near London. Notice has been given officially of an tention to apply to Parliament next Session for the accomplishment of the following projects in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis:-A new Tontine Patent Iron Bridge across the Thames, from New Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe, to Hanover-street, Rotherhithe; the bridge to be of sufficient height for shipping to pass beneath it. A new Fish Market on the Banks of the Thames, Billingsgate having become insufficient; the new market to be at or near old Hungerford Market. A new Road along the left bank of the Thames, from Westminster Abbey to the end of Vauxhall Bridge. flames were subdued, after destroying the whole of the old part of the castle, the roof of which fell in about six in the morning. The new part of the extensive pile of building has not suffered much from the fire; but great injury has necessarily been in-done in the precipitation and alarm with which in many instances the costly furniture and pictures were thrown out of the windows or otherwise removed. In the part of the castle destroyed were comprised all the sleeping rooms of the servants, as well as the new gallery and some splendidly furnished apartments. The chapel also has been greatly injured by the fire, and is completely stripped. The amount of the damage is variously estimated: by some persons it is carried as high as £200,000. A messenger having been dispatched about 6 o'clock to Cheveley, delivered the afflicting intelligence of the fire to his Grace on the race course reached Belvoir. at Newmarket. At ten at night, the Duke prehensions of the calamity spreading At that time all apfurther had subsided, but the ruins still burned intensely. in a most feeling manner, returned thanks On Sunday his Grace, to all those who had exerted themselves in extinguishing the fire, or in protecting his property. More powerful proofs of reciprocal attachment and gratitude were never afforded than were elicited on this in A Modest Charge.-On Friday, in the King's Bench, Mr. Denman moved for a rule to show cause why an attorney of the Court should not defray the expense of taxing his bill of costs. The amount of his bill was £12 10s. and the Master had allowed him six-und-eight pence! Rule granted. FIRE AT BELVOIR CASTLE. ertions had been made by individuals in arresting the fire.-We are sorry to say, that from all we can learn, there is a strong suspicion that the cause of the fire Mr. Turner's first alarm proceeded in was not acidental. We are informed, that hearing somebody go into the carpenters' and that, from the singularity of that cirworkshop at such an unseasonable time; cumstance only, he was induced to get The fire, we understand, was first dis-teresting occasion. Almost incredible excovered by Mr. Turner, (superintendant of the works executing under Mr. Wyatt, the architect), who having got out of bed, found the apartment used bythe carpenters as a workshop just bursting into flames. Mr. Turner immediately alarmed the Rev. Sir J. Thoroton (domestic chaplain) and the family, and speedily the servants and workpeople were assembled; but the fire had got such hold of the combustible materials in the carpenters' and painters' shops, that the hope of extinguishing it, when he discovered the fire just breakthere was soon dispelled; and from the round the premises at ten o'clock on the ing out. The Rev. J. Thoroton had been rapid spreading of the conflagration, and previous night, and Mr. Turner at eleven the great want of water, reasonable fear o'clock, and all was then safe, It is said, was entertained that the whole of the mag that some suspicious people had been at nificent mansion would fall a prey to Belvoir Inn, in the course of Friday, and the devouring element. The young Marquis of Granby and his four sisters were even observations made by them are stated, at the castle, and were happily removed tending to confirm the opinion of the calain safety to the Belvoir Inn, a short dis-mity, having been occasioned by an incendiary. tance from the fire. Horsemen were sent in all directions for help, and every exertion was made on so trying an occasion that the exigency allowed. The Love den Yeomanry arrived in the afternoon, and rendered great service in preserving the valuable property removed from the castle. By twelve o'clock in the day the A strict investigation has been made at the Castle, by Mr. Beaumont of the County Fire Office, and, from the depositions taken on oath, it appears that the room used by the carpentime after the fire had broke out. In this inters had been entered, and found to be safe some quiry it was also discovered, that the fire was seen to burst from two different places, whieh had no practicable communication, nearly at one time. It was further given in evidence, that when the alarm was raised, the nearest inhabitants found as many as nine or ten strange men in the castle, and an outer gate open, which the domestics declare they had previously locked, and had not opened. There is now no doubt that the fire was occasioned by a wilful act, and the prevailing opinion is that it has been done by the Luddites. ADDRESS. The recent melancholy event of the destruc tive fire at Belvoir Castle, has called forth such great and general exertions on the part of the Duke of Rutland's friends, neighbours, tenants and others, that he feels it a duty peculiarly incumbent on him, to adopt this mode of expres-1 sing the deep and unfeigned sense of grateful obligation by which he is impressed. Lamentable (and in some respects irreparable, as the desolation and ruin have been, which are the consequence of this calamity, there are, nevertheless, some circumstances which are capable of affording gleams of consolation to the agitated mind of the Duke of Rutland.The preservation of dear relations, the friendly and humane disposition of a whole country, which produced the effects more particularly the object of this address, and the safety of all those by whose indefatigable exertions such effectual assistance was rendered, are circumstances that do not fail to excite in his mind a degree of gratitude and consolatory reflection proportionate to their importance. To the military of the Lovedon Legion, the Duke of Rutland has already had an opportunity of expressing in person his thanks for their conspi cuous services (which he is desirous here to repeat); and he cannot omit to offer his acknowledgements to those persons of his own family and establishment who so eminently distinguish ed themselves by their efforts upon the most distressing case alluded to. The Duke of Rutland hopes that those to whom this tribute of gratitude is addressed, will pardon the faintness of its expression, and look only to the sincerity of feeling by which it is dictated. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1816. The Duke of Rutland has expended at least two hundred thousand pounds upon Belvoir Castle within the last five years; and it was estimated that twenty thousand pounds more would be required to complete the alterations and additions to this venerable residence, be fore the fire took place. A very handsome tablet is erected in Westminster Abbey, between the monuments of Dr. South and Dr. Busby, to the memory of the late venerable Dr. Vincent, Dean of that Abbey, a man equally amiable in private life for his exemplary virtues, and respectable for his extensive learning and the attention he uniformly shewed to the duties of his high office. Vaccination.-In the London bill of mortality for the week before last not a single death from small-pox is to be found!-Such an event has not happened for upwards of two centuries. Improvements in public morals. Our most important arrangements at the present moment are those which regard our internal concerns. A correspondent has suggested one regulation, which, though it may at first sight appear trifling, is in reality of considerable practical importance; and this is nothing more than to pay the wages of husbandmen and workmen of every de scription on Fridays instead of Saturdays. Hence their wives have the opportunity of laying out their mites to the best advan tage on the following, which is commonly a market day, instead of being forced to deal at a late hour, and perhaps at the dearest shops, for the supply of the following week. Above all, the destructive practice of pay-tables at public-houses on Saturday nights, which often tempt the inconsiderate to sit drinking into the Sunday morning, ought to be absolutely prohibited by law, if masters are so blind to their own interests and that of their workmen not to put an end to it voluntarily. Since the opening of the trade on the 14th of April, 1814, to private individuals with the East Indies, 189 ships have procured licenses up to the 1st of August. The number of Insolvents discharged under the Insolvent Act up to the 1st of July, 1816, is 9,700; produce of their effects, 15,0001.. amount of debts two millions sterling. It is understood that the woollen manufac ture has lately much improved in Exeter, Ash burton, Crediton, and other parts of Devon shire. Besides the orders in hand for the East Indies, and the south of Europe, large orders have been received from Holland, The Leeds and Liverpool canal is completed. It was commenced in 1770, rùng through a stubborn hilly country, 127 miles in length, and connects St. George's Channel with the German Ocean. A similar project is in contemplation in the west of England, to cut a canal across and join the Bristol and English Channels. Emigrants returned thousands' unable, though desirous to return. About thirty returned disappointed British emigrants, were landed at Greenock. on Saturday, from the Cheerful, Beve There ridge, arrived from New York. were several weavers amongst them. Some artificers have fared better in America, such as masons, joiners, &c.: labourers, also, have found employment in the agris cultural districts. The rage for emigrat ing has been such, that great numbers, of almost all descriptions, have found them, selves, after lingering some time, penny, less and still without occupation. The seaports are full of them, anxiously seeking some opportunity or means of returning home. To shew the height to which this emigrating mania has risen, we are told, among the persons returned by this vessel, is a gamekeeper, belonging to Yorkshire, who could not believe, until he had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the Yankees had no more use for his services, than the people of Buenos Ayres had for the stoves and hearth mats which some English speculators sent out a few years ago in the infancy of our commerce with that country. The Duke of Kent packet has arrived from Lisbon with a mail, in only four days-the shortest passage almost ever remembered. of our best lead mines, especially to those situated towards our western ports. The Beeralstone mines, which were worked by the Crown in the reign of Queen Elizibeth, are again in a way of advantageous working. In 1560, the ore raised from them contained from 70 to 200 ounces of silver in each ton. Improvements: peculiarities. CROMER, Nov. 3.-The estate of the late George Wyndham, Esq. in this parish, has of late been very much improved, by the old, crooked, and dilapidated fences having been thrown down, and new ones raised in straight lines, and the lands divided into small enclosures, for the accom modation of tradesmen and others who keep horses and cows. This practice of dividing farms into smaller enclosures, and letting them to a variety of tenants, is highly commendable, and beneficial to so Every one to his own :- How? Among the events consequent upon the attack upon Algiers is the following singular occurrence :-Au inhabitant of Brighton, who had been 26 years a prison-ciety in general. er, returned home; and it appeared, after he had been absent fifteen years, three fields in that town, of which he was the owner, had been sold, and part of the Pavilion, and some other principal houses in that place, are now built upon them; of course the absentee has laid claim to the property, and no little confusion is likely to ensue. From the Observer. There are two things peculiar to this place, which are worthy of notice. One is, that the sun is seen for a considerable time in the summer to rise from the sea, and to set therein on the same day; which cannot be seen at any other place in England, and ouly for about two or three miles at and near Cromer. The other is, that to steer due north from Cromer, there is no land between it and the ice near the Pole, and, therefore, the north wind blows directly from the Frozen Ocean, and sweeps over nothing but the sea, which perhaps renders the air, in a fine season, so bracing and salubrious. Scalds and Burns: remedy for. Luddites to be resisted. Nottingham, Nov. 1.-The inhabitants of the several villages in this disturbed part of the county, no longer disposed to suffer the repeated attacks and outrages of a daring banditti, have at length determined to repel force by force. For this purpose, associations have been entered into, arms procured, siguals agreed upon, and measures taken, not only for defence, but for attack, pursuit, and to cut off the retreat of the depredators, and to bring them to justice. Desperate evils require desperate remedies; and as it is proposed to give large rewards to those who shall be the means of taking and securing any of the of-procured, as æther, spirits of wine, brandy, fenders, we have no doubt but a short time will put an effectual stop to these daring acts of iniquity. We forbear to say more on this subject at present. Prospect of better times. A medical writer in one of the Bath papers, in speaking of the best remedies for burns and scalds, which are to be procured instantly in most houses, states, that oil of turpentine is an excellent application, but this is not always at hand. Next to this in effect are the strongest spirits that can be rum, gin, &c. or, in the absence of these, vinegar. These should be applied by means of folded linen cloths to every kind of burn, and to scalds before the skin begins to rise. Soap dissolved water is likewise a good application. In proof of the efficacy of spirits the following case is given :-At a respectable inn in the neighbourhood of Bath, a female servant, in tak ing a ham from the boiler, fell down, and was scalded in a dreadful mauner-her The valuable metals of that rich mining County (Cornwall), and which have suffered so much depreciation from the distress of the times, are likely soon to recover their former prices, from the present appearances and wants of the Cou-neck and body being literally scarified; tinent. The re-establishment of the white lead manufactories in France, and elsewhere, will be very advantageous to some applications of cloths well soaked in brandy were immediately resorted to: and proved almost miraculously efficacious, so much so, that when a surgeon, who had been sent The Seatonian prize is this year adjudged to the Rev. C. H Terrot, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, for his poem on Hezekiah and Sennacherib. The Weather. Wednesday the hills in view from the town of Kendal were capped, for the first time this season, with snow. This appearance, which may be called the first indication of the approach of winter, was seen in the north of England so early as the 4th of September, but that fall of snow was confined to Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and Ingleborough, and a few other mountains, the highest in the northern group. The thermometer at York, on Friday Nov. 8, at noon, stood eleven degrees below the freezing point; a circumstance not remembered by the oldest inhabitant at this early period of the winter. There was a very heavy fall of snow in Dublin on the evening of the 14th. while Great Britain remained an independent nation. I call upon you, therefore, to compare your commercial situation and resources, as they are, with what they might, and most inevitably would have been, had the Prince and his Government stooped to any other measures but such as have been adopted." SCOTLAND. Longevity of an Eel. An eel which had been put into an open well, at Townend of Kilmarnock, 55 years ago, was found dead on the 23d of last month. Its length was 27 inches, and its circumference six. The well was usually emptied and cleaned once a-year, when the eel was put into a tub of water, and afterwards restored to the well. There was very little difference in its size for the last 30 years. Its death was occasioned by the well being much impregnated with lime, in consequence of the water being used for a new building in its vicinity; as the eel was observed, a day or two before its death, near the surface of the water, in a sickly condition. What its age was when put in cannot be ascertained, but it must have been considerable, as it had increased but little in size since that time. ANECDOTE OF DR. BEN. FRANKLIN. 'Dr. Franklin was once in company with Dr. Priestly, with whom he was very intimate, MARRIED lately at Deene, near Wansford, Mr. William Giddings, aged 38, to Miss Hannah Spendilo, aged 16, When the pair first appeared at the altar, the clergyman asked the young woman wheand with a number of other scientific men, ther she was a christian ? her answer convinced him that she had not been baptised, who made up a party; they were mostly and therefore he refused to perform the members of the Royal Society, and known to marriage ceremouy, The couple then left each other. The conversation turned on the the church, but returned shortly after-progress of Arts, and on the discoveries wards with godfathers and godmothers, favourable to human life, which remained to when the intended bride was christened be made. Franklin regretted much that no method had yet been found out to spiu two and married. Part of Lord Castlereagh's Speech at a pub- threads of cotton, or wool, at the same lic dinner at Belfast. moment. Each of the company lifted up his eyes in wonder, first at the thought, itself, and secondly, at the impossibility of executing it. Franklin, however, insisted that the thing was practicable, and not only so, but would not long remain a mystery. He lived long enough not only to see his notion reduced to practice, but, to see as many as forty threads spun by the same motion. Had he lived till now, he would have seen a hundred span, at the same instant, by, a single female, with only the help of a child. “Gentlemen, it is no longer a problem, or a speculation for curious men, what were the designs of [Buonaparte,] the ruler of the French, the enemy of liberty, and I may say, the enemy of mankind-I say it is no longer conjecture what his views were with respect to us-he has not thought it worth while to conceal them, but has declared, in his present retreat, that in war or in peace, or rather during the short traces he might permit us to enjoy, that although Europe might be at his feet, he considered he had accomplished nothing HINTS, PLANS, and PROCEEDINGS OF Benevolence. Homo sum: Humanum nihil a me alienum puto. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTHWARK FEMALE SOCIETY, Extarcts. form to the peculiar circumstances of each case. Your Committee will not take up much of your time in their remarks on a third class of poor, who have fallen under their notice those who from motives of idleness or vice, choose to depend on no other resource but charity. Instances have been traced by your Committee of Families staying in one place till they had obtained all they could from the private benevolence and local Societies of its inhabitants; and when these were exhausted, removing for the sole purpose of imposing in an equal degree on some new neighbourhood. Ou such objects your Committee spare no pains THE objects your Society have in view of investigation, and on the detection of are defined in your first rule "The relief imposture they are careful to prevent the of sickness and extreme want." To these misapplication of your funds. Such cases your Committee constantly confine their are entered in a book kept for the purattention. To all cases of sickness they in-pose, that they might be recognized at any variably afford the most prompt assistance. future time, should they again be recomIn many instances your bounty has been mended to your Society. Your Committee the means of giving happiness to families, cannot but express their wish that all Soby restoring to health those on whose excieties would adopt a similar plan, and that ertions they depended for support, as well a general communicatinn might be estaas of affording comfort and relief to the dis-blished. From this much benefit would tressed sufferers. In other cases where accrue to all, and the public generosity disease had preyed too deeply on the con- would not be so readily exposed to fraud. stitution to admit a possibility of recovery, all within the power of mortals has been done to alleviate the last sorrows of the dying; and perhaps it may not be too much to hope, that some through eternity may render thanks to God, for putting it into the hearts of his people to institute the "Southwark Female Society." Ninety sick persons have had Arrow-root from the Agent: one hundred have been gratuitously supplied with blankets or clothing: twenty have been provided with such articles as have enabled them by their own industry to provide for the future sup As your Society has now become more extensively known, the number of cases recommended for relief has been materially greater in the last year, than in any of the former ones-two hundred and sixty-five poor Women have received caudle and other nourishment during the month of their confinement, among whom ope hun. The cases of extreme want are as nu- dred and thirty-four have had the loan of merous and complicated as those of sick-boxes of linen belonging to your Society.ness. Frequently by illness or misfortune, and during the last year in particular, from a scarcity of employment, the honest and industrious, who perhaps never before had recourse to Charity, were deprived of the power of supporting their families. To many in such circumstances your Com-port of their families while others have mittee have had the pleasure of again restoring their independence; and enabling them to maintain themselves by their own industry by providing either tools, or small quantities of those articles, by the manufacture or sale of which they formerly subsisted. In numerous cases where any have been found incapable of labour, a grant of fish or fruit has relieved your Society and others from any further claims. In other instances supplies of clothing, either gratuitously bestowed by your Committee, or taken by them out of pawn, have fitted individuals for respectable service. The great utility of your Society must here be obvious, especially as other Societies are generally restricted to particular modes of relief, and cannot therefore so easily con been regularly visited by your Committee, and relieved in various other ways, many of them during a period of several months. The total number of families assisted by the funds of your Society, since October 1st, 1815, is nine hundred and fifty-nine, and since the commencement of the institution two thousand two hundred and seventy seven. In these times of unparalleled distress, when amongst the most elevated as well as the lower classes of Society, scarcely an Individual has escaped, without either personally or relatively sharing the general calamity, it becomes an imperious duty on all, whom the Providence of God has left any power of doing good, to exert it to the utmost. We know not how long |