Star. — London, England, 1826-05-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGtNCE. • 'the brig Medusa, Captain Ashen, of Jersey, while en the pas sage from' La Guayra to this port, lost a portion of her spars and sails jn a thtinder.martn, in lat. SS SS. long. SS. 1111. during which th.'electric fluid destroyed the magnetic power dale compasses= boird, two of which wets on deck, and two in the cabin. Mr. C. join, optician, has caulked the compasses, and Inds they have 'endrely lost their attractive powers.—Lieerpeol.dliien. 'On the 15th of last month, the English brig Livonia was wrecked on the coast of Scania. Arrived off Hastings, the Water Lily, Balms, front Jamaica; and the Royalist, COATI, from the coast of Japan. Off the Wight, the Juno, Somas ' from Alicant. FALMOUTH, MAT 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Lord Dupplin, Rows. ftom Bristol, and sailed again for London, with the Amos Palmer, —, for AntWerp. Poarawourn, Mar 17.—Wind W.—Passed by for London ' the from Dominica; Mersey, Bammar, from Bar badoes, in 70 days; and Margaret, Snarson, from the westward. Arrived tie Fuishury transport, from the Downs for Halifax. Cowas, Mar 17.—Arrived the Rose, T EFL ON), from Havannab. Ills Majesty's ship Dwarstourit arrived at Havannah on the tfith of March. Dem., MAY 17.—Wind S.E. fine weather.— Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hon. Company's ships Vansittart, Atlas, and Scalehy Castle, from China ' • Mellish, from Madras • Catherina Green. •••--, and Elizabeth, GRIUTION, from Sierra Leone ; Lady Douglas, —, from Teneriffe ; John and Mary, Mg LEA, from Charente • Ruth, MUNRO, from Jamaica ; Eleanor, %dour, from Liverpool; 13ritannla, TRARIA, /rem Teignmeuth; and Ariadne, from Oporto for Hull. Passed through from the River, l the Boyne, Misuis for Bombay ; Prince Regent, Hoists*, for Whitby. S MART, for Quebec; Colombo, Aamozaeo, for Genoa ; and the Recovery, CnArwan, for Bombay. Also, and re main, the Marquis of Huntley, Ammon, with convicts for New South Wales. Lnicaroor., Max 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Helicon. BAS yaws,. front Wihnington ; Hibernia, rums., from Savannah; and Hope, Flummox, from Sierra Leone. CUSTOM HOUSE. MAY 17. Snare Eximani InwAsuss—The Prince Frederick, front Ratter darn; Vrisir Headrina, from Antwerp ; and Waterloo Packet, from Cork. Essen's:is Ourwatios--The Albion. for St. Lucia; Vesta, for Cadis ; Hares, for Teneriffe; Aurora, for New Orleans ; Canning, for Marseilles; Malcolm for Calcutta ; Active, for Dunkirk ; j Florentinaor Bengal ; Prince of Saxe Coburg and Thames, for Rotterdam ; Harriet, for Jamaica ; Tre Venner, for Eisineur ; Atalanta fat Eishaeur ; and Ann Amelia, for Chini. THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, V MAT 17. THE KING W. HENRY PET°. The first day's proceedings in this important case, we gave in the STAR of yesterday; the following was the evidence adduced for the defence on the second day : Mr. John Cook called, and examined by Mr. Cost- NON SERGLANT..--I was in the employ of Mr. Peto in 1813, and for years before that. I was his general fotenian at the first part of the building of the Custom House. 1 have bten forty years employed in work of that description. Mr. James Day was clerk of the works in the year 1813, acting under the orders of Mr. Laing, the architect. I received orders from Mr. Day with regard to getting the level of the old vaults. He told me to take the level, to ascertain the depth of the old vaults, below the kirb stone in Thames-street. I took an account so far as levelling and those things. After clearing away the rubbish we began to dig for our footings under the direction of Mr. D.y ; 4 feet 6 was the depth we were to go; below that level we found a great number of old walls; some were of brick and stone, and some constructed with oak and chalk. When they resisted the piles we aprlied to Mr. Day. I heard Mr. Pete sevetal times speak to Mr. Day about the diicovery of old walls; he had heard him say it was betterty :„ take them all away and place York landings. Mr. Vat litid he would take away the walls wane he thouthi:fit ; he gave such directions regularly. The first pile was, I believe, driven the beginning of July; it was of oak. Mr. Day said there should be no more oak piles; the timber was to be beech.—These was no beech theft driven, and the work waited until they were supplied. I saw the beech timber supplied; it was of a very goad quality, and was driven under the directions of Mr. Day. I heard Mr. Peto name to Mr. Day, whew the ptle-chiving began there, he wished he would appoint same person to see to the pile-driving. as he (Mr. Peto) could not attencrto it. A person named Mullins was ago■ poiated by Mr. Day; he thought he came about two days after the beginning of the pile-driving. The pile-driving for the Long Room commenced about 3 months after. Mr. Day gave Mullins orders to see that the monkey struck thepile.head a certain number of times. In the first instance, we cut of with an axe the projections on the piles, and did so for several days; we were afterwards ordered not to hew off the knots, but to preserve the bark, and only to sharpen the end where the shoe was to go on. It was a very laborious operation, and the worts were suspended for seven weeks. I did not perceive at the time that the oaken timber was injured; but it was not used, in consequence of the objection of Mr. Day, and new timber was then brought. There were from 120 to 130 loads of the timber not used. Mr. Day was at the works every day, and Mr. Mullins attended to the driving of the piles. The plankin; commenced almost directly, and followed the piling in each place. Mr. Pete objected to the mode of planking directed by Mr. Day, if the timber should give way, it would make a gnat cavity. Mr. Day persisted in his order, I went down to Morden, in Surrey, to select two lots of tim ber; it was the most excellent I ever saw; that was in August; 1813, and in February, 1814, the timber de served the same character. Mr. Pete said to Mr. Day, that where the columns were te stand at the west wing. the weight would be so heavy, that he wished to have oak pqes, to which Mr. Day objected, but said he would consider about it, and in the course of three days there vases order to drive oak piles. It was at the east and west wing, and not at the main body, they were driven. I took the measurement of the greatest part of the piles. I know of no one instance in which Mr. Day's orders were net strictly complied with. I was employed by the Commissioners of the Customs to build the new wharf wall. I know not of any effect that wall would produce, except that it would prevent the water from getting to the foundation. I think it was water-tight. Crese-examined by Mr. Amaver-Gant..—Many a the piles were ereeited. Nees were as *beet as six feet what pet ma tier the eagiae. George Leyburne examined by Mr. SCARLET?. -I was there at the beginning of driving the piles ; Mr. Day was the clerk of the works; when the monkey res, coils from the head of the pile, they call it bottomed; he went to Mr. Day to come and see that the piles fast driven were bottomed ; he said be could not come.— Mr. Peto came in, and said to Mr. Day, that he should not be satisfied unless he saw all the piles bott imed ; Mr. Day said he could not attend to them all--when Mr. Peto said that a person should be app in ed for that purpose, and Mr. Day appointed Mullins tor that Purpose, who was always there. He went to the heap of piles, and cut them to the length that Mr. Day or de: ed. They were then shod. When Mr. Day could not get dowrtahe pile as far as he wished, he hill it* off, and sometimes bail another drigen by it—be ordered 'some of the short piles to be cut off, so as to range 1 with the sleepers ; sometimes the piles took neither the planks nor the sleepers. .All the piles, without any exception, were chosen by Day. When I thought them too small for the heavy part of the building, I threw them on one side for the lighter part.— The piles of the part that has come down are all beech. I never.drove any beech piles but at the Customhouse, and it will decal sooner than any other wood if not kept under water. I mentioned this to Mr. Day at the early part of the work; he said it was wood chosen by Mr. Rennie. He had seen the ground underneath; in his opinion it was not fit for piles to be driven into. — After the first floor of the building was up, the groin of one i.f the arches gave way; I advised Mr. Day to clear the foundation all away, and support the column upon an inverted arch. Mr. Day said it would do very well as it was. When they first began the piling. the tide flowed in every tide. If beech is under water, it will last longer. There were old drains under the foundation. I know where the wharf wall is built; I worked about the bottom; the building of that wall prevented the water from flowing in, and kept the foundation dry. The timber used was all new and sound; it was green, it had not long been cut. It is Allowed to be best green. I never heard that it was better for the bark being on. When the piles were all driven, Mr. Laing gave Mullins a pound to get some thing to drink. He did not recollect one order of Mr. Day's being disobeyed. Mr. Seaman: said, as it was admitted upon the record that Mr. Pete had given his opinion that piling was an improper mode, he need not prove it. By a Juryman.—He meant that the wharf wall prevented the flowing of the tide; if that had not been there, the foundation would have been alternately wet and dry. He did not think that the piles would have been so constantly under water as to preserve the beech-wood. Several other witnesses were then examined, who deposed to the same effect. The Arroamn touched upon all the evidence that had been produced, and claimed a verdict for the Crown upon the whole of the issues, which were eleven in number. ' The Cruse BARON charged-the Jury, that the terms of the contract were well known to the defendant; the great question for them to decide was, whether he was justified in departing from the contract as he had done? He was of opinion that there was net the slightest dente of collusion between Mr. Pew and Mr. Laing; but the defendant should have applied to the Commis sioners if he had acted with prudence. The case was in the hands of the Jury ; thry would satisfy their minds, and return a verdict accordingly. At 25 minutes before seven o'clock the Jory retired, and at ten o'clock returned the following •erdicts on each issue, eleven in number : ist. That there was a bed of hard gravel, and into which the piles could have been driven • upon which they returned t verdict for the Crown, but expressed their opinion thatAhe piles would have hews forced into it but for the interference of the Serveyor, or the Clerk of the Works. 641 June was, that Mr. Laing was appointed surveyor of build ings, but not for the Custom House. Upon this, the Jury found that he was authorised by the Commissioners to superietend the building of the Custom House. That Mr. Laing, or the clerk of the works, had no power to live directions respecting the piling, kc.—The Jury found that Mr. Laing bad sucli molsorim. 4th. That the de ant did not pile according to the directions of Mr. Laing.—The Jeri nairtied, that he did pile according to Mr. I,alnes desire. , sth Was sowstwhatileiia has the last, upon which the Jury .Ibund for the defesdase.„ St& That Dui*, Ii 04//eg nor Mr. Day had authority te give directions tollll up the sioodirele of the arches, or to select wood for thereof of the Costons-holieer—The Jury found that they had. • 7th. Whether thniewaaeny collision - between Mr. Ling an( Mr.. 4 Peto..-Tke Jury fogad that there was neither fraud nor collusion. sib. That neither Mr. Line nor Mr. Day had authority to - give' orders to deviate hint tile original plan with respect to the spandrels of the arches--The Jury found that they had. • 9th. That the wort was net dons according to drawings furnished dozing the progress of the work. .The Jury found that it was. 10th. That in aU the work, the orders given to deviate in. the plans and designs were sot well perfermed.-.The Jury retuned that they were. • . 11th. That the - weeks were not done to the approbadest of Mr. Laing.—. The Jury firmed that. they were. • • • • . COURT OP ZINO'S ERNCH, tv iroabz v. isuenza. '• • This was an action bringhi by 4 boot and shoe maker, residing in Field-lane, Holborn, against the de fendant, a constable of St. Andrew's, for assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff is separateol from his 'wife, and allows her 7s. 6d, a week for her maintenance. On the even ing of the 26th of November, 1824, the wife, having in a state of intoxication, created a disturbance at the plaintiff's house, the latter had her conveyed to the watcb.house, wishing that she should be detained there only until his shop should be shut. The defendant re. fused to comply with his desire, on the ground that the plaintiff was net separated from his wife by deed, and that he was therefore bound to take her home; and, on the plaintiff demurring against this decision, the- de fendant locked him up; but, in a few minutes after wards, opened the door, and laying hold of the plaintiff, pushed him out of the watch-house. The evidence was net considered by the Loss Cater Josses aolleient to substantiate the charge of false impriamunent. bet the Jury found a verdict is faros: of the plaintiff for the assault.— Damages One Shilling. . COURT OF COMMON !MAI, MAY 17. DEMBIARK V. TOWNsZKII. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a poor man, and advanced in years, to recover compensation in damages for an injury be sustained in consequence-of the defendant's cart being furiously driven against him- Tbe facts of the case were; In the month of June, 1825, George K ingston, the defendant's servant, was driving his masters cart through Davies-street, Brook -street, at a furious rate, which was described to be at the rate of nine miles an hour; the plaintiff was in the act of cress ins, when the off shaft struck him in the back, and threw him into the kennel; the driver, with ordinuy care, might have seen the plaintiff, and avoided the ac cident; the defendant's servant immediately pulled up, when it was ascertained that the plaintiff had received a serious injury, two of his ribs having been broken , by the shaft, which struck him violently. Medical aid was procured, and the plaintiff was for twelve weeks under the hands of a surgeon. The whole transaction was entirely attributable to the negligence of the defendant's servant. The plaintiff was obliged to have recourse to the present action, as the defendant refused to make a snitablecompensation for the injury he had sustained. These facts were fully proved in evidence. For the defence, evidence was called to thew that the plaintiff might have avoided the accident if he had taken proper care in crossing the street, and had stop. red when he saw the cart so close to him ; and that the 'defendant's servant was not in fault, and wal only driving at the rate - of :is miles and a half an hour. . Dlr. Justice Gases= summed up the ease, and left it to else Jury to determine on which side the weighs of evidence preponderated. The Jury found for the plaindif—Dansages dOL and costs 40s. • Alderman TRW/Peon was yesterday elected Chafe man of the Conimittot at larAiT/is. • • . MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. MAMEHTIA, ' Mann XVlatgla, MAT 16. Some rumours were afloat yesterday, of an assem blage of the people at Clithero, for the purpose of attacking power looms; but the rumour is entirely un founded in fact t the casualfroces of any idle individuals at the tap of a village public-house is now swelled into a riot ; but I repeat, all is quiet in the surrounding dis tricts, as well through the presence of an overawing. military force, as perhaps through the return of confi dence, which is becoming daily and gradually more apparent among all classes of traders. The benefits of charitable subscription are visibly felt in the more re mote and lonely parts of the country. The inmates of every cottage are aware of its existence, and profit by its bounty; and the more fortunate classes of the com munity have universally*afforded their pecuniary aid is relieving, so far as it went, their distressed neighbours. There need therefore be no apprehension, that the most desolate track in the mountain paths will be untrod by _those who are at this moment administering relief to the distressed. I have nit seen a turnpike gate, or a village pablic-house,withoutr e prominent display of a placard, notifying the munificent subscriptions at the head of the London list. There is ne place which I have visited in this district within the last four days in which I do not see some indication. of improvement ; they are in particular places less apparent than in others, but in ail there is more confidence, and there is an evident increase of work in the silk trade, 'and the indications of greater activity in the market for fancy goods in this tine are becoming every hour more striking. The cotipn trade appears also somewhat improving ; the depression was ondoubtedly at the lowest ebb ; but though the coin• plaints are still loud anti universal, yet I think I may repeat that the sales are better, and the workmen more . generally employed. Notwithstanding the great im portation of the raw material into Liverpool. yet the weekly sales appear rather to have advanced than de clined. I have repeatedly noticed the great difference in the rates of wage. among the working classes,in branches of the same business in different parts of the manufac turing districts. The band loom worker is invariably the most depressed, in comparison with the power loom one, and more entirely at the mercy of his em ployer. In some places be can only obtain Ss. a week, while in others he tan obtain double that sum ; 'this distinction is in petit 'occasioned by the superior dexterity- Of the individual and his proximity to his employer; and lam glad to Britt that several of the mills or fac tories which had suspended work have partially resumed business within the few last days. The town business in the factories is really very good for many classes of workmen. Spinners ean and do at this moment, in a very considerable number of the factories, earn from twenty-five shillings to thirty shillings, and in a few, where they work'at the largest machines, 40s. a ts eek.-- In the best times, a year 'ago, their earalngs were not *one-third more. Dres.ers earn 255. and there was em ployment fot 'upwards of one-fifth more a year agri; and at the power-looms the weavers can generally oto , lain twelve. shillings a week everywhere, and eighteen .shillings was their average earnings last year. This' estimate will, according to the best information I can obtain through the manufacturing districts, govern the rates of employment generally. Good workmen are pretty well emploYed at this moment, and others are partially engaged upon an equitable scale. The mills which amino* at week; I should say, afford employ ment to the 'lien at these rates (there is full work in *acre' fncieriis at this Moment, though there was ,only one-bart and one-third three Weeki or a month ago) for abotit two-thirdi•Of the time; but they do not producellresause propottion in bdd as in good times. • ANOTHER LETTER. fit. ~ Allaaseautacas,.TUlSaar Evassaa. The .cottnamarket to-day is said to be as dull, flat, , and untreatable as it bas been for some time past. A hand loons manufacturer informs me, that be has been bid for some. calico just within a shilling per piece of what it cost him—that is, he bas been offered about the , price of the material alone. The woollen trade is re ported as being rather improving in demand, but the price still continues as low as ever. • In the neighborirhood of Stansfield and Todraorden, villages situated amongst the moors and mountains, and on the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the ' weavers' ate 'represented as being in the most miserable conditicin; These 'remote districts, having no Local Press to 'mike known their situation, have excited less sympathy, and consequently have received leas assist ' ante than some other planes, whose condition, though bad, hAs - not been - so bad as theirs. , To add to the miserable condition of the poor hand loom weavers,' the principal manufacturers appear to be quarrelling amongst themselves respecting the terms on which:They shall give out employment. Several of them have agreed to pay . their weavers 15J. a piece (about . 60 lards) for weaving talico, provided the pa rishes to which the weavers belong wilt give Sd. apiece more, and thus make it Is. 6d. a piece. In the course frf a ride which I have made through these distriCts, — I was pleased to observe, that though the men and women had generally a most emaciated and &aline-like appearance, yet their children, tor the most part, looked clean and healthy. On inquiry I found that many of them, for days together, had actu refused to taste food, in order that their children might not want; preferring—and - what affectionate parent would not ?—tbe bitter pangs of hunger, to the cries of a starving offspring. • FROM TRR BLACKBURN MAIL, MAY 17. We are happy to say that this town remains in the same state of quiescence which we noticed in our list; and from the other quarters where violence was threat ened, we learn that . the tranquillity has nlt been dis-' tnrbed throughoorthe week. We are so dependant upon the Manchester market, that every fluctuation there produces a corresponding , effect amongst us; and, consequently, our report this week is not near so favourable as our last. We have not, indeed, relapsed into quite so•bad a state as before, but very httle has been doing during the week. Some failures in the immediate neighbourhood are talked of, but we abstain at present from being more particular. CITY OF LONDON PA R LIANIENFA FY RZFROJOITATION. —A Meeting was yesterday attetnoon held at the City of London Tavern. At onti, o'clock Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN entered the room ; accompa*ied by Mr. Hums, Mr. PAIMLL, and a nurnbirof respectable Gen tlemen. Mr. S. FAVKLL was unaarmouily called to the ChAir ; and, having eulogized the character' of Alder man WAIVE/lAN, read the Report of the C mince, which .recommended the retain of the Aide' to , Parliament, free ofsexpense.— After addresses fro . Htnir and Mr. DILLON, a_vote of thinks was given to the Chairman, and the Meeting separated. THE ARMY.. • .4 I Detnehmentibeloegiog to the 4th end Iltit Roghump et ; t ight Dragoons marched yesterday from Weitminster, for the . Cavalry Depot Maidstone. Detachments b e l ong i ng to tbg 2d, 20tb, Slitr, t and 44th Regiments of Infantry, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Canterbury. •A Detachment belonging to the 54th Regiment of Foot marched yesterday front Westminster, tor Chatham. Kuzma. Mooa.—lt is rumoured that an extensive µMiner en emispment of horse and feet will he formed here. It is on this Moor that Manchester Races are run.—Chester aneroid. One Company and several Detachnoents;i the 1 lth Infantry marched into Waterford, on Saturday, and the remainder of the Regiment is expected on Moiplay. The First Division of the 29th marched from Waterford onNondalt,:land the second on Tuesday, for Cork, to embark next month for, foreign service. The conduct or the 211th, during their sojourn at Waterford, was unexception ably good. the late Major General Tnaxra entered the service on the 2t st of October, 1795, as an Ensign he the 2d Regiment of Foot ; oh taine4 on the 18th October, 1797, a Lieutenancy In the same Corps, and was promoted on the Bth June, 1803, to a Company in the Royal African Corps. Ile was appointed an the 18th April, 1804, to a Majority in the said Regiment ; obtained, en the 28th May, 1807, the Lieutenant Coionelcy of the Royal West India Rangers, and was placed on the 23th of December, 1818, on half-pay. He was made, on the 4th of June, 1814, Colonel in the Army; was promoted, on the 19th of July, 1821, to the rank of Major General; was appointed, on the 21th of Joist., 1824, Captain General and Governor in Chief in Attica, and obtained, on the Ist ofJuly; 1824, the Colonelcy of the Royal African Colonial Corps.—While strving with his Regiment in Ireland, as a Lieutenant, General Tomtit cook Nantes Tailor, (fur whose apprehension a reward was offered) prisoner, but retusing to accept the reward, the Government median:ly presented him with a Captain's commission bathe Royal African Corps. He lost hii arm while serving in the Portuguese army, at the siege of Badajox, and his valuable life, on the 7th March, 1896, in the arduous and zealous discharge of his duty to his country. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MERTING. The unqualified excellence of the spans of yesterchiy is the theme of general admiration. Tke mist lively anxiety was evinced ea most of the Stakes, particularly on the St. Leger, the great Impor tance of which, to the sporting world, is so obvious. Bedlansite was backed to a large amount, and his noble owner has been s 10.11 r to a very considerable 'moons. The betting last night and this nsorniag, up to 12 o'clock, at the York Tavern Rooms, was brisk, making Belzoni first favourite, se a matter of course and leaving liediarnite at nearly the sanw odds as before. Paul Pry was brought me, and backed at Ifito 1. The odds are as under Dossr.sram Sr. 1.16E14 • to 1 seat Daippel - it t• 1 apt Fanny • ' to 1 apt illegoalte is to I agat Paid Pry 14 to 1 apt crusader 20 to 1 apt Pirate IS to I apt Thy Dragon _ . 111 to I apt any o th er No o th er Stakes mentioned. The weather witty has been verg_Jbw, and the wort tolerably good, though inferior to , that of yesterday. The followbg le a statement The two year old Stakes of 30 sov. - eleii.—Csolts S. Sib. !Mee Sgt. llb. T.Y. C. Thirteen Subscribers. Duke of Leeds's gr. e. by Grey Middlehain Mr. ltiddell'tch.a Hartsbury 'Jaques's ch. f. Sister to Ringlet Powlete • 1 O II Mr... Mr. T. gr. c. by Andr'issan . 4 Betting.—Duke of Leeds' apt the *ld, before the Ant beat.-- Three paid. . The Dead Heat.—Betting 5 to 4 on rudders. . The two went of at speed, and kept together till they ame she distance, when the Duke's get about a length et the other, who Immediately regained it, bus again lost ground by swenring • to the stand, could not reviver it, and ultimately lest a well mintested race by half a length. The Gold Cup, by Subscription of 20 ears. each, the surplus Li spede--3 yr olds, Ist. 41b. 4 yrs 7st. 111 b. 5 yrs Ist. 71b. 0 and aged, it. I 31b.—Two miles. Mr. M. W. litidley's Fleur de Lis, 4 yn Lord Kelburn s Adams, 4 yrs •, • Mr. Russell's The Alderman, 4 yre Mr. Petre's Der Freischtits, 5 In •• Lord Salbore's Jerry, 5 yrs Only two placed. . Four others paid. The betting was very sharp as this race, and large sums changed masters. 0 and 7to Alderman; 4to I agat Jerry; and. sto I agst Fleur de Lis, who, to-daf, as well as yesterday, has proved herself a very honest good illy, and who, It -is thought. would have bad a fine chance for the St. Leger, last year, but for the accident. The Alderman took the lead at starting, made strong running, and seemed as if -determined to make an out and out job of it, ky which he mightily tickled t►e!aneiel of his numerous backers; he kept in front at a good bat to the distance post, narrowly watched by Fleur de Lis, Action. and Jerry (his first appearance since winning the Great St. Leger in 1114), where the,two former came out. Here The Alderman betas to look very queer, as if he had been at a turtle feast the day, before, and was nit half recovered from a surfeit. lii . fact, it was bete evident that be was bear; and his party began-to leek any blue en the business. •At this part of the race Jerry, abisegb much behind, begin to make ground, creeping up surprisingly; indeed, he looked a good deal like a winner Ur a Ain dose, but Flew' de Liu int( Actsten were safe, the former whistles the Cup in prime style by a length. The Sberts.—A Swttspwhes of 50 MTh each, h. (Looks, Oat. Sib. Allies, sat: —.Last mile.—Ten Subscribers. Lord Kennedy's Bedlamite Lard Milton's Barataria Lard Queensberry% The Constable Sir W. Milner 's ch.e. by Amadis • • • Mr. Duneomhe's b. e. by St. Heins' . . . . 5 Betting 4 to I on Bedlemite and no taken, as all-were satitald that he must win. The Filly Stakes of 20 sons. each fee 5 yrs old, list. 311)...—Last • mile and halts—Nine Subscribers. . 1. 4 • 4 •4 ' • 1 . Lord Muneaster's Garcia Sir E. Dobsworth's Was Patrick Lord Kennedy's Mary Anne Lord Milton's Tbsoducea • . Duke of Leeds' b. by Wbisker • . Betting 5 to 4 to Muy Anne. PIGEON SHOOTING. The Red House Club had a grand day's sport on Toeiday at their Inclosursat- Battersea, consisting of matches mid sweepstakes. Two matches for 25 Sous. each between Messrs. Window and Au den/a. were won by the former ;_ a,inatch between Maus. Ross and Osbaidestone,wss won by the former • sweepstakes of 10 sob. each Were severally woo by Mears. Usba ldestone and Ross. SPARRIY/G AT THE TENNIS COURT. • . - :s •: . . Richmond took his benefit at this Court yesterday; but it was something like Paddrr prize, attended with more lois thin profit. The Coast was very thinly attended, and the amusements were de ficient in pnint of quality. Among these who set to were Reynolds and Curtail, Jones and Pick (the Bristol youth), ficrouins and Goodman, Whiteheaded . Bob and Cannon, and, as a wintLitp; Richmond and Mattoon. Richmond thanked those who did him the honour of being present, but very feelingly added, that his ob ligation would have been meek greater if his Mends had been " mom numerous. Gaynor and Reid stewed in a piteous plight, but appeared to pe in a fair way. Cisynor's knuckles were dreadfully eat. A mull collection was made for Reid, hot it was nothing like what would have been done in the " olden times." _ _ DICK Cow's AND Srocznam.—Daring the fight on Tuesday; Stockman and his patty were extremely inveterate against Gaynor, and had recourse to every expedient to discourage him. This con duct excited deserved contempt ; .but Stockman, who is a sort of " dare devil," could not be induced to "bold his snag." On his way hone, however , be became extreme insolent, offering to tight any min in leagbind of his weight. This conduct at length roused Dick Curtis, who accepted his offer, and at South Miami set-to, and in three rounds gave hint such pepper thathe lay down like an anint cur, and would fight no longer, to the disgust assn. ral of the gam, who bunny rejoiced in his punishment. • The following persons were on Monday eveni ng eketed Members of the Atheneum—The Earl of Lammas ; Teams NA1M,11.14.; GUMS' Loss, Esq.; J. Clusase Dzymmi, Esq.; CHAIM= Hit SIMS, Esq.; ALZIAISCS • BMW.; lieq. ; WOKONZOW Game, Esq. Two Gentlemen have been already put in nominative - by the Glasgow Students for the hamar of the Lard Rectersh p of their ancient University, which becomes vacant Seat year, 144. . Lord JOHN Euwact, and Tama' CUiren.l., Eep author of The Measures Hope. I