The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-15 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-,(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Dec. S.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Jane Catherine, Davis, for Jamaica; R6 yal Charlotte, Dudtnan, for Bombay ; and Pfo teugi for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. E.S.E.—Off • Port, the Jeannette, Prindt, from Surinam. . PLYMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.W.-01T Port, . the Ma rkaret,Burbeek, from St. Lucia. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Prompt, Donalthon, from Buenos and Birmitaglum, Ayres ; H'u'ris, from New York. Lap --R ic; DEC. 12.--Arrived the Hannah, —4lll Pbell, from Quebec; and Sarah, Randall, from Quebec. W ELL% DEC. 12.—The Friends, Hendry, grounded on the east side in coming into this harbour yesterday, but was got otr next tide after b e i ng lightened, and it is supposed has not sustained much damage- The V - , edra, from Sunderland to Hamburg, out 0 ' 43 daYg, was spoken with the II th inst., six miles the eastward of Smith's Knowl, by the Prince Oscar packet, arrived at Ilavannalt. P• The Theodore, Lowrie, from Westport, and the ike nir, Rowland, f rom Ballyshannon to Liverpool, *re stranded at North liist the sth inst. T he . Concord, f rom Youghall to Southampton, is lost on the coast of Ireland. The Sisters, Ramsay, from Demerara, is supposed to be arrived off Dover. The Henry, White, of London, was driven on ` lll ,°re at Gibraltar, during a most violent gale at on the 23d ult. T he Corneli a , M or i n , f rom C ape Il ayt i an t o ‘Aaates, was wrecked on Belle Isle the 5d inst. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAT.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. The CITY, York P a p ers t o t h e 28 t h o f N ovem b er scat New th at b y accounts from New Orleans to the Ist N °rember, the New' Orleans P a p ers are congra t f ulatin g the public upon the retu rn o f h ea l t h, an d a r ost has set in at Francesville and Port Gibson, nich had stopped the fever. A number of Spanish `"meers had arrived there from Tampico, on account of the scarcity of provisions, and General Barradas W4l still there. The schooner Rebecca and Eliza, of .Go t ir he above port, had been seized by the Mexican enem"ltent, havi ng on b ear d provisions for the T• Th Mexican Papers of the 9th October say, -at tile. 'Presid ent i nten d e d to convo k e t h e Con -1!" and resi gn hi s extraor di nary powers , an d the s t gislatu re h ad passed a resolution to felicitate a nta Anna and Teran for their triumph at Tampico. th C tebee Pap ers to t h e 18 t h N ov . , M ontrea l to ,o Oth and Canton Papers to the Ith have been received at the North and South teernellean Coffee-house. The new Montreal Ga -0 le contains a long statement of some unpleasant ~&rences which have arisen between the . 111 `"lneer at the head of the Commissariat Depart tiiiin,, and a Field Officer of the Royal Artillery, at nee k e :t itt i o a ni but the above Paper does not think it sub' " I to enter into further particulars on the ject. After ensued. B° rne days of cold weather a tham has The Nlontreal Papers state that the late seasom 2r "'s an unusual scene of bustle and activity, a to -we4t number of c ra f t are now b usy l oa di ng f or t h e er Ports. T he Ca n t on R eg i ster o f the 18th April brings the arri va l there from Pekin of An Imperial Envoy, 11 /11 i l lode name is Wan he brought with g- mg; has Il,rn a Proclamation for a general mitigation c f p u - Eh is lrnent to all of f enders, i n consequence of the mpress Mother having received a new and dig nified title. (From the Canton Price Current.) OSome activity has been given to our Opium ttket by the arrival of the Louisa with the new ;engal d rugs: f ew sales hive lately been made in .44 ;'‘ 11, , the price has declined. pitfr!ie deliveries up to the 15th inst. were— tow, Benares G 4, and Malwa 102 chests -111 chests. stoc 4letch k of Cotton in the hands of the Hong at , s it 3 on the 14th Ivereomy 22,5/4 ,tsetigitl 23,049, M a dr a s 500 -total s 54,116. Li tt l e THE FUNDS. (Iz., or no activity h as y et b e en displayed in the Qt 911°1 Market. Coosols, which left off' yesterday Prif: l ,i , opened at 94i for the Account, at which Pric e # remain steady at present. f orth Dams from Poland state that the recruiting ittitte array is going on with great actiyity._ , ' d 1 4 hiDuke Cerhtantine was expected at Warsaw recember. the Foreign Market kia, ENGLISH ti ""-) 216 17 S teck, ter Cent. Cora. shut teji te , fo s_ r Aeroaat, 944-1.-1 t tedused, 11311 nothing doing at prevent FUNDS. per Ceut. 99th New 4 per Ccut., shut 4 per Cent. 1326 1115,-11 ladia }lauds, 48 70 Exchequer Bills, 73 74 TIT' 0 O'CLOCK. th e m Co nso l Market has remained steady during 4/ „ I °1 ; "petal be ,ning ut 94i f or t h e A ccount , w i t h out any tL ,a loa of conseq uence go i ng f orwar d, ow i ng to itt ing a great scarc i ty o f po li t i ca l i n f ormat i on resent. t o i n the F ore i gn Market there is more bustle, owing it •, i ts bei ngsettling d ay f or a ll f ore i gn secur i t i es ; an d 4, 0 , 11 1 e lli Pposed to b e a l arger B u l l account t h an f or thetrlle past. M ost o f the securities remain fiunn doj o Prices of yesterday, and the chief business ►erSettling their accounts, M o n e y continues tt4 e . ar ce—tipw ar d s o f f our per cent. i s given !:: th e t., ,rei ti!lh House, and from five to six per cent. in n teeuei er ara Pap ers to t h e 24 t h October have been hou se, id at the N ort h an d South Amencan Coffee - 1) 4 ,, e -e • The P aper o f t h e 23 d Oct. says—." We ir ei ,ig n .°Lt authority in st a ti n g, th a t t h e re p ort i n Leirift a . t 'on in this c o l on y res p ect i ng time yellow fever , L urbadoes is entirely unfounded." -KI TIMER 0' CIO CK. ns ols for A ccount, 94f i. Fq" 0 j it O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES . ...,, Do . fog N ;Danish 74 li t ., . 1 , AC. 941 i 'G ree k , 1 825 27 ' li g zLanl3o /Ids 67k Mexican, 1825 25 (lii7.°3 b o resy 27 P eruv i an 16i (A i l 1411 1441 bi . Russian 109 an, 1824, 23} Spanish 10f A im 'T kfaTING OF AGRICULTURISTS. AN9/ BEER DUTIES.--(THIS DAY.) A ‘ , 1, 61 %; 11 . 411Merolis meeting of Aviculturists aml othe r 7 : , Ik at : h 4 i s Lehi this morning at the London Coffee-hou se , 4 PrN, It, to) consid e r wh a t measures s h ou ld b e a d opte d eft n u l' i on Pa r li ament t h e necess i ty o f repeal i ng the °lti' &l eer D u ti es . Th ere were deputies present of 1 1,1 the c ounties in England. i * 6 ..ottiC ek lEls, Esq. took the Chair, and stated that , 4 1 , 1 l ' t ee appointed at the last meetng, at the York t o i° „ ir AI-Tears:l before the public to r t eport progress. tit, " I,i ttee had p u bli s h e d a report soon a f ter t h e 4 4 1 . referred to Ira; held, which he now moved should 4,.. tcl i, „' P xY read th e R e p or t, w hi c h h as a l rea dy ap 4e. e to Papers. :i t : wh,tek,,, would endeavour to l a y before the Meet !tot' T h lre the feelings of the cauntry upon this sub 'l,ilatle,„ 3 , important question is progressing, and the :r' alto es "4 ,1 t a k en it up warmly, and the middling Ilv l hs ,1 Participated in tl e desire to obtain a remission tt Ne, e r n . The Aristocracy of the country had not, :,j ) . W;., r ne forward in such a manner as they ought ,;etut,44`tr,ut.attempting to read a . les. , ,n to the Nobility 1 , , tip x),,,. ), Le must ray, that it did seem that they i t, t raa ttd 'u"r, their own interests in an especial manner. tiit'l'l som e however, that although l a te, the Aristocracy 041 1 ,1, ,i ' forw ar d an d support the measures now re. ,„, S llrtif f ! Ile th en a ll u d e d to t h e course a dopt e d b y ' '''''i (4 1 „ (Jf Lincoln, and was left remarking at some , e refusal alluded to. THE. MARKETS,(THIS DA' CITY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK.) SI:GAIL—The delivery of Sugar fr int the West India Docks last week was about 2,700 casks for home con sumption, leaving a stock 0f36,499 hhds. and 2 ; 538 tres. The delivery of Mauritius Sugars was limited list week, and the stock in the West India Docks is not above 28,600 bags. In the Sugar Market this morning there is not much doing, and prices are yet nominal, as regards Bri tish Plantation, Foreign, and Refined Sugars. The same observation will apply to Coffee. There are very few public sales of Colonial produce announced for this week. Rust.—The quantity of Ruin taken out of the West India Docks last week was smaller than for many weeks paq, not exceeding 573 puncheons and 106 hhds., of which about 400 puncheons were for home use, and the Stock is about 23,000 punebsons and 1,770 hits. The trade is flat. In Toulcco, the only sale worth notice has been that of 52 hlids. of Vrainitts for the Irish market, at from d. to id. lower. BALTIC PAODUCE.—TaIIow is from 255. to 2155. 3d. per cwt. The delivery Let week was 2,508 casks, and the Stock is 40,520 casks. The accounts from Cronstadt hold out little hive al the British vessels locked in by the ice on time 28th ult. being able to get away. It WAS expected that a meeting of the Russian merchants would be held to petition Government to allow the import goods to be sent up the Winter roads as soon as they were formed, by which considerable delay would he saved. SILK.—The Market continues flat. Th. stock of sold and unsok) Silk in the Corupany's warehouses amount to nearly 17,000 bales. IN - Dzco.—Further declarations have been made by the Company for the February sale, which is now expected to amount to 6,000 chests. The mercantile letters from Canton, received to-day, state that the demand for British goods was increasing. British Chintz goods obtained from 4 to 51 dollars per piece of 23 yards. Long Cloth, per 4.0 yards, sto 6 dollars; Muslin, of 34 to 40 yards, 2i to 3 dollars; Cambric, of 12 yards in the piece, l 3 to li dollars per piece. Monteith's Bandannas, 14 2 - to 2 dollars per piece ; British Broad Cloths sold from 1 to q- dollars per yard; and Camblets, 30 to 32 dollar, per piece. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. COURT OF CHANCERY. FRASER'S COOKING HEA KTII..—BRESTON V. FORD. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from continuing to infringe on the patent rights of the plaintiff in making a ship's caboose or hearth, known by the name of Fraser's Cooking Hearth. The plaintiff has for the last seven or eight years been in possession of a patent for making this caboose or hearth, which is considered by ship masters to be a great • im provement upon the hearths that formerly were in use. By this hearth all culinary purposes can he executed at one and the same moment with one fire, whereas to accomplish this, by the old hearths, it was re quisite to have two fires. On an application being made to the Vice-Chancellor ex-parte, he granted an injunction, but afterwards dissolved it on the ap pearance of the defendant. The present motion was to have that injunction restored. The defendant had made a hearth in all respects on the same principle, he had put the flue at the side, instead of the !sack, as it was in the plaintiff's apparatus, which was alleged only to be for the purpose cf evading the appearance of piracy. The plaintiff had much difficulty in purchasing one of the defendant's hearths ; he had to resort to the stratagem of employing a gentleman, in the character of a ship master, to purchase it ; to get it sent to Edinburgh ; to get it it returned again to London, and then to get it conveyed to his (the plaintiff's) premises. On examining it, it was sworn to be on precisely the same principle. Besides the flue being differently situated, there was also an additional opening in the defendant's for the admission of coals. The defendant had for a long time been employed by the plain tiff to make parts of the plaintiff's apparatus, and it was not until after lie had been discontinued to be thus em ployed, that be bad began to snake and sell the hearths on his own account. The defence set up to the application for the injunction wes, that the plaintiff's principle was not new; that if it were new, the patent only extended to one subject, whereas the plaintiff had applied it to two (by adding the condensed apparatus, but which the plaintiff contended did not affect the patent at all, it being in a manner separate from the hearth); and next, that his apparatus was different to the plaintiff's. The Vice-Chancellor, in dissolving the injunction, conceived also that the plaintiff had not fully hi ought forward his case on his affidavits in the first in stance. The case was proceeding at length when we left the Court. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. TORS V. FRY. His Ho Noun gave judgment, this morning, in this case, which related to a claim of 60,0001. by the plaintiff, against the estate of Mr. Fry, the banker; upon the hear ing of the case certain references were made to the Master, who reported against the claim, exceptions were taken to that report, and the case now stood for judgment upon these exceptions. His Honour had been attended by the parties in his private room, and after a careful ex • amination of the books, and the material facts, in the case, the Curt was clearly of opinion that all the exceptions must be overruled, and in this was a case as little to be favoured as any that ever came into a Court of Equity, his Honour felt himself bound to overrule the exceptions, with costs. TUNSTALL V. TRAMS. The Court then proceeded with this pirt-heard case, which had not concluded when we left. ROLLS' COURT. The MASTER of the Rotrz took causes to-day, but nothing of importance, except to the parties, came before the Court when we left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. NEWMAN V. SMITH. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was an action to recover compensation in damages for an illegal distress made by the defendant upon the plaintiff. The facts ap peared to be as follows. The plaintiff rented a house in Goswell-street, and at Michaelmag, 1828, owed about 371. The plaintiff gave a bill of exchange for the amount which the latter received without prejudice to his claim, and right to distrain on the plaintiff's goods if the bill was not paid. The bill was dis honoured, and the defendant put a distress into the house. The defendant being absent at that time, his daughter, a straw-bonnet maker, occupied the premises, and repre senting that her father had taken away all the furniture that belonged to him, and that all the furniture then in the house belonged to her, and after a consultation with her father, it was agreed to give up the fixtures, on being allowed to take away her goods and stock. This was agreed to, but the father aft•rwards brought this action, for the defendant having made the distress after haying been paid by the bill. The question for the Jury was, whether the plaintifrs or the defendant's witnesses were most entitled to credit. They found a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SAULL AND ANOTHER V. HARRISON. This case, which is an action of trover of not the lea4t public interest, occupied the Court up to the time our Reporter left. There was a sporting hunt at Killulla, county Clare, last Tuesday; but the most extraordinary feature in the day's amusement was towards the wind up, when the buck, bird pressed by the hounds and horses, made right for Mogulline-house, the residence of the late Bishop ' O'SuaUGIINESSY, where a sumptuous repast was laid nut for the members of the hunt by the present hospitable oc cupier, Mr. FaANcts ihrm,y. The noble animal dashed headforemost into the very. room, carrying on his wide spreading antlers the doubl e window-frame, all the panes being shivered to atom s in the lea;,. Tables, dishes, glasses, and decanters, were upset in glorious disorder, and in an instant all became a total wreck. The author of this unexpected calamity was taken in a corner of the parlour crouching before his enemies, and looking with surprise at the destruction he had affected.—Limerick Paper, HAY MARKETS.—( 1t per Load of 36 Trusses.) Si'. JAM ES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 2 to £2 10 New Meadow Ilay ') Useful Old Ditto l5 3 8 Fine Upland Meadow atad ttye.grass Hay 3 15 4 15 Clover Hay Oat Straw LI 11 to .C 1 161 Wheat Straw... 111 116 A moderate supply, and a very dull trade, at Saturday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 13 New Meadow Hay 1 IS 2 IS Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow an Itye-graSs Hay 3 10 4 4- Myer Hay (extra fine)...£s 0 _Generally Oat Straw -CI Bto 11221 Wheat Straw 112 1 16 A good supply; trade dull, and prices as last quoted. COMMISSION. OF LUNACY. (SECOND DAY.) This morning, precisely at eleven o'clock, the further in quiry in the case of Mr. Edward Davis arts resumed at the Grey's lon Cofilv-hosse. Tire interest excited by the pre sent investigation appears to he on the increase, for th, room was much more crowded than on the preceding day. P. AL Latham, Esq. called and examined by Mr. WeICIiT —I am a doctor ; saw Mr. E. Davis on the 28th of July ; Mr. Davis stated that he called to obtain my protection, and produced a pamphlet from his pocket, which latoved to be an account of the inquiry in the case of Lord Porte month, lie said he liked my looks, and begged that he might be allowed to fasten the door and shut down the windows, being fearful that he should be overheard, as he had a tale of horror to relate. After acting with consider.. able eccentricity, he told the that his mother had informed him that one of his relations (he believed an uncle) had been insane. He told me he had been under the care of Drs. Lawrence and Burrows, and that Dr. Burrow s thought he was insane, and wished to put him in confine ment. He stayed about an hour, and conversed upon va rious topics. At this part of the examination Mr. BROUGHAM rose, and objected to the mode in which Mr. Wright was con ducting his examination. This produced a reply, and ultimately a squabb!e,'which lasted a few minuses, and the examination was then resumed :—He did not quote the particular styles of literature in which he was skilled, but quoted largely from Byron and Shak•peare, in a very spouting and theatrical manner. He (witness) could not take upon him to say whether the passages given by Mr. Davis were correctly given, as he was not sufficiently ac quainted with them. Before going away, he extracted a promise from him (Dr. Latham) that he would call on him the following day ; and, previous to his departure, asked him, several times, if he thought be was like a mad man ? Just as he was going he said, in reference to his promise of calling on him on the following day, "If you fail, dread the revenge of a madman, for I carry loaded pistols about me." These were his precise words. He did not exhibit the pistols, nor was he aware that he hail any about him. lie had a strong impression on his mind that he was insane, and the interview that he had with him on the following day (the 29th of July) confirmed this opinion. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM.-The interview on the 28th lasted one hour, and that of the 29th about half an hour. The expressions of "If you fail," &c. were followed by loud laughter on the part of Mr. Davis. Ile might have said that the result of his interviews with Mr. Davis was the apprehension of possible insanity.— He would not say that the precise words of Mr. Davis were, that Dr. Burrows wanted to put him into a mad house, but he inferred that:it was his meaning. George Griffith examined by Sir C. WITIIERELL— Was a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Rankin, and had known Mr. Davis about eight years. He had fre quently dined at his house in Philpot-lane, in Company with him, his mother, and sisters, and bad always seen the two latter treat him with the greatest kindness. He never complained to him, witness, of being ill treated. On one occasion, when Mr. Davis called on him, and on his asking why he did not call oftener, he replied, that it was beneath the dignity of a citizen to visit any man in furnished apartments. He then complained of being ill, and pointing to his head, said it's all here; he had, he said, consulted many medical men, and asked them if he was hurt on his head why tkey did not apply ice to it. On another occasion, when Mr. D. called on him at the banking-house,and asked him to call at his country house,say ing, that he would give him the address. He then desired witness to get a slip of paper, and write down " Alderman Davis." He also pulled out a pistol from his breast pocket, saying, " By —, you shall see what I have got here." This much alarmed witness; and his manner altogether was such as to leave a strong impression on his mind that he was insane. Henry Fu;ford, a tea•bruker—At a tea sale, at the Easi India House observed very peculiar conduct exhibited,bolr. Davies. The examination of this gentleman was proceedi❑g when our Reporter left. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Marchioness of Westmeath, to the Deep Dene, on a visit to Mr. and the Hon. Mr. Hope; the Duke of Bedford, from Belgrave-square, for Woburn Abbey; Sir H. Parnell, Bart. M.P. for Ireland, from Jermyn-street ; the Earl of Harrington, for Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire, from the Stable-yard, St. James's; Lord Boston and the Hon. George Irby, for Pledsor Lodge, in Buckinghamshire; Lerd Hawke, from Melton Mowbray, for Wormersley Park, in Yorkshire; Viscount Grantley, from Guildford, for Grantley Hall Yorkshire; Lord Stewart, of Gar. lies, from Kircudbright, for Paultown, in Wigtonshire ; Lord Littleton, for Hayley Park; Mr. Polexford Bastard, M.P. for Kelby, in Devonshire; Major and Mrs. Clayton, from Manches ter, for Dublin; Lieutenant. Colonel Gordon, for Canterbury; Butler Panvers, Esq. in Chesterfield street, Mayfair; Colonel and Mrs. L P. Jones and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover.street, from Germany ; J. Berry, Esq. at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells; William Bolles, Esq. from ditto, to Kingston, Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, from ditto, to Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Sey mour, from Tunbridge Wells, for Brighton ; Major and Mrs, Hartwell, from Colchester, for Rochester; Lord Douglas, from Amesbury House, in 'Wiltshire, for Douglas Castle; Mr. and Miss Noel, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Marsham Elwin, Esq and Mrs. Elwin, from Bryant's Hotel, Conduit-street, for their seat, near Huntingdon; Captain and Mrs. Annesley, from Can. terbury, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bligh, tbr Brighton. .TINU INTELLIGINCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting yesterday produced the following changes DERBY. to I agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer to 1 asst Mr. Petre's Brunswieker to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Cetus to 1 agst Mr. Clancy's Cressida colt to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sal colt to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Wat Tyler to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse ce:t to 1 agat Lord Tavistock's Costar,' colt to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche to 1 agat Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur to 1 agst Lord Egremont's brother to Grampus OARS. to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouel►e to I agst Lord Queemberry's Sister to Emma to I agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly to 1 apt Lord Exeter's Shornla to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree f. to 1 agst Mr. Maberley's Zelus ST. LEGER. 9 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Baby 3 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS POLL THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at the Golden Ball, Bracknell ; and Friday, at Ritchin's Lodge, near Colnbrook—at llalf- pag Ten. Mr. O'Kelly's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Blandford Race course; and Thursday, at Knowle. Mr. Jonitre's Hounds, Montisy, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Crawley--at Eleven. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hampsey green ; Thursday, at Godatone ; and Saturday, at Crown Ash-bill—at Ha lf -pas t Ten. The Sanderstemi Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at the Kennel—at Ten. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Harrowgate ; Wednesday, at Black-hill; and Friday, ut Village—at Ten. The Bsds . Worth Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Nostell park ; Wednesday, at Doncaster Toll-bar; and Saturday, at Kingston bill—at Half-past Ten. The East Sussex Fox Hound*, on Monday, at Hailingly; 'Thursday, at Plumpton ; and Saturday, at Excent-bridge —at a Quarter to Eleven. The Blackmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Biteombe, near I'ortlebury Wood; and Friday, at Compton Castle. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds, on Monday, at Clifton Wood; and Wednesday, at Corseornbe—at Ten. The Cadbury Harriers, on Tuesday, at East-hill; and Thursday, at Wheateheaf. The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Ell Barrow; and Friday, at Chittern Meadows at Eleven. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at Welford-house; Wednesday, at Chiabury ; Friday, ut Ramsbury-house; and Saturday, at Standen-house —at Ililf.past Ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Light Wood ; and Thursday, at Enville Village —at Half-past Tcn. EDWARD HOLLAND, Esq., wh o died last week, is said to have left 10,000/. to tour public hospitals. ALTERNATIONS OF FORTUNE.--h l not generally known that a young actress, wh o has recently made a successful hit, is the niece of a Peeress; that the nephew of a lady, who, above all other., has shared the smiles of Royalty, is now a pauper pati ent in one of the wards of a western hospital; and that the most eminent foreigr physician who has for many years settled i n Eng land is at this time an inmate of St. Pancras workbQuse. SMITHFIELD CLUB ANNUAL DINNER The Members and Friends of this Club, after the Show was ended, adjourned to the Freemasons' Tavern, where about one hundred and fifty sat down to an excellent dinner, Lord Viscount ALTHORP in the Chair. After the Cloth was withdrawn, his Lordship pro posed " Tie King," " The Duke of Clarence and Royal Fail.4i." His Lordship then rose, and stated that he was much pleased with the graziers' exen tions at this Show, as they showed themselves de termined to support the Society; and although great credit was due to the grazier, he must confess there was still higher credit due to the breeders of these ani mals. He was much gratified to find the Club's funds now in a condition to allow of offering silver Medals next year to the breeders of all the animals in the first prizes in each class.—His Lordship concluded by proposing, " Peoiperity to the Smith field Club." J. M. CRIPPs, Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, rose and introduced, in an appropriate speech, " The Health of the Worthy President, Lord Althorp," with three times three, which was drunk with enthusiasm. Lcrd ALTHORP would never neglect the office which he was proud to fill ; he considered it a great compliment to be addressed as President of such a valuable and laudable Institution, as the Smithfield Club bad proved itself to the country. la His LORDSHIP read the Awards of the Prizes as follows : To Mr. William Smith, of Dishley, a prize of twenty sovereigns in Class L, for his short-horned steer, bred and fed by himself. Mr. Smith, jun., stepped forward and received the same, and his Lordship said he had particular pleasure in present ing to Mr. Smith, whom he had great respect for, the very first of the Club's Medals, he being the breeder of the same ox. To Lord Viscount Althorp the first prize of twenty sovereigns in Class IL, for his Durham ox, fed by his Lordship, and the medal as the breeder of the same ox his Lordship also claimed, with a few ap propriate remarks. To Mr. Richard Rowland, the second prize of ten sovereigns, in Class 11. for his Hereford Ox. And his Lordship proposed the " Health of Mr. Rowland." To Mr. Richard Kitelce, the first prize of fifteen sovereigns in Class 111., for his Hereford Ox. His Lordship expressed himself sorry that indisposition prevented Mr. Kitelee attending this Meeting.— The Breeders' Silver Medal was presented to Mr. Bennett, of Kirksill, near Hereford, as the breeder of the above ox. To Clark Hiilyard, Esq., the second prize of ten sovereigns in Class 111., for his Hereford Ox. IFs Lordship proposed the " Health of Clark Hillyard, Esq., as the President of the Grazing and Farming Society of Northamptonshire." Mr. HILLYARD returned thanks in a humorous reply. To Mr. Richard Kite lee, a prize of ten sovereigns n Class IV., for his Hereford Ox. His Lordship said that Mr. Kitelee had very handsomely placed this prize at the disposal of the Club, to be given as a Gold Medal of that value to the breeder of the best beast that shall he exhibited in any of the Classes at the next Show—of such an offer he could not speak with too much praise. To Mr. Richard Kitelee, a Prize of fifteen sove reig►ns, in Class V., for his Hereford Cow; which his Lot dship said he need not mention was an ex traordinary animal. To Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., a Prize of ten sovereigns, in Class VI., for his Durham Cow. To Earl Brownlow, the first Prize of ten sove reigns, in Class VII., for his three Leicester Wethei s. His Lordship, :in proposing " The health of Earl Brownlow," hoped this would prove a stimulus to show again. To Mr.Riclsard Kitelee, the second Prize in Class VII., for his three Cotswold and Leicester Wethers. To the Marquis of Exeter, a Prize of ten sove reigns, in Class VIII., for his Lordship's three Lei cester Wethers. " The Noble Marquis's health" was drunk with much applause. To Mr. Stephen Grantham, the first prize of ten sovereigns, in Class IX., for his three one-year-old South Down Wethers. To his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the second prize of five sovereigns, in Class IX., for his three South Down Wethers. " His Grace's health" was drank, with three times three. To Mr. Stephen Grantham, a prise of ten stove reigns, in Class X., for his three two-year-old South Downs. To Mr. William Orchard, the first prize of ten sovereigns, in Class XI., for his three Pigs. " Mr. Orchard's health" was drank. To Mr. John Dodd, the second prize of five sove reigns, in Class XI., for his three Pigs. The Sweepstakes—Lord Althorp's Durham Ox, shown in Class 11., won two of them. The rest were not claimed. The Judges most highly commended Mr. James Senior's Hereford Ox, shown in Class I. The Judges begged to commend Mrs. Charlotte Strickland's Durham Ox, in Class I. " The health of Mrs. Strickland" was drank with every mark of respect. The • Judges highly commended W. P. Honey wood's, Esq. M. P. Scotch Ox, in Class IV. The Judges also commended M t . Thory Chap man's three Pigs, in Class XI. THE EXTRA STOCK. The Judges think Sir Thomas Dyke's, Bart. South Downs a very useful Pen of Wethers. The Judges commend Mr. Samuel Sandon's Short-horned Cow. The Judges think Mr. Hugh Watson's Scotch Heifer, sent at the request of the Highland Society of Scotland, a most extraordinary animal, which they cannot too highly commend; and his Lordship said he had great pleasure in presenting Mr. H.Wat son with a • Silver Medal, as the breeder of the said Heifer. His LORDSHIP then rose to say he was happy to see a list placed before him by the Secretary, which showed that the number of new Members kept pace with the numbers and excellency of the Stock in the yard. The list contained—Samuel Crawley, Esq., Wm. Judkins Dunkley, Esq., Mr. Charles Nottage, Mr. Samuel Bennett, Mr. Richard Row land, Mr. John Hunt, Peter Allis, Esq., Mr. Baker, Mr. Thomas Umber, Mr. Thomas Inskip, Chandos Leigh, Esq., Sir James Graham, Bart., Mr. Henry Yates, James Trevor, senior, Esq., Colonel Sib thorpe, M. P., Mr. Thomas Hurst, senior, Mr. John Jellicoe, Mr. Walker, Mr. Peters, Mr. Richard Har rison, Mr. Zachariah Parkes, Mr. William Giblett, and Mr. Comyns Parker. Colonel SIIITUORPE rose, as one of them, and was happy to have this opportunity of enrolling himself amongst the Members of this valuable Club, and by doing s o of forming a nearer acquaintance with the Noble President, who, in his Parliamentary ditties, is as exemplary as he is in his exertions to aid the objects of this Institution. At no former period for a number of years have the ravages caused by measles been so striking in Falkirk, and the surrounding villages, as far these few weeks past. Owing, it is supposed, to the cold and damp weather, that fatal stage of the disease vulgarly known as the dregs of the wastes, commonly accompanied with chin-cough, has taken off a great number of children. Two cats, the one the offspring of the other, belonging to a family in High-street, Perth, lately littered each a number of young ones about the same tithe. The progeny of the old cat was allowed to live—but in observ ance of the oil Scottish adage or prejudice, which is often accepted in a figurative sense, in order to raise the means and excuse for a dehanch, that fa the cat's first kitting should a' be drowned," it was decided that those of the younger one should thus be despatched, and their doom was carried into effect accordingly. The mother accused dis consolate; but, to supply her loss, she ssi;ed and carried off the litter of the other one, and continues to tend and suckle them in a corner which the real mother Lai been unable as yet to discoveri SIIIPWRECK. That dangerous rock, the Rundle Stone, has been again the catiae of a sLipwreck. On Thurs day week, about eight P.M., the weather being very haze,. with a heavy sea rollinz in, the sloop Poly belongiug and [rum(' to flotinouth, coal laden, from Newpo:t, John Stubbs, roaster and sole owner, struck on it, forged over, and sunk almost instantaneously ; insomuch so that the crew, owl sisting of Captain Stubbs, his two sons, and the mate, had barely time to jump into their boat and clear her from the vessel, without the possibility of saving a single article of clothing beyond what they had on; and not even an oar or bueket . . In this precarious state they ripped out two of the boat's thwarts, and after paddling with them, and baling with their hats, they were providentially enabled to get into Lamorna Cove, about five miles further to the eastward, and effect a lauding, at about four o'clock next morning : happily no lives were lost, but all have been much bruised against the rocks in the cove, particularly the Captain, who is still confined to his bed with two ribs broken. The vessel and cargo, both his own, were uninsured : his loss can not be less than 700/. or 800/. We understand he is a man of irreproachable character, and has a large family. Captain Stubbs has expressed himself most grateful for the kindness and humanity of the inha bitants of Lamorna Cove, who, finding him and his crew at day-break the following morning, lying on the rocks, cold, wet, and wounded, carried them to their own houses, and cheerfully provided them with food, fire, beds, and raiment ; in fact, in every re spect good Samaritans, instead of " Cornish wreckers." It is now several months since the last beacon, placed near this fatal spot by the Trinity hoard, has been broken adrift, so that there is no- thing but the landmarks to indicate its position.— Surely that opulent and liberal establishment will not allow another summer to escape without erecting a beacon on it, as we are aware that they acknow ledge to be in possession of a sufficient plan and model for that purpose.---Falmouth Packet. SPIRIT - OF THE- PUBLIC JOURNALS. A correspondent of rates,refutes our by th the allegation statement of o t f l i t particular et general decrease instance in which they have increased ; other instances of the same nature might no doubt be produced, but we are confident in the general truth of our position. The causes of the decrease of our rates are two; the one le gitimate and propene —namely, better manage ment; the other of a more doubtful character, —more scanty allowances to the distressed. We must still urge a return to old rents,—to the rents which existed before agriculture ran mad; and numerous are the instances, we find, hi which tenants - have very properly thrown up their fume, having the misfortune to be subject to landlords who are cruelly tenacious on this point. We would warn Ministers, and the public also, against all exa ggera t e d representat i ons o f agricul tural distress. Th ose po li t i ca l econom i sts w h o asserted that the country could never resume cash payments,—that small notes could never be called in,—are now of course obliged to as sert that those two measures have been attended with unparalleled sufferings, in order to cloak their own errors. But even were their preset t assertions true, their previous blunders would not be less apparent to those who duly consider the question; for there is some difference be tween a thing's beim- , impossible, and its being posseitiinipbol and practicable, s esgreatsevttho ugh severities t v u e po r t rfr il :mie i:.l sub ject of agricultural distress, and the difficulties of the landlords. Is there one single pack of fox-hounds less in the country, in consequence of those cried-up difficulties and that distress ? Now, be it observed, we are not speaking against the amuseme n t o f fox-hunting: it is a noble and manly sport, and we hope it will long he pursued by the youth of England, provided only that the places of their meeting be not con verted into gambling-houses and hells. But we boldly answer to the question above proposed, that in this season of wondrous agricultural cala mity, fox-hunting is pursued with more splen dour and expense than ever; that there are more numerous and costly studs at Melton Mowbray, Pitchley, and throughont the realm, and that there are upwards of twenty more packs of harriers in England and Wales than existed ten years ago, there having beeu an increase in this respect even during the last two years. Let the Duke of Wellington then judge, whether there be the slightest eccasion for any treasure whatever to relieve the trumpeted distress of the agricultural interest. Nor is this all : there never was a time in the memory of main or in the records of history, in which so mech money was employed in the preservation of game as at the present period ! Nay, in this very present year, now about to expire ! The preservation of game costs more than the pay of our brave British tars below the rank of commissioned and warrant officers. And are the men who have money thus to waste, in defiance of all the ordi • nary maxims of prudence and humanity, to be called distressed ? Are they even to talk of rob bing the public creditor ? Let them not die'. tress others: let them relieve their tenants, and dismiss their Ksts of keepers; and agricultural labour will then revert to its usual channels, our stout English peasantry will receive their proper wages, be enabled to maint a i n their families in conmfort, and prefer their warm beds to prowling by night on the manors of their hateful tyrants. Well ! and look at the sums of money thus la vished. Do they effect the object intended ? The object really effected is this—that whilst there is almost a civil war in the country between gamekeepers and poachers, any one :may buy game cheaper in London, than during any pro ceding winter for 30 years.—Times, We this day insert a letter from Dr. Ryan on the case of Edwin Harris, to which we called the attention of our readers a few days ago, wh en commenting on the letter of Mr. VClmitmores Dr. Ryan has supplied some other particulars in this case which afford additional illustration, it' any were necessary, of the fact that goili oe inno cence has very little to do with the result of a trial in an English Court, We have already noticed the manner in which Barris, the prisoner, was deprived of the benefit of Mr. Whitinore's evidence, But this, it seems, was not the only disadvantage under which the prisoner laboured in the way of producing evidence. "By a legal manoeuvre (observes Dr, Ryan) Mr. \-Vhitmore: was subpoenaed for the prosecution, but not called, and of course the Counsel for: the de fence could not go to the enemy* camp for evidence. In order to elueidat© this point farther, it i s i mportant to state that the prisoner had not the meene, to. employ an attorney ; he was thereltsso unable to appreciate the eviden ce in his favour, and the want of mu agent ordere t :l ai t i :l u u n v a e t etlliyer eI a Court; itle d b in led to his conviction ; for the witnesses on some of those for the pie:leaner (who had no abgoetnht sides e direct r them e Court, and when called for the defence, would that hie ICvoouulidtsperl tandedforeusiseisntgetoi;Jirnarcyv,, not he he ele r, S o strong was the prisoner's ove s c a a i E N li th a a t existed against the prisoner, which had ever appeared in 3 Court of Justice.' But the ex chisioei of the witnesses proved fatal to his statement." This reminds us of an admirabl e article in the _Edinburgh Review, two or three Searn ago, fro m th e pen o f t h e Rey, Sydney mith, on the mockery of calling the proceed ings previous to the passing sentence on a poor prisoner, a trial. In a cespisal ease he admitted that the reluctance to 44 away life, in the pre sent dab ww,Ald lead to exertions to aserst prisoner with the necessary evidence during the and to obtain a revision in ease of injus tice ; but in transportable caseee where the same interest was not. felt, the khaSSeSt injustice was constantly experusneed poor and i gnorant prisoners, Without the means of procuring evidence from a distance, withosti the means of purchasing legal assistant:l and placing time cir cumstances of their ca;4 before the Court, the chances were gieetly against innocent men ; and to rendee itie mockery complete, we were told 'tiett the Judges were Counsel for prisoners. In this case, Edwin Harris was poor—a valid rea sonthere is the l eas t sympat h y w i esta poverty, in Logland, th e country i n t h e world where for his being made to suffer injustice. lie ought to have been provided with an Attorney, and that Attorney would have known what to do with the witnesses ; and had the witnesses been properly attended to, they would have been ex sunned. The guilteorinnocence of Harris was the last thing in ihe'ivaild for which the Court care(l. If he was poor and stupid, and did nos ; for know as much as an experienced solicitor, that for if he did not l'en:rYtjacone conceive cLce. d li I.ty o licl' i ag i to rr ecil: : :l 'lrlveo r o f ayus h ol e ::it t viicese.joetioar'evrt'igierrteeilliga advantagehn technical : and where a prisoner happens to be poor and innocent, woe betide him. A felon who has a well-stotkcd nurse, can obtain both Solicitors ANOTHER SHILOH. A new order of disciples, seceding from those of e late Johanna Southcote, have succeeded in ex citing the curiosity of the public, by propagating a report that young Shiloh had arrived in this town, and was to make his appearance as " a preacher, a prophet, a priest, and a king," in a large room in Pack-court, Woolpack-lane, on Sunday evening last, and also on Wednesday evening. Curiosity to hear and see this wonder " in these latter days," at tracted crowds, so that numbers were obliged to go away unable to obtain admission. On Wednesday , evening, about six o'clock, two persons, each wear ing a green silk handkerchief round his neck, a blue coat and light waistcoat, and upon the fore linger of the left hand a gold ring, ascended the pulpit, one 1 of whom (John) commenced a long harangue, which was called preaching upon the prophecies in the Old Testament, and their fulfilment in former and now in these latter days. After speaking for upwards of an hour, he was succeeded by his bro ther, who also spoke for nearly another hour. The former, in the course of his address, declared that all denominations of Christians were under delusion —that lawyers, schoolmasters, and parsons were no more than bugbears—and that, positively, he him self had often gone u mile round, rather than meet either one or the other of the three—that the whole of the prophecies in the Bible, which have been ap plied to Jesus Christ, beginning with that in the book of Genesis, where it says, " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between the feet, until Shiloh came," are entirely applicable to the person who, as Shiloh, has now made his appearance in these " latter days." The preacher, after introducing this part of his subject, said he would tell the congregation the truth—and they might make what they would of it—" that the Shiloh, the true Shiloh, was in truth there !—and that he was a friend of publicans and sinners. He then stigmatised all who were connected with other religious denominations, Bible arid Tract Societies, &c. Another gentleman (perhaps the Shiloh) now made his appearance, and if not omnipresent, could at least from the form of his eyes, see both ends of the room at once. This illustrious personage began to read from manuscript his own commen taries upon the Prophets, in the course of which he occasionally attempted to exemplify the mysteries that he found in the sacred writings, and he assured his congregation that they must " mystically under stand the word of Gov." Having for a length of time mystified himself and his audience, he was in terrupted by several persons, who were anxious to put some questions. To one he replied " that (meaning the question) comes from a long-faced one ;" and, to another, " Ah I he's a leader," with a variety of epithets characteristic of anything rather than good-will towards men. The elegance of their style is heightened by the frequent introduction of such words as " the deuce," " bug-bear," " dog's meat," &c. and their reasoning is enforced by such assertions as " that they expect the people will take no more notice of what they said, than if axe was to speak." Since writing the above, we have been favoured with the history of two gentlemen, who are said a short time ago to have left London—one as Shiloh, and the other us his herald, messenger, or companion, for the purpose of enlightening the people. We dare not take upon ourselves roundly to assert that these are the two, and for the honour of humanity we should say, that we hope they are not; for we are told, that one has left a wife and twelve children chargeable to the parish, who are receiving in addition to the scanty means obtained from teach ing a school for young children, the miserable pit tance of Sc. Gd. weekly from the parish ! and that the other, who is represented as the Shiloh, has also left his wife and family, from whom he has been se. parated for a length of time, and cohabits with another female. We cannot take upon ourselves to say that the illustrious personages now in this town are the individuals who have acted thus cruelly to their families, but we can assure our readers that the fact is as here stated, let the actors be wheresoever they may. We understand that our Derby friends, were yesterday honoured with a visit by these lights of the age, of whom it ;s to be remarked that, wh en asked by a poor man if they were infallible they said, " No, they themselves were not infallible, but the spirit within them Notting/ram Journal, The will of the late THOMAS SHELTOy, Esq., who, for nearly half a centuty, filled the offices of Clerk of the Arraigns, Clerk of the Indictment!, Clet k of the Peace, and Coroner for the city 04,' Landaa, was proved nit Friday last, at Doctor,' Commitne. The personal pro perty w;s &worm under . Bs,ooo/. The testator, after be queathing an annuity of 1601. ;to each of his sisters, MARIA ANN SHELTON and LETITIA SHELTON, and an annuity of 50/. to his nephew, WILLIAM CLA rzE, a reservation, prohibiting the latter from clOrev selling or transferring his interest under thg.. wiil, heque,iths a legacy of 50 guineag to Ir;s prinsipal clerk, Mr. MOSELEY ; and the life sus) to TowNsnin, the housekeeper at the Sea. sions House, Old Bailey. The testator bequeathed all the rest, residue, and remainder of his real and rereptd estate to his nephew, Mr Jon:: CLARE:e, :''so succeeded him as Clerk of the Pace, c, he will is dated the 10th of July, 1.82:1 4 the day of the testator's death, and appoints his sisters and nephew, jam( CLARKE, exeemfixee and executor. It was proved liy Mr. ,11,w.1 Or.anKE only, with a power reserved fox thc: - excoutrixes to a.-lininister. Last week, during the dead of night, a Emily in the parish of St. Stephen's were alarmed by thc. pries of murder! uttered by a woman named T:lix:ralzwr.v.— A light was speedily procured, aa,:i fief proceeding; to the bed of the poor wt‘mr.n, large rat Lampe; from it, and made escape; the woman was covert d with blood, which flowed from Ler right shoulder which waf, fully lacerated, and froin a s,vere er chetk.— She was awaked l.y hi i r shoulder torn by the teeth of the r at aid ;') rear etideavour to free herself horn the assaiLint, the rat fixed its teeth in Il,l' chet.l 4 where it held until the approach of the persc,p4 17,'4c , had been roused liy the cries of the sufferer. The poor woman is still ill of the fright and of the wounds she received.— Fah quth Podict,