The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-19 00:00:00

R • To THE EDITOR or ins STa. . Stn,—Fair play is a jewel, and your Paper, distin. geished for its support of the cause of justice, wilt readily admit, I doubt not, a justification of Sir F. BURDETT'S conduct sgainst the attacks of Mr. COR BETT. It is imputed, in last Saturday's Register, to Sir F. Botterrr, that he has, convinced by the irre sistible arguments of Mr. Canaan . , twisted round to the opinion of Universal Suffrage from the more limited principle of Moderate Reform, restricting the right of Suffrage to householders. Now let us only advert to the" reply" of Sir FaA Nell. when he moved sone Resolutions on Reform in the Hams of Coat- MOM, the 2d of Jone, 1818. In sddressing blame to Mr. BROUGHAM he made use of the following words, to he fouutl in his printed speech:—" It was a great mistake to suppose that he(Slr FISANCIS) bad ever been otherwise than e defender of the principle of the most extended Suffrage. it was true. that he had proposed and defended' mere limited Suffrage than--IW - tuvw offered to the consideration of the :House. Convince& as he wes that princi ple enyirlding land unberartieg, dui( would bog no reason, or take into account the feelings of, aths's, became thereby impracticable, however correct, in argnmear, he had always been willing, as he *ill ass, to stop short of the utmost event to which the priocipte Wlght be car 441 ; but he was ow ..fiew cesspit to the ihsik of the principle' itself.'*.p.o. Ti its ins cb tor.stltif change of opinion, (yr whleb F/AAISCIS 410., severely censored. Move things, it limit Such. 4iithalga Abash) be made by Mr. Coser.vr, the ilvetui -4 APO of whose opinions and priociples hare rendered jest melees the maichlen productions of bis pan, and unhapviily made alkorahtic attaining to tumid to the forcible remittals" and irresistible appeals by which he exposes sn 'public abuses. Should Too he inclined to admit - into your Paper illustrations of Mr. Coasares versatility and ettateodiums of opi nion, too shall bear frogs 81110008. It is of • ise. portance to tie Public that the obaracter of Sir FRANCIS should wolbe misrepresented ; it les sort of public proPirty, and, themtfose, deemed' °stattfinden.. XXX. 0 war ' • - •y LAW INTE t ENGB. VICE:CIIANCELLOR*6 COURT. Vic. 18. THR ATTORNEY GENERAL. AT Till RELATIox THE MARQUI6 or SLANDIORD. AND THE HOW. AGAR ELLIS AND OTHEIts, V. His CMLAGE THE Di.;lli. or MARLBOROUGH. Mr. Haststar, as junior Counsel for the Noble Defendant, stated.this to be a bill filed by the Plebe tiffs, praying that the Defeatist) , might be ordered to account for the produce of certain trees which had been cot dew, in Blenheim Palk and disposed 4: and further, that be &lieutd be restrained by th4t Coort from cutting down any more timber, or from committing any other waste en the Blenheim estate . The bill set forth some proceedings in Psrliscnent, which took place in the 3d and 4th of Queen Aline, when the House of Commons, on account of the sig nal services and high exploits, particularly the mili. tory achievements, of the first Duke of Marlborough in his victory at Blenheim, pleseeted an Address tre to her Majesty the Queen, in which they eepressed their gratitude for those services, sud trtistsul t that her Majesty, us the fountain of honour,. wuggl great some means of perpetuating his renown ,44 1 10 y The Address of the C notions was fol(owtli by a corresponding Address of the Loads, and the Queen espressed her perfect readiness to concur is the de• sire of both 11-uses. At. Act of Parliament was then made granting the Woodstock estates, militia. ing 1894 acres, in Osfordshisr. It was allegorised. found es s edient by the Queen and Parliement, sod approved of by the Duke, that the e•lates should go 'down, *loll with the title, to his Grace's posterity: By the Geese Art, her Majesty was empoeeted to raise a cestain sum for the 'recline of a splendid m a n sion, which eras to be named Blenheim-house, in odder that posterity should be acquarnted * lin the !loose of g ratitude with which the nation had been actuated; and that ute building s•relf tosght steed a. permanent monement of his Grace's exploits. A. subsequeet Act of Parliament, in the reign of George 1., after reciting the prov;siiins of toe Misfit Queen Ales., set (mirth, that tie erection o f the the mare.iser of I3tetthritn, the order's,' grounds, Ste. had beets at the expels: 1i of the Queeo, out of the re , venue granted to her by Parliament' for that very purpose. ft was ntenriliiigly reseeded, that all de, Instill.: a n d clain.s of trasletenen print to 171 t, ahotijd he dhi barged by the Crown. The 'bill then ci.m. plainest that the Noble Defends nt had cot down .every trees of con.iderable value at Ilteithrim Patk, which were not only highly ornanien:a, hut direful as a protection to the property. lie had also owl down a. great number of saplings at an unseasonable part cf. the year, which he had sold, and had contracted to furnish cement timber.merchants with timber from the Park. Ti e bill went en to 'liege, that lithe Court did not interfere and prevent bim, the Plaintiffs would be deprived of the protection si hich Perth'. me.nt had provided for them, us the heirs and de. Icentianis of the great Duke of Marlborough. To this bill the Defeudanehad put in a general demorrec —first, that Ito such waste as the hill stated bad been committed ; secondly, that the discovery sought by the bill could be of no service to the Plaintiffs. Mr. BELL, for the Noble Defendant, maintained that the intention of the grout was to vest the estate fie.iitopli in the Doke mud his seccessors, for •Isich reason there was no reversion vested in the Clown; therefore the King's Attorney-General was improperly introduced as a potty to the present suit. Tie VIOE•CIIANCELLOO said, he conceived that the Duke r emained reverstottery in fee, because the ed of Queen Anne could never deprive him of the fee he had obtained by the first Act. Mr.. Him. moil, that was 'sadly the case ; end it confirmed his argument, because the 2d of Queen Astor , limited the estates that wet e to go with the title, granting, at the same time, to the Duke and his sec- Ceases' certain priviieges, bat Nesmith); them front alienation. There were two questions then to be considered; first, what had been the doctrine of the Courts of Equity in cases of equitable waste, so far as tenants fur life were concerned ? Secondly, whe ther there »as, in the case of the Noble Duke, any thing that should require *different mode of proceed. ing from others ? Before he should go further into the question, he would observe, that when the In junction was moved before Lord Chancellor Eldon, his Lordship felt some difficelty in granting it, not finding, in his recollection, any case precisely s i m ilar, except that of Lord Shrewsbury's; and he granted it on the special condition, that notice should forth with be served on the Noble Defendant. In Common Law, all persons, except guerdisos, who ere not tenants for life, had fell power to cot down trees. — The first Statute preventing the making waste was that of Marbridge. Lord Coke, in his 2d Institute, t 99, speaking of the estate, says, "It furnishes teusuts in dower.tenants by courtesy and guardians, bet not tenants for life ;" for it says of such waste, tt it anal be owing to the negligence of donors in not making a proper provision." The 'ld Statute was that of Gloucester, which gave triple damages for waste committed. The, nest was the lel of Westmin• ster, which besides the same damages. gave them also retrospectively. In the case of " Vaue and , L ord Barnard," in 1716, which was for an InjanctiOn to restrain the Defendant from pulling down a ;mullion. hoes., the Court held it contrary to the mont a ne of the donor, and restrained him accordingly. The case of " Abrams and Budd," which was for felling trees, Lord Chancellor Nottingham thought he could not restrain, the Defendant ; but that if he went to pull down houses, the Court would interpose. The Learned Counsel stated other cases to the sameeffect, and concluded, that the fee was vested in the great Duke and his successors, under the first of Queen Anne, and whoever was in possession entail, had the right to cut down timber, tied dispose of it. The Plaitoilfs, by the present proceeding, *ere trying to deprive ; the Noble Defendant of his Com mon Law right. Would the Counsel, said the Learned Gen tleman, pretend to say, the estate ought to stand pre cisely in the same slats as when it was first granted by Queen Anne ? The VICE-CuANGELLott said they most so atone, for the meaning of the deed of gift was, that Bless heim was to remain in the same state as it was whets possessed by the first Duke of Marlborough. Mr. BELL then said they must. contend that the Noble Defendant had. not the right of making any improvement on the premises. It was well known that a change had taken place in the legion of ca Tilt STATESMAN „~ ,PLAYA INTALLAGENCE. DEA c,R5018..-.Arelvird and remains in tbeDowns, the Mountaineer, Jefivrsom, from Shields fur Ja• oaks. , Porm. - mowrit, 18c --- Arrived bis Ineyesty s ship Pheasant, from Plymouth ; Viper cutter, from! a cruise ; Concord, II oltis, from Waterford ; UMW. able Victoire, Fortin, from Cheihurgh; Elizabeth, Need., from Jersey.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Red wing, for St. Helena.; Retrench, kiwi, for A maim ; end the Defence, Borodino, Albory,Wysion, ` Brilliant, aitit John transports, from Spithesd, ith troopt en rk• slistato.' ss, DCc. 18.—Sailed the Baring, Le', • fey Ness South Wales. 11ARwictt, DEc. If; —Arrive() the Lord Nelson packet, with a Mail, &c. from Holland. LMOUT DEC. 18.—Arrived the Avon, Swain, • from Alexandria in 59 days ; and Robert and Mary, .Aswell, from Waterford, and both proceeded for LoAdon. Two English vessels had arrived at Amu afrulria (names unknown) from Gibraltar, the day before the Avon sailed.—Sailed a few vessels for 'London; the Olive, --, for Havre ; and the John, Nichols', for Youghall. GRAVESEND, Dec. 18.—Arrived the Mary, Swan; Cameron, Kiel ; and Dituntless, Edwards, from Ant werp.—Saiiini the Marianna, Morris, for Smyrna, Arc.; Posey Hall, Head, fur Baihmkes ; Fames Ann, Cummings, for Cape Coast, Africa; and Au- Jots, Harrington, for Cork.—No millings yesterday. ~♦ r The Providence of Plymouth, Power, bound to St. Michael, in going into Cruothaveso on the llth inst., ran on shore on some rocks, bilged, and suck; 'asterisk saved. BRIGHTON, Dec. 17.—This afternoon that Pains BEGUN, inspected his stables, and for some time en joyed the eqnesteiew exercise in the Riding-school. This morning, the E*rl of YARMOUTH and Mr. CROlLia.Crater/ to the Adnikally, left the Pavi lion for London ; and this afternoon Lord WILLIAM and Lady GORDON airived here. Oer fintionable promenade on the Steyue this afternoon presented an exhilarating and brilliant scene, and considering the near approach to Christmas, its pedestrians were snore numerous than similar perinds have witnessed. The band of the 35th regiment, by playing favourite and popular tunes, contributed greatly to the ge neral pleasure. The air here, for this advanced pe riod, is remarkably mild ; and sheltered as oar town it from the keen north blasts, the sue has even now a genial warmth towards the cliffs. Accounts have been received from Ceylon, by Madras, of so late a date as the Ist of Jaly lest, which represent that the unhealthiness in the Candian country has been as great as it was in 1803, and that tunny Earopeons had title!' victims to the fever.— lt is also reported, that in consequence of Ceylon hating been placed under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic tion of the Bishop of Calcutta, many alterations sill be made in the situation of the Government Chaplains on that island, and that, amongst others. the Clergy will not for the future be permitted by the Bishop to hold any civil situations; this will more particularly affect that Chaplain, who P.W. in adtli tion to all the offices which lie holds ) is superintend. ant of the pearl fiThery. The new Comedy of " ' A Word ofr the I.( dies" vies repeated last night, when some intlicieut - tailments having been made, it wa' received with lea opposition, and announced for a third performance this evening. The house was very thin, even at half price. Seventy vessels sailed in the coarse of last week from Wkiteharen for Ireland, r v • • K - er•~ ;~ a, • LIBERTY ow ris . f' --011 1104 .- Lord Csmllereagle. - wite dillOthi C•sele, is wet. if we woe rely on rumour, very high Is agibres emotes the wiser part of satiety on the Cuisine*. It Is publicly bedewed, that be has Ripen a decided Iseisies Wiest the toadies of the Liberty of the Press t or, he other words, that be is willies to ere it re main clogged and framed. as it there is, to pk the folly of see• is power. The motives of his Lordship may be gend Illmsugh ; bet as his empathy and knowledge are very limited. the motive is of little value le the ealcolollea 0 the injuries, the necessary consespaseces of each an npishes, if carried into ef fect, His Lordship is sot a philosopher: his understandlog scarcely reaches to the level of third-rate men, and his acquire mean do not raise him higher in the scale. ['heed in a Ante date which excites surprise, totally incapableof judging of the future from a profound view isf the paw: unable to trace the causes, wso measure the effects of ill gemeroment. he is great *sly ammo' the little me:ears. which glimmer within the pre cincts of royalty. As well may a bet. on the cupola of St. Paul's, message its repairs, or erpeeketenel its imprint-meets. es his Lordship duvet the spirit of the times. piemote the genera/ welfare of she 'talon, give vigour to science. renovate the sett. city of commerce, greatly reduce the burdens under which else (*entry labours. and, by out compeeheasive glance. survey the cusses of the deelise of empiric. mad learn to arrest their career. In an period of history was it so necessary for Mooned's' to select for their counsellors, men of more than eedinary intellect, as in the pretest day; and perhaps in u period of history was there ever exhibited to the world a greater dearth of talent than the di rectors of the femur nations eafortuentely display. Yet a new light has shone on Fawner; the sea of science casts its rays over a wider space; seder its geai.l warmth the souls of multitude* begin to expend, old prejudices are scorched by its dres and more liberal and generous ideas have 'peeing sp. To midenymer to blot net ibis sea. or to coace*l its beams. is a lash as ridiculous, as to try to drown the fele moos is the ocean, or to hide behind the Andes the mi., Itemiser, of day. Armies cannot invest the progress of Images ledge; ceirawiers and lancers, ia such an expedition, Ye a little avail ; nor Can absurd laws, letended to enshrine despo tism in • reeky, prevent the meet" of thought. 'I here is oesnli jett more interesting to seantind, thee the Liforefo of the Proses Fro SIMMS& *WC TUG con Of tee SinSIAN RACEI- If uathity w ere necessary to support this self evident posi• lion, o e or might pine! the glorious names of Staehope, F.r.kitie, Tooke. Price. Priestly. Seek, ' Jones, Camden, (:hat. . Mae, Johnson, Hume. Milton. Ise the one scale; though the friends of despotism may be content with the names of Lord Easelereagh and his compeers, in the other. They are of the ,same hied wills the former, though as widespert ip all that con • fere true dignity on human severe, ns the sloth and the elephant, she lizard a..d the whole. The Liberty of the Press es the imago( l'reedons. sod where it does sot test, slavery resides. Iles the,Pioele begiu to hate the name of slave ; and even the t I is Orman, the dupe of custom, no tuner loves Wide tbe increase of knowledge, • regard Vr hea risellberve liberty has spread; to damp ibis desire. an check this ardent mirk he effects of whose power are mighty, is the must erectilel mode of breakier cceptrrs in piece'. sad Inetbling thrones in dm dust. The Holy 111iaece f Monarchs rests in securely on the aleridtment of the Rights of the People; it Must totter std fall. if she subject deems it Injurious. An arcs d force to stifle eomp•aiot, and simpers% die murmurs of the °ppm 41,ceaset to boa machine. when it becists to reason; *ad as its Pritino improves, it will become the ins , content of the laws, and mow it has heels, the eugine of caprice nod re•enge. The day lost appose/les. when the startler-citizen, having leant lets deny, will perform it, net by bou : sitb.ervience to the commands of pride, but by willing obedience to the di gates of the low; and thot,gb. in his military espied y. be will not tea detiheintive hi mg. yet, in his character as a eiders, he will thinkMtn, whiCh will Pitc br ia r to act like a man, and not ID a slays " Then till project.. support. lag Uovernment by the A ward. must yield to the happyword art of goverwisig oil ley ek, Power maintained bylthe s deserves to fall by the sword ; it is wanton in its ape ratios—it is enjast in its commands—it is caericious, sod void of wisetien, and as it feeds on one worst passions. the greet of wirier never wiligatitst its folly., Force can no longer usurp the place of right without eitrideamat' : the actions of Kings and Lonwrors are weighed by the nark, and noticed by the meanest of mankind ti the veil of divinity .has been draws' aside, and the niottal is exposed in his aftwool slate. Start and garters. and pomp and parade, no longer serve to confer wisdom on folly, or decoratecmce with virtue. Mee-1 sores which. in old time', might hate beets commended. are now crowned Ate their/ struygonnee. fr 4 , e Press martsks free the swie and condition sod changes of society. • emirate idom.; to beresteielt its kaomitedpe, will let embleres the—mestilkoefilerl width have been consigned to the tomb. Ucentiousuess will mix with this liberty. bet we must out destroy the latter, tinder pretence of weeding out the former. Ile would he a bed bps bondman, who eradicated his crops. in order to remove the darnel. What may be termed licentiousness by the fool, may be a sut.ject of admiration. The exposure of the doctrines of tyranny has been descried as treason.; be enfolding of the mysteries of bigotry has twee blackened with Me charge of ,Ithrilns. and philosophy . divine philusophy, has been repred seated, by the vile and' corrupt, as a turbo tent disturber of social eider. Whilst mankind are in general improving in knowledge, Kings and Courtiers must not present a degraded picture of humanity; to secure their just int. • •ste, they must guard them with virtues, and surround them with wisdom. If *loyalty be only distiveuished by foul feeding in the Epitomise 1.131 e; by a silly AM iii hunting htiars I by the happy art of tambons tug petticoass 4 by a foolish desire fir military gew gaws; if it be supported by dungeons and inquisitions; by plundering Provinces and dismembering kmpires. it ought to anticipate the mystic writing on the wall, mime, nays, •rutes, °reunite I Died. on Seedily weeping last. in `her slst year, soddenly and unexpectedly, MIS. MART JUKE!, wife of Mr. Julio, of Lant-street, Southwark, so. licitor,daughter of the late Mt. AUGUSTINE Si RFIRLD, of Wokingham, Berks. For many years past she bad suffered ender bodily afflictions; bat, possessed of a tranquil and submissive mind, she bore them with truly Christian fortitude. To her family the loss .111 be irreparable, and to those friends who en joyed her society a source of grief will be felt.— In all those virtues which. adorn the female character she stood pre-eirinent : an 'affectionate child,' faith. fel wife (for '25 years). a tender mother. and, its benevolence, she needed only ability to keep pace •oritli e lhe charity of her heart, never shut to sym tb • A curious incident occurred on the Royal . Ex- Otage yesterday. A real boll gravely marched in soon after twelve o'clock, by the Cornhill gate, and, advancing to the centre, looked around him with great solemnity and deliberation. The few persons who were engaged in transacting business respect. fatly gave way and retired to the porticos. It was evident that the majestic animal was merely on his way to join the herd in CapeNcourt ; but as the op- pearaoce there of so large a boll, in the present state of the market, might have been rain to the hopes of a certain powerful party, the alarm soon spread, and a posse of bears formed themselves in the gate nest Bartholomew.lane, to dispute his I passage. Though great trepidation was evident among this party, who repeatedly gave way sa. tiled boll tinned towards his place of destination, they I fealty succeeded in pre ventin g his approach ; as be , kept his post, however, with great pertinacity, trea chery was resorted to, and the noble creature, after maintaining his situation for nearly an hour and a half, to the mingled delight and terror of the nu merous spectators, was ignominiously dragged oat at the tad of a cart. Some wonder was expressed that his brother balls did not form a counter -party in his favour; but ik has frequently been observed that en vy sometimes' blinds men even to their own interest. Eight Inds', all ander 17 years of age, were seized in the act of picking pockets, and were committed to different prisons, upon the clearest evidence. They 11/Pfl a ll suspected to belong to one gang, which is organized in the neighbourhood of Portpool-lane, Grey's lna•bine. '~ 4 --, ;COMMERCIAL. .. —....--- The following Is the' substance of the Regulations of the Irish Board of Outrns, respecting the con- I veyance of merchandise by the Holyhead Packets : The following oracles, the manufacture of Great Britain and Intend, are henceforth permitted to be imported end 'sported, by his Majesty's Packets between Dahlia and Holyhead, on their obtaining a licence for that Impose : Apparel for both eases; Books, bound and en- Mond ; Bests or Figures of Earth or Stone; Cabinet Ware; Coaches and other Carriages; Cottons; Dra. pery, new and old ; Earthenware, or Pottery ; Ha herdashety, Hardware, Hats, Linen', Millinery, PU14111041 Plated Ware, Prints and Pictures, Sad dlery and other Manufactored Leather ; Silk and Worstedoin. Tabbinets sod Bensbasines; and Stock imp. No drawback is to be allowed on any article trans. mitten in this manner; bat the countervailing duty, imposed by the Act of Union upon the several arti cles enumerated in the above list, is to be levied, so long as the same may continue is force. The following are the regolatioos respecting good. outwore from Addis:— • The parcels and wicker , are to be deposited with , the Serveyor et llowth, at least one day prior to the day of their intended shipment, that the Officer may have atifEcient time to etemine their contents, and to see IMt the goods contained in them are solely of British or Irish manufacture ; and an eccoetst is to , bi entered in the Surveynet books et Heitth, of thr partieniar parcels and packages, with the ownet's name, marks, and neinbera, that a correvo.onding number to that entered in the book be alfised by the Olhoeir, prior to the delivery on board the Packet. — And prior to the departure of the Packet Iron, llowth, the Master is to deliver to the Sul %eyor, manifest nr detailed account, signed by him, &pea ) - ing the serious descriptions of the parcels and pack ages taken on board, *Melt, on bring esamitied by the Surveyor's books, and found to be correct, is t.• be signed by the latter Officer, and re-delivered to the Master. lietcards front Holyhead.—Upon the arrival of the Packets at llowth, the Master is to deliver at the Cestom-house, to the Tide Surveyor there, the ma nifest or account, signed as aforesaid at the port of lading. The goods are to be deposited in the Re venue House at llowth, under the care and cos tads of the Surveyor there, for comparison, as to outward bulks, with the manifest ; and the Surveyor, after ascertaining that the parcels or packages corre sponded with such documents, is to deliver the goods, 1 fot the purpose of being forwarded under lock and key. in the custody of an Officer from liontb, to ,the Custom-house Stores Dublin, there to he again examined, entered, and discharged, in the manner now practised with 'respect to such goods at are at present importable by other Pockets. The CuA:to:GEAR has confirmed the order of the M %Irvin of the Rolm, setting aside the award of the Arbitrators, in the cause between the Esti of Km. STON and the Countess Dowager of KINCISTON.• Several men and carts ware employed, yesterday, in St. James's Park, carrying ice from the coned, to the Piu WC E agq;NT's ice-bosses, at Carl t on-hmsand A ilteetestinat of some interest to the Philantitre. plat (says a private letter from Paris, dated the 12th inst.) °mum, here yesterday. An Englishman lost his packet.book, containing more then 10001 in the Rea*. Honore. It was picked ep by a pour man roasting chattels, who took it to the address marked. on the cover. The Englishman gave him only fire francs: but mark the sequel—he foll Owed the man to his home, his poverty and good character, and made him a present of 4000 francs, on one condition, that of his keeping the name of the donor secret. It is a singular fact, that on most of the wear, lands in the instil and western parts of England, the Ifurses have this year flowered twice! the first time in ' Jolts, and again within the last ten nr 12 days. 'Tut SrAtta STRUCK YOUTll.—Yesterdsy Mr. BIRNSE, while sitting at Bovr.street, received a message from Mr. S. Kemble, of the Thatre-Resem -1 oya in Drery-tene; informing him that a yo e uth, r bling ',the lad who lately had left his friends in Glasgow, and whose absconding from the University in that city was notified in town, had applied to him for an engagement. The youth, upon being brought In Bow-street Office, said that his real name was James Aickin, and owned that he had arrived from Glasgow by sea, in order to get employed on the stage. Upon a question from the Magistrate to hint, respecting the youth's abilities, Mr. S. Kemble was co mpelled to assert . Me. liirefe, titit young'Aickin had no chances of weave 14 an actor. Mr. Birnie now advised the youth tw return to his real friends. Weitcote, the constable, at length undertook the tisk of forwarding the yelith 'homewards to Glasgow. The Gentlemen of Mr county are about to resume decisive measures against 'the iwtolerable nuisance of public breging.—(Glesgono Chronicle.) The Court of sestlon on Saturday refused a new trial, o 6 the motion of the Proprietors of the Belfast Newsletter, against the verdict of the Jury Conte of Glasgow. The Ceatirs Were unanimous ; bet we en. .derstafid that L,etd BULOIRAT and Lord SUCtOTU meted a 6 opinion that the damages were too large. Tenser, the pugilist, met his friends at his benefit in a spacious reioes on Thursday evening, which was attended by a most reipeetable party of the admirers of his hosing talent. He amide no reply to Martin accepting his challenger end stating that his money was ready at Burn's, is Windmill-street, and which has excited much sieovittiks the sporting circles. Fens.—A fire binkliantat the house of this Rev. Dr. Brown, No. 26; Cefendish.square, on the even. ing of Thursday, at eleven °Work, which excited much alarm. The accident was occasioned by the Doctor setting fire to his bed curtains, but by prompt assistance in the house, the flames were subdued after haying destroyed the greater part of the furniture in the room, without the engines being worked. Yesterday afternoon, as some boys were amusing diemsalves on the ice, in the Canal in the Regent's Park, they discovered under the ice the body of an apparently tiew•beessunale infant, completely naked: one of the boys Gaffed it to the Jew's Harp public holm. It appeared quite perfect, with the exception of some bruises on the head. ,„ . r:: .---.- * •tI 1 E