The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL. (From the Times.) It will, perhaps, be recollected that a few days Ago Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, the President of the Court-martial, at Portsmouth, rebuked the re- Porter of the Times, under the impression that he had imputed to him an unfair motive for his allusion late in the trial to the infraction of the injunction of the Court against the publication of the evidence. The reporter recited in the Times, in reply, the Paragraph which had caused Sir Robert Stopford's a nimadversion, and complained of its misconstiuc tion• He had merely alluded to the tendency of a particular remark of the Court, never for a moment having meant to cast an aspersion upon the motives of the President, whose conduct, from the begin ning to the end of a trial full of perplexing circum stances, was marked (as, indeed, the reporter ex pressed at the time) by dignity, patience, and mode ration. The candid and generous reflection, which always characterizes a man of truth and honour, in duced Sir Robert Stopford, of his own accord, to transmit, on the last day of the trial, the following note to the reporter. It was presented to him by order of the President, by the officer on duty at the C ourt-martial on board the Victory, on Thursday morning, while the Court was deliberating upon its Judgment. As this note bore no mark of privacy, was deli vered in a formal manner at the close of the pro ceedings, and was addressed to him, not individually, but in the capacity in which he was supposed to have given offence, the reporter feels that he is only Carryin g into effect the candid and considerate inten tion of Sir Robert Stopford by giving the same pub licity to the qualification which it was his painful duty to give to the rebuke which led to it.—The note of the Admiral is as follows : " TO THE REPORTER OF THE TIMES. feel myself bound, in justice to you, to state that in the observations I thought it necessary to make a feW days since at the Court-martial, relative to an irser lion in the Times, that my meaning would have been , m ore correctly expressed had it been qualifi e d with an if and that Ido not attribute to you the intention of insert ing that which was foul and false. " I must further add that what I have seen in the Times relating to the trial is most correct. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Portsmouth, Sept. 16." ROBERT STOPFORD." PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL SYSTEM The result of the Court Martial upon Captain Dickenson has given general satisfaction to the Officers of the Navy and Army. But this honour able-feeling has been accompanied with a feeling of regret, that Sir Edward Codrington should have fallen a victim to " the private and confidential sys tem;" which, though not established by a positive order from the Admiralty, as it is in the Army, is Yet never discountenanced. The officers in the mi !itarY service complain deeply of the General Order lAsued to the Colonels and Commanding Officers of Regiments, directing them to furnish the Corn !luitider-in-Chief with private and confidential re- Ports of the habits, conduct, &c., of each officer un der his command ; so that the Commanding Officer has the power of destroying the prospects ( , ) j f , a ny officer under his c om m an d th roug h preju -Ice• The following circumstance, which took Place a few years ago at the Horse-Guards, strongly illustrates the nature of the injury which may by the "private and confidential system," be inflicted upon an innocent and honourable man :—A captain "a regiment applied to the late Sir H. Torrens for assistance in obtaining promotion; but, to his great surprise he was informed that it was impossible for Sir Henry to interfere, on account of the private a nd,, confidential comm un i cat i ons o f Lieutenant olortel— (the junior Lieutenant-Colonel of toe regiment). The Captain expressed his astonish ment at this intelligence, and said that such a thing .1 ' 43 impossible, as Ike and the Colonel were on term s n f of the most friendly and confidential kind, and c ourse one could not expect from th e o th er an y character but a good one. He was assured, how "er, that the objection had been made, and he went the ay in order to vindi ca t e hi mse lf. H e h a d not l e f t Horse-Guards long before he met the senior Lieutenant -Colonel, to whom he mentioned what he iad just heard, and who returned with him to the ti orse-Guards, and soon removed the impression 1 /vi lieh had been m a d e aga i nst hi m by th e officer who Ise d vvarml y to shake him by the hand.—Morning Paper. D AVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FISHERY. ABERDEEN, SEPT. 14.—The annexed list is brought by t he James, arrived at Peterhead : she left on the 20th of August, and reports very bad weather. num.—Abram, 2 ; Andrew Marvel, 5 ; Ariel, 9 ; 113;nnstvick, 14 ; Coinet, 1 ; Dau n tl ess , 7 ; Elli son , c l ean ; ,-verth orpe, 1 ; Gi lder, 10 ; Harmony, 6 ; Ingria, 1 ; k ahella, 5 ; Ja ne , 10 ; Ki ern, 3 ; K i rkella, 7 ; Laurel, ; Lee, 17; Lord Wellington, 8 ; Oxenhope, 7 ; Pro -BrePB, 7 ; Swan, 5 ; V o l unteer, 1 ; Willi am T orr, 8. uEn wicx—Norfolk, 5. LON DON. --Margaret, 1. WHI TBY. —Harmony, 5 ; Plicenix, 5 ; William and Aup, 3. IsEwcAsnE.—Cove, fished; Grenville Bay, 10. ,‘ IRlC ALDY.—Caledonia, 4; Earl Percy, 1 ; Rambler, 0; Triad, 1. L Errn.--Baffi n , 8 or 9 . H ome C ast l e, l ost ; J uno, 4 ; _ North Pole, S ; Rattler, 5 ; Ulverstone, 9 ; William and 44 n, 10. Moti mosv..—London, 2 ; Monarch, 2 ; Spencer, 3. P l 3; "DRE.—Achilles, 1 ; Advice, 1 ; Dorothy, 14; —r h 9 ; Friend.hi p , ; Princess Charlotte, 1 ; Themas,7. l ABI RDEEN.,--80 l Accord, 14 ; Dee, fished ; Jane, ; Leti t i a, 1 ; Middleton, James, 3 ; Middleton, Mills, ; Neptun e , 1 0; Pr i ncess of Wales, 2 ; St. Andrew, n 'arlY full. 10 /TER HEAn.—Commeree, 1 ; Eclipse, 12 ; Gleaner, Hannibal, 6 ; James, 14 2' Resolution, 4 ; 4Perior, 3; Traveller, 5 ; Unioa, 4. h The Sachem, arrived at Boston on Sunday, na board two Siamese youths, males, 18 years of age, eir bodies connected from their birth. They appear to good health, and apparently co n t en t e d w i t h t h e i r con situation. We have seen and examined this very Rtr an eu r i fr eak o f na t ure . It i s one o f t h e greatest li v i ng iii 1, % ,, i es w e ever saw . Th e t wo b oys are a b out fi ve f eet g ool iN t 't, of well proportioned frames, strong and active, afi g , natured, an d o f a p l easant express i on o f countenance fiy Withal intelligent and s e nsibl e , exhibitin g th e appear thate l o i r two well made Siamese youths, with the exception iog 7)• ; a sub stance apparently bony or cart i laginous, about I i nted n ches in c i rcum f erence an d f our i n l engt h , proceed u r ° 4 l the um bili ca l reg i on o f eac h, t h ey are fi rmly t o and r getner. They hav e a good app e tit e , a pp ear lively, same tin abo ut t h e deck and cab i n of the ship with the their facility that any two healthy lads would do, with ▪ 4 , r418 over eac h ot h er ' s s h ou ld e rs, thi s b e i ng th e po exam which th ey move a b out . Th ey w ill pro b a bl y b e b e ,,,,'" l ted to the public, when proper arrangements have tie u i na de• Th ey w ill b e o bj ec t s o f grea t cur i os it y , par- gt al 'Y to th e me di cal facu l ty. Th e i r unnatural un i on i s azi t i ' "r e of a cu r i os i ty t h an th e v i gorous h ea l t h t h ey en j oy , diti their apparent entire contentedness with their con- One of the boys is named CIIANG ; the other otriot together they are called CilA NG-ENG.-Boston e mark ed fairly United Service Journal undergoes some r i i mprovement in every number. It may now be 1) 1 r anked as one of the most interesting and agreeable I, 'cations of the day. Even to us, who fight all our , 4 1tl es , ‘ov e Y deput y ., it is ever a welcome visitor ; for we th e '" read of wh at we do not like to see, and to contrast with picture of a bloody field, or a deadly breach, t• l4 the calm and quiet of our " ain fire-side." But we •S'e r imagine th e av idi ty w i t h w hi c h t h e U n it e d by t t ' il i ce Jour na l i s sought for at the end of every month "e retired veterans who are so abundantly scattered I llo 5 t :g the Peaceful va l es o f our country, as well as b y ,4,rintetive youths who listen eagerly to the most distant ‘ .4 10 r rs , of war. L a th e o ld an d t h e young, so ldi er or 'o,' the ifiagazine will prove a desirable and instructive tbeh and we should be surprised to find a ingle sdiVidual without it. It combines the utile s with t ,: # lsq6 4le . e . in a very skilf u l manner . P ro f ess i ona l matters "ently attended to ; but not to such an extent as to xelod th e e much that is highly pleasing and amusing even Eeneral reader.-11Iorniny Journal. LITERATURE. EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. XCVIII. EDINBURGH. 18,29. Notwithstanding the retirement of Mr. Jef frey from the superintendence of this Review, which not a few among the old Fox Whigs thought would prove the signal of its downfall, 1 it still keeps up unimpaired its high character for metaphysics, criticism, rhetoric, and indeed for every department of intellect. The opening Essay in the present number, entitled the " Uti litarian System of Philosophy," is as good as any thing that has appeared for years in the Re view, and attacks in an unanswerable manner— though in a more deferential spirit than we could have desired, considering the high van tage ground both of argument and common sense, on which the writer stands—the whole system of ethics and philosophy on which the Utilitarian principles are grounded. Nothing indeed can be more absurd than what the dis ciples of Mr. Bentham call the " greatest hap piness principle." As a grand philosophical dis ccvery—and it is in this light, with an imposing pomp of verbiage that the Utilitarians have in troduced it to the world—it is neither more nor less than a humbug. Godwin broached it, though indirectly, in his well-known " Political Justice ;" Mr. Shelley made it the ruling prin ciple of his life, and the leading argument of his philosophical system ; it is even as old as the days of Plato, and is the ground-work on which the Christian dispensation is bottomed. On this last point the arguments of the Edinburgh Re view are singularly apposite and conclusive : " The greatest happiness principle' of Mr. Bentham is included in the Christian morality ; and, to our think ing, it is there exhibited in an infinitely more sound and philosophical form than in the Utilitarian speculations. For in the New Testament it is neither an identical pro position, nor a contradiction in terms ; and, as laid down by Mr. Bentham, it must be either the one or the other. Do as you would be done by : Love your neighbour as yourself;' these are the precepts of Jesus Christ. Under stood in an enlarged sense, these precepts are, in fact, a direction to every man to promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number. But this direction would be ut terly unmeanning, as it actually is in Mr. Bentham's phi losophy, unless it were accompanied by a sanction. In the Christian scheme, accordingly, it is accompanied by a sanction of immense force. To a man whose greatest happiness in this world is inconsistent with the greatest happiness of the greatest number, is held out the prospect of an infinite happiness hereafter, from which he excludes himself by wronging his fellow-creatures here. " This is practical philosophy, as practical as that on which penal legislation is founded. A man is told to do something which otherwise he would not do, and is fur nished with a new motive for doing it. Mr. Bentham has no new motive to furnish his disciples with. He has ta lents sufficient to effect any thing that can be effected. But to induce men to act without an inducement is too much, even for him. He should reflect that the whole vast world of morals cannot be moved, unless the mover can obtain some stand for his engines beyond it. He acts as Archimedes would have done, if he had attempted to move the earth by a lever fixed on the earth. The action and reaction neutralize each other. The artist labours, and the world remains at rest. Mr. Bentham can only tell us to do something which we have always been doing, and should still have continued to do, if we had never heard of the ' greatest happiness principle'—or else to do something which we have no conceivable motive for doing, and therefore shall not do. Mr. Bentham's principle is at best no more than the golden rule of the Gospel without its sanction. Whatever evils, therefore, have existed in societies in which the authority of the Gospel is recog nised, may, a fortiori, as it appears to us, exist in socie ties in which the Utilitarian principle is recognised. We do not apprehend that it is more difficult for a tyrant or a persecutor to persuade himself and others, that in putting to death those who oppose his power, or differ from his opinions, he is pursuing ' the greatest happiness,' than . that he is doing as h e wou ld h e d one b y . B ut re li g i on gives him a motive for doing as he would be done by; and Mr. Bentham furnishes him with no motive to induce him to promote the general happiness. If, on the other hand, Mr. Bentham's principle mean only that every man should pursue his own greatest happiness, he merely asserts what every body knows, and recommends what every body does." The present is the age of cant. Cant in morals—cant in religion—cant in politics—cant in literature—cant in fashion—cant in the Fine Arts—cant in every thing and all things ! W e have firstly, philosophers teaching us, by way of novelty, that the great art of government is the promotion of universal happiness, though how, when, or where such happiness is to be obtained they leave us completely in the dark ; secondly, metaphysicians assuring us that " the prolificness of women, or the number of children to a mar riage, diminishes as the population becomes denser," in other words, that population di minishes in the same ratio that the opportuni ties of encreasing it are augmented, ergo, that the more men and women there are in a coun try, the less chance will there be of children ; thirdly, millenarians, announcing oracularly from the pulpit the near approach of the millenium ; fourthly, ante-millenarians, adjourning the same epoch to an indefinite period ; fifthly, critics asserting that no poet can possibly be orthodox who disputes the infallibility of the Lake School ; sixthly, Westminster Review politicians, laying it down as an axiom, that political economy is the ne plus ultra of intellectual acquirements, and that without it all literature is as " sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal ;" and lastly, cooks and mechanics of the most unideal character, elevat ing themselves to the dignity of artists, and finding congenial blockheads able and willing to second their pretensions. Such are a few—a very few— among the multifarious quackeries of the present age, and it is against two of the most monstrous of these—namely, the " greatest happiness prin ciple" of Mr. Bentham, and the population theory of Mr. Sadler-4hat the Edinburgh Review has here boldly and triumphantly launched the lightnings of its sarcasm. The " Drama" is a lengthened and elaborate article on a very interesting subject, which nevertheless has been so repeatedly and so ably discussed, that it will scarcely bear repetition. The cursory allusions to the nature and ,tendency of the Greek drama are imbued with a fine classic spirit. " Signs of the Times" is highly eloquent and animated, its philosophy is sound and of a lofty character, its style ornamented, and verging on the poetic, as in these two felicitous instances. " The poorest day that passes over us, is the conflux of two Eternities ! and is made up of currents that issue from the remotest past, and flow onwards into the remotest future." Again, " thus does na ture hold on her wondrous unquestionable course, and all our systems and theories are but so many froth-eddies or sand-banks, which from time to time she casts up and washes away.' British Painters," is a judicious and impas sioned criticism on the genius of Mr. Martin, who is praised as his magnificent range and fer tility of invention deserve. Sir Thomas Law-. rence is also cursorily noticed. " United States of America," is a temperate but just analysis of the present laws, policy, and literature of the Yankee Government. The spirit of this article varies materially from what it used to be in the earlier and more truculent days of the Edin burgh Review. In this respect the change is essentially for the better. Of the remaining articles, we have merely left ourselves space to say, that they are written with ability, and will repay perusal. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. No. 111. LONDON. 1829. By some accident, we have only just seen tlle present number of this elegant little work, whose embellishment of the " Streamlet" (to which some pretty and explanatory stanzas are affixed) is alone worth the sum paid for the entire work. But in addition to this we have tales of senti ment and humour—the one entitled " Sighmon Dumps," by the Author of " Sayings and Doings," is worthy of him ; Reviews, Essays, and Original Poetry, one or two pieces of which are very favourable specimens of ability. The letter-press and paper are both of first-rate ex cellence, and give the number a splendid and fashionable exterior. ~ SIMPLICITY OF HEALTH. By HORTATOR. LONDON. 1829. We are tempted to select this, among the nu merous medical treatises with which, from time to time, we are favoured, from the extreme sim plicity, clearness, and succinctness of its details. Another great recommendation that the author possesses is, that he is no advocate for dosing ; he lays a stress certainly upon the benefits to be derived from physic seasonably applied, but lays much greater stress on a due attention to regi men, and a strict following up of the impelling dictates of nature. Altogether his work is a useful manual, judiciously condensed and ar ranged, each section under its own proper head. MR. FROST—INQUEST oN JAMES CROW TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On my arrival in England I observed a statement in some of the papers (which I should have answered sooner, but for the circumstance of my absence), purporting to be an account of a Co roner's Inquest on the body of James Crow, holden at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Friday, the 4th of this month, and reflecting on my conduct. Al though I am aware that you did not insert the erroneous statement of the Coroner's Inquest, yet I venture to hope that you will have the kindness to insert this letter in your valuable columns, whereby you will not only render me an essential service, but give the world a true account of the circumstances. I cannot but suppose you will have the candour to insert this letter, as some parts of that statement are not only untrue, but seem wilfully calculated to in jure me unjustly in the opinion of the public, as well as the Honourable Society to which I have the dis tinction to be the Secretary. The facts are simply these—and had I been in London at the time of the inquest, I should most undoubtedly have attended, and stated them fully to the Jury. On the afternoon of Wednesday the 2d of Sept., I had occasion to be absent from the Society's Office; and returning about half-past five o'clock, was told that an accident had happened to a man, who had been taken to a house in Water-lane, where Mr. Bates, a surgeon, had restored him, and was at tending him. Shortly after my return, Potter, the beadle of St. Ann's, Blackfriars, called at the office, when I s e w him, and he informed me that a man had been taken out of the Thames, and he wished me to attend him. I inquired whether the man was sen sible or not; and being told that he was sensible and perfectly able to speak, and that he had been reco vered by Mr. Bates, the surgeon, of Bride lane, I said that the person being under Mr. Bates's care, he ought to be again applied to, if there should be occasion ; at the same time adding, that I might possibly call to see him. After Potter had left me, however, on reconsidering the case, I thought it better not to attend, unless Mr. Bates should send for me. For the man having been restored by Mr. Bates, the object of the Society appeared to be already attained ; and, therefore, that necessity which alone could have justified my interference with a case in the hands of another medical man did not exist. As I received no further communication from Mr. Bates, or from the other parties, I felt no doubt but that the poor man was perfectly safe in the hands of that gentleman. It appears, however, that the con stable was anxious to get the man removed out of his parish, lest he should become chargeable upon it; that Mr. Cox, the parish surgeon, was applied to, who ad viied his removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital; that the unfortunate man was, for that purpose, well wrapped up, and placed in a hackney-coach, which drove at a gentle pace, but that on his way to the hospital he expired. In the course of Wednesday evening I was informed by the constable of the de-. cease of the poor man, but I received no communi cation from the hospital or from the Coroner, and heard no more of this lamentable affair till I read an article in some of the papers, purporting to be a report of the proceedings on the Coroner's. Inquest. This report I did not see till Monday last, having been during the interval in Ireland. The perusal of this article naturally filled me with the greatest concern ; and feeling confident that no jury could, under the circumstances, have returned the verdict reported in the paper, I caused an application to be made to the Coroner to ascertain what the verdict really was, and from him I have obtained a copy of it, which is as follows :—" That the deceased acci dentally fell into the water ; and that he imbibed a quantity of water, partly into his lungs, and under which he languished for some time; and being then removed from the bed in which he had been placed, and conveyed to the hospital, he died." It is re markable that neither Mr. Bates nor Mr. Cox, the two medical gentlemen who attended the decea se d, were called to give evidence before the inquest; and it must be obvious that a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the case, particularly as to the treatment of the poor man, could not be obtained without the all-important testimony of those two gentlemen. But still less ground could there be, in the absence of competent evidence, to cast reflections upon my conduct; and this, I am happy to find, was not done even by imputation in the verdict itself. Had the restoration of the deceased required any assistance that I could have rendered, no consideration should have prevented me from rendering my utmost exertions ; but the first inti mation I received of this accident was accompanied with the intelligence that the sufferer had been re stored, and was doing well under Mr. Bates. With the subsequent treatment of his patient I could not of course interfere, unless he had personally desired it ; nor was it in my power to prevent the directions for removal given by the parish authorities, under the advice of their own surgeon. In conclusion, I may be permitted to observe, that I have had the satisfaction of restoring several persons, and it is not long since I resuscitateda child which had fallen into the Thames; and although the Office of the Society is not a receiving house, yet I never did or would refuse to exert my best en deavours, considering it indeed my duty to do so as the Secretary of the Royal Humane Society, and feeling a pleasure as a man in rendering all the as sistance in my power to a suffering fellow-creature. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, JOHN FROST. Royal Humane Society's House, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Sept. 16. • E XTENSIVE ROBBERY AT DONCASTER We regret that we have to add to our report a most extensive robbery committed this afterno•mi. During the absence of the proprietors of the betting rooms at the races, they were entered g and the iron safe rifled of Bank notes and gold to the amount of 4,000/. There can be no doubt that the robbery was effected by one of the London gangs of mail coach or bank robbers, and that it has been planned for some time, as the safe was found locked on the return of the proprietors. Had the robbery been yesterday, there was at least 10,000/. in the safe, many gentlemen having deposited money there for safety. The loss falls entirely on the proprietors of the rooms, who have always conducted their esta blishment with such spirit and liberality, that the regret for their misfortune is general and deep. Bishop, who attends the races, is on the look out, and we hope to be enabled to state in our next, that some clue has been found that may lead to the re covery of the property. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING 1829. THURSDAY NIGHT. —ln point of attraction, the Cup race is not far behind the St. Leger, the company being generally nearly as numerous and fashionable. It lost none of its inte rest to-day, the Grand Stand being crowded. We observed in it their Graces the Dukes of Wellington, Leeds, St. Alban's and Duchess, and Devonshire; Lords Worcester, Londonderry and Marchioness, Cleveland and Marchioness, Sligo, Graham, Clanricarde, Verulam, Gower and Countess, Fitzwilliam, Milton, Hawke, Harewood and Countess, Chesterfield, Castlereagh, &c. Also the follow ing, whose names have not yet been given :—Lord and Lady Stafford and the Hon. bliss Jerningbam, Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbank, Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Arabella Vane, Lord Pollington, Viscountess Galway, Dowager Lady Galway, Lord Forester, the Hon. Lady Smith, Lord Granville, Lord W. Thynne, Lord Templetown and the Hon. Miss Templetown, Lord Conyers, Count Ma touzevitz ; Honourables C. Monekton, W. and Lady Louisa Duncombe, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Lumley Sa ville, Wentworth, Fitzwilliam, James Macdonald, G. Macdonald, A. Lascelles ; Sirs R. Rycroft, J. Radcliffe, C. Flint, W. Cooke, &c. ; General Marriott ; Colonels Bell, Cholmeley, Darner, Steward, Lowther and Lady, Major Firman ; Captains Parry, Ramsden, Hill, French ; Radcliffe ; Messrs. Fitzjantes, Watt, Cavendish, M'Alpine, F. Petre, Massey Stanley, Treebeck, Standish, Fitzmau rice, &c. In our next we shall give a full account of the principal female visiters. Previous to the races to-day a few engagements were made respecting Brunswicker, who was quoted for the Derby and St. Leger at about 12 to 1 each ; Bud's defeat to-day will probably send him back. The running to-day was as under : The Gascoyne Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 ft. for 3-yr old colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course. Ten subscribers. Lord Cleveland's Voltaire The following paid : LIM Langford's Sir Hercules Duke of Leeds's c. by St. Patrick—Rhodacantha Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim, by Blacklock Lord Milton's sister to ➢lulatto Mr. Nowell's f. by Walton—Brown Duchess Mr. Attwood's Leonardo, by Abjer Mr. Gascoyne's c. by Tramp—Cora Air. Petre's Netherby, by Cervantes Mr. Hunter's gr. c. by Gustavus—Canvas. Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 sous. each ; colts, Bat. 51b., and fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. (34 Subs.) Duke of Leeds's Lady Mowbray . Mr. F. Richardson's St. Nicholas 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Forth's Bud, by Tiresias—Pomona Lord Sligo's Brine Canker Lord Scarborough's Carolan, by Catton Mr. Baird's Romana Mr. Robinson's Lucretia, by Sir Oliver Mr. Jackson's Don Giovanni Mr. G. Serjeantson's Savoyard Mr. Powlett's f. by Young Phantom Mr. Riddell's ch. c. by Dr. Syntax Mr. Hebden's Splendour Mr. Houldsworth's Crescent Mr. Watts's Doctor Oloroso Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Woful—Emilia Betting-2 to lon Bud, sto 2 agst. Splendour, 6to I agst. Carolan, 8 to 1 agst. St. Nicholas, and 8 to 1 agst. Lady Mowbray. From the unusual number of horses in this race, con • siderable difficulty was experienced in getting them off. There were several attempts and four false starts, after which they went off in good order. Brine went off in front, making very strong running, and Ramona close at hand, —the others in a body well laid up. Brine maintained his lead as far as the Red-house, where he fell back, Ra mona taking up the running, having next he: Bud, St. Nicholas, Lady Mowbray, and Canker, the rest being in a cluster behind. She kept the lead to the rails, where she was beat off by Lady Mowbray and St. Nicholas, and immediately after she dropped into the ruck. At the dis tance the above two were in front, nearly abreast, Bud and Canker close to their quarters. From this point the race was terrible, and it was only in the last stride or two that Lady Mowbray got her head in front, by which only she won the stakes. Bud was about three quarters of a length behind St. Nicholas, and Canker half a length astern of Bud. A finer race was never seen. Just at the most critical part of the struggle St. Nicholas drew himself up, or Dockeray thinks he would have won. There is some thing inexplicable in Lady Mowbray's public running ; at Catterick-bridge she was beat twice; at. York Spring Meeting she beat a large field ; on Monday she was one of the last in the race for the Champagne Stakes, and to-day she beats a field of 15 horses, among which is the very horse (Bud) that beat her so easy on Monday ! This is a riddle that would puzzle even a Yorkshireman. The Duke nets 6601. by the stakes. The winner was admirably jockied by S. Templeman. The following paid : Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Betty Lord Queensbury's ch. f. by Whisker Mr. Westgarth's General lioneywood, by Swiss Mr. Wormald's Bullet, brother to Granby Mr. Nowell's b. f. by Orville or Ivanhoe b. f. by Orville—Rosanne Duke of Leeds's sister to Moonshine Lord Milton's sister to Barataria Mr. Tarlton's c. by Champignon Mr. Petre's The Major Brunswicker Mr. Bower's Tartarina Mr. W. Richardson's Hermionc Mr. Watts's Apuntador Mr. Bailey's Utrecht Mr. Gascoyne's c. by Figaro—Trulla Mr. Houldsworth's Thoresby Mr. Uppleby's Crazy Jane (dead). The Gold Cup, value 150 guineas —about two miles and five furlongs. _ Lord Cleveland's Voltaire 1 Major Yarbergh's Laurel 2 His Majesty's Fleur de Lis Lord Milton's Medoro Lord Scarborough's Cistercian, by Catton Mr. Petre's Granby The following were drawn : Lord Chesterfield's Zinganee, by Tramp Mr. Forth's Frederick Mr. Theobald's The Exquisite Mr. Houldsworth's Terror --------- Vanish Lord Fitzwilliam's Ballad Singer Duke of Leeds's Rhodacantha colt Moonshine Lord - Langford's Sir Hercules Lord Cleveland's Stotforth Tamboff Lord - Kelburn's Georgiana colt Mr. Chilton's Don Jose Mr. Golden's Robin Hood Mr. Robinson's Bolivar Mr. Gascoigne's Louisa colt Mr. Watt's Coulon Mr. Athorne's Wandering Boy Mr. Petre's Delphine Marquis of Worce4ter's Felt Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde After the sensation that followed the St. Leger had subsided, the betting on this race became unusually heavy, and it is thought that as much money was taken on it last night and this morning as was betted on the St. Leger for the three days preceding the race. Laurel, Voltaire, and Fleur de Lis, were severally backed to large amounts, the old horse having the call ; on the grand stand the odds took a turn, Voltaire getting before the mare. At the close the odds settled thus :- 2 to 1 agst Laurel, 5 to 2 agst Voltaire, 3 to 1 agst Fleur de Lis, and 5 to 1 agst Granby. Granby took the lead at a good pace, followed at the distance of about three lengths by Laurel, Voltaire lying third, Medoro fourth, Fleur de Lis fifth, and Cistercian last. So they went to the fed House, when they got more together, Granby haliug the lead till near the rails, when he was obliged to give up, Laurel then took up the running, followed by illedoro, and Fleur de Lis close at the heels of the and nearly ithrealt. At the distance the last-named pair made an att,mpt to get up, the only result being that toe mare beat :Iledoro. without getting . up t, the others. At the Grand Stand the struggle be wee') Laurel and Vol taire was highly interesting, Voltaire heading just at this point : he kept his advantage, and although Laurel strug gled manfully, he was beat rather cleverly by half a length. The event of this race proves Rowton to be one of the best St. Leger horses that ever appeared ; it also proves Vol taire to be an extraordinary good horse, but it does not prove that Voltaire could beat Rowton, as the Voltaire party construe the running. To settle the point, would it not be as well to match the horses. The winner was rode by Lye (who wins 500/. by the race), Laurel by H. Ed wards, Fleur de Lis (who was brought to the post in beautiful condition) by -, Mcdoro (4th) by J. Day, Granby by Scott, and Cistercian by J. Gilbert. The Cup weighs 200 ounces : is an antique tazza, with bold snake handles, after the model of one in the possession of Lord Wilton. Lord Cleveland is reported to have won a large stake on the race. Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 soya. each, h. ft. ; ciilts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Sst. 31b. St. Leger Course. (Four teen Subs.) Lord Kelburne's Georgiana colt 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Fortitude Mr. Ridsdale's Tyke 3 Mr. Petre's ch. 1. Apollonia 0 Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene Mr. Dowbiggen's h. c. the Captain, by Wanton Only three placed. Five to 4on Tyke, and 7to 4 agst Appollonia. Prince Eugene made the running to the rails, when Fortitude took it up and carried it on to the grand stand. Here H. Edwards brought up his horse, and beat her after a short struple. Fortitude rode by Robinson; Tyke, by Templeman; Apollonia, by Scott; Prince Eugene, by Shepherd ; and the Captain, by Nicholson. Value of the stakes (deducting the winner's) 1,8001. The following paid : Mr. Nowell's c. by Walton—Rosanne -- gr. c. Round-waist br. f. by Walton—Brown Duchess b. f. by Orville, d. by Dick Andrews Lord Milton's Sister to Whiskerandos Mr. Broadhead's b. c. Hazard Mr. Wilson's Brother to Reformer Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Penhill There is no foundation for the report of Rowton and Voltaire being matched. ISLE OF THANET RACES. THURSDAY, SEPT. 17.—Margate Plate of 50 soya. Mr. Kettle's Hawk's-Eye, 5 yrs 1 1 Mr. Robarts's Tancredi, 3 yrs Mr. Brown's Job, 5 yrs Mr. Gaeman's Bunter, 3 yrs 4 0 Mr. Macdonald's Night Shade, 3 yrs . Mr. Back's Lady Jane, aged BASINGSTOKE RACES. THURSDAY, SEPT. 17.—The Vine Stakes of five sovs. each, with 35 added, for all ages. Heats, twice round the course. Lord Bolton named ch. c. by Robin Adair I I Mr. Chute named Crane, 3 yrs Mr. Cosby's Constance, 5 yrs 2 4 Mr. Goddard's Lycurgus, 5 yrs 4 3 Mr. Lefevre named Smuggler, 6 yrs FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, Whitehall, Sept. 16, 1829. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the following Gentlemen, viz.— John Hayes, Esq. Commodore in the East India Com pany's Marine Service. - Robert Henry Cunliffe, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel-Cons. maudant in the East India Company's Service. Jeremiah Bryant, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Ease India Company's Service. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Nicholas Brown and Algernon Wallington, Aldersgate , street, coach-proprietors. from Aug. 18 to Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Thomas David Tilly, Shoreditch, baker, from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. BANKRUPTS. Edward Scammell, Warminster, Wiltshire, China mer chant, to surrender Oct. 7,8, and 30, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Holmes, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn, London ; Chapman, Warminster. William Henry Dore, Bath, brush-manufacturer, Oct. I, 2, and 30, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Brittan, I3asinghall-street ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. George Bryson, Lad-lane, auctioneer, Sept. 25, at ten, Oct. 2, and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Fisher, Walbrook-buildings. Peter Worsley, Heaton-Norris, Lancashire, timber-mer chant, Oct. 7,8, and 30, at two, at the Star Inn, Man chester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Edge, Manchester. Charles Oliver, Tottenham-court-road, boot-maker, Sept. 22, at eleven, 28, at twelve, and Oct. 30, at ele ven, at the Court of Commissioners. Carter and Gre gory, Lord Mayor's Court-office, Royal Exchange. James Horton, Bolton le-Moors, Lancashire, innkeeper, Oct. 1, at five, 2, and 30, at nine, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Hurd and Johnson, Temple; Pendle bury, Bolton-le,•Moors. John Gouge Chalk, Barking, Essex, butcher, Oct. 6, at three, 16, and 30, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Stratton and Overton, Shoreditch. Thomas Ballard, Dock-head, Surrey, cheesemonger, Sept. 25, at twelve, Oct. 2, at twelve, and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Howard, Norfolk-street, Strand. DIVIDENDS. J. Chapman, sen., Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, clo thier, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Wheat Sheaves Inn, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire—T. Turner, Liverpool, shoe-dealer, Oct. 17, at one, at the Office of Mr. Mawds ley, Liverpool—J. Hughes, Hereford, baker, Oct. 20, at twelve, at the New Inn, Hereford--H. Greaves, Manches ter, merchant, Oct. 13, at tee, at the Palace Inn, Manchester —J. Collett, Strand, oilman, Oct. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—J. J. Thomas, Blandford, Dorsetshire, wine -merchant, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Corn missioners--W. D. Paine, Red Lion-street, Cleikenwell, iron -founder, Oct. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners —R, Ford, Regent's Terrace, City-road, merchant, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—A. Haviside, Bucklersbury, linen-manufacturer, Oct. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners--T. Lesingham, Wor cester, hosier, Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Bell Inn, Wor cester—J. Holmes and F. E. Edwards, Derby, booksellers, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—B. Allen, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn fields, coach plater, Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners —J. T. Earl, Lewisham, Kent, plumber, Oct. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Dunham, Coleman street, victualler, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. CERTIFICATES—Ocr. 9. S. T. Harding, Tamworth, Warwickshire, banker— A. Clarkson, Arbor-terrace, Commercial-road, ship-owner —William Portway Linsell, Sun-street, linen-draper— Christopher Hammond Wearing and William Green wood, St. Paul's Church-yard, London, merchants— R. More, Dean-street, Shadwell, distiller—J. Hunter, jun. Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, merchant—J. Ponten, Strand, hat-maker—R. H. Brown, Regent-street, coach-master— H. J. Stobbs, Newgate-street, warehouseman—R. Vinton, Union-street, Old Artillery-ground, tailor—R. Fitch, Sible Hedingham, Essex, miller—H. H. Sutton, Rutland-wharf, Upper Thames-street, coal-merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, A. Ferguson and F. Martin, Wood-street, Cheapside, silk-manufacturers—S. Crabtree and J. Mason, Leeds, cloth manufacturers—J. R. Stedman and I. H. R. Busell, Ratcliff, coal-merchants—T. Rogers, J. Pawson, and G. Chappelo, Huddersfield, stone-masons--B. Terry and W. Heap, Halifax, Yorkshire, linen-drapers --D. Ar mitage and C. Mann, Manchester, woollen merchants. POWER OF CONSCIENCE.—W e understand that an individual has been committed to gaol in Fayette ville, charged with having murdered a Mr. MoNaox, who was found dead near that place last winter, and whose death was attributed, at the time, to having fallen from his horse in a state of intoxication. The person now in prison was arrested in consequence of certain disclosures which were made by a white woman, who, having attended a camp meeting, became so much affected by the exercises, that she ceuld obtain no ease of mind, until she unbur thened her conscience. She confessed that the deceased MONROE was murdered at her house, and that WILLIAMSON (now in gaol) was concerned in the horrid deed !_New York Advertizer. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Court-martial on Captain Dickenson has ended in his complete and honourable acquittal. We certainly never perused a body of evidence in which charges were more vaguely spoken to, or from the looseness and generality of more than one of which charges a precise refutation of them appeared more difficult to establish. As a precedent, we should have thought it Hot a little dangerous if officers, on coming out of an arduous service, were to be left in doubt for twd whole years, whether they had or had not per formed their duty so as to exempt them from all risk of future accusation, and for errors of at most a secondary class; because it would be next to impossible for such men to go into action with any degree of confidence, that ever so lotig a delay of censure was to be a security against the final depreciation of their merits and de struction of their professional hopes. On that ground, distinct from every personal considera non for Captain Dickenson, we are gratificel by the result of his extraordinary trial. At the same time, most people seem to have been struck by the (somewhat unusual, perhaps) force and severity of expression employed by the Court in wording certain passages of its judgment. It was not enough to affirm that the charges had "not been proved," but they are directly described as " frivolous," "ground less," and "vexatious." Whom does this stern language hit ? and is it likely to pass with out producing some further consequence ? Sir Edward Codringtoa declared a dozen times that he had deprecated the prosecution. As prose cutor, therefore, in words at least, he stands un scathed. But the Admiralty pinned Sir Edward to his unfavourable report of the conduct of Captain Dickenson, which report contained the charges pronounced by honourable men upon their oaths, to be groundless, vexatious, and fri volous. We cannot say that this language gives us any pleasure. It is uncomfortable to see a brave and victorious officer like Sir E. Codring ton wounded in this manner, through the sides of even an inconsiderate report to the Admiralty, But there are few men so discreet as on ail oc casions to say just enough, and no more. The gallant Admiral appears in the present instance to have suffered from the recoil of his own gun, more than did the object at which he aimed it. Many persons speak as if they believed that there was a great portion of matter kept behind, and that it must be dragged forward for the sake of perfect justice. We attach no faith to such surmises.— Times. We copied into our Paper of yesterday, from the French journals of Tuesday, the following extract from the Gazelle de France, Evening Paper, which, speaking of the falsehood of its morning contemporaries, and quoting, as an in stance, the statement of the Courier Francais, charging it with being paid by the Minister of the Interior at the rate of 12,000 france, or 4801. a month, adds, " This sum is in fact the amount of the subsidy paid to the Journal des Debals, under the preceding Administration ; 6,000 f. a month were given to that journal by the Minister of the Interior and 6,000 f. by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. We repeat that the Gazette receives nothing either from one Minister or the other. The Gazette is the de. pendent of its principles alone,—it has no en• gagements with any individual." Aware how easily such charges are made, and how readily they are believed by the enemies of the accused party, we waited for the Journal des Dcbals of the Mowing day, to see what reply it would make before we directed any attention to the sub ject. We observe with regret that it has been silent. We say with regret, because though we cannot construe that silence into an admission of guilt, we think it ill-judged to despise a charge so specifically made by a contemporary, which the public, on such a topic, will believe well-in formed. The present Ministers at least must have given their countenance to the statement which has been published by their organ, and which re lates to the employment of the public funds placed at the disposal of their predecessors. The public press of France was, till lately, a great deal more liable to charges of corruption, or of direct influence, than our own. It would be superfluous now to recur to the time of the Em pire, when the Fouches and Itovigos were in the habit of summoning the editors of journals to their hotels,—distributing their parts as in a green-room rehearsal,--paying them for their services, or instructing them in the performance of their duties, like the Police Commissaries of districts under their charge. Since the return of the Bourbons the Government has often felt its want of popularity ; and being unable, like Na poleon, to levy the requisite supply of confidence or admiration (monter l'esprit publique) by the authority of the Police Minister, has been obliged to come into the market to purchase the ap plause or forbearance which it could not other wise obtain. Hence the establishment of seve ral journals, like the Drapeau Blanc, which owed their existence and support almost entirely to the funds of the Court, or to the secret-ser vice money of the Cabinet, and which were obliged to strike their flag when, by a change of Ministry or an alteration of sys tem, those supplies were withdrawn. This fact is so notorious to all persons acquainted with the newspaper press of Paris, as to admit of no doubt, and to require no proof. The Ministry of Villele, having a law in force by which no new print could be established without Government sanction, and thinking that if they could obtain by purchase, menaces, or force, the direction or the silence of all the existing jour nals, they would command public opinion, tried the latter experiment, and failed. The King was therefore obliged to withdraw from several of these refractory papers the aid which his privy purse had afforded, (because he could not con sistently support by his bounty publications which resisted his servants) ; and they were con sequently discontinued. Another class of jour nals in the mean time flourished, which, addres sing themselves to the popular mind, found their best patrons in the multitude of their readers. These, with the exception of the Jour nal des Debats, are of recent establishment, and all are of opposition politics. Three of them, the Constitutionnel, the Courier Francais, and the Journal du Commerce, never having had the happiness of seeing their political friends in power, have always been able to escape the charge of Government corruption. The Journal des t h y t the 11) s ipp e y - - i c n oi haa l tv l f e i an ug Villele b e r s az ) e b de t f ou r s es o l and s not cp o p eo r serstbi sup ported t ho l unfortunate, s n e ds a e t t er l e y , bit terly M. opposed it afterwards,—having given its countenance to the Martignac Cabinet, and be ing now employed daily in pouring out its vials of wrath on that which has succeeded it. Hence it has been exposed to the above• mentioned charge, which we have no doubt its respectable proprietors will be able satisfactorily to answer. i