The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-16 00:00:00

- . .lsirAtEglkAff , .-IitEIDANOtt•P.r• : A ppgElicinitrir OF TIM AY URIFILISIOS OF THE EMAN. • • Ante eirlait we have ascertained the minute particulars " g e t ting the hnrridsntirder of one of the police. The t o r tnna..e man was quartered as hlaryhrook, the• narewe.of Duhallow, and a short distance from Kanterk: athieb.olace he. was proceeding- on Sunday evening, pities three and -fonr oicloek, when he was attacked at s,ltibeen by a -party of Insurgents, who deprived him of I,l 4i ayonet, the only twins he had, stabbed hint through t he heart with it, anti literally beat out hit brains . . with a bnutoon, which they left behind them. Th-y then es t reed the wretched man along the road, and threw him Ma a ditch among a m parcel of bushes. They robbed him Lis watch, some m oney, anti several sitticles he. was I,.i.g!ng to Kantork. On.hearinz the particulars of this o a gni occurrence, Mr. F. Crossley, Chief Constable of pg 1 1 416 r, immediately wet net from Marybrook, with a pietydf police, and in the course of Sunday night appre. heeled fortrone persons; Wile of - whom were found in the very aot-of washing the blood of their victiro off their dollies. • -. ; ;Since Writing the above, -are; bare .it. in our power to awe; that one of -the infamous pry, Attuned Crowds, has I nnen approver, and itats'ltierititied -a number of the ineactes in custody, us being - crincerneti in the diabolical wertler. It has also been aseerteine , t, that their Cetipence atistirected against raise Other individual—but, 'bai t ing. VltAin the opportunity', and thennfortunate Policeman, wfiese.name was John Orpin, having come up at the it °me ta, they seere'vesolved not to be disappointed In 'their hellish purpose, but to glut their vengeance—and as nowt was so opportune' an offending conservator.of the peace, 'with . au exc l .imafiWn of *Satisfaction ; they r i ndied eptin him, and wiangled iii. body in the : Aninner abovt, &sciatica. It is a melancholy satisfaction to the code of public justice, that the sayages engaged in this demoniaral' work o,(slaighter are sure to.ato re. with Ark lives; for, in‘tepeolently of the corroborating testimony of the approver, we are credibly informed that there are sufficient farti toPentify fifteen of them as being engaged s in •it.— (l'erk Comatiketion.) • • ,Ys.. I ••• . • • ' • •81100 TINOMIE. WDARBYS.• • ..., . Pio' -lirie - ofirr RI ilairgn PRoSI ,i 4 nIT; rigt. 3: :. 1 -Arliiiing g!ten . . fe* ENti!tletlll of tiii. truly itti,Linilboly . ..:,46 r e ‘ ter , „ e one, idlndbi Attil Ili fir iii.my Trio est. i ndue es • Yr, .forward tliticirctenist itlel Oat beet:Alice neeurred : 4- lue.iwunn•led man died on Sunday erening abbv . :sevet *** wk.: 7 411e Inqnest returned the following veriiitiA,•-: .bi l id Vet gun shut wonnd fired by Mr. Mg.hsougb, sideiV kairassifted:byalr. Forbet.' - - • .- . .• •• - . - •• 'it-Major fo (f as peitor Of Peen,. Tat nster District,) assi,ted by a tre;t3l,Sulicifor," arrived the day. before tots "imusligate *Be matter, -- , APer viewing the ground, in ' rampant-pith many of . thellargistrates and lientlenten of tbellawpOrCuunty, they sat yesterday in the Grand Joey ligem o ,to which every person was-admitted that those to I ...be.present. The Magistrates, and i rider& everrdescriptiow 'et parson, declared that the investigition was unnecis-. gerrolri . Counly never brink: more quiet than, at that eminent, to wh;chllijor.Vvrell and the Solicitor agreed, and the Coen (if cisay wog the term) broke up." • I . . . Qt vu's COUNTY.-On Wednesday the- 3.1 of December,! there was held in Atby a Meeting of the Magia rates arid Urntey, both if goispv7r Conedi and Conntv of Kildare, far4e-pprpole ofPM4ttirWnt iritis the state or the Barony of il.illyuliattss, andAohiren'tgate more closely the °rear- Tenets whir stook plain there, intetinseqoeneo of the dremi. fel murders that have been receatlyperpeleated on the two Infornmate . Nl'Dirbys. Titonas. Comer, $ q. of',Stradieslly Hell, ono of the Governing. of the County, was called to the Chair.., ' • . Mr. Haat.' (Crown. Solieltor for the Home Circe it) and lajor Down (Inspector of Police) stated the perpo . rt of she Mr. Cosnv declared his derided opinion, that country vas perfectly tranquil, and requited no extraordinary inter itrenre of Government. • The remaining gentry assented to this opinion, and ' Mr. BuirLeti, 'Sovereign .of Athv, proposed .a vote of tslnks to Mr. James Grace apd the Bev. Mr. Whelan. P. P. la their-manly and intrepid conduct in defending Messrs. moiselt and Forbes, and their spirited exertions, which nentially preserved the peace of the country. •.• This proposition was unanimously agreed to,. sad the m eet i n g attiourned. KILDARILNA AR, DSC. 7.—Thersiii a Spite! Session en Monday last at Naas; pursuant to adjournment. There fsslio - person to try ; the whole population, non that they viderstsort the law, submit to it. They remain slant up sixteen hours of the twenty-four, in their dark, damp, and comfortless abodes. Nine times out of ten, when the poor people of Ireland slicobey the law. it is from not kiloa tlla it. ThiCuort adjourned to the 15th of January. PROCEEDING AGAINST TUE BRIO WILSON.---. 111 our pub rcaeron of Alomlay. we noticed the seizure of the brig them. of New York, by the Shamrock Revenue Cruiser. at Pad*, for having tobacco on board. The ease has since undergone investigation, which cominned for three date, before the Magistrates of College Street Police Office, ie whose jurisdiction the seisore hid been made. Yester day the Magistrates gave judgment against the seizure,— (!fgkin .11orning Post.) • • On. Sunday night.last, m gnu was left at the • house of. Edmond Connor. of Kihnore, which was feloniously taken may some time ago from his hone on a Sunday, whili be was at Mass in this town ; it had the appearance of btinglooded in the ground. and carefully kept distinct front other arms : the lock WAS taken off. This lb a strong l'JfePloin of ret•troing tranquillitg in this county. Indeed the tlemency of the iloverornent, the mild yet efficient ad ministration of the Insurrection Act, the activity and cir- I eloopection of the Magistrates, the unremitted exertions of tlos chiefs of police, and the judicious disposal of so ellitienta body ac the pollee, must necessarily counteract sad put down every act of insubdrdination.—(Cionorcl Herald) , . • MkRIIIIRRIAL APPOINTRICNT.—There is no truth in the *Pt that Mr. Allen, of Union Hall, is to succeed Mr. Rainsford at Queen Square. Mr. Gregory Barrister, of the Temple, is appointed to fill his situation, and he sat Spathe Bench yesterday for the first time, but not in an Wittialeapacity be will enter upon that duty this week.— (Monde% (Arm) . , Venni' OR MR. WRAR.R.--WILLIAM PROBRIT.—.It has teen stated in most of the Morning and other papers, that, **en William Prohert pleaded " not guilty," at Hertford, to tits charge of murdering Mr. Weary, Mr. Justice Park as heard to say, " I believe you," or words to that effect. WP have been informed, by the best authority, that no such elnetsation- had fell from the Learned. Judge, and that Lis Lordship did not express the slighted opinion as to the Nit orinnocence of any of the pritoners. In making this statement, we are actuated by no desire to prejudice Pro. but,. Ind simply to relieve the Learned Judge from the üblatiolinn of indicating a feeling, which, in the state of the proceedings, at that moment, would, on his part, have hen extremely injudicious.—(Mid.) - - Alretoc—One of these beantifol Bitting luminaries, of extraordinary brilliancy and unusual shape.' iras Seen -on Friday hat about Rix o'clock in the morning. by a-gentle matending betwizt Stirling and Altos. It shapes its fiery claim from south to north. emitting tap. veld as the 461 ii, sad leaviag in it. track of light. a gilded Nit+, es r via - 0g almost from horizon to horizau, which essilnued for about a minute and a bait. SMITIIFI ELI) 'CLUB . CAT rix SHOW. If Yeftertlay the fine gxhibitioit of FatAiiintals la %idler's Yard, and the Implements and other useful things exhibit 'rot, drew 'together a crowd of respectable and orderly' person* beyond any precedent since the Smithfield Club has existed; from ten till two o'clm.k it was literally itn possible to move but with the stream - of 'Persons. op one side of the yard, round it ; and through. the lofts, and down the Wipe side of the yard yet all seemed gratified with what they saw, and the whole' went of pleasantly. Mr. Plenty exhibited several- Mlnabte plcinglm and other implements. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Members of the Club assembled at the Freemasons' Tavern, and held the Annual Oeneral Meeting: Sir J o h n S. Sehright in the Cha'r.—At this meeting, a Nubleman end threwothers were elected members. viz. Lord If untingfield, and Alessrs.aeorge Inskip, jun. James Weiliereil, and Robert Todd.—Charles Champion, Esq. and Jolla Inskip.jun. Esq. were appointed hie Stewards for the year ensiling; .and all the other officers of the Club were re. elected. Tic premiums and conditions of the next ~• Ito w were settled ; the Bill hereof ordered to be printed and circulated ; and the Club adjourned to the first day of the text Show. THE DINNER- * . Soon after five o'clock near lOu of the Metiabers and theft' friends sat down to an excellent dinner, Sit John S. Sebright, Bart. iu the Chair, supported on both Wei by lohg cricks of breeders of opnieneennd great experience. On the withdraw log of the cloth; Sir John (rile ••Ttie King." • A handsome desert of Apples, of five hundred and seventy , distinct sorts, raised by, and presented to the Meeting, by Mr.' Leonard Phillips, of Vauxhall rosd, was then set on the table, and the toestsitravveded with " The Duke of York and Mi l ' Army," " The Navy. the wooden Walls of England." • 'f he business then commenced by-the Chairman reading' from the Minute Book of the Societe the anarde of the several Premiums. eit,they were staiedll our •Poper Of, Satnrday last. • • • . Ott reading the adjoilica 143 n of the frixe,loCjass 1. to, the Martinets of Exeter. Sir Jain took ocCatiOn . tO Italy a high etimplitneot •to his LOrtl-biP , and to 'Acme. NUltle-, men who rocitinite by example the Oconragetnent to IRV inulafc their tenants and faimers' in general ' to excel in improvements Of their lire stock, and prppoied his Lord ship's health, which . was drank; with stronginarks . Of • respect. . : • • .„ . Th Ist pretaiMU of Plate in Class H., was' next' *pee seuted to Mr. Richard Itwerlan:', Whereupon • 7 1.111 4iittn• complimen•aitthis yonag. Mist as the nephewdnd rncCeaior of Mr. Westv•Ar. an (Mims in the annals:of Allis CIA and said be trusted that throttch his exertions the •boemeor Of !Creston Farm would . long he supported. • Mr. Richard liitelee's health sass next drank. on ms ',coking the 2d Prize in Class I 1.-41 r. Drayson wiek . opat • tqaitia foe the Ist Prize in Class ; and Mr. Selivr was next drank safer the - 241 Poise in. Class lit.' "Mr. Joseph BulV:swas next toasted, as the son in law of • Mr. Masters, a distinguished Exhibitor at the Club's Shows, on receiving the Ist plate, io•Claes IV. On presenting the 2il plate in 'Class IV, to 11Ir. James Tt Senior Sir Jolt n complimented him; on his youthful. energy , and success, and co:tinted hint to perseverance in the rued to farther improvements. , "Mr. Adams' health" seas nezt drnnk,ion receiving the Ist pl de in Class V.. and that •of .11r.Ourricr; fur the second prize in this Class. .•• „ . . • Sir John then read as follows, from the Cattle Judge's award.vis.—The Judges considir the present as the—best ',Whit's', of Scotch Oxen which they have t ver seen ; thry congratulate the club on the excellent competition in Class I. pieduced by the young Dorbaut titters, she.an by Chas. Tibbi:sl Esq. and Mr. Win. Smith. . Amongst the Extra Stock, they cannot but eoutmend the five yea's old Hereford Os, *hewn by Mr. Richard Kibler, the Pita/orb:tot (hen, shewn by Charles Tibbits, Esq. and the 31 years old Dur ham Steer, shewn by C. Champion. E-q. (Si - gued) Titus. T. CARTWRIGHT, 11'n GIBLETT, Thos. Rose. Sir Jogs then stated, that the opinion of the jedges and other., as to the gseadexcellency.of the Show this year. in. Class 1. had induced the Club to withdraw the notice of discontinuance they last year gave. and to continue this premium fur early maturity in then, any how fed, at their futere Shows. lie concluded by thanking the Cattle Judge,, in dhe name of the Club, for their arduous services and prApostil their beaiths, which was drunk with three ' times three, end:applause. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the award of the Sheep and Pig premiums, and the company drank the health of Mr. Paw lett, as the successful candidate, Ist and Sd in tiase VI. ... _ . Alt. M. I'. lies/swan a•n toasted, on receiving the 3d and 4th Plate in Clete VI. • • • . • On giving Mr. Grantham as the winner of the lat and 24 preiniems in Class Vit., Sir Julia observed, that several veers ago he used himself 'o gain SoutWool) Prices at !Leen Show, thuogh 114 v/ Mr. 0. would ontatrip him. He (Sir John) lied aeon. who, he hoped, would,ere long,sbew play as a breeder wills Mr. Grantha•ss. I'he - 314nd 4111*Plate in Clasi VII. was then delivered to Mr. Ellinan. junior, his health was iirank, and a high compliment paid to his fathisr, o ho was absent. Mr. John Hodgson next received the Ist Plate in Class VIII. and his hs alai was drank ; and the same as to Mr. William Hayward, with the 24 Plate in the same Class. The concluding remarks of these Judges were then rea.l,Tss follows ' viz. IVe notice wills pleasure the great merit and extraordinary lights's, of offal. of the live new Leicester 11/ethers spurn as extra stock by William Adams; the great merits of the Marpsessof Cleter's two new Leicester 11iethers; also the excellency of the South Howe sshewn by Sir Thomas Dyke, Dart.; Also of the 3.year South Hoorn Weathers *hewn by Mr. Grantham ; and likewise of t h e 21-year old Sow, 'hewn by Messrs. Howard,. (Signed) Demme INSKIP. tistoaca JACtillll. Julie PUTLAND. • - Ritnifaecompliments were made to these Gentlemen as to the others, and their health were drank with three times three ; far which Mr..Pittland Art:tamed thanks in the name of MI his colleagues. • : 1: Site Jowl then ►ose, and prefaced a toast he was about to give, by a high and just eulogiuta on the House of Russell, front whine zeal in the cause of improvement their club had sprung, and from whence it had so lung received munificent support; the health of the "The Duke of Bedford" was then drank with rapturous ap• phtuse. Mr. Armes , next rose, and proposed the health of the Chairman, " Sir John Sebrigl►t." Mr. CRIPPS seconded this proposal, and paid a just tribute to the virtues of Sir .Puhn, and the toast was drank with three times three, and long and loud plaudits. Sir Jon*, in tetnrning thanks; renewed Isis offers of con tinued and most strenuous support to the Club ; and oh• serving that the plentiful dessert of apples and pears had disappeared.from the tables, be gave the health of the , dotter," Mr. Phillips." Soon after, Sir John, having au engagement elsewhere, left the room, and nos succeeded In . the Chair by Richard Astley, F..q. the Father of the Chas; who gave, the Duchess of Rutland, Lords Attboro and Iluntinglield, and the other new Members of the Club;" which toast was muck . applauded, and drank with three times three. Then followed," Mr. Cripps"—" Success to the Smith. field Club"—" the Chairman"—" Our absent Members"—" Mr. Reeve' ; --" Mr. Coke." A long list of otberFriends of Agriculture were afterwards drank in the excellent• wine provided for the *cation, which kept tin• room, nearly full and io great hilarity, until an unusually Ilate-hour. ' si . equitiltes• NSTrrtiftg. .• .1. "I• (Atria# rut pitivror t. milluify • . Ali Wit all It.' evils,' moral, end "Attie:lL which losept and' inerritii tors aretweelti tag to; extend sad :Perlidula unhappy Bitrope, it . It some tithed. tit the outraged tie age of huniae f ty to be 'oreasionally. reminded that there are, eittatindi whertet6e Litman intellect is n o t yet is fetters.; Wheritilan . eaft aspire to that dignity 'lila iniporlonce "hick his C;eittirdeilgried him for ; anti where acqiisitions In knowledge and virtue, and the improvement of the condition of tiocieety are hot proscribed. The formation of a Methinks' Institate in the metropolis is an event of a nature most cheerier{ to the friends of human Itn. proveatent and happiness. Anxious to ascertain that the institution in London, wide!) may be considered as the crowning attempt of this kind, bad assumed a degree of mem, approaching to stability before %re assigned it par: ticular notice in nor Journal, we have deferred enlarging on its ohj-ct and importance till as we find, from inquiry, its organization is nearly coMplete, and its perpetuity provided for. We art glad also tolearn that as well as in i.Basixow (which preceded the one in the metroplis)similar establishments are being Ibrated ja several of our large tistling towns. . • Tlii precise object of these Ipsfiintforis is, the teaching Illeelsehies the pripiiplei df' their trades ; an *Nett one "molt suppose' 'worthy. of the *piittenage ,of the greatest ptreitissr"lnibn . kiiigdent, deseiving of the direct enconiageMint 6f tlbyernment. If in this decidedly, :triirlinjr,•ntisabfretairlegi and ceminercial country, disco.. emirs tending to ;oak weinenti& the' arts of tiro. and in What may be justly filled essential ingredients of, the, beefy politic,. ,merit • tat ,ctittatenance and iupport we, below not what dots:'.' Where' upiverdier sixty milligpa 'of artaney are annuidfly 'ahsteacted ream 'produce pf !Anne; and applied to the .'sole and exclusive use of 'Government s no froasibleineeneof fairly suppyiag. such an enormous drain ihonM be th.gtecflitt. BVerewhere, this is the, duty of those-who administer the Government; in • country labouring under pleb entwinoes pecuniary !medias as the one we live in, this should bed me, if tram ho higher motive, from eonsideratioos of "narre selfi .h policy. When •Ilenry the Forth of France issued orders for the punishment of those who op' pressed industry .in some of the distant provinces, asking— how, if these things were permitted, his expenses, and the expenses of his Court were to be defrayed?" he might he said to have been at least woridly therefore,• who live upoiathe taxes, are shove all others interested in renderinlr that labour eflective out of the produce of wnich the taxes ate paid. . • .Bat thonch this may be policy, it is after all a Tow', narrow, and relfish policy; for, as the late excellent Cotint itnatferd jowly itays in his admirable F.as'tys, " 9'4 political • arrOgetnent can be :trolly good l but to so *fir as it crinftibetiiS to a t hie .fer i etal 'pod of society." That this praise may bitterly Claitnid for the Institutions in question, few,if any, will he bardy enonch to deny; anti notwitlistau4- ' in. the a• out of the bigot, the faisetmod of calumny, and the perversions of prejudice, their utility will become more and mare apparent, the more extensively they are '.stab. fished, and the better principles are known. It ility perhaps be said, •that the best way to encoatne•l4estry, ingeenity, and enterpt ize, is to relieve them from the pre,. sure Of all unnecessary burdens ; and Am •ride "afriirds at this moment an illwtrions practical proof of• thektrattls of this tion ; hut the Government of America is founded' on the basis of political integrity ; it . takes on more from the means of the peseple titan is neeeoszty fee: the !general good. and than is required eq titab!ytoremenerete the services of those who are best qualified to discharge the duties uf public offices, and those &foie; whilst; usuier• old • aselin limey respects obsolete and ineongritors as well at corrupt Governmi n's, other interests are to be provided • f or h e , id e s th o se of the rommonity at large. It is however under (internments of this latter description that insti'e 'ions such as we advocate are the most a vets:ll.y; though, • to keep pace with ni itilisnicAl improvements it) America' and soot. other countries, further and greater additional reductions on the heavy public burdens of the people of Britain must a ithoot delay he made. Wi in. sting, as we • of this age do, not merely •the comparative absence of taxes and tithes in America. but the projection and coat. plexion of grand national works on the part of its Govern ment cal.ailated to open the resources of the, country, and to ileielope and eneonrage the ingenuity and genius of its nnliarnessednind unhampered inhabitants, it is infatnation only that can resist the conviction of the absolute necessity that exists for relieving the industry of • this country; anti, in addition to the reduction of • Gnverement expenses, leehanic's Institutes ought to be universally anti zealously encouraged. In every point of view, moral as well as politic next only to adequate relief (tom taxation. the association of operative mechanics for the purposes of investigation with a view to the improvement is most ardently to be 'haired ;" 41 for none but " holy inquisitors" and "holy alliance' dotards can doubt " that the establishment of institetiono•! for the iostnction of me. h mice at a cheap rate in the principles of the arts they ;practise, as well as in other' tranclars of useful knowledge, is a on.aivire calculated io inprove extensively their habit's and condition, to O varies the arts •and sciences, and to add largely to the power, resources; and prosperity of the countr y . As such we strongly recommend these establishments to the favourable notice, attention, and patronage of our readers and that society at largo which we are c.)nvincad will be so greatly beuefitted thereby, convinced also that the projectors cud promoters of Mechanic's Institutes 4re amongit the beet benefactors of mankind, QUEEN SQUARE, 'Preis DA Y. .....011- CONJUGAL FSLICITC—WIB/Ual In4Triag. a carpenter, residing at So. Id, Princes Court. Storey's fiats, was brought np from St. Margaret's Watchboase, ,charged ; with attempting to murder his wife, by beating her so violently, that she was covered with bruises. Mrs. Hopkins, a resident in the same house with the prisoner, stated, that about 11 o'clock on Monday night the prisoner's wife came into her room, with bee baby .ip her arms; she had scarcely en'ered, when the prisoner,, rushed in, dashed her upon tbC floor, beat and kicked her in the most brutal manlier, till she was deposed uf utters ance,and she (witness) was obliged to call out "murder," which brought in two watchmen, and they took him to the watchhouse. This had been his conduct since she lived in the house, and sometimes he would not let hi. wife come to bed all night, at another time he would fling her out of lied upon the floor naked,and keep her so all night. Mrs. Warring herself said she had befit married to bin eight years, and 'luring that time be used tier in a most brutal in Inner. He never gave her any money, and she was frequently without bread or foo I, for herself and three small children •, and she never had any fire in the coldest weather; which was the case on Monday. Mr. Hughes, also residing in the same house , said when the prisoner came home, she asked hint for2:l. fur soup, which she procured from a cook-shop . in 'Lethal Street, fur the children, who were starving all day. He refused giving them A penny roll, and they were, in extreme distres•iilthougb lie was constantly in work. Mr. Hughes confirmed the testimony of Mrs. Hopkins. Mr. Warm the Magiqrste, censured the conduct of the prisoner severest terms, mat ordered him to find 'respectable bail for the assault. On Friday last as some workmen in the employ of Mew's. Vet ry, were digging in a c.dh,r in Albion street, in this tout), they tnuild among. the rubbish which the) reere throwing out, 12 pieees of silver coin,or the viccessive reigns of Eduard VI. and Jlary, and Elia 'bolo, and the frairtitents oleo earthen pot or jar, which it is sup posed had contained them►.—{Lc►cco Journal sikATINa .... 13 i - rilrNO TATTgliilLl4 . —, l- Ditc.U4,r-i • A RlRDLrswolto:-- s e to 2 sgst ft.fo,rcolir-3 to. Vim Pm? deride=s to I apt Quadrille-8 to I llgst .I.3troessa-,6 to. 1 ogst Cressida. ' , ov.-8 to I igit ffsfifs4,•7 tolAgst. RetPriller-10 / 0 I. • sst Agces-14 to 1 mist .to I sot aoincule-20 to I Itget Cim4.--fto ag4 • lo 4 ..letlCo-11 to I igst Lyniesta-7 tart sgst trtO Sailor-10 to 1 apit Miss Jig. , • . - ST. [.Sato. -10 to I ;mat to il4rst BMW— I I t 9 .fagit Miller of Mansfield. • • NEW MA RK The clitland Stakes. • • A Sweepstakes 01.50 sov. each, h. ft. and 04 5 10 atm ft. if declared to Messrs. IVeetherby, of Newmarket. or in Oxen den s•reet, on or before Vie 31st of Dedember; to be run fez on Tuesday, In the Newmarket Craven Meernr, 19•21.. D. 7. If ther• should he 10 subsctihers, or more, after the 10 a tr. fts. aresleclsred, the Snakes to - he Aiviiled two classes fornsed,.to run on Tuesday Red Wedneadsy; In the same Meeting. The forfeits of 10 soy. if they do not amount 1.; 100 vow. are to he given to the owner of the second hors. ; end Khoo or more classes. tope divided betweetrthe owners of the second horses; but If they amount to 100 set. they are • Debra in extra class, to he run for,on the Thursday. ftee.allb • • Ago.st.lb D.Ciltatten'anampden,4 . 4 cootinlason'enr eby .111- •Whixirlit 4:8 '9 Mr yadhantelfedeite; 7. i Strll Dynes Marlseo-C S 'Bl CdlWllson 4 sM thyJu- LdDar.ingtopallartel- "IP". •• 3 7 3 . S 1 Mt. Wyltehit . nrs' Pin- • 31rThorntill'allolbeln4 S 6 wire m f aitoosob's be sere r : • I! War svldesCirdfaal b`1111•• • • ••3 S. 9 I Put f 7 Mr.Thornhill's Svrivel4, .8' 1 Mr. Lee's b.f.lsabella 2 7v I. Ld (I.ls.Cavendish's 81-, Nlr.Riggs'e ch.g. Son- • rre AJdny'sComten'Ar. Ntr.Ramsbottons'sce toil( 3 710 pha105.....,.......3 7 4 D. of Grafton'S Cinder 3 7 10' Mr. Rnshrsb.C.l4 Pio- MrHunter'sGanyinede3 7" g neer • ' 3 7 0 . Mr. Grenville's Pre- - Mr.Thornhill'a b. e. by J. 7 0I 5em:1...., .3 7-7:•9 • FIRST OCTORES MEETING, .11324.—WRONESDAY. The St. Leger Stalles of 26 soy. each, for 3 yr! old Colts, Sst. 71b.; andfllliei, Sst.4lb. Subs, or no race.) TO close on the Ist of „Inn. and the colts, &c. to be na:ned to Messrs.Weatberb7, on Or before that e. a y - • IM • GREAT PEREETRIAN•MATE:. FaR 503 SOES.—Mr. a •Devoushirr Yeomen, started on Saturday morning at one Wel/wit:from Hyde Park gate, to go on foot to Exeter, and ye tore, the distance bring 340 miles, in sit days. and not do lest than 4.1 miles in any one day. This kind of match wets under• taken three years ago by a pedestrian of the mime of Hilliard, from Chelsea who had five hours more time to do it in, but be regigied at ti vertml„ on his return. Considering the time of year, bad* mills. kc:, it is a snrgrislnz undertaking. Thane dEgitiim reached Overton it two o'clock, (13 mi:es)andlinl!-#4 untirtfour, when he made another start; and reached with tvro.mtlesof Andever at seven in the evening, hwjng perforMe•l (tit miles.) 11.111 task was then 67 miles per day the rest • the journey. I'h- pe lestrinn ate hearti:y of fowl, and hstt boors sound sleep, Ile started again et one o'clock on Sande moroloi,;lieetilifasted at eight o'c.ock, dined at Itiendford' ftt two, and reached Uswiish et eight iszl'ick, (II 3 miies,) as t ilept.st kprivste house, where our informant 101 l WM. • Ile is exist:l4l feet 'Seven, a share man, byt.full of muscle, sodas. fti bid ictiklitin. . . ,• • _ In Aftssing through . Lancashire it is curious to remark that the capital, which in these times of peace is accumulating, and cannot he profitably employed in trade, or lent exT.ept at low interest, is causing immense additions to the number of dw lug house. In every town,white none of it finds employment :A, the improvement of land. 'there is' not a county in the kit 4. dom where so much Is required and so little done. The land is covered „with rushes and extremely unproductive. brain ~g never scenic to he thought of ; and, so little do the farmers' think of a liberal ou-ilay of manure, that the inhabitants of Manchester have actually to pay people to take away the, ',r ashes; and, instead of more than 30001. brio, produced-de-in Edinburgh by the sweepincs of the streets. SSW. 19s. 61. 11.1 : 4 the amount produced at Nlakchester last year, although the expense of scavenging was 3001.—(Carlisle Journal ) A countryman, passiag a burial.ground mar Copar, nne night, some wet ks ago, observed two or three men inside the wall, and suspecting them to be disturbers of the deal, • challenged them as he approached. One of them made answer in an undertone, that they were smugglers; and that if he would venture over the wall, they would tnothe..it Worth his while to keep their secret. The man did nos. scruple to join them, an I was conducted to a little huilding adjoining the steeple, whore they said their stores were deposited; here, by the glimmering of the starlight, 're was able to dis:orer a welldilled bo'tle, with glasses,' aud other good cheer, with which they told him to make free till their return. The invitation was too agreeable to Iter• declined, but Jahn ha I hardly began to ni ike use. of his proper 1.3 • of his opportunities, when • the • door h ,toarewat hastily shut, and the light wbioh was tei guide his operations uh•cured. Thu p'aze, beside*, was • reckoned unlttekly, being that set apart for the sexton's • tools I so that the poor fellow thought • himself in-mush • distresi. His alai in was augmented on hearing the mate. gets 'engaged in a whispering conversation without, of which be indaiin-d.himself to he the subject. The idea _ that they were r, sarreetion men again recurred to his mind, And be hash frequently been told that to those saravelat • living subject was as acceptable as a dead one. Ile imagined he heard them say distinctly, " Pshaw, won't it be mat ft . bettor to kill a fellow that it fresh, than dig up one that • is stinking ?" And his terror, asinay easily be conceived.' was no: at its climax ; he whined most piteonslv,i ai.d offered every thing he was worth as the price of his Anson:. Entreaties s Tined for a while to he of no ~ avail ; Mit nne.of. the moil at last approached the draw, and told him in a low tone to be silent, that having , go,t i pobjeot • which would suit them, they had :resolved that he sbould be spared, on condition that he carried the bodY to a place in the woods, where they bail a gig in Wa it• ing for it. These were glad tidings to the poor . o antryman ; so issuing forth from his place of imprisonment, he bent his back willingly to receive the o•liou 4 btirtlen. The load was soon adjusted, and he sallied forth from the burial ground between two sturdy vampires, who were to be his guides, and who watched him a ith the most %selfish vigilance. The road was lung and dark ; with meld sweating, however, he at last arrived at the place where he had calculated on tieing relieved. The gig, however. • was not to l:e seen ; but the men who were at some dis. • tance behind, told him to lay down his burden, and untie • the sack to see that all was right. John tumbled down. • the detested heap, and, from his terror, of the fellows, ' having opened it (though with much reluctance), was . horribly astonished, when the imagined corpse started no, . and insisted on being carried half a mile farther, fo a lit-te • alehouse, in a corner of the mood. Thisndet4ti vck awl : aghast a; th's unexpected requisition, John would i Ming', . have crept, into a suail.shell to escape the extraoislina•y stranger; but is this was impossible, and as the furze and under woad' prevented sp wdy flight, his next resource was a desperate offer .of ;battle, which, however, the spectre declined; vanishing away among the trees with a hearty and horrible laugh. John scrambled home :he .beet way he could, terrified lest I e should sterubh• over a living corpse in every ditch ; nor did he learn till same time after, (when he only gathered it from the banters ',f his cowed. so that in the whole affair lie had only been.% made the sport of three fellows what had been employed to: orotect the church-yard, after a recent funeral, hum Cie • jaekalls of the dissectors.—(Dundee Csurier.) 1111 M ~.;s: i ii il : a