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• I W REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 21. HODGSON V. THENTIMIAN. Mr. SCARLET? said this was an action by Messrs. Hodgson and Company, to recover damages against the defendant for fraudulently using their mark on beer casks sent to India. This conduct was, no doubt, very fraudulent; but the defendant, at a late hour, had ac knowledged that he had done wrong, and consented to submit to a verdict. Under these circumstances, the plaintiffs did not wish to press for heavy damages, but had agreed to take a verdict for 40s. to which the COMmos-SERJEANT,who was not present,was instructed to consent.—Verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 495. FULLER AND CI. V SMITH AND RAESTAN. This was an action for money had and received. The plaintiffs were the bankers of a Mr. Norman, and the defendants, who are bill-brokers, were ap plied to by a p e rson named Simpson, who has since le ft the country, to get Mr. Normans acceptance for 2701. discounteJ, and the defendants in the way of their business went to the plaintiffs and got the-bill discounted. The bill upon being presented for payment turned out to he a forgery. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendants, con tended that as they did not put their name on the bill, they were not liable under any circumstances; but as they had handed over the money to Simpson, they could not in this case particularly be held to be liable. The Learned Counsel then called the defendants' clerk to prove the payment of the money to Simpson; but from his evidence it would appear that the money was paid-in the course of a general account. Mr. SCALSLETT, for the plaintiffs, contended that in either case the defendants having negociated as a bill of eichange a document which was not in fact a bill of ex change, they were in law liable. His LORDSWP agreed in opinion with Mr. Searle t, and directed the Ju:y to find fir the plaintiff,; but he at the same time wilted the Jury to say whether the de fendants had paid over the mOney to Simpson ? The dory then fouad this verdict—" We find for the plaintiffs damages 2701. but we are not satisfied respect the payment of the money to Simpson." SIR RICGARD SUTTON U. TUE BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr. SCAR Ll= stated the plaintiff's case. Sir Richard Sutton inherited la-ge property from the late Mar: chioness of Bath. He had inherited in the funds about 300,0001. and had employed much of this property in the pu►chase of lands. In transferring stock for trig purpose, he had employed Mr. Alexander Macdougall, as his Attorney, who was one of the oldest and most respectable of the profession in London, and who had transferred stock for Sir Richard to the amount of 4 200,0001. In October last Sir Richard purchased land in Norfolk, and sent a Power of Attorney to Mr. Mac dougall to transfer 60,0001. in order to pay for this pro perty, the sum required being 20,000/. The delay from the time taken by the Bank of England in verifying this Power of Attorney, was the ground of the present ac tion. By this delay a lois of upwards of 2001. was sus tained, besides brokerage. This loss, he submitted, the 13ank must be Habit for. Some delay to verify powers was righ., but there must be some limit to it. In this case the Attorney was well known, and proof was offered of the must conclusive kind, of the authenticity of the powers. The plaintiff was, no doubt, rich, but he was Lo: therefore to be liable for a loss thus occasioned. Benjamin Boyd, a stock-broker, was employed in selling out stuck for Sir Richard Sutton. I received the lower of Attorney on the 20th of October ; on the same <fay sold 23,1001. at 831. The usual practice is to lodge the power in the Power of Attorney Office on one day, and receive it verified the next. When I went to make the transfer, I found the power was not come for ward ; 1 went to Mr. Nesbitt, Inspector of Powers ; I had di opt the power in the box in the usual way. Mr. Nesbitt said that the power exceeding 20,0001. must be inspected by the Directicrs, but that he had looked at it, and had no doubt it was correct. At a later hour I inquired, and found that it was not come; Mr. Mac deugall was with me. A third time we were told it was under Mr.'Kay's inspection, and that if Mr. [Macdou gall would indemnify, it would pass; Mr. Macdougall assented. We went to the office of Mr. Dawes, who. said the power was under consideration in the Bank parlour, and be could give no further answer. We went to him a second time, when Mr. Macdougall stated that the money was required that day to pay for an estate, and said he would hold the Bank responsible. Mr. Dawes said he believed it was owing to some difference between the signature of that and a former power. Mr. Macdougall said he would bring ample proof of the sig nature, and of his having acted upon it before. !kir. Dawes said he could give no further answer ; I bought back tke stock at the same price; I called every day flom the 21st to the 25 t h o f O c tober, when M. Nes bitt said the power was passed. On Wednesday, the 29th, I sold out the stock again; on the 25th 1 had sent to Mr. Macdougall, but he was out of town. Satur day, 25th, and Monday, 27th, were private trans fer days, and Tuesday was a holiday ; I sold, at 821. t` , 6,3051. 12s. 6J. On the sum sold the first day this made a difference of 2901. 115.61 On Saturday the dif ference at the highest price would have been 891. 16s. at the lowest, 1491. 141. The charge fur brokerage was 29/. 18s. lid. on the first sale. Oa Monday, 27th, the eitrerence would have been the same as Wednesday, 29th. Cross-examined by Mr. ArrottNEY•GENERAL.—The highest pr;ce on Friday was 85i. (The witness was pressed whether it had not been 831, and his minutes scocre[y inquired into). The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (handing the list).—That is Whittinghall's list ; look there if the highest price was not S3l, and the lowest 83i ? Witness highest on Friday the 24th is tiki,,,.the lowest 63-1. (His Lordship laughed heartily at this result, and some applause was expressed by the spectators.) Alexander Mac,Toogall.—(This witness substantially confirmed the tetiniony of the former). -1 stated to Mr. Dam es that it w:: nezeisq.y fur me to leave town with the money' on the 21st._ I communicated to Mr. Nesbitt • and to Mr. DAWCS that indemnify to any :t mount. I offered to produce letters and checks drawn by Si' Richard, and to produce his bankers, Sir W. Ciirti, and Messrs. PraeJ. It was a great inconvenience 'kw to have got the money. Cross-examined by Mr. Gun:sm.—Sir Richard Sut tot.'s address was given. 1 did not suggest writing . to Sir Itichar d, but said it might be right for the Gover nors to make it a general rule to receive powers by post. Re-esa uined.—l knew Mr. Kay upwards of 40 years. Mr. Arroanwt-Gnittiltnt. addre4ed the Jury for the 13. ink. If prices had risen, the difference would have strund its way iutti Sir Richard's pockets. The Lose Caner Jurrica.—No &slat ; and so k ought. Arrtiotaar-thiniaau.—fie Governors Were trustees for .21.; 1' cblic. The Lola Come JUSTICL—NO, they are not. The ATTORNRY-GENERAL meant for the proprietors, a large proportion of the monied public. Great Caution was necessary in pa , sing a Power of Attorney for so large a sum as 60,0001. He would produce ,former powers, and submit the - signatures to them, that they might judge whether there was reasonable ground of doubt. They wrote immediately to Sir Richard .Button, to Norwood Park, in Nottinghanishire,and to Sidbroke, in Lincolnshire; the answer could not be received ,till Friday morning, and on Friday the power was passed. The Bank passed 40,000 powers in the year, and on an average 800 a-week. For every error, their constituents suffered. The difference might be much greater, and .on larer .turns. It was the first instance of such an action. William D.twes.—l am Chief Accountant to the Bank. I compared the signatures, and to me there ap peared a material dissimilatity. 1 submitted it to the Governor.—The two powers were put in. Witness—l wrote to Nottinghamshire, by desire of the Governor, and to Sidbroke. I received an answer on the 14th. (It was, i"r:ie signature is quite correct, at least it ‘% a; wi itten with my hand.") Tile letter was received, I should presume, between eleven and twelie in the morning. I passed the power after I had shewn the letter to the Governor. Mr. SCA R LETT—I object-- The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—AD, certainly, you have a right. Individuals might have put up with losses ra ther than bring actions against so powerful a body. Mr. Kay, Solicitor for the Bank for thirty-six years. —Mr. Macdougall said to me, " If there were any doubts of the signature, they had better write to Sir Richard Sutton ; an answer might be received of Fri day." I said, "It a satisfactory answer is received, you may make the transfer on that day." 11. acquiesced in my observation that the sum was too large for any indi viduars indemnity. I suggested that the witnesses resid ing in the country,wecould not communicate with them. Mr. Nesbitt, Inspector of Powers for 47 years, passed this power in the first instance. • Cross-examined—lf I see an objection, I do not send it up. I made no objection to this power. Mr. Scaftterr replied in a powerful speech, and The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up. The ques tions for the Jury were, was there reasonable ground of doubting the sand-writing? and if there was, was rea sonable diligence used to remove that doubt before three o'clock, in order to let the transfer he made on that day? It was a singular circumstance that one of the witnesses, Mr, Chaplin, was witness to the former power. The plaintiff was clearly entitled to their verdict. The next question was, the amount of damages. The Jury found for the plaintiff:—llifference, 209!. 1 Is. Gd. brokerage, 29/. 18s. 11 d. GIBBON IN CARLTON AND OTHERS. This was an action against John William Carlton, as the printer, Henry Staniforth, as the publisher, and Jonathan Duncan, as the proprietor of The British Press, for a libel. The plaintiff was surviving owner of the ship Minerva, which, in 1822, took out passengers to Van Dieman's Land. On the 6th of August, 1823, the article in question appeared in The British Press. It purported to be an extr.fct of a letter from a person in Van Dieman's Land, who had gonctiout in the Minerva, and contained grievous complaints of circumstances which were " a stigma on the character of the Captain and the owners," but which the author professed to bring forward" not from any motives of malice, but merely,that by their publicity others might be deterred from acting a similar part." The writer asserted " that the Minerva was ill found in every comfort of life, considering the length of the voyage ; that the stock of fresh meat was exceedingly insufficient for the passengers ; that great inconvenience was sustained by the Captain touching at no port after St. Jago, which touching at Rio Janeiro, or the Cape of Good Hope, would have prevented; that the steward behaved extremely ill to the passengers, espe cially the ladies; that one young man, in an ill state of health, was maltreated by the passengers, in the presence of the Captain, and that water was poured on him when he complained ; and that the Chief Mate, named Reid, who was most competent to his duty, was dismissed." The article, which did not name either the Captain or the Owner, contained also many details respecting the Colony, which had no relation to the matter of charge. —The defendant, Carlton, pleaded merely the general issue ; the other defendants, in addition to that plea, also pleaded that the matters in the alleged libel were true. Mr. SCARLET? stated the case on behalf of the plain. tiff, expressing his confidence that the defendants, who had justified, would be quite unable to establish their pleas, and arguing that, by asserting the truth of the libel, they had deprived themselves of that excuse which they might otherwise have relied on—that they inad vertently inserted it in their journal. The defendants were proved to be connected with The British Press, as printer, publisher, and proprietor, by the affidavit filed in the Stamp-office. The Captain of the vessel, named Bell, was then called, who stated that the ship had had proper store of provisions on board ; that no complaint Was made by any of the passengers, except one of the name of Brown, whom the Captain had refused to allow to take out machinery, which would have subjected the ship to forfeiture—that it would have been expensive to touch at Rio Janeiro, and also dangerous, on account of the unsettled state of the country ; a.ld that it was not usual to call at the Cape of Good Hope at that season—that he never heard the steward use improper language to the passengers, nor ever saw any act of cruelty committed. It was sug gested, in his cross-examination by Mr. Baotrott A m, that an application had been made on the part of the defend. ant to postpone the trial on account of the absence of witnesses, and that the Judges before whom it was heard refused to do so unless the plaintiff would consent,which he declined; and, from the answer, this appeared to be probably the case. Mr. Thomas Motley, tide-surveyor of the Customs at Plymouth, proved that he examined the ship, and found iher laden with sufficient .salt provisions and water, and that he received no complaints from the passengers. Mr. Samuel ‘Vyatt Garrett, who supplied the provi sions, gave evidence to a similar effect. Ml.l3nouctiam addressed the Jury for the defend ants. He complained that the plaintiff had, by his re fusal to consent to a postponement of the trial, deprived them of the opportunity of proving the truth of the charges, or bringing that which was the essence of the cause fairly to issue. Here the Captain, who was far more implicated in the accusations than the plaintiffs, was really the only witness, although it appeared there were two sailors who might have been called to con firm him, and he had given his evidence in the most cautious and general terms. The complaint was, not that there was an insufficient quantity of salt provisions on board, but too stnall a proportion of fresh meat, and, therefore, it was not met by the es ideuce of ti:e two re cctable witnesses from Plymouth. Was it not mani fest, that by calling at St. Jago, which was not above three weeks' voyage from home, the necessity of touching at a port in the middle of the voyage was not superseded . ; and the omission to do so was a great evil, of which the passengers had a right to complain? If the Jury looked at the whole article, they would see that it was destitute of anything like malice ; it was just general enough to avoid wounding the feelings of any individual, an d spec i t i c enough to allow opportunity tor inquiry into its truth ; and was obviously written bona Ale, to warn others disposed to emigrate, from ex osing themselves t o those- evils which the author had suffered. If a man felt that he ought to make known an evil, as an error in a chart, for example, by which nieii's lives might be put in jeopardy, he could not he: torsi the duty which he owed to otheis without having his witne - ws ready for six years to establish the facts, and it die party whom he accused had the power to bi his case to trial in the absence of those witnesses, nu man could venture to disclose the results of his own exi c ithice tor die benefit of bthers. The Lotto Chtice JUSTICE said, that before any man published a libel on another, it behoved him to know • that he had his evidence ready to prove its troth. In his judgment the plaintiff was not boon l to consent to a postponement of the trial, until the defendants had procured some one or more witnesses from any part of the world, whom they could not specify ; nor were Judges justified in postponing trials, unless there was a fair rea-,on to expect the. art ival of a witness whom the defendant wished to examine. 'Flee Jury consulted for a few minutes, after which the Furemaa said they found for the plaintiff, damages 1501. lie was stopped by a Juror behind, who said they were not agreed, and the consultation was resumed. He turned soon again to give the verdict, and was a second time corrected by the Jury as premature, on which there was laughter. In a few minutes, however, he announced that they had really agreed, and delivered the same verdict as he had mentioned at hest—for the plaintiff, damages 1501. Collo.‘Ell'S l.\ QUEST: Monday seennight an Inquest was held at Birtle* near Chester-le-Street, by Mr. Hall, Coroner, on the body of Henry Curry, pitman, who was killed early the preceding morning at that place, by another pitman, named Thomas Atkinson. The following is a report of the evidence adduced : Ralph Watson, constable of Birtley, deposed, that on Saturday night he was sent for to keep the peace at George Hepple's public-house—he found several per sons there drinking, amongst them I len:y Curry and Thomas Atkinson. The deceased and Atkinson quar relled about the reckoning—Atkinson shoved the de ceased, who got hold of a poker, when the witness and others interfered, and the poker was laid down, and they became quiet. The landlord wished Atkinson to leave the house, who refused, and he was put out by force. All the people then left the house. As Atkinson was being forced out, he swore he would have murder, and as soon as he was at the door, struck the landlord.— Witness interfered, and Atkinson strdck him many times, saying he would murder him (witness). The landlord and witness then escaped inter the house, and bolted the door ; Atkinson tried to get in, but finding he could not, he broke the windows, and witness heard him swear he would murder the before he left the spot. Wit ness heard Atkinson run round the house to the back door, when witness went to secure it. Atkinson struck the door, and witness heard him say—" Harry, you got the poker up to me ;" the deceased (H. Curry) answered, the witness cook] not tell what. Witness then heard a blow; and a person fall. Witness heard Atkinson again in the front of the house, and went out with the land lord to take him ; the landlord seized him, and, after a-' short struggle, both fell. Witness separated them, and Atkinson swore he would rip witness up; witness fear ing he had something in his hand, stepped back, and Bed to the back of the house, where he saw a person lying on the ground, who proved to be Harry Curry, the deceased. Witness desired the door to be opened, as a man was lyinidying at the door. He called upon Thomas Fenwick, a person in the house, to assist in taking Curry into the house; he was bleeding at the nose and mouth, and appeared ill. Witness held de ceased upon his knee until four o'clock, when he cried, which was about three-quarters of air hour from the time he was found. Atkinson got in at the window be fore Curry died, and witness heard him say he did not know whether he struck the dZ.ceaed with a deal boird or a hedge-stick. George Hepple, of Birtley, publican, confirmed the evidence of the preceding witness ; he st:tted that At kinson did not appear to witness to be in liquor when he came to the house, but he and the two Currys had ten or eleven pints of ale while they stopped. John Wolfe andjames Nelson, surgeons, of Chester le-Street, said they had examined the body of Henry Curry—found no external wounds of any consequence —on opening the head, found a - fracture on the right side, extending inches along the temporal bone, and within the covering of the brain some ounces of con gealed blood. The fracture could be occasioned either by the blow of a blunt instrument or by a fall; they had no doubt the fracture and congealed blood t‘ere the cause of his death. Upon the two pieces of wood being shewat to them, they said either of them would cause such a fracture. Richard Curry, brother of the deceased, said that he was sent for to ilepple's house, in consequence of the death of his brother Henry—when at Birtley he saw Atkinson, and asked him whether it was with the deal or the post be had killed his brother Henry; Atkinson said he could not tell. Andrew Carr, of Birtley, pitman, corroborated the former evidence, and said he heard Atkinson say, after he got in by the wimlow, " that he was the man who had murdered Curry." SJme other witnesses gave similar testimony. After the evidence had been sum med up, the Jury immedia'ely returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Thomas Atkinson, who has been committed to Durham jail, to take his tiial. A Gentleman in Condom has received a letter from a friend at Naples, dated slay 6, 1825, from which the following is . an extract:—" I must turn your attention to the following_sc.y. tain Kranshair, of the 4th Regiment of the Line, in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of ,‘USTILIA, aged 44 years has been bald ever since the age of 18. ILe was recommended to try Itowtsom's MACA On, by a Gentleman who bad already cape rienced its good effects. Ile bought some of me of the last I re ceived front England, and persevered in applying it. In less than two months his hair grew on the bald parts, and is now very thick. The Captain is highly pleased, and has spread its fame. • I assure you the demand for that article is very great. I must beg of you to send me a supply without loss of time."—The above extract is another corroboration additional to a hundred others, of the lurid, iible properties which.Rolviand's AlacaSsar Oil posksses in regene rating the Hair. The particulars of this astonishing fact may be fully known by application to the Proprietots;:lo, 11attontarclen. BOW-STRE.:ET-THIS DAY. ROBBERIES AT COVENT GARDEN TIIEATRE. Dennie Itl•Carthv, a fellow belonging to a niost daring gang of thieves, who infest the Theatres, and who have hid defiance to the officers for a leng th of time,was brought lip custody by Donald son and a broter officer, charged with ..tternpting to commit a felony at the front entrance to th- Tht.,tre, at a quarter pact twelve o'clock List night. officers described him one of the most daring and active of the gang, and accounted for hi- co long evading them by saying that he possessed more bin ordinary agility iu passing under tile c.ariages. Several perso.is have lately been plundert.d nit, the stairs, and at the viand:cog to Ow Tileattc, and the pri, orer has been present oil those occ:isions, I:%t could nut be caulht, though the officers vvere on the alert for hon. Chc pri‘u,s co. s tulle committed, and on leaving the bar, slid A - your eyea, you u!d 1) maldson, VII have it out of you." LONDON MECHANICS' There was 1 tst night a very numerous meeting of the Members of this Societ V•, to hear the first of a Course of Lectures, which are to he given on Chemistry. The Lecturer is Mr. R. Phillips, and we believe he never had a more delighted or more attentive audience. Not a murmu r NV a i heard through the whole lecture, and loud clapping of hands at the conclusion of various interesting experiments, and at the termination of the discourse, must have convinced him that his heareis understood and appreciated his instruction. The sight of eight or nine hundred attificers thus collecting, atter their daily toils are over, to listen to the voice of science, is something new in this metropolis, and marks a n e►a in the history of its population that future historians will dwell on with ptide. The change which is indicated in the manners of our people, by their hastening in the evening to attend scientific lectures, must be pregnant with great future improve. ment. Some portion, perhaps, of the good behaviour of the people might ari,e from the nature of the lec ture, which was clearly delivered, and made interesting from beginning to end. No merous osveriments, which were well performed, while they Soicidazed the princi ples of the science, materially contributed to the pleasure evidently felt by the audience. SPORTING IN7'ELLIGENCE BETTING AT NEWMARKET, APRIL 20. The I heath exhibited as great a slicw of Nobility and other dis tinguished character; on the Turf, as well as general speculators, old and yoiing, in the marker, and all others, as on yesterday. The weather was mart propit:os, a . :d if the Catendar did not product so many stakes to lie decided, the sport afforded iufinite gratifica tion to all present. It is noticed by the oldest admirers of the turf, that the Craven Meeting (which always commences on Easter Mon day), notwithstanding the expectation of bad weather, never brovght ,together such a string of Nobility to Newmarket, nearly all of whom intend to Stay, we understand, much longer than their usual time. Below we give full particulars of the alterations in betting on. the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger, occasioned hi some degree by the re sult of the Riddlesworth yesterday. The Exercise Ground to-day, after the Races were over, exhi bited a scene of great activity, not only for the purpose of lewing the Derby and Oaks horses, but for the purpose of making engage ments for those Stakes, when many very heavy speculations were entered into, and a great deal of business done, at the following odds : OCR VT. 18 to 1 agst Elephant 20 to 1 agst llurley Burley 20 to 1 agst Dun Carlos 25 to 1 asst any other. 66 to 1 agct Grenadier to 1 egst 0-mood 8 to 1 agst Jease to to 1 agst Reformer 12 to 1 agst ltidicule 2 to 1 apt Rebecca 8 to 1 agst Viscountcss 8 to 1 agst Swiss 11 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 16 to 1 agst liosanne 18 to 1 ag‘t 'linglet 22 to I aistlier of Mansfield 10 to 1 zgst any other DONCASTEI ST. t.ro CR. 7,3 to 1 asst Money Musk ' 25 to 1 agst Miss Crantield 25 to 1 agst Young Tinker 25 to 1 agst Equity 30 to 1 agst Su:eatham At the Jockey Club Dinner, after to-clay'‘ Races, were present, the Duke of Ilicbinond, Lord Verul.on, Marquis of Mindy, Sir John Silent y, Sir J. llyng, Hnn. Mr. Powlett, Colonel Uilney, Lord Frederick Dentinek, Mr. Not they, &c. lib Royal highness the Duke of York, who resides at the King's Palace, had this day to dine with him the Duke of Rutland, Lord Lowther, Lord C. Manglers, lion. Mr. Howard, Mr. Stanley, Mr. John Dromfeld, Alr. Scott, &c. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1824. _IV EDN }SILICT , Aram 21. . Subscription Plate of Z3O fur 2-ye-olds, 7st...three, Ilst. 71b. and four, 9st. T. Y. C. . Subscribers paying 4gs. and Non-subscribers 6gs. &trance. Mr. Batson's b. c.. Mystic, 4 yrs old - • '.. .- I Lord G. 11. Cavendish'S b. c. The Stag, 4 yrs Old • - 2 Mr: Meynell's br. c. Ajax, 4 yrs old - Three to 1 agst Mystic-6 to 4on The Stag,-4 to I agst Ajax. The Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of 60 soy. esti, h. fs: D. T. Mr. Ilunter's 6:ugrede, .1 yrs old, 7st. ulb. - - 1 Lord G. 11. Cavendish's Bizarre,3 yrs old, 7qt. 131 b. - I.' Lord Warwick's Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs old, 7.. 21b. •-• • 3 Mr. Biggs's ch. g. Suri%Line, 3 yrs old, ibt. .. .. 4 Colonel Wilson's H. f. by Juniper, 3 yri oil, 7Ft.3lb. - 5 Three paid.—Four to 'I az , ..t. Ganyniedc--6 to 4 on Bizarre. BOXF:11S. Tug PRESENT AND Tilt EX-CHAS11•101:,-*—aleSe far-famed at tiges of the milting sprem are exhibiting the art of self-defence at the Leeds Theatre. The first night they had a complete overilaw, and a well-known amateur in a set-to with Spring, proved himself up to all the guards, although but a young mm. _ _ _ O'Nxti.ANn.Gxxxox.:-TuesdaY niDit the second stake of £lO each was made guoil at Ben Burn's. The whole fifty a•sidb is to be complete:l at BandaWs next Tue:.day. HUNTING: Nonwicir, Aram 21.—Last week about fifty Gentlens& dined together at the Norfolk Hotel, to celebrate the conclusion of the season.—Edward Lornbe, Esq. presided, with William Gwynn, Esq. as Vice-President, in the room of Etlward Dewing, Esq. who was prevented from attending by indisposition. The utmost har mony prevailed, and this convivial meeting of the friends to the field sports was enlivened by many excellent songs, descriptive and in praise of the pleasures of the chace. Maar, APKIL 21.—Monday week, a boxed hare was turned out at lloyland Hall, before the harriers of it. Cirtwright, Esq. and after a burst of 40 minutes was kil:ed in Alt. Baker's orchard, at Winfarthing. After which, the Gentlernen at the Hunt dined 'to gether at the Nag's Head Inn, [baling, where an excellent dinner was provided, and the greatest harmony and conviviality prevailed throughout the evening. EutNeunen, Aran. 19.—Saturday se'nnight, Captain Baird's hounds had a fiae day's sport—The place of meeting was Arms dale toll-bar, on the Glasgow road, whose they immediately foiind a fine large fox, with which they went away at a killing p ace, to wards the village of Batligate, upon nearing which he turned to the left, through Mr. Marjuribanks', of Marjoribanks, grounds, for WallhouseCrag ; where, being headed, he gallantlyfaced the Bath gate Hills, and skirting the numerous lime-quarries, disdained all the earth. Here he turned short to the left, and crossing Hildef stone Hill, he rail throop,lt Wilcheng Wood, the west parks of Downie, and continuing in an. them direction as far as the bottom of Cockle Ifni, he turned to the right, and running over the fine grass country of lluoinie, he never varied a point tat he reached RickertonNl oud, where he was so closely pursued by the gallant pack, that hi: wag okiiged once more to rake the spell country. lie broke away towards Dimly Crag, but leaving it to his right, he made for the badger Earths, where he was twice buried, dead brat, and here he would have been lulled, had the recut at all served on the ploughed land. (letting away again, he craned:the Linlith gow toad, ran through the Casupd,iare grounds, as far as the Union Canal, where he turned short round and came back to Campfleure, where he went to groundtiu a drain at the bottom of the gai - den; thus completing one of t h e finest runs ever seen with, hounds the ex t e nt. of countty. point, blank Dot being less titan 14 miles, and, taking the run,,ceitaittly not less than 20 miles. Never did hounels lu their duty better-4t was a fine fii.ish to the season. Too muds praise cannot Ste given to Captain Baird, for having, haw short 4.Tillue,-llionght his hounds to au hash a state of per feet inn. •.• ~~ 7 lllin 44 .\ ~~