Star. — London, England, 1826-12-19 00:00:00

• : - • FA s [ILONA BSA_ INiTi,Lial4ci: -• FASHION:OLN ARRIVAL!: , Th e Earl of Chesterfield, from his seat, Bihdly Hall, Derby. *ire; the Earl of Charleeilk, from a tour Sir Jain Hatßotten, ilart. f ro m Berks; Colonel Aitchison. - at Fentoni Hotel, St. J at oris-street, from a tour ; the Hon: C. Tollensiihi; it ditto,frona I:o6dr ; the Hon. -Captain Blaney, at ditro", frorii a tour; the Cowes. of Bunfret, at the British Hotel,'Jenttyn.street, from a tour; James Hamilton, F.sq. at-ditto, -frcim Cimbridgi•.; Mr. and Mrs. Crompton, from Paris; C. W. Tupper. Esq. at the Royal Motel, St. James street, from 9xfor4; . Capt4e Johnston, at ditto; freer Herefordshire. • • • DEPARTURES. • Prince and Princess titiven and fazisily, for Brillion ; . the Duke and Duchess of Bedford; fdr theft; Seat, Wisburn Abbey ; the Mar quis and Niarchionets of ' StafjOrd and family, foi their seat, Welt Lill, Surrey i the DOwag6i Marchioness of Salisbury, for Hat ,' field, for the holydays; the 'Marquis and hlarchioness.of Bristol, for their seat, Putney Heath,' for the hblidaje ; Lard Palmerston, for Mr. Hope's seat, 'Deepdtne, Surrey; Sir William Ingilby, Bart. hem Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street; for his seat in Lin ,' .coloshire; the Earl and Counteis of Spenier, foi the bake of Bed ford's seat, Woburn Abbey; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, for the . )larquis of Stafford's seat, West pill, Surrey ;E. H. Green, Esq. ?runt the aarendot -Hotel, Bone -street, on a tour; Lord H arvey, ..on a tour; Lieut.-Colonel Scott, for Portugal; F. Hicks, Esq. for Oxford. • - - - - .PORTUGUESE ARMY: ..-~._ TO THEILDITOR OF THE STAR. . ypur Raper of this evening, I observe a state, ment .of-the effective force ,of the Portuguese army; whereby it.appears that Mete are 57,219 regulars, and 59,827 militia, making a , total of 117,046_men fit for' service. sow, supposing this-eitithate to be correct, (and I am justified in so doing, as it is 'taken , from “..official" sources), does it•not arpeir a little singular, I that our faithf u l All y s ho u ld dread the inroad of a few thousand rebels ? Here is a forte sufficient 4o crush ten or even twenty thousand invaders, a number greater than the most exaggerated accounts set forth, and yet it is deemed necessary . to im_plorethe aid of England.— The inferente is obvious.. Either the attack upon Por tugal is organized and extensive, to a degree not dreamt of, or, the Portuguese army is cowardly in the extreme. If the first alternative be true, and .not the second, we Sod ourselves flying to engage with an 'enemy powerful enough to baffle an army of 117,000 men. This is a contest of no trivial nature. Will our detachments and skeleton regiments be able to tutu the scale ? or must they not in all probability be followed by anal-sty? If we adopt the second alternative,' dos we mend the aspect of affairs? If the Portuguese army be a herd of cowards, then, whether the invading force be small or great, we shall have to bear the brunt of the contest. Thus we go forth like knight-errants to fight the battles of a dastardly people. But, says Mr. Canning, and re-echoes Mr. Brougham, we are bound by the faith.of treaties to go to war, or we must stain . our honour- Now, I would ask these Gentlernen,—is there no condition, if not express, at leas implied, upon which Portugal is to be entitled to our aid ? is it not a condition implied in every defensive treaty of alli ance, that the party attacked shall make some :hew of resistance? Nay—shall do all that lies in his power, to , defend himself? Is it not upon the condition of his do ing so, that his Ally promises aid, and on no other ? Has Portugal fulfilled this condition ? I answer—No. It is obvious she has not. For if she had ddne so, or did she intend to do so, she need not, with an army of 117,000 men at her command, have called in English troops to repel an ill organized invasion. That she bas not fulfilled her part of the agreement is clear. The question remains, are we bound to fulfil our part, or are we not rather exonerated therefrom in consequence of her neglect ? It is a maxim in law, that if, of two contracting parties, the one violates, or does not fulfil the terms of the contract, then instantly the other is discharged from further observance of the agreement; and for once we find a legal maxim agree able to the sense.and reason of mankind. Apply this maxim to the case before us, and we shall be convinced that the obligation on our part to assist Portugal, is utterly void. So much for the strict necessity of the war ; its policy is another thing. But be that what it may, we are involved in a contest, concerning the end and issue of which, it would be as easy to prophesy as concerning the duration and issue of a Chancery suit. • Should you favour these hasty remarks with a place in your columns, I shall perhaps be tempted again to trouble your readers with some further observations upon this important question. Dec. 15. 1 ant, your obedient servant, C. 1711,E,5, . Last night, about 12 o'clock, a fire of x very serious - mature broke out in the workshopsof Mr. John buggett, a carpenter and builder in gAst g ooci.street, Somers'. town. Froni the inflammable nature of. the materials with which the shops were. stored, it was expected that ...general devastation would be the Consequence. How ever, trom the promptitude . of 'Mi. Doggett and his neighbours, the flames were subdued while in their infancy, but not till the shop in which it originated was ....nearly.buinc to the grouad. Nd c a use fan Ile assigned ;-for the origin of the Eie. *• . , • About half-past six &dock oe Thursday evening, a . £re broke out , krone of the stables of Mr.' John Gillett, at I-hightail . farm, near High WyCoMbe., which threa tened destruction to the whole. of the building ; but by the prompt exertions of the neighbours, the flames were prevented doing but comparatively 'little mischief—the stables; and a few outbuildingS;lseingaß that was con sumed. But such a scene at a Are s carcely ever occur red as at this. It happened:that Mr. Gillett had gone to Abingdon fair; leaving Mrs. Gillett; who had been recently confined; with n 6 Other inmates brit the servials which was taken ad!antage of by. spme villeins, among whom were some gypsies, who, instead of assisting in extinguishing the fire, began plunder - Mt the farm of Acorn,. poultry, faggots, and everithing that came within their reach ; 'after. which they endeavoured lo effect an entrance into the house, while the poor woman was. in. the greatest distress, and on 'meeting . with resistance the villains broil:ribs . windows. - Se veral• of them are in custoiltr. 'AA warrants ase out • against the others.: It has ; been since . ascertained That the fire was occasioned by the cat e t et i ft ess o f th e . . fatter, who a short • time before hacrgone'ihtO' the stable loft, and thrown down in the rick some..movender for the horses, With a !intern in, his band, fro= a candle in which the spark fell and ignited. Great praiseis due vie neighbour, who. was very early on' the spot, 'in saving the horses iu the 'stable, by cutting their halters and turning . them obt.. . . This morning, ilteui r tin o'clock,, as a Lady, attended by her groom, were, proceeding alotrgilCuiglitsbridge, on horseback, the horse on which the Lady Was mounted suddenly shied, and unlettunatelf,the Lady Was un horsed, and precipitated to the ground with such vio lence, that she was carried to. the house of Mr. Warner, a grocer, where medical aid Was immediately called in. The Lady remained in a senOlesi staffe fear a Considerable time, and after the lapie'Of, in she was so far re covered as to be enabled to' he conveyed home in a coach to her residence at . Bvempton. We heard that her name is Fitzgerald, the daughter of an Officer in the Army. About a fortnight, since, petitions were in course of signature in the market towns in North Wilts, praying Au no. alteration may be made in the present Cora . Laws; but since his Majesty's Ministers have expressed their determination to bring forward some specific • measures on the subject, those petitions have been withdrawn turd such measures are made public. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--LISTON last night made his appearance in Tire Hypocrite, and the Farce of Loiv, Law, and Physic. He was received with ap . plause, and his acting in Mata•worat produced the usual laughter. The other parts had their old rept esentatives, and produced nothing which calls for remark. The Fake was „acted with the same drollery, bustle, and effiet'whicii attended its late representation befOre our graeious MONA act'. The House was well filled. We understand, that it is not the intention of his Majesty's Government to appoint a successor to the Marquis of HASTINGS, as Governor of Malta. The appointment is only to be that of Lieutenant Governor, with a.' reduced allowance, and we untferstand that Major General Fituncaroa Porixowav, who is now second' in command in the lonian Islands, has been selected for that appointment. • Orders have been received at Pembroke Dock-yard to lose - no time in coinpleatsg such ships as are now building at that place, and to commence building two three-deckers of the largest size. One thousand con victs are shortly expected to be employed upon the works, and barracks are forthwith to be erected, either for a battalion of Marines, or a portion of the 23d Regiment' f Royal Welsh Fusileers. " What shall we witness in Leicester market next ?" exclaimed a farmer on Saturday last; " I have just seen a ,sucliing pi;, weighing ten pounds, sold for three shil lings, a calf tor. eighteen pence, and a sheep for 11.' An answer has, within theseifew days, been received in town, from the Foreign Office, in reply to a Memo rial to Government, respecting the British vessels which have' been 'detained by the Brazilian squadron - in the River Plate. It states, we understand, that all which his Majesty's Ministers at Rio de Janeiro can be . in structed - to do, in this respect, is to watch over the interests of British subjects, and to use the authority of ' Ilis . Government to :tense for them the due administra tion of justice. This, it is added, we are informed, his' Majesty's Minister at Rio de Janeiro has already bean instruoted todo.—Liverpoetildvertiser. In the farce of The Critic, Wield] was played at Co vent-garden on Friday, Jones very adroitly introduced some allusions to the present political events. Where Po/ is relating the business he has on his hands in the paragraph line, Jones added, " And l I have also an ;At tlee to write on the present aspect of public affairs, in which I shall prove that the British nation, %huffier in peace or war, is resolved ever to •maintain the national faith inviolate." This sentiment was inimediately echaed haat the house by three distinct rounds of applau e ! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The. Barbara, Cum.scorr, from the Cape, has arrived off Ports mouth—sailed from the Cape 12th August, and from Rio Janeiro ath OctObe'r.—The Globe, Jointsou from the Cape, has arrived at St. Ives, for 13ristol..--salled from the Cape 10th October, and from St. Helena 20th ditto. BOMBAY, Jinx 31.—The Darius, Bowax, was expected to sail on the sth August, only waiting for fair weather. Arrival at St. Helena.—The Swan, —, from the South Seas, on the 25th October; and was tb sail for London the 28th. Sailing. from BengaL—The William Young, Mosanow, for Li verpool, on the 20th July ; the Active, Jameson ' for New South Wales; awl the Clyde, Motto, for Madras and London, on the 51st July.—The Claudine, Cliaurrn, from Rangoon, was run foul of by the Bombay Merch ant, which carried away her bowsprit, and did other damage. • Passengers from Ceylon, per Morning Star.—Lieut.-Colonel Patterson; Major Audain, is Majesty's 16th Foot; Dr. Dwyer, Physician to the Forces; Lieut. Dwyer, 11,54; Lieut. Pacone, of the Ceylon Rlfies; Mr. Lusignan, Miss Lusignan, Miss Augusta Lusignan, Masters S. and C. Litsignan ; Miss Audain, Muter Rowe, PROMOTIONI.—Lieut. Wm. Tucker, of the Maidstone, Is pro moted to the rank of Commander; Mr. R. B. Crawford, of the Esk, and Mr. Pengelly, of the Maidstone, are promoted to the rank of Lieutenant--:tlie just reward of their gallant services on the Coast of Africa. Lieut. G. Manse! is appointed to command the Mag nificent, vice cap.. Elliot, invalided; Lieuts. Henslow, Forte, vice Toker; C. 11. Swinburne, Albion; Mr. Jas. Inglis, of the Victory, to the rank of Lieutenant; Mr. R. Wilson, late of the Blonde, to be Purser of the Columbine ; Lieut. J. Pritchard is appointed to assist Captain Young at Deptford, as Agent of Transports ; Lieut. James Barber to the Ramillies; and T. F. Jessop, Esq. to be Se cretary to Sir Thomas Hardy. Lieut. Cause, IL N. commanding the Sconce Point Coast Guard Station, seized on the 9th inst. a boat, containing 74 tubs of the spirits' of brandy and geneva, and seven cwt. of teas. The following account of the arrivals at Bahia will skew the' vigorous manner in which the Brazilian slave trade is still prose cuted:—" Arrivals at •Lipia, Ist October, Barraquitte, 524 slaves; 2cl ditto, Sc. Jose Venudon, 153; St. Rosalla, 408—total, 1u75." The William Pelle, Row, from Malta to Messina, was on shore at Calabria 24th ult. but was expected to be got off. FALMOUTH, Dec. 17. Wind F..—Sailed she Thomas, Hamm, for St. Michael's; and Smyrna Packet, Batt, for Smyrna. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. IL—Wind B.—Arri ved the . Harley, Gus sow, from Leghorn. DaAi., Dec. 18.—Viind N.E. by E.—Passed by last evening, from London, the Onyx, LAUIGIITON, for Honduras; James Laing, SUGIINUK, for Jamaica; Diana, Davis ' fur Para ; H. Welkslcy, Tnomratm, for Gibialur ; and Louisa, Boss, from Bremen to Bal.' Fot: r. le. His Majesty's ship Gr.oumeras is is the Gulls, • in tow of bttaut vessel. • --- IXFORMAT/Oti TO MASTILLS 05 VZSIOLLI TRADING TO STOALTUNO AND ITS VWDWY At the request of Air. G. Richardson, muter of the Ann, we, the undersigned, state, in order to pre►ent tardier fatal accidehts to navigators, that the two lightedescribed in some of the English charts, one of which is marked at the south end of the island of Ileddensea, •.he other on the bank called Gellerbuck, have never been situated there. We alto serdfy. that there are no more than seven feet water in the channel (Gellen) leading to Stralsund, and that vessels which requite more water are obliged to draw. round the island of Rugen, itt the southern chancel, in order to get to Stralsund. There is now building, by order of the Prussian Government at Ariona, the north end of the island of Rugen, a Light I louse, which May be lighted at the end of the next year.— Given and sealtd under our hands at Stralsund. November 11: 'I CHIUSTOPHICK WALLY. JUHAN PAUL Zilalb" • New The following intereAing • Works are just published by Mr. Cozauter, New Burlington. street, viz. 1. Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Seddon', by Jamas BOADIN, Esq. Two Vols. 2. Tile Tor Hill, by the Author of Brambletye House, Three Vols. 3. A Second Series of Tales by the O'Hara Family, Thri:e Vols. 4. Recollections of the Life of John tiKeeffe, the veteran Comic Dramatist, 'l4* Vols. 5. Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ooean Three Vols. 6. A Se cond Edition of Letters from the East, •by the Rev. JOHN CARNI, of Queen's Colkge, Cambridge, Two Vnls. 7. A Fourth Edition of the New System of Practical Economy, One Vol. and 6 The Young italzman's Comtade, a. Narrative of 'Military Adventure, &c. Edited by the CcicbrAttil GOITWIL • • The Ttedistmer of the filasgow Rofal.ltifirtn*ry has ecetwed tram the electitini of the ' late jAtilk.ll MUM LJocuI 414.1 of that most übefulliatttutioL. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE., Extract of a.private letter, dated Bristol, Dec 17. A melancholy catastrophe took place here on Friday .evening; ; about a quarter past eleven o'clock. A fire broke out at p Mr..oxley's, a haberdasher's shop, the corner of VVine.street, in which his wife and three chil dren - have perished in the lames. •It appears the bed curtains took, tire after they were in bed, and he was awoke by the flames around him ; he forced his way dreadfully cut and burnt through the window into the street ;. a female servant and a child threw themselves into the street, and were caught by the people outside with little injury. The man. was so much hurt and agitated that he could..not communicate to the people the situation of his wife and children only by gesture. and dreadfully agonised feelings, which the persons around him did not understand, but supposed it related to those who had escaped, otherwise it is probable some part would have been saved, as several persons forced their way into an adjoining room, and saved part of the furniture. The, wife was found in bed with the lower parts all destroyed, but the face and arms not much burnt; it is supposed she was suffocated even before he left the room, as he shook her ; but could not awale her. The back part of the house comes in com munication, or nearly so, with the White Hart. We at one time were afraid it would reach us, as they Could not get water; consequently we all•packed up and pre pared for the worst ; one of the engines was•supplied with water from out house, so that we had fifty or sixty of the worst characters in Bristol about the premises for two hours ; however; about three o'clock all was safe. FROM TYE BRISTOL MKRCURY. One of those awful visitations that seem to set at de fiance all the calculations of human prudence, occurred in this city on Friday night; the fatal consequences of which have thrown a deep gloom 'over the city, and excited the most painful sensations in every breast not utterly destitute of human sympathy. The story is one of such heart-rending woe, such appalling misery, as to render most difficult the task of recording the boilable details; but shocked as may be the feelings at reading those details, their publication, by the awful lesson they convey, may prove beneficial, by awakening the public to the nece s sity of guarding against this destrhctive element, where impunity may have hitherto seemed to render more than ordinary precaution necessary. The alarm of fire was first made about half-past ele ven o'clock ; the first notice appeared to be given to the public by Or. Oxley, at whose premises, in Wine. street, it occurred. We cannot srouch for our accuracy with respect to the origin of this calamitous fire; but from the inquiries we have made, corroborated by the. evidenie on the Inquest, we do not doubt its correctness. There were in the house Mr. and Mrs. Oxley, an infant six weeks •old, and a child about seven years, who were sleeping in the front room on the first floor: the shop girl and a child about four years old in the attic, and the servant maid with two others in the garret.—These were the whole of the inmates. The house is one of those built, like many others in large cities, more for the convenience of trade than residence ; the staircase was narrow, and there were no back rooms. The fire originated in the bed room on the first floor. It appears that a candle or rush-light was kept constantlfburning, and from the smallness of the room it was necessarily near the bed. Mrs. Oxley had awoke with the intention of suckling her infant and while the child was at the' , breast she • fell asleep. It is feared that in moving the bed-clothes she must have put them in contact with the candle. Mr. Oxley was awoke by a sensation of ap parent suffocation ; and what must have been his horror to find his bed, on which himself, bis wife, and infant were lying, in flames, and the room filled to the most suffocating degree with smoke ! He first attempted to ex tinguish the flames, but without effect ; but his face, his hands, and arms, are dreadfully burnt. He then tried to rouse his wife,bat if she was awake she must have fainted instantly. Finding he could not rouse her, and losing his presence of mind from excess of pain, agitation,and 1111ffo cation, he ran down stairs staked as he was, and rushed into the street crying out for assistance. The flames in the windows had, by this time collected some half dozen persons in front of the house ; in reply to their questions the unhappy husband and father could only exclaim, se Oh ! for GOD'S sake, save my wife, save my chil dren ! there are three children at the top of the house I" He attempted to rush back into the house ;. but, the moment he opened the door, the •narrow staircase acted 111 re a floe, and put the whole premises in one blaze of liquid fire; the bunting element poured out of every window and reached half across the street. Just previous to this moment the attic window was observed to open, and a young woman with an infant, four yeah old, both in a state of nudity, presented them selves to the view of the crowd which was beginning to collect. They begged her to remain a few minutes till a ladder was brought ; but so rapidly were the !limes gaining on her, that in despair she threw the child out: it fell on the lead that projects from under the drawing room window : a man rushed across the street to catch it ; his arm broke the fall, but it rebounded to the paie mem. It was taken up bruised, but not so severely as might be expected ; it will recover. In a moment after the child reached the ground, the young woman was seen to throw herself from the window ; she also fell upon `the leads, and she was then caught the people below; she is much bruised and cut abotid l / 4 the head and legs but she is doing well. The servant girl had escaped out of the back garret window, through Mr. Batten's house, taking with her `bne of the children. The remaining three children, with the unfortunate mother, fell victims to the devouring element ! The details of the appear ance they presented, when found, are too horrible and disgusting to recapitulate. We must refet our Readers to the evidence that was taken at the Inquest. The engines arrived within a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes of the first alarm of the fire; and to the great exertions that were made may be attributed the safety of the adjoining premises, and that it was confined to the house where it first broke Out. The fire was entirely got under about half-past one or two o'clock. We never heard of a fire so dreadfully fatal to hu man life, so little' destructive of property. There were, numerous depredators present; but the neighbours, immediately the shop door was broken open, took 'pos session of the property, and, with the assistance of some large fire bags. which Mr. T. Fry, of Wine-street, al ways keeps by him, and which have been frequently nstrumental to the saving, of property on such: occa sions, they carefully removed nearly the whole. Till INQUEST. At eleven o'clock on Saturday Morning, J. 13: Gatx• DON, EN. the Coroner, held an inquest at the Plume of Feathers, in Wine-strret. The Jury first went and in •pected the mutilated remains of the four bodies. The .ody of Mrs. Oxley wis lying on a pallet; on pat , .ially removing the coverlid, one of the most shock- ... ... . . ing spectacles we ever witnessed presented itself; I not a . particle of flesh retrained, and the bones appeared a mere cinder reaJy to tumble into ashes ; the legs and arms were all broken short off at the first joints. The bones of the two youngest were Plying togeth,er in a box, and the other body was taken up in a sheet, all' lying on one bed. The Jury were strongly moved at the shocking spectacle, and withdrew with feelings of grief and hoe ror depicted in their countenances. The names of the suffereri were S3phia Oxley, the mother, aged about 35 ; and William, Sophia, and Ann, the children, varying from six weeks to 'nine Years ;. but we have not been able to ascertain the precise age each. The Jury were occupied for a long . time in hearing evidence touching this diaastPr, after which they retertsere verdict of " Accidentally burn " _ _ CORK ELECTION, DEc.l6. The Election commences today. Boothehave been erected in the Council Chamber, and every preparation possible to give facility to .the proceedings, has been adopted. Counsellor Robert Bennett has been ap pointed, by the consent of both parties, Asseisbr to the Sheriffs, who are indefatigable in their endeavours to give satisfaction ; and we have no doubt when the con test shall have terminated, they will experience the ap probation of their fellow citizens. Mr. Callaghan has steceived a letter from the Right Hon. W. Saurin, et• pressing his regret that the season of the year and the iiistance, will preclude his coming down to give him the support which •he thinks him entitled to, from the seittiments he has SQ manfully avowed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, Dec. IL . Until between four and five o'clock in the Ofternoon very little was done; the betting then became very brisk, and cautioned so for about two hours, taking an extensive range on all tae Stakes. Tatter, Web, and Espagnolle, opened at the odds of Thursday, but at the close Web bad crept up to evens with the first favouriteb and will, very probably, take his place.. Metre, Antar, and Gamelig% also rose considerably. firdeed, Furth is rising for both Stake,. Several of the outsiders were backed. The Oaks betting was en. tirely on outsiders. A good deal was done in the St. Leger, foe which, and the other Stakes, the odds left off as follows • Dirasir. 10; to I agst Tatler 104 to 1 agst Web 13 to 1 agst Espagnolle (taken) 29 to 1 agar Catherine (taken) 20 to 1 apt Elfrid 20 w 1 apt Trompeter (taken) 20 to 1 apt ttrus 30 to 1 apt Di is 30 to 1 apt Turcoman 30 to 1 agst Glamelius (taken) 30 to 1 apt Antar_ _ 35 to 1 agst Snowdrop ' 40 to 1 agst Cressida (takes) 20 to 1 agst Dauntless 22 to 1 agst Marneluke 2 to 1 agst Metre 30 to 1 agst Augusts 45 to 1 apt Cat SO to 1 apt Roderick riskiest) 20 to 1 apt Westbury 50 to 1 apt Windermere (Eakin) MOO to 25 apt Intruder, (taken)-2000 even Tatter apt Daunt less and Trumpeter, (taken)-200 to 25 agst Chieftain, (taken-4 to 1 Webb apt Maineluke (taken). Oars. 11 to Y sgst Maria 12 to 1 apt Totteridge 12 to 1 agsa Brown Duchess 14 to 1 apt &wit.fkir • 16 to 1 apt Translation , 20 to 1 apt Looney (taken) 25 to 1 apt Morel . Doseurraz 25 to 1 apt Scornful 30 to 1 apt Hampden (Wien) 30 to 1 apt Ca!yin'. (taken) 30 to 1 agst Pantioa (taken) 35 to 1 agst Donna Clara (taken) 1001 to 20 apt He!epos (taken) 2001 to 15 apt Varennes (taken) ST. Lanza. • it ,to I apt Reekwer. • 30 to 1 apt Sancbo (taken) , 20 to 1 agst Popsy 30 to 1 apt Nonplus 20 to 1 agst Granby • 30 to 1. agst Emma • 22 to 1 apt Matilda 45 to 1 apt c. Col. Sykes's by 28 to 1 apt Moonihine (taken) Tramp (taken) Re to 1 apt "Heal' (taken) 45 to 1 apt Pedlar (taken) GAME SHOOTING. Captain Smith undertook on Friday, fora stake of 200 oars. to kin one hundred head of game in two day's. He commenced ehat first day's sport in Essex, and the second day's from Collier's ald, Hens. The conditions were, he was to bag his game with one brace of dogs, and the assistance of a spaniel, in seven hours each day. On Friday he fell -hit° good sport, and killed 17 brace of birds, 11 hares, two brace of grouse, and six brace of pheasants—. making 61, from eight o'clock till half past three. On the amend day he found some good pheasant shooting oti the line of woods towards Buntingford, and be killed eleven brace in the first three hours. The day's produce, in addition to the pheasants, wag 14 brace of partridges and six hares in itlx hours--makiug 54, winning by seventeen head. The gun was backed throughout at five to four • . FOX-HUNTING. A fox having bien beard of in the neighbourhood, which is • very rare occurrence, Mr. Steer and Thomas Moody, gamekeeper to W. B. P. Johnson, went on Saturday last, with thr e e cou . ple of terriers, In sear ch of him. After trying some covers and plantations, he was found in North Moor, and ran some time in the whins, when be went away past Hirst Priory, in a line to Crowle • but being headed, he came back in his old course , near ly to Tem ple Belwood. Trying Dixon's Wood, and several other covers, he made back to North Moor, where he was first found, and trying several rabbit boles withi;ut success, he was killed in gallant style, after one hour and eleven minutes' run. Whit is remarkable, none of the terriers were ever known to be 19(4 the scent of a fox before that day.—Doiscaster • . . Rossini's Opera of the Turk ix Italy, has been done into English, and is now in rehearsal at Drury•lane. A great number of vessels whose cargoes consist chiegy of Oats and Beans, arrived in the River yester day from foreign ports, the westerly winds which pre. vailed of late having delayed them for a Considerable time past. The total.quantity ea grain brought by the . = is about 45,000 quarters.. • • The River presents a scene more than usually ani mated: The Transports ,formerly in the Government service are towed down by the steam-boats; the vessels newly taken up are fitting out•with the greatest eapedi lion, nearly the whole for the horses of the cavalry... Thei Custom House is again giving way. The centre is nearly completed, and all the repairs made, but it is now found out that the ends have sunk down ' and on the eastern extremity, particularly, these are large renti in the, wall. . NEWGATE AND LEADENLIALL MARKETS, Die. 18. Beef... 3s 04 tO 4s tki Veal ......... 33 4d to 5s 04 Mottou lB4to 5s ad Peek fiRICES or HAY &OD STRAW YESTERDAY. IT. Jam ads . W mac mann- . . 11sy 311Ss 6d to 51 5. Od Illy' 31 os to 51 51 Sd Clover 41 Os Od to 61 6s Od Clover 4l Os to 61 6. Od Straw 11 . 711 Cd to 11 18a Od Straw 11 100 t• 11 Ids ad . PRICE OF HOPS, PE CWT. Doc. sa. NEW rocrns. NEW sAus. Kent 80s to 120 s Kent ...... Oss to 100 s Sussex Essex ' 110 s to 105 s Essex 66s to fps 1 • jamb= flo e 1470 to 174s—Socoods. loos to loos PRICE OF LEATH , Best Dressing Hides l3d to ig Common Ditto ......... Crop Hides, 55 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 5011,s .......... Calf Skins, 36 to 401bs l6d to 244 Ditto 50 to 701bs• Ditto .70 to 80Ibs Small Seals, Greenland)„.. . ... Tanneillione Hides l2d to 15d ' Spanish Han Hides... .......„ . . .... COIL MA lt KW, Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 76i Newcastle 241 36i Suntlerlao4 7* Price. ggs 04 to 35s 04 30$ 04 to 37. 64 , r -