Star. — London, England, 1826-05-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I! is feared that the brig Jane, of Sunderland, last from Margate, was lost a short time since, and all hands on board perished, as some part of a vessel has been picked up off the Kentish Knock, having the above name on it. The Wilhelmina, SEIMAN i from Bremen to St. Thoma s ' s , was to tally lost on the Cross Sand on Monday morning. Crew and part of the cargo saved. FALMOUTH, MAT 29.—Wind N.—Sailed the Duke of Marl borough packet, for Lisbon ; 11Iarchioness of Queensberry do. for Buenos Ayres; and the Rinaldo do. for the Leeward Islands. l'isslount, MAT W.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Stranger, littctlis, from Rip, in 21 days. She had been on shore near Co. penhazr n. There is now building in this Dock-yard a launch, of 54 feet in length, on a plan proposed by Mr. Jowls, Master Boat-builder in the Yard. Instead of having her planks running fore and aft nearly at right angles, as in the usual method, she is to have two separate ylarikings, each of half the ordinary thickne-s, crossing each other at an angle of 45 deg. so that the two will be equal in thickness to one pLuk of the 1,1(1 plan. The new system is considered very Vrong and light, and is found very convenient fur working up short ends of board, &c. PUKTSMOU l'H, MAC 30.—Wind N.R—S.Likti the Eivourite, litcx, tar W.iterford. DIAL, MAY 30, FIVE, —Wind F. and foggy.—Arrived and ..3.1,:t1 tor the River, the Di.patch, Ell:woe:sort, front Lisbon; llartinique, horn Grenade; Jentaica, MILLEN, and West. lirook, ALL, from Jamaica;. and the Favourite, Rorer., from Ha v.oinalt for St. l'eter,burgb. The whole of the homeward bouml It we sailed for the River, except the William, Parrtsom, from Honduras. Arrived from the River yesterday, and sailed, the' ~,ltcune, MA:o4,6ff Dominica ; IVoodpark, JACKSON, for Ilarba , . does ; and Prospectus, Perant, for Alicant. f.rva•arkoa,., Aiws- 29.—Wind N.—Arrived the Balance, Ban. NP. r; ShyloLlr, DAVIN.; and Ardent, Wm, front New Orleans; Neptune, Cum), from 130miy (Africa); Indus, Meystex, front Se vaiinalt ; Pauline, BA AT LETT ; LvilViA, BLACKMAN ; and Laurel, 1) , Nhor, from 31ohile , ; Seaforili, Nl' Dower., front Demerara; and laces, Itewmiss, trim St. Lucia. Ot the fort, the American ship Relnuotol, from —, ELECTION INTELLILIENCE. 11.41INSTATL6.—We understand that Mr. Alderman Atkins has withdrawn from the contest fur tkis borough, and that Sir F. Om nianney retires... Usisrox.—The following Gentlemen bave all been named as can. ilitlates in the room of Mr. Davis, viz.—Mr. Wallace, Lord G. Somerset, Mr. W. Peel, Mr. J. S. Harbin!, Mr. W. Miles, and 31r. John Cave. In the Whig imerest, if Mr. Bright should re. the, it is thought that the choke will be from among the following Cemletuen—Mr. Protlieroe, Mr. C. Pinney, Colonel Baillie, and Mr. flubhousc, • The friends of Mr. Bright have subscribed £OOOl. towards the expenses of his election. CUBINERLAND.-Sir .1. It. G. Graham, Bart. has accepted the invitation the Blue Freemen of Carlisle. PLYSIOUTIL-Sir William Congreve has sent circulars to the freemen, announcing his intention of again offering himself, and stating thAt he shall soon have the honour of making his respectful solicitations to them in person. Si. Ilyant Martin has not yet ad dressed his constituents, but it is generally understood that he is about to do so. • Roctitsves.—The lion. Henry Dundas, at the invitation of a numerous body of freemen of Rochester, bus announced himself a candidate to represent that city in the next Parliament (Mr. Knight.having resigned). Mr. It. Bernal again offers himself. Sussex —We have good grounds (says the Lewes Paper) for be- Jieviiig chase the approaching election for this county will not be contested, but that the present members (Mr. Burrell and Mr. Curteis) will be quietly re-elected. STA From) —The secession of Sir George Chetwynde, Bart. from the repreientation of Stafford, and his retirement altogether from PAIIi4IIICIIt, are now ',raced beyond all doubt. B. Ilenyon, Esq. the other sitting member, also takes his leave of the Stafford Bur ge.' sat the dissolution of the present Parliament. Two candi d ars—lt. Ironmonger, Esq. who was unsuccessful in 1820, and It. Benson, Esq. who representtsl the Borough in a former Par liament, have issued addresses to the electors. J. Campbell, Esq. we understand, is also • holding himself in readiness, and will be down immediately on the event of a dissolution. Wevatmern.—On Thursday last J. W. Farrer, Ftsq. arrived •here, offering himself a candidate for the seat which will become vacant by the resignation of our worthy member,. William lianas, Esq. IRELAND. ANTRIM—Lord Beauchamp and the Hon. Mr. O'Neil, staunch friends ut Protestant Ascendancy, will be returned for this county. AKMAGH.-Mr. Brawnlow is expected to be opposed for this county. A 'smarm Corr.—The Church and King interest is decidedly predominant iu this city. CAVAN.-Mr. Sneyd and Mr. Maxwell, who represent the Orange interest in this county, are quite secure. CLA RF.—The Ennis Chronicle announces that a candidate is about to start for the county Clare " upon liberal and independent prin ciples," at the approaching election. Dowst.—This county is at present represented by two friends of emancipation. Lord Arthur Hill, the brother of Lord Dawnahire, and Mr. Porde. It is likely, however, that the latter will be obliged to retire from the representation, fur the purpose of making room (or Lord Castlereagh, the son of Lord Londonderry, who is said to be coming from the Continent, for the purpose of offering Unwell to the electors. DV CLIN CITY.—The three candidates hitherto named for this city arc—Sir J. Kingston James, Bart. Alderman Shaw, and henry Grattan, Esq. Deakin Cutiarr.—There hive been for some time four candi dates named fur this county—the otd members, Messrs. Talbot and White, and two new ones, Lord Brabaton and Mr. liamiltori. Duarte Cotturs-- Mr. Plunkett will be again returned, should no circumstances occur to induce him to decline offering himself. Should Mr. Plunkett decline offering himself, the tautest will then be between Mr. Cruker and Mr. North. Lanni—Some of our county of Louth friends tallAsonstrouay big ahem the independence of that fine county, in which it is well known, however, that there is a great Catholic interest, but Which, notwithstanding, constantly returns two Orangemen, Mr. L. Foster, theTelative of Lord Oriel, and Mr. John Jocelyn, the brother of Lor4 Roden, the celebrated Biblical. ..... NORTHUMIERLANIII-.-Lord Howick prosecutes his canvass of the Northumberland freeholders. After visiting Jedburgh, Yam), and Berwick, he arrived at•Blyth on the 22d instant, accompanied by Captain Grey, and Mr. Fenwick, of Alorpeth. On his arrival, he %as joined by the• Gentlemen composing the myth Committte, and proceeded on his canvass, which is announced to be most cheering. —During the past week, the Hon. H. T. Liddell canvassed the freeholders of Nortbumberland•rtsident in the city of Durham, and also in N e woastl e -up o n-Tyne. In both pl aces h e i s state d to have met with great success.—T yne Mere Ury. WAstaronn.—The arrangement for the'County of Waterford is cow considered certain. Lord George Lleresford keeps his seat. lir. Stewart conies in, and Mr. Power -will be-returned for a 80. rough. Thus all pat ties will be satisfied. The Duke of Devonshire is understoud to have planned this arrangement. TLECTION MISEIIIRS; 1. Getting 'a person to propose you as a Candidate,liho is not known to any body - in the place. t!. Going to the hintings with a very fine speech in your bead, t a %%ord if which can be heard for hissing and hooting. ;. l3;ing loudly Applauded by a mob'of five hundred, - who have , t a vote among then. Entering a public-house . tuscamtus, and hearint the company ('.inking d-n to you. 5. Looking into the newspapers for the excellent character ,you scot of yourself, and discovering it priutedtetween two lottery puffs. 6. Employing a poet to write a song for one otyour dinners, and Suding that none -of die company can sing. 7. Counting exactly how many will form a majority In Tour caeour---ankupon inquiry, told that they are all positively engaged '0 a candidate you never expected. 8. Assuring your friends that you have too much •aspect for their independent attachment to he at any expense, and finding that they will do nothing at all withou t i t . • 9. Profes,ing an old and intimate acquaintance witia many of your constituents, and nut able to recollect any of their names or persons. to. Asking a voter to give you a plumper, and being threatened with a black eye in return. 11. Being required to declare what you meanly yottr assertious, aiid having riuhudy at hand to help you out with a reply. 12. (Aw; up to a wall to admire one of your bills, while the nob come up And cover it with mud. Accusing your antagonist by his previous Parliamentary of raisins the price of p.ovisionsi and he insisting that you s^•<i Tat your words. I ' l . Paivittytng a person to prompt you in your speeches, who is trailed away the moment you begin. '1 S. Having your advertitcments dtawn up by a friend,who, when 7uu lose your election, swears that you must have skewed ohm. tCOTCH PAPER CURRENCY. By the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee teiniiiiire into the State of Circulation of Promissory Notes under the 'Mite of 51. in Scotland and Ireland, and to report to the (louse; and to whom were referred the several Petitions and the several Papers and Accounts relating to the Banking System, and the Circulation of Promissory Notes in Ireland and Scotland which have been presented to the House this Session, REPORT, That the Committee have proceeded to the consider-a tion of the subject referred to them by the House, and haie collected from the examination of witnesses, and of the accounts laid before there, the info; m Atkin which will be found in the Minutes of Evidence, and in the Appendix. They do not think it necessary to enter into a detailed analysis of this mass of information, because the result of it would not lead, in their ()Onion, to the proposal to Parliament, during thepresent Session, of any measure affecting the circulating medium of Scotland or Ireland. They enter tain no doubt that, upon general principles, it would be desira'rle that the same system of currency should prevail throughout Great Britain and Ire:and. At the same time they a-e fully sensible, that to such an uniformity of system there may be obstacles whic'i may render the attempt to establish it at any particular period, if not impracticable, yet liable to inconveni nces which might more than counterbalance the ultimate advantage to he derived from it. With respect to Scotland (to which the Committee wish in the first place to cAll the attention of the House), it is to be remat ked, that during the period from 1766 to 1797, when no small notes were by law issuable in England, the portion of the currency of Scotland in which payments under V. were made, continued to consist almost entirely of notes cf 1/. and 1/. 15., and that no inconvenience is known to have resulted from this difference in the currency of the two countries._ This circumstance, amongst others, tends to prove that uniformity, however desirable, is not indispensably ne• cessary. It is also proved by the evidence, and by the documents, that the banks of Scotland, whether char tered or joint stock companies, or private establish ments, have, for more than a century, exhibited a stability which the Committee believe to be unex ampled in the history of banking ; that they supported themselves, from 1797 to 1812, without any protection from the restriction by which the Bank of England and that of Ireland were relieved from cash pay ments; that there was little demand for gold during the late embarrassments in the circulation ; and that, in the whole period of their establishment, there are not more than two or three instances of bankruptcy. As, during the whole of this period, a large portion of their issues consisted, almost entirely, of notes not exceeding 11. or 11. Is., there is the strongest reason for concluding that, as far as respects the banks of Scotland, the issue of paper of that description has been found compatible with the highest degree of solidity; and that there is not, therefore, while they are conducted upon their present system, sufficient ground for pro posing any alteration, with the view of adding to a so lidity which has so long been sufficiently established. This solidity appears to derive a great support from the constant exchange of notes between the different banks, by which they become checks upon each other, and by which any over issue is subject to immediate observation and correction. There is also one part of their system which is stated by all the witnesses (and, in the opinion of the Com mittee, very justly stated), to have bad the , best effects upon the people of Scotland, and particularly upon the middling and poorer classes of society, in producing and encouraging habits of frugality and industry. The practice referred to is that of cash credits. Any person who applies to a b mix for a cash credit is called upon to produce two or more competent securities, who are jointly bound, and after a full inquiry into the character of the applicant, the nature of his business, and the suf ficiency of his securities, he is allowed to open a credit, and to draw upon the bank for the whole of its amount, or for such part as his daily transactions may require. To the credit of this account he pays in such sums as he may not have occasion to use, and interest is charged or credited upon the daily balance, as the case may be. From the facility which these cash credits give to all the small transactions of the country, and from the opportunities which they afford to persons who begin business with little or no capital but their character, to employ profitably the minutest products of their industry, it cannot be doubted that the most impor tant advantages are derived to the whole community. —The advantage to the banks who give these cash credits arises from the call which they c steinually pro duce for the issue of their paper, and from the oppor tunity which they afford for the profitable employment of part of their deposits. The banks are indeed so tensible that, in order to make this part of their busi. ness advantageous and secure, it is necessary that their cash credits should (as they express it) be frequently operated upbn, th it they refuse to continue them unless this implied cOhdition be fulfilled. The total amount of their cash credits:ls stated by one witness to be five millions, of which the average arhount advanced by the banks, may be cne-third. ?he manner in which the practice of deposits on receipt is conducted tends to produce the sabre desirable results. Sums to as low an amount as 101. (and, in some instances, lower) are taken by the banks from the depositor, who may claim them on demand. He re . ceives an interest usually about one per cent. below the market rate. It is stated, that these deposits are to a great extent left uncalled for from year to year, and that the depositors are in the 'habit of adding, at the end of each year, to the 'interest then accrued, the amount of their yearly savings; that the sums thus gradually accumulated belong chiefly to-the labouring and industrious classes of the community, and that when such accounts ere closed, it is generally for the purpos • of enabling the depositors either to purchase a house or to engage in business. It Is -contended - by all the persons engaged in banking in Scotland, that the issue of one pound notes is essential to the continuance both of their cash credits and of the bronch banks established in the poorest and most remote districts. Whether the discontinuance of one pound. notes would necessarily operate to the 101 l extent which they apprehend, in either al these respects, may perhaps admit of doubt ; but the apprehensions entertained on -this head, by the persons most immediately concerned, might, for a time at least, have nearly the same effect as the actual necessity, and there is strong reason to believe that, if the prohibition of one pound notes should' not ultimately eve, tArrn the whole system, it must -for a - considerable time materially affect it. The Directors of the Bank of England, who have . been examined before the Committee, have given it as' their opinion, that a circulation of Holes of one pound in Scotland or in-Ireland would not produce any effects. injurious to the metallic circulation of England, po-I 'Med inch not& be resp.e.tively confined within the boundary of their own country. Notwithstanding the opinions which have been here detailed, the CoMmittee are on the whole 'so deeply im• pressed with the importance of a metallic circtitation below 51. in- England, not only for the benefit of E-g -land, but likewise for that of all the other parts of the empire, that if they were reduced to snake an option between the es:'ablishment of such a metallic circulation in Scotland, or the abandonment of it in England, they would recommend the prohibition (it small notes in Scotland. But they entertain a reaiona'ole expectation that legislative measures may be devised which will be effectual in preventing the introduction of Scotch paper into England; and unless such measures shobld in practice prove ineffectual, or sinless some new cittum stances should arise to derange the operations of the existing syste6 in Scotian.] itself, or materially to affect the reiationi of trade arid intercourse between Scotland' and Enghanti, they are not dispose Ito recommend that the existing system of banking and currency in Scotland should be disturbed. With ie , pect to Ireland, the situation of that country, as to its circulation, and as to its system of banking, is materially different from that of Scotland. In Scotland there are three banks, of which the proprietors are pro tected by Act of Parliament or Charter from personal responsibility beyond the amount of their respective shares; aad there are many other banks, consisting of large and unlimited number of partners, personally res ponsible to the %% hole extent of their property, of which the aggr gate amount is very considerable. There are also branches or agencies of most of the banks very widely established throughout the country. In Ireland, the only bank pns•es'ing the advantage of a limitation of personal responsibility is the Bank of Ireland, which, till a late alteration in the law, was the only establishment which was permitted to have more than six partners. The circulating me dium consists, indeed, in both countries, to a great extent, of Notes under 51. but the system of banking in Leland, instead of remaining unshaken for a long period, as that of Sco . land, has experienced so many shocks, that its banking establishments are now neatly confined to the chartered bank of Ire land and its local agencies, the branches of the provincial bank which is established in London, one Joint Stock Com• pan) , in Dublin, and another at Belfast, the latter of which has local agencies, and a few private banks in Dublin and Belfast. The issue of notes under 51. has been at different periods permitted and prohibited in Ireland; there is therefore no prescription to plead for their continuance, and there is no experience of any such . system as that of cash credits in Scotland, which is stated to rest mainly upon their issue. There is not at pre sent in Ireland the same check upon over issue, which is derived in Scotland from the continual exchtnges of notes between the different banks ; and the failures of private banks have frequently spread the greatest distress over large portions of the country. Previously to the Bank Restriction Act there appears, by the evi dence taken before the Committee of the House of Com mons in 1804, to have existed in Ireland a considerable metallic circulation, of the existence of which in Scot land the Committee are not informed. Many of the seasons, therefore, upon which the Com mittee have grounded their opinion against any present provision for a future alteration in the currency of Scotland, do uct apply to Ireland, and the introduction of a larger proportion of metallic currency into the latter country appears liable to less difficulty than the applicatiors of the same principle to the former. There is, however, a considerable difference in the opinions of the witnesses whom the Committee have hitherto had the opportunity of examining. While all agree in the necessity of allowing the issue of paper below 51. on account of the small value of the al titles which com pose the daily transactions of the country, there are some who think that the inconvenience to he appre hended from any change in the pre ent circulation would be only temporary, and would be materially mitigated by allowing the issue of notes of 21. or Si. There are others who state that any alteration by which the issue of one pound notes should be prohibited, would cause the cessation, or at least the contraction, to a most inconvenient degree, of the accommodation now afforded to the country; that it would involve the di,continuance of many of the branches both of the Bank of Ireland and of the Provincial Bank ; and that it would put an end to the prospect of establishing the Scotch system of cash credits, into which system the Provincial Bank was beginning to enter. The Committee cannot but admit it to be doubtful, whether, under the peculi a circumstances of Ireland, the Scotch system is capable of being trawl - erred in ali its parts, and with all its advantages, to that country; but they abstain from recommending, at the present moment, the adoption of any measure for assimilating by slow gradations the circulating medium of Ireland to that which will become at an earlier period the circulating medium of England, only under the expec tation, that further information and more experience, as to the effects and operation of the changes which have lately taken place in the banking system of Ireland, may lead to the formation of a decided opinion upon grounds more completely satisfactory than those upon which they could at present rest it. Slut Orman' Mum/G.—Yesterday a Meeting of Ship Owners took place at the City of London Tale's, for the purpose of devising some measures calculated to support their interests, which they aver to be in a de clining state. Several Resolutions were passed, de claring that unless some change was shortly effected, the shipping interests would be ruined, attributing their want of protection to the fact of not being represented in the House of Commons.; and requesting of ship hnlders in all parts of the kingdom to give their sup- 1 sport at the approaching election to such candidates as were 1 kely to ad►ocate their interests. A Meeting of the Proprietors of the Arigna Iron and Coal Company rook place yesterday, for the purpose of, taking into consideration the removal of the Directors and the application of the fund, Ste. At the commence-. ment an angry discussion arose as to whether Reporters should be excluded,• and it was subsequently de:ermined that no person should be present but Proprietors. A sawyer, of the name of Arrowsmith, was killed in i r a pugil;stic combat yesterday morning, with Henry W:ggens, a coachman. A desperate battle of an hour and three quarters was fought, when Arrowstnith fell; ' he died at the Crown public house in an hour after. The combat took place in a ten acre held close to Busby. An excellent hcld of coal has been discovered on the lands of Cbartershall, in the immediate vicinity of Stir ling, after a long and expensive se..rch on the part of Sit AIiCIJJEALD EIiMONSTONE, superior and proprietor If the minerals on the above lands. The coal is said to be of the very best quality. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EETTING-ROO3l, TATTERSALL'S; May O. This being the settling day for the Derby and Oaks, t he Room, the yard, and every avenue leading to them, were, at an early hour, crowded, not only by every class of speculators, but by a great number who were attracted by the rumour that there would be hot work about the General. The latter portion of the,Visiters were, however, greatly disappointed, fur a quieter settling day we do not recollect. It was generally understood, at the opening, that all bets respecting the above horse must be paid, and that those who with held their payments without sheaving good cause, would he looked opt' as defaulters; paying and receiving, therefore, comm-.need and continued till about three o'elock uninterruptedly, when the arrival of Mr. Farquhars ,n broke in upon the munntonoirs routine of the day. We should premise that this Gentleman has been one of the firmest believers in the report, that all was not right with respect to the General, and that he has openly expressed himself in strong terms of the conduct of those at whom the rumour ap peared to point. When, therefore, Mr. F. entered else room, it was expected, by all parties, that he would at once broach the subject ; and, in fulfilnient of this expectation, that Gentleman immediately took a statement from his pocket, which he offeredlo read to those present; but on it being suggested that the matter would come under the notice of the Jockey Club, and that all bets were in the course orpayment, it would be best to drop the subject. Mr. F. acquiesced in the propriety of this recommendation, and directly paid his bets. _ _ The above affair being at rest, the business of the day proceeded, and terminated to the apparent satisfaction of all, though it must be confessed that a few pail their bets in rather an ungr. cious manner. It Is said that, in round numbers, the party against the General have won about 200,0001. One Gentleman nets 10,2001. having, by aFt rangsliart une, betted against about 20 mares for the Oaks, without including :be winner, which he backed. We are happy to add. that there do not appear to be any defaulters. After the settling was over a few bets were made, but the only one worth mentioning was 30 to 1 against Forth's colt fur the Leger. BEVERLEY RACES—WroNr,bty. A Sweepstakes of 20 sova each, p. p. for three year olds; edits 13 carry Bst. 31b. fillies list. One mile and a half. Mr. Watt's ch. f. by Canon • . 0 1 Mr. H. Burton Peter's b. c. by Blacklock . . 0 2 Lord Scarborough's b. c. by Cation . . 3 dr Mr. Fox's b. c. Redb . 4 dr Mr. Wilkinson's cb. c. Red Cross Knight . . 5 dr A Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each, p. p. for roNs, Etc. then two years old: colts Bst. 31b. fillies Bst. To run the Two Year Old Course. Mr. Crompton's b. f. by Blacklock . . . 1 Mr. Wormald's b. e. by The Laird . . 2 Lord Scarborough's b. f. by Canon . . 3 Mr. G. L Fox's b. c. by Cervantes .. . 4 Mr. Richardson's ch. c. Chance . . . S Match for 200 soy. p. p. 10st. each. Two miles. Mr. Bayard's ch. h. St. Leger, aged . . walked over Mr. Macdonald's br. h. Pedlar, 6 yrs old . • pd The Maiden Plate of 501. for horses, Bce. of all ages. Two mile heats. Mr. Charlton's br. c. Bestwood, 4yn old . 5 2 1 1 Mr. Burton Peter's b. m. by Tramp, 4 yrs old . 2 1 3 2 Mr. Wilkinson's ch. e. Red Cross Knight, 3 yrs old 1 5 4dr Mr. Sykes's ch. 1. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs old . 6 6 2dr Mr. Payne 's br. c. by Ardrossan, 3 yrs o'd . 3 3 dr Colonel Althorpe's b. c. by Clinker, 3 yrs o'd . 4 4dr Three others were drawn. THURSDAY. A Sweepetates of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. for three years old fillies.— One mile and a quarter. Mr. Horsley's bay, by Blacklock . walked over A Gold Cup, by a Subscription of 10 sovs. each, p. p. for hones, &e. of all ages. Three miles.—(Ten Sabscriber.). Mr. Richardson's br. c. Brownlock, 4 yrs old . . 1 Major Yarborgh's b. e. M'Adam, S yrs old . 2 Mr. Watt's ch. f. Zirza, 4 yrs old . . 3 Five to 4 on Brownlock-6 to 4 agst M'Adam. A fine nice with all three, and won by half a head. A sheet would have covered Otero. A Plate of £5O given by the Cnsporatten of Beverley. Two mile heats. Mr. Payne's b. c. Barytes, 4 yrs old . Mr. Stephenson's b. g. Cock Robin, 4 yrs old stol on Barytes. Very easy. 111.1111AY. . I I . 2 2 A Sweepstakes of 20 goes. each, p. p. for horses, &c. of ail area. Mr. Richardson's br. e. Browniock, 4 yrs old . . 1 I Mr. Haworth's gr. m. Minna, 6 yrs oid . . 7t04 on Nlinna. Won in a canter. A Hunters' Stakes of seven soya. each, p. p. for horses, &c. not thoroughbred. To be rode by Gentkinen, members of a Racing or Hunting Club. . Mr. Everett's b. g. 3emrny, aged . . . 1 Mr. G. Pelham's b. in. by Bellerophon, 6 yrs old . • 2 Mr. F. He's b. g. Black Dwarf, 3 yrs old . . 3 Five others started, but were not placed. Won easy. The blembersiePlate of Ale for horses, &c. of all ages. Mr. Paynes ch. c. Barytes, 4 yrs old . . 1 1 Mr. Horsley's ch. 1. by Blacklock, 3 yrs old . .. 3 2 Mr. Stephenson 's b. g. Cock Robin, 4 yrs old . • Colonel Althorpe's b. c. by Clinker, 3 yrs old . . Any odds on Barytes, who won both heats very eaey. The disputed Plate at Kelso Autumn Meeting, between Lord Kennedy's North Briton and Mr. Hudson's Isabella, has been de. tided lo favour of Mr. Hudson. 3 3 4 dr PEDESTRIANISM. Mr. R. Coburn, of Kilburn, undertook, yesterday, to go on foot from the 34 mile-stone to Paddington, in five hours. The day, although wet, was not unfavourable. The first eight miles were performed within an hour, the second eight miles in an hour and three minutes, and half the distance in seven minutes more. The whole distance was.performed in ten minutes within the given time. OTTER HUNTING. Friday se'nnight, a party of Gentlemen from Louth met at the hospitable mansion of Christopher Tsylor, Itissi. of Tothill, for the 'purpose of enjoying the diversion of otter hunting. They coin menced operations at the holt above Withern Mill, and pursuing their course upwards on each side, soon found evident traces of the recent visits of those enemies to the finny tribe which they were in quest of; and it was thought that, through over haste, they missed an otter a few fields below Claythorpe Mill—but they at last succeeded in finding and killing two, about half a mile above Thoresby village, one apparently about three months old, and ano ther full grown, -weighing nibs. whose plump and sleek condition I gave every reason to conclude that he bad mobbed the stream of many a noble fish. BOXING. A young man of Winterbourne, named Pitt, having challenged all the places within seven miles of his mansion to produce a man that could contend with him, the challenge was accepted by Wm. Marchmont of Clarendon. Pitt is Si years of ape, and is two stone heavier than Marchmont, who is only nineteen years of age. The battle took place a few days since; and after an hour and ten Mi -1 nutes hard fighting, in which there were 35 rounds, Marchmond was declared the victor. It was all for love. Another battle took place between Isaac Luffman and an under game keeper of the Earl of Radnor. After fighting an hour and a half, Lutfatan was taken away in a state of insensibility. FRACAS AT EPSOM.—Mr. Hare was rather URCete. moniously attacked on Epson: Race Course, on Wed nesday, by one of the " Membets of th4Ptize Ring ;" and what renders the circumstance singular, as regards Mr. Hayne, is, that the person by whom he was so roughly handled was the individual whom he had long been in the habit of patronising,and whom he had raised. from the lowest state of misery- So much for keeping good company The aspect of the country has been greatly impn v 4 by the late gentle showers. The ground was previously exceedingly dry, and the grass had attained but li t:e growth. The cold nights and bleak winds have mate. rially injured the early fruits, but hope is not yet Inn of an average crop of apples. l'he potatoes, which in many places had suffered severely, are beginning to thrive in a promising manner, and wheAt looks well. We have no fears but that it will appear, the clouds ' having " poured blessings down," the old chstich will be verifie4 : " A dry May. and adrippy June. 44 Will put all Nature lum tuner CORN EXCIIANOR, MARIGLANE, MAT 31, The arrivals hitherto are moderate, both of Grain and Plour.—. Wheat is dull at the terms of Monday. Barley it in trifling demand at last quotations. Beans, Peas, and Oats, are witiutut any variation from the terms of Monday last.--Arrivals: English Wheat, e.titli qrs. Barley, 270 qua. Oats, 5,100 qra. Flour, 3,500 sacks. Irish t fats, 3,400 qrs. Foreign Wheat, 1,700 qrs. Oats, 9,200 qrs. ..