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VASHIuNABLE INTELLIGENCt. F. 311 Spencer and Lord Althorp hare left Lord Suffield's, Gun ton halt, Norfolk, for Mr. Coke's, Holkham. The Right Hon. &urges Bourne, M.P. has lek hhseat,Testwood l:wase, Southampton, for Home Park, Reading. W. A. Bohan', Esq. M. P. has left the Duke of Dorset's, Dray ton House, Northamptonshire, for Bewdley, Worcestershire. Arrivals at Fenton 's New Hotel, St. James's.strett—Sir Atchi h.:ld Murray, Bart, from a tour; Captain Trevor, R.N. Depar tures—Hobert Vatrittart, Esq. for his seat in Berke ;James Jarrett. I:.q. for Oxford; Mews. Kynaston, on a tour ; the Rev. Walker King, ditto. Arrivals at Gordon's Hotel, St. James'.-street—Col. Fane from a tour Mr. and Nlrs. Edward Protberoe and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Frankland and family have left ditto for Norfolk. Departures from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mr. and Mr% Er,kine, for their seat in Kent; Mrs. Browniow and Miss Da.hwood for Canterbury. Arrlval4 at Lng% Hotel, Bond•street—George Fullerton, Esq. from a tour • .I. H. Puget. Kg. ditto; H. Broughton, E aq . f rom Brighten. bepartures—Mr. and Mrs. Gunning, fur Bath ; Capt. N. for Chatham ; Wm. Rowley, Esq. on a tour. Deparures from the Britian Hotel—Wm. Osbotn, Esq from Octi.rd ; Captain Riply, R.N. for Portsmouth ; Wm. Stuart, Esq. fur Saliih•ry ; J. Weston, Esq. for Scotland. Depa:ures from Kirkham s Hotel. Lower Brook-street—Mr. and 31rs. SitweU, for Brighton; W. J. Vickery, Esq. on a tour. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the undermentioned Regiments of root, marched yesterday morning from Westminster, viz. the 13th, 11th, 46th, and 54th, for Chatham; and of the 2d, 3d, 38th,41w, .nd 44th, for Canterbury. The Ikpot of the 99th Regiment of Foot is ordered from Stock port to Ireland. The .56th (West Essex) Regiment of Infantry is ordered, on being relieved by the 99th Regiment of Foot, at the Mauritius, to return to Engtaid. Thc Depot of the 67th Regiment, under the command of Lieu ttnal t-Colonel Ewarr, marched from Gosport Barracks on Mon day and Tuesday, on route to Chatham. where it is expected on 11. , tiday anl Tuesday next. It has been replaced at Gosport, by the Dept.ts of the 70th and 76th, from Winchester. DECCAN PRIZE-MONEY. It is understood, that after much consideration the Lords of the Treasury have made their decision upon the case of the Deccan prize.money. Upon the prin.. cip4e established at an early hearing by the Board of Trea,ury, the right to any species of booty was to hinge,. as nearly as it could be made out in practice * to the army which had made the capture ; meaning by 44 cap. ture," as it seems to be recognized on all hands, 41 do. minion" over the prize—not of necessity its manual seizure and actual possession. There have been three parties litigant: Ist. The In dia Company, who are concerned in the question di what shall be deemed booty and be surrendered to the troops r and whose prima fade interest it is that " booty" should embrace as little as possible of the hints of conquest, that they might have to refund as hide as frissible cf'the treasure scraped up by their civil functionaries engaged in following the march of the Amy. 2. The Army of the Deccan, commanded I by S.r T. Hislop, who claim the whole in right of having actually captured the places where the asserted booty had b en found. S. The Grand Army under the Marquis of Hastings, claiming as against the exclusive right of the army of the Deccan, on the ground that by their concurrent operations the victorious results had been effected. The trustees—the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Ai buthnot—transmitted a report, in June last, to the Treasury, stating as their opinion that no such booty as was the subject of certain distinct claims had been taken by the Deccan army while that army remained a diatinct body, in four places specified, by the conquest of which the representatives of the Deccan army alleged that they had established their right as captors, under the early warrant of the Treasury ; but his Grace and the Right Honourable Gentleman (prudently, as it ap pears) desired the determination of their Lordships upon the question between, the several parties, so far as re spected the amount and appropriation of booty claimed A the places mentioned (Poonah, Nagpoor, Manidpoor, and Nassuck), limiting in their own judgment the rights of fie Deccan army to the sum of 150,0001. which had been actually taken by it in the course of its separate operations. 'The Lords of the Treasury have confirmed this view of the case. They have declared the exclusive right of the Deccan army to be confined to the above sum of 150,0001. and that the whole of the Indian army was entitled to share in the further sum of 800,000 i. with interest, acknowledged as booty by the Company ; with the question, between the army generally, and the Comiany, involving the question of " what is booty 7' the" Treasury Board does not seem to have meddled. the whole army, therefore, may still, we suppose, pro secute as (mina the Company, the question whether the total of booty shall be limited to the sums adjudicated of 950,0ta, or shall extend to an alleged sum of seven millions sterling ? Times. The position of the Dutch authorities in the island cf Java has long be a a subject of Frisch alarm to the rlierchants who carry on the trade with Batavia, and it has been increased by letters from that port of the Oth of September, with intelligence of an action raving been fought on the 2d, between the Dutch and the native forces, near Semarang, in which the latter were successful. They had, however, an immense superiority of numbers, the accounts estimating the b.tive army at 10,000 men, but the Dutch force at I.lt more than 300. As all re•idents have been com pelled by the Dutch authorities to bear arms, there were ..i.ong the force opposed to the insurgents a consider au:e number of 'English merchants, several of o hom e regret to state, have been killed. The following individuals, viz. Xlessts Barrows, M•Master, Sutton, \Vttis, and Lindsay, are said to have been killed in an attempt to cross the river Lawee. The following, viz. Messrs. Hammond, Cameron, Brandt, Lach, Chat ton, Martens, and Cramer, were missing, but supposed, sir a letter aria: n by a Gentleman who was in the attion, to have been also killed. The following had returned safe from the action, viz. Messrs. Page, Jesson, P. Andrews, lizrwick, Arratoon, Salkias, Spencer, seed Bremner. The unpopularity of the Dutch Go. ‘ernmant in Java is sald to be so great, that the native Pill,ces are deter mined, if possible, to emancipate themselves from it. At the date of these letters all Europeans and persons of property wete leaving the tatter's coast Of Batavia, and four merchant vessel;, Nllr lo4ded aitb valuables and with female passengers, Ida sailed far Sincispore. Pie toilw.ving sums have been forwarded in aid of l h.o'Kerre.'s Su bscriptinn :—The Marquis of flenvroan, 201. Sir qukat W•linC/Mlll4 1011. 61011611 FRAIIES, Esq U. ss. Mr. I " , tins, 2/• nepide several guineas and sovereigns. At Drury-lane 11,, 1te the Sub-Conienettee have contributed five guineas; the 1, *.inr.l Fund, ten guineas; the Proprietor of the Haymarket 11", ill. Colonel Meaner, 10L the Managers and all the Pert-mutts without any eaception, *guinea each. KING'S THEATRE-MASQUERADE. runtime PARTICULARS. The ISi tsquerade given at this Theatre Thursday evening was one of the pleasantest of these very pleasing divertisements. The whole thing was in ' very good taste,' an absolute essentiality now-a-days. Many of the Characters were ably sustained, and some unusually diverting. To instance any one in particular might appear invidious ; we will therefore confine our praise to the assemblage in the concrete, and say, they were all good. The Ladies had in this respect decidedly the , advantage—many, nay most of them, were very taste fully attired. We must, however, positively enter one protest against the Clowns and Countrymen who inundate the room ; to us it is inexplicable how people our consent to disfigure themselves so; but independently of this, many of them are an absolute nuisance; they do us to death with dittos. Of the Lady characters we have nothing to say in blame, and a good deal to advance in praise: eh mane, they were well dressed, and, individually, our gallantly forbids us to censure. S rme very pretty flower girls, and graceful rusticities, were perceptible amongst the groupe, with roses and wreaths quite refreshing to look upon. To enumerate halt the beauties would be, how ever, as the great Doctor says, " matter of supereroga tion:" suffice, we liked them all. Amongst the domino people, many bright eyes glittering from beneath the dark mask, and little fret from under the drApeoy twinkling, gave exquisite promise of the latent loveliness. Amongst the public exhibitioners were Chit extraor dinary creature, Il Diavolo Antonio, and a very eiter priiing Jock°. Great cre.'it is du• to the spirited Proprietor of this House, for his able conduct of these thing•. Under his auspices we trust to be frequently gratified with an amusement, growing daily more popular in England. The House was brilliantly illu minated, and the music spirited. The festivities conti nued to a late, or, more correctly, an early hour. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. SINCLAIR and Miss STEPHENS were last night to have sustained the two principal characters in Guy Mannerists'. Both were reported to be indisposed, and Mr. HORN and Miss GRAnDaR were announced as their .übstitutes. On the entrance of this Lady, as Lucy Bertram, the audience manifested great displeasure, and she withdrew. A formidable uproar ensued, which Messrs. PENLET and LISTON, as apologists, attempted, but in vain, to appease. Mr. ELLISTON, jun. at length came forward with the certificate of Mr. SINCLAIR'S indisposition, and announced Miss STEPHENS to be prevented from appearing that night in consequence of her father being then in u very dangerous state. He offered to return the admission money to all who were dissatisfied. Some of the malcontents upon this left the 'lheatre. Subsequently another apology was made soy Mr. ELLISTON, jun. in consequence of the non arrival of Mr. Holes, which circumstance made it necessary for the Management to avail themselves of the services of a Mr. YARDLEY. This Gentleman ac cordingly beca me the representative of Henry, and making allowances for the situation in which he stood, acquitted himself respectably. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 20. Thomas Evans, a Cambrian milkman was opposed by Elias Sylvester, a pretty young woman to whom he had plighted his vows as a lover, and in that capacity borrowed the sum of 121. 10s. from the complainant. The opposing creditor stated that the insolvent had, by fraudulent representations, obtained 121. 10s. from her, at a time when he was under an engagement to marry her, which promise he had broken, notwith,tand ing in consequence of arrangements between them she had quitted an excellent situation. It: order to prove the connection which had existed between them, the com plainant put in a letter, which was read by the clerk of the Court and excited a good deal of laughter. The Lady was about to explain some love affairs which happened at their last interview, but Mr. HEATH submitted, that the Court had nothing to do with them. He could not help observing, that while he regretted that the young woman should have lost her money, she had, he conceiired, had a lucky escape in losing the husband—(Larghter). And it was a consolation that things were no worse than they appealed to be.— ' Perhaps, on reflection, both parties would consider all was for the best. The Crust Commastorma commiserated the corn-. plainant for the losses she had sustained, but begged to inform her that there was no power •ested in the Court to confine the insolvent at her suit. The opposing creditor then seized her " Essay on Love," and hastily left the Court, apparently dissatisfied that she had gained nothing by her motion.—The insolvent was discharged. llowy Rekrt Peter, a very young man, was remanded for four calendar months, for fraudulently contracting a debt with his tailor. Gorge Awoke. Fes was liposed by several creditors ' one of whom (Mr. Spratley) established a case against the Insol vent, of cuotracting a debt for furniture when he had no means to pay the same.—Remanded, and ordered to be confined within the walls of the prison for Sour calendar months. EA lITHQUiX IL—On the morning of the 19th of Nov. a severe shock of earthquake was experienced at Port au-Prince and its neighbourhood, which lasted four or five (theist e letters state 40 or 50) sec 'lids. The shock was preceded by a rumbling sound from the south-east, and according to the recollection of the old inhabitants, is the strongest expel ienced since the fatal convulsion of 1770, which overthrew nearly the whole-of the city. In tie present instance this terrible phenomenon has happily lei no external masks of .its course. It is re markable that the shock which took place in the year 1770, on the $d of June, the feast of Pentecost, at seven in the evening, WAS equally felt in the Windward Islands, at the moment ; and last year, on the same day of Pentecost, was experienced a shock. That of the 19th of Nivember, is the third in she present year. According to advices from Madagascar, a most, furious and exterminating war raged there between the natives of different parts of the Island, and the town of Majinga, the principal trading place, had been totally destroyed by one of the hostile parties, and the inha bitants compelled to fly into the interior. Vessels, therefore, could not get cargoes, and were about leaving the Island empty. Other advice. add, that the whole of the Island was in open rebellion against King Ka dama, and that the gre.test confusion reigned irons one end to the other. S. firm and settled are the people of Buenos-Ayre. in their resolution to wrest their old compatriots front the Imperial gripe, and so strengly did M. RIVADAVIA reckon on support from it, that on leaving England, .ometinte ago, lie directly intimated that declaration of war against Brazt would he the first measure of state policy alter hit retina to South Alarrica. LOUR c OF cliANeCtlY—Tills DAY. This being the Jay Announced for the tesumptit►n of business at Lincoln's Inn Hall, by the Lonu CHAN cau.on, the Court was crowded by half-past ten o'clock. The cause paper contains no less than nine- 1 teen causes, and filty-three petitions in lunacy, of which two are in the matter of Lord Portsm nth. The Lotto CHANCELLOR came to the Inn about ten o'clock, and was occupied in the private room for some time.—At ten minutes after eleven o'clock, his Lord ship's purse-bearer came into Court, and informed the C.Junsel and Solicitors, that his Lordship was stilt so indisposed, as to render it dangerous for him to :I in the open Court. He wished, however, to see them in his private room. Tnither the parties went, and we reg►et t• say his Lord • ship!seensed to have suffered much from his late attack. In fact, his limbs appeared very feeble, and from ap pearance, his Lnrdshis seemed to suffer great pain. After the Solicitors and Counsel bad taken their places, his LOILLSIIIP ordered the curie paper to be called on. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 20. DUDLEY AND OTHEIIS V. NORTON. Ihe Coos t was occupied the greater pas t of the morn • ing in hearing this injunction m.rtion. The plaintiffs and defendant are owners of land near Bit mingliam, close to which is the Stourbtidge Canal. By an Act Of Parliament of the 16th of Geo. 111. owners of mines, within a given distance of the canal, ate empowered to make rail , ways irons their mines to the cans!, over the la lids of their neighbour4, communicating with the canal, for the purpose of conveying the produce of their mines to it : and if any dispu e should arise between the mine owners, and the owners of the lands necessary to be cut: Commissioners are appointed for the purpose of deciding the necessary and expedient course and distance to be taken in making the road. The lii.e of road in question was produced by the defendant to the plain s ifs ; it was by them objected to.; is war then laid before the Commissioners, and they approved of it. Accord ing to their adjudication, the making of the road was begun on the '2d of November last, which has since been proceeded with. On December the 3d, the plain tiffs gave notice that they resisted the object of the defendant, and they should appeal against the aludi cation to the Quarter Sessions, a- by the Act of Parliament they were authorised to do. When the Sessions came on, the appeal was adjourned for three months longer, and in the meantime the present bill was filed, complaining that the Commissioners had no authority under the Act of Parliament, to adjudicate a right to the defendant to put ,his road in a circuitous manner, passing through thJ lands of the plaintiffs, when it might have beets cut in a direct course from the mines to the canal, without touching on the plaintiffs' property at all; 'therefore, it prayed the Cons t w inter fere, to controul the act of the Commissioners, and to grant a perpetual injunction against proceeding with the making of the road, as it is ndw being cut, or an injunction, until the auth o rity cf the Commissioners under the Act of Par liament could be tri d in a Court of Law. Mr. HART and Mr. WAKEFIELD contended for the plaintiffs, that the defendant was bound to take the most direct way in forming a communication between his mines and the canal ; and that, as the object of passing through their land was, to give the defendant an oppottunity of making a wharf on the banks of the canal, in addition to his railway, which he could not have, from the nature of the country, if he took the direct course, that the Court ought to interfere as prayed. Mr. SUODEW and Mr. Ticcumow argued on the part of the defendant, that the Court had no jurisdiction; that the Act of Parliament had vested the jurisdiction in the Commissioners; that they had pointed out the course to be taken, and that if they had acted wrongly or mistakenly, the remedy of the plaintiffs was, to apply to the Quarter Sessions. His HONOUR was of opinion with the defendant's Counsel, that the plaintiffs ought to have gone on to trial at the Quarter Sessions: and that, if that Court should have formed the same opinion that the Com missioners did, then the plaintiffs would still have a right to apply in equity. What the Court would, there fore do, was, to stop the further making of the road, until the appeal could be tried at the next Sessions, giving leave to any party to apply to this Count after the opinion of the Appeal Court was obtained. ROLLS COURT, JAL 20. His Holism's, the Master of the Rolls. resumed his Sittings last evening. The cause paper contained no less than eighty-four peti tions, upwards of twenty of which ware disposed of. COURT OF ARCHES, Jam. 20. This being the first day of Term in the Ecclesiastical Court, the Civilians and Proctors met according to custom in the anti-chamber, where prayers were read. The Court was then Tama with the usual forms. The only case which came before the Court related to the costs of an appeal made from we of the inferior Ecclesiastical Courts. It was a question of no public interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, JAW. O. Sittings appointed to be held in bliddlesez and London, before the Right Hon. Sir Charles Abbott, Knight, Lard Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in and after Hilary Term, 11126 : 11l TUM. Wednesday, Wednesday, . Friday, . LONDON. Jan. 25 I Thursday, . Feb. 1 I Ssturday, . Feb. 10 I Saturday, • Jan. MI Feb. 1 Ftb.ll ATTER 111111,41. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Wednesday, • Feb. 15 Sit at ball-past twelve on Jan 2S, 28, and Feb. 1 and 4 ; and at half-past nine on the other days. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, before the Right Hon. Sir William Draper Best, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Hilary Term, 1.46: 111 TERM. MUSLIMS". Jan. 24 Jan. 51 Fab. '8 Jan. if Feb. 1 Feb. Wednesday, . Wednesday, . Thursday, •11111111 TERM. - Tuesday, Feb. 14 I Wednesday, . Feb. 15 N. B. The Court will sit at twelve o'clock on Jan. 24, 25, 31. and Feb. 1 ; and at half-past nine precisely on cash of the other days. THE KING V. RtVITT, It Q. This was an indictment for perjury, alleged to have been committed by the defendant, in an affidavit sworn by him in the Court of Chancery, in a case in which the present defendant was plaintiff, and the prosecutor, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, defendant, but as the case went ff upon a mese technical objection to the indictment, e do not feel justified in entering into the part:culats. verdict of acqu Hal was recorded. COWLS V WATT". By this action the plaint ff, a Gentleman, sought to recover forty pounds, paid for a brown horse, pur chased of the defendant, a stable•keeprr. The horse was warranted sound, and according to the plaintiff's case, it was unsound when sold. -It appeared that the built was purchas:Al on the 181 et December, 181:4. it had theft Ito ■ppearance of unsoundness: but it January following a lameness was discovered. The plaintiff then sent the horse to the Bazaar, in King street, Portman-square, to be examined. Notice was given, that it was there for the defendant, and would he sold to pay the keep, without prejudice to the plain tiff's right of action, unless the defendant took it away. The horse was finally sold for 211 and the plaintiff now sought to tecover the b 'lance of the 401 as well as the sum paid for the hot se's keep. On the 27th of January the horse was examined by two witne,ses, and the lameness was found to arise from a contraction in the fore last. The que.tion was,. whether the horse was unsound at the time of the sale? According to the evidence of the Veterinary Surgeons there was an or ganic derect of the foot, which had led to ossification. The lameness was supposed to have been incipient some time before the sale. To meet the above case the defendant called many witnesses, who Ind long known the horse. They stated that from February, 1822, to the time of the sale, tI e horse was known to be sound. Some bleeding, and physic given to tI e horse after the plaintiff received Ilan, was urged as the cause of the unsoundness ; but the Jury, under all the circumttances, found a verdict fur the plaintiff--Damages 23/.131. WENTWORTH AND CO.'S BANK, YORK. Tuesday, . Tuesday, . Wednesday . FROM THE LEEDS INTELLIOENCER. Pursuant t.' a requisition of the Committee appointed at the former Meeti..g of the creditors of this-Bank, a numerous Meeting of the creditors assembled yesterday, at two o'clock, in the Merchants' Hall, Yotk. It was. computed that about 750 persons were present, several of whom were very respectable. R CATTLE, Esq. having been called to the Chair, htiefiy introduced the business, and said, that Mr. Anderson would read the Report of the Committee.-- T:ie Report stated, amongst other things. teat the Ciro mit ee had m tde application to Mr. Pollock, and had liid the following c4se before him; the creditors of Messrs. Wentworth and Co. who resided at Wakefield nd Btadford, c uld Vote for the election of assignees under the present co s.mission, and assent to, or dissent from, the allowance of the bank rupts' certificate?' To which the following answer was returned :_« None but the creditors of the York Bank can vote under the present commission." The Committee deemed it expedient that the York creditors should proceed without delay, and th it they should keep the accounts separate and dist•nct. They would gist:lly give every facility for the appointment of separate assignees Ist the Walt, field and Bradford creditors, and everything should be transacted on the pri ciples of equity and justice between man and man, on condition that the delegatesmight he allowed to ma nage their affai s at the respective plates where they were appointed. The aff sirs of the concern should be wound up as early as possible. The Report concluded by recommending the following Gentlemen as assig nees; the Committee had been careful in Orer choice, as the amount of the dividend depen led on their inte grity and activity :—Mr. Rilert Cattle, Mr. Atexander, Mr. Scawirs, Mr. Samuel *Like, and Mr. V. Beilby. Mr JOHN OMEN moved, that the Report read be adopted by the Melting.—Agreed to. . Mr. CATTLE then read a statement of the affairs of the York Bank, by which It appeared that the Debtor Account was . . 5E203,737 10 I And the Creditor Account 205,248 10 is Making a balance in favour of the Firm of X 1,491 0 0 - Us afterw lids read one of the affsin of the Bradford Bank Creditor Account . £144 831 9 5 Debtor ditto 130,983 9 11 Balance in favour of Estate e 13,641 0 6 The following Resolutions were then premised and carried:- Ist. Moved by Mr. H. Garinam, and seconded by Mr. D. Tuft; —That three persons be named by the creditors .•f each of the Banks of York, Wakefield, and Bradford; and that the York Cre ditors should vote for suck persons only as were nominated at the suggestion of the Bradford and Wakefield creditors, together with such as they should nominate on their own behalf._ _ _ 4d. Moved by Mr. Mascot, and seconded by Mr. Reloug—That a correspondence be opened with the Wakefield and Bradford ere. ditors, for the purpose of carrying this Resolution into effect. The Meeting then adjourned to Monday neat, at two o'clock, to meet for the purpose of choosing assignees. --Thanks were voted to the Chairman, &c. and the crowd dispersed. On tl-e 4th i .it. Mr. Minor, of Shiwbury, Salop, shot a white blackbird. A young farmer in Kent, residing not a hundred I miles from Trnterden, rezently married a Lady who is seven years oldrt than her grandmother. Monday, a Public Meeting was held at Bradford, and Resolutions eoteted into, for the relef of the di:- tressed poor in that populous district. Wednesday evening, a poor old woman, of the name of Mary Waters, nearly sixty years of, lee, a nurse in Clarence's Ward, Greenwich College, was accidentally burnt to death. Sunday Morning last, about three o'clock, the house of Mr. S. Woodbead, the sign of the Blacker's Arms, Thornhill, near Dewsbury, was discovered to be on fire. Happily, the inmates effected their escape without material personal injury ; but as no engine was near, the house, in a few hours, Kith most of its contents, was completely consumed. As Mr. Mettler, of Paul-street, Finsbury-sqntre, was returning home last night, soon atter seven otelock, he fell at the corner of Foster-lane, owing to a quantity of. ice having accumulated there. A well-dressed man assisted him up, and contrived to rob him of hts watch aad two gold seals, together with his pocket-boi.k, con. taining many valuable paper.. Yesterday morning a number of boys had got upon the ice in the Regent's Park, near the Chalk Pal m fields, and in spite of the caution administered to them, would continue sliding, although the rotten state of the ice was very apparent. B-tween eleven and twelve o'clock the ice gave way, and three of them were bud denly immersed, when, bawling low* for belp,luckily for them, a labouring man was passing at the time, and, hastened to the spot, he fortunately succeeded in drying the whole of the urchins ash.ire, who, al though drenched to their skin, seemed well pleased with their escape, and quickly started off towards their homes, in Somers' Town, as if nothing had happened. The great race for 300 sovereigns, between Captain Payton, of Patton, Cambridgeshire, and IL Bidder, a relative of the great Yorkshire runner of that name, took place on Wednesday, over three bibles of prepared ground,-between Stilton and Papworth, the Captain receiving five minutes of time, and to start at opposite ends. The distance was 25 miles, and was performed by Captain Payton in 156 minutes, 25 seconds. Iliddoe was beat in the 21st mile, and resigned without trying the List mile ; having been 131 minutes 6 ascends performing 24 miles. Johnson, a runner from Northampton, was matched on the ground, for 10 sovereigns, to run a mile in live seconds within five minutes, and be won by four seconds. Ward was challenged by Crawley's backers on Tuesday, at tb, Commissary's Levee, over the water, but Ward's hackers said he . would nut fight fur less than 500&