The Sun. — London, England, 1829-07-03 00:00:00

I oth 'reg . L ige Ici kc t A yf tb' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT-HEATH SECOND MEETING. Agreeably to the promises held out on Wednesday, the tams yesterday proved highly *tractive, the company being ilenteroms and fashionable, the sport very fair, and the weather favourable. His Majesty arrived at about 20 mi times before two, accompanied by his Rojil Highness the bnk e of Cumberland, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Duk e of Leeds. Tile other personag.es composing the Royal suite were the Duke of Dorset, Man; and Mar ehioneas of Convngham, ,Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, C Olllatk'SSl of Hat court, Lord and Lady Strathaven, Lord end Lady Ashley. Lord- Cheeterfiebl, Lord and Lady Ran riffle, Lord s ad Lady Reveneworth and the Hon. Misses Ilavetsworth, Lord Mountcharles Lord Albert Conyng- Lam. Ur. and the Hon. Mrs. Hope, Hon. Mr. Townshend, and Mr. Dehre Radcliffe. There were also present the Doke of Richmond, Marquis of Worcester, Lord George tentinek, Lord Hervey, Lord Ranelagli, Sir T. Liddell and family, General Grosvenor, Colonel Peel, Mr. Stone hewer, &e. His Majesty took great interest in the running, especially is the 1001. Plate, the winner of which was added to the Royal stud immediately after the first race. His Majesty remained till the end of the races, when he left for the • oßoyal Lodge. The following Is au accurate statement of the running, Which occupied from two till half-past four o'clock : Uandicap I'late of 50 sows. given by the Race Feud. The old mile. Duke of Richmond's Hindostan, 4 yrs ......... 1 Mr. Turner's Constantine, 5 yrs Captain Bulkeley's Burlesque, 5 yrs The following also started, bat were sot placed :-- General Grosvenor's Pollio, 6 yrs Lord Mountcharles's Maresfield, 5 yrs Mr. L Hervey's Manola, 4 yrs fielenus, The Alderman, Maria, Job, and Goblet ... paid The style in which this race was run proved that little judgment was exercised in the handicapping. To call it a tare watal be a mockery. Hindostan had it all his own way, tailed them along in good style, and tyon in a canter; rode by Pavis, Constantine by S. Mann, Burlesque by Baker, Manola by Ilalloway, Alaresfield by J. Day, and 1 ) (7)114) by Weather all. Immediately after the-race the win ace was purchased by his Majesty for 600 guineas. The odde were 6 to 4 on Hindostan, 3 to 1 agst Maresfield, . and 8 to 1 agst Pollio. Match for 50 soy& Once round and a distance. Mr. Hobson's Collier, 6 yrs Mr. Green's Lady Louisa, 4 yrs 2 to 1 on Collier, who was joekied by Captain Davies, 2 '4 won very easy. Pree Plate of 100 guineas, given by the Town of Wind sor. Two miles and a half. • lits Majesty's Hindostan, 4 yrs 1 Lord Mountcharles's Coronet, 4 yrs Mr. De Buygh's Sunshine, aged 3 , - Mr. Gardnor's (ionjuror, 5 yrs 4 Mr. Dockeray's Linkboy, 6 yrs Mr. Turner's Penultima, S yrs....—.—.—.— .......... .Mr. Bulkeley's Pilot, 5 yrs-- ..... ......... ....... 7 Ten were drawn. Betting--6 to 4on Hindostan, 4to 1 agat Sunshine, 5 to 1 agst Linkboy, and 6 to 1 agst Coronet. Linkhoy went off is front at a rapid pace, closely Pressed by Sunshine tied Ilinelostan; when they gorto the hottest) of the hill Sunshine made a push, but could not hold it; Hindostan then went in front, followed by Co ronet, and a vey sharp race maned betesten these two, the King' s new purchase winning rather cleverly by a length. 'Nothing had a ell/nice but the first two; in fact, they were all tailed off. Hia Majoesty's success was hailed with loud s eelarnatieus. The winner was rode by Pavis, Coronet b 7 S. Mann, Sunshine by Norman, Conjuror by Spragga, Linkboyr by John Day, Pennitima by Holloway, and Pil o t hy Bake. A Plate of 50 sous. given by the Members for Windsor, for all ages. About two miles and a distance. Duke of Richmond's Alderman, aged Lord Mountcharles's Coronet, 4 yrs Mr. Turner's Constantine, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Clark's Job, by Spectre, 5 yrs Mr. De Burgh's Sunshine, aged 5 Betting—.s to 4, on the Alderman, and 6to 4 agst s Co- Ponet'; - no others tnentired. Constantine made the run ning to the last turn, the rest following in a heap close to •h) Lie. heels; the Alderman anal Coronet then separated themselves from. the body, and made a sharp race home, the Duke's horse Winning rather cleverly by a length ; "ode by F. Boyce, Coronet Isy John Day, Constantine by 8. Mann, Job by Wetherell, and Sunshine by Dockeray. Lo rd e Mountcharlea claimed the winner for the Duke of Richmond- understand that his Msjesty intends to honour de Notes Rad% with his presence. Fleur-de-Lis and Jour "otes are entered for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. •nr. Clarke, of Newmarket, is engaged as judge. ar' LUDLOW RACES. l A . Ii r EDNESDAIr, JULY 1.--Sweepstakes of 50 says. each, h. ft. for colts. Once round and a distance. el Mr. Benson's Melody, by B us t ar d Mr. Salwey' s P an t ec h net h eca, b y M aster Henry 2 l ir 33 4 Ludford Stakes of 10 says. each, for all ages. Once 40 • round and a distance. 0 Lord Clive named Independence, 9 yr 5..„... I 10 Hon. Ai r . cuye's Villager, 4 yrs ....... ....... ...... . 2 W Mr. Cliffard'a Othello, 5 yrs .......--..... ...... Mr. Mytton's Euphrates, aged..—....i. ......... 4 10 11, e Corporation. Stakes of 25 soya. each, with 50 added if by the Corporation. Half a mile. el Ur. E. Yate's Jonathan, by Tiresias 0 1 Mr. Pickernell's tialiwiult, by Spectre Ili a:Maiden Plate of 70 sots. given by the M e mbers fur the 1 ' Borough of Ludlow, for all ages. Once round and a distance. 0 Mr. Careless's Deftbrd, 4 yrs —...... ............... ...... 1 1 I' Mr. LY cett's Nimrod, 4 yrs..—,. 2 2 r i . r i , t * Lntwy c h e Stak es o f fir e Pot's. each, with 10 add e d ir * from the Fend. Heats, once round and a distance. . Mr. Hick's Jack of Cl u b s , 3 yre....—— ..... ......-- 1 1 f —.. Lord Clive named Vixen, 4 yrs 2 2 Captain B. Davies's Mitre, ryrs ~ —. 3 3 1 Ron. Mr. Clive named b. m. by lklaster Henry, 4yr 4 4 LANCASTER RACES. tvrabAY, Jests 30.—The Town Plate of 50 son. for all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. simpsont9 atoll in the Wad, 3 yrs I I Mr. Bradshaw's b. e. by Solicitor, 3 yrs ..„... 2 2 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. GRAIN. 1 . An ACCOUNT of she GRAIN of all sorts, MEAL and FLotra, stated in Quarters, Imported into Great Bri tain from Foreign Parts, from sth January, 1828, to fl 'thJanuary, 1829 ; distinguishing each sort. ... Species. Quarters. Wheal and Wheat Flonr Barley and Barley Meal 'Oats and Oatmeal Itye..— ..... 29,562 P t . ase 52,868 beam sod Bean Meal 74,482 1 Indian Corn and Meal 19,708 1 neck-wizrat. ••-•• •••• Total 1,293,994 WILLIAM IRVING, inspector General of Imports and Exports, Generars Office, Custom House. Londoa, June 19, 18V. 2 " An ACCOUNT of GRAIN of all sorts, and distinguish- Log each sort, Imported from Ireland into Great Britain, from sth Janson', 1888, to Bth January, 1829. Species. Quarters. Wheat and Wheat Flour .. 645,875 Barley 81,461 Oats and Oatmeal ....... 2,050,485 Rye .. 5 37 Pease •• 4,826 Beans Indian Corn and Meal 2BO t Slat . 853 ti. TBtal 0 ,791,385 WILLIAM IRVING, 144 Pestor Inspector General of Imports and Exports. Geieral's Office, Custom House, London, June 20, 1829. LINEN, COTTON, &e. Alt ACCOUNT of the Number of Yards of LINEN CLOTH 'ln which Duties of Excise have been paid in the year "tided Bth January, 1829, far painting and printing Linen Cloth respectively, with the Rates of Duty paid Nr square yard; and a similar Account for CorroN Ind Snit CLOTHS, each descriptions of Cloth, and the 'late of Duty, 'being distinguished. Yards. til-inen Cloth palnted, INd. per square yard,. 632,933 cot: Cloth printed, at 3!4d. per square yard 1,014,771 . 11 e at 344. per square yard 129,14 i •Z2t "Nat bd. per square yard...(lluty repealed from April 5, 16 ' 26.) J. EWBANK, General Accountant. tbdse °Mee, London, May 19, 1829. A horrible instance of cruelty occurred at • IPilonth on Saturday last. Some brutal wretches, after / 11 : 144 ing a dog over with spirits of turpentine, set fire to and then let the miserable sufferer loose to alarm the in- HM with hie yens, as he rat distracted through the In the miniature department of the present ,Z 4 hibitio n at Somerset House is one represented to be a I•ortrait of the late William Corder, Esq., painted It031:1 recollection." If this is not a disgrace to the modern 17 6 of Squirm, we know not what ran W.—Morning Ver., COURT OF ALDERMEN. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST TUB RECORDER OF HAVING SUBSTITUTED A MILD IN PLACE OP HEAVY PUNISHMENT. Yesterday a Court was held for the transaction of some important business. A good deal of con versation had taken place since the last day of the late Old Bailey Sessions, on the subject of a very singular instance of lenity in the awarding of pu nishments to the offenders convicted ; and upon this occasion the matter reached the Court in a serious form, and in the presence of the Recorder, who was the Judge to whom the task fell of pronouncing the sentence of the Court. One of the Aldermen (we believe Alderman Wool)) rose to present a memorial, which will ex. plain the nature of the complabit, and was las fol. • Zr A- "TO THE HONOURABLE COURT OP ALDERJIEN. " Your memoralists beg leave to draw the attention of the Court to the following statement of circumstances connected with a prosecution they have recently been en gaged in, and they consider the case of sufficient import ance to occupy the attention of the Court, as it appears to them that the due administration of justice has been Im peded by itnrioi‘er influence or interference, and that a sentence-has been passed having no reference to the crime committed. On the first of June your memorialists re ceives' an anonymous letter, stating that a person in their employment was not acting honestly, and that by referring to the bills and receipts of a Mr. Potter in Watling-etreet, they should find that gnosis were had, and no entries made.' Your memorialists did apply, and discovered the informa tion to be correct, and that Samuel Watts, their ware houseman, had been in the habit irom January, 1827, of selling goods to Mr. Potter, giving him a bill of parcels, and receiving the money, but snaking no entry in your memoralists' books, or only a pit-tie' one. They found that no less thln 33 cases of fraud had been practised in this way by Watts, who, upon being questioned, acknow ledged his Olt. and after much hesitation confessed that he had received money in a similar manner from three other persons, but not to a similar extent. " Your memorialists felt that under such circumstances they could not, consistently with their duty to the public, forego a prosecution, and applied for a warrant. Watts was brought before Alderman Brown, and committed upon two charges selected from the number. Mr. Sheriff Copeland was present at the committal, and inspected -the bills of parcels and books with Alderman Brown, and was acquainted with the circumstance that a selection of two cases was made out of the whole series tar the convenience of prosecution. Watts was arraigned and pleaded guilty, and being brought up for sentence on Friday last, was fined one shilling and discharged. Mr. Conway, one of your memorialists, between the time of conviction and the lime of sentence, was tad by Mr. Sheriff Copeland that the Recorder had noted down the punishment, which would be two years' confinement to hard labour,' and further that the prisoner would be useful as a scleooltuaster in Newgate. Soon after hearing the sentence, your me morialis:s applied to the Recorder to express their surprise, and to ascertain the grounds of a scutence so dispropor tioneei to the offence; to which he replied, that he had been deceived—that the recommendation he had re. ceived was from such authority as to induce him to pass the lenient sentence, which he now much re gretted. Your memorialists having entered en this prosecution (at all times an unpleasant task), and having refused It sign any petition in Watt's favour, know ing there was no palliating circumstance to sanction such an interference, feel assured that your Honourable Court must agree with them, the sentence of the Recorder has not been properly obtained, and indeed may fairly,,he con sidered as a reflection upon the prosecutors; and they trust that the Court, roneidering the extent to which de predation is well known to be carried on against the trade of London, and the difficulty of conviction, will be of opinion that some inqu'ry into the circumstances of this case is neceseary; and that the Recorder shall he requested to state the reasons of his decision, and also the high authority of the recommendation to which he has referred. Your feet - nod:diets will lie ready to afford any further in formatien or explanation which Your Honourable Court may require. (Signed) " THOMAS CONWAY. "JOHN PHELPS. " JOSEPH RAM'S. " Maiden-lane." " THOMAS HAYWARD,. Several Members of the Court expressed an opi nion, that under the circumstances represented, it would have been proper in the Recorder to have communicated with the Alderman who committed, before a sentence of a nature so disproportionate to the offence was passed. The Court, however, was obliged to content itself with expressing► a disappro bation of the sentence. It could not call upon the Judge to vindicate himself, or state the grounds upon which he 'sentenced to be fined a shilling and discharged a person who had been guilty of robbing his employers, and had pleaded guilty in two in dietmeats of that serious nature. The RECORDER said, that he had been led by the statements made to him relative to the former cha racter of the prisoner, and the assurance that he should be taken into immediate employment, to in flict the nominal punishment. He regretted that there had been occasion to complain, but he con sidered at the time that he was doing what would prove most advantageous to the prisoner, without subjecting the public to injury. Some of the members of the court thought that the public were likely to sustain serious injury from the setting at liberty a man who had been guilty of several depredations upon his employers. The subject dropped here. Alderman VENABLES, after making some pointed observations upon the manner in which the sen tences upon the prisoners at the Old Bailey were ar ranged and passed, gave notice of a motion, that the Clerk of the Peace, the Clerk of the Arraigns, and , the Court, should be furnished with sentence papers, so that confusion and mistakes, which .were con stantly occurring to the disgrace of the Court, might be effectually prevented. CUTTING OF SILK RENEWED IN BETHNAL-GREEN. At the Worship -street office, yesterday, John Harrison, a silk-weaver, residing at 35, Wilmot street, .Bethual-green-road, with his wife, were brought b e f ore - Mr. TWYFORD, the Magistrate, charged with having feloniously cut from a loom in their possession a piece of silk entrusted to them for manufacture by their employer, Mr. T. Cole, of Duke -street, Spitaltields. William A ttfield, an officer, said that he took the prisoners into custody, and brought them to the office. He did not lock them up, and by order of the chief officer he went to the house of Mr. Cole, and from thence to the residence of the prisoners. In the mean time the female prisoner effected her escape from the office, and got to her residence be fore he could reach it. What object she had in view, or what instructions she there gave, he could not tell. It was, however, but an act of justice to say, that she voluntarily returned to the office. After the defence had been heard, The Magistrate observed, that there was no case of felony whatever established against the prisoners, and for the present they must be discharged, which they were accordingly. MORE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. On Wednesday night, about 12 o'clock, a gang of from 20 to 30 persons went to the house of a silk weaver named Tuck, in Half Nichol -street, Bethnal green, and the family being► all in bed at the time, except Tuck himself, they forced open the street door, by driving back the box which contained the bolt, when seven or eight of them rushed up stairs to the- workshop, and totally destroyed two looms' work, and a new harness, the property of S. Wilson and Co. The daughter of Tuck (a young woman 18 years of age) with another female, wore in bed in the shop at the time, and they distinctly saw some glittering instrument, which appeared to them to be longer than a knife, in the hands of one of the party. DESPERATE RESISTANCE OF AN OLD MAN SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the same party that were in Nichol-street, or another party en gaged in the same destructive system, went to the house of a Mr. Bertrand, situated in the brick-fields, Spicer-street, Spitalfields, and who is in the em ployment of Messrs. Buttress and Co. Mr. Ber trand, who is in his 70tb year, had tto person in the Mouse but himself and big aged Itife. the party, after knocking, asked for alight. Bertrand said he had no such thing. They thvo, in an authoritative tone, desired bioi to open the • door. He said he would not—that he was in the employment of Messrs. Buttress and Co., who paid a fair price for their 'work, and be would die in its preservation. This was answered by tae c.nirsest awl lowest language, when presently a volley of brick-bats destroyed almost every . pane of glass in the upper window, as well as a trt of the sash. The object of the party was then directed to the door and the window-shutter, one pannel of which they knocked in, and it was alongside the window old Bertrand stationed himself with whatever weapon be could find, determined to knock the brains out of the first man that would attempt to enter. But the principal point of attack appeared to be at the door, and from the violence used they would inevitably have suc ceeded, only that they mistook the, hinged for the locked side. The noise, however, began to awake the neighbourhood, and the party beat a quick re treat without effecting their object. NEW LONDON BRIDGE. ACCOUNT OF SUMS CLAIMED AND ACCEPTED WITIIOCT THE INTERVENTION OF A JURY, UNDER THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE ACT. The following correct statement of all the com promises made by the Committee at Guildhall, furnishes in almost every instance a direct con trast to those cases which were submitted to juries. There are some particulars of rather a curious nature connected with some of the claims. From a comparison of the verdicts of juries in the cases which were published a sliort time ago, with the terms offered and accepted, there is every reason to believe that the Committee may be chargeable with a reprehensible degree of liberality. It will be seen, that between the Committee affd the claimants there is in some of the cases a perfect unanimity, and that in others' the difference is such d 8 to appear to arise from an error of judgment upon one side or the other, and not from a mistake of conscience. SOUTHWARK. Claim. Accepted. Freehold £11,400 £ 9,560 Leasehold and good-wi11... 2,697 1.500 Freehold 945 9OO Leasehold 2,795 2,095 Leasehold and good-wi11... 3,676 1,676 Leasehold 2BO .. 280 Leasehold and good-will .... 2;200 5OO Freehold 6,099 4,530 Leasehold and good-wi11.... 2,540 1,086 Freehold Free1t01d......... ............. 150 lOO Leasehold l5O 5O - Leasehold 295 295 Freehold 5,390 5,000 Freehold 2,1 74 2,172 Leasehold '7oo 640 Leasehold 2OO 2OO Leasehold 270 235 Freehold.., 1,698 1,698 Freehold. Freehold. 400... 315 At will -. 704 5O Leasehold and good-wi11.... 1,500 l,OBB Ditto, ditto 1,797 l,OOO At will 425 l3O Ditto. • 361 5O FreehuhL . 2,373 • 2,000 £59,257 £44,432 LONDON. Freeh01d........ X3,750 X 3,150 Leasehold 4,36 = 3 4,000 Leasehold and good-will 7,139 4,111 Freehold 2 ;300 1,647 Ditto...—. ................ ... 2,100 l,BOO Leasehold and good-wi11.... 3,630 1,500 £23,281 £16,208 ITI - 441 e of the above-mentioned cases (that on which the claimant modestly asked for 704/. and accepted 501.) the Committee said they could net afford to give quite a 14th part of the demand. " Oh, gentlemen !" said the claimant, " I shall consent to take the money." The sum of 60/. Was handed - over to him, and he departed most grateful for the favour which it was afterwards found was quite unex pected. In another case, a man of much dis cernment actually took, after the passing of the Act, premises which he knew must be removed. He placed his brother in business there, and made the conscientious demand of 4,0001., but was obliged to be satisfied with 5001. The Committee were not aware of this manoeuvre, or the slightest claim would have been resisted. In fact, the must unworthy means have been re sorted to for the purpose of getting hold of the available funds of the Corporation, under the impression upon which greater authorities have acted, that public plunder is no plunder. One claimant, a tradesman in a very exten sive line in the Borough, demanded 3,0001., and made a great fuss before a Jury about the difficulty, the impossibility of procuring premises adapted to his trade. It happened, however, that he had taken premises within view of the Court in which the case was heard, but in order to blind all who suspected that he was supplied, he caused a board to be put over the shop-door, on which it was stated that the linen-drapery business would be commenced there next day. To the astonishment of those who supposed that they were to have a linen-draper for a neigh bour, they found the aforesaid claimant open ing with an exhibition of very different sorts of goods. In addition to the above, upwards of 20 cases, amounting to 78,0001., have been settled, where no specific sums were claimed, but the valua- tious were referred at once to a surveyor on each side, or the amounts settled by other ami cable means. The accounts of the disputed and undisputed claims, and of the verdicts of Juries, as con trasted with the amount of the demands, have, we understand, been submitted to the Duke of Wellington, who has, it is believed, determined to witness the next appeal. to a Jury where the disparity between the claim and the judgment of the Committee is striking. It is extraordinary that in most of th e cases where claimants have made exorbitant demands as to good-will, they have been fortunate enough to secure much more eligible situations than those which they have been, as it were, compelled to abandon. A pawnbroker, it is said, has nearly made his for tune by removing his glop. ODESS4,I, JUNE 10.—The Russians set at liberty by the Sultan, who have been brought hither by a Sardinian and an Austrian ship, are four superior office's, two ensigns, and 106 privates. Nobody here knows the Sultan's reasons for setting them at liberty. As far as we can learn one of his favourites visited, in the beginning of May, the Russian prisoners of war who arc in the Prince's Island, and told them that the Sultan in tended to restore them all to liberty. Soon afterwards the same person returned, selected the abovementioned in dividuals. and told them they were to go on board vessels ready to convey them to Odessa ; at the same true he in formed those who were left behind that they tou would soon have . their liberty. On their ileparture nit questions were put to the prisoners, nor were any promises whatever required of them. Several aickens were last week missed from a tine brood at Stoke St. Mary, near this town, and much inquiry was made after them in vain. At length one was discovered dead, and another almost pecked to pieces by the beak of a magpie, which, hawk-like, had made a de scent upon the unfortunate brood from the neighbouring fielde.w. Taunton Crturier. • - FASIIIONAELE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Earl: of Chesterfield, from the Royal Lodge, 'Windsor ; the Earl and Countess of Onslow, at the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from their seat in Surrey ; Earl and Countess of Lonsdale and family, for their seat, Cottesmore, Rutlandshire ; Lord and Lady Brudenell, for Dublin ; Alexander Dawson, Esq. M.P. from Downing_street, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shedden, from Wimpole-stre:l, to th:•ir new residence, Tor Abbey, Devonshire; Major and Mrs. Comae and family, from I larley-street, to Leamington ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Williams, from Albemarle.street, for their seat, Eaton Hall, Shrewsbury, Shrop shire; Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett, for Bath; Sir John Sebright, Bart. and family, for their seat in Flertfordshire; H. Seymour, Esq. and family, for their seat in Bedfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Smith Owen, from Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, for their seat in Shropshire; Lord Fincastle, from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for Scotland ; Captain Fitzclarence, from ditto, for Portsmouth ; Sir Edward Stopford, Bait. from ditto, for Portsmouth; Sir H. Fane, Bart. from ditto, for his seat in Hampshire; Mr. and Mrs. Townwaret, from ditto, for Leam ington; Lord and Lady Rendlesham, at Long's Hotel, Clifford, street, from Suffolk ; Major Hilton, at ditto, from Staffordshire; Rev. Leigh Bennett, at ditto, from Staines; Mr. and Mrs. Swynfen Jervis and family, from ditto, for Dunkirk ; Rev. J. Charlton, from ditto, for Bristol; George and John Fitzherbert, Esqrs. from ditto, for Stafford , Sir Richard Acton, tart. at the St. George's Hotel, from his seat in Shropshire; Mr. and Mrs.• Lycke, at Bryant's Hotel (late Warne's), Conduit-street, from the Continent; Captain and Mv. Lewis, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham. ARRIVALS AT HOWE'S ROYAL HOTEL, MARGATE. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, Hon. W. Howard, J. Irving, Esq. M.P., Colonel Legh, Lord Glentworth, Captain Plunket, Hon. J. Jocel3 n, Mr. Everard, Mr. Booth, Dr. Kershaw, Rev. J. Gill, Mr. Jenkins, Baron de Haren, Mr. Van Siegel, Reverend - Goddard, Mr and Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and family, Mrs. Nodes and son, Colonel and Mrs. Thompson and family, Rev. J. Baker, Mrs. Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Siordet, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Major Gar rett, Captain Bettisworth, Mr. and Miss Dyer, Mr. and Miss Fowler, Misses tleetson, Seymour, Forster, &c. Several of the above were on their way to or from the Netherlands. ARRIVALS AT WEYMOFTH. Sir Charles Waller, Bart., Mr. C. Waller, Miss Bunn, Sir Or. ford and Lady Gordon on a visit to Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Browne; Archdeacon and Mrs. Moysey, Major and Mrs. Read, Mrs. General Pipon, Captain Church, R.N., Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Radcliffe, Miss flathead, Mrs. and Miss Conway, Mr. and Miss Hill, Miss Ford, Mrs. Chamberlanie, Mr. Wyld, Mrs. Hinton, Captain and Mrs. Pettit, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, Miss Blundell, Mr. and Mrs. Miser, Mr. Wilderharn, Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Sep. ping, Mrs. Austen, Mr. and Mrs. Starke, Mr. Gray, the Rev. Mr. Foote, Captain Dumer, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, Rev. T. and the Misses Marsh, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Symonds, Mrs. Blundell, Mr. Mrs. and the Mrs. Walcott, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Long, ;the Misses Smith, Rev. E. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. K Capper, Mr. Branstone Stan, Mr. Tufnel, Mr. and Miss Hussey, Rev. T. and Mrs. Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. Stawels, Mrs. and Miss King, Mrs. Banger, Mrs. Westly, Mrs. Guy, Mrs. Bishop, Mr. Grosvenor, Mr. Morrel, ere. ARRIVALS AT LEAMINGTON. His Grace the Archbishop of Tuam and family, the Prince and Princess Tuiakin, Madame la Comtesse Portmal, Madame la Baronne Quandt, nuke and Duchess de Coigny, Sir John Cot terell, Bart. and family, Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald, M.P. Sir Digby and Lady Mackworth, Colonel and Mrs. Wallarton, Captain and Mrs. Stewart, Captain Hairland, Capt. Wat. son, Rev. Mr. Maine, Rev. G. Barkley, Mr. and Mrs. Gall, Mr. and Mrs. Wills, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Storer, the Hon. Miss Walker, &c. His MAJESTY, and the company who are staying on a visit to him at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor park, after dinner on Wednesday evening were gratified with the performance of the King's Private Band, who were stationed in the conservatory. Dancing was intro duced by some of the company, and was kept up till eleven o'clock, when the KING retired, the band playing " God save the King." The Duke of CLARENCE presided yesterday at the annual dinner of the Corporation of the Trinity House, on Tower-MI The Duke of WELLINGTON, and other of the. Cabinet Ministers, together with a large party of noblemen and gentlemen, were also present. The Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duke and Duchess of SA XE WEIMAR, arid the Prince and Princess of WEIMAR, visited the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's -park, yesterday morning, and inspected the inte resting collection of that establishment. The Princess AUGUSTA dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENcE and the Duke and Duchess o f SAKE WElmmt on Wednesday evening, at the residence o f the Duke of CLARENCE, in the King's Palace, St. James's • Baron By Dow . , the Prussian Minister; Count Lunorx, the Neapolitan Minister; and the Marquis de BARSACENA, tiansacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Secretary PEEL visited Sir GEORGE MURRAY yesterday. Lord ELLENBOROUGH visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesto day. The King's Palace, at St. James's, is to be lighted with gas instead of oil-lamps, as at present. Some of the gas pipes have already been laid down in the Palace. On Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. DE RontscHmn gave a grand dinner at their house in Picca dilly, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke, of GLOUCESTER and Prince LEoroLn, Duke of WELLINGTON, Prince and Princess ESTERHAZY, and Mr. DE NEUMANN, Countess POULETT, and Countess Dowager POULETT, Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Count BULOW, Countess of COVENTRY, and Viscount DEzauußsT, Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT, Colonel TRENCH, Mr. HERRIES, Colonel Hicunvs. In the evening, a Concert of Vocal and In strumental Music was given in the Great Saloon, at which were present the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALRAN'S, Lord FREDERICK and the Ladies BEAUCLERK, Dowager Lady Froyn, the Ministers from NAPLES, SARDINIA, 13/A -varua, and PRUSSIA. A petite Souper at half-past two. The party did not break up till half-piist three o'clock. KING'S THEATRE.—M. LAURENT took his benefit here last night, though why he should have had one at all we cannot even guess. The man that sweeps the cross-way at the corner of the Opera has a claim ten thousand times stronger. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—A new romantic drama, in two acts, entitled the Sister of Charity, was last night brought out at this theatre. It was received with touch and deserved applause by a crowded house. The acting of Miss KELLY, as the Sister of Charity, was particularly effective. GRAND BALL AT ALMACK'S.—This ele gant assembly, on Wednesday evening, presented its usual display of fashionables. DOVER, JULY 2.—Arrived from Calais his Majesty's packet Crusader, with Sir F. BURDETT and his family. The Britannia steam-packet arrived from BMI - with the Earl of BEVERLEY, &c. Sailed for Calais his Majesty's packet Salamand r, with his Excellency the Baron FALCE and suite, and other passengers. MARGATE, JULY 2.—Sailed yesterday, at half past nine A. at. for Ostend, his Majesty's steam packet Spitfire, Captain WATSON, with the mail, upwards of twenty passengers, and one carriage.—Arrived last evening at seven o'clock, from Ostend, his Majesty's steam packet Fury, Captain SHERLOCK, with the Flanders mail and several passengers. There was no particular news when the packet left Ostend at twelve o'clock yesterday. The new Novel, by the Author ofTELHAm, entitled " Devereux," is said to be the imaginary auto biography of a friend of Lord BouNcnttoKE, whose for tunes were in the highest degree singular and romantic.— In addition to Lord BOLINGBROKE, who is a prominent actor in the story, we understand that PorE, SWIFT, AD DISON, STEELE, COLLEY CIBBER, Sir GODFAEY KNEL LER, the Duke of WHARTON, Lady M. W. MoNracu, the Duchess of MARLBOROUGH, and other public charac ters of the day. figure in the Work. ST. ANN'S CHARITY SCHOOLS.-Yester day the Anniversary Festival of this excellent Institution was celebrated at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, C. 13 ARCLAY, Esq. in the Chair. OPENING DINNER AT THE PALACE TA VERN, STANGATE.-On Tuesday last near 200 persons sat down to a most sumptuous dinner, consisting of all the delicacies of the season, at the Palace Tavern, Stangate, to commtanorate the opening of the spirited host's (Mr. Ihsitop's) new and splendidly capacious house, erected on the site of the Two Sawyers. The adjourned Catholic Association Finance Committee resumed its meeting on Monday last, at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, when Mr. ENEAS MIDONNELL'S claims to some of the old Catholic Rent, as agent to the As sociation in London, were canvassed. Some sharp squab bling took phice between Mr. M'DoNN ELL an d M r . O'CONNELL on the occasion, after which the debate was adjourned to Saturday next. A great deal of hay near London amounts to an avtrage crop. To encourage the march of intellect in the Austrian doininions, a regulation has recently been esta blished, interdicting any one front marrying who cannot read, write, and show some knowledge of the common rules of arithmetic; and no master can employ a servant who is not able to read and write. SPIRIT OF . THE PO'BUC JOURNALS, In a former article we endeavoured to shew the mulLiform proceedings connected .with Mr. Nash, Crown Architect and Surveyor, becoming also Crown tenant in place of the Regent's Canal Company. We exhibited from the evidence the various claims set up in the name of the Com pany to obtain a lease of four acres of ground on the most advantageous terms—the subsequent embarrassment of the Company, and abandon. mcnt to Mr. Nash of the ground in question— the application, still in the name of the Com pany, though unknown to them, for an addi tional four acres, at the very time they had parted with the former four acres to Mr. Nash-- the opportune discovery made by Mr. Lyon; who was solicitor both to Mr. Nash and the Regent's Canal Company, that the Company could not, in their own name, take a lease of any ground, though they had just made a purchase of the adjoining ground excavated for the Basin; which discovery paved the way for the happy ignorance in which the Commissioners were kept, that the Company had actually parted with the land to Mr. Nash from embarrassment, and prevented the Commissioners from being struck with a Company's parting with four acres of land one month, and applying for another four acres in a month or two afterwards, which might have led to the discovery that their survivor, who was endeavouring by all manner of representations to obtain an extension of the period of the lease and a diminution of rent, and recommending the Company to favour in his Reports, was all the time tenant himself, and furthering his own interests. We have thus seen Mr. Nash fairly in possession of the land. Let us now look a little into the consequences to himself. Not withstanding the urgent applications made by Mr. Nash for an extension of the term of the lease—first from 50 to 61, and then to 99 years, on the plea of the impossibility of obtain ing tenants who would build on a shorter term, it appears from a paper given in by Mr. Lyon (p. 201), that twelve out of fifteen Wharfingers have leases for only sixty-one years, which, as they did not obtain possession till 1823 or 1824, are in fact to them leases of fifty-fotir or fifty-five years. The Wharfingers who were examined (p. 157 and seq.), state that they have expended large sums, notwithstanding the short ness of the term. By the Return, p. 201, the rent received on wharfs by Mr. Nash is 1,6981. per annum. The rent paid on the wharfs to the Crown for the first seventeen years is (p. 139) 241. 14s. Therefore, Mr. Nash clears on these wharfs, till the expiration of .his first seventeen years, no less a sum than 1,6731. per annum—a very pretty estate, made in a moment, as it were. The following is the statement given in by Mr. Milne, of the rent payable by Mr. Nash, on the wharfs granted on lease to him : " Date of Lease, 1523, May 3l.—Fourteen plots of ground, abutting on the Commercial Dock of the Regent's Canal, on the east side of the Regent's Park E-,tate, with sundry niessuages and other build ings erected and to be erected thereon respectively —for the first seventeen years, 241. 145.; for the next seven years, 631. Ils.; for the next 14 years, 6311.; for the remainder of the term, 1,321/." Mr. Nash has thus gained a very handsome estate of 1,673/. 6s. per annum for 17 years ; 1,634/. 9s. per annum for the next seven years; 1,0641. per annum for next 14 years; 377/. per annum till the expiration of these leases granted for 61 years from 1819, when from their filling in a new calcula tion must be made. Against this estate, thus acquired, as if by magic, there is only a set off of 24/. 14s. per annum between the period when Mr. Nash first paid rent to the Crown, and the period when the rents of the tenants of the wharf commenced. There is some curious evidence respecting the making of bricks. Mr. Lyon states, p. 174, as follows: " What number of bricks were made out of the excavation of the Regent's Canal Basin on Mr. Nash's account believe eleven millions. " To what purpose were these bricks applied ? I can only speak from information; I believe 7,000,000 were applied to Mr. Nash's own pur poses, and 4,000,000 carted to other premises. " When you say Mr. Nash's purposes, how do you mean ?—The building Mr. Nash's own house and Mr. Edwards's, and completing the lining of the Basin in the Regent's Park; I cannot tell any other purposes. " From whom did you receive • the information ? —From the clerks in Mr. Nash's office." It appears from the evidence of Mr. Milne, that it is the essential duty of a Crown Surveyor to see that all the buildings on the Crown Lands are erected of good and substantial materials.— We shall here quote from Mr. Milne's evidence, pp. 183, 184, and afterwards show the connec tion between it and the bricks made by Mr. Nash : " It is the duty of the architect and surveyor of the Crown to see that all buildings erected on the Crown property are built in a workmanlike manner, and of good materials ?—Yes; that is his duty. " That is in order that the Crown may have secu. rity for the payment of the rent, and the fulfilment of the agreements on the part of the lessee, and eventually on the expiration of the lease, there may be buildings of value upon the ground let ?—Yes; those are the objects of the covenant, 110 doubt. " Should you not think that the architect and surveyor of the Crown was deficient in his duty, if he allowed any builder, upon Crown land, to use bad bricks ?—lt is part of his duty to prevent it. " And it would be a dereliction of his duty, if he did not see that it was not the case ?—Yes, it ould." Now, it appears from the evidence of several individuals, as well as from Mr. Nash's own statement of the price obtained for the bricks, that they were of a bad quality. Mr. Francis Dorset Lewis, employed as en gineer, in making the addition to the Regent's Canal Basin (p. 173.) " There was a great quantity of bricks made eut of the earth ?—There was some quantity of bricks; the number I cannot state. • • • • • • • • " 'What • was the quality of them ?—Very in ferior, indeed, and not fitting to be used in any pub lic work. " Were they of that description, that if you had had a house to build for your own use, you would have used them ?—Positively not, if I could have bought any thing better; they would do for party walls, perhaps ; there was not a sound one among the whole kit ; I do not believe there was scarcely— " Do you think it was owing to the badness of the earth; or wishing to make as many bricks as possible, that the good and bad clay was mixed up together ?—lt was the quality of the clay ; it was a hard clay, and it had not dine to weather ; and the labour to make them good bricks would cost more than they were worth. " To sell again ?—yes; he would consume them in his houses if he liked. • • • • • • • • °• What was the price of the best sort of bricks at that period?—[ believe at that rime the Regent's Canal was payi►►g about - two guineas . and 455. for the best stocks per thousand. " What would be the value of these in the market it e you had sold them --Positively Iwould not have given 16s. a thousand one with another. "Taking all round ?—N o , I would not ; a ad I think it cost as much as that to make them." Mr. James Ellis, employed to make the bricks. P. 175; " Were any of them of such bad quality that they would not fetch sixteen shillings in the market? —None that I made; there was a great many male afterwards; a man of the name of Baylis made them under its direction; he said I had tco much money for making them, and he made them under the di rection of Mr. Nash ; what they were I do not know. " You do not mean to say Baylis's bricks were of a bad quality ?—Many of them were very fair, and some very bad ; but I believe the worst oftlie bricks went into Augusta-street, to build there." Now, at the time when good bricks were sel ling at 455. a thousand, it appears from Mr. Nash's Statement, page 202, that the eleven .mil lions of bricks sold for 13,7961. which gives a fraction above twenty-five shillings a . thousand, which is decisive as to the badness of the quality. it appears from the evidence of Ellis, th a t th ese bricks are of such wretched quality, that most of them were taken down into Regent -street, carted by his own horses, and employed in -building houses there and in the neighbourhood, on the Crown land. Baylis's bricks were, many of them, used in buildings in Augusta-street. The account made out by Mr. Nash, p. 202, is full of errors ; but we have not time or space at pre sent to enter on it. The Scripture says a man cannot serve two masters. With respect - to Mr. Nash's services, the extent in which the Govern ment have benefitted by his services is- a point which it is not necessary to discuss ; but there can be little question as to the extent in which be has himself benefitted by them. Neither can there be any question as to the powers of hig creative genius. While others salt in Mary-4a. bonne parish a mere wilderness, he sift all its capabilities ; and knew that, by. A few well-tor" ducted operations, he should 'in a sit,?rt time find himself possessed of leasehold • property Pf great yearly value. Every road leads to - Rome, as the Proverb says ; and Mr. Nash,' after not A few windings and turnings, has reached the end of his journey as safely as if he had gone direct towards it. He crowns all with the satisfaction which he must derive from the Resolution of the'Committee of the House of Commons ac quitting him of all fraud, however odd some of his actions may appear..-- , Morning Chronicle. The circumstances under which Sir NV, D, Best has become Baron Nyynford, and iracated the Chief Seat in the Common Pleas, have tietti. involved in a good deal of obscurity. It was asserted in some of the public journals, that the arrangement was effected under the influence of' the Duke of Cumberland, with whom the late Chief Justice is known to be on terms of some cordiality. This is, however, a mistake, his Lordship's retirement and elevation to the Peerage being to be explained solely by refe rence to the representation of the University of Cambridge. When Sir Charles Wetherell va cated the place of Attorney-General, Ministers found themselves in a condition of some pet•; plexity, betrayed plainly enough by the period oh unusual duration for which the nomination of his successor was suspended. After having once before suffered a person to be put over his head as first Law Officer, it was admitted that Sir Nicholas Tindal could not, without great self degradation, again submit to such an indignity, To have promoted him to the Attorney-General. ship, however, would have been attended with the necessity of an appeal to his constituents the event of which, if disastrous, as there was every reason to apprehend it Would prove, could not fail of being, from the high official station of the candidate, little lcse disagreeable, and, perhaps injurious to Govern , ment than Mr. Peel's defeat at Oxford.. Nor were Ministers much disposed to see Sir N. Tindal Attorney-General, he not having been found quite as efficient a Law Officer as, from his acknowledged learning, had been expected, It was, therefore, resolved, on this account, and also with a view to avoid the dreaded contest for Cambridge, that Sir N. Tindal should not be Attorney-General ; and as it was impossible he should remain Solicitor-General, a vacancy was to be created for him on the Bench. He chiefly coveted the place of Chief Baron ; and it was accordingly proposed to Sir William Alexander that he should retire with a Peerage. But that proposition was rejected ; Sir William had no claim to a pension, and preferred the substantial emoluments of his office to the barren honour of a title. The next application was to Sir Wm, Draper Best, who had often before betrayed longings for a coronet, the bare mention of which, on the present occasion, it is said, threw him into a state of perturba tion, operating so injuriously upon his pre vious infirmities, as to render him quite in. capable of the duties of his station, and brought his case fully within the meaning and intent of the Acts of Parliament regulating the retire ment and pensions of the Judges. Having ascertained that his case was admitted to fall within the statutory rule, Sir W. D. Best re signed his office ; the Great Seal was put to the grant of his pension, and his services requited by the title which he now bears. As Chief Justice, his salary was 8,0001. ; the pension he now enjoys as Lord Wynford is 3,7501. The 39th Geo. 111. cap. 110, is the Statute under which he retires. That Statute empowers the King to grant to any person who shall have exe cuted the office of Chief Justice of the Common ...... Pleas an annuity of 2,5001. per annum ; the 53d Geo. 111. cap. 153, authorizes an addi tional annuity of 800/. ; and the 6th Geo. IV. cap. 84, a further addition of 4501., which sums taken together make up the whole amount of pension. The first-mentioned Statute specifies the circumstances under which the grant may be made, and the additional annuities given by the subsequent Acts are declared subject to the like conditions. They are thus expressed " Provided always, that no such annuity or yearly sum of money granted to any person having executed the office of Chief Justice, &c. shall be valid, unless such Chief Justice, &c. shall have con tinued in one or more of the said lasi-mentioned offices for the period of fifteen years, or shall be afflicted with some permanent infirmity, disabling him from the due execution of his office, which shall be distinctly recited in the said grant." It is clear that in the teeth of this " distinct recital of a permanent bodily infirmity dis abling him from the due execution of his of/ice," Lord NVyttford can never be nominated to any such office as that of Deputy Speaker of the Lords. But although by Sir N. Tindal's ele vation to the Bench a contest fbr Cambridge in his person was avoided, it has been seen, that by Mr. George Bankes's becoming a candidate, Ministers were involved in one. To this the 4.(•,• intrigues of the Chancellor of the Exchequer mainly led. Having himself designs upon the University, Mr. Goulhurn was extremely anxious that a successor of Sir N. Tindal should come From one of the smaller Colleges, so that when