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(1623) 174 NOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn. 491 Venice 27 Malta 2 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 122 Lisbon 51 Oporto 511 Rio Janeiro ag Dallis 32 Dublin 94 suttiox, rcit oz. i. s. d, Portugal Goldin coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold to bars 3 1 7 lei New Doubloons. 0 0, ft New Dollars CM Silver in bars, stand 0 5 I PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAY. MINES. share. Paid. Premium per Share. Anglo-Mexican £lOO 35 67j 05 Ariglo-Chilian „f 100 3 2 Castello& EspiritoSanto Bruit lOU 6 7i 8 7iBlhilf CJrnwall anti Devonshire Consolidated Copper and Tin 4O 2 j j Rquitable 25 2 lt General Mining Association lOO 6 8 Hayti Potosi, La Pas, and Peruvian 50 5 5j 6 ]teal Irish 25 1 9-16 Ro76l9annary&Brit.slin.As — 5 2 dia Welsh Iron and Coal 25 10 21 23 21 •ISURANCIL coatraetts. Mance British and Foreign lOO 10 41 31 1 dis 9i 6 1 dis 21 2 ; f i 6 3 2 6 1 11 14 13 I dis li t i reols. HAYMARKET THEATRE.. This Evening. WEDNESDAY', August U. will he performed YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY. Heron de Briancourt. lir. Williams; Florimond, Mr. Vining; Antoine, 51r. Wikluson. Arluette, Mrs. ilumby. After which, ttosr.s AND THORNS: Or, TWO HOUSES UNDER ONE ROOF. Principal Characters—Meseta. Liston, W. Fatten, Vining, and liar. ley. filesdamee T. 11111, Gibb 4. and Miss P. Glover. To conclude with TIIF: CRITIC; or. A TRAORDY REHEARSED. Puff. Mr. Harley; Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. W. Ewen. ENGLISIt OPERA HOUSE. This Evenlns, WEDNESDAY. August 24, will he performed (for the 9th time in this country). a Grand Opera. called T.%1111A14E, THE TARTAR CHILE. The Prinelpar Characters by Mews. H Phillips, J. 0. Atkins, Per Braham, Denman, Thorne. and J. Bland; Wawa Paton. GOIP arr, and SoJen: and Miss Hamilton. THE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL, WILL CLOSE NEXT WEEK. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATNONAGE OF HIS MAJESTY. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. 11 LC XVENING. N EDNESDAY. ' August 14. the Gardens will be open wit► a SlLlCCeallon of varied Amusements, from Vlett Weluelt till Twelve, including the NEW SALLE V. the WUNDER'. I. V VoLUTIONS of the celebrated ROPE. DANCER (Mr. W11.1. 4 0N). Art. &c. To conclude with a magnificent display of FIRE.% olt KS, and WONDROUS ASCENT by the YOUNG AMERICAN. which will Irstire a continuance of the universal acclamation and delight with which they are nightly honoured. Doors open at Seven o'Clock.—Admission 3s. dd. Wne DIUTISIII Pass, commenced publishing yesterday morning at live o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUG CST SA, 1825. The Paris Papers which arrived last night contain no news, foreign or domestic. The capture of IBRAHIM Tacna, though confidently announced in the German Papers, and mentioned in several private letters that reached town yesterday, is yet without official or authentic confirmation. The Etoile is suspiciously vehement in its defence of the sincerity of French neutrality in the Levant. : l itrhether the French Government has given its sanction to the proceedings of its officers in that quarter, we cannot of cJurse know, unless it was disposed to avow the fact ; but it appears certain that the Amaranthe, and other vessels of the French navy, have been rendering every assistance to the Egyptian expedition in the Morea, as much as if they were the property of Metixacer Att himself. The t!ortstitutionnel states, that the Lord High Commissioner cf the lonian Islands has had a wery serious conference with the Austrian Naval Commander at Corfu, in conse quence of the latter having violated his neutrality, by preventing the Greek fleet from taking advantage of a favourable opportunity to attack the Turkish. It was re ported even that some shots had been exchanged between the English and Austrian vessels. This statement, how wore is wholly denied by the Efate. [From the Eioik, dated Monday.' PARIS, Auo. 21. The Greek ;aortal Tke Friend of the Lows, of 20th June, pub. a letter freltn General Roche to the members of the Executive Council of the Pravistunal Government of Greece, and an answer I OM the Secretary, General Maurocoedato. The General calls on the Government to contradict what the Hydra journal had said against the Captain of a French schooner, who was reproached with having behaved in a manner as favourable to the fleet of the ene mies of Greece, as contrary to the neutrality declared by France. Maurocordato answers, that the General's letter shall be inserted in the Hydra journal, and declares that the news published in that journal is neither official nor communicated by the Government. Ife adds that the Greek Government is persuaded, even should there be Any well founded suspicions against the Captain of theAmeranthe, . . • of baring conveyed money be lon g i ng to Ibrahim Pacha, that it la impossible the French Id iilistry could aver have given such a immix - son. ft is with the same conviction, adds! Alaumcordato, that I, e•preat, on the part of my Government, the gratitude due to the humane sentiments which animate the French nation towards rreette. While she Secretary General of the Greek Government expresses himself in this manner, at Napoli di Romania, the Colutiist imrnel insults at 'Paris the French Government, and dares to suspect it nf, having violated the neutrality which it has officially declared. We rein the rolnitatisonel to the circular of (loners! Ouilleininnt, t, all oar (knells in the Levant. tt will then _see what waa in these circumstances the language of France. The Tbeiniatocles, a verchant teed, which arrived at Cad it, had Jar a figure-head a butt of Bonaparte, which was extremely like It was also adored with • large !tannin( eagle, attached to two crams, surmounted by a garland and bordered with little eagle:, and —ores the inscription " I.e biros du 816c1e." lie-Imperial Guard and a detachmert of ierantry is the Sanitary service, all soldiers and sailors, would I probably have destroyed the insignia bad not the brig suddenly departed. It is false, that, as the ConHilutiognel says to-day, some shots hive been exchanged betneen an English vessel and an Austrian. The Lord High Commissioner, it is true, has been on board the Austrian Commander's vessel, bat the departure of the English vessels from Corfu was occasioned by an Algerine frigate. The new Catholic Association, we learn from the Dublin papers, has adjourned to the beginning of November. The proceedings of this body hitherto have been so in sipid and tiresome that we may regard the adjournment as an expedient on the part of the proprietors to save it from immediate dissolution. Several new Members were ad mitted at this Meeting; a circumstance at which an ex essive degree of joy was manifested. LAWLESS, who was scornfully rejected from the last Catholic Deputation, de clared that "the addition of these names would be a tolerable reply to those journalists in England who assailed the Catholic Association." We doubt very much whether this reply be considered in any respect " tolerable." It was to be expected that the Members of the suppressed Association would, for the most part, join the new club. Men do not like to acknowledge that they have been wrong, and the Members of the former Association must tacitly have made this painful admission, if they had re frained from enrolling their names in the present Society, which was intended to be a continuation of its offensive and mischievous predecessor, in its worst shape. The de sign of its founders has, however, been entirely abortive. , The Meetings of the new Association have been consumed in idle and insignificant debates ; and with all die aid of the Catholic Press, magnifying it through their reports, l and endeavouring in vain ,to raise it into importance, i n their commentaries, it has attracted no public attention. , A stronger proof of the disregard and contempt in which it is held by those in whose behalf it assumes to act, cannot be given than in a suggestion of Mr. Laws ess, which was discussed last Saturday. This propositition was, " that in future, their petitions should not be called Catholic." The reason on which it was grounded is worthy of notice. Mr. LAWLESS declared that " be could inform the Meeting, on the autho- 1 city of a most influential man in England, and who was besides at the head of the sect called Unitarians, that 100,000 of that persuasion was ready to join them in their, petitions to Parliament." So then Mr. LAWLESS would have the Catholic Association renounce its very name in order that it might ally .itself with the "100,000 Uni tarians, who are ready to join the Catholics in petitioning Parliament." This would, forsooth, be a notable ter. mination of an assembly comprising what is termed by its members the " Hierarchy of Ireland."— Yet, this wild and desperate suggestion was gravely de- 1 bated, and finally not rejected but suspended, in order that it may be submitted to the sense of the next Aggregate Meeting! It would be an edifying spectacle to behold the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland giving the fraternal embrace to the " head of the sect of Unitarians," with his 100,000 followers. But what object can there be in com mon between the Roman Catholics of Ireland and the' Unitarians of England ? We should have thought the former would have shrunk with alarm from a proposition directly tending to identify them with the pro fessors of the Unitarian heresy ; but it seems as if in this case the end would sanctify the means. Both these parties regard,the Established Church as their enemy, and they would combine to overthrow it. This can be the sole ob ject to which their union could be applied. The New Ca tholic Association has not existed altogether to no pur pose, if it has only made us acquainted with the fact that the leathers of the Irish Catholics have deliberated on the expediency of forming an alliance with the English Uni. I+arians for the attainment of the objects, whatever they may be, which they have in common. The accusations which have recently been brought against St. George's Hospital, for the culpable and inju dicious treatment of its patients, have very strongly ar rested the public attention ; we trust they will be followed up by that thorough investigation on the part of the Governors which such discreditable publicity calls fur. The case brought forward a few weeks since by Mr. BAILEY was one of very considerable interest, and the public were by no means satisfied with the manner in which it was disposed of. This unfavourable impression was not likely to be allayed by the evidence given on the Inquest taken on the body of Wm. TAY Loa, which ap peared in the public prints of yesterday. The Jury re probated, and very deservedly, the inhuman conduct of the nurse Armstrong, and of the man Allen; and finally agreed that the Coroner should lay a representation of the case before the Board, which they felt satisfied would lead to their dismissal. We hope their anticipated result will follow, and that this will not add one more to the many cases of a similar nature which, after being slurred over with a formal investigation, have been suffered to die away and be forgotten. Whatever tends to destroy the confidence of the public in the interior management of those Institutions which the public charity supports, is a serious evil, and nothing can tend more effectually to this end than the impression which some late Inquests on the bodies of hospital patients has very generally created, that the benevolent object of these Charitable Institutions are perverted by neglect or improper management on the part of the physicians, and by the cruelty or careless ness of tile nurses, to whom the care of the sufferers is entrusted. In every hospital the kindness of the attendants is of the very last importance towards accelerating the recovery of those under their care. If un feeling nurses are appointed to the various offices allotted to them in these chambers of death—for such are the wards of an hospital—all the purposes of such an establish ment are frustrated, and the generous contributions which uphold it are worse than thrown away. The Governors cennot have their eye over this class of attendants—the very nature of their duties place them out of the reach of observation. It becomes, from this circumstance, indis pensable that only such persons should be appointed to such offices, whose natural disposition is patient and hu mane, and who from principle are a law unto themselves. In by far too many instances, we fear, those situations are filled without much previous care as to the fitness of the persons appointed to them. We earnestly hope that the facts which the late inquests have disclosed, may put the Governors of these establishments on the alert ; it is a duty which the public have a right to expect should be much better discharged than it appears to be. Our pnbhc hos pitals are supported at a very heavy expense, and they incur a deep responsibility who assume the office of super intendants without felfillinz, as they ought, the trust that Is reposed in them. The shopmen, or as they tidiculously and aretedly style themselves, the " assistant linen-drapers, haber dashers, silk-mereers, hosiers, and glovers," held another meeting last night, of which a report will be found in another column. This attempt to curtail the hours of business in retail shops has ended, according to the fashion of the day, in the establishment of a Society, with little ss than 100 " rules and orders" for its government.', Theysre prefaced with a " Declaration ; " in ahich ll the "assistants" set forth, in becoming gravity of form and language, the sufferings under which they labour, and the benefits which, if they can, they are resolved to enjoy. As a matter of curiosity, our readers will feel amused in looking it over. On reflection, perhaps it will be found to deserve serious consideration : DECLARATION. ' Whereas it bas 'become customary for Linen Drapers, Haber dashers, Silk Mercers, Hosiers, &c. to keep their shops open until very late hours in the evening, and to detain their assistants for very unreasonable periods of time after other trades have closed the busi. ness of the day ; and whereas such detention is injurious to health, and inimical to all mental progress, it has been resolved to establish a society for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. For better regulating their employment, and for the purpose of obtaining some time for recreation and mental improvement, the Members of this Society agree as follows : Under the head of "Trade Regulations," we have the following rules:— Yoga 1111111111116111111 TRADE REGULATIONS. Every member of the Society agree as follows, viz.:- 1. That he will not engage himself u an Assistant, nor continue to live with, any person or persona who after the 31st of August, 1825, will not agree that his day's attendance shall cease (except as to clearing away) In the months of November, December, January, and February, at seven o'clock in the evening. In the months of March, April, September, and October, at eight in the evening. In the months of May, June, July, and August, at nine In the evening. On Saturdays, one hour later. 2. That, like other tradesmen, he will consider his day's employ. ment ended at the times mentioned, and will cease from business acordingly : neftrshelem, if at say time lie shall be actually serv ings customer, or rising soy other thing relating to business, he will complete the business on which he may be engaged. 6. If any member should be dismissed from his employment for refusing to continue his business after the hours mentioned in Arti cle 1„ every other member employed by the person or persons who dismissed him, shall immediately, or as soon as the agreement he has made will permit, leave the employment of such person or persons. 7. Every member so dismissed, and every member who shall leave his employment in consequence of any other member being dis missed, shall be paid from the funds of the Association the sum of one guinea weekly, until he has obtained other employment. This Society, it will be seen, adds another to the extensive list of combinations by which the ordinary course of business is at this moment interrupted. All these plans are mistaken remedies for irremovable grievances. It would be well if all men could live in ease and abundance ; but as we know they cannot, it is better for each individual to apply himself to the labour by which he may earn his subsistence, that' to waste his time in absurd endeavours by " trade regulations" to fix a maximum of the trouble he will undergo in obtaining his daily bread. CITY, TUESDAY EVENINO. A very few words will be sufficient to dispose of all the Stock Exchange business of to-day. Consols for money and the 26th were 691 i, and for the October account 90j4; but really the only transactions in the market were those connected with the approaching settling day. In the Foreign and Share markets the prices generally were reported the same as yesterday, for scarcely any bar gains were made to produce an alteration. In Mincing-lane both Sugar and Coffee went off heavily There were sellers of Nutmegs at 65., but they could meet with no buyers. Letters from Marseilles state that no new case of the plague had manifested itself, either on board the brigs, Les tiny Scent-sal - 0 lienteuse Sabine, or in the Lazaretto. The pestilential blotch which a sailor of the last vessel had gathering in his side, and which was cauterized has since stopped and began to heal. This man is in full health. The second sailor wbb landed from the same ship is re covering from the pestilential fever with which he had been attacked. This fever is not attended by any blotches or buboes; but all the other symptoms which accompany it sufficiently indicate the nature of the decease. The French brigs l'Esperauce and l'Eugene, which also come from Alexandria, are under the most rigorous surveillance in the port of Pomegue. They are laden with cotton, and have each had one man died of the plague during their voyage. Three other ships on board of which the con tagion has existed are daily expected.--Journal 7'oulouse. The Consiitatiunnel asserts, that a Consul-General and a Vice-Consul have been appointed by the French Govern ment for the republic of Ilayti. The former is said to be the gentleman who was French Consul at Rio Janeiro. He is to enjoy an income of 30,000 francs. The Vice-Consul is the well-known literary charactse, Mollien, who wrote " Travels through Colombia ;" and his salary is 23,000 francs. Letters from Bordeaux and Havre concur in stating that the merchants in those two sea-ports have received the dis agreeable news, that, by a convention between the New American Republics, they have resolved to take such measures with respect to the import duties on goods taken thither from Europe, that those arriving from countries, the Governments of which have recognized the independence of the Republic, shall be received on the same terms as heretofore; that on the other hand, the ma nufactures of those States, the Governments of which have not yet thought fit to recognize their independence, shall pay a double, or, according to other accounts, a quadruple import duty. It is evident that this measure, which is to be pro posed to the several Congresses of those States, and the adoption of wbfch will meet with very little difficulty, tends principally to the advantage of England, and the pre judice of France.—German Paper. The following extract of a letter, dated Otranto, July 21, two o'clock, r.m., as far as private testimony can I I do so , confirms the statement of Ibrahim Pacha hay ing been made a prisoner of war:—" There has just ar rived here a merchant vessel from Corfu, which left that place at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Captain de livered me a letter containing the following intelligence : l'he Greeks have obtained a complete victory over !bra him Pacha at Tripolizza, and have succeeded in taking, him prisoner. This communication is true and certain, I and you may depend on it. I have, therefore, sent you it by express, to - avokl the &figs of the post.' " A Russian Courier, who left Constantinople on the 22d July in the evening, has related that the whole Egyptian army in the interior of the Morea is destroyed, and Ibra him Pacha himself taken prisoner by the Greeks. On the same day that this bad news was received at Constantin ople an imperial firman, he said, was published in the capital, ordering all persons to refrain from speaking on political subjects. The merchants' letters that have been received by this opportunity only say, in general terms, that with the next post a great event will be made known which will astonish all Europe.—Allgenteitte Zeitung, August The flourishing city of Hudson, in the State of New York, has been almost totally destroyed by fire, which is supposed to have been the work of some incendiary. A great many private dwelling-houses were burnt down, be sides stores, barns, and outhouses. The fire commenced in a stable. Intelligence from Leghorn of the 29th ult. mentions the arrival thi.re, on the preceding day, of the Cleopatra, mer chantman, having on board " the remainder of the famous museum of Egyptian antiques which have been in this city for these four months. There are five colossal moms ments of granite, among which is a sarcophagus, a beautiful sphinx, and many other curiosities, which arc frequentl7 mentioned by writers on Egypt and Egyptian antiquities. ' RIJASIAN LOAN vegotiatetl by Mr. N. M. Rothschild in London.—The Half-year:v Dividend on the above Loan, which becomes due on I llarsilay, the Ist of September next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. Rothschild on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of ten and two, at his Counting-house, No. 2, New court. The Dividend Wsrra'its, with a List thereof, in numerical order, must be left one day previous to pay ment, for the purpose of being examined. SPATE OF SPAIN. The alarming situation of the Peninsula, notwitlistand ' ing a long military occupation, !tiler having seen so many promises forgotten and just hopes deceived, has, it is said, induced some respectable Spaniards to transmit to London an affecting memoir, addressed to the Duke of Wellington, soliciting his mediation in order to adopt some efficacious means to tranquillise Spain, and procure for her the be nefits of a wise Government, that may be sufficiently powerful to suppress the existing factions, and of a firmness and permanency capableof obliterating the sanguinary traces of the past, and do away with the odium of a bankruptcy, which has destroyed the very source of public credit. The result appears to be practicable, inasmuch as it would be only necessary for that7purpose to have a faithful perform ance of the Royal promises made in the month of May 181/ ' and on the 30th September 1623. It is known that the Duke of Wellington has ever felt a sincere interest for the welfare of Spain. The pacific and conciliating part of a mediator would perfectly become a warrior who re ceived the title of Grandee of Spain, in recompense for the important services which he rendered to Ferdinand the Seventh in tile long war of Independence. His Grace does not forget that the Peninsula has been the principal field of his military glory. The time appears then to be arrived for drawing public attention to the two distinct divisions of time, which signa lize the restoration of Spain in the eyes of Europe.—' The first is dated from the installation of the Minister Saez, to the Ist of January last. This first period, so fer tile in disastrous events of all kinds, will be conspicuous in history, from the singular spectacle of a ministry who had the imprudence to give to the nations employed in re establishing the legitimate monarchy, the jurisdiction, the power, in a word, the men and things which they made use of to torment society in times of revolution and anarchy. The second period takes its date from the recognition of the independence of the Sauth American Republics by Great Britain, an event which has entirely changed the general situation of things and the diplomatic relations in Europe. Front that moment those Spaniards, who are the friends of peace and of the country, have had the pain to be daily witnesses to laborious efforts made without skill, vigour or energy, and in a manner so timijas only to offend and irritate the ungovernable pride of the Castilians, in order to obviate those obstacles which the Government has itself created, by confiding arms to the partisans in the service of the Monkish faction.—Cuedirtetionnel. DEMERARA PAPERS. We have received Demerara papers to the 2d July. The following are extracts: — [From the Guiana Chronicle.l GEORGETOWN, JULY 1, 1825. . _ . Arrived, on Tuesday evening, the snow Sif Charles lil'earthy, Captain M. C. Friend, from the coast of Africa. She left England in January, and touched at Madeira, Sierra Leone, Cape Coast, and Accra. There came passengers by her his Excellency Major Richelieu, Governor-in-Chief of his Danish Majesty's settlements on the Gold Coast ; J. If. Smith, Esq. late Civil Governor of Cape Coast and its dependencies ; and Lieut.-Col. Grant, of the Royal African corps. These gentlemen, we understand, chose the Sir Charles M'Carthy as the most eligible conveyance to Europe, though the loogest way about for the above settlements. Shebrings ' accounts that the Coast was perfectly quiet, at the time of her de parture, though still suffering severely from the late calamitous war. Provisions were very scarce, and dear; vegetables could rarely be procured, from the ravages of those merciless savages, the Ashantees. The neighbouring states were still in hostility with the King of Ashantee, who Is said to have suffered even more se verely than his enemies. The Queen of Akin*. as a proof of her sincerity to aid the British, had voluntarily sent her two sons to Accra as hostages, and was expected hourly on the coast, on a visit to the settlements. It is stated in accounts front Martinique, that the French naval force, at present assembled at that island, consists of fifteen sail of different class vessels, several of which are line-of-battle ships. A plan is mentioned in these papers for introducing steam vessels on the Demerara river. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Earl and Countess of Bristol, the Ladies Harvey. and Lord Harvey, arrived on Monday at their seat, at Pultney, from Tun bridge Wells. The Countess of Beauchamp has arrived at her house in St. James's-square, from Brighton. The Earl and Countess Cowper have arrived in town from their scat, Pansanger, Herts. Lord Strangford has arrived at Gould'a Hotel, Jermyn:street, from Ireland. lord and Lady Arden and family have arrived at their seat, North Surrey, from a tour. General Sharpe has left Ilarrowgate, for his seat in Scotland. Captain and tlrs. Vansivart have left town for their seat, in Berks. William Ord. Esq., M.P., has left town for his seat, Whitfield, Northumberland. The Earl Fitzwilliam has arrived at his seat, Wentworth House, Yorkshire, from Northamptonshire. Lord Selsey has left town for his seat. West Dean, Sussex. Sir W. Abtlv, Bart., har left town on a tour. Departures from Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street:—C. W. Mit. chell, Esq., for his seat in Scotland ; James Roble, Esq., from ditto. Mr. and Mrs. Turton arrived on Monday at Cook's Hotel, Al. bemarle.street, from their seat in Kent. . - Departures from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place:—Captain and Mrs. Fisher, for Bognor Rocks; Captaiu Hyde Parker, for his seat in Berks. The Emperor of Austria was at Venice on the 6th inst. where he had been reviewing the troops of the garrison in the grand square of St. Mark. The Duchess' of Kent, the Duchess of Coburg, the Prince of Leiningen, and Princess Feodore, left the apart ments of the Duchess of Kent, at the King's Palace, Ken sington, on Monday afternoon, on a visit to Prince Leo pold, at his residence at Claremont. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Coblentz on the 12th inst. from Liege, and set out on the following day for Trevcs. The present Bishop of Nova Scotia is preparing for his See, and is expected shortly to leave England, with his lady and family. The lion. and Rev. Dr. Stewart has returned from Canada, in consequence of the demise of the late Bishop, and is now supposed to be Bishop elect of Canada. Madame Falck, the Lady of the Ambassador of the King of the Netherlands, arrived at his Excellency's house in Bryanston-square, from the Netherlands, on Monday evening, after an absence from England of about two months. Sir Jacob Astley, Bart., has purchased an elegant house in Lower Grosvenor-street, the residence of the late Lord Eardley. The ensuing term will produce several matters of interest in the Ecclesiastical Court. Preparations ate making in the case of Lord Portsmouth to obtain nullity of mar riage, on the ground of lunacy. A member of the cor poration of London, who some time since obtained damages, baa also commenced proceedings in that Court for a divorce. - In the Royal Court at Guernsey, on the 6th inst. a cir cumstance came on which kept the Court in a roar for some time. It was an action by Sophy Martin against Miss Ann Oliver for the care and maintenance of three cats for near nine months. Miss Oliver, being obliged to go to Lon don for some time, engaged Sophy to take care of her cats, aril feed them properly ; for which she agreed to pay her two shillings per week. On her return in May last, Sophy brought in her account, amounting to 3/. 18a. 3d. ! which Miss Oliver disputed, on the ground that Sophy had neglected the cats so much, that two of them had died a long time before her return, and that she had also at tempted to impose upon her by substituting another cat instead of one of her own that idled, and that this strange cat had been maintained at her expense, and that she had some trouble to get rid of it a f ter she came back. The Bailiff and two of the Judges were in favour of the plaintiff, and allowed her demand. BOG NO R.—Beazley, the architect, is going on with his building scheme at Bognor. The houses are upon various scales, suited to the caprice or comfort of families. There is a harmony in the whole plan which, when completed, will present a more perfect and picturesque ensemble than any thing at any other watering-place in the kingdom. AlAaaATs.—(Advertisement.)—The visitors to this ce lebrated sea bathing place have been much pleased and gratified this season by the vast improvements made there, particularly at the entrance of the town from Canterbury. The New Library, just opened by . Mr. Siddall, in Lower Marine-terrace, proves a great acquisition to that neighbour hood, and, by the splendid manner in which it is.conducted, has already given general satisfaction and met with very liberal support. The town is now getting very gay, and if I , the weather proves genial, a great influx of company is ex pected at the races, next month. THE HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Summer Theatres seem to be recovering a little of their wonted prosperity,,which has been considerably i n _ jured by the recent warm weather.—And no wonder ; for ' if the actors be less excellent, at least we are in a condition to form some notion of whatever merit they possess, and the faculties of sight and hearing are not altogether sine.. cures . This " Little Theatre" was crowded last night, though the pieces performed have no attraction from their novelty. in that pleasant piece of bustle and mystifi cation, John Bnx=by : we were excessively delighted with the acting of Farren. It has been said (and not m oldy) that his powers are of a limited and peculiar cast. They are so, but in their own sphere they are without. a rival. His Bazzby strikes us as being more forcible, vived, and natural, than as we remember it performed by that able actor Terry. Some of the situations are highly ludi. crious, and Farrell wrought them up to the utmost pitch of effect. Mrs. Hamby is too clever an gent ess for the sabot. dinate part of Jenny, and Mr. Williams had but stainy room for the display of his bustling ability in Old Jingle. ' Wilkinson's face is of itself a farce. Mr. Vining's Ge e-1.11:e was as good as it could be made by any one; and Mr. Raymond's Maitland was worse than it would have bee n made by any one else. Miss Boaden's r ffizeciamento of Theodore Hook (" quite correct") followed, in which Liston kept the audience in a roar. His is the true el s corn lea (it ought to be written phi: comic -a). Why will not Mr. Hook set about an original farce? He is betttr at that class of writing than at political pasquinades. Of Midas (which concluded the evening's performances), we can only say that Madame Vestris was very well as Apollo, and Liston most amusing as Midas. West has no notion of a heathen God. His Pan was execrable, and a genuine Pagan would have put him in a . frying-pan. The music of this burletta is very fairly managed for an unmusical theatre. The new comedy by Mr. Luon is spoken of fa vourably by the performers who have parts in it; and al though the critimi opinions of actors are of no value, yet, sa a piece of theatrical news, we have thought ourselves bound, in this case, to publish them. EGIIAM RACES. FIRST DAY (TUESDAY). These races, which, from local attractions as well as na. tional recollections, have obtained considerable liberality, commenced this day, and under auspices which left little doubt that the promises hell out last year would be realised. For some years past the meetings on the renowned Run. nymcde have been rather deficient in sporting interest, and that was so obvious last year, that a simultaneous deter. mination was excited amongst those present to give them every support, and place them in the same important rank which they had previously held. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who was present, was amongst the first to come forward on the occasion, and the propriety of having a gold cup and a county stake being suggested, his Royal Highness, with great liberality, gave weight to the recommendation by immediately subscribing to both, and also promised a plate of SOL, to be run for the first day : and to make his patronage effectual, accepted the office of Steward in conjunction with J. Ramsbottom and T. Wood, Eeqs. The example of his Royal Highness was followed with avidity, and before the day closed the gold cup and Surrey and Middlesex stakes presented a long list of respectable names. The course is now in excellent order, it having been le. veiled at a great expense. The excessive heat of the wea ther, however, kept many horses away, which has been the case lately at many of the country meetings ; but we are justified in asserting, that the sport was good, and that few left the ground disatistied. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, who was present to. day, and won every thing run for, and the Earl of Mount charles have accepted the office of Stewards for the next year, and immediately subscribed to the Gold Cup and Surrey and Middlesex Stakes to be then contested, ae did the Earl of Egremont, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Ramsbottota, Mr. Whitcsides, &c. There were on the Course the Earls of Egremont, Vera. lam, Mount Charles, Lords G. Bentinck, G. Lennox, Hon. Mr. De Burgh, Captains Berkeley and Jones, Mr. Rams. bottom (who performed the arduous duty of Steward), &e. There were of course plenty of pickpockets, but some of the Bow-street police being present, they were very closely looked after. The following is au accurate account of the day's ran• ning : A gold cup of 100 sots. value„ (20 subscribers) the second horse te receive back his stake; the winner to be sold for 3501. Ba. Thra years 6 st. 71b.; four years, 8 st. ; five years 8 st. 10 lb.; az years 9 st. 2 lb. ; and aged 6 st. 4 lb. About two miles sad a-half. Duke of Richmond's Spree, four years, Mr. Shard's Razor, four years, Mr. Whiteside's brother to Antonio, 6 yrs Mr. Pickford's Nlonimia, four years, Mr Page's Silkworm The tollowing pad:— Duke of Clarence named Falstaff, Colonel Wood named Ilurlyburly Lord Palmerston's Biondetta, Bell's Life in London. ns. Comesti• ble; also Parisina, El Dorado, Agnes. Picton, Blunder. Ara. Prima, Donna, and Vargus.. His Royal Highness the Duke ut Cambridge and Colonel Fitz Clarence did not name. Betting .5 to 2 against Antonio, and 5 to 2 against Spree. Razor made strong running all the way, closely pressed by the others until within a quarter of a mile of home, when Spree. who had been in reserve, got abreast of him, and kept so to the distance post, where she let loose, got it) front, and won the race cleverly by a length. Rode by R. Boyce, Razor by John Day, Brother to Antonio by Dockery, Monitnia by Illacdooold, and Silkworm) who broke down, by Miller. A plate of 50/. the gift of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam. bridge. 3 yrs. Get. 101 b.; 4 yrs. Bst. 21b. • 5 yrs, Bst. 121 h.; 6 yrs. 9st. 31b.; and aged 9st. 51b. ; mares and geldings allowed The winner to be sold for 3501 fte. Winners once in laS (matches and handicaps excepted) 31b.; twice 51b.; thrice 7 1 b. of a gold cup or King's plate, 71b., but not in addition to tbt extra weight. ,H eats 2 miles and a distance. Duke of Richmond's Phantasm, 3 yrs. 1 I Mr. J. Smith's bl. C. Tama r , 3 y rs . . 2 dr. Mr. Smith's Bury Burly, 4 yn - 3 dr. The winner against the field, Phantavma, made all the rannieg. which was strong, and won very easy by two lengths (mile 11 P. F. Boyce), and walked over for the second heat.) Young Bunk rode Tamar, and 31actIonald Burly Burly. The Egham stakes of five son. each, 35 added ; 3 years, 7st. dib.: four years, list. 41b. ; five years, Bst. 131 b. ; six years, 9st. 316.: and aged, 9st. 51b. ; the winner to be sold for 2.)0, Hat one mile. Duke of Richmond's The Brownie, by Phantom, 8 yrs 2, ‘Vhiteside's •Brother to Antonio. six years • • 2 Mr, Search's Jack B uoce , th ree y ears 3 It Capt. Lock's Grater, six years . „ .4 tb . . b tb Mr. Messer's Bargas, four years 6 to 4 on the Brownee; 7 to 2 against Brother to Antonio; 0 10 to 1 against each of the others. Ist Heat.—The Brownie jumped off at starting determined I win, took the lead, kept it, and won the heat easy by two tenet._ 2d Heat.—The Brownie walked over, rode by R. Boyce d An : ' keray, Antonia; a boy, J ac k Buttee ; Arnult Orater: an donald, Vargas. The winner was cleimed by Mr. NVlMcsides. on iciy let suggested, weight to ig to both, sr the first cepted the lot tom and ;hness was d the gold a long fist ig been le. ' the welt- s been the ut we are d that few resent to sf Mount- r the next Cup and ed, a did nsbottora, )nt, Vent- riox, Hon. Ir. Hams. card), &c. it some of cry closely day's run. and hornets &e. That 101 b.; as miles and . 1 . 2 . 4 . dn. I. COTllefti• der. 31irs, :le Duke ut ee. sod by the Spree, who he distance clevaly by Ilrotbet to Silkworm, e of Cam. Bst. 1216.; ngs allowed ace in laS thrice 7 1 b. don to the 1 1 . 2 dr. . 3 dr. to ranniag. I (rode Sy ung Buckle , int. 41b. , Vet. alb.: i.e. liar I 3a . 4 15. 5 dr• onio ; and ermined* lengtin. rce Dm" and Mae- . itcsides. • lOW rc:: . rious,t. replen. ne sport ° hers hitt Lost gOa ticeessfni. ine, s' lll3 moua They pre if be 144 ehlll''t:ersinulinC:hPhernbctiOodinpSll:°elni°3'resrretnel3o.l,iWnsolif:Pll;lllltiti.tiint:6.lllig.T.litrini:—ltitcrieirlitijillee: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GROUSE Sitoorixo.—Grouse-shooting has now Pa t ' rally commenced in the Highlands, and with variousus" ceas. In some quarters around Inverness the birds areple. while in others they are uncommonly scarce. Some spas' men of note have got almost nothing, while others Nn sent their friends cartloads. Black game are most st%f dant. About Perth the campaign was at firstunsuccessf,u: but since the weather cleared up, all kinds of garnet in,'" the exception of moor-fowl, are very plentiful. Are w Dundee they have been much less successful. They sn returning from the hills tired of exertion unrewart o sport. Some days scarcely a moor-fowl was to be it' o Partridges are numerous, and promise by next menu', make amends for the scarcity of grouse. In Ayrshire. us, shooting is very unsu ccess f u l, an d a l so in the Upper of Lanarkshire. The birds are very it'sr u strong in the lo l l; and exceedingly wild. The Edinburgh Papers eel u r ll . that the quantity of game arriving in that city is nr l " - , monly small.—Glasgote Chronicle. • tol Grouse shooting this season has miserably dissPl *lr c c a our sportsmen. They are returning front the bid s, with the fatipte of going over much ground to cheer them on. Some of our most celebrated shots No e test killed above three brace in one day, and °l ' Wl' s days they have trudged far and wide without seeingib, feather. Severe weather in Mny is said to have be° cause of the scarcity. Partridges are unusually now% aod appear to be already strong in the wing. and P T S, to the sportsmen in the following month tarot Wenn" Lion for the paucity of grouse. Hares are also &Wallis'. iDundee Aderrtiser. without sloe - Y