Star. — London, England, 1829-09-17 00:00:00

THE KING. WINDSOR, SEPT. 16.—Monday the KING, aCCOM panied by the LORD STEWARD in his pony phaeton, left th e Royal Lodge at two o'clock in the afternoon, followed by the Earl of FIFE, Lord STRATHMORE, Sir FREDE RICK WATSON, and Sir ANDREW BARNARD, in the double-bodied phaeton, with the regular retinue of out riders. His MAJESTY on leaving the Royal Lodge drove through the new plantations into the main road, and pro ceeded by Snow-hill, the Long-walk, and the new line of road leading therefrom, in a direct line to the Castle, where his MAJESTY arrived at half-past two o'clock, and was met by Sir JEFFREY WYATVILLE, with whom his MAJESTY inspected the new Tower and the alterations made and carrying on, chiefly in replacing of furniture, &c. throughout the new suit of apartments. After passing upwards of two hours at the Castle, his MAJESTY and -suite retired, and returned by the same route to the Great Park, where his MAJESTY, after taking some of his favourite drives, returned to the Royal Lodge at half past five o'clock, and at seven o'clock honoured the dis tinguished members of his household with his company to dinner. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, the KING, accompanied by the same suite as yesterday, left the Royal Lodge, and after enjoying some favourite drives in the vicinity of Virginia Water and the Great Park, re-visited the Castle, where his MAJESTY re mained but a short time; and then returned to the Royal Lodge. This day, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, his MAJESTY did not leave the Royal Lodge. His MAJESTY continues to enjoy excellent health. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND yesterday honoured the Countess of ABERDEEN with a visit, at Argyll- House. The Dean and Chapter of CANTERBURY have re vived the use of the curfew in that city at eight o'clock. —Morning Paper. Yesterday the London Grand Jury found a true bill against the Proprietor and Printer of Tke Standard, for a libel on the Duke of W ELLINGTON. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, accompanied by the Princess AUGUSTA, came to town yesterday morning, from their residence in Bushy Park. The Princess SoPHIA visited their Royal Highnesses at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Royal Party partook of a dejeune at one. The Duke and Duchess, accompanied by the Princess AUGUSTA, re turned to Busby in the afternoon. The Duke of WELLINGTON, M. MATUCEWITZ (the Russian Envoy), &c. continue at Doncaster, to discuss the affairs of Europe as well as enjoy the pleasure of the place. We are assured that his Grace entirely approves of the course which Russia is pursuing, and expresses himself quite free from apprehension as to the ambitious designs of that power. NICHOLAS reiterates his profes sions of moderation, and his Grace believes him perfectly sincere.—Morning Chronicle. Mr. M'LEAN, the Minister from the United States to Great Britain, and Mr. RIVES, the Minister of France, accompanied by Mrs. RIVES and tie other members of his family, embarked on board the Constellation frigate at New York, on the 12th of August, which sailed the same afternoon. Lord PETERSHAM (now the Earl of HARRINGTON), Colonel L STANHOPE, and the Duchess of NEWCAS- T LE, sister to the deceased Earl, were yesterday engaged at the mansion in the Stable-yard, St. James's, making preparations for the funeral, which is expected to be a military one. Immediately after the express reached town on Tuesday, which brought the account of his Lordship's demise, an express was forwarded to his MA JESTY at Winds or, and an express was also sent to the Duke of LEINSTER, in Ireland, who married the Earl's eldest daughter. METROPOLITAN POLlCE.—Circular letters have been issued requiring the attendance of the men who have been engaged for the New Police, at Old Palace Yard, Westminster, at an early hour on the morning of the 21st instant, when it is the intention of the Commis missioners, we understand, to allot them to their different districts ; and from which time, until the 29th, when the system will commence, they will undergo a certain train ing, to prepare them for duty. The pediment of the principal portico in the KING'S new Palace, in St. James's Park, has been sculptured with a representation of the Triumph of Britannia, in high relief. Above the windows of the first story, be hind the portico, is an illustration of the Progress of Navigation. The garden front of the Palace has been embellished on either side of the central projection with subjects executed in bas-relief ; that on the eastern side, the Expulsion of the Danes from England—the other, Alfred giving Laws to the Britons. No symptoms of an extraordinary desire to get into Parliament have yet manifested themselves among the Roman Catholics in Ireland. Lord STOPFORD, one of the present Members for the county of Wexford, in which there is a strong Catholic interest, having announced his intention to retire after the present Session, three new candidates, viz. Mr. RAM, Mr. ARTHUR CHICHESTER, and Mr. CADWALLADER WADDY, have declared them selves candidates in the event of a general election. These gentlemen are all Protestants. Sir THOMAS Es- MONDE, who is the head of the leading Catholic family in that county, has declined standing, and there is no idea of any other member of the Catholic body offering himself. The Chancery suit in which Mr. WELLESLEY has been concerned is now likely to terminate. The daughter of that gentleman by his deceased wife is to be under the care of the Duchess of WELLINGTON, and his two sons under the care of Mr. COURTENAY, once a master in Chancery, and now clerk to the House of Lords. The Duke of WELLINGTON and Mr. WELLESLEY have, it is said, adjusted their differences, and shaken hands. The Bank of Ireland have given orders to their branches in the country, not to issue letters of credit at sight on Dublin, as heretofore ; such letters of credit are now made payable at ten days alter date, in consequence of which, the facility afforded to the country merchants re mitting payment of their bills due in Dublin has been much curtailed.---Dublin Morning Register. It is thought remarkable that although Mr. HENRY Has!, late Chief Cashier at the Bank of England, has been dead more than six months, and a successor ap pointed, the Bank notes are still made payable to him. The cause is, we understand, that an unusually large stock of notes was printed and on hand previous to his •decease, and that it is intended all these shall be issued before a new name is introduced. There is a supply *till in the Bank, it is said, for six months' farther con 'umption. THE MUSICO. . It is with infinite pleasure we at length perceive some indications of reform, manifested by the public, in the conduct of our English Theatres. We have frequently called attention to the injudicious and reprehensible manner in which they are managed, and testified our sorrow and disgust to behold them falling into neglect and gradual disrepute, as the chief haunts of open licen tious profligacy : the passages and staircases obstructed by drunken rioters and bustling pickpockets ; and their saloons—chose crying infamous, indispensable appurtenances to English Play-houses— out-doing all that Europe shows of the most blackguard and most shameful—surpassthg even the sailors' hops at Chatham and Ports mouth, the Colonnade of the Palais Royal, and the Music° at Amsterdam, in the audacious parade of low public de pravity. The Increasing licentiousness of these repairs extending gradually to the very front of what is called the Dews Circles, has most properly driven the majority of respectable people from the pleasures of an English play. Here, a ruin pugilist, or noisy apprentice, is allowed to swagger you down. There, victims of intoxication are seen reeling 'Waugh the lobbies, or sleeping oa the benches of the Musico. In another place, crowds of prostitutes, of all ages from thirteen to sixty, of every complexion and stature, half naked and inebriated, shout their horrid obscenities—drink—quarrel—fight, and pursue their paramours even to the body of the house, where they dare to triumph in their vice and wantonness in the very faces of our families. Supported by bribed boxkeepers and constables,—sub servient fruit-women and dependent bullies,—what a humiliating spectacle does this not present to the mind of a foreigner, arro gating to ourselves, as we do, the character of superior virtue and decorum? On leading a French gentleman last winter to th saloon of Drury-lane, he started back at the very entrance, folded his arms, and after contemplating the scene for some time, in mute astonishment, be exclaimed with a sneer of contempt — Non diem I intik nation 'morale— Now all this abmninableiniquity, which has leagued our theatres to the almost exclusive enjoyment of the profligate,—by which the proprietors of theatrical property are threatened with ruin,—is the work of managers themselves. They speculate as much upon the attractions of the wretched women who frequent their houses, as the procures... and panders who At them out for exhibition ; and now, having succeeded in banishing almost every other front their benches, accuse us for withdrawing ourselves and families to other places of amusement. where contaminating example and offensive daunting Infamy are not obtruded upon our notice. Permit no lady to enter the Saloon unaccompanied with a gentle man ;—have keepers, as in the new Bazaars, to watch their con duct. and warn them off on the least show of impropriety;—Dave the second tier of boxes well lighted, and compel the females to remain in their places ;—above all. allow them no where to crowd in the passages, not to vociferate and riot in the outlets and staircases reduce the price of admission, and abolish half-price altogether;— dismiss all the present box-keepers, constables, and fruit-women ; and the English Theatre will. once mote, become all we wish to see 14—the resort of the fashionable, the moral, and the intel lectual. • • • • • FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Tile Marquis of Bristol, at his seat, kkworth Park, Suffolk, front a tour; Major and Mrs. Fletcher, in Ilegent-street, from the Continent; Captain Harris, in Bryanston.square, from Ham sgate ; Edward Hawkins, Esq. at Feutoa's Hotel, St. Jatnes's-street, from Paris • James Montague, Esq at ditto from ditto; Capt. ,Mac donald, at ditto, from ditto; W. Osborne, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton • the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, t Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley -square, from Paris; A. Grant, Esq. at ditto, front ditto; Viscount konismore, at ditto, from Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Fellows, in Harley-street, from the Continent; tbe Rev. Craven Ord, at Nerot's Hotels sod Baths, Clifford-street. DEPARTURES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, front Arlington-street, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Sefton, &oke Farm Berks ; Sir Herbert kaiser, Ban. for his seat in Kent ; Captain Farm, Mrs. Marshall, from Brighton for Cheltenham; W. Saiway. Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Oxford; J. Colson, Esq. from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. W. Cox, from Wimpole street, for Worthing ; Viscount Duncannoo ' from C,avenclish pun*, for his seat at Roeisampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Knight, from Grosvenor -street, for Brighton; Lord Nugent, tor his seat, Lilleys, Bucks • Major and Mrs. Scott, from Manchester-square, for Cbel tenhani; the Right Hon. Earl of Buckinghamshire, from Nerot's Hotels and Baths, Clifford -street, to Hampden House; Sir Wm. Rawlins and friends, from ditto, to Paris; the Rev. Mr. Child, and Ladles, from ditto; Spencer Mackay, Esq. and family, from ditto; W. B. Flexney, Eq. from ditto, to Lord Down's. BRIGHTON, Sept. 15. Mrs. Fitiherbert entertained a select Dinner Party at the Royal York Hotel yesterday, Inclusive of the Marchioness of Downshire, Rareness Sandy., and Lady Mary HW, Capt. and Miss Seymour. Mrs. Mellish, Miss Giffard, Etc. Tbe Countess of Aldborough again entertains a select Dinner Party at this Hotel to-morrow. Her Ladyship yesterday dined with the Master of the Rolls. BRISTOL, September 15. The late heavy gales have caused considerable injury to the shipping on the western coast ; much property has been lost. The following notice was posted in the Com mercial Rooms this morning: " Bideford, Sept. 12. " Sir,—l am sorry to acquaint you that during a heavy gale, late last night or early this morning, the bull of a large brig, coal laden, was washed on shore, near Braunston Burrows, and is gone to pieces ; very little of her materials has been saved. The stern of a boat has been picked up, marked on the outside, " Hawke, of Plymouth," and inside, " William Tapscott," which is supposed to belong to a vessel, the crew of which it is feared are drowned, one body having been picked up. " The sloop Ceres, of Padatow, coal-laden, and bound from Newport to Padatow, was also driven on shore in the Northern Burrows, and is goose to pieces. The whole of the crew are saved. " Also the ship Daniel, of Bristol, Thomas Williams, master, bound from Bristol to Cork, with a general cargo, is on shore on the Northern Burrows; she brought up to an anchor, but un fortunately struck at low water, and filled. The master, crew, and passengers, eleven in number (including one female), were saved in the life-boat by great 'moons and risk of life. " 1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, ,* JOHN BUkNAILD." " To the Master of the Commercial•roonu, BtistoL" Sydney Papers, New South Wales, have been received to the Sd of May, at the North and South American Coffee Howe. From the Sydney Paper of the 3d of May. GOVERNMENT ORDRII. Colonial Secretary Office, May 1, 1129. His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct the publication of the following report from Captain Sturt, 39th Regiment, dated Wellington Valley, the 16th instant. It appears that subsequent to Captain Stun's former report, dated 4th of March last, the tripe. &don had been employed In tracing the course of the river Castle. reagh, which was found to join the river discovered on the gd Feb. about 100 miles to the northward of Mount Harris, and in ewer. tatting the nature of the course In that quarter, the expedition hav ing thus accomplished the object for which it was employed, by ascertaining the terminatios of the river Macquarie and Castle reagh, and the nature and character of the surrounding country ; and having also discovered a river of some magnitude, which it is probable, when its course shall have been more fully deter mined, will be found to be of importance to the colony. The Governor, though he regrets that the country which has bees explored, does not bold out a prospect of the advantageous ex tendon of the colony in that direction, considers it satisfactorily that the character of the country has been ascertained. by which mews a question which has ezdted so much interest has been put at rest. His Excellency the Governor having laid before the Executive Compel, Captain Stun, several reports, has much iodised= in thus publicly expressing the sense which his Excellency entertains of the judicious manner in which be appears to have conducted the expedition, and the seal sod per severance which, under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, he elected in the most satisfactory manner the object of his instruc. dons. (Signed) Aux. MAC Liar. There is no truth In the statement of a Sydney Paper, that the %eyelid appointing to New .Lejidattire Conseil has arrived. BATTLE OF NA VARIN. COURT MARTIAL mit CAPTAIN DICKENSON, R.N. ♦aOA ova CORIMPONDINT• POILTSMOUTH, Waawassay. Sur. 16. This morning public anxiety was at the highest pitch, in hopes that the judgment of the Court would be pro nounced. Many were the anticipations as to the result. The Court assembled at the usual hour (nine o'clock), and remained in secret investigation with closed doors. At eleven it was intimated to Captain Dickenson that his attendance would not be required until two o'clock ; previous to which hour he received another intimation, stating that he would be released from attendance until to-morrow (this day). The Victory, although the wea -1 ther was very unfavourable, was crowded, to hear the judgment. Many surmises are in existence as to the delay : some say, that it is owing to a dispatch 'from the Admiralty, relative to the propriety of admitting Sir Edward Codrington to examine witnesses in contra diction to what appeared in the Public Papers ; and in fact to commence the Battle of Navarin de novo ; others say that it is to the length of time which the reading of the evidence occupies, which must be voluminous, but I am assured it will he certainly given to-morrow, and the delay solely originates from the cool and dispassionate examination of such a body of contradictory evidence. THE ARMY. GENERAL CHARLES Ksat:or HARRINGTON, G.C.H. The late Earl of Harrington entered the service on the 3d ot November, 1769, as an Ensign, with the rank of Lieutenant, in the Coldstream Reginivnt of GlitiftlS, and was promoted on the 2uth of July, 1773, to a company of the 29th Regiment of Foot. He served the campaigns of 1776 and 1777, in America, and was present in the different engagements with the northern army. His Lordship was appointed on the I 6th of January,l77B, Colonel in the 3d regiment of Foot Guards ; and was transferred on the 30th of Aug. 1780, to the 85th regiment of Infantry ; from which period be served two years in the %Vest Indies. General Lord Harrington received, on the _oth of Nov. 1782, the rank of Colonel; was appointed on the 12th of March, 1783, Colonel of the 65th regiment ot Foot, from which he was removed on the 28th of January, 1788, to the 29th regiment of Infantry ; and on the sth of Dec. 1792, to the Ist regiment of Lite Guards. Lord 1-I.ltrington was raised, on the 14th of October, 1793. to the rank of Major.Grneral ; on the tst of January, 1798, to that of Lieutenant-General ; and On the 25 h of September, 1503, to that of General. He was employed, whilst Lieutenant-General. for a short time, on the Staff of Great Britain. His Lordship had a command sub sequently in the London district, and in Ireland. The Karl of Harrington was appointed, on the 11th of April, 1812, Governor of Windsor. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS ARRIVED THIS DAV-DLIDIID I—Waterford I—Guerasey and Jersey 2—Flanders 1. The Jane Bruce, of Aberdeen, and Home Castle, of Leith, are totally hitt at Willa' Straits Tne Caledonia, Kirkaldy, from Riga to London, was carried into Harwich yesterday, and must discharge, having been on the Cork Sand. The Nlarr, Osborne, from Falmouth to Jersey, sunk near that island on Saturday. baying struck on a rock. The Fair Arcadian, 'rum I enterara, is supposed to be arrived in the Down.. DIAL, SIM 16.—Wind N.E. by N.—Arrived the Nautilus, Hall, from Jamaica, and Daphne, Freeman, from Rio de Janeiro. Arrived from London, the Underwood, Wood, for Demerara.— The outward-bound sailed. PORTSMOUTH. Sara. 16.—Wind N E.—Arrived the Cambrian, Champlin, from London, and sailed for New York. Also sailed, his MAJesty's ship Blossom, (or the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, SM. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived from Lou don, the Thalia, Shand, for Halifax. FALMOUTH, Sur. 15.—Wind W.N.W. STANDGATZ CREWE, Sart. 16.—Arrived the &sten, Bette, from Zante, and Lady Keith, White, from Palermo. Wsystouvo, Sm. 16.—Arrived the Friends, Hawkins, from Quebec. Coax, Sere. 14.—Arrived the Wellington, Robinson, from Tri nidad; ilarbadoes, Lee, from Quebec; Margaret, from Smyrna ; Robert, Rosewill, front Leghorn; Jaunita, St. Sebastian, from Barcelona; and Aurora, Wyke, from Gibraltar. _ _ Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Robert Lindsay was sworn into the coin mad of the ship blacqueen, consigned to Bengal and China. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India house, when the following skips were thus stationed, vie. For Bombay and China, Thomas Coatis, Alexander Chrystie ; Duchess of Athol, Edward hi. Daniell; Abercrombie Robin soe, John Innes • Berwickshire, Frederick Madan; Lord Low ther, Charles St ewart. For St. Helena, Bombay, and China, Orwell, 11. M. Lade.— For Bengal and China, Dunes, J. P. Wilson; William Fairlie, Thomas Blair; Macqueen, Robcrt Lindfay ; Reliance Charles S. Timmins • General Harris, Joseph Stanton.— For Madras and China, L ondon, Timothy Smith ; Castle Bundy, H. A. Drummond.—For St. Helena and China, with liberty to go through the Straits of Malacca, Marquis Cam den, Thomas Larkins.—For China direct, Edinburgh, Henry Bait ; Sir David Scott, J. A Ward; George the Fourth, T. W. Barrow; Earl of Balcarras, B. Broughton ; Canning. Philip Baylis. _ . DEVON PORT.It was confidently expected that the Britannia, of 120 guns, would have gone from Hamoase to the Sound this afternoon. An order, however, having arrived to take out her 24-pounders from the middle deck, and w substitute 32- pounders, as on the gun-deck, and her being rather deficient in the complement of men, she will not go to the Sound until Tuesday next. She has on board all her provisions except spirits, and has the extraordinary complement of 1,100 men. The St. Vincent, of a similar force to the Britannia, has been brought down the harbour and commissioned to take the flag of the Earl of North. esk, and is now alongside the Sheerhulk, that her masts may be taken out and examined. The mainmast has been sent ashore. The t aledonia, of a like force, the finest sea boat in the British navy, is to go to Portsmouth to take the port flag. It is not at all improbable that both the St. Vincent and Caledonia will be fitted for the Archipelago. In the mean time, we are all here on the gni sine. " Fitting nut" is rather a rare occur rence, and the bustle in victualling and storing the Britannia, has reminded many M similar operations in the late war.— The Britannia is an excellent sea.boat, and has • remarkably fine appearance. Her batteries of guns are really tremendous, and her weight of metal (as stated) not to be contemned by the bravest enemy. Ships building in this yard :—The St George, 120 guns ; Nile, 92, on two decks ; Hindman, 80. on two decks (teak); Ti gris (teak); Statira and Proserpine frigates ; Racehorse corvette ; Reistrieer and Rolls, ten-gun brigs. The Savage brig is to be laid down as soon as the Reindeer's slip is vacant, and the materials are getting ready. Ships repairing:—The Caledonia, of 120 guns, and the Dublin (razee), late 74. Wind N.W. squally.—Western Lonsinere. ORIGIN OF THE WORD ROUND Roatx."—As 80 much has been said on Captain Dickenson's trial, relative to a "Round Robin," the following account of the origin of that term may not be unintere.ting :—" The round robin, without which the British sailors would he deprived of their right of petition, was first invented in Athens, oa the occa-ion or the conspiracy of Aristogiton and liermodius, against the tyranny of the Pisistratids. The Romans, in imitation of the Greeks, not to indicate their preference to any, either among their guests or friends. wrote their names in a circle in such a manner that it was impossible to say which was the 6r.t, second, or last, in their estimation. Thus they evinced an equality of regard to ail, without mortifying any one by an invidious distinction of honour or favour. They generally wrote the names of their slaves in the compass of a round robin, that it might not appear to which they meant to give liberty, or who were their favourites. On the cele bration of the Saturnalia, it was customary for the servants and slaves to ridicule the vices and imperfections of their masters through the medium of the round robin; and we read thu Cicero was once so offended and irritated at the cutting sarcasm and piquant satire with which 64 slaves in this manner lashed his faults, that he was hurried into an ungovernable rage of choleric passion." A number of millers and corn-factors appeared at the New Bailey, Manchester, on Thursday, to answer to informations for not making the proper returns of the quantity of corn. Beer, sad meal bought by them at given periods. As these returns are sent to Government, and form the basis on which the averages ere made which regulate the duty on the import of foreign corn, the Act of Parliament 9 Geo. IV. cap. 60, is very imperative. The parties in all the cases declared their ignorance of the prostisionsaf the Act; but in those which were proud a penalty elDfly pane was iamb COLLL'CTANEA. The King of Bavaria is said to have it in clutem.,:a:::in to establish professorships of Protestant theology in the Univers ty of Monies. The population of Munich is rapidly increasing, and is at present supposed to exceed 92,000.—ilesubtargh Reporre.r. Madlle Sontag and M. Laurent have armn;A thole differences, and this young lady, whos* complaisant medical atten dants declared that she could not venture to appear on the stage fur several months, has sufficiently recovered her voice to appear at the Italian theatre this week. —Paris l'Jper. ExTKAORDINARY ONION.—Mr. Pogmore, of the Flying Horse Inn, New London-road, Sutton, has this week eahi bited an onion, the largest we ever saw. It weighs one pound two ounces, and measures. in circumference, 15 inches and three quar ters. The season has been, as we have noticed in a form. r Paper, most propitious to the vegetable world —MeedeffieLl Courier. The inhabitants of St. Bride's parish, Fleet-street, were treated last night by the ringing of the steeple hells, the noise of which prevented a good deal of 'relish gossip from being heard. and kept thew awake, who at a reasonable hour retired to rest. An arrangement has been made, with the cAneurrenee of the managers, for the future police of the Theatr: under the new system. We understand that ladies of a certain description, who use improper language or trherwise annoy the audience, will be handed out and denied future admission, and that the old bro thel keepers, who, at one of the theatres at least, last year. were allowed to infest the lobbiv, will not be allowed, under any pre tence, to enter the theatre , . Four policemen will be stationed nightly at ach theatre. They will carry a prbited list of Meuse dont. amongst which are the tollooing—that they shall rend..r every assistance to persona requiring th.ir sid in the preservation of order, and refuse fees or pre.ents of every description. V a Tit IDE. —A letter from Havannali, doted the 21st of July, states, that in the harbour there were many cases of yellow fever ; hut on the above, or in the city, very little sickness, except among the unhappy exiles from Mexico. who were dying in great numbers. The slave trade was going on to a great extent. The letter says—`• A slave vessel arrived yesterday from Africa. The ship Fame. of twenty guns. baa arrived on the coast of this island from Africa, and landed .:06 slaves : she lost 600 slaves by sickness !" SI. AVE H ir)vrtNG.—A letter front Beaufort, in Sure& Carolina, says, that two armei patties—one consisting of four, and She other of five persons, from the town, set out on Alond.se tight last, in pursuit of a gang of runaways on our island, for the ap prehension of whom large rewards were offered. Tsey encoun tered each other its the dark, stn the road, ab ut a mile trom town, and as it was unknown to each party that another was out. with a similar object, titer challenging each other, a gun was discharged on one side, answered by a general fire from the either, which was returned, and both parties retreated, under the impres• aim that they were engaged with a superior tom ut runaways! Three persons were wounded on each side, six in all. The wounds, we believe, are nut dangerous, and it no harm had been done, the affair would have been highly ludicrous.—New York Paver. STA UNC II 8.% RG N Elo4.—An American Paper tells a story of two girls who Came to town to rig themselves, and after ckeepertirag in twen'y shops, called at the Post-office, where they found a letter for each. " Flow much?" " Twelve and a half cents each." " That the lowest ?" " Yes, uncle Sam nely.:r conies down." " Co ask your uncle if he'll let us have them at ten cents—we ' ll take both." FIRES AND ROBBERIES. DREADEVL FIRT. IN HIGII HOLBORN.—Between two and three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Hanson. the silversmith. No. 75, High Holborn, next door to Mr. Hopkinson's large coach manufactory, which in a little time communicated to the house No. 74, occupied by Mr. Ray. the tinman, and from thence to Mrs. Drew's, the poulterer. All these houses were built of wood, and being on fire at the same time, the conflagration was awfully grand. It was wi:h the ut most exertions and difficulty that the lives of the inmates of the different houses were preserved in their night clothes. Ihe As. surance-oilice engines were promptly on the spot, but the supply of water was for some time very scanty; and no effort of the fire men could preserve these houses and their valuable stock and fur niture from complete destruction. The fire communicated to the upper part of the Bed Lion public-hosise, at the corner of Red Lion.street, kept by Mr. Preece, and consumed the two upper floors, but the lower part of the house escaped the fate of the three first mentioned bouts. The rear. of Mr. Hopkinson's premite. received considerable damage. Mr. Hanson was insured in the Sun Assurance-nice ; bat we could not learn whether or not the a►er houses were insured. We are glad is state that no one re. ceived any personal injury upon this occasion. The fire was got under by half past five o'clock. Thursday the observatory of the Royal Military Col lege at Sandhurst, near Bagsbot, was broken open, and robbed of several valuable mathematical instruments and a brass time-piece. The burglary is supposed to have been committed by a man who has been working as a labourer about Sandhurst, and was seen on the road to London the following morning wi.h a bundle under his arm. Monday night the dwelling-house of Mr, William Brand, a jeweller, of Dartford, Kent, was broken into and robbed of a coosiderable quantity of property, of which the following formed a part of what the thieves succeeded in carrying off :- 24 wedding-rings. 48 fancy rings, 24 gold seals, 24 pair of ear. dogs, 5 pair of spectacles, 4 silver music-boxes. The amount of property carried away is estimated at between 400/. and 3001. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. NIAMIICITILII, TUIMAT EIIOIII6G. Our market to-day has not experienced any material alteration. In consequence of the stoppage of a great many of the mills, it was expected that the demands for yarns would have been more brisk, but I cannot learn that these anticipations have been realized. In coarse cloths a little has been done, but at ruinously low prices. In fine goods there is next to nothing doing. There were several drapers in town towards the latter end of last week, but their purchases are very limited. being entirely confined to the filling up of their stock. They are not to be tempted with any thing cheap; they wont look at bar. gains. They find goods reduced since their last visit, and they very justly expect further reductions. Their plan now is to came often to market, and buy only what they want at the time. Their au. tuna trade should be now at its hest ; hut really the manufacturers begin to fear there will be no autumn trade at all. The greater part of the coarse spinners have turned out, in con sequence of the muter, offering to reduce their wages unless they discontinued their assistance to the turnouts. The Authorities, thinking prevention better than cure, have bad the Dragoons parading the streets, and as yet there has been no attempt to riot. There are crowds assembling around the factories where the e• knohsticks" are employed, for the purpose of annoying them, almost every day ; but no violence has been offered, except what I have before mentioned. As yet, all is quiet ; but I tear this will not last loos. I have not seen, in any of the London or provincial papers, any thing like a description of the effect. of the state of our trade in this and the neighbouring towns. In our principal streets you will scarcely observe any difference. Here and there a shop keeper has discovered that one half of his ►ha•p is unnece.- sary ; and that, without great inconvenience to himself, the other bait might be occupied by some trat6e.man carrying nn a genteel business, and you find him running up a partition for that purpose; but this shows a decline of beaus', and it is not often resorted to ; and the man who doss it must have cash its hand to pay off all his debts, or hi. credit is gone. Your " Re. porters" and other strangers w►o visit this town, walk thruugh the streets, and straightway they conclude that things are just as they used to br, and that there is no such thing as distress.— In the secood.rate streets you find more of such alterations. It is often found 'bat a front parlour is an ammonia, y waste of room ; and you see it enla..r converted into a sloop, or, as that costs an outlay. decanted with a card, inscribed" Apartments." or, more humble, '• Lodgings." Of these cards, and of " houses to be let," I never, in any t,.rnicr period of distress or stagnation, saw so many. Many of the respectable class of shopkeepers sad trades men—those whom you would designate by the term • middling classes,"—are glad to make up their incomes by taking lodgers ; a way which, with many I know of, would have gene down very its only a year or two ago. In the districts occupied by the poor people, the spinners, weavers, labourers, &c. the scene is most distressing. To find a house comfortably furiti.bed. and occupied by one family only, is a very rare thing. The houses are divided and subdivided. let, sub-net, and tab.:oh-W. The furniture is of the most miserable description; in many bunt. only a straw bed and a three-legged chair. Rents they never think of paying, and the landlords must submit quietly, for there ►s nothing to distrain upon. One owner of cottage property in Newton'' , district, shaven me his cnilector's ►out, and during the last three weeks all that be received fur 'weber cottages, let at its. 6d, a week, or 6f. 106. a year, was one skillbig and alapenCe. 1 dare say. as bad a case as can be found ; but there are hundreds not muc► better. Publicans ate 'Aeolians; thtir ale at 4d. a quart. but even that price will not tempt men that have no spumy In tbeir pockets. There is every where the appearance bad times, and you cannot look around you without perceivh•g the moat manliest preparations for worse. The prospect of winter, with our town in such a state, is fearful; Jar more so than either is 1510 ot 1n lief. fr, F ,f P