The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-03-31 00:00:00

.-~ ~,-. 4 DUCHESS OF BOLTOA. The Ditches. of Bolton, recently deceased, at the advanced age of seventy-five, sus the youngea fowler of the late Earl of Lonsthle. I lee 4.lder sister, tants Lowther, who died at Itninnuod only a few years ago, had been admired, when young, by the elehrated and lamented General 11 olfe, to whom her band was engaged in 17611, when that hero fell, in the moment of victory, belfire Quebec. Miss Lowther manifested the deepest distress at las fate ; and though she possessed many personal attractions, in addition to a very large fortune, she trenained unmarried during her whole life. The tc•outiful copy of verses, hung by an link:emu baud on the toinbof Wolfe, iu Westmiiist-a Abbey, fieginuing, " Could ant Loath**. ***Ping 1 1 33 it1," wits written ,o 'allusion to that fact. Iler younger sister ,gas married to Lord Harry . Puwiett, the' a captain in the British navy, but lUlt ealooits, ahileiu that service, did not entitle him to rank With our Naval heroes. Lord Ilarry way at. the siege of Carthagettn, in S. America, in 1743, where Samnat has ronsigatel his inemory to posterity, though not in the newt brilliant or flattering co- Inure. lie is the Captain Whiffle, o'f Roderick Rands.n. By the avat:i of his elder brother he soccer le.l early in the present reign to the Duke dom of Bottom which ficristue extinct some years ago, in his per-on. /le left only two daughters, the eldest of whoa', Lady Catherine Powlett, very beautiful nu i accomplished person, married the prevent Earl of Darlingtoot. The Duchess of Bolton, her mot ;ier, sot rived her, and bias left the greater part of her fortune, which was coiteidera ble, to the Holt. Frederic Vane, Lord Darling ton's second soil. The M minket,. m' IVinchester, on the late Duke of floiton's tt, devolved to its present no ble possess. •, a dirt:.nt collat••ral relative; hut • prodigions I !.led property was h queatbetl, iu failure of tii.de heirs, by the ;wet...Aire; Duke, to his natural daughter, who married the late Mr. Thriftily. Carde. lag was emend Lord Bolton, not nruey rue...since and his soli, the ',resent Lord, inherit.. the spa.tiatil *eat of 11 u ' , twilit(' Park, e'er Biesingatoke. in Ilempshire; together with the el ,tit of fa u .i, g , falu.mr in the civil wars of the reign of Charles the First. Last week woe laitaised, at the pnrish-church, in Portsmouth, the infant daughter of the Hon. C ipt. BoELE; his Royal Highness. the DUNE of el. axe face being the epousor. The limey of his Ileyal Highness on this occasion erns Lieut.-Getz. WM:ISLAM, Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth. 'Flue Countess Dowager of Serene is recovered from her late italispesitien. The Countess of CARDIGAN has left town for Richmond. The Connie'', of I.IsMORE has taken the home lately orcupied by Alr. THOMAS SHEILIDAS, in South Audley-street. Lord and Lady Garsett.te have left town for Dropiaore. Goodwood Races, which will take place the latter cud of April, preinier much sport ; a cumber of Loraes Irving already entered. The Marchioness of Dowesniee is on • visit to the Marchioness of S•osanite. at Hatfield. Her Ladyship will eutertaito u numerous assemblage of Nobility during the holidays. Earl FORTSkiCGI. has left town on a visit to Lord and Lady GRENVILLE, at Droprnore. On %Vetlnesday morning, died, at his seat, Writ tle, it; F.:stmt. RoBERT EDWARD, Baron Perite. The Murehioneeri of LANSDOWN is indieposed, with a cold, at Lineolown-honer, Berkeley-square. Countess CIioLSIONDELBY was considered, hilt night, much better. it is renerahly supported that Mother Carey and her Chickens did fiot take Iris! until they had fea thered dick seats. Lady ELS: ANoR FORTBSCUE Was. yesterday, considered in a fair way of recovery. At the late private Theatricals in Gloucester place. Mrs. CLAnss complains bitterly of the per formance of Frederick. in Lepers ' Feen. Mr. and Laity ELIZABETH WINITSRRAD left court, yes erday, for Bedlarshihiree—Mr. WHlT likeitip will return next week to attired the 11idalle see Meeting. 'Flue Dud. Dowager of 'RUTLAND is gone frora Belvair Castle on a visit to her daughters, Ladies ELIZARKFII NoRNAN anal CATIRSIIINE FORRESTIik. at Melton Mowbray. 'rimiest arrivals at Bath— Earl of Lindsey, Bottop of St. Aimpli, Lady Hartwell, tarty Venom, Linty Haremintl„ Ll* lialoptikle, Grams' Poolett.Coloselt'roagray, Calm, Victimise, Coined Mar ten, 14eUtItRiat-CUNTICI Mellish , 111.44 Tomlin's, Myer Godfrey, Kew. De Dechair, Key. Dr. Robertooa. A mess/meta for a regiorent is advertised for in the Newspapers. AI r. VAi. has heel, recommended as a win able to make a sons for a Cotantatitler-hs t. We read of several American vessels arrived in. tl is country, which have been blown tine in a gale of wind. it is also curious to observe, that the mimes of the vessels and of the Captains have been swished off the stern by the rases in their pusosge. A private letter from Bath represent* that city inn State of great anxiety, in consequeure of prophecy by an old Sibyl is that place, that the city will be visited this day, by an earthquake. Beechen-04 am! M t-Beacon are, it is ukirro ed, to be united, and the intermediate sicitv, idle all that it counting, is devoted to unneoithible anal totter destruction. Several persons had left Bath fa :lb Old this eatiistroplie. Ott Friday, the Doke of BRDFORD honoured Mr. ELLSIAN% of Glynde, in Sussex, with a mornittz 111•1 t, and a walk over a part of his filial. lii, Croce, after partaking of some refreshment at Gyiele, returned to Brighton, to dinner. CootainSeNDEN expresses himself much relieved More General C/ AEBRING courieseetided to mount uctsd for him, nn the Ludgate-hill dots. Mr. H. JOHNSTON was to have closed hi. ea engeaumit at Waterford theatre, on Saturday even le,g last, in the pert o f R o ll a , i u the tragedy of Pizarro, tie his own benefit. i i Pst.srin.vs Fon .41 , 116. r..fri o wn nr the prevailorz Fishious far Ladies sail Centleini n, froin Ark , ntoon's negent Repositeig qf drls, 1444•115, Plawsjhe I.t. PLATE 11:: —ItILL nori4o. iTh:te satin &ohs, tirith piap:c bud., nail lout sleeves Moeller! at the top ; bow: of piirtii.e /limo th e f ros t Rhode of penile, lined with white silk, tiorileard with gold, and edged ith swansdown. Gold wet cap a ith white fee them White *Luca, ghosts, and Pau. Necklace, ear-rinza, and other ornionesto, of gold . PLATE 16 —WALK'S° DEMIII. A tunic of lilac silt, clieiped down the trout with ;old or oontests ; a cloak of the 1 , 3. , 1P colour attached, so as to unite closely behind, but to Lill loose over *tie shoulders ; fis..d on th e dioulillers with gulden ornainents : the cloak is lined with while or straw-coloured silk, and ortiumented with a bonier of cold. Bonnet and bouts of the name co- Itsised spotted muslin uodeedreiw, with home sleeves, hound at the arms and wrist. Cold necklace, soil Yolk tan glusea. GENERA,. °MERV ATIONE. _ _ _ _ Red cloaks are at length completely abandoned, and we corizratulate our lately readers on their eniattripition from the Roust despotic dress that ever wise introduced by Ilse .him ..cal and arbitrary goddess of fashion. 'I he writer of dna article predicts d, on their first appearance, that a co lour so dieldvantageotta to beauty, could ne-er lweimw pre valent Let theta;' said be, " enwrap tln wolves with an immense Maze of red, it will come to nothing at lane," And no it Las turned ont : our pr,iiiieundes prattled us' with an assemblage of pallid and glunity spectres, who, though " forbidden to tell the aeerttn of their prison house," carried about with them the visible signs of torture, and appeared literally robed in dame. _ _ Pea-green in a Colour generally introdticed in spring, for whit mown we know sot, except it be intended to harmo nise with the verdure with which, et this season, all nature is beginnind to be clothed, thong% some may doubt whether a notion of harmony ever catered the inventive brain isf a fashionable dreas-wialser. Howterer this may be, we mast enter oar decided protest SONO It ; and we entreat our fair readers not to adopt • colour so directly is uppu . sition to good taste, and in width no face 4•l' form, be it majestic as Juno, or beautiful no Hub% cao seer appear with adman tage and effect. Lille, purple, all the varieties of blue, with the still greater varieties of grey, are open to their choice. If gran ewe he *clotted, let it be the deep and rich hue of the Spanish Sy, rather then um writ and West of all colours, pers•giees. Mr. Adairk treaty With the Sublime Paste, will doubtless introduce atomics!~ spring fashions& profusion of Turk ish turbans, Jaaisery jackets, mosque slippers, aid a thou. &sad similar whimsicalities ; all of which (provided a north ern coalition be aocompliehrd) must speedily give way to Russian cloaks, hussar case, Cossack mantles, Danish mires, kr. kr. su that by the setting-iii of the dog-days, out ladies will stead • chew of being at rayed in the complete ciatrode of all the sinveridg nations of dm uortb. Such w the ca pricious swami istesidared and actcd open in the empire of the despotie pAdoes of faabiota`'. When shall the drew of the British fair be established op in the simple and usereiag priscipiss Of ostsre ? mad when skill (lows priaciptes be adopted as the aerometer of good taste ? We have not the vanity to promise ourselves the complete aceumplishweiw of these Mints, hot to that end all oar eadvavoors shall bc directed. Nothing shall appear its usr pages, but what is strictly compatible with good taste ; so that while we disco ver and expo** errors, we will mot be wasting is our endea vours to point wit the remedy. FAGISIONI 1011 GZIITLINEV. The pervading enkistra for butte diem and morning swats, are dark Moe, olive, and bottle green, with salver avid gilt basket bathos; long waist and short skirt bat upon the whole, the fashionable coat is very short, and moist nut coin. lower than within four ladies of the knee. The lappels ire rather long, and coins even with the kip buttons. The col lar is made high, thinly padded, and to fail back two in ches. The dress coat has mord cuffs without buttons, with pockets under Saps: the mornieg coat, skeins with slits, and three large buttons. The sleeves are wore ter, long. The waistcoat is single-breasted; flaps,with small regimental skirts ; the collar within that of the cost : it is madc of strip ed rnarrella, u'variems shades, bat huff colours are the must fashitiaable. Areerises, of • light drab colour, made rather lung and ti;ht. For paataluons, the stuffs generally worn are doable-milled stocking and Prince of Wales's striped ker.. soymem. Orin* LA S LLL •ssesalmt.] The cloth sad velvet mantles and pelisses, trimmed with gold and sibrer lace and fury, are feet yielding to those form: d of sarsuets and shawl metelh:s. The former are either of pees or figured twills, variously shaded ; avid pre latter are cilium of the real Indies shawl fabric, or of imitations equally rich and beautiful in circa ; these are lined theuegtiont with swe etie of well-contrasted colours. We have seen WIVE of light brown, settees, tad cream- coloured grounds, lined with pale green, pipit, and jonquille, and formed its the style of se liestriau Hamar cloak. The Spealsh tamale, Cossack pe lisse, sad Turkish coat, hare each u large share of fashion able distinction. These appropriate habits are alter nately ornamented with trimmines of fancy loss--the rbe veaar-de7fraeze, formed of narrow ribband, the Bat silk braid, an/ some with guider silver lace. The demi robr-pelisses are a very useful article, and are constencted en se to wrap from one side entirely round the firer, in front, sail meet the other side, with which, by Imperceptible fastenings, it is meted, sad which flows loose from the shoulder to the feet. The collar is high and emended, the hock formed Se cress steeps, the tend laced with cord, or maamentod el-la-militaire, and the strums are full, with deep arched care; it is perhaps impossible to lowest a style more raileelatral to display a fine figure to advantage. In bonnets and bats there are some changes worthy of remark. The Sparta. hell, t, of the same material as the mantle or pelisse, possesses unfelt dignity and motley ; &erase the crown Oil is placid (most bee LLL ngly) a full hand of curled /melees. The Jockey hat, of straw; the Freuch poke, placed greedy toeJi dr one side, and olg.al and trimmed across the crown with a ilaband, in reversed plaits, or with variegated dem trimessugs, with a fall hunch of daisies, rue other spring'llowers, are very putteel mail fashionable. The small silk Isoraet, with arched (mats, Ginned ill fans! folds, air full ber.clies of the irlYwoirup, crocns, or primrose, and were with abort white Vi•ilh, arc conspicuous for airiness and simplicity. Cape if French net, vermuely constrneted, and so:tably depeeed, form searywopriate end general appeadage to the morning end halfss. The Spanish bat fur fall dream is suesewhat we the decline. There ear be bait little novelty in the articles of jewellery is the entire of one month ; diamonds, pearls, white Oor edam, mid their I teary substitutes, are exclosively adapted 1.161. coition:id does. With white, or very light similes of eislaurs, euriresuits of coluiireil gems are cousi dered elegaat and fashionable. Steel clasps for the erster take place of gold or silver. Shoes and gloves need not urn- Meat are our last. The prorai!iiii colours are purple, green, and oreage ; the most genteel jonqudle, pea-green, and pink. The vetieratile mansion of Lao!terns., in Corn. wall, tl•c e...cient brat of the noble family of ARUN.. DEL* Mini net-unruly inte►esting firms its having become the ass-lulu of a number tif secluded le who r seeped, during the horrors of the Frivich Revolts:ion, front the convents of France, loss uarrowlt• escaped destruction by tire. The workmen' ensplovill in repairing the ',hams, had thrown their WAIL of straw, it appears, under the dome, whirls contained the great clock, on the top of the house. A tire having caught ru a foul s i 11l ;ley, the sparks fell aiming this straw, and set ice to tile cupola, which it destroyed, to,;ether nick the clock; but, by timely assistance, it was prevented spreading further. •I•he number of Nuns who continue to reside hem, in voluntary seclu.ion, entritutts to eighteen, including the Lay Sisters. • • NO.VIIILY 45111CULT111ZAL Itztonr, • roe RI AMG N. The Wheat crops of both the lite and early springs bate cur Oa weN in the last Mouth, anti at presept in many places Tide weer veer the serfage ~; the - goofed. They, perhaps, wee looked Wure favourahly, in seismal, at this period of the year. The winter Baileys and (;yes are also pretty much Is the sawn Intlliat.M. The whiter Tare and ha l t: crops iti different distriets have likewise a very fine appearance at thor time —lit England aad Wales, Wheat averages per quarter, 945.; Barley, Oaf ed. ; and (rata, 34% Mt The late turnip crops hint also afforded a large supply of both green and label taint for she support of sheep and cat tle stuck, during the latter port of MC present mouth, aud have been patio Marty tarourabie for the lambing ewes is msuy agent mos. The numnal 'Menem of the season, theories most of the 'moth, Ina afforded a Vise opportunity of petting in epilog crops in complete perfection, sod great breadths of f/kinti have beets already sows with tans, spring Wheats, and tither spring cesspi t is the hest possible state of preparation. Great breadths of ea. ly potatoes have likewise been set in some districts of ilw early part of the month. The weather has likewise heeu extremely favourable for the inekiim of ucw ' arid repairing the old Usices, and touch work of this kind has been well accomplished. The lowliness of ploughing, was, perhaps, sever better performed than in the mascot season, the laud having broken up 'comas kiddy well. The hip stock, as well as that of cattle, have hitherto dorm extremely well : tliefratis have lambed dugs very well ; iu a vast numbar of nnitlllatt9, double lambs bating been pre. The uncommon warmth sod dueness of the mouth here, in vas ions cases, brought the font trees isle stack tee for ward a state to expect ailLgreat product of fruit from them Lii RAW. This Lady's brook, we iiiiders!and. is not to make its appearance; and the one thousand and mile royal love letters, which It was to contain, are to Le consigned to their native element—the Baines.— In consideration thereof; M. Clarke is to re ceive an annuity of 6001., and have all her debts paid. (lad the Duke of York paid the promised annuity of 4001. all the consequences to his Royal Hechniess, that have ensiled, might have been avoided.—so much for able and civic Knight, we understand, has brut' the new go between in this arrangement, in which, it is said, he has acted from something more than were pure love and loyalty. According to some accounts. he is to haven fingering of the penny, (Macaw lit of lessee sue tainted in stopping the piti,lication of the work.— Other, say, that he experts, by this grand reap, to convert his. simple ithighthima into a Barony, and that lie is to make his appearauCe in the next batch of Veers, under the title of Baron Mount Omar, of the county of Middlesex.—Thia devotion of his Knighthood to Mrs. Clarke, although not in the slightest degree adulterated by the tender passion, has already produced some terrible doutestie explo sions and convulsigns, which we may perhaps lea kinder the ‘neceesty of relating.--When Mrs. Clarke lately visited the Opera-House, his Knight hood graced (greased) one of the Boxes without the magic influence of her eye, and the witch ing ogles that passed between then were not unobserved by the crowd in the pit. We repeat, however, that love is suite out of the gue4ion. The simple Knight has a handsome er ire, and a large family ; and Mrs. Clarke has received a proposal of marriage from :t very respectable tradesman, who has retired from business, with a large for tune, and lives in her own neighbourhood. A tri fling obstacle, it is true, *tents in the way of this latter business. Mr. Clarke, the husband of the Lady, is living; but. We understand, it will be made worth his while to sue for &divorce. Yesterday, being Maundy Thursday, His MA JESTY'S atinu4l bounty of woollen cloth. 'man cloth, s!iiier, stockings, five loaves of bread, beef, suit, sEknon, cod, herrings, wooden cups full of ule and wine. and 71 silver penny-pieces, was distributed to 71 poor men, and 71 poor women, being as many as HIS MAJESTY is years old, in a large room adjoining Whitehall Chapel, without the usual forms and ceremonies, on account of the Chapel being under repair and fitting up for a Mi litary Chapel. Ur CARET, the Sub-Almoner, at tended and said grace, and returned thanks. The Doke of ARGYLE and the Hon. Captain and Mrs. MURRAY arrived the beginning of this week at Edinburgh from London. Lord and Lady (3. CAVENDISH will leave town, to-morrow, for their seat at Latimer. BRITISH NAVY.—By the NAVAL RETURNS COT.. rected to this day, there appear to be—AT SEA, 95 sail of the line, 10 from 50 to 44,193 frigates, and 370 smeller vessels. The TOTAL number of ships, IN coNssitstot, amounts to 160 sail of the line, tit from 50 to 44, 175 frigates, 177 'sloops, and 307 gun-brigs. There are also, IN ORDINARY, and REPAIRING rott SERVICE, 54 sail of the line, 33 from 50 to 44, 57 frigates. 46 sloops, and 30 gun brigs, &c.—And there are awe:pita, 50 sail of the line, to frigates, 20 sloops, and 10 gun-brigv. &c.—Making a GRAND TOTAL of 1,141 treads of war. NEVER BALK rout rs ! is one of Fortune's axioms. The whims of people in the choice of numbers in Lotteries are infinite, and luckily they are harmless, for the most sturdy casuist will fail to prove that a lucky number is not at least as good as any other.--Cskrra begs those who fancy par ticular numbers or thousands to consult his Lor- TLlty GUIDE. which may be had, gratis, at his Office, No. 8, Charing-Craw, and which, among other envious particulars, sinews in which thousands the most Capitals have been. HE THAT WOULD DEA 1., must sow.—The pre sent 'lay is the season or seed time, and the oppor tunity should be embraced by every one who wishes to nap part of the Golden Herren, which com mences April It, IS/19, when the purchaser of only Sixtemith Share of H Lottery Ticket may rise from au humble station to affluence. NIX rHon.—.l meteor of ancommon brilliancy was ohserved at Whitehaven, on Thursday night. from about fifteen minutes to twenty past ten o'clock. The view of the ball heel:lv/as only oc casional, during that period; bat its rapid pro gress. towards the North East, could be clearly distinguished through the light clouds which it illuminated in its passage. It was apparently about the ire of out of the street lamps; and, at the time last mentioned, (20 minutes past 10). it exploded with the report of a canno n ! - It was seen by several person if tint Sew* sod herd by may others, wberseppoesiiiiirsolie hail item sate 'ship is the slop - 1 SIIRIIICSBURY, MAitca 29t The Commission for holding the amaze for this county,was opened on Thunder evening last, before Mr. Serpent sVILI.Is es, the pressure of business.; at Hereford having prevented both the Jiidgls front reaching this 'dace till Fnday morning. The bu siness ut Arfii Prins cowmen• d soon after. before Mr. baron WOOD; when the following interesting cause was brought on. JUNIUS th Owes, Esq. This was an uction brought by the Plaintiff agaifist the Deft ~dent for the sodectioa of his daughter, and the IM/efidasit had pleaded, first, teal be was not guilty, and also, that he had leave and license front the Plaintiff to debauch _ his daughter.— • Mr. atelier, in a most eloquent speech, corn. melded on the infamous plea set up by the Defend ant, and stated to the Jury, that the Plaintiff had been an innkeeper at Market Drayton, in this county, cud that the Defendant aas at this time is Lieuteusut in the Ifith Regiment of Light Dra goons. That when the Defendant first became ac quainted with the Plaintiff's family, he was a Cap- = tail' in the Shropshire Volunteers; that the Defend ant came with the Regiment on perinaneot uuty to Market Drayton, and the head-quarters were at the Plsint,W'i house ; that the Defendant white • there paid great attention to the daughter of the Plaintiff, and made her offers of marriage; but that she most prudently referred him to her father for his consent ; having ohtaiued the father's consents he emir ed to pay his addresses to the daughter, • till he purchased a Lieutenantey in the 16th, when being obliged to join his Regiment, be offered to • marry her pri►ately, which offer she refused ; he joined his Regiment, and was absent about It months, during which time the Plaintiff, by um fortune, was reduced in his circumstances, and obliged to leave the Inn ; during the time of the Defendant's absence,• correspondence was kept op between him and the Plaintiff'. daughter. Ou.the Defendant'. return to Market Draltoii on the recruiting service, he was iiffortned or the Plaintiff a circumstances being much reduced, b 1• the daugh ter, who begged that their acquaintance might be dropped ; but the Defendant assuring her that her father's misfortunes should be no impediment to their marriage, the acquaintance was rest-wed, mid in the month of March, 1908, he seduced her, end shortly afterwards left the place. She communi cated to hint her situation, and he wrote to her, pro mising to return and marry her as soma as his af fairs were settled in Wales, After some time, he cased writing to has, *ad her, brother.. is-cones. quence, went to hint at Woodbridge, to knew his de termination ;he again repeated to him his deter- =' eiiinition to marry his sister, and promised to re turn in there weeks for that purpose ; he, however, . did not return: and she was afterward delivered of a son.—Mr. Dauncy's statement was fully proved by the Plaintiff's daughter, a very intereetiug.girl, her brother, and the Her. Mr. Atcherley, the latter . of whom stated, that the daughter had always coos ducted herself in every becoming aud virtuous 0480. tier. and that she was the last woman whose chastity he should have suspected.—. The JuDGZ, in his sum ming up, stated, that the plea of the Uctendant was one of the mast infamous and audacious lie had ever seen on a .liecord, and that it greatly aggra. vated the esimu--The Jury found s verdict for the Phriatit--Dateages 10001. 4 - JONES S. JONES. This was • ease highly interesting both to inn- I keepers and enwlion. It was an action brought egatestibi Dieu, who keeps the Feathers Inn. I at %OWN% SW 468 , 'gravely of 4001. the amount b44.embsemetsieMeinitatent an inside waistcoat pocket of the Plaintiff's le sat, while asleep at the above Inn, in the month of November last. The Jury. owlet the direction lithe Learned Judea, as to the law of the case, trend a verdict for the Plaintiff to the full amount of the loss, 4001. wrxerremer The Court of Chancery adjourned yesterday It• the 12h of April. A singular kips.' Aerie, in the Coen of Chins. eery, on Vlrednerday, not only deranged the gravity of the Noble Judge, hut relaxed the lunacies of the whole Bar : Several of the Learned King's Goun sel had been amusing themselves with an Hierogly phic Epistle from the Doke of Yana to Mrs. CLAIMS, sod a newly-published Caricature.— They were so full of the subject, and so interested by it, that when Mr. RICHARDS rose to address his Lordship in a cause of LLOYD IL PAMIISOKAII, in stead of mentioning the proper name of a lady who was concerned in the transactions to which the suit related, he called her Mrs. Cakes. MATCH &cutesy TINIC:The Fair Ser f aat Do ver, have lately rivalled the Gentlemen in pedes trian performances. On Monday last, the filos of that place, undertook, for a consider able wager, to walk eight miles within two hours, which they performed, on the London road, tii a quarter of an hour less than the titer. All the beauty and fashion of the toivo were assembled, to witness the exertions of the lair pedestrians, among whom we particolarly notmed Mrs. It—, alto. mounted on a beautiful pony, elegantly capari soned, accompanied the cavalowle. Lieutenauts and of the R-y-1 E—eo—is, wets umpires on the occasion. 'The match between Tom Beklasr and Medley. to fight for too guineas a-side. is likely to be put off, as a meeting has taken place to derma the stake money, and the parties could not agree. Richmond, the black, is matched, to tight !Void, the noted waterman, for a purse of twenty . guineas. The battle will take place on th. I nthof ' uest month. Friday night, a most splendid ball was given by Mr. Et.i.tsow, at Beverly. Yorlstme, on h,s wm's coming of age.... Six eicipisit rooms oere opct.e.l for the reception of his numerous friewk. At tea the, company assembled. and danced till tso, w lieu 1134) of the tirst'people iu the Eart- hiding, %%eh all the principal officers of the army slid ear, quartered in the neighbourhood, set dua is toe a served and snuiptnous supper. After supper, I. health of the heir apparent. prefaced by a short me. appropriate speech from Geo. VYSIS. weirder:4k : and the company were highly gratified with the vocal powers of one of the sweetest tru ckle voice's' sod of the officers of the 2d Lancashire. This deg lighted assiniablage of beauty and elegoote (lid wet separate rill day-light, aiming pleased with . . the pecafel dignity of the hostess, the hearty howl tatity of Mr. F. 1414014 and the Hite atty.' . the heir whose Walt-day they eeletaatest. ____.~A