Star. — London, England, 1824-03-12 00:00:00

, . na me of Lebre, who petltionedin favour of the con spirator., said these men were not in fl uenced by any I,eling of ill-will towards the Sovereign or against the • m ad government of his Excellency the Lord Lieute mint. roor Mr. I.ubre, in the amiable simplicity of his I ci rt,"thought that these men were not influenced by an y feeling of ill-will towards their Sovereign or against .the mild government of his Excellency the Lord Lieu tenant, Whilst they were burning houses, robbing. for arms, and killing those who offered them any resist ance--(Hear, hear, and laughter). Was it possible t o listen to such proposals? IF Irish Government had (One so they would have lowered their dignity in the, ryes of those who ought to be taught to look up with ,esaect to the Government. Satisfied that the ttousg, oughtitot, by acceding to this motion, establish a prea! cedent fiat interfering with the prerogative of mercy by preventing the due course of law, he should give a de cided negative to the motion.—The gallery was then cleamdfor a division; but after strangers had withdrawn no diviiion took place, and the motion was negatived. s . . . (JAKE LAWS. Mr. S. WORTLEY moved the second reading of the Game Laws Amendmeot Bill. Eir J. SHELLEY said, as there bad not been a single Petition against the present Game Laws, he did not see any necessity 'for the present Bill. Ile put it to Gentle ..men, whether there ever was more game in England than at present ? If 'this_ Bill should pass, snore laws would be brOught in. It was impossible to give any property in animals that could not be subjectesf(to a honour conttoul. The Honourable Gentleman wished to pot theGarrie Laws of England on the same footing as those of :Scotland, which might be well adapted to that conntry, where estates were large, but not where they were greatly subdivided, as in England. He con tended, that there was not sufficient game in England to enable it to be Sold 'openly, and without control:0: Brides, the poacher tetuld always undersell the fair s t ager.; and istrotter inconvenience was, :hat this would produce endless squabbles by increasing the number of persons authorised to follow fame—(General Laughter). He moved that this Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. W. PEEL seconcledthe motion. iSornevf the fi iends of this Bill *ere sanguine enongh to think, that it would put an end to poaching , entitely, but so long as thole was game in the rautory there would be poachers. He printivally objected to the Bill, .as going to destroy that wost noble and manly amu , ement of fox-hunting. If this Nil passed it would go much to discourage the residence of Country Gentlemen on their estates; which *mild• be most impolitic, as -was sheer n by the state 'of liehind. Mr. BOSS contended that this Bill would have the, impoitant effect of reconciling the lower to the higher orders of :he country. Every one knew how very un popular the present Game Lases were among the people. He read extracts front a poulterer's book to stew the immense quantity of game sold under the present pro hibitory last. On one day he had odd 228 head of game. It a as see y rental-liable, that the greatest con sumers of game were the tradesmen in London and other large cities. Every one knew how reluctant Ju ries a ere to convict for offences against the Game Laws, and how often the offenders escaped, by appealing . to the passions, and not to the reason of the Jurors. No one could say that there was any scarcity of game in, Scotland, an;.' yet there was little or no pdaching in that part of the country. Ile was not so sanguine as to think that this measure would entirely put ad end to poiclurg ; he was satisfied the measure would neither trench on t!:e amusements nor privileges of the tOnntry Gentle': en. to whom the country was much indebted. Mr. LOCKHART had 'heard much of the uripopu lathy of the Game Laws in that'House, but hardly evet wit of it. • This 13111 would be most unpopular, by t.:king away the privileges Of some classes, and holding out new ones to others, without bestowing them. Some of the provisions of thii Bill were the most Onjtist, ty rannical, and unconstitutional, of any he had ever read. It was intended to make game the property of 'him on wl.oe lands it might be teund; but not at all the pro perty of the farmer whose crop it reeds on. So much for the liberality of the Honourable dentlethan's Bill ! By this measure, any petion sporting over a Gentle man's lands, though allowed by . the owner, might be appreneoded like a felon, arid dragged before the Ma ! gistrates; and was that a measure that would be popu lar; and would it not lead to endless bloodshed and affrays? This Bill could not be meant to preserve the game, since, in his iernenibrante, the game had in ceased ten-fold ip this country. If the Game Laws were unpopular oil account of the restrictions, enlarge the vrivileges and qualifications if they would. He did nut defend the Game Laws ; but he would say that, with very little alteration, it was as good a system as could he devised for its purposes. Mr. Secietai y PEEL said, that as the object of the Bill was to provide a .e . edy for what he considered a great evil, the legal prohibition of the sale of game, he should vote for the second reading. reserving to himself the power sof prop,si,ig any modifications he might think expedient. Another point on which the present Game Laws were greatly defective was with respect to qualifi cation. Had the Honourable and Lea, ned Gentleman uncle, taken to defend them in the pi ovi.ions upon that Lead, he felt assured that he could not have been WC- CeiSfUl. His Honourable and Learned Friend (Mr. Lockhart) said it would be highly improper to intei fere unit vested rights in the manner proposed. He had aeard much of vested rights before, but he never knew tire argument on the subject carried so far. his Hon. arid Learned Friend would reserve qualifications for rank and science. The law as it now stood did not do SP. A Clergyman could not now possess a qualification of thi, kind. True, indeed, he might beget those who coma, b ut he was excluded himself. What could be more absurd than such a state of the law ? The second %seri of a per.on possessing 20,0001. a year killed game it was title, but he was not qualified; and yet this very pers,,n acting as a Magistrate might be-called upon in that capacity to ' puniih for an Act of which his own son was guilty every day. Was it possible to resist a proposition for amending such a state of law ? There a cre different parts of the kingdom in which the qualiticatin n differed very':niuch: In Ireland, a •man possessing 1,0001. personal property was qualified. In Scotland any person might kill game by obtaining the yermLsion of the proprietor. With respect to the sale 4 game, the more he considered the subject, the more IT was cruivniced that it would be for the interest not only of the proprietor, but of' society at large, to remove the existing prohibitions. What were the consequences ii ,Tesulti, hrn o th , . present state of the law ? A union had been entered into with Scotland and Ireland, and Iltas they had invited here some of the gre atest 'proprie tois of limit countries ; but yet the state of the law was :11 ch that they %% ere' not qualified to preserve game ii-.ke the case of a Foreign Ambassador : such a person could not be qualified at present. Wes 'it possible to support a system which•thtis excluded file greatest ro -prietors of Scotlairdrand Ireland—which excluded per sons filling so high a station ae that of Ambassador, end by which even Minces of the Blood might be excluded from the means of having game sinless they possessed land? What was the use of retaining prohibitions of this kind, which were seldom or never enforced, which were every day violated? The effect must be tai hold out the dangerous example of violations punished by those who themselves violited the very same laws. ft the sale of game could'not be prevented, would it not-be better to repeal at once the law by which it was ineffectually attempted to repress it? It might be said, that in the. argument he (Mr. Secretary Peel) took the sale of .game for granted. But did it not appear in evidence before the Committee, that it took place in London as , openly as the sale of any other article? It might be said that it was the evidence of poulterers, who, being interested persons, could not be entirely-depended u ppm But it was not confined to London ; the luxury ageism was obtained with as little difficulty in other great: towns. He selected three or four of the largest in t nga land for the purpose of ascertaining the number of convictions that had-taken place within a period of five years. He selected such places as were notorious [me their hospitality. If the Honourable Gentleman best' acquainted with the town he should mention . did not, dispute the facts, he should take them for granted. The first place he should mention was Meese. There no person had been convicted for five years, either for the sale or purchase of game. The Honourable Gen tleman (Mr. Bright, we believe), smiled, but he did not think that the Honourable Gentleman would deny that such was the case. The next case was that of Liver pool. The reply of the Mayor to Mr. Robhouse's letter was, that for five years no conviction had taken place. From Manchester the answer was, that within the same period, four convictions had r;ccurred ; three in 1321, and one in 1822—a1l for selling game, none for pur chasing it. In Glasgow, it appeared that the proper authorities were not called upon to convict in one in stance, and they stated, in their answer, diet such offences were usually prosecuted before the Justices of the Peace in the County —(4 loud laugh). If in these four large towns, within a period of five years, no More than four convictions had taken place, was it riot conclusive evidence that the legal prohibition • wasof no effect? It was in vain to think that men of wealth, that the members of" a Corporation, or any others who could afford to purchase the luxury, could be pre vented from enjoying it in the present state of society. Would it not he better then to legalise the sale? Was it not highly probable that it would have the effect of di minishing the great evil of poaching ? • Poachers were led to their pursuit he two motives; pleasure and the hope of gain. With the first inducement it was hope less to contend by any effort of legislation. It would always operate in some degree.• But the far greater pal eof poachers were influenced by the desire of gain; and the consequence of the present state of the law was, that they exclusively supplied the markets. If proprie tors were permitted to send their gamer) market, it was impossible that it must not have the effect of depriving the poacher of that mar ket which he before supplied. What objtction could there be to this? What evil could arise from the sale of a part of the game fiequently l destroyed, of which no other use could well be made?— He had seen is much as 1000 pheasants lyieg in parlour at one time, which could not be disposed of in presents, for all friends had been already satiated with game. If a pelt could be sent to market, would any person say that it must not hale the effect of diminish ing the calls upon the poacher? The law was totally inoperative, and it was impossible it - could be otherwise. He would take the case of salmon. Would it preserve salmon to say that it must not be sold—to enact that no person must enjoy that luxury but they who enjoyed the advantage of a salmon stream on their estates? The Honourable Baronet (Sir John Shelley) said, let such as wish to enjoy the luxury of game purchase an estate,- *lid then they will have the same advantages as others. It might be said with equal justice, what right has any person to enjoy salmon who is not the owner of a stream, or to enjoy turtle who has no estate in the West Indies ? He had no doubt that if the, market could be supplied from legal sources, a great propor tion of the supply would come from honest means. Take the case of venison. Fifty years back the sale of venison was a penal offence: the consequence of this was to make the crime of deer-stealing more prevalent. Now, hoWever, a Gentleman might send his venison to market,. and the consequence was, that such an offence as deer-stealing was not of frequent recurrence, the mo nopoly having been taken away from the illegal hunter. It had been objected, that under the regulations of the present Bill a person, by sowing a few_ acres of corn, could seduce away all the game from any Gentleman in his neighbourhood, and send them to market for his Ibsen advantage. Under the existing laws, might not the possessor of four acres of freehold do the very same? Might he not seduce away and kill any game that he fouled on his freehold ? If They were to come to the justice of.the case, was it, he would ask, just that any person should preserve such a quantity of game as en tirely destroyed his neighbour's crop, and yet not allow The person thus injured the right of killing a single head of game? He believed the consequence of this Bill would • be, that the rich man and his poor neighbour would find it their interest to arrange their affairs ami cably, and that in most cases such an adjustment could be entered into without difficulty at the expense of a few pounds. It was always the interest of the poor man to keep on good terms with his wealthy neighbour; but if his crops were to be destroyed without compensa tion, he (Mr. Peel) could not comprehend the injustice of his endeavouring to lessen the breed (Hear). — By geturns•laid upon the table from Suffolk, Norfolk, Sussex, and other Counties, which most abounded in game, it appeared that the'tonvictions for possessing game were not near so numerous as those for being seen out at night fir the purpose of destroying it. He was fully satisfied that the Write Laws wanted correction ; and it was upon that ground he would 'support the se coed readieg of the Bat. Nothing could persuade him that it would be prudent td pieserve them as they stood at present, .e hen he aaw that in the course of si"x or ,even years not less than 8000 or 9000 commitments, that was at the - rate of 1200 a-year, had taken place un 'der these laws. They bad tried the system of increased penalties, but it did not succeed . The safer course then would be to enable the legal possessor of game to enter into competition with the person who came into the possession of it illegally. These were the grounds as which he would support the motion. He regretted, however, that his Honourable Friend (Mr. S. Wortley) . had carried the measure so far. The change was too violent and sudden. A gradual abandonment of the pre sent system would, in his mind, have been preferable. „A. ' Mr. N. lii COLIORNE contended, that the legali sing the sale of game would increase the trade of poach ing, for in that way the poulterers would rather be sup plied .than 'from the landlords. 'Every peach, pine apple, and grape in the cottntry would find their way to Covent - Garden-market, if it were not for the inter vention of stone walls. Mr. BENE:IT confessed hiMself so thoroughly dis gusted with the present system, that he most heat tmy wished for anything that would change it. He had been obliged to convict so many men under tLe Game Laws, that he would sooner have all the game in the count!) , destroyed than that the system strould be al lowed to continue longer. The only . way to stop poach ing was to do away the inducemelit, which was - tlie high price of game. The farmer, whose property was de stroyed by it, kilted the game in the egg, and while young, to a much greater extent, both by !himself and his servants, than all the poachers in England. lie should content himself by declaring, that he was a warn! 'friend of this Bill. Lord MILTON was not astonished that every one was disgusted with the Game Laws, on account of the enormous quantity of clime which they cm:tender throughout the country. Inasmuch as this Bill went to legali,e the sale of Game, he was a friend to it ; and it the House refused to do so, it would only be keeping up a monument of legislative folly. Bit he wished for no provision on the subject ; he merely desired the Act for prohibiting the sale of Game should be tepealed ; and he thought his Hon. Friend would have so framed his measure, had he consulted his own good sense only. Ile did not wish to see any transfer in the property of Game from the lord of the manor, to the proprietor of fifty acres. Call the lord of the manor a tyra'at, and a remnant or the feudal syqem, if they would ; but this Bill would erect fifty petty tyrants the room of one : and this measure would be productive of oppression, and consequently of unpopularity, 'among the people, to an extent never yet pro.luced by the Game Laws. ' Sir M. W. RIDLEY was in favour of the Bill, which would diminish the number of poachers, by taking away the temptation _to it. He ihould be gird to know by whom the game laws were accounted into. hr ? in his opinion, they were unpopular to all. He trusted the Bill would be' agreed to be read a second time by a large majority.- Mr. S. WOItTLEY replied, and defended the 'Bill &Om the various objections that had been urged against it, but he was not wedded to many clauses in the Bill, should they appear inexpedient in the Committee. The House divided—For the second reading 105—For the Amendment 31. WELSH JUDGES. Mr. JONES moved the second reading of the Welsh Jurisdiction Bill. Mr. ALLEN described the proposed measure as tri fling in its remedy, and most pernicious in its effects. The defect of the existing system was, that it was 'op posed to the due administration of justice. The'evil of the present-jurisdiction' arose from the extraordinary number of the Welsh Judges, and the want of employ-: ment for them. The greater portion of their time was taken, up‘in performing duties as Counsel. That of itself,' with reference to their highei- avocations, must leadto ir proper connexions, and to partialities incompatible with the pure and unsuspected administration of justice. As' the system then stood, and•the proposed measure offered no remedy, there existed a very great difficulty in get ting Special Juries on questions of real property. The Honourable and Learned Member prbceeded at length into •a technical statement of the different ditties that attached to the Judges in the Principality of Wales, as at present constituted. He should recommend that the Courts of WeAmiuster Hall should be thrown opbn to Wales, as it was to the people of England; and that the decisions of the Courts of the Principality should be open to revision. He would get rid alto«,etheref those vagrant Courts of Chancery, which were only employed in injunctions and discoveries, without at all leading to any useful practical result. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded r. y *loving, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. JONES defended the principle of the Bill, and contended that its provisions would be extremely advan tageous. He maintained that the Courts of Chancery in Wales, instead of being an evil, were the best parts of the local. jurisdiction. There Was not one county in favour of the abolition. - Sir C. COLE agreed with the principles of the Hill; but he thought it did,not go far enough. He was de sirous of seeing the Judges placed in the same elevated station they were in England,, by excluding them from a seat in the Ho,use of Commons, in the same way Eng lish Judges were; and when the subject was brought forward, he should vote that the Welsh Judges- should not have a seat in that House—(Hear). Mr. WYNN was anxious that the Bill should pais through the House in a Committee.—The gallery was cleared for a division: The numbers were— For the second reading of the Bill For the Amendment - Majority in favour of the second reading —43 The Bifl was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Mondxy next. • MUTINY SILL Mr. T. COURTENAY brought up the Report on the Mutiny Bill.—On the question that it be agreed to, Mr. HUME said that he would postpone his obser vations on it till the third reading. Mr. SYKES expressed his abhorrence of military flogging, and hoped the time was not far distant, when those anatomical operations upon living subjects would cease altogether. It was quite impossible, from the be nevolent and humane feelings which actuatedout pre sent Sovereign, that the exercise of the prerogative sought to be retained could be other than painful.-- The practice was defended on the ground of its anti quity. As a barbarous relic of antiquated barbarism, lie thought it ought to be abolished. (In illustration of his arguments against flogging, theilonourable Gen tleman quoted a case of which the Public are aware— it w.(S that of a soldier 'alto died in consequence of, being removed on a baggage waggon two or three days 'after receiving his punishment). He had heard an as sertion which he should be glad to learn was unfounded, namely, that the pay of soldiers suffering contlueinent under sentence of Courts-Martial went into the pockets of the Officers. Colonel. DAWKINS begged to correct the representations of the Hon. Member for Aberden, who had statkl that the,intiabitants of Westminster were disturbed by the cries of the soldiery while suffering froM corporal punishment. He had inquired into the cir cumstances, and had found that for the last six months there had b,:en but one instance of the infliction of corporal punishment, and chat for the six months previous there had been no case at all which had been vishtli by it: So much for the statement of the Hon. MeMber (Mr. flume). But-he (Colonel Dawkins) did not wish to court popularity, aid he would not disguise his opinion, that the discipline of the Army could nut be kept up without it. Yet no mi4cLiet could result from it, as his ltoy.il ilizhuess the COM• _ . -_ .v. minder-In-Chief had fixed limitationa,to it, for the whole of the Army felt towards'him the greatest gratitude. Mr. HUM); said a few words, iff which las tiepted that the cre dit of limiting corporal punishment was 'hie to the Duke of York, but it was properly owing to his llon.Frisnd the kkaaber for the county of illiddlesex. •. , Sir H. L NOR begged to says' few word's on what hid .dropped from the lion; Member opposite, respecting the itoppagrs horn the pay of the so/fliers being .irpij.c.l to ful!:i4t.*!iliners tor t)ie Officers. Timis money ntvrr found its seuy into tit:: stock purse. The iicinf Memb:r rni:st have received his ini.ructio:!l from some military informer, veko 1... t. furt:ished him . .with f "l=efn.ozis. He despiied, for 'himself, the c;i::rse. ;:le subj,ct• of puni,nintnt, be alrnitted the annoyance to as OF.ker of wireesii:N jt, but until some.substitute was cliscover4ll on the other si..!c, itc Couldrtutcca sent, particularly on seTske, to ri.4k the tlisci;)iine *.*:' a re-4nitAnt by abincluning it. might on a future night oiler some o bservations iu iupport of the system. Mr. J. S ['ill recommended the ex - maple of the French army to the coa,illeration of the !louse. In defence of li.s lion. Prieu.t be should state, that he had heard the inhabit: 4 ms of theneigh.bow hood of Charing-cross were awakened every mornin by the beat big of drums, preparatory to the infliction of the punishment of ii..g;ing on soldiers. .• II A RDING F.—it s.) happens, that the rereill,,i is not beaten in thy liarraLk at all—( Loud laughter). • Air. ill VET said, it did happen to him last year to have re ceived the same information as the Hun. Member lit& Aberdeen, and from thiksame person. • Colonel TUgNSHEND said,, that for six months the reveille had not been aten. Mr. It. MARTIN said, that as he had been accused of incon sistency en thts4ubject, he wished to explain the cause of the vote he. then meant to. give. Had corporal punishment been is preva lent ai it was forrnerly,he should have voted against it, but it was now of very rare occurrence. Lord I'ALMEItSTON said, that in this instance the latgiisit• ' tore had assigned the sole command and government of the Army to the Crown. The pteventive disciplioe was always the best ;end one test.of the egeellency of a Regiment's discipline, is the unfre quency of such a punishment. . Mr. 1101111017 SE explained, that on a former night he had not complained of the beating of the rev( flies, but the people of West minster were induced to believe that it was adopted in order to drown the noise that arose &tar* the cries of the soldiers. . Sir A. HOI'E observed, that military huggin g was necessary to maintain the discipline of the Army.—lteport read and.agreed.to. The amended Insolvent Debtors Bill was read a second time.— Ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. The Report of the Silk Customs Duties 13111 was brought vp and agreed to.—The House adjourned at Ilms-eavr Twzi.ve. . • .• The following is the official copy of Mr. Husk isson's Resolutions, proposed in the Committee on Monday: 1. That from and after the 25th day of March, 1824, the seve;al duties and drawbacks on the importation and exportation of the se veral sorts of Silk hereinafter mentioned shall cease and determine ; and also, that from and after the sth day of July, 1826, the prohi bitions on the importation of Silk manufactures shall cease and de termine, and that the following duties shall be paid in lieu thereof : that is to say, On Silk, from and after the 25th day of March, 1824, viz. on raw, or knobs, or husks of Silk, or waste of £0 0 5 0 7 6 Floss Silk, the lb. On Thrown Silk, not dyed, the lb. On manufactured Silk, fruit and after the sth day of 1826, for every 1001. of the value thereof 30 0 CI 2. That from and after the sth day of April, 1824, the bounties on the exportation of Silk manufactures shall °ease and determine ; sale and except on any of such matt' factures as shall have beep duly shipped for exportation, or shall have beep warehoused for that pur post on er before the said sth day of April, 1824. 3. That upon all Silk imported, upon which the duties shall hare been paid, and which shall be warehuuscd on or Ifefore., and re main warehoused until after the 25th day of March, 1824, the:e shall lie granted the following allowances, viz. On raw Silk, imported from any part except the llritlsh territories in the East Inuits, the lb. On Silk thrown from raw Silk, so impbrted, the lb. On raw Silk imported from the British territories in the East Indies, the lb. - • - 0 3 9 X 0 5 3 " 0 5 1G On_Silk thrown from raw Silk, so imparted, the lb. 0 4 1i On foreign thrown Silk imported, not dyed, the lb. 0 . 7 2 4. '!'hat from and after the Sth day of July, 1824, the duties . on tire importation, and the prohibitions on the exportation of Sfluip or Lambs' Wool hall cease and determine ; and that ou-the imports iston of any Sheep or Lambs' Wool, nor being the produce of any .British importation, imported directly front thence, and also on the expos taticni of any Sheep or Lambs' Wool, there shall be charged • duty of Id. the lb. S. That the duties on Coals, Cuim , and Cind e rs, brought coast wise from any port or place into the port of London, or by inland navigatiOri to certain places hi the counties uf Middlesex and Hert ford, shall cease and determine, and that the following duties shall be paid in lieu thereof; that is to say, Cools, Cuim, and Cinders, except Charcoal made of Wood, in case they are such as are most usually sold • by weight, the ton - • - - £0 4 0 In case they are such as are most usually sold by mea sure, the chaldron, Winchester measure .. • Brought by the Grand Junction or Paddini.toi C. nearer to London than the stone or post at or near the ' North-east point of Grove-park, or brought down the River Thames nearer to London than the City stone " placed on the West side of Staines-bridge, in the county of Middlesex, the ton 6. That one-tenth part of the bounties now payable on the ex portation of Linens shall, on the sth July, 1324, cram: and deter mine ; and that one other tenth part of the said bounties now pay able shall, on the sth day of July in every succeeding year, also cease and determine. Q 6 0 X 0 1 0 According to the accounts presented to the House of Comtnonsohe average amount of lial t:;ces of pti4c money in the hands of the Bank, du? up , the last year, was £5,526,635. The profit of the Bank (ai.three per cent. the rate which the Government pays theril for their capital'Of fifteen minims) is there Tote upwards of £165,799 in its capacity of banker to the rablic depait ments. The sum payable to the 13ank for the manage-, ment of the public debt last year; is £267,934. 7s: Bd. JURIES or TIM 110M6 CIRCUIT.—A statement of the number of persons in the Home Circuit liable to serve on Juries, so far as the same can he made ant from the Sheriff; boas Essex, 2850 ; lit rtford, 1557 ; !tent, 4040; Surrey, about 5500; Sussex, 2886. MINING COMPANIES.—A second Mining Company has been formed, to be called " The Hibernian Company." A petition has been lodged Ir t eir incor poration; their capital to consist of 500,0001. of which 350,0001. has been subscribed in England—thes re mainder in Ireland. SUCCESS AT HAZARD AND Co.'s—Roth the Twenty Thousand Pound Prizes drawn the First Day of the present Lottery, .were Sold in Shares by HAZARD and Co. and their Agents. The Second Day of Drawing will be Next WEDNESDAY, when two mote Twenty Thousands will be drawn in the Fir,t Five Minutes ; the wheel contains live Prizes of Twenty Thousand, and many other Carit.ds. Tickets and Shares ale , Selling by HAZARD and Co. at their old.?stablished and Fin Innate Offices, lteyal Exchange. Gate, 26, Cornbal, and OAfor‘Wi eat, end of Regent•street, and by their A;.;ents in all the principal Country Towns. CAPT. VA I lt1:1 ELD'S ATC II AGAINST SIR. G. WEST. This match hcd excited much interest, and the start took place on Wednesday mornin; after the chick had struck twelve. It was for three hundred *sovereigns, Mr. West taking the road-through Slouch, Maidenhead, &c. and his adversary travelling the forest road through Wokiivham, &c. accounted three miles the nearest. The longest distance is miles, and betting W.:, six to four that Hie winner performed it in sigliteen houri. Mr. West touched Oil one of the 'swishes of Heading at eleven o'clock ye.lterday morning, and his adversary had compkted ins task in a spi..rterof an hour's less time, and was on his return by his road, turning Off a mile front Reading. as Mr. West approached in sight. ,Captain Fairfielci was beat t Wont on his return, when Mr. West was at the Magpies, I loutWow.heath, (resit and well, and was winning the match without any trouble. He reached London before six o'clock in the evening. _ tea: _, • • . ----..-, T ; a r 7 . J ti ti I. -~: .... ~- - • •Ga.mimi 111