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DINNER Ar na TOWN-HALL, LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 27. The dinner given by our highly respected and worthy Chief Magistrate, WattAm MoLtNEux, Esq. on Monday, must have been highly gratifying to the distinguished individuals who were invited. [The list of the company was given in the STA R of yesterday. 3 Among the toasts drank in the course of the even ing were the following : Majecty, the fluke of Lancaster"—" The Duke of York sett she Army' The Duke of Clirence and the Navy"— The Lord Lieutenant of the County"—" The Right Honour. able George Canning." Mr. Caastzo said, he could not, in rising to re turn his thanks for the very (I.itteriag manner in which' the last toast had been received, confine himself strictly to the expression of his sincere gratitude; nor sit down without renewing the assurance he had al ready given, of his readiness, at all times, to serve, to the best of his ability, that important and enlightened community which it had, for ten years, been his pleasure and his pride to represent. That assurance had been given at the period when events, which he could not controol, rendered it necessary for him to. suggest a separation most painful to his feelings, and which nothing but an imperative sense of duty could have compelled him to propose. He hardly knew whether he felt more grateful to them for the cor diality with which they had originally invited him to their service, or for the generous, though •re luctant, acquiescence with which • they had been kind enough to admit the necessity of parting.— The parting, however, was only in form ; in sub stance he remained still their friend and their ser vant t their friend, with undiminished attachments, their servant, with no other diminution of exertion than necessarily resulted from the overwhelming rut tare of his other occupations. He must not omit to express the gratification which he felt, and which the sight of the present assembly was peculiarly calcu lated to heighten and illustrate ; the gratification, he meant, of believing that, whatever might have been the insignificance of his services, the course of his elections far Liverpool had not been useless. • They bad exhibited a series of animated contests and prompt reconciliations; of enmities transitory as the struggle which gave them birth ; and of acquaint ances and connexions which, he trusted, would long survive the memory of those contests. He had seen the town in all the agitation of conflict, without ex periencing or witnessing anything which it was pain ful to him to recollect; and he had received proofs, in the coring of the day (many who heard him would understand to tliat be alluded, though' he could not in delicacy particularize them), how much of mutual personal esteem may grow up amid the conflicts of political hostility. The temper in which he left Li verpool was that in which he rejoiced now to see it ; in which, he hoped, it would lcng continue; and which the merits of his successor were eminently cal culated to maintain. He even littered himself that, in these respects, the example of his connexion with Liverpool was not entirely lost upon other scenes of political contest ; and he flattered himself still farther, that the temper which then pervaded the room in which he was speaking, was not an unapt specimen of the general temperance of the country. " The Right Hon. William Huskisson." Huszlsson, after thanking . the company for. the honour which had been done nim iddrinking his health, said, that from the kind and cordial reception which that toast had met with on their part, so far exceeding his deserts, he was, at least, encouraged to hope, that during the short period which had elapsed since he bad the honour of being elected one of their Representatives, he had not wholly disappointed those expectations which their partiality had formed in his favour, when they had the misfortune to lose the services of his Right Hon. Friend. To the con tinuance of that partiality, or rather, perhaps, to their sense of justice, forgetting the eminent services of his predecessor only when they were called upon to mea sure-his humble labours in the same line of duty (and he was not afraid that they would not recollect those services on every other occasion), he must trust for their indulgent construction of his future exertions to promote the interests of his constituents, and; with those interests, the general welfare of our country. In the department of the Government with which he was mere immediately connected, he could only say, that he should feel confidence in whatever Measures it might be his duty to advocate or recommend, for the -advancement of the trade and navigation of this country, in proportion as those measures met with the concurrence of that enlightened part of this com munity, whose general knowledge of the true princi ples of commerce was guided and directed by exten sive practical experience. To. several .Gentlemen of that description, then present, he felt that his personal acknowledgements were justly due, for their assistance and unreserved communications, upon several im portant questions which had been under the consi;. deration of the Board of Trade, during the last Ses sion of Parliament. He could not sit down without assuring them that, among the many gratifications which he had received, during the last week which he had spent in Liverpool, there was none which he prized mote than the indications which this great town afforded, in every quarter, that all the great interests which connected its industry and the comfort of its numerous population with the general prospe• city of the country, ‘,.ei e in a most tin lying state. With this view of the present situation of affairs. which conic' not, he was convinced, be controverted by any fair man cf any political party, and with an ardent wish that the streams of that prosperity might col inue to flow uninterruptedly towards the " good old town of Liverpool," he sat down, once more thank-. ins the company for the honour conferred upon him. General (./ascoyne" was then given, and Mr. Hustitssos, in the absence of his colleague, returned thanks tar him, and concluded by proposing the health of .the Mayor, which was drunk with marked applause. His NVorship duly espreised his.acinow ledgment, and concluded by giving the "'Junior Burgess of Liverpool." sfr. Huscissow returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon hire, by enrolling his name among those fleetness to whose kindness he was so much indebted. Mr.CaNistao said, that, with the kind permission of the Chair, be rose to propose a toast which, be felt confident, v.ould be received by the company with the most sincere and cordial satisfaction. He alluded so the health of the distinguished stranger then near him, who lees en bis way to Swedes, as the repre- sent dive of his country, the United States of Ame rica.He was most happy to avail himself of -this opportunity, amidst so large an assemblage of some of the first merchants of England; of congratulating that Gentleman on the full and uninterrupted inter course which now existed between his country and our own ; an intercourse, of which the value could be llowhere so well understood as in this great town, which was, both in point of local situation and of spirit, and enterprise, so pre-eminently qualified to derive from that intercourse every possible advantage.— On such an occasion he might be permitted to express the gratification which he felt,. in common with the great mass of the intelligent-and liberal men of both countries, to see the animosities necessarily attendant on a state of hostility so rapidly wearing away, and giving place to feelings so much more consonant to the true interests of two nations united by a common language, a common spirit of commercial enterprise, and a common regard for well-regulated liberty. It appeared to him, that of two such States, the relative position was not wholly unlike that which occasion ally occurred in families ; where, a child having, perhaps, displeased a parent—a daughter for instance —in contracting a connection offensive to that pa rent's &dings, soone estrangement would for a while necessarily ensue; but after a lapse of time, the irri tation is forgotten, the force of blood again prevails, and the daughter and the mother stand together against the world. That all causes of dissension may have now ceased for ever between two countries so strongly bound to each other, and with so clear a community of interests, he most sincerely hoped; and he trusted that, in whatever part of the world Mr. Hughes might represent his country, he would feel, that in no part of it could that country's merits be more truly .appreciated than in this. The tout was drank with marked applause, and Mr. HUGUES retutned thanks in nearly the fol lowing terms: _ _ _ 44 .N . l - r. Mayor and Gentlemen :—I shall not presume to take up more of your time than may be barely sufficient for the expression of my sincere and heart felt thanks, for the flattering reception and wekome with which I am honoured on this occasion; a recep tion and a welcome so far above the claims of an humble and unimportant individual such as I am, that I delight to ascribe them exclusively to the friendly feelings of the inhabitants of Liverpool for the country to which I belong, and which I have so recently left : and I can earnestly assure the distin guished and enlightened company here assembled, that there is not a reflecting man among my coun trymen who does not feel convinced, that such arc the proper and the only feelings that should be incul cated, and that should subsist between the British' and the American people; and I can add to this as surance my sincere persuasion, that both my coun try's Government and its citizens are animated by the firmest resolution to neglect no honourable means of avoiding . all pernicious political discrepancies, and .of maintaining the happy footing of peace and confidence, which is the present basis of our relations with Great Britain; a basis more solid and more sure, perhaps, at this moment than at any former period of our short history. Though not an old man, I am old enough to have witnessed many an unhappy and many a lamentable misunder standing between the two nations ; and to have seen, with feelings of the deepest sorrow, that no effort of wisdom and moderation ; no dictate of peace and af fection, sentiments so natural and so proper to na tions the common offspring of one common stock; nay, no motive, even of interest, has• been sufficiently posvei ful to preserve them from the common and i fatal error of war, from the wretched and unnatural struggle of trying to do each other the most harm. But I have also seen that war happily terminated ; and it is the proudest and happiest incident of my life to have had a share, though a very huusble one, in the labours of that Congress of 1814, that had the merit and the glory of putting an end to that unnatural and cruel struggle, and of restoring the two nations to the more wise and humane disposition of trying to do each other the most good. Long and sincerely may this disposition be cherished: Long may the noble and unrivalled works, constructed by this great and poblic-spirited town, for the accommodation of Om meree—your vast and capacious docks, present to the eye of the philanthropist the busy and the cheer ing scene that they now exhibit : a scene that I have visited this day under circumstances, the memory of which I shall always cherish;*' (bowing to Mr. Can ning and Mr. Huskissoa) a scene made up of thick and almost impervious forests of English and Ameri can masts; topped (if I may so express it) with the fair foliage of friendly flags. Long may the gallant tars of my country inflict upon Liverpool the hardships of such bold invasions; and all hands be beat to quarters, to pour into you, Gentlemen, broadsides of cotton and to bacco, and to receive a constant fire of calicoes and cut. lery ! I must apologize for havingoccupied so much of your time; and especially must I not omit to offei you, Gentlemen, my acknowledgments, for the pa tience and indulgence you have shewn me, for it can• not be necessary for me to say, after what you have seen and heard, that I am totally unskilled and un• practised in the art of public speaking, though I have found myself unexpectedly called on to speak before this respectable meeting, and in the presence of the great master of modern eloquence, the accomplished scholar and enlightened statesman. With the Mayor's and your pet mission, I will venture to . propose a toast : ; The town of Liverpool, and the . 'United States of America ; their Trade and their Friendship: may they all go on increasing: In the course of the evening, the health: of the Pi ipce Sapieha, Mr. Blackburn, M.P. for the County, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P. M. Birch, M.P. and Mr. Gladstone, M.P. were given, and .his High- , ness and the Gentlemen severally and briefly re turned thank.—Liverpool Cosgricr. • Mr. Hughes bad been invited by the St. George 'Steam packet Company, to be of the party given in the morning, in the Steam-packet, the Emerald Isle, to Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Can ning ; and Mr. Canning, Mr. H.uskiseon, Lord George Bentiuck, and Mr. Gladstone, with some other Gentlemen, had accompa nied Mr. Hughet after the aquatic excursion mentioned yester day., to visit the beautifill American ship Canada, Captain Macy, lying in the Prince's Dock, in which Mr. Hughes had arrived a few days before from America, it being the fourth consecutive passage the Cana . ia has made, in less than seventeen days, from New York to Liverpool. Lord STOWILL granted Early Colin, a seat beloog um co his t o ordship iu Urrkshixe, to Viscountess SIOMOO2III, on bar assrriage to Viscount Sinstouto, for thvir country residence iitulitipser Ladyship's life. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • . Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated July 17 : His Majesty's ships Camelia',leo, and Malawi ' are cruising in the Arches. An Austrian bri g o f W ar arrived here some days ago, with two pirates, a schooner, and a large lug sail boat. Another was destroyed by her." Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Abo, dated July 25 On the 16th inst. a *reek was found drifting be tween the rocks a few miles foam Stang°, and put on shore on the Island of Rofola. She is an English brig, named the ()team, laden with deals, and supposed from St. Petersburgh." lslnvusvets, Atustrsx 26.—A lugger, called the Sally, of Hast ings, Jon* Muses, master, arrived at this port, about one o'clock this morning, for the purpose of (as the master stated) taking on board a cargo of slates and whiting, at Lewes, for Hastings, which he has done many times before; whether the Surveyor cf the port had calculated the expenses of the vessel, so as to induce him to believe this industrious master could not pay himself sufficient for his labour in conveying small' freights to Hastings, or what his reaspu could be is not known; for no sooner did the poor Sally take her departure for Lewes, which was about 12 at noon, this day, than Mr. Surveyor, with his active crew, run her alongside and boarded her, and not only did he hoard her, but he bored holes in her sides with an instrument he carried for the purpose, when to his gratification he found she had false sides •on persevering, with the assistan ce of his crew, he disco. vered concealed, 78 casks of spirit, 180 parcels of tobacco, 51 parcels of tea, and other trifling articles, which of course he seized, together with the boat and materials, and the master he made prisoner. The whole of these goods have been safely lodged in his Majesty's Custom-house at this port. The casks are iron -hound, and made to fit the sides of the boat ; and the whole were ingeniously, stowed. k'aLMOUTH, AUGUST 27.—Wind S.W. Arrived the Rose warn, CUNDY, from Galipoli; and Four Friends, Rosters, from London. PLYMOUTH, Amami. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Tom Cod, BoaNao, from the Downs for Newfoundland ; and Swift, l'aaacc, from Dram. Sailed the John, ntiltirws, for New foundland; Union, —, for Alirainichi; and Eagle, PaArr, for St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 28. Wind Southerly. Sailed the Guilford, JOHNSON, for' New South Wales; James Sibbald, Fosses, for Bombay ; Kent and Ann Eliza, for the South Seas ; and his Majesty's ships NAIAD and CASICLICON, on a cruise. Ar rived the Orpheus, CRTSTALL, from the Downs for Smyrna. DEAL, AUGUST 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Cossack, Tornio, for Sierra Leone • Sir Andrew Hammond , Curr, for the South Seas; and UnionVlT. Tear, for Almcira. Arrived the Clarkson, Fut.LeaToN, from Quebec; Triumph, from Bombay; Policy, Mime, from the South Seas; and Africa, from Jamaica. Passed at the back of the Goodwin Sands, the Netherland brig ofwar Mercuric, from Helvoetsluice for Caraeoa. The vessels belonging to the Cor poration of the Trinity House, London, have this morning placed a buoy, with a staff and vane, near the Goodwin South Sand Head, bearing, by compass, from the South end of the town of Deal, S. by E. • r Amaral , ' , AUGUST 27. Arrived the Bacchus, Cita:Vett, from Prince Edward's Island ; fell in with the brig Venerable, of Dundee, with timber, in let. 50 N. long. 26 W. water-logged ; sails furled, and no person on board. Cowes, A :mar 28.—Arrived the American brig Indus, DAT, from Batavia in one hundred and seven days; passed in 'the Straits of Sandy the British ship Transit, of Bristol, bound up. CUSTO3I-House, AUGUST 28.—Ships Entered Inwards : The Arethusa, from New Orleans; Minerva, from Riga; Drie Ge austere, from Antwerp ; Bastian and Marshal Blucher, from Rotterdam ; Elenora and Satisfaction, from Dantzic ; Concord, from Quebec ; Andreas, from Christiana ; and Malvina, from Leghorn.—Entered Outwards : The Eliza, for Cork ; Peter Proctor, for St. Domingo ; Windus, for Antwerp ; Dui's_ of Kent, for Rotterdam ; Salus, for Hamburgh ; Fox, for Ostgsd ; Tula, for Gibraltar; and Pomona, for Elsineur.—Clearing Out wards : The Alexander, for Jamaica ; Branston, for Trinidad ; Hope, for Malta ; Genii, for Rio ; Neptune, for Lisbon; Regu lus, for St. John's ; and Richard Reynolds, for Petersburgh. VESSELS SPOKEN wren.—The Emerald, of Greenock, in lat. 49. long. 2'2. Echo, of London, for St. John's, New Brunswick, on the 6th instant, in lat. 42. long. 40. and the Scotia,-from Glasgow to New Brunswick, on the 9th, in lat. 44. long. 24. The Henderson, STEELS, froth Quebec, which was on shore at Workington, has got off, and arrived in that harbour on the 22d instant. The Britannia, Itcasox, for London, put back to Cuxhaven, with loss of jib-boom and foresail, on Sunday. Atturrio—At Leghorn, the Sceptre, Causao; and Fame, .BazNes, from Liverpool. At Genoa, Ann, Law's, front Li verpool; and the Albuera, Borrtivricx, front Alexandria. At Smyrna, Mary Ann, Surat, from London; Norfolk Pamir., 1 from Liverpool; Bruckton, GLYNN, front Newport; JErchyluq, Donates, from Villa Franca; Hero, DYZ, from Constantinople; David, WALYZR, from the Dardanelles; and Dandy, }Carman-, from ----. At Constantinople, Blossom, Wita.tamsoN, from Leghorn ; Richard and John, Pavan; Lyra, Gum; and the Curlew, Armincto, from Tangnarock. At Gottenburgh, Kitty, SCOLLY, front London. At Seville, Nimble, WRIGHTSON, from London. At Rouen, Bonetta, &MAMMON, from Cardiff. At Marseilles, William, WOODIRIZT, from Charleston ; and the Cambrian, Brown, from Salem. At Malta, Fox, Doaa.Losow, from London ; Jane, from Liverpool ; and Susan, from the Clyde. SHIP LAUNCH AT PLYMOUTH. The launch of the fine vessel, the LANCASTER, of 60 guns, took place last Friday evening, about six o'clock. Notwithstanding the extremely unfavour able state of the weather, a large number of specta tors, comprising even a considerable portion of re spectable and well dressed females, attended in the yard, onboard the frigate, and on the adjoining quays.' A considerable number of boats, filled with well dressed persons, also attended in the front of the Dock yard, and gave an appearance to the river of much animation. A little before six o'clock, Mrs. Bevies (the Lady of the present worthy High Sheriff of Devon), was introduced by Commissioner SHIELD to christen the vessel, and, soon after the ceremony, the LANCASTER, in the most graceful and majestic man ner, glided . from her slip towards the harbour, and in less than half a minute, from the time she com menced moving, embraced, and was embosomed in her native element, in Hamoaze, amidst the shouts and acclamations of surrounding thousands. She is a remarkably fine frigate, has a flush deck, a beauti ful round stern, and an animated bust at her head.— Her appearance on the water was very striking. She has been built ;von the same plan, and has much the appearance of the PORTLAND, lately launched hem. Sir THOMAS WnaLAN has been elected an Alder man of Dublin, in the room of the late Alderman :VANDER& Among the Alterations at Covent-Garden Theatre, during the recess, is the alternate rows in the Pit being fitted with backs ; in the dress circle also the sane plan is applied to the respective seats, which are to remaln, in other respects, as usual ; while mean. are taken to avoid the vacuum in the back ground of the centre Boxes, by contracting their depth by two rows of seats. SHIPPING, NAVIGATION, AND COMMERCE, FOR THE YEAR 1823-182}.—Mr. POPE, of the Bristol Custom- House, will, in a few days, publish the Ninth Edition of The Merchant, Ship-Owner, and Ship-Master's Custom and Excise Guide, for the year 1823-1824; comprising every species of information relative to the Shipping, Navigation, and Commerce, of the Whole World. To which are added, Finance Ac counts and other. Official Documents not hitherto published. Also, a Description of Countries, Places, Exchanges, and Monies, accompanied by Maps drawn and engraved expressly for the work; brought down to September 1, 1813. Mr. POPE'S Book is the fruit of laborious research and intense application for no less a period than seventeen years. Pike Li. is. SPORTING BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, AUGUST 2/1. Tattersall's to-day was rather thinly attended, but the ms e • lators present were of the m ost respecta b le descripdoe. was but little betting, particularly on outside horses. Tinker is so great a favourite, and even gut up since Monday, that scarcely as edge could be made. Rosanne has moved also in a trilling. degree ; Claude Lorraine has gone back one, and Tancred three points; Barefoot has likewise gone back one point ; Sherwood, Palais Royal, Comte D'Artois, Piense's and Gascoigne's fillies, stand as in our last. What is gone with the late favourite, poor Miss Fanny, seems at present to be unfathomable ; there are nu. merous rumours afloat, but that which most predominates gives her a blood spavin ; should this be the case, her name must be obliterated from the St. Leger of the present year. Notwith standing that Tinker stands so pre-eminent, we have frequently seen an equally great favourite brat by one of the last of the out. side horses; we therefore think the preset speculations on this great stakes seem, if ever a chance was nn the field, to 16ok in a favourable state, particularly as Tinker is an untried horse. The above were the only horses particularly talked of, and the Derby and Oaks stakes stand as before. DONCASTER ST. 7 to 4 agst Tinker 14 to 1 agst Barefoot 8 to 1 agst Rosanne 16 to 1 agst Pahis Royal 10 to 1 agst Sherwood 25 to 1 agst Comte d Artois 11 fo 1 agst Claude Lorraine 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ptirst's fillj+ 13 to I agst Tancred 40 to 1 agst Gascoigne's filly Lambton Park Meeting Most excellent sport is expected. At the Newmarket First October Meeting (first day), the Marquis of Exeter's Amarillo's, 3 yrs old, 9st. is matched agst Mr. Udney's Tarandus, 2 yrs old, Bst. for 100 soy. h. ft. The Duke of Grafton's Hampden, 4 yrs old, Bst. 71b. is matched, on the fourth day of the same meeting, against Lord G. H. Cavendish's c. by Orville, 3 yrs old, 7st. for 500 gs. h. ft. Same day, the Marquis of Exeter's Athenian, 6 yrs old, Bst. nib. against Mr. W. Powiett's Whig, 4 yrt, old, Bst. for 100 soy. Lord Dunwich's Swap, 4 yrs old, agst Mr. T. Jones's Prosody, 5 yrs old, even weight. A.F. for 100 gs. h. ft. at the Houghton Meeting, 1823. on the 15th of October. Eghatn Races, which have already been postponed, are now gone altogether; neither the Cup nor Sweepstakes having filled, KENDAL RACES—Wm:oat:nal% The Guld Cup, value lOGgs. by (en subscribers of lOgs. each. Three miles. Mr. Ferguson's b. c. Wanton, 4 yra old, Bst. Mr. Wardrop's ch. m. Eliza Leeds, 6 yrs old, Bst. 91b. 2 The Town Plate of £7O, for all ages. Two-mile heats. Mr. Hudson's b. g. Sir Henry, 4 yrs, Bst. 1 I Mr. Jaques's br. h. Speculation, aged, Bst. 121 b. - 4 2 Mr. T. Hutchinson's ch. c. Landlord, 5 yrs, Gat. 101 b. 2dr Mr. Wardrop's ch. m. Eliza Leed s, 6 yrs, B at. 91b. 3dr MOOR G A 111;:. On low and level grounds the birds are scarce, and but indif ferently grown. In such situations, the wetness of the spring and summer months has chilled the eggs, and thus destroyed their vital principle. Hence the smallness of the coveys, and the number of old pairs that are met with, unattended by a sin gle feathered nursling. On the higher and drier moors, the birds are well grown,and nut much scarcer than last year. Black cocks numerous. Lord Blautyre arrived in Newton-Stewart on Vri day last, with the view' of shooting on Lord Galloway's moors, where the sport is generally excellent.—Danifries Courier. PEDESTRIANISM. A Gentleman of the name of Parker, in the neighbourhood of Preston, has undertaken, for a wager of 1000 gs. to 500 gs. to walk seven miles in one hour. The time limited for the per formance of this extraordinary match is from the Ist to the 10th 6f September. 15ttting, sto 1 agst six miles and a half in the hour, and 12 to 1 apt sews* miles._ _ The match between Ben Burns' North countryman and Defoe was yesterday decided on Sunbury Common. The former went 400 yards in 47 seconds; tke friends of the latter agreed to pay forfeit to save other bets. BOXING. Wednesday morning, at the early hour of five o'clock, two of the most`noted of the provincial professors, Pallan and Dug dale, hid a fight at Whitkirk, of seventy-eiGht rounds, which lasted for two hours and fifty minutes. Pullan, who had beat his antagonist three weeks before at Shadvvell, was again the victor.—Leeds Intelligences. RAT-KILLING EXTRAORDINARY. Tuesday evening, the biped rival of the dog Billy, undertook his match at the Cock-pit, Bainbridge -street, St. Giles's, to kill, on his knees, unaided by any weapon, leo rats in twelve minutes. Soon after si'een o'clock this elegant resort of the Fancy was crowded to'excess, by an Impatient assemblage of Corinthians and Commoners, and into an inclosure of seven feet square, re sembling a corn-bin, the hundred victims, well grown, and pro.. vided at the sum of sixpence each, for this noble purpose, were turned out from traps and cages. The biped candiJate for fame, to many well known as Mr. William. Crafter, superintendent of the granary of the Angel Inn, St. Clement's, undauntedly tol e lowed. Though blind of an eye, he instantly discerned his game, and a scene of biting, squeezing, and twisting ensued, unparal leled in the disgusting annals of slaughter. The shouts and cheers of triumph and encouragement during the performance beggar all description. In less than six minutes and a half aU but one solitary rat was destroyed, and this the hero of the corn-bin finished by biting off his head. He then retired, with scarcely a scratch, amid the acclamations of his friends. A battle-royal of seven cocks followed, for a Bitch of bacon, which was treusfer Ire a wrangle, and settled by a division of the prize. Wednesday, the 20th inst. the remains of the la merited Marquis CORNWALLI3 were interred in the family vault at.eulford. - The funeral was intended to be private, but several Gentlemen of the neighbour. hood, and a vast concourse of tenants and peasantry attended to pay the last mark of respect to their Noble friend and patron. The Seventh Edition of Mr. M'Adam qp Roads, is in the Press, and will contain, besides much original matter, the Report of the Committee of last Session on Mr. M'Adam's claims, &c. The benefit which the country will derive from the facts elicitEd by ti e ,Committee in the course of their labours, are of the highest importance, as tending to shew that the sys tem cannot be used to advantage unless every part be adopted. The very unostentatious manner in which this discovery was made known to the Public, ale apparent simplicity of the mechanical part of the system, and its unfailing success, offered inducements to a host of imitators. In most cases these attempts have failed, in some essential point; particularly the most important, namely, economy ; while the lover fections of the present Road Laws render eatery ertion for their improvement liable to be wrested to the purposes of private interest. The evidence pro ? duced before the Commiuee has placed these facts in the strongest light.--An additional chapter will be found in the Seventh Edition, containing remarks on the plao which the Committee mention with ap e kitEouses4v"onomeuldreTvaau.brtele.:tnand'uad, to remain dull, probation for convening the pavements of Towns into stoned roads, and also some further attempts at frt. plaining the original system. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 29. an th d e o w i weather being sacks, e very a ci r arrived i a v n f e dal quan t ity () I t h u i r o s a f b w i l : V : and Monday's prices are hardly supported. There are ouly 4709 quarters of Oats come in this week, yet our buyers porehast sparingly, and although Monday's terms are maintained, sales can only be made to a limited extent. in other grain no alteration. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGUST 29. * • There was a good supply of thee at Market this monk% but in Lamb and Mutton it we ' rather short. The prices of ail descriptions Or Cattle may. be quoted muck the same as sad Mcnday. The Trade seemed rather brisk for small Meat.—Beef per stone of alb. ss. 4d. Mutton, 3s. 4d. Lamb, 41. Ott. to 51. et Veal, 4s. Oti. to Ss. Od. Pork,2s. rod. to 3s. 10d. 1 . nt, Hls, AT