Star. — London, England, 1825-09-27 00:00:00

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. • The Cif , / of Edinburgh, arrived from Bengal, sailed thence 6th Mlsts.h. which, our Readers will recollect, is an old date. She is late truorSt. Helena, but advices by her from that island are of no yublic interest. Arrived off Margate, the Edward, Toms, from Grenada ; and Argo. TAYLOR, from Honduras. (HI the Wight, the Neptune, SAMMY, from Guadaloupe. In the Ihisens, the Piggott, Honsitzr, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind &W. fresh breezes.—Arrived the Puke of York packet, from Buenos Ayres—sailed the 2341 July; and from Mashie Video, 25th do. l'oarsmouzir, Ssrr. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Joseph and Ann, POWEN, from the Havannah ; Moffatt, BROWN, from Quebec; Eclipse, Ilsowci.t.; Margaret, BaowN; and Industry, j; o se, (ruin London. Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship u" tos oetan, for Milford, and brought up at Spithead. roves, Seer. 26.—Arrived the Sir Joseph Banks, ARMSTRONG, Irani Tobago, in 46 days, very leaky—for the lasi 29 days.: tte men were c onstantly at the pumps; bad thrown overboard 200 pun- , chow: of rem, and the ground tier of sugar washed Out. The Masrer and crew nearly worn out with fatigue. 14.41., SEPT. 26.—Wind &W.—Arlived the Isabella Simpson, )1 1 5...; Richard and Sibella, HOLLAND; and Friends, from J ama i c a, ; Ilvrcules, &MR, from Honduras; and the Alexander, its oamo:os, from et yloti. Arrived from the River, and remain, t h. lIH:MADIN, fur Jamaica. At nine, A.M. the outward veri i ,hed, with a light breeze from the North, but afterwards ditto. , to the S.IV when the whole brought up again. Doves. Seer. 26.—Arrived off here, the Britannia, llourtita, 'row, the Cape of Good Hope—sailed Bth July ; Barkley, FA am ea, _, from Jamaka ; and the Georgians, WATT, from Dal:aeon, Seer. 25.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary Ellen, Bosarisses: from Carthagena ; British Tar, from Grenada; Eima Palter, Rawson, from Charleston; Frances, ---, from Vir ginia; !hairy, 'IAILTIN, from New Orleans; Roman, DICICENS9N, ;.nd Orozembo, Tatusison, from New York; General Brown, Soars., f Miransichi, in 17 days; Baltic, MILLER, from Alex andra,; Helen, am, from Viaua ; and the Lucy Ann, —, f in Nassau (N.P.) Ef.OPED —Miss F—r—d, a captivating lass of nine tcea, left her bar-maid's avocation, in the neighbour lsid of Knightsbridge, on Saturday morning, with a eon of Mars, Lieutenant S—t—d, who occasionally lodged in the house. They were traced to Hounslow, allele they took chaise, and proceeded to within two ?biles of Twyford, Berks, where they were overtaken in hired gig from Maidenhead, by the two brothers of the Lady, when the gallant was rather unceremoniously attacked, and a meeting was proposed and accepted as yesterday. The lass was reluctantly brought back. The city of Liege has set the honourable example of opening a subscription in favour of the GreAcs. Many s•rim2, nin the liaiversity have shewn great enthu siasm and genelosity in favour of that heroic people. Subscriptions:have also beta opened at Mons, and in the Comilwrcial Club at Brussels. A erson residing at Lilling, in Yorkshire, purchaste a field of standing wheat on Wednesday week ; he lined hands and cut it down on Thursday, carried and threshed it on Friday, took it to York market on Sa turday, sold and delivered it, and received the money. Three master. weavers were convicted in the penalty of 201. each, at the Trowbridge Sessions, last week, for paying their wotkpeople in goods instead of money. List week, a flock of seven seagulls were seen to fly, in a neatly south direction, between Acton at.d ()lily about five miles from Hyde Park. It is said to be a prognostic of very sharp weather. Yesterday morning a fire broke out in No. 5, White Lion -street, Goodman's•fields, occupied by Messrs. Ja cobs .and Franks, furriers, which burnt so furiously, that it was with the greatest difficulty the inmates esca ped in their night clothes. The two infant children of Mr. Jacobs were thrown by Mrs.J. from an upper win deX,•to the crowd in the street, and were both caught unhurt! Mrs. J. who is in tie family way, escaped from a back window to an adjoining house. The house, with the furniture and stock in trade, is now a heap of I uini ; and there was on the premises an order, intended to have been sent home yesterday, to the value of 1.7100. tit.orroay.—At Whitehaven, during last week, one George Jackson (alias Cow-lumps, alias Gwordy Bo theio) undertook for a trifling wager to eat 101bs. of mutton in an hour.— A leg of mutton, weighing 91bs. the largest which could be procured, was placed before him, and he demolished it, - with two large rolls, in the given time. He made an offer then to eat two shillings' wroth of penny pies, which, however, was not accepted; and he actually drank ten glasses of spirit and water. EXTENSIVB ROBBERY AT BOLTON. —Some time be tween Saturday night week and Monday morning the bank of Messrs. ORMROD, HABDCASTLE, and Co. of Bolton, was entered . by means of false keys. As no person visited the premises on Sunday, the robbery, though in all probability committed on Saturday night, was not discovered until Monday morning, when on entering the Bank at the usual hour of business, it was found that the iron safe, which was supposed to be well secured by one of BRAMAH'S patent locks, had been opened in the following novel and ingenious manner —The small springs in the lock which prevent the bolt from being shot, except by the key which belongs to the lock, had been bored out, (apparently by means of a brace) and entirely destroyed, so that the lock was readily opened by means of a blank key, which the robbers left behind them in the bank. It had evidently been recently heated to soften the iron of which it was composed, and had been filed on the spot, to make it fit the lock which it was intend( dto open. In the safe were the following bills and cash, all of which were carried off by the robbers:— In gold In promiscuous local notes . In Blackburn notes . . In Bolton 51. and U. notes . . at'l64 18 6 . 175 ;0 0 . 526 10 0 . 540 0 0 Tani £1406 18 Besides a draft for 80/. and four hundred 51. notes of the Bolton bank, unsigned, but dated the Ist of August, 1825. On examining the premises, it was found that they ha I been entered at the front door, by means of false keys. ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. -021 the 20th instant, about six o'clock in the morning, as FRANCIS DESPA RD, Es.q. of Killaghy Castle, a Magistrate, was entering his shrubberies, a shot a as fired at him, which tore his coat close to his body ; on turning round and seeing a second man with a blunderbuss, Mr. DESPARD darted in and closed the door, upon which the blunderbuss was discharged, and seventeen bullets were driven through the door, which Mr. DESPARD escaped by in clining to one side; . immediately he rushed out with a pistol, which he had the precaution to carry in conse quence of friendly and anonymous letters he lately re ceived, when the assassin who fired the blunderbush missed file at him with a pistol, and when in ti e act of making off, Mr. DESPARD fired at him, when the villain dropped his pistol, which has since been found ; from the quantity of blood that has been traced fur three or four fields, it is considered he must be severely wounded. Mr. DESPARD then returned to his house to procure arms for his men and a policeman that was them, when they went in pursuit ;.but in consequence of the wooded state of Lis demesne, the blood-thirsty villains escaped. TRIAL OF MILITARY PONTUO.vS. .cll AT H M s MONDAY A rmairomr. his Crate the Duke of Wau.nmenu and suite arrived here early ibis morning, for the purpose of deciding on the merits of three different sets of.pornotms, the inventions of Sir Jeans CoccaRTON, Colonel PAISLRT, and Major &merman. Ilia Grace was attended by Lord Femme flostuesve, and seve ral General Officers, with the Admiral, Sir BOSSILY Monson, and his Captain. The morning was cloudy, and threatened for rain ; but as the day advanced, it cleared off, and was very fine, which induced all the beauty and fashion of the neighbourhood to embark in boats, for the purpose of seeing the Duke, and viewing the dif ferent evolutions, which were performed with such dexterity, as to call forth the admiration of his Grace and the Committee of Ge neral Officers. It Is not yet known which invention is considered the best. Colonel Paucity's are made of copper, and are very heavy, as well as expensive, and require about twenty men to carry each; also difficult to launch in a muddy river. Sir Janes Coct.dtrost's are built of wood, which has one great advantage, that the army may cut the timber and make them on the spot, without much trouble. Major BLANCHARD'S are made of tin, and are so light, that four men may carry one with great ease ; th ey tan be kept in repair for a trifling expense, and will carry a much greater weight than either of the others. Great praise is due to Colonel Parscar, for the high state of per fection he has brought the Sappers to, in managing these boats; I, they pulled them up the river, with only six oars .to each, against a very strong tide, beating the Admiral's barge with the greatest ease. I regret to say, one of the soldiers, by some accident, Inisstql his hold, fell overboard, and was drowned ; although there were many boats around him, yet none were for tunate enough to get up in time to save the pour fellow. This is the second or third accident of the same kind, which has happened in training the men in the management of the pontoons. It seems a pity, in a river like the Medway, where the tide runs so strong, that the soldiers who are employed on these rafts are not furnished with sonic sort of life-preserver as a safeguard, in the event of being knocked overboard.—The Duke left - Rochester about four o'clock, on his return to London ; and it was generally remarked that his Grace was looking thin. We fear his standing m many hours on a wet marsh may prove injurious to him. Mu. ()WEN. A meeting was held last night at the Mechanics Theatre, Southampton-buildings, in consequence of a 'minted circular, i'iviting " those who ate sincerely desirous of improving the condition of mankind in ge ne, al , and those especially who suffer the most from the innumerable and complicated evils which must continue to exist while society remains as at present constituted, to investigate the met its of the London Co operation Society's new system of social arrangements." Soon after seven o'clock, the theatre being quite thronged. Dr. Tucker was called to the chair, and opened the business of the meeting by reading from the circular abovementioned the principles of the Society's system, which were founded on " mutual co-operation in the production, and perfect equality in the distribu tion of all the means of enjoyment—principles that, by uniting the .individual and social interests of mankind (which ought never to have been separated), will lead to the highest possible state of human happiness, and remove all the obstacles, physical and moral, by which its attainment has been hitherto retarded." Mr. OwxN then entered the room, and was greeted with loud plaudits. He immediately entered upon a long lecture, in which, with a model of one of his pro jected establishments before him, he developed the principles of his system, and stated its details at great length. The public, however, have been so long fami liar with these, that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. He then argued at some length in favour of the advantages that would result to mankind from the general adoption of this system ; contending that by correcting the present misapplication of the powers of society, it would increase their means of happiness ten fold. He conchided by moving a series of resolutions, expressive of the great defects of the present constitu tion of society, the misery resulting , therefrom; the necessity, therefore, of introducing an improved social system; the practicability of establishing such a system, as proved by the societies of Quakers, Moravians, Har monists, icc. and, finally, the determination of the meet ing to establish an experimental society upon this system within a short distance of London. Dlr. Junasos lauded the efforts of Mr. Owen, and seconded the resolutions. Mr. Wzeis protested against some of the sentiments uttered by Mr. Owen, which be considered unjustifiable as regarded the reli. glen we professed—(Great tumult). The Cstazastas observed, that Mr. Owen had abstained as much as possible from touching on the subject of religion. Mr. Wsccs repeated his objection ; and said, that be protested against Mr. Owen's saying that his system would eradicate all hu man misery; whereas Scripture said (great uproar), that so long as ofienceb were committed, misery would remain among mankind— ( ll:ssing and noise). Mr. It. TAYLOR contended, that Mr. Owen's system was in the true spirit of religion. An operative, as he styled himself, made a long speech on the present state of the productive classes, and in favour of Mr. o.'s plan. Mr. Dalin° spoke from a I:1.m at the top of the room, and offered his conditional approval of Mr. Owen's plan, provided it suggested the means of paying off the national debt—(Great laughter). He contended, that in consequence of the depravity of the human passions, the inhabitants of those societies, if established, would soon be at loggerheads together —(Cont /need laughter). He thought, however, something useful might he done from the suggestion, and then moved that it be referred to a committee to report, whether or not Mr. Owen's plan might be so modified as to bring it within the scope of practicability ? Mr. Owes, in reply to a question, said that the pro perty of each community was to be invested in the members of it. for himself, he never would again in vest property with a view to profit. Whatever he had done or would do in America, he would be content with the simple interest of his capital invested there ; others would the same; and by thus lending their money on the only condition that those to whom they lent it would do with others as they had been done by, the system would gradually be extended. One great advantage it possessed was, that it removed both young and old from temptation; and as to its practicability, he had already tried it, and had not been disappointed. Mr. HODGAKIN addressed the meeting in a very able speech. With respect to Mr. Owen's views of the pro ductive classes being able to produce much more than they required for consumption, he perfectly agreed with him in that particular, for it had lately been :hewn, by what he considered unquestionable audio :icy, that the operative classes of Great . Britain pro 'duced mote wealth than those of the United States, France, and Russia put together, making altogether a population of about eighty-eight millions. He agreed with Mr. Owen entirely, that the produce of the working classes would be fully sufficient to make .them comfortable and happy, and that a reform was wanting in their conditi n was too sellevident to ad mit of a minute's dispute—(Applause). But he looked upon the question as - a most mumentotis one—one far too momentous to be decide.] by any Committee in the world—it was for them individually to decide upon it —(Applause)--and with that view he would pies% upon their not ce two leading co cum,tances with respect to Mr. Owen's system; by the princi a ileot that Gaitleman, - ' - -.oawar, he would have them belie/. thAt . the evil would be counteracted ; but of this he (Mr. Hotigskin) very much doubted ; for, if they stere to look abroad at the Reli gious Societies, either in the Old or New World, he would ask, how many out of all of them had produced any great or illustrious men ? What genius shone forth among the Quakers, the Shakers, the Trappists, or the Jesuits ? If, then, this were the case, and, on the other hand, it were found that there was a vast deal of genius and invention going en under the present system, ought they not to hesitate very seriously before they adopted any decisive measures ?—(Cheers). It certainly did ap pear to him, that hir.o wen had not put his finger-on the sight cause of all the moral depravity that was abroad. He felt, however, the highest respect for Mr. Owen, as a man, and as a philanthropist, and be should not have presumed to offer his remarks on a plan submitted to the meeting by so great a benefactor and well-wisher to mankind, had he not thought that there might perhaps be a few present who would recognize in him a well wisher to his fellow creatures, although he had not perhaps been able to extend his plans to that extent which had so s;gnalised those of Mr. Owen. (Cheers). Mr. OWEN, after replying to these arguments, pro ceeded to give a short account of the state of America. That country, although like Europe in extent, was at total variance with it in other resrects. It was impos sible for any parson who hal never been there to form any correct notion of it. In the %evert, pin you found barbarism and high civilization directly meeting. This country was already in full possession of t h .• means of greatness; America was rapidly obtaining the means of greatness also; and he hoped that both countries would be united, for it was only !tom them ne were to expect an improvement ir► the liberty of mankind. He would not advise aay person :o go *there expecting to meet with the comforts they enjoyed here; if they did, they would be disappointed: but it certainly afforded a fine field for enterprise. The climate, - however, was diffe rent, and that necessarily exposed a person going from this country to tisk. Upon the whole, he would sooner direct his friends to form societies in tilts country, where they had grotter opportunity of enjoying happiness and doing good. Mr. Owen then reverted to the benefits resulting from the adoption of his system; and at the conclusion of his address the resolutions were put, and passed nearly unanimously. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 2d instant. The post-master of St. Roque' has sent notice to the English garrison, that any dispatch to be sent through Spain must have his sanction; leave to that effect being only granted by application through the Civil Secretary of Gibraltar ; otherwise the dispatch will be stopped, and the messenger punished according to the laws of Spain. The following extract from a letter has reached us by the Malta packet :—" St. Manra, Aug. I.—We have just heard that the Greeks have made an offer of their country to the English, which of course must be re fused. They are doing badly, and have therefore hit upon this expedient of getting themselves out of diffi culty. Missolonghi still holds out, but it must fall in five or six weeks. The Turkish fleet, it is understo d, is returned to Alersndria, to obtain another reinforce ment of troops. The Cambrian, SeringApatam, and &bilk, are at Napoli di Romania ; Weazle, at Zante ; 'Chanticleer, just arrived at Corfu, with his Excellency Sit FREDDRICK ADAM ; Rose, at COlful. . About two years ago, a number of the admirers of the great Apostle of the Reformation in Scotland, formed:a " Knox Club," in Maybob', in Ayishire, the first of the name in this country, ani it has increased in the number and respectability of its members far -beyond the most sanguine expectations of its founders. Lord ALLOWAY, Messrs. PAUL and Thomson, Mi nisters in the town, Mr. RAMSAY, W.S. Mr. NITER, banker, and Messrs. JOHNSTON, WYLIE, and Snows, factors, and a number of other Gentlemen, are in the' list, ,its Members. According to its regulations, the anniversaries are to be held on one or othe; of the three days on which John Knox, by argument, maintained the truth of she Protestant religion, against the then powerful Abbot of Crossregual. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION DItTWKIN MAN. CHM= AND LIVIIRPOOL.—Tuesday, in consequence of an intimation posted in the Exchange, a Meeting was 'held in the Exchange Committee Room, Manches ter, for the purpose of considering a proposal for forming a telegraphic communication between Liver pool any London by way of Manchester. Owing, we presume, to the want of sufficient publicity, only about half a dozen Gentlemen attende 1, and no regular public proceedings were held ; but Mr. %%limos?, the Agent of the Imperial Telegraphic Company, with which the design originates, explained, in conversation with the Gentlemen present, the objects and plans of the Com pany. Finally it was agreed to form a local Commit tee to correspond with the London Committee on the subject. The Meeting then separated. The manufactories of cotton and woollens established in Egypt are declining. The former meettilith many ob stacles in the climate. The salt manufactory at Bourlak, however, and the raising of silk Worms at Zabaaik are most promising. The salt is obtained by evaporation, and costs only 15 piastres per quintal, whereas that formerly produced by fire co t 80 piastres. The story about the op ning of the chamber iq.which Voltaire died, in Paris, has been for several yeas past annually dished up in the London and Paris news papers. The original story is, that the Poet, on his death-bed, expressed a wish that the room should be closed until that day 20 years. The period has long expired, and if there were any valuable manuscripts deposited there, they have, no doubt, been published. An Inquest was held at the Bunch of Grapes, Castle street, Oxford-market, on the body of Simon Sullivan, a child, whose death was alleged to have been caused by a kick given to its :nether, before its birth. Mary Sullivan, sister-in-law to the woman injured, stated, that the deceased child died on Monday morning last. Witness, her husband, and Mary Sullivan, (the woman injured) and her husband, and another woman and her husband, were passing near Berner's street, Oxford street, when three strange men caught hold of them, and used them rudely. Their husbands, who were in advance, came back to protect . them, when the strange men struck them, and her husband returned the blow. Witness then perceiving Mary Sullivan, her sister-in law, staggering and bleeding, asked her what was the matter ? She replied, the baker (meaning Alfred Flower) had injured her. The men then ran away, but were taken. Daniel Sullivan, husband of the sick wo man, said, his wife had received a kick in the abdomen, and had been ill ever since. Tr , e Jury, after consulting some time, returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Flower. Judge Ramsey was so excellent a lawyer that he was called The Picklock of the ~. • 4 - . DREADFUL FIRE AT BATIL BATH. SATURDAY NIGHT, SIIPT. 244—This everting about half.past eight o'clock, the inhabitants of the Orange Grove, and its vicinity, were alarmed by the cry of " Fire!" and it was soon ascertained that the upper part of a house in Wades Passage, in which Mr. Paisey, tailor, resided, was in flames. One of the Abbey bells was immediately tolled, and an immense concourse of persons has'tned to the spot. The alarm was dread ful : several women were seen running about in a state of distraction, while the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses were busy in removing their goods. The con- fusion has not been equalled in this city since the me morable 21st of December, 1820, when the Llwer Rooms, which were situated not far from the same spot, were entirely consumed. On the present occasion the flames burst through the windows with resistless yin lence ; and although the engines speedily arrived, the supply of water was so small, that all attempts to check them proved unavailing. The scene, at this moment, was terrific beyond description. Ilse moon shone with uncommon brilliancy, and its rays, combined with those from the fire, gave the trees in the Orange G , ove a green sulphure tus appearance, while the countenances of the spectators appeared of a fiery reJ. The flames continued raging for some time, and serious apprehen sions were entertained that they would extend to the ' Abbey Cl!urch, a fine Gothic building, to which the 'house imm:diately adjoined. Tlie)e feats were rendered the mote intense, as the orgAn and other valuable arti cles hid, on Account of some important alteraticns now going on in the Church; been placed on that side of it. All these, however, fortunately escaped injury, and about .half-pant itine o'clock, it was evident that the flames were partly got under. Several firemen, with the utmost promptitude and intrepidity, mounted the roof of an adjoining house, and succeeded in hewing down the windows, &c. when, at length, the roof fell in with a tremendous crash. A better supply of water was now procured, and soon after ten o'clock the flames were so far got under as to do away with all idea of serious danger. This is the third fire th,t has happened in that neighbourhood within the last twelve months. Sara. 25.—1 t is now ascertained that the damage is not so great as was at first apprehended. The flames, it appears, have extended no further than to the upper part of the two adjoining houses. Had they not, however, been checked by a party wall, or had the fire taken place two hours later, when the wind was somewhat rough, the whole crdwded pile of buildings in that quarter most inevitably have been consumed. We understand that the fire originated in the workshop of Mr. l'aisey, the men, it is supposed, having accidentally dropped a spark which smouldered for sontetime, and did uot burst into a flame until after they had left work. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATTRRS ALL'S, SEPT. 26. The Room was crowded at an early hour by Subscribes s, and settling immediately commenced, and continued till the close, with out intermission'. The Levanters went very extensive, but, as Va rious sums have been mentioned. we shall not venture to mention the probable amount. The greatest pat of the bets having been paid at I)oncsAer, the panic occasioned bh•the defalcation has nearly subsided, so that very little was said on tisk subject. It is chiefly felt by thote who have gone beyond their limits, and depended on the payments of others to meet their own engagements. Several of the leading letters are great winners, and the table this afternoon had more the appearance of a banker's counter than a betting table. There was no betting worth noticing; the odds, therefore, remain as at Doncaster. We hear that it is intended to increase the St. Leger Stakes from 25gs• each to 50gs. and 25 forfeit! ZIELTON RACES—Sartmasea 24. The Melton Purse of 25 sot. with 25 added. Mr. Black's Harlequin Colonel Jones's bliss Tulip Mr. Iloworth's °anima Six started--A good race. • hunters Stake of £5O (Handicap). Mr. Rodeo's Quiz . . 1 5 1 Captain Smith's Random . 3 1 2 Mr. Rush's Amy . . 2 2dr Mr. Forsyth's Gleaner . 4 4dr Captain Howard's Frisky . .5 dr The Hack Stakes was won 'gy Mr. Gyblet's Faulty, beating three others. . SHREWSBURY R A CES.—Scrt. 22. The Severn Stakes of .10 Sen. each, h. ft. for thrce-yr.olds. Ones round and a distance. Lord Grosvenor's b. f. Dispatch . Mr. Mytton's ch. e. Ludford . . Ludford the favourite.—A fine race. • .1 • a A Pursed 50 soy.. given by Sir R. B. Graham s Bart. for horses not thorough-bred. . . Mr. Clay's gr. g. Gimcrack . . 1 1 Mr. Lewis'. b. m. Huntress . . 5 2 Mr. Jobsan's ch. m. Meaner . . . 4 3 Mr. Boothby's b. g. by Fitzjames . . . 2 4 Mr. Cartwright's Clodhopper . . . 3 5 Two others started. SWAFFHAM RAClt&—Furse DAY. The Gold Cup.—Two Miles. . . Mr. R. Wilson's Isabella . . 1 Colonel Wilson's Daphne . . . . 2 Mr. Bliss's Catilioe . . . . . 3 Dedlington Stake.. Colonel Wilson's Daphne Mr. Bliss's Catiline . Mr. Wilson's The Town Plate. Mr. Rogers's cb. f. by Cation . Lord Orford's Shaeabac • Colonel Wilson's m. by Partisan • II DCCDID DA Y. The Ladles' Plate of 50 soy. for all ages. Mr. Moss's Double Ratendre, 4 yrs old, Bst. 61b. . Mr. J. Rogers's cb. I. by Catton,3 yrs. 7st. . • Cul. Wilson's ro. c. by Interpreter, 4 yrs, Sst. lb . . Arr. Wilson's Isabella, 5 yrs, Ost. 5. •• A Handicap Purse of 50 soy. Mr. Bloss's Double Entendre . . . Colonel Wilsou's Daphne . . • Mr. Petdtt's Catiline . . . Mr. Stevenson's Sbacabae . • 1 1 4 2 2 3 3 de DRIADFUL Accumut.—Saturday evening, a person named James Holt, who resided in Silver-street, Hulme, Manchester, was burnt to death in the follow. ing dreadful manner :—He was extremely decrepit, and, on this occasion, we believe, not quite sober. About seven o'clock in the evening, he was left alone in the house by his wife, who went to market ; and in a short time afterwards, a neighbour, who went into the house to get a little water, s,w him putting tobacco into a pipe, as it he was about to light it. In a few minutes afterwards, a man, who bad occasion to go to the house, opened the door, and saw, as he supposed, a log of wood lying on the fire ; but on a close inspec tion, he was dreadfully shocked to find that it vans the unfogglaate master of the house, who, it appears, in attempting to light his pipe, had fallen with his left side upon the grate, aped was unable to extricate hisn.elf from this dreadful situation. 'the man removell him Irons the fire, but he was so much burned as to be guile insensible, and died in about an hour afterwards. • Inquest was held on the body on Monday evening,* the Blue Ball, Hulme; when the Jury returned a verdict of Accidui Death. The old distillery regulations cease on the 10th of October ; the reduced duty of 95i lons, of British'spitits, will take effect 1h ittary. .. ~.. on every 100 pi- !et on the 5.1 a ot % I I „Akom itt , I I