The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-05 00:00:00

SIR ROBERT WILSON. • (FROM THE MoRNING CHRONICLE.) We ate happy to present our readers with an authentic ,py of a letter, written by our Gallant Countryman, Sir • R o b e rt Wilson, to the Portuguese Government, renouncing the title, and returning the insignia of the Knight Com mander of the Tower and Sword. The letter speaks for i tse lf, and ponrtray, the hor.ouraide feelings of a Briton, i n digeant at the unjust and illiberal treatment he had re. im bed from a people who owe to him so many days of g lory, aad into whose port he had steered to seek shelter in the moment of danger : it chews bin, great under mister thee, disdaining to wear a distinction lie had in common with his barbarous and tv rannical oppressors. " British schooner Nassau, off Belem Castle, Aug. 11. Sra—lt is with pain that I take a step which may in some ogre appear to be personally offensive to his Majesty the Kid of Portugal, *hes I pave no such intention, being too well aware of his Majesty's present situation ; but after the l ogeserous, vindictive, as well as lawless treatment I have experienced, under circumstances that would have secured me protection and hospitality from the Oovernments of even the most barbarous nations, it is impossible for me to wear the in signia of a country whose Government has so outrageously violated these duties. The very possession of these insignia implies obligations en my part which it is not for my honour should any longer exist, and therefore I have to request that you will take proper measures to have nay name erased from the Commanders' roll 4f the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword. "Having formerly refused ell pay and pecuniary remunera tion from the Government of Portugal daring the time I was employed in the service, I have the satisfaction now to feel that I ele released from every sort of acknowledgment, and that the service which I rendered Portugal in an extreme mo • ssent of her peril, and crisis of her fate.—services which can , not be denied, have thus been gratuitously given. " I have the honour to be, • " Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, " To his Excellency Count Palmella, R. W. Minister for Foreign Affairs." In making public this example of independent prin. ciple, we feel we are but pourtraying the character of its author in its true colours. For the honour of our country, we trust there are few Englishmen who would nut with him spurn to wear the badge of such contemptible oppresi 'ors. How different is thi. from the garhled tales we have found in the Lisbon Prints, the offsprings of surveillance and terror!—The first is the language of freedom and honour, which is never to he found without freedom, the latter that of the deceit which superstition engenders. PARISI' OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. Yesterday evening, a Public Vestry was held, in put !loaner of a notke given in Church on the preceding Sun day, to take into consideration whether the Watch• Rice which hail been established by the Board should be en forced against any or all of the inhabitants of the Four • Inns of Conrt in that Parish. The Societies of these Inns bating been accustomed to pay men for the . purpose of watching their prey ini ts,and not having, till dna year, been called upon to contribute to the Palish watelerate, had, it appeared. taken umbrage at the resolution of the Board to enforce it upon them aod_a distress having horn levied upon some of the inhabitants, one of them had brought an action against the Parish officers, on account of the distress. The gates of the I nu,wilieli had been open tilla late hour,haal been ordered to close at nine o'clock, whereby the public sae deprived of a pleasant and convenient thoroughfare, anal the Inhabitants of Clements' Inn Passage and Clare Market, found their customers obstructed. At the Vestry Meeting lest night, many representations were made by different speakers, in consequence of the privations which the neighbourhood must suffer from the early closing of the Inn, and of time 'mimice in which the parish might be involved by litigation, to waive the enforcement of the rate upon the Society, especially as the proposed assessment upon all the Inns waft yield to the parish little more profit than 801. a year. None of the Members of the Society, lion ever, attended to saipportstheir cause, and • no attempt was mask to stew that they hail any legal grounds for the exemptions they required. The forbear ance of former Vestries in omitting to a , them, was de nied to furnish them with any right. The waiving the en forceinent of the rate in the rase of Clements Inn, it was argued, would necessarily lead to the exemption of the other Societies': the amount of whose assessments, it was stated, had been misrepresented by the opponents of the measure 'with a view to under-rate the value of tie object for which the Parish was contending. Whatever the merits or the consequences of the measure might he, it was urged, that it hail been established by the proper Paroehiel Board, and confirmed by two Magistrates of the County ; and that the Vestry had no power to rescind it. After a discussion on these and other points, from six to half past eight o'clock, a motion wise made that this Vestry be dissolved ; and the question being put, it was carried by 37 to 26 • The Watch-rate, therefore, will continue to be enforced on the inhabitants of the four Inns within the parish, Ilk Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief arrived in town yesterday from Brighton, and transacted business at Iris office in the Horse Guards. Mr. Secretary Canning arrived, on Monday last, at Low ther Castle, Westratirland, on a visit to the Earl of Lons dale. Duvets, Seta. 3.—Arrived the Britannia steam vessel, Capt. Bushell, from Calais, bringing his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick and suite. His Royal Highness went to Wright's Hotel, where be remains the night, and sets off tor London in the morning.—Passed by, the Mi. nem, Capt. Bell, from Calcutta. One of the Archdukes of Austria has just obtained per mission from the Emperor, hie brother, to marry a young and amiable person from among the lowest class of his subjects.—(Coestieweioanel) Count Piossasco, Baron Ugoni, and Baron Castellino from Italy, arrived in Clontnel, on Thursday se'nnight, on their way to the Lakes of Killarney,' and on a tour through Ireland. Hoax UPON MR. HUNT.-It should he generally known, that the editor of the Chester Chronicle, whose name is Baseball, has in his last paper, with shameless effrontery, avowed himself to be the ihilaor of the hoax lately prac tised upon Mr. Hunt at Chester; the letter addressed to Mr. Hunt, containing false statements, and bearing a false signature, being, as the said editor declares, his own hand writing. This admission has been made in the course of a furious attack upon the editors of the Liverpool Mercury, Who bad fully exposed the contemptible transaction.—(Li ',teepee' Mercury.) Dust..—A meeting took place in Hyde Park on Wednes d►y between a Lieutenant and an aged Gentleman, uncle to *young Lady, with whom the young Lieutenant had attempted to escape on a matrimonial excursion. The Lady, though greatly enamoured of her gallant lover, implored him not to take the life of her uncle; the consequence was. that the Lieutenant on receiving the fire of the old Gentle man, fired his pistol in the air; and thus the affair at pre. sent rests. _ _ _ On Monday week, a woman, between eighty and ninety ]man of age, was brought to Caper, from England, as a peeper; some of whose near relations were once of come some enough to be invested with the supreme authority ' et die borough. . ELEGANT GLASSES, FURNITURE, &c.—The No. Itl Ilsatry are e 4= l t....i wlwetigtbeiblVaret.d ar oins of CO aas see e r em E w lt fad . 11111 .44111414 a Vgl Gail* admirably WWI to ovary asasrlption al iicia tilales roam Ito prisms sorlast roieord 40 per reart. ea Plain • 110 loam be 7$ mai aromas sad (otiose of illaasooloos fin gal be hurl aloft hopertrit. The exteastro peoltaresse shealoVilollialilsheasat is tasoktally askasterlatai by the Peopisisea, %%la ti* aellstaroars to avows theirpolltoio,try ossollastailog Mirk* a lapailar Isamat at paces suitable to Übe thaws, hope to salt a mall anon et ,pailla ottiport. la the Fondue deportment is law galelipie albeit of Upholstery, Cabinet, mai Oak g l jr si nitido auk amok et ecoaorsi as to dososad and Nom the patramogo TILL 104111 alas. . SHIPPIN(i INTELLIGENCR. • - • PORTSMOUTH, September 4.—Wind West.—Arrired the Garrote, —, from Santa ; Four Brothers, from Nor way; Nimble Cutter, from a cruise, and H. M. ship Menai, from the Isle of France, with Sir Robert Farquhar, late Go vernor of the Mauritius, end family on board. PIAMOUTH. September 3.—Wind West.—Arrived In the Sound the Lady Kennaway, Swiftly, from Portsmouth for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, September B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Ann Lacy, Baker, from London for Africa; Susanne, Clark, from Naples, and sailed again ; •American ship North America, from Savannah in 28 days.—Sailed the kquilar. Watson, from the Cape of Good Hope and Van Dieman's Land. DEAL, SEPT. 4.—Wind W. Passed through for London. the Heart of Oak, Robertson, from Demerara ; Alexander. Erring- , ton, from Quebec; and Daniel, Alien, from the South Seas, with 2000 barrels of sperm oil ; left the Prinetof Orange at St. Helena. Arrived the Britannia, —, from St. Kitts; Palambam, —, from Virginia. Sailed the Cretan, •Crulli ver, for the South Seas. Passed at the bask of the Goodwin Sands a Russian Government ship for Portsmouth. e. M. the sap Glory, from Atka, has just arrived under quarantine ; the brig Ibis, Sinners, from Charente to London, with wines and brandy, Is on the Millais Shoal, off Deal Castle; but if the weather holds fine, wilt float off wituout much damage. WHITEHAVEN, SEPT. I.—A vessel of about 230 tong, laden with timber, struck on Branock Isle, on the coast of Galway, 21st ult. and went to pieces ; about 200 beams saved, marked G. R. and C. D. We copy the following, says the Cork Soathera Reporter, from a Philadelphia Paper, and have reason to think that the individual to whom it allto..s was connected with some re spectable persons io this city : " We are informed by a gentleman returned from the wreck of the schooner Oliver, 11. Perry, from Kingston. Jamaica, that the passenger, reported to be lost, was an Irishman of some distinction. From the remnants of letters found among his effects—one from Sir Charles Rowley, and several from Bishop England, of South Carolina—lt appears that his name was Francis Nagle, a Graduate of the Dublin University, and is stated to be about 25 or 3,3 years of age. His papers and books, very much injured, which, with some Catholic vestments. are in the possession of Mr. Bennett, Commissioner of Wrecks, Cape Island, Cape May County." QUEBEC, Jut.v 25.—Forged Bills of Exchange to a con siderable amount (0001. sterling) have lately been negn cisted in this city, by a person holding a situation under government, and whose character has hitherto been re speetable, het who has, in this transaction, manifested na small degree of effrontery and address. The circumstances which led to the discovery was purely accidental, when the delinquent was arrested upon a Ca pias, and liberated upon giving up the greater part of the money thus fraudulently obtained. lie immediately absconded, but we understand that officers have been sent in pursuit. and it is supposed will eventually succeed in apprehending him. His Majes ty's ship Athid,Captain Bourchier, arrived here on Friday last from Halifax—she has brought 300,000 dollars for go vernment. The atmosphere since yesterday morning, has been filled with a dense smoke, evidently the smoke arising from the burning of the woods. and we fear that extensive fires have ravaged some parts of the country. The Spencer. Keith, arrived at Montrose from the Green land seas on Tuesday se'nnight, with five small fish, and one hundred and fifty seals, siippoaeil to boil fifty tuns of oil. Captain Keith and the crew describe the season as very unfavourable. They CM many whales, but the high winds and great quantities of ice rendered fishing in many instances impossible. There has not been so much ice in Greenland for the last twenty years. Captain Shannon, of the Trincula, has captured an American smuggler, laden with tobacco, and taken her into Cork. The cargo is supposed to be worth 10,0001. It was announced at Lloyd's this day, that the Spanish privateer cutter, the Tartar, had captured the French ship the Gustave, from St. Domingo to Havre, and sent her to Teneriffe. The cargo consisted of coffee and Campeachy wood, and was valued at 20,0001. The more the Spaniards get of these benefits the better, for it is proper that France should doubly pay for her iniquity. An American Captain, named Harris, who was lately raptured off Cuba by pirates, has published a narrative of the outrages committed by them, to which a note is added, stating that " he was indebted for his life to the decent). stance of his king a Freeniasuu, having met with several Masons among the pirates, who interceded for him. It is strange that Freemasons should be found amongst pi rat's, but much more strange is it, that men who have abandoned the laws of God and Nations, who shrink not at murder, should respect the bonds of Freemasonry, and succour a brother in distress!—(.Pile's Register ) It is the intention of Government not to fill the vacancy which has lately occurred in our Custom-house by the death of Mr. J. Liddell, landing waiter. A saving to the public will thus be effected of 4001. per annum, and the same sys tem of retrenchment is to be adopted in the event of some other vacancies.—(Tyne Mercury.) Letters were yesterday received from Gibraltar, to the 15th ultimo. The following is an extract from one of them : "GIBRALTAR, Aug. 14:--A notification has been sent in by the French Commandmant at St. /twine, that the Gene. ral Mails will be forwarded as usual. We therefore take this opportunity of writing to yon through Madrid and Paris." • The Grenville Bay, which has arrived at Newcastle from Davis' Straits, brings a very unfavourable account of the fishing. up to the beginning of July; at that time the fol lowing was the state of the difPrent ships: Hull—Zephyr, 3 fish; Ahrant, clean; Albion. 4; An drew Marvel, 4; Brunswick, $; Cato, 3; Comet, 2; Cam brian, 3; William, 4; Wilson, 5; Gilder, 3; Jane, 3; Ingram, 4; Lee, 6; Marv. I ; Progress, I. London—Rockward, 4 fish. Newcastle—Cove, 8 fish ; Lady Jane, 2. Kirkaldy—Caledonia, 2 fish; Earl Percy, 3; Rambler, 2. Dundee—Achilles, 4 fish ; Advire, 5; 'Dorothy, 3; Est ridge, 2 ; Horn, 3; Princess Charlotte, 4 ; Thomas, 3 ; 'l' lute Brothers, 2 ; Fairy, clean. Whitby—Phoenix, clean. Berwick—Norfolk, 3 fish. Leith—Home Castle, 1. fish; North Pole, 3; Success, 4 ; Rattler, 3; William and Ann, clean. Aberdeen—Alexander, 2 fish; lion Accord, 1 ; Dun, 2; Letitia, 3 ; Middleton, 3; Middleton, Cargill, 1; Princess of Wales, 3. Peterhead—Active, 5 fish; Alpheus, 2; Dexterity, 4; Hannibal, 4 ; Resolution. 2; Superior, 2; Traveller. 1. The Grenville Bay left the ice on the Ist of August. The winds, generally, bad been southerly, and the Straits were consequently so filled with ice, that every attempt to get farther up into Baffin's Bay bad proved unsuccessful. Of the North West Passage Expedition, of course, nothing had been heard by any of these ships, for Hudson's Straits is understood to have been the channel through which the passage into the Arctic Sea was to have been attempted. CORN EXCRANOR, Sept. s.—There is bot a moderate quantity of grain arrived this week wheat, 3,230; barley, 150; oats, 7,500 qrs. and flour, 4,200 sacks. Our ID irket is now particularly affected by the continued fineness of the weather, and it is almost impossible to make any sales to day. Wheat is declined 2s. to 3s. per qr. ; barley Is. per qr. ; beans, Is. per qr. and oats also are rather lower than Monday. The flour trade continues excessively heavy. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. s.—lt being Fair time, the market was not so well provided as on former Fridays; in consequence of which, a higher price was demanded, but more particularly for Lamb.—Beef,a3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s. to 4s; Lamb, 4s to Ss; Veal, 4s to ss; Hay, 41. lOs. to 51._105; Clover, 51. to 61. 6s; Straw, 11. 12s to 11.18 s. . . The following has been published as a remedy for a wasp sting:—" Over the spot where the sting has entered, apply the pipe of &ley, press it for a minute or two, and the pain and swelling will disappear." THE _sri4A,l'EsktiiNi DUBLIN COMMISSION, SEPT. 3. TEVANT. • . . • ASSAULT WITH TSTSIST TO CONISit A RAPS. , • , Owen Campb e ll s t oo d i n di cte d f or an assau l t on Mary Anne MiKeon, with intent carnally to know and use her, and to commit a rape on her. The prisoner was also in dicted for a common assatilt on Mary Anne M'Keon. The prisoner appeared to be between fifty and sixty years of age. Mary Anne Witedn, (an interesting and very handsome child, apparently about ten years of age.) examined by the Recorder.—Witbess Heel at No. 22, Tighe.street ; she knows the man at the bar; he lived in the same house with her father; he lived under them ber father lived up stairs in (he house ; she recollects the prisoner desiring her to go for a loan of a hammer; this was In the Jay-time; he said, that if she would get the hammer he would knock a nail down in the heel of her shoe ; she got the hammer ; he then shut the door on her, and pnt her sitting on his knee-qiiere the witness described the conduct of the pri soner.) She bawled out, hut there was nobody for her to bawl to; she told her father in about a week after ; she was ashamed to tell before. Daniel Al•Keon, - eiamined by Mr. 51 4 Kaxe.—Tbe child jnst examined is witness's daughter; about the 25th of February he (witness) took notice that the child could not walk ; he asked her what ailed her, and she burst out cry ing, and said that lie would beat her if she would tell ; be said, that if she would not tell he would beat her; she then said that on the day they were all out at the funeral, she went down to play with the prisoner's children; that be (the prisoner) sent his own children out of messages, and sent her for a hammer. [Here the witness described the conduct of the prisoner, as related by the child.] Witness sent her quietly to he cure•, ; lie did not wish to put the law in force against the prisoner, or have his child affronted; the child was under the care of Dr. Todd, but not getting better, she was afterwards sent to the Lock Hospital; she was from the 25th of February to the 17th of June under Dr. Todd's care. Surgeon Hgan, resident surgeon of the Lock Hospital, proved the admission of the child into the hospital; and stated the nature of the disease under which she suffered. This tientleman also explained the gross fallacy of a vulgar terror, the prevalence of which has often led to as‘aults of this description by the most depraved and ignorant of the lower classes. In this case the act of violence had not been completed. The child is not yet perfectly cured : it will take about a month more to cure her. The prisoner was found Guilty. John Hobson, a young lad, was indicted for utter. ing and having in his possession a forged note, purport ing to be on the Hank of Ireland, and of the value of one ponnil. The prisoner had offered the note at Mr. Lamprey's, in Castle -street, in payment for a pen knife. The prisoner was found Guilty. Joseph Doyle, another yon► lad, was similarly indicted for uttering a forged note, purporting to he on the Bank of Ireland, and of the value of 30s.—Guilty. EXECUTION OF NAGLE AND RARRETT NEAR BUT- Oa Friday, about 12 o'clock, the two unfortunate men mentioned in our last, accompanied by three Romau Ca tholic Clergymen, the Sub-Sheriff of the County, Gaoler, and a party of the Lancers, passed through this City on their way to Mallory, where they arrived io the e►ening, and remained during the night. At nine o'clock on Sa turday morning, the nieloncholy cavalcade proceeded towards Reiterant, a distance of six miles, which it reached about eleven o'clock, and where the awful preparations were already stomp! led, opposite the Market-house. 'The crowds assemb!ed from all parts of the Country for several miles round were immense, and they were permitted to ap proach the gallows as close as possible. Nagle first ad. d d the assembled multitude in nearly the following words:—" .11y Boys, turn from your evil ways and fem. Gun; take an example from my awful fate, which ought to be a warning to you all. If we took our Clergymen's advice, we would not come to this untimely end. Good bye for ever! In the blessed name of (ion give up your am., or they will bring you to this state. I acknowledge to die guilty of the crime, and I beg all your prayers." Barrett, who was the better informed, followed, and said, " Dear Christian., all your midnight undertakings are useless, and if you felt as I feel now, standing before. the Throne of Jesus CIIKIST, I beg and entreat of you to give up your arms. I hav► one thing to say, which is, to lay no blame to Mr. O'Leary or his family; they , were never my enemies ; I am sorry to hear there is blame to them." Rare the unfortunate man read a letter, written in the County Gaol of Cork, addressed to his fellow Catholics, charging some individuals, who were considered from their external devotions to be select Catholics, with haying uncured to lay a snare for him and antidote his doom, in hopes their fraudulency might win the aff.•c tion of the English Government, and also th a t t h e y wou ld receive large sums of money for his b10..d. After he concluded, the ltev. Mr. O'Connor, of the South Chapel in Cork, rose and addressed the multitude in a very pathetic manner, exhorting them to take warning frum the fate of the young men then before thensoind entreating them to mind their honest oectmations.eive up their arms, and re turn their country to its primitive peace and tranquillity. This seasonable address had a visible effect on the multitude, and many were seen to shed tears. The wretched m•n then ascended the platform,and in a short time were launch ed into eternity. Nagle died almost without a struggle, bat Barrett, who was only nineteen years of age, and stout made, was for some time convulsed. Their bodies were afterwards cut down and buried with slacked lime. The effect produced on the minds of the numbers present, was testified in loud screams and wailing. ; and we hope, adds the writer of this account, the injunctions of the dying men will he the means of effecting a surrender of the arms which the misguided people overhold with such determi nation. EXPLOSION or a (iUNPOWDER 14111.1..—Monday morning last, between the hours of six and seven, near Battle, it appears that the sifting-house, near the powder-mills, be tween Crowhorst and Battle, belonging to Mr. Lawrence, blew up with a tremendous expbsion, whereby two men were killed ; their bodies were found some considerable distance from where the unfortunate accident took place. One man, named Beachin, had worked in the mill upwards of 40 years. The other man's name is Bovis. Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, as a paviour's la bourer was washing himself at the pump in Aylesbury street,Clerkenwell Breen (the pavement of which is under going repair), a brewer's dray came in contact with the poor man, arising, in a great degree, from his own deaf ness, but more from the neglect of the drayman. The wheel of the dray passed over the poor man in an oblique direc tion, from the ancle to the hip. lie was instantly conveyed by his fellow-workmen td St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in a dreadfully mutilated state, and apparently with little signs of life. He appeared, however, perfectly sensible; for, on waiting at the ga:e for admission, he faintly exclaimed— " It's of no use, f must die!" The unfortunate man is about 28 years of age, and we are informed that he has a wife and several young children. DaaaDFUL ACClDCNT.—Yesterday morning as one of the Covent-garden porters was preparing to assist in unload- 1 ing a waggon heavily laden, belonging to one of the mar ket gardeners, the belly-band, which was under the horse, gave way. and the cart upset, and knocked down the above individual, upon whose shoulders the whole weight of the cart fell. Several persons instantly endeavoured to I l extricate the poor fellow from his perilous situation, but, on the load being removed, he was found to be quite dead. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERRALL'S—Sarr. 4. . DONCASTER ST. LEGIR STARS*. , 7 . to 4 agst Tinker—l to I nsst itisianile-16 tot apt Eler- Wood-11 to I apt Tanered—l2 to I set Claude Lorraine —l6 to I agst Barefoot—lo to 1 agst Palais Royiil-60 to I apt Mereandottl-60 to I apt Etiquette. WARWICK RACES--(Saborth Div).—Skiox. 1. A Sweepstakes of lOgs sack,. for 3.yr olds: One idle: Waiwiet's b c Cardinal Puff, Sat gab ' • • ...1 Mr. Day's eh c Meiarnpus; Sat Slb ' " ' • • Mr. Nayler's b c Triumph, Sat Sib. • • ' • • 3 The Judge could place list trio. A SoiCepstakes for 4-yr olds, 15gsaskli gigging. Mr: Tomes b Sir Gray, by Ruben.; 84 21 . 1) ' ' ' I ijor O'Gore's by Pbessenr, Hst • 4 The J udge eoald pla6r but two: A Hold Cup of 100 gs and 100 gs in specie: By tO Sabicriberi of lOgs each. Four miles. IA Warwick's b c Cardinal Puff; 3 yrs old, dst Mb..;* "' . I Hon: Sir C. Greville's br t Champion, 4 yri old; Bst *b. ' IA Stamford's bll Peter Lely, 5 yrs old; Bst 131 b • 3 Maiden Plate of 501. given by.the Members of die two-mile Letts. Mr. Yates's eh e Mendez. 3 yrs old, 7st " 3 ' '1 d IA Anson's br c by Sir Oliver, 3 yrs old, 7st: ' • - O S Mr. Williams's b g Tripoli. 3 yrs old, bat 191 b: . ..t 0 3 Mr. G. Sedgpley's bin by Grimaldi, 6 yrs old, Set Iti • 3 U Mr. Griffiths's bf by Filbo da Pula, 3 yrs old; bat 191 b 0 0 Mr. Tomes's b m Fair Phillis, 4 yrs old, Sit Ilb.. ..... ..• 9 dr The Town Subscription Parse of WI. Two-mile beats. Mr. Molony's bin Luso, 6yrs old (*in I pl.) 9st 91b. 3 I I Mr. Percy's br h Sir iluklihrand, 5 yrs old. 9st g1b.....1 9 2 Mr. Gisborne's br c. 3 yrs old, ( ist 71b) '...4 3 dr Mr. Devereaux's b. f. 3 yrs old (1 pi.) 7st 71b. ...2 4dr PONTEFRACT RACES, TUESDAY; SEPT. !: Sweepstakes of flogs each, with SOL added, 'for horses, &c. df all ages ; three yr olds to carry Bst 91b ; four, sst.; five, Bet. 91b. • six and aged, Dst. Two wind and seven ferloogi.— 4 Sttlis. _ Mr. Lambton's ch m Fortuna, yrs '• " 1 Ld ch as. Ursula, S yrs old' Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 30gs each, fOga ft. for 3-yr olds; colts, Sst.3lb. fillies, 841. One mile and three quarters. Mr. Watts's ch c Barefoot • • I Mr. Ilouldsworth's br fby Filho da Puts ' • Won easy: The Corporation Plate of 30/. for herses, i!kc. of alleges; 3-yr olds to carry 6st 01b. ; four. 7st 10th.; five, Sst Mb.; sit and aged. ast, mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats two miles and a half each. Mr. larnbton's ch f Verona, 4 yrs old 6 I IA Scarborough's bl f Ebony, 4 yrs old a 4 111 Mr. Jones's ch a Bob, 4 yrs •• a 8 3 IA Milton's br cby Amadis. 3 yrs 01d... a. 4:4 • a 11 dr Match for ISOgis each. Mr. Wyrill's b h by Neptune, reed ft frorb Mr: Bdekid i e mare, White Rose, 6 yrs old, lOst each. One Mile. WEDNESDAY: The Foal Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 30gs each; lags ft for 3-ye olds; colts to carry Sit 3110. fillies, Sat. Those gdt by un tried stallions, Be. allowed 3b. The last smile. Mr. Houldsworth's hr b, by Fills° da Puta..ata ...a Mr. Gamlgne's b f Isabella, by Cantos...a Mr. Bell's ch c by Fitz Teazle a. a.„ No rate. THE GOLD CUP, VALUE 100 GUINEAS; A Sweepstakes of lags e.ch, with *ngs added, the surplus (if any) to be paid to the winner in specie, for horses, &c; of all ages ; 3-yr olds to carry list Olb.; four; d.t. ; fire, est. 9ib. ; six and aged, 9.t. lib. Mares and geldings allowed Sib.— Two miles and seven furlongs. (8 subs.) Mr. Wilson's br h Doctor Syntax, aged • Ld Scarbrough's b c Regalia, 4 yrs old • • • Won easy. 9 and 10 to lon Doctor Syntax-3 paid, Fifty Pounds, given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Pontefract, for horses, &c. of all ages; 3-yr olds to carry 6at 01b.; four, 7st. 101 b.; eve, Bit 61b. ; s,x and aged, Ost. Mares; and Geldings allowed 3.b. A winner of a SUL Plate, Match, or Stakes, in 1823, to carry Sib. extra of two 61b. and of three 61b. extra. MaiJett horses on the day of entrance allowed 21b, in addition to Vie above allowance. Heats, one mile and three quarters each. Mr. Lambton's ea c Lorenzo, 4 yrs old Mr. Hills's ch f Lady Fulf ord, 3 yrs old. 2 3 Mr. Nlountalira hr m Charlotte, aged 3 Won easy.--The winner the favourite. Seven drawn. Skipper made a finale of his arduous undertaking on Tues day evening. in a gakant and spirited style; thus achieving the astonishing, if not unparalleled feat, of walking 1,303 miles, at the rate of SO miles per day, in thirty successive days. His daily emits° was from the Mouth of the Nile pu , :in house, ropenhagen-street, Worcester, to the Lamb, Che.ten - ham, and back to the spot he started from. On the day of al complishing his task, he set off about four in the morning. 331 returned about half past eight in the evening. The last two miles of his career, his path was lined with speCtators ; and he was joined by a band of music and flags, to escort him iota the city with due eclat. His step was firm and elastic, and pace so rapid, that t lose who would keep up with hint, Wit compelled to amb!e--altnost trot ; an scarcely exhibiting the least symptom of fatigue, be brought his toil to a suc , :essful conclusion. We do not understand that much money was pending upon the issue of this undertaking ; and, for his re compenc.t, we rather think he has to rely upon the generosity of the public. He is a native of Norwich; is about thirty four years of age, and stands five feet ten inches high. Last week a gentleman, whilst walking over his grounds, discovered a quail's nest, with the old one sitting on 13 eggs. The bird has been once or twice driven from its °esti but immediately returns. Naturalists invariably agree in as serting that this bird lays usually but six or seven eggs.--.- (Ken) Herald.) A few weeks ago a squirrel's nest was found on a tree in the Glen of Gargunnock, containing four young ones, newly lit tered. They were carried home and put under the care of a cat who had kittens, who suckled them, and paid them all the attention she paid to tier own. They are now grown up and perfectly tame. Two have been seat toEdiaburgh and two to Dunblane. On Monday. as a young lady was travelling on horseback from Hucking to Maidstone, she was greatly alarmed, and her safety endangered, by the chscbarge of a gun over a hedge.--• Several shotstruck her clothes, and she was nearly thrown off by the horse, but fortunately she escaped without personal in jury. It subsequently appeared that the gun was fired by a young sportsman, who seeing the lady's feathers above the hedge, concluded that they must belong to iC bird. Friday an inquisition was held by P. LAYNO, Esq. Coro ner, on the body of John Crees, who died at From on the 27th ult. It app. -aryl that the deseased, with his brother and two other filen 4s, had, on the previous Saturday. gone so a public house in From'', where seveccelther, persons were assembled; one of the party going t of the room, his beer was drunk in his absence, which occasioned a dis pute, and, on Crees and his friends quitting the house, they were followed by six young men, who called on them to come back, and challenged them to fight. The deceased was a few yards behind his companions, and was overtaken by the other party, when an affray took place, and the de ceased was knocked down on the pavement, and received oa the back part of his head a wound, of which be languished till the following Wednesday, when he died. A most mi nute investigation, which occupied two days, was entered into before the Coroner and Jury, end no pains - spared to elucidate all the circumstances of the case, examination of more than 20 witnesses. 'On night last, at eleven o'clock, the Jury (consis most respectable gentlemen) returned a verdict slaughter against Timothy furk, Thomas Adam ward Noble, as principals; and against John and Charles Snelgrove, as alders and abettors; all committed by the Coroner to Ilchester Gaol the next Assizes. 111 P, i t, were spared , by a long In Saturday fisting of 16 t of " Man- ims. and Ed- n Richmond s; wbo were • al for trig at . ' .„.. ,