ampton Arms, in the Hampstead road. Mr. Heaviside, the surgeon, was the first witness called. He stated that the deceased certainly died of the wound which he received in the duel fought by him with Captain Macnamara. Lord Burgherst, Mr. Duff, Mr. S. Sloane, and Mr. H. Sloane, gave evidence as to the origin of the dispute, and the manner in which the challenge took place. Their testimony was, in all its leading points, similar to the above statement. Mr. Macnamara, nephew to the Captain, was next called, and gave evidence nearly to the same effect. Several other witnesses were also called; after which the Coroner, (Mr. Hodgson) summed up the whole of the evidence with considerable ability, and at one o'clock on Friday morning the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter. Captain Macnamara is recovering. Both he and Mr. Heaviside, who has been committed to Newgate, will be tried for the murder.

Lately, at Torfoot, about seven miles south-west of Strathaven, in the shire of Lanark, a boy in cleaning out a drain at the foot of a rising ground, struck upon a glass bottle which contained about 400 silver Roman coins of various Emperors and Empresses. Those which we had access to see, were of Trajan, Antonius Pius, Faustina, wife of Antonius, and Crispina, wife of Commodus, &c. They are, in general, in good preservation, and weigh about 40 grains each. The bottle was an oblong square, and sealed with a greenish pigment. About 50 of the coins were so much verdigreased and adhering together, that they were broke with a hammer by a rude and unskilful hand in order to separate them.

About two months ago, the wife of Robert Bennett, carter, foot of the White Horse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, died, leaving to her husband a family of eight children. In the course of ten days after, one of the children died. Two weeks ago the father was taken ill of a fever, and confined to his bed, surrounded by his young and helpless family. Without any one to minister to his necessities, he languished on a sick bed for several days. The occasional visits of the neighbours was the only attention he experienced, and the scanty aid which they contributed, served barely to keep him and his children from perishing for want. The fever having somewhat abated, prompted by the necessities of his infants, though extremely weak, he went out to his labour. With much difficulty he sustained himself for two days; the fever returned on the third, and on the morn❤ ing of the fourth day he was found in bed a corpse, with his youngest child asleep in his arms. When the neighbours came into the house, the scene which the numerous group of children presented, may be conceived, but language is inadequate to its description. Not a morsel of bread was within the house, nor a penny of money, and scarcely an article of furniture. That whereon the dead man lay was a bed of straw, and his children had the same. The last offices of humanity was paid to his remains on Sunday, April 3d.

The following is the most recent detail of the circumstances relating to the eruption of Mount Etna on the 15th of November last. During four hours in the morning, was heard at the foot of the Mount, situated to the east, in the city of Catania, an incessant and terrific sound, resembling thunder. Afterwards, about half the height of the east side of the Mount, a new opening made its appearance,

from which a stream of lava issued, and which flowed with rapidity several Italian miles forward; so that the inhabitants of all the neighbouring places fled with precipitation. The succeeding day was observed, from Catania, an uncom❤ monly large column of fire that issued from the uppermost crater of the Mount. The clouds of smoke darkened the city, and the inhabitants of that city remained in fearful expectation of what was about to happen. The lava flowed six days, but more slowly towards the end of that period, and occasioned no other damage than in the territory of Sarco as far as Milo. It is therefore untrue, that this er◄ ruption of Etna had devastated the Lordship of Bronti, which the King of Naples had presented to Admiral Lord Nelson, under the title of a Dutchy.

Professor Palmer, of Wolfenbuttel, has invented a composition to prevent combustible substances from taking fire. It is a powder composed of one part sulphur, one part red ochre, and six parts of copperas. Wood is first coated with glue, and then besprinkled with this powder. The process is repeated several times, till a sufficiently thick coat is given; on linen and paper the powder is fixed by means of water. Two ounces of powder destroy combustion to the extent of a square foot. It is obvious that the principal use of it consists in preventing the air from coming into contact with the combustible, and indeed it is not unlike several of the powders invented to serve the same purpose.

Mr. Fox was fortunate enough to procure in his late trip to Paris, all the finest folio editions of the Roman Classics, which are scarcely known by our English Librarians.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 1.—Alexander the first, Emperor of Russia, has established an University at Dorpat, in Livonia, and the Pro-Rector is M. Par-? rot. A latin letter has been lately received by the Vice-Chancellor, from the Pro-Rector, announcing this new foundation, and requesting that a literary communication may be maintained between Dorpat, and the celebrated University of Cambridge. To this the public Orator has written an answer in latin, which on Friday last was read and approved in full Senate.

A method of rendering sea water capable of washing linen, has lately been pointed out by Dr. Mitchell of New York, and, we think, ought to be made as public as possible for the sake of our sailors: Drop into sea water a solution of soda or pol-ash, and it becomes milky in consequence of the decomposition of the earthy salts and the precipitation of the earths. This addition renders it soft and capable of washing. Its milkiness does no injury, and need not therefore be minded.

On Tuesday the 22nd March, the remains of the Poet Klopstock were solemnly interred at Ottensen, a village adjoining Altona, in the grave of his first wife, who was buried there 30 years ago. The funeral was attended by the Senate of Hamburgh and many of the foreign Ministers and most distinguished inhabitants of that city, in upwards of one hundred carriages. A selection of sacred music, taken from the Poet's own works, and composed by the greatest masters, was performed on the occasion: the vocal parts were entirely executed by upwards of eighty young ladies, of the first families of Hamburgh and Altona. Innumerable crowds of spectators shewed the interest they took in this last tribute to this most distinguished ornament of their country. The weather was highly favourable, and the sun, which the deceased has sung in immortal strains, shone serene and eheerful on his coffin.

A Simple Fact.-The country house of a certain prelate was some time since honoured by the arrival of a nobleman and his gentleman. The establishment of the bishop was respectable, but yet simple, and consistent with his character. The nobleman was ushered into the drawing-room, and every thing had gone on as usual, until, just before the dinner hour, the worthy prelate was called out by a domestic, who informed him that the whole family was in confusion, for my Lord's gentleman had declared, with repeated oaths, he could not dine with servants in livery. The Bishop requested to see him; and he accordingly descended from the garret, where he had taken shelter, to the hall."I am very sorry, Sir, that my houshold is arranged in such a manner, as to make it impossible for you to take some refreshment; you have come a considerable distance to-day, and must be fatigued. I really, Sir, hardly know how to act in this difficulty: but this I can do. My wife, I am certain, has no objection to your dining with us, if your master has not. I will, therefore, go and consult him first, and inform you of the result." The poor gentleman was all in a tremor; his conceit instantly disappeared; he humbly requested the bishop not to speak to his master; and at length, though with rather a wry face, and some contortions of body, he condescended to sit down with the other domestics. What the consequences were to his professional character we have not heard; but we conceal his name, lest it should reach the club, and thus produce his degradation among his brother gentlemen.

A letter from Florence, dated March 11, says: " Last Tuesday, M. Laparelli delivered a letter to the king, from the new grand Master of Malta, M. Tomasi, in which he makes known his appointment to his Majesty. The Grand Master is a Florentine; he was born at Cortona, the 16th of October, 1731. As early as his 12th year, he went as page to the then Grand Master, Pinto, to Malta. He afterwards passed through several degrees in the marine, and at length received the chief command of the fleet of the Order, which he held forty years. In 1784, the then Grand Duke Leopold appointed him the Minister of Tuscany at Malta.

A machine has been invented for sweeping chimnies; it consists of a number of wooden tubes, of about thirty inches long, and three quarters of an inch in diameter, which run on a rope or cord, and fasten into one another to any length. To the upper tube is fastened a square brush, the block of which is about six long by three wide, and from it, on all sides, issues heath, broom, or any other stiff but flexible substance, large enough to fill the breadth of the chimney. From the shortness of the tubes, the joints between each will bend to the most crooked chimney, and in coming down must clear out the corners, ledges, &c. which are sometimes found in chimnies. In the course of the present month a person has, in the presence of many respectable witnesses, effectually cleansed several lofty and crooked chimnies. A chimney fifty feet high may be swept in six or eight minutes, and with much less dirt than happens by the common mode,

Garnerin is patronized by the King of Prussia, in his aerial projects at Berlin. His Majesty has subscribed 100 guineas on the occasion.

Several gentlemen of New York have formed an association for the purpose of establishing in that city an Academy of Arts. This institution is like

ly to be attended with many beneficial consequences. It will tend to produce a taste for whatever is elegant, and to afford to the growing wealth of the United States one of the most legitimate uses to which it can be applied, the patronage and encouragement of the Arts. The reputation of the country is closely connected with every thing that may introduce within it a germ of those arts so highly cultivated in Europe, but not yet planted there-if properly fostered, there is every reason to believe that the climate will not be less favourable to their growth than that in which they have heretofore flourished, and that the' American Republic, like those of Greece and Rome, will prove another honourable and instructive example of the intimate connexion of freedom with the arts-of science with civil liberty.

Cambridge, April 8.-The Norrisian Prize is this year adjudged to Mr. James Wilding, B. A. of Magdalen college, for his essay on the following subject:-"What are the causes that Christianity spread itself so much in the ages immediately succeeding the age of the Apostles, and so little since ?"

The subject of the poem for Mr. Seaton's prize for the present year, is, "Christ raising Jarius's daughter."

BIRTH.

Mrs. Thompson, wife of Benjamin Thompson, Esq. of Nottingham, of a daughter.

MARRIED,

Lord Montgomery, eldest son of the Earl of Eglingtoun, to Lady Mary Montgomery. By this union, large family estates will be reunited in one person. Captain Edward Brenton of the Royal Navy, to Miss Cox, daughter of the late General Thomas Cox. John Dick, Esq. Captain in the Royal Navy, to Miss Augusta Goodrich, second daughter of Bartlet Goodrich, Esq. of Saling Grove, in that county. Lately, at Lord Whitworth's Chapel in Paris, Lambton Este, Esq. to Miss Smyth, daughter of the late Sir Robert Smyth, Bart. At Lydeard St. Laurence, near Taunton, Sir John Lester, to Miss Russell. At St. James's Church, John Leach, Esq. to Miss Julia Rush, second daughter of Sir W. Beaumaurice Rush. On the 22d March, Edmund Turnor, Esq. to Miss D. Tucker, third daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Tucker.

DIED,

On the 7th April, at the age of 63, Benjamin Blaydes Thompson, Esq. of Hull and Eastdale in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for that Riding, and an alderman of Hull, for which place he had twice served the office of mayor. He enjoyed the highest esteem as a man, a merchant, and a magistrate, though his bad state of health had, for some years, made him less active in the last capacity than he had been during the former period of his life. He was a man of strong intelleg benevolent disposition, and scrupulous integrity; and passed through life justly respected and beloved by a very extensive circle of acquaintance. On Thursday evening, March 31, at her father's house in Great Marlborough-street, of a decline, Miss Siddons, eldest daughter of Mrs. Siddons,

of Drury-Lane Theatre. At her seat at Bounds, near Tunbridge Wells, in the 56th year of her age, the Dowager Countess of Darnley. In the 82d year of his age, the Hon. Everard Arundell, uncle to Lord Arundell, of Wardour, and Count of the Sacred Roman Empire. At his parsonage house in New Brentford, the Rev. John Randall, in the 62d year of his age, who had been Minister of that Chapel 25 years. Lately, in Montpelierplace, near the Black Rock, Dublin, James Sweetman, Esq. Barrister at Law; in attempting to draw the charge of his musket, it unfortunately went off, and the contents entering his breast, he instantly expired. Theophilus Davye Garencieres, Esq. apothecary, and one of the Aldermen of York. He was the last of the male line of one of the Chaplains to William the Conqueror, who came over with him to this kingdom. At Green, near Dornock Mr. George Wishart, aged 64. His father, Thomas Wishart, was 100 years old when George was born, and died at the age of 125.In Piccadilly, in the 74th year of his age, the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Hamil❤ ton, K. B. He had been ill about a fortnight. He retained his faculties to the last, and expired without a groan. At Burton-Pynsent, Somersetshire, in the 83d year of her age, the Right Hon. the Countess Dowager of Chatham, relict of the late great Lord Chatham, and mother to the present Earl, and the Right Hon. William Pitt. In Wimpole-street, Lady Frances Williams Wynn, in the 86th year of her age, relict of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. Lately, at his house, at Chiswick, the Hon. T. Walpole, in the 76th year of his age. At his seat at Twinsted Hall, near Sudbury as he was sitting in his chair, at the advanced age of 72, Sir James Marriott, many years Member for Sudbury, late Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 75th year of his age, in Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, Edward Leeds, Esq. one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery. At Hamburgh, on the 14th March, in the 79th year of his age, the celebrated Poet Klopstock, the author of the Messiah. Suddenly, as he was drinking his coffee in the evening, Mr. Samuel Bently, of Uttoxeter, aged 81; a gentleman well known by his many poetical productions. At Islington, William Young, Esq. Brewer; his death so deeply affected his father, John Young, Esq. of Clapham, that he survived him only three days. At Hammersmith, aged 61, Dr. George Young, Physician to his Majesty's Hospitals in the West Indies. At her seat, in Warwickshire, Lady Andover. Her Ladyship was in her 87th year, and had lived secluded from the society of all but her relations and most intimate friends, for the last twenty years. She has died immensely rich in landed and personal property; the latter is supposed to exceed 300,000l. In George-street, Hanover-square, aged 73, Mrs. Lowth, relict of the late Lord Bishop of London, only daughter and heiress of Lawrence Jackson, Esq. of Christchurch, in the county of Southampton. In the 55th year of his age, the Rev. Dr. Layard, Dean of Bristol. At Edinburgh, the Earl of Dumfries, in the 77th year of his age. At Holton Park, Oxfordshire, aged 24, the Hon. Mrs. Parker, wife of Colonel Parker, brother to the Earl of Macclesfield. At his house, near Reading, after a short illness, Admiral Sir Thomas Rich, Bart.