Three of the state prisoners who recently escaped from St.
Pelagie, at Paris, arrived at Brighton last Sunday, in a French fishing-boat, having put to sea at Fecamp. The master of the boat, by way of doing a double stroke of business, brought over some brandy at the same time ; and the consequence was the seizure of his boat by the Revenue- officers.—Brighton Gazette.
An unusual number of thieves arrived in Brighton last week, to attend the Races. On Saturday, the plate of Dr. Keating, of the Old Steyne, was stolen ; but the Police were so vigilant that it was recovered the same evening, it being traced to the Blue Coach-office, where the thieves had booked it to be despatched by the mail to Lon- don.—Brighton Guardian.
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A large piece of the cliff; called East Hill, near Hastings, gave wiw on the morning of the 14th instant, and fell on the beach. A small building, used by fishermen for repairing their nets, and called the " House of Commons." was built on the part of the cliff which gave way, and of course fell with it. A large piece of rock broke through the roof of a dwelling on the beach, and forced a bed, in which a woman was siceP;ngt through the floor : the woman was so much bruised that she is not likely to live long.
The young grouse are represented as well-grown and strong on the wing, with but few (helpers among them. On the moors, where the free traders range, they el e scarce ; but in the preserves, very plentiful, but parked—that is, from fifty to one hundred birds in a lot. This they are said to do in a continued dry or wet season ; on a change of weather they separate again.— Westmoreland Gazette.
Ibrahim Ishmael, one of the Egyptians sent to this country by the Paella of Egypt, to be instructed in the pottery manufacture, com- mitted suicide last week, near Burslem, Staffordshire, because the agent of the Podia refused his consent to the young man's marriage to a woman to whom he was attached.
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