Star. — London, England, 1821-06-20 00:00:00

ha• )11' tod •tic. THE ARMY. Monday, the •4th Regiment marched out of the Eroyle bar racks, near Chichester. Their primary destination was Brighton, but Of, hti g he.-n countermanded, they are to proceed to Deptf ,, rr a .d Woolwich. The division of the 85th, at Brighton, will nmai' till after the Coronation, when they will be relieved by the IMO Regiment. Tb- 3d West York Regiment of Militia, completed, on Fri by, at Pontefract, their annual duty. Tritlay, the toll-gate keeper at Countess Wear Bridge, was elnvicted hofore the Magistrates at Exeter, and fined in a Mid sated penalty, for having demanded and taken toll from one of the Yeomanry Cavalry whilst on duty. MILITARY PROMOTIONS WAR-01FICF, JUNE 18, 1-.21. sr/ Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Captain Charles Paget, from the 90th Foot, to be Cape in, vice Gamble, who exchanges. 3a Reginwnt of Foot Guards---fieutenant-Calonel William Henry Meyrick, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain of a Com pany. vice Cotton, who exchanges. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Crawford to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Ladder, who retires. To be Lieutenarrs—Ensign John Thomas Griffiths, by pur chase, vice Crawford; Ensign and Adjutant Alex. Downie . _ (to have Ihe rank). Rnsign—henry Foley, Gent. without purchase, vice Griffiths. - Ditto—Lieutenant WiUirm Pode to be Captain, by pur chase. vice Gore, who retires. To be Lieutenants—Ensign Sherbrooke Lowe, without pur chase, vice Pode ; Lieutenant Angus Wiliam Mackay, from half-pay 6rlt Foot, vice Frederick Hope A. Pattiton, who es ckangr s, receiving the difference. T o b e Ensign—Gentleman Ca•lct James Paterson, from the Boys! !Bilirary Collage. without purchase, vice Lowe. 41st Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Crawford, from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Jr hn Highmore Jeboult, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 47th Vitae—lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby Cotton, from the 5d Font Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Meyriek, who exchanges. &g Ditto —Lieutenant John Fennell, from the 55d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Robison, whose appointment has not taken place. 49th Ditto--Serjeant-Major Francis Brew to be Q,uartermaster, vier ilarpur, deceased. 51st Ditto—lirevet Major James Campbell to he •• ajor, by pur chase, vice Thwastes, who retires; lieutenant John Fla manck to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell ; Ensign Charles J. Rine Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Flamanck ; John Murray, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Hamilton. - • . - . . Std Ditto--Lieutenant John Jantes Snodgrass, from the half pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Winter bottom, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Eaton slonins to be Ad jutant. vice Winterhottom, who resigns the Adjtitantcy only. ad Ditto—Lieutenant William Bristow, from half-pay of the 68th Font, to be Lieutenant, vice Fennell, appointed to the 48th Foot. :Gth Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Thorp, from half pay of the 77th Foot, to be Limit: T.ant, vice Donald Mqver, who ex changes, receiving the • ifference. SOth Ditto—Captain Het., v Boyd Gamble, from the 2d lJta gums Guards, to be Captain, vice Paget, who exchange , . Cedasial Company attached to the Quarterolaster•Generds De partment at the Mauritius—. Sewed Lieutenant JohnAkxan der Campbell, from half-pay of th.. Bourbon Regiment, to be fecood Lieutenant, vice Ctimplial, promoted. HOSPITAL STA Fin • Apothecary Peter John Macdonald, from hat .pay, to be Apo thecary to the Forces. MIXOLINTIA. The Christian names of Cornet Fead, on half pay 22d Light Dragoons, are George Jahn Grove friends. Ike ebrhalan names of Mr. lizet, who was appointed a Se cond lieutenant in the 21st Foot, on the 19th ult. are John CaNitap Cbirnmi.slons signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Volum Troop.of Notthighamsbire Yeomanry Cavalry.-Chas. Chewier, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Pepper,resigned. Watnaii Troop of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—George Robinson, Gent. to be Second lieutenant, vice Samuel Pot ser, resigned; Henry Sleight, Gent. to be Cornet, vice George Robinson, promoted. Ceousheion io the South Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord lieutenant of Salop. Thomas Leeks, Gent. to be Lieutenant. vice George Jeffreys, resigned. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. Tobe Deputy Lieutenants—Sir Charles Richard Blunt ' Ban. Sr John Shelley, Bart. Sir George Henry Frederick Berke ley, K.C.B. William Coarthorp Mabbott, John Apsley Dal rymple, Henry Shifter, Thomas Woodward, Alexander Doormat , . John Ring, George Parini!, John Dorrien, Robt. Pubr, Rooen Burnett, Edward Burtendiaw Sugden, Win. Roe, Charles Baker Joseph Baker, George Bartelot Smyth, Edward B.igb , John Theophilus D aubuz, Richard Ironmon. g.r, Richard Prime, John Bent, John Peter Cherry, George Henry Malcolm Wagner, Samuel Twyford,jun. Daniel Row. land, rands Philip Bedingfield, Ilerben Barrett Curteis, John IL:by, and Richard Davenport, &qrs. PLAN for Retiring on Half-pay the Brevet Field-Officers of th► Cavalry and Infantry, with a Compensation for their Troops or Companies; for exempting them from future lia bility to the Regimental Duties of Captain, and admitting them to a footing of equality with unemployed Regimental Find• Officers. A rep , rt prevails of its being in contemplation to relieve those Officers of the Army who have obtained superior rank, from the performance of the regimen tal duties of Captain. The boon would be received with gratitude—would come with peculiar grace on the occasion of the approaching Coronation ; and, a.. a measure calculated to improve the condition of old and deserving Officers, would be viewed with appro bation by the country, to which they have rendered so much faithfu: service. Various conjectures have been afloat, and many opinions hazarde as to the manner in which this can best be carried into effect ; and retiring the Of ficer, in question, granting them a compensation in heu of their Troops or Companies, seems admitted as the fairest plan that can be adopted. The following outline will prove its feasibility, at a very inconsider able expense, in the infantry: All Officers in the situation of Regimental Captain, having the Brevet rank of LieuteniniXolonel ; and also all those having that of Major, if they have served on full pay twenty-one years, to receive £950, being equal to the regulated difference between a Lieutenancy and a Company. This money to be raised h% the sale of the Companies, and Lieutenants from the half-pay to succeed the purchasers. The Brevet Officers thus retired to have nine shillings per diem half-pay, which is no more than the half-pay of Captain, with the two shillings they have had on ac count of the superior tank. The Brevet Majors who have not completed twenty one years, in all ranks, on full pay, to be retired, re ceiving the difference between a half and full-pay Company, viz. 1:678 15s. Their half-pay to be as above, nine shillings per diem ; Captains from the half-pay to succeed this class. The Brevet Majors already on half•pay, if reduced subsequently to the order granting two shillings per diem on account of the superior rank, to have the benefit of this allowance. Brevet Officers henceforward to be considered on a footing with Regimental Field Officers, and not to be liable to serve in any inferior station. Those having the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, should they be brought on hill pay as such, to return the differ ence of 050, which they had received; and should they come iu by exchange, to pay the regulated dif ference between a half and a full-pay Lientenant-Co lonelcy, viz. £19443 15s. in addition, in order that Government may be enabled to give to the Lieute nant-, olonel retiring, the option of receiving these two sums, with the half-pay of Major only: or the latter sum alone, with the half-pay of his rank. The Brevet Majors who have served twenty-one years on full pay, not to be required to return the difference on their being brought in on full pay of their rank. In the instance of exchange, however, the regulated difference between the half and full pay will be required. But the Brevet Majors who have nut completed twenty-one years on full pay, on being brought in effective, to return the difference they had received; and, if they come in by exchange, to pay the regu lated difference between a half a full pay Majority lin addition. _ _ The Brevet Field-Officers already on half-pay, on being brought in effective Majors, to return, if they received, the difference, on retiring on the half-pay of Captain ; and, if by exchange, to pay the regu lated difference between the half and full pay COM. mitsion be s ides. _ _ All the sums remaining over and above what the different classes receive, to be placed at the disposal of Government, to go towards defraying the-differ ence of the half-pay expenses. The following example exhibits a scale of provi sion f , r ten Brevet Officers to retire upon, supposing the proportion to be seven of the fist class to three of the second: 2. a. b. Four Captains from Half pay, at "78 15s. each, is 2715 0 0 Si: Lieutenants to purchase Companies, at 1950 } 57 03 0 0 heach, - - - - Si: Lieutenants from Half-pay, at £166 15s. each, 101)0 10 0 £9415 10 0 Seven Brevet Field-Officers to retire on /950 each, is £6650 0 0 Three ditto, on £678 15s. each, 2056 5 0 66E16 5 0 Remaining at the disposal of Government commas:me STATWIHT OW HALT PAT Kirwan. $. a. n. 4 10 0 - A 70 5 0 Ten Brevet Field-Officers, at 9.. per diem - Four Captains, at 7s. per diem - - £1 8 0 Six Lieutenants, at b• 6d. per diem - 1 7 0 215 0 1 15 0 Deduct the amount of the superior Allowance of 21. for each of the ten Brevet Field-Officers, bein g 1 0 0 what they now have - - - Actual Expcnse for ten. or Is. 6d. per diem for each 0 IS 0 But, as a set-off against (Ins, there is the above sum of £729 ss. or £ . 72 18s. 6.1. t;ir tach of the ten. which will ilea: ly pay the whole of the additional expense f. r three years. The difference of the half-pay might be seduced, by bringing in a greater proportion of ;Captains Irons :iie i,alt pay than the above scale 1 ro pose•. If an eq-:ai number of Companies he sold and filled up from ti:e hall-piay, the superior allowance may still be given to seven out of ten, an a surplus of £291 ss. will remain at the disposal of Govern ment. The difference of half-pay in this case will be I only Bs. sot ten ; m, for five hundred, the annual sum of £11,862 10s. and for the same number, a surplus fund of £34 1 562 10-, at the disposal of the Government. Oil the same ptinciple, a scale might be formed for such of the Guard• (Lieutenants only) and Cavalry as are Brevet Field Officer , and wish to retire. But the Artillery and Engineers being distinct Cot ps, and differently consriruied front the rest of the Army, it is presumed that n arrangement of this nature could benefit them, if it could be made to apply. There are, however, many detached commands, to which the Brevet Field-Offisers belonging to them mii ; ht with advantage be a l p.,inted ; and the Second Cap tains are themselves equal to the ordinary duties of Battalions. There is a peculiar hardship in the case of Brevet Fiehi-Officers of Cavalry and Infantry ; and that is, if the state of their health, in urgent calls of private affairs, oblige them for a time to retire, and they aie afterwards desirous of returning to their duty, they must submit to the mortification of coming in Junior Captains of a Corps. Who will attempt to deny that this requires particular consideration? How dis couraging to the Navy, if a Captain, after he had been deemed worthy of promotion, were to be called upon to serve as Juitior, or even Senior Lieutenant, of a ship. AN OLD SOLDIER. Last week, in commemoration of the arrival of the 50th year of the Noble Marquis's Lord Lieutenancy of Hertfordshire, a stupendous vase, four feet high, of massive silver, exquisitely chased and gilt, and supported by female cariatides, after the most classic Grecian taste, was presented to the Noble Lord by the Gentlemen of the County, at the Hatfield Arms. The Marquis made an affecting speech, and particu larly when he alluded to the late KING and QuaEN. " It is twenty years, on this day, since our lamented Sovereign honoured the Yeomanry Corps by in,pect ing them in Hatfield Park."—The ceremony was succeeded by a public breakfast, given in the long gallery, to upwards of 100 persons. Present— Earl Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Wellesley, Lord Arthur Hill, Earl and Countess of Bridgewater, Sir Gore and Lady Ouseley, Earl of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Daere; Sir Culling and Lady Smith, Dr. Wellesley, Lord and Lady Cranborne, Mr. Giles, and Mrs. Brand. Mr. and Mrs. BAnruty have concluded their en gagement at the Liverpool Theatre, and entered into, one with the Manager of the Bury Stage for a limited number of nights. PENLEY has disposed of his lease of the Coventry Theatre to Mr. ELLISTON, and intends shortly going to Hanover, where his Company are to perform-Eng lish Plays. THE LATE THEATRICAL FRACAS.—The following are copies of the Correspondence between the respect able Managers of Drury-Lane and the Adelphi Theatres, which led to the fracas:--Letter from Mr. Rol:matt.: " Sta—l undentand you have had the temerity to intrude your self behind the curtain of my Theatre. In order to spare you a greater mortification, I have ordered the door-keepers to re fuse you admission, should you again present yourself. a I am," &c. &c. _ . The following pithy note was forthwith returned : Rucckutii—l have heard of a puddle in a storm, and of a puppy in a passion ; and I can only say that I scorn the one, and' laugh at the other. ELLIsTori." Figs.—Between one and two o'clock yesterday morning, a Sre broke out in the colour -manufactory belonging to Messrs. Yatsor and Gagers, St. John-street, which burned foe some time with great fury, owing to some oil vats taking are. By great exertions, however, the fire was subdued in about half an hour,:after, destroying the top part and back part of the building. N.l VAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lavotta frigate went off the stocks at Chatham, on Satur day, about ten minutes after one, in a very handsome manner. Lady Goas approached the head of the ship just before she went off, and performed the office of naming her by throwing a bottle of wine against the stem, and wishing her success—three times three cheers followed this process, from the company around, and her Ladyship and friends retired to the booth to see the launch. The Albion, Captain Wasr, arrived at BLukwall on the 12th instant, in eighty-two days from the Isle of France, which is the shortest space of time the voyage his hitherto been performed in. . She was only eighty-four days on the outward voyage from the Dewy', and has therefore gone 23,000 miles in 166 days, with a full cargo out and home. Including the period she remained at the Isle of France, discharging and re-loading, the voyage was completed in seven months. _ . The James. CRAWZ, was blown out of Rio Novo, Ja maica, the 2lst April, and had not returned on the £2d. AU the crew were on horrd except the Master, who was clearing at the Cu,. tom House. Jan 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Malley,. Parma, from London. Sailed the Blue-eyed Maid, Clirmennex, for Portsmouth. Pornstoovit, JUN, 19.—Wind N.E.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Ham, from a cruizr. Sailed the HOVND cutter, on a cruise. Dzat., J taut 19. —Wind N. N. E.—Came down from the River, and sail-d, the Success, Dzvestz t for Liverpool; and Emulous, Amanoz, for Quebec. I-fault's:a, Scar 19.—Sailed the Charlotte packet, for Gotten burgh; and Princess Charlotte ditto, for Cuzi.aven, each with a - _ Curzon-House, Jura 19.—Ships Entered Inwards : Cam bridge, from Jamaica • Hope, Waterloo, and Walter Mathews, from Har li ngen ; Prince of Orange, and Earl Bathurst, from Rotterdam • Luna and Liberty, from Memel ; Golden Grove, from Jama ica; Vrow Drewker, from Worcum ; Betsy, from Tobago; and Helkuncle, from Stangate Creek. Entered Out wards: Acasta, for Pernambuco; Susanna, for Dublin • Mena, for Elsinore ; Tontine, for Philadelphia ; and Hoop, for the Cape of Good Hope. Cleared Outward.: City of Genoa, for Labra dor • Star, for the Cape of Good Hope; Ventura, for Bilboa; Deception, for Boulogne; Britannia, for Lisbon ; and Waterloo, for St. John's. A Rumen—At Liverpool, the John, Beveridge, for Bahia; the Albert, King, for Wilmington ; Francis I.rust. Lynas, from Smyrna ; Reynolds, Burstall, from Lisbon ; Agnes, Shipling, from ilamburgh; and the Fearon, from Pernambuco. In the Clyde, Camillus, Peck, from New York. At Lisbon, Princess Leopoldine, from Rio Janeiro. At Pernambuco? Sao Manoel Ave de Penne, from Oporto; Esprito Santo, from Lisbon ; and 1•lor de Lima, from Figuera. At Bahia, Cecilia, from Ham loirgh ; Hope, from Gibraltar; Felii Governot, from 'Monte Video; and Echo, from Buenos Ayres. At Bourdeaux, Nep tune, Paterson, from Charleston ; I lunter, from Philadelphia. It has been signified to the principal Officers of the Household, holding apartments at Dublin Castle, by older of his Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT; that their suites of rooms will he required for the accom modation of the KING. They will be cheerfully va cated for this purpose in a few days. Preparatory to the arrival of his MAJESTY in Ire land, the most costly and elegant repairs are car rying on at Slane Castle, in the County of Meath, the noble seat of the Marquis of CONYNGHAM. We un de: stand that for several weeks past a number of work men have been employed in making alterations, and fit tiny; up this princely mansion in a style of gran deor hitherto unequalled ;in that country, and which will hecompleted in the course of the ensuing week. The following intelligence from the Brazils has been received, via Portugal: Tassor, MAT 50, ISSI. " Yesterday arrived here the brig Princess Leopoldine, with dispatches for Government. The Master states, that the Kum was to embark for Portugal on the 25th of April, and that the squadron would consist of a ship of the line, three frigates, four corvettes, and four armed merchant ships. His Mantsrt had , appointed a Provisional Government for the Brazils, consisting of eight Members, four Masili-ns and four Europeans; the Palma ROYAL, President. " A conspiracy had been discovered, in which the Ex-Minis ter TARIM:4I and many of the Disembargaaores were concerned, and they would be sent to Portugal for trial." Letters have been received from Bahia to the 9th of April. The Slave Trade continues to be carried on in the Portuguese don:inions to a great extent. tie following is a list of ships, with the number of slave, on board, which have arrived at Bahia alone si :ce the '2sth of January, by which it will be ob served, that in consequence of the length of the pas sage and the crowded state of the vessels, the, deaths have been very numerous: ALM. DIAD. Jan. 25. Portuguese ship Nelson, front Molimbo 92 36 Feb. 5. Ditto ditto Adamastor, from Mo zambique 372 61 14. Ditto ditto F.strela, front Molimbo 253 March 6. Ditto ditto Bunt Caminho, from 254 116 Qaiilimaney 7. Ditto ditto Dourado, from Mo 2smbique 313 199 April 6. Ditto ditto Mariana, from Ambris 207 1 Ditto ditto Lucrecia,from Angola 266 12 Ditto ditto Ninfa do Mar, from 299 10 7. Cabinda - - - Total - - 2,056 416 Mr. Mr. Mr. Accounts from Stockholm state that'the Norwe gian Diet had, on the 29th ultimo, recognized, by a majority of thirty-one, the Treaty concluded with Denmark on the Ist September, 1819, for the pay ment of the Norwegian debt. An Address to the ICING is annexed, requesting him to use his interest with the Courts concerned, to get the time extended from ten to thirty years. THE GUIDE TO MATRIMONIAL HAPPINESS, a New Edition of which is just published, has abundant proof of being written by a virtuous woman of fashion and an amiable wife : the subject is, of all others, the most important, having for its purpose the promo don of universal happiness in that moral union which is the cement of society and the purest of all domes tic felicity. We are requested to state that new Editions of the following Works have been recently published by Messrs. COLBURN and Co. viz. _ _ 1. George the Third his Court and Family, 2 vols. Bvo. with 18 Portraits-2. The Hermit in London, 3 vols. small Bvo.-3. Tully 's Letters from the Court of Tripoly, 2 vols. Bvo.-4. Miss Burney 's Tales of Fancy, 3 vols.-5. Horace Walpole's Corres pondence, 4 vols.-6. Lady hiorgan's France and Florence Ma carthy-7. Madame de Genlis's Palmyre et Flaminie, and Pe trarch et Laura-8. Bramsen's Travels in Egypt and Syria, 2 vols. —9. Franklin's Memoirs and Correspondence, 6 vols.-10. The Art of Preserving the Sight, by an Experienced Oculist—And 11. Sir Arthur Clarke's Essay on Bathing. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Alder men, at Guildhall, which was fully attended. The LOUD MAYOR reported the election of WILLIAM VENABLES, Esq. as Alderman of the Ward of Queen hithe, in theroom of Sir WILLIAM DOMVILLE ; which being read, Mr. VENABLES was introduced by several inhabitants of the said Ward, and took the usual oaths and his seat. The LORD MAvon laid before the Court a letter from Sir WILLIAM LEIGHTON, resign ing his office of Alderman for the Ward of Billings gate, which the Court accepted, and requested the LORD MAYOR to issue a Precept fur the election of an Alderman in his room. A Vote of Thanks was unanimously passed to Sir WILLIAM LRIGIITON, for his upright conduct; which was ordered to be adver ' tired.—Sce the front page. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT lIRATII RACES, TOMMY, Jima 19. Ilis Majesty's Plate of 100ss. Air. Goddard's Moonraker, 4 yrs old, 9st. Mr. agges Frances, 4 yrs old, 9st. - Duke of York's Prodigious, 4 yrs old, 9st. Eight started-5 to 2. apt the winner-3 to 1 apt Flibberty - gibbet, which hone broke down. Sweepstakes of wogs. Duke of Grafton's Titian - - - Duke of York s colt, by Walton - - Mr. Rtßh's brown colt, by Waxy - - Duke of Rutland's filly, by Waxy 6to 4 apt the winner-6 to 4 apt Mr. Rush's colt The Oatlands Stakes of logs. each.—Two miles and a half. Mr. Ockenden's Strephon, 6 yrs old, Bst. Sib. - - 1 Duke of York's Banker, 5 yrs old, Oat. 71b. 2 Mr. Walker's Vanloo, 7 yrs old, 7st. 71b. - - - S Colonel Morland's Ranter, 6 yrs old, Bst. I olb. - - 4 Even betting, and fto4 on Banker—l to 1 apt Strephon. Sweepstakes of 10p. each. Lord Foley named Shriekborn Duke of York's Elastic 7 to 4 on the winner. The Knso arrived on the ground about one o'clock, and took his station in the Royal Stand. CURRAGH MEETING, TITCSDAY, Juarx 12. The King's Plate, value 100 p. Marquis of SHgo's Langan - Mr. Prendergast's Dinisdaie Mr. Croker's Don Juan - • 1 - 2 3 4 Challenge of the Kirwan's, 100 p. p.p. Daly's Rob Roy, Tst. 121 b. - - Caldwell's Noble, 7st. 12113. - - - Prendergast's Cade, sst. - - - The O'Darby Stakes, 25gs. each. Mr. Ptvnderpst's Cade - - - - Mr. Gore's Talbot Marquis of Sligo's Gambouge - - - 1 2 3 THI,ItSDAY. The King's Plate of 100 gs. for horses, Etc. not exceeding 6-yrs old, carrying 12,t. 41b. each.—Four-mile heats. Mr. Hammerton's King William - - Mr. Kennedy's Moll Antony - 1 1 2 2 CRICKET. 'rhe Grand Single Wicket Match in Lean's Ground, between Mr. BUDD and Mr. BRAND, with two Fieldsmen each, WWI de cided on Monday in favour of Mr. BUDD, who won by 68 runs. Bonn. BRAND. Ist Innings •- 52 I lit Innings -- 0 2d Ditto - - - 16-68 2d Ditto - - - 0-0 The Grand Return Match at Cricket, between the two select parties of eleven each—eleven of the Officers of the Royal ,Horse Guards and the Coldstream Regimen; was played last week at Windsor, and won by the latter. ARCHERY. The Staffordshire Bowmen held their first Target day on the 24th oh. at Sandon, near Stafford, which was well attended by the Gentlemen of the Society. BULL-BAITING. Monday se'nnight, at RumweU, near Taunton, a Bull was taken to the stake and bound, but it appears not securely enough for the intentions of his persecutors, for, after son: e time, be broke loose, and gored and tossed some of the by-stand rs in so serious a way, that they will have reason to recollect a hull-bait for the rest of their lives. Not satisfied, the followers of this sport afterwards succeeded in leading the poor animal to the scene of his torture two or three times in succetsion, whence, on each occasion, be escaped, causing considerable mhchief to eight or nine individuals, and to one young man in particular, a recruit, who had his leg most severely broken and splintered. EDINBURGH, JUNE 15. David Haawart, on whom sentence of death was pronounced on Monday last, for the murder of the Dumfries under jailor, is said to be about 19 years of age. In his declarations before the Magistrates, by whom his preliminary examination was taken, he de scAbed himself to be a native of Edinburgh, and said that he could not write; but refused to answer any other questions that should be put to him. In the coach by which he was conveyed from Dumfries to this city, he was more communicative. At first be broke silence, by endeavouring to insinuate himself into the better graces of a Lady, who indicated an uneasiness at having the prisoner for her fellow-tra veller. He positively disclaimed ever having had any intention to murder the turnkey ; and represented his only object to have been to effect his escape. The mild and somewhat polished manners of the youth ful culprit were calculated to engage attention ; and, finding his conversation without restraint, he pro ceeded to disclose the intuitive spring by which his conduct had been actuated from infancy. The study and practice of legerdemain, and the performance of surprising feats, he declared to be his ruling passion, which seemed to have received its momentum by the imitative faculty; he having, when very young, been an ardent admirer of the celebrated He inand Boaz. To demonstrate by examples his proficiency in the occult science, he inquired of the Lady what had be come of a beautiful ring which he observed upon her finger when she first entered the coach ? Having thus called the lady's attention to the loss of her trinket, at which she manifested much.concern, he next deprived her of the sympathy of a very polite Gentleman in the coach, whom he reminded of a certain quantity of silver which he had lately received in exchange for a bank-note, and then gave him to understand that the silver was no longer in his possession, which the Gentleman, on examining his pockets, found to be pre cisely the case. Of course, neither the Lady nor Gentle man could now feel perfectly satisfied with this tact of ingenuity, until their property was restored ; and, to dispel their alarm, the hapless trickster informed the Gentleman in which of his (Haggart's) pockets he would find the money and the Lady's ring, himself not being able to reach them, owing to his arms being so closely pinioned ! It was his dexterity in perferm ing wonders like these, and the applause he hoped to gain by them, which, he said, pointed out to him the course of life he had followed; it was therelot e, he added, perfectly natural that he should apply his mind to surmounting the restraints of a prison. A few cart loads of new hay were brought yester• day to the Haymarket for sale, and notwithstanding the late rains, appeared in good condition. The Report of the Agricultural Committee, for which a large portion of the Public are looking for ward with so much anxiety, has not yet come from the Press; but we learn, from good authority, that the recommendations are by no means tavourable to Land-owuers, though advantageous to the Pu'llic at large, being decisively in favour of a free Corn Trade. Coke RUMAIKIN MARI-LANZ' 20.—We have a COML. derahlr quantity of Wheat at M arket, for which there was no demand this morning even for the finest smtples, and co-se quently prices may be considered nominally as on ..inaday,— Fine Barley is rather more inquired after, and prime samples are Is. per quarter dearer ' but the demand Is very limited. The Oat trade w .s exceedingly heary. at an abatement of 6d. per quart:. fa. Braun and Peat nu alteration. ;.~ ~f'.sa..