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invested with the collar of the most illustrious order of St. Patrick, and received the sword of state from the earl Talbot.

His excellency afterwards repaired to the presence-chamber, and received the compliments of the nobility and other persons of distinction, upon his safe arrival, and taking upon him the government of Ireland,

ROBBERY OF THE SKIPTON AND BURNLEY MAIL POST.About half-past four o'clock in the morning, the horse-post, which conveys the letters ftom Burnley to Skipton, was stopped at a place called Snaygill, about three-quarters of a mile from Skipton, on the Burnley-road, by two men. One seized the horse's bridle, the other struck the rider some tremendous blows. with a bludgeon over the arms, which disabled him from holding the horse, or making any resist ance. They also struck him over the head, which stunned and much injured him, but did not succeed in dismounting him. They tore the left side of his coat quite down, and took from his left pocket a parcel, containing 180. in one guinea notes, and 220 one pound ditto, all of the Craven bank, and about 51. value in bank stamps. They attempted to seize the mail bags, and had cut three straps, but did not succeed in obtaining them, as the horse, by some means, escaped from them, and, with his rider, returned back to the Skipton post-office.

NEW SOUTH WALES.-The following narrative is taken from a Sydney newspaper lately received:

Just as captain Raine was on the eve of leaving Valparaiso for this part of the world once more,

he was informed of a most marvellous affair relating to an American whaler, that had been attacked by a whale at sea, in so violent a manner as to cause the vessel to founder, and most of the crew eventually to perish. Three of them, it was said, were on Ducie's island, having chosen to remain there rather than venture across the ocean in a boat, to which the crew had been compelled to fly from the ship. The boat, to which these three men belonged, had been picked up by an American whaler, about 60 days after the melancholy occurrence. Another boat, in which was the captain and the remainder of the crew, soon parted company, and were also fallen in with by another whaler of America, which vessel was the bearer of the intelligence to Valparaiso; and the horrible account given by the two survivors in this boat was truly deplorable and shuddering. They had been 90 days at sea before they were fallen in with, and had experienced the most dreadful of all human vicissitudes: from the extremity of hunger, they had been reduced to the painful necessity of killing and devouring each other, in order to sustain a wretched life. Eight times had lots been drawn, and eight human beings had been sacrificed, to afford sustenance to those that remained; and, on the day the ship encountered them, the captain and the boy had also drawn lots, and it had been thus determined that the poor boy should die. It is asserted as a fact by captain Raine, that the fingers and other fragments of their deceased companions were in the pockets of the captain and boy when taken on board the whaler.

Having become acquainted with those painful circumstances, he humanely determined to call at Ducie's island, and be instrumental in restoring three unfortunate fellow-creatures to society, particularly as this island was no great distance out of his tract from Valparaiso to New Holland. On Thursday, the 5th of April, captain Raine, considering himself within a very short distance of Ducie's island, which is laid down in Norie's Epitome to be in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. S., and long. 124 deg. 37 min. W., kept a good look-out. At about 2 p. m. land was perceived, which turned out to be an island in lat. 24 deg. 26 min. As the vessel neared the land, a gun was discharged, and shortly after the three poor men were seen to issue forth from the woods. The boats were presently lowered, captain Raine taking one himself. On approaching the shore, it was found not only dangerous, but utterly impracticable, to land, of which circumstance they were informed, in weak and tremulous voices, by the almost starved and nearly worn-out creatures themselves, who could scarcely, from the miserable plight they were in, articulate a syllable. One poor fellow summoned up courage to plunge into the waves, and with great difficulty reached the boat: he said one of the others only could swim. After warily backing in the boat as near the rocks as possible, amidst a heavy surf, they succeeded in getting on board, much bruised and lacerated by repeated falls; which object was no sooner effected, than each devoutly expressed his gratitude to that benign Being, who had so wonderfully preserved them from

sharing in the destruction to which their unhappy shipmates had fallen victims. These men are now with captain Raine, and declare their names to be Thomas Chappel, William Wright, and Seth Weeks; and the following is the account they gave of what had befallen them:-They sailed from Nantucket in the American ship Essex, of two hundred and sixty tons, G. Pollard, master, on the 19th of August, 1819, on a whaling voyage; they arrived in the South Seas, where they were pretty fortunate, having succeeded in procuring 750 barrels of oil, and were in the latitude of 47 deg. south, and long. 118 west, when the accident happened, which was on the 13th of November, 1820. On that day they were among whales, and the three boats were lowered down: the mate's boat was stoved, and had returned to the ship to be repaired. Shortly after, a whale of the largest class struck the ship, and knocked part of the false keel off, just abreast of the main channels. The animal then remained for some time along-side, endeavouring to clasp the ship with her jaws, but could not accomplish it; she then turned, went round the stern, and came up on the other side, and went away a-head about a quarter of a mile, and then suddenly turning, came at the ship with tremendous velocity, head on. The vessel was going at the rate of five knots, but such was the force when she struck the ship, which was under the cat-head, that the vessel had stern-way, at the rate of three or four knots; the consequence was, that the sea rushed into the cabinwindows, every man on deck was knocked down, and worse than

all, the bows were stove completely in, and in a very few minutes the vessel filled, and went on her beam-ends. At this unhappy juncture, the captain and second mate were fast to a whale each; but on beholding the awful catastrophe that had taken place, immediately cut from the fish, and made for the ship. By cut ting away the masts, the vessel righted; the upper deck was then scuttled, and some water and bread were prepared for the two boats, in which the crew were compelled to remain, as all thoughts of saving the ship were given up. In expectation of falling in with some vessel, they re mained three days by the wreck, &c. but were compelled at length to abandon it, and stood away to the southward, in hopes of getting the variable winds and experiencing fine weather; but the wind being constantly from the east and east south-east, they

made much lee-way, and were prevented from keeping to the southward; in consequence of which, on the 20th of December, they made the island from which captain Raine took them, and which was supposed to be Ducie's Island, at which place the boats remained one week; but the island affording hardly any nourishment, in fact exhibiting nothing but sterility, they resolved to endeavour to reach the coast, leaving behind them the three men who were rescued by captain Raine.

FRANCE. The population of the 86 departments, of which the kingdom of France, according to the treaties of 1814 and 1815, now consists, amounted, in the year 1820, to 30,407,907 individuals. In the year 1819, there were 990,023 births, and 786,338 deaths; making an excess of births amounting to 203,685.

RAIN. The following is an account of the quantities of rain which have fallen in each month, in the years 1820 and 1821, as observed in the parish of St. Thomas's, near Exeter :

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APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE.

Berkshire..

SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1821.

Bedfordshire ...... John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick, Esq.
The hon. Frederick West, of Culham.
Buckinghamshire ..Charles Scott Murray, of Hambleden-house, esq.
Camb. and Hunt.....John Pasheller, of Godmanchester, esq.

Cheshire

Cumberland..

Cornwall

Derbyshire

Devonshire

Dorsetshire

Essex

Glocestershire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Kent..

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Thomas Wilson, of Llandican, esq.

..John Marshal, of Hallstead, esq.
Richard Vyvyan, of Trewan, esq.
Sir George Crewe, of Caulke-abbey, bart.
Sir John Davie, of Creedy, bart.

John White, of Up. Cerne, esq.

Robert Westley Hall, the younger, of Great Illford, esq.
William Miller, of Ozleworth, esq.

.John Biddulph, of Ledbury, esq.

Joseph Timperon, of New Barnes, esq.

Sir John Shelley Sydney, of Penshurst-castle, bart.

Leicestershire George Moore, of Appleby, esq.

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Sir Richard Sutton, of Sudbrook, bart.

Charles Morgan, of Tredegar, esq.

Sir Jacob Astley, of Melton-constable, bart.
Northamptonshire ..T. Philip Maunsell, of Thorpe Malsor, esq.
Northumberland..
....Addison J. Creswell Baker, of Creswell, esq.
Nottinghamshire ..Postponed.

Oxfordshire..... Charles Peers, of Chiselhampton, esq.

Rutlandshire

William Lawrence, of Preston, esq.

Shropshire .....
........ Richard Heber, of Hodnett, esq.
Somersetshire William Hanning, of Dillington, esq.
Staffordshire... ..Francis Eld, of Seighford, esq.

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...Thomas Deane Shute, of Burton-house, esq.
Philip Bennett, of Bury St. Edmunds, esq.
.John Spicer, of Esher-place, esq.
..Richard Hasler, of Bognor, esq.
Postponed.

Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, esq.

Worcestershire Elias Isaac, of Boughton, esq.

Yorkshire

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Sir William Ingilby, of Ripley, bart.

SOUTH WALES.

Carmarthenshire.... Walter Rice Howell Powell, of Maesgyn, esq.
Pembrokeshire......Joseph Harris, of Llanun was, esq.
Cardiganshire ... John Vaughan Lloyd, of Briring, esq.
Glamorganshire William Forman, of Penydarran, esq.
Edward Jones, of Battle-end, esq.
Robert Peel, of Cwmelan, esq.

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Merionethshire......John Mytton, of Plas y Dinas, esq.
Carnarvonshire ....Joseph Huddart, of Brynker, esq.
Angleseyshire....
....James Webster, of Derry, esq.
Montgomeryshire ..Valentine Vickers, of Criggion, esq.
Denbighshire ....... John Madocks, of Vroni, esq.
Flintshire ......John Douglas, of Gyrne, esq.

BIRTHS.

JANUARY.

2. THE MARCHIONESS of BLANDFORD, a daughter.

6. At Harrington-house, the duchess of Leinster, a son.

15. In Brook-street, viscountess Curzon, a son and heir.

At Hatton-house, Middlesex, the wife of captain Langslow (Bengal Establishment), of a daughter, her fifth child. The eldest was born in Africa, the second in Asia, the third in North America. At Upton-house, Old Alresford, the lady of the hon. colonel Onslow, a son. 21. At Ember-court, Surrey, the lady of sir Charles Sullivan, bart. a daughter. 26. At Bishop's-court, Devon, lady Graves, a son.

29. At Knockdrin (Westmeath), lady Levinge, a son.

31. At Westport-house, Ireland, marchioness of Sligo, a son.

At Holme-wood, Hunts, lady Elizabeth Wells, a daughter.

Lately. At South-town, Dartmouth, the wife of W. Newman, jun esq. three daughters.

Lady John Campbell, a son, heir presumptive to the house of Argyll.

FEBRUARY.

1. At her father's, lieut.-gen. sir John Macleod, in St. James's-park, lady Gardiner, a daughter. 2. In Highbury-place, Mrs. John Morgan, a son.

3. At Westover-house, Isle of Wight, the lady of sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, bart. M. P. a daughter. The wife of G. B. Robinson, esq. of Burton-cresent, a daughter.

5. The lady of hon. Thomas Stapleton, eldest son of lord Le Despencer, a son and heir.

15. At Albury-park, lady Harriet Drummond, a son.

16. At 55, Welbeck-street, lady

Lillie, a son.

20. In Crawford-street, the wife of Alexander M'Innes, esq. of the second regiment of life-guards, a daughter.

21. In Berkeley-square, lady Harriet Paget, a daughter.

28. The lady of sir Compton Domville, bart. M. P. a son.

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5. Lady Theodosia Spring Rice, a son. 6. At Harrow, the lady of the rev. Dr. Butler, a daughter.

In Charles-street, Berkeley-square, lady Jane Neville, a daughter.

8. At Teignmouth, the lady of sir Edwin Francis Stanhope, bart. a son.

20. At Norwich, the lady of captain Campbell, of the 9th lancers, a son.

21. In Burton-crescent, the lady of sir James C. Anderson, bart. a daughter. 27. The lady of major-general Birch Reynardson, a daughter.

28. The lady of capt. Chalmer, R. A.

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7. At Chiswick, the lady of Henry F. C. Cavendish, esq. a son.

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