Star. — London, England, 1826-03-06 00:00:00

I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • . The Varia and'Hirriet, f Vrttlasts, with most of her cargo oh board, was destroyed by fire at Ceara, 25th December. The Mary, WlLLustas, from Liverpool to Wain; ran ent Mori at Beaumaris on Saturday, and it was feared would be totally. lost. The Patriot, CODING, has ;1;4 into Harwich, with damag e . Estwourst, Masco W.S.W. , —Arrived the Magnet ' and Duke of Marlborough packets, froth Lisbon; Robert Fuge, WILD, from London for Vera Cruz; and the Brothers, Jawinis. from London. Sailed the Lord Hubart packet, for Buenos Ayres; Eatl of Balcarras, for India ; his Majesty's steam pocket Africanus, for Sierra Leone; his Majesty's brig LT RA, for Lisbon; Morning Star, for Ceylon; Olive Branch, for the Cape ; Dorothy Forster, for Jamaica ; Lavinia, for Carthagena; Burleigh, fot Odessa; and the Providence. for M.laga. PLYMOUTH, MARCH Arrived the Dispatch, WAt.saa, from St." John's B.) in 34 days, with loss of bulwarks, and leaky. Sailed his Majesty's ships Wasistrre and VOLAGR, for the East Indies; his Majesty's ship Itostnar, for - -; and the Matthew, —, for Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, Maness S.—Wind W.—Arrived the Prosperity, ' thong from St. Michael's. Off the Wi g ht, th e L ean d er , G at , from tors, in 19 days. Cowan, MA Reif S.—Arrived the Commits, 'KINSMAN, from Batavia—sailed the 12th of November ; on the 15th of No vember spoke the Dutch ship Fanny, 119 days from Antwerp, in the Straits of Sunda. DIAL, MARCH 4.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—The outward bound which sailed yesterday pet back in the course of the night. Mures 5, A.m.—The wind inclined to the N. W. when most of the outward bound got under weigh, but - soon after backed to the S. W. when they all anchored again. Arrived the Hebe, Footman, from the Cope of Good Dope. The Union, of Plymcipth ; and Acorn, of Peterhead, have passed from the westward. The Pe- nelope, from the hle of France, lost an anchor and cable, has been supplied, and sailed for the River. Arrived from the river, and remain, the Duke of Bedford, fur India ; and Louisa, Davin/sr, fur Grenada. . CUSTOM-HOUSE. Masten 4. Sims Epirus htwarins--The Speculation, front Rio de Janviru ; Daphne, front Smyrna; Aheona, from St. Michael's; Prince Coburg and Fox, from o;tend ; Monarch, front St. John's; Lorton, from St. Domingo; Sir William Curtis, from Calais;. ) Sandy Jack, front &vanilla; Triton, from Belfast; Mary, from Waterford ; and Jane, from Cork. ENTERED Outwsaos—The Phatie, for Demerara; Charity, for Newfoundland ; Louis Emile, for Palau ; Bencoolen, for Jamaica ; Nary, for St. John's; Esther, for Cork; Catherine, for Belfast; and Trafalgar, for Wattrford. MEETING AT EDINBURGH.- Arallir SAturday, a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Edit:burgh, called by the Lord Provost, was held in the Waterloo Tavern, to take into consi deration the measures now in progiess regarding the banking establishment. About two o'clock the Lord Prevost entered the large room accompanied by Lord Rollo, Sir James Fergusaon, Sir W. Arbuth not, Sir Robert Dundas, A dmiral Sir Philip Durham, Sir Walter Scott, Mr. Colin Mackenzie, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Waugh, Stc. &c. Shortly after his Lordship took the Chair, supported on his right by Lord Rao, and on the left by Sir James Fergusson, of Kilkerran, Bart. _ _ _ The LORD PROVOST stared the object of the meeting, and after several Gentlemen present had expressed their opinions, a series of resolutions were passed expressive of the alarm felt by the meeting at the intention of Go vernment to propose any alteration the banking sys tem of Scotland, which bad proved so beneficial to that country. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, founded on these resolutions, were also agreed to . One of t4e Gentlemen who addressed the meeting, Mr. Fore Man, spoke in laudatory terms of two letters on the sufsject.of the currency, ascribed' to Sir Walter Scots, which appeared in the Ldinburgh Weekly Journal. He said he considered these letters as the fiery CMS of that great man, flying over the country, through its most distant mountains and glens, to rouse the spirit of the people in this great national cause. . (TRis excited loud,long, and reiterated cheers from all quarters, during which &r Walter Scott, who sat in a corner of the room, mesa lir 00 . an imperturbable gravity 4 COUNTRY BANKS. The following return of the number of Commissions of Bankruptcy issued against Country bankers, from the year 1816 (inclusive) to the present time, and distin. guishing the number of partners, was laid on the table of the House of Commons a few days ego. INumber of Commis- .iaos of Bankrup gumbo- of Fortner.. against Bankdrs. Year. 1816 1817 1818 1519 1820 1821 18422 1823 1824 1823 1826 - Thus, we see, there hays been in' England, within little more than ten years, one hundred and fifty-eight bankruptcies of country bankers ; whereas, in Scotland, in the course of a century and a half, there have been but four suspensions of payment, and these were mere suspensions, the creditors being finally paid in full. One great cause of this difference is, undoubtedly, the small number of partners, which averages little more than two to each of the above English Banks, while in Scotland a single Bank may have, and sometimes has, in fact, above a bundled. The Bill for the better regulating co-partnerships Of certain Bankers in England, has been printed. The following are its prinripal clausei : Bodies folitic or corporate, or partnerships consisting of more than tic in number, may carry on business as Bankers, at any place exceeding 65 miles Irons London. , in like manner as copartnerships of less than six now do • provided such persons have no establish ments as Bankers in iondon. and that every member of such corporation skallbe liable for the payment of al• BM or Notes i5-ued, or sums borrowed. The Governor and Company of the Bank of England may empower Committees, or Agents, to carry on Banking Business for them at any places in England, in such manner as may be appointed 1 by general Caor. of said Company. This Act not to authorise such persons to issue, within the limits mentioned, any Bills, &c. pay..ble at less than six months; nor to draw Dills upon any Partner, &c. so resident, for less than 501. Not to prejudice the !tights of the Bank of England, except as specially altered. Suck Banking partnerships shall, before issuing any Notes, or Bills, &c. deliver at the Stamp-office in London, ap Account, 'containing the same of the Firm, as also the mines and residences f the several Partners therein, and the public offices thereof. Putnerships shall sue and be sited in the Name of their public 'Officers. Judgments against such public officer in such actions, shall operate meatus the Coparnership. . Mr. GOURLAY, who has been so long confined in the llothe of Correction, for assaulting Mr. BROUGHAM in the lobby of the House of Commons, has, it_ is said, been of his liberty, Upon entering arm his own recmgeiz,olte, but which he hasrefused to accept.• A file broke out at one o'clock this morning, at the house of Mr. KINDOM; grocer, White Horse.stteet, Stepney, which it entirely consumedond damag ed the adjoining premises; but by the early arrival of the enzioes, its progresi was prete3ted. THE ARMY. The 4th Regtmeot of Dragefah ettards hattiein.er - aettri to March from Cahir to Dublin, where lt le to embark for Riiglan4. Thursday and Friday, the !k at libytt Noith &Mall Dragoons, lett Norwich in two divisione, 09 the .11! ay to Liverpool I they *ere replaced by a part of the lit 'Regiment of Dragoon .Guards, who are to remain till June, wheo.akgrana review trill take place ; after which the 6th (F.nniskillen's) are again to take their station in Norwich Barracks, after an absence of 29 years. The depot of the let Regiment landed on Saturday week at Cowes, in 30 ham's, from Cork. The depot of the 25th Regiment, marched through Portsmouth on Tuesday, in tht route from the Isle of Wight to Bern/tit. The 7th Hussars, now in York, Leeds, and Brverky, are mule orders to march lato Scotland. THE TENTH HUSSARS, -•••11....-- s_ PROM WOOLMER'S EEETER GAZETTE. There is a standing order in this regiment,-in conse quence of several accidents having iiccurred through the carelessness or wantonness of the soldiers, that if any man permits his . led' horse to get loose, he shall be brought to punishment. Harvey, a private, committed this offence, for which the Major directed, through one of ;he serjeants, that he should underg , ) four days' drill. This order being communicated to Harvey, he, with the most insolent tone and gesture, remonstrated against the order, alleging that he was not in fault. This conduct, so detrimental to military discipline, and uncalled for by the nature of the punishment. induced .the Major to increa'e the drill to six. days. The man replied, " I'll be d—d if 1 go to drill," upon which the Major then directed that he should walk the bar rack with his kit—that is, with all his accoutrements, ate On the first and second day that Harvey was -brongh , h,t, he refused to walk, and liy down, on the ground. On the third day he threw himself agasn in the u et, when two non-commissioned ufficers were directed to take him by the arms and cumpel him to walk, and this was done as much to prevent his suffering by lyit g on the cold and wet stones, as to avert the contagion of bad example spreading among the men subject to such kind of punishment. Harvey was still bent on disobedience and exerted all his strength to resist; a rope was then passed under his arias, round his shoulders, and he was pulled once round the upper part of the yard; he -was then conducted to $e guard-room, where he exclaimed, " D—n the I have not done with - him yet—l'll shoot him." Persisting in his disobe. dience, he was tied up . to prevent his propensity of lying down, but would have been instantly relieved upon his consenting to walk. • The following day he did walk, and afterwards sent to the Major, expressing great contrition for his offence, and begging forgive ness, which - was instantly granted him, as far as re garded any resentful feeling of the Major, who' n staatly insisted,for the sake of example, that the six days' drill should be completed. The man was not in the slightest degree injured by the alleged violence of tbe two non-commissioned officers, and.it is untrue that any interference was made in his behalf by any officer; on the contrary, every one who witnessed his conduct expressed their regret at his persevering obstinacy. This is not the first occasion on which he has disobOyed orders, for which, about two years since, he was tried by a Court Martial, and received 200 lashes; wild if the Major had been' inclined to push matters to'such 1111 an extremity in the present instance, his ,punishmCsit would probably have been much mare severe ;hen six days' drib even with a clog at his beile se ve re I fe r F, ment has received orders to bold itself in iliedistlisio] march from Exeter, and it is understood they. Wit be succeeded by the 17th Lancers. THE ELEPHANT AT EXETER 'CHANGE' The carcase of this huge animal having become ex ceedingly offensive, Sir RICHARD DIRRIR•sent a. taxes. sage on Saturday to Mr. Codas, requiring its imme diate removal. Saturday night it was flayed for the purpose of having the skin stuffed, and last night the body was cut up into pieces and removed in knackers' carts. The details of this operation, which has been termed, in polished frame, a dissection, are too disgust ing for particular notice: disgusting, however, as it yaks, it had sufficient attraction for a numerous attend ance, including several females of very decent and re spectable appearance. Although this very fine animal had been guilty of some acts of violence in the course of his life, he was not destitute of social affections, and often displayed great gentleness and kindness of dispo sition. Some years ago, he had a female companion, in an adjoining apartment in the 'Change. He was ' then of a portable size. Upon one occasion, on his re turn from a provincial tour, the doors of Exeter 'Change were shut, and it was too late to replace him in bis old birth. A temporary lodging was accordingly prepared for him in a waste house at the rear of that building.— A strong post was fixed in the floor, to which he was' chained, and the door was locked, thus placing him, as it was expected, in a state of perfect security. In the course of the night- he could not reconcile himself to this strange place, and felt a desire for the society of his old companion. The wish no sooner conceived than it was executed. With the first movement up came the redoubtable post from its five-feet bed in the floor, and oat went the double-locked door with the first touch of his proboscis. Entering the door in the rear of the 'Change with almost equal facility, he pro ceeded up stairs, and with one thrust, in flew two pan nels of the door at the top of them, opening to the grand room, at the end of which was his proper home. The crash roused the keepers from their sleep, who on hastening to the spot from which it proceeded, found the elephant at the top of the stairs with his head stuck through the door. As it was not considered practi cable or prudent to resist his humour, means were Im mediately adopted to facilitate his entrance, and he was safely lodged in his old apartment, near his old compa nion, who died shortly after. This took place, we ha lieve, after his last country excursion. He had since become too unwieldly and ponderous for travelling. The Duke of WELLINGTON, during his . visit to St. Petersburg's, will reside in the rewrite Palace, a very appropriate place for the representative of Odds MA •The Duke of PORTLAND has set to work upon his estates in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, a greet number of the unfortunate unemployed stockingers and others of Mansfield- Woodhouse and Sutton-in. Ashfield. His Lordship has also had oxen slaughtered and sold below the market prices, to those poor suffering fellow creatures ; and in addition to this, the overseers of Suttonhave received a letter (torn Mr. Nr&s. his Lordship's land-agent, requesting them to give him a meeting, to consider whether the parish wool& be further beneitted, by ensploying the poor in this way for a few weeks, during the great duties: which 'at present unhappily prevarls.—Doneader Geiretk. 1 6 1kE At =Await •. . _ 11 .., • . The following abstratt s of tke.insts stnitaitted in ibi : s awful call mity is taken from a staleineirf liublished by otder of the Com mittee at Miramichi,datearthe Ist of February last : , —Lives lost (burnt), 150; drowned 10-160, . Sufferers (kemaining at Mira. michi), 2,775; left immediately after tie hrei 1360-3,071: Buildings destroyed, bourn, SO5; Scores. 41; workshops, 40:' barns, 155; stables. 66 t InlUs , 4-595 i Cattle destroyed, horses, 41 ; oxen, 66 ; cows, 33 ; sneep, 4021 hugs, 313-676. Hay and oats destroyed, 42,445 tons. Fence. destroyed, 36,235 rock. Timber destroyed, private property, 30,0130 acres. Value of property destroyed (ex clusive of timber on Crown lands), £242,523 6s. of which only fl Li.,050 was insured. The Nlirasnichi Committee state," That a correct enumetation of the different descriptions of property destroyed could not possi bly be given ; the abstract is therefore confined to buildings, cattle, hay, t.nd fences, merely to show how extensive the conflagration must have been to cause so much desolation where the buildings were generally detached, and the settlements spread over so large a surface of the country. ~~, PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4. - The ANEMIA frigate, Captain JOHE Makwat.t.,,on her return fsbm Lisbon, will proceed to the ramaica station,. to relieve the HUssAlii. A tank iesiel, now fitting In this Dock-yard, will proceed under her care, for the serviee of Kingston Harbour, Sir T. STAINES, Bart. K.C.B. is to hoist his broad-pendant, in the Foßm frigate, at Plymouth, and proceed to Gibraltar, to take the command. The probability of the coast of Spain becoming, increasingly menaced by the Independent South American Naval forcer,has prohably induced the appointment of this excellent Officer to the present command, for the protection of the British mercan tile interests either against the capricious conduct Of Spain, or the improper encroachments of her enemies. Yesterday the wind having shifted to the M.N.W. with a steady appearance, his Majesty's yacht tke HREALII, Capt. H. J. Luna, immediately got under weigh, and proceeded for Malta, with the Marquis and Marchioness of HASTINGS, and four daughters and Colonel M'Citaa, Military Secretary, who had be e n e mbark e d and detained by contrary winds twenty days. Tile Gaz..tvita frigate, fir Cnaittes Stiu.iian, and the film Is, Captain Futuotaux, also sailed. for Plymouth. the former to embark his Excellency ALex. cocitaunn. Esq. Minister to Colombia, the latter to proceed thence, it it believed, to the East Indies. The Gwyns', 84, was paid off on Tuesday by Capt. P.Catiesst.t o i C. B. and re-commissioned by Captain !scums!" for the flag of Rear Admiral W OTWAY, fur South America. It is intendcd tocut down, far rasee, sever a l 74-gun ships, which I will carry fifty-two long 38-pounders, and present a more formida- I ble battery than any frigate now in the service. The ORrucvs, SC CONWAY, 28, and Moss, I 8, ate ordered to he built at Chatham., The TANTAR was paid off on Tuesday, at Vioolwich. The Spanish line-of-battle ship Gunman°, sailed from Cadiz on the gth ult. with 500 troops for the Havanaab. The strongest apprehensions were entertained that the sailors and marines would rise in mutiny before they reach their destination. Commander CAMILLO Noes, of the BRISIL, is promoted to the rank of Captain; Hon. lieutenant ANSON to the rank of Com mander, and appointed to the 13/LLSIL j Lieutenants Gonearr, Basnrrox, and Joux Ls Dumas, to the BILITANNLI j Lieutenant CNA iLISS tIINWOONS/ GLASS Drys; OW, vice lieutenant Yount", Success; ' utenant W. A. B. Hnsur.rox, of the DIOID, to the Gmtoss ; Lieutenant .W. F. SMITH, to the StANNOWNAWN j Lieut. CROWNS, to the ANIAONN. it Josx C. WIIR, Esq. late Agent of the Naval Hospital at Port- Royal Jamaica, is appointed Steward of the Royal hospital at Haslar, vice Fox, deceased. __ The Pursers of the Royal Navy have been called on, by circulars from the Victualling Board, to state their age, when and where they last served, and whether At for active sea service—if not, the Eause of their unfitness. Thh information is required by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in reference to some arrange ments which are in contemplation with regard to the list of Pursers. The ship Countess of Morley, with 250 agriculturists and settlers, for the Rto de la Plata,.will shortly sail from Plymouth. This is tits third ship the Rio IC la Plata Agricujibral Society have chartered to convey settlers. The- sestlement Ts about 120 miles from Buenos Ayres. ASSIZE INTELLIGENC E. •,,, . ,:• .• -~.. • - VINCHESITSR. Maim 4. William Jackson, aged 20. was indicted, charged witb having, on the night of the 3d of June last, at a place called Lob's-boleon the Hurst-Castin station, feloniously assembled witb divers other persons; ktined with blud geons, in order to be aiding in the illegal running and leading of prohibited goods ; and forcibly 'obstructing the Officers of the Preventive Service. in the per formance of their duty, while seizing a boat liable to forfeiture. This was one of the frequent cues which occur in consequence of the collision between smugglers and the persons employed 'on the Preventive service, and presented nothing remarkabloa %dim —Not duilty. . • - Janes Dyer, apparently about 25 years of age, was indicted for anaulting John Beckett the younger, on the Bing's highway, putting him in bodily fear, and fel°. nioudy taking from his person a silver watch and 14s. in Ova. The evidence fully established the charge, and shewed the offenee to have been committed under, circumstances of great aggravation. The prisoner made no defence; and the Jury. after a very minute summing np of the evidence by Mr. Justice Gcsu.u., returned a verdict of—Guilty.. . . Sentence of Death was then passed Upon the prisoner, who is a good-looking young man, with nothing of ferocity or hardihood about his appearance, an d heard the sentence without any emotion. It is understood that Dyer has been left for execution. HER.TFoRD. MARC* 3. Francis Wetherly, David Uiddins, and Thomas Ditkinsom, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of John Smith, in the night of the 24th of De icember, at the parish of St. Peter's, in the liberty of St. Alban's. Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, is a respectable farmer, !occupying land near St. Alban's. On Christmas.eve he retired to bed about twelve o'cl3ckleaving his wife, his sdn and daughter, and a young man named Dinn, up 'in the kitchen, amusing themselves with cards. About one o'clock the party was disturbed by a rustling noise in the, passages leading from the outer door to the "kitchen, and on a sudden the kitchen door was opened, And two men, armed With bludgeons, and their faces blackened, presented themselves. Young Smith de. manded what they wanted; the reply was, I , We want your money, arid be cursed to you.',' Mrs. Smith with amazing presence of mind went up to orte of them, and `had just uttered the words 4 4 Weil now," When the :ruffian struck her a violent blow with a bludgeon on the head ; his companion struck her another blow on one of her sho ulders. Though seriously hurt, and the blood gusting from the wound in hes head, she rushed past 'the men, got into the passage by which they had en tered, and was proceeding to arouse her husband, when `she encountered two other men, who both fell upon her with their bludgeons, knocked her down, and, whilst.on the ground, kicked her in various parts of the body. Win dark, she contrived to crawl on her side to the foot of the stairs leading to her husband's room, calling -vehemeialy to him for help ; he came d iwn. In the mean time, the ruffians in the kitchen had levelled young Smith and Dian to the ground. Their desperate under.: taking was more difficult thtu they had calculated; whettheasing the voice of Mr. Smith ' , on the stairs, the four wassins effected a haity retreat, followed by young Smith, who, with great courage, pursued them as far as. the gate of a wheat field, a short distance from. his father's house. There the men, ranging themselves 'at the gate, swore that if he followed a step further, they would blow out his brains, and one of- them pointeo d something at him, which•was supposed to be a gun. In II their retreat s cue of ruffians left his bludgeoct behind ~~ to hate hoe earl cot, dud oh etamlning _ ithrtMlibbi4Weotres. ponded exactly tin' aiztAnd griar(h with the stools of some horn-beams, from-siwhich five or six stems had been very:lv:o;9oy sevaradi Ma. Smith bad no doubt that the prisoners Wetherly and Giddins waste the men who first entered the kitchen.. The frirmerhad.lieen in her husband's service about t*b months previouslyond she recognized his features distinctly, notwithstanding the blacking of his face. She was equally certain as to the other man; from the singular formation of his countenance. In rushing past these men, she was sure that some of her blood, which flowed copiously from the wound on het head, must have communicated to their clothing. Young Smith and Dinn were equally certain as to the identity of Giddins, but were not so positive as to Wetherly. The house had been entered by the front door, which was fastened by what is called la .4 beggar's latch," which could be opened froth the outside only by a person well acquainted with thebou s e and Wetherly 's knowledge of the house confirmed the suspicion against him. the constables went in search of the prisoners, and about nine o'clock, they arrived at the house of Giddins's father, and there they found the two prisoners above.mentioned sitting at the fire. The• prisoner Wetherly at first manifested great reluctance to have : his person examined, but, uport a cutlass being drawn, he submitted. Both prisoners appealed to have newly washed their hands and faces; but between the fingers of one of Giddins's hands were the remains of some soot, or other black material, which had not been washed away. On the breasts of their smock frocks were spots of human blood, which were then damp. They were taken into custody, and carried to Mr. Smith's house, and were both instantly identified by Mrs. Smith, her sorb and Dino. The prisoners were then taken to the wheat. field gate, and from thence to the adjacent plantation, where the hornbeams had been cut, alid their sloes compared with the foot prints distinctly visible on the ground of four different men, and they %vete found to correspond most accurately with the traces of two hf the men. Similar footsteps were traced to a ; üblic house called the Horse Shoes, about a mile distant from Mr. Smith's house, and all al ong t h e shoes of the prisoners tallied exactly in like manner They were then lodged in the cage ; and next morning, when the consta.. bles went Co take them before the Marquis of Salisbury for examination, it appeared that in the interval they had endeavoured to suck out the blood stains from their frocks. The prisoner Giddins being asked how his frock got stained with-blond, said that his mother had hacia bullock's-head given her on the Christmas-eve, and ill chopping it up for her, some of the blond smeared his clothes. On their examination before the Magistrates,. the prisoner Dickinson came for ward on their behalf to prove an alibi. The appearance of his shoes striking one of the constables as remarkable, he, on the ThOrs- • day following, applied to him to ht him have them to compare with the footsteps seen near the prosecutor's premises. This he retdily consented to do, awl on comparing them with the foot marks above mentioned, there was a remarkable coincidence with - the marks of one of the four sets of impressions On the'grOund. This circumstance exciting suspicion against Dickinson; he was apprehended, and committed for trial.— The primary motive - of the prisoners sias sUpposed to be plunder, they probably conceving, from the in formation of Wetherly, tbat Mr. Smith would be pos sessed of_a considerable sum of money, it being iris practice to go to London just before quarter-day . to provide himself with the means of paying his rent. In fact, he had been to London on the same day, and had •eollettid money for that purpose; kr. Baron BaAarrat mated up thrf *hots et theme with great minuteness. The Jury found the prisoners Wetherly and Ciddrni Guilty. Sentence of death was immediately pronourrat upon them, sad they were left for execution on next Wednesday week. I, 3k' lor , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHACE. His Majesty'. Starhounds meet aft Wednesday, at Babbitt; and Friday. at her Heath. The Earl of Derby's Stag hounds meet on Tanday o at the Mo dred Acres; and Thursday, at Addington Cress-roads. H. JoUiffe, Reqes. Fox-►ounds meet on Tnesday.st Hand Oros; Thutaday, at Worth; and Saturday, at Posey dross. The Surrey Fox-hounds meet on Thursday, at the Cretan, Ash hiU ; and Saturday, at Dedstone. ' The Harriers meet on Wednesday, at the Kenna ; and•Sattrday; at ditto. The Hambledon Hounds meet on Wednesday, at Basing Park ; and Friday, at Brooklands. PEDESTRIANISM. Mr. Nicholson's mated to run twelve miles In an knew and thirteen minutes, proved a trial of much strength and agility, on Saturday last, on three miles on the Bromley road. The pedestrian performed each mile within stz minutes, and won the mauls tie• Terly, with a minute to spare. • Hyde Park yesterday was a scene of grfiety. The ommaders were numerous, and the ladies vied with each otliee the neatnew and elegance of their attire. 1~ ,~ CORN RXCHANGR, MARK-LANE, Maactv 6. This meriting there is plenty of all descriptions of Cern at market; chicly the remains of the over supply of last week. The millers appear to have very little distosition to purchase Wheat ; and, va= cept far the finest samples, this article may again !)e quoted lower. There is so heavy a trade for Barley that sake cannot be made without submitting to a further reduction of Is. to - its. per quarter. Bean* are nut so plentiful of late, but yet they rivet very dull sae at last quotations. Peas of beth kinds sell heavily at the terms of last Monday. The Oat trade conthistes,exivedingly 'duff, and may again be quoted is. to Is. per quarter lower the supply Car too large for the present demand. There is much uncertainty about the top price of Flour ' • the trade, however. is exeessively dol. Wheat, Red, new, 5t1. .. 601. Rye, old, 38,.. 40s. .--- old, 00s. 00s. • Beaus, Small, new, 40. 461. White, new, 58s. 665. - old, 00s. 00s. old 005. Ns. Tick, new, 345. 40.. Barley, *Cis. 324 old, Ms. 005. Making, 38s. 38s. • Oats, Feed, new, 20s. 225. Peas, Greg, 1896, 40s. 41s. sm.-. old, 00s. 00%. OM; 00s. 00s. Po and, new, 255. 265. Maple, 1825, 425. 455. old, 00s. Ono. old, 00000 s. • . Potatoe, new, 235. 90.. • White; new, 400.46 e. old, 005. 001. • -- old, 008.11101. ----- Scotch, 30s. 315. Boners, 1825, 4115..50e. Flour, per Sack, 50s. 80s. old, 00s. 00s. Seconds sos. 551. •aamate LAST wear. Wheat; 'British, qrs. 9,625 I Peas, qrs. Barley 9,603 Irish Oats Malt 15.2/7 I Foreign Oats " Oats 38,226 Foreign Barley 1,143 1 Y,060 2,236 4,027 Beatai 2,944 English Flour, sacks 17,3112 SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 6, Our market is rather better than en Friday fnr fine Olen, throe commanding 41, ad. per stone; second quality, ,steers, are steady at 4a. 2d. to 4s. 6d. per stone, but coarser meat has little demand. 'The Mutton trade is likewise a shade better for tloWns, being 4s. 64. to 4s. hod. per stone; second rate and Melee Mutton is full as good as on last market day. •The Veal trade is rather flat, and hardly supports Friday's price, ;"hut the Pork trade is rather ' firm.— Beasts, 2599 ; Sheep, 17110; Pig's, Iv ; Calves, 121. Beef, Es. Lod. to as. fid. per . stone i na lMhstsoo l, per load, a d s: - 4 6 3 d. o t a o t 4 o s x . 4 10.1 .56: Veal, 6s. to 6s. Pork, 4i. to Clover, ,d 3 ss. ; Straw, .C 1 . 12a. th el Ifs. ' • ,~7 k,:; !