Star. — London, England, 1826-08-08 00:00:00

WORTHING, km= 6. ^ ". ` Thi s Ore is fun of company.—The Harvest Is poky op gorier the mos t promising circumstances, and the visitors seem to enjoy the busy sc-ne, by every vehicle being in requisition from morning to night, to Visit every spot of interest in the neighbourhood t the Twat points, as usual, Clubury, the Miller's Tomb, and Chanitbury, pre-eminently so.--kbotuir is enpged for a limked number of nights at the Theatre. The hotels are fining very fast, and very many of the best houses occupied with ekgassies. EVILS OF FOREIGN RESIDENCE. MR. EDITOR—Much has been justly said of late in many of the public journals on the greatly increased expenses of a C , ntinental residence, • and their natural • consequence in the general diminution of our English families living abroad; but are such of our country men aware of one evil which this foreign residence is, to themselves, perhaps imperceptibly, producing on . the minds and hearts of those very children whom they are wthinkingly training up amidst the demoralizing influence of the habits and prejudices of a people, with whom:the sacred and solemn dedication of the Sab bath is utterly neglected and unheeded. • Such, it is well known at home, has been the influ ence and impression created upon numbers on their return from any lengthened continental residence as to this point—that they have felt, and often express, how • much they feel ennui and irksome restraint from the decorous solemnity in the observance of the Loan's day in their native land, from having been so long ac customed to the frivolous and dissipating employment of this sacred day in every kind of diversion and relaxation of pleasure throughout the Continental States usually resorted to by British re,idents. Much has been very forcibly argued upon this me lancholy influence of the continental intercourse upon our countrymen in a recent publication of one of our most in'eresting modern travellers, Mr. Raz WiLaon, in his " Travels in Denmark and Sweden," countries the la't one would have expected to have found contami • noted by such an anti-christian spirit. And it is with high gratification we may hail its more formal notice in a late public address at one of our Universities--at the Cambridge commencement—in the following em phatic reprobation of this evil :—" Our renewed inter ' course with foreign countries has especially conttibuted to this visible laxity of moral conduct, and there is •-: every reason to fear that an increasing familiarity with the infidelity, profaneness, and vices therein prevailing, will endanger the entire loss of that high character for piety, purity, and virtue, which has distinguished in pat days, and ought to continue to distinguish, the sons and daughters of Protestant reformed Britain. To this cause " (this extended intercourse with the anti religious states of the long revolutionized Continent) " may be mainly attributed the lamentable desecra tion of the Sabbath-day now so often witnessed, the en tire contempt of its sacredness, and the abuse of its rest." PHILOPATRIS. • Such is the case in the instance lately noticed in the STA& Mrs. Jenson Hotpot, of Ronne, in Bornholm, has been eondemnej to death by the Supreme Tribunal, for the murder ct her husband. The Lisbon mail brought dispatches from his Excel. lency Sir CHARLES STIIART to Mr. Secretary CANNING, and from Vice Admiral Lord Astatatis BEACCLERIt to Mr. Cnorczn. Every thing had been quiet, except eel Chaves, where a slight disturbance had taken place, hip, of no consequence, ancle.hich was soon quelled. The letters do not mention the change of Ministry spoken of in the F'ench Papers. His Majesty's ship GLASGOW arrived in the Tagus on the 26th ult. but sailed again on the 29th. The OCEAN, GENOA, ALSION, and DIA MOND, remained in the Tagus. Private letters from Lisbon to the 80th ult. convey a lively idea of the enthusiasm on the promulgation of the Constitution, and also the preparations for general rejoicing on the day the Constitution is to be sworn to by the Portuguese Ministers and other public Func tionaries. It is hinted, however, that there are cabals against the new order of things in Lisbon, though the enthusiasm of the inhabitants is so great, that the Queen's party will be probably deterred from making any movements. In one of the mobs, a madman, pro- climing the Quaru, was shot by the soldiers, who have, in several instances, been called out, on account of the great excitement in the public m;nd. • Three soldiers belonging to the 83d Regiment, now lying at Tynemouth, were drowned on Thursday morn ing last, at a place called the Short Sands, near Tyne month. The lamentable catastrophe was occasioned by the individuals going beyond the breakers. " • Tuesday, a disobedient young girl, in consequence of some disagreement with her mother, threw herself into the canal, at Ashton under Line r from whence, however, •she was very soon extricated. Upon her return home, her mother liberally applied to her back what is sometimes termed " stirrup ad." A Correspondent remarks, that this year there have been ftvrer instances known of mad dogs in the neigh bourhood of London, than, probably, for the last cen tury. This he attributes to the people of London and its neigbourhood having this year taken his hints, con ♦eyed at different times through the Newspapers, of regularly supplying dogs with water in hot weather. Sunday, an old man, about eighty years of age. re. aiding at Yard Heads, Leith, died, it is said, from the effects of a violent assault from his daughter; while is a state of intoxication. Saturday, a fashionably dressed man, in s handsome stanhope, drove up to the shop of Mr. D. Ellis, jeweller and goldsmith, No. t, John -street, Oxford-street. After telling him that he wanted some plate for his chambers, as he was unwilling to send and disturb his regular sets in the country, he selected some of the most valuable, which he desired might be packed up and sent to his lodgings. Affecting however, to recollect himself, he stated that he was then going to drive home, and Mr. Ellis might seed the plate and a person to receive the money, with him in the gig: This Mr. E. consented to; the purchaser exhibited such gentility in dress and manner, that he felt convinced of his respectability..— The gentleman drove to the Temple, where he desired the jeweller to remain and take care of the gig, while he took the plate into his chambers, and he would send his servant with the money, who would relieve him of the gig. The jeweller remained for several hours, but he never saw minter, servant, or money afterwards ; and returned only with a handsome horse and gig, which had doubtless been hired for the above purpose. Three of the watchmen of Dover have been suspended in consequence of being unable to answer questions re lative to the affair with the smugglers in which Mor gan was killed; their beats being so contiguous to the Sc ene as to afford presunoptioa of negligence, or wilful pcealment. ENGLISH OPERA- HOUSE. WINTRIeS Opera of Der Unterbrocheste Opferil4t) tranklated and adapted to the English-stage, was per formed last night at this Theatre, under the name of The Oracle; or, The Isterrapted Sacrifice. The follow ing are the dramatis persona : The Ines of Peru . . Mr. J. Bar= • Rom, his Soo, a General in the Army . Mr. Palmas lialfern, Peruvian General hi,. Pau.r.ll l ll . ViUmms, High Priest of the Sun . Mr. Aram ' Faulkiand, an Englishman, under the as. i stinted name of Sidney . . i Mr. Bann Pedrillo, a Spaniard, Faulkland's servant . Mr. TIIIOKSIL Myra, Sister to Rocca • Miss PATOIi • Eivira, a Spanish Captive . Miss Hammon r Gulira . . • Miss GowaßD • Bahia . . Miss Bongs . Sura • . Miss Souvenir= • . The scene lies in Peru. The inhabitants are engaged in a contest with the Spaniards. It has happened, be fore the commencement of the action of the piece, that Elvin; has been taken prisoner by the Peruvians. When captured, she was on the point of being married to Faulkland, an Englishman, in the Spanish service ; and he is now, without her knowledge in the ranks of the Peruvians, and has distinguished himself by saving the life of the Inca. The son of the Inca his become the friend, and his daughter the destined bride, of the Eng lishman. The Peruvians return victorious, and Elvira learns that Faulkland, known to the Peruvians by the _ .. name of Sidney, has slain her brother in battle, and is about to be united to Myra. Her love now changes, as the love of disappointed heroines is wont to do, into direct hatted, and she sets about contriving the destruc tion of Fantkland. In conjunction with Mdfiru, she resolves to charge him with having blasphemed the sun, and Mqpru deceives Myra into an assent to the truth of the charge. By a contrivance of Moffiru, the oracle is made to denounce the crime of Fasdkland, and de mend his death. After various delays, interposed by the friendly compassion of the Inca, Faulkland is on the point of being sacrificed, when Rocca rushes in, at the head of a body of troops, and res7nes him; Myra de clam the deception practised by her—the trick, by which the oracle was made to denounce Faulkland, is exposed—and he is saved from destruction. This piece, which is a first attempt to introduce the whole music of a foreign Opera into an English trans lation, met with the most decided success. The Over ture is very grand and impressive, and was unanimously encored. The concerted pieces are very many, anJ possess great claims to harmony and beauty of arrange ment. The choruses are particularly grand,—the opening one especially. Miss PattoN as the heroine or the Opera displayed all that rich variety of sound, exe cution, and expression for which this Lady is so justly famed.—Sciunds that, " Could swell the soul to rage or kindle soft desire." Her delivery of those short and rapidly executed pas sages called catena di &ilia were most effective, and her acting of the character was in some instances tragedy of the very highest kind. The tendetly sorrowful man ner in which she sung the air 4 , 2 here was a tune ere sorrow," with the corn obligwo accompaniment, was truly delightful. The duet between that Lady and Sapto, " Uh, tvhen Mine eye is throwing" was encored, as well as a beautiful climate' by Misses GOWARD, BOOZY, SOLITHWILLf.. and PATON. Mr. SAPIO, as the hero, acquitted himself with his customary ability, and was highly applauded. A comic duet.between Tisoaart. aad Miss Gowan) is also entitled toggreat praise, and was rapturottaly encored. All the *het charictete ex erted themselves in a manner entitlin - th em to ..greet, credit. The choruses were extreme effective and, ably conducted . Wry great coninien at on ii due to the Proprietors and Managers of this Theatre for the industry and seal displayed by them in the production of new pieces. The charm of novelty is certainly not one of the least this Theatre may justly boast. We ex tract the following as being a favourable specimen of the poetry in the Opera : AlR—(BAusa.) Hut ne'er marked the lower, When, seeking her nest, The bee in its bower Huh stolen to rest ? How &asps the light blossokt Beneath its new guest ; So sinks the lone bosons Which love bath pewee. When the bee from her bower Her journey bath ta'en. Then up springs the flower All lightly again. And thus too the bosom, When freed from loves pay, Eke yonder light blossom Its strength will regain. ~: ' The Earl of CHBSTERBIRLD has taken a Hunting Lodge at Melton Mowbray, and we bear that his Lordship take the lead, as Lord Pi:mount retires. The SALISBURY Family propose paying a visit to Liverpool next month. The Noble Marquis inherits a fine property there by his marriage into the Gascortm family. Letters have been received from Mr. PRICI, the now Lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, by his trusty Treasurer ' Mr. Dimas, dated live days after the former had sailed front Liverpool r from which it appears, that, owing to adverse winds. there is little chance of his return to England in sixty days from the time of his depar ture, which the enterprising Manager confidently cslealated upon. Mr. BRAHASI and Miss STSPUBN/1 take the•lead in the Opera as Drury-lane next season Luvow has been applied to by the Managers of both Theatres—we have not heard whether be is yet engaged at either. We suspect, however, that Covent-garden e is likely to be the scene of his winter campaign.• Madame Vesrats is engaged at Covent•gardess Thea. tre for the ensuing season. Liberal offers were made to the Lady by Ms. Puce, which she rejected. One of the early revivals, next season, at Covent. garden Theatre, will be Snagrareass's Othello, in which Talmo will perform the Moos t Wean, /age ; and Comma Eamitts, Cassie, which the late Mr. Kuntz always considered one of the most perfect personation. on the English stage. MISS PATON, who is now understood as being legiti mately united to Lord WILLIAM Lennox, bas been rusticating at newer Green, near Windsor, the Nobleman in question having takes, for the summer season, the residence of Mr. &row, late of the General Poet Office, which, for picturesque beauty, and domes tic comfort, can scarcely be equalled. The mulberry tree rows indigenously throughout the United States, and it is thougl.t silk may be. raised with facility ft om the southern to the not them boundary of the Elnihn. This article costs the country now.six or seven millions of dollars. Very beautiful specimens of silk have been exhibited in Baltimore, which were the pro4uct of worms raised in that city, and spun by a• machine, of which Mi. I. A. Blanc is the maker. That Gentleman, who is by birth a Piedmontese, was largely engaged in the manufacture of silk before he was com pelled to leave his native land. He is of opinion that no climate is better adapted to the sills,worm.than that of Baltimore.,-.lBterlean Paper. . • • WO . IMBLD'S.:TRIAL. • . • • . It is now thought BellOg ibr e.for the case of Wake- field to some otimirrhursdity-, shire being, for instance, tso 'bill found; awl is the next place; Mr. Wakefield objects to such a prentaterti s prbeetding. His Counsel are, Messrs. Scarlett, Parke, and Pollock. A curious circumstance has taken place, wbicb is, that Mr. Brougham has been retained on both sides at the same time, and there is a doubt for whom the Learned Gen- tleman will appear. Mr. Wakefield considers he ought to have the benefit of his assistance. The Attorney General for Lancaster (Mr. Scarlett) has written him a note to say he is retained as his (Mr. Wakefield's) advo cate. It is considered as certain that he cannot, under the Act of Henry 111. c. 2, be convicted of felony, but of the misdemeanour only, which he has made up his mind tn, if tried. He corresponds with a number of dis tinguished persons on the Continent. The criminal list is very heavy, there being from 123 to 130 prisoners. Lavender, the police officer, has ordered apartments for 150 witnesses. Mr. Turner has taken apartments at a Mr. Carter's. Mr. Wakefield, it is said, will not be arraigned before the second week : the waiter and chambermaid of the King's Arms bap, Kendal, are subrcenaed. Mr. Wakefield, the Chancery Barrister, and uncle of the defendant, left London on Saturday fir Lancaster. The Attorney General set out this afternoon. - - DUBLIN SESSIONS. STRALINO A CHILD.--APTECTING CASE. The affection of Irish nurses for their foster children, as they are termed, has been long since recorded as forming a peculiar feature among the other peculiarities of the natives of this country. The present case is strik- ingly illustrative of this feeling. Catherine Hannan was indicted for maliciously steal; ing a child from Catherine Philips, one of the nurses employed by the Foundling Hospital. The circumstances that came out in evidence were as follow. The prisoner had been engaged by the Governors of the Hospital to wet nurse the child in question, who was a foundling; she had had the cate et it for seven years, when it was taken from her, in July, 1825; and given to another nurse, Catherine Philips, •of Duncantown ; after the child had been there a short time, the prisoner and her husband took a journey of twenty miles to see it. Some months after this, Philips came to town with the child, to get the wages which were due for nursing; the prisoner, who happened to be in town at the time, met them in Thomas -street, and forcibly possessing herself of the child, she made off with it, ne doubt considering it the greatest treasure she could have acquired. A young man who witnessed.the transaction knew the prisoner, and the place she was stopping at; and information being given at the Foundling Hospital, search was made for the prisoner and chill at a house in Thomas-street, where the former was then residing. After carefully examining every part of the house without discovering either nurse or child, the party were about to give up the search, when they thought they observed, through the dormant windows, something moving on the roof of the house. Search was accordingly made there, when nurse and child were discovered, the latter with a twopenny loaf in his little fist. All the a itnesses for the prpstcution admitted the kindness and affection which ttakprisoner displayed towards the child. : The Leagued RICORDInt o in charging the Jury, es. &Alfined the provisions of the act under which the in ictissent was framed, and informed them, that should they convict the prisoner of the offence with which she was charged, the judgment of the Court would be very light. It was quite evident, and given in evidence by the prosecutors themselves, that no malicious motive could be attributed to the prisoner, .but that she had acted from the feelings of a kind and affectionate heart. The Jury, after consulting for some Aim', returned-a verdict of • The Nobli Lord, who marl led the great Heiress, realised last year, from the coal mines, sixty-five thousand pounds. The Roxburgh Castle, Captain DENNY, firth, Qitebee, has arrived, and landad the Hon. J. Stwra.c., Chief Tustice and Speaker of the Councils in Upper Canada, and twelve other pas. sengers. This ship commenced the new trade of importing Teas (on the Eat India Company's account) direct from China into Canada, and has brought thence a cargo of timber and potash (on the owner's account) to England, but to a low bad market. The tea adventure is considered a good one. The ship sailed the next day for the River. A short time ago a swarm of Bees alighted upon the boom of a pleasure boat, in the Orwell. The owner ,was busily engaged in painting the vessel, and not liking so many visitors, endeavoured to drive them off by spraying them with water. This salutation was not ',Wished by the bees, and they soon compelled the owner to retreat to the cabin ; from whence, coming soon afterwards, he observed that the swarm had set tled upon some sea weed near the channel, and being at the flow of the tide, the water came upon the luck less t smilers, and they were all drowned. About a fortnight since, John West, a desperate cha racter who was convicted last Sessions of an attempt to break into the house of Mr. Moon, a jeweller in High Holborn,- and sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment in Giltspur-street Compter, succeeded in making his escape from thence in the following manner. The windows of the upper part of the prison were ordered to be cleaned, and ladders were placed against the wall for that purpose, and while the attenti,n of the turnkeys was engaged, he got up the ladder to the top of the wall, and from thence jumped en the scaffold used in erecting the new wing of Christ's Hospital, which is at the back of the prison, and sliding down the poles, got clear off. ',formation, however, was received on Sa turday, stating that he is now in Horsemonger lane Gaol, for a burglary committed in Surrey atter his escape from the Compter. •A paragraph appeared a fortnight ago, stating that a Scottish Gentleman had undertaken, for a wager of 1,0001. to travel as a wandering minstrel for six months, during which time he was to accumulate 1001. out of what the public were pleased to give him for his music, he paying',•besidrs, all necessary expenses. An indivi dual representing himself to be the person therein al luded to, made his appearance in Durham, on Wednes day, and played several tunes on the Scotch and Irish pipes, on both of which he displayed considerable skill,' as he perambulated the different streets of the town.— He was a man of rather gentlemanly figure and deport ment, and was accompanied by a person who acted in the capacity of a servant, and received the contributions of such as chose to give their money. The minstrel and his companion sojourned at a humble lodging-house (such, his understood, being one of the conditions of the Wager) during the night, and left the town on the fol lowing, morning. Two steam-boats* were launched at . Amsterdam on the 3d, and two frigates were to be launched on the . 4th Instant. _ .~,... BITTING-ROOM TATTERSALL'S, Auacs, 7. Notwithstanding the absence of most of the leading sportsmen at York, where the great August Meeting commences this day, there was some tolerably heavy badness done on the St. Leger, but with. out producing any important change from our last quotation. It is reported that Sir W. Gerard, the owner of Buxton, is dead ; till the truth be known, it may be prudent not to enter into any engagements on that horse, as all bets, but those in which he is classed with other horses, will be off, if the above rumour prove correct. The events of the present week at York will doubtless make some alteration in the odds; and as the grand event is not far off, we would recommend our sporting friends to he on the alert. to 1 apt Belzoni 12 to 1 agst Pirate 11 to 1 apt Bedlamite I I to 1 agst Crusader to 1 apt Fanny 12 to 1 agst Fanny winning Stakes newt Thursday, and the St. Leger. BLANDFORD RACES, Aeons: 3. The Dorsetshire Gold Cup, value 100 p. Lord Dishy names Comedian, 4 yrs . Mr. Forunan's Forester, 4 yrs . SOL for 3 and 4 yrs olds. Heat- two miles. Mr. Wyndham names Tougbstiek , . 1 1 Mr. Forman's Whim . • . , . 2 dr Sweepstakes of 10gs, each. Two miles and.* distance. Lord Palmerston's Conquest, 4 yrs . I Mr. Portman's Forester . . 2 . I Mr. Farquharson 's Black and all Black 3 The Bryanstone Stakes of 5 so,. each, and 2S added, was won by Mr. Farquharson 's Maid of AU Work, beating Mr. Portman's Greyweather and Mr. Glyn's Rally. LEWES R ACES—(('oaccunan.) . The Town Plate of 501. the winner to be sold for 2001. &e. Heats, the New Course. Lord Rgremont's Brother to Spree, 3 yrs Mr. Whiteside's Brother to Antonio Mr. Brown's Maid of Kent 1 1 2 3 3 2 A Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Smith's Charnwood, 6 yrs 3 1 1 • W • •1 0 3 .•2 0 2 . 4 dr Lord Egremones b. h. by inrior, 4 yr* Mr. Grey!!le's Skirmlsper . , S yrs Mr. Wbisside's Pietoo, aged - KEN DAL RACES, Aye. 3. This was a beautiful day's sport, and the coarse was as well ate tended. The Town Plate, value 501. was admirably contested, and won by Mr. Smith's Sophy. In the first heat she came in neek.- and-neck with Corrector, who had rather the advantage. In the second, Sir Philip Mosgrave's horse was drawn, Sophy and Cor rector still neck-and-neck together, till within a few yards of the winnintpost, when the former won by half a length; third heat, Sophy again gained by about half a neck. Corrector was the favou rite. Sophy won the Geld Cup and the Silver Plate both this and the preceding year. UMW Kans.—This was an elegant Silver Cup, which was car ried in procession to the Grand Stand, prtceded by the bald of the Yeomanry Cavalry, of which the Hon. C. H. Lowther is Colonel. After a well-contested race, it was won by Mr. Japp's b. mare, sitter to Taupy. The most remarkable occurrence dering_it was, that a large white dog, which was seated by the side of the course, seeing one of the horses, Wild Boy, a considerable distance behind the others, and thinking, no doubt, that he might stand a chance for the cup, actually started off, and was second in at the winning post. This canine feat ere aced considerable merriment. NOTTIN(HAM RACES.—(Costunsts.) His Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas for all ages. Heats fnertstilas. Mr. Roundthwalte's ch. m. Governess, S yrs old • 1 1 Mr. Platers Conviction, 4 yrs old • 2 . Mr. Tenehe's b. g. by Ambo, Syn old I . 2 3 The Macaroni Stakes of 26 p. eaeli s h. f. t. two and a half mild. Mr. Roundthwalte's ch. m. by Milo, 5 yrs old . . I Mr. Charlton's Ilestwood, 4 yrs old . • II The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 501. for all ages. Heats two miles and a half. No race. WORCESTER RACES—(runcßibalo The Hunters' Purse of 50 soy. added to 5 soy. each, was was 1e• two heats, by Mr. Wheeler's b. or, by Ambo, beating Mr. Chad tou's Mrs. Lott and another. Sweepstakes of 5 auv. each. added to the Ladies' Sobsesiptiosk Mr. Gisborne's Zarniel s . . 1 1 Mr. Woods's Rosario I . . It 3 Sir W. Wynne's Weadock . . * 4 3 2 Mr.. Stevens's b. 1. by Cannon Ball . . 4dr The City Gold Cop, value 100 soy. added to a tiatalleayriof I soy. _ . Heats, three miles. , . : . Lord Warwick's Double Entetolre Mr. Pickeroell's Sceptre . . I I . 2 2 SIONTROSE R ACES—Atmore 4. The company on the Course to-day was •err numerous and fashionable. The weather was fine, and the Count, Considering the late dry weather; in excellent order. The spurt *as acintiribk. The Forfar hire Gold Cup, value one hundred sovereigns, the gift of the lion. W. Maule, M.P. for the County, ad.led to a Sweep stakes of ten sovs. eac►, for all ages. Try' subscribers. The owner of the second horse to receive 25 sous. Lord Kennedy's b. h. Skiff, 5 yrs old . , Mr. F. Carnegie's The Major, 4 yrs old Lord Kennedy's h : f.Greelan Queen, 3 yrs old . 1 Sir D. Monciieffe's &trona, 3 irs old Ms. Taylor's b. t : Hurry, 3 yr . ' old A beautiful nee. and won by a Reek. The Ladies' Purse of 50 sows. Heats, two mites. . _ _ _ _ _ . 3 . 4 1 1 Sir A. Ramsay's b. e. Gift, 4 yn old . Sir D. blotierieffe's b. f. by Prime !Moister, 3yn old . dr PEDESTRIANISM. The race of ten miles, between James Beddoe (a person of more speed than the Yolkslike Beddoe) and Captain Pearson, tot.k place on Wednesday morning, over Maroon Moor, near Hatfield. The ground chosen was a circle of one mile; and though the Capt. was allowed half a mile, the match was won cleverly by Beddoe. CRICKET MATCHES. A Grand Match was played In Lord's Ground between the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Wincheder and Eton Colleges, on Friday. The match was won by the Winchester Gentlemen by 54 runs. Owing to the fineness of the weather this match was at tended by most of the Nobility and Gentry in town. _ . _ A Cricket Match was played on Thursday last in the Albion Cricket Otnund, Islington, between eleven Gentlemen of the'Albion Club, and eleven Gentlemen of the Thursday's Kennington Club. The Kennington won the maich by five wickets. The betting was 3 and 4 to 1 against the Kennington at the commencement. A match was played upon Woodhouse Moor, on Wednesday, lbetween the Leeds and WAketield Clubs, which was won by the excellent playing of the former. Saturday se'nuight a Nor and Spell match was played upon Woodhouge Moor, betwixt a person named Scott and the celebrated William Wheater ; forty rises, for three guineas a side. The match was decided in favour of Scott, who headed his antagonist forty two scores. SWIMMING. Yesterday afternoon a•party of printers took an aquatic excursion up the river, principally for the purpose of deciding a wager pend ing between them and a Gentleman of some sporting celebrity, that none of them could be found to swim, with the t file, from Battersea Bridge to Blackfriars (ei miles) without stopping. This feat was attempted some weeks ago, for twenty guineas, and the person who tried it gave in off Strand•laae. On the present occasion a young man, named Thomas Jolley, belonging to Mr. Davison's Office, came forward as the Champion of the Typos, and performed the Herculean task in an hour and thirty-five minutes, to the delight of his companions, and admiration of a great ru über of persons who were on the River in pleasure-boats to witness the performance. A band of music accompanied the boats down tie River, playing favourite airs, and on that arrival of Mr. Jolley at his journey's end, about eight o'clock, he was saluted with " See the conquering Hero comes." Mr. Jolley only turned himself twice on his back, for the distance of about forty yards each time, during the whole period he was in the water. I:111 COCHRAN* is reported to have arrived at Mo lina on the Mk July, in the Unicorn, Captain Score. TiH El.oraMawT•l>i NORIOLK.—A Correspondent is Norfolk, who resides near the seat of the young Baro net, whose wife eloped from him a short time ago, says that the young couple lived very uncomfortably toge ther for some time previous to the occurrence, and that they cccupied separate beds for the last three months. The Lady has brought her husband two children, and rumour states that the cause of dissension was a suppo sition on the part of the husbanst that the last child did not resemble bias in a very striking manner. The fa. mily mansion is now in a rate of very great confusion; the Baronet has not only refused to see his children, but he will not allow of a single ♦isitor. l' '1 ( i I a I i 1 I i il t 4 10 ii t ; ft ii tn ., I , .. l'', l ; i l, i; t' fv . It . 1 4 . , ‘ ' 4 I i I I li i• it ti • i • i ~. ! . , t i ! 1 , 1t ' 1 - . . . . 1 , . 1 1 r 1 s 4 ' 1 ' 1 .1 11