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mistaken In your lives-,(//uzza,hum,heara).—Upon my honour, Gewlemen, I. I am no King, I am a plain man like youw'c'•re.. Fin not even a Kdight or Ba ronet"— (Loud /aughte, ). After this candid confession the joke was smoker!, and the prisbner was liberated. A rAL. INTELLIGENQI; DIA L., Shirr. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Melf:Me, DZMPETER, from Grenada ; Lively, Myrcuitt.t., front New Providence; Camden, Ma arm, and George Hulbert, Scovt: from Antigua; Melpomene, SMALL, from Jamaica; and several others, partichlars unknown. Came down from the River and remain, the Maria, ruwt.ts. for New York ; Aheona, Lawns, kr Rio Jaueiro; Rovat, GEORGIC yacht and Point frigate, for Portsmouth. Posmatouen, Sam 6.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Quebec packet, Amnon:go, for Quebec; Woodhouse, FOREMAN, for Africa; Typhima. Wounr%, for Bilboa ; Jane, MOSTLY, for Almeirt ; Frederickton, liasomarr, and Triton, bisamsai.o., for St. John's (NIB.); Woodman, Foan, for New South Wales; Dike of Yak, flocs.arsou, for Fayal ; Reynolds, —, for 111bon ; and his Majesty's ships Pliant:lx and CALLIOPE-all from the Downs. FALMOUTH ' SUPT. S. W.- Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon, in ten days. Sailed the Eliza Abbey, Datooscon, for Antwerp; and Frances, SANILbS, - for London. CT/won-House, SEPT, 6--Ships Entered Inwards: The Siw ten, from Demerara ; Belluncle, and Speedwell, from Stangate Creek; Princess of Wales, from Rotterdam; Cicero, from Pe terstitirgh ; Royal Charlotte, front Oporto; Fingal, from Riga; Success, front Ortega; Amelia, from New Brunswick; and Lord Melville, from Calais.—Entered Outwards : The Semaphore, for Havre; Petit Gustave, for Bourdeaux ; Richard and Wil liam, for INV:3 ; Zeno, for Africa; Graces, for Hamburgli ; flartiot, for Genoa ; Gorde Kruegting, for Antwerp ; Maria, for S:ettin; and 1•:lbe, for Flamburgh.—Cleared Outwards: The Providence, for Rotten; Reverky, for flamburgh ; Happy Re turn, for Amsterdam ; Brimnnla, for Lisbon ; Lord Melville, tt,r Calais; Rapid, for Rotterdam; and Demerara Packet, fur Dttutrara. . PIRACY. PROM TILE RICHMOND &QUIRE& The atrocities which have been practised on the co.t-ts of Cuba, by pirates, on our commerce, ought , . r.:): only to be resisted by our cruisers, but by the rno-t urgeft remonstrances to the Government of The Executive of the United 'States have r: laitcstcd no inconsiderable energy in sending out a teal force An the Vest Indian seas. .Much has al- _ . . loady been done by our vessels. Many a pirate his teen taken; and many a prize saved from his fangs. it romains - for us to treat the bucanier who falls into our power with the severity which is necessary to snike an awe into his companions. But the evil goes on. Cut off one head of this another grows up in its place. The rich tn,oty presented by the extensive commerce of the West Indies tempts the idle and profligate seaman to embark in the. enterprize. The immunities held out, princip.illy in-the island of Cuba; the facilities of fitting -out the pirate, and disposing of his booty, encourage this nefarious speculation. The scenes are horrible to relate. Passengers are :clipped of their all; females are insulted, and violated; the crews and captains are hung up and tortured to ex tort confessions oftoncealed money. Our naval force hai done its duty. What, though the Spanish navy has slept upon its oars, and seen in the very sight of their harbours such atrocities perpe trated upon their friends, or even upon themselves ! What, though the 1000 ships cf Britain have remained inactive, while their merchant-ships have fallen vic tims, or been only sawed from rapacity by the exer tions of our seamen ! The disgrace is their's, the glory is our's. Oat little navy has done its duty— they have done all that they could do—unless our large ships were commissioned with corps of marines to land and cut up - the nests of blicaniers on shore.— But whatever doubts may attend this expedient, both as to its policy and expense, there is one measure ' which the Government is bound to pursue. Where are the nests of these pirates principally found ? Let the following extract of a letter from on board the United States' schooner Grampus, at Havannah, in- form Os . : " The principal establishment of the pirates is near Principe, the capital of the island, and it hardly seems possible for the "United States, without t hr aid of Government (honestly afforded), to put These marauders down.. Most of these expeditions are fitted oat, in the first instance, at a village called Regales, oat, quarter of mile horn this city, and under the eye of the Go . -vernnictit. More than one hundred persons belonging to this place are known to be concerned in this infamous and abominable business: however, but little can be expected from the present rulers here, while they keep the men of war in port, and suffet the little patriot cruizers to capture their merchant-eessels almost - under the guns of the Moro, and on all parts of the coast. The British cruizers seem to be as careless of protecting their defence less merchantmen from the pit ates, as they are anxious to run from port to port, carrying specie." And are we to suffer in patience this lion ible weak- ness, neglect, connivance (state it as you will), from Spain? Cuba (where the Villa del Principe is) belongs to Spain. She is liable for the use that she makes, or suffers to be made, of her jurisdiction. If she wants the will to drivt the pirates away, she is liable; if she wants the power, she is equally so. She is as much so, as if we were to suffer belligerent vessels to equip and arm in our ports, for the express pur pose of going out to plunder our friends. This is the law of nations ; it is the language of ccmmon sense. We have a right, therefore, to redress from Spain, as witch as we had a right to indemnity for the French spoliations committed under her cloak or connivance. We demanded indemnity for this wrong—we obtained it. We must make a similar demand for the piracies which she is either too weak or unwilling to prevent. If she refuses it—if she will not put forth her strength to prevent their repetition—we should even be justi fied in taking temporary possession of the obnoxious places. We must speak a plain language to her — and no tine might to be lost (if any has been actu ally lost) in making our demand. Have our unfortunate merchants laid the details of their complaints before our own Government? Ilave the Insurance Offices stated their losses? }lave our Chambers of Commerce come forward —as they did in 1801, in the very ca-e of Spain, and in many instances which are to be found in our *. State Papers ?" The slave trade and piracy arc an opprobrium to the age in which we live. All civilized maritime States ought to combine together for their suppression.— lt others forget their duty, let us, at least, be true to ourselves. At the late Winchester Assizes, after passing sen fence of death on various prisoners, and various de trees of punishment on others, the Judges retired horn the Court, preceded, as is usual at Assize towns, by their trumpeters, who pidyed to them the truly appropriate airs of " Away with melancholy," and ilagune dtU caa." THE ARMY. It is now understood, that Lieutenant-General Lord Comm- MIRK, G.C.B. is appointed to succeed the late Sir &saint. &rot atory, as Commander of the Forces in Ireland. The Ist division of the 43d Light Infantry etibarked on board the Succeu transport, at Cork, on the 31st ultimo, for Gibraltar. Two parties of the Buffs, consisting of 30 men each, with a proportion of Officers and Non-commissioned Officers, will em bark at Deptford, about the 11th inst. on board the Princess Royal and Surrey convict ships, as guards over the convict' destined for New South Wales. The Ist Regiment of Royal Devon Cavalry, commanded by Lord ROLLE, completed their training for Ibis year on Saturday last, much to the satisfaction of their Officers, both for the soldier like conduct they exhibited, and their 'general good•behaviour. The. ship Phylera arrived on the 4th inst. at the Mother Bank, front Gibraltar, having on board 59 Invalids from the 26th, 27th, 64th, and 75th Regiments. They are ordered to be landed at Chatham. The ship Regalia lately sailed from London for Van Dieman's Land, having on board sixty or seventy passengers going out to settle in that colony. When ready to sail she first dropped down to Gravesend, leaving behind at the Custom-House some packages belonging to Dr. Ross, of Sudbury, and his family, who were passengers, for inspection by the proper officer'. It happened, upon examining the packages, that, among other articles for domestic use, worsted to the weight of six pounds - four ounces, the pro perty of eleven individuals, seven of whom were adults, was discovered by the Customs' officer.— For the first time the owners of the vessel and the owners of the worsted were made acquainted, that under an old musty law of EDWARD the Third, for. the encouragement, protection, &c. of our woollen manufacture, this worsted was contraband, and, with everything else in the packages containing it, to the value of £5O or £6O, forfeited to the Crown. The ef fect of this intelligence upon the minds of persons in all the agitation of parting with their country and friends—perhaps for ever—may well be imagined. The owners of the Regalia, however, determined on pre senting a Memorial, with a statement of the case and its hardships, to the Board of Customs, and the result was the confiscation of the 61b. 4os. of worsted, but the restoration of the other contents of the packages' to Dr. Ross and his family. But in the meantime the vessel and the rest oldie passengers were delayed for four or five days in disappointment and suspense ; and all the parties concerned suffered inconvenience, waste of time, trouble, and anxiety, in order to ob lain a decision on the seizure, and this on account of a law which is a disgrace to a civilized country, while hundreds of others of a similar character still remain on our Statute-books. A Gentleman complaining in company that his former servant never touched the windows, and that his present one was always cleaning and breaking them, was answered by a wag, " that clean windows always cost fresh panes." Dr. LENIGAR, a titular Irish Archbishop, a man of very lively parts, happened, in a mixed company,, to be introduced to a Mr. SWAN, a Gentleman of a cynical turn, whose practice it was to attempt to raise a laugh at the expense of some one in company. They sat near each other at table, where the Doctor engaged general attention by his sprightly manner. Mr. SWAN, to silence him, said, " Dr. —, I forget your name."—" LENIGAR, Sir," returned the Doctor. " I ask your pardon," replied Swan, " I have the misfot tune scarce ever to recollect names ; you'll not he offended, therefore, if in the course of conversa-, tion I call you Dr. Fine,,aar?" "Oh ! not at all, Sir," returned the Doctor, "I have the very same defect; and it is very probable, though I now name you Swan, I may by and bye call you Goose!" The entrance of Magdalen College, Oxford, used to be ornamented with boughs and other greens on St. John the Baptist's day, when a sermon was preached to the Society from the stone pulpit, which still re mains: and it is well remembered, that when Dr. Bacon was to preach, he told his friends that he could not promise them much entertainment from his dis.. course ; but they would be sure of Bacon and greens!' Sunday morning last, Mr. BROCKLESBY, of the bail of Lincoln, gamekeeper to the Dean and Chap ter, lost a brace of valuable pointers in a singular manner. About eight o'clock they were locked up in a stable at the White Hart, coupled, to be in readiness for the sport of the following morning : on the ostler going ;n soon after, he found them dead—the dog having jumped over the stall, and the bitch being left suspended on the other sids, by which they were both hanged. They were a present from Sir R. Surrox, Bart. who happened to arrive at the ion a few hours after the accident occurred. LONGEVITY-A few days since, three men, whose ages united make 262 years, were drinking together at the Crown Inn, Cranbrook, Kent ,; they are all in habitants, and their respective names and ages are Moons, 93 ; HUNT, 89 ; and limas, 80. A damask. weaver, in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, is now manufacturing some tray napkins for a Noble man's family in Westmorland, which have the fol lowing inscription woven in them :—" Spun by Mary Noble, in the 106th year of her age:' DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.—The persons arrested for High Treason, in Dublin, were discharged yesterday, on the motion of Mr. WaLLacir, King's Counsel, and Mr. HAMILTON.—Mr. SEALY TOWN SEND ' who appeared for the Crown, required bail tor Carr, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each.— Bail was also required from the other prisoners, who were stated to be of the very lowest class (one being a coal-porter,!, and another a discharged watchman), themselves in £5O, and two sureties of £sts each. These unfortunate people had been', in confinement, we believe, during a space of two months.-1 A man of the name of Patrick Conolly was killed last week at the Fair of Saggard, by a party of Police men, who entered the fair, and cut and wounded the people pr o m iscuousl y . One Ilundrell Pounds Reward has been offered by Government for the apprehension of the person who struck the fatal blow. EXECUTION.—BANGOR,SEPT. 4.—Yesterday Lewin Owen (who was capitally convicted at our late As sizes, and left for execution, for attempting . to mur der and lob Mr. STURDY, Supervisor of Excise), paid the forfeit of his life at Mirfa Scont, a short distance from our prison. A circumstance of this melancholy description not having occurred here for many years, caused an immense number of persons, from various parts of the country, to repair hither to be present on the awful oicasion ; their number is believed to have been upwards of 12,000, and many of them wept during the whole of the awful ceremony.— Owen addressed them in the Welsh language, and begged them to take warning by his untimely end, which he attributed solely to drunkenness, the pro fanation of the Loon's Day, and abandoned women. POLICE. 111 .unnon-Housit—Yesterday, ilitilliin, a watchmln was brou gh t before the LORD Maros, charred with having beaten ° his wife most unmercifully, somet i mes w i t h a cu d ge l , an d sometimes with his ft .s. The whnesses who came forward to.swear to the facts, mentioned that the dreadful treatment the unfortunate woman I received from . ber husband had made her subject to occasional fits of insanity. Her case was peculiarly hard, but it appeared from one act which she had conmitted—that of marrying the defendant—that her Intellects had been in a state of disorder bow fore she had any reason to complain of his unkindness. Upon entering the Justice-room, she bad one of her children in her arms, another was carried by one of the kind women sell' reside in her neighhourkipd, and it seemed to be much in milt of that assistance whiCT t h e mother's situation prevented ktitri from giving. She looked wildly about, and sobbed: From tee, account it appeared that the defendant, to whom she bas been some years married, was in the constant habit of striking and kicking her ; that he had the night before beaten hi!, with a large stick ; that she had often been kicked by him into a state of in sensibility, out of which she was recovered by the attention of those who pitied her. She believed his intention was to take away her life, for he began his cruelty without the least provo cation, and left marks upon all parts of her body, which would not easily disappear. The poor woman then stooped her head, and exhibited some desperate weals on her shoulders. The defendant said she was his plague, and not bis wife. He had beets deceived. She was the wife of another man when she married him, and of course had no claim upon him. He admitted that he had struck her, but he excused himself upon the ground 1 that she forced her way into his presence and made -demands which he had no right to listen to—demands for the support of her children. One of the officers here stated to the Loan - MAYOR ' that the miserable woman was the wife of a person conn ect ed with the police was when not s t he e ll the of a defendant , n yviciou propensity that hatt upon Lthe double tie part consequence married of the woman, whose intellects were always subject to lapses, and who was not aware of the offence she was committing when she consented to become a bigamist. The complainant • lid, that whatever objection the defendant might have to her, he ought at least to support his children. — She was willing to work like a slave, but he deprived her of the power to work by his dreadful attacks upon her. The Loan MAYOR said the case was a very lamentable one. As for the defendant, be was a brute who did not deserve to have the society of a woman ; and with respect to the poor woman, no individual who had come before him during his mayoralty was more deserving of compassinfi or protection. She had sub jected herself to punishment at the criminal bar by an act, of the importance of which she did not seem to be conscious, and had thrown upon her first husband the terrible obligation of giving a livelihood to her children by another man. The defendant declared that he would not supply a halfpenny towards the support of the children. The Lome Meroa ordered that . the fellow should be detained in custody to give securities for keeping the peace towards the complainant. "The complainant's distress was Indescribable. She did not know to whom to look for a shilling. Her first husband is ex tremely poor. Her second refuses to perform what he is morally bound to do. She cannot look to the parish for support, the officers being unable to render assistance, except they first deter mine to imprison a man for not contributing to the support of children who have no natural claim upon km. The poor creature received some temporary assistance from the Loan Maros, who desired her at all events to apply to her parish. Even a conviction for bigamy would be preferable to the condition in which she was now placed, being destitute of comfort or hope. GUlLDHALU—Yesterday the driver of the cart Na. 99,422, was summoned on the complaint of Mr. R. Martin, the Mem ber for Galway, for having obstructed the highway unlawfully. Mr. Martin stated, that on the day before, as he was driving from Cateaton-street towards Ironmonger-lane, he was stopped by the defendant's cart, which was placed lengthways across the street, so that no vehicle could pass. Mr. Martin requested tte man to move aside and let him pass ; but the carman replied, in an abusive tone, that he had let one man pass, and that he would not move his cart again to let any one pass—" no, not for nobody." Mr. Martin expostulated with him, but that only brought forth abuse, and confirmed the prisoner in his course, and he said he would not be bullied out of it by any Magistrate. Mr. Martin took his number. The prisoner's master attended in his behalf, and contended , that the offence was not made out according to the Act. Alderman Cox explained that this proceeding wan not under the new Street Act, but under an old City Act, and convicted the defendant under it; but, in consequence of his good charac, l ter, sentenced him to pay only the mitigated penalty of 10 s. Iforraphry Price, who was detected in endeavouring to pass counterfeit silver, was remanded, and notice directed to be sent to the Solicitor of the Mint. A young man, the servant of Mr. Griffiths, the jeweller in the Old Bailey, was charged by his master with having robbed him. The prisoner was in the employment of Mr. Griffiths as a porter, and in that capacity was frequently entrusted with goods to a considerable amount. As Mr. Griffiths had missed a quan tity of his property, his suspicions were excited towards the pri soner, and, after having watched him for some time, he caused him to be apprehended, when some articles, which Mr. Grif fiths swore to be his property, were found upon him, together with duplicates of others. The prisoner was remanded, to give his master an opportunity of tracing the property. Two young men were committed to Bridewell, to hard la bour, for one week each, for indecently assaulting females in Bartholomew Fair. The driver of the Farnham coach was summoned to answer for having neglected to deliver a parcel belonging . to Mr. G. Taylor in due time. Mr. Taylor stated that a friend had made him a present of a young pig, which was seat by the defendant's coach on Monday morning, and bad it been delivered within a reasonable time after the arrival of the coach, would have been in time for din ner. But the defendant did not deliver it until the nest morn ing, when it was found to have been spoiled by the delay. The defendant pleaded that it was an oversight. Alderman Cox said he should receive a lesson that would make him more vigilant in future, and sentenced him to pay the value of the pig and the costs, and to refund the sum he had taken for the carriage and porterage. . Bow-svervr.—Mr. Isaacs, a Solicitor, employed in behalf of some persons brought here some time ago from a gaming-house in Palimall, waited yesterday upon Mr. DdINSHULL, for the pur pose of making some inquiries connected with the case. The worthy Magistrate, after answering the inquiry, said he was glad of this opportunity of mentioning publicly something which he thought it would be extremely important to all per sons in any way connected with gaming and gaming-houses to know. The new Vagrant Act, among its other previsions, en acted, that " all persons found betting or playing at any unlaw ful game shall be deemed rogues and vagabonds, within the full intent and meaning of this statute, and shall be liable, upon con viction thereof, to be committed for three months to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour ;" and if any per sons, be they who they might, were again brought before him, who had been detected in gamingyhe should certainly deal with them under this Act of Parliament. Mr. Isaacs said the provisions of the Act applied, he believed, only to those who played for hire or lucre; and it would be ne cessary to prove distinctly that they were actually playing, and at an unlawful game. Mr. eliesnett. said, it would bo a matter easy of proof, as to whether the game was an unlawful one or otherwise, and he should convict all who were caught playing as rogues and vaga bonds.—Here the conversation dropped. A great number of the fruiterers in COvent-garden market were fined ss. each, under the statute called the Lord's Day Act. for following their occupations on the Sabbath. Usens-Hem..—Yesterday, Messrs. Clarke and. Caine, coel merchants, appeared to a summons on an information exhibited against them under the Coal Trade Act, for neglecting to carry in their cart a perfect bushel measure at the time of delivering coals, contrary to the statute of the 47th of George 111. Mr. Heenan attended on the part of the firip, and took an objection to the writing of the information, the defendants basis therein described as carriers of coals, but it did not aver that they were the carriers of the specific coals now in question. The information was then read. It averred that the defend ants, being carriers of coals with 25 miles of the Royal Exchange, had not, on a certain day, placed in a conspicuous part of the cart poeporting to belong to the defendants, and laden with coals to t 4 delivered to a purchaser, a perfect bushel measure, as de scribed in the Att. The Magistrates, however, overruled Mr s Hartner't objection. The informer, Oxley, stated, that on Tuesday, the 3d instant, he observed a cart delivering coals to i house on Swan-terrace, - s. Newington. Whilst the men were unloiding, witness took the bushel measure from the front of the cart, and on examining it found it deficient In measure; the bottom was raised above an inch.—On hircross.examination,•he.admitted that he did n u t know at whose h ouse the coals were delivered,'aor did he know whether Mr. Collins resided there or not . ; neither did be know 'Whether they were purchased, or whether they were a gift. Mr. Hainaut then contended, that his ,clients must be ac quitted, as the informer had not proved his averments on the face of the information, inasmuch as he had not proved that the coals were in the course of being delivered to a purchaser at the time the measure was seized. They might have-been sent as a ' present, or delivered at a residence of the defendants themselves. vate the in information. co a l t d io s n tr . earn g The Magistrates said, the inform er b a d completely failed in proving ux ax his .mag dischargedavAeart.m—enyts,estaenrddaya p Re giment of Foot G uards was brought up on an assault Warrant, for cruelly besting Mr. John Stamford, a young Gentleman, re siding at Pimlico. Last Tuesday night, the prosecutor was hi Lower Grosvenor place, when he heard the screams of a female, seemingly in great distress. He approached the spot, and saw the soldier dragging a young woman along, and dashing her against the iron rails.— When Mr. - Stamford appeared he desisted. Mr: Stamford then went to conduct her home to her father's house, but the soldier followed them to the door. She ‘vas admitsed,„ and an elderly man, who came . out of the house, pushed them of the steps, and shut the door. The soldier then asked Mr. Stamford what he wanted? and Instantly struck him, and knocked him down. Some persons collected, and found him bleeding profusely, and prevented the soldier from doing him further injury. Miss Eliza Doby, the female in question; sald,'she was going to her sister's, towards Hyde Park-corner, when she met the soldier, who pulled her about, and commenced beating her on the temples, and dragging her :long. She corroborated the rest of Mr. Stamford's statement. The young Lady's mother was examined. She could only state that Mr. S. brought home her daughter. She had not seen the assault committed. The soldier said he met the young woman in Westminster, and treated her with gin. The Magistrate said, that this was a scandalous act, and most disgraceful to a soldier of the Guards. It was aSt case for a Jury, and it was his province to order him (the prisoner) to And bail.—The prisoner said he could get no ball, and be was corn. Knitted to prison. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER MEETING, Ins. WIUMESDAY, SITTIALIIII 4. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. a Sweepstakes of logs. each, with 20gs. added, the surplus in specie ; I-yr-olds carrying Est. 91b. four, Bst. five, Bst. 91b. six, and aged, 94. 11b.—Two miles and seven furlongs. Mr. T. S. Duncombe'a b. h. Waverley, 5 yrs old - 1 Sir R. K. Dick's ch. g. Euphrates, 6 yrs old 2 Five more started, but were not placed ; and five were drawn. The Hunters' Stakes of 10gs. each, for half-bred horses, &c. of all ages, that have been regularly hunted during the Season 1821-22; 4-yr-ulds carrying list. five, list. 101 b. sir, and aged, 12st. 31b. Rode by Gentlemen. Two miles and seven furlongs. Mr. Watson sb. g. Burnby, 6 yrs old - 1 Mr. Chadwick's b. g. Random, 6 yrs old - 2 The Foal Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, lOgs. ft. for 3-yr olds ; colts, Bst. 31b. fillies, 80. The last mile. (Five Subs.) Mr. Gascoigne's b. f. by Amadis - - walked over ' Fifty Pounds, for horses, &c. of all ages ; weights, & c. same as Tuesday's Plate, and the winner of Tuesday's late carrying 21b. extra. Heats, one mile and three-quarters each. Mr. Gascoigne's gr. c. Hamilton, 4 yrs old Mr. Larobton's b. c. Malcolm, 4 yrs old Mr. Prentice's eh. o. Bob, 3 yrs old Mr. Haworth's gr. c. Rowlston, 3 yrs old Six were drawn. PEDESTRIANISM. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Pearson, the Yorkshire pedestrian, has undertaken, for a heavy stake, to run 50 miles in eleven hours on Pontefract Race Course. He was to- start yesterday, and was backed at even to win. If accomplished; it will be a master-piece of pedestrianism. MATCH TO SALISBURY. Mr. Jenkinson, the pedestrian, started on Wednesday, front Kensington to go to Salisbury and return to Egham, a distance of 140 miles, in 56 hours. The pedestrian did 20 miles in the first four hours, and halted an hour; be proceeded on, and per formed at the rate of nine miles in two-hours until he finished the first quarter of his distance in ten hours. He touched on the skirts of Salisbury in his 29th hour, fresh and well, and ho halted two hours, and left there at ten o'clock on Thursday morning, having 64 miles to accomplish in 27 hours. He be gan to get lame at Basingstoke, but he had 27 miles only to do in 15 hours. He continued to do about three miles as hour, which left plenty of time to rest, and he won the match with half an hour to spare. SWIMMING.—We copy from a German paper the following paragraph, which, if interesting to the in land provinces of Germany, ought not to be neg lected in Great Britain, surrounded as it is by the element in which the art can be taught and practised with the greatest benefit : " On the afternoon of the 24th ult. the Grand Duke of Bonne was pleased to inspect the Swimming School of Manheim, and to be present at the various evolutions which the troops of the gartison performed with great precision and effect, first in the Rhine and afterwards in the Neckar. There were many spec tators assembled, who highly applauded the dexterity of the swimmers, who having placed their muskets and cartouches in large baskets, drew them with great apparent cue segos.; the Neckar." EARTII-BATHING.—A few days ago, a publican in the neighbourhood of Warrington, in Lanca shire, presented his maim: corpus in a field for inter ment, having been persuaded that such a process would effectually cure him of a severe scorbutic com plaint that had long sorely afflicted him. A hole was accordingly dug of sufficient depth to admit him in A standing po,ition, so that his nose could be on a level with the surface of the earth. After some deli beration lad entered, and suffered himself to be buried alive, up to the ears in soil, where he remained for laalf an hour; after which time, had it not been for a few drams of rum, and a speedy deliverance from this state of durance vile, •in all probability a sod might have been placed over his head, and all the future expenses and trouble of a funeral might have been spared, for he would have died with agitation, either from cold or some other cause. DftINKING AND SLEEP! NG.— Friday se'nnight. three frolicsome youths A the sprightly town of Stone, Staff e Jrdshire, ordered a chaise from the Bell and Bear Inn, to take them up at an appointed house to go to Stafford Races. • The driver was punctual in his attendance, but the young Gentlemen not being ready, ordered him to put up his horses, and in the meantime regaled him with a proper: potation of old Barleycorn. lhe driver fell asleep, and the amateurs of sport took the opportunity of secretly going off to Stafford on foot. In a few hours the driver awoke found his new masters off , and h is real ma s ter diddled out of his profit kir the chaise. At night, one ofth&e sons of fortune got into the Rocket coach at Stafford ; Bacchus had not been idle, and Somnus soon fol lowed him. When the coach arrived at Stone, our traveller in his turn was asleep—the landlord was in. • • dined in his turn for a hoax. The coach was driven on with our hero in it, who never awoke till he arrived in Liverpool just time enough to hear the Exchange clock strike seven. How he returned we do not know, but we think he would not find much fault with theOiiry. g him 11 $ Roland fo l w iv i e tt r y !_ la Li nd ch l fi or e to i f ,l r ier r an i~ ~, '1 ~' ~• S A; 4 . ! • I $ 40, t 4 f; ' CI '( $ , 1$ i. t-