Star. — London, England, 1824-09-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SRSVONS-THISDAY. _ TRIAL OP JOHR HUSSEY, TOR MURDER. Joln Hulsey Was put to . the bar, on an indictment charging him with feloniously killing' and slaying, at the parish of St. Bartholomew - the Great, on the 15th of J un e, in the fourth year of the reign of his present Ma. Michael Delany. The prisoner is an athletic figure. He was respecta bly dressed, and seemed aware of his awful situation. Mr. ANDREWS stated the case to the Jury on the part of the prosecution. The deceased was a lodger .with the prisoner, who at the time resided in Cloth Fair, West Smithfield. On the night in question there had been a considerable degree of quarrelling, and the de ceased was induced, by the cry of Murder! to leave his room. The prisoner and the deceased came in contact, and the former having got possession of a hammer, fol lowed-him up to a room at the top of the house, where he inflicted the fatal wound, and the follov‘ing day ab sconded, and went to Ireland, where he was appre. hended.—The first witness called was Thomas Delany examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST.—. lam the brother of the deceased. I remember one Sunday, in June, last year; I was in bed, in the house of the prisoner. My brother slept in the one pair back; I slept in the garret. I heard my brother crying out Murder! and I went down stairs. This was between three and four o'clock. I saw the prisoner and his wife striking my brother. The prisoner knocked me down. A per son named Gannon brought my brother up stairs to my room. • My brother sat on the bed, and began to un dress himself. About ten minutes after, Hussey came up stairs, burst open the door, and rushed into the room, where he struck my brother on the head, arid he fell dossn from the blow. My brother did not do or say anything to the prisoner, who also made a third blow at me; but I grasped the hammer, and he did not el-. feet his pUrpose. We struggled for about ten minutes, when the prisoner pushed me down, and knelt on my chest. I then saw my brother bleeding; but I was so overcome, that I don't know whether I gave Hussey in' charge to the watchman. I rook the h.immer down stairs, but I cannot say to whom I gave it. Cross-ezahtined by Mr. Anotitivs.—There were four other per sons in the room with my brother. When I heard the cry of"Alur der !" there were six pencil - is present besides myself. Me and my brother went up stairs when we saw the wi.tchinen come into the house. 'My brother died the third day after the transaction. When the prisoner struck my brother, he was taking off his shoes. My brother had nothing in his hand wh.. , n the prisrner stru'.k him; he had not an iron rod in his hand at the time; I do not know whe ther there was such a thing in the room. I saw no marks of vio lence or blood sin the prisorer. I have never said, " I don't know that Hussey struck my brother first, btu I'll swear it, for I will be revenged." I never offered to forego this trial if the friends of the stisoner would give me tCI. I never offered '2l. to a person named Green to come and swear against the prisoner. John Gannon examined by Mr. A NDREWS.—I remem ber the day in question. I slept in the room with Mi chael Grogan. The disturbance happened on a Satur ray night. I went to bed abour eleven o'clock, when all was quiet and good humoured. Mich. Delany then in company with the party below, where I left him. At day-light I was called up by a fellow lodger, and I went down stairs and found the deceased, the prisoner. his wife, and Thomas Delany, with two or three others -xhotn I don't recollect. They were pulling and haul ing each other, and Mrs. Hussey called to the witness to take nchael and his brother up stairs. I tried to take them up stairs, butT. Delaney fell, and ttied to get back. I took Michael Delany up to the room Miele he slept, hut I could not get in theie, mid took him up to his brother's room at the top of the botti.e ; Gallagher and M'Grath were in the room at this timt . I asked Michael to go to bed ; he was very much intoxicated, and was in a very ill humour, and wanted to get down stairs again ; he said be would never go to bed until he was revenged of Hussey. Tom Delaney then came up stairs, and I let him in, and he locked the door. Hussey pushed open the door, and on my tuing round I saw the deceased lying on the floor. Tom Delaney was Liken into custody. Hussey again me into the room, and kicked the deceased about the thighs ; I got out of bed, and while I was attending Michael, the watchmen came in, and took llussey away. The prisoner, while he was kicking the deceased, said.- ' " There never was one reared from your family but I'll serve the same way." The deceased was taken down stairs in a very had state; he had a desperate cut on his temp!e, and bled very much. He was then taken to the Hospital. Cross-examined by Mr. C. Putwes.—All was harmony when I rent to bed ; when I went down again all were in a great passion. The deceased wished to fight more. His brother Tom was as eager to fight as any of them. Ido not think one of them was in his sober senses. There was an iron rod in the room in which the affray took place. The deceased had that rod in bis hand. He swore he would not go to bed till he was revenged. When I first went down stairs the prisoner was bleeding freely from the mouth, sod seemed as if be had been treated with violence. The deceased might have struck his head against the bed in falling. By the Cover —I cannot say, whether at the moment Hussey cot ted the room, the deceased had thu rod in his hand. Alexander Macerobie, a watchman, swore to seeing the pri soner come out of a room with a hammer. He went up to the first floor, and broke open the door; but finding nobody in it went sp to the second floor, where he also broke open another door, and again came out, and proceeded up to the third floor, where he also karst open the door, and went in. When he came out, the brother of the deceased and the prisoner were struggling for the hammer. • 'Witness took them both down stairs, and thence to the watch lionse.—The hammer was here produced. Mr. It. A. Stafford, one of the house-surgeons of Sr. Bartholo. mew's Hospital.—The deceased was brought into the hospital with fracture on the head, one inch in length and two in depth. The deceased died from an ii.fiamrnation on the brain, caused by the fracture on the skull. Witness thinks the weapon produced was the one with which the ,blow was suuck. The injury on the temple certainly caused death. The case for the prosecution having closed, the prisoner was riled on for his defence. He solemnly declared that lie never bore :ho deceased the slightest malice; and added, that they were like burhers.—A number of persons gave him a good character. Mr. Justice Gamer summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found a verdict of Manslaughter against the prisoner. -- - - - _ I Yesterday, Edmund Lenity, a journeyman baker, was indicted ander the statute for receiving certain monies of his master's cus timers, and appropriating them to his own use.—Nct Guilty. George Leslie and John Hobbs, two lads in the dress of grooms, were indicted for stealing a hat from a plan, who had lain down at a d4or in a state of intoxication.—Acquitted. Nervy Bennet and John Grady, the youngest of them only twelve Tears old, were indicted for picking a Gentleman's pocket on the 9 ' ll of July last. Bennet made no defence, and scorned to relax tn r a moment the iron muscles of his hardened countenance. Grady was Acquitted. but Bennet was found Guilty. James Flattery and Letitia Wright were indicted, the former for robbing his master, Colonel Henry Hely Hutchinson, the nephew of Lord Hutchinson, with whom lie lived servant, of a variety of article,; and the latter with receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen.—The July found Flattery Guilty, and he was sentenced i to seven years' transportation: The female prisoner was Acquitted. Dennis Ml:art/ley was indicted fur stealing from James Andrews, Otis master, two pounds of jalap ! It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor, who is a du g miller, suspected the prisoner of purloining bis property, and 54a5ed Martin, a constable, to station himself in a part of th e N.e,e wher e h e would have an opportunity of observing the pri oner. The constable having taken his station, the prosecutor de red the prisoner to stir up the jalap, and then go to bis dinner. Ibe prisoner went to the jalap pot, and after looking to see if be %as watched, anew a few lumps into his hat, upon which be was apprehended.—'llse prosecutor underwent a ( Jos-examination by kr. Num% • . I believe this is the first time you have ever knows anybody to have an affection foe jalap?—(A laugh)—Yes. Have you seen the article ?—Yes, I have. Is it jalap ; are you sure?—Oh, yes (opening the paper bag in which the ialap was). Oh, don t in es see it, if you please. Mr. Serjeant Aaasur, from the Ilench—Don't let me look at it, it will make me sick. PAILLIPI—Though stay, let me see it; pray would you swear it was jalap unless you scraped it ?—Yes, jalap is jalap, and nothing else. Let me see (taking up a round lump of the root); you say the pd loner is an Irishman, pray now, is not that very like a roasted po tatoe?—(A laugh)—lt is jalap, I am sure. Mr. fierjeant A SABIN—Why smell it, Mr. Phillips. Mr. PHILLIPS—Pray was it for his own use the prisoner wanted it?—(A laugh)—l really cannot tell. Mr. Pliziaars—Well, I have heard of a great many things being stolen in this place, but I have never yet heard of a man taking a liking to jalap. The prisoner received an excellent Character.—He was found Guilty, and recommended to mercy. 1111. HENRY FAUNTLEROY: Ever since the appearance of the advertisement from Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham, of the Banking 11“ use in Berner's-street, suspending payment on ac count of the conduct of their partner, Mr. Fauntleroy, the public mind has been in an extraordinary state of' excitement. The account of die committal of Mr. Fauntleroy, and the reported cause of that committal, naturally added to the general agitation. In fact, hardly anything has been talked of, either in the City or at the West End of the town, but this singular event, and all sorts of rumours are current on the subject. To gratify the natural desire for information in a case in which so many persons ate deeply interested, we have taken some pains to obtain possession of as many particulars as pos sible, which we now proceed to lay before our Readers: It has been known some days that Mr.Fauntltroy had undergone a private examination, in the house of Mr. Coant, previous to his committal. We now can state that the extent of the forgeries of which Mr. Fauntletoy is accused amount to above two hundred thousand pounds. The accpsed, it is well known, has been the active and managing partner in the abov'ementioncd banking house for a number of year,. Above ten years ago he, was appointed joint trustee with J. D. Hume, Esq. (of the Customs), and another Gentleman to the estate of a family of eight children (of which we forbear mention ing the name), deprived at an early age of their parents. The first forgery committed by the accused, took place more than 10 years ago, when the names of the other trustees were forged to different instruments, and ulti mately to a power of attorney, by which 30,000/.stock was sold out by Mr. Fauntleroy. To conceal this fraud, he, was compelled some time afterwards to replace the stock when it had greatly risen. The discovery took place from (me of the joint trustees accidentally inves tigatirg the accounts at the Bank of England, which he had been induced to do, in consequence of the ap proach uf November, when the whole money held in trust, was, by an order of the Court of Chancery, to be paid into the hands of the Accomptant-General. —The trustee was panic struck at the discovery, and communicated the fact to the other partners of the Bank, Then those Gentlemen expressed their surprise and great alarm at the conduct of their partner. An application was made, in the middle of last week, to Mr. Conant, at Marlbarosip,h-street Office, and the whole of the facts then disclosed having been laid before him,' he employed Mr. Plank, the chief officer, to apprehend Mr. Fauntleroy, having previously taken the deposition, on oath, of Mr. Hume, by which he felt authorized to issue a warrant (or the alleged felony. When Mr. F. appeared beim e the Magistrate on Friday last, he fully acquitted his partners of any participation or knowledge of his delinquency. Mr. Hume was sworn and examined to prove one act of forgery for 10,0001. on the part of the accused, and at the termination of the investigation, which lasted several hours, the prisoner was committed to the House of Correction, by virtue of a warrant, of which the fol lowing has been handed to us as a copy : " Police Office, Marlborough-street, Sept. 10, 1824. " To the Governor of the House of Correction, Cold Bath-fields, or bis Deputy. " Receive into your custody the body of Henry Fauntleroy, charged on the oath of J. D. flume and others, before me Jno. Edmd.Conant, Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the county of Middlesex, with having feloniously forged and uttered as true, a certain instrument,with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and others, of the sum of 10,0001. and him safely keep in your custody for re-exami nation before me. (Signed) " J. E. CONANT." On the prisoner arriving at the House of Correction, on Friday night last, orders were given that two per sons should sit up with him night and day, to prevent his attempting his life, which order has been strictly complied with. The prisoner's partners have not been admitted to him without special orders from the Magis• trate, and then in the presence of an officevb No paper is allow ed to go to or from him without its first being submitted to the committing Justice, Mr. Conant. The prisoner is above forty years of age, a little bald, and his hair rather grey. He is said to bear a resemblance to the late Napoleon' Bonaparte. Yesterday, we under stand, the Bank Directors made important discoveries. Last evening Sir Peter Laurie, and several other Gen tlemen, sent to the House of Correction to inquire if the account was true, that the prisoner had committed sui cide? which was currently reported in the City. The answer given was, that no such circumstance had taken place. At times the accused is in the most dejected state of mind, in short, in a state nearly approaching to despair; and at other times he appears rather cheerful, and expresses to the Governor, Mr. Vickery, his grati tude for his kind and humane attention to him in his unfortunate situation. Mr. Samuel Bamford Hamer, and two other persons, came to Marlborough-street Police-office yesterday, and stated their object to be to obtain an order to visit Mr. Fauntleroy, who is at present in the House of Correc tion ; but as Mr. Conant, the Magistrate for whom their application was intended, was out of town, no answer could be given to them on the subject. In reference to this case, the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Bank stated, yesterday, at the General Meeting of the Court of Proprietors (presumed to be in allusion to the charge now under investigation), that there were some circumstances peculiar to the case of ' forgery alluded to by an Honourable Member, in pro posing more efficient means for the prevention of fc,i gery of powers of attorney on the Bank, w hich had af forded greater facility for the offence than others ; but that he could assure the Court that the subject formed one of close and strict investigation now before the Court of Directors. NEW LAW OF SETTLEstENT.Notwithstanding the new I.w regulating settlements, a person will gain a parish, though he should not occupy a house two months, and pay neither tent nor rates, provided he pay the public taxe' l and reside constantly for 40 days. MEETING Or THA COURT OFPROPRIETORS OF THE IVINK OF EAGLAND. A Court of Proprietors was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, to consider of a Dividend. The GOVERNOR moved that a dividend of four per cent. interest and prOfit, be agreed to, for the half year ending October the 10th, 1824. Mr. YouNo said, that prior to putting the question, some data should be given on which that dividend was founded, that the Meeting might form an estimate of its propriety. One - question, at all events, he hoped wculd receive an answer from the Governor, which was, as to the amount of capital advanced by the Bank upon mortgage, at the rate of 4 per cent.? The GOVERNOR said, 2 000,0001- Mr. YOUNG asserted, that advancing such a sum at the rate of four per cent. had the effect of making capi tal too cheap, as the value of monied capital mist de crease in rroportion to the increase of the value of every other species of property; the inevitable effect of to;•ci capital into circulation must be that of increasing the value of other property; and he tlionlit the Court ol Directors should have called a Meeting of Proprietors to corisiJer the policy of thus forcing capital, and ren dering it clmparatively of little value. Mr. Dix $l 4 l gave his hearty concurrence to the mea sures of the D,lectois, and conceived k rari.ossible to have better. security for the ad►ance of money than the landed property of the kingdom. GUNDRV said, that two years ago the dividend was five per cent. and he wished to know if it were in,t reduced to four per cent. in consequence of a s:iptda tion with the Government, by which they were to ad vance a million and a half for five yeais? The GovEßNoa replied in the negative. It arose 'from the general view taken by himself and the Direc tors of th;.: affairs of the Bank. Mr.GuNntrit proposed, as an amendment, that the dividend should - be live per cent. instead of four, w•liicl:, if carried, would comp& the Directors to give some in formation to the Proprietors concerning the state of their affairs. A Gentleman, whose name we could not learn, se conded the amendment of Mr. Guitch y in a speech of great length, and in the couisc of which be contended that the Proprietors had been called together merely to echo the opinion of the Directors, without receiving a particle of information. The GouttNort at length put the question on the amendment, during which be was several times inter rupted by Mr. Gundry, who was called repeatedly to order.. Only three hands were held up to support it, after which the original motion was put and carried. Mr. Yoe= asked if it was the intention of the Bank to make any alteration in their rate of discount? The Gomm,/ thought it would be imprudent to give an answer. The Court adjourned, after appointing the 11th of October for the p#yment of the dividend. COMMITTAL OF MR. HALE. Wednesday, Mr. George Hale was taken by Keeble, the constable, to the Police-office at Woolwich, before Sir Jon WEIB, physician to the garrison ; the Rev. JOHN ME.SSITER, chaplain to the garrison; and Mr. MARSH, door-keeper of the Royal Arsenal of Wool wich, Magistrates acting in that division, fur final exa mination, charged with submitting libellous pamphlets, entitled " The Two Opinions," to the soldiers in the Woolwich Barracks, intending to incite them to acts of insubordination &c. • Mr. Hale was attended by a Gentleman wll l b con ducted his defence, to whom the Magistrates exprested their thanks for his endeavours, though unsucces.ful, to persuade Mr. Hale to desist from a further distribution of the obnoxious pamphlets. Mr. May, the Chief Clerk to the Magistrates, read over the evidence of the soldieri, and of Henry Ridout, the high constable; and then said to the accused, " These pamphlets you distributed to the soldiers in the garrison, Mr. Hale, did you not ?" Mr. Hale's friend here prevented Mr. Hale from ' making the admission so anxiously endeavoured to . be elicited by the worthy Justice's clerk ; and Mr. Hale, whose shrewdness and rationality upon every suhjact, save that of " war," cannot be disputed, replied, " Gentlemen, that is an unfair question; I have no wish to conceal any pact of my conduct, but 1 think you ought to prove by evidence the offence you charge me with, and not endeavour to entrap me into admis sions of my guilt." Mr. May, the clerk, proceeded, by order of the Ma gistrates, to read over the alleged libellous publication, previous to which Mr. MESSITER asked the accused if he had got bail for his good behaviour ? He replied that he had no bail, and asked what was the offence he was charged with ; for he was not at present aware whether it was for not having a printer's name to the work, or if the work itself was considered to he Sir Joust WEBS said the charge was, that he had un lawfully distributed publications amongst the soldiery, calculated to incite insubordination and discontent in their minds, and to inducethem to throw down their arms. Sir J. Wean ordered Mr. May to read-an admission of the accused on Monday last, in which he said that his object in distributing the pamphlets was to induce 'the soldiers to throw down their arms. Mr. Hale observed, that lie would not . deny having made that admission, but he wished to explain his meaning. His obiect wi.s to prevent war in this and every country where the Christian religion was sane• tioned by the existing Government. Mr. MESSITER said his notions were as absurd as the Southcotonians, uho, the other day, were revelling over a stuck pig : he did not question the motives or inten itions of the accused, but his acts were dangerous to the Government, and mist be repressed'; and he believed that he was mote fit for Bedlam than Maidstone gaol. The Magistrates here generally remarked, that they bad nothing to do with the motives of Mr.flale; they believed the work to be of a mischievous tendency, and that was sufficient to induce them to call upon him to give security for his good behaviour in future. Their only object was to put a stop to the evil ; they did not wish to act with severity towards a nun who was to be pitied. Repeated attempts were made to prevail on the accused to desist from the course he was pursuing, but to no purpose. Mr. Hale said here, that he was convinced no Jury would find him guilty of the off:lice of which be stood accused, and he would find po His commitment was then made out. The Magistrates told him that a few days' imprisonment might alter his tone, and he could then put in bail either in Maidstone, or before a Judge in London. Letters from Seville have been received to the 28th August. They reptesent the orange and lemon crops as likely to be very productive, and ready for shipment in good time this year. A great quantity of Fiench manufactures had been recently introduced into that city, and as they paid comparatively no duty, they mere offered on such low terms as nearly to drive the goods everyof other nation out of the market, and to operate most cff ctually to the exclusion ,of Bi itish manufactures. letters contain no political information of interest. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. : • , BETTING,ROOM. TATTERSALL'S, SEPT. le. 3'he Room was but thinly attended, the principal Subscribe?* A,' it being off to Doncaster. It will be seen that several altetatioo have taken place since list betting-day ; and the following particu lars of the present state of odds will be found correct s • /*acumen IT. LRCM Se CO I agst 13rutandorf 20 to 1 apt Tioqsthenes 8 to 1 apt Streatham 20 to 1 apt Ormond 9to 1 apt Jerry • 20 to 1 apt Helenus 110 to 1 apt Swiss 20 to I apt Canteen 15 to 1 apt Altisidon 20 to 1 agst Tarandus 17 to 1 agst Mustachio 25 to 1 apt Illuebeard The following Matches have been made fur Nevituarket Second October Meeting, which commences on Monday, October 18 : D. of Grafton s Zinc, 4 yrs old, Rst. 91b. agst Mr. Greyille`s Don Carlos, 3 vrs old, 7st 91b. D. M. 200, h. ft.—D. of York's 1. by Election, 4 yrs old, 84t. 01b. apt Gen. Grosvenor's f. Lyrnessa. 3 yrs old, 7st. Vs. D.M. t.'oogs, h. ft.—D. of Grafton's CM.I. r, 4 yrs old, Rst. 71b. agst Mr. Greville's Dun Carlos, 3 yrs old, 44. T.Y.C. 200.-0. of Grafton 's Posthuma, 5 yttold, Bst. 121 b. agst Mr. Wortley's c. by Phantom, 3 yrs old, 7st. 81h. A.F. 100, h. f t . Mr. Udny's Emilius, e s t. 71h. apt Lord G. H. Cavendish's Bi zarre, Sit. Audley End C. 3UO soy. 100 ft. Wroxitsnar. Mr. 000C11 . 4 ch. f. by Quiz, apt Mr. Pettit% Bravura, 8a:. 1 th. each, 'l'. Y. C. 50, h. ft.— Catatain Itous's Negro, 3 yrs old, 90. 121 b. apt Mr. Prendergast s c. by the Cole Aribian, 2 yn old, 7st. 71h. 11. M. 50 soy. h. ft. At the same Meeting, but no day mentioned, Mr. Williamson's b e . e . by Haphazard, /W. 216. apt Mr. Osbaldeston's b. 1. by Canon, ibt. T. Y.C. 100 soy. h. ft. BLANDFORD RAM:S.—Sem 11. The Dorsetslsire Gold Cup was won by Lord Palmerston's b. c. Laborough, beating the Black-and-all black, Champion, Masque rade, and Augustine. f. ITC IT FIE LD RACES—Saar. 15. A G. )ILI Cnp of 100 son. one three-mile heat, was *on by Mr. • 0. Brie.g.:man s Ch. g. Enterprise, beating Mr. R. Piggot's Active. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—Stir. 16. - S..reepstakcs of 5 sous. each, with Madded by the Corporatioe. !feats, once round and a distance. Mr. Seller's Triumph 1 1 Mr. Plerrepoint's Monimla dr Mr. Harvey's b. f. by Whalebone 3 2 Edwards's Scholar 4 3 The Town Plate of 50gs. Heats, twice round. Mr. W.!son's Isabella Mr. Sadler':f;itinaph Mr. Harvey's Blunder 1 1 2 dr 3 dr BOLTON RACES—San. ie. A Match for riOgs. and a Subscription Purse of Ten Pounds, for hors•A of all ages that never won the value of 4'50 at one time. Mr. 131a.:Iclock's bl. m. Crazy Jane . . 1 1 Mr. lludgsnts's br. h. Rubin . . 3 2 Mr. Stagg's hr. m. Matilda . • . 2 3 Mr. Atkinsua's gr. g. Young Willey . . 4 dr The foot race for 10 soy. given by the innholders, was won, after a severe contest, by Stephenson, beating seven others. ' STAPLETON MEETING—Stye. 14. (Run O'er Pontefract Course). Mr. W. Fox's Bertram beat Mr. T. S. Dunconthe's Spot, 104 t. 10Ib. each. Half a mile, 20 soy. Handicap Stakes of five soy. each, for any horse, the property of a member of the Lambton Racing Club. The winner to be sold for too sov. if demanded. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Lanthton's ch. b. Lorenzo, 5 yrs, l2st. 41b. . 1 Mr. T. S. Duncombe's ch. h. Spot, aged, list. 91b. . 2 Three paid. A Gold Cup, value 100 gs. by a subscription of 10gs. each, for horses not thorough-bred, the property of members of a Racing or Fue-hunting Club. Handicap weights. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Lambton's b. m. Petunia. aged, 124. . • 1 Mr. T. S. Duncornbe's . ch. c. St. Leger, 4 yrs old, list. 21b. 2 Mr. Wyvill's m. Mirth, 5 yrs old, 10st. 121 b. Mr. A. W. Robarts names ch. m. Bacchante, 5 yrs, 10st. 121 b. 4 Lord Nortuanby's b. m. Clad, 5 yrs 1 Ist. 21b. . 5 Mr. Mills's b. g. Gossoon , 6 yrs old, 125t..51b. . 6 _ . Twr7 paid, and two subset-) hers did not name. The 13adsworth Hunt Stakes of logs. each, with 2.ogs. added by the Club, twu miles, was walked over for by Mr. Petre's Comet. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING. PROOT OT TUC SCARCITY OT PARTRIDOTI.— In the match between Messrs. Holdswerth and Birch for 100 sovereigns, ever the manors between Wades Mill and Royston, Herts, on Wednesday, who should bag the most head of partridges during the day ; the former, who is decidedly one of the best shots-in the kingdom, killed fourteen brace only, and his opponent eleven. Five shots only were missed between t h e two. Last season, over the same beat, Mr. Holds worth bagged twenty-two brace in much less time. They found the coveys very defective in number. THE RING. Jex Boats AND MAIITINTII3DIat;h must now be considered as altogether off. The men say tlity are both ; and it ap pears extraordinary, that the mere naming of a person to hold the stakes should put the match altogether aside, particularly when there is not the least doubt of the respectability or the parties who are named It causes a suspicion that there is some other reason for its g g off Yesterday morning, Ned Crawford % the baker, and I lar►y Smith, the diamond conveyer, had a turn•up on Net nington Common, for thirty guineas. Both the combatants had rot merly contended at Long Reach, and' the battle was then declared a draw. Ned won the toss for choice of ground, and chcse the Common. The men fought fourteen rounds, in the last of which [Lary came up to the scratch, and, thoith unable to stand steadily, put up his hands. They, however, refused to stop, aid Ned placed a tap (for it was nothing more) on his tight shoulder, and he fell. The battle ended, and NeJ having received the stakes, generously went up and presented his gallant opponent with tight sovereigns, having won two by a private wager. PEDESTRIANISM. John Halton bas challenged Nietcalfe, or any man in England, to run two miles over Leeds Race Course for the sum of one hundred to one thousand pounds. any time, having six weeks ',mice. A man has commenced the task of going forty milts+ day back wards, between Stroodgate and Graveaend. Ile did the hrst di teen miles in three hours and a half. Mr. llolmes finished his match from Shoreditch to t).mcaster and back, by way of Huntingdon, at four o'clock yesteiday morning. H s engap,emer.t was to accompli,h the three hundred aild twenty four miles in five days six hours. Ilia route was tiiiough Worksop, leaving the other road at Newai k. He reached Sawtry, sixty-eight miles ' the first day. The second day hr did six: r-four mil e .. ; t h e third day, sixty-eight; and the feurtli, sixty-one; leaving hini*tlf sixty-rhsee miles to accomplish in the next thirty hours. He had eighteen miles to perform in the last six hours. and having taken his leisure oil the preceding day, he won the match with an hour to spare, which he was backed to do at six to four. It was for two hundred sovereigns. A matck of cricket was played on Wednesday, in the Five Fields, Chelsea, between the Non-commissioned Officers of the Coldstream Guards—the first against the second Battalion, which was won by the former in gallant style, with ten wickets to spare. The inhabitants of C%ilia . ine, and St. Stephen's, in New Biunswick, by the erection of a bridge over the St. Croix river, have connected the United States with the British Provinces ofthe North. A deputation from the merchants of the city of Mentz having waited on Prince Metternich, to compliment him, received from his Highness the following assurance:— " Gentlemen," said he, " the Allied Powers of Europe have no other sacred object but that of preserving their wo: k—the present state of univet sal peace in alt its re lations, even the most insignificant, and to c nisolidate its duration." CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 17. The arrivals of all descriptions of gnglish Osts this week are only tiifling. Of Fortigu•Oats the quantity is tolerably good. There is very little trade for \Vheat today, but Monday's prices are fully supported. In Barley, Beans, and Yeas no alteration. Good sweet Oats obtain rather more money ; but other sorts are without variation. 15,400 5,400 MIRIVALS LAWN WEIL Wheat, English, qrs. 3750 Feign Oats - Barley - 33 I anglish Flour, sacks Oats - - 2,000 . London Averages for the Week ended Sept. 10.—Wheat, 5,706 qrs. at 545. Bd. Parley, 99 qrs. at 295. 4d. Oats, 2,943 qrs. at u2s. lOd. Rye, 12 qrs. at 31s. Beans, 443 qrs. at 345. led. Peas, 104 qrs. at 415..2d. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SETT. 17. The supply was as usual on Fridays markets, except in Lamb, which was rather short, and the prices of all descriptions of Cattle may be quoted as on last market day. g te f, per gone of ellut. Ss. Od. to 4s. Od. Mutton 3‘ 4d, to 43 4d. Lamb is. 4d. to Sesd. Vaal 4s. Od. to 51.04. • , I -~+a. ~ I I I 4P , I _ NW , •. . 0" aIYII. A