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1 - NELL GIVYNN. The following curious mem — Orr — s of this celebrated female, published many years since in a fugitive miscellany, are not university of preservation: — MEMOIRS OF NELL. GWYNN. THE CELEBRATED' MISTRESS OF CHARLES Ellen Gwynn, or Guyn, so far as appears to ns from all accounts hitherto known, had no education at all. What we learn of her is, that she was born in a night-cellar (State Yeerns), sold fish about the streets, rambled front tavern to - tavern, entertaining the company after dinner and sniper with tones (her voice being very agreeable) ; was next taken into the house of Madam Ross, a noted courtesan : admitted afterwards into the theatre-royal, as early as the year 1667 (see the drama of the Maiden Queen, and others of Dryden's plays for ten years successively); was reinress both to Hart and Lacey, two famous actors, and kept by Buckhurst (see a note in Royer's translation of Gee MONT ' S Memoirs, which Mr. Dryden told Bayer) if I mistake not, whom Charles 11. sent on a sleeveless errand to France, in order to pave his approach to her. From that period she began to be pretty well known, and is mentioned by Be ItNET and other historians. Nlemairs may be found concerning her in the following books, and many others : ANT. Woon's Ath. Oxon.; Memoirs de la Cour d'Angle terre, par Madame DU Mots; and Memoirs de la Vie du CompteGrammont, English translation. As this giddy and dissipated creature gave rise to a noble and most worthy family, one would have nothing devised against her by way of romance ; she hail some very good qualities to contrast against her bad education and vicious habits. Without proofs and citations, one can pay but e propor tionable regard to many farts reported of her in a late pain phlet, which is certainly well written; nevertheless, many assertions there clash with accounts better known, and of fend against probability. As she entered on the stage about the year 1667, I can not well see how she could apply to Betterton at that time, as a sort of a protector ; since Betterton then, far from being a manager, or having any considerable interest in the play-house, had hardly passed his theatrical noviciate ; having. irst played in the year 1639, when he was appren tice to Mn Rhodes, bookseller, at the sign of the Ship, Charing-cross, and tinder his master's direction, who had a share in the patent, accompanied by Mr. Kynaston, his !e' low-apprentice, who played the women's parts, and Mr. Betterton those of the men. Sir IVilliani Davenant must have been the • person applied to, who was then patentee at the King's house. Betterton was then a mere youth, and just making his fortune, under the actors of the old stock ; each as Angel, Caeleman, and others, who were the mama** of Black-friars, and who vanished almost endrely about the year 1666; whether through chagrin or accident cannot now be ascertained. What concludes stronger is, that Betterton left the theatre-royal, and acted at the Duke's before and at the time when Nelly appeared on the former stage. Behold another seeming contradiction in theatrical chro nology Nelly's amiable lover is said to be the person who acted Creon ; which, by the way, was Sandford, a matt of a remarkable hard visage, deformed, and who had the air of an assassin. Moreover, this event is supposed to happen before Nelly came upon the stage, 1667 ; and (FAipus was .tot represented till about the 1677,•10ng alter she was the King's mistress; nay, it may be queried if she acted so late as the year 1677. Jr no way appears that Lord Rochester was ever ens reared of her. Mrs. Barry was his passion, and Mrs. Bewtel antecedently to Mrs:Barry, at the time when Mrs. Gwynn trod the stage ; and as to the King's never seeing her till at a certain nobleman's house, it is well known that he had seen her uninterruptedly on the stage from 1667 till about 1671, and fell in love with her on her speaking the epilogue of Tyrannic Love, which seems to have been 'written by Dryden on purpose. 'Tis doubtful too if she ever played at Dorset-garden. Nelly was highly favoured by Dryden. For many years he gave her the most showy and fantastic parts in his co reedies. It looks as if he played her at the Monarch for a considerable time; since, not to mention the epilogue last spoken of, he wrote on purpose for her an equally whimsi cal and spirited pThlogue, prefixed, I think, to Aureng-zebe. At the other house (viz. : the Duke's, under Killegrew's patent), Nokes had appeared in a hat larger than Pistol's, which gave the town wonderful delight, and supported a * bad play by its pure effect (perhaps Afanternouehie or, Me titizen turned Gentleman; a comedy, by Ravenscroft). Dryden, piqued at sthis, caused a hat to be made the cir cumference of a hinder coach-wheel, and as Nelly was low of stature, led what the French call miTnontic piyannte, the made her speak under the umbrella of that hat, the brims thereof being spread out horizontally to their full , 'extension. ,The whole theatre was in a convulsion of ap plause ; nay, the very actors giggled, a circumstance none had observed before. Judge, therefore,-what a condition 'the merriest Prince ohne was in at such a conjuncture. . . ..__....__ _ 'Twos beyond odso and orlvith, for he wanted little of being suffocated with laughter. In a word, Madam Ellen (as the drama often styles her after she was declared the King's mistress) had no great turn for tragedy, nor do 1 recollect her in any pert of mo ment but that of Valeria in Tyiannie Love, to which Dry den raised her partly through partiality, and partly as it was necessary for her to die in that play, in order to rise' and speak t'he epilogue. In comedy she was more ex cellent : nevertheless, she must not be ranked as an actress • with the Qtrins Davenports, Marshall', Bowtels7Better tons, and Lees, :la .ecle d'or Jr Chariest //. which held in its high lustre frtm 1683 to 1678. But of what the French call rajoue, she was a complete mistress; airy, fantastic, coquet, sprightly, singing, (lancing ; made for slight, showy parts, and filling them up, as far as they went, most effec tually; witness - Par/mei, in the Maiden Queen (to which she spoke the epilogue), Jacinto in the Meek Astrologer, &c. It is highly probable that Madam Ellen might have made a mote decent figure in life, hail her birth been for tunate add her education good. A seminary like the streets and cellars of London is infinitely worse titan crawl ing in woods and conversing with savages. We make this remark, because she possessed many good qualities, which no human disadvantages could quite destroy. She had no avarice • when her power encreasetl, site served all her tbeetricid friends. She strewed particuler gratitude to Dryden; and valued eminent writers, as Lee, Otway, &c. Site was almost the only mistress of the King who was guilty of no infidelitz towards him ; nor dill she relapse after his decease. Knelled with natural sagacity and wit, she made no ill use of them at court, paid no attention to sniniattas, nor ever acted as their creature. Her charities were remarkable ; and, what was singular, she piqued her self on a regard for the Church of England, contrary to the genius of the then court. When Cromwell's tall per • ter, Daniel, was in Bedlam, and had his library allowed him, it is said that the most conspicuous part of his books •was a large bible, given him by Nell Gwynn. •Once as she was driving up Ludgate-hill, in a superb 'coach, some bailiffs were hurrying a clergyman to prison, •Siw stopped, sent for the persona whom the clergyman anentioned as attestator' to his character, and finding the account a just subject for pity, paid his debt instantly, and procured him a preferment. She was the most popular of all . the King's mistresses, and most acceptable to the nation. An eminent gold smith, who died about fifteen years ago, in the seventy ninth year of his age, assured tne, that when he was an • apprentice, his master made a most expensive service of *.plate (the King's present) for the Duchess of 1' • He remembered well that an infinite concourse of people , crouded to the shop out of mere curiosity ; that they threw •out a thousand ill wishes against the Duchess, and wished' the silver was melted and poured down her throat; but 'said it was ten thousand pities his Majesty bad not be stowed this bounty on Madam Ellen. Her picture, painted by Lely and others, pronounce bet to he very handsome, though low in stature and red hailed : there is a bust of her now to be seen at Bag nigge-wells, which, though coarsely executed, 'hews her to he what the French call en hon point. This place was formerly one of her country-houses, where the King and Duke of York frequently visited, and where she often en tertained them. _ - --- At Guildford, the contest on IVedtiestlay for the election -of Coroner for the county of Surrey was extremely levore. At the close of the day's poll the numbers were— oCarter - - . 67 Rand . 537 Words - - - bUli I Jelltrue . - Sib lEEE LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, CoLtmax-STsEET, BiAT 12. CANTILLOW v. MATE. In this case a Jury was sworn to assess damages, judgment having been allowed to go by default, in an actionlorought to re cover the moiety of the charge of building a pa ty-wall between two I houses. The case occupied the Coart a considerable time. The defend ant ass the beneficial occupant, at an improved rent, of a portion of groom( in J.:win-a:rem belonging to the Goldsmiths' Company. By allowing judgment to go by default he acknowledged himself !table to pay a ,moiety orthe 'expense of erecting a psrty-wall. There was an important question as to the amount that should be paid for this part, it being proved, on behalf of the plaintiff', that it cost 15 guineas per rod, and he sought payment at that rate. On the Fart of the defendant, the Act of the 14th George 111. cap. 7:1, was set up, in answer to the demand. In the 31.1 th and 41st sections it le enacted that one moiety of the expense of build. ing rev party-walls shall be paid by the beneficial occupant on the improved rent, at the rate of 71. 15s. per rod, deducting IL Cs. fur the materials, if any, of the old wall. In this case the materials were all new, and it was contended that 71. !is. per rod was all that could be recovered by the plaintiff, although the work had cost him ' double that sum. The Counsel for the plaintifFcontentleel, that the Legislature had virtually repealed this statute by subsequently imposing so high a duty on bricks as rendered it impossible to execute the work on the uro,s then spccificd, setting aside the increased price of labour, and of other things. M the part of the defendant it was answered, that the equity of the case well warranted the application, and that there was no in. justice in adhering to the authority of the statute. The Jury, under the direction of the SEcostnartY (who pro . mistd to make a note of the point), assessed the damages according to the rate specified in the statute. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, THURSDAY, MAY Alexander Alexander was opposed by Mr. Cooke at the instance of Elias A Grahams. The case involved a qoestion of partnership. The insolvent stated, that be attributed his embarrassment and consequent application to the Court, to li;s having been arrested by his late partner, the present opposing creditor. Elias Abrahams became his partner in Feb., llth2,at which time a deed au executed, which instrument is now in his (Abrahains's) possession, but a copy was delivered to the witness. The body of the paper now produced was written by Abrahams; the contents were as follows Tnis is to certify, that I agree to continue in co-partnership with Mr. Alexander Alexander, accordirg to former agreement, on condition that the said A. Alexander receives halt of the net pro ' fits after the whale of the expences arc paid. (Signed) " EI.TAS ABRAHAMS." In the course of the Insolvent's evidence, lie stated that he did not receive al investment of 1.20nt. worth of goods from Abrahams, for the purpose of sale, in the capacity of agent or supercargo; no such consignment vas made to him from Charleston, South Ca. tolina. Mr. BEATH, for the insolvent. submitted that his client ought not to be examined relative to the document produced. Mr. Coos f: said, that he had no means of rebutting the inrol. vent's testimony, as llr. Abrahams was abroad; vet he (Mr. Cooke) nevertheless submitted that the insolvent's schedule could nut stand, ns he had not deserib.d himself as " late carrying on business under the firm of Alexander and Abrahams." Mr. HEATH said that he could produce twenty letters to prove the existence of a partnership. ('oost continuing to urge his objection on the informality of the description, Mr. Commissione► Boerwie said, that there was no rule of Court en the subject, and he other`Commissioners concurring in that view of the case. the objection was over-ruled. The insolvent's discharge was ordered to issue. POLICE. MA NSION-Il OUSE. A poor English girl, *lto has from her very early youth resided in France. and who is unable to avail herself of a very desirable offer of marriage made to her by a respectable person at Lyons, has applied to the Lord Mayor, representing the circumstances by ' which she has been prevented from the accomplishment of the chief wish of her heart, and begging his Lordship's interference a itit the French authorities on the subject. Site submits, in the event of his Lordship's failure in prevailing upon the French Government to make some alteration in their laws respecting alien-born "objects, that something should be done to gain such Information as would render her appeal to be joined in the banns of matrimony available. She says ---`•1 am, my Lord, disposed to tuatry me to a Gentle. man here, in France, but the local authorities require that I pro duce a copy of, or an extract from, the certificate of my birth. iilace. This is, my Lord, impossible, as 1. unfortunately happen to be situated. I don't know any body in my own country, my father having taken me front it in my infancy, and abandoned me before I was capable of judging of the importance of having about ' me any testimony of the nature demanded by the local authorities. The recollection of the place in winch I was born is quite in con , fusion in my mind, lam only cermin that my mother, Frames Higgs, was born at Worcester, and dwelt there when she married my father, Jame* Palmer, who was born in London, where I think I was also born. My sister, whose name is Charlotte was, I believe, born in Worcester, and is twenty or twenty two years of age. I am five or six years older. She may also have cause, I trust, to wish for the same sort of informa tion shortly on the same ground; and therefore, my Lord, by your interference you will be the means of conferring a hutting blessing 011 two pour countrywomen of yours, who remember their country, although unhappily not the exact spot where they were born, with feelings of the warmest attachment, and who look for ward to the day when they shall see it once more. We have an additional claim upon your Lortialiip : we tear we are orphans, and are very much disquieted at what may be our father's destiny. if he lives, we believe lie lives in England, but he has long been dead to us. We look forward to your Lordship's humanity for making a representation to the French Authorities, or if not, for endea vouring to ascatain where we were born, or to what authority we shall refer to obtain that information, and we shall pray for the continuance of your Lordship's happiness and distinction. " 1 have the honour to be, " Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, " Quay Bondi, Na 142, Lyons." " PA LM ER." The Lord Mayor, we understand, upon receiving the above communication, which was forwarded to him from Lyons in a let ter, determined to set on foot an inquiry, by which his fair corres pondent may be enabled to obtain the information she so much wishes for. The practice complained of by Miss Palmer has, we are told, been the cause of moth misery and vice in France. Parties who have encountered the difficulties with which the Lord Mayor's cor respondent has met, and to whom those difficulties have been insurmountable, in some instances became the mistresses of those upon whom thee weer prevented by the French law from having a tutored anti indissoluble claim. Tile Lonin alsa on ohaerved, that it would be indeed greatly to Ibe lamented that a young female who showed ao laudable an inch. nation to he married, and who made so strong an appeal to her own country for assistance, should be disappointed, er reduced to the terrible ulternatit e which the want of the necessary facilities night occasion. Perhaps an appeal to the public press would be attended with more prompt effect than any other in directing his correapon dent to her birth-place. GUILDHALL. DRUNILENNESS.—Mr. Alderman l'Exast.fts seems deter mined that the old statutes of James, against drunkenness, shall not fall into desuetude, for -he has convicted one er more persons of that offence every day this week, not less than a dozen altogether. esterilay aid flardie i g, the grave-digger of Cripplegate, appeared to charge his lat., dirt antic with assaulting and provoking him, well knowing that he was under recoghisauces to keep the King's peace towards all his lieges, especially Vary Carter. As be would notNako upon himself to say, that though he was perfectly sensible, he was exactly sober when the allegeti assault was committed, and the constable could swear he was drunk, Mr. Alderman VEWAIILXs said lie would not listen to his tale of what happened to !tun when he was in a state of intoxication, dismissed the lair assailant, and, on the oath of die constable, tilted Harding as. to the use of the poor for beirg drunk. In another instance two labouring men came before the. Alder. man, the one to complain that the other had struck him on leaving a public house. The Alderman asked them if they were not drunk at the time, and on their cnntession convicted them both in the penalty of is. and dismissed the charge. On Monday thirty-two cases came before the worthy Magistrate, in the greater part of which the cause of complaint had evidently arisen out of this enervating and expensive habit. Bri(l4'et Jordan, a decent looking Irishwoman, was brought up tor halal examination, on suspicion of having unlawfully pos sessed herself of a large tine gold bracelet, set with turquoise, which she hail been stopped with, in offering to pledge it at Mr. Reeves's, paw übrol:er, Snow-bill. She asked to borrow only 3s. on it, when its valve was front 21. to 3/.. and the account she gave of the manner in which it came into her possession was, that she was going through Old Cavendish.stre - t when a gentleman picked it tip, and gave it to her as a necklace for her infant. A gentle man came fixwaed to chilli the article yesterday, but it roved not to be the one his lady hail lost—the fellow to which he produced. Mr. Alderman Vs:NADIA:S said it was not now the fashion with ladies to wear two bracelets of the saute pattern, and he doubted if it would eventually be identified by producing one to match. IL! then ordered the simian to be iltschargial, and if the owner did not come forward in i few days, the article then to be deliveted up to her. ItOW,ST R E ET. Pt: V. VG.—YeFtettlay afternoon, about twenty minutes before three o'clock, a young gentleman entered the office in breathless haste, and requested c;ir Richard Birnie immediately to lend him the assistance of the police, in preventing two gentlemen of his ac imintance from fighting a duel. The appointment lie said was for three o'clock, at Chalk Farm, and not a moment thertforc was to be lost in adopting measures of prevention. Sir R. "BOWIE said if the applicant was-prepared to give infor mation upon oath, that certain persons were about to commit a breach of the peace, it weak' be Isis duty to issue a warrant for the apprehension of the partint.but otherwise be could not act. The applicant said to did not know of the appointment of his own knowledge. lie had merely heard of it from a third person ; THE BRITISH PR] but the poise were nearlyagsassaid with him, and be was anxious to press/ any thing fatal ' Sie 18. Brawn seal he Ott /Mlle a warrant without posi. ti be did not much case to inter f2ll:l=4ll4l4 • they generally turned out to be of a very ridiculous- sad sat north the trouble of ' prevention. He would SAWS tit k dim was very little to tear in the present case. It' wadi litnarr i Anothspa, Mkt the panics have their own way andanith tat Ch'/hors, fie k was a hun. dred to one but the weather and thoirown rolloctiana together, would damp their ardour sufficiently to prevent any thing fatal. The applicant said he believed they were beat on fighting. Sir It. Hi A XlE—Well, let them tight. If in a few of these ri ' diculotts quarrels one was to be killed and the survivor hanged, it would be an etExtual check upon the silly practice of duelling. It would to my duty, undoubtedly, to issue a warrant jimmy person who had heard the challenge given and accepted, would come for ward and lodge information, but that not being the case I cannot Interfere. The applicant departed very reluctantly. Yesterday two ladies were summoned by the driver of the hack. ney.coach, No. 3:10, for not paying him his full fare. The coachman stated, that he was on the stand in Charles -street, Soho-square, when the ladies came up to him and asked what he would take them to Acton and back for. Ile replied he never made any bargains, but always took what his fare came to, which was 3s. an hour, or so much per mile. The ladies said very well, and got into the coach, and be took them to Acton ; and on his return demanded 155., being his fare according to distance. The ladies, however, said they agreed for time, and that, according to that ar. rangement, he was only entitled to 125., more than which they re fused to give him. The ladies, in reply to this statement, averred positively that they agreed to pay the coachman according to time, and their reason for making this arrangement was, that they were going to see some friends, and intended stopping some time. The coachman again repeated his statement, that he made no such arrangement. Sir R. Btu NI E said, he could not help thinking that he did, and he could not but therefore regret that the law gave him no power to prevent the imposition which in this case appeared to have been practised. The law, however, was positive, and gave to the coach man his choice of taking his fare either by time or distance, and annulled any agreement to the contrary which might be entered into. The law in this point he considered to he very impolitic, and should rejoice at its revision ; as it, however, now stood, he could only pronounce for the coachman's claim. 'The ladies seemed surprised at the decision, and one of them re marked. that since the coachmen seemed determined to practise impositions, she would in her turn summon every one of than that should be guilty of extorting front her only sixpence. 1101l3E•STEALING.—In the eMrse of the morning, Mr. Halls remarked to a country Magistrate, who was sitting on the Bench, on the alarming frequency of this crime, and said the police had in their eye one man, who was supposed, within a very short time past, to have exported upwards of forty stolen horses. WORSHIP-STREET. A woman of respectable appearance, named Low, presented her self to the sitting Illagistrate, TW YFO HD, and begged his re dress for an imposition which had, she said, been practised upon her under the following circumstances:— A few days since she went to the shop of a linen-draper, in Shore ditch, to purchase sonic Irish linen. The person who waited on her showed her some to all appearance very good linen, of which she purchased a quantity, and paid a good price for it. On her ar rival at home, she opened her parcel, but was surprised at finding the linen of a very inferior Quality, and considerably damaged. Upon this discovery she returned it to the linen-drapers, requesting they would change it, but they positively refused, and she was thus saddled with an artide not worth half the money she had paid Mrs. Low produced the linen, which presented a good specimen of the well-stiffened linens, which are now-a-days got up for sale., with not a few good-sized hots in it. 3lr. TN' YFORD said it was not in his power to afford the complainant any redress, and he was sorry to say that he had had frequent complaints of the saute nature, and from the seine quarter. The complainant then folded up her linen, and, saying this was the first time she had been so taken in, and she would take care it should be the last, lett the office. UN lON-HA LL. A Mr. Hancock was brought up in custody, charged with having created a riot and disturbance at the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Martin, a gentleman residing in Lambeth, by whom the fol lowing circumstances were related : The complainant said that his sister had been unfortunately married to the defendant four years ago, and during the whole ' period, up to the present time, he conducted himself in a most shameful manner towards her, being constantly in the habit, oa the slightest provocation, of knocking her down with his closed fist, as a bruiser would his antagonist. In consequence of the fre , quent recurrence of this unmanly and brutal behaviour, she had been several times laid up ; and having received a dreadful beating front him a few days since, he (Mr. Martin) thought it high time to take his sister from a man who would ultimately cause her death ; acting under this impression, he did accordingly, at her desire, convey her to his own house, where she was now confined to her bed from the effects of the late gross treatment she had met with from tier husband. On the pre ceding evening the defendant came to his (Mr. Martin's) house and :..sked for his wife, supplicating in the most humble terms to see her after his ill-usage. Mr. Martin, exasperated at the defen dant's presump:ion in calling, after having nearly killed his wife, upbraided him for his brutality, assuring hint that he should have no interview with her, and desiring him to quit his house, uon which the defendant got into a violent rage, used the most dre a dful language, and finally collected a mob of at least 100 persons round the house. Mr. Martin added, that had he had the slightest idea that the defendant would hare altered his conduct towards his wife, he should at once have delivereal her up to him ; but no, said Mr. Martin, I am convinced he will be the death of her if they are not separated. A Gentleman corroborated Mr. Martin's statement with regard to the riot and disturbance caused by the defendant. The defendant did not deny his having called at Mr. Martin's house for his wife, and put it to the Magistrate whether he would not think it a very hard case to have his wife taken away front hint ? Mr. ALIEN observed, that Mr. Martin had done what it was the duty of every brother to do, when a sister was treated in a si milar manner. . . . . . . The defendant then produced the copy of a letter directed to his wife, supplicating het torgiveness, and rowing that from hence forth he would use her tenderly. Mr. Martin declared there was no reliance to be placed on his protnis.ea. The defendant was held to bail. A very interesting looking girl, about twelve years of age, was brought into this office by Shergold, the constable, who stated that a respectable tradesman had delivered her up to him the previous night at the Surrey watchhouse. The tradesman's account was I this—that he had seen the child wandering about, between 0 and 10 o'clock at night, near the Elephant and Castle, and that upon ac costing her, she told him lira she had gone astray, and could nut find her way home. rta questioning her with respect to her home, she told him that she lived in King-street, Southwark. Here he accompanied her, but ascertained that she was not known. She then changed her story, and said she lived at Surrer.grove ' near Clapham, to which place he conducted her, but there, as in King street, lie found that she had been deceiving him, for she was not know. In the neighbourhood; in fact, after the tradesman had spent nearly three hours in taking her from place to place in en deavouring to find her parents, he was at last under the necessity of leaving her at the above watchhouse, under the care of shergold, who also interrogated her as to her place of residence. She with. out hesitation gave hint an address, and he immediately started off, and after a walk of lime miles, found that such a girl was not known in the place. Shergold now brought her before the Magis trate, in order to have her dispthed of, for he said that not a word she uttered was to be believed. The Magistrate now questioned her, intimating that if she should tell any untruths she should be sent to gaol. He thisi asked her where her parents lived, and how long she had been away from home ? The girl replied, with apparent truth, " I have been three days away from home, and my father aLd mother live in Crown street, St. Giles's. Johns, the officer, was directed to accompany her thither. In about three hours he returned, with the young urchin, stating that be had been in Crown -street, and a dozen other streets where she said her friends lived, but he could not find any one that knew the child or her parents. l'nder these circumstances the Magistrate desired her to be taken to Brixton, and kept apart from the prisoners until she should be claimed by her relatives. She is dressed in a brown beaver hat, plum-colour stuff' treck, and white pinafore. Accounts from Iceland to the middle of March say that they had had a long and severe winter, which began in September. At the beginning of January there were dread ful hurricanes, which were followed by inundations in several parts of the island. Several shocks of an earth quake were also felt in Norder Gossel, and on the 20th of January a very smart one in Suderland. This is about the same time that Santa Maura, in the lonian Islands, was destroyed by an earthquake. Many travellers and shepherds perished in tho heavy snow which fell during the violent storms in Norderland. Est (GRA 110 N TO CA NADA.—The embarkation on board the first division of the transports, the Fortitude, Resolu ' don, Albion ' and Brunswick, was completed on Friday evening, in Cork, and it was expected that those ships would sail, wind permitting, on Saturday. They take out between 1,000 and 1,100 mon, women, and children, lof whom several families bear the exterior appearance at least of having been exempted from that distress which their removal from this country is intended to remedy.— ; The Mary Anne, of this port, has completed her number lof passengers for Quebec. They are in general of the better class of farmers, cbiefiy front the Counties of Clare and Kerry, constituting an aggregate of at least se venty persons, including women and children.—Limerick CV oak*. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief will review th e 7th (the Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) to-day, on Hounslow Heath. The remaining troops of the 3d (the King's Qwn) Regiment of Light Dragoons are ordered to march, on the 17th inst. from Coventry, for Newcastle and Carlisle. Theist (the King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards, which was on its march from Newcastle to St. Alban's, is ordered to halt at Nottingham and Derby. The 'ld (the Royal North Britain) Regiment of Dragoons has marched from Manchester, and will arrive on the 17th instant at Birmingham and Coventry. The 12th (ti; Prince of Wales's Royal Lancers) will be inspected in a few days, at Brighton, by Lord Edward Somerset. The major part of the 10th (the Prince of NVales's Own), Royal Regiment (Hussars), has amved at Bristol from Ireland. The arrival or the remainder of the Corps was hourly expected. SPORTING I NTE LLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING. (TIY EX PR ESS.) WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 11. Match, 200 sov. each.—Mile and Half. Mr. Payne'. b. c. Gulls, by Ebor. Itst. 31b. . I Mr. Darnell's b. c. Chronicle, by Ebor, Bst.- . 2 Won cleverly. Smith rode Cadiz, and Scott, Chronicle. The Constitution Stakes of 20 soy. each, h. ft. all ages, 3 yrs, sst. 1016. ; 4 yrs, list. • 5 yrs, fist. 91b.; 6 yrs, 9st. Ilb. I and aged, 9st. 51b..--One Mile and Quarter.—I 5 Subscribers. Mr. Russell's br. c. Mustachio, by Whisker, 4 yrs . - I Lord Milton's b. c. Whiskerandos, by Whisker, 4 yrs . . 2 Mr. holyonke's be. f. by Ardrossan, 3 yrs - 111 r. Ferguson's ch. c. Equity, by Octavian, 4 yrs . 4 31r. Gascoigne's bt. f. Elizabeth. by Walton, 4 yes - 5 Won cleverly.--Johnson rode Mustachio; Clift, Lord Milton's; Gray, Mr. Holyoake's; Jackson, Equity. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 gs. each, h. ft. for 3-yr old colts, fhtt. 31b. (31b. allowed, &c.)_Last Mile and Three 'Quarters.- 9 Subscribers. Lord Queensberry's 1. the Alderman, by Bourbon • - 1 Mr. Jaques's ch. Barytes, by Walton, out of Comedy • - Mr. Watt's ch. Cow-boy, brother to Duport Lord Scarborough's br. brother to fair Charlotte - - 4 Mr. Petre's c. !Lord John, by Interpreter - - 5 Won easy.—Johnson rode the Alderman; Jackson, Barytes; Scott. Cow-boy ; and G. Nelson, Lord Scarborough's. The Stand Plate of 501. for hones of all ages ; 3-yrs, 7st.; 4-yrs, Est. 416. ; b-y rs, list. 10lb.; ti-yrs, and aged. 9st. Mares allowed 31b. A winner of 661. in Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes, to carry 31b. (tors. Heats I Mile and Three Quarter.. Mr. Ridsdsle's ch. Rochester, by Comus, 4-yes • - 1 1 Mr. Smith's b. e. Nimrod - - 3 2 Mr. Powletes ch. c. Boss, by Walton, 4-yrs - - 2 dr. l'emplemen rode Rochester; Hodgson, Nimrod ! and Scott, Ross. Match 500 each-200 ft.—Gentlemen riders, list. each.—Two Miles. Mr. Taylor's br. g. Tom Paine, I;; - Prime Minister. aged, against Mr. Smith's b. 1. Bogtrottcr, by Alonzo, aged.—Off. NEWMARKET JUIN MEETINq f 11325. MONDAY. Match 100 stns. Ab. M., Lord Anson's Ins, list. Glb. agst Sir 1. Shelley's Bich:, Bst. Match 500 sons. Lord G. IL Cavendish's Ganymede, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b. ngst Lord Orford's Orion, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b. D. 51. Match 100 sn's. h. ft. Mr. Prenderaast's Witch, Gm. 81b. art the Duke of York's I. by Soothsayer, 7st. Gib. lint half if Ab. M. T VESDA V. in() sous. h. ft. D. 31. Mr. Greville's Don Carlos, Bst. 91b. agrt Lord Orford's Ilzance, 7st. 91b. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1325. FRIDAY. Match 200 sots. h. ft. T.l .C. Mr. Ilatson's Hogarth, Bat. 71b. ag,st Mr. Groville's Lionel Lincoln, Ba. 31b. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING 1825. Match 301 sues. h. ft. B.C. Mr. Smith's Outline by Cerberus, aged. agst Colonel Wilson's Oscar, 5 yrs, 9,t. each.—No day men tioned. ..... HOUGHTON MEETING, 1823. W EDN ESDAY. Match 100 *ors. h. ft. Ab. M. Duke of Rutland's ch. c. by Wo- Cul, out of Pencytrumpet. agst Mr. Prendergast's ch. f. by Rain bow, out of Jannette, RA. 31b. each. CRAVEN MELTING, 1826. _ _ T:frItIDAV. _ _ The Claret Stakes of 200 sows. each, colts, Bst. 71b. and fillies, Ost. 21b. I►. 1. thensieing 4 year'. 31r. F. Craven's b. f. Pastime, General Grosvenor's Crockery ; Lord Exeter, ?Ir. Wyndham, sealed up. I' RI DAT. The Port Stakes of 100 sous each, h. ft—Colts, W. 71b. and fillies, list. Ch.—T.111.14. then rising 4 yrs, the owner of the second horse to withdraw his stake. Duke of York's Lionel Lincoln, Duke of Rutland's Adeliza, Mr. SYyndham'g Camel, and 31r. T. Scaith's c. by Whalebone; Lord Exeter and Mr. Shard sealed up. CRAVEN MEETING, 1827. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. earl, h. ft. for fillies, 05:. 41b. Duke of Portland'a r by Tiresiaa—Ambiguity. Lord O. Cavendish a by Partisan--Mousc. Lord Orford's by Rainbow—Bliaa. Duke of Richmond's by Stnolensko, out of Metlora. Mr. Rogers's 'Whimper, Sister to Aline. for a. TATTERSALL S, MAT 12. Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state of the weather, the room was very fully attended, and the betting proportionably heavy. The only variation of consequence for the Derby is in Weh, who is at evens with Muleteer. For the Oaks, Pastime and Tontine are the same odds, and Tontine has retrograded. An amount had arrived that Alderman won on Wednesday at York. in consequence of which she rose to 7to I. There waa a good deal of hedging and betting between horses. • DEBBY. 9to 3 agst Rufus 17 to I agst Legacy 7 to 2 agst Aluleteer fl to I apt Hogarth 7 to 2 agst Web 2U to 1 apt Cain oAltl 3 - to I age Pastime 3 to I agst Tontine 4 to I agat Aline B to 1 apt Pipylina 20 to I agst Cain. AT. LEGER. 20 to 1 apt Homer. 110 to I apt Trinculo. tpooo to '2O apt 'Muleteer (taken). 7 to 2 apt Memnon 7 to I agst Alderman 9 to 1 apt Itedgauntlet 16 to 1 apt Cleveland 800 to 200 apt all the South. (taken). 5 to 4 Tomine for the Oaka 6 to 1 Pastime and Tontine Horses, for the St. Leger Web for the Derby (taken). the Field (taken). JocnEYSIIIr.--A curious neck-and-neck race was lately run between an agent of the Marquis of Exeter and an agent of Tattersall's--the prize in which was no lvss than the possession of the dam of Enamel, the horse that won the 2000 guineas' stake at Newmarket. The Marquis is in possession of the sire, and Minia ture, the dam, was bought, four years since, of the Marquis, for 501., and recently by Mr. Knight, of Lymouth, for 741. In that very remote and retired part of Devon, Mr. Knight was lately summoned front his bed at an unusally early hour in the morning, by the two candidates for the purchase of the brood mare, who ar rived post at Lymouth at the same time. The value of Miniature being of coarse much enhanced by the recent success of her colt, Mr. Knight asked 500 guineas for her; but the agents, although they fully acquiesced in that estimate of her value, demurred dosing the bargain until they received the sanction of their re. spectire employers. Which of them has since become the pur chaser, we have not yet heard ; but the breed is said to be inva luable. Miniature is said to he 12 years old.—Toonion ('oar ice. IMrOII.T•NT TO HOP-PLANTE/13.-I ' lle following is the copy of a letter addressed to Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. AI. P.:— My dear Sir,—Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robinson, after having given their best consideration to some applications received from several quarters. anti more particularly from Mr. Hodges, iu behalf of the hop-planters in the Weald of Kmt, for such lenity and faci lity on the part of the Excise, in the collection of the hop duty now due, as it may be practicable to afford, have authorised me to give directions to the Excise to proceed accordingly with as much fur bearance, and to allow as much latitude in the recovery of their duties, as may be consistent with a due security for the ultimate payment of them, in all cases where the peculiar distress of the parties may appear to the officers to require it. I have written to the Excise accordingly, and it would, I think. contribute much to forward the view in which these applications have been made, if you and the other gentlemen who interest themselves in behalf of the hop-planters, would communicate to me the names of those whom you may judge to be most in need of such indulgence as can be shown to them. lam yours truly, (Signal) J. C. II ERRIRS. Treasury Chambers, May 6, 11325. A most shocking occurrence happ e ned at Trowbridge on Saturday evening. A man and his wife, named Francis, after drinking pretty freely, abused each ot h er, and having vented dreadful curses, she gave her husband seven! severe Moos, which, owing to his inebriated condition, brought him to the ground with groat violence, and as she threatened greater acts of violence, the constables put her into confinement. This took place between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and at five o'clock the fol lowing morning the husband was found in a dying state, and was a corpse before he could he removed. EIECUTION.—On Wednesday, the 27th ult. the fol lowing prisoners were executed at the new drop at llchester, Intr. suant so their sentences at the late Avila' for the county of Sew merit s--Samnel Manning and Henry York, for highway rob. bevy; Phineas Radford, for sheep-stealing; and John Gill and John Willmott for horse-stealing; the eldest of whom was only 28 years of age. It is said that one of these young men had pro pen to the amount of 7001. left him between the period of his condemnation and that of his exesutioa. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH P, --..m.mi...--- Ste.—Amattempt has been made by the Equitable Lou g oo , Company to invalidate the testimony of a most irreproachabl e . it , nese (Mr. James Basnett), and with • rancour suitable to the dia. appointment of the Company, whose extravagant asserti ons of the large profits made by Pawnbrokers the testimony given measured te T r h a l s. thonest and disinterested witness is abusT:t et : n i7 . The writer of that malicious attack, which has appeared at g reat length in different Journals, signed "J. T." is 31r. Jelin Taylo r , a principal officer in the new establishment. That vitaper anon al to lt , i i l p d an co y m h e u fro f n ou i n su d r s h up an po i rt n e d rs ivid p u ri a n i i ci s pa n i ti i t y a b t y all ini s po ur s a i ri tittndTehee. lusion: its operation commenced with hypocrisy, and has b een carried on by slander and continual perversion of truth ; and she servants and agents of it know well, that the moment those decep. twos are fully detected and exposed to the world, the union rcheme will fail, and the agents and abettors of it will lose the be. nelicbl places their very peculiar service* have procured than in the new establishment. Hence the pamphlets of cases against Pawnbrokers, printed at great expense and distributed gratia—hence the tamp ering with v e „, porters and nuigistrates' clerks (I could go furth e r)—b enee whole system of persecution which the Pawnbrokers have been ex. posed to from persons expressly engaged for the purpose. gl an d, has been at a high premium. The Company has been very bi ena of the Shareholders' money that way, and calunnuaton ha ve profited by it. The pious Institution commenced its organises. tion by breaking the Tenth Commandment, end has ever since continued to encourage its emissaries in setting the Ninth at de. fiance. Constantly engaged in such practices, can it be wondered at that the agent for the Comp any should, so unhesitatin g ly , make povi, live contradictions to cts, which, should occasion otter before the proper tribunal, will be again advanced and supported beyoed all means of refutation ? The Company, in working the Bill through the Commons, has resorted to such means as to create in my mind such an opinion, both of it and its agents, that I feel it a personal degradation to be at all in collision with them ; and with that feeling preva'e tt, I should not have noticed the statement of J. T. but from a sense of justice due to a faithful and experienced asaistant, Mr. Barnett, whose testimony (against the Bill) is attempted to be impugned, is a just and upright men, of too virtuous principles to pervert the truth for any purpose whatever; and I with confidence assert, that if the promoters and agents ef the Equitable Loan Bank Company possessed even a tithe of his moral rectitude, the public would never have been insulted by the proposals of that hypouttical Abusing Pawnbrokers will not make the Company a righteorte institution. It must obtain character by works—not by prcfes. sions. Let J. T. support the pretensions of the Institution to itu. maculate virtue and correctness, by answering the questions pro. posed to the Company, in a letter signed " Castigator." which ap. pealed in different Journals last week let him distribute the copy of the Deed among the Shareholders, with the same zealous alacrity as the slanders against the Pawnbrokers hare been distributed; let the Shareholder have the opportunity of learning therefrom his absolute dependence on the caprice of the Board of 31anagnannt, and the situation his property is placed in. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. JOHN ORTON ILIRRISON. 95, Wardour-street, Soho. DESPERATE ATTACK AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Tuesday.) It has long ben matter of surprise that there still exists within the city boundaries, notwithstanding the efficiency of the Dublin police, a colony of freebooters, affording refuge and asylum to the most desperate characters, who both find them a aerate re. treat from the vengeance of the offended laws, and a convenient 4- fortress," from whence they frequently sally forth, and con. mit the most alarming outrages upon the inhabitants of the sue. rounding neighbourhood. It is not an uncommon occurrence in the receptacle of vice and villany (Alin' Island), wherethose desperadoes cengregate, to supply "slatiot,g" detachments, who, for a given price, will undertake to cudgel any person or persons who may be pointed out to them, or execute any other desperate purpose. Perhaps it is owing to this spirit of brutal ferocity that Mud Island has become so renowned for having given birth to the most celebrated hireling ruffians of the Irish " Fancy." But to whatever source of immorality may be traced the outrages of the Mud Islanders, the following, in addition to the " thousand aid one" similar acts of atrocity by the same mate, demonstrates the necessity of some vigorous measures being ad opted ter the pro. tection of life and property within their control :-.- On Sunday night, or rather yesterday Blowing, between the hours of one and two o'clock, a party of five gentlemen and four ladies were returning to town from Phillipsburgh Avenge, where they had spent the evening. They had crossed Itallybough. bridge and reached Mud Island, when they were attacked by a considerable number of men, all armed with bludgeons, who had about them right and left, until they knocked down every oat of the party. They then beat them with the greatest violence, having prostrated them, and rifled their pockets. Mr. (Mass, of Portland.. place, one of the patty (and who, it is remarkable, had twenty five pounds in bank-notes in his pocket, which escaped their search), was so severely beaten about the head, that up to a late blur last night there were no hopes of his recovery. MT. Andrew Ferguson was also beaten so inhumanly as to leave little hope of his recovering. Mr. Ferguson Was robbed of a silver snuff box, and was found insensible on the read, yesterday mom mg; by a gentleman driving in his gig, who at first thought he was some drunken person, until he discovered that he was welter. ing in blood. Every one of the party received some ; and but for the sound of approaching horses, which occasianiut the ruffians to fly, it is thought they would not have escaped without even worse treatment. The fellows succeeded in obtaining some, property. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT TIIE BANKRUPTS' COURT, BASINGIIALL-STIIEET, TO -110110W. TIIIRD NEETIYOS. Abrahams, M. No. 56, Blanselbstroet, lfoodman'a-fields, oil- , - merchant . - 1 Barker; J. Clare-market. potato-merchant • • lit Fentum, J. Strand, shopkeeper . . . 12 Garner, R. 11. Deal, Kent, merchant . . pi Hawkins, .1. s'. Alban's.. Harts, shopkeeper • 10 Hyde, .1. Winchester, grocer - 4 . 12 lacy, T. liaainghall.strect, Blackwell-hall facto, - 1 Robinson, S. Fenchurch-street, stationer - . 12 SECOND MEETINGS. • . Bally, J. Bristol, merchant . - 12 . Gardie, L. Regent -street, jeweller . . . 10 Hart, G. Church-street, I)cptford, and Pittock, W. Dartford. . brewers - . . - 11 Halford, R. Orchard.strcet. St. Luke's, Old-street. jeweller lit Haswell, J. F. Fox and Hounds yard, Curtain-road, Shore. ditch. horse-dealer - . - I: Hurd, B. late of Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, but now of Windsor-place, Middlesex, dealer . - pt Henson, S. Brownlow-street, Holborn, tailor Marta. T. E. Carshaltnn, Surrey, corn and coal merchant 1 Patsy, J Staines, :Middlesex, draper . - I Smith, R. Northampton, lace-dealer • 11 Sheppard, C. China-walk, Lambeth, leather- . dresser - 11 Vandermolen, V. L. Castle-street ' Houndstlitch, warehouseman 11 Wright, W. C. Paternoster-row, book,eller - 11 r i FIRST _I%iEETINGS. Clay, W. Cullum-street, flour-factor puffin; J. F. Lambeth-road, victualler - Yorstoo, R. 11litre-court, Fleet-street, law stationer - DIVIDENDS. Colima, J. and F. Nicholas-lane. Lon merchants Edwards, R. 111 Organ's-lane, Tooley-street, brandy-merchant a Fox, T. and Brodribh„ J. D. Bristol, tallow-chandlen 12 Goropertz, A. Great Winchester-crett, merchant • 12 Lloyd, P. Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, malt-factor 11 Pinsk. J. Chichewa, linendraper . . . 1° Powell, F. Furst-wharf , Blackfnars, corn-factor - 10 Scott, S.. J., and W. and Smith, F. Ashford, Ken; grocers 11 Sbaw, T. Southampton, wins-nierchaat - . 11 Smith, J. and F. Clement's-lane, wins-merchants • 11 Tew, H. 11'ellelose-square, tea-dealer - - 10 Weeder, J. Albion-place, Blackfriam-road, hosier - 12 Wagstaff, I). and J. H. Skinner-street, Snowhill, carpet ware holism-en - - - 12 - Wells, T. sen. Union-street, Southwark, hat manufacturer 19 timber• BIRTHS. On the ith inst. in Poland -street, Oxford-street, Mn. Compton Shackekon, of a eon. At Bath, the Lady of the lion. and Rcr. Francis Uoward, of 3 son and heir. On Monday night a Mrs. Bennet, the wife of a green-grog Crescent-street, Brighton, was safely delivered of three tine tor, children, who, with their mother, were all doing well on Wear — day evening. Mrs. 8., who is the mother of a large family, iv SDI to be more than ♦0 years of age. MARRIED. On the 2d inst. at Denton, by the Rev. Dr. Fynes Clinton, Pre• bendary of Westminster, Cl'nton Fynea Clinton, Esg. Barrister at lan. to Penelope, second daughter of Sir Wm. Earle %Veiny, Ba rt. of Demon Hall, Idneolnahire. On the 10th inst. at West Mailing, Alexander 3laidand, EW of Gloucester, to Susannah, daughter of the late Sir Stephen bans' 'ton. On Tuesday, at St. Pant not Church, Charles Inwood, Esti. (4 Euston•sguare, to Miss Matilda Lindo. of Burton-crescent. On the . .2tl itud. at Southampton, Arthur Moore, Esg• y outlet son of the llonlJudge Moore, of the Court of Common Pies , ' 0 1' land, to Anna Maria, third daughter of Sir John Perilous : 0111 * bankc, Bart. of klenaby Hall, Yorkshire. DIED. On Tuesday, at her house in Charleuetreet, Berkelep•►gt' Frances, widow of Augustus Saltren 11'iBeet, Esq. airl 7 4 . On the Mb inst. at Minehrsd, aged 56, the llev.S% . S. Bradley. Prebendary of %V ells, Viearof Chard and of Tieriberscombe. HlGH otnn ‘ g V atur THIS Ic DA I YAAftsmoooT .•• - - Priated at THE BRITISH PRIV Mice , by J.S. Caavroa , lel, Strand, and prbilsbei by R. CAIXOI, aaM Om r . 91 i 1 7 '1 i K I I! 1 A -1i I! im E i 3 r. ti 11 a 3 1 1 1 1