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DONCASTER RACES. WEDNESDAY. 'the attendance to-day was not en numerous as on the pr , eveling days, in consequence of many persons, who hail waited ottly for the determination of the St. Leger, having departed; but still the course presented an animated and brilliant appearance. Great interest was excite:l I y thy bill of fare fur the day, which was very flatterir.;, and the fact of Canteen and Brutandorf of being entered to run for the Gasenigne greatly increased the anxiety of sporting men. its it was calculated to afford a certain era:Th . ln of the powers of the two horses. Canteen was hacked to a heavy amount, a wide odds. The following is an accurate state 'urea : riser RACE. Match for 100sov. flit. 21h. each. Red-House Tn. Lord Kilburne's ch. c. by 'Viscount, out of Blue Stocking - 1 Alr. Punter's f. by Ardrosssn This was a very excellent rare, every inch of the ground being finely contested. 6 to 4on the winner, who vas rode by Edwards. stcown RACE. The Gaseligne Stakes of 100 gs. each, 30 f. CA'. an. 135t.21b. St. beget Course. Ten Subscriber'. Lard Sligo's h. c. Canteen, by Waxy Pore . - I Mr. Watt's b. e. Brutandurf.by Blacklock • - • 2 Lord Fitzwilliam's hr. e. Confect rate, by Comm . - 3 Canteen took the lead at starting; and thou :It Brutandorf made good play, the running ass all his own. J. Jaekion rode Canteen in Food style: 11 to Bon Canteen, 7 to 4 apt Brutandorf, and 5 to 1 apt 12imfederate. TRIAD RACE. Sweepstakes of GOpi. each. 26 It. for 4 yr olds; colts, Sit. 71b.; fillies. 'Jst. 41b. St. beget Course. lire Subscribers. Mr. Whittaker br. c. Lottery, by Tramp - I Lord Darlington's rh. c. llarefoot. by Tramp - . This was an indifferent rare, Barefoot evidently being unabli to confer , ' with Lottery, who won easy; rode by G. Oates ; 7 to 4 on Lottery. TOUR/11 111AC7:. Sweepstakes of 208 Rs. eae.l,h. ft. colts Go. 31b. ; fillies est. Salr.t Leger Course. Four Subscribers. Led Fitrwilliam's b e. Florismart, by Amadis NI r. Ifouldsworth's h. c. The Miller of Mansfield ll Steen to 4 on The Miller of Mansfield. who was considered auperinr to the winner. though he came in third for the St. Leger. Floristnart, however, rode by `l'. (lift, won easy. TIFTII RACE. The Gold Cup, free for any Hemet 3 y*. 6st.. 4 yrs 7st. 7111.1 rrs Ast. 31b.; 6 yrs list. 111 b.; aged Pst. 4 31iles. The winner of any Subscription Plate at lurk thu year to carry 41b., of two 71b. eitra. • 7)uke of Leeds's b. h. Mercurio. by Mowbray. yrs • 1 Mr. Whittiker's b. r. !ARMY, by Tramp. 4 yrs . 2 Mr. Petee's b. h. Theodore, by Worul, 5 yrs . 3 Lord Londotolsrry'a eh. 1. Biggontine, 3 yrs . 4 Mr. Larnbron's b. e. Buzzard, 3 yrs Mr. Powletes 11. 1. Miss Fanny, by Walton, 4 yrs . 0 Mr. Lumley's b. c. Borysthenes„ 3 yrs - - - 0 Mr. Watt's b. c. Bnosodoef, 3 yrs - 0 The Judge placed hut four. This was a very fine sport ing race, the horses taking alternate leads. Lottery for _speed had evidently the palm, at the early part of the race, hut the superior strength of Mercutio brought hint in. Brutandorf had no chance. Five to I agst the winner, 7 to 4 sgst Lottery, 4 to 1 spa Buzzard, 6to 1 agst Miss Fanny, and 7 to 1 agst Theodore. 11. Edwards jockeyed Mercutio. It*Drawn. 111TH 111.11 Cr. The Foal Stara of T(1( gs. each, h. ft. colts Ilst.7lb. fillies Bst. 41b. 'Last mile and half. 8 Subscriber.. Lord Fitzwdlism's br. f. Panhellenic', bI Cervantes . I llouldswonh's br. c. ,Elephant, by I dho des Puts - 2 Elephant had no chance. Parthenes=, though she swerved during the race, had it all her own way, and won nay. Rod: by Clift. 2tol on her, MOTT PUNS. A Dublin Taper gives the folloWing choice sprcimens of 'lrish puns:— " While the late celebrated Doctor Cyril Jackeon was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, the conversation turned after dinner, at his table, on a plan of taxing the funds, which "Mr.'Pitt was then said by smile to have in 'contem plation. The Dean, in the course of the conversation, turning to a Tout* gentleman-commoner who dined with himotaid is a ;dicing way, " IVell, Mr. —, what do yen shirk of this plan of taxing funded property ? " I think, Sir,' replied the other, theft is classical authority for it ; qiesfesaque ilfund:s acescit' (in fund is, assess it.) We will not say'who the person was that made this answer butt we will say, that, whatever coincidence of rank and Initials there may be, it was not Sir Walter Seol.—One pleasantry reminds us, by association, of another. Many jean ago, just as a learned Judge bad closed 'his charge to a Grand Jury, an ass began to bray within hearing of the Court: when a Barrister sarcastically whispered to his next neighbour, ' What an extraordinary echo there is in this Court.' This sarcasm reached the cars of the Judge, who bore it with his accustomed good temper, but did not diseharg it froth his memory. Years after, while the person whom the sarcasm had been attributed, was addressing the Court, by a whimsical coincidence an ass was heard to bray ; when the witty, noble, • :d well-tempered Judge exclaimed tith affected gravity, 'gentlemen, this is quite irregular : one at a time, and I will hear you both.'-IVill our read ers tolerate another pleasantry ?--though we have a float ing notion that we recorded it when it occurred. l'he merits of aph a came before one of our superior Courts, and, in the course of the discussion, received some of what are called hard knocks. The gentleman who had drawn it, good-humouredly said in ita excuse, that he had not had tithe for g iving it flinch consideration. • The time for pleading,' said he, was just out ; and I remember I drew it in less than ten minutes, my Lords, leaning against that paler yonder.' Accordingly,' replied one of the Judget, it is a capital plea ; our objection is, that it is a Lax de fence ; and this is not the fault of the pleader, but of his instructor.' Fhis pun smacks, as we humbly conceive, of a Court z:lebrated for its pleasantry ; it issued, however, from another Bench; though from which of the Puisue Barons it proceeded, we leave undisclosed. " We thought that we had done P • but we crave the reader's indulgence of our desire to add one anecdote more. In the year 11b7, when the political economy and maxims of revolutionary France were more in fashion than they arc at present, a young English Nobleman, the eldest son and heir appateut of one of considerable rank, declaimed at considerable length, at the table of the then Lord Lieu tenant, Lord Camden, against the rights of primogeniture. When this disittlerrsted dissertation had closed, his Excel- Imey, turning to the Bishop of Elphin (Doctor Law), !qtyl him what h e th oug ht o f the abolition of the rights of 1' 1 ! and substitution of filial equality. I think, 41) , i1a. 2 ;4- vluld be a bad system,' was the Bishop's reply, erei'v great family we then might have ten rating coscombi ittitead of one.'—This was uttered in the llishopes loud voice and broad accent—;saute... ," &c. DiSTaeCTICF Fi r .—We br'ielv stated in our last, that a large timber-yard belonging to Mr. Loader, was yester i!ay inoruinm" destroyed by fire, in Tabernacle-walk, near City-road. ilre subjoin the following particulars from gentleman of the neighbourhood:—At twtnty minutes past twelve, he was alarmed hy the watchmois rattles, Ina calls of 4. Fi re r' b ut they could not tell where. He tlitcovercid that it was in tile back premises of Mr. Loader, 50 extensive mahogany merchant and cabinet-maker, and on breaking open t h e f ront -d oor t h ey f oun d one o f t h e workshops in a blaz e . I t was near l y two h ours b e f ore t h e ' 11 ; 10 4 arrived. The parish engines carne first, but for threc-cinsrwrs of an hour they could not act, for want of .."iitef- There was none in the main pipes. This mis ntieneoccasioned great confusion. Could water have been 1: , 21 to time, half the property might have been preserved. . 1 !le fire rapidly communicated to the other shops, and the "lode yard was in one terrific blaze, illumining the horizon for a considerable distance. The rain fell pretty heavily at two o'clock, but the adjoining premises of Mr. Griffiths (laiithit timber -yard) unfortunately lay in the direction cal r:1111, which blew the flames with great fury on a sack of ;rood. The engines not: arrived, and there 'ls a o , r.tifill supply of water. By the great exertions of it!te . lireinen t h e stac k was partly preserved, and the fire was t:norly subdued after f our o'clock. There was nearly ''40.01. worth of property destroyed or damaged, 3,0001. of is only insured. Upwards of 1,0001. worth of plate 'a"t has been destroyed. No accident occurred, with the ielition of an old lady, who received such a violent sh ock to be carried ont of Mr. L oa d er ' s (h er son ) house, in a tite of insensibility which threat..ns her life. Mr. Loader u from home on business. GERMAN PAPERS. We have receive.], rann Frankfort, papers to the 16th ; and, from flruiteir, to the 94:h inst. The follow ing are extracts : SEPT. 12. We hare recrived y news front;'onstantinople of the 17th Augaist. which are therefore ■ week loi;:r than thew, published by the elastrian (Menu. in its number of the atii of this month. At the above-mentioned date the Capitan Paella had not mate any at tempt upon Santos, or if he had the result was not known at Con. stantinople; but it appears certain that the Admiral has been un. der the disagreeable necessity of deferring his expedition, locesitse the Asiatic troops assembled at Scala Nuora. who were to be em ployed in the landing on Samos, have mutinied. their leaders hav ing devises:a that they would not join in any expedition against the islands of the Archipelago . The Ottoman Government considers this event as so serious, t ' at it has sent to Scala Noma the corps which has been long encamped near Scutari. to reduee the mutineers to order. All these circumstances render the situation of the Capi ta?' Pacha very critica l :, since the execution of the orders of the Sultan to nttsck Samos is thus deretreit News has been received in the Turkish capital that,the famous Canaria has sailed with a strong division of the (Ireek fleet, and a Doat many fire.sliips, wisha view to born the Beet of the Capitals acha. 'tat this will Le a difficult task. the Commanders of Ole Turttish vessels having taken every precootion to secure themselves against the tire.sliips. They have English sailors on board, whom they are said to Lace obtained through the intervention of Lord Strangford. The Sinymean conta - .ns some partirulars relative to the taking of Ipsara by the Turks, which are said to have been furnished by a I u4sulrnan, who was an eye-witness of this event. According to this account, the liwariots behaved wish great courage. The Turks estimate that 3,700 or 4,0 M men perished by the ekplosion of fort :undo. _ _ Fn•xsvote... SEPT. IS. Ilia Royal nightie , . the Cron Print* of Bavaria reviewed on the Mit. the Rat:lrian troop.. assembled near Nuremberg. The whole corps was drawn up in a large square, with two altars for the Protestants and Catholics. A suitable discourse on the moral and religious qualities of "the Christiin soldier was delivereil by the Rev. M. Hick, a Protestant Clergyman. After this, :,la.a was per.. formed, and all the troops then bled of before his Royal Iltifbnee.. The weather being very fine, an immense concourse of people was present. The evolutions were to CODtilltlC three days. SErv. 21. It has lacent•nown for some time thit %lire wos an intention of opening commercial negociations heti...ern the Netherlands and }ranee. and it ass even said that the 4w on the customs presented to the Chamber of Deputies in Prance had been withdrawn, in consequence of the first communication between the two Govern. ments. Our Government now annedince the departure of :11. Von. derfoute, Governor of Hainaut, for Paris, with a special mission from our Government, to negociate a treaty of romancer. COLOMBIA. We recognize in the titles and boundaries of the new .stat:s of 31exico, Htcnos Ayres, Chili, and Peru, the designations suit limits of the old colonial Viceroyalties of the same names. The colonial yoke has been thrown off—tEplipanish Viceroy has been exchanged fur the President or Political 1. !lief of an independent State ; the Viceregal Council has been transformed ipso a Senate, or an Assembly of Representatives ; the Viceroyalty has becomes Republic, and the ailment Spanish audienciss have started up free provinces ; but the old geographic names and boundaries arc the. same, and we are at no loss in determining their position. Co lombia, on the other hand, is a new name , and a geographer of two. or three years back would not recognize in it the old Spanish Vice royalty of New Granasla, and the Capitania-General of :Urseas. This vast commonwealth, extending from the Carribean Sea to Peru, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, embracing a ter- I ritorg nearly as large as all Europe, is inhabited only by about three millions of people, who have succeeded in conquering their Inde pendence, after a severer struggle than any of the other States hare been called upon to sustain, and who now exhibit a higher example of social order than scarcely any of the other Republics have yet reached. Colombia is divided into twelve departments, each of which is divided into a number of provinces. and the latter, again into a number of cantons. The twelve departments, with their capitals, are the following Orinoco, the ca pital of which is Commis ; :I. Venezuela, the capital of which is Caracas,; 3. Apure, the capital of which is Retinas; 4. Zulia, the capital of which is Maracaibo ; 5. Boysca, the capital of which is Tanja ; 6. Cundir.amarca, the capital of which is Bogota; 7. Slag dalena, the capital of which is Cartagena ; R. Cauca, the capital of which is Popayan; 9. Vsonso, the capital of which is Penmen., ; 10. Euador, the capital of which is Quito ; 11. Lasuay, the capital of which is Cuenca ; and 12. Guayaquil, with its capital of the same name. " The admirable effect of our present political organisation," observes an official Report en the internal state of the Republic, made to the Colombian Congress by one oldie Ministers in the end of April last, " especially of the intimate union of Quito, Condit's mama (Spanish 'sew Granada), and Venezuela, under one popular representative government, are manifest in the tratmotßity which reigns over this vast territory—ln the order, regularity, and sub mission to the 'laws which distinguish every Colombian citizen, from the tint Magistrate of the State down to the most insignificant individual. But these effects will be more manifest still, if we cast a rapid glance on our history, and call to mind the leas fortunate days which have served to form nations in the school of affiiction. As soon as Venezuela had obtained an independent government in 1810, the chiefs of the revolution in every province endeavoured to enjoy the greatest liberty pessible, by assuming all the rights of sovereignty. They eetablished a &dared Republic, after the model of the United States; but the people of l'enezuela, who were not brought up in liberal institutions, divided themselves into small opposing parties. The federal administration was weak in the extretne ; and being attacked by a Madrid of men, whom Monteverde conducted from Coro, was subdued, though at the head of a million of inhabitants composing the Republ'a. Such were the fatal efferts of a disunion of the provinces, to which, no doubt, the earthquake of 1812 con tributed, being ascribed by discontented superstition to the wrath of Heaven against oar declaration of independence. It is now eri dent that 3lonterenle must have been exterminated, had Venezuela possessed at that time a united government. Quito experienced the same fam In the same year. The first junta of that state. though at the head of 350,000 inhabitants, was put down by 408 men. New Granada likewise laments, and will have to lament a long time, the effects of disunion end the results of the federal system, which has been the fruithil source of all its pre sent misfortunes. How different became the expect of these same provinces when they were united under one central government ! General Bolivar, who, in the midst of the universal shipwreck, natter deep/aired of the safety of his country, succeeded in uniting under his command a part of the plaits watered by the Orinoco, the Apure, and the 31eta. After lighting for two years against the veterans of Moe rills, he passed the Andes of New Granada, anti routed the Spanish division which defended it, though double in numbers. The same Bolivar forced Morino to follow the rulcs of regular warfare, and to make an armistice. When hostilities again commenced, his army conquered at Corabobo the hosts of the Spaniards, and put the seal to the independence of Colombia. This classical name, and the union of Quito. Curodinaniarea, arid Venezuela, which it expresses are the immortal work of the Deliverer. Projected in 1813, it received in 11110 the sanction of the Congress of Ye. nezuela, and in 11121 that of the Congress of Colombia, composed of legitimate representatives from all the free provinces. The union being consolidated, the Republic constituted, and the De liverer chosen President, the provinces of Quito were freed by the force of Republican arms. New troops ars organizing in the smith of Colombia., to garrison the new departments, or under the Deliverer have gone to combat for the liberty and independence of America in the ancient empire ot' the Incas- Internal tranquillity, submission to the laws, security of the most valuable rights of men, a vigorous Goverrment, respected in all parts of our territory. are the prudigious effect, produced by the new constitution of Colombia. ... This picture may be a little too flattering, but it must be correct in its principal features. Appended to this Report we find a Roan vial account of the pay allowed to the different functionaries of the State—legislative as well as executive. The 31embers of the Se nate, and of the Chamber of Representatives, are paid salaries, probably elm they may not receive bribes. The allowa , ce of each is six dollars a day. The President enjoys a salary of 80.009 dol. lace a year, and the Vice-President 18,1100. The whole internal administration of the Republic, including provincial as well as ge neral expenses, costs t'olombit only half a million of dulLars per annum, or about 100,000/. sterling. Yesterday, a Court of Proprietors of the West of Eng land Canal Company, was held at the City of London Tatern, for the purpose of considering a plan for uniting the Bristol Channel with St. George's by means of a canal ; and also for the purpose of choosing a clerk to the Com pany, in the room of Mr. Merryman, who had resigned. C. Wood, Erg. in the Chair. After the other business of the Meeting hail been gone through, which was of no public importance, the Chairman said that he had revived a communication from the Committee of the Proprietors of the Bridgewater and Tauntonjanal Company, in which it was proposed that the "Vest of England Company should effect an union between the extremities of either canal, or in the event of their declining to do that, to allow the plan to be carried into execution by the Bridgwatt r and Taunton Company. It did not appear when the latter canal was expected to be completed ; and the Meeting ultimately agreed to refer the subject to a Committee for further con sideration. ‘VIIALE FISHER y.—This hos hitherto been an unlucky year in the whale-fishery ; we do not, however, know how it may terminate. True it is that the Greenland ships have had miserable success: irat we understand (and it consoles us not a little) that the whales are coming hither voluntarily, having heard, most likely, that blubber is in great request. Two of these civil monsters were seen off Scarbrii on the 7th instant, and have since been s-xoken to nesr the Floating Light, so that they will, in all proba bility, be here in a few tides. N.B. They did not go on shore at fkarbro', owing. as is supposed, to the crowded state of the town.--llsill Packet. THE BRITISH PRESS. THE GREEKS. in addition to the information from Greece which we ounmuni rated vent:Way, on the war in Wooer's Greece, a letter of the 10th of July eves, that, a few days previously, Prince Iliarracordato, the ilm-erpordleneral of Western Greece, had received an official report reran Generals Zonga and 'tango, who had been sent with an truly rfgaitist the fortunes of Arta, and such parts of the province itself at were occupied by Turkish troops. giving details of die minters• operations, from which it appears that the Turks, being posted it considerable force on the confines of ltudovizo, where they might hare long teninted the force sent against them were no sooner attacked by the cutpunts of the Greek army, than they made a dill. position to retreat, and In the courtt of the night decamped, levy. tog behind them al their arms, r , :litary cheats, and bagage, taking the direction of the tiotrenn of Arta, for protection. l)imi. trio (logo. a Greek traitor, who had luxn for some time plotting with the Turks, tusk the same opportunity of clscaping with his family. 'boon after this aftivir, wlsteh wan importait, as it allowed the Gretli army to proaed rapidly against Arta, Tahir Abasi, who wan en his way to It:Ow/it" with a reinforcement of more than 14!iffi Turks, haring halted at Comlxiti, whAc he heard of the iii, 3 llt of the Turks Iron Ruder:len, was seized with a panic and fled with his force also to .'trta, where, at the date Of the last ac counts, a large army was shut up almost destitute of provisions, and much disposed to capitulate. The Generals, in titer report, state that the entire province, widi the exreption of the ;omens, which only bolds out front the wan; of besieging artillery on the part of the Gieeks, is entirely freed from the enemy, mid the inhabitants full of joy at their deliverance. Thew:count% fmin Patraa, where the Turks still hos out, are rather less favourable. Thegarrinon appear to have made a sortie, In which. front the imprudence of the Greek Chief commanding the blockading forces on the land side, they had been successful ; but on the other hand the Turks had lost a brig of war and several 'meta vessels, which, in attempting to quit the harbour, bad beep attacked and destroyed by Greek gunboats. kr a proof of the courage of the Greek sailors, it in mated that One gun-boat was able for five hours to contend with the brig of war, until the are rival of four other gun-boats unaided the Greeks to blow up the enemy. A curious circumstance is mentiimed in one of the Wasolonetti letters, relative to the surrender of Napoli tie Romania by young Colocotroni (who held mot for some time against the Greek Go ! yerntnent.) A great number of Turks haul been fur some time in that city, in custody of Colacotroni, who, when forced to stir.' render to the authority of the Central Government, bargained to' release them for a certain "'km, and entered into a treaty for their conveyance home with the Captain of a French vets& The lat::r was about to receive them on board, ...when a Greek Lieutenant, who had entered the town with a smali corps, heard of the ch. cumatanee, and threatened to fire upon the French vessel if she did not withdraw. The Captain resisted for sonic time, but at length finding the guns pointed against lam, lie hoisted sail and quitted the harbour. Vit. Dupuis, whose work on Ashantee we lafe.y re viewed at great length, has published a reply to an article respective the Colonies out the Gold Coast, written by Captain Laing, and copied into this Paper. We have not room for the reply of Mr. Dupuis, unabridged, but the sebject is too intportant to be passed over without notice. 1;e. have therefore extraited the following, which appears to us to convey the substance of Mr. Dupuis's defence:— " Captain. Laing, it seems, however, is an advocate for consteney and perseverarte, as appears by the sincere regrets he expresses the. any disaweement between the Company's Officers and myself should have " induced me to lay aside," what he calls " the reciprocal and friendly intercourse which, by a littleconsisteney and persever'nce, I might have been enabled to secure by stoppiiig at Ashantee." The author of this sentiment, it is to be hoped, can give the public E'elear and satisfactory reason why he quitted, not t eerie of hopeless and heart-renains discussion, where he had to contend, single•handed, against a hecatomb of enemies, and which involved his honour, hit conscience, and his interestsbUt a field of deep and direful action, where his friends iu arms were associated for their very existence, and where, from the great scarcity of white men, probably his individual services might have been consi dered instrunsettel to the public good, and the greater safetytf the 'Colonies, in the wretchedness they exhibited at the time he embarked for Europe. Without dispa ragement to the Captain, whose merits as an officer and a traveller I can duly appreciate, I will say, that, had 1 ever pledged myself so deeply in the cause which he calls that of freedom, although holding no other than civil powers and civil rank, I feel it .very doubtful whether I could have suffered myself to be influenced to the measure of returning home at such a crisis, tinder any pretext whatever, for I do conceive that an offiLial report is at all times sufficient to rouse the energy of governments. My reasons for having left Coomassy, and fee having quitted Cape Coast also, are already given to the world in my pub lication, and they are such as, I flatter myself, being known and iris. tutable. all reasonable men will con cur in their propriety with reference to the object I had in view. They are such, moreover, as I can look back upon with self-complacency and an unsullied conscience, when I reflect upon the folly, insincerity, imbecility, and vanity of the African Councils of that day; or when I invoke Heaven in attestation, that I, at least, am guiltless, as well of the cause which induced the rupture with the King of Ashantee, as of the dre:adfill consequences which it has entailed upon the colonisti and natives: indeed, so far to the contrary, and so much to the discredit of Capt. Laing's assertion about my consistency," &c. I have endeavoured to shew, and 'can support my assertions, when needful, that I, and I believe I alone, have main tained a character for consistency in my warmest remon strances against the measures of administration employed by the serVants of the late African Company—in my pro teats against the rash and impolitic step of bidding the King open defiance, and as it were courting the war—in my letters of pretest and remonstrance to England, to the Governor and Council, to the late Sir George Collier, and the late Sir Charles M'Carthy, reprobating the conduct of those who opposed my mediation with the King, who pre vented my settling the native " palaver" for 330 ounces of gold, and Who took upon themselves publicly to abjure the treaty I had ratified and exchanged at the Court of Coo massy for the restoration of peace, and the suppression of intemperate and inconsiaL rate acts and sentiments of hos tility. Surely Captain Laing, in his hearsay collection of gleanings, might also have heard that these protests, these letters of correspondence, and the other documents to which I allude, and which have unhappily verified my fullest pre dictions of the result of a war with the King of Ashantee, are rigiatertal from the year 1819, were renewed in 1820, when I returned from Coomassy,and have been persevered in down to the present hour, with undeviating zeal and anxiety in the cause of fouisteney, conscience, and fact, even in op position to my individual, and my family Interests, present or remote, as I can prove by undeniable documents, when and where I please: although I see no good reason why I should afford any such elucidation to Captain Laing, re garding transactions which may have occurred between me and the African Company's servants, or his own late supe riors. " But, if my inconsistency, or want of perseverance, and not the mad-administration of others, has really been the occasion, however remotely, of the disastrous issue of the nutter " palaver," as Captain Laing may consider, I am o!•ett to the inquiry of his Mtyjesty's Ministers, or of any tribunal in England, from the Honourable House of Commons to any other Court or Committee of investiga tion. If even the Captain thinks himself competent to such a task, and imagines he is capable of substantiating these or any similar charges azainst me, let him accept of this pledge as my warrant and invitation to do so, although 1 confess I am of opinion, that the task would be more fitting to others of superior rank, and, perhaps, qualifications ; or to any gentleman in fact who could talk and write from his own knowledge of facts, and not from the second and third ipso dirit translations of Fantee " palavers." I en gage, however, to meet any investigation, for I think that there is room for censure in regard to the calamities which may at this hour involve the safety of that ill-fated colony, Cape Coast ; and although the friends of Mr. Smith, as Captain Laing seems to think, may be employ:if in the task of publishing their °pinions regarding the " policy" of that gentleman's conduct, which may mate rially niter the present received opinion of the in/policy, or m•tl-administration, of Cape Coast Legislation, I would not wish to conceal the fact that, besides the evidence (not the bare assertion of truths) already submitted by me to public scrutiny, I hive yet another manuscript and other vouchers for its authenticity, which, if needful, I shall publish also ; but which I have hitherto suppressed, from other feelings than those which seem to have in fluenced Captain Laing." On Tuesday last, the coach that runs between Cold stream and Edinburgh, by Kelso mil Lauder, was over turned on the road near Cra'smillar Castle, about thtee miles from town. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN SKELETON. !From the Derby Merrstry., On the 16th instant, whilst the work-people of Mr. Har rison. engineer, of this town, were digging kw a foundation of a wail upon the Green adjoining Little Chester, near this town, the gretl4 pert of the bones of a male skeleton were discovered lying in a straight horizontal position, 13 inches below the Hull/tee, with the head towards the north. The workmen destroyed the skull before they were aware of the existence of the 4eleton, and the softer bones of the hands and let t had nearly mouldered away. Prom ad measurement of the bones .Irielt remained, the man must have stood upwards of .5 feet TO inches. Iron rivets, much corroded, were found nee- various parts of the body and limbs, knd thin strata of an ochre yellow surrounding the trunk and extremities. situates! an inch and a half from the bones; the colour of these strata was similar to that of the rivets, which, together with their situation, can leave but little doubt that the remains are those of a warrior, buried in armour., Al'hat is now called Little Chester, r:se formerly a Roman station, bearing the ancient appellation of Dervm.tio, and was stated by the celebrated 1)r. Stukely, about a century ago, to hare had the track of a wall all mind, and in some places he saw, under-ground, the foundations of it in the pastures; sonic parts of the station, Which were then visible, are now perfectly obliterated. In Pilkington's History of Derbyshire is recorded the fre quent discovery of human bones in what was formerly the Roman station, and instances of this kind have occurred since Pil k ing ton published his work. The discovery of human bones, with coins of the *reigns of Tiberius, Vespesianns, Antoninus l'ius, Trajanus, and . othtirs of the later Roman Emperors, which have been there collected, lead to the probable conclesion that most relics found in this situa tion are specimens of Roman antiquity, and furnish strong evidence of the skeleton in question being of that nature. It has been thought by some not conversant with the subject, that the state of prcserratiiia of the bones prove them net to be of great intleniity. Thtse ideas are de:- cif:24llT incorrect. It may be well to give the opinions of the best antiquarians on this point, which are, that there are many instances on record where the skeleton of the ancients has been found preserving its primitive form, although not protected by any envelope. We may also allude to the antediluvian organic remains, a beautiful and well-known insteuiCe of which lately appeared at Moon, in this county, 'where the bones of the rhinoceros and other animals were found imbedded it a considerable depth in a moist earth. Whether this was a warrior buried hastily, or interred with funeral rites, : is a point difficult to decide ; but there is a very interesting remark in Mr. Douglas's work, stating that the burial places of the Romans in this Ilngdoin are very rarely discovered, owing to their custom of interring the dead at no great distance from their stations, by the side of The public road. This 'ohm rvilion is giVen to 'hew that the congregated inhumation of bodies was not by any means universal amongst the Romans, and it is no proof to the contrary even where a number of bodies have been found together under a harrow, as various works en the funeral tumuli of the Romans shoe, where Roman in signia have been found. The cairn or barrow was the sepulture of British warriors in the roman service, as the barrow was not of Roman usage ; but it must be recollected, that when the Romans buried their dead with funeral obsequies, it was usually their custom to place sculptured devices or sepulchral inscriptions over the remains. As nothing of this sort was found, it favours the opinion of a man having been hastily interred in military accoutre ments. With regard to the position, Sir R. Colt Iloare states, that the most ancient form of burial was with the head towards the north, which would probably be adhered to in ecclesiastical as well as military rites. Although this skeleton was surrounded by a clay very impervious to wet, ' which tended greatly to its preservation, still, on exposure to the atmosphere, it was evident that the bones, which were fractured in many parts, would soon crumble away. SURREY THEATRE. " And real heroes crowd the scene." Thule of our readers who take an interest in the rise and fall of theatres and Their managers, and their heroes, probably know that 11r. Williams, the enterprising Manager of the Surrey Theatres has for some time past, in consequence of his extensive expenditure for the public gratification, been a resident within the Rules of the Ring's trench. As Mr. Williams, while in This situation, was un. able to superintend the performarDes, being prohibited front enter. ing the theatre by the Act which excludes all places of public amusement from the Rules, he let the theatre for nine weeks to one of the performers and a friend who was owe of his sureties to the Marshal of the King's Bench, in the expectation that, at the expiation of that time, he might be in a situation that would en. able him to resume the management. On the expiration of the nine weeks for which the Theatre was let, Mr. Williams, though not yet redtoved from the Rules of the King's Bench, was desirous of reei-umlng the possession ; but the new occopants positively refused to surrender the possession. ' Mr. Williams, not perhaps unreasonably, expressed considerable dissatisfaction at this determination ; and the occupants being ap. prehensive of an attempt at a forcible ejectment, Mr. friend, who was his surety to the Marshal, rendered him in dis. charge of his liability, and he was, in cansequence, brought within the walls. This was on Friday last. Mr. Williams lost no time in obtaining another surety, and on Saturday he, accompanied by his friends, who mustered in great force on the Occasios, proceeded to the Theatre, which was at that time but weakly garrisoned, and, on the appearance of the enemy, surrendered at discretion. The triumph, however. was of short duration. As soon as the tidings reached the chiefs of the opposite party, they used every exertion to collect their partisans, and soon assembled a force, with which It was determined to try the fortune of war. A council was held to decide on the best mode of attack ; and as Mr. Williams, with a chosen band, protected the different entrances to the Theatre, it was deemed expedient,rathet- than risk an attack on the Manager, to have recourse to stratagem. The party in con. sequence availed themselves of the friendship of the occupant of an adjoining house, who allowed them to ascend his roof, from which they easily reached the roof of the Theatre, where they soon sue. veiled in making a practicable breach, throngh which a consider able force entered, before they were perceived by the garrison. A sharp conflict immediately took plate; victory for sonic time remained doubtful ; and were it not for the excluding law, which prevented die Manager appearing amongst his troops, and encouraging them by his presence, it is thought the assailants would have been repulsed with loss. At length, however, they succeeded in establishing them selves in possession, and the Manager's friends were expelled, having lost all but their honour. The Manager, however, still hovered round the scene of his hopes and tears, and endea. soured, by an impassioned statement of his rights and his Min- vies, to interest the company coming to the Theatre in his cause, and to obstruct the ingress of the partisans of the successful bd. ligerent. For this purpose he placed himself a; the stage-door, and opposed the entrance of Daniel hlucklethwait, an active partisan of the enemy. A peak ensued, in which both went down. In the judgment of a Boy-street Officer, who was present. Daniel was the assaulier, and he was in consequence transferred to the watch-house. A faithful ally of the Manager's, named I Flower, was engaged in the defence of another entrance, when lie was assailed and dislodged by another opponent, named Ben Johnson. The party in possession, however, succeeded in resisting every attempt to defeat their enterprise. On Monday an investigation of the affair took place before the i s Magistrates of Union Hall, at the King's Bench prison. The Magistrates refused to interfere in the question of right but held Mucklethwait and Johnseta to bail, to answer the assault. We understand (sap, the (Augur Herald, of Monday), that the master and journeymen wtton-spinners have not vet settled their differences, and the men are still going about idle.—The journeymen calendermen in this city last week struck work, to have their hours of labour reduced, and their employers and they not having yet come to an understanding, most of the ealenders in town are at a stand. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPIIE:-MisS AITICER Hender son, of Melton Range, near Colnbrook, was burnt to death at the house of Mrs. Forlxs, her aunt, on Wednesday night. She had spent the evening with a juvenile party in the neighbourhood, and on her return home her cluthes caught fire when alone in :11.• parlour. Her shrieks alarmed the maid-servant, and on entering the room the unfortu nate female was in a blaze of tire. She lingered two bows in the most excruciating torment, when death put an end to her sufferings. The deceased was eighteen years of age. Mi:LANEHOLY Acting xr.—On Tu2stLy morning a man of the name of George Conder, formerly keeper of a sedan chair at Beverley, was empleyed in the brew-house be longing to the Beverley Alms Inn, when he unfortunately Ml into the under-beck, and was so dreadfully scalded that he expired the same evening about nine o'clock, in excruciating agonies. Nu:withstanding, his perilous situa tion, the poor man actually cx:ricatell himself without help from the under-beck, and was Mund only a few mi nutes after. He has left a large family, solely dependent on him fur support. OLD BAILEY, TauzinAt. SE'. ZZZZZZ 113. Taylor, aged 29, was indicted for stealing on gre 10th of August, 20 strings of pearls, and Other articles, valid 91111. tie pro perty of S. Sparrow. his master. A. Sparrow. the wife of the prosecutor, sta.ed that Wet I uaband is a pearl-stringer, in Holborn, and frequently had a considerable quantity in his sion. They were kept in a chest, which was generally lockr s 'Phe prisoner was in their occasionat employ, and had the care of and slept in their !Tempe, when they went to their country cottage. Be had been known to witness fir seven years. and for the last two had been their confidant. On the 18th August witness missed sonic pearls and other articles to the amount of at least !kV., part of winch she had since seen. Win. 'ileac!, an officer, went to the lodgings of the prisoner in Paradise-street. Sinners-toyer. Prisoner was tot there, but wit. news •earche.l the house, and found some strings of pearls Ms pie"- ling jar. Ile afterwards saw die prisoner, whom he seardied, and tonna more in his shoe. %Vault's eold him that there was many more hut, when pri•oeer directed him to the tiling of his master's house, w here three valuable pearl ornaments were found concealed. The property produceel was Stated by Mrs. Sparrow and her hie band to be of it value. Only a snail portion was recovered. There was an evident reluctance on the fart of the proarcutor to ad mit the mil value. Heat Length stated it, but observed, that be believed, except as tu this transaction, the prisoner was of all men the most honest. The prisoner at:twitted the theft, wed threw himself en the mercy of the faun. .... The Jury returned a rertlict of—Oxilly—Peath. The protreutor earnestly mem/fiend the prisoner to mercy, which Mr. Sergeant A n All lIC assured him should be attended to. Wne Lir.erent e, aged 19, was indicted for stealing apparel, and U. 17s. in money, the poverty of J. Thrower. The prosecutor is a 40urreyman farrier. On the ltith of June last he left his trunk sate. The prisoner occupied part of his bed, and had done 11 for eleven weeks previous. When witness re turned in the crenat he misted all his property. Suspictoh falling on the prismtcr. he obtained a warrant, winch was executed st Windsor on the 19th of August. Witness went down there to Identify lilm. He was in bed. The constable searched die apart ment, and found part of his property. The property lust atrounted to 2.51. Te prisoner made no defence, and the Jnry , without illowthe the Judge to turn up, returned a verdwt of Milky—Dees. The prisoner seemed exceedingly Impertinent, and left the bar wih reluctmec. C. °firer. an urchin, 11 years of ase, has Indicted for stealing, in the parish of St. John, Elerkenwelit, a Gt. Dote, from the dwell ing.housc of J. Beckwith. his master. 'rise prorocutortrored the mac. Thcprisoner in his defence laid, be paid up the note in his mason a shop. The Vary returned a verdict of Gailty—beath; tint the prese cutor recommended him to mercy. MIZITC }Jr. Jarßee I.ller.rnats. E. ?Woe. T. Taylor, and "Lary eliibrdst^e indicted for breaking into the house of .1. Perry, and striding apparel, valise 101. his property. Elizabeth Perry slated, that her husband Tired in Union-atreet, 11-gitigge Wells-road. finnetnirtited the deb of August last. on the morning of which she 'rase about 'MI Sire found that the next house had been entered during the night, and missed a variety of ari.les which she had left there; 101. vas a very low valor for them. 14'm. Cowltoi, a constable, received same information which in. ducal hitil to go to Saffron-hill, in ',still *the teems* he t s. He apprehended diem. and conveyed them to the watafd w ws in the New-road. At the corner of Tonbridge-street, the prisoner T. Taylor threw something over a riffling, which timed oat to be five duplicates. The prisoner R. Taylor VIM wish witness to the pawniv okers, where he found Polite property, whisk was afterwards owned by the prosecutor's wife. The pawnbroker pointed out it. Taylor as the person who had 'Pledged them ; he aid they belonged to his landlady. Sev.rd pawnbrokers proved that the prisoners pledged with them various articles, idenfffied as being pert of the property stolen . . Gordon, a coristahle at Clerkenweil, knows the p risoner Clifford. Witness questioned her as to the knowledge of die rob bery. She denied it, on which he took her to the watchbonse, and seardted her. Next morning, without promise or threat, she con fessed that she had pledged a number of articles, which the two Taylors had given her for that purpose. JAM, Shaw—hives at 14, Vork.ureet, Battk.bridge. goo.* R. Taylor, who had been a lodger in his house. On the rith of August he knocked witness up early in the morning. He let him In. He whiled the door to be left open a few minutes. lie sown after came in with a bundle. He had nothing in his hand when he first spoke to witness. lie deposited the bundle in his Hawn. Verdict—Guilty—Death, aoirtst Richard and Timothy Taylcr. OJT stealing in the dwelling-house, acqultdng them of the bar. glary; and the woman Clifford Not GrAty. There is another indictment of &similar mune against the ri ll:MM. NEW COlitt. Beftre the RECOUDZIL Jaws AsITW was indicted for stealing a varlet, of articles of jewellery and of female wearing apparel, together M.h several bills oa the Royal Bank of France, the property of 31ademoisulls Eli zabeth l'irginie Perrot. The value oT the bills was 0300 francs. The prisoner appears to be a man of about SO yeah of age, thin. and of middle stature. He has h t brown hair. He has extremely prominent eyes, and his cheeks rather sank in : he occasionally. during his trial , wore spectacles. He evinced a very confident manner in entering the Court. As soon u the prisoner was placed at the bar the witnesses on both skies who were t 6 speak to facts, that is, those who were to speak to any circumstance beyond the character of the prisoner were onleral out of Court. _ _ Mr. C. PHILLIPS coed coed the prosecution, and stated to the Jury, that this was a case that called for their particular attention, and would require all theft vigilance to watch it through all its bearings. Ile was glad that the witnesses were sent out of Court. because Askrer's character up to this period bad been respectable, and he should be sorry indeed that it should be further injured by any connivance that might IV supposed to exist between the witnesses for the prosecution, or by any of them being enabled to frame their evidence in conformity with that they might hear delivered in Coati. The prisoner was a master Milliner, carrying on business in Oxford-etreet. In the middle of last year he went to France to meet with an eminent milliner to conduct his business. He there saw Mademoiselle Perrot, and engaged with her to conic to Lon don, at 2,1100 francs (shoot 001.) a-year. Thf conduct of Made moiselle, the prmeccutris of this indictment, was so good, that in May he doubled heraalary, that is, he gave her 4,000 francs a-year. and told her that at the beginning of any year, on her expressing a wish to become a partner, he would give her a share of his busi ness, by taking her into partnership. - Up to this time things went on smoothly ; but about this period Monsieur Bertrand came front Paris to see Mademoiselle Perrot, and then the conduct of the psi. sorry materially changed. At the end of the last summer, when the season in London was over, Askew sent M ademoiselle Perrot to Cheltenham, to open a shop there in the way of his business. He should put in letters that were sent her at that time by t he prisoner. expressive of his approbation of her conduct ; he also sent tar a watch as a present, and interned her that all her accounts were correct, Ile would now read a letter which was dated the 2.3.1 July, and had been written by the priaoner to the prosecutor. It was to the following eflbet i-- " lieu Blade:n-o°od morning, on returning home my fern thought was about your watch, which has produced a grand quarrel between me and Harriot." (Mr. Phillips here observed, " who Haniot is, I don't know.") " Gerdy has delivered it to Barrio , , and she bill not give it up. Oanly has, however, promised to make me a better ; and as won as I ),yet it, I will send it by the n:ail immediately, also a turban." 'I he Learned Gentleman sant. matters of business are then alluded to by the prisoner in another part of the letter, which thus eoneledes, " I am always your friend, if I do not always then you. Remember a soft tofpue his not always a grad heart." The prisoner wrote another letter to the prosecutor on the 27th. lie said in it, " I send by this o il y., coach materials and honr.ets. You will be sorry for the letter yea hare sent me. Itertramrs visit to England cannot be agreeable to me." On the 3d August, Askew wrote another letter to Madame Perrot, which showed the perfect confidence he had in her, and bow satisfactory her conduct had been to him. It was to ties erect :—" I have received your account, and find it satisfactory as far as the receipts go. Ido not understand the expenditure, but I et:include that will be also agreeable." Askew, in a few days I after he had written this last letter, caused Madamo Pe ref to be arrested at Cheltenham for 351. She naturally felt indignant at this course of conduct, alter she had accoor.M.l for the money left in her hands ; and on Askew ordering her to quit hs house, she said that site would not leave it until he had signet a niemorendum, slicing that all her accounts were (men, which he did. After she ca:ne to London, Made [misfile Perrot employed a respectable attorney to demand her prererty that had been left by her when she went to Cheltenham, in July. This attorney was Mr. Hubert, who had been recommended to be, by the Frer.ch Consul. On the rnplication being made t i the pri soner, ha said there was an tuvenwry rat all the goods; bet at tl a sante time added. that Perrot was a bad woman (meaning by that, a woman who had lost her chastity), and produced a letter which Alademoiselle Perrot could swear was locked up in her drawers, with jewellery of great value, and French bank notes to the amount of 0,500 francs. when she went to Cheltenham. Mr. Hubert asked the prisoner, how he botanic possessed of that letter ? He said. " 0,,r0 matter how lie became possessed of it . • that letter proves her a prostitute." At length Askew consentedto hare the draw. es opened ; but Mr. Hubert very preperly sale', that he con:d not agree to their being opened until Mademoiselle Perrot was pre_ start, This the prisoner positively refused, and the drawers were &Innately opened, when slademontelle Perrot was not 1 res;:it, and the letter was gone, but the inventory of the things was there that the prosecutrix hod left. The letter that he had alluded te was a ver • confidential one. and Mademoiselle would *wear it was air. tround the bank bills when she seat to Cheltenham. Learned Gentleman, after making a few other remarks upon evidence that he shouldproducc, said no one was tome anxious t he was that the prisoner should be enabled te rebut this grate serious charee under which he at present stood; but should t Jury, after hearing all the facts of the ease, be of opinion that was made out against Askew, they wculd, he well knew, give tt verdict accordingly, without ally coneiderritturi for the previous . avian in life of the prisoner. beyond that of regret that a man . situated should have trots fallen. He would now call ihe emeezus tree, who would . prove to them th e leading facts of the case. The prosecutrix then came into Court. She is a very handsome woman, apparently about 25 years of age. Her dress. manlier - J ( r i •:ap. The n Mt i Matt cad d the bat their' situ. .111 grails borne r,al4 n a t -1%,