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THE PILGRIM AT THE TOMB OF SHAKSPEARF_ FROM FRIENDSHIP'S 071PRRING FOR 1827. IT Tat RIM. W. L. BOWLES. With silent awe T gaze upon thy bust. Shakspeare ! and think not without starting tesrs— Of my eventful way through many years, Thus kneeling on the spot that bides thy dust ! For thou bast been, through that long pilgrimage, In sunshine, or in gloom, from youth to age, My heart's companion,—and I owe to thee. Much that, through life, bath charmed or solaced me ; Remembering most, the tenderness that Sird My eyes with tears, and through my bosom thrill'd! At thy creative , magic ;—o'er this stone I bend and dream—not of youth's sunshine gone— But of that sweetest music, which beguiled My various journeys since I was a child, Therefore I kneel, with homage, at thy bust, Shakspeare ! and kiss the venerated dust ! THE WELLESLEY CAUSE. Teton 7HZ COMRTES. The following are some of the letters which have ben exhibited and filed in Chancery, respecting this most important case, in which Mr. Wellesley, the only. surviving parent, claims to have the care and guaraian ship of his children. There are upwards of 200 letters in a 11, but we could not of course find space for them. Copies of Letters from the Honourable William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley to his Children. " Dieppe, November 30, 1824. " Mr Dean Wit.t.u.st—l am very much dissatisfied to find, by your letter of the 27th inst. (this moment received), that my orders have not been attended, with regard to procuring for yourself and brinher a brace of greyhounds each. It never was my intention, as you will perceive by a reference to my letters to you, that you should purchase greyhounds; my intention was, and is, that you and your brother should each keep a brace of greyhounds, which Mr. Wright must procure for you. " The person that tells you that greyhounds cost 501. or 601. each, if he is a courser, purposely was guilty to you of a gross falsehood, and deserves your severest condemnation for attempting so to inn. pose upon you. True it may be that greyhounds have sold for fifty guineas a piece—so a race horse has sold for two thousand guineas, when the ordinary price of a superior riding horse is under one hundred guineas. A very superior greyhound, such as would beat most farmers' dogs, can be obtained for five guineas.--and that a large. price. " You must immediately return Mr. Wright his greyhound;and you must equally do so with Farmer —'s, unless it be purchased for you. You must. upon no account, receive presents from any one but your nearest relations and myself. I enclose you a letter for Mr. Wright, repeating my orders to hint to procure your grey hounds. which it will be better for him to attend to. As you ap pear to be going on so steadily and well, pray tell Mr. Pitman I should' desire your allowance and your brother's to be increased one shilling a week. to give you a little more trouble in keeping your an comas. Dr. Gladstone mostknovr best; but a repetition of easel natiori is a thing not to be trifled with, especially at your age. If, by any accident, your vaccination should not have taken place before you receive this ktter, I will not have it attempted. I ant sorry killed the pheasant; I told him not to do so, but when the cat is away the mice will play,' it Is said. I have been for some time endeavouring to fulfil a half promise you may remember I made you, a year ago, at Florence, that I would give you a watch. I have now procured two, I think very pretty gold ones, with chain and key, ala Brequet.' They are now regulating at the watchmaker's; the initials of yours and your brother's name is to be engraved on their basks, and in about a fbrtnight or three weeks I hope to have an opportunity of sending them to you. I hope you are men enough to take care of them, and that they will be of use to you.—Yours, very affectionately, (Signed) " W. 1.. WELLESLEY." " Although you do not mention your *liter, or send me her mea sure, tell ha., if I obtain an assurance from her brothers that she has given over story-telling, I will send her a present too." Dieppe,l2th Dec. 1884. " My DIAZ Miss Virrsals—li cannot send your brothers their watches without also adding a present for you, I beg your accept ince of a necklace, such as is worn by the peasants of Normandy.— When I receive your measure I will forward you a full dress pea sant's suit of clothes. . 1 I was very happy by learning from Mr. Pitman that you at tended to your lessons. I hope you will not forget the last words I said to you. Goo bless you my dear child. Yours, affection ately, (Signed) " W. L. WELLESLEY." " Dieppe, Dec. 19, 1624: " Mr Wawa Wixtuar—Your letter of the salt inst. just received has given me great pleasure. It is a very creditable letter to you.— The writing is in a bolder, larger, and better hand than your usual letters to me. The composition is such as may well belong to a boy of your age, assisted slightly in the spelling and grammar. It evinces sincerity, truth, and good feeling, from which you deserve from me all possible praise. Your brother's last letter was a piece of abominable humbug. and I fear a very decided falsehood, a fault which never must be overlooked; I hope he will not again attempt such deceit upon me. "I am glad you amuse yourself With your tools—l Imagine you mean carpenter's tools. From your relations—near relations, I have no objection to your receiving presents ; but you must not re ceive 'gifts from tenants, or agents, for these people always look for a rid pro rico when it is the most inconvenient to give it. " Your wat ches are still here • they were to have been forwarded to you yesterday, but the pack et is delayed sailing. I think the chains and the watches very pretty, but I have not succeeded quite so well in the rings. I thought you would like to have ring like mine, and hiving said you should have one a b Ikequer, I was resolved to do my best to get you one. However, these rings arc not the best I ever saw. " Now, I shall take your word about your sister telling stories, and altho' I have procured for her a very pretty gold chain, I shall add a pair of ear-rings to the chain, relying entirely upon you for the truth of what you say in her favour. "Yours, very affectionately, W. L. WELLESLEY." " Dieppe, Ist Feb. 1825. • " BIT Doan Ma. Jaanes—l am much pleased with your letter of the date of the 27th ulr. just received by me. I like very much the last paragraph of your letter. In comparing you to Benjee, desired to bring to your reflection the effects of cunning and tin controuled cleverness in a young fellow.. Now, bad you not Mr. Pit man near you, to give you good advice, and Should you give way to the idea that you can do what you please, being a cunning little • fellow, you will soon become as bad as enjee, who would have been but an agreeable Little Pickle, instead of a little rascal, not having been taught to discriminate between that which is very wrong (the practice of cunning), and that which bad better not be pursued, but which is pardonable. I ant pleased much with the manner in which you resist my applying to you the character of, Benjee. If you think this character (as you tightly do) so de fective, resist the comparison to yours, even to me, with indigna- , lion.. Selfishness, applied to pride of character, is a virtue. Never allow any one through life, even me, to accuse you wrongfully of any practice which you think It improper to follow. I shall never feel angry With you rut any expression of such a feeling. I shall admire you for Ir. The more you hunt and exercise manly pastimes, the better I shall be pleased, provided they do not interfere with your studies. " When I obtair.ed Mr. Langdon's hounds for you and your' brother, my object was to excite you to follow wicsitifically this amusement. Mr. Langdon is a person I greatly respect, for his honourable conduct and feeling for his children. Read Joseph An drews, and you will find my Parson Langdon In Parson Adams. He is not Parson Trulliber, though he, Langdon, has also au ex cellent breed of pigs. I mean the bounds jointly to belong to your brother and t ou. " I anticipated the probability of the fore legs of your brother's pony becoming weak. and I have given Mr. Langdon directions upon the subject, should he fine the pony no low!' fit for service. - " Yours, very affectionately, " W. I. WELLESLEY." " Paris, March 29, 1825. 4 4 MY saws Ma. Jriles—l have riot, for a length of time, been so much pleased as I was the other day, when I peru.ed your Latin poetical effusions. The subject which you cho.e proves you to be a chip of the old block.' Tbe Latin verses (which as far as I can judge) I believe to be very good indeed; for your years excellent, deserving pest praise, muffins dot WWI Ve you will eon ' Orme to endeavour to do, and I asp sure you will succeed, surpass the old block. Wheu you go to Eton you will find the reputation of your groat unit* foe Lakin verses ktul 'exercises eqUal to any one of his day ; try to excel or equal him, and I 8411 be vary proud in deed of you. " You have said nothing Wine as • to the receipt of a letter which 1 wrote you, upon 'cunning; attend ko your studies--fill your mind with elegant classical acquirements, and this nasty attribute of ignorance will soon be driven from Its hold imperceptibly. " I expect Mr. Langdon here next week, when I shall ask many questions about you, your brother, and sister. " Yours affectionately, 44 W. L. WELLESLEY." • 4 ' 17th December, 1895. "'MT MAXIM WILLIAIKThiII will be given to you by my friend Mr. Langdoo. lam too sensible, my dear boy, of your affectionate heart, not to know how you must be in sorrow at the heavy loss both yourself and me have sustained. At four early ige grief is but of short duration ; but I hope and trust, and most sincerely do I believe, that you are not of so giddy a disposition as ever to forget the fond affection, and bow very good, and how very kind, your poor mother was to you. As you value my love awl pod opinion, your best mode of keeping it will be to try to remem ber all the kind acts of your mother towards you; and when we meet let me know her wishes about you, and you shall be indulged in them. This sudden loss which you have sustained ought to lead you to this reliection, which is general, to which there are no ex ceptions, that a man or a boy who is well Wormed is true, brave, and honourable, enjoys his pleasure much more than a blockhead, or a deceitful one, when he is, as you are now, in sorrow. lie de rives consolation from feeling, as I am sure you do, that you have always acted like a good boy. I hope you now see how necessary it is for ybu mote Mtn ever to attend to your studies, and always to speak the truth. " I am not able to write to your brother James ; tell him I love him equally with you, and your dear little sister. " Mr. Pitman will convey you all to sne. " Your very affectionate Father, " W. L. WELLESLEY." (To be continued). THE FETCHAM MURDERS. William Page and Mary Ayres have, after a number of private examinations, been finally committed for the murders of the unfortunate Akehurst and his house keeper. The witnesses against them are Richard Mit chell, a Greenwich pensioner, and his wife; Hall, Grossmith, and Watson ; three Constables, and Mr. Bright, surgeon. The evidence of the first two wit. ne:ses goes to establish that Page avowed a desire to murder the old man at least twenty times, but particu larly when their tents were twice pitched in the vicinity of the cottage, in the month of August ; that Page re., peatedly invited him to assist in the murder ; that Mit chell's wife repeatedly heard these overtures, and used her influence to prevent him from joining in it. Mr. Bright, and Hall, the Officer, deposed that the large pair of pincers found in Page's kit of working tools, fits accurately two of the wounds in the female s skull. and one on the forehead of Akehurst; and Hall speaks very particularly of the agitation shewn by Page on the said pincers being exhibited to him, and the anxiety he, chewed to avoid admitting them to be his property. There was a stain on this instrument, as if from a spot of blood, which Pag e said was a rust mark only; or, if it was blood, must have been put on by the Constable. Grossmitb describes the finding of a flannel jacket, with bloody marks on it, the pockets cut out, and the cuts torn off; and Page's pony trotting eight miles an hour. The prisoners, in their defence, protested their inno cence, and declared that the story told by Mitchell and his wife was false throughout; although they admitted they had never quarrelled with them, and therefore there could be no malice. The blood on the jacket, and the loss of the cuffs, were said to arise from a fight at Weyhill between Page and one Murphy. Both prisoners deny having encamped at any time near the old man's cottage, which Page says he never saw in his life: and Ayres declared she had not been at it these three years, and knew not whether it was in a garden, or had thatch or tiles upon it. But the main ground on which the pri soners rested was, that, they could prove they were at Weyhill from the Monday before until the Saturday after the mutder.which occurred on Thursday night. He said be was in Waybill Fair until five in the evening of Thursday—that he was alone in his tent, When Ayres and another female, named Pig, came home that night, and that his pony would not carry him ten miles without being done up. The first witness for the defence, Robert Bignell, however, swore that he saw the pony trot at the rate of tea miles an hour, and that Page boasted it was the best in the country. As witness was going to Weyhill Fair the Wednesday before the mur der, he met Page on his pony, coming from that direc tion, and never saw him again till the following Tugs day. At Marlow, Ayres came crying to them, and said a red-haired girl at the Six Bells, told her of the murder. Witness and Page went there, but no such person had been seen. To the next person who men &lied the murder, Page said he had heard of it before. Witness was at Weyhill Fair the whole of Saturday, and neither of the prisoners were there. Serval other witnesses were examined, which spun the enquiry to an unprecedently tedious length, when the Magistrates having consulted together for a short time, Mr. Chambers addressed the prisoners, observing, that no pains had been spared in order to bring forward those individuals whom they (the prisoners) wished, but they had failed completely in proving an alibi, all fail ing in the proof of either of you having been seen at Weyhill on Thursday. The Magistrate then remarked. that there were such strong and powerful circumstances of suspicion against them, that he had made up his mind to commit them for trial, in which determination his brother Magistrates had perfectly concurredl with him. The prisoners .were then taken from the Office, and conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. A County Court was held at Penrith on the 7th inst. at which there was not a single cause—a circumstance which has not recurred for many years. __ Aftcr a sermon preached on Sunday at Hampstead Church by Dr. nudge, in aid of the Spanish and Italian Refugees, the sum of 801. 11 s. lid. was collected. It is said that trade is considerably better than it was both at Halifax and Bradford, and that there is a bri3k demand for caasinets at Huddersfield. An Inquest was held at Guy's Hospital, on the body lof John Vs'oodhead, aged 25, who was engaged in one of the darns ou the north side of the new London l3tidge, when one of the pieces cut from the ends pf the piles, nearly lcwt. fell from the skipps by which it was rais ing, upon his head, and crushed it to pieces. Verdict— Accidental death. The hilll cannot complain of the present price of whisky, 'Well is not quite so much pr 7s. a gallon, Irish measure; ar not mote than about Is. tp 16.3 J. an Eng lish-siaed battle. . _ Ye.terday morning a fire was discovered breaking out in the house of Air. Shaw, io Citades•ureet, Hack ney-road, but there being a 4ew of site lirow-sirett pa trol is the vicinity, by their activity, and that of the inmates, the threatened danger was prevented before the atrival of the engines. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. --.01.-- UILDHALL, ('Ms. rantacht, a boy about 15 years of age, was charged with , stealing a parcel containing 4W. in gold and notes, brought by the Rican Mail to the Swan with Tyro Necks, in Lad-lane, on the Ist instant. The prisoner was sent cut to assist in delivering par cels, among which was the one' ib question, and it was supposed be had stolen it, from the circumstance of bis appearing very flush of money, and having purchased a watch and other articles after the parcel was lost. The prisoner was remanded for a few day; at the request of Mr. Waterhouse, the proprietor. BOW STREET. Richard Harris Richardson was yesterday brought before Mr. HALL., at the instance of Mr. Starkie, a barrister, by whom he was charged with writing various letters containing insinuation:, by which the complainant conceived that his life was threatened. From the statement of Mr. Starkie it appeared, that in the month of June, 1825, he officiated at Manchester in the capacity of Chairman of the Sessions, at which time the prisoner was tried and convicted before him for threatening to shoot a respectable wine merchant of Manchester, from whom he contrived to obtain some wine on credit, for which he afterwards refused to pay. The pri soner was sentenced El twelve months' imprisonment, which ex pired about st.ven months ago; and immediately after he received his discharge be wrote to the complainant, charging him with " smuggling away his wife and children." The complainant vainly endeavoured to convince the prisoner that he was mistaken in his suspicions, and assured him that he knew nothing whatever of his family ; b ut he still persisted in his charge, and coupled his accusa tions with obscure threats of retribution and revenge. The prisoner, in his defence, persisted in saying that Mr. Starkie knew where his wife and children were concealed. They were living, he said, at Manchester at the time of his imprisonment, and from thence went over to Limerick in Ireland, of which place he and his wife were natives. They returned again to Manchester some time be fore the term of his imprisonment had expired, but when he obtained his liberation they were no where to be found. He heard that they were gone back to Limerick, but he did not give credit to the story, because he knew that Mr. Starkie kept them concealed. The pri soner appeared evidently to labour under the effects of insanity, and when the Magistrate informed him that he should hold him to bail, be begged to be sent at once, to prison, alleging that he could not answer for the safety of the complainant if such a step were not speedily adopted. The prisoner was then ordered to find bail, himself in ,t'loo, and two sureties in 501. each, in default of which he was sent to prison. Mr. Starkie, in order to confirm still further the supposition of the prisoner's Insanity, said, that he had drawn up a statement of his case which he banded to Mr. Spring Rice, the Member for Limerick, requesting him to present it to Parliament as a case of great hardship and injustice. The Hon. Member, however, not having complied with his request, was threatened by the prisoner, who vowed he would give him his pietas in' the shape of a pistol bullet, for neglecting to present his petition. Mr. Starkie said, he had no doubt but that Mr. Rice would feel equal pleasare with himself to know that the prisoner was in safe keeping. A man, having much the appearance of a solicitor's clerk, was charged with stealing a silk umbrella from the Vice-Chani.eller's Court, about half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. On search , ins the prisoner, 40 pawnbrokers duplicates were found on his person, ten of which were for umbrellas, and one was for two hats and a lawyer's brief-bag ! The prisoner who is thought to be an aid proatinser in Chancery, was remand ed to-morrow. The two young men who were remanded since last week for having in their possession a bank-note for 1001. which they said they found in Gooch -street, Tottenham-court-road, but which was proved to have been abstracted from a General Post letter, were discharged, on giving bail for their appearance at a future day, if called on. HATTON-GARDEN. A rather elderly female, accompanied by her son and her daughter, entered the office yesterday, and applied to Mr. Lange, for a warrant against her husband, for an assault of an aggravated nature. She stated that her husband was a silversmith and jew eller, and resided in a street near Hatton-garden. He accused her and his daughter of stealing a certain book, called the " Woman of Pleasure," from his bureau, and said he was positive that the daughter knew something about ft. The complainant protested that she knew nothing whatever of such a book, and remonstrated with him on the subject; but he became enraged, and seizing a butcher% cleaver, which happened to be in the way, he made a blow of it at her head, and the consequences would have been fatal, had not her daughter interfered. The force of the blow was broken, and the cleaver cut her slightly on the head. He threat ened 4isi to strike his daughter, and vowed vengeance against her, should she coins in his way spin: The complainant said she went in danger of her life. She was married upwards of twenty years, and had grand children. She now claimed the protection of the Idagistrate./14 141.1140 granted the warrant without hesitation. Mr. LAMNTON left Florence for Rome and Naples, with his health much improved, shortly after Lord BUROHIRSH'S ball. He had five carriages, a van, and twenty-four persons in his suite. Mr. LAMITON'S pre- sent intention is to pass three years abroad--one in Italy, another in Switzerland, and a third in Germany. We regret to say, that the Clergyman who was un happily shot by his friend (mistaking him for a poacher) at Starstor s Norfolk, died on Sunday morning ; and it is feared the young man who shot him must have his arm amputated. The loss sustained by his Grace the Duke of Bucking. ham is doubly vexatious, the' , George" contained in the trunk that was cut from his carriage having been the property of the late Marquis of Buckingham, his Grace's father, and being therefore prized not only as a valuable ornament, but as a relic of a dear and deceased relative. A splendid dinner was given on Saturday, at the Albion Tavern, by the Directors of the United Mexican Company, to Mr. Camacho, the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs (who lately arrived in this country on a special mission), to Mr. Reccafuerte, the Mexican Envoy, and the other Members of the Mexican Lega. tion. The late Envoy for Buenos Ayres (Mr. SaTratea), and the Charge d'Affaires of that Republic (Mr. Gill), were likewise of the party. On his health being drank, Mr. Camacho returned thanks in Spanish. Both Mr. Roccafuerte and Mr. Sarratea addressed the company in English, with considerable fluency and effect. Friday night, between nine and ten o'clock, a party of wretches went to the house of a herdsman belonging to Mr. DALTON, at Rallinaclough, near Golden, county Tipperary, and called him out. The ill-fated man was induced to accede to the request, and when a short dis• taace from his own house, was fired at by a person who, it is supposed, lay in ambush for him, and killed him on the spot. —Limerick Chronicle. The Magistrates and Council of Dundee have unani mothly resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament' to allow a free trade in corn. 'I he bankers, merchants, and traders of the city of Dublin have, in consequence of the alteration made in the arrival and dispatch of his Majesty's mails to and from London and Liverpool. changed the hour of open ing the Royal Exchange for public business from three o'clock to twelve at noon. Mr. Halls, the Magistrate of Bow -street, has, it is said, submitted a plan to Mr. Secretary Peel, for the better regulation of the police in the environs of the metropolis, with a view to the prevention of the rob beries and burglaries now so disgracefully frequent. It s said to meet the approbation of his brother Magi ti atr.s We are glad to hear that the Learned Counsel who lost his watch, chain, and seals at the Clerkenwell Ses sions House, has had them restored to him. The occupiers of land in the parish of Angmerin, Sussex, have unanimously resolved to employ their numerous poor; by taking one married man for every 401. they are rated at in the poor book, and one single man for every 601.; instead theft fore of a numerous body of the poor being constantly on the high‘.ays„ wasting their time, 'they Are now usefully emploled on the dif ferent farms ins the parish. DIED. On the 3d Instant, at his house in Upper King -street, Bloom bury, Mr. Thomas Kay, deeply and deservedly lamented, and for many years a respectable inhabitant of that neighbourhood. At ltuncton, the Rev. W. Drew, Rector of Sandringham and Babingley ; leaving a widow and ten children to lament his loss . At the Rectory-house, Hallaton, Leicestershire, almost insranta. neously by a stroke of apoplexy, the Rev. John Wilson, formerly one of tbe Chaplains of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Head Master of the Gtamntar School, at Bolton.le-Moors. He proceeded to the Degree of M.A. in 179.5. Wednesday se'nnight, at Henny, near Sudbury, Samuel John Finch. Esq. M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and youngest son of William Finch Finch, of Little Shelford. The 27th ult. aged 89, Richard flak, Esq. banker, and father of the Corporation of Grantham. The 24th altoat Colchester, Mrs. Ann Bromley Shairp, in her 73d year, widow of the late Major William Shairp, of the RoyJ Marines. At Rutherglen, on the 29th alt. after a short illness, the Rev. John Dick, Minister of that pariah. At Edinburgh, on the 28th alt. in the 71st year of bin age and the 110th of his Ministry, the Rev. James Hall, D.D. Minister of the Uhited Associate Congregation of Broughton Place, and for many years the Fathet of the Edinburgh United Associate Pres bytery. The 15th June last, on board the ship Catherine, on his passage from Calcutta, for the recovery of his health. in the 68th year of his age. Mr. Robert Cavell. Assistant Surgeon in the Hon. Libt lodla Company's service, and sixth eon of Mr. Cavell, of Dawdsey Hall, Suffolk. . The 22d fhtober, on his passage from Berbice, West Indies, to England, for the recovery of his health, Lieut. John Brook, 27th Regiment of Foot. NEWGATE AN LEADENHALL MARKETS, Dec.ll. Beef... gs 4d to 4s 4d Veal 34 4J to 46 84 Mutton STRAW YESTERDAY. IMITICI4APEIL. Hay 41 Os to 51 64 Od Clover 41 lOs to 61 4, Od Straw 11 At to 11 164 ad PER CWT. Du. it. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, Dec. It. The betting yesterday afternoon, placed P.spagnolle after W ‘ b, notwitbstinding the former opened with the call, and kept it t. 4 toward 4 four o'clock ; some country Gentlemen then advanced :a their offers against Espagnolle, and the consequence was as abov e , There was nothing particular in the betting about the other been horses. Maria keeps her prominent station, but this did nut deter several Gentlemen from backing some outsiders ; and here we nl ay remark, that the odds betted against these outsiders, bnth to-du? and for some time past, have been more liberal than we ever recut. kct, as applicable to the. Oaks betting; it may penhars le owing to the very high opinion of Maria, who, though small, is distingai•hrd for the primest racing qualhies. We give the state of the odds— /Muff. 21 to 2 agst Tatler te to 1 agg Web 14 to 1 agst F.spagnolle 18 to 1 agst lilfrid 18 to 1 apt Catherine 20 to 1 agst Trumpeter 20 to 1 agg 111ame1uke 20 to 1 agst Gustavus 22 to 1 agst Dauntless 25 to 1 ag•t Augusta '25 to 1 agst I)4hlia 50 to 1 apt Turcontan OA' 35 to t agst Antar (takes') 35 to 1 agst Metre Z 5 to 1 agst Clessida 40 to 1 agst Gamelius (takeriii 40 to 1 agstlionts 40 to I agst Roderick 40 to 1 apt Protestant. 40 tot agst Cat 40 to 1 apt Chieftain 45 to 1 agst Lord Ailesburf 45 to 1 agst Teazle (taw,' 11 to 2 agst Maria 12 to 1 agst Totteridge 12 to 1 apt Brown Duchess 14 to 1 agst Souvenir 20 to 1 agst Translation 2$ to 1 agst Lunacy 22 to 1 aril Scornful 25 to 1 agst Morel 33 to 1 agst llaTupden (taken, 7000 to 200 gs apt Donn. Clara (taken) 1000 to 20 agst sister to Recruit (taken) Jo alteration. ST. Las sa The sale pf horses in the yard consisted of seventy two lots, twelve of which were selections from the numerous and imyosio,,.. racing stock of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, but they did not fetch high prices. At Nottingham, last week, one butcher sold his wife to another, for half a gallon of ale. As soon as the ale was drank, the obedient wife was delivered over to ber purchaser, with whom she is now living. EASTER OfFERINGE.-•Teter Watson has been incar. cerated in Durham county jail, under an attachment issuing from the Court of King's Bench, for a contempt in non-payment of the costs to the Rev. William Nes field, incurred by the proceedings to quash the certiorari some time ago obtained by Watson.— York Herald. The Russian American Company are fitting out an expedition to explore the Western Coasts of North A me. rice, towards the Frozen Sea, and to Hudson's Bar, f, r the purpose of adding to the discoveries which hare been made by Captain Parry and Captain Franklin. Christmas-day falling this year on a Monday, and being always kept as a close holiday in London, Mer chants and others having bills due, and payable in Lon dondon, on the 25th instant, ought to observe, that all bills, &c. becoming due on that day, will be presented for payment on Saturday the 23d inst. and if not then discharged, will be noted or protested for non-Ity ment, but are not returnable until Tuesday the 26:h of December. BIRTHS. The sth instant, at the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, the Mar. chicane Riulo Sforza, of a daughter. At Riversdale Cottage, Rosstrevor, the Lady of James Wilmot Williams, Esq. Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the frith Exchequer, and Keeper of the Seals, of a son and heir. MARRIED. At &wheat Manse, on the 27th ult. the Rev. John Lamb, Minister of Kirkmaiden, to Eliza, second daughter of the Rev. Peter Ferguson, Minister of Inch. At Paris, the Rev. Mr. Hill, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late Wakeman Long, Esq. of Upton-upon-Severn. 0 KW ►nos. it Os. 9id. 4-20ths. PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides 134 to 15d Common Ditto ......... ... ... ..,.. lsd to 17d Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting ••• 130 to 140 Ditto 45 to 50Ibs lsd to I7d Calf Skins, 36 to 40Ibs ... ..... 16d to 24d Ditto 50 to 7011) Ditto 70 to 8016• .. .........•••. 21d to 234 Small Seals, Greenland).— ..... . Tanned Horse Hides l2d to 15d Spanish Horse Hides ••• •...• ••••• .. 660 ••• lad to 18d Ships at Market. 1091 Newcastle Sil Sunderland Kent 68s to 96s Sussex 8.5 s to 78. .... 66s to 2S•11 120 s to 14L • _ _ 284 304 ° 9d ayt t ro o ic i 4 s: 6:14 PRICES or HAY Aso IT. /Allan's. Hay 31 les 6d to 51 55 Od Clover 41 45 Od to 61 155 Od Straw 11 95 Cd to 11 145 Od PRICE OF HOPS, NW POURWM __ 80s to 1011 SLIM! 763 to 883 80s co 105, Farnham fine 140$ to I Oki Duty Laid at £26 ♦RR. 0 Franc e COAL MARKET, Doc. 11. Sbips Sold. 361 In ♦RR. DUi. 1 0 Wacent rd 2 Guermey and Jersey 0 2 Lisbon 0 0 Donaghadee 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 HolLind 0 1 HIGH-WATER at LONDO, Morning . . Afternoon . IS DAY, Hamburg . U I Flanders a 0 0 0 0 0 America 0 Buenos Ayres 0 e IN-BRIDGE TU.:kW kiltO V; 14 minutes after 1 ill minutes atter 1 ANDOX; Printed 41;14 Published by 4. F. KEALT, la Ike STAR OVIICS Iwo. 1, Pickit-liace, Temple-Dan Essex