HARWICH, Aug. 22.-The mas...
IlAitvtWitc, Aug. '2-.-The Inaster of a vessel that arrived here froml sea on Thursday last, reportedr havinig seen an extraordi. nary phenonenon, whichi he described Ls a body of fire approaching them trom the westward, an(i movi ug in thne atnmisphere with a steady pare, cleaving the liquid air : it gradually inicreased in size, until suddtenly its disappearance in the neean Icft him and tis crew in total amazenient and conjecture tls to what it could be. and which was sot a little exaFzgerated by theC impression of tiar. The wonder was soon elucidaten when, upon comparing notes asto the time, di,- tance, altittde, andi direction, it turned oitt to be a balloon upon illontgolfie 's principle, wlich the proprietors of the re.ding-rorm had, withi other fire-wo,lks, been atiusing the visiters to the townI that evcning.-Rpry Gazette. I TH E x ii)N.~ r Cit it.sx-X ( are sorrv to fino that the jouric.y of Rogers has been insuccesftiul. The -oar fe!ow has ad- diessed a letter to Sir David Scott. vho so kindly interested lhimself in his behalf while at Brijhton, of whiici the flilowing is an extract (it is tiatel Dover, Aug. 24, 1821): -" I have been anti am at D9- vet, at(I have found by a letter received thij morning from (t alais. thlat the womiatu Charlntre Shaw has betti a: (alais, anti has wurked at a pottery there; atrd re etiharke(d for EjSiglan at ( bla y h\ the Spi/irc Fteam -packet on the 7th of A ugus t. She l4ad a gatherineon boa il to thie altiount of nearly 5I. fronn the passengers. lihe Spitfile till arrive agaitn to-day at Dover, when I shall tain further intiorm; a- tion. Tlin n*oinan treated3 the childt so innht manly at Calais, that ttic French police took tier into cnstody, btrt atterwvaris dischargedA her. Ihave to thankl you for yot u kintltrcss, and shall feel very patic ti- arly obliged f you ill be good ellongit to continue your cxertiona in my favou-.".-Righnloni Ca-Iinr. DaF Aet. Accit)EnNrT.-O 01 th3e road hetween Bridge- end and Ilantwit Major. a boy fourteenl years old, in the employ of a farmer, 'vas lately returning 3iriviog a Spirited mare in a cart. On deseending a steep crag2y hill (hlie flies tormenting the animal). she began kictiug violent y, and set otf at ftill speed; the boy lost his seat, and thc knee patt of his haercher became entangletl in thle breech.band, arid he hting teitil his head touchiing thie gromud, hur- ricl forward by the utmost speed of the animal, kicking at him with all the viciotnuness possible. 'I'he poor feilow was dragged in that matirner for a quarter of ia tmue, until the part of his g.rrnent by whichl ie wat attached gave way, and he dtopped apparently liteless. Mr. Thomifs, of Wallece, cauise up: and a taint respiration de- noting thttt life tvas tnot extinct, itnduicetl itim to sendI for s urgical aid, which in haltf an hour arrived. The head of tie poor lad exhibited a shocking spectacle-tlhe scalp frotim the back part to the temples and forehead, witt the arteries and muscles lacerated and detached from the skull, hung in one piece over ltis tare, the pericraniltm toni- pletely eround off bv the friction of the wherl, a tissure extending through the right parietal bone. The parts were well cleansed, anid restored to their natural situations. a, ivell as ctrcurmstances woultl allow, but with saircely a hope of his sirviving, in conseqnence ol the violent roncussion tlic brain hail utilergone, comnbined with ex- ternal injury. He retimained four thsyt alternately in a state of deli. rium aind stuper, gwealhowing cold gruel and water; ott the Ath he slept, anth bec4me sensible, aiid thie wounid.i lhiecharg-d ropiouslr on the 8th he teas so far better as to be removedI to his home, whith every chance of his doing well. His recovery may be attributed no incredible qinatities of bloodI talten frotn the head sind arm, two ok three times evety twenty-four honurh,itp to thc fifit dav, so as to pro- duce a tempolary suspenision ot the circulation. On ITuesday se'ninigblt, a youtig getticinan, about sfvCen years of nge, son of a baronet in this ncighbourhood, accidentallt fell into a tdeep pond, and Bunkl to the bottom. Fortunately, bnis hat was seen fioating by a man at work near the place, who Instantly pilutiged in, and drew the child to the shore. where, bv timely appli- catioII of the proper remedies, he BoOr. exhibited sigos of Hife, and is now recovered.-Tauntion Joural.