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.solini4lllPTO.v. DECEMBAR 13. - The estates of the Dubois of Buecleugh, at Beaulieu, suffereJ by the late storms, the banks round the manor being greatly damased. Several large oak a!tcl elm trees were blown d o n on the pleasure ground. The venerable mansion, which had been the asylum of Queen Margaret, during the reign of Henry VI. suf fered but ti ifltng damage, the old fabric having a short time since undergone a renovation. STAGE Coact' ItosnEnv.—A few days since a boz containing about sixty l ounds worth of lace, was stolen from the Economist stage coach, when on its journey to Portsmouth. It was the property of Mr. Collins, liken-draper, of Titchbehf, who was riding upon the outside of the same coach. The greater part of the lace has been since found in the possession of a man named William White, who, it appears, got upon the co.ich near Kingston Cross, as it was going on, and having ridden for a few minutes, he got partly down, and continued so for a few minutes longer, when he got entirely dawn -and walked off. The boz was not missed until the coach arrived at the Blacksmith's Arms. Whitels committed for trial at the next . Putts mouth Sessions. _ _ THE EDINBURGH MUSICAL FISTIVAL.—FIOM the report made by the Treasurer, it appears that the re ceipts of the late Festival at Edinburgh, amounted to 49401. the eepenses to 4397/. leaving a surplus of 5431. As there are still some trifling claims against the Fes tival, a small sum has been retained to satisfy diem. and the sum of 530 i has been placed at the disposal of the Public Functionaries, to be distributed at. their dis cretion among the Public Charities of the c it y. NEW ROAD FRoNI OXFORD TO LONDON.—Applica don will be made to Parliament, during the next Ses sion, for a Bill to open a new line of road, seventeen miles in length, between Oiford and London. The proposed new road is to branch off from the present road, near Wheatley Bridge, passing through Thame • trrHigh Wycombe. The highest point of elevation is 337 feet lower than the present road, by Stoken Church, and the surface of the ground over which the new road is intended to be made is so level, that in few places is the rate of inclination more than one foot in thirty three, and that only for a very short distance. Saturday, a piece of plate (a candelabra for seven lights) was presented to the Bishop of Chichester, as a testimonial of regard and esteem, from the inhabitants of Biightlielmstone, on his elevation to the See of Chi chester:, after having been far twenty years their Vicar. The Bishop, in the most handsome ter ms,acknowledged the sense he entertained of this token of regard on the part of his late parishioners. The 6th ;est. a Bow-street officer arrived at Chep stow, to apprehend a man of the name of Baker, on a charge of forgery, committed by him on one of the public offices. He was found at his own house, and surrendered without any resistance; and on Monday morning set off, in custody of the said officer, for Maid• stone, in Kent. Among other damage done by the late storms at Bogner, the stone embankment, which has so lately been erected in the old part of the town of Bognor, at such an immense expense, has been entirely blown up. The water forced itself behind the stones, and threw them to a considerable distance. At Felpham, the sluices were neatly all destrce ed, as well as the numerous groines. which had been projected into the sea to resist its vio lence. The speculators in the New Crescent, the build ings of which ate now carrying on with so much sririt, nary congratulate themselves, not only on the stability of their erections, not on: stone of which was moved by a wind which operated so destructively in their neigh. bourhooi, but also upon the circumstance of the sea having 'wade no inroad whatever upon the ground which they have purchased with the view of foiming the New Town. Venus now so rapidly approaches Mars, that they sill be together on Christmas Eve; but on the 23d instant, the evening preceding, they will present a spectacle greatly enhanced by the animating presence of the Crescent Moon, which, to use the words of the, Poetess of Nature, will then appear in the South-west ----•• Like a tilvti : bow New .trung in I leaven !" and Verus like a globe of living gold. At the same time, between the Hyades and Pleiades, Saturn, with his gorgeous magnificent ring now expanded to the leas of r. 'merit)] telescopes, will be conspicuous S.E.E. Soon alter seven the same evening, belted Jupiter, with his beautiful satellite:, will rise to the north of Castor ay Pollux. 'Then, to increase the grandeur of the scene, the space between the Hya`es and the horizon will be occui ied by the most heaetiful of all the con stellations, the r et ulgent Or ion, resembline. in appearance an armed man, as iris Hebrew name Chimalt implies. A ineurnir was lately read in the Academy of Sciences at Paris, by a Dr. Vilier me, "On the mortality in ance in the class in easy circumstances, compared with what takes place anrnr' the indigent." In two arrondissements of Pat is, the first and the t end+, lie makes it appear, the former, w eich is inhabited by rich per suns, has a mortality of one in fifty ; and the latter, which is inhabited by pool, has a mortality of one in twenty-four, there being no other assignahle cause for tlis enormous difference than wealth and poverty. He found the deaths in Kee de la lloitellerie, where poor people are crowded together in unhealthy lodgings, Misr times and a hall as numerous as in the Quays of the Isle Louis, where rich people live in large and well-ventilated apartments. He also skews that the mortality in - the hospitals rises or falls with the rate of wv,!,ei of tho . .c who enter them. Of jewellers, cutup-iron', &c. there die is the hospitals lin 1 Ai s - 1 in 8 sineniato.ta in 7 'Masons 1 hi 6 tobourers - • - lin 5 The poorest of all—rag gatherer 4, &c. 1 in 4 Sailers, who are the 11::•A off 1 in 20 ECDOT 2.—A landholder, not far from Dundee, lately got a new land-steward. On the morning of the teeing day, the stexard waited on his new master : "'Wed, Sir," said he, " how mony new servants will I need to eneage the day ?" " Servants!" said the laird. " are the: e ally of ray servants leas* , me:"—" 1 was thinkin, Sir--I was thittkin, that Wiilie Wood wasna just sae able for the walk as he has been."—" Willie Wood, man !" rejoined the laird---" Willie Word has a better right to the estate than 1 have ; he eas here iai grandfathei's time." A stupid persoA one day seeing a mew of *teaming enjoying the pleasures of the table, observed, " So, Sir, philosophers I see eitil indulge in the greatest delicacies, as well as men of common minds."—" Why not," re plied :he scholar, " do you think Ptrovinesice intended all the good dins of this world for the ignniant .4 A / L " • POLICE INTEI.I.IOENCE. -.+..-- 141ANSION-110USE. Already we have to announce the excellent effects of the appeal made to the Public by the LORD MAYOR, on behalf of the Spanish Ind Italian sufferers, on Monday.—lt is rather extraordinary that the earliest contributors were some mechanics, who, the moment they saw the statement, put their hands into their pockets, and gave all they could afford from their own families. Sonic workmen, who went into a public-house to breakfast, clubbed a shilling apiece which they intended to have had in beer after the labours of the day, for the relief of their poor fellow-creatures. This sum amounted to 11. The journeymen of Mr. Ross, the hair-dresser, also sent 11. Three or four poor fellows, who looked as if they could very badly afford to give anything, entered the Justice-spom, gave a shilling each, and apologised for the smallness of the benefac tion.—The Loan Alarom, told them that he knew he should have visits upon the occasion from all ranks of his fellow-citizens, and that they (his present visitors) had the merit of being among the first, and that their contributions were the more valuable, however small they might be, from the promptitude with which they were brought forward in this case of extremity. Yesterday, a number of persons of all ranks isrought subscrip tions. Mr. 13yng, M.P. for Middlesex, and Mr. Williams, the banker, of 13itchio.lane, were amongst the number.—His Lordship has received intimations from some of the highest persons in the kingdom, that his humane views will find powerful supporters where aid can be most effectually administered. The question between the oystermen and salt smack has been already noticed. Two Gentlemen waited upon the Loan MAYOR, on behalf of the salt parties, and submitted a number of authorities in support of the right of the salt vessels. The chief appeared to be an extract from Stowe's Surrey, wherein he mentions expressly that the market was formed as well for the landing of salt as for fish and provisions. The Loan MAYOR admitted that it appeased to him that the right of the salt vessels to discharge their cargoes at the market was clear. If any further interruption were made to them in the exercise of that right, those who were concerned in it would be proceeded against with severity. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, James Linlet and Henry Durhans were brought be fore Sir R. BINNIR, charged with having been concerned in a bur glary in Norfolk-street, which our Readers may remember was re lated in our Journal of the 2tith of November. A man named Abrahams was then committed on the evidence produced against him. From the facts stated, it was clear that more persons than the prisoner had been concerned in the robbery; and some disclo sures were made by Abrahams which induced the officers of the Bow-street establishment to be particularly watchful in discovering the two prisoners now brought to the office. They were appre hended and taken to Marlborough-street Office on different charges from the present, and, when information was received, they were brought from Marlborough•street Office for the purr e of being examined here. The priincipal witness examined w the wife of i Abrahams who was convicted for the same offence. She stated , I that she ha dl been in the habit of seeing the prisoner Durham in company with her husband at the Fox and Goose, in Great Earl. street, Seven Dials. Some time before die robbery took place, she saw the prisoner Durham standing opposite to her window, and she remarked to her husband, There is that nice young man we used to see at the Fox and Goose." He then came in, and soon after her husband went with him into the mixt room. They con tinued whispering there some time, and then went to the Fox and Goose. She went, about nine o'clock in the evening, to give ber husband the key of the house, and he then told her he should be home at eleven o'clock. Ile did not return all the night, and the next morning she went out with her landlord, for the purpose of seeking him. She had scarcely left the door, when she met Dur ham. She asked him what had become of her husband ? He said " silence—cone round here, and I'll tell you where he is." She declared she would not move until he told her where he was. He then said, "heisin an awkward thing I'm afraid. He and I com mitted a burglary last night in Norfolk -street, and I'm afraid it will go hard with him. We were obliged to kill a dog. I held the legs while lAntott cut its throat." He then advised her to go to Bow -street, and in silence to hear the whole of the examination. She did so, and afterwards went to Newgate with him. A search was made in the lodgings of Durham, and some skeleton keys found ; some stockings marked 11. D. were also found. On searching the lodgings of Linton, sonic stockings similarly marked were found ; in the cellar of the home some skeleton keys were discovered. The servant maid of Mr. Fraser, the Gentleman whose house had been broken open, swore that Duiliam was very like one of the persons whom she had seen outside the door on the night of the robbery.—The two men were remanded till Monday. Situp Stitzenrc.—henry Baku?' was brought before Mr. Hates on Tuesday plea, charged with feloniously killing and carrying away a slump, the property of Mr. Parbery, publican, Finchley. Tie prisoner was stopped by Dentin, the Superintendant of the Watt hat Camden Town, before day-light on Tuesday morning,with the margied remains of the sheep in a dirty sack on his shoulder.— He was committed for trial. FRAUDN ON FAA3llllM—Yesterday, a man named William Salter, was charged with being the coadjutor of several persons who have been pretty successful in swindling Essex farmers of their property. Morris, the officer, stated, that the prisoner was apprehended by him, at the instance of Mr. Turner, a farmer residing at Layton, in Essex, who charged bin with being connected with two men named Oxley and Short, in defrauding him of six loads of hay. Several farmers were present, and Mr. Turner stated, that on Sa turday se'nnight a man named Short came to his farm, at Layton, and stated to him that he wished to purchase a considerable quan tity of hay, corn, &c. if he could get them upon such terms as to enable him to obtain a profit by his speculations. Witness expressed his readiness to supply him. Short also stated that he had obtained the Government contract for the supply bf hay, corn, &c. for the use of the Barracks in Regent's Park, and he wanted six loads, as a sample, sent to London. Witness agreed to send him six loads, and on Monday last be sent them to London, directing his carters to leave them at the Barracks in Regent's Park. The prisoner met the carts on the way, and directed the carters to take two loads only to the Barracks, and the other four were, by his directions, conveyed to stables i n Gore-street, Tottenham-court-road, and else where, and sold. Witness,.by a fortunate chance, happened to go to the Barracks at the time of the delivery of the two loads, and on inipsring of the Quartet;-master, he found that the representation of Short, as to his being the contractor, was false. Witness shortly afterwards traced where the other four loads of hay bad been con veyed to, by Short and Oxley, and he fell in with the prisoner, who was riding the same horse which was rode by Short at the time he went to Layton, and gave the order for the 'bay.—The prisoner said he knew nothing of Short ; he was in the employ of Oxley, and received 18s. a week for his services. The prisoner was remanded. LAM BETH-STREET. Yesterday, William Cannon, 14 years of age, was charged with robbing his master, %lr. Marshall, a cheesemotager, in Whitechapel, of a,quantity of money. The prosecutor stated, that he had taken the prisoner into his service on Saturday night; but missing some silver nut of the till, he caused some to be marked, and put therein. On the prisoner leaving, after be had washed the counter down, he caused him to be searched, and five marked shillings were found on him. The prisoner made no defence, and was fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. Love Atio JraLousv.—A young man and woman entered the witness' box, in a state of great trepidation, when Cope, the street keeper of Islington, placed another female at the bar. The female compLinant then stated, that she was just married to the young man, and immediately on coming out of Church, the prisoner, of whom she knew nothing, flew at her with great violence, tore her shawl from her neck, and otherwise ill-treated her. It appeared the prisoner had been a cliere antic of the Bent diet, and was prompted to violence by jealousy. However, upon solemnly promising never to annoy the bride again, she was discharged. lIATTON GARDEN. I): SP}.l: it rEIIA ut Roamt.—Yesterday, SaraA lanes, known in the vir,oity of Holborn by the name of " the female Hercules," from her et: raordinary strength and prowess, was brought up in custody of four or five powerful men, charged with forcibly taking from the person of Joseph Preston a pocket-book, containing two notes for stf each, of the Birmingham and Stafford banks, a sove reign, &c.—The complainant, who is a poor simple farmer, residing at Alarket Drayton, in Shropshire, stated, that he went into a pub lic-house in G ray's-Mmlane, and called for a pint o' bale, and while lin the tap room afore the fire, the good lady at the post there (the bar) cuni'd in, and sat down alongside him, very loving-like; so be could'n't do other than az her to drink. There was a glass or two, and when he took out his purse to pay for what was ln, the lady torced it out of his hand, and went off out of the room. He (complainant) thought as how she was a mighty , pleasant, funny sort of a person, and that it was all in a joke ; but he never saw nothing no more either of her or the purse, which contained £2. and in silver; and then he found to cost that there is no ioke like a :rue joke. He told the whole story to the landlord, who said he knew nothing of the girl, and desired him(complainant), if he had lost any money, to speak to a constable about it. Welldon, the street-keeper, who Illpprehended the prisoner, said, he attempted tot: en her mouth, but tailed. He conveyed her to a .. ." __ , _ . . a , a. ~:.i ~ -. .w••.••11....1.•.....l • Deniises ship, where site vitas beld'down by Four men, soil an 'in-' strument called a spatula was introduked, and the jaws were thereby sufhciendy distended for the witness to insert his finger, and from the corner of the mouth he drew forth the two hank notes ; but the sovereign not being anywhere to be found, it is presumed she contrived to swallow it in the struggle. The empty pocket-book was in her pocket when apprehended.—She was remanded. M A RY- LA-130 N N E. ExrsNarve SW/MI/LING.—Jun as the Office was being closed on Tuesday evening, a complaint was prferred against aufvy, alias Cooke, on a charge of swindling. The complainant was Mr. Car penter, livery-stable-keeper, of the Edgware-road, of whom the defendant had contrived to obtain a horse and chaise on hire, re presenting them to be for the use of Mrs. Saunders, a Lady of property, residing at No. 9. Beaumont-street. This Mrs. Saun ders is the same Lady who some short time hack was living in a dashing style at Bayswater, and since at Craven-hill, under the sounding name of Mrs. Stamp Sutton Cooke, and whose escape from the Rules of the King's Bench Prison bream? the subject of a trial against the Marshal in the Court of King's Bench on Tiles ' day bit, when a verdict was obtained by the detaining creditor for £lOO odd, being the amount of his bill for furnishing her house l et Bayswater. The complainant was desired by Mr. llosenes, the sitting Ma gistrate, to call again on Thursd iy, and then restate his case. The beneficial influence of •Puhce Reporting has been already apparent in this case, as several persons who had been swindled by this party, having seen the report of the examination in yesterday s daily Papers, came forward in the course of the day, and commu nicated to Buckeridge, the officer, who wrested the prisoner, their intention of appearing to-morrow, and stating their cases. Among other persons was Mr. Weston, of Howland-street, from whom they obtained a pedal harp of the value of forty guineas. Such was the state of the prisoner's pocket, that he was obliged to sub mit to be taken to prison linked to the misdemeanants and others sent down from this Office on that day. On arriving at the prison it appeared he had not even money to pay fur the accommodation of a bed for the night. hl A ELBOROUG 11-STREET. The following case, possessing extraordinary interest, as well for the atrocity of its nature as the circumstances under which it was perpetrated, came on yesterday to be heard before Mr. Roe and Mr. CONANT, the Magistrates at this office :—Wednesday the Bth inst. information was given at this Office, that a rape and robbery, attended with circumstances of great violence, had been committed upon a young woman the night before. Schofield, an active officer, was directed to take the necessary measures to secure the perpetra tor • and, as it accidentally happened, no person could have been pitched upon so likely to attain the ends of justice as this very officer, and by a cast& circumstance, which shall hereafter appear, he was enabled yesterday to place before the Magistrates two men, named Cornelius Wood and Frank Day, charged with being concerned in the commission of the offence, and the following is a correct sum mary of the evidence given in support of the accusation :—lt ap peared, by the statement of the complainants, two young women of respectable appearance, one named Mary Ayres, and the other Jane Green, the latter a married woman, of very slender frame, and far advanced in pregnancy, that on Tue s day the 7th inst. they both proceeded from the house in which they lodge, in Cleveland -street. Fitzroy-square, to the village of Vinchley, to inquire after a situa tion in service Sere for Mary Ayres, which they heard was vacant ; they remained at Finchley until five o'clock in the afternoon, and at that hour called at the White Lion public-house, from whence stages start for town, to inquire if they were likely soon to meet with one. Mr. Paris, the landlord, told them he feared not for a considerable time ; but seeing a one-horse light cart near his door, with a man in it, about to proceed to Landon, Mr. Paris asked hint if he would take the two females to town? which he agreed to do, and they accordingly got into the cart, and soon after a young man got into the cut also, and the four then set off towards town. —The driver proceeded at a brisk rate, keeping the young women in familiar conversation along the road, but the other man scarcely speaking to them at all, so that they noticed him very little until they arrived at Highgate, when suddenly the driver turned aside out of the public road, and directed his course towards what is called Holloway-road, assigning as a reason for doing so, that it was to avoid the turnpike, which satisfied the young women for some time. After proceeding some distance along this road, the cart stopped at a public-house, called the Cock, opposite a bye lane which leads towards a very intricate part of the country, with which the young women were wholly unacquainted.—At this public-house the driver and the other man, in a very presuming tone, demanded of the young women to treat them with something to drink ; and although they neither liked the manner of the demand, nor the de lay It was likely to occasion, they consented, more through fear than anything else, and gave the men a shilling to purchase some gin, which they did, and drank; and immediately after which, to the dismay and astonishment of the poor young women, the driver said they must now get out of the cart, as he could take them no farther, and they must make the best of their way along the opposite lane, which the men told them would lead directly towards town. Com pelled thus to quit the cart, they proceeded some distance along the lane, as directed, leaving the two men behind, one, the driver's companion, wrapped up, as he had been the whole way, in a large rough coat. The young women had not got above half way down the lane, it being now quite dark, when they were overtaken by a man in the dress of a groom, who accosted them, and said that he bad heard the conversation that had passed between them and the two men in the cart at the top of the lane, and that seeing the man bad directed them in a wrong course towards town, he had followed to put them in a right way. The young women thanked him, and he then pointed out some lamps at a distance, which be said were the lamps in Tottenham-court-road, and that if they would proceed with him across two or three fields, they would, by that short cut, be within five hundred yards of home.—The young women, de lighted at this intelligence, consented to accompany him, and he led them across two fields, end into a third., where everything was as still as death. It now occurred to Mary Ayres that they were not proceeding in the direction to town at alt, and she intimated as much to the man ; and at that instant, looking in his face, she dis covered at once, even dark as it was, that he was the same man who had accompanied them from Finchley in the cart, and whom they had left behind with the driver. She instantly exclaimed to the other young woman that this was the case; but she had no sooner done so than the ruffian knocked her down with a desperate blow, and then threw himself upon her • being, however, a young woman of some strength, she disengage d herself from him, and got up, when he knocked her down again, and struck her a third blow. The other poor young woman, in her state, terrified beyond all de scription, made an effort to escape up the side of a hedge, about four feet in height, but she had uo sooner got half way up, when, through fright and exhaustion, she fell back into a mud ditch, and probably was only saved front suffocation and death by com ing upon her feet again; but she sunk in the mud up to her knees, and was as completely held fast there as if she bad been screwed into a vice. 'I he villainous assailant of Mary Ayres, had by this time completely destroyed all power of resistance in her, and she now lay bleeding and resistless, the victim of the most merciless violence, until her brutal assailant had accomplished that act which is now the cbief ground of accusation against hint. The only aid die could give her unfortunate companion was that of her voice, ani her piteous cries for help were all that disturbed the gloomy and horrid silence that reigned around. Having effected his brutal object, the ruffian was determined to add the crime of robbery to that of rape; and after the completion of his first offence, he rose from the ground, and seizing the shawl front his victim's shoulders, and a hand-basket which lay by her side, containing, among other things, a half sovereign, and 6s. in silver, witb which he made off. Poor Mary Ayres made some resistance to the dragging of the . . _ shawl from het shoulders, and she got upon her legs with the effort : after which the fellow deliberately cook the money out of her basket, which latter be flung at her head, and knocked her down again with the force of it, and there left her to her fate. Having recovered in some degree from the barbarous treatment, they dis. covered a cottage, the inhabitant of which, an old man, rendered every assistance in his power to them, and proceeded with them to London, and having met with a constable, he delivered them up to his charge, and they were taken to their home in Cleveland street.—Schofield, the officer, apprehended Woods at the Plough Tavern, Finchley, on Tuesday, and Day was taken into custody in the course of the same day.— Woods at first denied that he was in the cart at all ; but he afterwards admitted the fact, when he found that Day bad confessed that he was his companion. Woods was informed that be would be fully committed for trial on the next examination.—Day was admitted to bail. The dress of Mary Ayres was in a state that exhibited the strongest proof of violence. Woods is a farmer's servant in the country ; and Day removes goods in a cart, and resides in Duval's-lane, Holloway. Sunday night, between the hours of six and ten, some daring villains broke into the house of Mr. Stewart, a coppersmith, in Cable•street, Whitechapel, and stole 29 sovereigns, a 5/. note, a quantity of jewellery, and wearing apparel, with which they got clear off. The villains effected an entrance at the trout door by means of picklock keys. Notwithstanding the humid state of the atmosphete, the barometer has attained a higher elevation than it is scarcely ever known to reach in the driest season. ~= SPURTING INTELLIGENCP.. Fox CH AS P.. The last week afforded excellent sieort to the Gentle:nen of the East Kent Hunt. On Monday, the 6th, the hatreds •net at Pad dlesworth Church, found their fox, ran him to a drain, and They went away, with their afternoon fox, at about three n' c ip..k , for Horton Wood, and bad a most brilli.itt hunt of five pod minutes, to Ashley (a perfect Leicestershire country), where hounds checked; they hunted slowly afterwards, and were beine'en by night coming on, leaving him in Coppinge Bough, at a i; tz i ete - . ' fore bye o'clock. These hounds had another ciippirg day u n !,. day, the 10th, from S:bton. 'They found the fox in the when he made for Westwood, where he hung fur some cootio..„ able time, and then" broke away, and gave the field a re.: for r minutes, through Brabourne Coombe to Brabourne, thric e t ; Evington (where he was herded by two Gentlemen riding rdad, and who declared him to be the largest fox they bad ever se iv, through Brabourne Coombe to Nacolt Wood, where the unluckily got upon a fresh fox, which led them over th e .!evp gr grounds adjoining Brooke, where they were whipped running between four and five hours, which ended as brilhott day's sport as was ever witnessed in East Kent. LOUTII COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. FOR THE CUP. Mr. Best's Guy beat Mr. Hoikins's Crowflower. Mr. It. Chaplin's Marcia beat Mr. Eve's Helen. Mr. Meredith's Mellish heat Mr. Chaplin's Gaudy. Mr. Hoskins's Clarissima beat Mr. Hassall's Hartshorn. ron THE FIRST PIECE 01 PLATE. Mr. Nicholson's Wonder beat Mr. Meredith's Myrtle. Mr. Eve's Fly beat Mr. Chaplin's Grace. Mr. Ilassall's Hercules beat Mr. Hoskins's Colchicum. Mr. Chaplin's Mary Ann heat Mr. Best's Tomboy. FOR THE swrinserakes. Mr. Iloskins's Celia beat Mr. Chaplin's Gratitude. Mr. Hassall's Handy best Mr. Nicholson's Helen. MATCHES. • Mr. Haanill's Ilecla beat Mr. Chaplin's Glider. Mr. 1-luskins's Coriander beat Mr. Eve's Prince. Mr. Nicholson's* Laudanum agst Mr. Hassall's Hamlet—undre, Mr. Chaplin's Duchess agst Mr. Nieholson's fly -4o Coo - be. THCKSDAY—FOR THE CUP. Mr. Hoskins's Clarissima heat Mr. Best's Guy. Mr. Meredith's Melltsh beat Mr. R. Chaplin's Marcia. FOR THE FIRST PIECE OF PLATE. - Mr. Hassall's Hercules bear Mr. Nicholson's Wonder. Mr. It. Chaplin's Mary Ann beat Mr. Eve's Fly. netniatnn MATCH FOR THE SWEEPSTAKES. Mr. Hassall's Handy beat 11Ir. Iloskins's Celia. FOR THE SECOND PIECE OF PLATE. Mr. Best's Minna beat Mr. Chaplin's Gaudy. Mr. Hassall's Hartshorn beat Mt. Eve's Orlando. Mr. Nicholson's Fly beat Mr. R. Chaplin's Muleteer. Mr. Hosk.as's Crowflower heat Mr. Meredith's Useless. MATCHES. Mr. Hassall's Haughty heat Mr. Best's Minion. Mr. Best's Turk beat Mr. Hassall's Hero. Mr. Chaplin's Guess best Mr. Hoskins's Conundrum. Mr. Chaplin's Venus agst Mr. Hassall's Ilatinibal—no Course. Mr. Chaplin's Gratitude apt Mr. Ber idge's Wh!psey—no Coarse SATURDAY-10R THE LECOND PIECE OF PLATE. Mr. Hoskins's Crowflower beat Mr. Hassall's Hartshorn. Mr. Best's Minna beat Mr. Nicholson's Fly. DECIDING MATCH TOR THE CUP. Mr. Hoskins's Clarissima beat Mr. Mered,th's DECIDING MATCH FOR THE MST PIECE OP PLATE. Mr. Hassall's Hercules beat Mr. Chaplin's R. Mary Ann. DECIDING MATCH FOR THE SECOND PIECE OF PLATE. Mr. Hoskins's Crowflower apt Mr. Best's Minna. MATCHES. Mr. Beridges Venus beat Mr. Nicholson's Lady. Mr. &ridge's Mellish agst Mr. Eve's Helen—undecided. Mr. Hassall's Hamlet agst Mr. Nichalson's Laudanum-2 hares; The proposed railway from the Kennet and Avon Canal to Salisbury, has bees abandoned for the present. The whole line of the proposed railway between Bris tol and Bath will not exceed twelve miles, the cost whereof, including collateral branches to the principal collieries, it is calculated, will not exceed 100,0001. it is a fact, that at a large school to the North-we , ' of London, a much greater sum is charged to the pa tents of the children fdr seats ia the church, than is paid to the Curate fot performing the duty of the parish. A general subscription has beery s?t on foot for the relief of the sufferers from the late storm on the coast of Dorsetshire. The Quebec Gazette announces that the Chief of the Huron Nation, NICIIOLAS VINCENT TSAWOUENHOUIII, attended br four of his Council and two cf his princi pal warriors, has resolved to visit England: They hal taken their passage in the brig Indian,. MATTHIAS, which was ekpected to sail for Liverpool with the first fair wind. A few evenings since, a fire balloon was let off at St. Stephen's. near Canterbury, by some young men, which alighted on a_hapstack belonging to 31E:HENRY COLLARD, of Gore-street, a few miles from thence, and .ignited the thatch. The damage done was considerable. In the early part of the Fiench Revolution a Magi, trate, named Palo, at Lyons, had occasion to publish a notice of some municipal regulation, to which of course he affixed (as is usual in France) merely his surnames One of the ignorant Dxmagogites of the day getting hold of a copy of the notice, 'immediately carried it into the market-place, and hat angued the mob, declaim ing against the iniquity of a 31.1.:,istrate's poldishing an Ordonnance without even reading it. a Don't you see?" cried he, " he writes at the bottom Pala (pas In ), that is, not rend. Can anything be more audacious ?" The mob, of course, took the part of the orttor, went and broke poor Paha's windows, crying, " Noc read, indeed !—We'll teach you to read." attn.—The fruit known by the name of Dates is confidently sphken of by ancient writers, as atfordit.; much nourishment to persons of weak habits; two three being taken in a morning fasting. They are ex tremely restorative, and although so simile, a.e :a;.l to be sufficient food to nourish a traveller a frog Burnt. Tuesday, at his house in Bryanstone-square, the wife of Jueph Hume, Esq. M. P. of allauglater. 111 ED. December 15, in Portland-place, W. J. Chute, Esq. late M.?. for Southampton. December 14, aged 78, Mr. I'. Griffiths, upwards of 30 years I vigilant officer on the Lambeth-street Police Enatilislintent, acd tLc oldest Police officer in the :%I:AropoliA. At King's House, litrbadoes,on the 24th of October ' of it.firn mation of the lunneafter ten days of severe suffering, Ni..jor Wynne Fletcher, Captain in the 4th (the King's own) Regnnent of Foot, and Aide-de-Cuop to the Commander of the Forces. Pr ice. 31s 9d to 39 , od 28s Od to 40s Oil 34s Od Od —4 04 to OL I 233 Od to —6 Otl. COAL MARKET, DEC. 15. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 1091 Newcastle 40i 34 Sunderland. 100 Scotch Coal 1 Stone Coal 1 Cinders MAILS ♦as .1111, 1 0 1 Is DAT. Uublin Waterford Guernsey and Jersey 1 0 Lisboa 0 0 Franc Namoorib Flandirn Hoaand eta. nat. 1 0 O 9 O 0 O 0 Gottenburgh Brazil O 3I O 0 Levy's rd Islands U o America o 0 HIGH- WATER at LONIOOII-BRIDEIR TO-MORROW. Morning - • • 29 minutes after 11 Afternoon - 51 minutes after 11 'rrtesed wed publish...l by J. F. KZALY, (1W taTA Onxs• 1, licirli-Flace, T.mj4e sir. • iims.••..•.•••llflid• tit ...e... 'WOO Vas 'TI 160) z ...e. VI