church of the parish of Archangel, on the Kubenza, in the circle of Kadnikow, was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. The lightning struck the roof over the door of the cold church, which was immediately in flames; all the church utensils, garments, books, &c. were consumed, not the least thing being saved. From the cold church the flames caught the warm church, from which, indeed, what was in it was saved; but as all the utensils, books, &c. were in the cold church, the other is thereby deprived of every thing necessary for the performance of divine service. St. Petersburgh Gazette. 20. The Duke and Duchess of Orleans gave a grand entertainment at their house, at Twickenhan, in honour of the christening of their infant Princess, at which there was a most splendid assemblage of dignified personages: among them were, their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent, the Dukes of Clarence, Kent, Cambridge, Gloucester, the Duchess of York, the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the Prince Paul and Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, the Princess Esterhazy, the Spanish Ambassador, the French Ambassador, the Marchioness D'Osmond and their two relatives, who were presented to the Prince Regent at Carlton-house a few days since, the Duke De Bourbon, the Duke De Coigny, and the Duke of Fitzjames. The Rector of Twickenham was present to register the christening of the infant in the church book. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, stood sponsor for the Emperor of Austria, who is uncle to the Duchess of Orleans. Viscount Sidmouth and Earl Bathurst were also of the party. Stafford.-We had in this town on Sunday afternoon, 20th, one of the heaviest showers of rain ever known: the consequences have been most serious, and the loss, we fear, almost remediless. The quantity of hay carried off by the torrent is not to be calculated, and much more has been entirely spoiled. A labourer of Mr. Lycets, of Shallowford, lost his life in endeavouring to save some hay. This storm has done even greater damages in the town of Stone and the neighbourhood. A horse belonging to Mr. Styles was washed down a brook, and was drowned. Messrs. Brett and Holah, Mr. Tharme, and Mr. Butler, whose premises adjoin the brook which runs through the town, have sustained considerable loss. The streets were in many parts four feet deep in water, and the cellars of many of the inhabitants were entirely filled, and their ale and other drinkables lost. A small house was washed away by the flood, but fortunately its inmates escaped unhurt. Many travellers to Stone were obliged to stop at Walton, and get beds where they could. Several mills on the Modders hall stream were much damaged. The quantities of hay destroyed and carried off by the torrent are incalculable; and, at a moderate calculation, it will take 5,000l. to make good the damages sustained in the parish of Stone. On Tuesday and Wednesday last, an immense fall of rain was experienced at Brown-hills, Norton, and Longdon, near Lichfield. In the former place, place, the heath was forced up by the roots on the waste lands and elevations, and carried by torrents in different directions. The thunder was heavy, accompanied by gusts of wind, and partial spouts of rain, as though poured from solid masses of water. At Norton, the thunder was the heaviest and most alarming ever known. At Longdon, the deluge had all the appearance of a water-spout, which cut up the roads and moved masses of earth in heaps; and at a recently built house, where a new turf had been laid, the whole site of a grass plat was laid bare as before the work was begun and the most frightful vestiges of its effects are traced through the whole neighbourhood. On Tuesday afternoon, about six o'clock, the whole hemisphere, as viewed from an elevation near Lichfield, presented one unbroken curtain of cloud and rain, but without being accompanied with remarkable darkness. A correspondent says, that previous to this general aspect of rain, he never saw the clouds so low. A servant of John Atkinson, Esq. of Maple Hays, near Lichfield, was killed by the lightning on Thursday evening at Lemonsley. The thunder was tremendously heavy, and the lightning extremely vivid. On Sunday 21st a riot took place at Ballyvourney, to the west of Macroom, between two parties, the Lynches and Twomeys, living in that neighbourhood, who, it appears, have been for several years hostile and unfriendly to each other; in consequence of which Sir Nicholas Colthurst directed his under agent to desire that they should not go to the same chapel on Sundays — that the Twomeys should attend the Western chapel, and the Lynches the Ballynkeeny chapel: the Lynches, notwithstanding, refused to go to the chapel appointed for them; the Twomeys, however, went away from the chapel; the Lynches said, they would go too, left it, and proceeded towards home. The Lynches party, which consisted of about 100, or upwards, armed with guns, swords, scythes, pistols, and various kinds of weapons, remained about an hour and a half while mass was saying, and kept shouting out for the Twomeys : as soon as they saw them going away from the chapel, they followed, and surrounded them about a quarter of a mile from it, attacked them, and, in the course of the conflict, a man of the name of John Hagarty, of the Twomys party, received a cut of a scythe on the right side of the neck, under the jaw, which nearly severed his head from his body, besides several other wounds, which instantly caused his death. A man of the name of Cornelius Casey also received a blow on the head from a stick, which knocked him down, and had four of his fingers cut off, besides receiving several other wounds, from which he lies in a very dangerous state. An inquest was held on the body of the man who had been killed; and the jury found a verdict that the deceased, John Hagarty, came by his death in consequence of a blow received with a scythe on the right side of the neck under the ear and jaw, of which he instantly died.-Cork paper. 22. This was the day appointed for for the marriage of the Princess Mary with the Duke of Glocester: and perhaps there never was an union among the Royal Family more calculated to produce happiness to the parties, and satisfaction to the nation. The Duke, in his public character, is well known as the liberal patron of almost every useful and charitable establishment in the empire; and if report be true, his private benevolence does not fall short of his public liberality. The Princess, as is most fitting to her sex, is hardly known out of her domestic circle; but to the utmost of her means she has for a long time past been the constant and active benefactress of the poor, relieving the wants of the distressed, and superintending the education of the ignorant. The marriage of this highly respectable pair has been delayed chiefly on account of the absence of the Duke of Cambridge. The day was not finally fixed till last Wednesday, and on Friday the cards of invitation were issued from the office of the Lord Chamberlain. The persons invited were the same as were present at the marriage of the Princess Charlotte, with a very few exceptions. They consisted, in addition to the Royal Family, of the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, the Duchess's sister, the Duke de Bourbon, with other foreigners of distinction, the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers with their Ladies, the Lord Chancellor, with the Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, the Deputy Earl Marshal of England, the Great officers of State and of the Household, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, the Master of the Rolls, and other Law Officers; the Duke of York's Staff; the King's, Queen's, and Windsor Establishments, together with the different suites of the different branches of the Royal Family. These were invited to the solemnization of the marriage. The grand saloon of the Queen's palace was the place fitted up for the performance of the nuptial ceremony: a temporary altar was erected close to the temporary throne lately placed there; and the crimson velvet and gold lace of the hangings, together with a costly display of massy communion plate, presented a very magnificent spectacle. At 12 o'clock the Duke of Gloucester paid a morning visit to his intended bride, who was at the Queen's-palace with her Royal Mother and her sisters the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth. The Duke returned to Gloucesterhouse, where he dined privately at five o'clock. At seven o'clock in the evening a guard of honour marched into the court-yard of the Queen's palace, and a party of Life and Foot Guards were stationed in the Park, under the proper authority of a numerous police. The company began to arrive soon afterwards the palace was brilliantly illuminated, and the grand staircase had all the state arrangements usual on drawing-room days. The grand hall was lined with a party of the yeomen of the guards. The Royal Family, on their entrance, were received with the usual military honours, the band playing "God Save the King." The Princess Sophia of Gloucester went in state, with her servants in new liveries. At twenty minutes past eight o'clock, o'clock, the Duke of Gloucester arrived in state with his suite in two carriages. He was dressed in the uniform of a Field-Marshal, and wore the order of the Garter. At the entrance of the palace, the officers of the Prince Regent's household waited to receive him, and the Royal Duke bowed his acknowledgments for this mark of attention. The Duke and Duchess of York followed immediately. At half-past eight the Prince Regent arrived, not without his usual train of Life Guards: he was accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and his attendants. At a quarter before nine Prince Leopold arrived with his suite; and soon afterwards the marriage-ceremony began. The Foreign Ambassadors with their Ladies entered the saloon first, then followed the Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, and proceeded to the right. The Great officers of State, and those of the Royal Households, went to the left. The Queen took her station to the left side of the altar, where was a state chair placed for her; the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth, the Duchess of York, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, were on her left, and their female attendants after them; while the Prince Regent was on the right side of the altar, and his royal brothers near him. Every thing being arranged and ready, the Lord Chamberlain retired, and introduced the Duke of Glocester, and presented him to the altar. He then retired again, and with the Duke of Cambridge introduced the Princess Mary; and the Royal Duke presented her Royal Highness to the Prince Regent, who gave her away in marriage to the Duke of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness was dressed with her usual beautiful simplicity: she wore no feathers, but a bandeau of white roses fastened together by light sprigs of pearls. Her neck was ornamented with a brilliant fringe necklace: her arms with bracelets of brilliants formed into flowers, and her waist with a girdle to correspond with her bandeau. Her whole appearance was very lovely. The ladies present were also most splendidly dressed: the prevailing colour was blue. The formal document of the royal assent, signed with the great seal, being shown to the Archbishop of Canterbury, that prelate, assisted by the Bishop of London, proceeded to perform the solemn ceremony. Mr. Provis, the Verger of Whitehall, who had formerly been present at the christening of her Royal Highness, now assisted at her marriage. At about a quarter past nine the guns fired a signal that the marriage was concluded; and the Princess Mary, after giving her hand to be kissed by the female attendants of the Queen and Princesses, retired with her husband and the rest of the Royal Family to the private apartments of the Queen. In the mean time a profusion of choice refreshments was served to the company, among whom the Queen soon re-appeared, with most of her family, to receive their congratulations. At a quarter before ten o'clock, the bride having taken off her wedding robes, and put on for her travelling dress a white satin pelisse and bonnet, came came leaning on the arm of the Prince Regent, and followed by the Duke of Cambridge, who both saluted their royal sister, and handed her into the travelling chaise at the side-door of the Palace the Royal Brothers then embraced the Duke of Gloucester, who stepped into the carriage. After receiving an affectionate good-night from the two brothers, the new-married pair then drove off to Bagshot amidst the huzzas of an immense multitude; the band meanwhile playing "God save the King." The application of the Nobles of Pomerania to the King of Prussia, to re-introduce the feudal system, has been rejected by a royal cabinet order, which the Chancellor, Prince Hardenberg, has accompanied by a severe reprimand. 24. Ghent. The political and commercial Journal of this city has the following article to-day "The day before yesterday, the workmen employed in our manufactories made on the corn market an auto-da-fé of English merchandise. It seems that the articles burnt, consisting of shawls and handkerchiefs, were furnished voluntarily. It is, however, added, that most of these were demanded from those passing by, who were paid for them. While we praise the motive, we cannot but blame the manner by which individual liberty is violated. The moral force of opinion ought to proscribe the Anglomania, and come to the aid of our industry with all the energy of the national sentiments. The proscription ought to be made by all, because all are interested in it: but mea sures which infringe the liberty of the consumer are blameable; He should be convinced, not compelled. The scene, however, caused no tumult; there was order amidst this disorder.", Distresses of the Iron Manufac turers in Staffordshire, described in a Letter written by a Resident at Coseley, near Bilston. "When some of our principal iron-works first failed, the whole extent of the consequent distress was not immediately apparent. The poor manufacturers had many of them, made a little money: this, with the greatest frugality, did not last long: when expended, they ran in debt whereever they could gain credit; and when they could not be trusted any longer, they pawned or sold their furniture, article after article, till they had none to sell. When their goods were gone, they were obliged to have recourse to their parishes and to begging. The parishes were overwhelmed by the numbers applying for their aid, and could afford but little comparative support. The community in general (for commercial districts are usually generous) made great efforts to relieve their necessities. For my own part, I determined that I would fare harder, and that my children and household should do so likewise, in order to administer to their wants; and it was my desire that none worthy of relief should go away from my house unrelieved. It is true the succour was but small; and they asked for nothing but a piece of bread, and bread for some time great numbers of them received: but I soon found that my very limited |