The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-08 00:00:00

PARISH ASSESSMENTS. With regard to the inhabited house duty, it ap pears that Government is steadily proceeding to e qualize-the assessments throughout the kingdom, and to bring them up to the standard fixed by the late; but the process, in that portion of the country vhich is under the operation, causes a commotion S:rail ar to t h at w hi c h was l a tely experienced in Li verpool. The principle of the assessment of this tax is that of the full rent, or the annual value of the premises ; and this principle, if fairly enforced ju every town throughout the kingdom, would ope tate alike to equalize the burthen of every tenant, and to lighten it on the public at large, by placing All towns upon the same footing. It appears, by the report of a meeting recently held at Chorlton tow (part of: Manchester), that the inhabitants of that place complain of the equalizing measure, be cause by it they are raised.higher than their neigh bours. Liverpool has for years been in that situa tion, being assessed t o t h e poor upon t h e f u ll rent within ten per cent, while the surrounding town ships have been assessed at three-fourths, and less. - -The above report states the assessment of Chester to be upon three-fourths; Birmingham, two-thirds; Sheffield, two-thirds; .Derby, two thirds; Warrington, eery unequal. The assess mia in Leeds lately caused much agitation there among the rate payers; those who paid large sums, and who mere entitled .to six votes, being deprived of five votes, because the overseers chose to take the assessment upon one-fifth of the 10 " 1 51. The consequence of this proceeding was, that, instead of a rate of three shillings in the pound, they required a rate of fifteen shillings. We would her e ask, why Overseers of the Paor are allowed such a latitude of discretion, when all other branches of taxation are placed under regulation and re straint ? Are they so superior to other men in in tellect and judgment, and so much less liable to be actuated by th e f ee li ngs o f i nterest , capr i ce , or pre judice, that the valuation of every man's tenement and.premiees is to be left to their discretion, whe ther the assessment is to be the rack-rentor the esti mated value, or three-fourths, or two-thirds, or one fifth of the rental ? Common justice requires that the public, individually and collectively, should be Protected against the possible consequences of such such an arbitrary discretion, which has for so many Years imposed upon Liverpool a most unequal por twit of the county-rate, when compared with other Parishes. The discretionary power of laying such a rate in the pound as may be required for parochial purposes may safely remain with the overseers; but We trust that his Majesty's Ministers will, without delay, legalize an equal principle of assessment for the government of those officers. That principle, properly guarded, will not only prevent individual thjury, but will benefit the community at large in every parish, by a more equal and impartial distri bution of the poor-rates.---Liverpool Albion. NEW SYSTEM OF BANKING. We have before mentioned that the late casualties in the banking business of London have turned the attention of many persons to the consideration whether it is not capable of such improvements as Would prevent their recurrence in future, or, if not, Whether some entire change in the system now in use ought not to be recommended, and, if necessary, enforced by some legal provisions. Av this is a question beset on all sides by great difficulties, it may be useful to state in what they consist, in order that no time may be wasted on projects which never cam, in the present state of the law, be carried into effect. So far as greater security to the depositors in banks is to be deduced from an extension of the number of partners, or the formation of joint stock banking companies in London, the charter of the Bank of lingland presents in itself an insurmount able obstacle. It is the opinion of many that the Bank charter does not prevent such an establish n2entbeing formed, provided it confines itself to re ceiring deposits, and does not issue notes or accept bills this opinion is formed on the wording of the Passage of the Act of Parliament, which describes the only privilege the Bank is understood to possess, Which is thus expressed, viz.—That no company with more than six partners shall be allowed to " borrow; owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notespa yable on demand, or at any less time than six months." But if the parties who Hay propose to firm these banks rely upon the Bank of England confining its pretensions to the terms of this clause, they will probably find themselves mistaken. '1 his clause was first in troduced into the Acts for securing the exclu 4ive privilege of the Bank some fifty or sixty !,:ears ago; and is the only clause, we believe, that has been repeated in the Acts for the same pur- Pose subsequently passed. But there is another claus e in an Act of William and Mary, which the Bank contend is yet in force, which expresses that no other-institution shall be established in the nature of a. Bank, or to that effect. Upon this ground the Bank opposed the establishment of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, as an infringement of that Act; and to satisfy its scruples, a clause -was inserted in an Act obtained by that company for the regulation of copartnerships of Bankers in Ireland, to the effect that the Provincial Bank of Ireland was legally an Ir ish Bank, or a copartnership of persons united in Ireland.. It is probable, therefore, that no sort of arrangement can be formed under which it would belegal for a Bank with more than six partners to do any .kind of banking busiees, in London ; and that any attempt to form a company for such PorPose,.until the Batik charter has expired or is altered, would be premature. While . this continues to be the state of the law with respect to banking in London, it will be useless to bestow any further consideration on points of re- Form above adverted to. There is, however, a pro lect onfosit of another description, the aim of which teemS to be to produce all the immediate good with regard to banking that the present . state of the law will allow, and to prepare the way, by the time the Bank charter eiPiree, for the improvement of banking in London itself: The late modifications in that charter take limitations in the number of Partneri, provided the bank is formed at the distance of 65 'miles or more from the metropolis, but do not allow them to form any establishment for banking business,. n London.. This is the basis of the new project, which it is conceived may be carried into effect .itr the existing state of the laws, and of which the following is an outline : . 4 ' Li - That• atank be formed in London with an ade quate capital, obe raibed as it is wanted. "2L' That it shall take the proper steps to establish a separate bank, with a suitable capital, in every town in England, 65 miles from London, where one can be formed with advantage. 3. That the bank in London shall subscribe one-half of the• Capital of each local bank, and that the other half be subscribed on the'spot. "4.: That the capital subscribed by the parent bank be left in its hands, as a fund to be applied to in ease of emergency. "6. That each bank shall be managed by a board of directeVs, chosen by the local shareholders, the same as if it Lad no connection with the London Company ; but that such returns shall be furnished to the Court of Directors in London as shall give them at all times a complete view of its situation and management. That the parent bank shall also send inspectors, from time to time, to examine into and report upon the state of each bank mote minutely; and possera such powers of controill and interference as shall hereafter be deemed heat calculated :to secure both safe and successful management. "6. That any hank losing 25 per cent. of its capital, shall be dissolved . ipso facto." Much argument has been adduced on the part of the projectors, to show that this plan obviates all the difficulties usually attaching to such undertak ings, the consideration of which would, however, carry us too far beyond the usual limits of this article. • It will be sufficient to say, that at present it exists merely in the shape of n project, and has to take its chance for acceptance among the monied men of the city, respecting which great doubts, we should imagine, may be rationally entertained.— Morning- Paper. LTTtRATuttr. QUARTERLY 3.;ArITAZINE, 1,2!). We know Icw mAern literary Npc,ula:ions which deserve a ntwie libeial and e-:.t€ en couragement than the present. it it; an attempt tO supply a desideratum in our current litera ture, viz. a full and impartial biography of all those whose deaths have taken place within the intervals of publication, and who have suffi ciently distinguished themselves during life to justify such a memoir. We have merely to add that this desideratum is tilled up by the present work, which blends*utility with ornament; and so far as price is concerned, is within the reach of all classes. PUBLIC CHARACTERS. LONDON, 1929 If an ably condensed Memoir of some of the leading public characters of the day be likely to obtain► popularity, this little work, w e think, may very securely look forward to it. It is a well written, well-digested publication, with no strong political bias, but conceived and executed in a spirit of impartiality that cannot tail to gain .the suffrages of all parties. The different embellish ments that accompany the volume are of a supe rior order, as regards both finish and resemblance ; Lord Eldon's, in particular, is a truly forcible portrait. FRENCH THEATRE. Last night the French Company made ►heir se cond appearance here for the season. They are very strong in point of talent and versatility, and will, no doubt, obtain the same popularity that they did last year. The first piece was a lively bustling comedy, in one act, entitled The Angry Young Wife, in which a plot is introduced riot very unlike that of C'atherinc and Petruchio. Madame MAZERIER distinguished her self highly in this comedy, and was kept in admirable countenance by the spirited acting of Monsieur PELASSIE. They were, in fact, the sole support of the piece. In the Vaudeville Lconide, ou la Vielle Surcsne, Mademoiselle JENNY COLON gained consi derably on the good opinion of her audience. She is a pretty young woman, with much ease and vivacity. In the course of the evening she sang a song with such sweetness and taste as to call down an una nimous encore. Les ilfauvaises Tetes, ou Le Bard de Poudre, closed the night's entertainments, in which M. LA PORTE exhibited great powers of comic acting, as the servant to the Captain, who attempts to win his mistress, by threatening to blow up her relations with gunpowder. The house was far from crowded. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord George Seymour, from Hampton Court Palace; Countess of Mansfield, at her house in Brook-street, from a tour, Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer and Miss Sawyer, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from Clifton ; Capt. and Mrs. Williams, at ditto, from Reading ; John Congreve, Esq. and the Hon. Mrs. Congreve and family, at Long's Hotel, Clifford-street, from Italy; Joseph Reynolds, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Shrop shire; Captain Oswald, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington.street, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Shapwell, in Brook-street, from Brussels. DEPA RTURES. The Earl of Gosford, at the Hyde-park Hotel, for Suffolk; the Countess of Uosford and the Ladies Acheson, from ditto, for Kensington ; Lord Molyneux, for Croxteth Hall, near Liver pool ; Lord Montague, from his seat, Long Ditton, Bucks; Major Andrews, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, on a tour; William Hawkins, Eaq. from ditto, for Bristol ; Captain Hyde Parker and Hyde Parker, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Melford Hall, Suffolk ,• Captain Ross, from ditto, for Bath ; Henry Smyth, Esq. from Long's Hotel, Cliffbrd_ street, far Mount Harvey, Portarlington ; Henry Rich, Esq. for Reading, Berkshire ; Captain Hooke, B.N. from ditto, on a tour ; Sir Edward Blount, Bart. from ditto, for his seat in Staffordshire. ARRIVALS AT BATIL Lady F. Forbes, Prince de Chintzy, General Barry, Colonel Dare ; Lieutenant-Colonels and Mrs. Brookes, Pittman Majors Cadet!, Symons, Dicklin ; Reverend Mr. and Mrs. uriffith ; Reverend Messrs. Napleton, Mayo, Turner, Hinman, Inland, New, Trevillian ; Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Delavard, Edwards, Gill, Martin ; Messrs. Franklyn, Hooper, Lovett, Morgan, Sigby, Raikes, Lyon, Samuel, Austin, Oakley, Carting and family, Hann, Allen, Cooke, Titherston, Westerne, Timbrell, Oldham Pinson, Montgomery, Ross, Hayes, Tucker, Eulenstein, Hamilton, Ceef, Chadwick, Horton, Beard, New, Daubeney, Dickson, Cotterell ; Mistresses Bedford, Green, Shaw, Hans, Hayes, Morley, Bissett, Hunt, Hotchkin, Manning; Misses Morshead, Sims, Fisher, Bissett, Goldfinch, Hotchkin, Hunt, Drewett, &c. ARRIVALS AT CHILTENHAM. General Jackson, Doctor 'Williamson, Reverend J. W. Hayes, Rev. J. Barton, Rev. F. Gretton, Lieutenant-Colonel Hogg, Major end Mrs. Snowpaul, Captain Harrison, Captain Cortield, Mr. and Mrs. Christmas; Messrs. Ballantyne, J. Millward, Barnes, Pritchard, Unwin, G. Parkhouse, Wane, Wallington and family, Fulwassen, Hertle, Anstey, Vaughan, Clarke, Dol. phin, St. John, Lechmere, Patterson, 0. Bateman, Wiggins, Mathews, Mrs. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. Shaw, Miffs White, Miss Prosser, &c. ARRIVALS AT THE YORK HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Mr. Waring Maxwell, M.P., Mrs. W. Maxv . rell, Mr. Stapylton, Mr. and Mri. Stapylton, lion. H. Howard, M.P., Mr. Gratwick, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Kingdom, Mr. Barker, Lord Thos. Cecil, Mr. Brooks, Mon. W. Ashlc, , Hon. Mr. J. Ashley, Mr. J. E. Willie, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1n your Paper of Saturday, a Whitby Ship owner has inserted a lung paragraph against the Coal owners, in regard to the Vend. I should recommend him, 'ete be resume the pen, to look over the Coal Lists fur last year, and he will then see there was a surplus of ships every market-day. sow, Sir, that is a death-blow to his long story. The truth is, that the Ship-owners are annoyed they cannot obtain those high war freights, which enabled them to grow fat on shore, and make their childien ladies and gentlemen. Your most obedient, January S. JUSTICE. The Marchioness of Anglesea and Ladies Georgina and Agnes Paget vi.,ited the Earl and Countess of Errol this day. YVe are happy iu being able to state that the noble Earl is quite recovered. ilis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant is, we are happy to say, in the enjoyment of excellent health. Ho entertained a large dinner-party yesterday, at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Phaenix-park.—Dub.. lin Evening Packet. Yesterday the despatches ;or Bombay and China, by the ship Buckinghamshire, Captain R. Glass poole, were closed at the India House, and delivered to the Parser of that ship. DIED.—At his house, Upper Clapton, Wednesday, the 7th inst., Mr. Charles Hutchins, math years an inhabitant of Water-street, Strand, aged 70 years. His death will be a severe loss to his family; for he fulfilled, in their utmost extent, the various characters of a pod husband, a kind and affectionate father, and a faithful friend. We observe in the Cambridge news that Dr. Butler, who has for many years held the situation of head master of Harrow School, for which no man could be better qualified, has lately given in his resignation. The appointment of a successor rests with the governors of the school. A very extensive robbery has just been com mitted in the Church of St. Louis, at Cork, the thieves carried off the host, and every valuable armament in the place. The son of Mr. Elias Stubbs, of North So mercotes, near Louth, who is only three weeks old, is uncle to 27 individuals, and great uncle to one. It is understood that W. H. Hyett, Esq., of Painswick House, will, at the next General Election, offer himself as a candidate to represent the city of Glou center in Parliameut. St. Louis earnestly counselled his intimate friend, the Sire de Jainville, never upon any account to argue with an infidel. " The only way," said his saintly Majesty, " that a Christian can do in such cases, is to thrust his sword into his belly as far as it will go."—Me rnoirs de Joinville. NOTES OF A VOYAGER IN THE Du KE 07 YoaK Svaaama.—About six weeks ago I was in Ca diz, and them met with Washington Irving. A man with dark, hair, about forty years of age, and middle-sized —say five feet eight is heighth ; he is not handsome, but bass good masculine face; there is nothing remarkable in his appearance; and altogether, in conversation and manner, he is a common-place man. Ile has no formality, speaks without choosing his words, and is an agreeable man; but not what any one could call a hero. He has been wander ing over the whole of the ancient kingdom of Granada ; and it is a broad field, and, the soil is rich.—Morning Paper. FISH 11111%;7.- The Free Presv, BrunsWiek,• j ., - pic4ps a n a!ii: mated account of an attack - tip&t sr shOid'of blatk r ; fish, seventy or eighty in number, whieh'were'dis'. covered early on Momhy morning, the 6th ult. near Harpswi-l!, Me. Th e I habitants of that place and vicinity, tiirned Out with muskets, harpoons, axes, and had rare sport. They had killed several, when a council of war was held, and a most scien tific mode of attack was devised. This was to drive the flock into a narrow cove on Orr's island, where the tide would shortly leave them. Ten or twelve boats flanked the squad, and the main body Cut off their retreat in the direction of the sea. Captain John Curtis, of Harpswell, caused his barge to be rowed alongside of one of the largest of. dolphins, himself standing with one fnot braced on the bows of the boat, and the other on the back of his antagonist. He had taken this position to make the attempt of splitting open the head of the fish; but the boat, veering in its course, placed him in the dilemma of either falling into the water or springing on the fish's back. He adopted the latter alternative, and the whole company saw their gallant captain riding off astride upon the back of the dolphin. A full quarter of a mile was he borne along by this new and extraordinary mode of navigation before he alighted in safety. The speed with which the captain was carried through the air would have mocked the far-famed Beqjamin Frank fin, or any other steamer that ever floated upon the water. Captain Curtis did not, however, like Anion, entertain his dolphin with " harmonious strains" of godlike music; lie was constantly in flicting blows with his axe deeply into the monster's blubber. At the basin the remaining population of the island had collected to witne.is the unprecedented and astonishing spectacle, and the shouts of merri ment made the welkin ring again. " The timh below en am to and fro, Attaek'd from every quarter ; 4 Why sure,' thought they, they devil's to pay liongst folk above the water.' " As the tide ebbed away the dolphins, in all their movements, began to drag more or less heavily through the mud, and it became advisable to find, if possible, some more expeditious mode of destroying them. A long knife, it was found, plunged in the direction of the great blood-vessels, soon exhausted the fountain of its purple stream, and, so great were the torrents of blood thus shed, that the water for sixty rods was of a deep crimson colour. But all of them were not so easily to be despatched. One young man, who had long been engaged unsuccessfully with one of the largest-sized dolphins, at length got him entangled in a strong rope, and as he was partly swimming, and partly dragging himself through the mud, he dexterously coiled it round a tall cedar, which held him fast. Another, imitating the example of Cap tain Curtis, sprang upon the back of his antagonist, and, with the design of strangling him, ran with his fist into his spiracle, or breathing hole, which is situated on the back, and just at the base of the skull; but he had scarcely got it well planted there before a blast from the lungs of the monster ejected it so suddenly and forcibly, that he believed, until Le had looked twice to assure himself to the con trary, that his fist had actually flown off the handle ; he lost his presence of mind, and fell into the water, which was but four or five feet deep, however, and this enabled him to raise his own spiracle above the surface of the water, so that he experienced no other inconvenience from the accident but getting a thorough wetting. Before sunset all the fish were despatched. It was truly a day of blood and car nage, and it is remarkable that not a single indivi dual was injured. This fish is said to be a species of the dolphin, called by naturalists deiphinus glebyceps. The late S.E. gales probably drove them down into these moorings, which proved any thing but hospitable to those tenants of the deep. It is thought that about 70 barrels of oil might be made from them, worth 700 to 1,4400 dollars. One of the dolphins had a harpoon in his carcase, which appeared to have been there a great length of time. The law of the chase was, that every one should have what ho could kill, or catch and secure. MURDER AT MANCHESTER. On Monday morning a man named Cliff was taken into custody at Manchester, on the charge of having murdered his wife. It appears that on the morning of the new year his wife went to a public house, where he had been drinking freely, to fetch him home : on their way home he beat her, and, on being remonstrated with, threatened to do so again. Soon after his arrival at home the neigh bours were alarmed by the cries of Cliff's children ; on entering the house the poor woman was discover ed in a dreadful state, three of her ribs broken, her head beaten almost to a jelly, and several wounds on her body, of which she died on Sunday last. The husband was found concealed in a loft. How the deed was effected is unknown, excepting to the children in the house, of which the oldest is the only one capable of giving evidence. On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Town hall Tavern. The Jury proceeded to Coneyhurst to view the body; they then 1 - eturned to the Tavern to hear the evidence. They shy that they never saw such a dreadful spectacle as the body presented. One eye was nearly knocked out, four ribs were driven in, one knee was much injured, and it ap peared these injuries must have been inflicted pre viously to the body being taken up stairs, and to have been done by kicks. His shoes were extremely thick and completely nailed, and would weigh at least six pounds. Thee were marks on her chest of the bottom or soles of shoes, as if stamped upon her. There was a most dreadful wound in the ab domen of about six inches, which the surgeons stated must have been perpetrated by a sharp in strument, but there was no evidence as. :o any in strument having been found. There was a common knife and a razor. Cliff had changed his shoes after kicking his wife, and had given them to his child to oil. The jury returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder." The prisoner was eommitted, on the Coroner's warrant, to Lancaster gaol, to take his trial at the next Assizes. A more ferocious case has not, perhaps, been brought before the public for a long time. It turns out 'that Cliff has been in the continual habit of heat ing his wife and that he once broke her arm. lie does not carry this ferocious appearance about him. He is about tire feet eleven inches high. - His wife always bore the character of being an industrious woman, but the neighbours say she was always afraid of hiin, and did everything in dread of his displeasure. She was not sensible after the in juries she had received, and never spoke after, except singing two verses of a song, which plainly showed she did not know what she was doing. We regret extremely to learn that the ,health of Bishop James continues still in a precarious and even dangerous state. Au affection of the liver we understand to be his Lordship's complaint. By his medical attendants his Lordship has been advised to proceed to sea, without delay—and the probability is that England will ultimately be his destination.— Oriental Observer, Aug. 3. LOSS OF THE TRANBY.-Latit night, about ten o'clock, this fine vessel, which was moored off the Citadel, parted from her anchor, and drifting dawn the Humber, took the ground two miles below Hull, and fell on her side. The crew escaped with difficulty. They had just arrived from Archangel, after a stormy passage of 12 weeks, during which they had suffered dreadfully from the inclemency of the weather. Haring surmounted all rangers and difficulties, and the ship being moored with a chain cable only a few hundred yards from the harbour, one would naturally have imagined all cause for apprehen sion was over—yet, even here, they were wrecked, and had a narrow escape from . death. We saw the 111.11 this morning, it had drifted with the tide, and at nine o'clock lay half-way between the New Dock and the Pottery, dis tanfa quarter of a mile'froin the shore. We understand she is laden with set:4.—HO/ Packet ofltiesday.. • ORIIN INTELLIGENCE. 013 K, SPRING AIRE:TING-1889 t 1.1151 PAY.—Slveep:takes of 20 soya. each. Lot mile ; - a nd three gnat ters. Mr. BAird's Scow., by Fizz-Orvillo r —Marphisa Lord'-Kelburne's or. e. by Visconlit—Nell Mellon Duke of LtLcds's ch. e. by W'llisLer—/todocantha Mr. Pere's IVetherliy, by Cervantes. Mr. Bailey's Brille, by Fiiho (fa Puts or Magistrate Mr. Kirby's b. c. by Blacklock—Sheba's Queen Mr. Healey's b. e. by Grey Melton, dam by CODDII Lord Langford's Sir Hercules, by Whalebone Spi ing St. Leger.—Sweep,takes of 26 sovs. each. Last mile and three-quarters. Mr. Nowell's Roundwaist, brother to Longwaiet Lord Cleveland's Tamboff, by Blacklock—Alfana Lord Kelburne's hr. c. by Smulensko—Georginna Lord Milton's Hydalgo, by Cervantes—Valentina .Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim, by Blacklock _Mr. Haywood's Sandoval, by Cervantes Mr. I'etre's Rowton, by Oiseau • SECOND DAY.—The Filly Stakes.—Sweepstekes of 20 - soya. each. Last mile and a half. Lord Scat borough's H. by Smolcnsko—Lady Georgiana's d. Mr. Fletcher's br. by Mad:lock—Arabella Mr. G. Serjeantson's eh. by St. Patrick, darn by Woful Mr. T. O. Powlett's bl. by Jack Spigot—Miss Fanny Mr. St. Paul's hr. by Orville—Arbutus's dant Lord Fitzwilliam's Dora, sister to Medora Mr.. W. Riebardson's Juliana, by Peter Lt;ly Mr. Gibbesou's Lady Sarah, by Tramp Mr. Sykes's b. by Colotalbus, dam by Walton .The Shorts.—Sweepstakes of 30 sort. eaeh, h. 1. Last • mile. Lord Scarborough's ch. 1. by Pilgarlick, dam by Whisker Lord Cleveland's Voltaire, bylilack!ock--Phantos► Mr. T 0. Powlett's Penhill, by Jack Spigot Mr. Riddell'e Principe, by Whisker—Princess Mr. Ridsdale's Donation, by Borodino Lord Langford's Sir Hercules, bs Whalebone Mr. Earnshaw's Elastic, by Waverley, d. byThunderbolt Gold Cup, a 4.3ubscription of 20 soya. each, value 100 sore. and the surplus in specie. Two miles. Mr. Armitage's Velocipede, by Blacklock, 4, yrs Lord Cleveland's Memnon, by Whisker, aged Lord Cleveland's Nonplus, by Catton, 3 yrs Lord Kelburne's Act son, by Scud, aged Major Yarburgh's Laurel, by Blacklock, 5 yeti Two-year-olds' Stakes.—Sweepstakes of 30 sore. each. T. Y. C. Mr. Baird's Ramona, by Whisker—Lady Crandeszer Lord Scarborough's b. c. by Catton, dam by D. Andrews Mr. Nowell's b. f. by Orville or Iyanbee—Rantipole Mr. Nowell's b. f. by Orville—Rosanne Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Woful—Enielia Sir E. Dodsworth's br. c. by St. Patrick, dam by Woful Mr. G. Serjeantson's Savoyard, by Swiss—Sister to Luss Mr. Ridadale's Brian, by Blacklock—Princess, by Comas Duke of Leeds's ch. f. by Blacklock—Lady of the Vale Duke of Leeds's hr. F. by Whisker—Bluebeard's dam Duke of Leeds's br. f. by Grey Middlehasn—Miss Clift Mr. Western's b. e. by Waxy Pope, dam by Swordsman Mr. T. 0. Powlett's ch. c. by Jack Spigot Mr. T. 0. Powlett's gr. f. by Young Phantom Lord Milton's sister to Barataria, by Cervantes Mr. lielxlen's ch. c. Splendour, by Sovereign Mr. Walker's Anteus, by Blacklock—Sophy's darn Mr. Bailey's Utrecht, by Figaro—Tamboff's dam Mr. Gaseoigne's br. 1. by Figaro—Trulla Lord Sligo's Drudge, sister to Sligo, by Waxy Pope Mr. Jaques's b. f. by Swiss—Comedy Mr. Peirse's Tip, by Swiss—Wagtail - Mr. Watt's b. e. by Blacklock, dam by Walton Mr. Watt's b. c. Doctor Oloroso, brother to Metnnon Les? Dim—The Second Year of the Constitution Stakes of 20 sous. each, h. ft. One mile and a quarter. Lord Scarborough's Cambridge, by Catton, 4 yrs Lord Kelburne's b. f. by Blacklock—Marchesa, 4 yrs Duke of Leeds's Jenny, by Whisker, 4 yrs Mr. T. 0. Powlett's bl. f. by Jack Spigot, 3 yrs Lord Milton's Medora, by Cervantes, 5 yrs Mr. Petre's Velocipede, by Tilacklock, 4 yrs Mr. Ridsdale's Juliana, by Peter Lely, S yrs Major Yarburgh's Belinda, by Blacklock, 4 yrs YORK AUGUST AIEETING, 1829. FtasT DAY.—The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 25 so's. each, 10 ft. One mile and three quarters. • Mr. Houldsworth's Abe!, by Filho da Puta Mr. "Walker's gr. c. by Cannon.Ball—Williarnson's Ditto Mr. W. Fox's br. e. by Macduff, darn by Beningbrougk Mr. Bailey's:Bridle, by Filho or Magistrate Lord Langford's Sir Hercules, by Whalebone SEIIOND DAY.—Sweepstakes of 20 sots. each. T.Y.C. Mr. Gray's c. by Whisker, dam by Paynator Lard Scarborough's br. c. by Catton, darn by D. Andrewa Mr. Westgarth's Gen. Honeywood, by Swiss Mr. Houldsworth's Thorsby, by .Sherwood—Tete lli Mr. Houldsworth's Crescent, hy Blacklock Mr. Ridsdale's Brien, by Blacklock— Princess Duke of Leeds's br. f. by Whisker—Blue Beard's dam Duke of Leeds's hr. 1. by Grey Middleham—Miss Clift Mr. T. 0. Powlett's gr. f. by Young Phantom Lord Milton's Sister to Barataria, by Cervantes Mr. Petre's The Major, by Whisker—Delphine Mr. Dowbiggin's br. c. by Figaro—Fitz—Oreille's dam . Mr. A. Bower's Tartarina, by Tramp Mr. W. Fox's ch. f. by Blacklock, dam by Walton Mr. Bailey's Utrecht, by Figaro—Tamboff's dam Mr. Foljambe's hr. f. by Whisker, dam by Walton Lord Sligo's Drudge, sister to Sligo, by Waxy Pepe Mr. Watt's Apantador, by Blacklock—dam by Walton The Filly Stakes.—Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, h. ft. Last mile and three quarters. Lord Scarborough's bl. by Smolcnsko—Lady Georgians's d. Mr. Ifouldsworth!s Lady Louisa, sister to Borodino . Lord Milton's Sister to Mulatto, by cotton Mr. Petro's Apollonia, sister to Delphine, by Whisker Mr. Gibloeson's Lady Sarah, by Tramp Lord Sligo's Tat, by Langer—Wire Mr. Forth's b. by Wadi, darn by Election—Amnon FOCILTII Div.—Sweepstakes of 30 sots. each, 10 ft. Last mile and a quarter. Mr. Crompton's The Blundering Farrier, by Whisker Lord Scarborough's eh.. f. br Pilgarlick, darn by Whisker Lord Scarborough's hr. f. by Carton, dam by D. Andrews Mr. J. Lee's f. by Duplicate, darn by Equator Sir E. Dodswortlee Young Patrick, by St. Patrick Mr. Houldsworth's Lady Louisa, by Smolensko Mr. Mouldsworth's Fortitude, by Whisker Mr. Rids&le's Tyke, by Tramp, darn by Cervantes Mr. S. L. Fox's br. f. by Magistrate, dam by Cock Robin Mr. T. 0. Powlett's bl. f. by Jack Spigot—Miss Fanny Mr. Rids&le's Prineipe, by Whisker—Princess Lord fitxwilliam's 3larcelb, by Whisker Mr. W. Scott's Tranby, by Blacklock Mr. Haywood's Sandoval, by Cervantes Mr. Ridsdale's Donation, by Borodino Lori'• Normanby's Florence, by Blucher Mr. Pstre's Rowton, by Oiseau Mr. Petre's Netherby, by Cervantes Mr. Bower's Timour, by Tramp, dam by Wait,. Mr. W. Fox's be. a. by Masduff, darn by Besingborough Mr. Robinson's Bolivar, by Blacklook Mr. Bailey's Brielle, by Filho or Magistrate Mr. Gibbeson's Wandering Boy, by Oiseau Mr. Chilean's Don Jose, by Don Juan Lord Wilton's ch. c. by Cervantes, darn by Governor Lord Sligo's Vat, by Langar—Wire Lord Langford's Sir Hercules, by Whalebone Mr. Gascoigne's bl. 1. by Smolensk°Louisa Mr. Gaseeigne' oh. c. by Tramp Coral Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah, by Tramp Mr. Healey's gr. c. by Grey Mahon, dem by Cooing FIGHT between WILCOCKSON and RANDALL for 1001. A SIDE, at MELTON MOWBRAY. The fight between Wilcoekson and Randall, two men of Nottinghamshire, for 1001. a side, which has excited the utmost attention of the fancy of Nottingham, and the adjoining counties of Leicestershire and Yorkshire, came off yesterday at Nether Broughton, between eight and nine miles from Melton Mowbray, on the Nottingham road. An immense concourse of spectators assembled, amongst whom we noticed Sir Harry Goodrich, Captain Garth, lord Forrester, and most of the gentlemen of the chase from Melton. The combatants,:who had been training at Langley Mill, Notts, under:the superintendance of the phe nomenon of the Ring, Young Gas, cod Morgan, .11 , 11 Hudson's Black, arrived on 31onday right at the std Lien Ind, Broughton, both in good spirits, and eager for the fray. The circumstance of their arrival having got wind—not by means of the Court Circular, but common report, speedily reached the cars of the webs of the village, the Parson and the Magistrate to wit, and busy rumour said that preparations wcie in agits.ion to prevent the fight taking pace in that neighbourhood. Twelve o'clock was the time appointed : the pugilists, attended by their seconds, and followed by an immense number of persons (chiefly mounted), from various parts of the country, proceeded to the lordship of Old 11,14, where the stakes bad been previously fixed, on a most eli gible spot of ground chosen by the umpires ; but on reaching there, the parson of the parish and • a prise of constables had taken possession of the ring, and pisitively refueeel te allow the fight to proceed..., Flu whole cavalcade was therefore sent to the right .e.honte . consultetion e ef the men's supporters then ensued, :nud it. was .ifelerniitiod to repair to the Lord ship of Ze ether Brought4m, where a good-natured, kind hearted fernier offered the nate of his field, but he did mit t;irget te exact tid. frt in each linesman and drageman before they entered, and succeeded by this manoeuvre in pocketing upwards of 201. Gas and Morgan the Black entered the chilling arena with their men, about one o'clock; it was a good piece of ground, but covered with snow, and some time was occu pied in clearing it away. Some of the friends of Wil cockson objected to the Black as his second, having seen hint and Gas in familiar conversation ; and, fearing that some conspiracy was in agitation, resolves! that Wilcock son should be seconded by his own friends, although there were not the least grounds for the suspicion. At twenty minutes past one o'clock the men commenced peeling, they appeared in very good condition. Wilcock son is the tallest by a head, and more muscular than Ran dall. this weight is 12 stone, and that of his antagnniet, Randall, 9 stone I I pounds. They had fueght two years ago, when, in consequence of an accident happening to Wilcockson, the battle was drawn. Wilcockson is an ex ceedingly this looking man, and 3 to 1 were readily offered in his favour. Randall is a well forreed athletic dapper chap, and not much unlike Dick Curtis, though scarcely so tall. The fight - commented and continued in favour of Wil coekson for 40 rounds, Randall continually hitting and falling from the force of his antagonist's weight ; the bet ting was 20 to 1 on Wileoekson, when about the 30th round Randall's luck and the odds changed. He turicefioored Wilcockson, who appeered to he getting gradually weaker. The fighting began to be very desperate on both sides, and Randall was dreadfully punished about the head. It was apparent that Wilcockson was too mach fur him. In the 97th round Wilcockson planted a heavy hit upon Randall's chest, which floored him ; Wilrockson was following up his blow, and struck Randall when down. A cry 'of " un fair !" took place, and the ring was immediately broken. A warm discussion ensued between the parties, as to whe ther the blow was really foul, and the Referee eventually confirmed it by giving it in favour of:Ptandall. The battle lasted three hours, being the longest since Spring and Langan's fight. Both men combatted on the whole very fairly, and displayed science that would not have disgraced the first man in the Pr;ae Ring, and there is no doubt that the foul blow was given unintentionally. The rounds were so numerous that we could not find space to give them in rotation. The match between Young Gas and Hardy of Ripley, for 1001. a side, which was to have taken place this week, is off, Hardy having paid forfeit. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR, TIM WEBS. The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Colton ; and Saturday, at Providence Green—at half past ten. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Thornborough Dar; and Saturday, at York-gate--at eleven. The Lambton Fox-hound., on Thnrsday, at Hordon ; and Saturday, at Wordwall-house----at ten. Sir T. Stanley's Hounds, on Friday, at flooton--at ten. 111 r. Price's Hounds, en Thursday, e.: Gross; and Satur day, at Frith Fawr--at half.past ten. The Plas Teg Harriers, on Thursday, at Bryn y Ball— at half-past ten. The Holderness Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Rise ; and Saturday, at Filnwisk Percy—at eleven. MR. STEPHENSON.—We are perfectly aware of the intense anxiety that prevails in this city at the pre sent moment respecting this individual. Although we are in possession of a great deal of information, we forbear, at the request of a competent authority, to communicate it to the public, lest we should interfere with the course of jus tice. We may mention so much, that Bull, the pilot, has returned home with his skiff. --Bristol Mercury. MR. ROWLAND STEPHENSON.—On the third day after the disappearance of Stephenson, the con duct of two persons, who had very recently hired lodgings in Henry-street, Pentonville, excited suspicion. One of them, who appeared to he the principal, confined himself wholly to his apartments, and was occupied for a consi derable part of the day burning papers in the drawing room. His landlady remonstrated with him upon the abuse of her best apartment, and said that if he had more papers to burn, he might do so in the kitchen. This circumstance, and others of a suspicious nature, were talked of in the neighbourhood, and it was conjectnred that the paper-destroying gentleman, and the other, who passed as his servant, might be Stephenson and his clerk. They seem to have taken the alarm, as they suddenly quitted the lodgings ; and the following day the house was visited by Police Officers, who made particular inquiries after them. It was not known who they were, however, and they have not since been heard of in that neighbourhood. TIVF.LFTII NIGHT.—An object of great at traction in New Bond-street, on Tuesday evening, was a representation of the Mountainous Pass of Aneyio, where many Greek families perished by cold and hunger, when driven from the plain by the Turks ; the Greek warriors are in the act of defending the position to the last. At the summit of the rock appears a monastery, with the Priests at prayer near the fountah, which has a beautiful effect.— There is a terrific grandeur about the whole scene. This ingenious specimen of the arts in pastry was the production of Mr. Jarrin, the Italian confectioner. The. death of a woman who was an example of a very rare longevity, took place in the commune of Chaucelade, on the 27th December. This woman, named Frances Descours, was on the eve of attaining her 111 th year. Her body was nothing more than a dried-up skele ton, but she had not lost, even to her very last day, either her perfect senses or her good spirits. It is to be remarked, that she had had a fall within the last six months, by which her thigh was broken. She was not bedridden until this : , erind, and it is affirmed that her death is to be attributed to this accident.—Bulletin de 14 Dordogne. It has been remarked that the parties of . his Majesty are principally composed of Whip. Thus, for instance, at the Royal entertainment, on the last day of the year, were the Dukes of Devonshire and Dorset, Lord and Lady Cowper, Lord Melhonrn, Mr. Agar Ellis, and Lady Virginia Ellis, Mr. Frederick Lamb, Lord and Lady Granville, &c. It will thus appear that his Majesty is not without the tact serviceable to Royalty. His Majesty, no doubt, dislikes the fatigue of snaking Cabinets ; but he likes to have adherents in both camps. The clergy, gentry, yeomanry, and others, re siding at BriAgewatec, have signed a public declaration of their sentiments, in opposition to the claims of the Roman Catholics.—Bath Chronicle. PROTESTANT MEETINGS.--The largest Protestant ?Jetting ever held in Ireland will be that of ,the county of Fermanagh this day at Enniskillen. Cavan is summoned ; and we should hope that before Parliament meets every Northern County will bave assembled in sup 'ort of our glorious Protestant Constitution.—Dublin In conformity to a late order from the Post- Master-General, the two-penny post has been discon tinued to all towns and villages below Langford and Wrington, and, consequently, Batmen and Weston-super- Mare are put under the general delivery, and taxed ac cordingly, to the no small inconvenience of the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood.—Bath Chronicle. We are glad to say that the year has closed without any such suffering to the working,classes as might have been expected from the late large failures. The hands discharged by the insolvent concerns have generally con tinned to find employment from other warehouses, with out submitting to any great reduction in wages. A good deal of indifferent work has, no doubt, been taken out, which, in brisker times, would have been refused ; but after failures to the extent of about a fifth part of the capi tal employed in manufacturing, it must appear a favourable indication of the state of the trade, that severe distress has not been induced.-- Glasgow Chronicle. DREADFUL SUICIDE.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, a young man of genteel appearance, whose name we understand is Macdonald, put an end to his existence by throwing himself from Waterlon-bridze into the Thames; he was accompanied by a respectably dressed female to his fatal destination ; a few minutes before he left his residence he wrote half--a-dozen letters to his relatives in Scotland, where he was a native. When on the bridge he told the female he should not live long, she, of course, little think ing of his fatal intent, laughed at the saying, and took no further notice of it ; they bad not proceeded scarcely a dozen steps, when he took off his coat and hat, and leaped over the btttlement ; the shrieks of the female brought several persons to the spot, but the rapidity of the stream plunged him instantly into eternity; drags were procured, but to no use, the female wa► conveyed to her residence insensible ; her feeling, may he easier felt than described. It appears he was a young roan of steady habits, and has been emplcyed by Mr. Leist,: ritch-manufacturer of Regents street, for the list five years SPIRIT OF THE LONDO. JOL-E.:\AL Notwithstanding the passengers in the streets of London were stunned with the cries of hawkers, announcing the particulars of the cap ture of Stephenson, it seems to be believed, though it is not ()main, that he has escaped to America; and the next inquiry is, whether the Government of the United States will give him up. " Clearly not. There is no treaty which binds them and us to a reciprocal surrender of moral or legal delinquents; am! such treaty belee r e non-existent, he has violated no laev it) America - . There, therefore, he has a right to shelter, and atel we b e li eve . to the usual security of persons livin g i n p ceee in the country which they inhabit. A t l eas! , such is our view of the subject, rational men will concur with us. 'a cre is „ ot a subject of greater delicacy in the public law of nations than that which reguithes the st a t e o f fugitives from one country to another. Thc line which separates criminal from political offences is, in many cases, indistinguishable; and if men, upon a principle of morals, arc to be seized and given up for the former, it will not be long before all the latter shall be, by expla nations and glosses, drawn within their character and circumscription, and then, as Gibbon justly observes, the whole world would be but eiee great prison : there would be no escape from tyrannic power, whether exercised by single: despots, by aristocratic combinati o n s , or by triumphant rebels.— Timex. The wretched man (if we maw apply that name to him) Burke, has made a more ample confession as to his horrid practices than leo; been before made public. It is to be well un derstood that these statements of his arc to be received with extreme caution : he cannot he be lieved, even at the moment when sent to render his final account. Hope he has none in tine world ; but the habits of a wicked life are not to be shaken off in a moment, though death be about to follow, and falsehood be et once MA lignant and vain. He cannot, probably, speak the truth, even if he would ; yet though his af.;‘ , sertions be unworthy of credit, facts cannot alteG and we think there arc sufficient of these to prove that there Las been an hideoue megligettee on the part of the medical men who reeeiYed the bodies of the Murdered. It is said tlieee flare is to he tried. We hope no general prin ciple of law or practice will be violated to get at this wretch and his wife. The short time that they, in the course of nature, have to breathe ihei common air, is not a boon of such importance that it is worth the while to rend it from them, if a precedent might thereby be established capable of misapplication. It is clear that if Hare is to be tried, he cannot be tried on any of the thrce, charges included in the indictment on which Burke was tried and convicted solely through his evidence.—lbid. We were not a little surprised at the acquittal of Helen Macdougal by an Edinburgh Jury but we are still more surprised at a statement in an article which we have extracted from the Ca ledonian Mercury, that two of the Jurymen were opposed to the conviction of Burke, from conceiving that the evidence against hiinevas nut sufficiently clear. The paper in question sup poses this strange error in judgment ettribut able to the effect produced on understandings not certainly of the first order, by the eloquence of the advocate for Burke. It would appear the big-heads, on which our northern neighbours were taught to plume themselves some time ago. in an elaborate phrenological article in one of their Jounials, are, after all, not much better for mental purposes than the smaller heads of the south. A Jury capable of acquitting Mac dougal may be equalled, but cannot be surpassed in mental obliquity; but the two Jurymen who wished to acquit Burke must have been alto gether deranged. And, after all, if they weie deranged, what are we to think of those who could put them on such a trial ? We shall be told, perhaps, supposing the eloquence of the Advocate to have led these poor men so far astray, that this is an argument against allow ing Counsel for prisoners. But may it not also be an argument against trials by Jury ? If a Jury can be so easily bamboozled by an Ad vocate, may not they be as easily bamboozled by the insidious eloquence of a Judge ? But the Judge may be fair in his charge ; then the result is dependent on the honour of the Judge, rather than on the capacity of the Jury. That. great injustice is done every day by Juriee, and has always been done, is matter of notoriety. We need not go to Edinburgh fur instances. There are now in Newgate, under sentence of death, two raw Irish lads, convicted of an un natural offence, on the evidence of one female, contradicted on the trial by several witnesses as well us by the circumstances of the case. E. cept the Jury who convicted these youths, we do not believe there is to be found in this wide metropolis one individual who believes them guilty. A few months ago a respectable gen tleman was most unjustly convicted, and sen tenced to half a year's imprisonment, fur an sd leged attempt against the virtue of a girl.— , Several instances of most incredible attempts; were stated by the girl ; and although the gen tleman was able on the trial to prove an alibi by mast respectable witnesses, in all the instances but one, on the unsupported evidence of this girl he was found guilty. Having succe e d e d i e establishing his innocence t,o the satisfitction of the Home Secretary, he was liberated long be fore the lapse of the period of his sentence ; but no thanks to the Jury. We took pains to make some inquiries into this case, and learned that the Jurors reproached themselves afterwards for having given way to one of their number, an individual more distinguished for furious zeal than judgment. In this way the fate of indi viduals in this country is determined. The guilty are often acquitted, and the innocent con demned. The best reasnn for the existence of the Institution is, that bad Judges under bad Governmests would convict, against evidence, all whom it was wished to convict, and acquit, against evidence, all whom it was wished to ac quit. In this way, the minds of :nen would be completell prostrated. On' the other hand, the injustice of Juries is of the nature of chance, and does not discdurage men, the disposition to rely on our good fortune being a part of our nature. The errors in judgment of Juries, too: serve oc casionally to correct bad laws, which arc thus defeated, but which the Legislature would not repeal. Injustice by accident is like suffering by accident. Were the commander of a regi ment to select only one man for punishment on account of a particular act, all the regiment might be deterred, whereas the same regiment would. again and again expose itself to a lire, by which several individuals .are cut off. On the other hand, we are satisfied that both our Laws and our Judges would have been better, lent for the existence of Juries. We have a ~ •;e v curious statement on this point in Reeve's Histor y ihe English Late. " Sir Thomas More,' ete. I I