Star. — London, England, 1825-09-30 00:00:00

~~ WOMAN. 0, Woman, sport not with distress, Nor add A pang to wretchedness: Not in the gay and heartless throng, Where the eye sparkles, and the tongue Shoots forth its wit; not in the stream Of revelry's delusive scene; Not where the dance, in joyous round, With music, mirth, and wine abound; But in the chamber of distress, Where with unceasing tenderness She strives to soothe, nor strives in vsin To mitigate the sufferer's pain; Where, comforting, she stniling o cheers The heart depress'd, while. through her tears, The glistening eyes their rays impart, And hope once more pervades the heart; Where the low voice, its murmur'd tone, Speaks with a pathos all its own, Falling more sweetly on the ear Than music's soft cadence ; the fear Of breaking stillness forms a charm Tkat stillness' self cannot disarm: In such a peaceful scene as this 'Tis that man feels, acknowledges, Women and Angels are the same. Differing ydevi . but in the name.! AIIvIiAt.LMAS DAY. G. S. The festival of St. Michael, and all Angels, has been celebrated %. ith great solemnity by the Christi in Church ever since the filth age, and was certainly kept sacred in A;Julia as early as 493. The dedication of the great church of Mount Gor gann, in Italy, to St. Michael, gave rise to the celebra tion of this least in the %Vest. It obtained the common name of M;chaelmaF, and the dedication of numerous churches at Rome and other parts of Italy, subsequently took place on this day, a practice followed in other counts ies. The churches dedica cd to St. Michael are usually to be found on elevated spots, in allusion to this Saint's having been the highest of the heavenly host. St. Mi chael'a Mount, in Cornwall, and that in Normandy, are confirmations of this remark. Michaelmas Day is one of the regular quarter days )r settling rents; but it is no longer remarkable for the hospitality whith once attended this anniversary. At Martinmas, the old quarter-day, the landlords used for merly to entertain their tenants with geese, then only kept by opulent persons. But these birds being esteemed in perfection early in the Autumn, most families now have a goose diessed on St. Michael's Day; for At Michaelmas, by custom right divine. Geese are ordained to bleed at Michael's shrine. Very many inquiries have been made by antiquaries into the origin of eating goose on this festival, none of hich, however, prove satisfactory, and, in our opinion, it had no particular meaning, except that stubble geese are now in perfection. People like to do things that are pleasant on holidays; and feasts, both among Poly theists and Christians, make up a great part of the mis cellaneous customs attached to their calling. Geer_ are eaten likewise at Martinmas; and in Denmark, and other countries, where they are later in being ready for the table, this is usually the time when they are in vogue. As matter, however, of antiquarian informa tion, se shall cite the various explanations of this.cus tom from different authors. It has been ascribed to the accidental circumstance of Queen Elizabeih's being at dinner on a goose at the time she heard of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and that in consequence She ate of goose every year on that anniversary.—ln Gascoigne's Flowers we find, And when the tenauntes come to pale their quarter's rent, They bring some fowle at Midsummer, a dish of fish in Lent; At Christ:mese a capon, at Miehmilmasse a goose : soul:what else at Newyere's tide, for fare their lease the loose. A writer in Ihe World. No. 10, probably Lord Or ford, remarking on the effects of the alteration of the style, says, a When the reformation of the Calendar was in agitation, to the great disgust of many worthy poisons, who urged how great the harmony was in the old establishment between the holydays and their at tributes ; and what confusion_ would follow if Michael mas 1.) •y, for instance, was not to be celebrated when stubble geese are in their highest perfection ; it was re plied, that such a propriety au merely imaginary, and would be lost of itself, even without any alteration of the Calendar by authority; for if iu it the errors were suffered to go on, they would in a certain number of years produce such a variation, that we should be mourning for good King Charles on a false thirtieth of January, at a time of year when our ancestors used to be tumbling over head-and heels in Greenwich Park, in honour of Whitsuntide; and at length he choosing king and queen for Twelfth Night, when we ought to be admiring the London 'Prentice at Bartholo mew Fa i r." It is a popular saying, that " if you eat goose on Michaelmas D.it, you will never want money all the year ronnd." 'ln the British Apollo the proverb is thus discussed: Supposing pow Apollo's sons, Jun rose from picking of goose bones, 'lbis on you pops, pray tell me whence The customed proverb did commence, That who' eats goose on Alichael's day, Shan't money lack his debts to pay ! This notion, framed in days Of yore, Is grounded on a priadent score; For, doubtle s s, %was at fir s t 'clesgn'd To make the people moons mind ; That so they inisht apply their care To all those things which needful were, And, by a good industrious"hand, Know when and haw t' improve their In Poor Robin's Almanack for 1695, tinder Septem ber, are the foliowing quaint lines : Geese now In their prime season are, Which, if well roasted, are. gocid tare : Yet, however, friends, take peed Ilow too much on.them you ft . C4l,. Lest, whew as your tongues ,ruts loose, Your discourses do smell of goose! Or. the election °fa oaili s ff at nidcleimlniter, which occurs at this season of the year, 'the lilllagilantf assemble in the ' principal street to throw csibbi!gri stalks at each other. The town house-bell gives signal for the affray. This is calleclissilisst!Or., This•clone, for it lasts an hour, the 1143iffeleat Find Coi'phiatiOn; in their robes, preceded by drums and:;files, For they have no waits, visit the old and new . bailiffs, constables, &c. &c. attended by the snob. In the . tntatitinze the most respectable families in "the beighbOurloOd art invited to meet and fling app''es at them on ' their in r trance. More than forty pots of apples 'have been expended at one house. COMMON HALL. Yesterday being Michaelmas Day, a Common Hall was held, as usual, for the purpose of electing the Lord Mayor for the ensuing ar. The Hall was very fully attended, and the Lord Mayor, accompanied by several Aldermen, the Recorder, the two Sheriffs, and the Common-hajeant, having taken their seats on the hustings, the common crier made the usual proclama tions for opening the Hall, after whirh The RECORDER came forward and said, that Ok-auty of the Livery was to select from a list, which they've - 6111d have tead to them, of the names of those Gentlenien ' being Aldermen, who had served the office of Sheriff, two persons, to be returned to the Court of Aldermen, for them to elect one of such two, so nominated by the Liverymen to fill the important office of Lord Mayor of this great and illustrious city. The duty which the ' Livery had to perform was one of their mast ancient and undoubted rights, and from the list of names they . would hear read, en whomsoever their choice should fall, there could be no doubt but that it would be on a man who would go through the duties of the office with credit to himself, and honour to the city of London. The Common SZRUANT then read the following names :—ltoberf Albion Cox, Esq. Alderman and goldsmith ; Veu.rbks,l Esq. Alderman and stationer; Anthony Brown, Esq. Alderman and fishmonger; Matthias Prime Lucas, Alderman and vintner ; William Thompson, Esq. Alderman and ironmonger; John Key, Esq. Alderman and stationer. The strew of hands being taken, there was not one for Alderman Coz—a strong drew for Alderman Yen ibles—about ten for Alder man Brown—and scarcely one for any of the others. The SHERIFF then declared that the election had fallen on Alderman Venables and Alderman Brown. These names having been returned to the Court of Al- dermen, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen shortly re turned to the hustings, when the Recorder declare,: that William Venables, Esq. Alderman and stationer, was duly elected Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The LORD MATOR ELECT was then invested with the gold chain, and came forward. He thanked the Livery tot the honour they had done him, and assured them that whatever ability he possessed should be studiously, faithfully, and zealously exercised by him in the dis charge of the duties of the office. He passed a high eulogium on the present Lord Mayor, and assured them that he would devote his whole time for the next year to the office, and declared it to be his intention of going through the whole of the duties of it with that splen dour and hospitality for which that great City had always been so distinguished: be assured them that he would be ever ready to call a Common Hall for the discussion cf any public matter, and would to his utmost protect their municipal rights, as well as support the commerce and trade of the city. A vote of thanks was then moved to the two late Sheriffs, upon which Aldermen Brown and Key, the late Sheriffs, returned thanks. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor was unanimously passed. The Loan Maroareturned thanks in an appropriate address, and the Common Hall was then dissolved. A Court of Aldermen was afterwards held, at which the Lord Mayor stated that he had applied to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the new Act for the uniformity of weights and me.isures, which is to com mence on the Ist of January next, and on some diffi culties as to the heaped measures, the diameter of the heaped bushel only being defined in the Act; and laid before the Court the copy of a report made to the Trea sury by Dr. Wollaston, thereon specifying the breadth the several measures should be from outside to outside on the top. The Court thereupon directed the proper 0— fn Cela at Guildhall to mark such measures only as are made con formable to Dr. Wollastoa's report, and directed par ticulars thereof to be published in the Gazette, for general information. The Court also approved of new stamps for the weights and IIIeaSLITeL A Petition from the Liberty of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, for the appointment of proper officers to inspect the weights and mea sures used in thatLiberty,was presented and referred to a Committee. Mr. Beddow was sworn into the (Ace of Common Crier, and the Court adjourned. The new Customs Consolidation 13i11 will afford great facilities to families for importing their own spirits and wines. Rum, which could formerly be imported only in quantities of sixty gallons, may now be imported in casks of twenty gallons; brandy and genera in casks of forty gallons, instead of 100 ; and wine in casks of twenty-one gallons instead of hogsheads. The latter may also be imported in cases of three dozen of reputed quart, or six dozen of reputed pint bottles. The impe rial gallon is the measure alluded to. A serious affray took place last week, between Banff and Macduff. A party of Officers of the Customs from Banff, we are informed, boarded a foreign vessel in that harbour, to exact payment of the light-house dues, which the master of the vessel resisted, on the ground that lights were not exhibited ; and the Officers per sisting in their demand, the Master ordered his crew to throw them oveibo ird, which was instantly obeyed.— Their boat being alongside, the Officers were picked up, and on going ashore, lodged a complaint against the Master, and procured a warrant for his apprehen sion for the assault. The Master having landed, was apprehended; the fishermen of Macduff attempted a rescue, .and a party of the coast guard, who were em ployed to execute the warrant, were compelled to have recourse to their arms, and • several were wounded, one man so severely that he is not expected to live. Wednesday evening, Mr. Robert Anderson, of Wor myhillr, Arbroath, on returning home, went into the bleaclifield erected on his farm; and, on ascending a stair which leads to the boilers, owing to the darkness of the night, lost his footing, and .fell head foremost into a boiler, which contained a quantity of caustic solution of potash. Medical assistance was imme diately procured; notwithstinJing which, from having swallowed some of the liquid, its corroding quality caused his death on Friday morning. At the Court of Assizes at Rouen, Jules Roustel, .called Cagnard, was condemned to suffer death. Cadot and Grossent, each to twelve years of hard labour, and Louis Lefebvre tp eight years-implisonmenr. They 'A' e retoniricted cf a riotous assemblage at Hoseme, in Augiist last, when a Gendarme was shot by Roustel. It is not. generally known that there were formerly appointments to the Office of Chancellor of the Exit - vier,* life. in the Herald's =Office is the appoint ment of JOHN Bouncnrim i Lord- Bernerf, to that office for life, for the services whit!' he performed for figNlti NHL o as-Captain of Pioneess at the siege of The ' rooenne." 'He'first obtained his Military -Commission under HENRY VII. tot quelling an 'insuirection in Cirrn wall, conducted by one Jostaot, a blaik:itiitli. Tuesday evening, the litv., Edward Johnson, Rector of St. Cie, menet, East Cheap, and :qr. Taibrahain, of No. it/7', rft:gentLitaeti presented themselves 'at brarlborougli-iyart 'Oilier, as' trail f es Sine2son, now in cus tody for ail offence. On . Wing thalqh Ant sane person had been committed from flow -iireet, for a ennila crime, and that the charge wisinneh incite airtime 'titbit they hall been led to believe, they declined becoming baiL PARISIAN CifiAL COM r• • PARIS, SEPTEMBER tut. A very scandalous cause is shortly to come before the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Paris. It is a complaint in adultery, preferred by tl-e Marquis de Cairon against his wife. The following is the substance of the memorial drawn up by the Marquis himself, and laid before the King's -Attorney : 6 , Augustin Marquis de Cairon has the honour of et hibiting the following facts to the King's Attorney : When Madame de Cairon quitted, in 1819, the convent of the Dames St. Michel, she went to reside in the Rue du Regard, and then commenced an action again t me, with a view to a separation a mcnsa et thoro. When the President of the Court asked her what domicils the should make choice of during the continuance of the action? she proposed returning to the convent of the Dames St. Michel, and where, in fact, she remained until the end of April, 1822, when she was obliged to be turned out of the convent for her notorious miscon duct. During her residence in that house, she had frequently absented herself, sometimes even for whole months. On one of these occasions, October, 1820, she entered as a boarder, under the name of Adele Leconte, the establishment of M. Bounassier, accoucheur, where she remained three months, and was delivered of a male child, which was enregisteted at the Municipality, un der the names of Pollidor Eugene, father and mother unknown. This child was recognised in 1823, by M. Soubrianne, a medical student, as his son. This child was sent to Antony, to a woman named Aumont, to nurse. Madame Cairon, under the name of Lecomte, went frequently to see it. At first she was accom panied by a young man, who she called Lecomte, and with whom she lived as with ber husband, occupying , the same room and bed in the Auberge of Antony— From some repressions that escaped them, the none judged that they were not man and wife, and on taxing Madame Cairon with it, she acknowledged that the young man was an attorney's clerk, named Catherinet. —ln many of her subsequent visits she was accom panied by Lew lovers : each of whom, however, bcre the name of Lecomte. In 1822, when Madame de Cairon had been turned out of the Convent, she went to live with M. Soubrianne, in the Rue des Fosses la Prince. During the summer of the same year they went to lodge at the Auberge, at Antony, where they lived as man and wife, and took no pains whatever to conceal their criminal iatercourse,which will be proved by the owner of the Auberge, his wife, and the servant who attended them. In April, 1823, Madame de Cairon gave birth to another male child, as will be proved by the accoucheur, the nurse, and the servant. This child was legally acknowledged by Soubrianne to be his son. He is nursing at Meudon, whither Madame de Cairon and Soubrianne go frequently to see him. Besides these facts, I could name several individuals with Whom Madame de Cairon has carried on a crimi nal intercourse. Amongst the number, are Messrs. Barreau, Charpentier, and Lemaire, medical students. The meetings wi:h these persons took place in the house of a fruit-woman, named Beaugrand, rue do Harly, which it appears has been frequently the theatre of Madame de Cairon's orgies. But it is unnecessary to enter into further details on this subject—sufficient proofs of Madame de Cairon's misconduct already exist. She is even at this moment living in open adultery with M. Soubrianne. All that I here advance is unfortu nately founded upon irrefragable testimony, and it is full time that I should invoke the aid of the laws, to save my legitimate offspring from being despoiled of their tights by the children of crime." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. --N.- GUILDHALL George Moore, a resident of Clifton, near Bristol, was charged with felony. His wife, a very elegant young female, had been dis charged from the bar scarcely an hour before, under the following circumstances: — Mr. Smith, of the firm of S mith and Co. of Bris tol, mercers, stated that the husband had lived with them as shop. man, until about a fortnight ago, when he was dismissed, and a day or two after a shop, which he had opened at Clifton, was searched, and a quantity of plate and other articles, their property, were discovered. The husband wile bad lied, however, pre. vious to this investigation, and be had made a fruitless tour of up wards of 600 miles in pursuit of them, but had abandoned all idea of further inquiry, and came up to London yesterday, and on bis way to Mr. Harvey's, on Ludgate-hill, he casually met the female, wearing a gdwn which be was convinced was composed of silk stolen from his stock. Ile accordingly save her in custody, and now begged the Magistrate to send her to Bristol, or remand her, to give time to search for her husband, whom he suspected to be in London. After some consultation with his legal adviser, the Worthy Alder man observed, that if a felony had been committed, if she was the wife of the thief, and found in possession of the property, ber co verture would be a good plea and if she was not his wife, of which fact Mr. Smith had expressed a doubt, she might be presumed to have received the materials for the gown as a present, and he should therefore discharge her. This result astonished Mr. Smith, but, by cautiously watching her after she quitted the Office, he traced out her lodging, in Shoe maker-row, and caused her husband to be apprehended. Mr. Smith estimates the deficiency in his stock to exceed .ElOOO. The prisoner was brought to the Office, but not examined. He was taken away to be conveyed to Bristol by Mr. Smith, who happens to be a constable of that city for the present year. MAR LBOROUG H-STREET. Three lapidaries, of the names of Garner, Moseley, and remote, In the employ of Mr. Ilyams, lapidary and jeweller, of Regent street, were brought up on a charge of having conspired to rob their employer of a certain portion of pink topazes entrusted to their care to polish and cut. Mr. Ilyams deposed that on Monday last, he gave out to the prisoner (Garner), from a parcel, 210 pink topazes, in the rough state, to cut and prepare. On Wednesday morning, he brought in sixty of the number given, but so reduced in size, that they were not worth the money which the labour amounted to; the stones which he gave out, although they would be a little reduced, ought upon being polished to be worth from 2s. 6d. to 3s. each; bat, in. stead of being of that value, they were scarcely worth above 4d. each; whereas the price sbf the labour amounted to that suns on each stone. It was his firm opinion, that the prisoner bad con verted to his own use the large topazes, an 4 to make up the defi ciency, had split the smaller ones in half; foi he had been given to understand, that the wives of the lapidaries in general were in the habit of carrying their precious stones to a public-house in the vici nity of Soho, and selling them. Had the stones been returned In the proper size, the intrinsic value in his favour would have been £2O; and now by those which were returned, he should have but £5. By the like system, which his workmen had carried on for years, he bad lost between £2,000 and X 5,000 ; and although the prisoner had been in his employ for thirteen years, he had not been Able to detect him before. Mr. Bunting, a friend of Mr. tlyams, and also a lapidary, stated that be had been acquainted with the nature of precious stones for several years, and in his opinion they were improperly reduced, for be happened to be at Mr. liyams's on the morning when he gave them nut, and he never: amid finer In his life ; by polishing they would be reduced, yet nut so nttich as the prisoner had re duced those he had returned. Mr. Ilyams here shewkt to the Magistrate the two parcels of stones, and those returned by Garnett were considerably smaller than the others. Garner, in his defence, denied reducinitbe stones beyond what nrcessity'required; they were every one of themfout, that 6 to say; either veined or :pecked .t.d they were compelkd to reduce stones of every deseripti , ,n, until :Ley could erase the veins or specks : ir. proof of his assert:oh he 111 r. Moseley, One or two other witnts•es were examir.ed, %Lose te.stintony was in favour of the nun, ai.tl they settr. di:thargtd. NIC S-A w S a muel Mass:, a broiret, Smd .706 .kniifuomet een ,.. • I en rant, were charged by Mr. Illoyd, Old Bond-sreet, r or , ; • about his premises under suspicious circumst ances . .114' The prisoners were etamined aepwratey, and Russell tom prevaricating story. It turned out, on the evidence of one of the beadle, of Sc. A. . that this man had lung been known as a very b a d character. rsif‘s and his father at one time had kept a most notorious ho use 4 , * 1 th e Seven Dials, the resort of thieves and vagabond s o f every a t : e r ,, don. lie had also been tried for a felony at the Old Ral ey, ~,,'?' point of fact bad been out of jail only a short tints. 11 03 1 ;11 prisoner, Jenlins, also had been tried for an au ae t t , and b a d I been in employment for SOMT time. ott They were committed for three months' Imprisountent,a aciall and vagabonds. QUEEN-SQU ARE. Milian Mews, a grocer, in Millbank-street, Westsaine er , is charged with creating a riot and disturbance about the lu, t „, it Mr. Parratt, of Smith-square, and with assaulting Mrs. Pareu toi her daughter. The prisoner said be bad not caused the disturbance, and A t l i , went to Mr. Parratt's house at his daughter• request.—y es held to bail, to answer the charge at the Sesdons. H ATTON-G A R DEN. FAMILY JARS.-Mr. Cornelius O'Sullivan, a member Dithe yi t , mongers' Company, incorporated in the pabtoral country of Alan,,, hill, Cierkenwell, was brought up under a warrant, by Mistiest; the officer, charged with assaulting Mr. Timothewi 072ristuil0 the sante region. _ _ Jr is needless to say that they are natives of the Emerald 1:>:. " in the ring of the sea." but, by judging from their c :.!urne, did not seem inclined to support the great staple of that co?. , ,try, the linen trade, being both " descansisados," in the manner of tiir Spanish Patriots. Mr. O'Sullivan, it appeared, was refreshing himself at ons Vv. * " restaurateurs" in the neighbourhood, when his lady (the rci-. plainant's sister) came to clog his pleasures, by reminding the gentlest dialect of conjugal love, that "he was a drunken mint and a good-for-nothing idle vagabone, who would put his tz ill looking eyes on sticks for the sake of drink, laving his pc,, t wife working herself off her four bones, could and disci;; ; at home." This charge Mr. O'Sullivan resisted by the eskinsme4 of husbands, and convinced his lady that Ist!. company VV2S agreeable, by kicking hee out of doors. She went. full of watt, to complain to her brother, who proceeded to the undutiful hut. band, to remonstrate with him. His argon:entete ad hams,,, was ably returned upon, however, by Mr. Cornelius, by an ar t .. rnenttrn► ad bora:Mum, and the claim to the "wrangler's" pLcer:. referred to this office. Mr. O'Sullivan, when called on for his defence, made the utuzi exordium of his Seaton-hill friends—he scratched his head.- " Plase your honour," said he, " this comes all of jalnasy of not good luck in the world; I sells fish, he sells fowls, but I'm s:.• . e your honour will not make ' fish of one and flesh of the ether . ; and so he's always poking his nose into my consarns. As to my wife you would not match ker from this to Ballyhooly ; she ion a tongue that would bother a rookery. When I'gri to Like the /eke nourishment, she comes after me, bawling louder than (vet kr brother bawled live ducks. When I saw her brother coming like a great pokish officer, and vicious Inclined, to bate me, I il ia p et him a jeppat to make him look before hint, like an honest man, a•id mind his own business." The Magistrate, not exactly understanding tins discovery is optics, how a jeppat (a thump between the eyes) can assist a mas in •' looking before Dina," ordered Cornelius to find bail fur his ap. pearance, to explain this scientific discovery. 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Then loiter-r Call)tv Soho; 174,11 Matrix Deck, : strut, Todd, Exeter chester Bridge Drain Ales their ls minute which GO street, N' UNION-HALL STRATAGEM TO Discovta THETT.-A Eishionably-attired yowl man, of agreeable manners, named Joseph Hedge, whose friends are said to be highly respectable people, residing ha the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, was charged by his employer, Mr. Bunton, a eke mist and druggist, of High-street, Southwark, with steal:us some silver from the till. The prisoner, who was much affected on being placed at thebar, was represented to have been in business, on an extensive scale, a very short time back; when, owing to some unforeseen circurn. stances or misfortunes, he failed. The prosecutor recei►ed him into his employ a few weeks ago, and at first was highly satisfied with his conduct and knowledge of the business. Suspicions were, however, soon entertained that he was not strictly honest, but no. thin could be adduced to criminate him. At length a scheme was devised to detect him if he really was the guilty person who had abstracted money front the till. It was proposed that some money should be marked, with which two persons were instructed to go to the shop and purchase certain drugs. This was accordingly done; and that evening a constable was sent for to apprehend the prisoner and search his pockets. The officer found him in bed ; and o, examining his clothes he discovered two half-crowns and a shilling which were sworn to be the same that bad been given for the drugs purchased at the prosecutor's shop. A Solicitor, who attended on behalf of Mr. Bunton, said, that in consequence of the great respectability of the prisoner's friends, it was wished not to proceed with the prosecution. Mr. CHAKIIIRS, before whom the charge was made, observed, that no man was obliged to bring a case of felony before a Magis trate; but if be did bring forward a charge, then it was no longer at his option whether or not he should prosecute. The witnesses were then bound over, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. PEDESTRIANISM. Lieutenant Hemmerson undertook for 50 sov. to run a quarter of a mile in fifty-eight seconds. It was known he had rt•n'tbe dis tance in a minute, and was backed at sto 4. The face was run Lewisham ' and so nicely won, that it was at first disputed, bin ultimately declared a win. A foot race was run on Tuesday last, between two Gentlensea of Lads, for a small wager, on the Chapel-town road ; the dis tance being 200 yards, and one of the runners carryicg on his back a young man of light weight, and having 100 yards start. &this from the jockeyship of the Gentleman riding, or the bottom and speed of the Gentleman ridden, they arrived at the goal several yards before their antagonist. Matcham, the celebrated runner from. Staffordshire, was matched off hand at Doncaster Races, to go en foot from thence to Hollo way, 160 miles; in 48 hours. The pedestrian started at one o'clock on Friday morning, and performed 30 milers in six hours. He ate a hearty breakfast and proceeded on to Grantham,where he dined, and he completed 90 miles at 12 o'clock at night, having rested al together not more than two hours. He travelled on at the rate or something more than four miles an hour, and halted the last time at Stevenage, leaving himself eight hours to do the remaining 32 miles, and he won with ten minutes to spare. Randall's man and the Chicken Butcher ran a hundred yards is Ilyde Park, on Monday evening, for a's a-stile. The former got the start, and won by a yard. His Royal Highness the Du :e of York accidentally witnessed the match, as he was passing thr wjh the Park. BIRTHS. Sept. 14, at Dublin, the Lady of Colonel Holmes, C.B. 34 Dragoon Guards, of a sen. Sunday, at the Dean of York's, Liston Grove, the Lady of the Rev. John Peel, of a son. Sept. 22, at Edinburgh, the Lady of lUajor Cubist, Royal Ar tillery, of a daughter, who survived but a short time. MARRIED. Sept. 21, at Stonehouse Chapel, Devon, the Rev. John Baker, LLB. of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to Charlotte, youngest daugh ter of the late .Major-General Kersteman, of the Royal Eagineers. Saturday, at Doncaster, Lieutenant• General Sharpe, of Hod dam, to Jane, daughter of Godfrey Higgins, Esq. of Shellow Grange, in the county of York. DIED. Sept. 25, at Worthing, aged 26, Mary Elisabeth Margaret, fourth daughter of Walter Boyd, Plaistow Lodge,"Esq. Monday, at his seat at Tythegstone, lienry'Kaight, Esq. Vice Lieutenant of the county of Glamotgan, andivisanneur. Com mandant of hi{ Militia. Sept. 4, at Milford, near Lytnington, aged 64, the nev. White• head Dennis, M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. MAILS—THIS DAT. •ft... 11011. 1 o I Frame 1 o lismbirits 1 0 i Flanders 0 0 I &wOO% Ayres O 1 Aitteriea O 0 Brazil 1 0 Leeward Islands DubHa Waterftrd Guernsey end hinny Llsnos Gottenburgh Malta Holland att. DU* 1 0 O 11 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 HI GO-WATER st LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning - 16 minutes after 4 Afternoon - • • 5S minutes after 4 torsos ?tweed and Ptablisked 6,J. 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