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ASSIZtS:-(RECEIVED .THIS DAY.) NORFOLK CIRCUIT-NORWICH, AUG. 12. ASSAULT UPON A TAILOR..—GOGGS.V. -HUDSON. Mr. Serjeant STORKS, with whom was Mr. EvANs, Were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. AUSTIN for the defendant. The Learned Serjeant, in stating the case, said that 44 client, Mr. Benjamin Goggs, was a very respectable young man, residing at Whiasunsett, in this . county, and he I°W came b e f ore t h em t o c l a i m co mpensation for one of the inset Poprovoked and outrageous assaults that had ever I*e o com m it te d. H owever , b e f or e he should state the facts, it would be necessary to commit a slight digression, to alentioning a circumstance which be thought was in 4onection with it, and it was, that about Christmas last, a Al r. Bream, who resides at Wells, gave a party, at which t here was a Mr. Francis Wright, who fancied to get 91(iriously drunk, and lost his hat, gloves, snuff-box, and G ate ' , ; the thre e former he recovered, but the latter he i!uld ain no tidings of. Early in March last the Jana urd of the Gold e n Fleece Inn, at Wells, having died, and • hein g very popular amongst his neighbours, his widow l ag obliged to leave the house there was a public dinner got up fur her benefit, at which the Rev. Mr. Hill, the el e,rgYman o f the par i s h, pres id e d. E ver y thi n g w en t o ff ;1. 111 1 thegreat es t p r op r i e ty, un til about nine o'clock, when client accidentally entered the room and joined the corn )4l. Shortly after Mr. Hill, the chairman, vacated his I pt; Mr. G oggs , t h e plaintiff, seeing a friend of his (a ". Reece) sitting on the right of the chair, went up to _'Peak to him, and in so doing, accidentally sat down in the "leial chair; the defendant immediately got up from his !sat, and going up to the plaintiff, asked him what right • he had to take the chair? Upon which kis client instantly l eft it, a t t h e same t i me assur i ng M r . H u d son , t h e de . ileotlant, that it was purely accidental. The defendant, r.ithout any f urt h er conversat i on , roare d ou t, " O u t w ith 1 10 , out w i t h hi m ! we w ill ha ve no G oggs h ere —it w a s be that stole Wright's watch !" At the same time suiting the d action to the word, he seized his client by the collar, ...., r agged him out of the place, and tore his vest and shirt ; Z) when on the stairs, he endeavoured to hurl him over 11 , 1 2alustrade, but, in the attempt, he failed. A I N% John Bream examined—l. reside at Wells ; I know 11 : 4 : . Gaggs, the plaintiff; he is a tailor, end lives at Whis pi:vtt. I recollect a public dinner being given at; the i 'vece Inn in Match last ; the defendant was there; the plaintiff came into the room about nine o'clock. The de sotiant (Hudson) cried out, " Out with him; we will aws no G oggs h ere; i t was h e w h o sto l e W r i g h t ' s watc h ;" a d nd he th ereupon se i ze d t h e p l a i nt iff b y t h e co ll ar , an d r agged him out of the room. c 'oassexamined—The dinner was at four o'clock ; Hud -441 (the defendant) was not drunk ; he was only intoxi eated --(Laughter.) Acts was th e pl a i n tiff' s ca s e. AUSTIN, for the defendant, called I% lrs W. Plowright--I was at the dinner, and saw the Plaintiff enter the room and take the president's chair ; ' P o n which Mr. Parker marched him out of the room ; I to quite positive the defendant (lid not touch him. 41 r. Edward Houghton, an auctioneer, confirmed this testimony.A Parker a l so s p o k e i n con fi r mation of the above two tvit aess _ . Cr o . p ar , B a -examined by Mr. Setjeant STORKS--Pray, Mr. t i on 'er, were you intoxicated ?—That is not a fair ques k—io it, my Lord? 6 "r• Serjeant Saimaa-01i, then, the translation of it You were most gloriously drunk.—(Laughter.) It.jeant STORKS having replied, ury consulted for about ten minutes, and returned ict of O ne F ar thi ng damages. of ,1, ne Lea rne d J u d ge was a ppli e d t o b y M r . A us ti n t o cer t.-air:at his client might get his costs, as the plaintiff had to prove the allegations in the declaration. Uri Serjeant STORKS hoped his Lordship would certify 4 , t 'an act of b a tt er y h a d b een comm itt e d. 1 1 . 41 , ,r. Baron GARROW—I shall certify for neither. 1 approve of the verdict. Yesterday was the anniversary of his Majesty's I t i4t al day, when the KING completed his 67th year. D uke of th e members of the Royal Family, including the -Juke and Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duke and Duchess °f CUMBERLAND, the Princess AUGUSTA, the Duchess of t oocEsTea, Princ e LEOPOLD, together with the Duke of , WrtralsroTon, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and a select party, arrived at the Royal Lodge in the course of the day, fi,r e tl y i e e n t ur P° l e of congratulating his MAJESTY on the happy The Whole of the above Royal and distinguished party The to dine with the KING. selecthe D uc h ess or CUMBERLAND enterta i ne d a party to . dinner on Monday, at her residence in the ki ng , 8 Palace, St. James's. Yesterday being the day ap pointed for the Royal Duchess to be presented to the KING Mesae Roy a l L o d ge i n Wi n d sor P ar k, h er R oya l High town' act.eomiiitiierl by the Duke and Prince GEORGE, left earr i ag B " °r tlY . before three . o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a the ro ta . " four, for Windsor, followed by the suite of Sc RA and Duchess, in which were the Countess of ---PP ENuc H , Miss Coocmt, Colonel POTEN, and the ' y • Mr: JELr (Chaplain to Prince GEORGE), in two c m arriag es and four. Previous to her departure, a great rany of the nobility and gentry called to pay their re ts to her Royal Highness, amongst whom were Prince 14 1 , °81.° "s 1 Y, the Spanish Minister, and Madame BER• „ ; Marquis of Crrarrnos, Marquis and Marchioness k..II4...L_LESLEY, Lady' RYCROFT, Lord SELSEY, and Lord comeE. to 'the Marquis de BARBACENA arrived in t(l ,7° Yesrday morning from the continent. The Ma-. directly after his arrival, proceeded to the office of of' S ecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose ha ying an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN. e Noble Earl not being in town, the Marquis, after re some time to transact some official business, pro .47d Chandos-house, the residenc of the Austrian —"asa to dr, and had a long conference with Prince ()altnazv. The Marquis returned to the Foreign L it : in the afternoon, and (the Earl of ABERDEEN IV . k . i n g , in the interim arrived in town from Tunbridge th e "s) had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at r e th el aao of which, the Marquis left town for the residence '3 - " a Young Queen of PORTUGAL at Laleham. a V AUXHALL GARDENS.--This delightful Of Summer amusement was last night crowded to %,„ a 's in commemoration of his Majesty's birth-day. There e ~t e not less than 20,000 additional lamps lit up on the p ( j 4i an, which gave tbe place an appearance of unusual kjeadour. At the close of the Vaudeville, " God save the 4 g" Was sung by the whole company. 14 GLISH OPERA HOUSE.—A new melo bt,t„;rno, entitled The Witness, was last night brought p i at this theatre. It is a tolerably interesting piece, tt: 4e4 aing hot . vever a stale plot. The acting throughout OFF admirable, particularly that of Miss KELLY and e t :'A', the latter of whom, as Tom Tremor, a servant, t va% t 'd fund of amusement. On the whole, the play Well received. 11 °YAL WEST LONDON THEATRE.—A new melodrama was last night produced at this .Z.e, l 4t re, entitled The Cornwall Wreckers ; or the ouiVt's Gra ce . W e h ave no t h e ard th e name of the 1. - "°r, but we congratulate him on the complete success p p t ile piec e , for we do not remember to Lave seen any 4 ,; ( t / i d lletion received with more satisfaction by any audience, h,II J 1; Was given out for repetition amidst the unanimousp ,'ibi of a crow d e d h ouse . The amusements concluded VEcarte • or the Escape, and Charles XII. THE BRUNSWICK THEATRE.—A first and et ( lividend of Is. OP. in the pound was on Tuesday li lr : ar ed, by the assignees of RICHARD CARRUTHERS, the Theatreg proprietor of the late unfortunate Brunswick The amount of debts proved exceeded 15,000/. creditors signed Mr. C&RRUTHER'S certificate. kit `4lßlcEY'S STEAM CARRlAGE.—Yesterday tht erboon Mr. GURNEY'S steam carriage was exhibited, at D re quest of the Duke of WELLINGTON, in the Hounslow rIelE-yard, before his Grace, the Ladies PERCY, it n -14 eat and MURRAY ; Lords FITZROY SOMERSET, 6 .BBLY N) and TIIOMAS CECIL ; Lieut.-General Sir W. k:, 111) °N, Quarter-Muter-General, Sir GEORGE MUR- CriAnr.Es DANCE, and a large number of mili ;_7 and scientific gentlemen. his Grace, Sir W. Goa ' .1724, the Ladies PERCY, & c., had a carriage attached, and fr l et a i round the yard with the greatest .pleasure and satis clu.:°. Afterwards a waggon was fastened t , o the steam t4, age, containing 27 soldiers, besides Mr. CTURNEY and ,tra or three men on the engine, and though the road was iti r d isadvantageous, being a rough loose sand and gravel, th_ew them round without the least diminution of its 1,7,4 between nine and ten miles an hour. In these ex. Ill eins Mr. GURNEY applied his steam generally but to D o ‘rilesl, i n or d er to give the c omp an y full proof of the fl ed and practicability of the invention. Having satis tiet„ther as to this, and as to its manageability, by a va , ci i4 / af involutions and evolutions, he gave them a spe ateti °f its speed, and drove seven or eight times round s k c'a rate o f 16 t o 17 miles an hour. It is difficult to itt'thWheun ther the company was more pleased EY or surprised tae equivocal proofs of Mr. GURN'S SUCCS.-.-. i klbuk e of WELLINGTON o b serve d th a t it was scarce l y 11t r ,. /51e -to calculate the benefits we should derive from the - ^ l4 ctiou of such au iuYeution as this. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Marchionesa of Hertford, from Manchester House, for Temple Newsham, in Yorkshire; Lord Francis Osborne for Gog Magog Hill, Cambridge; the Duke de Chartres and suite, from Talke's Hotel ('ate Miller's), Jermyn-street, for Brighton, on their way to Paris; Sir William Cosway, from Kent ; Augustus Atkyns, Esq. from Lowe,toft, Suffolk, to Aylsham, Norfolk; Captain Stevens and Major Borradaile, in Conduit-street, from the Netherlands; Rear-Admiral Fellowes, on a tour; General and Mrs. Wallace, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent; Lady and Miss Duff, at the Burlington Hotel, from a tour ; Col. Hewitt, at ditto, from a tour ; Capt. Clayton, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from Sussex ; Lady Durban, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Exeter ; the Countess of Radnor and family, from the Burling ton Hotel, for their scat, Longford Castle, Wilts ; Mrs. Town— ley, and the Rev. Mr. Townley, from Kirkham's Hotel, for Sussex; William Brummell, Esq. from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Bath • Lord Henniker and the Hon. John Henniker, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Major Anderson and Mrs. Anderson and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from Cheltenham ; the Countess of Mansfield and Lady Caroline Murray and family, at ditto, from Richmond Hill; Sir George Talbot, Bart. at ditto, from Berks ; Wm. Chatteris, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James'- street, from Berks ; Monsieur Kodrafskij, at ditto, from Russia. ARRIVALS AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Mr. and Lady Mary Shepherd and Miss Shepherd, Mrs. Dor set, Mr. Spottiswode, M.P., Mr. G. Scott, Mr. Rogers and Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Morice, Mr. and Miss Robins, Mrs. Urquhart, Rear Admiral Mrs. and Miss Manby, Miss Borrodaile, Mr. and Mrs. Pott, Mr. and Mrs. Pugh, Mrs Morphew, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Stainton, Mr. R. Parker, M:ss Bicknell, Mrs. and the Misses Andrews, Mrs. and Miss Edyes, the Misses Thornton, Lady Arbuthnot, Mr. and Mrs. John Webb, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. and Miss Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Beatson, Mr. R. Spencer, Lord Kensington, Mrs. Babington, Mr. and Mrs. Bingham Roberts, Miss Warren, Mr. E. Henry, Mr. H. Wilkinson and Mrs. Wil kinson, Mrs. Fellowes, Mr. Blunt, •Mr and Mrs. Richardson. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. His Grace the Duke of Manchester, Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Lord and Lady Portmore, Lord Decies and daughter, Lady Charlotte Greville, Lady Lambert, Sir A. and Lady Fraser, Colonel Spread, Major Jordan, Major Sissmore, Major Moor, Major Richards, Dr. S. Fisher, Rev. Dr. Moore, Rev. R. H. Amplilett, Rev. N. and Mrs. Roberts, Rev. M. Doyle, Rev. B. Banbury, Rev. C. B. Ilenville, Rev. Mr. Jones, Rev. G. F. Ottey, Rev. Mr. Matthews, Captain Robertson, R.A. Captain Cunningham, Captain Lynch, Captain A, Ross,, Captain and Mrs. P. Maughan, Captain Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Halde mand, Mr. and Mrs. Witts, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Mr. and Mrs. M'Call and family, Mr. and Mrs. Morley, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Caffieri, Mr. and Mrs. Wood and family, Mr. and the Misses Caddell, Messrs. J. Pettey, G. EgertOn, Thornton, Hulke, Dwyer, Lumsden, jun. Bye, S. Harford, Byrne, Nicholles, finder, Hartopp, J. Kearney, White, Ma'ony, Deaves, Barrow, Bastin, J. Blakeney, Wigan, Stud. dart, Mackay, Carroll, Monroe, 0. Gee, Hillyard, Bradford, Blayney, Hammond, Waller, Coote, Hyett, Greville, C. Rogers, Nicholson, Meyrick, Brown, Plunket, Phillips, Savory, Hornyhold, two Lewis, Vaughan, Mullins, W. Chambers, Ca dett, Farrier, H. March, Herbert, R. Leal, Thomas, Brindley, R. Hall, M'Donald, Lynch, Beauman, T. Smith, A. F. O'Neill, C. Norton, Harris, W. Barker, Ridpath, De Carvalho, Freeland, J. Urquhart, M. Ryan, Lee ; Mistresses Colonel Bel- Billas, James, Barney, Lancaster, Collings, Evans, Weir, De Latouche ; Misses l3aillie, Brown, Lumsden, Mat thews, Snow, Hull, Kearney, Richardson, Brailley, &c. THE ARMY. (Cincuta a. ) Horse Guards, Aug. 1829. Sir,—A new knapsack having been approved for the service of the Infantry of the Army, the General Com manding-in-Chief has been pleased to direct, that a pattern shall be sealed and deposited at the Office of Military Boards, for the purpose of regulating future supplies. It is considered that the new knapsack, which has un dergone the minute examination of the Committee of the Consolidated Board of General Officers and which has been likewise subjected to mature trial, will be found to embrace the following advantages:- Ist. The valise is dispensed with. 2d. The wooden frame is stronger, and better constructed than in the present knapsack. 3d. A pocket is attached to the flap, which is found to add greatly to the convenience of the soldier. 4th. The buckles, which in the present knapsack are merely stitched on to the flap (and which is liable to give way at those points), are sewn to straps, which are stitched all along the flap, a method that tends to render the whole snore strong and durable. sth. The new pattern admits of the great coat being carried in three different ways. If within the pack, when the men are lightly equipped in point of necessaries, it will be separated from the necessaries by the inner flaps, and covered by the other side flaps ; if it be put on the outside, folded square, the mess tin will he carried on the top of the knapsack; if rolled, it can be secured on the top of the knapsack, with the straps which have been placed for that purpose, when the mess tin will go below it at th e back o f the knapsack. 6th. - The whole of the knapsack, slings, and straps for carrying the great coat, are of buff, to obviate the ob jection against part of the straps requiring blacking. 7th. The mess tin cover is of unpainted canvass only, and can be cleaned with pipe-clay, or washed. Bth. The estimated price of the new knapsack complete, with mess tin and cover, straps, and slings, does not ex ceed 145., whereas the present sealed pattern (which is hereby cancelled), completed with these articles, and with the valise, is charged from 14s. 6d. N 16s. In making this communication, I am at the same time to acquaint you, that the General Commanding-in-Chief approves of the three methods of carrying the great coat, as above-mentioned, and which are to be adopted under the following circumstances : In light marching order, the great coat to be carried within the pack, separated from the necessaries by the inner flaps, and covered by the side flaps. In heavy marching order the great coat to be carried folded square on the outside (the mess tin on the top of the knapsack), to facilitate the exercise and firing. On the line of march the great coat to be rolled, and to be carried on the top of the knapsack (with the mess tin below it at the back of the knapsack), to relieve the weight. I am further to add, that the knapsack now in wear by the Regiment under your command will be continued, until it shall he found necessary to have recourse to further supplies.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, H. TAYLOR, Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDERS. Horse Guards, Aug. 6. The General Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to direct, that when Orders have been given for discharging a Soldier with Ignominy, the following Process shall be strictly adhered to, in carrying such Orders into effect : The Regiment being assembled, and the Man about to be discharged brought forward, the several Crimes and Ir regularities of which he has been guilty are to be re capitulated, and the Order for his Dismissal from the Ser vice is to be read, together with his Discharge, in which will be noticed his ig nominious and disgraceful conduct. The buttons, facing,ace, and other distinctions, are then to be stripped from his clothing ; he is to be marched down the ranks, and trumpeted or drummed, as the case may be, out of the Barracks or Quarters of the Corps. By Command of the Right Honourable The General Commanding-in-Chief, HERBERT TAYLOR, Adjt.-Gen. Horse Guards, Aug. 4. The General Commanding-in-Chief is under the ne cessity of cancelling the authority whereby certain General Officers, though unemployed, have hitherto been permitted to retain Soldiers as Servants, and to desire that all such Servants may be restored to the ranks of their respective Regiments before the 24th of September next, except those who are attached to General Officers actually serving upon the Staff, to whom Batmen are still to be allowtd, as heretofore, from the troops under their immediate command. Lord Hill recalls with the greatest reluctance the grant of an indulgence of long standing, and trusts that the Ge neral Officers will readily feel that a continuance of it, whilst the Army remains upon its present low estahlish ment, could not be sanctioned without subjecting the Public Service to inconvenience. By Command of the Right Honourable The General Commanding-in-Chief, HERBERT TAYLOR, Adjt.-Gen. Horse Guard', Aug. 3. The General Commanding-in-Chief deems it necessary to correct a misapprehension with regard to the mode of Marching past at Inspections, or Reviews. His Lordship, having observed that the Mounted Officers salute in marching round in quick time, desires it may be understood that this should only be the case when the Troops, from their number, or other causes, are prevented from marching round in slow time, and where the line is formed into mass of columns at quarter distance, with a view to save time and preserve the Troops fresh for subse quent movements, as laid down at page 316 of the Field Exercise, and Evolutions of the Army. By Command of the Right HOnourable The General Commanding-in-Chief, HERBERT TAYLOR, Adjt-Gen. The harvest has become general, and a great portion of the wheat is either stacked or housed. The late showers have caused the turnips to rally in an uncommon degree, and unless the fly takes them a good crop may be expected. IRELAND.-MR. O'CONNELL. The manner in which the election for the county of Clare has terminated will, if not counteracted by the threatened contest against the Beresfords in the county of Waterford, be productive of a great benefit to the community, by diffusing tranquillity in the south of' Ire land. The great bulk of the Irish peasantry have at length secured a representative who has promised to devote his energies in Parliament to the promotion of their welfare, and Mr. O'Connell has experience enough to know what are the means by which their amelioration can be accomplished. The difficulty, however, in which he appears to have involved himself, is like that of the lady in the play—" he doth pro test too much ;" he sails without a sounding line, and his bark, when so heavily laden, risks being stranded in shoal water. The popularity of Mr. O'Connell among " the mere Irish," to use the bad old phrase of description which he and the other speakers so often repeat, is most extraordinary, and at the same time humiliating. It is a strong proof of the wrongful treatment of the wretched peasantry of Ireland, when they prostrate themselves be fore a gentleman who has hitherto only had the means of promising them justice and encourage ment, " promise-crammed" as they have been already by hundreds of pseudo-patriots. Every thing in Ireland seems changed for the better but those houseless and ill clad serfs of the soil. Their dress, mode of living, erratic habits at this hour resemble Spenser's description near three centuries ago, with the superadded misery of all the refinements upon tithe-spoliation which mo dern avarice and chicanery have produced. It is no wonder, then, that the credulity of these poor people upon any glimpse of new hopes should be boundless, and that they should have descended in shoals from their mountains, as Mr. O'Connell lately passed from Limerick to Ennis, and the women and children flung them selves upon their knees in groups, imploring blessings upon their deliverer. The responsibility which Mr. O'Connell has thus incurred is great : to be useful, he must, however, purge himself of strong prejudices ; and of these he will not be told by the crowd around him. " Rising in fortune," says Lord Bacon, " seldom amendeth the mind ; but on the other side,' the removing of the stands and impediments of the mind cloth often clear the passage and current to a man's fortune." These stands and impediments in Mr. O'Connell's mind are, his not giving himself time for sober thought, and the impulse of his passions. Why, upon the hills of Clare, when surrounded by an enthusiastic peasantry, portions of whom were constantly pouring into England to obtain the means of employment, of which they are so be reft at home, impregnate their minds with the poison of hatred against " the Saxons," when he knew that amongst these " Saxons" there were always illustrious men who denounced the ill-treatment of his country ; and how politically false it was to connect the people invariably with the acts of their Government ? This was not the feeling with which poor people ought to have been imbued, who were about to remove for the harvest season from their task-masters, to abide and obtain bread from those who were repre sented to be their implacable enemies. Mr. O'Connell likewise indulges in imputing motives (always unworthy ones) to those who happen to differ from him : thus, although he shifted ground himself upon his own case, upon the question of taking his seat last Session, he denounces the Speaker, and all the lawyers who differed from him, and covers them with scandalous epithets and allusions, not used among gentlemen in the current of political warfare. These are only personal defects; but Mr. O'Connell has public ones: he stands in a relation of great confidence to the bulk of the people of Ireland—to that heaving mass upon whose tranquillity depends the capa bility of good men being of use to their coun try. True it is, that of the higher classes none (the exceptions are so trifling as to be unim portant) are with him in Ireland. That may be no loss, for they have not been remarkable for public spirit. Of the middling classes, his hold is not strong ; and over the priests his influence is precarious, for they were rather swept into the common cause by agitation than the promoters of it, and they assign many reasons for now quitting the camp when peace has been ratified. The rent was an impost upon their scanty funds ; the incessant meetings in their chapels tended to divide the influence of the Catholic clergy over their flocks with eloquent laymen, whose strong and exhilarating phrases were con stantly tingling in the ears of the peasantry. The clergy of any church do not like, and the Catho lic priesthood can afford least of all, to part with any share of local control. Mr. O'Connell's public fault, then, is, that in his sway over the the multitude he guides them not to reason. Why talk to these poor people of the repeal of the Union, when he must know that he has just as much chance of accomplishing that ob ject (to say nothing of its uselessness, if now practicable), as the Scotch Covenanters, de scribed in Carte's Remonstrance, had of in vading Ireland, and hanging every man at his own door who refused, at the third warning, to appear at the Kirk. Why proceed, in fact, so as at every step to keep alive the remembrance of these national antipathies, which, in the present race of inha bitants of the two countries, is just as rational as the perpetuity of the feuds of the rooks and black hens, and the Nashes and the Moyers, into which clans of the Irish peasantry pe riodically explode, amid the vehement denuncia tion and execration of Mr. O'Connell himself, who feels as a lover of his country ought to feel, when these barbarous and demoralizing exhibi tions arise in individual conflict before him. The question to put to Mr. O'Connell first, is, are the minds of the people of Ireland ever to get repose from this spirit of agitation ? Are there no points of local and moral improvement in Ireland upon which good men of every reli gion can confer, now that the Legislature has removed the bane of sectarian tests from the people ? Of what use is his incessant abuse of the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, ex cept to play the game of the Orangemen in . both countries, who have already thrown up counter-works to impede the march of reason and justice ? Are there not individual wrongs which ought to be merged in national policy ? Ireland is full of practical grievances; some of them—the corporation monopolies, for in stance—very difficult of eradication, and the amelioration of which depends upon very cool and temperate observation and investi gation :—the local jobbing, law expences, tolls, public institutions, furnish abundant food to begin with, any of which would at once bring home direct benefit to the people. Why, then, does not Mr. O'Connell circumscribe the scope of his promised Parliamentary labours, and come at once to practical grievances, capable of imme diate redress, instead of wasting his energies, and those of his co-operators in Ireland, upon v a i n and airy speculations, which will only expose his mental pretensions to ridicule, and comprom4e the just hopes of the people for a benefit from the triumphant return of a popular candidate ? Private Correspondent of the Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD MEETING. CHICHESTER) WEDNESDAY MORNING. The extraordinary improvement that has taken place in this meeting within the last three or four years has so often been the subject of astonishment and admiration with those in the habit of attending the Turf Meetings, that any thing further in praise of it would be almost superfluous; however, we cannot refrain from stating, that by the sole exertions of his Grace the Duke of Rich mond, the Goodwoc.d Club has been snatched from com parative obscurity and placed in the first class, rivalling all other races in the excellence and importance of its sport, and surpassing them all in its numerous local at tractions--moreover, it is by far the best conducted meet ing in the kingdom. The ground appropriated to the races is selected from the most beautiful part of his Grace's park, and is laid out with admirable judgment. Those who have been accustomed only to the every day scenery of race courses could not form any idea of its various natural and artificial beauties. Its principal attraction is the Cairney Seat, an observatory erected on the summit of an immense hill, presenting one of the finest views im aginable; twelve miles of beautiful garden-like country lie beneath your feet, and beyond it the sea, stretching from Bognor and Little Hampton to the Brighton coast, embracing a water view of at least thirty miles. From this eminence you also catch a sight of the Ile of Wight, Southampton, and Portsmouth harbour. The adjacent scenery is exceedingly picturesque; and some of the spots are worthy of observation, particularly St. Roche's Hill, fir there was held the first meeting of Freemasons ever as sembled in this country—and there the late Duke, had he lived, intended to have held a meeting of all the Lodges under his mastership. The Race Course is one of the best we have seen, having a straight run out, a good hill, a fine turn, and a beautiful straight run in ; it is two miles and three hundred and sixteen yards round. The Grand Stand affords separate accommodation for the mere visitors and the betting men, and is admirably adapted for both ; it stands seven hundred and twelve feet above the sea at low water mark, and in its construction combines neatness and utility. This Meeting has another recommendation which few others can boast of—there are no gaming booths en the Course, his Grace having expressly excluded them. There will be nearly thirty races in the three days—the richest of which are the Drawing-room Stakes and the Gold Cup ; the former is worth 950/., mo , t of the prin cipal horses in the last Derby and Oaks—Frederick, Green Mantle, Varna, &c.—being engaged in it. The Cup, however, is the most important, and will be the greatest betting race; the subscriptions for it amounted to 480/. ; of this 300/. have been expended in the Cup, which, either as a valuable prize or a fine specimen of chaste design and beautiful workmanship, is alike pre-eminent. The entry includes all the crack horses engaged in the famous Ascot Cup—Zinganee, The Colonel, Manteluke, Fleur de Lis, Rough Robin, Green Mantle, Varna, &c. The two first named do not run for it. The four following are, there fore, the favourites :—Marneltike has all along been the favourite in the betting, and, if he could be relied on, might be considered safe to win ; he has all the points and qualifi cations of a first-rate racer, with the single drawback of a vicious temper ; in this respect he is like Glenartney and Maresfield ; all of them good horses, of the same year and stable, and all of then► so uncertain that itis not safe to be either for or against them. The King's mare, Fleur de Lis, has always run well, is trustworthy, and, if in good order, will take plenty of beating; she is the best and only lucky purchase his Majesty has made. Rough Robin has but recently come into the possession of the Duke of Rich mond ; he has never done any thing of note, save winning the Garden Stakes last year, with old Buckle, and a light weight on his back, beating some tolerably good horses, and he was beat by Mameluke this spring in a common canter. Unless he has improved greatly, we do not see that he is entitled to much consideration. Varna is also expected to start ; she has upon all occasions proved her self a very dangerous mare to be against ; and if the dis tance, and the 311,. extra, did not tell against her, she would have a good chance. The other entries for this and the many races besides comprehend sorne of the best New market blood; and when we add that the Judge and the Jockies come from the same celebrated place, it is but lea sonable to expect a brilliant meeting. During the meet ing his Grace the Duke of Richmond keeps open house, nearly all the principal Noblemen known. on the turf hav ing arrived to partake of the well-known hospitalities of Goodwood. His Majesty received an invitation from the Noble Duke, and was only deterred from accepting it by the fatigue likely to arise from so long a journey. WEDNESDAY EVENING. Goodwood Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft. with 50 added, Once round. Duke of Richmond's The Alderman, aged 1 Major Bulkeley named Icaru3, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Mill's Brownlock, aged dr Lord Sefton's Bobadilla, 4 yrs dr Two pay 15 sovs. and seven pay five soya. each 3to lon the Alderman—a very fine race. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. for 3-y7-olds. Once round. Lord Egremont's c. Brother , to Lap-dog 1 Mr. S. Ronehewer's Chiron ' , Ten pay 15 sovs. each. 6t05 on Brother to Lap-dog —an excellent race—neck and neck till close to the win ning-post, when Brother to Lap-dog let oat and won by a length. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 soya. each, with a bonus of independent subscription of 10 soya. each, for 3-yr olds. Once round. Lord Exeter's Varna Mr. Greville's Lady Emily Lord J. Fitzroy named Augur 3 Mr. Gully's Baltic Mr. Payne's Merman dr Thirty pay 10 sous. each, and twenty-six pay 25 sous. each. 6 and '7 to 4on Varna, who bad it all his own way ; Lady Emily ran a good second. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft. for 2-yr-olds. Half - a mile. Lord Egremont's b. f. by Whalebone Duke of Richmond's Convert General Grosvenor's ch. f. by Little John _ _ Three pay 30 sovs. each.. 6 to 1 on Lord Egremont's filly_u good race. Match for 100 sovs. each, 50 ft. Half a mile. Mr. G. Bulkeley's Sister to Crusader walked over The Gold Cup to-morrow (this day) is expected to be a very severely contested race, as many of the crack horses are named to start. The betting last night was as follows: Even agst Mr. Gully's Mameluke ; 5 to 2 agst the Duke of Richmond's Rough Robin; 4 to I agst his Majesty's Fleur de Lis; 5 to "1 agst Lord Exeter's Varna. Zinganee is drawn, and we believe Frederick also ; and the race for the Cup is expected to excel that for the Ascot Cup, which excited so much interest. Indeed, the meet ing has occasioned at least as much notice and sensation in the sporting world as the Ascot Races. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. MONDAY, Auc. 10.—A Produce Stake of 50 sovs. each, h. It. One mile and a quarter. Lord Grosvenor's Banter Mr. Mytton's br. f. by Filho da Puta 2 Mr. Yates's Lord Mayr 3 A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, b. ft. Two miles. Sir W. Wynn's br. to Stapeley 1 Mr. E. L. Charlton's Harold Mr. Mylton's br. f. by 11lho A Stake of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. One mile Mr. Giffard's Lucy Sir G. Pigot's b. f. by Muley 2 Mr. Mytton's The Crofts 3 The Tradesmen's Purse of 100 sovs. added to a Handicap Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 16 ft. Twice round and a distance. Mr. White's Euxton, 6 yrs Mr. Giflard's Chester Billy, 4 yrs A Plate of 50 sovs. for all Ages. Heats, twice round and Harry Holt, cum wilds am,. The setting-to commenced at half-past two, and continued till five, when smoking joints zin:l foaming bowls afforded more solid attractions lgewliei a disc ace. Mr. Thorne's Forester Lass, aged Mr. Giffhrd's Othello, 5 yrs Lord Anson's sister to May Flower, 5 yrs 0 0 3 Sir W. Wynn's Stapeley, 4 yrs 2 3 dr Mr. Yates's Emmy, 4 yrs SPARRING BENEFIT FOR YOUNG DUTCH SAM. The Tennis Court yesterday presented a lively specimen of what the Fives Court was in " times gone by," when " fighting flourished and vice decayed ;" and when all the good men of the Ring " put their shoulders to the wheel," and lent a willing hand to support a brother pugilist. The exhibition was got up for the benefit of Young Dutch Sam, with the view of making him some amends for the loss of the greater part of his battle money. The Court was ex tremely well attended by some of the oldest patrons of the JOIIN DAWSON, Esq. o f Anunartin, county Ring; and we w ere g l a d to recognise among the assem- m Wage the 7217L9.2 of many whom we have seen but seldom on Fermanagh, put an end to his existence on Monday last, by such occasions of late years. Prominent in the throng shooting himself through the heart.—Zowth Free Press. stood Tem Cribb, Tom Spring, Josh. Hudson, Tom Shelton, ' We have reason to believe that the Dissenters Tom Cannon, T e bb u tt, Harry L anc aster, Bishop Sharpe r i n thi s county e x c eed 25 1 000 !-21,4qhton Gazette. t+T~u~~K.... _. ... :71 1 ALLEM,ES LL: !:13 AN 81:11ON BY :NF: --In the curse of the a 11, tr:IR preif tt, to In Itch a man 6imun r.)rne or from s to LUt:/., to fight in four mouths. This intimation was publicly announced by Harry Holt. • A friend of Byrne's said he would make the match, and deposit 201. for Byrne. Josh Hudson afterwards mounted the stage; and, producing a couple of ten-pound screws; agreed to stake it on the part of the Anonymous Man alluded to by Holt. - Simon Byrne's friend was again drawn forth, and sport ing the rag, said he was ready ; but he barred Jent Ward, with whom he was satisfied, Byrne, for certain reasons, would not agree to make a match. This produced sundry hisses and considerable uproar, when Josh 1-Judson again sowed a-head, and said it was Jem Ward who was meant, and that he could be matched 500/. to 4001. against Byrne; but to this there was no reply, and the challenge ended in confusion. CELEBRATION OF HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTII-DAY AT WINDSOR. WINDSOR, AUG. 12.--This being our most gracious Majesty's natal day, the people of Windsor have kept the anniversary with every demonstration o f joy. The morning was ushered in the ringing of the bells of all the churches in Windsor, Eton, and for miles round; flags were waving in many places, and cannon were fired from the ramparts. The day was distinguished beyond all other of his Majesty's birth-days, inasmuch as he had intimated his Royal will and pleasure that the first stone of the equestrian statue to the memory of his revered father George 111., should be laid by himself. The preparations for the ceremony were com pleted yesterday, and the stone itself had been brought to the summit of Snow-hill, a beautiful emi nence, commanding a full and extended ♦iew of the whole country around, and situated directly in the front of Windsor Castle itself, which is distant about two miles, directly through the long walk. A more eligible spot for the site of a monument could not have been selected in the whole of Windsor Great Park. Not the least doubt existed but that his Majesty . would grace and assist in the ceremony alluded to, and at an early hour the most respectable inhabi tants were on the qui vivo to be present at the scene. It was rather extraordinary, however, that among the many, the fact of his Majesty having decided to lay the first stone of the statue was unknown till late in the day. For some time before the hour appointed by his Majesty for the ceremony, Sir Geoffry Wyatville and Mr. Westmacott were on the spot, a silver trowel peeping out of the pocket of the latter, and a mahogany mallet was handed' into the enclosure; and these being symptomatic of certain operations, the patience of the anxious spectators received a powerful aid. The stone fixed upon to form the basement of the equestrian statue is a huge block of granite, weigh ing four tons. On it is engraved the following inscription : GEORGIO TERTIO PATRI OPTIMO GEORGIUS RIF:X. The block was suspended by means of pullies over the spot destined to receive it. Precisely at two &clod:, while:the crowd were gazing on the preparations, an outrider appeared at intervals through the distant brake, and immediately " the King is coming" resounded on all sides. In a very short time his Majesty appeared in his well-known pony phaeton, and was received with the most deafening shouts of applause. Seated be side the Sovereign was the Marquis of Conynghatn. An open landau followed, in which were Sir An drew Barnard, Lord Fife, Sir H. Vivian, and Sir Wm. Keppel. His Majesty, on alighting, was received by Sir Geoffry Wyatville, J. Tebbott, Esq., the Mayor of Windsor, and Mr. Westmacott, the crowd loudly cheering. His Majesty approached the works with a tolerably firm step, leaning on the arm of the Marquis of Conytigham, and familiarly accosting those of the crowd whom he knew. The whole of the preliminary arrangements being complete, the plummet was applied, and his Majesty, observing the vibrations of the ball, declared it to be perfectly level. Mr. Westmacott handed to his Majesty the trowel, who spread the mortar on the stone, which was lowered, and his Majesty gave the stone three strokes with the mallet. His Majesty then turned to Mr. Westmacott, and hughing most good-humouredly said, " Now, West macott, we depend upon you for the remainder. By this day twelvemonth you say it will be finished. I know if you say so, it will be performed." Mr. Westmacott bowed, and assured his Majesty that his best endeavours should be exerted to per fect the expectations indulged by his Majesty. His Majesty, on turning round, caught the eye of the Mayor of Windsor, Mr. Tebbott, and said, " How d'ye do, Tebbott ?" To several other person's re sident in Windsor his Majesty passed the same friendly inquiry. His Majesty then glanced to the ladies around him, and bowing most respectfully to them, stepped into his phaeton amid great cheering. He had scarcely taken his seat in it, when a very disconsolate, but pretty-looking young lady, with a child in her arms, approached the vehicle, and with a trembling hand slipped in a sealed packet. Owing to the tremor of the young female, it nearly fell into the road, but his Majesty prevented this with his stick, took the parcel in his hand, and the phaeton immediately drove off. The lady glided away amidst the crowd. His Majesty was dressed in a handsome blue coat with velvet collar, white drill trousers and Welling ton boots, made very light, with a drab beaver hat entirely destitute of binding round the edge. It was ornamented with a broad riband as a band, and worn in quite a degage manner on one side of the head. It was the general remark how well and ex tremely jocular his Majesty appeared to be. His Majesty then - returned to the Castle. Cards were issued a month ago for a grand dinner party at the Lodge to commemorate the day. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, Princess Augusta, the Duke of Wel lington, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Peel, and other distinguished guests were invited to dine with the King. Another grand dinner will be. given to-morrow at Belvedere House. The usual compliment of two bottles of wine to each of the King's household "high and low," was given away this morning, and five shillings also, by command of his Majesty, to each of the workmen engaged at the works on the Castle. In the evening the town of Windsor was illumi nated, and a dinner was given at the Castle Inn, at which about one hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of Windsor and Eton sat down, the Mayor in the Chair, his Majesty having presented a fat buck to the company. After the remoTal of the cloth, " the King" was was given with the usual demonstrations of respect, and many speeches made, which, from the lateness of the hour, we must defer giving. Throughout the whole of the day sports have been going on in Windsor. " The Bachelors of Windsor" gave an interesting fete. Among the feats of the day, boys climbed soaped poles for a • waistcoat, girls ran for a gown-piece, a donkey-race for a new bridle, jumping in sacks for a leg of mutton, wrestling for a purse of Ios., boys eating treacle and rolls for a hat, &c. ; and the sports con 1, eluded with a grand display of fire-works by Southby. The day has been passed in a manner which truly evinces the loyalty and firm attachment of the people of Windsor and its vicinity to the Sovereign of the country. . sPrrtiT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Had not the observations we laid before our readers on Tuesday morning, in confirming the total change of the French Ministry, seemed to give rise to some misapprehension, we should hardly have thought it necessary to remind our readers that our comments were almost exclu sively to be referred to the fact of Prince Polig nac having been appointed chief of the French Cabinet, and as such empowered to form an Ad ministration. At the moment we wrote, a ma ture consideration of the whole of the French Cabinet was out of the question : of him we spoke who, after a residence of many years amongst us, had left behind him an impression from which it might not be presumptuous to draw inferences for his future public conduct. It is no longer ago than last year that he ex pressed to his countrymen that he knew how to value those noble institutions which he prayed might be the inheritance of his children ; that could his enemies see him in his hours of retirement and study, they would behold him applying his mind anxiously in collecting, from the experience of those who directed the helm in this the oldest constitutional Government in Europe, that knowledge which would enable biro to assist in the misoli dation of those institutions in his less expe rienced country. We have reason also to believe, that the Prince de Polignac is a man of sound judgment—of upright intentions, keenly alive to this prominent fact—that the interests of the two countries are the same, aad that an intimate union between them would be the surest pledge of their mutual prosperity, and of the preserva tion of peace. On the announcement of this excellent person being placed in a situation to form an Administration, we expressed our satis faction on beholding an event likely to draw closer the bonds of union between the two countries, at a moment when the anxious state of our foreign relations made that union doubly desirable ; reasoning also on the probable sup position that the views of the Prince de Polignac on the internal mode of governing France, would prevail, we hailed with pleasure the probable ac complishment of some measures of internal policy, which we humbly believe to be neces sary to the consolidation of their institutions among our neighbours. Being now in posses sion of the names of the men chosen by the Prince de Polignac to co-operate with him, we are enabled to form, although, in some respect, a premature, at least a more considerate opinion of the probable fate of his Cabinet. In propor tion as its composition raises in us some doul”s as to his being able to maintain the guidance and control of all his colleagues, we hesitate as to its usefulness or durability. Among these colleagues two men stand pre-eminently forward for their talents and energy,—we mean La Bourdonnaye and Bourmont. The former is a well-known leader of the Opposition, distin guished for the vigour of his attacks upon libe ralism, and upon M. de Villele : but we will do him the justice to avow that he has not indi cated any intention of having recourse to uncon stitutional or illegal means to carry into execu tion those plans of internal policy which he has hitherto advocated with uncommon pertinacity and 'energy. General Bourmont is a military man, bold, ambitious, and full of talent, but likely to be extremely obnoxious to the army, and, in deed, to every man of high feelings, from his conduct to his old master, Buonaparte, in 1815, when, after having accepted from him the command of one of his corps d'arnzee stationed in the north of France to oppose the progress of the allied troops, he, on the eve of the battle of Waterloo, abandoned the post confided to his honour and joined those whom he had promised to combat. Certainly the usefulness of Prince Polignac's Cabinet would be greatly diminished if either of these individuals should gain an as cendancy over him. We would not be thought to intend to pursue these remarks further than is consistent with the position we have already de scribed, of neighbours and well-uishers of France ; but we cannot forbear to expose the ab surdity of attributing the existence of the new French Ministry to the Duke of Wellington, or to the exercise of English influence for the pur pose of inflicting an anti-national Cabinet upon the French people. As long as a series of un fortunate events had placed the two countries in such a relation towards each other, that states men did not blush to utter the absurdity, as a political axiom, that " they were natural ene mies," one might understand, that in the in cessant warfare carried on between two great rivals, it might be thought justifiable and useful to keep alive internal feuds, to influence national councils, and sow dissension between l ida interests ours,iiietotrti Ilylaewditbvlielat eh::vttoa:gvusaoe-rt them and the people, thus governed against their will and wishes. But now that every sensible person feels that the interests of the two countries are not in collision, and that they ought to go hand-in-hand together for the peace of Europe—at such a moment, it is per fectly absurd and monstrous to suppose, that the English Cabinet, taking advantage of the grati tude which the Bourbons naturally feel towards England, should have attempted to upset the late French Ministry and introduce into the King's Council a set of anti-national Ministers, whose unpopularity would render them power less at home and useless as co-adjutors abroad. It is time that the French people should know clearly that we harbour no evil intention, much less such idiotic schemes as are attributed t 5 us. Their power r te is c c o o n n i n m e e c r t c e perity tocountrieshwen L i be rals bfe thera a r l e s pdr better eescelanrte Fi understood) trent oc h I)ivtie p ( o if w could that be to us? Unable to direct Ole helm of the State, suppose they were to have recourse to the coups d'etat attributed to them ? B o o f ur o b t o m ns, al e ly o , ul o d u f r ol i l i o s w ef and What e c w e s o s L a i r h y l What but civil war, an d p er h a p s t h e expulsion ul b of ect tl n 'e e ally, in such a storm ? With France politically effaced from the map of Europe, in the midst Of these convulsions, what would become of the ba lance of power, what of the necessity of check , ing the great norihem giant ? Before we con elude these remarks, we would answer shortly the observations made by " A Portuguese Emi grant." He complains that our words were cold—our wishes scanty—in respect to Portugal, but he adds further, that our expressions were pithy, and that nothing more could be required of Don Miguel than to act with justice and hu, manity. It seems to us that the contradiction in our correspondent's expressions is our best justi fication, We shall probably to-mo- ra •m lay be fore our readers a biographical sketch of Gen. Bourtnant, and subsequently, similar sketches of the French Ministry. In the mean time we may, perhaps, add, that there seems Ei general opinion prevailing that the Count De la Ferro nays will be the successor to Prince 1 . Po l a pse, a& 1