Star. — London, England, 1825-10-21 00:00:00

Tnr. sPEIZCII Dr.T.lvr.nr.D BY , wiLmor.HowroN, ESQ• .:1E ToWN-HALL ()V NEWCASTLE-UNDER - LYM E, • rca.:ln of hi: attending the Election of the Mayor and rrr,•rzte Officers of that Borough, un Turatlay, the 4th • o:ta'orr, v„ :ki,AVR AND GENTLEMEN—I beg to assure •Ist I folly a op: eciaie the hourur which you have .... s- e , in reposing a vote of thanks for my public A'iiamentary set vices. If the measures of his Ma .., ;overnment have been s u ch as, in y our o p inion, ~. '-.i:le them to the approbation of the country, I • • ventore to plead a zealous and conscientious 1:. i f ufficial and parliamentary duty, as in some (:.; s estitiing me to your good opinion. I believe that .s,e exargeration to state, that the degree of public rrer•:y which has been enjoyed since I last met 1. 1, 1; s ely been equalled, and never exce eded, in C ( c : e.! •si v of our histot y; and though I will not pre. :•,' • , :alply that this state is in any degree owing to •,..,.. .!ct of the Government, I may confidently as , • e fsw 1 eriods can he found when there has been . ,-. i 0.; ion t ) iminign the measures of Government, s:a of f-aeie it or domestic policy. But at the same - l ..t..1 v ie: ,!i-guise from myself that there is one i - ;::, on which I have had the misfortune to differ in 1 , 1 ',oat many of my Constituents; and it is on that ~. -: !i:at 1 am most anxious to take this opportunity ~-.i31:::•Ig my sentiments. You Will easily under. . :s s! tlrat I ahnde to the vote which I have given in •I'l !II of tl,e me.isure which is geoerally de,cribed as H e e! Catholic 1-:inancipation. Whether that be a 7!:(: eNrt e•sion ot not, I will not pause to inquite;, : sil 1 to any d grce pretend to asset that you have 1 1 • reilsct tight to call me to account fcr this or any ..,1 r'!te which I may have given. All that I request this, I will piestime to say, I think equally due to ~,.sclves and to me) is, that you should avail your ss, of every means in your power of understanding ssture of hat question upon which it is my misfois l e to differ in opinion from same of you—that you s, u ld not be led a w.,y by any . general declamation • ~ rast the coo: se s; Mich I, in common us ith s ome o f ;.,.! tiot ant best men in this country, of the peseta as , e ll as of inot tunes, have felt it my duty to pursue; oat the cotioat y, should take pains to understand :e ;fin cu this'e , rnetis which have influenced my vote. 1 It ise a'reoly t xptessed my conviction, how desirable e i, :hat rr.c:ils 41 education should be amply furnished t .i. , . It classes of society; atid I pledge my 'ell, ts: f..hae that period shall anise, mte.' it may be i s e: 'hat 1 Altruist personally claim your suffrages, 1 • ..: : ire cc,ty man, woman, and child, is ithin this •011;,11, ulio i; able to read, the means of judging for . se-eivt•s on the subject of what is called " the CA . Q:e,lim.." It is quite impossible, in the course I: .01 :I.ltileSl made to you en such an occasion as the o•rst, Oa - Me to enter into any minute explanations .-; t!.e so!jecr. ; but there are a tew points to which I •.i take this opportunity of adverting, for the rifle of sheering you how necessary it is to look rasi . ully into this question helot e any opinion can :-Iy he folioed u; on it; and I feel satisfied that oily tetpliOte to afford you the means of in :.:r ion w ith resvect to this measure, to convince I ;hat, in many 1,0 in , its nature and objet t 1 :%e hitherto been but impei reedy understood. It i• ,or chores AS`fil teal that the concession of the Catholic t:.6ls is a measure of such decided innovation as to h,z , sa the safety - of the country in Church and State, :A to plase our civil liberties in danger. But we have osJy to (oily:lie what has been clone doting the reigns of hi, late and of his peseta Majesty, witl, what is still isopsseti to be done, to satisfy ourselves, that if such (oh, qiences ale the result of our measures, they will ' .• Jos ibutahle rather to the points which have abeady s ..i; cosc,altal, than to those which yet remain unsatis. s .!. I ail' venture to say, that there are few among ) u who have any conception of the disabiiities which .statli•ai to the hish Catholics at the commencement of t: r feign of George the Third. At the commencement ti that reint, tho Irish Catholic could not legally hold -y civil office; he could nt t hold any military office; i.e iiad not the privilege of voting at electrons; he ittuid wit be admired into any Corporati n; he was al allowed to ptactise the profession of the law ; he was squa.ly ptoltibited front practising that of physic ;—a !o:4lgcr bt other of a Catholic family, who became a Pi o. liad the power of depriving the elder brot'.ei of bitthti ht , as derived under the laws of primogeni [we, by claiming a portion of the paternal estate for him !elf. Any child of a Catholic parent, becorriitigPtotestant, ("Itid dept;v.• his father of a pottion of his property, csimpei,g hint to furnish " a liberal provision for I'm; a Catholic was incapacitated from holding free hold lands ; •he was equally unable to hold leasehold lands; and any Protestant could, by the payment of line pounds, legally obtain possession of the horse of 1 - 4 C ithol c neighbour. S'sch was the state of the law at the comme, cement cf the reign of George the Third ; set, in every imjividual point which 1 have cited, t . acessions have been made, and these laws are no I giger in exist: nee. Al, or almost all that now re• i!..ins to be ('needed, is the pertnission to the Catholics !ti sit in either House of Parliament, and to be. eligible ill . a lew officei, from which they have been hitherto Pxt.ltided. It is necessary to explain to yoo, that the cii!ect in imposing these disabilities was, to tempt the Catholic to reject the faith of his ancestors, by subject ing to the persecution to which the disabilities ex- Puted him. This system, so unjustifiable in principle, “"( 1 so impolitic in practice, was found to be nut '.:t y unavailing, but calculated to produce the very ieverse of that which it was intended to effect.—. - \ :°'°t, %s lien we are told of the " portentous" change of l'Atcy whcli this " Catholic Question" (as it is called) is to Carry into effect, I call upon you to compare the ali:ch have already beets made, with those wino'. are still sought for, and to ask whether the de merit t.f conce,sion rests with ourselves, or with those `h.) have pteceded us ? above all, to consider whether that ssliich is now asked for is just and necessary to be g' aired, under due qualifications and protections; and tt is possible to stop where we are ? All of )'"t vtell tinkle+ stand the important privilege cf exer cii7!g the E ective F ranc hi s e. Catholic Freeholders in Iretand, in common with you, possess that important right, by an Act passed in 1793 ; and do you think that it is so prepotacrons on their part t 7 express a wish, , that basing been thought worthy to receive the privi lege to eh ct, they might also receive the privilege t o b.! etected ? I request you to understand me, that it 1 conceived that tl'ete was any danger in this additional conce.sim i , to the Protestant Clu ch or to the State. no t for Mer c-ocrssion would in any degiee re statc.! me to the measure. But, on the cola' arY, I tne interests tf both would be cot.fir med by such a rnew.nre. Allow tte to ask, •when vnn a'e told that to admit a Catholic into the H use of Lords, or the House of Commons, would be to enianger the Ccnititution, are you liss are that, in 1817, the law was repealed which would have prevented any Catholic firm► obtaining the supreme command of an army in the service of his country? Are you aware that, in point of fact, no law operates, ht the present moment, to prevent his Majesty from appointing a Catholic (fficer, , to command his Fleets and Armies, sore than' it does, should it he his pleasure, to appoint any other Dissenter from the E.tablished Church? And can you reconcile to yourselves the belief; that it is safe for the Constitu ition to entrust such extreme power in she hands of a Catholic, on whose conduct, in a single engagement, the destinies of his country may rest ; and yet, at the same time, that it would be so dangerous to allow him to take a single position among many in the houses of Parliament, or that he would be disposed there more, than in the field, to act with disloyalty to his King, and to bleak faith with the Constitution of his country ? —Allow me further to ask, are you aware, when this measure of " Catholic Emancipation" is discussed, as it it wete some gerwtal measure, involving much material change and complication of circumstances—that the sole reason which i srevents the Catholic from taki:tg seat in Parliament, is his utiwillinp,nesl to make a cer ta'n declaration, and to t.,ke a particular foinr of oath, which, as a Catholic, with reference to the spiritual part of his teliqion, it is impossible for him conscientiously to take? If. therefore, you have ever he,/rd it asserted, that Catholics do not consider therntelves bound by their oath, you will find the utter absurdity of such a pr.ipositii n iu the indisputable fact that teere it not for the conscientious dread of rio?ating an oath, the ron,tita • lion now presents »o impefliment to the entry of a Catholic into either House of I'r:tilt:meta, or into any ( I ffice what ever. It a Cathuli:, at ti-is time, were to ptesent hi rustlf at the table of the Ilouse of Commons, he would be re quired to subscribe to a delaration against transubqan tra.ion, which declaration was directA to be subscribed at a period when it was a material object, on po ll ical grounds, to ascertain the fact of the religion of the patty. But that declaration tile; ely relates to a mystical principle of his religion, having no relation to, or cennection with, the civil conduct of the party pro fessing it. You have to-day heard the Mayor read the oath of abjuration. A Catholic has not the slightest objection to take that oath. He is perfectly piepared, also, to take the oath of Supremacy, if you will only except the denial of the authority of the Pope in nratttrs purely spiritual, and limited to . his own Church. 1 beg bot to be unders'ood a', in the slightest degree, arguing in favour of the Catholic Relioion or as placing ' it on a par with that pure system of faith which it is our good fortune to pro'ess. But if it be a part of a Catholic's faith to allow the supremacy of the Pope, in spiritual matters, whilst at the same time he disclaims that supremacy. by every form cl words that ingenuity caninvent, with respect to temporal matters, 1 do not see any reason why the professors of that faith should be for ever disqualifi-d from partaking of the privileges of the Constitution. Do not suppose. however, for one moment, tat I am prepared to support any general system of E riancipa , i ni, which does not call upon every individual partaking of its benefits to give the most unequivocal assurance that he is prepared to ex ercise every duty of loyalty and fidelity to his country, that can or ought to be imposed upon a subject. I would permit no man to escape from the impedi incurs which the existing tests offet to his admis im i slnt., -Parliament, or into the exercise of Civil Office, who would not be prepared to satisfy my mind, under the sanction of an oath (of the solemil nity of which sanction, in his case, I have, for tlae, reasons ialready assigned, no possible justification to doubt) that he objected to subscribe the declaration a gainst transubstantiation on account of his religious, faith, and of his religious faith alone, and that he had no objection to take the oaths of abjuration and alle giance;—who did not satisfy me that his objections to the oath of supremacy only existed on account of the word "spiritual;'—who did rot profess Lis loyalty by every term that could assure tie of the reality of his feelings ;—who . would not be prepared to swear that he would maintain the Protestant succession to the Crown ;—who would not swear that he abjured the opinion, that Princes excommunicated by the Pope and Council, or any authority of the See of Rome, or by any other authority whatsoever, may be depose) or murdered by their subjects ;—who would not swear that he denied to the Pope any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, wit) in these realms ; who would nr.t swear that he disclaimed, disavowed, and solemnly abjured, any attempt to subvert the Protestant Church Est abhshment ;—who would not equally swear, never to exercise any privilege to which he might become entitled, to the disturbance of the Protestant Religion or Protestant Government in this kingdom ;—or who would hesitate to swear, that he made all these declarations in the plain and ordinary sense of the words which conveyed them, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation what ' evert —or who would not deny on oath, the power of any dispensation from any quarter to annul the same. As I have already said, if s Catholic be prepared to swear to this effect, I can have no right to suspect his oath, when I know that it is only from his unwillangttesa to violate the sanctity of an oath, that he is at this moment prevented from obtaining all the objects which any Inca sure of emancipation can by possibility confer upon him. But, above all, understand me when I repeat, that if any Catholic be not prepared to go this length, I am not prepared to extend any emancipation to that Catholic, be he who he may. I thus have nut hesitated, fearlessly hut respectfully, to inform you of the ltature of my sentiments. lam well aware that I should in some sewn appear to consult my interest, were Ito sacrifice my opinion impost this subject, in deference to the indisposition which some of you avow towards any future remission of Catholic disabilities; and this being the only point on which I feel that I am in the least at issue with any of my Consti tuents, it might be a temptation to me to make that sacri fice, were 1 not satisfied that you ought to have a better opinion of me, for maintaining and acting upon my real opinion, although that opinion may not be in Liaison with yours. At pre sent, you are aware that, in the House of Commons, there is a ma jority in favour of the measure of Catholic Emancipation. But if every Member who thinks as I do, is to be rejected as a Candidate, because he ventures to think that concessions may be extended to his Catholic fellow subjects, under the precautions which I have described, do not disguise from yourselves that evils may ensue, of the tendency and extent of which you are, perhaps, but little aware. The loss of our trade with Ireland, in which there are those among you who are engaged, might possibly not he the greatest evil we should have to deplore, if anything were to oc cur which should seriously interrupt the peace and growing prosperity of that country. I have requested you most ear newly to think for yourselves on this subject; I have pledged myself that you shall have the means of adequate informa tion upon it, You are aware that men of oppo-ire parties, agreeing on no other point whatever, have been found to concur absolutely and entirely as to the policy and propriety of Catholic Emancipation, as it is calla ti ; and 1 ask you, if, among yourselves, where patty spirit c lists, any one (pillion could be stated, in which men at opposite parties agree,l, though abirering in all other respects, whether that circumstance would not incline y o u t o think that th e r e must be something reasonable in that opinion, requiring youropen tive examination, and Hum your hasty and contemptuous rejection? -1 will rot trot.hle.you more on this subject, than by asswing , you, that if, after due con..ideration,'any of you shall *be disposed to siltbhold four support from •me, on'acctiunt of my vote on this question, however.greLtly I shall lament the circumstance, I shall console myself with the reflection that I have conscientiously di*• charged my duty. Allow rns, in conclusion, to thank you mos: cordially for your -flittering uttentitnis to me this cit'y. and for the numerous marks of kindness, which 1 have, on so many occasions, received at your hands. • The trade at the port *of Shoreham continues to in cteae ; the duties received in the quartet just end:/ amounting to 16,0001. being 11,000/. inure than the an nual receipt eight .years ago. The revenue .of Custo►ns at Montrose is still on the increase. The amount of duties received at Montrose, during the quarter ending 10th current, is 4,732/. and at Arbroath, 3,3701. Total, 8,102/. This sum exceeds the whole receipt in the year 1822. There is a new path made at the North side of Hyde Park, towards Kensington Gardens, and a very good path it is, but the exhibitors rat horseback think fit to tide over it, and shut off nn the turf, which is on the sante leve'. Now this is contrary to rule, and a great nuisance to pejestiianf. At lialiapast one in the morning of the 14th, a fire broke out at N. 49, Ito: des Boucheries, Paris, which wit. extinguished by the gallant exertions (la corporal, who tefwed any I eiminerAtion for then:. The sale of indigo at the India-House, was concluded rday.—lt has (recopied itht days, and the quail. City pat up amounted to .3.750 cheats, very little (~f' which has bocci taken in.—About 2,000 chests belonged to the Company, the remainder to private hands, and the prices tan ft oar 2s. to ',ls. per lb. higher than those of last sale, the aecra2e advance bring estimated at t2s. 101 Fully two thirds of the whole is bought for exportation, chirfly fur France. About thr. e o'clock 3 es . erday morning, after a sudden storm c f which passed with the violence and rapidity of a hurricane, there was a slight fall of snow, foliowe.:l by a heavy shower of to it, the coldeit tiw. we ever remember. - liiiday, during the hours of business, v.me hardy and ingenious burglar contrived to pick the lock of a ,ecret drawer belonging to a member of the S:ock Exchange, wherein was deposited a short time prev'ously a small mite-case, containing promissory notes, bills, and other securities to a very consider able amount. The robber, no doubt, conceived himself fortunate in securing so valuable a prize, but unfortunately for him, and fortu nately for'the owner, no part of the papers were nego. tiabie in any shape whatever. Oculars of the number cf fishing vessels entered at :he Coast-office, Custom-house, London, with the quantity ref fish importeJ in the coarse of one year, Number of vessels, 3,827 ; fresh salmon, 45,446 fish, 22,94 boxes ; maids, plaice, and skate, 50,754 bushels ; turbot, 87,958 ; fresh cod fish, 477,130; herrings, 3 366 407 ; haddocks, 452,493; sprats, 60,879 bushels; mackerel, 3,076,700; lobsters, 1.954,600; soles, 8,67'2 bushels; whitings, 90 ; 604 ; and 1,500 eels. A most daring robbery was committed yesterday morning, in the shop of Mr. GRANT, watchmaker, Ficet-street. Two lads went into the shop, and asked to look at a reasonable priced watch ? several were shewn them, and they agreed fcr one, leasing ss. de posit. On leaving the shop, however, they pretended to have been struck with the appearance of some watch-chains hanging behind the counter, and re tinected to look at one. Whilst the shopman turned his hick to reach them. they seizzd a glass-case, con. taieing watches, worth 300 guineas, and got clear off with the booty. • Information has been received at th • different Police Offices, of a rubbery,: to a most considerable amount, having been committed at the shop of Mr. SHILDRAKE, watchmaker and jeweller, London-lane, Norwich, on the eveiling of Tuesday the llth instant.—Trie ptorrty consists of 50 gold, silver, and metal watches ; 70 ditto keys; 84 pearl and fancy zings; 55 wedding rings several fine gold-chains, and sundry other articles of valuable jeo ellery. RECOVERY OF TIVELIRISTIANIA OFF MARGATE. Ti.e Messrs. BELL • their companions, by inde fatigable perseverance and industry, have at length succee.led in recovering from the bed of the ocean, aft: r having been submerged eleven months, the Cht istiattia brig, laden with about 180 pieces of brandy, which was sunk on the Margate sands, 160 pieces still remaining in her hold. The whole of this undertaking was completed without the aid of a diving-bell. The method resorted to, was by having on the deck of the vessel employed, what is term-rd a 44 Jack in the box,' through which the screws and other instruments were dropped ; and by this simple contriv ince the men were en ibled to work with safety. The length of time the spirit has been immersed, has not - in the least dimi nished its flavour, owing to the soundness and thickness of the bottoms in which it is contained. EXPLOSION OF A PownErt-rotoo.---Yesterday morn ing, about four o'clock, the neighbourhood of Hounslow Heath, Hatton, and its v'cinity, were dreadfully alarmed by the explosion of a powder-mill, belonging to Mr. Taylor, the report of, which was very loud ; many per sons rose from tf.eir beds, and hurried to the spot, and nit their arrival, the powder-mill was discovered to be completely unroofed, and all the wood work shattered to pieces. It was known that a man named Young was at work in the mill alone, during the night, and great apprehension being felt for his sifety, instant search oas made after him. The lifeless body of the poor fellow was soon found, blown a considerable dis tance from the mill, arid presenting a shocking spec tacle. It appears that the quantity of composition at which he was at work was not very great, or the conse quences might have been still more dreadful. The means by which the explosion took place can only be conj ctured. The unfortunate suffaer has left a wife and large family. MEETING 4 F THE MECHANTCS AT DEPTFORD.--TOES day evening a numerous Mewing of the Mechanics o' Deptford, was held at the Roman Eagle, for the purpose of establishing a Mechanics' Institute in that town. At eight o'clock the chair was taken by Dr. ()UNTRUE GREGORY, who has consented to become the President of the Society. Dr. RIRKBECK, however, shortly after wards entered the room, and received a very honest and cordial welcome. The Chair man, in an abfe and eloquent speech, pointed out the advantages of Me chanical Institutions. He was followed by Dr. RIRK• BECK, who traced the progress of Mechanics' Institutes from their rise in Glasgow and London, and concluded with expressing his sincerest hope that the gates of knowle.ige would soon be as open as the gates of mercy. Several donations, one of 101. from t!'e Treasurer, atint.,cr 0f . 3. iriltu the Master Shipwright of Deptford Yard, and a second 51. front a Gentleman, with others of minor amount, were announced, arid the meet ing ( ispersed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, OCT. 20. Very few subscribers were present to•day, and what little bet ting took phce was at the Newmarket quutati )))) There will nut be any decisive betting till after the Houghton Meeting, when it will become steady in the usual events. Fur the preseat i odds on the Derby and St. Leger, see our Newmarket account. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. THIIItsDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 snv. each, f 0 ft. colts, Bst.7lb. fillies, Bst.4lb. D.T. Duke of Grafton's b. c. Bolero . . 1 Lord Clarendon's b. e. by Partisan . . X Duke of Grafton's e. by Want . 3 Lord G. H. Cavendish's e. Black Cat . 4 Nine paid. Wen by a length-2 to lon Bolero. Handicap Plate of £lOO, for four, five, six years old, and aged horses. A.F. Mr. Bloss's eh. L Dobble Entendre, 4 yrs old, 7st. 101 b. 1 Duke of Grafton's br. tn. Zinc, 5 yrs old, Bst. . 2 Mr. Lamhton's h. nt. Spermaceti, 5 yrs old, Bst. 21b. . Lord Tavlstock's ch. c. Shadow, 4 yrs old, 7st. 81h. Two others started ; the Judge placed but two. Won by a Tength-5 to 2 agst Double Entendre; 6 to 1 agst Zinc; 6 to 1 agst Spermaceti ; 2 to 1 agst Shadow. 31r. Wortley's Scandal, Bst. 31b. beat the Duke of Grafton's Cramer, fist. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft. Won easy-7 to 4on Scandal. The Town Plate of £5O, for 3 yrs old, 7st. 4th. four, Est. 4111. five, tt..t. 111 h. six, 90. 11b. and lgi.ll, 9st. 41b. T. M. 31: The witi.:er to he sold for 200 gs. if demanded, &c. Mr. Pettit's ch. g. Cat.ilinr-, aged . . 1 Lord Exeter's b. f. Attica, 3 yrs old • 2 Duke of Grafton's h. e. by Woful, 3 yrs old 5 • Nr. Goddard's b. f. Pretension. 5 yrs old . 4 Duke of Portland's h. c. Egyptian, 4 yrs old . 5 Mr. Meynell's br. f. by Orville, 3 yrs old . 6 Won by a length-2 to 1 agst Catallne. Mr. Powleit's Logic, Bst. 91h. rec. 50 from Mr. Thornhill's Re. former, Bst. T.Y.C. 100. Mr. Greville's Dahlia, 74. 51h. rec. ft. from Lord Exeter's Pi. leis Royal, Bst. 91h. D. M. 200, h. ft. Mr. Powlett's Logic, Bst. 111 h. rec. 20 from Sir J. Shelley's Infelix, 70. 71h. First half of Ab. M. 100, it. ft Mr. Greville's Don Carlos, list. 51b. agst Mr. Pettit's Cadiz, Bst. D. M. NO. Off by con,ent. HOLY WELL HUNT-Oex. IR. The Chieftain Stakes, of 50 sov. each, h. ft. for 3 yrs old. Sir T. Stanley's hr. e. by litho da Puta . 1 Mr. E. Stanley's gr. c. Auocrat . . 2 Mr. blytton's Loam d . . 3 Lord Grosvenor's Achilles . . Produce Stakes of 50 sov. each, h. ft. for colts and fillies three-yrs old. Two miles. Mr. Myttnn's br. f. by Blucher Si: T. Stanley's h. c. by Blucher The Mottyn Stakes for all ages. Mostyn mile. . . Mr. Geary's hr. f. by Arachne 3 yrs . . 1 Sir T. Mostyn's br. I. by Whi:ker, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Mytton's Flexible, 3 vs . 3 Four others started, but were not placed. A Handicap States of 20 sov. each, h. ft. with 50 added, &c. Three miles. Mr. Mytton's Flexible, 5 yrs, 7st. 71b. . 1 Sir W. W. Wynn's hr. c. by ltabens, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. 2 Lord Grosvenor's Hybla, 4 yrs, Slit. 3 HUNTING. The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday, at Bostoek Lodge ; Wednesday, at Prover; Thursday, at 'Patton Park; Saturday, at Winnington Bridge. The Chester Harriers meet on Monday, at Caughall Bridge; Thursday, at Stamford Bridge. Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Monday, at S'iirley Park ; Thursday, at Swarkstone Bridge; Saturday, at B:irbelield. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday, at Battlefield; Wed nesday, at Stoke Heath; Friday, at Candover Park. TROTTING MATCH. Mr. lllid, the horse-dealer, at llnmerton, undertook yesterdaT, on the Chelmsford read, to trot his horse Tiger, 14 miles in an hour, saddled, and to carry 11 stone. It was undertaken over four miles of ground. The first four miles was done in is min. 10 sec. second four, in 17 min. 11 sec. third four, 17 min. 15 sec. and the last two in 8 min. 59 sec. losing the match by one Min. 55 sec. The match was for 100 suv. and it was lost by the fretfulness of the hotse in making two breaks from the trot. PEDESTRIANISM. . . Metcalf, the Warminster runner, performed on font a quarter of a mile yesterday, in 57 seconds, on the Lewisham path, for tive sous. The time allowed was one minute. It was won easy. It is expected that the Grand Western Ship Canal will he commenced at Bridgewater in less than a month. At Chester Michaelmas Fair there was a numerous shew of horses ; but there were very few good ones, and most exorbitant prices were asked.—Hurned ca . tle were in abundance, and. the prices of last fair were fully supported ; in short, every species of agricultural stock maintained its previous value. At Edinburgh a Magistrate lately fined a man 20.: or in default of payment to be imprisoned six months, for assisting a soldier of the regiment gummed in the Castle, to desert.—The penalty imposed was in com pliance with the terms of the Mutiny Act, which ad mits of no mitigation in such cases. John Trubshaw, a fine boy, about five years of age, nephew of Mr. Llwe, of the Plume ut Feathers, Staf ford, met his death by falling from a pair of stairs into a mashing tub of hot water in the brewery.—On the following day, at Shirleywich, John Ansun, a year and a half old, was killed by falling into a bucket of lye, which had been used for washing. So plentiful has been the supply of salmon trout in our trinket lately, from the Coquet, that on same evenings last week it was sold to the public at f►arn Sd. to 4d. per pound. On cutting up one of the fish, was found a pair of spectacles in a case, which appeared little worse for having been in the watery el:ment.- Ire Mercury. Wednesday se'nnight, Mr. Thomas Helmeron, clerk to Boma Bunnem., Eq. Proctor of Durham, was grossly and outrageously assailed w:th stones on the Palace Green, by a party of young men named Cock burn, Hodgson, Tilly, and Brown, for having liberated the groom whom they had locked in the stable. Mr. Helmeton, demanded to know why they had acted so ? when they instanly closed upon him, knocked him down, and got upon his breast wilt their knees, and in the most brutal manner kicked and struck him all over his body. A person of the name of Gascoine came to his assistance, but the fellows attacked this man add gave him a black eye, some othe►s advancing to the spot, the offenders commenced a precipitate retreat. Fortunately, however, Mr. H. has been able to i entify the whole of them, and they have been committed to take th it trials at the Quarter Sessions n:w holding at Du: ham. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, OCT. 21. The arrivals of this week are tolerably good, but there b not much fresh up this morning. Wheat remains steady at the terms last quoted. There is so great probability of the ports opening fur Bar ley, that this trade is nearly stagnant to-day. Beams and Peas are as last quoted. Oats find buyers readily at blonday's terms.—Arrivals: English Wheat, 5,200 qrs. Barley, 5,800 qrs. Oats, 8,993 qrs. Flour, 9,250 sacks. Irish Wheat, 5 qrs. 'Laity, 45 qrs. Oats. 5,100 qrs. London Averages for the week ended October IS.— Wisest, 3,689 qrs. 68s. 3d. Barley, 3,952 qrs. 425. 9d. Oats, 4,545 qrs. 291. 2d. ltye. 11 qrs. 48s. ld. Beans, 2,054 qrs. 471. 7d. Peas, 1,809 qrs. Stis. ~ SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCT. 21. In Beef and Mutton there is no variation, but both are Arm at Monday's quotations. The price of Veal is steady at 6s. to 6s. 6,1. per stone for the best young Calves; and ss. 6.1. to ss. 104 per stone for the coarser. In Pork there is no variation of mumeot, dairy fed Porkers are 6s. to 6s. 2d. per stone; and coarser ss. 4d. to .ss. ed. per atom.— Beasts, 756 • Sheep. 5,570 ; 110 ; Calves, 202. 8..-ef, 4s 64. to ss. ust p=r stone ; Mutton; Ss. to Ss. Gd. Veal, Si. 6d. to 64 Gd. Pork, ss. 4d. to 6s. 24.—.11ay per load, .C 3 sa. to ,65; Clover, £4 to 5 Ws. Straw, Li 16s. to 4s its. 31