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MR. STEPHENSON. PROM THu BRISTOL . GAVITTIt t DAT= JAN. 8. There is little or no doubt but that this great de faulter will shoctly be taken. It his been Most satisfac torily proved that he passed through this city early last week—th4t he hired a pilot boat to take him and his companion down thi.. Channel—that he was subse quently landed at Clnvelly, where he hired another boat, and that the officers have got an authentic clue to his present situation; at present we are restrained from entering into particulars, but may announce that this morning whiter was received by our Magistrates from two of the officers who are in pursuit of him, stating that there is every prospect of accomplishing the ds sired object of seizing the delinquent's person. PROM YRS PLYMOUTH JOURNAL DATID JANUARY 7. It is said that Mr. Rowland Stephenson, the banker, , whose flight has created so great a sensation in London, las been traced to Clovelly, a small fishing town in the north of Devon. Cope, the City Marshalman, accom panied by two of the clerks of the banking house, ar rayed here on Monday night in pursuit, and immediately after the Nightingale schooner, attended by the Comet steamer. sailed to the Westward for the purpose of intercepting him at sea. PLYMOUTH., JANUARY 7. FROM Till PICYAIOUTR JOURNAL• At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the first divi. sion of the Portuguese Emigrants, consisting of troops of• the line, in number 700, sailed from this port in four transports, the Minerva, Susan, Lyra, and Pelphin. Their. ,destinAtiou is.nominally the Brazils, but it is sup pcs:d they will in the first instance direct their atten tion to the AlcoreX. This diiision is under the command of General Count S ildinha and General Pizarro, who sailed in the Susan ;_the fotmer acting as Commodore. We understand that in the 'course of a week the re mainder will sail from this and other ports; and that after a few days none of the Emigrants will remain here. Two of the transports engaged to convey them away arrived here on Wednesday. General Stubbs remains in command of the depot. We understand th it upwards of a thousand copies of the account of the young Queen of Portugal's reception at Windsor, trans lated into Portuguese, have been printed here, and sent to be distributed in Portugal. • The Hon. Major General STAPYLTON, Chairman of the Victualling Board, arrived here on Tuesday night, on an official visit, and will leave Plymouth, on his return, on Ft iday next. The Tekgraph of Saturday is incorrect in stating is that the =inn plan of building ships with round . sterns is abolished in the Royal Navy.' . The plat► is not abolished, nor is it in contemplation to abolish it. The mistake of our Contemporary must have arisen from the fact of an order having been made by the Board, directing a return to the old mode of construct• ing the quarters of quart slowed ships. Since Monday last, we have bad remarkably fine dry weather, with a sharp frost. This change from long continued wet to frost is most benefical to the country, and it is' to be earnestly hoped it may not be merely temporary. Mr. Foot, of the Preventive Station at Whitesand Bay, crept up on Saturday last 152 tubs of run spirits in that Bay. The tubs have been lodged in the Cus torn House at this port. ST. LUKE'S VESTRY MEETING. Yesterday morning a Meeting of the Vestrymen of this parish took place in the palish Church, for the purpose of receiving a Report horn the Trustees tele tive't s the legal pr•iceedings adopted by them fee the re covet y of the amount due to the parish on account of the defalcations in the accounts, and to adopt such proceed ings thereon as may be deemed expedient. Also to take into consideration the amount of the debts owing by the Trustee Board, and the state of Lighting and Watching, and general Police of the parish. At ten o'clock Mr. CHIPPeNDALX, senior Church warden. took the Chair. Mr. WALL, the Vestry Clerk, read the Report of the Trustee B .ard, which was very voluminous, and de tailed the state of the affairs of the parish. Mr. RICHMOND said, that as one of the Trustee Board, and. a member Of the Law Committee, he felt the greater sati&faction in rendering a fair and full explanation to iris fellow pa , ishiontrs. He also had to lament that the greatest evils under which parochial governments la boured were. that they were not sufficiently communica tive with their fellow parishi. nets; to reunite which, he was ready to give any explanation in Isis power. Mr. SIMPSON, the Law Agent for the parish, pointed out the situation in which the pas ishioners were involved in ligation. Mr. RICHMOND said that one of the sureties f:4- a defaulter, named Lee, became a banks upt, and it was a great public question for every parish in England to know, whether or no the books of tie parish will not be received in evidence as to the proof of a debt under the bankrupt's commission? There was also another question of great public importance decided latterly in the Court of King's Bench, wherein Lord Tenterden gave it as his opinion, that the Trustees. and not their salaried Officer, was accountable; then if the Tsostees, who ate not personally responsible for their actions in that character are not responsible, and the salaried ' Officer declared inot to be responsible, it was high time fofthe pariefiohers to look for a law that would secure their properties, as it appeared every individual, except the'tax prayer 1, were ;not, cued. Mr. TAYLOR suggested the propriety of not intro• clueing any proceedings before the Court of King's Bench at that meeting. - Mr. CALI/a/ILL said that he would recommend great caution before they would hastily bring themselves into (anther litigation ; and be therefore recommended an arbitration whenever it could be effected. _ _ ,A discussion followed, in which Mr. REILLY, Mr. Simpson, and the Chairman, took a part, when it was unanimously agreei that the Report be received, and that the conduct of the Ti mice Board is entitled to the confidence of the Vestrymen. Mr. Ricsimoan then stated, that the nest subject for the consideration of the Vestry was the situation of their 6nancial affairs, and which he considered, it not greatly embarrassed, at least much complicated. It appeared; that since the passing of the Act in 1810, the Board bor., towed upon annuities 18,9001. The plan he would pro 'rise, in the shape of a sinking fund, for the liquidation of the whole parochial debt, in his opinion, would be Movie. neither ha►tily entering ourselves into a heavy late for past misconduct of others, nor yet subjecting futurity beyond an eighth share of their enjoyment of the itlyrovements. He would therefore propose, that upon 6.411 of each annuitant, the amount be lodged in a fiad until it shall amount to 7,5001. per annum—from that period, in twenty ) ears, the entire of the debt would 'be disc ha•ged. This Resolution was carried unanimously, after which the Meeting separated. DOVER, JANLIARY 8. Sailed his Majesty's pa ^ ~ ck the Crusader, Captain HAMILTON, for Calais, with four carriages and sixty passengers. Among them we noticed Lord JOHN SCoT, Sir G. STANTON, Mr. DAMEN-GARMAN, L rd PALMIRITON, dcc. &c. who arrived at Wright's Skip Hotel during yesterday. The intercourse between this and the opposite coast is now become so general, that the passage (which was some few years past almost at a stand during the present month), is still brisk. The superiority of the mail packets on this station (in which the length of voyage may be calculated to a certainty, about two hours and a half), have not a little contributed to this result. Tbe Earl and Countess of SII/TOLIC and family crossed in the same packet. Arrived his Majesty's packet Salamander, with car. sieges and passengers ; also the Finch steam packet the Duc de Bordeaux. red ran +la ay. !air Bt. anti Mr. ?ith Ilan 100 a Oa day mks,. OM to. with Icti Mr. Mr. amber, t the Gem r. Mr. grand ova a et rs- ly its s was fevet- e yea -Itrals, lip-f -ral Sir eneral e East minim igbant tames, ;raves en, for• Ifantry he Sul- red or. An the Ste 1— earried id with My lost water* any of e Gun. rk Dear de port, oh her got into rio disr my tide. North- Brien, I, at It at, and lie, for Johp's, ee ; awl Meteor light co in Loa- rueolay uiug, if elk, Co. tole, aad at this. :boot of tantouth I to the' iortland, , son of . ard, are . Marines. Mr. Ni-'N :b Yard, PPointell etidiog Won of of the qui. of of will bleatasi ------- iFASHIONABLE INTELLIGENC& ARRIVALS. Sir George Ramfylde, Bart. in Grosvenor-square ; Col. Edward Frederick, in Berkeky.square; Mr. Edw. Sharp. in York-piece, Portman square; Major Carnac, in Upper Harley -street; Min Thorogood. in Baker.sereet; Mr. Henry P. Hope, in Norfolk street, Park-lane; Mrs. Gahagan, In Green street, Patli-lane ; Captain and Mrs. Seabrooke, in Hertford-street. Mayfair. from. Paris; Mr. Henry Alexander, in Upper Hatley-street • Mr. and Mrs. Harper, in Wimpule-etrea; Mare Cotten, in B,44.neeree, l from Paris • Mr. George Simeon, in Upper Haley-street; Major Robert lwn, in Sackwille.street. DEPARTURES. _ _ _ _ Mrs. George HarleylirUntmond,f;e7m ?Wadi for Devon shire; Henry Smyth, Seq. from Long's Hertel, Bood.street, for his ent, Mount Henry, Queen's County. FARRINGDOIWARD WITHOUT. A number of the electors of Farringdon Ward With out met at dinner yesterday, at the Londmi Coffee-house, Ludgate hill. The Chairman, Mr. Fitaaotr, gave several toasts.... The King. The People. The Rights of the Menthe Body of Farringdon Ward. Mr. Samuel Thompson. • Civil and ReliTious Liberty. • Corporate Reform. The Steward,. The Health of our guest, Henry Hunt, Esq. the Senior Auditor of the City of Condon, and may he succeed in his efforts to In veuigate the application of the property of his fellow.chisens. Mr. HUNT, in returning thanks, made a speech, of which the only remarkable parts were his relation of the manner in which his connection with the City com menced, and cause of the hostility of Alderman Waith man to him. He said that in the year 1811 he was visiting William Cobbett, in Newgate, who was impri soned there for a libel on the Government. There were present Sir Francis Burdett, Major Cartwright, Mr. Samuel Miller, and probably Mr. Wardle, and some other Gentlemen. ,They told him they had just been reading an account of a Common Hall, and that they regret.ed to see that one man was leading the Livery by:the nose. Sir Francis- Burdett said to him, "Hunt, will you become livery-man? I'll pay the expenses, in order that you may attend the Common Halls, and advocate general and not partial liberty." He answered that he would, and went afterwards into the country, thinking no more about it. In a day or two be received a letter, saying that every thing was ready; so became up to town, was sworn in, and raid 301. but. he must not forges to add, that Sir Francis Burdett did not recollect to pay the expensi, or any part of them. The cause of the hostility of Alderman Weidman, whose public measures he had always supported, Was this—S Ime years ago it would be recollected, that, of the Members el the City, Alderman Curtis always laughed. at their petitions, and said plainly that he would have nothing to d 3 with them, while Alderman Combe always approved of them, but regretted that in consequence of ill-health he could not support them in the House of Commons. This was the message they constantly received from Alderman Combe. He, therefore, on one occasion, expecting the usual answer from the Al derman, went prepared with a few resolutions. The first complimented. Alderman Combe for what he had done as their representative ; the second reminded the Alderman of his pledge to resign if his consti tuents thought proper ; and the third called upon him to fulfil that pledge. He showed these resolutions to Sir Richard Prtillips, who said they were very proper; and he (Mr. Hunt) said, Then, will you second them?" Sir Richard said. is No, but I'd ask Waith man." He believed that his reply was, 46 Will you, by —." He especred what the answer of Alder man Waithman would be. The Alderman replied, in a loud voice, " No; they are intended to cut my throat," and Sir It chard came ;sway as much frightened as if Mr. Waithman had fired a pistol at him, and only just missed him. The Resolutions, however, were seconded by somebudy in the Hall, and put by Mr. Alderman Wood, who was Lord Mayor, in spite of the protesta tions of Mr. Waithman that they could not be pth then, but that a Special Meeting must be called for the par pose. The ResAutions were carried unanimously.— As soon as the Common Hall was over, Mr. Alder- man Wood, who meant to start in case of a vacabcy, and whose office of Lord Mayor almost assured bids' of success, po.ted down to Alderman Comb* in, the: country—told him what ha. happened, and Mr. Alder manCombe expressed his willingness to resign. Juslit . ip Alderman Wood was coming out of Mr. Combe's who should he sneer btit Alderman Waithman? whys seems, had made peat haste from town, and. who *is upon the same errand. The tesult was, that Mr. Alder man Wood started, came in without opposition, end, in spite of his (Mr. Alderman Wood's) vehement pro testations, Mr. Waithman would never believe that the former had not employed him (Mr. Hunt) to thviart the• views of Alderman Waithman. This WAS a crime' too great to be forgiven ; and ever since that time Mr. Alderman Waithman had exhibited towards him the same disposition which he had lately evinced at the Ward-mote. . • Several other speeches were made during the even ing, and some songs also were rung.—The dinner Was attended, we should think, by about 150 persons. SMITHWA IL—There was a Meeting of the•lnhabit.' gnu yesterday, upon the subject of the water supplied', to them ; when the proposals made being considered to emanate from interested quarters, and the statements relative to the alleged impurity of the Thames being denied, the Meeting refused to come to any decision upon the subject. • Tuesday a man named Bailey was committed to gaol at Bath, on a.cbarge of having uttered a forged 104 note on the bank of Means. Tilee. Another man, named Jones, was charged with the same offence, and remanded. About three years ago a parcel of these notes, on their road from a London engraver's, was stolen. It seems that the thieves, thinking the circum stance forgotten, have affixed the signattukof the aboVe firm, and succeeded in issuing many of them. Several other persons supposed to have been concerned have decamped towards Gloucester.—Glosseeter Jesir d, PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EAR. Main Mr. Coasts's Lecture ao the Physiology and Zoology of the Bar in man and Animals, claimed at the Royai Institution of Great Britain]. Many circumstances have hitherto deterred the Pro- fession from the investigation of this important organ of sense. These are chiefly its complicated mechanism —its internal situation, which renders it inviable in the living state—and lastly, the few opportunities of dis section after diseases cf this part of the body. It is, :therefore, from the cultivation and improvement of Comparative Anatomy that a knowledge of the strut' tine and functions of the different organs of sense, par titularly of the Ear, has been acquired. In the same manner, I may remark, that it was only by patient and persevering application that the immortal Harvey ar rivtd 'at the units in the discovery of the circulation of the blood. Hence, in this investigation, we should be stimulated with the same laudable seal; and, although a long neglected subject, we should not sit down in hopeless apathy, but pra•ecute our inquiries with the most,sealous ardour, until our knowledge is equally complete of the Ear as of the other organs of sense. • In entering oa the subject of this Lecture, I shall give a sookr gical definition of Man (according to the arrangement of Cuvier Inumenbach, &c. to wbom I am indebted for many observations introduced on this occasion)—via. Order, lissonson r genus, hems/ the species single, with several varieties; characters, elect stature, having two bands, teeth approximated and of equal length, the in .fezior incisors perpendicular, prominent chin, rational, endowed with speech, unarmed, defenceless. Cuvier, in his Reflections on the Progress of the Sciences, read at the Ruyal Institute of France ob serves— That the first savages collected la the forests a few nourishing fruits, a few salutary roots, and thus supplied their most immediate wants. The first shepherds observed that the stars moved in a re- Filar coons, and made use of them to guide their journeys across the plains of the desert. Such was the origin of the mathematical and physical, sciences. Once convinced that it could combat Nature by the means which she herself afforded, genius reposed no more ; k watched her without relaxation, it Incessantly made new coo- Vests over her, all of them distinguished by some improvement in Oho situation of our race. • From that time, a succession of enfl aming minds, faithful depositories of the attainments already made, constantly occupied in connecting them, In vivifying them by Moans of each other, have conducted us, in Mss than forty ages, 'from the first essays of rude observers to the profound cakulations of Newton and La Place, to the learned classifications of Linnaeus and Amiss. This precious inheritance, perpetually increasing, Monk from amides into Egypt, from Egypt into Greece, con flated during ages of disaster and of darkness, recovered in moss' fortunate times, unequally spread among the nations of Europe, has ovary where been followed by wealth and power; the nations wit'ch have reaped it are become the mistresses of the world; such as have neglected it, are fallen into weakness and obscurity. In estimating the senses, the great importance to man of the sense of hearing wUI never be denied; it is the medium which con nects him with society, that admits of social Intercourse, of an un limited interchange of ideas ; and it extends information and intel ligence, in a ratio and mode capable of exciting interest, beyond the. powers even of the eye. Through this great medium, man is enabled to conduct the complicated business of life; through it his reason ings are best enforced in the senate, and his commands in the field. Where sound is required to be distinctly heard, and from a low situation, as the ground, for example slow hounds and others, have either ng ears hanging down,. or have them flexible, as they ono* the bead with more difficulty than man. Fowls ' again, differ from ciadrupeds, in having no external Ear; but is place of it, there is a tuft of very an* feathers, which covers the passage to the Ear; this covering easily admits sound, and k also prevents any bluets or external matters, which might pretties source of injury, from getting into it. To them an external Ear would have been inconvenient, as causing an obstruction to the course of their light, in passing through thickets, and other neatly impervious places. In the auricular passage of the fowl, as of man, there is separated a liquor, to lubricate it, and from its adhe.lveness and disagreeable pungency, to prevent the entrance of insects.— When compared with the Ears of other animals, theirs is also a . .more artUaginous consistence than composed of real bone ; hence any tremulous motions Impressed on the air are communicated ; this class merely by the spring and elasticity of these cartilaginous parts, which do not require, in order to render the membrane of the Ear tight, the same power or action of the muscles, as in man.' In the internal Rear of this class the semicircular canals appear very distinctly, and can be demonstrated with facility. In the different classes we find that &beg have a complete organ of hearing, and equally perfect as that of the other classes; the element also in which they rain is proved to be one of the beat mediums for the tranamisiun of sound (1). It is well) known that the Ear of the whale kind strongly resembles in its structure that of man. In the skate, on dissecting the brad, we find a bag placed behind the eyes—it contains a fluid, and also a soft cretaceous substance; these are the vestibule and cochlea of this fish, similar to the internal parts of the ear of man: there is also distributed upon this bag a part of she auditory nerve, similar to what is termed the portio monis, or branch of the seventh pair of nerves in the human subject ; there are likewise semicircular Clink, which form an important part of the internal Ear, and ars filled with a fluid. In the cod species, instead of this soft creta ceous substance, there is found a bard crustaceous stone ; but there seems no appearance of an external passe'', as in the skate. In prosecating our inquiries farther, we find that, in articulated animals. the nervous system is reduced to a knotted cord, and the, organs of sense pre gradually extinguished; the sympathetic nerve belongs only to this department, and in the class of articulated, the true spinal marrow is to be found only in the musician° and more perfect animals: This nerve is the most general, and the original of all nerves, but it is variously modified la the different ,classes. In worms and insects it consists merely of vertebral ganglia, without the aullac ganglia of mammalta and birds . In the .uepbalous maltose.% there are the latter without the former. In snails there are single ganglia of both kinds ; aU these lower ani mals have no spinal marrow. On the whole, the organ of hearing, as I formerly observed, is so constructed in every class as to be peculiarly adapted to the mode of life and other circumstances con nected with the situation of the animal. Man, who is the noblest of all, and must bear sounds equally from all quarters, has his ex ternal Ear both large and placed in a vertical manner, turned some what forwards ; animals, however, have in general a greater power of motion in the external Ear than Man; hence it is furnished with a greaser number of muscles, and they can direct or apply the cone of. the Ear readily to the sonoions body, without moving the bead. From this, it would appear that in them it is necessary to Olivet sound more strongly, and that the internal Ear does not receive the isnpresaions with the sonic facility as that of the buns race. earing. In the words of a celebrated French physiologist, may delved the function intended to acquaint us with the vibratory motions of bodice; hearing lathe exercise of tis it (acuity, or sense, • y Which we appreciate and estimate all vibrations from sonorous ks, and these vibrations are termed . sounds; sound is conveyed 6y the atmosphere in straight lines to an incredible extent. which lines keviiieceived the appellation of ssnoroos rays, and are in. mimed in proportion to the elasticity of the body through wbkh they pass, while the denser the body is the more they become di. tatinished in strength. The true wet of bearing is in that part of the organ which is formed by the portin mollis of the seventh pair 'of nerves, and its pulp is beau:ltaly distributed upon the ampulla of the membranous semicircular canals, also upon the barbula, and the sons moUis of the cochlea (2). The manner in which bearing tikes place may be thus simply explained—the rays emanating from a sonorous body are directed to, and irrive at the Ear, where they !temp, concentrated, in consequence of its peculiarly-elastic structure; and in this soocentrated state they pass along the eater nal -auditory foramen to the membrane tympani, on which they excite a vibration; this vibration of the tympanum is communi cated to the mallets, in immediate contact with it, the action of the useless conveys them to the locus, and the latter again to the a sibladon, whence they next reach the stapes (3). The bads of dullest bone is extended within the vestibulum, in that part where, paged as a centre, it faces the common channel of the membranous wiskisaslar. cassis, as well as the orifice of the scale vestibuli: in ion one of this situation, the vibrations on the stapes ate ea eesdsd the waive of the labyrinth, and the undulations directed from this part, from a centre to a circumference, strike first the Ovens ananumis, and are next extended throughout the liquor of the labyrinth surrounding the membranous semicircular canals, agitating by theft undeladons their whole surface, and this of course effects the nervous expansion spreading over all these parts (4). (Mescals of the /*dike opens late diti vestibulum, and the other iteginalreqa the (contra ovals; and being both filled with' water of the labyrinth, and communicating with each other at the apex of the coch le a. the sonorous vibrations are ia this atanow•coes• latunkated:also to the scab of the cochlea ; besides this, between the scale g the cochlea, in a middle point as it were, is placed the Seas monis, where the awe is also extended and the sonorous en delstions take place (S). •Itis by these varied actions of the di(- ' (I) Vide Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. (s) William Hunter, M.D. (3) Si. &Mk, M.D. (4) ilobbi. (3) Haw. firent parts on the auditory nete.s, that the tatter is enabled to convey the vibrations to the sensorium, by which the mind Is in. formed d the existence of sound, and Is enabled to edentate its import. and judge of its difference or degree ; for gravity, or acute ness of sound, depends only on the number of vibrations given at the same time. The sittaition of the Ear 1 may isti.erve, is met* internal, and its powers mine concentrated, than those of the Eye; its nervous expansion is more limited, and the ondies which act upon it are denser, and more solid, than those of light ; hence the sensations conveyed by it are limited, though more numerous and durable than those of the Rye. In estimating the value of the different *rose., the hest &teflon, as I conceive, to be ruled by is the opinion of persons who have been partially deprived of any sense. A Nina man, who had been for years in that state, when 'dud if he would accept of the re notation of sight on condition of the loss of hearing? answered, that be considered himself happy, though blind, being able to con. verse with his friends. The organs of voice are, as it is wen known, useless, unless their powers are excited through the agency of the sense of hearing; and when bearing is detective in early life dumbness is the consequence (6). According to Blumenhaeb, no thing is so strong a picture of the social necessity of man as a person dumb, because born deaf. It is the Rar which connects man with the moral world—the sonditie fiat tea non of his progressiveness— that which distinguishes a society front a herd. Hobbes accord. ingiy remarks, that the most noble and profitable invention of all others is that of speech, whereby men declare their thoughts one to another, for mutual utility and conversation, without which there bad been, mono men, neither commonwealth nor society, no more than amongst lions, bears, :or wolves. Though bearing is more perfect in nun than in any other animal, it is not so at the period of birth. An infant bears at first hut very imperfectly ; this tutees In part front the passage, or meatus emeritus, being covered with a viscid mucus, or discharge from the ceruminous glands of the Ear, in a similar manner as in other cavities. On the removal of this original layer, or deposition, the sense NM appears equally perfect as at any future period of life Much ad wants', may be taken of this circumstance in the treatment of deaf and climb citildren in early infancy. (6) Curties Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Ear. See also PorteL BOX[ NG. BLISSETT AND PADDY FLYNN, FOR £25 A-SIDE: The 6Aht between Ifies , ! men took place yesterday. and although the stakes were small, the event excited some interest. The toss f. r choice of place of meeting hiving been won by the backers of lllimit. Srrepperton Range was named as the piiint of relslezvoti.. Upon inquiry, however, it was found that the beaks in that quarter were a little fastid• , and it was therefote de. ter mined to is change the venue," and the neighbour. hood of Winkfield Plain, lierks, was chosen as less likely to attract the attention of the Anti-Pugilistic. " Dee notice of this change was given to both parties, and they proceeded with' all' pos-ible dispatch to the new ground. Tom Oliver arid his assistant's had pre. viously received " the (Ace," and w.th their accus. corned quickress, formed the ring in a meadow in the parish of Ili field, not fa: om the sput n which NI:al a rd Bildwin, on a firmer occasion, commenced their fistic operation.. Here an excellent ring. surrounded by waggons, was rosined ; but the assemblage teurs was any thing but nioneroushe Metropolitans broking the contest i f min r consequence. It wa. half. past two before both men reached the ground; and at this time tbe assemblage riot amount to five hundred persons. Little time was lost in settling preliminaries. and in a few minutes the contending patties made their ar. pearance; Blissett attended by Tom Spring and Reuben Martin, aod Paddy Flynn by H ory Holt and Harry Jones. 03 stripping both appeared in excellent con dition, but 44 pull" war evidently in favour of Bli•sett, who was taller, heavier. and more musculir than his opponent. In fact, so high was he in favour that the o dd s were 7 to 4 and 2 to' in his favour, of which th re were few takers. • TIIK FIGHT. _ At twenty minutes to three the mill commenced, when it was soon perceived that 13.14bett h.d the advantage its out fighting, and he succeeded in planting Isis right Lad left an Paddy's nob with great force. Paedy, however, was not to be alarmed by trifles, and he rushed in with great bravery. Nissen opposed these rushes with a degree of CAUtiAll which his superiority in milling requisites did not seem to warrant ; in fact,be welt down repeatedly to ay..id ptinislument, and in consequence elicited from the.. e. ti'. r. a good deal of disapprobation ; still he came up in gaol order, And suc ceeded sit hitting his min with great severity in the head attd body, and had obviously the best of the fight. In the 38 , h round. bow. ever, in getting away, he fell an hi 4 back, and while in slim position he kicked out with both kgs to present his opponent from falling upon him. The mat:ceuvre at once produced a cry against hint as being foul, and an appeal being made by the umpires to the referee, he decided that the objection was well founded. Considerable uproar followed, but the referee, who was perfectly inaphtial. per sisted in his opinion, and there being no Alternative, Flynn, who bad the worst of th;game, was taken out of the ring by his seconds, who prudeMly resolved to take advantage of the °ppm-1 1' mq sv i,id, was thus afforded them of getting out of their &acuity. In this way the sport concluded. Itast•aga.—Viewing the fight throughont, Blis ett, from his physical powers, was defiiient in the firm. ess and bravcty which he ought to hive shown, for had be possessed mole decided nerve, he might have brought the coi.test to an issue in one : half of the t me. Fly n n showed un hi inking courage, but his powers of punish ment %vete lim trd, and atilmugh I e succeeded its planting some good !robbers, his blows wanted force, and lett bed lit le impte.siiin. The fight lasteJ 50 min. The letters were unusually late )esterdar in the de. livery from the Nat Mice, in consequence of the &tan sr of the reads in some parts. The Foreign l'o.t was also mock delayed from the arrival of several ContinentA \hilt, independently of the arrival of the Jamaica packet. In contormity to a late order from the P. st-Master- General, the twopenny post has been di continued to el towns and villages below Langford and Wrington, and consequently Banwell and Wesionssupee-Mare are put under the general delivery, and taxed accordingly, to the no small inconvenience of the inhabitants of the neighbour h ood.—Bash Chronicle. THalt SAY."—" They sac." tells tls t which is not true at least thrseeirtarters of the time. He is about the worst authot ity you can pre duce to support the cte. dibilny of your statement. Se:steely was them ever a suspicions repot t put in circulation but this Mr. 'they S iy a as the author of it; and he al ways esc epee response sibility and detection because living no w tie, he caa never be fuund. Who said that Mr. E. t e merchant, was suppose d . , to be in a f.lling conchae n? Why, "They say" so. On what authority do you affirm that neighbour F. has been baJ company ? Why, " They say" so. Is it a fact that Miss G. is not sn citcum spect and cha to as she should bet Why, "They say" so. Plague on this Mr. They Say—he is half brother to Mr. Nobody, who always does all the mi chief, and lives no where but in the invent Ire brain of those who, undeserving respect themselves, are de sirous to pull down others to their own level. We alts ays ,suspect the troth of a report which comes from the authority—'" They say." CORN-EXCHANGE, MARE-LANE, Jam. 9. Our market was completely paralyzed this mioning by 'ski magnitude of the Foreign .apply of all descriptions of Grain ; n6t a sale could be effected in Wheat or liarley, and the few sales in Oats were to needy consumers, at Monday's prices.. 11111WILTATIODIS SIMI 1140111 DA If Wheat, English (qrs.) I ,SOU Foreign !deb " 4YO Oats, &Wish Foreign:4 61,5!At kith Barleys lingli4 10,150 I Foreign Irish --- I Fluor (seeks) 4MITHFIELD MARKET. JAL 9. 8,000 11,000 5,000 116,450 • 11,160 CATTLI At seamy. -% Beasts 3 35 1 Sheep and Lambs 4, 2 90 1 Pigs 14b 1 Calves iilg Beef . • . 44 Od to 4. it.i.Veit . . 11: Od to• Ss Sd I Mutton . 44 ad 5* 44 Pork . . 3. 04 .41 lid Flay per load, £6 54. to £4 Os. Clover £3 Os. to £3 OS.— Straw .€1 Is. to Al 16s. .1 41 -