Star. — London, England, 1822-10-25 00:00:00

VIE ARMY. '(ne squadroti of the 5d Light Dragoons, together with the. }Tend-qoarters of the Regiment, arrived at Chichester Barracks from Brighton, on Wednesday last; and another- squadron of :he same Corps arrived at the same destination yesterday, pre paratory to the insptction of the Regiment to-morrow.- It is understood that detae'hments of the 3d Ught Dragoons kill march front Chichester Barracks on Monday next, the 18th in , taxt, in order to resume the stations which they formerly oc cupied on the coast of Sussex, for the suppression of smuggling. llajor . -General Lord Kown no Sommer?, K.C. n. inspected the Royal Regiment of Dragoons, at Canterbury, yesterday. One troop of the Royal Dragoons will march to-day, from ranterhury to Deal Barracks; and another troop belonging to the same Corps will also proceed to llythe, for the purpose of tiding the Officer.; of the Revenue. The see.mil divi:lon of the I,sth Regiment of Font, which arrived at Livtrpnol on Monday, will be conveyed from thence in the s.ime packets which carried the first division of that Corps t the squadron of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, com mt•.anded by colonel LvuoN, marched into Brighton on Tuesday laq, from Windsor. They replace the 3d Dragoons, who have ter some time past been stationed there, under Lord Citaiums 31 A ssigss, and who now go to Chichester. The 3d are parti cularly fine men, and the gentlemanly demeanour of the Offi cers, and orderly conduct of the troops in general, cause them to be foflowed by the cordial good wishes of the inhabitants of Brighton. The life Guards have been ordered there, prepara tory to the arrival of bis Alan:sir, , and they will stay at Brighton until the departure of the Kum. This is a new regulation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Fa Lmorris. °crania 43.—Wind &SR.—Arrived the .To sc}•"•il, SA I.3ILIISON, from l'enaanse. for the Mediterranean; the lICIII7. KILLOCK, from Malaga in 19 days; and the Economy, 11ANDYSIIM, from Oporto in eight days. PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 23.—Wind SR—Arrived the Three Sis ters, NIOUNICAY, from Ynughal for Portsmouth. None of the shigping hound westward have as yet attempted to get under Wcigh , Poityssiorvit, OCT. 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed the Trafalgar, Tuunsow, for Africa; Nymph, BURROWS, for Gibraltar ; Bro thers, M. Ew ex, for Demerara ; and the Ann, Loway, for the South Seas. DIAL. OCT. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed this morning for the River, the Canadian packet, llontnerr, from Jamaica, with loss of an anchor. Remain In the Downs, the SMILEY frigate; and the Grenada, Dior, from Chili for Amiterdam. ji a mp ast sah.—Wind S. thick weather, with rain. V.'airrEttavuu, Oct. I: . 2.—At sitven A.M. yesterday, the sloop Fanny, of and from Wexford for Liverpool, came to an anchor betwoen the outward Piers. Much praise is due to Lieutenant lixen and crew of his Majesty's cutter Duren', for their exer tions in bringing her under shelter of the New Quay; when she' unfortunately sunk after discharging part of her cargo, consisting of what: about two-thirds of her cargo, in a damaged state, will he saved. Cosi oat-llousv, OCT. ?A.—Ships Entered Inwards: &Runde, Nonsuch, and Si -hers, from Stangate Creek ; Four Brothers, 1:a:1 Bathurst, and King of the Netherland-, from Rotterdam; Lively, front Harlingen; Aquila, Ilawkesbury, and Williams, from Quebcc ; Triton and Lord Nelson, from Memel; Com merce and Trafalgar, from Calais; Two Brothers, from Lisbon; St. Vincent. from Demerara; Robert and Ann, from Oporto; .).mints, from the Cape of Good slope; Thetis, from Hull; Prince of Waterhx), from Ostend; Pilgrim, from St. Petersburgh ; Baltic, from Virginia ; and Prince Regent, front Ross. Cleated Outwards : Viscountess Diwne, for Hamburgh ; Alice, for Dublin ; Thomas, for St. Vincent's ; Glaphyra, 'for Antigua ; Dart, for Ostend ; Larch, for Malta ; Donald, for Havannah ; IV:.terford, fee Dublin ; Sir William Curtis, for Calais; Louisa, for St. Alichaea; and Symmetry, for Leghorn. S3IUGGLING. Treasury Chambers, Oct. 21, 1822. TO J. W. DUCELE, ESQ. CIIAIEMAN OF Till COMMITTEE OT THE sifir-owzrts' SOCIETY. SlR—Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of his :Majesty's Treasury your letter, dated the 16th ult. requesting, us Chairman of the Society of Ship-owners, that the penallias imposed (by the late Act for the prevention of smuggling) on the masters or owners of merchant vessels, for using the union jack us a signal, may fur the present be suspended, I have in com s.iand to inform you, for the information of the paroles con ailed, that as it appears the Lords of the Admiralty see no objection that the operation of the Act, as far as regards the buiiting of the union jack as a signal, should not be put in force, as it relates to merchant ships corning from beyond the Cape of, Good !lope and Cap.: Horn for a twelvemonth from the passing ti the Act; and those coming from other foreign ports for six iii.inths, the ports of the Channel and North Sea excepted: their Lordships have been pleased to ooncur therein, and have di :ected the Commissioners of the Customs to issue and make public the necessary orders accordingly.—l am, &c. (Signed) GEO. HARRISON. An Edinburgh paper states, it is the opinion of the Centlemen forming the Arctic Land Expedition, that Captain PARRY will, in all probability, be able to double Icy Cape,.lnd reach the South *ea. A misunderstanding has arisen between the Com mittee of the Subscribers to Lloyck and the - Ad miralty Board, which yesterday excited considerable intere,t in the City.. It appears that a correspondence has been carried on for some days past between the Committee and Mr. CROKER respecting the robberies committed upon British property in the West Indies. A part of this correspondence has already appeared before the Public, so far as relates to the plunder of the Vittoria, and the ill-treatment of the crew. The Committee subsequently addressed their • Lordships respecting a similar outrage upon the brig Blessing. air. Cnostsa, in answer, states that the particulars of the piracy have been grossly perverted and exagge rated, and invites a deputation of the Committee, of not less than two, to wait upon their Lordships for full and correct information upon the subject. This the Committee declined, and state, as their reason for so doing, that it would be attended with considerable inconvenience to the Underwriters to be in attendance warning after morning at the Admiralty; and add, that no verbal communication would prove satisfac tory to the majority of the subscribers. Termssimilar to the above are contained in a letter from the Com mittee to Mr. CAM ER of the 16th instant and on ihe 19th; in answer, that Gentleman states ; hat their Lordships are alwass ready to give every attention to the subject of affording protection to merchants' property, or to that of airy individual merchant; but that they consider the last letter of the Committee iodis*respectful to the Board of Admiralty, that they :cline all further correspondence with the Committee The whole of this correspondence appeared in the Subscribers' room yesterday, with au order of the Committee annexed, that it was not to be copied for inseition in any of the newspapers. We are sorry at such a tel toination of the corre spendence between the Committee at Lloyd's and Mr. Crleut, %%limn they might well address in the words of Peachuta,-" Brother, brother, we are both in the wrosig." For while it would not have been beneath the dignity of the Lords of the Admiralty to have given an audience to the British merchants, on a sub- Jea of so much importance as our foreign commerce; sti, on die miler hand, any two of the Committee had nothing to Igor in an interview. with Mr. Omen. Coe intcreqs of commerce ought not to be for a mo ii.ent sact laced to punctilio. • •• SPQR,Tii 7O )*INTELLIGE . ,'VCE. 's . • , • . . that DO pettish ought to totiirbcalhad say bbeta cs Me fight;l . lid the backer of Ward said that *slay eponlog non pined oW *live 1?1, vote. • -ft was carried lasanknoady, that fiat btatlibatiVista Ward end • Moboi wet emu, thetatelter of Ward holding up ids it was, in itis.opision a cred. Thus the Router stand. a l t i t= Tom Cribb and several other weans presebt ilas wed 41,0 tharitable and forgi v i ng dispositions by putting down 'softy - for Ward, who besides his disbouesty in the light, went to ilat t "n" Ganren Police-Alto on Wednesday, with the intention of com mitting pecjittl I - - . - * Tar DOG " MIS" AND THE. RATS! Last night. at a quarter before eight O'clock, the lovers of enjoyed a feast of delight in a prodigious raticide at the Cockpit, Westminster. To introduce our readers fully to the subject, a copy Is necessary of the bill announcing the enter tainment- -" By Authority." (11.1. Royal Arms are elthibited here.) " The unrivalled Match of Rat.killing. The OWner of that famous and failftirii. l ab,. we i ght, Billy the Rorer; has condescended, at the expr alla ess d desire of some Gentlemen qj tke Fancy, that h e s h a ll Spi n un d ergo t h a t a lmo s t c Bids, otherwise incredible task of Killing 100 Rats In Twelve Minutes. It was performed for the risk of Twenty Sovereigns; and bets were very numerous. He has done it, wonderful to say, In Si minutes ; and will attempt it again at the Westminster Pit, on Thursday Oct. 24, 1822, which will certainly be the last time he will undertake to perform this extraordinary feat. The rats are all to be turned loose at once in a twelve-feet square, and the floor of the pit will be completely white, so that the whole of the rats will be distinctly visible to the amateurs and the dog. It hiving been reported in the Sporting Circles that one ratted escaped, to prevent any suspicion of the masterly manner in which this canine hero can at all times acquit himself, come extra rats will be provided for the occasion. To conclude with a Stake Badger Match. Doors open at seven, and set to at eight.—God save the ring!" From four o'clock the wetneu,of the evening rendered pass. ing through the streets if not difficult, at least extremely unplea sant. But neither the pouring . of rain nor the filth of the ways leading to the scene of Bily'sexploits,could prevent a long string of hackney-coaches from assembling. The Theatre was crowded at an early hour before the appear ance of Billy; but, we did not observe the attendance of Ladies, as stated in the account given in a French Paper of a former exhiLition of the same kind. The appearance of the hero was greeted by the welcorhe of all. The rats, on coming forward were also hailed with a *hoot. The set-to began, and My exerted himself to the utmost. The rats also chewed good breeding. After four minutes and three quarters sharp work, Billy's head was covered with gore, and his backers began to look blue. He was then removed from the pit, and his chaps being washed, he lapped some wine and water, and was soon pronounced all right ! Again he entered the arena, amid the acclamations of the ad miring amateurs—in vain did the unfortunate rats lalfour to obtain security by climbing against the sides of the pit, or by crouching beneath the hero. By twos and threes they were caught, and soon their mangled comes proved the valour of the victor. Some of the flying enemy, more valiant than the rest, endeavoured by seizing this Quirdius Ekstruns of heroic dogs by the ears, to procure a respite, or to sell their lives as dearly jas possible ; but his grand paw.soon swept off thebuzzers, and con. signed them to their fate. At seven minutes and a quarter, or according to another watch; foi 'there were two Umpires and two watches, at seven minutes and seventeen seconds the victor relinquished his glorious pursuit, for all his foes lay slaughtered on the ensanguined plain. Billy was then caressed and fondled by many of his friends, havinrso gallantly wen the fifty sovereigns which were stated to, be the prize at stake. Billy is by amateurs estimated a most dexterous dog; be is, unfortunately, what the Frefich Monsieur' call borgno, that is, blind of au eye.. Tnis precious organ was lost to bins some time ago by the intrepidity of an inimical rat, which as he had not seized it in a proper place 'turned round on its murderer, and deprived him by one bite of the privilege of seeing with two eyes in future. The following verse, stanza, or whatever else it may be called, is a ,litzral transcript from a totnb stone in Wigtown church-yard, in Galloway : Hare lies John Taggart, of honest fame, Of stature low and a leg lame ; Content he was with portion small, Kept a shop in Wigtown, and that's all! - . - - . - DRURY-LANE TEMA T Oats was acted last night. The characters were well filled. Sit George Thunder, DowToNt /lover, EL LISTON ; Jam .Dory (first time), TERRY; Ephraim Smooth (first time), HA R LEY ; Sim, KNIGHT; and Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Wen.. The Comedy was spiritedly performed. Mr. TERRY played with skill and fidelity, and was justly ap plauded. lIAARLEY'S Ephraim Smooth is a successful experiment : the actor had to contend with the recol lections of Nitmortx, but he sustained the task with out " moulting a feather" of his reputation. KNIGHT was received with rapture, and we are gratified in saying, that his recent indisposition has left no trace of its effects, by diminishing the powers of this inge nious and natural performer. The other characters were performed with the habitual excellence of the actor, and to the perfect satisfaction of a crowded House.—After the Play, Mrs. H. Huoines appeared for the second time as Cowslip, in the Farce of The Agrceable Surprize, with the happiest effect. COVENT- GARDEN THEATRE.--HOME'S beautiful Tragedy of Douglas was last night performed at this Theatre ; the character of the hero was assigned to a Gentleman new to the London boards, at least, and, as we are told, quite new to the stage, this being his first appearance. Judging from his entire self-pos session,. and apparent ease and knowledge of the bu siness of the scene, we should have been inclined to consider him by no means as a novice. He is, we understand, a distant relation and pupil of Mr. Kau nix, and in his action and acting the style of his master was perceptible. His figure is good, his action, generally speaking, graceful, and he gave a spirited delineation of the youthful and gallant Douglas. His account of his supposed birth and education was well given ; and his quarrel with Glenalvon, was also loudly applauded. His reception was an eatieniely favourable one. Mrs. W. CLIFFORD, from the Norwich Theatre, also made her debut -on this occasion in the character of Lady Randolph. Mrs. CLIFFORD possesses a good figure, and a pertect knowledge of the Stage; her voice also, is powerftil and melodious. Her performance last night may be ranked in the most respectable class. Her caution to Glenalvon, not to injure Young Norval, and her inter view with ; her son, in which she imparts to him the secret of his birth, were forcible and successful ap-, peals to the audience for approbation.—YATES played . Giese:lvan, and gave a correct portrait of the dark, designing villain. His taunts of young Douglas were particularly effective.= RA ItTLEIt played Old Norval with much feeling. 'rise Tragedy was announced fa repetition or. Saturday.--The musical Afterpicce of The Poor Soldier followed, in which Mr. KEELEY, from the Aelphi Theatre, appeared for the first time in the character of Darby. Mr. KERLEY ; as far as we I can judge from this first specimen of his talentsa.pos sesses considerable humour. He,was extremely well received.—Miss BEAUMONT played Patrick and, was, loudly encored in How happy th.i t ,spldtpg that lives on his pay," and the f a vop rite sit o ".147 friend and pitcher." This yonng 7 Lady dfiervei to be brought forwarder than she at present is.--The 'tome filled well at 4allin ice. 1 i , - p- . . -. . , PeNtit At Olt 1 ___ ___ _. . This morning the remains of the above highly respected Lady.were removed from her late residence on the Adelphi Terrace, for iiiei. meat in Westmin ster Abbey. The mournful Procession began to move precisely at a quarter to eleven o'clock, in the following orders . fs Two Mutes on foot, AP* AThe Plume of F ea th ers 4 2 e The Meant, drawn by Sit black bones. / S Three Mourning Coaches and four, containing the 0 ' Friends and Relatives of the deceased. r ii The private carriage and F lai r o f t h e deceased. ; Three Gentlemen's cirriages then closed the Pro cession, which went along Adam-street, down the titvend, Charing-crois, and Parliament -street, to the entrance of the Abbey, at a very slow and solemn pace, where the remains were deposited near those i d her deceased husband. A number of spectators. Mitred the funeral Procession to the grave. * AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS IN IRELAND. By the regulation of the Assize of Bread, the guar tern loaf is sold at sixpence in Dublin; but it can be purchased at the cheap bakers' for fourpence. In several parts of Ireland the price of produce of all kinds is so depressed, that it is scarcely worth carrying to market. In Galway, for instance, a turkey will bring only sixpence; 120 eggs only two shillings; beef, no more than from one penny to three.halfpence per pound ; and potatoes are selling at one penny per stone of 16 pounds. Under such prices it is in vain to speak of rent. The pliCe of produce will not de fray seed and labour. The Government has circulated some money in Galway in making roads, and erecting harbour-works of the greatest utility; and more than one half of the amount is returned to the gclie q uer, through the payment of duties on tea, sugar, spirits, tobacco, and other exciseable commodities, as the Custom House and Excise Office remittances from Gal way will attest. Wehave learned a fact of some importance, through a correspondent in that quarter, which is highly'clis graceful to the individuals implicated, and it carried to any casiderable extent, may be attended by most dangerous consequences. There are many small contractors employed in making the roads. The amount of these contracts may be from five to ten pounds. In several cases, the landlords distrained these people, and sold their cows and crops in the market, because they would not assign their right to these trifling sums, and of course, labour on the roads for nothing. We cannot foresee the end of these transactions. It seems to come to this, that the land lords will either destroy the people, or the people will destroy them. We do not clearly perceive what the Government can do between such belligerents; arid if better principles do not guide the conduct of both parties, the country must soon be one vast scene of insurrection and bloodshed.—Dublin Journal. VITPIITO AT TAIT eitiSAl.l:9, OCT. 24.: 111Thi411. 4 to I apt Postharrta 6 to 1 apt Wanton tot apt Moses 4 to 1 apt Swap 13 to 1 apt c. Aladdin le to 1 apt colt by Soothsayer 14 to 1 agst c. ey orate iv to 1 apt colt by Partisan OARS. 8 to 1 apt sister to Sailor 13 to 1 apt si+ttr to Varnish 10 to 1 agst sister to Sultan 14 to 1 apt 1. by Pioneer 12 to 1 apt f. by Woful DOMAN'S& Sr. Lacs*. fo to 1 apt Sherwood Il6to 1 apt brother to Marten 14 to 1 apt Miss F anny 19 to 1 apt c. by Tramp DUMFRIES, OCTOBER es At our Ttaees this year the sport upon the w'aole was considered very good. Ledstone and Fair Helen are both first-rate ani mals of the Wild, and had not the latter gained different Prizes of late, the match on Thursday would have been still more keenly contested. The weather through the whole three days was mild and beautiful in the extreme; but even this auspicious circum stance failed to attract a numerous crowd. At the Ordinary on rriday, almost every seat was °carried, and the Dancing Assemblies were genteelly, if not numerously attended. The Hunt Ball was, as usual, very brilliant, and went off in excellent style. In the shape of accidents, pocket-picking, or other offences. we have very fortunately nothing to record. A party of re spectable-looking persons (robs the South, advertised a game of chance, under the name of Iht Dens Cinque, and erected a booth on the Race-course for the accommodation of their cus tomers. Like the professors of sparring, however, the success of the party in this town was not very flatteting. Sawney is a great deal too cautious to stake much on a game the very name of which is to him a mystery. ocrosFß• 8. Seventy Guineas, given by the Southern Meeting. Two-mile heats. Four Subscribers. _ _ Marquis of Qieensberry's Ledstone - Lord Kclbttre's Sir William - Sir J. H. Maxwell's Fair Helen - - -- Sir Alexander Don's Gondola - - - 4 5 Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, lOgs. ft. for 2-yr-olds. From the Garden turn, home. Five Subscribers. Sir William Maxwell's Brilliance Marquis of Queensberry's g. e. Hussar - - 2 Mr. llSird's g. c. by Viscount - . . - - 3 A Handicap Stair of togs. each, with 50gs. added by the Racing Fund. Once round the Courie and a distance. Five Sub, scribers. Lord Kelburne's Sir William - 1 1 2 3 dr - ~ 0 1 0 2 Marquis of Queensberry 's Ledstone - - . BASSILDON HUNT RACES-oer. 25. The Hunters' Stakes of sgs. each, with 20 added from the Club. Heats, three sidles. list. Mr. Harding's Pickle Captain Joy's gr. g. Plunder Mr. Bouverie s Lama Mr. Bullock's Painter 5 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 3 '2 3 4 Mr. Dresden's Fortunio 3 dr Five others started, but bad no places. Every brat was well contested ; the winner the favourite Sweepstakes of sgs. each, for horses not thorough bred. Mr. Udny's black mare Mr. Rounding's Minerva 1 2 Sii started, but only two were placed. LAMBTON • PARK RACES—Ocr. 19. A Hindicap Sweepstakes of lOgs. each, for horses not thorough bred. Lennox Course. A mile and a quarter. Mr. Wyvtll's Mercury, 6 yrs old, 123 t. 1 Lord Notmanby's Don Juan, 5 yrs old, lost. 191 b. 2 Mr. Lambton's Rob Roy, aged, 1 ist. 10lb. Mr. Wyvill's Dairymaid, 4 yrs old, lOst. 101 b. Mr. Hopkinson's f. by Y. Sor cerer, 3 yrs old, get. 11b. also started, but were not placed. 11 t 10 on Mr. Hopkinson's filly, and 2to 1 asst Mercury. handicap. Stakes of flogs. each. T. Y. C. Mg.:iv/rill's b. e. by Knowsley, 4 yrs old, lOst. 71b. Lord Normanby's Cornet, 6 yrs old, lOst. 91b. • .Lord W. Lennox's Snuff-box, 4 yrs old, 10st. Sib, 1. • 2. 3 6 to 4 on Cornet: 11Tr. R. Milnes'i brother to David, 11qt. 41b. beat Mr. T. S. Duncornbe's Byram, list. 71b. N. M. 200,0.-6 to 4on the winner. Mr. Lambton's Fortuna, 10st. 91b. beat Mr. Petrel; Fitzwal ter, lOst. A. F 200 gs. h. ft.-5 to lon Fortuna. Mr. Rowley's Tom Paine, 11st. beat Lord Norrnanby s s Kit: ten, lOst.l2lb. L. C. 100gs.-6 to 4on Kitten. Id Muncaster's Tandem beat Mr. Petre's Fitzwalter, 10st. each. L. C. 50gs.-7 to 4on Tandem. tOXING. IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE SPORTING WORLD Complete Exposure and etection of the Cron, in the Battle between Want) and ABBOT, at Moulsey Hurst, on Tuesday. A most numercus and respectable meeting of sporting cha racters took place at the One Tun, in Jermyn-street, on Wed- IleSday evening last. to investigate the suspicious circumstances respecting the termination of the above prize-fight. Ward, his backer,.Tom Belcher, Eales, Cribb, Burns, &c. were present. Eales ('he second to Ward), stated, " that towards the conclu sion of the battle he wished hint to go in and win it ; but was greraly surprised .to hear Ward say he had his orders, and must not win the battle." Ward appeared greatly agitated, and de nied it ; however, being left to Ithuself for two or fitree minutes, aud culled upon by the Chairman to tell the truth, he burst into trans, hung doss n his head, and admitted" it wasp Cross." The Chairman, by the desire of th , l Company, then askeJ hits whc was the person that wished him to sell the battle? Ward said Mr. ---, his backer; and that his bicker had promised him £lOO if he lost the tight. Mr. ----- , in reply, denied it, and produced a certificate signed by Ward, that be had done the best to win the battle ; that Word went with him in a hackney-coach before a Justice of th.; Peace in Batton-garden; but the Magistrate refused a l let him swear to such document. • Ward again shed tears, stating, that as he lay in bed in the moruhig, at the house of- his backer, the latter person came up to him in a great flurry, and acid, " Ward, if you do not stick to it now, Day, swear to it, that you have lost the battle fairly, we shall not get the money ;" and his backer also told him to complain of his back, and to walk lame, if any Gentleman should -are him : he did so accordingly, as he thought be must du every thing his backer told him. Two Gentlemen, Mr. F. and Captain P. stated to the Met ing, that they had asked Ward in the morning; at the home of his backer, if, it was a fair fight? Ile answered yes; and 'that be had done his best to win the battle. It was also observed, that Ward had several times, in the course of the evening, wished to leave the room, in order to avoid the investigation,. The backer of Ward, Mr. —, declared he believed the battle to be a trots; but at the same time he pledged his honour, nay, he would take his oath, that be was not privy to such a cir cumstance. He.had everything to lose, and nothing to gain by such an event. lie was well known to the sporting world—his character was now before teem; and he defied any person to.' prove that he had won aoy considerable som, so as to have in duced hint to act like such a fool and a scoundrel. On the con trary, he had backed Ward, and he trusted the battle money would not be given up. The Gentleman who backed Abbot said be would not receive the money; but, neiertbeksa, he thought Abbot ought to.have something done for him, as it did not appear that he had acted rronaly,--(Great applause). Mr. T. Belcher said, that previously to the battle he had beard that something was wrongs and he mentioned it to Mr. —, Ward's backer, who immediately laid him the odds on Ward. A utter was read from a well.known spotting Gentleman, declaring that it was so flagrant a moo, that he would not re ceive upon it. Before the question was put, Ward was again called, when he persisted, or to use his own words, said " it was a proper fair emu. That he was ignorant in the ways of the world, not used to company, nor to drink wine. His backer had also endea voured to make him tipsy the night before fighting, saying, never mind Ward, you have but little work to do tovorrow ; thertiore it is of no consequence bow much you drink. Mite hoped to go to Hittites hereafter, whatever be had done wrong was according to the directions of his backer, and not 141 incli nation. lie had told nothing to-night but the truth, and be was without a shilliug." Mr. Ward's backer, again protested that he bad no knowledge of the west . It was suggested to the Chairman, on puling the question, FROM TITS DUBLIN EVENING POST. It is very curious to observe, that almost in the arithmetical proportion in which firming produce de dined, the demands of the tithe-owners have advanced. Ten years ago wheat was from I2s. to 15s. a bushel, and a parish was assessed in 5001. a-year on account of tithes. Wheat is now from 3s. 6d. to 4s 6.1. a bushel, and the demand on the same parish is 1,500 1 . But perhaps the whole palish is not able now to pay 1,1 60/. in rent. This is not an imaginary case—we know several of the. kind. But one of the most extraordinary instances we heard of we shall beg leave to state, without,however,*mentioning names. What does the reader think of three pounds an acre being demanded as a tithe upon wheat ? The statement is astounding and incredible. We pledge ourselves to its truth, however. The miracle occurred in the county Of Clare, and the demand is at this moment in course of litigation. Now, we would relieve this worthy Gentleman, and others in his predicament, from tlie necessity and the odium of making suck. demantri ; and this, we assure the Church, never can be done l unless she consents to a commutation of tithes. . It would be very difficult, we know, to make out the account, but we are satisfied that if the amount of tithes demanded throughout Ireland this year,' 822, was compared with that levied ten years ago, when coin was four or five times its present average price, the total would be found double. Now, do the d vocates of tithes think that such a state of thingras this can last? Or do they imagine that the silly and outrageous imputations which they lavish upon the Nobility, gentry, Land-owners, and Farmers of Ire land, can perpetuate such a system? DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Wednesday afternonn,be tween three and four o'clock, Mr. THOMAS FLEDIJ LEY, a respectable shopkeeper at I.ewisharn, Kent, drove up in a light cha4e cat t, to the door of Messrs. CUTLER, the coca-factors, in Fleet-market. Having ordered some corn in the morning, he called to take it home with him. Mr. FLEDGI.EY was in the acs of putting the horse-bag on the horse's head, when the animal suddenly started off', and ran with alarming speed up Fleet-market and along Bridge -street, Mr. FLEDGLEY still keeping fast hold of the shafts of the cart, and endeavouring to check the career of the in furiated horse. When opposite the house of Mr. GOLDSMITH, chymist, in Bridge-street, Mr. FLEDG LEY was unfortunately jammed between his own and a town-cart that was coming towards him, and killed on the spot. He has left a wife and family to bewail his untimely death. An Inquest sat yesterday, .and brought in a verdict of a Accidental Death," with a deodand of 2s. 6d. on the cart._ In some parts of Sornersetshire the farmers are ac tually selling their wheat at .51. the bushel. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, OCT. 2E. Since Wedaesday there has hee►but few fresh areivali of any .or of Grain. Fine Wheat sells at rather higher prices. Barley, for malting, fully maintains our last quotation ; and Beaus re. main unaltered in price. Boiling Peas are again ;educed in value. Grey Peas sell heavily. Oats are dull sale, ihd la. per quarter cheaper. • • • SMITHFIELD DIARKST, OCTOBER qs. e Tbe supply of Olen at market this morrtin4 rotts'than on former Fddays. In Sb4ep and Laruk ben were as usual: the Wu of Oren was very heal expected negbers will return unsold. The Hay this morning at last weak's prices.—Currency : Beef, Ss. 04. to sa. 4d. per stone at tilbs.; to Si. led. Vial, 32. Od. to MAW: ' Pork. 3.1. Cattle 1, pbfkse Swig, 112 0 ; Calves, 11°01 Shrey , 8 0 00 4 rig; and Straw per load: 71. Clover, il. Os. tall. 19% . Straw, 11. Si. 1 , ) i I. I was more nume- Lambs the num- heavy, and k is market is ►eavy 4 Aluttno, Os. 4d. Od. to 4i. Od. heel and Lambs., Ray, 51. 10s. to F. to 11. Ifs. • , • *• . II I , 1. . 1: .9 r ~. i