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- is rising from its degraded stile to heat the words of si e s te and tratb. And in the immense Continent of America, ji tt b slorth and South, zealous efforts are now made to dine t- the sacred word. • While the Committee refer to these splendid results, they „ m id c all upon surrounding friends to implore a continuance od ae extension of them. • L e t the motto of the City of London vibrate through this biy, • Dentine, dirige nos ; and let every success be ascribed to u m a loe front whom cometh every good and perfect gift. dot t o o us, not unto us, 0 Lose, but unto thy name, 0 Luso, ga ol we give glory.' • • Let all now duly estimate the opportunity which is pre voted to diem Let all now, according to their ability, by their praauiary contributions, by their earnest supplications, and by their wakes drums, aid a Society which is scattering around with a lo g ssa ist band blessings spiritual as well as temporal. ' Its aim its instruments are truth and holiness; its sta b universal low; tot " t h e ,used Scriptures ; its simple dependence the Divine "" its re f o rmations the tacit and noiseless subjection of the ktars ; to fries& all who love the Bible ; its temper, meekness „A l o g awing ; its triumphs, joy in the Holy Spirit ; its ten & happiness of man; its consummation, everlasting life.'" Lord BOCKSAVAGE, in a short speech, moved that the Report should be received and adopted. Te Rev. JOHN ANGEL JAMES, of Birmingham, rose to second the motion. He began by congratu lating the Meeting on the success with which the Holy Book had been circulated, and then...compli mented the City of London on the part which it had w ho in this great work. Never, he observed, did that illustrious fetter (alluding to the Lord Mayor's c hi l l) appear more illustrious than while he presided over sorb Meetings, and gave his sanction to such ptinciples as they had assembled to propagate. For his own part, he was always happy to express the at tachment which he felt to his native country—his a dmiration of the magnanimity, and liberty, and river, and wealth, and zeal, which characterised her amongst the nations of the world. That her magna nimity might be without the evils of pride, her liberty w i t h o ut anarchy, her power without oppression, her 4wealth without arrogance, and her zeal without fana ticism, were the wishes of his heart. Titus they might see the British name greater in its humanity than in its power. greater in the works of grace than when she made her enemies tremble. If ever he was proud of his country it was at this moment, when she was occupied in distributing the - Holy Scriptures, to be lEO to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of my people Israel." Wl:o could have anticipated, on the list foundation of this Institution, that in so short a space of time onwards of a million sterling would base been expended in the purchase of Bibles, that three millions of copies would have been circulated, and that America would have become one Bible Su. ciety from the falls of Niagara to the banks of the Mississippi ? Again, on looking to its effects, where net it had made its way they would liktd the widow deriving consolation from its blessed promises, the orphan hope, and even the profligate improvement and teformation ; they would find the Bible in that hand which was accustomed to grasp the pick-lock., To sum up all, he would say, that the best means of doing good was to circulate the Bible, and the best means of circulating the Bible was to support such an Institution as they were that day assembled to contemplate and encourage—( Applause). The Resoletion was then agreed to unanimously. Mr. Sheriff Vratazt.zs observed, that the eloquence of those who preceded him had left nothing new for him to add. He then moved a Resolution of thanks' to the President and Vice-Presidents of the Society. The Rev. Dr. Tistmen seconded the motion. Ile took a short view of what the Bible Societies had ac complished. They have undertaken to make known the Scriptures to all the nations of the earth ; there are sill 500,000,000 of the inhabitants of the globe •ho bare not heard of the Revelation from HEAVEN to bless all mankind. 'This should excite the utmost nations of all Christians ; at home 3,000,000 of Bibles have been distributed, and the demand ton tines. It had been objected, that the Bible should *be distributed without Note or Comment ; but this was to say, that the Book written by Goo for the imonction of his rational creatures, was not sufficient ; and that men should write another book to make up the deficiency. It was also said, why not give the Prayer-book with the Bible? There was no objection but want of means, and that which was most im portant was preferred. But the distribution of the Bible greatly increased the demand for the Prayer bock and in the lest fifteen years the Universities had Primed 150,000 more Prayer-books than in the fifteen lan preceding. Another objection was, that read ing the Bible would lead to the overthrow of Church and State ; but to this it was only necessary to reply, Mat Ministers and Bishops wete the best supporters d the Bible Societies► The Resolution was carried eamiesousi y. Ese C. S. IIuNTER returned thanks on the part of the President and Vice-Presidents, and stated, that though he had read the Bible as a school boy before, he had never entered into its spirit until he became a Member of that Society, from which period he had never quitted it. Mr. Alderman Baowicw came forward to move the next Resolution. He was convinced, that after the cheering information which they had just re ceived, and the eloquence which had advocated the objects of the Institution, what he could say could only tend to weaken the impression already made, and to which the countenances of all around him byte testimony. In meditating on the many mercies of which he had been a recipient, be deemed it not the least, that he was born in a land like this, justly famed for its charity, intelligence, and religious feel ing. Placed as we were in a state of comparative darkness, it had pleased a bountiful CREATOR to give them the volume of Revelation to be a light to their *and a lanthoin to their paths, but their ances- Uneever dreamt e,f such a mode of diffusing it as this one, though they held it in veneration. As a r oof that it was so held by our venerable Hierarchy, *Deed only allude to that part of the Coronation lemony where the King entered into a solemn co tenant with his subjects, and the Archbishop pre reined his Majesty, not with the Prayer Book, but 6e Holy Bible (Lord applartfe), and accompanied it trith these words— ,, We present to your Majesty this I "ki the most valuable of all, containing the lively f k - lelet of Goo, and the ordinances, which, blessed are they who hear and do them." In the benefits of its circulation, it might be truly said, that the rich and the poor had met together—well might the Parent say to the poor child who was leaving his dwelling to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, " and gold have I none, but I give to thee the most valu a bl e t hi ng, t h at wor d w hi c h a ffordeth com fort and strength, whose blessing maketh rich. But as benefit was not con fined v, the poor—it was equally beneficial to the rich, and he hoped it would produce in them soniethifig like consistency of conduct. The worthy Alderman Concluded by moving the next Resolution— " That this Meeting, deeply impressed with a conviction of the necestity that rill exists for increasing zeal and unwearied perseverance, request the following Gentlemen to undertake the various offices of the Society for the ensuing year :"--jElere the names follow]. The Rev. T. Mottristaa, of St. Olave's, South wark, rose to second the lesolution. He said he should have gladly remained in the back ground, but he felt it necessary, however humble a member he was of the Church of England, to chew that the Meet ing was not its enemy, but one of its bet friends; and here he could not avoid observing, how happy he felt, that those who were created Magistrates to enforce the observance of the laws of men, had taken on them the office of diffusing the knowledge df the laws of GOD. It - was truly gratifying to see, that in studying the law, they had not forgot the Gospel—(Applause). If they looked to the times in which they lived, they would oh9trve they were very remarkable. If they looked to the state of the world, they would see that there was " distress of nations with perplexity ; the sea and waves roaring ; men's hearts failing them for fear of the things that were to come to pass." This' ' WAS a great crisis, and whoever looked at the state l i of Spain, Turkey, Russia, and other parts of Europe, must be struck with the signs of the times; but in, looking to the state of this country, it was happily visible that the Goo of Gods and Km; of Kings was putting honour upon it, and every one must be struck with the great and useful influence which Great Britain maintained in the world at this period. There was a time when the Church of CHRIST was a little flock, surrounded by wolves, but very different was its Londition at present, when it was making an attack Nt,' the world, urged by the Evil One. They should•bear in mind the call which was made upon them; it was a loud call, an increasing call, and, he would say, an unprecedented call. Probably, since the time of the Apostles, there never was so glorious a scene as that which was presente.l to Christians at the present day, and they should go on doing all which they could towards calling human nature out of darkness into the light of CHRIST. He would conclude by relating a little anecdote; it was about neither a Peer nor an Alderman, but a poor woman, who was a porteress at a lodge, and had sixpence a week, in addition to a cottage, but was not allowed tea, yet she had saved fifteen-pence in the course of a month, which she gave as part of the price of a Testament, and the collector made up the rest; when asked how she had made up the sum? she answered, that she had gone nithout her tea, and indeed her tea had lost all its sweetness since she became de sirous to procure the New Testament—(Applause).— He concluded by segpilding the Resolution, which was then put, and carried unanimously. The Hon. and Rev. GERARD Nom, came forward to move the next Resolution. He trusted, that in ' the declining the appointment of Secretary, he could not be suspected of any indifference to this growing cause ; it was said by a great Poet that there was a time when it was praise enough " For the ambition of a private man, " That Chatham's language was his mother tongue, " And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his °WTI !" And he might !.ay, that it was praise sufficient for him self to belong to such a Society; and, as far as his poor services could avail, while he had an arm to lift, or a word to utter, he never would be slow to suppert the Institution. Whatever exceptions might be taken, he was sure the Public in general had but one feeling of accordance in the excellence of the Institution.— Nor could it be evil, in a world of sorrow, to distri bute that book of consolation which says—" Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Nor, when they saw how the world was wounded and harassed by dissension, could it be evil to form a junction of men of all classes, for the diffusion of the word of that religion whose spirit was described by its divine founder in the lan guage of universal charity, when he said, " By this shall men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another." The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman then argued on the propriety and usefulness of circulating the Scriptures without note or comment, and the peculiar benefit of the Scriptures, so distributed, to the wants and necessities of the poor. He adverted to the text which says—" Gov bath hid those things from the wise ard prudent, and revealed them unto bahes,"and said, that the Biblehad the i mpress of mercy stamped upon it in a manner that was intelligible to the heart of the poorest and meanest of mankind. With a view of proving that the LORD was silently working for the Society, he stated, that even in Aus tria, where the Bible Society had not any public ac cess, yet, by the instrumentality of a Catholic Priest and a pious bookseller, not less than 2400 of Leander Vanes% s Testaments were distributed within the last year. He then moved' the Resolution, as follows, and, after a few more observations, sat down amid great applause : " That this Meeting regards with undiminished interest, the effects which have resulted from the Bible Associations, in con-, flexion with the City of London Auxiliary Society." JOHN Janes, Esq. seconded the Resolution, and stated that he was requested to introduce to the Meet ing an Indian Chief, Colonel Brandt (the son of Colo. nel Brandt, Chief of a Mohawk tribe), who wished to address a few words to the Meeting, to shew the in terest which he took in the labours of the Bible Society. He stated also, that there was a Gentleman there from Africa, who wished to address them, but felt too much difficulty ; and he was charged to say for him, that the Bible was so encouraged by the Africans, as would make it necessary for the English to exert themselves that they might not get the start of them. The Resolution was then agreed to. Colonel BRANDT then came forward, in the cos tume of his country, and spoke, but in so low a tone of voice as to be scarcely audible. He commenced by praising the liberality of the Bible Society, in the good' work of enlightening mankind by making the will of the FATHER of the World known to ail his children. That liberality had done much good in his own country. He rejoiced that the beams of the Gospel had become a shining light in the woods of America t among his own tribe its blessings were felt, and he hoped that it would be extended to the inha bitants of all those regions who were yet ignorant of the Living GOD. This was a great cause. It was full of the blessings of charity and instruction. It I was glorious, because it made men conquer ignorance and evil, and beautiful, as it came from Hiss who made the world. Re was happy. to see so great a concourse of Englishmen supporting this great cause. and he hoped the ALMIGHTY GOD would assist them in the undertaking. Dr. WARDLAW, of Glasgow, proposed the fifth Re solution. In doing so, he eulogized the objects of the Association, and returned thanks to the Ladies for the zeal and activity which they had displayed in furtherance of them. He insisted strongly on the pro priety of circulating the Bible without MU or com ment. He observed that there were two events—he, meant the invention of printing, and the institution of Bible Societies—which, though removed from each other in point of time, were closely allied in the great effects which they were producing upon the human mind. He knew that the invention of printing had not been attended with unalloyed good ; but what was there which we could enjoy without evil ? The very air we breathed WAS the vehicle to the ear of all evil as well as of all good, of blasphemy as well as of devotion, of imprecations and curses, as well as of gratitude and prayer. But what man was there, who on that account would, even if he had the power of depriving the air of its capability of conveying sounds, wish to exercise it? So with regard to printing: what man was there who would wish to destroy the Press, Liecause some miscreants abused its powers? Print ing, by the facility which it gave to the distribution of the Holy Scriptures, was an invaluable blessing. The invention of it was necessary to that circulation of truth which took place at the Reformation ; and nothing more was wanting to shew the inestimable Advantages of it, than the establishment of a Society like the British and Foreign Bible Association. It was a solemn consideration to reflect, that in for warding the object of this Society we were building for eternity—we were erecting a fabric which would last for ever. Of many of the most splendid and magnificent human buildings, not one stone now re mained upon another ; but this would last during the world. The word of GOD would exist, and its effects be visible, as long as time remained ; but the micro scopic eye of hope went further, and looked to eter nity for its duration— " Eternal Hope, e'er yonder spheres sublime, " Pealed her first notes to sound the march of time; " Thy joyous youth began, but not to fade 0 When all the sister planets have deeard ; " When, wrapt in flames, the minis of ether glow, "And Heaven's last thunders shake the realmibek;w, " Thou, undismay'd, shalt o'er the ruins smile, " And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile." The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the list of the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Committee, and Collectors (Ladies) for the year ensuing. Mr. GARRA rr read a letter from his brother (the, Alderman), apologizing for his absence, and contain ing an additional donation of ten guineas. He se-1 conded the Resolution, and declared himself at all times ready to promote the objects of the Society. The Resolution was then agreed to unanimously. The Rev. JOHN Moants proposed the next Reso-1 lotion, as follows: " That this Meeting hears with admiring gratitude that the blessing of Gon still attends the benign operations of the British and Foreign Bible Society. That the individuals who compose this Assembly will, therefore, as far as their influence may reach; strive to render the City of London Auxiliary Bible Society an Institution worthy the Metropolis of this affluent and charitable Nation." The Rev. J. P. WAHLIZ was the seconder. Mr. G. F. STRATTIN, and the Rev. Mr. HlRcuss, were the mover and seconder of the heat Resolution: " That this Meeting gratefully acknowledges the dooation of 100 guineas from the Corporation of the City of London, which the Honourable Court has presented to the Society." Mr. FAVELL and the Rev. JOSEPH HUGHES moved and seconded the last Resolution, as follows : 0 That this Meeting, sensible of the obligation conferred upon the Society by the Eight lion. the Lord Mayor, desires gratefully to acknowledge the kindness of his Lordship iu having granted permission that the Anniversary of the Society should be held in the Egyptian Hall; and also for the suitable manner in which his Lordship has presided upon the present casino." The Meeting was then adjourned. Friday afternoon, Mr. How, wheelwright, of Maid stone, with some other persons, met at the Dog and Bear, to arbitrate some business, which having agree ably settled, they afterwards dined together. At the conclusion, Mr. How was in the act of lifting a pot of beer to bis lips, when he fell from his chair on the floor in a fit. Medical assistance was immediately procured, but the vital spark had fled. Tuesday last, during a heavy rain, Mr. Randall, of the Shipwright's Arms, Brampton, examining an obstruction to the passage of the water from the roof of his house, fell backwards from about the height of seven feet, and his head striking against the sill of a door-way, he was so much injured as to survive the accident only a few hours. LINLITHGOW, OCT. 26.—A melancholy accident happened here early this morning :—Anthony Camp bell, rat-catcher, from Plymouth, having taken up his residence, about three weeks ago, in a small apart ment of a house near the market-place, his wife, Mary Macdonald, from Kintore, near Aberdeen, in his absence, appears to have affixed a burning candle to the wall, adjoining the bed where she and her chil dren lay, and, as is supposed, having fallen asleep, the candle set fire to the bed; the consequence of which was, that two of the children, one about five, and the other two years of age, were so dreadfully burnt, that they died in the course of the day. The mother was in a state of pregnancy, and was so much scorched, as to occasion premature delivery; but there are hopes of her recovery, and the child is doing well. Tuesday night, Mrs. Flaxen, the landlady of the Elephant and Castle Tavern, Kent-road, being indis posed, retired to bed, and fell asleep ; during her slunibers, some person, who, it is supposed, must have been well acquainted with the house, entered her apartment and rifled her pockets of money to a very considerable amount ; they also unlocked the drawers. and besides stealing a valuable casket of jewels, they carried off other property to a large amount, and escaped without detection. Sir W. P. CALL, Batt. of Whiteford House, Corn wall, at his Court held on the Ist instant, for rents due at Lady Day last, has reduced them 25 per cent. On Tuesday the Lottery began, and there were only Four Prizes drawn above the value of 1:200, every one of those Four mere sold bv Bum, viz. the Grand Prize, No. 7,849, £50,000, - No. 602, £l,OOO, No. 2,03'2, 1:300, and No. 6,275, I:3oo—There were Five Prizes of 1:200 drawn, of which BISH sold Two, Iviz. 2,481, £2OO, and No. 3,254, £2OO, so that out of Nine Capitals draw* the First Day, Brsil sold no less titan Siz ! THE ARMY. ' Tuesday Won't/id, the Royal Cirmarthen Ftisileers, toss mended by Lard Awns, were inspected by Colonel Tomtit • awn, previous to their being di s banded th e following day. Ensign Parfait RUTLAND, formerly of the 79th Regiment of Foot, has been struck of the Half-pay List, for having de tained a trunk, and other effects, the property of the late Lieu tenant Joint bl'A armee, of the same Regiment, which bed been entrusted to his care, instead of transmitting thesis to Mo. father of the said deceased Lieutenant.—Mantky Array List. Monday, &rank& Gyms, of the 7th Fusileers, and .7sin G4mt, Panic& Gardener, and Ada Tyne, of the 77th R egiment of Foot, were finally committed to take their trials at the ensuing Assizes at Newcastle, on a charge of robbing Edward 3lurray on the King's highway. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday a Court of Directon was held at the East India House, when Captain A. H. Ca/Arian. was sworn into the command of the ship Duke of York, consigned to Bombay and China. The Castle Forbes, Captain J.W. Oan, from Leith to New South Wales, was spoken with on the 29th September, all well, in ht. 59. M. long. 15. 32. Fssasoorn i Ocv. 30.—Wind S. S.W.—The brig Harriet, of Uverpool, Snaar.oca, put - in here this morning, having been ordered away from Malaga, in ballast, three weeks since, swing to a man having died of the fever whilst laying there. The Se perintendent of Quarantine here has desired Captain Snascoca to get under weigh immediately for Standgate Creek, which he will do this afternoon. Put hack, the Jane, SMART. for Faro. FLA - moors, Oct. 30.4-Wind &E.—Sailed the Mary, P.lllClb. SOP for London. #oarsuousn Oar. 31,—Wind &W.—Arrived the Mandarin, Mooam, from London for Baltimore; and Falcon, Davis, from Antwerp. Ilis Majesty's ship Baum arrived yesterday from St. Helena, left there the licensed ship Egfrid, which bad sprung a leak and was under repair. Dem., Omr. 31.—Wind W.S. W.—Arched and sailed for the River, the Radius, Dat.sam 30 days from New York; Henry Wellesley, Barnes, from ;he South Seas& and Amy, Btaose masa, from Leghorn. Came down from the River and remain the John Buschman, Havcrusson, for Madeira and St. Vin: eent's ; British Colony, Score. for Valparaiso; Glaphyra, 811 , tasontran, for Antigua ; and Thomas, But., for St. Vince6t's. Put back the Caledonia, for St. Domingo. Arrived his Majesty's ship Tim, to join the Royal Squadron. Lamson, Ors. 30.—Arrived the England, Rai, from Bom bay: sailed the 2d June, and from St. Helena the 16th August, Sraexama—Arrived the Neptune, from Davis' Straits, with eight fish. Hammon, OM 31.—Sailed the Prince of Orange packet, for Holland ; aid Lady Nepean ditto, for Cuxhaven, with Mails. CCVIO34•HOVS; OCT. 31.—Entered Inwards: The Neptune, from Bahia ; Violet, from Ostend ; Petrinelle, from Dunkirk ; Favourite, from Archangel; Nordster, from Wilma ; Harriet, and Britannia, from Hamburgh ; Commercial Packet, from Aft, weep; Vigilant, from Hamburgh ; Spectator, from Quebec; Europa, from Dantzic ; Effort, and Three Sisters, from Cork.-- Cleared Outwards: The Coromandel, Lady Hannah, Thetis, Ann, Africa, and James, for Jamaica; Pereeval, for Grenada; Lively, fur Amsterdam; Henry, and Fortune, for Bethke ; Ann, fur Dublin ; Maid, for St. Michael's ; Robert, fur Seville. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE, OCTOBER so. Thursday, the following Races took place on the Town Moor here ; the klatches having been made in the Barracks: Match for 200 guineas. Two miles. Lieut. Penrice's (Fusileers) br. h. - - Lieut. Stuart's (2d Dragoon Guards) b. h. Even betting. Won in a canter. Run in four x. 15 sec. Match for 50gs. Two miles. Lieut. Penriee's be. b. Mr- J. G. Clarke's gr. m. The horse came in first, but the stakes were not decided, on account of the hr. h. being declared tho rough bred. Run in three minutes fifty seconds. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER, OR HOUGHTON MEETING, 1821. WZDNISDAT, OCTOIIIIII 31. Mr. Greville's Oracle, B.t. 121 b. beat Mr. Prendergast's Kil ian, est. 41b. D.M. 1100 p. b. ft.-4 10 1 apt Oracle. Sabscription Plate of £5O, for 2.yr-olds, carrying 6st. 71b. and 3-yr.olds, est. tOIb.—T.Y.C. Lord Jersey's ch. e. Prophet, 3 yrs old - - Mr. Batson's b. f. Freak, 3 yrs old - - - Mr. Greville's b. f. by Seymour, 2 yrs old - Mr. Wyndham's gr. c. Blida., 2 yrs old - Mr. Crockford's hr. c. by ScUm, 3 yrs old Lord Grosvenor's b. 1. by Thunderbolt, 2 yrs old Mr. Neale's bl. c. by Pericles, 3 yrs old Major Wilson's ch. f. by Juniper, 2 yrs old Mr. Villiers's ch. e. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs old Mr. Hunter's b. c. by Ihphazard, 2 yrs old Lord Verulam's b. c. by Orville, 2 yrs.old The Judge placed but four.-6 to 4 agst Prophet. A Gold Cup value 100 gs. the surplus in specie, by a Subsesip don of 15gs. each, for horses of all ages. T.Y.C.—Seven Sub scriber or no race. dB Lord Verulam's Varennes, 3 yrs old, 7st. 71b. . - Mr. Williams'. f. by Waxy, 3 yrs old, 7st. 11b. • Lord Exeter's Athenian, 4 yrs old, Bst. 71b. Mr. Fox's Pubs, 5 yrs old, Bst. 71b. Mr. Thornhill's Sordoni:, 4 yrs old, 7st. 91b. Lord Maynard's Blue Ruin, 3 yrs old, 7.c. 71b. Mr. Rush's f. by Truffle, 4 yrs old, Bst.4lb. Mr. Udney's Bannecide, S yrs old, fist. Mr. Grvville's Oracle, .4 yrs old, Bst. - - 4 - S - 4 - Q - V - Pd The Judge placid lint thrie.-4 to 1 apt Varennes. The Duke of Dorset's Amy, Tst. 121 b. beat the Duke of Graf tou's Lawrence, est. 41b. Ab. M. 10ogs. h. ft.-4 to 4on Amy. BOXERS. After the boxing matches on Monkey Hurst on Tuesday, and the swell fancy had left Hampton, some of the outside proposed that Abbot should fight Josh.lludson, who was present, then and there for a purse of ten guineas. Josh. excused himself from a match be had on to fight in six weeks with the Sussex Cham pion, when Hoppsng Ned, father of the Sprig of Myrtle, who beat Bunn, (elated with lots of blue rain), Mowed up, swore there was plenty of time to fight and get well in six weeks, and Josh. was a cur. This 6##: went off, by Josh. giving them all a blessing,- and inviting them to call upon him when sober. Shortly after wards, Oliver was leaving the village, when Ned had a turn at him, and asked if he was in fighting order? " Not to-day, I thank you, Ned," was the reply. ".Because," continued Ned, " Abbot shall fight you for ten guineas." " Will he," said Oliver, getting out of his chaise," what now, on the Hurst Yes."—" Well, go and bring your man (says Tom) and, if for a pint of daffy, here I am." A pause ensued, and Oliver went into one of the Inns, where Little Brown soon arrived, and put down two guineas for Abbot to fight Oliver on Tuesday next for tett, the other eight to be made good on Saturday evening at Cribb's. This was immediately agreed to by Oliver and his friends. The battle is safe of taking place, and it will be a novel one. Hale, the pugilist, who broke out of Brixton Jail with several other delinquents about six months ago, when under sentence for felony, was taken on Tuesday, at the fight at Moulsey Hunt, by • King and Hinder. patrols of Bow-street. Hale was in the act of stripping to light with i'ed Giblet, for a purse which bad been made up round the zing by Amateurs. Hale offered them 20 sovereigns to let him escape, but they refused, and he was yesterday committed from Union-Hall to Horsernouger-lane, from whence he will be sent to his old apartments. Sir HENRY PEYTON still keeps up his equestrian establishment. His four bright bays still take the lead in Oxfordshire. Sir JACOB ASTLRY 9 S buck hounds will meet to morrow at Madask. The Earl of UIBRIDGZ has taken a house in Gros venor-place. His Lordship is at present residing Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street. Tuesday night, as Mr. THOMAS GRAinuwas going from Hyde Park-corner to Grosvenor-place, in conse• quence of the fog, he strolled out of the road, and was proceeding in the direction of the Serpentine River, when two men came in contact with rim, who knocked him down, and robbed him of a gold watch and appthdages and ran off. 1 1 I