Star. — London, England, 1823-08-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRES. ENGLISH OPERA•HOUSIL—MATHEWS, the genius of drollery, made his second appearance at this Theatre yester day evening, and a very crowded audience assembled to witness his eccentric delineations of the passengers on board the Potty. Monsieur Tonson again! Nothing could exceed the manner and infinite humour with which IVIATMMVS performed the last act. His rencontre at the Inn was inimitably given, and excited roars of laughter. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The play of the Africans was acted last night for the first time this season. Coorta per formed Zeikel with his wonted energy, and LISTON'S Mug was ir resistible. • Simpson and Co. followed, and gave another opportu nity for the display of TeiLAT's excellent acting. ADFLPIII THEATRE.—Mr. JOHN ltrEves admir able Entertainments are drawing to a close ; a:ld it is ors small merit to say, that among the attractions which the Metropolis presents, he has, by his single talents, drawn good houses. The personation of even or eight individuals, differing in ag e, sex, and character, and the rapidity with which he changes his dress, ren ders the illusion so complete, that we seem to have so many dif ferert performers, although we know that Mr. Bezel may ex cLiini with Curiolanus, " I alone did it, boy." SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN LONDON: The intended Street from the Strand, near St. Clement's Church to Carey-street, to come out opposite to Serle-street, should be made. The two Turnstiles in Lincoln's Inn-Gelds should be widened, so as to admit carriages. A good entrance from Duke-street, and another from Portu gal-street Into Lincoln's Inn-fields, would he highly convenient. The South end of Bedford-street, in the Strand, should be Is ideued, and a Coach-way carried into Long-acre. The Strand ought to he widened from Southampton-street to the Lyceum, and Exeter 'Change removed. A Coach-way is wanted from Burli-igh-street, in the Strand, into York -strut, sou to face Charles -street, Covent-Garden. The End of Bow-street next to Long-acre s!iould be widened. In Arlington-street, an opening at the Sautls-end would have a good effect. A Coach-way from St. James's-street to Charles-street is wanted; and the West-end of Chandos-street needs widening. Sunday the Duke of Sussex gave a grand Dinner is Kensington Palace. _ _ The 'juke of GLOUCESTER is taking the waters at Cheltenham. Viscount Gaastvita.a gave a grand entertaininewi yesterday, in Brutess-arreet, Derkeley.square. .Mr. ilu,atssos, M.P. arrived in Liverpool on Sa turday last. Mr. itOTR`CHILD gave his secoad grand entertain• went ;It Stamford-hill, hat night. _ ITunaws and his suite hAve arrived at Leghorn. Two Spanish literary Gentlemen have arrived in town, GOROSTIZA and CORTA SA RI.E. The former is the author of several excellent Comedies, and the latter is distinguished for his political writings and oratorical talents. BENCt.t.t has finally concluded the arrange ments for the Opera House with Mr. RISERE. - A desperate gang of ten fellows, charged with being principals in all the murders, burnings, &c. committed for the last twelve months in the county of Kilkenny, have been apprehended. Camberwell Fair commenced on Monday with its u.ual•shew and bustle. JOSEPH BONAPARTE has founded, in the United States, a city called La Ville de Joseph. There are already 3,000 inhabitants, mostly French. Yesterday morning Mr. THOMPSON, a young Gen tleman, a pupil of Mr. BROOKS.% of Blenheim -street, after attending a lecture at the Anatomical Theatre, went to a room adjoining, and a noise being heard by some cf the family of Mr. BEoOKES, they went to the spot, and sound Mr. Tuostrsos on the ground in the agonies of dea h. 13leeding was resorted to, but without effect. His death was occasioned by the rupture of a blood-vessel on the brain. The young Gentleman is related to a highly respectable family in You kshiie. JEw KlM—This well-known character has finally paid the common debt of nature," as appears from the following laconic notice in an Irish paper Died at Flotence, Jonu KING, Esq. who married the Counter, of LANESBOROUGH SID,CKING ACCIDENT.— Yesterday afternoon, as the catiiage of John ('over, Esq. of Russel-place, Fitzroy-square, was passing the end of King'sgate street, Holborn, and the coachman was endeavour ing to pass a Bath and Bristol waggon, he came in contact with a hackney-coach on the stand. The car riage was overturned, the coachman was thrown under the wheel of the waggon and had his leg and thigh broke, and one horse was killed on the spot. Neither the gentleman nor his lady, who were in the carria i 4e, nor the footman, received any injury. Not the lea,t blame is attached to the waggoner Mr. BAYLISS still goes on with his :enacting en. gine, at Birmingham ; and he is even agreeing with (iovernment to carry the Mail through the kingdom at the rate of 12 miles an hour, to commence upon the Holyhead road very soon. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—The poor weavers who remained so long in this place out of ork, are now not only become employed, but a great number of those who were convened by the then existing cir • cumstances to seek work in distant places have re turned home and resumed their labours. On a mar ket-day the town again begins to have somewhat of its wonted appearance of bi iskness and activity. The damage done to the gat dens at White Conduit House, on account of the balloon disappointment, on Idonday, is calculated at two hundred pounds. Not only is the external paling torn down to the length of 150 yards, but the railings which surrounded the de tached shrubberies in the gardens are completely de molished ; and the glass panes of the summer-house, to the number of upwardsoflso, are entirely smashed.' Trees were torn up by the roots. Tuesday se'nnight, a horse belonging to Mr. Tow sey, of Idmiston, was attacked by a swarm of bees, which pitched on his head, and stung him so dread fully that the poor animal died the next day. A KNOWING HORSE.—Ne have always been of the opinion that some horses were wiser than their owners ; the following is a proof of the fact :—A person a few" years since was in the habit, whenever he wished to catch his horse, to take a quantity of corn in a measure; when called to him, the horse would come up and eat the corn, while the bridle was put over his head. But the owner having deceived the animal several times, by calling him when he had no corn in the measure, the horse at length began to !uspect his design, and coming up one day as usual on being called, looked into the measure, and set-;no it empty, turned round, • reared his hind legs, and killed his owner on the spot.—Atherizan Paper. CORN EXCHANGE, MAUK.LANE, ACGCST 20. Tile arrivals since Monday are small : W lBCOqrs. Oats 6tioqrs. Flour WOO sacks. The weather still continues change. able, and protracts the harvest. More money is asked for Wheat, and in a few instances has been obtained. Barley, Beans, and Peas, are unaltered. Oats are held at rather higher prices, but tlreie is no business doing. , N,4PAL INTELLIGENCE. The Competitor, Amout, bound to New South Wales, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 31st May. Fault°lmt, Aura. Ig.—Wind S. W.—Arrived off this port the Rosetta, Aszutsor, from St. Jago de Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, Aro. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship SZAFLOWER, trim a cruise; and Borodino transport, from the Eastward. DIAL, Ago. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—The ships that sailed to the Westward yesterday have not since put back. Arrived the Canada, DAVIDSON, from St. John's, New Brunswick, in 30 days; Tigre, NORTHWOOD, from Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope, with 156 of the crew of the Netherlands ship of war Sea Horse, wrecked near Algoa Bay; the Orpheus sailed in com pany from Table Bay. RAMSGATE, Arcusx 19.—The American schooner Echo. BLANCHARD, of POrtialld, took fire this morning, but by the timely exertions of the crew by pumping about sic feet of water in her hold, the fire was extinguished, but it is feared the cargo is more or less damaged by the water. GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY. Three vessels have arrived off Whitby, from the Greenland fisheries, by ‘‘ hich a more favourable account of the success of the ships has been received. It is still, however, far under that of former years, for the quantity of this branch of the fishing cannot at present be computed for this season at more than 5000 tuns of oil, and should the success in Davis' Straits be propor tionately unproductive (of which no account has yet been re ceived, although the season is already far advanced), this depart ment of British trade must suffer severe injury. The vessels ar rived off Whitby are the Curthorpe, with 15 fish, producing 150 tuns of oil ; the Lively, with 95 tuns, the produce of seven fish; and the Valiant, with only 40 tuns, from the same number of fish. The following ships belonging to Whitby were left all well on the Ist instant :—Aimwell, 11 fish, or 60 tuns of oil ; Esk, 11 fish, or 80 tuns of oil ; Ilarmony, eight fish, or 115 tuns; and the Volunteer had only caught three fish, which produced 45 tons. Prices are nominally quoted at £44 to ,EISS per tun, but they must be dearer if more favourable accounts be not received. The following is a letter from Commodore Peter, comm.-Lading the United States squadron, fitted out for the suppression of piracy: " Sea Gull, June 11, 1823. " Piracy is now down on this side of the island, and 1 hope soon to give as good an account of the other tide. A pirate has, however, appeared there, and made two captures lately : but the itio,t of the pack, the Greyhound, the Terrier, Ferret, Weazel, Fox, and two barges, arc in full pursuit: if he escapes he must have good luck. •' There has not been a single act of piracy committed here since I came on the coast, and the above is the only one I can hear of on the south title, which we have left pretty much to the British. " The importance of this station (Key West) appears daily more and more manifest to me, and, in my opinion, it is of but little consequence who possesses Cuba, if we keep a force here ; for we have the complete command of the Gulf of Mexico, all the commerce of which, as well as that from Jamaica and Cuba, is completely at our mercy. " It is almost incredible the number of vessels that daily pass and repass, and It is wonderful, considering the strong tempta tion, that piracy existed in no greater degree than it did. " Those to New Orleans pass very near this island, and we have almost daily intercourse with them. I had no conception thyself of the extent of our trade in this quarter, until I came here; and I am fully persuaded that this is the proper place from whence to give it protection. The Government has made a small experiment, sufficient to prove the utility of an establishment here, and the country would act unwisely to abandon it. The place ought to be well fortified, of which it is very susceptible, and a respectable force, chiefly naval, should always be kept stationed here. There would then be nothing to be apprehended from pirates or any other aggressors under our commerce or flag. " It is to this sea what Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean; and the one-thousandth part of the money that has been expended on. the one, would make the other all that could be desired. " I d• not know exactly when I shall visit home ; but hope to do so in about two months. I shall send the small vessels home at regular periods, to return to the station immediately. This I do in order to give the Officers an opportunity of obtain ing relief. One will leave here on the 16th, and on the.gd and 16th of every mouth hereafter I shall dispatch one of them." The Spanish brig Maria Dolores, prize to the Pa triot brig Aguilar, arrived at Barbadoes, June 7th. When captured, seven men were put on board, and the original Captain was suffered to remain in the vessel. At sea, a quarrel arose, when the Spanish Captain, prize -master, and three of his crew, were murdered. The report is, that the Spanish Captain was shot, three of the prize crew thrown overboard, and the prize-master tied down to a ring drove into the deck, placed in an agonizing situation and starved to death! The ringleader, on arriving off Barbadoes, came on shore, inquired for a navigator, informed what the vessel was, and, as the story goes, told the murders he had committed. The vessel was imme diately taken possessi9p-of, and this man (said to be an Englishman) war committed to prison, and put in irons. His two accomplices were also confined.— Philadelphia Gazette. not °atnpson, ai it: encouraged by BUFFALO HUNTING.—Friday morning, as early asthe execution he had done --v7enttoe followedwo rktuiplh a second n, w ndletflya six o'clock, the neighbourhood of Whitefriars was " vopper" on Aby's thorax, which h touch of the same character on his now distorted mug, and sent thrown into the greatest confusion by the appearance down with a scr Alas! poor Aby ! he was on the go, of two buffaloes in a frenzied state of wildness: they t; r i , h e n e d d s s a in i vii but they resolved to die game, and ex ran at the top of their speed through the Old Bailey, and t i s i r o h 4 l l , Fleet-street, Water-lane, and into Pool's-wharf, over- 17. Aby came up tit yet. " Fleet-street, could scarcely preserve his perpendicular, and fell with his os frontis against Sampson's turning all before them ; they wounded many of the men about the wharf, one of whom has his shoulder breast. hi lita Sampson fell, but as he lay on the g round be threw Aby dislocated, and is in the hospital. They would have ov i e s. A s by d. all astray. Sampson, as if furnished with the jaw done incalculable damage but for Mr. Pool's pre- bone of an ass, vopped him on the proboscis, and laid him as Sat sence of mind, who closed the gates, and, from a re- as a flounder (cries of" Take him away"). 19. Aby came to the scratch greatly distressed, and was hit sidence in South America, knew the method of taking these animals. He therefore procured ropes and don t 2 v O. Aby again hit down. snared them ; still their ferocity became so danger- 21. Aby again much punished, and pitched out of the a pes. ous, that butchers were procured, who were obliged 22. Aby seemed to have recovered a little, and stood firmer • to dispatch them instantaneously to prevent further than in the last round ("So help me, Bob," cried his friends, " he's got his shecond.hand vind, and that's better as new.)" mischief. It is not yet known whence they escaped. He ran into Sampson, hit him, and Sampson was thrown (shouts Wednesday last (13th inst.) died, very suddenly, at from the Israelites, " It'i all right; ve'li grin it yet"). Leamington, Prince Kiataira, one of the New Zealand 23. A manly round, in which Aby did his best, and chewed wand bottom. flits exchanged, and Sampson down (cries of .. Chiefs who were exhibiting but a few days since inAby can't lose it," and cheers). that place. He was son of the reigning King of Paroa, 24. Sampson stopped a well meant touch on his bread basket. or the Bay of the Isles, and only eighteen years of Aby weak, went down without a blow. i land o fi last. Aby came up much distressed. Sampson deter age. The deceased Chief was much esteemed in his an h i u m n , an an sw d era co b ll l e n ctin r g on h it is m rem on aining r et A ie t7 i . es, he! own country, as a warrior, having. eminently distin deter mined such " cn nu rn t : guished himself on various occasions in the contests crackers, that he was unable to so l ve it, and he w e nt down Y between Paroa and the inhabitants of the neighbour- pletely bothered (cries of 4 take him away"). These, however, were not necessary—he was deaf to time, and for some minutes ing isles. The Prince was interred in the church coin not tell whether he was a Jew or a Gentile. Sampson was of course declared the conqueror and was loudly applauded. yard at Leamington, according to the forms pre y He left the ring Immediately, very ' little injured, having onl y scribed by the Established Church, having previously to his departure from New Zealand, been converted slight mark on his left bye, and to all appearance as vigorousu a to Christianity by one of the Missionaries who had when he went in. To delineate the phisogs of the Israelites would require the pencil of a Hogarth—never was rage and dis been sent thither from this.country. appointment more legibly displayed; and the moment the affair WHITE SA VAGSS.--The Milledgeville (United , was concluded, they all sneaked off the ground as quickly as States) Papers, inform us, that a few Indians having downfall paralysed limbs would carry them. It was a dreadful , to wnr i ai r I p t u o me l th s. eir Etriilen, anticipated a d s % a matter of serious importance encamped, two or three weeks ago, in a neighbour ing county, for , the purpose of supplying themselves ; be proclaimed forthwith in ruke's- t plat a cegen eral t"u and thatfor a. gg will month, with venison, a patty of white men went t o their lat least, not a J e w will attempt to shave'himself. In their road camp (the Indians being absent on a hunting excur - , bonus the poor fellows were subject to the jeers of th e pawn geme; m but they looked straight forward, and were so absorbed in .ion), and took their blankets, clothes, saddles, bri were o e rt d a t n h es em as to be deaf to all t he kin d consolations which dies, provision, and skins, and made a bonfire of the I Oasaavassosts.—The conduct of the Jew was the praise and whole! The Indians were entirely peaceable, had -.lone no mischief, and were furnished with recom-1 admiration of the ring, and, althligh defeated, he raised him. wes the nois f or . i inch h t t oo short for his opponent , ' mendations from M ' lntosh and Burnett, soliciting self high in the estimation of the Fancy lb general. He was ari and also a stone at least in I for them friendly treatment: but it g . Both of the men were in high condition. Sampson tune of these children of the forest to meet with sa- stood on , his opponent, and lie is rapidly improved, not only sages worse than Indians. iin person, but also in fighting. Ile immediately offered to fight any of his old oppon:nts for £lOO a-side, excepting Josh Ilod: soa &iini)son's taturior did katihos Lunch washbowl's. The seccnd battle, betweett,cary4 The Suffolk Champion, and Whittle, coal:Wliipper, for twenty pounds a-side, afforded lots ?f laughter,. lint very little milling. Hudson and Owen secnnjeJ the latter; and Crawiey and Giblett, Carrol. Thirty rounds.— Twenty-eight minutes had elap.ed when the Suffok Champi,.ii was pronounced the victcr. The. third battle was over in twenty milutes.- Fat Cavan vi, a new Irishman, entered the ling ith Ntockirbdu , f.)r, ter enty sovereign s aside. Read and Inglis seconded the latter, and Crawley and Holt wer e for Cavanagh. The Irishman won it by giving Master Stocktnan a Tipperargiiing that shook his knottleddic boo all to pieces. Upon the whole, it was a tidy day's play ; no trundling occurred; and crosses out of the question.. The follow vv is extracted from the Parliamentarf Report for Itif23, of the Inspector -General of Orison% in Iceland: We have .'s immediate prospect of the establish = ment of the tread-mill in many of the jails of Ire: land. It may be applied, on a small scale, fOt the purpose Of supplying water.; and, on a laPger one, to the grinding of nmil for the consumption of thopri: son. Sours smaller wheels are already in operation, and larger ones are in operation in several of the counties. We are sorry to find that a question has arisen, whether the ezerci..e of the tread-mill is of such a nature as to prove injurious, in some instances, to the health of the prisoners employed? But this objection has been to us most satisfactorily overruled, upon the opinion of some of the most eminent medi cal authorities in this kingdom, whe have entered into the details of the case, and proved in the clearest manner that these injurious effects arc attributed to the labour in the tread-mill wholly without reason. This inquiry will, we trust, remove from the public mind any prejudice which may have been excited against the adoption of a measure in our prisons from which the most advantageous results are anticipated, and of the good effects of which past experience hat placed before us the most unquestionable proofs. The tread-mill has provedto be not only a power applicable to almost every description of work, but a certain means (even in the failure of every species of manu facture) of affording steady employment to the Ppri soners; and a description of labour which, although moderately severe, is yet of so interesting and con stant a nature, as to have become a terror to those who are committed to prison, and consequently a check to the commission of crime." The progress which mechanical science is making in simplifying all the useful arts of life is really won derful. NVlna would have thought that even the humble laundress should have come in for her share of the benefits it has conferred ? But so it is. We have now portable Wa , ,hing-machines that effect the most extraordinary saving of time, labour, soap, and fuel; and Circular Bed-mangles, which occupy, when in use, no larger space than a small chest of drawers. The ingenuity displayed in their construction reflects infinite credit on the Patentee, Mr. WAncur.—See Advertisement. The Seventh and Eighth Parts of Connt Las cases' Journal, which complete the work; will be published in a few days. i3otisd. 'MUT 011 iIIitASCO, THE JEWISH CHAMPION. The great fight at Crawley Downs, between Abra ham Belasco, the best Jew fighter in England, and Sampson, once the Birmingham youth, but now the Birmingham man, took pl.tce yester.lay, for 1001. a-side. Long before day-light the Amateurs were, on the trot to get over the ground in quick time, but ' many of their grads were beat to a stand-still before Chapel House appeared in sight: The Sheenies w ere numerous in the extreme, and Abil was the favourite' five to four. Both of the combatants arrived on the " bit of turf" in swell trim; and Sampson threw lip' his white topper at a few minutes after one, in the most clikermined style, attendei by Josh Hodson and Ben Burns: Belasco soon followed, with Richmond and Peter Crawley. Round 1. The men regarded each other with mutual confi dence. All expected that Sampson would commence in his usual slashing style, but he evidently had had" a word Loin the wise." Caution was the game of both men. Aby seemed quite awake to Sampson's handy-work at the head, and guarded his nob with becoming prudence. Fine positions—no hitting. Aby was look.. ing for Sampson's body, but Sam stopped with great quickness. Tried it on again with as little success. Sam put down hi- hands and wiped them. Four minutes had now elapsed, and no blow struck. Aby hit Sampson slightly on the head (" Veil done.' Aby—go it!") Another pause. Aby cut away from a well projected facer (" Well done, Ail !") Sampson put in a slight facer with his left; Aby returned. A close at the ropes ; Abt down. This round lasted six minutes, and the cries of "Defeo were faintly kept up by the Hebrews to the last. 2. Aby stopped several intended favours with great neatness. Satnpson at last made his favourite hit at the head, and went into close fighting. Sampson went down, and Aby fell ever him. This round lasted but two minutes, and the Jews were not over joyful. 3. Aby was again aware of Sampson's head work, and stopped with quickness. In a c:ose both went down. No niischief done. 4. Both still cautious. Sampson proved himself to have been under a good master, he maintained his temper and caution. Ile was all for fighting, however, when an op e ning offer e d, and ulti mawly put in two facers (" Welidone, Sampson"). In a close arid mutually fibbing Aby got Sampson on the ropes, but Sampson shifted and got uppermost. He was hitting away, whim Aby went down (cries of "foul" from the Jews—but "pie" from the umpire), and the men were picked up by their seconds. S. Aby hit at Sampson's body—but Sampson with great agi lity ran round and got away. On coming again to the scratch there was some good fighting. Sampson put in a clumsy thump on Aby's mouth, who 'hewed first blood (shouts for Sampson). 6. (The Jews attempted to rally the spirits of their favourite by cries of encouragement.) Aby put in a good body blow. Sampson returned slightly on the face. A close at the ropes with some trifling fibbing. Sampson went down amidst loud cheers from the Jews. 7. Both seemed piping, and by agreement stopped for wind. Aby put in another body hit, and stopped a facer in the most scientific style. Sparring, till Aby gathering himself hit Samp son a tremendous blow on the ribs with his right which corn pletely doubled him up and floored him like a shot. This was the first knock-down blow.—(Thunders of applause from the Rosemary-lane boys; there was no restraining their triumph.) 8. Sampson'Aide spewed the effect of the last round. Ex cellent stops on both sides. Sampson put in a rattling slap on Aby's jaw. A close at the ropes for the fall. Both down, Aby uppermost. 9. The science of both men was again manifested. Sampson hit Aby on the conk; in a close Aby caught Sampson round the neck, and threw him with a swing, hitting him as he was on the ground (the Jews were again chaunting, but not a word of foul against their champion). 30. Sampson was all alive; he commenced with vigour and activity, and planted three posing compliments in succession on Aby's esazzard, which now began to look a little rumpled (cheers for Sampson—the tribes in a state of nervous debility). 11. Aby came to the scratch with his mouth open, and hi; nose distilling a crimson stream ; he was on the alert, however, and put In a teazer on Sampson's body ; Sampson in return, gal vanised his right optic, and went in with intent to do severe exe cution' but Aby was shy, and wont down. 12. Sampson put in a blow on Aby's breast—ln a close Aby was capsized. 13. Sampson again got away from some heavy body blows, but in a rally he paid a most unwelcome visit with his right snawley to poor Aby's auricular nerves, which sounded like the explo sion of a detonating ball through the ring (shouts for Sampson; " Now," said Josh Hudson, "we'll see whether Sampson is a strong man, or the descendant of Solomon a Wise one ;" loud laughter.) 14. Aby now got wild; Sampson went in to finish, but was met by a resolute stop, and Aby hit him in the countenance as he went down (" Go it, my dear Aby, it's all your own—re member the honour of your brethren.") 15. Sampson, nothing dismayed, came up with spirit, and with the force of a Brummagem flatting-mill hit poor Aby on the left goggle, and, lest he should have made any mistake, he hit him again in the same place as he was tumbling.—(The Jews, in a rage, called out " Food! Foal !" but it was only their dis sracted imaginations that were at work; the umpire decided that all was fair). 16. The simile of " worth a Jew's eye" was now out of date; Aby came up with an eye that was scarce fit," as Josh said, "to bait a mouse-trap ; it looked, in fact, every way but the right. The " peoples" were quite outrageous, but the climax of their miseries had arrived. Sarno, ATTEMPT TO MURDER. THAIitS Pot./M—T/romans Hedrnn Harris,.of WiJegate-street, Bishopsgate, was yesterday brought before J. Bail. ossirxx, Esq. for final examination, on a charge of wilfully stabbing Mr. Wil ham Aplin, of Moor&lds, with intent to do him some bodily harm, on board the Royal Sovereign ,ream-pack et. The prose cutor, who was brought to the , Office in a coach, looking almost like death, stated, in a very infirm tone, that on the 12th instant himself, his wife, and family, with other friends, joined a large party on board the packet, which had been engaged on that day for the benefit of a Society called the Friends of Man. Witness was sitting on deck with his child on his knee when a scuffle" en sued between the prisoner and a boy carrying a rail of water: the prisoner in rescuing the pail from the boy struck one of the prosecutor's children on the head, which exasperated the mother, who instantly gave the prisoner a slap on the face, in conse quence of which words ensued between the prosecutor and pri soner, which, as the former supposed, was soon tertnihated ; but in about a quarter of an hour alter, the prisoner, who had in the interval left the deck, returned, and inquired who it was that struck him? Mrs. Aplin replied she did; the prislncr then re sumed his former quarrel with the prosecutor, and, without hesi tation, stabbed him with a case knife over the right eye, in she act of which he broke the blide in two : not content with this, he made another incision, which caused a gore of blood to flow on the deck, and the passengers contemplated it would be im possible for him to be taken home alive. The ship was at this time passing Woolwich. Here the part of the knife was pro duced, and identifiA by Joseph Boyce, of Hexton-town, who saw it drop from the prisoner's hand, reeking with blood ; and the prisoner observed to witneas—`• If you stand over me, I'll serve you the same. I was the elan who did it." Mr . . Hunter, surgeon, of Alincing.lane, depcisecl he was sent for to the prosecutor's house on the 12th inst. lie found him labouring under two severe wounds, one on each side of the bead, which appeared to have been inflicted with a sharp insttunnnt, and had placed the prosecutor's life in great danger, nor did h consider him at that moment wholly out of dangei.—The pri soner was committed to Maidstone Jail for trial. SHROPSHIRE A RCHEItS.—The Honourable. Society of Ancient British Bowmen, held their Meeting (for the first time in the vicinity of Shrewsbury) on Friday se•nmight, at Nesscliff Wood, the patrimonial property of the Right Honour able the Earl of Bradford, an Honorary Member of this S. ciety : by his Lordship's invitation the present Meeting as sembled. The situation is exquisitely chosen fur this truly British amusement. In the reign of Edward IV. an Act was made that every man should have a bow of his own height, made of yew, haste, ash, &c. Mounds of earth were ordered to be made in every tow.isbip for the inhabitants to practice ~Archery; and by a Statute of Henry V 111. every father w. 4 commanded to provide a bow and two arrows fox his son.— On the present occasion, Lord Bradford bad opened an approach through the sylvan recesses; and from thew Ness" of the " Cliff," (or Promontory) a varied and limitless view extended, until'' the hills over hills" of Breiddin and North NVales Corniest a rampart round the landscape, which is richly varied with " Lakes, coverts, villas, plains extended wide, The pomp of lulls—the cottage's humbler pride." Fifty-one carriages, belonging to Members, were upon the hill, besides innumerable ethers (which remained at the vii.. loge), belonging to the principal familier of this county and the counties adjacent. Tne arena was planted with shiubs, spruce firs, &c. Three beautiful tents were pitched. Five or six buildings of rustic and grotesque architecture, and covered with heath, were reared in prominent situations; a cooking-kitchen with stoves, and a cellar for wine's, &c. were hid is the wood. About twave o'clock the Members commenced their trials of skill: the Ladies at tvici butts, the Gentlemen at one butt. The butts were kept by Cite Gun. Thomas Kenyon, and Sir F. Cunliffe, Bart. the Right lion. C. W. Wynn, Bart. was President; and the Hon. and Rev. G. Neville, Vice-Presider t. Those archers whose arrows struck in the rim, were alone quol lied to contend few the prise of the day,which VIM finally awarded 1 - to Miss Caroline Fletcher, of GwerithayieJ, who was presented with a gold chain and bracelets, la) tke Noble lbw, whit his ; characteristic gracefulness arta gallantry. At three o'eloelk the company sat down to a splendid repast; venison had been scot for the occasion by the Doke of Bedford, Marquis of Belk Lord Talbot, Sir W. W. Wynn, Batt. &c.