News in Brief
The Ernzide Freneh frigate arrived at the Cape of Good Hope about the 27th of Mlarch from the .Mauritius, and reported that a heavy gale had been experieniced there, and nine vessels lost. CAPE OF GooD HoanEj March 26.-The re prt of nine vessels being wrecked at the 3ikuritiusiserroneous; the lasses were at Bonbzopn, vand -pri3cipally coasters.. Thete are arrivals to-day from Corfii, with letters of the 7th ofSlay, but th-cy are destitute-of political interest. A vessel bad -ben engaged to carrv home the remains of Lord Byron, and may be soon expected.elobe endt Traveller. The lTMestjigriton, on the authority of news by the last packet, gives the following as a list of the ships left bv that packet at Rio Janeiro:-L'Eylan, 80 gunn; Le Trident, 74; La arZie Therese, 64; La JUagicienne, 44; La hetis, 44 ; La Medee,4 4; La Circe, 44; L'Armnide, 44; L'Astrea, 44; L'Esperance, 28; L'Echo, 28; La Diligence, 2'3; Le Cu irassier, 18; La Pacinc,18; L'Inconstalee, 18. A subscription for the Greeks has beeni commencedl at Calcutta, and up to the Orh of January, 18,764 slccarupees bad beca subscribed. A bronze statue of the late AIr. Pitt is about to be erect- ed in the centre of Hanover-square. Itis said that a gentlemsan moving in the higher circles, and possessingconsiderableproperty, has undertaken the singular task (for a wager of 500 guineas), to - beg his way from London to Edinburgh, and return with:in a month, engaging to save 1001. dur- ing his JoUrney: to ShTat Jn less than a fortnight. A circumstance almost amounting to a phenomenon oc- curred on Sundav afternoon in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. A thick fog, having the resemblance of a dense cloud, saread most suddenly over the country, and alpeared to travel at a inpid pace. Persons who were on trae different roads became alaTrmed, andmen, womeri, knd children were sten running towards their houses, with e-identsymptoms of fear in theircountenance. Coachmen,also,began to wish themselves safe at their journey's end.