The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-09-28 00:00:00

FLINIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. it Excellency Count Lieven has arrived in town from the Earl of Scarborough's seat, Sandbeek, Yorkshire ; the Countess arrived yesterday from St. Petersbiirgh. Lady Elisabeth Stuart and family have left town for the Earl of Bardwicke's seat, Wimpole, llambtidgrahtre. Its lion. Wm. Lamb has left town for Earl Cowper's seat, Paneaaer. Hata. The EA and Countess of Caledon left town yesterday for Wim. pale, Cambridgeshire- Lord St. Helens left town yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a 'bit to his Majesty. lAdy Caroline Lamb has ar.ived in town from Paris. Mrs. Vernon antifamily hare left their house In Hereford -street, for Worthing. Rainiest Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square :—Lord and Lady Peters and family, front Ramsgate; Mr. and Mrs. Mitfnni and f rom s wa n ; the Rev. Mr. Willeln.e and Mrs. Willelute tnwn their seal, In Mats. Captain Dorton has amyed at Fenton's lintel. St. James'''. piace, 1 .„,„ ; p or ies.ter. Departures :—Mr. and Mts. Lane, for Cheltenham; and W. Norman. Esq. for Brighton. Departures from Read's Hotel, Lower lirmtenor.stnet t—Mr. Mrs. arid Alias Rica. for their scat, De a n's c mrt , vicar Canter. b dr y ; captain and Mrs. Mown and family, for Hastings. Arrival' at Mivart's Hon!, Lower Brook-street :--J. Fielding, Esq. BIM Fieldinft and family from the Continent; John Poulett, Not. from the North. Departnrea:—Colonel and Mrs. Robbine and family, for Leamington Spa; Mr. and Mrs. Ferrar.d argil family foe their seat in Yorkshire; Lord Foley for hill seat in Worciatstahlre. CHELTENH.43f, SE PT. 28. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, with their numerous suite, left us this morning, to the great regret of tha inhabitants, the Noble Duke and Duchess having kept up a princely establishment during their Grace.' stay here. The Noble Duke attended, as usual, the King's old Pump Room, and joined in the promenade between half-past right sod ten o'clock ; and on taking his leave expressed himself te the proprietor, that he felt himself much better for the water and air.of Cheltenham. The proprietor handed the water to his Gram iv* tumbler /with his Grace's coronet an d t h e B uc ki ng ham ana Clurndos arms oat it ; it was placed on a silver salver. Soon after breakfast the mac and puchess left Bays Hill Lodge, the residence of the late King, in their travelling carriage and four for Avington Howe, Hampshire , near Winchester , not Abing don, as stated yesterday by mistake. We had a consider able fall of rain last night, which caused the delightful walks of the Spas to be unpleasantly damp, notwithstand ing the morning proving remarkably warm ; iu fact it is here now like the month of June. The promenades are very ounierourly attended, particularly the 'Montpellier Fps, which was graced with the p resence of the Earl and Countess of Clare, and others of the Nobility who are hare. The hand played some charming pieces, among them were Cie trio and chorus " Gloria in Excelcis," Mr. Knyvet's charming glee " The Bella of St. Michael's Tower," " The Yellow Haired Caddie," Sm. It was stated yevtenlay by mistake, that Mr. Morris had purchased s share in the Sherbourne Spa. Colonel Berkeley has purchased a sixth share of that Spa ; the other proprietors are Mr. Henny, the bookseller, Messrs. Harwood,. and Mr. Cozens. _ . The Baroness Willoughby arrived on Saturday, and has taken up ber residence at No. 18, in the Crescent. Her Ladyship bas very generously subscribed to the three spas- Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar arrived on Saturday from their residence in Portland -place. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night our old friend Dowton made his first ap pearance these two years at this Theatre as Sir John A'alstaff, in the Merry Wives of Windsor. This actor's ex cellence, as a reprewmtatire of the fat Knight, is too well known and acknowledged to render any farther eulogium upon his merits necessary. It is enough to say his per formance of last night was fully equal to the best of his previous efforts, of which the laughter and applause of the audience showed that they were fully sensible. Our readers will recollect the great success that attended the slferry Wives of Windsor, when revived at this house a few seasons ago. The cast of characters was then exceed ingly strong, and notwithstanding some chimp's, still con tinues so; and there is an case and keeping manifested in what are called the minor characters, which, added to sp., propriate costume and scenery, are highly deserving of commendation. Harley's Master Slender is a very clever effort, and perfect in all that relates to dress, action, and gesture; but this actor was never intended by nature for a fool, and consequently "his speech bewrays him," and he is unable to infuse into his tones the degree of imbecility necessary for the preservation of an exact verisitnilitude. Hia voice is inveterately lively, and his manner of enunci ating foolish things gives the lie to the matter. Mr. Wal l:iris's Ford is excellent, and was never better than last night. The same praise attaches itself to Messrs. Browne and battle, as Sir Thigh A vans and Dr. Coisis. Bordolkh, in the hands of Mr. G. Smith, is a ruffian of the first water. Mrs. Pace was in very good hands (Miss Cubit's), and her daughter Anne was adequately represented by blisaing. To the vocal exertions of these ladies and Miss Graddon, who sustained the part of Mrs. Ford, for the first time, the musical portion of the piece is much in debted. We hop in our peregrinations never to meet with a worse Xsters than Mrs. Harlowe. We had nearly forgotten to make favourable mention of Mr. Horn, who sung the songs attuned to the character of Fenton in a very pleasing manner. The Duke of Tot k had a Levee yesterday, at his Office in the Horse Guards. The following General, and about thirty other Officers, paid their respects to his Royal Highness :—Major-General Cumming, Lieutenant- General Bayly, Major-General Mackie, General de Stet glace, General Homprach, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Wattle, and Viscount Strangford. The Cabinet Ministers assembled yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, at the Foreign Office, and continued in delibe ration for four hours. not separating till five o'clock. The Meister, present were, the Duke of Wellington, the Eels of Liverpool, 'Westmorland, Bathurst, and nar rowly, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Lord Bexley, Mr. Huskiseint, Mr. Wynne, &c. After the breaking up of the Cabinet, the Chancellor of the Exche quer left town for Beckenham. On Saturday hat, the Marquis of llertfonl was elected firorder of Coventry, on the demise of the late iVilliam, Earl of Craven. Jeremy Bentham is on a visit at Paris for his health's sake. Cortespondent states, that the plan for erecting a noble Doric Column, of the most magnificent proportions, as a national monument, on or near the site of the late "tiding school, in Hyde-park, to commemorate the termination of ear and the restoration of univer sa l p eace , un d er t h e im e.eshate auspices of his present Mejesty,ie by no mens aban doned. On the contrary, we arc credibly informed, that the substitation of iron palisades, in die place of dead trails in that neighbourhood, is altogether prospective' blenal4l this plan b carried into execution, the effect of the rack ilea grariug round a monument of peace, will be lucent slue enough. It is feared, however, that the new strect from Charing-cross to the Nluatutit will for the pre delay the commencement of this public work. he Dublin Frrninq Post says--" We can state, and need not add that a gives us great satisfaction in being drd to do so, that Mr. Cruise, a Catholic Banister of derable eminence, has been appointed to the Chairman of the King's county, vacant by the death of the late nos Persons. IV' congratulate the Catholics of land on this proof, that, at least, the local Government ate country is disposed to administer equal and impartial `IV. In the 'Retribution of offices ; and, no doubt, the *btu of the King's county, who are to meet upon their question, on Tuesday next, will avail themselves of opportunity of expressing their acknowledgments to I,Wellesley and the Attorney-General." (isno t ens ante.-IVe understand that It Is In con dation to establish an improved line of road between reavenny and the Old and New Passages, by which the 'ult meta at Pen-y-Cae Mawr will be avoided, and I 'ssaoto Remaly leasennl. The saving in time will be *Table. This, with the projected improvements at l'&sages, will render the communication between Bre hire and the Merthyr side of Glamorganshire and Bris tly and commodious. We congratulate the public on . 4*te, nee.—Gloreerfer Journal. LITERARY GLEANINGS. No. XXXVII. Da. Joni.' N.—The following character is drawn by the energetic pen of Dr. Yan a Jortin," says he," whether I look back to his ve-se, to his prose, to his critical, or to his theological works, there are few authors to whom I am so mu c h indebted for rational entertainment, or for solid instruction. Learned lie was, without pedantry. Ile was ingenious without the affectation of singularity. He was a lover of truth, with out hovering over the gloomy abyss of scepticism, and a friend to free inquiry, without roving into the dreary and pathless wilds of latitudinarianism. He bad a heart which never disgraced the powers of his understanding. With a lively imagination, an elegant taste, and a judgment moat masculine and moat correct, he united the whim and amiable negligence of a school-boy. Wit without ill nature, and sense without ettbrt, he could, at will, scatter upon every subject ; and in every book the writer presents us with a near and distinct view of the real man! ut omnis Votiva paten tanquam descripta tabella Vita vents. Hor. Sat. 1. lib. 2. " His style, though inartificial, is sometimes elevated : though familiar, it is never mean; and though employed upon various topics of theology, ethics, and criticism, it is not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either, of solemnity, from fanatical cant ; of profoundness, from scholastic jargon ; of precision, from the crabbed forma lities of cloudy philologists ; or oT refinement, from the technical babble of frivolous connoisseurs. " At the shadowy and fleeting reputation which is sometimes gained by the petty frolics of literary vanity, or the mischievous struggles of controversial rage, Jortin never grasped. Truth, which some men arc ambitious of seizing by surprise in the trackless and dark recess, be was content to overtake in the broad and beaten path : and in the pursuit of it, if Le does not excite our astonishment by the rapitlitx of kis...irides, he, at lust, secures" our confi dence by the firmness of his step. To die examination of positions advances] by other men he always brought a mind which neither prepossession had seduced nor malevolence polluted. He imposed not his own conjectures as infallible and irresistible truths, nor endeavoured to give an air of importance to trifles, by dogmatical vehemence. He could support his more serious opinions, without the versatility of a sophist, the fierceness of a disputant, or the imperti nence of a buffoon—more than this—he could relinquish or correct them with the calm and steady dignity of a writer, who, while he yielded something to the arguments of his antagonists, was conscious of retaining enough to command their respect. He had too touch discernment to confound difference of opinion with malignity or dulness, and too much candour to insult, where he could not per suade. Though his sensibilities were neither coarse nor sluggish, he yet was exempt from those fickle humours, those rankling jealousies, and that restless waywardness, which men of the brightest talents are too prone to in dulge. He carried with him, into every station in which he was placed, and everysubject which he explored, a solid greatness of soul, which could spare an inferior, though in the offensive form of an adversary, and endure an equal with, or without, the sacred name of friend. The im portance of commendation, as well to him who bestows, as to him who claims it, he estimated not only with jus tice, but with delicacy, and therefore, he neither wantonly lavished it, nor withheld it austerely. But invective he neither provoked nor feared ; and, as to the severities of contempt, he reserved them for occasions where alone they could be employed with propriety, and where, by himself, they always were employed with effect—for the chastise ment of arrogant dunces, of censorious sciolists, of intolerant bigots in ever) iret, and unprincipled impostors in every profession. Distinguished in various forms of literary com position, engaged in varlet's duties of his ecclesiastical profession, and blessed with a long and honourable life, he nobly exemplified that rare and illustrious virtue of charity, which Leland, in his reply to the letter-writer, thus eloquently describes: Charity never misrepresents ; never ascribes obnoxious principles or mistaken opinions to to ■o opponent, which he himself disavows; is not so earnest in refuting, as to fancy positions never asserted, and to extend its censure to opinions which will perhaps be delivered. Charity is utterly averse to sneering, the most despicable species of ridicule, that most despicable subterfuge of an Impotent objector. Charity never sup poses that all sense and knowledge are confined to a parti cular circle, to a district, or to a country : Charity never condemns and embraces principles in the same breath...- never professes to confute what it acknowledges to be just —never presumes to bear down an adversary with confident assertions: Charity does not call dissent insolence, or the want of implicit submission a want of common respect.' " This, I cannot help exclaiming in the words of Bi shop Hu RD in his remarks on Huns, this ' is the solution of a philosopher indeed; clear, simple, manly, rational, and striking conviction in every word, unlike the refined and fantastic nonsense of a writer of paradoxes.' " The esteem, the affection, the reverence, which I feel for so profound a scholar, and so honest a man, as Dr. Jortin, make me wholly indifferent to the praise and cen sure of those who vilify, without reading, his writings, or read them without finding some incentive to study, some proficiency in knowledge, or some improvement in virtue." —Dr. Purr's Preface to the two Tracts qfa Warburtonean. Dr. Jortin, it is probable, did not consider his talents as sufficiently rewarded. There is no doubt but that he often saw church honours bestowed on those whose deserts were less sanctioned than his own. We may infer that there were moments when he felt this neglect, from the forcible manner in which, in his " Life of Eaantus," lie quotes a pointed expression of Lis to Lord Mountjoy, when speak ing of preferment which came late in life. " Fortune, my Lord, e ! ffirs a man bread when he has no teeth to chew He then proceeds thus, as if from anonytnousautho rity, although the language and sentiment are clearly his Own. " !lath literature been thy choke and thy occupation ? (saith a certain author) and bast thou food and raiment? De contented : be thankful : be amazed at thy good for tune. Art thou dissatisfied, and desirous of other things? Go, and make twelve votes at an election. It shall do thee more szrvice than to make a commentary on the twelve minor prophets." The discourses of Dr. 'Navin are full of good sense and sound morality. He never could be persuaded to give them to the world during his life, for what reason is not known. When once asked by a friend " Why he did not publish his sermons ?" he answered, " They shall sleep till I sleep." Though he might see high stations and great preferments betowed occasionally on those who would not easily have established their title in the Court of Claims, his philo sophy taught him to estimate them gifts of greatness at their true worth, and his contented spirit through life exemplified the sincerity of his sentiments. " li'here," says he in his Adnersaria, " where is hap.. piness to be found ? Itlere is her dwelling-place? Not where we seek her, and where we exCet to find her. Hap. pines" is a modest recluse, who seldom shows her lovely faee in the polite, or in he busy world. She is . the sister and companion of religious wisdom. " Among the vanities and the evils which Sotowow beheld under the sun, and which we daily behold, one is this ; an access of temporal fortunes, to the detriment of the possessor ; whence it appears, that such prosperity is a dangerous thing, and that few persons have a head strong enough, and an heart good enough, to bear it. " A sudden rive from a low station, as it sometimes shows to advantage the virtuous and amiable qualities which could not exert themselves before; so it more fre quently calls forth to view, and exposes to open light those spots of the soul, those base dispositions and hateful vices, which lay lurking in secret, cramped by penury, and veiled with dissimulation. _ " An honest and sensible man is placed in a middle station ; in circumstances rather scanty than abounding. He bath all the necessaries, but none of the superfluities of life; and these necessaries he acquires by his prudence, his studies, and his industry. If lie seeks to better his income, it is by such methods as hurt neither his con science nor his constitution. He bath friends and ac quaintadces of his own rank: he receives good offices from them, and he returns the same. As he hsth his occupa tions, be hath his &minims also; and partakes of the simple, frugal, obvious, innocau, and cheerful amusements of life. Ily a sudden turn of things, he grows great, in the church, or in the state. Now his fortune is made ; and he says to himself, The days of scarcity are past ; slot loot sl (IS- Thl Rift we eve e. eat!i traisi.l Rill ship o tag- late Inbn not of the t ateml Cativo ? own the o As k LA, taw ;tad amp' lova Als/ F L by ditfir i ale the it. b/ eava;tl we ti•r It - tun.. ton-. 4 anti tl es. *!;t in TUE BRITISH PRESS the days of plenty are come; and happiness is come along with them.' Mistaken man ! It is no such thing. He never more enjoys one happy day, compared with those which once shone upon him. He discards his old com panions, or treats them with cold, distant, and proud civility. Friendship, free and open conversation, rational inquiry, sincerity, contentment, and the plain and un adulterated pleasures of life are no more: they diparted from him along with his poverty. New connexions, new prospects, new desires, and new cares take place ; and en .gross so much of his time and of his thoughts, that he neither improves his heart nor his understanding. He lives ambitious and restless ; and he diet.—Ri it." The last words of this deservedly eminent man were expressed in the answer he gave to a female attendant who offered him some nourishment, a very short time before his departure, when he said, with great composure, " No ! I have enough of every thing." CARLOW BIBLE MEETING. Thursday a meeting was held in Carlow, in pursuance of a Resolution adopted by the Protestant Clergymen, who signed the challenge iddriamml to the Catholic Clergymen of that town. The meeting was held in the Presbyterian meeting-house, and the Chair was taken by Colonel Roche fort at half-past ten o'clock. Five bemired tickets had been issued, and the demand, after the number had been completed, was considerable. A platform was erected, which was ttowded with Clergymen, amongst whom were Doctor Singer, Illessra. Hamilton, Daly, Digby, Burnet, Crwick, and several other distinguished Divines. After the Chair had been taken, the Rev. Mr. H. Caulfield coin meneed the business of the day, by reading the challenge at full length, which he,did with an articulation and em phasis clear and impressive. The Chairman inquired ,febetlier any Roman Catholic Clergyman was present, sistfl dist, If se, it would be neces sary for him, in compliance with the regulations of the meeting, to give in his name, and fake his place upon the platform. The Chairman having waited a sufficient time, and no person appearing disposed to offer opposition, lie called upon Dr. Singer to proceed in support of the first proposition contained in the challege, and subsequently upon Mews. Hamilton and Burnet. As soon as Mr. Burnet had concluded, Dr. Daly rose and said, that be and the other Clergymen who signed the challenge were at their posts, but that, as no opposition was offered, they would not detain the meeting by address ing the Chair. • Mr. Burnet stated, that lie was requested by his friend Mr. Pope, whose name had been affixed to the challenge, to inform the Chairman, that the Rev. Gentleman was prevented by indisposition from attending in his place that day. Colonel Rochefort then left the Chair, and at three o'clock the meeting separated peaceably. THE PRIVILEGE OP SANCTUARY IN ENGLAND. Sanctuary is said by ancient writers to have been first established in this island by Lucius, King of Britain, who is reported to ha►e lived in the third century of the Christian era, but whose very existence is apocryphal. Spelman states, that Pope Bonifsce the Fifth was the first who commanded altars and palaces to be places of refuge for offenders. This was probably in imitation of the ordi nance of Moses, which appointed three cities as a refuge for him who should kill his neighbour unawares. There were two kinds of sanctuary, one of a temporary and li mited, another of a permanent and general nature. Sanc tuary appears at first to have been only intended to afford a temporary refuge for criminals, until they could com promise their offence with their accusers ; almost every crime, except malicious homicide, being, under the Saxon law, redeemable for mcney. _ _ From the time of the Saxon Kings, under certain modi fications, churches and church-yards were a refuge for of fenders, and the privilege of the temporary sanctuary af forded by them may be stated as follows: To those guilty of sacrilege or treason it was, for obvious reasons, denied. Within the space of forty days the Fer poq who had eushraced the satupassry.affotdcd by ehurches and their precincts was to clothe himself in sackcloth, con fess his crime before the Coroner, solemnly abjure the realm, and taking a cross in his hand, repair to an ap pointed port, embark, and quit the country. If appre hended or brought back on his way thither within forty days he had a right to plead the privilege of sanctuary, and to claim a free passage. If the offender neglected this appeal to the Coroner, and remained in the sanctuary after the forty days limited, it became felony for any one to afford him sustenance. The Coroner was to take the abjuration of the criminal at the church door, in the following form, which acquaints us with some curious particulars:— " This hest rhos!, Sir Coroner, that I M, of //, am a stealer of sheep for any other beast, or a ' murderer of one or mare], and because I have done many such evils and robberies in this land, I do abjure the land of our Lord Edward, King of England, and I shall haste me towards the port of such a place which thou halt given me ; and that I shall not go out of the highway, and if I do, I will that I be taken as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King; and that at such place I will diligently seek for passage, and that I will tarry there but one flood and ebb, if I can have passage ; and unless I can have it in such place, I will go every day into theses up to my knees, assa7ing to pass over; and unless I can do this within forty days, I will put myself again into the church, as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King; so God me help and His holy judgment." In an ancient law-book is the following particular ac count of the privilege of temporary sanctuary, by which it further appears that it was not indiscriminate. "If any one fly to sanctuary, and there demand protection, we are to distinguish ; for, if he be a common thief, robber, murderer, night-walker, and be known for such a one, and discovered by the people, and of his pledges and denizers, or if any one be convict for debt or other offence upon his own confession, and bath forjurccl the realm, or hath been exiled, banished, outlawetl, or waived, or joined upon this hope to be defended in sanctuary, tbey may take him out thence, without any prejudice of the franchise of sanctuary. But in the right of offenders, who by mischance fall into an offence mortal out of sanctuary, anti for their true re pentance run to monasteries, and commonly confess them selves sorrowful, King Henry 11. at Clarendon, granted unto them, that they should be defended by the ' Church, for the space of forty days, and ordained that the towns should defend such flyers for the whole forty days, and send thein to the coroner at the coroner's view." This authority further sates that it was at the election of the offender to yield to the law; or so acknowledge his offence to the coroner and the people, and to waive the law; anti if he yield himself to be tried by law, he is to be sent to the gaol, and to wait for either acquittal or con demnation; and if he confess a mor tal offence, and desire to depart the realm, he is to go from the end of the sanc tuary ungirt in pure sackcloth,- and there swear that he will keep the strait way to such a port or such a passage which he bath chosen, and will stay in no parts two nights together, until that for this mortal offence which he bath confessed in the hearing of the people he bath avoided the realm, never to return during the King's life without leave, so God him help, and the holy Evangelists; and af terwards let him take the sign of the cross and carry the same, and the same is as much as if he were in the pro tection of the church, and if any one remain in the sanc tuary above the forty days, by so doing he is barred the grant of abjuration, if the fault be in him, after which time it is not lawful for any one to give him victuals. And although such be out of the peace of the King, yet none ought to dishearten them, all one as if they were in protection of the church, if they be not found out of the highway wilfully breaking their oaths, or to do other mis chief in the highway. The lodgings of sanctuary men became a source of pro fitable revenue to the ecclesiastics. 111illain Ebeshani, a scribi., writing to his master, Sir John Poston, perhaps from this very sanctuary of St. Martin, about the year 1469, bcseeches him as an alms-gift for one of his old gowns, plaintively exclaiming, " (lad know e th I lie in sanctuary at great costs and among right unreasonable ultra.' Great abuses crept in as the times declined from their original simplicity; and these were dealt with by the laws acquiring additional strength; till the final and well-de served annihilation of so dangerous a system. THE WINNERS OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER. The following List (11' the Winneti of this Important Stakes, from the commcitenient to the present period, will serve as a reference to snorting meh, and may prove ac ceptable to out readers in general :-- Year. Owners., 4c. Saba. Start. Placed 1776 Lord Rockingham's be. f. by Simpson 6 6 5 1777 Mr. Sotheron's Bourbon by Le gang 12 10 10 1778 Sir T. Gascoigne's Hollondaise by 6latch'em . - . 16 8 8 1779 Mr. Stapleton's Tummy by Wildair 15 10 RI 1780 Mr. Bethell's Ruler by Y. Marske •17 7 . 7 1781 Col. Radcliffe'. Salina by Goldlinder 13 V 9 1782 Mr. Goodricke's Imperetric, by Alfred 9 6 6 1783 Sir J. L. Kaye's Phenomenon by King Herod - - . 9 4 4 1764 Mr. Contees Omphale by Higlitlyer . 12 7 7 17116 Mr. Hill's Cowslip by Hightlyer . 5 4 4 1786 Lord A. Hamilton's Paragon by Pat master - 14 0 8 1787 Lord A. Hamilton's Spadille by High. flyer . . . 9 6 6 1783 Lord A. Hamilton's Young Flora by 11 ightlyer . . 10 1 6 1789 Lord Fitzwilliam's Pavett by Tandem 9 6 6 1790 Mr. Goodricke's Ambidatter by Pheno. menon . . . 16 9 3 1791 Mr. Hutchinson's Young Traveller by King Fergus - - - 14 8 8 1792 Lord A. Hamilton's Tartar by. Florizel 22 11 11 1793 Mr. Clifton's Ninety-three by Florizel 18 8 8 1794 Mr. Hutchinson's Beningbrough by King Fergus - - - 19 V 8 1795 Sir C. Tromer'a Hambletonian by King Fergus - - • 12 5 6 1796 Mr. Cookson's Ambrosio by Sir Peter 13 7 7 1797 Mr. Goodrieke's Lounger by Drone . 12 8 1 1798 Sir T. Gascoigne's Symmetry by Del. pini . - . 14 10 V 1799 Sir H. Vane's Cockfighter by Overton 12 7 7 1600 Mr. WiIIPOTI * B ChStlll4oll by Pot-8-o's ri 10 10 1301 31r. Goodricke's Quiz by Buzzard -11 8 8 11.1412 _ Lord Fitssilliam's Orville by &mktg. brough . . . - 15 7 7 1803 Lord Strathmore's Remembrancer by Pi. arm 1804 Mr p . Mellish's Sancho by Don Quixotte 24 11 2 1806 Mr. Mellish's Stavely by Shuttle . 27 10 6 18101 Mr. Clifton's Fyldener by Sir Peter 39 13 3 1807 Lord Fitzwilliam's Paulin* by Sir Peter 41 16 4 1800 Duke of Hamilton's Petrouius by Sir Peter . . - - 23 12 3 1809 Duke of Hamilton's Ashton by Walnut 61 14 8 11110 Duke of Leeds's Octavian by Stripling 40 8 4 Dill Mr. Gascoigne's Soothsayer by Sorcerer 6,1 24 3 11112 Mr. Rob's Otterington by Golumpus . 67 24 3 1813 Mr. Watt's Altisitiora by Dick Andrews 60 17 3 1814 Duke of Hamilton's William by Go vernor . - - . 53 12 2 1816 Sir W. Maxwell's Filho da Puts, by Haphazard - - . 69 15 4 1811 Sir B. Graham's The Duchess by Car dinal York - 46 13 3 1817 Mr. Peirce s Ebor by Orville . 62 10 3 1813 Mr. Peirses Reveller by Comus - 61 21 S 1819 Alr. Ferguson's Antonio by Octavian - 60 14 3 1820 Sir E. Smith's St. P a t r i c k by Walton . 72 27 3 1821 Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Jack Spigot by Ar. drossan . - 19 13 5 1822 Mr. l'etre's Theodore by Woful • 73 23 3 1823 Mr. Watt's Barefoot by Tramp . 84 12 3 1024 111 r. OnscoignesJeery by Smolensk° . 77 SI 2 1825 Mr. Watt's Memnon by Whisker. .BB 30 2 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CRICKET. The Return Match for 100 love. between the Chelsea Wellington and %%'estminster Plain Clubs, took place yesterday at Westmin ster, when the superiority of the Chelsea players was proved by the case with which they defeated their opponents. The gains was thus decided : CEIIeLSX.II. let In. Pusslow . . Wilco/ . . Newman . . Bernet' - Fleming . H. Fleming . . Goole. . . Cannon • . Russell . Wyld - florlett - . Byes WESTMINSTER. ht In. 2d In. E. Humphreys . 0 10 Watts . - 0 a Childs - - 1 4 Syminonr - 0 4 CAllis 3 Bentley - 1 17 Groom - 0 0 Brown 4 7 Metier - - U 0 lleinbrow - U 1 Emery - • U U Byes - 0 0 701 8 54 The Chelsea Club winning . in one innings, wi t h C t un s to spare. BeLtlsg 8 sad 7 to 4 on the wutnett. A fight was to have taken place yesterday at Norwood, between Donovan Andaman named Hill, porter at the Green elan and Still, but it was very properly prevented by officers front Union-hall, to the disappointment of a few only, and those of the very lowest order. The thing Is done, and ft was well remarked by an old ring-goer, that the police should be on the watch to stop the next cross matches, four in number, taking place. The fact is, no one of common regard to himself would he seen in the group, and as fur the better order of persons they have done with it. There were never known niece defaulters titan the St. Leger race has uncovered. Some cannot pay, because those on Whom they depended have levanted, and others cannot, because they had gone too far. A member of the sock and buskin is a defaulter, from, as lie states, having been robbed of more than 3001. from his pocket, at one of those sinks of infamy, the gaming, alias the sub scription room, mated for the purpose of plunder of every de scription.. BOULOGNE, SEM 2S. [IX rIACT Or A PRIVATE LITTER. 3 We had a storm on IVednesday which lasted the whole of the night, and the wind continued to blow for the two following days, so that it was no easy task for tile vessel to leave the harbour. On Wednesday morning the Rev. Mr. Edge, a Minister, but recently arrived as a visiter, and whose talents as a preacher were highly appreciated here, met with a fatal accident. Mr. Edge was fond of bathing, and on this oc casion while preparing to indulge in his favourite recre ation, he was advised by a friend to be on his guard against the effects of the current, as there was some danger when the tide was in the state in which it then was. The Rev. Gentleman on receiving this caution treated it rather lightly, observing that for him the peril was not so great as had been supposed, lieing an excellent swimmer. He proceeded to bathe, when the current to which his at tention had been called, carried him away from the land : his efforts to return were ineffectual, and he sunk to rise no more with life. The French spectators of this catastrophe, though anx ious to save the sufferer, had it been practicable, displayed a remarkable indifference to his fate when the mournful result was ascertained. They coolly remarked. that the danger was well known, and if English gentlemen would venture beyond the third beacon, they must take the con sequences of such temerity. The news of this tragical event was communicated with appropriate delicacy to his wife and sister, who had 'Kean !untied him, by the Rev. Mr. Simmonds and another gen tleman. To describe the effect of the afflicting intelligence on the ladies is impossible. The sister rushed franticly for ward to seek her lost relative—she was with difficulty re strained ; and the wife sunk to the ground, overwhelmed by the awful tidings, iu a fainting state. She remains in consolable. _ Every effort has since been made to recover the body, but without effict. It is supposed to have been car ried into the deep water by the storm which followed, and it is now expected that the heart-broken survivors will not be permitted to have the mournful satisfaction of con signing his remains to the grave, with the ceremonies of that religion, to the interests of which, while living, his days were consecrated. The vigilance of the French Police was rather singularly marked on this sad occasion. Those who witnessed theac cident, and knew the deceased, were not permitted to take care of his clothes, and deliver them to those who bad a right to claim them. Before they could be given up, cer tain official forms were necessary to be gone through, and the mourners were obliged to establish their relationship previous to the restoration of the property. __- PUBLIC WlLlPPlNG.—Yesterday morning an unfortu nate wretch, who was convicted, at the London Session, of stealing a quantity of lead from some buildings in Fleet Market, was, pursuant to his sentence, publicly whipped et the cart's tail, from the corner of Fleet-street to the end of George-alley. Fleet-market, in the presence of thousands of spectators. The culprit appeared to receive his punish ment with perfect indifference. He was a man of colour named Courtland. Previous to his being tied to the mrt. a man stripped, and offered to undergo the punishment fur the black. Upon being refused, he poured forth a volume of abuse on Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, and otherwise so tuisconducted himself, that he was locked up. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.- A Committee of the House of Commons has published Re in which is contained an etraition of their principles an 4 Report on the laws which regulate these useful institutions, practice, together with a variety of evident" in,illostratii Of the subject. There can be ho doubt that the object these societies, which is to provide a fund for sickness ii old age, is laudable, and ought ttl be encouraged. A 1 bourer, who lives from week to week on his wage*, Is e ch ( 1 17:a et b l ies to h w i rte m e f l r i o eil m nes wo s r a k nd w lt a u n t t b b y y j a pi ny nie co g n w ti i nge tbo h t e h y er ti s h4 knell weekly contribution out,of his awnings when in }mall hereceives a provision which he has a right to, which heo. call his own, in the event of his being oveftaken be diseAse. or infirmity. Such an association is, in Act, a scheme -- insurance against the worst calamities of life; and institu dohs of this nature, from their evident utility. have timed. ingly spread all over the country. Few of these, howe' we regret to state, have andwered their intended purposes,, they have generally failed from a miscalculation of it means. A scheme for pibviding out of the joint contrit tions of a number of Members against the contingencies sickness, age, or death, would requite, as its basis, a v , accurate and comprehensiv e ca l cu l at i on o f the robabili affecting life or health. This however is an extremely , dcult subject, on which we observe that the opinions eminent and skilful calculators ate not agreeit. It is scat in evidence by one of the witnesses, thdt on the average a certain number of individuals, siekness obeys an unify law, and is reducible to certain calculations. This ma; true; but if this uniform law is not known, we cannot' i lsta any durable basis a society for mutual support in event of sickness or age. We must grope in the dark, _ hie that we have no sure prineiple by which to proporthin Often contributions to future wants. It will be found gly, that almost all those Friendly ficeetrties ' taken too low a scale of contribution, and though at ....secain and for years after their institution, their affairs flotirisi yet time, and the advancing age and increasing dement the different members, disclosed Ai length the erroni principle on which the whole scheme was founded. A cicty of one hundred or two hundred individuals in prime of life, between twenty we may suppose or thi years of age, may, by a comparatitely small weekly cone bution, provide foe all contingencies, and even accumul a yearly surplus; but as age and infirmities creep apace , the great body o f the contributors, the funds gradually dwindle away under the heavy and increasing demanus from this cause, until they bedtime wholly insufficient for their purpose. Most of these friendly institutions accord ingly, however they may have flourished for a while, have, as time unfolded the defects of the original scheme, enticed in insolvency, to the grievous injury and irreparable disap pointinent of their unfortunate contributors. Other errois may have been committed in the constitution of those so cieties; but an incorrect scale of contribution was the radi cal mistake on which the whole plan was shipwrecked and went to ruin. In regulating such institutions, therefore, the great point is to find out a correct scale of contribution. 11'ithout lay lug up a sufficient fund for the contingencies of age and sickness, it is clear that the whole scheme must proe'e nusatory, and that those wito embark in it must be ruined and disappointed. In any legislative provision on the sub ject, therefore, it would be of importance to enforce, if that were necessary, or to recommend, the adoption of correct tables, on which a plan might be formed that would meet any contingency. By the last Act of 1819, Justices are required not to sanction any plan in which the tables of payments have not been approved by two " professional actuaries, or persons skilled in calculation." This pro vision, however, though it has been of use, has not been. found so efficient as could be wished, the Place of profes sional calculators have been frequently supplied by " petty choolmasters and acco un t ants ,' who have certified the suf ficiency of the tables. It was proposed in a Bill which vi,!s introduced into Parliament in 1818, that the Lords of the Treasury should appoint five or more persons of skill in calculation, to whom every Friendly Society should submit their tables for inspection. This clause was however withdrawn, in consequence of the alarm which it occasioned among those institutions. The Committee who have .published the present retort propose kclause somewhat namely, that every society shall send up its rules to the National Debt Office, to be examined by the calcu lator of that office, either singly or along with others, and to be certified by him as sufficient, previous to their adop tion. Others propose, that certain icalctilators should be appointed in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, to examine the correctness of the tables proposed to be adopted by friendly societies; that they should give their advice for a small fee; and that it should not be compulsory to con sult them. We have little doubt that the etrora which have beet: committed in the formation of those aiso:iations, and the ruinous consequences which have ensued, will in force caution in all future schemes of this nature, and will impress on those who adventure in them the necessity of procuring information. We hare little doubt that they would apply for advice to any one in whose capacity they had confidence. There are other schemes of Friendly So cieties, which, along with contributions for sickness and age, comprehend insurances on lives, and a provision also for children left destitute. These would require very nice and complicated calculations, founded not merely on the casualties of human life, but on the fruitfulness of mar riages, which cannot be ascertained, hut by the most ex tensive experience. Such intricate schemes involve con siderable risk, and are certainly not adapted for general use. The calculations of Dr. Price for friendly societies, sup pose that among persons under 32 years of age, one in 48 will be always incapacitated from illness or accident ; that from the age of 31 to 42 this proportion will be increased one quarter; from 43 to S I to one-half more ; from 52 tt 38 to three quarters more; and from .58 to 64 to double. He accordingly proposes that each sub3crib e r un d er SX. who should have four shillings a week during ttstress, should pay a weekly contribution of one penny ; above se the payment to be increased to a penny farthing: above 43 to three halfpence; above 58 to twopence. Mr. Morgan, calculator to the Equitable Assurance Office, continues to use this table: as also Mr. Frend, ate eminent mathematician, and actuary to a great as surance company. The same tables have been adapttd. by several societies in England on a large scale, and have been found to answer their intended purpose. In some friendly societies in London payments considerably higher are required, which however may be probably ascribed tea the greater unhealthiness of the metropolis. The report of the Committee of the Highland Society, drawn up on a return from 80 societies, exhibits a rate considerably lower..; At the same time, considering the inaccuracy with whicl;. the accennta of many friendly societies are kept. implicit reliance can hardly be placed on the facts from which such. tables arc constructed, more especially as they tend to re.. duce the rate of contribution, on which side it is alwsvr most dangerous to err. The subject is certainly one o f deep importance to the welfare of society. Thryse institu tious, in which the labour er l ays up hi s p i ttance, serve to. foster in his mind the love of independents, to raise hi ts above the rank of a mendir and . - •1 1 kr shed a utions, les and . tration dect of ess ind 4 Ala- , Is ex- whlch ors in a health; he ttan disekse r eme of / wcver, es,anci 1 1 f their ltrit 4 u- cies.of a very bilities ly dif- i one Apf stated age of rtifofm nay be it form In the k, see- iortign found have it fir;t, 4 tnds of oneous A so- in the I ' thirty ontri- rnulao. ace on dually mantis nt for ccord ► - above the rank of a mendic an t. an d to give him all those- virtues of foresight, energy an d p ru d ence, without which lie is of little value eith er to hi mse lf or others,ro and in this i ll view we hop e th e su bj ect w ill be thoroughly inv est i gate d, until the truths of science a te ren d ere d f a miliar as well as practically beneficial t o t h e great b ody of the people.--. 4 Caledonian Mereury. 1 . • I 4 INIF•TIOY OF GOLD.—M. Dittmer has published, In the Hanoverian ?linguine, the following account of a compound metal, invented by Professor Ilernibstadt :-... 'Cake of pure platina 16 parts, pure copper 7, and pure zinc 1 ; put them into a crucible, and cover them with powdered charcoal, and keep then. over the fire till they ate perfectly inched into one mass. This compound is stated not only to be of the same colour as gold, but to be . , equal to it in specific gtuvity, density, and ductility.— 4 News of Literature. A few days ago, es some labourers were digging silt tip( it the farm of Isaac Whitsed, Esq. of Sutton, ti:. Edmuntln, in the fens of this county, they found, twelve feet glow . b the surface, a bane, supposed to be the wing of an eagle, its I, a good state of preservation. According i o Dogdnle I His.. tory of the Fens. it most • have been there more than IA; thousand years. Some time since, a canoe, in a van 7 yob feet state, was !band heir the spot.—.lfereford News. 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