suggested to our dignitaries the idea If ean-

 verting it into an instrument for reduc;ne

 the prisoner to obedience and accordiwg[

 ly the pipe was turned upon hims and piled pretty effectually, notwithstanding his en- deavours 10 evade it by skipping from one corfier of tho cell 10 the other.

 After some time spent in this novel mods of warfare, the besieged cried barley. and offered to capitulate, as he expressed it, on honorable terms ; but the authorities. conscious ofthe efficiency of ftheir new ally. the engine, rejected all terms, and insisted on surrender at discretion. This the bes sieged refused, and the engine was accor- dingly again restored to but the prisoner. ensconsing himselfin the corner of his cell most difficult to he reached by his 6ppo- nentsf stood water proof, till the besieeers desisted from active measures, and convgrs ted their siege into blockade. A party was appointed to watch the gaol all night, with the view of forcing the door in the morning; but about three o'clock, the pris< oner feeling somewhat uncomfortable in his wet clothes and his water cell, yolunta- rily removed the barricade and admitted the watch. It was then found that he had taken up the whole pavement-fags of his cell, and packed them behind the door, ey- idently with the purpose of effecting his oscape. The authorities point in triumph to this feat, as completely redeeming it from the charge of fecklessnesss'- Dsm< dee Advertiser.