Star. — London, England, 1823-09-06 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE NEIV DOCKS AT SHEERNESS. Naval spectacles are in themselves so imposing, and are so associated with British supremacy over the waves, that they must always excite great in terest in this country. It was not therefore with sur. prise that we yesterday found the busy walk on 'Change thinned, or St. Bartholomew reigning over a' divided empire, since we were aware that the metro polis had sent its countless thousands to Sheerness to witness the opening of the Docks, and that there was scarcely a boat of any sort, from the stupendous steam vessel to the smallest skiff, or a vehicle, from a coach to a dog -cart, that was not in requisition. Ever since the daring outrage committed by the Dutch fleet that sailed up the Medway in 1667, it has been considered as a matter of great national importa:ice to render the mouth of that river impreg nable against any future attack on the part of an enemy. For that reason it was, that the British Go vernment thought fit to erect a fortress at the wes tern corner of the isle of Sheppey, and convert it into a naval station. So far as regarded the depth of the water, and the excellent anchorage, no place could be better adapted for such a purpose. But still something was wanted to protect ships against the violence of north-easterly winds. A small Dock yard was formed at Sheerness, but no vessels above the rate of frigates could be built there; and besides, the yard was, until within the last tenor fifteen years, accessible to all persons, there being no other landing. place for passengers. The Government at length re solved to obviate all those inconveniences, and a naval depot, as noble and as commodious as any in the world, has been formed, in a spot which twenty years ago was a vast mass of swamp and mud. A large space to the southward of the old Dock-yard, corn pri:ing nearly 100 acres of ground, a great part of which w.:s formerly overflowed by the sea at high water, and the remainder of which was quite useless, is Now converted into as solid, as durable, and useful a%sofk,as et er was formed by the power of art. It may truly be called a work created and rescued from the main, Where the broad ocean leans against the land r Immediately after this Dock-yard was projected, a vast coffee-dam was formed : it extended farther than the low-watermark, nearly in a semicircular form from that is called Blue Town, and. communicating tit!! the old Dock-yard. This was the area of the new Dock-yard ; and the water was continually pumped away by means of steam-engines. The works contigi.oJs to the sea were then formed by great ,• masses (A solid stone, resting on immense piles, 40 or 50 feet long, driven into the earth, and forming an embankn,cnt half a mile in extent; and the greater pats t.f the space comprising the new Dock-yard was raised by rubbish and gravel to an elevation of seve ral feet above the level of high water. In the midst of this the new Docks have been formed. The works consist of a Basin, capable, perhaps, of holding seven or eight line-of-battle ships, and three dry Docks, each fitted to receive the largest ship in the British Navy. The ex tent ot this basin is upwards of four acres. The entrance into it is sixty feet wide near the left corner, when viewed from the sea, and is sufficient to admit a ship of the largest size. The form of the basin is that of a square ; and on the east side of it there are three large and noble docks, each of which is 225 feet long, capable of receiving a ship ot the largest size, and atilapted to the purpose of building a ship of any size. The sides of the basin and the dock are formed of great masses of stone, similar to those of the outward embankment. Their bottoms are not farmed of maid, like those of the Isle of Dogs and Wapping, nor are they likely ever to be subject to an accumulation of filth. At the very time their foundations were formed, the bottoms were strengthened by great piles driven thirty feet into the earth; on these large planks were laid, the interstices were filled up with bricks and Roman cement, and then the whole was covered with the ponderous granites which constitute the bottoms of the docks, and from which mud and hhh may be easily cleared away at ebb tide. The basin is constructed in a similar manner. The three docks are at equal distances, and each of the same di . . infusions. They run inlaid from the inner side of tie basin, and are separated from it by gates ; their entrances are ail 10 feet in width ; the gates, which arc of east iron, and each of which weighs 70 tona, close so admirably as to admit scarcely a drop of water into the docks when dry. At high-water mirk the basin, when open, his six or seven and-twenty feet water in it; and the docks, consequently, would admit of a ship drawing nearly that depth of water, if required. As gates would be difficult to close at the entrance of the basin in rough windy weather, a caisson has been constructed, which answers every purpose extremely well, being perfectly secure and worked with the greatest facility. It bears some resemblance to two hatch or petre boats, united at the upper works, and what was the gunwale of the boats forms the bearing of the caisson. It is alike at both ends, having a stern at each, which fits into grooves formed at the entrance of the basin ; and according as the caisson is lowered to the foundation, or raised front it, the water in the basin escapes or is retained. The pump for emptying the Docks already completed, is worked by an engine, has eight feet . f fetch, and such is its tremendous power, that it raises thirty. tine hundred weight of water at each stroke, and is capable of being worked at the rate of from between eighteen to twenty intakes per minute. The water is delivered into the sea, and a dock can be pumped out, when a ship is in, in about three hours, when the place can be adopted as a dry dock. The whole of these - works are of Welch granite, have a noble massy appearance, and present a memorable triumph of art and labour over the most unconquerable of opponents—loose sands and a restless sea. —ln the new ground, which has been made about the Basin and Ducks, and is appropriated for a Yard, a Chapel has been erected; a large smithy is building; the foundations of a row of store houses, with the necessary offices, and officers houses, for a first rate Dock-yard, have been laid; and a variety of other buildings are iatriatied to be raised. But the works completed, and those we have just enumerated, are not the bounds of the extraordinary improvements which his Majesty's Government have determined to prosecute at this port, and which the consummate genius of the late Mr. Rennie has enabled them to proceed with. His ex aiellent plans are still* followed, and excavations are rapidly going :forward for the formation of a second but smaller Basin, and also two Duets, which are to be capable of receiving frigates. The necessary buildings will, of course, be attached to the second Basin and Docks, and other buildings are to be fire-proof, the doors, joists, /cc. being of cast iron. The Dock-yard wall is to be considerably extended, and such is the depth of water where they are necessitated to drive the piles, that they have com stiemed with timber severity feet in length,an undertaking hat dly aver before attempted; the workmen actually drove the first pile yesterday. The nature of the ground in which the excava tions ate atade considerably retards the progress of the work: it as one of those undertakings in which the power of science and profuse expenditure of money surmount every physical obstacle, e,:d justify the exclamation of the Poet— " In vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground, " And meant his waters for Britannia's bound; " Her giant genius takes a mighty stride, " And sets his foot beyond th' encroaching tide; " On either bank the land its master knows, " And in the midst the subject ocean Bows!" The ceremony of opening the Docks took place Itsteulay in the presence 01 an immense assemblage of persons of all ranks.—The accommodations for the Public were extensive, and admirably well-regulated. Sir Thomas B. Martin, the Comptroller of the Navy, superintended the whole. The works. which are coinpleted, were enclosed with seats formed for the occasion, the scaffolding having some resemblance to an immzuse Amphitheatre : in shape, plan . . and ap pearance, ca2able of holding 10,600 persons. At the finish of the platform a railing was run round, to pre vent the visitors from mingling with the men on duty and approaching too near the basin and docks, lest any accident should occur. At an early hour of the morning, the Royal Artillery and Marines on duty in Sheerness and the neighbouring depots, marched into the new Dock-yards, where they were drawn up in single files, so as to enclose the area in which the new basins are formed: behind the military lines were erected seats and raised platforms, which com manded a close view of the whole ceremony. Senti nels were stationed at the different avenues, and no persons were admitted within the enclosure who were not provided with tickets from the Ordnance esta blishment; these tickets appear to have been liberally distributed, for nearly 3000 persons were seated upon the platform an hour before the ceremony commenced. The Ladies were elegantly dressed, and their gay ap— pearance heightened the coup deed from the harbour. For the entertainment of the fashionable parties that wereexpected, the most splendid preparations had been made on board the Howe, a fine new ship of 120 guns, and o the largest class. These we re super ' intended by Mr. f Croker, of the Admiralty, who had gene down two or three days before for the express purpose, and the Howe was the ship destined to be the first visitant of these noble docks. Lord Melville, accompanied by the other Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at Sheerness on the evening of Thursday, and yesterday morning, at five o'clock, his Lordship went on board the Home, which was moored a short distance from the dock. A salute of guns was fired from the ships in commission at this place. Some time after, the Earl and Countess of Liverpool came on board, and before ten in the morning, the entire poop and quarter-deck were filled by Ladies, Officers, and other persons of rank andiashion, among whom were Sir Joseph Yorke, the Commissioners of the Navy Board, &c. The breakfast tables were arranged for about tour hundred, on the middle gun-deck. There was a cross table, as usual, and six others, reaching from well aft to the mainmast. The staun cheons were covered with flags, and the colours of the different nations tastily festooned, and hung round the backs of the seats. The cooking apparatus was on the lower gun-deck, and the quarter-deck and poop were prettily decorated with flags. At half-past nine the Duke of Clarence arrived in the Admiralty yacht, which he had boarded from the barge. At this moment the view from the Dock yard was very beautiful. The morning was lovely. There was a fair .moderate breeze from the S.W. there was not a cloud above the horizon, and the sun shone with great brilliancy. The Howe, of 120 guns, and the Hercules, 74, to be docked, were nearest the yard ; the Prince Regent, of 120 guns, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir • Benjamin Hallowell, was the next ; close to her lay the Genoa, a 74 gun ship, full rigged ; at a short distance further off was the Isis frigate, also rigged ; and at a similar distance, in another direction, an 18 gun brig was seen, we be lieve the Sharpshooter. A variety of smaller vessels were dispersed over the bosom of the sea, and being dressed with their colours, they added much to the beauty of the scene. The whole was extremely heightened by a very elegant evolution, which was performed on the Adrnir.al of the Fleet leaving the yacht for the Howe, which he did immediately on his arrival. On his entering the boat, at the boat swain's pipe, the whole of the ships which were rigged manned yards. The appearance sof the men was ex tremely neat and clean. Each ship received the Ad miral with a Royal salute of 21 guns. At ten the warps from the Howe were taughtened, the ship swung, and pointed for the basin. The troops which had arrived from Chatham for the occasion, consist ing of Marine Artillery, Marines, and the 12th Re giment of Infantry, with its band, marched within the railing of the platform, and formed in line at a suf ficient distance from the works, not to intercept the view of the spectators. The gates of the two docks on the left hand from the sea were open ; that of the third was closed, and the caisson being raised,, the ba sin and docks filled as the tide rose. At abou 11, his Royal Highness left the Howe for the Prince Regent, and another Royal salute was fired by all the ships. At eleven o'clock, the tide having arrived at a suf. ficient height, the Howe was towed by hawsers into the basin. She moved slowly and majestically, and on her reaching the middle of the basin, the guns of all the vessels already mentioned fired a salute; the sailors siho manned the yards gave three cheers; all the company on board the Howe also gave three cheers ; and a like salutation was returned from the numerous spectators on land, and in the sailing ves- 1 sels, which nearly covered the contiguous waters. The soldiers presented arms, and bands struck up, " GOD save the King," and afterwards " Rule, Bri tannia." It was a' grand and beautiful spectacle, such as was never witnessed here before. This great ship towering over all the others, and near which frigates, and even two-deckers, appeared diminutive objects, presented the image of a floating mountain. She was brought up to the south-side of the basin, and remained there until nearly three o'clock. The Her cules followed airnost immediately, and was at once taken into the centre dock : the gates were closed at about twelve. The whole of the seats were at this time occupied, and there were from 15 to '20,000 persons on the ground and in the vessels. The entry of the vessels was marked by the cheers of tile spec tators, and the ship; companies joined in the huzzas. Several gun-boats and pleasure-yachts o ere moored in a semicircular form in front of the dock, and the gay colours of their variegated streamers had a beau tiful effect, and gave to the harbour a most pic turesque appearance. " Crowds whelnitl on crowds dash'd wide the wat'ry bed, And drove the eurreta to its distant head." The whole ceremony had been performed just as the ste.►m-boats from London (the Royal Sovereign and Venus) hove in sight ; the mortification was great among the passengers from town, who had hurrie 3 l to the Tower-stairs before six o'clock in the morning to be present, according to due form of contract, at this ceremony. They heard the guns which announced the celebration of the event; they saw (at least such as had telescopes) the sailors descending from the yards; but the disappointment was extreme at finding that Neptune had not stilled the tide, and, obedient to love a►:d duty, waited for two such visitors asVcaus and the Sovereign upon so splendid an occasion ; but the waters, governed by other laws of attraction than those provided by the steam-boat proprietors, per , formed their steady course, regardless of the mortifi • ' cation of 300 or 400 very worthy folks, who make (and long may they continue to do so) occasional ex cursions from London-bridge to the outports. Not.: withstanding the disappointment of the steam-boat passengers upon being too late for the principal spec tacle, the entrance of the Lord Howe, there was some consolation, however, in being in time for beholding the Hercules, 74, enter the new basin and dock pro vided for her reception, and afterwards seeing his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, and other personages of rank, pass along the lines, and inspect the different arrangements of these new Docks. At mid-day the steam-boats heightened the sea view, by the variety which they added to the scene, by their ploughing through an adverse current, and trailing along their murky vapour, occasionally ob- I scuring the glowing colours which they. displayed from their masts at the moment they most wanted their exhibition, and by their rapid evolutions, suc cessively turning, if not breaking, the lines of small craft which had taken up positions near the shore. The crews were landed from the steam-boats, and they got into the docks in time to see the parad.: of the arrangement. The largest ship was in dock, in a capital situation—:the basin was there through which she had just passed—the bands were still playing— the soldiers were under arms. The guns had been discharged, it was true; but still there was the brist ling array of many of the warlike instruments, with out any of their terrors; Naval Officers in full uni• form, armed cap-a-pie, but all pacific.— ." Their open brows no threaening frowns disguise, " Uut gentler passions sparkling in their eyes ! ' The operations being accomplished, the drjeune was next to be dispatched, while the Howe was warped into the left-hand dock, and accordingly, at the word of command, a very noble and elegant company as sembled on the middle gun-deck, when the Right Hon. , Lord Melville, K.T. took the Chair. On his right sat his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, and among the noble and distinguished characters present were— The Earl of Liverpool, Earl Darnley, Lord Erskine, Vice- Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell, Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, M.P. Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke, M.P. Rear- Admiral Sir George Grey, the Lord .tiayor, dI.P. Sire'. Curtis, M.P. Sir A. M'Christie, J. W. Croker, Esq. M.P. H. Jolliffe, Esq. M.P. Holme Sumner, Esq. M.P. Sir it. Seppiugs, Com missioner Cunningham, Captain Parry, Messrs. Rennie, Sir K Banks, and Mr. Jolliffe, the Contractors for the Works, a great number of Naval and Military Officers, Engineers, and other scientific men. The tables were also graced by the presence of a large number •ol Ladies, whose beauty both in per son and dress fully supported Our country's claim to unquestionable superiority in the more lovely branch of the creation. The health of his gajesty was received with the warmest demonstrations of affection, and drank ‘ , .ith three times three. On the Noble Chairman's proposing the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Admiral of the Fleet, and the company drinking it with three times three, and general applause, His Royal Highness expressed his gratitude fin- the honour they had conferred en him. Ile had ever been proud of belonging to the Navy, but he felt still more from receiving so gratifying a mark of iheir ap proval. The works which had been that day opened, and the attendance with which the ceremony had been honoured, was a fresh and grateful proof of the esti mation in s hich the British seaman was still held by his countrymen, and he knew of no company in which he could more properly propose-1' Success to the British Navy." . The toast was drank in bumpers, followed by hearty cheers, and loud applause. " The Admiralty and Navy ;" and " The health of the Right lion. the Earl of Liverpool," were next drank. This latter toast was received with accla mations, and his Lordship returned thanks. A variety of other toasts were drank, and among them—" Prosperity to the New Works," was ho noured with unanimous approval. At about three o'clock, the Howe being docked, and the gates closed, his Royal Highness and Lord Melville, the Earl of Liverpool, and the other dis tinguished visitors landed. His Royal Highness then embarked on board the Prince Regent, where he was received with manned yards and a Royal salute.— After remaining on board for some time, he pro ceeded to Chatham. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SEPTEMBER 6. At an Ordination holden by the Bishop of Bristol, in the Cathedral Church of Bristol. on Sunday, the .17th of August, the following persons were admitted into Holy Orders, viz. DZACONS. Wm. Wood, S.C.L. Magdalen Hall, Oxford. F.dmund Luttrell Stuart, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford. John Baticoek, S.C. 1.. St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Wm. Ilyde, B.A. Emmanuel Colieg., Cambridge. Thomas Taylor, B.A. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. PRIL9TS. Andrew Alfred Daubeney, B.A. Brasenose College, Oxford. Thomas Ainger, B. A. St. John's College, Cambridge. George Crookshank; B.A. Trinity CoUrge, nubile. James Deraynes Wintle, B.A. St. Joba's College, Cambridge. Zachary James Edwards, B.A. Wailham College, Oxford. ECCLESIASTICAL. PROMOTIONS. The Rev. G. Taylor, M.A. of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, is elected Master of Dedham Grammar School, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Richardson. The lion. and Rev. Henry Edward John Howard, to the Rectory of Slingsby, Notts. The Rev. Matthew Barnett, of Market listien, has been in stituted to the Rectory of Ludford Parva, in the county of Lin coln, on the presentation of Ayscoghe Boucberett, Esq. of Willingham House. Monday se'unight, the Bishop of Exeter instituted the Rev. John Law A.B. to the Vicarage of Broad worthy, or Bradfords worthy, with the. Chapel of St. Pancras, Devon, void by the death of the Rev. John Duke. The Rev. John Croker, of Croom Glebe, county of Lime rick, has been presented to the united Vicarages of Clounalty and Cloarca, in that diocese, vacant by the death of the Rev. C. G. Osborne. Rev-. J. Marston .has been instituted, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Hereford, to the Vicarage of Stukesay, in the county of Salop. Tuesday last, the Rev. Thomas Robinson, M.A. Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, was presented by the Provost and Fellows of that Society, to the Vicarage of 'Hillard, with Nor dic, in the county of Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Thompson, D.l). Principal of St. Edmund Hall. Mr. Stevenson has been ordained by tha Presbytery of Glas gow for the wotk of the Ministry at Bombay. The Rev. Charles Thomson, of Glasgow, has been elected Minister of the Scotch Church, North Shields. The Presbytery of Edinburgh, at their last monthly meeting, ordained the Rev. Mr. Wordie to be Miniater of the Presbyte rian Church at Kingston, ianuica, vacant by tit death of the Her. Mr. Steele. • • I NAVAL, NTELLIGVICE. FALMOUTH, SETT: 4.—Wind N.W.to S.W.--Arrived off the port, the Lama, GII.REAM, for Lisbon ; and Atlas, ADA* front Virginia. Arrived the Sir John Cameron, ALEXANDER, from Sierra Leone—sailed 4th July, and is placed under quarantine. PLYMOUTH, SEPT: 4.—Wind N.W. —Arrived the Bergitha, WILLIAMSON, front Portsound. Sailed the Ann, GUY; and Esther, BUTTIribrIELD, for Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, Sm. s.—Wind S.W.—Passed by, the St.Yin cent's Planter, PaAstv, from S!.Vincent'i DEAL, Sari. s.—Wind W. N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Caledonia, Mozamr, from St. D om i ngo ; V alencia, --, from Queb e c ; Amelia, STOREY, front Miramiebi; and Prince of Orange, bloNeitire, from Co.!eutta. Arrived yester— day, the Indian Trader, SisccAnt ; and Hadlow,Paantort, from Sierra Leone. The brig Ibi s , reporte d yesterday to be on !bore off Deal Castle, has been got off. The Margaret, Citictirosi, from Ilull to Quebec, remains, with the rest of the outward-bound. HARWICH, SIFT. s.—Wind N.W.—lt was the Ike, of South Shields, that ran foul of the Jupiter, the former shortly after wards foundered—crew saved. CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 5. SHIPS ENTCHED IffpWARDS-•••11C Laing, from Grenada !Wary and Victoria, from Petersburgh ; Congress, from Havre; Packet, from New York; John Echlin, front St. Jago ; Hope, front Harlingen; Tobago, from Quebec ;-and Auckland, front Dublin. ENTERED OUTWARDS —The Nesbitts and Valiant, for Jamaica ; Union, fur Antwerp; William and Gustave, for Elsineur; Anne, for Rio; Criterion, for New York ; Eatl of Egretnont, fur Buenos Ayres; and Shannon, for Singapore. A RaivEu.—At Putt au Prince, the Julius Thales, —; Charles, Daulle; and Rousseau, —, front Havre. At Trini dad, Crescent, Rodgers, from the Clyde. At the Nlauritius, Ocean, Struthers, front the Cape of Good Hope. At the Ha vannab. Grace, Imlay, from Sicily ; and Cambria, Jenkins, from Plymouth. At Trinidad, Whim, Heard, front London. At Honficur, Accord, Vauquilin ; and the Charity, itousseil, from London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BOXING.—FLOWRIIS AND PEA nen. Tuesday a battle took place at Stoke Common, Bucks, be tween Flowers, a Wiltshire man, a first rate boxer on the pro vincial list, and Pearce, a native of Berkshire, of pugilistic fame, for 50 sovereigns a-side. It was nearly three o'clock before the scene of action was fixed on, the men haviu been disturbed twice by orders of the Magistrates. At length, Stoke Common was selected as a favourable spot for the eng !gement, and every thing being arranged, Pearce threw his hat into the ring, accom panied by his seconds, J. Moa and Harris. Flowers entered the ring soon after, accompanied by his seconds, Dates and Thorn, his countrymen. The men then Ftript, and Muss went up to the stake, and tied tile yd!ow i g for Pearce ; the blue was instantly deposited over it for Flowers. The men then shook hands, and were brought up to the scratch. The olds were S to 4 on Flowers. Hound 1. Pearce made play right and I: ft, but Flowers broke ground, and put in a right-banded blow on Pearce's mouth, which produced the char:, and in a strugzle fur the fall, Flowers was thrown. This hrought bets even. 2. This was a anta.hing round of seven minutes, and give and take was the order of the day; the men hit away at each other till their heads were smothered in bluad, and boa; wet,: d0...3 weak, Pearce under. 3. The men were brought up much distressed; it was nearly a minute before a blow was struck, when Pearce made a lounging right-handed hit at his adversary's head, which was stopped by Flowers in line style, and in return he received a heavy blow under the lift ear, which floored him. Six`and 7 to 4 on Flowers. 4. This was another good-contested round of three minutes hard work ; at length Flowers got Pearce against the ropes, and Dutch cried out, " Now's the time—finish your work bke man." 'This ended in Flowers throwing him a heavy fall, and falling with all his weight on him. Tw.) to onewn flowers. 5. In this round Flowers h_d reduced the fight to a certainty in his favour, by planting two heavy hits on his adversary's head, which sent him down bleeding. Five to one on Flowers. 6. On time being called, Pearce could not stand up; he held out his hand to Flowers, and said he could fight no longer. The battle lasted 17 minutes; the men were ab.iut llst.each, and have often been tried. Flowers has foaght nine battles, awl won them all. His - list fight was with Davis, the Ipswich na vigator, in June last, near Colchester. He is a thorough game man ' and bids fair to give some of the London men a jab-ano ther day, as he can be backed for 100 sovereigns against any man of his weight, in three months. INTERESTING PUGILISTIC MATCH TO THE FANCY. if he JAI& Dull Fighter will now he placed in competition with one of the best (considered) boxers on the list, James Ward (the brilliant Black Dianunul of the East), without a forfeiture takes place by the latter, which is net anticipated: " Hole-in-the-Wall, Chancery-lane, Sept. 4. " Josh. Hudson agrees to fight Jams Ward for £l2O a-side. To be a fair stand-up fight in a 24-feet ring, half-minutsiAime. Mr. Jackson to name the place of fighting. The battle to take place on Tuesday, November 11, 1823. The men to be in the ring, and ready to fight, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock. An umpire to be chosen on each side, and a referee to be appointed on the ground. Ten pounds a-side are now depo sited in the hands of a person well known to the Prize Ring; £4O a-side more to he made good at Mr. Shelton's, liole-in-the- Wall, Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Tuesday, October 7, 4 between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in the evening, or the £lO a-side to be forfeited. The remainder of the stakes, £5O •a-side, to be made good a fortnight before fighting, on Tuesday, October 28, at Mr. Randall's, Hole-in-the-Wall, Chancery-lane, between the hours of eig_ht and ten in the evening, or the mon e y deposited to be forfeiter " Signed for Josh Fludson, G. IL " James Ward." Witness B. Burn. Upon the above articles being signed, 12 to 8 was offered to be . taken by the friends of Ward ; and several bets were pro posed that Ward's money would be made good. Hudson, in his late battle, proved himself a much better boxer than was ex pected; which, added to his " Nelson sort of courage," renders him one of the most, if not decidedly the most, formidable op ponent of the present race of pugilists. The repeated excellence of \Yazd will now be put to the test, and if he can but /truth his rounds well, it will be likely to prove one of the finest Y. F.'s ever witnessed by the peepers of the Fancy. • ARCHERY AT CHATSWORTIL Chatsworth Park was last week the scene of gay festivitr. Derbyshire throughout is well calculated to inspire Its. natives with a taste for rural sports, and therefore it is that archery has become the favourite amusement of nearly the whole of its prin cipal fami:iet. Thursday, being a remarkably fine day, carriages of all kinds were filled with respectable persons, who went to be spectators of the exhibition. The country for many mike distant felt an interest un the occasion, and sending forth its gaily attired parties of males and females, contributed to enliven the general appearance, and make the scene altogether a particularly pleasing one. It is the general opinion that the Ladies were the most accomplished performers, and made the best use of the bore and arrow ; that they excelled the Gentlemen, and were the most successful competitors for the prize of fame. The Duke appeared to feel a real pleasure in the society of his neighbours, and desirous of doing all in his power to make them happy. EDE.SURGH.--Friday week, a party of the Royal Company of Archers proceeded to Selkirk, to shoot for the Silver Arrow given by the Magistrates of that gooli town. The prize was keenly contested, and gained by John Cohn Wilson, Esq. W.S. The party were joined at the festive board by 'several visitors-- the Magistrates, accompanied 'by the accustomed tribute of a riddle of claret, Sir Walter Scott, and several Gentlemen from the neighbourhood, united with the Body Guard in devoting the afternoon to mirth and happiness. On Saturday, the party drove up to Peebles, where there was also a Silver Anow to be shot for. The day was fine, and the spectators were, conse quently, numerous. The shooting-ground, studded with archers in their full attire, surrounded by lofty hills, and in the bosom of a beautifully wooded country, through which the mighty , Tweed sweeps its way, presented a scene worthy of a Nasmyth's pencil. The modern mansions of King's:meadows, and Ker field, with their pleasure-grounds, adorned the landscape; while Neidpath Castle, more congenial to the recollections of the archers, frowning in baronial pride in the distance, reminded th, a spectator of times gone by. The company marched through the town to the shooting-ground, with all the pomp and circumstance of contest; and the prize was gained b a y Sir Patrick Walke r . The riddle—for Peebles, too, bouts a riddle, which, for waist of a bottom, i* not so easily solved as that of her sister borough, was at its post in the afternoon. The Provost and Magistrates honoured the company with their presence at dinner, which WAS served up in Mr. Ross's best style. • • iib ~~, r.