and a party of the police stationed there to prevent any annoyance from the crowds collected outside. Soon after eleven o'clock the judges of the different law courts began to arrive, and at one o'clock, the door of the official residence of the deceased nobleman was thrown open, and the procession began to move forward in the following order :

Two Mutes.-A plume of feathers. The rev. Mr. Erskine, with an open prayer-book in his hand.

THE COFFIN,

which was of black cloth, and studded with nails of the same colour. The pall covering it was supported by the following distinguished law officers. On the one side-the lord Chancellor, the lord chief baron of Scotland, and sir William Grant. On the other -the chief justices of the Bench and Pleas, Mr. justice Park, and Mr. justice Gazelee.

The chief mourners were Mr. Wm. Gifford, and Mr. Chas. Gifford (his lordship's brothers), Messrs. Drew, Wedgwood, Burford, and Hine.

Behind these followed, side by side, the attorney-general and solicitor-general, and the procession was closed by Messrs. Harris, Murray, Farr, and Haynes, the clerks of the Rolls.

On entering the chapel, the coffin was placed in the centre of the middle aisle, and the service having been read, it was deposited in a vault, on the north-east side of the altar, immediately above the coffin of sir William Fortescue, and opposite to that of sir Thomas Plumer, after which the mourners returned in the same order.

Terrible, of 74 guns, lying close to the Dock-yard wall. His father, Gibson by name, on seeing the accident, jumped overboard after him; and, placing the child on his back, was swimming towards a boat, within a few yards of them, the boy's arms being round his father's neck; but by some unfortunate circumstance, the boy slid from off the father's back, and his body came round to the parent's front, the child still clinging round the father's neck, by which position it is supposed the man could not use his arms to support himself and his child in the waves, when they went to the bottom together, and never rose again. This was the third time Gibson had jumped overboard to save this very child.

14. SUICIDE. Stutgard.-On the 9th, a young man and woman arrived here by a coach from Carlsruhe, and alighted at an inn. They passed the whole of the next day here and at Canstadt, and ordered the coachman to be ready on the afternoon of the 11th. The coachman having waited more than an hour, went up stairs to ask instructions. To the questions that he put, the young man answered that he might come in. The door, however, was bolted on the inside, and barricadoed also with a chest of drawers. After he had got in through another room, the young woman was found lying insensible on the bed, bathed in her bloodand the young man was leaning against the wall of the apartment with blood streaming from his mouth. They had attempted (it would appear) to commit suicide, and had put a number of hail shot into two small pocket-pistols for that purpose; but the charge was so weak, that most of the shot re

mained in the barrel. The unfortunate pair were carried to the hospital.

The young woman was so severely wounded as hardly to be able to utter some unintelligible words, and she was considered to be in a very dangerous state. The condition of the young man was more favourable. He was able to speak distinctly. The name of the latter is M. He is twenty-four years of age; was born at L, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and acted as Surgeon at the Hospital of Carlsruhe. The young woman's name is Caroline B. The motives which The motives which induced them to attempt suicide are not known. They left Carlsruhe on the 8th, and when here they did not live in an economical manner, although, they had not money sufficient to pay their bill. PEDESTRIANISM. Yesterday week, Townsend, the pedestrian, started from the Swan, Islington, Edgbaston, at twenty minutes past five in the afternoon, to go ninety miles in twenty-four successive hours, and half of them to be walked backwards. The distance measured was half a mile through the toll gate, and along Calthorpestreet, on which he went to and fro. The weather was very favourable, with the exception of a little rain on the following morning; and he kept moving at the steady pace of about four miles an hour, which, if continued throughout, would allow him an hour and a half for rest and refreshment. For the last eight miles he had about two hours and five minutes left; but seven out of the eight were to be performed backwards. His spirits were good to the last. He never slackened his pace; but towards the latter part of his task it was evident, from his apparent exer

tions, that his difficulty increased. He, however, gained five minutes in the seven miles, and then, having the last mile to go forward, he performed it in good style in about ten minutes and a half; thus accomplishing the arduous task with more than a quarter of an hour to spare.

19. DEATH FROM STARVATION. - An inquest was held contiguous to the King's-bench prison, on John Fitch, a prisoner. Mary Fitch, his widow, deposed, that the deceased had formerly been a master coach-builder in Apollo-buildings, East-lane, Walworth; but, within the last eighteen months, had fallen into difficulties, and, about twelve months ago, had been arrested, and confined in the Kings'-bench prison. The deceased, in consequence of being "Chum'd out," was obliged to sleep on the seats in the chapel for upwards of two months with his clothes on; this was during the winter; and after he got into a room, he was compelled to sleep on the floor for want of a bedstead. The deceased was shortly after taken ill; and, by the advice of some of the inmates of the King's-bench, his wife got a petition drawn up, and signed by several respectable persons, addressed to the duchess of Buccleugh, having often heard of that noble lady's benevolence; she called in about three weeks aftewards, but her grace was out of town; witness and her husband were then without common necessaries. Owing to the deceased's having caught cold from want of a proper bed to lie on, he became so unwell, that he was scarcely able to assist himself. Witness applied to the marshal, for the rules, gratis, which was at first refused, but, upon a surgeon's

certificate being produced, the marshal humanely granted them. When the deceased obtained the rules, he applied to St. Mary's. Newington, for parochial relief. The parish at first gave half-acrown, which exactly paid for their lodging, and finding this sum inadequate to their support, the wife subsequently applied for further relief, when they granted an extra sixpence weekly, and this, with the exception of trifles given to them, was all they had for their support. For upwards of three months, she had not even tasted tea, and frequently she and her husband existed upon a penny loaf and milk and water, day after day, excepting that now and then one of the lodgers gave her a bit of meat. Beef had lately been distributed at the Bench, but the deceased had not been so fortunate as to get any. During the whole time witness and deceased had occupied their present lodging, they had slept upon the floor, with only a portion of two old blankets to cover them. Witness had since received a shilling per week from the Lambeth Chapel Society fund, in Cheyne-terrace.-Robert King, landlord of the house occupied by the deceased, deposed, that the deceased came to live with him on the 12th of January last, since which period he and his wife had been in a state of comparative starvation; indeed, such had been their distress, that, although the witness was only a journeyman bird-cage'maker, with a wife and three children to support, he could not find it in his heart to press for payment of his rent; deceased and his wife lay upon the floor. Witness now and then, when he could afford it, gave deceased a drop of broth; they owed him 24 weeks' rent at 25.

6d. per week. The jury returned a Verdict-"That the deceased John Fitch, died through starvation.”

RIOTS AND OUTRAGES IN BETHNAL GREEN.- The two churchwardens of St. Matthew, Bethnalgreen, and the vestry clerk, waited upon the Secretary of State at the Home-office, where they were met by two of the magistrates of Worship-street Police-office. The object of the meeting was, to devise some measures to repress the dreadful outrages of a lawless gang of thieves, consisting of 5 or 600, who have caused such alarm in the minds of the inhabitants, that they have found it necessary to shut up their shops at an early hour, to protect their property from the ruffians. The gang rendezvous in a brick field at the top of Spicerstreet, Spitalfields, and outposts are stationed to give an alarm, should any of the civil power approach, and their cry is, "Warhawk," as a signal for retreat. On the brick-kilns in this field, they cook whatever meat and potatoes they plunder from the various shops in the neighbourhood, in the open day and in the face of the shopkeeper. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, being market days (Monday and Friday at Smithfield, and Wednesday at Barnet), they sally out into the suburbs, and wait in ambush till a drove of beasts passes; they then attack the drovers, and take a beast from the drove and convey it into the marshes till night; when they hunt it through the metropolis, and whilst the passengers and inhabitants are in the utmost state of alarm, they plunder, and in many instances nearly murder, every person whom they meet; there are now no fewer than five individuals lying in the London

Infirmary, without hopes of recovery, that have fallen into the hands of the gang. Within the last fortnight, upwards of 50 persons have been robbed, and cruelly beaten, and one of the gang was seen one day last week to produce, amongst some of his associates, nearly half-a-hat-full of watches. In consequence of these outrages, the right hon. Secretary gave orders, that a reinforcement of forty men, most of them mounted, should be stationed in different parts of the parish, and that they should be relieved every three hours, with instructions, to patrole the disturbed parts day and night, which is now the case. In addition to these measures, a magistrate was in attendance yesterday (Sunday) at the Police-office, in order to hear cases against any of the marauders, should they be brought before him, and the hon. Secretary has further ordered, that for the future the magistrates shall sit every morning at ten instead of eleven o'clock. The Secretary of State on Saturday last had an interview with the magistrates of the district, respecting the state of that part of the metropolis, and anxiously inquired if the robbers were distressed weavers? An answer was given in the negative; but that they were a set of idle and disorderly fellows, who have been long known to the police as reputed thieves.

EXPLOSION AT OSTEND. The new magazine at Ostend which contained upwards of 1,400 barrels of powder, exploded at ten o'clock in the morning. About forty persons, chiefly soldiers, were killed; the wounded were almost innumerable. Stones and bricks were thrown to a distance of three miles; one man in a boat had his

head completely taken off; and another his arm, at a mile distant. A woman, who was making her bed, had her chamber door driven from the hinges and thrown across the bed; the ceilings fell down, and the windows were broken, but she escaped without injury, except a few slight bruises. A priest performing mass was knocked down in the church, the windows of which were broken, but no lives were lost. Several poor men fishing near the magazine were killed instantly; and the captain of one of the barges coming up with passengers, was so alarmed at the explosion, that he jumped overboard. Every house was partially or altogether unroofed-locks, bolts, and bars, literally flew asunder-the window frames and the glass were scattered to the winds--the ceilings of the Houses in and near the quay, were as if strained from the joists -the walls yawned from their perpendiculars, and the very foundations were shaken to their centre. Nor was this the case merely at the quay; the whole line of street, on the road to Bruges, exhibited a still more melancholy spectacle, inasmuch as the houses presented not only an equally desolate appearance, but their owners also were involved in instantaneous ruin. The houses on the quay, some of the best built and most substantial in Ostend, were shaken to their foundation. In the house of Mr. Reminent banker, the joists were wrenched from the walls of the building-the main side wall of the hall door entrance quite removed from its perpendicular-and the drawing-room tables studded over with pieces of broken window-glass, driven into the tables by the force of the concussion. Another individual, look

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certificate being produced, the marshal humanely granted them. When the deceased obtained the rules, he applied to St. Mary's. Newington, for parochial relief. The parish at first gave half-acrown, which exactly paid for their lodging, and finding this sum inadequate to their support, the wife subsequently applied for further relief, when they granted an extra sixpence weekly, and this, with the exception of trifles given to them, was all they had for their support. For upwards of three months, she had not even tasted tea, and frequently she and her husband existed upon a penny loaf and milk and water, day after day, excepting that now and then one of the lodgers gave her a bit of meat. Beef had lately been distributed at the Bench, but the deceased had not been so fortunate as to get any. During the whole time witness and deceased had occupied their present lodging, they had slept upon the floor, with only a portion of two old blankets to cover them. Witness had since received a shilling per week from the Lambeth Chapel Society fund, in Cheyne-terrace.-Robert King, landlord of the house occupied by the deceased, deposed, that the deceased came to live with him on the 12th of January last, since which period he and his wife had been in a state of comparative starvation; indeed, such had been their distress, that, although the witness was only a journeyman bird-cagemaker, with a wife and three children to support, he could not find it in his heart to press for payment of his rent; deceased and his wife lay upon the floor. Witness now and then, when he could afford it, gave deceased a drop of broth; they owed him 24 weeks' rent at 28.

6d. per week. The jury returned a Verdict-"That the deceased John Fitch, died through starvation."

RIOTS AND OUTRAGES IN BETHNAL GREEN.- The two churchwardens of St. Matthew, Bethnalgreen, and the vestry clerk, waited upon the Secretary of State at the Home-office, where they were met by two of the magistrates of Worship-street Police-office. The object of the meeting was, to devise some measures to repress the dreadful outrages of a lawless gang of thieves, consisting of 5 or 600, who have caused such alarm in the minds of the inhabitants, that they have found it necessary to shut up their shops at an early hour, to protect their property from the ruffians. The gang rendezvous in a brick field at the top of Spicerstreet, Spitalfields, and outposts are stationed to give an alarm, should any of the civil power approach, and their cry is, 66 Warhawk," as a signal for retreat. On the brick-kilns in this field, they cook whatever meat and potatoes they plunder from the various shops in the neighbourhood, in the open day and in the face of the shopkeeper. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, being market days (Monday and Friday at Smithfield, and Wednesday at Barnet), they sally out into the suburbs, and wait in ambush till a drove of beasts passes; they then attack the drovers, and take a beast from the drove and convey it into the marshes till night; when they hunt it through the metropolis, and whilst the passengers and inhabitants are in the utmost state of alarm, they plunder, and in many instances nearly murder, every person whom they meet; there are now no fewer than five individuals lying in the London