The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-24 00:00:00

- I.6Ru . Poi - ifs -1 M OUT H. - For several days pasta tate respecting the above noble man, entitled, FeHowes v. Hanson, has stood- in the Lord Chancellor's p:p-r f r hearing; it was intended to have •b e en moved by Mr. IVetherell in the nature of a special application, on two grounds. The First at as to appoint a re ceiver of his Lordship's Irish estates, and the second "Option was for a Is of money to be allowed out of the * fate for Lis bwalship's maintenance. On thine ; mods r. Wethetell intended to have applied yeoerday v r it • e bard Chancellor. A case, however, occapied the wroth nor the Conn until near 4 o'clock, when the Lord ebantellor, finding himself nearly exhausted, (indeed that w an perfectly visible) from the fatigue his Lordship bad ve dergone, was obliged to postpone the hearing of any farther cases, sod his room, which was then very warm, 'au i m mediately cleared. A censoliation was then held in the Court, between the different professional Gentlemen concerned in Lord Ports. with's business. Mr. Wetherell and his colleagues a ere decidedly of opinion, the case ought to have been moved, and regretted they could not agaiu trouble the Lord Chan teller, for the reasons before stated. Mr. Hart observed, he was instructed to oppose the motions, and that would thnefore lead to very g reat discussion. Mr. Sitadwell tem/irked that, should the case, when it came before the Lod Chancellor, he warmly auitated —he nal of opinion his -Lordship's first direction would be, to provide fur the maintenance of the Lunatic ; and consequently the second application woul.l be immediately acceded to. This oh: *trestle° seemed to have great weight, and after a slight discussion, in a hich a great number of professiuuM advisers participated, it was agreed that a recommendation should be signed by the Counsel engaged in the caise; gins . % as their decided opinion that the sum of 37501. shoal" bepaid over (should so much remain in the banker's bands) for the present support of Lord Portsmoath.; and the petition to over until the next seal. Theisum intended to have been moved fur was 73001. but peat suns Lend iirantley, one of the Cotninittec appointed farsibe care of Lord Portsmouth's person, ref.t.sed advanc- Intorithunt the sanction of the Court of Chancery ; on the ninaising of whivh it was intimated he would iunbelliately, ;Met siren a cheque. fur toe amount. • - BOW STIMET.—(This DAY.), % • • ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Join Ci6leit was put to the bar on a charge of hating tobhed his master, Mr. Owen, currier, of Dairy f.•+nr. r. Owen st.ttal, that a species of emotion had be •n 'carried on for a length of time in his watehonse, which induced him to suspect the • prisoner. and arionlingly directed auother servant to watch him closely. karvaant to this order. Sw.ton, the person,in question, kept Moir upon him, and this morning, on touting SO work, lir•saw him appropri sting to his own use a number of sole pirere and other leather. In consequence of which he gave notice to Ale. Owen. who aecoolpaniell hies up stairs, cud actually found the property concealed on his person. Swann corrolvorand his statement, and the prisoner was fsNy cotomittal, the parties bring bound in 40'. tacit to preaecati him at the Session,. QUEEN SQUARE.—(Ems Day.) DISTRESSED POOR IN W ESTAIINSTeII. —The. sitting sigistr art was occupied a great portion of the morning ig bearing the conrplaints of numerous poor fatuities, whose wretched app ire denoted their extreme distress, and the woeful anguish of their feelings. Amongst the group wee a young man; about Its years of age. who said le wee here err •Westuelnoser. and *ad been brewers op iv groom, but having lost his situation about IS months ego, hewas unable to procure any employment since. His clothes led money were all gone, and he had been expelled from his lodging. about a week ago, since that time he hesslept in the rain and damp in the open air, and had o n sustenance eseept what people. who. witnessed his distress. chose to give him He could not beg nor stealjand he was ton short to be take* into the army ; he had offered himself to recruiting par- ties, but they all rejected bite. A sergeant of tit. 94th ens pre wt. and he instantly enlisted this poor fellow, expecting tie would be re:steed under the standard, in cons , quence of his TM& •.Mrs. T tompson, a lady from Sloane upsets, addressed the Iwamoto cn behalf of a soldier's widow. whom she found iu et *rest with her daughter. an interesting girl, whom she Weight from Ireland, in expectation of (retina her roc. iced in tie Royal Military Asylum. They were is extreme distress; De parish refused to reline them. and Mrs. Ttiompson I indly rive Mem shelter; bill the girl being ton old. sec petition Was rejected, and since that she has been seriously indisposed, and sothleg but starsatitm awaited them, unless they got relief weep the intercession of the lime istratet The poor woman said when she applied at the workhouse, the beadle . ridiculed her,lelling her to go to her Priest, who would eleteher hod water to relieve her hunger. The magistratel severer* censure.. thebeadle's entuldel,aad ordered the clerk to write to the o ere, tiff io her behalf. At the last Court of ilnrglimote of the Corporation of this City, it TM resolved again to petition Parliament In the en siles !Inatome, for the. repeal of the duty on coal. earried reastways. It may he recollected, that in presenting the far • wee Petition from this City, Mr. Lushingtnn observed, that he seglimely joined with his noble colleague in hupinv, that his Hoopoes :de Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. night 110011 find it l 'Amicable to releos.: their constituents .imatlitsumetual hurtle*, consistent with a sting regard to the reseal Interests of the country. From the prosperous state 'ef dm Revenue, combined with the inthoati 'of farther relief ban taxation. held nut by the Chancellor of the Erehequer, it tbe close of the last Sessions, there is now every reniton to latielpate tl•e fulAlment of our worthy member's expectations. '-freafitak arrow.) The question, „ is duelling, untl. - r any eirearnsfaoces, jaatifiahie ?" was lately discussed in a debating snrietv ; sad after a very kern and animated dehate, was carried - in the Arinative. Ttro or, thr members elionsed the argil keiit so sralousty, that theY nliitnately retired and carried iats• practice. One of the parties was severely .1 11 •411 41 :4 dlangerously, wounded.--(erlia6urea Ob . /Yet?) s • • . St. notitanti• tv 11.t.—The place which - gives the name la the.forthconsing novel, from the author of Waverly, is la 4to he situated in one of the islands of the la a statistical account of Scotland it is men that on the island of Ronan, situate oh iut twenty Rapti distant from the north east point of Ness, there is thapel 'dedicated to St. Ronan, feared round with a amil-atall, This chapel the natives take good care to listp very neat and clean, and sheep it every d iy. It . 'tensing an altar, on which there lieu a hire. plink of wood, eMalt.m feet long. Every foot has a hole in it, find in every Vs there is a stone, to which the iiihabitAtts ascribe several *WU OM of them, they ally, is c.hilient far proinotiug rib delivery, and each stone ess its p. coli.tr properties.— his Cintt4l, it is imagined, is sioustell St. Ronan's well, mad _veention Is made of it in the statistical siecounts ; it T entlartfore be presumed, that Cie stotr of the novel is cow Iliad with superstition of the . Western Isl.'s. Clan EICIANSIL—There appears to be very littlw doing in %Market this morning, as there are.bot few buyers, and the „M an rather lower. We have received since Monday ,__lfeerters of Wheat, 5,700 of Harley- 900 of English, .1 1 6,100 of Irish Oats, tad 3.:00 sacks of Floor. The prices l i tlre is te, however, 'must be quottd notnisiat ; tomorrow • y the factors 'moot ioclined to purchase. o tt s `°•" 46 Yolltht some thieves broke into the wash house `Twos Crisp. the pedestrian, residing in Heil street, Pad ebbed it of thirty pounds worth of wet cl9thes, Life, who is a laundress, had to wasb and get up. ~~-.l__ THE STATEWMAN • - IRMA N U. • IMMUNE, Dec. 17.—1 n Maisel oence of an information before J. S. Brown, jon., E.g. the pollee of this tlitinty apprehended, on Friday night, in Charleville, John Walsh, charged with being of th e p ar ty w h o ro bb e d the priest of Croaell of in.tney to boy powder for Captain Rock; and, on the following morning, William Sperin nas apprehend ed for the same offence. John Scanlan, whose trial was postponed at the last Special Sessions here, is fully identified as being one of the gang who took arms from Kirby's house at Itathjordan, for which two of the unfortunate party !slid the forfeit of their lives at last Spring Assizes. It was stated on Thursday, th,st Sheehan, one of the principals in the murder of Mr. Franks, was apprehended. Ace:aunts this morning from Doneraile, contradict the rumour. Mr. Waller's extensive haggard, near Burrisokane, was attempted to he burned a few nights ago. The perpetra tor is apprehended, and sent to Clomnel gaol. On b today night, Patrick *earthy, Sub Constable in Major Carter's Police, without any aid, went to the lands of Clonmer, within three miles of lianturk, and apprehend ed two notorious characters, charged with sedariug and wa) laying, with intent to minder, Morgan Palsy, of the 17th Foot, who is at present on furlough in that town. The Sess;ons under the Insurrection Act. at Mallow, were !tel.l on Friday. Twenty seven Magistrates were present. Twenty six prisoners appeared in the dock. They were all acquitted. Mr. Blacker is holding a Sessions under the I nsurrec• tion Act at Bandon. No convictions occurred at Cork on Monday. CASTLIBAR. Dcc 13.—This part of the Country, at present, assumes a feature of restored tranquillity, which it is hoped, %sill continue through the exertions of our Incil and neighbouring Alagistrates. DecIPPERARY, CLosramD , l7.—On Thursday night, about Cappagh Bridge and Kilmoyler, midway between liansagh and Caber, several houses were attacked and sledged in by armed pinks. They obtained a gun at the house of a man of the name of Cunningham—and a double h melted gun was taken Wm a man in the employ ment of Mr. O'Meiglier,—eight armed fellows entered the house of Mr. Baker. The how of a pour man of the name of Keating, was entered by. nine of these deluded wretches, who demanded pistols lie had received for his defence some time ago, but which he had afterwards retnrned to the owner—and nut getting them, endeavoured to force compliance by in part placing him on the fire; but desisted, finding torture useless. When the fair of Golden was over, on Monday, some rio.ing took place, and a min of the name of Pat. St. John got a moat unmerciful heating, from the effects of which he is in considerable danger. Were it not for Mr. Miller and his active Police, much more Mischief would have been done here, as well as alter the fair in Tipperary. Poor Callaghan, who was killed on his return home from the latter place, was an opulent farmer, and much esteemed by leis Landlord, Mr. Brasier,' for whom he occasionally acted as Agent. M URDSIL—BANTRT, DEC. 1 horrid murder was committed on Tuesday' night, in the western part of this eonnty, near the residence of Richard O'Donovan, Esq. A man of the name of Mahony„ ranted his nephew nut of a farm, and was making some arrangements previous to his taking possession of it, ,when the nephew, who had .repeat. edit , expressed his determination to have revenge on any one who should talcs his ground, entered the house where his uncle was, and beat him on the head in the most feroci ous manner, until .lie killed him. Two young children of Mahriny's wituessealtheinhuman deed, but were unable to renter any assistance to their father. 'Timothy O'Donovan. Esq a Magistrate of the county, on learning the circum stance 'the. MOrrii Of after, _called on the police in bis. netchlrottrhood; and searched a part of the c.;nnry without receiving any information which might lead to the appro. heusiori of the marderar.—(Cork Clarnmiele.) The following General Order has- been issued by the Excise o.ser, Dublin, and its consideration is of the fart importance to every person engaged in this branch of the public servi. ea— " An important change having taken place in the tfran• agement of the Revenne, by the consolidation of the Boards of Excise in England, Scotland, and Ireland, con fovmal.ly with the provisions of the Act of the last Ses sion of Parliament, cap. 23, and a new Commission having been received, with instructions from the Lords of the Tr. asney en the subject, all persons are to take notice, that they are to understand their Commisiions to he extended, sa as to eatable them to act in every part of the United Kingdom, arid 'they are to consider themselves as being eotierly at the disposal of the Board, on removal Cam one part to another, without distinctions of England, Ireland, or Scotland, a , al that it is upon these terms alone th a t t h ey are to be continued in the public service." We are infOrmed that the journeyman cotton-spinners, in a very respectable eetablistanent, near Carrickfergus, have turned out, in order to compel tne proprietor to dismiss a confidential clerk or manager from his employ. anent. The turn out, it appears. is of so alarming a nature, that military aid has been found necessary to pre *eve order and !moire the safety of the premises, &c.— (Belford Aetre-Letter.) The Commissioners of Chichester are now digging op the pavement of the North Street. and intend what they call Altteadamizing it :—but Mr 51`Adaita. we think, would be rather astonished were he ha witness the horrinle busi ness they are making et It; and a question %sill arise how far the tax can now be 18 , 40, as the Act df Parliament, under illicit the rate is collpeted, is for pariar the city. The game informatlons,•befete the Benc h of Magic trite., at Chichester, appear to have ended at present as tai ai regards l'ennicott, as there wall but one on Saturday last, and in that be was not concerned—hut just as the witness, in the case of B. Bend - titan, jun. was about to be sworn to the fact, be solicited permission of the Bench to retire for the'purpose of refreshing his memory as to the time of the traninactioe, and did not return Puttee or - Coxscivice.—Last week, an anonymous letter covering two one pound notes, was received by the overseers of the poor of Castle Doningten, desiring its ap plication to the general purposes of the parish, and stating that the writer some time since in a transaction with the parish, made a fraudulent charge of twenty-live shillings. It appeals that the • imperative mandate of the monitor within has, after a lapse of ten or twelve years, compelled him to refund both principal and interest, ere it would quietly permit him to pass to that bourne from whence no traveller returns.—(A r ottiaghom Reriew.) EFFeCTSve I emoxicaTtoei.—Althe Cheltenham Police Office, last week, Allen flirt appeared for a warrant against two persons unknotion ! ander the following circumstances: —He stated that in returning on horseback, to Chelten ham. he stopped at the Cross Hands, near Swindon, and had some refreshment; that as he was pursuing his route two tnen came up to him, he turned and rodedown Ucking. ton Lane, and that they pursued him, knocked hilts from his horse, beat him severely, and robbed him of a silver watch, and money to the amount of seven poun Is, and then turned his horse hose and left him ! It appeared, however, when the real faca transpired, that Hirt certainly did call at the Cross Hands, bat in a sate of intoxication, that the landlord, Mr. Stcinton, very properly prevailed on Una to entrust his watch and money to has care. Unable on returning to sobriety, to remember what bad become of 'his property, his imagination presented to him the possi hility of the frightful adventure which he related. On the exposure of the circnmstances be was fined ss. and costs, for his drunken frolic, and severely admonished by the Bench, to be more guarded fur the fut3r:! SUSSEX „WINTER ASSIZES. lamas, Dee. 22.—At a few mantes after eleven o'clock, Mr. Justice Nog, who diced and slept the pireciediog evening at liorstead Place, the seat of Ewa, taw; Et/ en tered the town, and immediately opened the comeitlesitin.— After adjourning the Court to half past twelve - o'clock, he proceeded to church. Mr. Justice Helroycl, being slightly Indisposed, was unable to proceed. The business is likely to occupy the Court nntil a late boor on Wednesday oigki, as there are ftti prisoners in the calendar, besides two others who are admitted - to Will Lieut. Burke, whose cose has excited so mach interest in the county, surrendered ltitnsel f this morning. As soap as the arand Jury *ore sworn, Mr, Justice PARK addr , sseel them. The following is part of his Lord ship's adds ss Gentlemen—Within a short space of time, the calend sr has swelled to an almost unprecedented extent. When on my way hither, I did not expect to find, at the most, more then thitty prisoners; but I see by the calendar which lies before toe there are no less than fifty . six. Among these I perecive twelve or fourteen who have been Mai inittel since the -lib of this month. 1 wwild not willing ly attrioute the circumstance of this larger number of prisoners than I ant:cipat• d to an increased propensity to crime, or to a greater degree of inwal turpitude than formerly existed among the people of this county; nor da I, in fact, attribute it to tit 'se citeses; but I attribute it solely to that saute 1110Cety to promete the ends of justice to which I have before alluded, and which, I am proud to learn, pervades the Mag istracy of this County. This praiseworthy feeliug has, howevsr, led the:* jute error, in making them cotu nit fur trial, at the ensuing gaol klivery, prisoners who would otherwise be tried at the Quarter Sessions. Feeling. this to he the case, Gentlemen, I deem it proper tO set yon right as to the object of these Special Gaol Deliveries. They are not for the purpose of trying all the offences with 'illicit prisoners may I e charger°, hut only those which oirthl collie before the Judges at the regtsl.lr Assizes. This being the Case, and the dodges bound to try only the offences of a higher class, I do not promise von that we shag enter upon every case contained in the calendar; but 1 p!edge myself, that both my brother liulroyd, whose assistance I hope soon to have, and my self, will do our tem tat to release yen, Getitlemen, and the Petit Jury, front your duties before Cnristmas. But, tientlemen,• there are three casts to *bleb I are anxious especially to direct your attention; One is of a woman for the murder of her own OM', which had arrived at the age of two years. 'l'he depositions are - I must confess somewhat obscure ; the bo ly *as found tinder such eimutostancee, and in such a state of putri iity, that even the sex of the child could not be discovered. 'there is, however, a vast chain of circuit' oantial evidence, which is all indee I that can generally be obtained in cases of murder, and of this I reiptest your most minute eonsides ration. I regret to have wood so many cases of murder, on this circuit. We here bad sonic in tent and in Essex; we have this most unnatural case in this eonnty, and the consideration of another very serious case still awaits us at Her Von!. The second case, Gentlemen, is one of arson, and of this also I request your full and, serious consideration. lint, lien lettiell ' there is a third case on which I am anxious to sty a few wards.—lt is an endeavour to extort money wader a particular charge, to which (for reasons which you will understend) I shall not now more parti. By 24 Geo. 11. the punishment fur this species of offence extended only to transportation fur a limited period ; but an Act pasted last Session of Parliament extending this power even to transportation for life. The Court was crowded with fashionably dressed females rand a ;umber of ladies, friends of the Grand Joey, sat on the Bench. It seemed to be banyan day with the gentle men of the long robe, the greater 'winner of whom bad brief-leas hags, and were engem' either in ogling the 'ladies, or in drawing pencil a:at:stores of the beeigged :gentlemen opposite. Dar readers a ill find the most heinous offences contained in the Calendar referred to in the Judge's address to the iirand Jury. The woman charged with umrdertug her infant is pained Rebecca Miteltell; the decease I was her utfepr;n4 by her former husband named Fenner. Her trial, it is twilerstostl, will take place on Wednesday morn- WIN should the Gland Jury find a trite bill. Janice !fling was iftilietttl for having in his possession two counterfeit sovereigns and four counterfeit shillings, with iiitent to utt- tine, There was no evidence to •eonvict the prisonei, and the Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Wakeling, ail old man upwards of sixty years of age, wis charged wpb having stolen in the parish of St. Peter, Lewes, about sixty pan Is weight of straw, the property of Thomas "l'uttrle, Esq. The case was clearly proved, and the Jury found the pi ironer Godly. Sentence nut passed. IV itiiwis Lucas, charged with hurglaiionslyentering the dwelling house of Edmond Adams, of Cocking, was Ac quitted. INTREPIDITY OP A ItuntsL.tMllT.-- - -On Monday night an attempt was MOM to break into tne dwelling house of Herrick, who re. ides at a lodge near to End-rby. It appears, that as the eldest son (a boy about fi:teen) was re. turning home from the village about eight o'clock in the even 1 1 ing, he observed two men sitting upon a stile, who inquired of him the way to King's Stand, saving they understood that Mrs. King had parted with the servant man, and they were going after the place. When the boy got home lie toad his father of the circumstance of his meeting two ill-looking fellows, and' as the house had been once attempt. d bef ire, the boy wiMont liking any notice, took his gun, which hail long been usefully • nplot ed iu fright' ning sparrows, and got it ready to give, illy one a warm reception. On going to bed. and looking through his window, to his great surprise he observed Oka same two men making towards the house with a hay-fork ; he ran down and alarmed his father, who slept in a loo:n on the tirst door, and instantly returned to Lis own window and shouted to the men, who were attempting to force open thedaor ; one of them (the ; all lusty man), on hearing Oils, presented a pistol, which oelyillitsbed in the pan, the boy, nothing dismayed. pushed the innate of his gun through a pane, fired, and severely wounded him. A great quantity of blood was discovered he the morn ing to have been shed on the road, particularly near a stile which the marauders passed over. Not withstanding the hide ' fatigable esertions of C. L. Smith, Esq. and the principal in habitants of the village to discover them,- they have not yet been taken. It is a singular circumstance that a large mastiff, which it was supposed no stranger dare approach, never once harked, but was found tied by a halter to the waggon hovel.— Leicester '.... 1 / 4 ron.) At three o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at the feather-helm inufactory of Mr. ENGLISH. Whitechapel, which completely destroyed the same, and damaged the adjoining premises, but by the speedy arrival of theengines no further damage ensued. DISTRESSING - rtne.—Vesterdsy morning. Jason, four o'clock. a tire broke out in the bou'e of Mr. James 'ones, Waliner-place, lAnibetn. It was discovered by Mr. trines himself, who slept wills his family in a back room opoin the first floor, and was awakened . ont of his slumber by the smell of soot and cracliin; of o.e timber. On looking out at his window, however, lie could not discover any lire ; hut when 1w opened the chamber door, the smoke tilled the room so rapidly, that li, was nearly suttwated. He rang the bell, and alarm.wl the servants, who all slept in the garrets, and they ran down stair', braving all danger without weitlug to dres'. Mr. !noes succeeded in taking out his wle and two small children, with their clothes. By this time the ground-floor was all in a blaze. and the dames were communicating with the stairs; but same heavy engines arriving, in about awe hours the tire was completely subdued ; hut' the lower part of the house, with all the property therein, was completely consumed, and the whole building seriously damaged. Ills said the .calapiity was occasioned by the end of a beans in the kitchen chimney, which to.tit tire during the night. • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DIAL. Denitiber QS.—Wind S.W. to W.--Arrived 4 Mt+. Wilson; froatTrieste ; and Exeter,. .3 ( usitg. Wink An. !Miss.—The George Hibbrrts , —; Fortitude, for Berh.t. does ; Fortitude, for Corfu!. and a Russian ship foriny.mouth, . terns in.—The hark Susan; Williams, from Zatste, has arri♦cd, and waits for orders. PORTSMOUI u, December 23.—Wind Southerly;—Arrived the Henry, —, from --; Joseph Green, transport, fr.:m 'Sierra Geier; and the Palembain, Shopson; from the Doffns, fir COI* AT Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22. —Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the iUßion Packet, Rae, from Boston. in 16 days.--Sailed the Truptv„ Roberts„for St. Michael's ; Wonderer, Way-vita, 'fOr Si e r ra Leone ; Naddy, Candler, for Genoa ; and the Nywipb, for St. Ives. FALMOUTH, December 23.- -Wind W.N.W.--:Arrived the Mary, Quick. and Fancy, Grew, from Cork.—Sailed tie Hum: her, Hodgson, for Pernsinbuto ; Wong and the Rose, from St. illichael's ; Thetia,Gibbons. for Seville; Fame, Yates, for Naples; Rebecca, Scutt, for Trieste; Cameron, Fisher, for Berbice; Pallas, Ennett, for Ancona; and the Neptune, and George, -- , for Terriers. LIVERPOOL, December 2.2.—Arilred the Mercey, taireough. from Demerara; Pacific, 111 . 0owsn, from Buenos Ain:; Itliza Ann ; and ford Wellington, from Nlirainictii ; autl terprizr, from Lisbon. Tat:rtn, Dee. 20.—0 n We•lnesdav evening a very severe gale of Wind Was experienced in this neighbonrho ul. It ,comin •nc•d tudiertly at about half pact four o'clock in the evening, and raged with unabated violence fur upwards of an hour. The slates from the ro••ff and fronts of houses in exposed sitnations were scattered over the streets which, in some parts, rendered passing them dangeroo•. A I.,fty chimney belonging to a hick kitchen on the premises of 111rs.11loore, Lemon Street, w.ts blown down, and falling on the roof, very severely injured too nt Fiefs who haupened to be inside. One of them named Elizaheth Oke, had an arm ald a leg broken, and received several other severe contusions ; the other, though severely bruised, had ■o bones hroken. During the prevalence of the hurricane, the sloop Peter sell, Cellars master. from which' the erew had that morning comp'rtcd the delivery lof her cargo at Itestronguct, abqut 5 miles from •I'vor,)., was driven from her moorings and went on shore ; holism was seriously ;spired by the rocks on which she struck. • At the time the gale comtnencd the crew were on shore procuring water. - Sultan , Fox HOUxns.—The•• honnds considering. Vie disadvantage of the country with respect to scent, have, through their superior breed and management. had spOrt equal to any pack in the kingdom ; and the annexed "sta,e ment of one of their runs will realize the opinion n ttv formed : —On Plonday, the 15th, met at the lloae 411 I Crown, .Riddlestown, and, after dra•r•iag for an hour and a half, foiind near Blythe's Wood ; through Porils•, for nulls and Catterhatn Hangings ; headed hack to Portly, ' through Wbitefield Coppice and cross the rood for WesthAll; over the inolosurrs to Wollingliam ; bore away to the leh for Crew's Wood, to Wright's Coppice and Sanderstead Great Wood, down to the bottom, where he was headed by some men shooting ; run the circle of the covert ; 11E40 good his point for Seholon . :;eric to Poplit Woad, 11eir'a Wood, Fairland. and Crab Wood, over for Fairchild's 'un.. . . . 414 r the slimes, and over the inclosores, leaving Holt Wood on the left ; past Ledger's, away over Worms ilesth, down Shines Oakes, np the hill for Wolfing- him, skirting Ashton Coppice, throngli Duke's Hole; ' down the bill pointing for Birch Wood ; bore to the'leit, • leaving Marden Park en the right, taking the side hill for Little and Great Church Wood, down the hill, end °pike opposite kills, through the Ames for Tandridge Hill ; away for Romp of Beef and the Priory, over the roil through Mr. Wilks's Park, for the Birches; past Stout Hall, and throneh the small corers near Oxteed, across the road pointing for Barrow Green Woo;ls ; Lore- to the right over the Deep Meadows, leaving Tissey Park en 'Pot left Mellow!, Wood ; through the covert way over time in closures, leasing Mr. Ward's Woods on the left for Wyo. erhew I headed back through the. Nower, pointino. far Hook Woo I ; over the road and the ioclnsures for Limps- . fieldrommoo through 'fenders and the shaves below, les !- big away over the common fc r Horsley Wood; where we stopped the hounds ari•A some difficulty, at half past f..or • o'clock, after aeon of four hours and twenty five initiates, and notwithstanding the severity of the cimse, the Long.!, were all upon their metal, on good terms with.their game ; and no doubt would have killed if the day had not cloie.l upon them. At the commencement of the chase, thelieht consisted of nearly 90 persons ; hot they fell off by degrees, ooing to. the severity of the day, till at last,. wheo the hounds were stopped, there were only eight or nine: tibrses with them. L'Nra ECEDENTED FEAT.—On Friday evening last, hers of persons of every denomination were seen horrylcg in the direction of Duck Lane, Westminster, preying% notice. having been given that the phenomenon dog!' Billy" was again matched to do the extraordinary fear of kitting . IJII full grown rata in the wonderful short time of eight tninntes. Such, indeed, was the interest excited by so novel an exhibition, that numbers of gentlemen of the highest respectability, among wham were several Sporting characters of great note, repaired to the scene of ;team., with the intention of betting upon the occasion'. • About right o'clock all the streets and eveaues leading to the pit in Duck Lane was crowde I by vehicles of every deserir.icr, from the gentleman's rarriage to the cos ermonzer's car, mot the pit, by the direction of the proprietors, was flesh paktvd and lit np by a great niiiither of lairs" so that the spec. tators might have a full view of what was going forward. Soon after right o'clock, Aliteliell, the rat.careliev, arrived with the rats; tliSy appeared of unrommon•size, and hill of life. Cheri. s Dew, time owner of Billy, a - prated . . with a scarlet coloured jacket, edged with gold,. and a waistcoat literally made of the skins of rats kill;•il by Biily in the 1 eist encounter • he likewise wore on hjr breast a silver star given to Irinsasy some gentlemen of the Caney. Exactly at 20 mihntes prat S o'clock, hilly seas let into the pit by his master, and the scene of death began ; although the pit was crowded to excess . by persubs, • a pin nsighl• have been heard drop, smelt was the mate as tonishment displayed by seeing the wonderful nnicknese and dexterity of Billy in de•troving hia•• active (ternaries. Exactly 6 minutes and 13 seconds had' elapsed 'after Billy's admission into the pit, when, t I the astonisement of every person present, the whole of the rats lay extended on the ground lifeless. Billy received little or no injury--he nos taken ftom the pit Ivy his master t his jaws and head ;vas eompletely drenched with the hlacril • of the slaughtered vermin. Billy was canveyrd home • amid the caresses of his backer, who wan large sons of money on the occasion. On Siqurday all attempt was malt.. by a man, who resides in a close in the Pleasance, to commit sit' tide. which was. frustrated in a most singular manner. In a fit of deapai.- be threw himself over the gable wintbil.v of his house, but there being a very email space between his olin gable atot that of a neighbour, lie descended only a 'boa way, when . lie stuck fast, and remained for some time in a deplorable, situation before he could be extricated. Time attempt. however, did not wholly fail, for lie succeeded in breakie_ one of his arms.-aml desperately lacerating other parts 'of his person.—(Edi, bu :fit Observer.) • !tour:En. - . —On ti..irlay evening between the hours of 6 and S o'clock, the *hue of Mr. %V: 1.. Mesure, No. 5.t • N or th Pl a e.., Gray's Inn Road, waa rn!..l-0(1 by some !so. lows, who succeeded at that early how in e4rryhg. off il' s valuable watches, 40 gold chasrd seal.. «rver.l ear rings, rye glasses., and soots Elicit's of prtit-or 4 this whole amounting to nearly 260/. worth of pr..perty. In. ' formation was riven at fieton Gar lea poliee office on Monday by Mr; Mesure t who has ()flexed a rew4rd Of 2d ganeas for such infururation as may lead to the convietion of the robbers, and restoration of the atoled propery • ' • i i L ~t ii i I ,