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SPORTING INTELLIGENCS. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. NZW/4ARICIT, FAIDAY, Ann 20. Match.--100 sows. Rat. 41b. each. T.Y.C. 1,4 cl reeter's ltedgsuntlet I . . • Nr Udny's 'fars ndes . . . 2 3t04 on Bedgsontleti Woe by a neck. Robinson rode the song. s we epstakes of 200 sows. each, h. ft. for colts, Bst. .51b. Allies, Bst. 21b. 1).31. %WI Grafton's C. Turcosnan 1 . . Mr. Grevik's c. by Merlin 2 . . Dyke of Portland's c. by Teesdale or Abjer . 3 6 t or apt Turcoman ; S to 4 apt c. by Merlin. Three paid. w oe m y. Buckle rode the winner. sweepstakes of 200 sows. each, b. ft. for fillies, tlit. 41b. D.M. Bgke of Richmond's Gulnare . 1 • • Duke of Ponland's by Tiredas . 2 . . Lord B. H. Carendisa'a, by Partisan . 3 . sto 4 salt Gulnare; 6 to 4 a s st Tireslas. Two paid. Won by a l e ngth. J. Boyce rode the winner. sweeptakes of 100 sows. each, h. ft. for colts, est. /lb. Allies, est. 41b. R. Dd. - qr. llogers's br. or bl. c. Nonsuit . 1 . . Duke of Portland's c. by Teesdale or Abjer • 2 General Grosvenor's Half-moon 5 . . gr. Wyndham's e by Whalebone . 4 Sto 4 art Nonsuit ; )3 w 8 apt e. by . Teesdale. Three paid. Won by half a length. Wheatley rode the winner. The Port Stakes of 100 tors. each, h. ft. colts, list. 71b. fillies, s.t. 41b. T. Nl.lll..—The owner of the second horse to withdraw his stake. Colonel Wilson's Limpligeter . 1 . . . . _ Lord Reefer's Recruit • . . . 2 Mr. Seat btorsehewer's Goshawk 3 sto 3 art Lamplighter ;Sto 1 agst Recruit. Faye started. F our paid. The Judge placed but three. Won by a length. Buckle rode the winner. s wee pstakes of 100 sou. each, h. ft. colts, flat. 71b. fillies, Bst. 41b. Ab.M. (7,1 b. and 51b. allowed.) Lord Vern f. Bcocaid . 41r. Itutb's e. by Merlin Nr. tioildard's c. by Anticipation Hunter's f. by Orville sto 4 apt Brocard; sto 1 art e. by Merlin. Two paid. Won by alenyth. Arnull rode the Winner. - Match-100 Km. h. ft. A.F. Mr. Pesit'a Warntad, Sat. 2%. 3.1 r: Carter's Polito, est. 71b. . Sto4 on Waniba. Won easy. Robinson rode the winner. Subscription Plate of £5O for 2 yrs old, carrying 6st. 71b. three, est. 51b. four, est. 151 b. five, 90. 41b. six, and aged, 9st. illb. D. bl. Dlr. Greville's bL e. Pilot, 2 yn . 1 . . Mr. Pettit's ch. e. by Waxy Pope, 2 yrs . . 2 . . . Dukes( Grafts ch. c. Norma!), 3 yrs 3 to 1 ..gst Pilot; 3to l agst Norman. Nine started. Three drawn. The Judge placed but two. Won by a length. Paris rode the winner. Sweepstakes of 206 soya. each, h. ft. colts, gat. 71b. fillies, Bat. 31b. rising three yts old. D. M. Lard Jersey's e. Glestartney walked over . . Lord Jersey and the Duke of Grafton divided the two forfeits. THURSDAY NIONT, 10 O'CLOCK. - - - - - - A sudden and very agreeable change • took place In the weather this morning ;—from being cold and wet, it is now favourable in tte extreme—dry and hot. This change had the effect of main thesitendance on the Heath nearly as numerous as on the Kid d les worth day, and the scene was very cheerful. Besides' long list of lashionables, the following Nobility and Gentry were present — The Dukes of Portland, Grafton, Richmond, and Dorset ; Mar tinis's of Exeter, Tavistock, and Graham ; Earl and Countess of Sefton and Family ; Earl and. Countess of Clarendon ; Lord and Lady C. Fitzroy; Lady Caroline Powlett ; Lords Lowther,Jersey, Vnelam, J. Fitzroy, Bentitick, Stradbrooke, Durnvich, Anson; Sin J. Shelley and J. Byng ; J. Peel, Esq. M.P. E. Yates, Esq. llews. Powlett, Anson, Greville, Leeson, Wortley, &c. There woe also many elegant females present. In tke evening there were several dinner parties. lin Sant entertained the Marquis of Graham, Lord J. Fitzroy, Ltd Donsirick,, and Colonel Leeson. Lad Sefton entertained Lord and Lady Clarendon, Sir John Hoo. Mr. De Roos, Hon. Colonel Anson, Mr. Greville, awl a ley others.—The Marquis of Graham had a select dinner pany, at which were present his Grace the Duke of Richmond, and tome other fashionables. The Jockey Club Dinner, in consequence of these private parties, oat not so numerously attended. The following members, how. ever, were there: Lord Verulam, Lord Lowther, Lord Orford, Mr. fielyoake , Mr. Goddard, Mr Rush, Mr. Keating, Mr. Stanley, Nr.Wieram ' Mr. Roberts, Mr. Payne, Me. F. Mills, Mr. Irby,Ece. Some few departures have taken place, including the Marquis of Sligo; the Marquis of Blandford (for town) ' • J. Peel, Req. ;bother to the late S e cr e tary of State), for town ; ,Almond Yates, (for town) ; and two or three others. The town, however, tastinsies very full. Some brisk betting took place this afternoon a the Course, and in the Town this evening ; and as far as regards tie Oaks, it was of a more general nature than any which hashes., ewe in the coarse of the week, many of the favourites having Wa in/eared front th; Ike Mowing is a correct statement of the latest odds— Dinar. S to 1 ago Glenortney 9 to 1 agst Espaguollts IS to I east Defence 13 to 1 oast Tale la to I apt Catisesiue 18 to 1 apt Gaberlungie 18 to 1 apt Spondee 25 to 1 apt Roderick 50 to 1 apt Maresfield 50 to 1 agst Eliza Teazle OACS. 4 to I apt Donna Clara 15 to 1 apt Brocard, Varennes It to I agst Totteridge 25 to 1 agst Calypso it to I apt Morel 2.5 tot agst Lunacy No others mentioned. ST. LOGES. There was no betting on this Stakes ; it ii waiting the event of the Cowlick Races, where some of tie principal favourites are ca noed to ran. The field is backed at about 14 to 1. His Grate the Duke of Grafton's horses are beginning to assert Ur wonted superiority ; they have picked up some tolerably Pea stakes this week (about 2,0001.) and promise fair to become becwites. Mr. Payne's nurses cut a good figure on the Exercise 6 tonad-4hey are twelve in number, and from this being the hut TM of 51r. P.'s e s tablishment of a regular stud, attract much *creation. They look well, aud do credit to their trainer, Mr. Cooper. All the horses in traiuing here are, in fact, in excellent coditim. Lord Verulam's filly out of Varenrses, which won two Wes on Tuesday, is called Brocard. The lavers of sport were disappointed on Tuesday last, as the Anatol Easter Plate on Barham Downs was not contested, Air. 11344 grey horse having walked over the course for it. OTTER HUNTIN G. The lovers of otter hunting would have had a good day's sport they l‘een so fortunate as to have followed the Presteign hounds throughout the day on Monday last. The pack met by appoint ment on the river Arrow, under Lyonshail Park, a short distance below Kington, where they were met by a few couples of the Kington hounds; the dogs tried down the river for six or seven Mies to Pembr'dgt.bri4e, when the Kington dogs returned ; but the Presteign men being full of pluck, and the dogs well known to be staunch, proceeded on the course of the river a few miles lower, when they came on the drag, and away they dashed full of spirit, and a Brier bunt was never seen ; the pack found in style, and kept well on the otter fur full three hours, and at length worried him out of all his retreats, and succeeded in killing as desperate a dog-utter ever was seen on that river. Ills weight was upwards of 23iIb. Ikrrford Jostriscil. When GREGORY, the Patriarch of Constantinople, int put to death by the Turkish Government, DANIEL, the i tironpolitaar of Adrianople—a man of a short stature, and of a "tIY, active, and pious turn of mind, conceived his turn might be itir mit ; but sn closely where the Greeks of that city watched, 'bat the only m o d e l e f t f or hi m to e ff ect his escape, was to suffer noelf to be headed up in an empty cask, which was pot into tut, amidst hogsheads of wise destined to the coast of the Elaine. I ,n , las style the safely was jolted about for three days, he m, he could be ship p ed to Russia. , Dr. RADCLIFFE to:d DT. MEAD one day, " MEAD, I wt roe ; and DOW I will tell you a sure secret to make your for lo, —use all mankind ill." He was avaricious, and would never tay bids " without much import un i t y. A pavier, a ft er l ong an d unless attempts, caught him just getting out of his chariot at his litoontsbury•square, and bet upon him,—" Why, you Olt Doctor, do you pretend to be paid for such a piece _ I work sky you have spoil e d my pavement , an d t h en covere d i o ' 4 r with earth to hide your bad work." " Doctor," said the p a ter* "'Hine is n ot t h e only bad work the earth hides." " You V. Yon," s. , id the D octor are you a wit' you must be poor..— enure t o and be p,tid." , MERCHAND SR IMEN's BIBLE SOCIETY. • Yesterday 1 Meeting of thear; Society was held at the City of London Tavern ; the Right Hon. the Loan Alavoa in the Chair. Viscount Eaxourn was prevented from presiding by illness. The Report was read. It entered into a detail of the nieans em ployed for circulating the Holy Script among the Merchant Sea men. Captains of ships were allowed to take out with them Bibles and Testaments, and if they sold them, the money waacirried to the ac count of the Society ; if not, they returned the books. By this means, many copies of each bad been sold. The receipts during the past year, by various sources, had been 5801. Is. 10d. while the cost of Bibles and Testaments had been 4861. Ss. 10d. The total distribution of Bibles from the commencement of the Society in 1818, to the 10th of April, 1827, had been 23,778 Bibles and Testaments to men employed in the Mercantile Service of the country, and to fo reigners. During the last year 1988 Bibles and Testaments were distributed. The Rev. Mr. &misname, the Rev. Mr. BRANDSAM, the Rev. JOSEPH FLITCMER, and others, severally addressed the Meeting at some length, and stated the benefits which had arisen, and con tinued to arise, from the distribution of the Holy Scriptures among Seamen, proverbially the most ungodly of all men. The thanks of the Meeting were given to the Loan hLtroa. who returned his acknowledgments, and shortly eulogized the Institution. The 'Alerting then broke up, and a considerable suns was col lected at the doors.-slany elegantly-dressed Ladies attended the Meeting. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Pawrosouro, Aram !O.—Wind S R—Arrived the Haaher, —, from Christiania, in 22 days. Sailed his Majesty's ship Sr aura, for the Cea•avf Africa. DIAL, Aram 20. 7 .11 rind E.—Arrived the Adamant, lhavrx, from Sierra Leone; Thomas, iIIIRTHAT, front Dunkirk, after being on shore on the Goodwin; and Acaster, hiosx.or, from the Medi terranean. Arrived from London, the Providence, Puna, for Smyrna; Julia, SAILOTANT, fur Trinidad; Susannah, HTNOTRION, for St. John's; and Mary, —, for Hamburgh. • Gaavasssn, Arita. 20.—Arrived the Petrel, ANTRIM, from Honduras. Sailed the Riperansa BAROARA for Bilboa. WHITBY, APRIL 1 9.—The Pedestrian, ' of Shields. coal lad. n, was driven on shore this morning In a fog, within Whitby Rock, but expected to he got off, after throwing part of her cargo overboard. CHATHAM, APRIL 20o—The Navy Board, by the directions of the Board of Admiralty, have sent orders here to abolish the offices of the Timber Master/and Master Measurer. The Clerks of the lat ter are to he placed under the Clerk of the Check, and the Mea surers are to attend the ship side to superintend the work carrying on, as assistants to the foremen; they are alio to measure up the works monthly, and to gift a daily account of the expenditure of timber. The Clerks of the Timber Master are to be employed under the Storekeeper, and the receipt and issue of timber to be kept in future in that office. There is to he a Timber Receiver at 4001. per annum, and a Timber Converter at 3001. per annual— . . . . . . the latter in place of the Timber Master's Assistant. SHIPS ENTERED AT THE CUSTOMHOUSE. Juvraaos—The Atalanta, Millard ; Atwood, Stranack ; London, Gibbs; au; Light; and Hayti, Stephenson, from Rotterdam; Neptunus, Ahrens, (ruin Wismar • Cynthia, L:eckbater, from Al. meira ; Frcyhrit, Meyer : from Lubeck; Resolution, Mudge, and Mariner, Douglas. from Gibraltar; Hope, Cousins, and Fame, Barfield, from Hailingen ; William, Nazeby, from Medemblik; Heroine, Benstion, from Lisbon ; Dido, Luscomb, from Gergenti; Dorothea, Drews, from Griefswald; Cameron,, Tod, from Ber bice; Wilhelmina, Olsen, from Christiania; and the Guardian Torrington, from Memel. CLEANED Cluzwaaos—The Agenoria, Fairborn, for Finney?. ; Raphemia, Norrie, fur Montserratt ; Arno, Scales, for Dantaic; Huskisson, Maitland, for Jamaica ; Germania, Homann, for Bal. timore; Success, Zimmerman, for . Mau ; Aid, Palmer, for Mi ramichi; and the Iris, Jeune. for Jersey. Sr. KATIIHRIN2's DOCK.—In the Sheriff's Court, on I Thursday, an action was brought by Messrs. Morrison, who carried on the business of currier, and leather cutters In certain premises which will be required by the St. Katherine's Dock Company, to recover compensation for the loss of those premises. The sum required fur lease and good-will, was 795i1.—Mr. John Bromley, a surveyor, stated that he had surveyed the premises in question; that considerable improvements had recently been made upon them; a warehouse had been converted into a dwelling-house, or chambers, and the espense of these alterations exceeded 2001. He believed the premises to be held under a lease, which left it optional on the part of either landlord or tenant to determine the tenantcy at the expiration of the first 14 years. Of this term, but two years and one quarter were unexpired, and he estimated those two years and a quarter at 4301. The M . Morrison had taken other premises, in Fore -street, Cripplegate, for which they were to pay an advanced rent, and also a premium, He valued the fixtures on the premises at gist. and certain utensils necessary to the business, at 501.—Mr. Tait, clerk to Messrs. Morrison, proved that the greater part of the claimants' Nosiness lay at the Scotch Wharf, and that it was highly desirable to them to be near that Wharf. He also stated, that the ge net profit of Messrs. Morrison's business, for the last three years, was 2,3701. He thought, in consequence of the removal to Fore-street, additional horses and carts would be requisite to convey their goods Irons their new premises to the Scotch Wharf. Witness was of opinion that Messrs. Morrison would lose, by their removal, many of their retail and Casual customers.—The Jury, after deliberating a short time, returned a verdict for goodwill, 3,9s4l.—tease, 5001. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Aram 21. Yesterday Mr. Wm. James Copleston, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, was elected Fellow of Oriel College. The Rev. John Gay Copleston, B.A. of Oriel College, to the Vicarage of Kiogsey, in the county of Bucks. Sunday, at an Ordination of the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, held in the Chapel of the'lluly and Undivided Trinity within the Palace at Wells, the following Gentlemen were ordained: Deacows—Williant Gardiner, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford ; Stephen Morgan White, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; John Daubux, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford; John Horndon, M.A. Exeter Col lege, Oxford; Bedford Kenyon, B.A. St. Mary Hall, Oxford; Richard Humphry Hill, B.A. St. John's College. Cambridge; Thomas Lovell Bluest, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge. Pours—William Clark, B. A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford; Edward Harbin, BA. Wadham College, Oxford ; Wm. Francis Chilcott, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; John Kempthorne, B.A. St. Johu's College, Cambridge ; Charles Paul, B.A. Callas College, Cambridge ; William Tiptaft, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; Stephen Donne, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. SCCLWASTICAL PROikTIONS. Rev. T. Stacey, M.A. Cardiff, to the Living of Gelligaer, in Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. J. Jones, of Cancady, in the same county. Rev. John Kempthorne, B.A. has been instituted by th; Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Vicarage of Wedmore, Somerset shire, on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Co ventry, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Wells. Rev. Cecil Robert Smith, M.A. was licensed by his Lordship to the Perpetual and Augmented Curacy of Withiel•Florey, Somer setshire, on the nomination of Sir T. Lethbridge, Bart. M.P. The Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the Rev. Arden Bay ley, B.A. to the Rectory of Edgcott, Northamptonshire, void by the death of the Rev. M. Bartholomew. Rev. Henry Arthur Beckwith, M.A. Vkar of St. Michael.le. Belfry, And of the :Minster, York, to the Vicarage of Collingham, in the said County. void by the resignation of the Rev. Charles Med horst: Patroness, Mrs. Wkelee, widow of the late Granville Hastings Wheler, Esq. of Otterden Place, Kent, and of Ledstone Hall, Yorkshire. The Rev. George Frederick Pavel, M. A. late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Great Fakenbam, Suffolk, on the presentation of the Duke of Grafton. The Reverend William Mayo, M.A. has been presented to the Rectory of Wethersfield, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rey. IL C. Barnard: Patron, G. T. W. H. Duffield, Faq. of Northam Park, Berks._ The Lord Chancellor has presented the living of Felton, Nor thumberland, to the Rev. J. Allgood, younger brother of R. L. Allgood, Esq. Nunwick. The Rev. J. T. James, formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford, is appointed Bishop of Calcutta. The Rev. John Dodswortb, B.A. has been presented by S. Ni cholson, Esq. to the Cbapelry of Roundhay, near Leeds, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. C. Musgvave. The Rev. George Rashleigh, A.M. Vicar of Ejorton Kirby, Kent, has been preferred to the Rectory of Lower Hardres. Sr. CLZMENT DANES.—The new Churchwardens and Governors of the Poor for this Parish, for the ensuing year, were chosen yesterday. After the Vestry busine-s had been gone through. upwards of fifty of the leading parishioners, including Sir FILANCIS Omatastse, the Rev. Mr. Gomm, Mr. Twnwis, &c. dined toge ther at the Crown sad Anchor. Lew INTELLIGENcE. • cower Ott 'ant% BIINtH, Araks. to. THOMPSON AND POWI3 V. FARMER. This Was an action of trove', to recover froth the defendant the value of 78 bags of IA ewer, a material used for the purpose of di ing. The plaintiffs are mer chants residing in Great St. Helens, and the defendant is a manufacturer of glue. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiffs, that they purchased the safflower at one of the East India Company's sales in October, 1826. The weight of the 78 bags collectively was 210 cwt. 2 qrs. 121 b. They paid at the rate of 121. per cwt. In January, 1826, the plaintiffs employed Messrs. Humpleby and Tarte, brokers, to sell the safflower. For which purpose they delivered to the brokers the -transfer warrants, and re ceived from them their acceptances for the several sums of 8001. 7001. and 750/. which sums it was arranged the brokers should retain in their baud: out of the proceeds of the sale. In October, 1826, Mt. Humpleby wrote to the defendant a letter, stating that he could purchase for him 78 bags of, sajiwer at 71. per cwt. and sell them again to a Manchester house at 71. 10s. per cwt. 15 pet cent. to be paid on the day of sale, and the re mainder in April, 1827. The letter further contained an a,knowledgment of a debt of 6001. due from Mr. Humpleby to the defendant, and stated, that deducting •hat suns, together with the 15 per cent. to be paid by the Manchester house, the whale of the purchase money which the defendant would be requited to ad vance would not be more than 6001. The defendant agreed to the proposal made by Mr. Humpleby, and on the.3oth of October the goods were sold to the delenda It, and on the following day ra.old to the Man chester house, both sales being executed upon the terms stated in the letter. One of the acceptances before mentioned was taken up by Messrs. Humpleby and Tarte, but they l ecame insolvent before the others were due. Under these circumstances the plaintiffs brought the present action, and the grounds on which they pro ceded wet e, that the sa . e to the defendant was not bona fide, hut merely colourable, and intended to protect the d. fendant against the loss which he must have suffered from Use insolvency of the brokers. Mr. SCA nLETT m sintained there was no ground for supposing that the sale was not a bonajde transaction; but even if his Lordship should be of opinion that it was not, he contended that the brokers, having a lien on the goods to the amount of 7001. had a right, under the Act 6th Geo. IV. to transfer them to the defendant. The LORD CHISNJOSTICZ said, that a person having a lien upon goods in his possession, was entitled to sell his interest in them; but then it must be distinctly stated that he was selling only his interest, and not the , whole of the pledge. in the case before the Court that course had not been observed, and therefore it did not , come under the protection of the Act of Parliament.— The only question of fact for the consideration of the Jury was, whether the defendant purchased the goods under circumstances which ought to have excited sus p'cion in the mind or a reasonable MAD that the sale was not a fair bona fide mercantile transaction? He thought it was impossible, after lo..king at Mr. Hum pleby s letter, to hesitate to decide in the affirmative. The Jury immediately found a verd ct for the plain tiffs—llasnages, 14001. • COURT OF COMMON' PLF.AS. Aran.2o. BRODERICK V. SWEETMA N. In this case the plaintiff was a Gentleman well known at the Bar, who sought to recover the value of a bill of exchange for 823/. of which he was the holder, and the defendant the acceptor. The plaintiff had deposited large sum of money in tire hands of Messrs. Sikes and Co: bankers, for the security of a part of which he had received the bill in question. Since the action hid been commenced, however, his claim had been satisfied, and it was now continued by the assignees of the estate of Sikes and Co. who had become bankrupts. It ap peared that the defendant, who was an Irish Gentleman of good property, had been in the habit of depositing his own bills in the hands of Messrs. Sikes and Co. some of which he had discounted, and others placed to his account. Before these bills became due, he usually sent others in order to take them up, at the same time sending orders as to how they should be disposed of. The bill in question was sent by him in the usual way, with two others, accom panied by a note, which appeared to differ from his general style. It was as follows:—" B. Sweetman, of Blenheim Lodge, will trouble Messrs. Sikes and Co. to place the three enclosed bills to the credit of hs ac count." This was Supposed by Sikes and Co. to be an order to discount, and accordingly Mr. Wilkinson, one of the partners in the house, immediately took the bill /Into another counting-house, and placed it among others that were left for discount ; it was discounted, entered as such in the books, and the discount charged on it. The defendant, however, had never received any thing for it, and let he had not overdrawn his account. Taking these circumstances into consideration, the Lord Chief Antic" left it for the Jury to say, whether they considered the letter, which had been sent by the de fendant. amounted to an order to discount the bills, or whether he did not merely mean that they should be placed to the credit of his account? If they believed he meant only the latter inference to be drawn, their ver dict would be for nominal damaged only. The Jury retired, and remained in deliberation for some time, whet► they returned a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, Is. giving it as their opinion that the letter did not authorise the discount of the hill. LIBICL—BERKFLEY V. FAIRMAN. This action was brought by Colonel Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, against Colonel Fairman, Proprietor of the Palladium Newspaper, to recover a compensa tion in damages for a libel published in that Paper. Mr. Sergeant WILDS stated the case. The plaintiff did not seek to recover heavy damages from the de fendant, who was a prisoner in the Fleet, but his object was to rescue his character from slander. Dole's the attack made by the defendant in his Paper was repel led, the Colonel could not expect to be received into any decent society. If the defendant w ould declare that the libel was without foundation the plaintiff would be satisfied. Mr. Sergeant TADDY said, his client was ready to express his sorrow for having inserted the libel. Mr. Sergeant WILDE said that would not be satis factory. Mr. Sergeant TADDY said, Mr. Fairman was not in Court, and he had not beet► instructed to go further than the expression of his sorrow for the insertion of the al leged libel. Mr. Sergeant WILDE then continued his statement to the Jury. The Colonel had been charged in the de ! tendant's Paper with being a writer in the Age News paper—with traducing female character, and with 16 , 1 fig h fated to light *theft eallcd but by fi Mh Claggett.—=The Learned Sergeant read the libel,Whiell was in doggrel 'tuts: The evidence necessary td Otbire the defendant paw prietor of the Peif/adiute was received, also the libel. Mr. Sergeailt.T.sunv, for the defendant, tontendetl that Colonel Berkeley had sustained no injury by the publication. The Jury under all the I v ircumstanCes, found a Vert diet for the plaintiff—Dateages, 501. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS, Apart 20. The adjournment wit held this day before the Res commit, and Aldermen Sir . P. LAURI'S, WOOD, and AN,- Lim The only case before theCoutt was an appeal agar the Poor Rate levied on the fl-v. Dr. °view, Rector of Sr. Olave's, Hart-street. Messrs. Anot.Ptiol. Law, and BARRY, apretred for the ap; 0.14'14 and Messrs. Bot. LAND and Guerra, for the patish. Several witnesses were examined, the object of whose testimony was meant by the appellant's Counsel to prove, that an tin; equal assessment had been made, and that some who should have been rated were not assessed at all. It appeared that the Rector's annual income, from tithes alone, was about 11001. an% on that sum, at the rate of ls. in the pound, the rate was levied. The Court, after remaining some time in consultation, Confirmed tilt assessment, and decided against the appeal, thins making the Rectua's tithes available to the support ol the poor, LONDON FEMALE BRRVANTS . 80CISTY. ...-.,00.-- The fourteenth Anniversary Meeting of this Sotietf was held yesterday evening at the London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, the Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR in the Chair. The assemblage on this occasion was et , tremely numerous, consisting princiFally of Win. A long report was read by the Rev. Mr. Watkins (Secrea tary), shewing the important advantages effected by this Society, the object of which is to promote the moral and religious improvement of domestic servants; and to encourage them to be correct and trust-worthy in their conduct, and to continue as long as possible in their respective services. For the acconiplishmessi of these ends, the Society has distributed among female domestics from its institution, to May 1826, more than 50,000 tracts, written for their improve ment. Nine hundred and nine Bibles have bred given to servants, who have lived one year in the family after their nomination; and 5,2461. 1 ls. 6-i. in 1,929 pecuniary rewards have been distributed among ser vants living from one to thirteen years in the same sera vices. Eighty-four of these servants have received the septennial certificate, and reward of three guineas each. In addition to all this, 5,461 engagements between subscribers and servants have been made, through the medium of the gratuitious registry, establi,hed by the Society in Hatton-garden. After the Report was read, the Right Hon. Chairs man, and several Clergymen present, successively ada dressed the Meeting in support of the vtews and inte• rest. of the Society. Amongst the speakers was the Rev. E. Irving, who came forward, he said, nut of gra. titude for the blessing he enjoyed in the services of two pious and modest servantemaids. The Reim. re,id Gentleman in the course of a speech of an hour's length, and which was de.cribed by his Reverend Successor as treating de omnibus rebut d ,rdisrsdam obis, produced an anecdote in Blasts*. Iron of the blessed consequences resulting from infusing piety aryl scriptural knowledge into the minds of see. tints. He told the story with great originalit y of manner. In that part of Scotland, he said, where he came from. and where it As the constant custom of masters and servants to go to church together, discus.ing scrip. oral topics along the road as they went, there lived a man in the generation before that of f.is father. He ranked as a laird, but In addition to his patrimo. vial estates, he also rented k farm. He had six sons, the eldest of whom,upnn his attaining the age of maturity, being of a strong and healthy frame, and with his mind well stored with Christian knowledge, went out and bired himself as a servant. Each of the brothers, as they respectively arrived at the same age, did the same. By thus lightening their father of the' burden of their maintenance, he was enabled to take a farm for each of them. in which they all settled and mar ried but one. Upon the death of the old man, the eldest son returned to the hall of his fathers, took pos. session of his hereditary estate, and married at the age of forty, for a religious mind will enable a man to practice self denial in that as well as in other respects. Here the Reverend Orator led his auditory through some intricate ramifications of the genealogical tree of the family, until he finally settled one of the brothers of the wife, or of the wife of one of her sons, in Lancashire. and wound up by stating that that old man was his (Mr. Irving's) grandfather, he who settled in Lancashire was his uncle, who realised a fortune of from 10,0001. to 2),0(.01. a large sum in these par's. The Rev. Gentl eman concluded by seconding one of the Resolutions. Thanks having been voted to the LORD Ala von, his Lordship expressed his acknowledgments, and the Meet ing adjourned. • • SURREY ASYLUMs—Yesterday, the Third Annual Meeting of the Members of the Surrey Asylum, for the Reforms. don of Discharged Prisoners, was held at the Sessions-houie. New. ingtos. There were a number of Magistrates present. Sir R. H. Isom was called to the Chair. The Secretary read a Report of the proceedings of the Society for the last fourteen months, in which time 51 prisoners had been received into the Asylum, 15 of whom having given satisfactory evidence of deer reformation, had been provided with permanent situations; three had been discharged as incorrigible. Three had bees discharged at their own request; and thirty remain in the Asylum. Several regulations for the manage. ment of the Asylum were proposed and adopted. Mr. Demos, M.P. and several other Magistrates expressed their confidence in the utility of the Society's exertions, which checked ti e intrease of crime that the distress of -the country so greatly tended to pro. duce. Thanks were voted to the Caaiassax and Officers, after which the Meeting separated. GRAND MASQUERADE..—The Italian Opera House on Thursday evening presented one of those motley scenes which have so often been admired within its walls. The exertions of the vari ous purveyors of supplies for the hungry curiosity of the public, which at this season is usually so voracious, were successful; and this olla podrida, which, according to the style of the Spanish epi cures, has been kept up till the last, proved, that the Enter sour. stands were not yet sated. The guests, in every varied hue which the carnelian or the carnival ever presented, " Laughed and danced, and drank, and sang, And cast dull care behind them," till no more care remained to be so treated. The important and interesting information, that supper was ready, received its an nouncement at one o'clock, and the exertions of the purveyors were then eitiwned with true success. Good eating and good drinking soon produced good humour and good fellowship, and notaitig was heard or seen which could fairly excite the sp lee n of only novery we noticed, was the hiring of reach for the evening, as well as a Drummer and Fifer, who paraded the room Waving their respective instruments. This would nut he allowed in Italy, front whence the diversion of masquerading is borrowed; and there'll no reason why it should be tolerated here. Indeed there seemed to be a general fe.liog of its impropriety, and the poor Recruits whit soundly hissed. 111 ' e 1