The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-29 00:00:00

w i re() required. According to Spanish equity, a great swipe"- o w:he been arrested without any cause being known w ipd by those that arrested them, other than from „ bo im Constitutionals. Snme delay is therefore ne• eau / for the lawyers in taking their declarations to son other from them, in order that w orm out something the awe of their imprment may be designsted. Time is a l so obtained for remonstrances to be made and answers to he received from the Duke d'Angouleme, who by this Josue , has taken the Government of the country into lA, ova hands, passing by entirely the Regency. The Duke has found his honour compromised. In his or proclamation on entering Spain, he promised that none A oo ld be vexed or molested for their former opinions. This has no where been complied with, and very likely wee sharp observations may have been made thereon in f k w eomrounirations previous to the surrender of Ballaste fie. The Absolutiits are extremely angry, but as they comet express their resentment openly, they wisely have kept sway from public place these two days past. The Jhike of Infantado left 31edrid on the 19th, along with tlte Minister Saez, to join the Duke of Angouleme, before Yesterday arrived a mail from Turkey, which brought l e vers from Constantinople, dated the 25th July. Ihe sh ilisaty there are much dissatisfied, and they express their disappointment in their usual manner, by setting fire to the city. In the month of July three attempts were made to ire Constantinople, viz.—on the 13th, 20th, and 24th. The irst was very destructive, and the whole arsenal was saved 'early by a miracle. The Jannissary Aga was called, on the 2lst, into the Royal presence, and soon - afterwards 40 of the soldiers most ective in firing the city were put to death in various ways, and 150 were sent to the Castles of the Bosphorus. boring the different fires nearly two thousand houses were destroyed, and one large three. decker was burnt to the water's edge. In the last one the Sultan's mosque itself was in imminent danger. The feel• lisp of the true believers had been rather agitated by a dreg If rl flight of locusts, a certain emblem of 31allome dan dupl, asure, and the plague had also partially appeared and oJcasioned a few deaths. Trade was extremely doll, 'for by the destruction of the industrious Greeks, the faithful had deprived themselves of the providers of plunder, and consequently possessed no riches to pay European mer chants for articles necessary to their own comfortable ex• lame. A letter Las Keen received from Zany., dated on tlie?.l s July, which states that the Turkish fleet bad been rein forced by twenty ships off Miss*longi. and that great pre parations were making to attack this almost impregnable foams. The Cheeks are represented to be equally active, and also to be animated with the hest spirit. An army of LOW men was marching against Patras. Athens, it was reported, was again in the possession of the barbarians. Guettes from the Island of Mauritins have been received to the 30th of April last, bat they famish little word.) , of notice beyond the indications they afford of a gradual re covery of the island from the ealamiti•s of fire and hurri cane with which it was visited in the year 1821. The 'Gagette of the 29th of March contains a Government no tice of the intention to disconlinne the importations of rice, which bad been made at the public charge doting the re markable depreciation of the currency in the Mauritius, in order to prevent the drala of the specie to India. The plans adopted at various periods for restoring the currency to its former standard, had so far advanced towards the desired object, as to render those importations. as a public measure. no lenger necessary. The remaining stock of Tire oa hand, which was considerable, was to be distributed among the inhabitants at a reasonable rate, thus affording time to the merchants and planters to provide for the future supply of'tbs island either by growth or importation. Tea Aamv.—The detachments belonging to the 21 battalion of the GOth.7.lth, and 81st Foot, which embarked at Cowes on the 3d April. have disembarked at Halifax. The dttiehments of the 49tIt and 55th Regitnents of In fantry. whirls embarked at Cowes the 27th January, have flsembarked at the Cape offload Hope. LieutenantAlene fel Viscount Beresford. RCM. and GAUL, who sneceerle•l the late Lieutenant• General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, Bart., Lientenant-tieneral of Ordnance, has also been appoint ed a Commissioner of the Royal Military College, and a tommissioner of the Royal Military Asylum. The ap ',ointment held by the late Lieutenant-General Sir Mid. , hand Oakes, Bart. at the Consolidated Board of Goner.' Officers, for the Inspection and Regulation of the Clothing of the Army, the Investigation of Claims for Losses, and for all Deities heretofore performed by the Clothing Board, Board of Claims, and other Boards of General Officers, has sot been filled up. Ma. Baoconam.—We otrlerstand that Mr. Brougham is npeeted to be in Glasgow in a few days, and that a public ginner is intended to he given to him as a mark of the esteem and respect his talelsts and exertions have excited.— (Glasgow Free Press.) We understand that the celebrated Miss Edgeworth posed through Ayr on Wednesday morning on a visit to Dalquharran Castle, the residence of T. F. Kennedy, Esq. al.P.—(ltid.) On Wednesday last the Lord Chancellor. Lady Eldon, 041 family, left their house in Hamilton-place, for !mom, their seat in Dorsetshire. His Lordship is not expected to Yetorn to town before the first sittings in November. Immediately after the adjonrnment of Parliament, Sir * James Mackintosh attended the Marquess of Ticlifield to Whoa, to examine the archives of the family, which had sot been opend for many years. Sir James, it is said, there discovered some invaluable letters and State papers, which will materially tend to illustrate that portion of his History of England, to which they belong. We understand from authority, that Mr. Berkford, isle of Fonthill, yesterday completed his purchase of land from Capt. Gunning, and that he has taken on lease from the same gentleman a very extensive tract of land, reach Mute the brow of Lanadown. Mr. Beckford has already tommeneed his projected plans of improvements.—(Butte Chronicle.) A most warmly contested election for the vicarage of St' Stephen, Coleman Street, was decided on Wedoesday by a majority oft, is favour of the Rev. Josiah Pratt. R. D. and Secretary to the Chorcb Missionary Society ; the numbers being—Rev. Josiah Pratt, 97—Ree. Richard Fayle, Rev. damns Hearn, 7}. Seven other candidates (among whom was a son of Alderman Wood) bad preached pro liatioaary sermons; but finding the ground so fully occu tied by the three above named, did not press for votes. R. Lasbington sat as assessor to the churchwarden (John Oahe)+, Req ) Mr. P. Pollock attended as counsel for Mr. Peatt4 Mt. Law for Mr. Frayle ; and Mr. Bichenou for Mr. Mara. M uch arguments arose as to the right of differ. eat applicants to vote. All Catholics, Jews, and Aliens were Mesta% as also persons applying from the London Armourers' Company, Ophthalmic Infirmary, sad others from vations causes. The ballot commenced at 9, and i the numbers ;;;; an n - oa . need at 7 in the evening. Carrrai Tatau...—On Tuesday last, the trial of Richard Janson for the &lived murder of Mary clf, took ',Lice before the S. J. Coutt at Barnstable, (Al assactinsets). The Court Haus being too small to accommodate the immense COMMIS of spectators attending, the trial was held in tile alhabl ea tiesse.—The testimony, trenching so nicely silica of the dividing line between po. .4% as circumstantial, rendered the trial pain. WIWI Moulding. The interest was heightened by the isediuradms, that ne similar trial had taken place in that gasaiyhr tb e period offorty-fire years, and no capital con. *llse dude, y a century. lion. Perez Morton, for the Com ; btilbero Whitman and John Reed, Esqrs. for ilihNim Vet diet et Jury,—Not !n4) THE STATESMAN IRISH TITHE BILL. (PROM ME DUBLIN EVENING POST OF TUESDAY.) Mr. Goulburn has addressed a letter to Incumbents and Im proprietors, explaining some of the provisions of the new Tithe Bill—and, it is stated in some of the papers this morning, that upwards of fifteen hundred applications have been made to the Castle from Rectors and Landlords, praying far Special Vestries under the Act. It is added, that one hundred orders were dispatched to the Churchwardens of several Parishes in differentsparts of Ireland to call the Vestries together. We congratulate the country. that the Bill is so speedily to be put to the test. in the South, where little Tithe can be col. leeted, if they can carry it into operation, there can be little doubt of its salutary consequences. Where the Tithe is col lected with comparative ease, as in the greater part of Lein ster, we rather think, there will be few applications from the Incumbent. It is a great matter, however, that the principle of interfering with Church Property. is not only recognised, but that the Clergy seem anxious to avail themselves of the Act. If it succeed to the satisfaction of all parties, in twenty cases this year, we may rest satisfied, that it will advance In arithmetical progression. For our ova part, however, we doubt its ultimate and complete success. Our notion is this. The Special Vestries will be necessa rily composed of the upper ranks of the Parishioners. The great Tithe-payers are the poor. Their 'lithe generally runs from ten to 20 shillings an acre—the acreable rent 40 years ago, and not much more than the acreabie value now.—lf, for instance, an Incumbent derives, on an average of years, a thousand aeyear annually from a parish in Carlow or Kil dare—we know that a moiety at least of that sum is taken from the poor cottier and con-acre-men, and the remainer from small farmers and occupiers of tillage lend. The clergy man will not consent to receive less than his ini.o.ne; but if it he levied from the same classes, it is clear that the country will not benefit by a change in the operation of the system. We are Ohl, however, that it will be levied on land—in short, that the Tithe of Agisttnent. which was voted a nui sance by the Irish House of Commons in 1735, will be rein troduced. If the graziers, and the holders of great domains and the possessors of grass-land generally, will submit to this arrangement—very well. It remains to be seen, how ever, whether, from the mere love of the Poor or of the Clergy, they will submit to it. The Act is, in fact, an op tima( measure. On either party declining to come to an agreement, the business is off. But we would ask, is it likely, just at this time, when every kind of land is on the decline, and whets rents remain unpaid in three-fourths of the Kingdom, that the holders of grass lands will subject themselves to an assessment ? We shall see. However, we repeat it, we are glad the measure is shout to be tried, and shall be among the first seriously to rejoice at its succeu. LYCEUM-ENGLISH OPERA. The Musical Entertainment of The Highland Reel was announced for the first time this season, at this house ; the part of Shelly by Mr. MATIMWS, his first appearance in that character. About ten minutes after the usual time of com mencement, the audience became impatieet, and the manager was loudly called for. In a short time, Mr. BARTLST ap peared, dressed as M`GILPIN, and said, that he had, within the last five minutes only, learnt that Mr. PEA RMAN bad met with a serious accident which would prevent his ap• pearance in the part of Charles, in the farce, and that he had to request their indulgence towards Mr. BROWN, who had been sent for and had undertaken to read it. But he had a second misfortune to announce. for he was sorry to have to inform them that the entertainment of Too Curious by half could not possibly be performed on account of Miss DANCe'S having bcen thrown from a gi'. Here a laugh was heard from some persons, who probably thought the accidents were mere ex cuses, and that it was rather ludicrous to announce two at once. However, Mr. Bartley very seriously assured them that it was no laughing matter, that the lady had actually been thrown from a public carrive, and was ender the care of a surgeon. Under the circumstances, as the beet substitute that could be procured, on so ridden an emer gency, he begged the acceptance of Is he Jealous, in place of the second piece. Mr. Bartley's apology was well re. ceived ; and, after a little more delay, the performances commenced. _ We cannot conceive what indnceri Mr. Maxim's to choose the part ofShclty, (for we 'oppose lie had a choice) in the empty piece of nonsense, the Highland Reel. There is nothing whatever to admire in any part of it, except • few Scotch airs, and those not the beat of the kind, whilst the words are the most wretched stuff that ever was listened to. "We desire never to sec its face again." To mend the matter, Mr. BROWN had unfortnnately not learned to read, and made Charley a complete schoolboy. We should have thought there might have been, at least, a score of persons about the Theatre, who could have done it decently ; but perhaps they would not. We were well recompensed for the deficiencies of the Highland Reel, by the next piece, is he Jealous. Miss KELLT played Harriet with all her usual excellence. Mr. Wartstor, too, appeared to great advantage as Belmour ; but we cool l not help paying particular attention to Mrs. J. WRIPSERT . B Rose, a most delightful sly looking rogue of i a waiting woman. Her arch looks were rresistable. Mr. Mamma was quite " at home," in d Day at an hen, which we think very judiciously curtailed, and had the most ample tributes paid to his t alents. PRINCE HOHENLOHE'S LAST aIIRACLE. [PROM TUG DU B LIN JOURNAL.] To remove the veil which covers Mrs. Stuart's ease, it is only necessary to refer to Dr. Cheyne—he is an eminent physi• clan, and too shrewd to be deceived by artful contrivances ; a letter was addressed to him, requesting his opinion on two points, namely, whether there was any thing miraculous in the change which took place in Mrs. Stuart's health, and whether it could be explained on natural principles 1 It was certainly taking much liberty with Dr. Cheyne's claracter to put such questions to him, because none could suppose that he would ascribe the partial recovery of this lady's health to a mira culous cause, and such is the imperfection of medical science, that he might not be able to account for the change on na tural principles; but, it seems he felt no difficulty in answer ing the queries, and the following is the reply to the letter which war addressed to him, and it must satisfy any man but a superstitious bigot that the pretended miracle is a shameful de ception "DANn.Angoct . 22,lEl3.. " DUCAR St Ft—l felt it necessary to see Doctor Millsand Mr. Meenamera before I could answer your letter of the 20th. — Considering that the friends of Mrs. Stuart, of itanelagh Con vent. might not think it expedient to publish our certificates relative to the state of her health, we resolved not to give as opinion on the subject, and nut in any way to commit ourselves individually. " These certificates having been pub!ished, I have, in conse quence of your letter, walled upon Doctor Mills and Mr. Macnamare, and as they leave me to the exercise of my own discretion, I can have no hesitation in answering your ques tions. To the first I reply, that there was not, in my opinion, any thingmiraculons in the change which took place in Mrs. Stuart's health; to the second, that her case can, to my entire satisfaction, be accounted for u•I natural principle•. I am, dear Sir. yours, "J. L'IIEYNE. "Rev. Robert llsly. 6:c." TRIAL BY JURY AT HAMILTON. /WORE WALTER WEIR, ESQ. ARERIFF-SUBSTITUTE OP LA. ‘RKSIIIItE. Dugald Mac C dlum, Writer in liamil!on, Procurator- Fiseal of the Mi.hile Wod of Lanarkshire. aviiist Isabel Rankine, Wife of William Russell, Weaver in Airdrie." This is the first aeti in of a criminal nature which has been tried by Jury in Hamilton fur the last sixty years. The indictment charged the panel with having, on the night of Tuesday, the 2.5 th of March last, in the town of Airdrie, assaulted and thrown down Margaret 13rodie. wife of Ro bert Jack, weaver, there, upon her back, in consequence of which she was bruised and injured, and fur some time, con lined to her bed. 'f he prosecutor adduced a number of witnesses to prove the charge, and, among others, the woman injured, and her daughter. The evidence was most contlictinke, so much 80 that nut one witness corroborated another. l'he Jury retired, at about 12 o'clock, P. M. and, after deliberating fur a short time, returned a verdict of Not Proven. Notwithstanding of this verdict, the panel intimated her intention to carry the point of relevancy before the Supreme Court, in order, if the objections are there sustained, that she may have a claim to her expenses. The Court House, owing, it is believed, to the novelty of the case, in this quarter, was much crowded. The recently passed Act of Parliament for the better re gelation of corn returns, compels every dealer in grain not only to render to the proper officer a - correct statemen t of each quantity purchased by him, but also to deliver a previous declaration that he will make such returns,—in failure whereof the magistrates of the district or borough, upon Information laid, may millet the offender in any sum not less than 21. nor more than 101. That this is the law many of our neighbours now know, to their cost.—Slonday last was a fine harvest day, and it was thought—by whom cannot with accuracy be set down—that about twenty of the farmers and millers who frequent Stamford market would be more pleasantly and profitably employed in our town-hall than in their corn fields; ant that they would be empowered to give greater wages to their reapers and la bourers if a few pounds were abstracted from their pockets in the shape of fines and fees. Accordingly, therefore, about the number before stated were summoned to appear at the town-hall, to answer to the charge of having neglected to comply with the latter provision of the Art. In vain did they plead that they had regularly and properly male their returns ; in vain did"shey complain that the officer, before laying the information, had not given them notice of their legal obligation; in vain did they urge that their offence! was one of omission, not of commission : the stern path of duty' must he followed, 'ignorance of the law is no ex• case,' and therefore they were all convicted and ordered to down with the dust, videlicet, each 2/. tine to the King, and 31. 17s. 6J. costs to the corporation's' man et law.'—(Stans. lord Ave...) The folloieinesingular advertisement is extracted from the Lancaster Fret Press: A few copies of a Bridle for the Deviles," being an evan►telical curb to muzzle those who baring been bitten by the 01,1 Serpent, groan under the infernal quinsey, by a lover of whole bones, has been heft at this *dice for :de, price 6i cents. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT T.XTTERSALL'3—AuGust 23. DONCASTER ST. LEGER STAKES. 18 to 1 agst Tinker-9 to 1 agst Rosanne colt-10 to 1 art Sherwood-10 to 1 agst Claude Lorraine-1i to 1 agst Tan cred. BRIDG MATER RAC ES.-Tu ESDAT. Sweepstakes of Sgs each, with 23us added from the fund; two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Fellowes's b m Escape. 5 yrs old, Sat 71b Mr. C. nte's br gby Colossus, 3 yrs old, 7st .... Mr. West's br f by Pioneer, 3 yrs old, ist The County Members' Plate of 501. for all ages.—Heats, thricn round. Mr. West's br fby Pioneer, 3 yrs old, 7st 1 1 Mr. Shard's b f 3 yrs old, Ist Sib (bolted) dis Mr. C. I. K. Tynte's eh c 3 yrs old, 7st. (bolted) dis On Wednesday the 20th, the Borough Members' Plate of SOI.— • Heats, thrice round. Mr. Fellowes's b m Escape, 3 yrs old, Sst 9th..... . I I Mr. C. I. K. Tynte's ck c. S yrs old, 7st Town Plate of 301. (handicap.) Col. Tynte's gr g Grimace, 6 yrs old. get I I Mr. Fellowes's br c by Colossus, S yrs old,/st 41b 3 Mr. Melon's ch h Cottager. 0 yrs oil, Ost o 3 Mr. West's br f by Pioneer. 3 yrs old, Ost. (bolted) dis KENDAL RACES, WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. by ten subscribers of 10gs eac! ; three miles. Mr. Ferguson's b c Wanton. 4 yrs old, Bst 1 Mr. Wardrop'B ca m Eliza Leeds, 8 yrs old, Sot Olb ....2 The Town Plate of 701. for all ages ; two-mile heats. Mr. Hudson's bg. Sir Henry, 4 yrs Sst Mr. Jnques's hr h Speculation, aged,Bst 1210 4 2 Mr. T. Huichinqon's eh c Landlord, 3 yrs. Est 10lb 2 dr Mr. Wardrop's ch m Eliza Leeds, 6 yrs, Bst 9.b.. 3 dr To the amateurs of singlestick the match at Hungerford, of the ISth inst. afforded a singular treat. The crrepan) was very numerous, and amongst them appeared Sir F. Burdett, appa rently in excellent health and spirits, Captain Craven, Mr. Pearse, and many other gentlemen. The players consisted of seven men from Somersetshire, and seventeen from Wilts, "leas, &c. Somerset. THE SINGLE TIERS WERE. Wilts. Evans, whose bead was broken by Pearse. James, - Heft. R. Stone, who broke the head of Morris Pope. Wall, T. Blackford. Stone. Baker. Radstock, whose heart was broken by Savage. WILTS ONLY. Preston who broke the head of Hanbury. Knapp p!ayed Potter, till he gave is and three bouts with Tutt. ■nd a head given him. DOUBLE TIERS. Wilts. who broke the head of Pearce. Hatt. Savage.• Somerset. H. Stone, Wall, Stone, R. Stone, WI", TREBLE TIERS. whose head was broken by Preston. broke the heed of Knapp. Stone then broke the head of Preston and won the match. which was for 20 sovereigns; having his own and Wall's head unbroken. A IlenoN SHOT.—A heron was shot by Mr. B. on Batorlav last, on his farm, near Halesworth, Suffolk, which Is about 12 miles from Southwold, and ten from the sea coast. The rains and storms had disturbed the waters, and this heron was on the banks of a pond diving for the fish which had been agitated by the weather. From wing to wing it measured two yards; from the end of its beak to the point of its tail about a yard and a hal„ though the body was only the size of a common fowl, such was the length of its neck. Its bill was about seven inches long ; the c dour of the bird's feathers was that of the ordinary pigeon. It was nailed against the barn doors as a trophy, and as a warning. To kill this bird, would, in former times, have been a great offence ; it is still a violation of the statute law of the kingdom. By James I. c. 27., every person who shall shoot at, kill, or destroy any heron, with gun or bow, shall, on conviction before two Justices, by confession, or oath of two witnesses, be committed to gaol fur three months, unless on conviction he pays to the Churchwardens, for the use of the poor. twenty shillings for each heron ; or become bound not to offend in like manner again. By 19 Henry VII. c. 2. no per son, without his own grounds, shall flea, take, or cause to be taken, by means of craft or engine, any herons. unless it be with hawking, or with long bows, OR pain of 63.8 d. Ike. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DEAL. Aug. 2S.—Wind W.S.W. Came down from the river, and sailed the Cossack,Tepping,for Sierra Leone ; Sir Andrew Hammond, Cuet, for the Sc uth Seas ; and Union, Vinery, for America. Arrived the Clarkson. Fullerton, from Quebec; Triumph, from Bombay; Policy. Brook, from the South Seas; and the Africa, from Jamaica. Passed at the back of the Good win Sands, the Netherland. brig of war, Merciiire, from Hal voetsluice. for Curacoa. The vessels belonging to the Corpo ration of the Trinity House, London, have this morning placed a buoy with a staff and vane near the Goodwin South Sand Head, bearing by compass from the South East of the town of Deal.—S.E. Ponzsmouvrr, Aug. 26.—Wind S. Sailed the Guilford. Johnson, for New South Wales; James Sibbald, Forbes, for Bombay; Kent, and Aim Eliza, fur South Seas ; and his Ma jesty's ships Naiad and Camelion on ael uize. Arrived the Or pheus, Crystal!. from the Downs, for Smyrna. PLYMOUTU. Aug. 27.—Wind W.S.W. Arrived the Tom Cod, Borneo, from the Downs for Newfoundland; and Swift, Pearce, from Dram.. Sa led the John, Matthews, for New foundland ; Union, --, for Miramiehi ; and Eagle, Pratt, for St. John's, N.B. FALMOUTH. Aug. 27.—Wind S.W. Arrived the Bescawen, Candy, from Galipoli ; and Four Friends, Roberts, from Lon don. Psnwrow. Avg. V.—Arrived the Bacchus. Chappell, from Prince Edward's Leland ; fell in with the brig Veuerable of, Dundee, with timber. in lat. 30, N. long. ID, W. water log ged, sails furled, and as person on board. Cowes. Aug. Vi.—Arrived the American brig Indus, Day, from Batavia. in 107 days ; passed in the Straits of Sandy, the B.itish ship Transit of Bristol, bound up. Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated July 17:—" His Majesty's skips Cambrian, Hind, and 3ledina, are cruising in the Arches. Au Austrian brig of war ar rived here some days ago, with two pirates. a schooner, and a large ing•sai boat. Another was destroyed by her." Extract of a letter from tise Agent to Lloyd's at Abo, dated July 25 t— i. On the 16th instant, a wreck scut found drifting be tween the Rocks a few miles from Stango, and put on shore on the Island of Rofola. She is an English brig, named the Ocean, laden with deals, and supposed from St. Pe tersburg." The Seringapatam frigate, Captain S. Warren, C. 8., has been employed, during the last month, in conveying Dr. narks front place to place, along the coast between the Nore and Falmouth, for the purpose of ascertaining the longitude of spots, by means of chronometers, has arrived at Spitheail, to enable the Doctor to make some observa tions at Portsmouth, after which she will again proceed to Fahnothh. Strain ships of so immense a size, it was said, were build ing in Canada, that the account app►ared incredible. They are intended, it seems. fur transporting timber, and should he called raft ships ; they are fastened together with timber, and will allow a greater quantity to be conveyed over the sea than in any other manner, and at less exp{►ense. The steam-engines which work them will be picked and re ' turned to whence they sailed from. The vessels will then be taken to pieces, and their timber sold. NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION.-111 illusion to the bottle said to be sent adrift by the officers in that expedition, and picked up by the Fame merchant vessel, The Menton Courier observes that—" Accounts of the ab,ive nature are quite ludicrous, and are mere experiments on public credit. That the bottle as stated has been picked up, may have been the fact, but that it was sent adrift for the purpose of a hoax, there cannot be a moment's doubt. For framer, the time at which it is represented to have been thrown overboard (7th January) is rather unluckily select ed, being precisely that at which the ships must hive been frozen up and in winter quarters, and when the ocean is so completely filled up with mountainous ice, that to distinguish sea from land is scarcely possible, and to obtain a drop of water at such a time, except by melting the snow, is altogether impossible. Another circumstance which renders the fabrication self-evident is that, in every bottle thrown overboard by Captain Parry, the statements are printed in different languages, requesting tht person who shall pick them op, of whatever nation, to forward them to the Secretary of the Admiralty, which papers simply contain a statement of the latitude and longitude of the ships, signed by the Commander of the Expedition." This day at 1 o'clock, as a gig in which were two gen.le men passing along Bridge street, Blackfriars, a hackney chariot ran violently against it, threw down the horse, and mapped the shafts off close to the steps. The gentlemen were placed in a most perilous situation beneath the holy of the chaise, as the horse in endeavouring to ectricate himself kicked with great violence,and ran off at full speed towards the Bridge, with the broken shafts at his heels.— He took to the pavement to avoid a coal waggon and fell down. On rising he made for the road ; but was fortu nately secured by sonic part of the harness having caught the tail of the waggon. One of the gentlemen was taken tip with a contusion oo the forehead, and his face streaming with blood. His companion miraculously escaped unhurt. 77)..;•A_OK= DEATH BY FIGHTING. Yesterday evening, a most unfortunate dispute arose in a public house, on the II snow Road, between three soldiers of the Ist (herds, and a party of dustmen. The Turret originated in some insults offered the soldiers ; and on the epithet " curs" being applied to them, the sol Hers resented the affront, and challenged the others to a pugilistic contest. general fight having begun in the public house, the com batants were compelled to retire to a field, when a dust an, named NORMAN, stripped. His example was followed by a soldier, named SPENCER, and they fought some minutes. when a serjeant of the Regiment passing by, interfere I, and I commanded the soldiers to retire to the barracks. This they having refused to do, the Serjeant seized Spencer for the purpose of removing him, when he broke from his grasp and rushing at Norman struck him a tremendous blow below the abdomen. The unfortunate man staggered a few paces, and, uttering a groan, in a few moments expired. The .Serjeant instantly ordered Spencer to be delivered into the custody of a constable. The second of the unfortunate Norman, (who was, it is raid, generally a qu i et mast) escaped. The body was talcen to the Red Lion, Padding:en, for an Inquest. The soldiers were this day to undergo examination before the Magistrates of the district. G Rouse SHOOTI n.—The Annals of Spotting for September is embellished with a beautiful Plate, engraved by Lrindseer, in his best meaner, of Pointers hunting for game on the Moors of Yorkshire. The Plate is from a Painting by Reinagle, for ' merly part of the Thornton collection, and the Dog making the point is a faithful portrait of a favourite of the late Colonel's, well known in thL North of England. This interesting and entertaining Magazine continues to be conducted in a very su perior style, its pages being enriched with commi.nicstio:l4 from all parts of the kingdom. and the subjects treated of ex tending throughout the whole range of Field Sports. Another division of the work records all the Sporting Occurrences of the Month, with such Notice; of Varieties in Natural History as pertain to the Chase, the Turf, the Stud, and the Ring, aid such other intelligence as may interest the lover of Athletic Sports generally; the whole forming a very gratifying 'Disc-1- '4l%y, and furnishing the reader, for half-a-crown a month, with the collective Information of ezperieuced Sportsmen i all quarters of the kingdom. This elegant Work, in fast, has abated nothing of the spirit with which it set out in January, 1921. since which time Three Half-yearly Volumes have been published, forming a complete Register of Sporting Subjects, and embellished with Tairty-six Cabinet Engravings, besides numerous illustrative Cuts. Cony EXCHANGE. AUGUST 119.—The qusntity of Wheat 8.400 quarters, and of Flour 7,9110 sacks,arrived this week, is considerable, and the weather being now very favourable, our Wheat trade remains dull, and Monday's prices are hardly supported. There are only 4,7110 quarters of Oats come iu this week, yet our buyers purchase sparingly, and although Mon day's terms are maintained, sales can only be made to a limited extent. In other grain no alteration. SIIITHFISLD MARKET, AUGUST 29.—There was a good sup ply of Oxen at Market this morning, but-that of lamb and mutton was rather short. The priers of all descriptions of Cattle may be quoted much the same a. last Monday. Tha trade seemed rather brisk for soma meat. Beef, Ss. 44. --NI ton, 3s. to 44.—Lamb, 4e. to .Rs.—Veal, U. to bs.—Pork, 104. to Ss. Ind. I •lut- k, 2g. • of it is; ill "S heir rate like 7 77 ;11.,r