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ENGLISH OPERA ROUSt. gib managers of ibis pleasant little place of stammer smusement have followetd the example of their neighbours' o f the Haymarket in reviving the Opera of lu hie and Turku, 00 c of the first, and by no means the worst, of George cpiman's dramatic labours. We have no intention to in stitute any comparison between the rival reproductions, be cause the public can so easily make one for themselves, and st the same time double th eir pleasures by witnessing its performane at both houses. T hey will find strong points a t each, and the sweet and simple music of Dr. Arnold pill bear the test of repetition. With respect to the performance of last night, we are happy to have it in our power to say, that th e oper a h as been produced at this theatre in a very effective manner,. and with a cast of characters so strong, both in the acting and singing department's, as cannot fail to render it a fa vourite with the frequenters of this theatre during the short period of the season now remaining. It has been the fashion for actors of considerable emi nence occasionally, and " for the nonce," to personate the 'oddity , hero of this piece ; and among others, we have P seen Mr. Young, on benefit nights, assume the character of Wk. Mr. Cooper played it last night as well as it can me deserve, or we desire ; and sung the incidental songs (which is a kind of condescension on his part) more like a geetlerhan than an actor. Sir Christopher Curry was well played by Bartley, the evenest actor of the age, anti was as hot as, Or last July—whichsoever you please. Mr. Broadhu rst is, the compass of his organ con d.dered, one of the sweetest and moat pleasing singers we I know) executed the music belonging to his part in a very delightful manner, and was particularly successful in the introduced melody " I'd mourn the hopes that leave me." Of Mr. Mathews, in Trucke, we have to speak in terms of the most unqualified praise. The character fits him to a hair. It is one of those humorous mixtures of the whim sical mad pathetic, in which this actor is always great. The female part of the performers are entitled to as fa vourable mention as the others. Miss Paton transformed herself into Woteski, and warbled " Her native wood notes wild" with great tenderness and truth; while her science and execution were, as usual, unapproachable. Site Played the part, which is a favourite with actresses anti au diences, muter( the black paint, with a great share of archness and rtairek, and was su ffi ciently bewitching, although u a pleasant contemporary says, " The snow that whitened on her brow, Fquick darkening o'er, ades dim before Vis blaze of day and Martin, now IVers of Likratairt" Miss Onward had little to do in the Chambermaid; and Miss Noel sung the songs of Narcissa in an unassuming and lady-like manner. The sweet sketch of the heroine is delightfully filled up by Miss Kelly with the hand of a mistress of her art. Her splendid personation redeems the unworldly improbability of the plot, and prepares us for the departure from the original in the catastrophe, which, i Downes gratefbl it must be to the finer sensations of our nature, cannot but jostle with our every-day notions of " things as they are." But while we look at her we are so lost in the contemplation of individual truth and power, that we forget everything else, and only wonder how Inkle could ever meditate the desertion of such a Tarim, without feeling any surprise at the only astonishing part of the story—their final and full reconciliation. Mitts Kelly is the enchantress who reconciles us to these improbabilities— leafs car willing senses into captivity, and persuades us that nothing is, but what is not!" Via have only to repeat the praise generally, which we Tare already given in detail ; and observe, that the piece went off with great eclat to a crowded house, and was an nounced for repetition on Saturday amidst loud demon stratiohs of pleasure and satisfaction. Pooa Laws.—A Requisition to the Mayor of this city kin progress of signature, requesting his IVorship to call a public Meeting for the purpose of taking into considera tion the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the intro duetion of a mollified systern of Poor Laws into this ooun try.—Cork Southern liepwr ter. A Gstospi—The neighbourhood of Christ-church, illackfriars-road, has been the scene of much bustle, after night-fall, the last two or two evenings, in consequence of as idle rumour which has spread abroad, that an appari eon is to be seen in the church-yard, wandering about among the tombs. On Tuesday night a vast crowd of per sons had assembled by the aide of the burial-ground, look leg with great anxiety for the supernatnral being making its appearance ; when a wag who was passing, perceiving their eagerness to behold a ghost, called their attention to the reflection of the moon beams upon a white headstone, telling them at the same time that they might see a shade, if they were disappointed in seeing a 4irit. The greater pan of the people dispersed on hParing this remark, but many of the most credulous remained behind. _ _ _ thircu Lea Pis an° swo x.—On the morning of Saturday last, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a smart southerly gale, which did not, however, cause any consi derable damage. During its continuance, a curious phe nomenon was exhibited. The Shannon, which forms in winter, at our bridge, a dangerous cataract, and rushes ander it with a loud roar, had, on this occasion, the course of' its waters so far suspended by the fury of the wind, that its channel beneath the bridge was ao perfectly dry as to be crowded with persons attracted thither by the novelty of the scene. This spectacle, which was without precedent in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, was principally owing to the very shallow state of the river, in that part, from the unusual drought of the summer, and the circum stance of the wind having operated directly against the stream. There were some pieces of coin of an ancient date picled up, and also some, which being adapted to :talent times, were more highly prized by the vulgar Eader.---Ifildulte Herald. A nun named James G'avin has been apprehended in Waterford by several pol cc-officers from England, on a slurp or having.been cone rnul in a murder at York some Lott sins. He was brought to the head Police-office, Dullin, on Satunlay morning, and has been since trans mitted to England. _ SZTR•OIDIS APT EIIItGLAItY.—A daring burglary and robbery was effected in the house of Edward Williams. Esq.. MN 21, ilatscheater-street, on Tuesday night. The family were ms the eve of leaving town for the country, and had packed up in two large trunks an immensity of wearing apparel, which trunks were tein the lower part of the house. The family retired to rest be tdwelve o'clock. Stokes, the watchmen of that station, on pass ing the house. found the area gate secure, and knowing that the house was uninhsbited, and the door only on the single lock, he having an extrannlinsry presentiment that a robbery would be eamaskted on his station that night, considered that this house,' haring but imperfect fastenings, would be singled out, he therefore' under the door some strews, in such a manner that if the doer was opened he would discover it. During the night he was oecepied taking some charges to the satchboune. and on going about three o'clock to the empty house, found that the straws had fallen, therefore the door must have been opened ; but all was quiet, sal be observed no lights, and being at a loss how to act, he 'Placed his murk untkr the door and walked round his . - .-....- • in. on returning again his suspicious were fully con. eed, his mark was withdrawn and the doors had evidently ngtin opened. The watchman became alarmed, and re ahined near the house until about five o'clock on 11'ednesilay 1 when, upon some of 3lr. servants getting up,' tout d the house had been broken into from the rear, and •so trunks robbed of a variety of articles; they gave the alarm, snl in the course of the morning it was discovered that the robbers mad tr•etTscd the drawing-room and ante-chambers, the parlours.' vzo. al the lower parts of the house, and had taken, besides the tiro large trunks of clothes, a bundle, containing dresses, a gold stub and appewtages, worth about 150 guineas. end 404 i° h..aitles some silver plate. A message was sent to tin' ?Ivy-lc/tone Office, and Stowell, an active officer, was sent to " 3 " , 1n0 the premises. Upon hia thawed in he found that the en. ".n . e of th e thieves was through the uninhabited house into the :oil, from which they climbed over the wall, and were at once in ''e yard belonging to Mr. Williams's house. They then got m , atia trap-door into the kitch-m, and from thence into the other ear.i of the horse. Tice ttulka were found removed to a room u ' , Is. 31r. Ilawlinson obser ve d it was a piece of very culpable 4iitunte to leave an uninhabited house' so to.ally defective of] ge.athinan who lost his life bo n aa istol-shot I i on TuAtt ty. as stated, VAX originally ger of an eaten ' 31ancliever house in the City, who afterwards realised an • ....Ist:oh:et fortone, and built a (louse at Edmonton, where he /lis antagonist, Mr. 9—r—w--d, was formerly a hop who lately retired from business. The parties were • Wand. and the disagreement was a family one. The Proprietors of 'the English Gentleman having offer • • ever evatuttout , iy (:t being for a charitable subscription). the ~! the kind persons whose timely donations enabled me to ex . .:.! tan young and respectable women from custody, and restore to to their former pursuits, that of conducting a seminary, I beg • I shall avail myself of the columns of that Paper on r . •!ay next, the :sth invent. Wm. Joxas, • Ilcnch Prtson, Sept. 21, 1023. I.l7'ERdar GLIANINGs. XXXIV. Some OF ARC. site CREMATED MAID OF ORLEANS.— Of this extraordinary female no genuine picture exists. The oldest is in the town-hall of ORLEANS, and it was not painted till the year ISM, nearly a hundred and thirty years after her death. The common Lorraine physiognomy is given to her, without the addition of any mental ex pression. The birth-place of JOAN or Atte is now public property. The spot was purchased in the year 1819, at the joint expense of the French Government and the department of Vosges. The house is enclosed within the precincts of a school, that has been founded for the iastniction of the countrywomen of the heroine of I)omrcmy. The house had, for many years, formed part of another dwell ing, and only three chambers, of small dimensions, could be distinguished. These rooms have beers the frequent', subject of pilgrimage, and many a collection of curiosities boasts a fragment of its beams and panels. The architect appointed by the Government in 1818 has unmasked the edifice, bx demolishing the ruins that encumbered it, restoring to the door-way the arched moulding that had originally belonged to it, and replacing the chimney-piece, which had been removed into the adjoining house. The house now stands isolated, as it should do. A fountain is also there, accompanied, the French say ornamented, by an alabaster statue, the work of a M. Lit GENDRE HERM., who bears the august title of Professor of Sculpture to the Academy of the Fine Arts at Lyons. Painting also has lent her powers to ennoble the residence of the Maid. In the room wherein people have chosen to sup pose she was born her. picture hantrs ; it was presented to the place by his Majesty Loris XVIII. She is painted in an oratory, dedicated to tAr . Virgin, before whose image she is kneeling; and she partly rests on the sword which it is imagined she consecrated to the deliverance of her country. The painter is M. LAURENT, a Parisian artist of some merit. Ever since the revival of letters, Jos s or Aac has been the theme of French poets. Heroics have been vociferated, ■nd elegies written; the brief monody, the lengthened tragedy, have commemorated her virtue and sufferings. Poets of other countries have sung her praises. The ;d -u-deers of Scsiii.l.Eß need not be reminded of his Jungfrau von Orleans. England too has "done her duty," and the earliest aspirations of SouTII EY ° S muse, in the freshness of its republicanism, are devoted to the immortality of the matchless " Maid."—Unisersal Review, No. iv. ARCIIIIII9.IOI. LACD.—The DIARY kept by this unfor tunate Prelate, is extremely curious, as showing that the weakest superstition may be allied with a mind otherwise of strong powers, and with a character of which all the qualities are fervent and full of energy. Levi), it appears, did not at all suspect himself of superstition ; he even thanks God that he is exempt from it, and this at the very moment that he is most manifestly under its influence, and is in the very act of putting this feature of his mind upon record. The following passages nre extracted from the edition of his Diary, published by lICNRY WII•RTUY, in 1695: " 169,3. Dec. 14. Sunday night, I did dream that the Lord Keeper was dead ; that I passed by one of his men, that was about a monument for him : that I heard him say, his lower lip was infinitely swelled and fallen, and he rotten already. This dream did trouble me. " 1625. July 3. Sunday, in my sleep his Majesty King JAMES appeared to me. I saw him only passing by swiftly. He was of a pleasant and serene countenance. In passing he sew me, beckoned to me, smiled, and was immediately withdrawn from my sight. " Sept. 4. Sunday. The night following I was very much troubled in toy dreams. My imagination ran alto gether upon the the Duke of BUCEINGMAM his servants and family. All seemed to be out o f order: that the Duchess was ill, called for her maids, and took her bed. Gon grant better things._ Sept. 26. Sunday. That night I dreamed of the mar riage I know not whom at Oxford. All that were present, were clothed with flourishing green garments. I knew none of them bgt Thomas Flaxnye. Immediately after, without any intermission of sleep (that I know of), I thought I saw the Mellor of. IVORCISTER, his head and I shoulders covered with linen. He advised and invited me kindly, to dwell with them, marking out a place, where the Court of the Marches of Wales was then held. But not staying for my answer , he subjoined, that he knew I could not live so :neanly. " 1626. Aug '23. Friday. Two Robin-red-breasts flew together throne& the door info my study, as if one pursued the other. Thit sudden motion almost startled me. I was' then preparing a sermon on Ephes. iv. 30, and studying. " Jan S. Epiphany Eve, and Friday. In the night I dreamed, that my mother, long since dead, stood by my bed, and drawing aside the clothes a little, looked pleasant ly upon me; and that I was glad to see her with so merry an aspect. She then showed to me. certain old man, long since deceased; whom, while alive, I both knew and loved. He seemed to lie upon the ground; merry enough, but with a wrinkled countenance. His name was Grove. While I prepared to salute him, I awoke. " 1639. Feb. 12. Tuesday night. I dreamed that K. C. was to be married to a Minister's widow; and that I was called upon to do it. No service-book could be found ; and in my own book, which I had, I could not find the order pr marriage. " 1650. Jan. 24. Friday. At night I dreamed that my fither (who died forty-sit years since) came to me ; and, to my thinking, he was as well, and as cheerful, as ever I. saw him. He asked me what I did there? And after some speech, I asked him how long he would stay with me? He answered, he would stay till he had tne away with him. I am not moved with dreams; yet 1 thought fit to remember this. SPORTING INTRLLICENCIf (Br EXPRESS.) EXPRESS.) DONCASTER RACES—WznatzsDAY, Max Nunn. Such was the extraordinary attraction of the races yes terday, that the road from Doncaster to the course was crowded with equipages, in a continued line, for upwards of an hour anti a half, and the extensive paths on each side were lined with well-dressed females and others, jour neying to the course. In the town, the streets might be! compared to Holborn and the neigh houri ng avenues thronged with passengers on their route to Bartholomew fair. At an early hour in the morning the betting,men assembled in groups.in different parts of the principal streets, where they kept till the doors of the new betting-room were opened,', whets a rush took place, and it was filled to excess in a few minutes; indeed, not a twentieth part of the subscribers could get in • those remaining outside then assembled iu c7usters, as on the Netvmarket-heath, which in some degree impeded' . the passage of tbe,ntimerous baroucbee, coaches, &c., and thus it continued till about half-past twelve o'clock, when a great many of them moved off to take their stations in the grand stand. 'The course presented a picture of unex ampled grandeur, and seemed as if the noble and wealthy of the land had concentrated here, for so magnificent an assemblage of rank, beauty, and fashion, is not within Ihe recollection of the oldest,man on the turf. The balls are very numerously attended, and are pro vided with Collinet's incomparable band; and that all classes may be amused, the theatre is opened, and gaining tables out of number provided ; the latter are to be found at the new betting-room, private houses, and even shops, several of which are apprbp';lated to the same purpose, to determined is the spirit of gambling. At the hazard tables the run has been very great, and enormous stuns have changed pockets. TILE ST. LEGER. So great was the interest eicitsd by these stakes, that the odds have been looked after *ith avidity, not only on the Continent but in the East and IVest Indies. It will be gratifying to learn that a publication is in great forward ness at Doncaster, in which will be found faithful anti highly-finished portraits of the winners, from 181.; to the prevent time, which is patronised by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and a great number of titled sporting characters. The race yesterday was a beautiful spectacle; as the horses successively came up to the post and took a canter, pursuant to regulation, the greatest anxiety was ma nifested. The overwhelming interest of the moment ab-1 sorbed every feeling, and all eyes were fixed with an in tensity of gaze on the noble creatures on whom so many hundreds of thousands depended. When all were assembled for the start the beauty of the races, and the motley but lively colours of the riders, had a very picturesque a id! brilliant appearance . We have repeatedly heard of gentlemen praprietors mak ing scarcely any addition to their joekies' demand of M. for riding a winning horse, and ai often heard of very hand-1 some compliments, even amounting to hundreds, by the more liberal ; but we never knew a greater instance of un bounded liberality than occurred yesterday, in the proprie tor of Homer and Dauntless, who. in the hearing of our Reporter, enabled both-his jookies (Chifiliey and Goodison) to stand, on the winning of Homer for the St. Leger, the sum of 1,000/. to nothing each, or in other words, if Ho mer won, each was to receive a gratuity of 1,000 sovereigns. The town this morning was as bustling as ever, notwith standing the morning was rainy till the races began, at which time it clear: al up. At the betting-room a great deal of business was done, not only in betting, but paying and receiving, and which passed off without any levanter being declared. The engagements on the Gold Cup were very extensive, and the odds fluctuated considerably. At the theatre last night the pickpockets assembled. in gangs, and the audience on coming out were robbed and insulted in the most barefaced manner. Ore gentleman, who was detained in consequence of not taking his check, on returning was drawn of property to a considerable amount in bank notes, and many inside the theatre were plundered. Amongst the various sporting characters present is the worthy and venerable Mr. Clarke, sen., th e highly respect able Judge of the Newmarket meetings; be looked as well as his advanced age would admit, and received great atten tion from the Duke of Devonshire, Lortl Marquis of Londonderry, and others of the nobility. The course this day appeared on the same splendid style as yesterday, and, we think, was quite as numerously at tended.. The venerable Earl Fitzwilliam drove up in- his coach and six to the Judge's stand, where, accompanied by Lord Londonderry, he sat by Mr. Lockwood in his box during the issue of each race. There were also in the stand his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Londonderry, and upwards of a dozen other gentlemen and ladies. We noticed Lords Exeter, Milton, Worcester, Bland ford, Muncaster, Kelburne, Darlington, Bentinck, Fitzroy, Chesterfield, Kennedy, &c. The sport was as follows: The Foal Stakes of 100 p. h. ft. Cold, est. 71b. and fillies, Bst 4lb• One mile and a half. Eight Subscribers. Mr. Petre's b. c. by Selim. out of Juliana - Lord Fitawilliam's b. c. Humphry Clinker, by Comus Mr. Houldsworth's be. c. His Grace gr. e. Andmgeus, by Mines - Sir W. Milner's br. c. Pilgrim, by Ardrossan - Betting—Humphrey Clinker against the field. Selim colt led oft kept in front, making steady running, and was never healed; he made his own race all the way, and won easy by two lengths. Scott rode the winner; Clift, Humphrey Clinker; Dockery. Androgen ; T. Lye, His Grace. The Four Year Old Sweepstakes of 50 sow. each 20 ft. • Colts, est. 715.; flues est. 41b.. St. Leger Course. 8 Sam. Mr. Lambton's Buzzard . walked over. slr. Houldsworth, The Miller of Mansfield . pd. Mr. Petre's ch. &Der Freinhutz, by Outcry - p 4. Lord Fitzwilliam's Whiskerandus - Pd. The Gold Cup. value 350 Guineas. Before stating the race, we shall give a description of this mag. nificent prize, which is the gift of the Stewards, the Mat quis of Londonderry and Sir John Vanden Bempde Johnson. Bart. It is of the lox and wide picturesque form prevalent in the reign of Louis Quatorze, and the ornaments are of the same arabesque form. From rich acanthus and locus foliage, which, proceeding from the stem, enclose the lower part of the hotly, rises a spirited Arabian horse, rampant, over each side ; a wreath of enriched scroll foliage encircles the extreme of the body, and another of ' varied leaves, curling over, form the rim ; the whole is aumounted by a noble basket tilled with fruit and flowers, in full relief, falling luxuriantly around, on the dome of the cover. it is supported by a superb fluted spreading pedestal, ornamented with a frieze of scroll foliage, issuing from the two ends, which, curling upwards, form the handles. The arms and names of the Stewards are in full, al together forming the most splendid specimen of a race vase, ever run for in this country. It was free for any hone . • 9 years old to carry 7st. ; 4 ye ars o ld Cat. Mb.; IS years oldest. 101 h.; 6 years old and aged ost. The winner of the St. Leger to carry 31b. extra. Two miles and live furlongs. Mr. Arhittaker'm be. h. Lotter!, by Temp, 5 yrs old Mr. T. Craven's b. e. Longwnist, 4 yes old Mr. Luntley's gr. c. Falcon, 3 yrs old The following started, but were rot Flitted : Mr. Duncombe's ch. f. by St. Helena Mr. Lambton's ch. c. Cedric, by Phantom, 4 yrs Old Mr. Farquhareon's br. h. Nairn, 6 yre old Lord Sligo's br. h. Starch, by Waxy F. pa, 6 yrs old Lord Exeter's ch. h. Zealot, fi yrs old Duke of Leeds's b. c. Croweateher 3 yrs old The following were drawn : Memnon, Negotiator, Homer, Burzard, Res Grace, Fair Char. lotte, Canteen, Cadiz, hideous, Velinti, Caccia Piaui, Abron, Alderman, Dauntless, Florismart, Trifled° Comedian, Zirsa, Hedgauntlet, Cleveland, Daredevil, Elittbeard, and fifteen others. This race created unusual interest, from the known good qualities of the hones engaged. Lottery has long been celebrated as a crack horse for cups and plates, and can hold out a long distance, perhaps better than any horse in the kingdom. Of this class too is Longwaist, who possesses strength. speed, and bottom, and has won more cups this year than any horse of him day in the same period. Of Cedric little need be said; he has never till now been beaten, but in this race the distance was too much for him ; he can only run mile and mile-and-half courses with any success. N. ne of the other horses are of note. , BETTING BEFORE STARTING. 7to 4 agst Lottery I 10 to agst Falcon IS to 2 apt Cedric 10 to I agst Croweateher 7 to I not Longwaist • 10 to I agst Zealot 8 to 1 apt Figaro I 15 to 1 agv Futrell And high odds against Doneombe's Zealot led at starting, but was ?old out before they had gone more The following is written in the register of an innkeeper than one hundred•yards ; then casts up Jittery in a resolute of Ermenonville, which is presented to travellers visiting manner, and made the 1120111 alsahing runnieg we have witnessed the tomb of Jean Jacques Rousseau :—'• Venu ici pour for a long time every inch of thr ground home. About a quarter the winntag post isingwalst neared him, and chid. admirer lea beautes de Ia nature, je crois devoir a ma eon- ien f a desperate struggle ensued, and costinued newly neck science de protesta centre des hounnagcs idolstrcs pro- .ami t nee'lt to endin, when Lottery won the Cup by ;only a heed. digucs au plus dangercux ennetni de la religion et de Ia J. Nelson rode him Longsant. by S. lity , t St arch , by Sant; wonarcb ie. ltiszeellus." • Falcon, by T. N i cho lson ; Crowcatriter, by L: t ; Cork., by " 16t2. Nov. .2. Wednesday night. I dreamed the Parliament was removed to Oxford ; the Church undone : some old CoUrtiers came in to see me, and jeered : 1 went to St. John's and there I found the roof off from some parts of the College, and the walls cleft, and ready to fall down. GOD be merciful. " Tuesday, Simon and Jude's Eve. I went into my upper study, to see some manuscripts which I was sending to Oxford. In that study hung my picture, taken by the life; and coining in, I found it fallen thttn upon the face, and lying on the Boor, the string being broken by which it was hanging against the wall. lam almost every day threatened with my ruin in Pas liament. 001) grant that this he no omen. " Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1644, as I wu washing my face! my nose bled, and something plentifully, which it had not done, to my remembrance, in forty yeara before, save only , once, and that was just the same day and hoar, when my most honourable friend the Lord Duke of Bac KIN•HAN Was killed at Portsmouth, myself being then at Westminster. And upon Friday, as I was washing after dinner, my nose, bled again. I thank (ion I make no superstitious ate, ration ' of this, or any Wog else yet I have. ever used to mark what and how any thing of note falls to me. And here I after came to know, that upon both these days in which I hied, there was great agitation in the R o we of Commons, to hare me sentenced 141 ordinance; but both times put off: In regard very few of . that House had beard either my charge or defence.—Diary, p. 7, 20, 22, 23, 24, 35, 56, 57, 59, 64, and 421. It is interesting to remark, with reference to the above passage in his Diary of 4th Sept. 1644, that he suffered death a few months afterwards. Ile was beheaded on the 10th January, 1645, in his 71st year. It was nor, however, for his learning that he was brought to the block, as Dr. JOHNSON, in the following lines in his " Vanity of Human Wishes," would fain insinuate:— - 2 - S - 4 • PI . 1 •- . 2 " Nor deem, when learning her last mice bestows The glitt'ring eminence exempt from wires t Kee when the vulgar 'nape, despised or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seise on I,Aun, From meaner minds, though smaller lines content The iilundeed palace, or sequenced rent Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock, And Lind learning leads him to the block : Around Ilia tomb let an and genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockhead*, hear and sleep•" nohinson ; Porn, by Cbiffbey ; Etalot. by Wheatley ; end Dunemnbe's. by J. (hay. Cedric had no chance, and all his efforts to fetch Lottery were futile. On the decision of the race, the.,gold cap ~- whore princely maw, A dozen victims slain of &emus poet Would scarcely fill." was purchased of 3lr. Whittaker by the lion. Mr. Petre, but we hare not heard for what sum. Ii was made by Mr. Bright, jeweller, of Doncaster, and Is beautifully executed. The All.age Stakes of 10 amts. each, and 25 added by the Corpo ration ; 3 yrs old, eAL 71h. ; 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. ; $ yrs, list. rat, i n Ira and aged, Bst. 12th. St. Leger Course. (9 subsctibers.) The winner to be sold fbr 200, Ac. Mr. F. Lumley's br. C. Borystlienes, 4 yrs - - 1 Mr. Wortley's ch. f. Camtelite, by Connie, 3 yes . . 2 The following started. bat were not placed Mr. Damell's b. g. Chronicle, 4 yes. lord Scarborough's Diadem, 4 yes. Mr. W. Poen Linguist, 3 yrs. Mr. Baird's Robin Hood., 4 yrs. Mr. Ri•Jsdale's Hatard, 3 yes. The only betting heard was sto 4 agst Diadem. Cameßut took the front, and made most severe play till within a &stance and a half from home, the others lying very snug together. Borysthcnes then let loose, and won cleverly by nearly two lengths, rode by T. Nicholson, Carmelite by Gray, Diadem (who came in third) by H. Nelson, Chronicle by Templeman, Linguist by Jackson, Hazard by Skelton, and Robin Hood by Lye. The appointments for to-morrow stand thus a— The Oascolgne Stakes of 100ga. each • SOft. For 3 . yr old colts Rat. 51b., and fi llies Bst. 21b. St. L eger course. V sub:. Lord Kelhurne's Actmon. Mr. Baird's Cleveland. Mr. Houldsworth's Androgswe. Duke of Leeds's Crowcatcher. Mr. Petre's Rothelan. Lord Fitzwilliam's Trinculo. Lord Exeter's Redgauntlec. Mr. Watts' Memnon. Sir W. Shiner's Pilgrim. Three-year old Stakes of 200 guineas each. Colts, Bst. Sib. t lies. Bst. St. Leger Course. Four Subscribers. Lord Fitzwilliam's hr. c. Dramatist, 17 Comus. Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Escape, by k dho. The Doncaster Racing Club Stakes of 50 soya. each, for all ages. Five Subscribers. Lord Scarborough's ch. c. Diadem. Mr. Lambton's Buzzard. 111 r. Houldaworth's The Miller of Mansfield. Duke of Leeds's Bluebeard. Lord Milton's Flonsmart. Two-year old Stakes of 20 sous. each. Thirty Subscribers. Eucrosia, Magister, Viscount His Worship, Misscy„ Redlock, Garcia, Mulatto, Belzoni, Mary Anne, Bedlainite, South llulnie, and several others. TATTERSAL'S, TuvwsnaY. There WM scarcely any one present to-day, and those who did look in confined their speculations to the Gold Cup at Doncaster, the event of which was not known in the early part of the day. THE ARMY. The depot of the 74th Regiment of Foot is ordered to embark forthwith from Gosport, on board the Zephyr transport, for Glasgow. The depot of the 80th Regiment of Infantry has received orders to March, on Monday next, from Gosport, thr Manchester. The 2tl division of the 24th (Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot has received orders to embark, on the 211th instant, on board the Princess Royal transport, at Plymouth, for Cork. A detachment belonging to the East India Company's Service embarked, on Wednesday, at Billingsgate for Gravesead,on route to Chadian). COMBINATION IN SCOTLAND. The combination which has for some time existed in the west of Scotland, under the title of " the Weavers' Associ ation," can scarcely be said now to exist. Its deluded members are dropping off every day, and there is dread at head-quarters that there will not even he enough of pennies collected to pay the functionaries who presided over the de lusion. A respectable weaver at the east end of Callow gate, who had bee:. so far misled as to contribute to the maintenance in idleness of the functionaries in question, and to lose much time, to no purpose, in attending meet ings, beg an at length to perceive, what was alr ea dy suffi ciently ovious to most others, that no benefit was accruing from the association. He had been for some time working a coarse web, paid according to the combination price, at Which he could not earn above Gs. a week, and he applied to one of the committee men of the Association, to know what he was to do. The committee-man told him that he considered the Association at an end ; it had quite failed in what it had attempted ; and his best plan was to take out a web at the best price he could get. The weaver, thus at 'liberty, took out a firm web, at a small reduction from the combination price, at which he will be able to earn Iss. a-week. Nothing can better illustrate the folly of attend ing to the misleading secretary trumpery than the fact. that whenever a weaver is at liberty to act for himself, instead of making Gs. a-week, according to the association rules, he is, by following his own good sense, earning ISs. a-week. Our readers will recollect that at the last Assizes, the Judges recommended to the Sheriff and other authorities, to use their utmost exertions, in every quarter of the king dom, to find out those persons who were then outlawed for assaulting and intimidating the peaceful workmen. On Thursday last Capt. Hamilton, superintendant of the Cal ton police, succeeded in apprehending a cotton-spinner, outlawed at last Assizes. He was charged with assault, and discharging, or attempting to discharge, loaded fire arms, with intent to murder. He was taken in the public house of a discarded spinning-master in Mile-end, where he was drinking with a number of cotton-spinners. He came away peaceably on a loaded pistol being presented to his breast, and his companions were so overawed that they offered no resistance. He has been lodged is Glasgow gaol. —Glasgow Chronicle. RIOT •T TUG CALTON GAOL.-1 considerable alarm was excited yesterday, in consequence of the sudden move ment of a party of the 17th regiment, to quell a disturb ance among the prisoners in the Calton gaol. Various ru mours having gone abroad, we have been at considerable pains to ascertain the true state of the case ; and, although an examination is still going on. our readers and the pub lic may rest assured that the following is the actual occur rence :—Some of the convicts, by great ingenuity, contrived to break into the cell of, and rob, a poor man, who has been long an inmate of the prison. A search was resisted on the part of the convicts, and the debtors were called to assist the officers of justice. This was considered a great breach of decorum, and a violent attack was commenced upon the debtors. A recent delivery of coals gave the as sailants the command of a large supply of missiles, which they burled at the debtors and turnkeys, who were soon discomfited, with a few slight bruises. The convicts, once infuriated, proceeded to demolish some of the gates, to enable them to get together in greater force ; and, as the thing was so sudden, the military were, with great pro priety, called in, when the convicts immediately submit ted, and were all strongly ironed, and shut up in their cells. Most of the stolen articles have been recovered ; but there was not the slightest intention to break prison, though such a report was current all over the town. Cap tain Young, the governor of the gaol, returned yesterday morning, at fire o'clock, from Leadburn, on the Peebles road, where he had apprehended two of the convicts who escaped some weeks ago.—Fdinburgh Observer, Sept. 20. MUTINY or CONTICTS.—The name of the man who was shot in the late attempt to escape from the hulk at Kings town was Cullen. He was one of the persons convicted and sentenced at the Commission for the assault on Mr. Butterworth. Three others of the. convicts leaped Over board, one of whom swam towards the yacht, conceiving it to he the land. He was picked up and sent back to the convict vessel. The second became exh a u s t e d i n hi s ex i ertions to gain the shore, and having cried out for assist ance, he was taken into a boat, and transmittal to his old quarters. The third, a man named Kilbride. who was concerned in the robbery of the Donnybrook church, I gained the land, and has escap e d f or th e p resent .—D u bli n Evening Post. Great numbers of pitmen belonging to the different col lieries in this neighbourhood, have been engaged to go to Wales, where it appears several pits ate now about to he opened. Thera are two causes to which this is attributed ; these men having long been in the habit of bringing tip their sons to follow their own avocation, the market has been overstocked, and several remained either partially em ployed only, or not employed at all. The other reason is, that in Wales almost double their present rate of wages is givcn.-7'yne Merest-y. luArr or EArow,l3. Yesterday. st twelve o'clock, a General Court of the proprietoall of stuck was held at the Bank of England, for the purpose et considering of a dividend, and also as one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the charter. It was very numerously attended. The minutes of the last Central Court having been read, The Cnmutilate stated. that the Court of Directors, after elf consideration of all the affairs of the Bank, had agreed to recom mend that a dividend of feur per cent. ' upon the capital stock and profits of the Company. should be declared far the halt year ending the 10th October next. Upon the question being pot, bits Ilt:Nnnv rose, and expressed his wish as he had Men haw fore, that the Court of Directors would render that Court some am count Or the manner in which they employed dice/mital of the Company. They were a Company formed for the convenience and beoefit of the public. Their charter was not given to them te grant them power for their own mere aggrandisement, but fOr the general benefit of the community, and he was most willing tO acknow• ledge, that a Company conducted according to the terms of the i Bank Charter roust be a general good. This was an age oe test anff inquiry, and even that great and powerful corporation (PM Bank), large as it was, could not escape investigation. The longer lie lived., the more he saw that the Company wag essential to the trading and commercial interests of the country, and he had on former occasions warned the Company when it was In a state of danger. He some titue since opposed the advances made by the Bank on stock, because he thought it a very imprudent measure for the Bank to make advances on the security of the debt of the country. It was not that .oecurity which the Bank ought to take. He had also opposed the advance of monay on mortgages, and he didso because, as they were forbid by theft chatter to purchase lands, he thought they ought not in any manner indirectly to deal in that commodity. He hoped they wsuld, on this occasion, tender some account of their capital; their large issues had been the cause of an artificial floating capital, and bad for a time increased the circulating medium, both of which were now to be withdrawn, a circumstance which must be entirely attributed to Meet - induct adopted by the Bank. although he did not mean to impute to any gcntlemaa the least blame. Ano ther subject he would also call their attention to—that wee the nes duction of their rate of discount from five to four per cent. He op.. posed this measure at the time, and thought it had been pregnant with mischief. He was certain that it hod given rise to that rho for speculation which had sent so great a portion of capital out 41 the country in the shape of foreign Loans.. It was obvious this such was the case, because the bank, discounting at four per cent. did not leave &sufficient rate of interest to induce capitalists to in vest their capital in this country. He would now, without further observation, put a few general questions, which- ho had no doubt the courtesy of the Chairman would induce him on this, as he had on forfner occasions, to answer —First, then, he would wish to know the tactual amount of bank-notes now in circulation ? A Pao: RIETOR made an observation, hoping that the lion. Proprietor would put all his questions before any were answered. After some little discussion. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the amount of Bank-notes row in circulation was 10.200,000/. being about 400,0001. less than at the prokent time last year. Ur. GUNDRY wished then to know what increase had taken place to the sale of Exchequer Bills 1 The CHAIRMAN replied, that very little decrease or increase had a he behaved, taken place. Mr. OUNDRY said, that it had been generally circulated that very extensive sales of Excheq uer Bills bud taken place by the Batik, and he should like to know the amount actually sold by them ? _ , The CHAIR MAN replied, that the amount of Exchequer Billet sold by the Bank was 670,0001. and no more, end to effect this sale three months time was taken. Mr. GUNDRY then wished to the amount advanced by tho ' Bank on mortgage ? The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was 1,400,8001. and he Wished here to correct an error that he had made at the last meeting, as vs the amount advanced by the Bank on stock. On that occasion he. had stated that the sum advanced was from five to six hundred thousand pounds; but it had since been ascertained that the total: sum advanced on stock did not exceed 480,0001. Mr. ovs DRY said, it could not be unknown to the Newer, that it had been stated out of doors that the conduct of the Bank had occasioned the great alteration which had recently taken place in the money market; he would therefore ask, with all submission, what had principally occasioned that alteration in the marke: which had so recently taken glace ? The CHAIRMAN replied, that for any information on this sab• jest the Hon. Proprietor must go elsewhere; but it cettaioly was not owing to the conduct of the Bank. A Proprietor here begged to ark, whether, in June twelvemonths —when the advance of money on stock by the Bank was first pro posetl,—whethee it was then adopted .as a permanent. or mere tern.. porary measure ? and whether it was now in contemplation to ra.. now that measure? • The CHAIRMAN replied, that the Directors reserved to them.. selves the power of acting as circumstances might suggest I at pre sent the Resolution passed for the purpose of advancing money on. stock was merely suspended, and not rescinded. The motion for a dividend of four per cent. for the lialf.yeat en& ing on the 10th of October, was put and carried ; and the Chntr. man announced that the dividend warrants would be ready r th• 11th of October. FORGED POWERS OF ATTORNEY. Upon the motion for adjournment, Mr. OENDRY asked the Chairman if any notice had been taken of the plan which he vug. gested at the last Court, for preventing a repetition of the trans-. fens of stork by means of forged powers of attaney. He had then proposed that upon every transfer of stock, immediately the trans. fee was made, notice should be given to the parties whose stock had been ttansferred of such transfer. He was aware that such a measure would not prevent the first forgery, but it would prevent a succession of forgeries, and if they had ten horses in their stable, after they had one stolen, it was as well to try to save the other nine. The CRAinstax said, that in many instances the plan was altogether impracticable, partirulerly in the case of trustees. A PROPRIETOR asked if the subject had been duly considered by the Court of Directors ? The CHAilistut replied, that the plan alluded to, as Well at everal other pima, had been under the serious consideration of the Directors, and would continue to be seriously considered by them. The Court then adjourned. The answers given by the Chair. wan appesiki to give general satisfaction. lIIDIAN SOCIETY. This admirable institution, which performs acts of the getalest charity without noise or ostentation, is compelled to draw thd operation of its benevolence within very narrow limits, in con sequence of the want of public support. A meeting of both the Ladies and Gentlemen's Committee was specially convened for the purpose of considering the ewe of thew funds, and the painful determination to which they were obliged to come was, that the society would as rapidly as possible reduce the number of inmates in the asylum until they should not exceca thirty, and that in future the establishment be limited to that number, until the annual income , of the society shall admit of au increase. The CUrAit MAW most impressively repmettstedthe necessity et, exertion to keep ha existence an institution, which had done souk impottant services to society. The society had been instituted l 3 . years : it had provided an asylum, and received within the wads. 9C' unfortunate and wretched females, some of whom had &am actually found on the dunghill, in the last contortions of expirtrie misery. Of the number, 536 had been restored to their friends. placed out in service, or otherwise provided for, and 54 were SOW ander the society's care. During the whole period of its exist. ence the society's stated income had never exceeded half ilas expenditure, the annual subscriptions hieing never amounted to 5001. while the unavoidable expenses ha, exceeded 1,0001. TIM deficiency had been hitherto supplied by the collections after ear mona, by legacies, donations, and from other casual and unexpected., . sources. These supplies had recently almost entirely failed, sothag the institution was now•more than 41101. in debt, without any kV mediate prospect of payment; unless, therefore., some efficient aid meld be obtained, its very existence must be endangered, and die, whole undertaking relinquished. This state of the finances *lm pelled the rejection of one half of those unhappy women, idiom cases appeared otherwise eligible, and the regret at this feet Wm iba greater, as the society was continually receiving the most sada**. tory proofs of the beneficial effects produced by the institution. As no period had its usefulness been more simmers; than dating tOet. present year, in which it had received a lieger numbero d f a r e tt e reaans than in any former .. It had restored to their f r i e nd s , oat Sri service, married or otherwise provided for, more of those who had . been under its tate, and* received the must encouraging testimonies; of former penitents., The peculiar features of it were, the' it or. ceived the unhappy objects with the least possible delay, and with. out any of those discouraging formalities by which many optioning penitents were deterred ; that it restored them as soon as possible Pe their friends ; that It employed them in labours especially suited firs their prospects ; and that it provided moral and religious instruction , for all under its care. It was all o cceducted with the most rigid regard to economy ; so th a t al ugh the number of female* usually averaged nearly fifty, exc l u re of matron, sub.matton, die. the - annual expense of rent, taxes, maintenance, clothing, salaries Si? officers, &s. little exceeded one thousand pounds. The ea— . deavouring to obtain additional annual subscriptions was dwek' upon in this appeal. The peculiar nature Fir the charity. whul*, was confined to females who had deviated from the paths of virtue.. end who had either been removed by the operation of the laws Imps the public streets, or been awakened by conscience to a armee ot , their guilt and danger, rend ere d it expedient that it should be car-, nod 6n as privately as possible, and considerable diaiculties had in consequence u ru el ec ce t meetings, exper ienced denan i t was that le gacies, and such accidental mils, were only calculated to meet ex.. ; resttct collections,e charity ty d s o c n r traordinaries and contingencies, and could not he dependtd upset . Par the permanent support of the institution. The compassionate aTio m" nr, at" s beneficence of the public was most earnestly entreated in this the . , deplorable emergency of the institution. The rectption of every one of these unhappy objects into the Asylum not only afforded, her an opportunity—perhaps the only onportrinity--of e s c api st... frotn present and etemal misery, but was also the means of tenure. cast down and destroyed, and which had °Cuts . ing a powerful and dangerous temptation , by which many prowls- . ing youths had been c be..n the prelude to crime, and misery, and disease, and fraud, and eventually to 101 untimely and disgraceful end. Several observattont were made upon the excellence of the imaf tution, and it was determined that the loci M a or s h ou ld b e (premed to.preside at a meeting for the benefit of t e establishment,. the Ctinmittee being convinced that the Chief agiaunte's memo friends, whose names are to be found amongst this sub scribers So all the lies bfeiitalnity, wield' rallfround hiin upon M. l occ i a i s u. ion L9rd of so llpirfeunioti b tana e tt i t og re, applied to, Matantly consented. t~ 1 1 ~~ f