Star. — London, England, 1825-11-24 00:00:00

THE AhNli.. -- - Th e Perot of the 16th Foot, now at Harwich, exceeds its es s‘thshrretit of 50 rank and file per Company. The Depot of the 96th Foot, at Winchester, has completed its establi.hmrnt. 4 Detachment of the 90th Foot, quitted the Depot at Haslar Barracks, on the Bth in,t. and embarked on board the Vittoria La nport, to join the Regiment in the Mediterranean. Recruiting parties from the Depot of the said Regiment, marched !rein Ilaslar on the 14th inst. for York and Birmingham. Ocoee, Ocv. 22.—Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Ist Division of the 79th Regiment, or Cameron Highlanders, under the coolnl..r-,J of Lieutenant-Colonel Mown, landed front the Cato traispurt, and marched into the Jesuit's Barrack. The arrival of this distinguished corps has been for some time expected. Not withstandin the bleakness of the day, a considerable number of si,rctators collected to witness their disembarkation, and march tlaough the town. The warlike appearance of soldiers habited i „ t he garb of Old Gaul." excited surprise and admiration, not unmixed with sentiments of pity from the softer sex, at the bare idea ut the sufferings even these hardy mountaineers must endure i t ti med to the rigour of a Canadian winter with such insufficient itotection as their dress affords. They are a fine looking body of and landed in high order ' notwithstanding their voyage. The ow.iniug Divisions may he daily expected ; indeed, unless they „ m e within a very short period, it will hardly be po.sihle for the Itegirretit to return to Europe in the transports which bring v.: th.: INDIAN ARMY.—COURTS MARTIAL llcAjp•QUAarees, CALCUTTA, DiIAY 27,1825. At an European General Court-Martial assembled at I)inapore, (It lluncay, the 9th day of May, 1825, of which Lieutenant-Colo :11 Wittisst Coi.tvaa,67th Regiment Native Infantry, was Ptesi ,;,i,!, William Filkins, private, Ist Company. 2d European Regl nient,was arraigned upon the undermentioned Charges : " 14. For disobedience of my orders on the morning of the 4th inst. in refusing to pay 3 just debt due to Alootee Rant, a native cloth-merchant, which had been of long standing, and which the iri.oner (private Filkins) had repeatedly promised to discharge. J. F..r striking and knocking down the abereementiootell; N..:ive on the morning of the 4th instant, when I sent him to the r7:soner (private Filkins) for the payment of the aforesaid debt; s.. h conduct being brutal towards thr Natives, disrespectful to me, insubordinate, when it is considered the Native went to the rimer by my order. ssl. For making use of the following highly insubordinate, tiseatening, and mutinous expressions, at the quartets of Lieute 73at Itotame, on the forenoon of the 4th instant : Ido not care a damn, you are no man to take the part of a Native ; you ought to he shot for it, and I am damned if you shall be alive twenty dws; the most that can be done to me is to be shot—is it not, you damned rascal?'—the same being addressed to me. " l'he whole of such conduct being in breach of the Articles of W,t, and contrary to good order and military discipline." (Styled) " GEORGE WARREN " Lieut. Ist European Regiment, doing duty with 2d European Regiment. " D ir.:Tore, May 5, 1825." Upon which Charges the Court came to the following decision* nisi; AND he Court having maturely weighed deliberated upon the evidence brought against the prisoner ;iiticate Williant Filkins), together with what he has urged, and Pr evidence exhibited in his defence, is of opinion That he is Guilty of the First Charge. That he is Not Guilty of the Second Charge. That he is Guilty of the Third Charge. " Ike Court having found the prisoner Guilty of the lit and 3tl Charges prt terred against him, does sentence bins to be put in soli. t.ry confinement for the space of one year in a Hill Fort, or such P:lur place as his Excellency the Coniunander-in-Chief may be ;leased to appoint." Approved and Confirmed. EDWARD PAGET, General, Commander-in-Chief in India. By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, W. L. W ATSON, Adjutant-Gen. of the Army. 1111A1D-QUASTILIS, CALCUTTA, MAT 27, 1825. At a Native General Court Martial, re-assembled at Rungpoure, AIUM, on Wednesday the 27th April, 1825, Derriow Sing, Jema i.r, Dinagepore l.ocal Battalion, was arraigned upon the under- LI-mimed Charges, viz.— " Ist. For conduct unbecoming the character of a Commissioned Met, in having, between the 9th of May and the 21st of July lastorhen in command of a detached party at Raba Choky, ex acted various sums of money front merchants and traders, on ae mot at custom-house fees,and appropriatingthe same to his own use. "2d. For an unwarrantable assumption of authority, in exacting Jamey, by threats, front the villagers, as a remuneration fur his mail* in settling their disputes. " ad. For disrespect to me, his Commanding Officer, in falsely canons he had instructions to purchase cloth fur tents on my ac toant,aud taking the same at an unjust valuation its my name and by nty authority. All such conduct being prejudicial to good order and military di.cipline, and contrary to the Articles of War." (Signed) " E. F. WATERS, Major, " Commanding Dinageport Local Battalion . "Camp at Gowatty, Assam, Sept. 25, 1824. " 1. which Charges the Court came to the following decision : Onious—" The Court is of opinion that the prisoner is guilty of the charges preferred against him, whids being contrary to the 1::Irleh of War, it sentencea— Ssmitace—" That he, Derriow Sing, Jemadar, Dinagepote Teed Battalion, be dismissed from the service of the Honourable Cwapany." Approved and Confirmed, (Signed) EDWARD PAGET, General, Commander-in-Chief in India. The Commander-in-Chief cannot conceal his surptise and regret it: the Court should have deemed, as a fit object for its reconn rmaiation to clemency, a man so utterly unworthy of being their aisotiate as Jemadar Derriow Sing is proved to be. By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. W. L. WATSON, Adj.-General of the Army. (Signed) tiseateni eam !hat a damn, to be aho dlys; th damned I %. NV,t, nN " D i Upon dehl evido •• l'hai Thai " Ilse Charges ry conti P:hcr ph ;leased ti By ord At a N AO4lO, o Oar, Di r.ratemr " lat. Oficer, It lae,whei acted ear coca of c retry, 1 trbuhle it " ad. f7alng h by my ai :rd milii "Cam Upon Orucu :he chart Local li Campan The ( iv. the wooiate The in the Went occur! man, ceedin of the I~iS la helot( sail, their of the rot d Chun pared tith oi them, a prig els ) , t, race Filed I teau, 1% as a - -thu tilou s ance they 1 1 in v to pa taken n e Tip o l'o nD • late. l • rh e f If i ll the A !r,cl COMBINATIONS IN CANADA. QUEBEC, °masa 22. The insubordination which exists among the sailors to the merchant service at this port, has increased to an extent hitherto unknown. A flagrant instance of riot occurred on Thursday last, on board the ship Chap man, Captain IVlillbank, at the moment she was pro seeding to sea, when, after weighing the anchor, a part of the cre w , twe l ve i n num b er, who h a d s hi ppe d to tits port at high wages, and received large advances before signing tl,eir articles, refused to assist in making sail, and would not allow the well-disposed part to obey their Officers; the consequence was, that the ship, one of the largest which comes to our port, was in imms rtnt dang er o f d r if t i ng on t h e roc k s un d er A u b igny Church. Mr. Patton, who had loaded the vessel, re- P.vred on board and endeavoured to restore crder, but l 'hout effect ; the mutineers, for so we must call them, were furious with liquor, and having each man a Private store of two or three gallons of rum, it was to be se en t h at so l ong as t hi s st i m ul us remained arly attempt at reducing the refractory sailors to obecii r!lce would be nugatory. Mr. Patton accordingly ap- Hed to the Chief Police Magistrate, Thomas Tasche ?eau, Esq. on whose representation a military guard "as afforded from the garrison to aid the civil authority .—thus reinforced, Mr. Patton returned on board, and ..rrried just in time to rescue the O ffi cers from their pe -0.1005 situation, as the refractory party were actually 4bout to throw the boatswain overboard. The appear ance of the military, however, altered the case, and they were secure.i and conducted to gaol, behaving. "clowlves in the most riotous and outrageous manner Pihsing througb the town. Yesterday they were to the Police Office, and after a thorough invest'. 'Lion of the case, committed to prison fur 21 days. Tuesday evening, afire broke out in the house of Mr. itml), bake r , B. idgewater• gardens, Faun • street, Alders- Rate -street ,wh ch was reduced to a heap of ruins. lie fire originated by some shavings becoming ignited 'Ache cellar. h i r t NW duel has lately taken place at Brest ; the L Zctur Id the i n di rect contr ib ut i on . was kill e d b y a p i sto l b u ll et , - j U. an old Judge in the Tribunal of that towu.—Yogis PT.% . FIRE AT MIRAN2ICIii; !DOM THE GREENOCK ADVERTISER, NOVESIBER 19. Several vessels have arrived in the Clyde since our last, the whole of which left New Brunswick since the conflagration; in one of them a Gentleman tame pas senger, to whom we are indebted for the following in formation :—He says, that the setting in of the heavy rains, and latterly, of snow, had put a period to the ravages of the fire in the woods. Of the conflagration on the 7th of October, to which he was an eye witness, it is impossible for language to convey an adequate pic ture. From this intelligent individual we have been favoured with the following information: this., with the particulars already given, it is to be hoped, will be ac ceptable. He states, that a custom prevails in New Brunswick of burning the woods for the purpose of clearing. The la t season being particularly dry, advan tage was taken of universally setting fire to the lands proposed to be cleared, and this, from the month of May, through the whole season, the woods being at that time more or less on fire in various parts. In its pro gress, damage, more or less, was done at interval time', but as long as the sap was in the trees its effect was only parti.l ; in the end of September and b•gioning of October, it appeart-d to be very general upon all s+ des of Miramichi, and even along t►e costs, south by Richebucto, and north by the coast of Chaleur to the Itistigouche. The Circuit Court of Justice was at this time sitting at New castle Court Hnuse,and only finished their business at three o'clock on Friday, the 7th of October. Being at this time at Nelson, one mile and a half from the Court House, he observed, about four o'clock, a large cloud from the north of the Court House. This was the greatest cloud he had ever seen from fire, though he has seen at one time more than four hundred house:" burning. This cloud ascended perpendicularly, and was struck by a flash of lightning upon its western edge ; at about four o'clock it continued to rise and spread, and about five was in like manner struck by a flash of lightning upon its eastern edge. This was succeeded by extreme darkness and showers of hot ashes, till about nine o'clock, when the fire from the woods advanced south, to the river side, sweeping all before it in an instant, from the point of the S.W. westward, to the river Bartibog, upon the east, an extent of about s;xteen miles, very few build ings escaping its ravages. It extended NE. as far as Itistigouche, and westward up to the N.W. and S.W. branches of the Miramichi (as far as Nathaniel Moire's), fifty miles from the latter, where houses of every de scription were destroyed. He thinks the huuses burnt at Newcastle were about seventy-two ; the number of stoles he does not recollect. Loss or Lives.—Report says about 300 ; the r e were mostly in the second tier upon both sides of the river. These were also a few of the timber-makers burned, but not so many as at first stated. Estimate of damage about 100,0001. at a rough cal culation. In hay, about 1,000 stone, which, at this season of the year, cannot be replaced ; the conse quence is, that the principal timber-makers must re duce the number of their hauling cattle ; another result is, less timber will be made than usual. The damage done to standing timber is considerable, and also to some already made; as to the future supply, the present damage will not materially affect Wherever theta was a belt or screen of hard wood the progress of the fire was arrested. The great majority of the sufferers, especially the small settlers, are emigrants from Ireland. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN WALTER, OF THE Jill? JAMES, DATED MIRAMICIII, OCT* 11, 182 g. " The North side of Mir amlchi is now a heap of ashes; it is not ascertained to what event the fire reaches, some say eighty, some two hundred miles back ; for about twenty miles up and down the river, nothing is seen but stacks of chimneys, they being built of stone, whereas the houses, which were of wood, are all burnt, and I am sorry to say a great number of men, women, and children, cattle, &c. My stover helped to bury thirty-eight yesterday, in one small settle ' meat; stone they had to put into coffins with spades, so many as six in a coffin, according to the number of the family. Three ships are totally burnvviz. Canada of North Shields, Concord of Whitby, and Jane of Allow. The Canada was all loaded, the others were discharging ballast at the same heap as the James.— The James was on fire at three different places at three diffaent times, but, thank GOD, we put it out before it got to any great height. We have our jib, main -mast, znd trysail burnr. The fire broke out about eight in the evening on the 7th instant, at the river side; all the afternoon we heard a roaring away to the northward of us, accompanied by smoke and soot ; but no one sup posed it would be se instantaneous, for before we could distinguish any flame; the fire flakes came off the land, on board, thicker and faster than ever I saw a snow storm in my life—branches of trees and burning leaves, and so for the same distance up and down the river' already mentioned, and all at the same instant accompa nied by a hurricane. It must have come through the woods at a great rate, for people who went up to see if they could see anything like fire, could not, although the smoke u as very thick ; they quickly ran back, and before they got down two minutes, the fire was at their heels. Some saved themselves by running into the river up to their chins, and keeping their heads constantly wet. Many children who were in bed were snatched up by their mothers and carried Joan to the river, but before they got them down their shirts had caught, which were torn off; in this state they were lain on the beach, their parents keeping them continually wet, the father with his hat, and the mother with her shoes, until morning, when they were taken on board the shipping. I have now a family on board, a man, woman, andfour children, who were in that state. People who were in the woods, as far as can be heard, were dreadfully off. Whole camps of men, from 10 to 40 in a camp, who were gone in for the winter to fell timber, are consumed, to gether with the cattle. People are coming in ; some have lost a wife and children ; some a husband and children—some mere, some less—some naked and burnt. One woman in par ticular,finding the tire too but to bear, as she was sunning with her two children, laid them down, and lay upon them ; she is burnt from her heels . to the crown, so much, that not a bit of flesh is on her—the children not hurt ; she still lives, but in great agony. Some who could get into boats west upset and drowned. Gilmore and Rankin's stores are all bum, except about seventy barrels of pork. They got out the fire yesterday. Mr. Abrahams, the merchant we load with, has had all burnt down. I tent my carpenter to ' say I should be happy to see them on board should they think proper. Mrs. Abrahams said, ‘. for Gods sake, take the I. somewlierr." The carpenter went into the house to take them ; t' e children were taken out of bed in blaakets, and Mrs. Abrahams without a bonnet, with eight children, were coming to the ship, when the fire met them I.ke a furn.,ce, and they returned. COURT OF.CtIANCER:I-THIS The Loan Ctl A NCECLOIt took his seat on the Beach this day at half past ten o'clock. llis Lordship intimated, that as the Term would close on Monday, he would avail himself of the leisure af forded am Wedneiday, and come down specially to dispose of seve ral causes on which his mind was now made up. A WARD DV COURT . His Lordship, in the case of Younge, a Ward of Court, in which an application was made for a farther allowance, having directed the matter to be referred to the Master, it was reported, that iu consequence of the increase of expenses it was necessary thst a farther sum should be allowed, which was ordered accordingly.— This case appeared fully on the hearing of the cause, which- was an application to commit the husband fur contempt, in. having ran away with his wife. VINO V. JONES. - Thin was an applitation for an injunction to restrain the defendant from proceeding to sell certain property named in the cause, and also to prevent proceedings at law pending the hearing of the case before this Court. The question arises out of the sale of property in which the title is disputed.—lnjunction granted. Mr. CUING moved for an injunction to restrain a Gentleman, named William Wells, a pupil in medicine, who walks St. Bartholomew's Hcspital, from making suit to a Lady of sevent,e, years of age, named Su sannah Adams. The application was made by Mrs. Anne Jenner, the mother of the young Lady, who stated, that on the Bth of July last the lover had sent her a letter, avowing his passion for her dauAter, and requesting her acquiescence as the only thing wanting to secure the mutual happiness of him and his fair one. Upon this vie mother consolted with the other relations, and they were all of opinion that a Lady of 28,0(W. and of such connections, was too go.•d a match for one who had no other title than that of a student walking the hospital. She wrote to him accordingly, and so did her solicitor, to inform him that the Lady was a Ward of Court; that his pretensions were by no means ad missible, and that if he meant to act as a Gentleman he would hot disturb the peace of a quiet family, and prejudice the young Lady's education (which is not yet finished) and prospects in life, by urging them further. Tile solicitor, in consequence of no answer being re ceived to either of the letters, called upon him about the 26th of July. Mr. Wells admitted that he had received the letters. The solicitor entreated him to spare the Lady and the family the disagreeable consequences of an application to the - Lord Chancellor, wluch must inevitably take place if he were to persist in his suit. Mr. Wells gave him plainly to understand, that he had no intention of desisting ; and as to the Court of Chancery, he seemed to think that he knew how to manage matters so as to evade any exercise of that authority. It was also sworn that he had, by bribery, induced one of the servants at the school to deliver a card of his address, and a request to writelo him, to the young Lady ; and that the governess of the said school threatei,ed, that if the parents and friends did not take effectual means to prevent the recurrence of such conduct, she must be returned upon their hands. The affidavits also conveyed an assertion, that the father of Wells was likely to give hii.concurrence to the pro ject of his son upon the person and fortune of the ward. Injunction granted. PREROGATIVE COURT, Novamsea 23. CURTIS V. CURTIS. Dr. LUSHINGTON stated to the Court, that he had an application to make in the case of James Curtis, of Hackney, in the county of Middlesex, who died in December, 1823, leaving the whole of his property, by will, to his sister, Mary Curtis. In this will there was an extraordinary passage, which Tan thus :—" I leave the whole of my property to my sister, Mary Curtis, in consequence of the cruel and murderous conduct of my wife to me during this illness, and at all other times." This passage she consented to have expunged out of the - will, before taking probate. Sir JOHN Nicsiou. said, that unless the passage was proved not to be genuine, the Court had no power to omit it in the will. Dr. JENNER, on the part of the widow, said that she had no disposition to waste the property, which was extremely small, by litigation, and had, therefore, no objection to the will ; but was ready, if necessary, to prove that there was no foundation whatever for the imputations cast on her. Sir J. NICHOLL observed, that it was impossible for the Court to omit the passage in question. There was a case before the Court to erase from the will of a per son certain words containing slanderous reflections upon some relatives, but the Court could not interfere here. Application refused. FUNERAL OF SAMUEL CROOK. Yesterday, in conformity to the wish of Samuel Crook, who was executed yesterday sen'eight, (made on:the night before, to the Rev. M. Isaac), his body was interred in the burial ground belonging to Gloucester Chapel,: in the fields at Hackney. The funeral train consisted of the deceased's parents, and his brothers and sisters, six in number, and followed by a vast concourse of people, who all seemed to lament his untimely end. The burial ground was crowded to exclos, and the funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Isaac, frost the 40th Chapter of Isaiah, lit and kd vase, which had been selected by the misguided youth. A tomb-stone will shortly be erected at the head of the grave, on which the following lines, written by the culprit, will be engraven : a' Complete in Omni, transporting the ught, A sinner vile, and good for nought ; Yet saved by &Kisumu grace. Hear, Angels! wonder and adore, Such love was never known before, As shines In Jesus' face." ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—To-morrow there will be an eclipse of the Moon, partly visible. The Moon rises at three minutes past four o'clock, and the eclipse will commence at twenty-four minutes past three, and will terminate at nineteen minutes past five o'clock is the evening ; duration one hour and fifty-five minutes; ' digits eclipsed 2i on the moon's southern limb. Saturday morning, at about seven o'clock, the front part of the provision and grocery shop occupied by Mr. Mossop, at the corner of Edmund-street, Liverpool, fell down with an awful and tremendous crash. The family, we are informed, had not come down stairs at the moment when the alarming occurrence took place; but as they were accustomed to sleep in a part of the premises rather detached from the shop, they happily escaped injury. The catastrophe appears to have been caused by the natural decay of the beams and joists, which are evidently incapable of supporting the weight of the building, and not by an accummulation of weight, in the upper looms, which has in some instances been the cause of similar occtn rences. S HOCK I NOA( C I D EN T.—Yesterday, as two Gentlemen, named Kay and Wit.wasts, were proceeding in a single horse chaise along the Waterloo-road, on their arrival near the Coburg Theatre, the animal being ►ery playful, W.H. suddenly checked by the driver, when it instantly darted cif, overturned the chaise, and precipitated both of them with great v„►lence into the middle of the road. Mr. KAY received no material injury in the fall, but Mr. Wit.t.taars's leg getting entangled with the reins he was dragged some distance, had his leg broken, and u as otlterw•ise seriously in• jured. Medical assistance was promptly procured, and at first, amputation was thought necessary, but on enquiry this morning, ..opes are entertained that he will recover without the operation. IMPERIAL DISTILLERY COMPANY. The Sharebolderi who had signed t'e deed of settle ment of this Company were called by public advertise ment to meet yesterday, at 13atson's Coffee-house, Corohill, in order to take measures for recovering from the Dirt ctors the amount of their respective deposits, inasmuch as the conditions. and terms stated in the prospectus had not been fulfilled; . . Very few Shareholder! attended at the appointed hour, and the Gentleman who called the meeting. not wishing to act without the concurrence ef a majority of the persons interested, declared an, adjournment to a day within the next week, to be fixed by an early ad. vertisement, though some Shareholders present seemed to think the meeting sufficiently full to proceed to busi ness. In the course of conversation, it was stated that the projectors of this Association originally stipulat ed with it s membe r s that th e i r s t oc k s h ou ld cons i st of 12,000 Shares of 5(1. each, but that of these Shares not more than 1,400 were ever sold ; notwithstanding which the Directors thought proper to purchase most extensive premises, to a% hich their funds were t..tally inadequate. On each Share two instalments (amounting to la) have already been paid; but they ate now at a discottut r.l 91. l7s. 6d. so that no more than half-a crown is to be got in the mat ket for what the shareholders paid 101. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PF.TEItiFIELD END HUNT 'AtF.P.TDio. The Oxfordshire Stakes, of 7 soy. each, with 13 added. Eight Subscribers. • Mr. Mellish': Ferdinand ----- :---- 4 . Mr. Franklen's Jasper . . Mr. B. R. Udney's Telegraph . . . Six started. The mare Julia, not placed, was the favourite. The Ilunt Stakes of £5O. Major Howell's Sancho \lr. Meredith's Agnes Mr. Jessop's Giovanni Captain Smith's Phantom Mr. Smithson's Virgin 1 1 4 2 3 4 5 dr HU NTI N G. Forty-sevew couple of bounds are gone from Drove Kennel to Findon, in order to hunt the country in the neighl hood of Kbepp Castle, the seat of Sir C. M. Burrell, Bert. it West Grinstead, where Colonels G. and H. Wyndham, the Hon. Mr. King, and several other sportsmen are on a visit. As the loses are " known good ones" in that district, frequently carrying a brush above ground, without trying an earth, a distance of twenty miles, and the hounds, when at Drove, well exercised and in full blood, some dashing runs are anticipated, which nothing but the setting in of a hard frost is at all likely to prevent. Last week Mr. Cay's hounds, of Batesdale Lodge, turned off a fine buck at Wetberden May Pole Inn, which, after a chase of four hours, was killed in fine style at the Rev. K B. Barker's, Breton, at whose house the company partook of an excellent en tertainment, and conviviality was held up till a late Your. GA ME SHOOTING. The match between Captain Payton and Mr. R. Cruikshanks, width should kill most heads of hares, rabbits, pheasants, and par tridge* in two days, was finished yesterday, at Warfield, Berks. The match was fur 50 sovereigns only, with double-barrelled guns, a brace of dogs each, fetchers and markers allowed. The follow ing heads were produced CAPTA IN • PA TON. MR. CRUIKSHAN[• H. It Ph. Par. 11. R. Ph. Par. First day . 11 20 11 7 First day . 722 9 7 ' Second ditto 914 9 9 Second ditto 12 14 12 5 Thal • . The Captain missed fourteen shots. and i Ir. Cruikshanks nine only ; and the game was tottnd deficient in bis beat. Last week a Millie was given by John Tharp, Esq. at Chippen ham Park, near Newmarket, to their Royal Highnesses thf Duke of York and Prince Leopold, the Duke of Rutland,Nlarquis of Gra ham, Sir Edward Codringron, Colonel Anson, and Jlr. Grevilk. The party began shooting at one o'clock, and from the unfavour able state of the weather, some of them were induced to return to the house. In counting the game killed, and wounded birds brought home at the end of the day—viz. from one o'clock to tour, they amounted to about 300 bead, 76 of which were pled and white pheasants. We believe this is the only Gentleman'. seat in Eng land where there is such a beautiful variety of pheasants. 'Die Duke of York shot remarkably well, having killed with his own gun -68 pheasants, 17 hares, nine rabbits, one woodcock, one wild duck; after which the whole parry returned,with the Chippenham family, to Cbeveley, to dinner. FIGHT BETWEEN SAMPSON AND BIRMINGHAM HALL, FOR ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS. _ _ _ This fight took place on Tuesday, near Bassett'a Pole, between . Birmingham and Tamworth. Bath men were in excellent condi don, and fuU of confidence :•betting b to 4 in favour of Samrant. Round the first and last.—Cautious .sparriag for three iiiinutes, when Hall struck Sampson on the body, which Sampson return:d ; several blows were exchahged, after which a rally tool place, and then they separated. Sampson then let fiy with his left hand, which caught Hall on the ear, and followed it up with a tremen. dour blow with his right hand, full in his face, which felled him as though be had been shut, and he could not again conic to time.— The round lasted four minutes and three quaneri : 11411 bled co piously, and was at least three minutes deprived of his senses.— The attendance of the Provincial Fancy was very 'waitron', and much disappointment was felt at the quick termination of the spurt. The attention of the University of Orford has been drawn to the subject of bull-baiting, in consequence of the late baiting which took place within a few miles of that city, when a monster in human shape tore from the root the tongue of his pitiable victim, and handed it about the ring ! Itr consequence of this barbarity, it is said that a petition to Parliament is now in preparation, praying ihat bear-baiting, badger-baiting, dog-fighting, and similar cruel sports, may be prohibited. DESTRUCTION OF A GAMING TABLE IN DUBLIN.— Sunday, twenty-six persons of various occupations— private gentlemen, attoruies, working tradesmen, and waiters out of place, were brought before Major S►att (the Sitting Magistrate), charged by Mr. Farrell, chief 'officer of police, with being found in the gaming-house of Edward Reynolds, Temple-lane, Dublin, playing at the game of hazard, at one o'clock in the morning. Informations had been lodged, and .a warrant directed to Mr. Farrell on Saturday. At the hour mectioned he proceeded, accompanied by a numerous train of peace officers, and some of the horse police, in coloured clothes, under the care of Mr. Bell, armed with sledges and crow bars. Having demanded admittance, which, as is usual, was refused, a signal was given, and in a few minutes the door gave way before the well-applied blows of the sledges. Some of the company were in the dining room, where there was a large oval table, at 'which they sat; many got out on the roof, but they were followed and brought back by the peace officers Hartly, Jones, and Holland : three escaped into the yard of a wholesale house in Eustace street, forced through the kitchen window, and into the meet, wh to their retreat was cut off by peace officer Cox, who Is d been stationed there for the purpose. Being ask: d by Major Sloe what they had to say ? many of them ad mitted their having gone there to play—others sad they went. to see persons who owed them money ; them never was a more wretched-looking groupe inside the Office. They were each ordered to pay a tine of 40s. and in elefault to be committee to Newgate. No exer tion is ;stfficient to put down this most destructive vice. It appears that a dinner was given to at least 40 select gamblers and swinilers, on Thursday, the 10th ins' ant, at which a veteran, who has realised a consideiabie fortune by gambling, presided. :gismo Ismuutscs.—Copper Ores for sale this week at Truro —Pohl ice 561 Wis. Unity, 1 si—Pentbr. e,tioo Witt .1 :..aiticn, struthal, 2011—Tresavean. 109—Wheal Damsel, tw— o Wheal Cu ty Wood, 80.—Total, 2187 t y ~