Star. — London, England, 1823-04-05 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, .APRIL. 5. . . • , ; .1 The h a ppy advances i n recovery , from ,the uner reire,rattack of gout, which his MAJESTY lid made since theprecedin night, wedrad the satisfaction to g report at t h r ee o'clock this day. Since tbelatter re liod, bi t MAJESTYS health hai•so rapidly Imsd sotis factady improved, that the postponed Ptivy Council tit yesterday was held at the Palace at six o'clock this evenitie. There were present— .:ll,irey, the Commander-hi-Chief, the Master of the. the Seuentry of St ate for the Colonial lkparttnent, the of Chichester, Lord Colchester, the Vice-Chaneetior, the j u de.Advocate-General, the Lotd Steward , and, as the Clerk, Greville. At the close of the Council, the Members of it had the honour of dining with his Mantsry, together with the Countess BATHURST, Lady ANNE BECKETT, and Lord COLCHEsTER. The Household Apothecary, the worthy 111 r. BA R. crt,whose solicitude, devotion, and feeling towards th e K i y,o, whenever he speaks of him, are univer sally acknowledged, reports that his itinJESTY's present fit is not likely to be of long duration, nor is it attended with the severe pain consequent on the last visitation. his MAJESTY never enjoyed, ap parently, better health and spirits, than immediately preceding the attack. The Pavilion is now perfect f or t he re ception of the KING'S friends, and it is uni versally acknowledged, that in no Royal Palace, or the residence of any English Nobleman is there more e Ls e, comfort, and independence, than under the roof cf his Munn'. During the last day or two the weather has not been so fine as on Ssturday, on Sun eay, and especially on Monday. We attribute the Tcturn of his MAJESTY'S complaint to tliis variableness. IrARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. In the contemplation of all the leading arguments of the communication and political benefits of the diffusion of knowledge, of arts. manufactures, and commerce, arising from war, the desolations by which those benefits have been purchased are very seldom considered in the account ;•or, at least, with their just' imuortance. Though this has sometimes been the case..- ‘A Synod, assembled in England under William the Conqueror; enjoined every Knight or military tenant who had been with that Monarch at the bat. Ile of !lasting: to do penance for one year for every man whom be knew he had slain there; and during forty Years for every man whom he knew he had struck; and if he was ignorant of the number whom he had slain or struck, to do penance, at the discre• tier of the Bishop of the diocese, one diy in every week as long as he lived ; without even excepting those who they say. in the preamble to these very Canons, " did of right owe military service to Wil. lion Duke of Normandy :" but an alternative v• as granted by the Church to these delinquents, which may explain the motive of the seeming humanity of the Canonsl—" the penances might be redeemed with perpetual alms, by building or endowing a Church? There is one oi these Canons, however, which for the bmefit of mankind one could wish were received by all nations. It is the sixth, which says—" let tho e who fought only for hopes of a reward, know that they ought to do penance as for murder: The (Mowing is a chronological list of the various wars between England and France during the last seven centuries Den Duration. 1 Date. Duration. 1)41 - I year 1521 - 6 1::;1 -23 1549 - 1 1224 • 9 1557 - 2 1254 - S 1 562 - 2 1:19 -21 1627 - 2 1565 . 1666 - 1 1422 - 49 • 1689 - 10 149'2 one month 1702 - IL 131: • 2 1744 - 4 Those who, from practical knowledge, are well enabled to compute the numbers who fell in every year, might know that they would, in the aggregate, amount to no less than 26 millions of mankind, if 10,000 may be taken as a lair average for every year ! Date. Duration., 1736 - 7 1776 - 7 1793 - 9 1803 - 11 1915 •- 14 700 yrs. 266 years of war. Accounts from Valparaiso'to the 21 of December, stm. that several heavy shocks had been felt after the earthquake on the 18th Qf November, particularly on the 26th and 30th of November, and the Ist of De cember. The loss of lives had not been ascertained, but it was known that more than 300 persons had perished, and a still greater number wounded, among %horn was the Supreme Director. A most melancholy accident occurred on Wednes day to Mrs. Pearman, the wife of the singer of that name, as she was driving her husband's gig to her own house in Euston-crescent. It appears Mr. Pear roan had driven his wife to Covent-garden Theatre in the morning, and, as was customary, she was driving home alone. On reaching the cross roads at the top of Tottenham-court -road, and turning down the New road, towards Euston-square, she was suddenly hem med in on both sides by two of the Paddington stages ; the drivers of which, with that brutal indifference for which they are so shamefully distinguished, instead of Piling up, drove on with fury. The consequence vas, that the gig was overturned, and the unfortunate lady fell beneath one of the coach-wheels, which pass ing over one of her legs, immediately above the ancle, fractured the limb so horribly, that the foot only hung by a small portion of the muscle. She was imme d'ately picked up, and removed with care to her borne, where die was shortly afterwards attended by 4 surgeon. We understand that it became necessary to perform amputation in the evening. It vas some 'rne befoie Mr. Pearman became acquainted with t!e accident. Ilis feelings may be mote easily ima woed than described. We ti ust that the ruffians who 'ire the cause of this dreadful occurrence may re ceive that chastisement their negligence deserves. Lastmight, about seven o'clock, a dreadful accident LPpened in Vere-street, Clare-market. Ai a little 6 7 about two years of age was looking out of a win d° irr he over-reached himself, and was precipitated r.to the s t reet , a h e i g h t o f near l y 30 f eet , an d was literally dashed to pieces. narinsoN, Goorn.uctc,,and Co. respectfully ac- I luilint the Public, that the State I:, ottery will begin 2 r ,awing, Nem. WEDNESDAY, 9th of this Month. The x nethe contains 3 Prizes o f 4;20,000, 2 of E 5,00(), , 1 :2,000, and 76 other Capitals.—The first "724ll Prizes, on the First Day, will be all Casuals, 1 2z . . the I st Prize £20,000, and the &Bowing 52 Prizes from 122,000 to £2OO. Tickets arid &rare, e on c a d b by GOODLUCK, and Cu. at I err old-established Office, 104, corn er of Bank-build- Cornhill, London. tem on othe r F the Diq7ict troops bt2l.,g hes and the a retreat by province o f ces at Monte with the — the skirrui s h es who were k sQm•, a nd v e come to Nothing can soldier s — a ips of the li;;e the Tamega. alions which I themselvc , 7th, the fir s t impcltiosity Ina, after the 21st of the some zime, but a lengt'l ,tvalry which irisoner in a raced by tile d by persons !ng r»easures :II is tr.inquil. B.IIOZETO. 123. ched us this ley contain is - ies is not yet he numerous arms, and in Some days bes, and mur- two French :api al, there nothing cer ; generally :if )osals of Lord the Archi don, and Co- Papers to the Owing ex tract ary 14: !veiling from rich we learn rap ; that his a Gracia and Dtection of the lard, and dis nerals littim m him with it !no Cabello is y, which lave u not known In said he was vas in Marida s expected in had arrived at nd had closely trable force. e stationed off nving vessels, NIELS : ag-ship ; 11.trito , T. S. slaitlaud. riot, 90, Thoth. • to dinner .last lighton. )f II A nEwoop . -square, flow e death of Sir esident of the near Glasgow. Suffolk yester icier of a Pen- E: for a Reform High Sherd, soon after one !ss of the day, e one from die the Duke of cc. Sir !lase itional speecbs :essity for Per Sir Wawa Gooctr, one of harshly treated viction that the he People. Mr• speech, replied e other County set forth in the unanimously -- tgainst it. Tbe pectable. .ss was in pro Reform weasel and in spite d PC 54 i• 2J. - • . N4VA4 1NTF4L1GENCE.,,, 4 .,,,„ ~, i„ jtisepeople, finding that he retarded l • . ''J ii. • . . 7"."•••• • the boat's way through th e ' Water. the tide then rotdng ! strongly against ahem, deemed it l; 4 !'varr '4xpeditnt at all risks to take hint in, watch they happily ac , Tire Osprey, M‘Gu i t., arrived at Greenock from &real, 'poi. ,comphtfled. Diteiht the time they were row i ng ~,,,,, jt a w. on the 7.1 of 'February in lat. 20. 7:0. S. long. 1. 0. W. the bora; i .tatlereagh, from Bombay and the Cape snore, which was attended with great difficulty and fatigue. t to F ' r g ianti---- ' aild " kept my eye fixed upon the Packee,rwhitA was driving faq off die 19th, on the Equator, in long. 20. W. the Seafarth, Captain IP Dowau., of and front • Liverpool. to Beng a l. Sh e h a d got a i the land. Of th e p rec i se moment at w hi ch she disappeared, I new rudder at S t . J ag q (C ape Jr Venls). , cannot speak wi t h certainty ; but she must, I think, h ave sun k The Friend s ' ad venture, DUNN, front Jamaica to St. John't l'about three quarter,' of an hour after we quitted h er , and whilst (N. IL), was driv e n oil shore on th e I st o f F e b ruary, at the en- we were in the ac t o f l an di ng; f or w h ets I looked for her from !ranee of St. J o h n ' s H ar b our. the share I could n o t di scover h er , an d a man who met us when we landed stated th at h e h a d seen her go down. No sooner had The I Pieter, ,CLEMENIS, from Edinton to Jamaica, upset at sea on the 11th of February. the Crew landed the passengers who were fortunately saved, se veral of whom were in a state of great exhatiniott float having The Jonge J an , V ittasmaN, from Antwerp to Bourdeaur, foundered on the coat of Bretagne. been in the water, than they heroically resolved, alth oug h th e The Margar e t, W A tiff , f rom N ewfoundland to Liverpool, boat was n e arly half full of . water, to return with all exp:dition was stranded near Pwlheli, on Wto the 'pot wh ere t h e pac k et was supposed to have sunk. They be got off. ednesday, but is expected to . went accordingly, and succeed e d i n rescu i ng t h ree i n di v id uals, The Renown, Na ar , f rom Li verpoo l to J ersey, foundered who had sust a i ne d t h emse l ves i n the water by some buoyant ar near the Small,, th e troth ult.—crew saved. tides from a wat e ry grave . " It were in v a i n to attempt to d escr ib e the scene of horror The Mary, W.irrs, from Scilly to Belfast, was driven on t h e which the deck of t h e pac k et ex hibi te d , when we were on the North Rock, near Belf a s t , o n Tuesday, and it was feared would be lost. point of quittin g f or ever the multitude which , swded It ft - - - The Blandford, bound to Newfoundland, was on shore in Bootle Bay, on Wednesday. The George, COLEMAN, from Youghal to Liverpool, was on shore at Southport. on Tuesday. The Union, Correa, front Londonderry and Bermuda to New York, was On shore and full of water at Sandy Hook, the Rth ult. F1:031 THE 1:0.11t11 or THE New ENGLAND COITEE-140lISE. " Now Your, Masco 15.—A ship is on shore on Long Island, said to be the Alexander, from London." " Tax o'Ctocx AT Nloll2.—Since my letter of this morning Was put in the bag, I understand that the vessel on shore at Long Island, which was supposed to be British, proves to be a schooner from Havannab." Friznotrro, Aran Sea—Wind \V.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet (2), from Lisbon in 13 days ; and Iris, Poems, from Landow. Px.ratotrwt, Aran 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Essex, Whiz, from Matanzas in 27 days. Off the port, the Seneca, GRAY, from Fayal. Ixattaceross, Aran. 4.—Arrived the Sophia, Bocimn, frum Cowes for Halifax, with troops. Da.u., autos 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River, the Margaret, nENnERSON, for the Cape of Good Hope. The wind this morning was inclinable to the northward, which induced aevetal of the outwara-bound, and all the coasters, to get under weigh: soon after, it backed again to the S.W. blowing fresh, wlrth thick weather, and the whole put back again. The Harmony, (7mm, for Jamaica, drove on board of the William Mites East Indianian, early this morning, and forced her to slip her chain cable, broke her spare anchor, carried away her pi .boom, cat-head, bodstays, and bowsprit rigging, and consider ably damaged her hull ; the Harmony's channels were torn up, 'Ynd her side otherwise damaged. The William Miles has been supplied with two anchors and cables from hence.— Arrived and sailed fur the River, the Helen, from Jamaica; and New Pro vidence, —, and Union, Cases, from Smyrna. Conon-House, Aran. 4.—Ships Entered Inwards :—Eliza herb, from Charente; Chare::te, from ditto; Henry Stanhope, from St. Michael's; Favourite, from Liston; Alpha, from Oporto ; and Union, from Calais. Entered Outwards :—The Stewart, for Bombay; Lord Castlereagh; for Honduras; Rover, for Calais; Britannia, for Hamburg!'; and Blossom, for Genoa. Cleared Outwards :—Charles, for Elsineur ; Accord, for Rouen ; St. Lawrence, for Quebec ; Sophia, for Madras ; Alfred, for Rotterdam ; Salmon River, for Philadelphia ; Rover for Calais; Briton. for Quebec; Lord Wellington, for Nova Scotia; Equity, for Havannah ; and William, for Memel. VESSELS sexism; wreu.—The Harmonic,. from Rio Janeiro to Ilamburgh, on the 23d . Feb. in lat. 1. S. long. 32. W. out 54 days; had lost fore and main-topmasts in a heavy squall, but re paired ; Margaret, Took, (rom, New Orleans, with Loss of rud der, having been on shore on Florida Ref—the latter by the Mars, arrived at Liverpool; Corsair, bound to India, oil the 30th of November, in lat. 3. N. long. 24. W. and the Marquis Wel lesley, from London to India, on the 4th of January, in lat. 55. long. 2. by the Royal Sovereign, which arrived at the Cape on the 22d. Altalizo--At Bengal, the Warren Hastings. 31a30n ; Mar gins of Fly, Lay; IVitichelsea, Adanson; Minstrel, Barnes; Providence, Owen; and Lady Raffles, Cozwell, from London. At the Cape of Good Hope, Nancy, Thomson, and Asia, Lind say, from Bengal; Francis, Evans, and Sar. cen, Kerr. from Timor ; Elizabeth, Douglas, and the Royal Sovereign, Todrig, from London; also the Kerswell, Artnstrong, from Plymouth. _ crtn It. .ft was a scene which would have melted the hardest heart. For some time before that moment all hope of preservation had been abandoned ; and the unfortunate ciowd were awaiting, in awful suspense, the dreadful death which stared them in the face.— Many of them had fallen on their knees, and were imploring the mercy of Ilr.avxr: ; whilst others were sending up the most piteous and heart-rendiog screams, which drew tears even from those in the boat who had some chance of escape. " There were many women on board, with young children, to whom they clung with a mother's fondness in this scene ofdeatln the frantic shrieks extorted by their maternal agony were most piercing, and were heard long after the boat had quitted the sinking wreck. A poor soldier had his whole family on board, consisting of his wife and several children, and was observed endeavouring to afford them that consolation in this awful situa tion WbiCh was denied to himself. In short, it was a scene of horror which has seldom been equalled, and such as, I trust, I shall never behold again." Twenty-nine of the bodies have been found, and taken to I lolyhead. Church-yard. LOSS OF THE ALERT PACKET. The following painfully interesting particulars of this most me lancholy catastrophe, are derived from the oral relation of one of the cabin passengers, a respectable tradesman in Liverpool, who was fortunately saved: "We sailed from the Pigeon-house, Dublin, at half-past eight o clock on Tuesday evening. There were, as nearly as I can judge, about fifteen passengers, including myself, in the cabin. Anwug them were three Ladies, one of whom had an infant about eleven months old with her. The appearance of the cabin passengers was most respectable. We had a favourable breeze throughout the night, and made the Welsh coast early in the morning. About ten o'clock, however, as I have since understood, the breeze died away, and the packet was driven, by the force of the current, towards the West Mouse rock. Captain Morgan immediately ordered the boat a-head, in the full confidence that it would succeed in towing the packet out of danger. But in this he was unhappily disappointed, the unfortunate vessel being driven, by the strength of the tide, on the fatal rock. It was about half-past ten o'clock when she struck. I was in my birth, in the cabin, at the moment.— The shock, though nut very violent, was sufficient to rouse me. I started up instantly, and found the passengers in the cabin in a state of confusion and alarm. I immediately ran upon deck, and found it in a similar state of confusion. I returned to the cabin, and discovered, with feelings not to be described, that the water had, in the meantime, made its way into it. The confu sion and alarm among the passengers below increased with the increasing danger. The Ladies were screaming with affright, and even the Gentlemen were alarmed at the imminency of the danger which threatened them. I immediately quitted this scene of horror, and, making my way upontleck, ran up the shrouds. At this moment the water had risen to a considerable height in the hold, and: .haffied every exertion wtich was made by the passengers and such of the crew as remained on board, to bale it out. I now saw, for the first time, the boat a-head, a shbrt distance from the extremity of the bowsprit, with several of the packet's crew in it. I came down the shrouds, and making my way towards the bowsprit, endeavoured to get into the boat. I was, however, prevented by some of the persons belonging to ! the packet around me, who stated, that if I were showed to get Loo the boat, there would be a general rush towards it, by which means it would run the risk of being swamped, and thus cut off the only chance of any person being saved. Determined, how ever, to renew the attempt at a favourable moment, I remained concealed in the lure part of the stench Espying my opportu tiny when the boat was a yard or two from the extremity of the bowsprit, and when I had seen the last seaman get into at, I ran along the bowsprit, but in attempting to get into the boat, I unfortunately fill into the sea. I was taken up by one of the crew, who pulled me into the boat, being the first passenger who was received into it At this moment several other passen gers made their way along the bowsprit to endeavour to get into' the boat, some of whom succeeded in gaining it, whilst others fell into the water and were drowned. The boat still remained at a short distance from the bowsprit of the vessel, those already on board deeming it unsafe to come too near, for fear of a rush being made by the crowd left on board the packet. to get in. The Captu:n next made an attempt to reach the boat, by plunging into the water from the bowsprit', and swimming towards it. A rope was thrown towards him by one of his crew,.which he was so fortanate as to gessp, and was pulled into the boat. As soon as he caught bold of the rope, several unfortunate passengers, I who had plunged into the sea at the same moment as the Cap tain, were observed to cling to his boiy, in the hope of Laving themselves by that means; bat, such was the crowded state 01 the boat, which was already almost levil with the water,' that the crew dared not venture to take any more into it, and they I were abandoned to their fate. There were at this moment 17 of us in the boat. When we rowed finally off, we left four or,live uuforrenate men struggling in the water, with no chance of escape trout an untimely grave. A boy, about 14 years of age, and who, I understood, was the cabin boy, was about this time observed to lash himself to a piece of wood, mid throw himself into the sea, in the hope of supporting himself till the arrival of succour. Just as it was determined to quit the sinking vessel, a mau got hold :A the boat, to which he clung, earnestly entreating the crew to take him in ; loit they, tearing that the boat might be sunk by. the ac.clitional weight on one side, lashed him to its side. — In this state he remained for nearly half an hour; when THE HERO OF CAMPERDOWN. The following is a copy of a curious and interesting letter which Lady MARY DUNCAN, the Aunt of the late Admiral Lord DUNCAN, wrote a short time after that gallant hero had gained the battle of Camper down. The letter was addressed to Lord MELVILLE, and the writer was at the time upwards of eighty years of age: Hampton Court, Oct. ye 18th 1798. Sia,—Tho I have not Ow honor of being personally known to you, can't resist giving you joy of the signal Victory. Report says my nephew is only to be made a Viscount. Myself is tits thing, but rile whole nation thinks, the least you can do, is to give him an English Eirldorn—from the multiplicity of your business, may have slipt what I am now going to lay before your eyes—please to consider what a chicken-hearted way all the nation was in, low spirited by the war, murmuring at Taxes (though necessary), grumbling and dissatisfied in every county— now copies my hero, the first that attempted to quash the Re bellious stamen, locks up the Texel for 19 weeks, when they could no longer remain they came out. He flies after the Dutch, compleatly beats them, tho' they resisted like brave men,-1. know the little etiquette of not raising gentlemen but by degrees, a very proper distinction for those thirteen gentle Lords you made last week—but what has that to do with a conqueror.—What a different situation all your Ministers are in at the opening of the Parliament—the Nation joyful, not a black Democrat dare open his month, even our cowardly allies are ashamed to have de. served us, all success under GOD, owing to my Nephew,—Lord St. Vincent is a brave Man, lie merited it, was made an Earl. I leave to you, the comparison.—Ali my Ancestors rose only by their brave actions by sea and land--makes me think it is the only way of rising—am sure, was this properly represented tmour good King,. who etiteerns a brave Religious Man like Himself, he would he of my opinion, therefore I expect soon to hear of his being made Earl of Lundic, Viscount Tete!, and Baron Dun cats, the first, and last, ha owes to his ancient Family, the Viscount, for his successors to remember the great man who locked up the Dutch in the Tele', and defeated them—don't doubt you are proud as I am, a being related to Admiral Duncan. I have the Honor to be, your most, • obedt. humble servt. MART DMA 71. • A Meeting was held at Plitnotith, on the 2d inst. of Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, for the purpose of forming an Auxiliary Fund for the relief of their Widows and Orphans. Upwards of one hundred Gentlemen were present.* CaptainZVtL maNl PRICE, R.N. was called to the Chair; and after having explained to the Meeting the object for which they ware assembled, Lieutenant G. F. SOMERVILLE, R.N. rose, and entered into a very clear and highly satisfactory statement of the proceedings of a Com mittee, of Naval Officers, which, it appeared, had been formed so far back as December, 1817. The Itules and Regulations, which had been printed and laid upon the table, having been read, it was resolved, " That it is not expedient at this Meeting to enter into the merits of the Rules just read, but that those a: ficers who are friendly to the Society do now sub-' scribe their names, and that an early Meeting be called to take the Rules into their consideration, to amend or confirm the names, and to elect a Com mittee to make the same effective." According to the last official Returns, the last year's expenses of the Convict Hulk Establishments of the Leviathan, at Portsmouth ; the York, at Gosport ; the Retribution and the Bellerophon, at Sheerness; the Justitia, at Woolwich; and the Ganymede, at Chatham, were nearly £lOO,OOO. The Superinten dent's salary is £4OO a year; superannuated Officers, nearly £4OO a year; and contingent expenses, up wards of £450 a year. The average number of con victs daily on board at those stations was about 3,000. Their 'annual earnings were nearly £50,000, being half the amount of their cost. • GENERAL STEAM-VESSEL COMPANY.—A Meeting of Gentlemen interested in the formation of the above Company, took place at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, at one o'clock yesterday, when Mr. Jot.- LIM having taken the Chair, •he proceeded to read a statement of considerable length to the Meeting, which had been (as we understood), drawn up from the Committee. The principal features of this state ment were-Ist, the proposal of receiving steam-ves sels from persons willing to beccnne subscribers, in lieu of pecuniary payments. Secondly, that as the amount of subscription was limited to £44,000, the lists should be allowed to remain at the Banking houses for an extended period of two iriiths. And, thirdly, the practicability of entaging with the. steam-vessels in the trade to India, in support of which a "Most - able prospectus had been issued by Lieutenant J. H. JOH of the Royal Navy, who had been for some years engagfd between Calcutta and this country.. After a Motion by Sir J. YORKE, that the phi? be now abandoned," and some dis cussiOn, uas iesolved,that the books should remain open until the Ist of August, and that letters should be sent to the present subscribers, informing them that they neat liberty either to continue or withdraw their names. IklncicAtetic.--A large quantity of fine rnackarel arrived this rnt 2 rning at Billingsgate, by lane-carriage. Their average price is 80s. per hundred. I.siiknosoirrin-Sratrer.--A fellow of dandified appearance was yesterday put to the bar, when Mr. Hitchcock, of the St. George's I lotel, Albemarle-street, deposed, that a few days ago a person, stating himself to be Clerk to Mr. Bower, Solicitor, of Clement's Inn, bespoke d un apartment for a young Gentieni" of consideration, which was accordingly prepared, and, at the appointed time, the prisoner came in a hackney coach with two trunks, one of which was very heavy. He continued there two or three days; but some suspicion arising, Ilk. Hitchcock applied to Mr. Bower, who disclaimed all knowledge of the 1 person. His bill was then presented him, ansonating, to about two guineas, which he was requested to pay, and quit the place, but be refused to do either. Ho was then, with hit trunks, taken to the watch-housa, and, on. opening them, 'one was found I to contain a single jacket, and the o th er was fille d with bricks.— Mr. Hitchcock consequently conceived that he meant to swindle r lam, and, for the benefit of society, thought it necessary co make the case public. The prisoner denied atly such intention, and said his only motive was, his trunks being nearly empty, to make an appearance. A Gentleman here stated himself to be an hi.- tarical painter, and the prisoner, who was only 16, though haviog the 'appearance of more advanced years, to be his pupil, whiwe brain had been turned by the fuss that had been made of the mis chievous adventures of Tom and Jerry. The hackney coachman who drove him to the hotel, here put in his claim fur pay meat of his fire, •of which he said the prisoner bad bilked him, swearing he had paid him, and after waiting. two hours at least, at the dove, he was übligtd to depart without it.--- The prisoner still persisted he bad paid it, but at length con sented to satisfy pair Jorrie. A charge was then brought against bin by Mr. Scott, of Holborn.hill, from whom be had obtained two boxes of colours, and other things, which were sent to him at the hotel by a boy, who was told to call tor the money in halt an hour ; but neither money nor goods were to be obtained, and the prisoner confessed he had pawned them in Unity-lane. Th e pawnbroker•was then sent to, who returned 'the articles, and Scott was satisfied. On searching him, he was teund to have a highly polished brass chain round his net's, and a "Aden card-cane, two smelling-bottles, and other articles, suitable to tae equipment of an Enrisite of the first order. It not being, however, Ike wish of Mr. Hitchcock to proceed against him, he *as peraelsomi to arctic to arrange matters with him ;after whim ; Ise dtpesampiessidering his trunk, amidst the jeers of the . _people. • • • • • • . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Easier P 1 1 1/21sisn for on Barham Downs on Tdesday Wit and won by Mr. CWllamptonss Canopus... CATTERICK BRIDGE MEETING. wcusgsost, APRIL 2—CONCLUaItn. The Produce Stakes, of 25gs. each, h. ft. was won by Mr. Jacques's c. by Leopold, beating four others-. 4 good race. A. Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, Seven Subscribers, 108 n forfeit, was walked over by Sir W. Maiwell's ch. e. by Viscount. TRIPISDAV, APRIL 3. Subscription Plate of £5O, for maiden horses, &c. was not run. • The Old Stakes, of 25gs. each, logs. ft. Was won by Mr. Fer guson's eh. c. North Star, beating Mr..Lamhton's Leopold, and .11r. Risldell's Count u'Artois.—A pretty race, and won easily. I'he Yearling Stakes, of 20gs. each. p.p. was won by Mr. 'Jacques's b. f. Ringlet, beating three others. The weather turned out favourable, the company was nume. rous and respectable, and the different Races hotly contested. HUNTING. • Earl Fitzvrilliam's Fox-bounds meet on Monday, at Bedford Purlieus; ‘Wednesday, at Sawtry Toll-bar. Lord Varborough's Jlounds meet on Monday. at Irby Dales ; Wednesday, at Ilundon ; Friday, at Legsby Village ; BURTON Iluter.—Sir R. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday, at Legsby; Tuesday, at Newbold Common; Thursday, at Bran ston Wood ; Saturday, at Blankney. BOXING. An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon, at the Six Bells, op posite Hammersmith (lurch, before Thos. Stirling, Esq. Coro ner, on view of the body of William Friberg, who lust his. in a pugilistic rencontre on Monday last. It appeared tty2t the deceased was sitting in the Six Bells public-house on lklouday last, in company with a man named Hedges, when a dispute arose between them respecting a late fight between the deceased and Dolly Smith ; they aocordingly proceeded to blows, and in the affray deceased received a blow under the right ear, of which he did not recover. it was also proved deceased struck his op ponent twice before it was returned, and the Jury therefore re turned a verdict of—Justifiable Homicide. " The Times," in allusion to some false dice re cently detected, relates an anecdote of a Nobleman who had been cheated in a similar way, and•pnt the dice in his pocket, to have them examined, when the gang gave his Lordship's valet £soo' to - changes th'e dice, by which means they escaped detection: it is so like an event which happened to the late Duke of NonFouc, that we suspect it to be the suite, dif ferently told. His Glace, in one evening, lost the sum al:70,000 in a gaming -house on the tight side of St. James's-street: suspecting font' play, he put the dice in his pocket, and, as was his custom when up late, took a bed in the house. The black-legs were all dismayed, till one of the worthies (who is believed to have been a principal in the poisoning the horses at Newmarket, for which Dan Dawson was hanged) offered, for .C5OOO, to go into the Duke's room with a brace of pistols and a pair of dice, and, if the Duke was awake, he a-as to shoot him, if asleep, to change the dice Fortunately fur the gang, the Duke snored, as the agent stated like a pig: the dice was changed. His Grace had them broken in the morning, when, finding them good, he paid the money, and left off gambling."—Lile rary Chronicle. GUMMI AI. u—Yesterday J. Mimes, aged IR, a sprig of fashion, was charged with robbing his father, who, though only a porter, at a straw-hat manufacturer's, had given him a good education, and had placed him in an excellent situation, where, however, he behaved so ill that he was soon turned away. About a . month ago he stole 31. 6s. from a desk, whieh had:been put by to pay the rent, and was forgiven, upon his promise of future good conduct ; but on the following morning he stole a waistcoat, and -pledged it for 4s. His principal infatuation was frequenting the Theatres, in the box lobby of one of other of which he was to be found whenever he could procure the means. His lather's rent supplied him fur three night,' admission to the boxes, with supper and wine afterwards fur himself and another box lobby lounger—a ladies' shoemaker. .4. he, however, seemed sensible of his present degraded situation, the Magistrate, in the hope that reflection would work a proper change in his mind, cons mitted him for one month's solitary confinement to Briciewell. Weisser-Stangt.—it appears that a resurrection man, named Vaughan, had lung carried on a traffic, through another person, with the grave-digger of Hotywelt Mount Burial.ground, and had paid Z.os. fur every body; but the season of the year creating a greater demand, on Wednesday night last the grave-digger rose the price to 40s. observing that another dealer had giv e n th e price. Vaughan consider e d it an imposition, and they quarreilvd on the subject. Vaughan having withdrawn to a public-house in the ntighbout hood ; with one qi his fraternity, was followed by the grave-digger, who, in spite, denounced them to the per sons present as body snatchers. Vaughan immediately retorted on the grave-digger, and avowed that he had received upwards of £7O within the last three months, in the course of whit* time he (Vaughan) had been supplied with 43 bodies. Tlie-aen sation produced by this information may easily he conceived. Husbands wives, &c. rushed to the ground ; the graves were opened, and many coffins found empty; an attack was next corn menced upon the house under which a gateway leads to the bu rial-ground, and where the persons live who have the care of the ground, and presently not a pane of glass remained in any of the windows of the pretnises; and probably the rage of the multitude would not have, stopped here, had the police officers not interfered. On Thursday the grave-digger was brought to this Office, and remanded ; when it was with difficulty he was pre served from the vengeance of outraged .feeling. Yesterday the work of opening graves wasl still going on, when a large coo course of people kept crowding to the gate, which was guarded by the patrol and parish officers ;• anti on the ground were . pr t - sented grouper of relatives l o okin g with dreadful anxiety to the opening of each grave. NVaggett, the grave-digger, was yester day again brought up, when Vaughan and another resurrection man stated, that the man who was the immediate agent with the prisoner had told them be received an impression, In wax, of the key to the ground, from the grave-digger. He was remanded for the production of this witness.