The Sun. — London, England, 1829-07-30 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL. h p Lords o f hi s M a j esty ' s M ost Honourable they Coun c il h e ld a meeting yesterday morning, in L ordl3rivY Council Ch am b er : t h ose present were Wynford, t h e J u d ge o f t h e Adm i ralty Court, and the Right Hon. H. Elliot. ~ ,T h e appeal of " S a y ers v . Whitfi e ld," f rom S t . vincent's which had occu pi e d th e i r L or d s hip s a t two Previous meetings, was resumed. The re ',..PCindent3 were heard on their exceptions to the ester'sMa report. O ne o f t h e except i ons was, t h at salary of 8001. per an nu m , charged in the ap- Pellant's accounts as paid to , Messrs. Bush and Charles Sawyers, for their services as attornies to the estate in the island of St. Vincent, together witirthe requisites of residence and servants on the " t ate, was too large in comparison with that paid t h_ w former managers, which were much smaller w ithout any advantages. sePO Lord W YNFORD, in expressing their Lordships' in ion that t h e except i on should b e allowed, ob served,ser that by t h e ev id ence i t appeared t h at i t was a question of quantum meruit as to the services nr th e attornies, as, by the report of the Master, he ,P eared to have considered it, by allowing the t inort gagees 7001 . p er annum i n t h e account as pa id , 11) the a ttorn i es, whereas, according to the evidpure, b at 4 001. had been paid yearly to Mr. Sayers : the Master ought to have decided by the facts. Another except i on was, that the accounts ran g:red by the appellants of the produce of the estates ere not supported by the affidavits of the it-in ttlhPnts, Messrs. Sayers and Gordon, but merely by P 3 e of thei r c l er k s, w h o cou ld not persona ll y b e tnoraied o f t h e correctness of certain of the items; and al so, that while it could be prored that all the other estates produced 191. per hogshead for their s a u t g a , r, the respondents gave credit in their accounts Lo rate of 13/ per hogshead. eidledord WYNFORD, on the part of the Court, de that the exceptions should be allowed and the i Parti en sent back to the Master to inquire further tutu th e ,i,E accounts o f th e sales of sugar. 011 sae la st except i on was to a transaction which was ll°t'eged b y the respondents to be usurious : this was Tie , exceptio ns to the report having been con ,io:sedtootn, the part of the respondents, the excep for hear. he appellants, by the same report, came on In g• 41ips e e xceptions wer e a rgue d b e f ore th e ir Lo l d the f ; the third wa s a ll owe d, b u t w ith ou t cos t s : tw ee ' 44 th was compromised by an agreement be- An the parties. Inrthte four o'clo c k th e i r L or d s hip s a dj ourne d t h e r h earing of the case. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Hy stew crpiec e ent i t l e d Th e H a ppi es t D a y of • Nvatije----a translation of course from the French -I',-;ILt night produced at this Theatre. It is a 4 1- Y, Lastlin piece, fell of incident and smartness, " Waa received with much applause. SURREY THEATRE. This theatre was honoured last night by the nPtese nee of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, I °l Marcu s Hill , L a d y C at h er i ne G raves, and two le, Ladies and Gentlemen. The performances tieiteeted for the evening were Black Eyed Susan, a musing fai r y ta l e ca ll e d M o th er H u bb ar d an d bp e- and D ame T rot an d h er C at, w hi c h was °"need here for the first time on Monday last, and afterpiece of Law and Lions. His Royal High tir or a nd party seeme d hi g h ly de li g h te d . Th e f a i ry Mother Hubbard and Dame Trot was also I recei ved by the Royal party, as it was by a `',ri"vded ho use . It i s a combination o f some o f t h e to?arae.ters and scenes of some of our leading panto thlrn", and se ems c hi e fl y to h ave b een got up for Ple Purp ose of exhibiting Mr. E. J. Parsloe! tin ietd„eccentricities as the representative of Dam e piec e ror ,Z at • At the commencement of the second e audi nee would have the national anthem ?Wt. w cni re peated` ~ in compliment to his Royal Highness; 'HIM M r ( 7 1 eY allow the performance to proceed log* • • ibaldeston came on the stage, and, apo eng for the absence of several of the vocal per - 71: assured _ the ladies and gentlemen that " God , the King" should be sung by the company at tne end of the piece. It w as accord i ngly sung, an d 1%1 4 cordially joined in by the Royal party as well 4 1 the audience. His Royal Highness remained Houselhroughout the whole o f the performances. The was crowded. THE STAR SYSTEM. t The evils ar i s i ng f rom P r i vate Theatricals— °nducted as private theatricals now are, are equalled, if not excelled, by the folly of the P zit ubli e i n encouraging foreigners on the public t a g; who posse ss not one - tent h o f t h e mer i t o f oa r native performe rs . W e s h a ll t a k e th e grea t fav ourite h of the publi c , th e S on ta g , as s h e h as ',lien denominated, for an example. We are not or, if the phrase suits the matter better, to the merits of this singer. She possesses Ivoaq qualifications for her profession which we , no doubt, b e repa id i n h er own coun t r y anti s ome thr ee or f our h un d re d p oun d s a -y ear , that en h"g h it would perhaps be for any talent 11 11 11 8 e Possesses. But mark the folly of John . She is a foreigner, and being told that i s h ie very wonderful in her particular line, he a etu l t i content with giving her hundreds, but 11 01 ,1, 1 1 ,1 3 0ur thousands into her lap, until, we use t nink, the little foreigner knows not, to heel s ar 6 uppermost ! She must not h omely phrase, whether her head or her B Plend only live in co ac h °u r , and have her travelling chariot iu Zs are t oo vu l gar thi ngs for her to travel cr e; - unt, we are ashamed to state it, her Se of i v r YLto conduct her enagements! The Duke o lN „ k e ilington answers almost every letter in his 4 4 ' ; " a nd-writing, and is never known to fail in din -11 gagement ; but this is too great a task for a la r ger at th e I tal i an Opera House, and a Secre yr must b e p rov id e d ! 4t 18 full time that an end should be put to , Il eh fool ery ; but i n order that our readers may : t s uppose th a t we a re exaggerating the extent tnt h ich such nonsense has been carried, we r i er nin the follo w i ng p aragra ph f rom an E ven i ng sP " Mademoiselle Sontag left town yesterday in new travelling chariot for Cheltenham, where t h e will.have a concert on the 31st ; from thence b e , Mr. Proce e d s to Bi rm i ng h am , Li verpoo l , an d wi tl tt u l li n• Her Secretary, Schmitz,who has I,le unremitting zeal conducted all her engage -414s In tow n , accompanies her on her tour.- 6r n jug Advertiser. N o ," STEAM COACH. —Mr. GURNEY'S to li, - c o is at last completed, and is actually on its way titi b ;'" The York House day-coach passed it at NasT erf 'rd Yesterday, where, it was understood, it would Th e ;" 4 all night, and arrive in Bath early this morning. th r , e n .'re three or four gentlemen passenger s by it.— t hat t e p l e Office eleven o'clock.—We have just heard Ne n ; %Iti.r:rv's coach arrived at Melksham yesterday 1 4, 4 1 a l 't ‘ eight o'clock, and was coming through the st eady pace, when a great mob collected round 4, 4 4 . 'age, it b e i ng f a i r d a y, an d commence d an a tt ac k on 4 416: and his friends. They at first attempted to stop eas h , n - Are th e carr i age, an d a f ter f o ll ow i ng i t f or a mile, e,skintenced th row i ng stones at t h em , b y w hi c h two o f t h e a l illi bd er a were seriously injured. The gentlemen were ta ,.% get out of the carriage to resist the mob, and Lek eel% being disabled, it was thought advisable to :"11 ‘ ,7 rt er, and the carriage was taken into Mr. ILEs's fitkeurity. The M ag i s trates were promptly on the fall s: the the yard was guarded by constables. Mr. tts et , fil and his friends were severely wounded. This IN % 1. and unheard-of attack originated, we un til% (1 1 to the dislike to machinery, so strongly felt in .4141ufs,eturing district, --Bath Chronicle, Thursday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Rutland, in South Audley-street, from South ampton ; Lord Orford, at the Burlington Hotel, from Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Stonar, at ditto, from their scat, Henley-on- Thames; the Rev. Edward Smyth, Mrs. Smyth and family, at ditto, from their seat, in Essex; Sir Jellison Gordon, Bart. at ditto, from his seat, Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire; C. Phil lips, Esq. and family, at ditto, from the Continent; Captain Brymer, at ditto, from a tour; Colonel Thompson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Surrey ; John Hartopp, Esq. at ditto, from Berks ; 11. W. Chatteries, Esq. at ditto, from ditto ; R. Gullet', Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Sussex; J. Lodge, Esq.• at ditto, from Lincolnshire; the Rev. Mr. Lake, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from a tour ; Sir Charles Chad, Bart., at Fladong's Hotel, Ox ford-street, from Brownsea Castle; Colonel Vaughan, at ditto, from Sussex; Rodon, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Rev. Primatt, Knapp, at ditto, from Oxford ; R. Douglas, Esq. at ditto, from a tour. DEPA R r URES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, from St. James's_ square, for Viscountess Canning's seat, near Bishop Stortford ; the Earl and Countess of Scarborough, from their seat, Sand beck, Yorkshire, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Conyers, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat, in Essex; the Earl and Countess Gower, from Hami.ton-place, for Tunbridge Wells; Lord and Lady Staftbrd and family, from Portman-square, for Cambridge; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarke, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Smyth, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Scotland ; Capt. Dickins, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Chelten ham ; P. Southby, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ; Sir James Blake, Bart. from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Suffolk; - Hetherington, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; Rev. J. M. and Mrs. Hall, from ditto, for ditto ; - Prichard, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; James Tyers, Esq. from ditto, for Somersetshire ; Captain Brown, from ditto, for Bucks; Thomas Duffield, Esq. from ditto, for Sussex. _ _ _ ARRIVALS AT BATA. Marquis of Westmeath, Earl and Countess of Cork, Viscount and Viscountess Dungarvon, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord H. Th 3 tine, Honourable J. Boyle, M.P., Sir J. and Lady Wil hams, Sir Charles Lemon, Lady Smith ; Colonels Salter, Dan bury ; Captains Griffith, Baynes, Cowley, Dengell, Ambrose; Bev. Archdeacon Butson and family; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bea don, Welleslic, Murray, Scott; Mr. and Mrs. Collins, Bradshaw, Davis, Methuen, Clarke and family; Messrs. Traverse, Bardin, Ferris, Gulliver, Lauga, Mansfield, Morris, Plummer, Green hill, Miller, Stirke, Edwards, Waters, Navin, Southcot, Baring, Furse, Beley; „Mistresses Clarke, Porston, Forster; Misses Curtis, Atkinson, Williams, Wilkins, Beley, &c. ARRIVALS AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Mrs. Dorsett, Mr. and Mrs. Brockman, j un., Miss Brockman, Miss Frazier, Mr. Auriot, Miss Priusep, Miss Harris, Rev. Mr. Bullin, Mr. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Capper, Rev. Mr. Crawley, Lord Brecknock, Lord De la Warr, Mr. Spottiswoode and friend, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Meavoh, General Bradshaw, Mrs. and the Misses Bradshaw, General Newbury and family, Mr. and Mrs. Manning, Rev. Mr. Mills, Rev. Mr, Kelson, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Miss Wood and party, Rev. Mr. Evans, Miss Evans, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Witherby, Mrs Comae, Mr. Miles, the Misses Tilney Long, Mrs. Leycester Adolphus, Mrs. Wittingstall, Mrs. Cobham, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hikewell, Mr. and Mrs. Pear son, Mr. G. W. Aylmer, Mrs. Gowon, Mrs. Wild and family, Miss Auriel, Mr. G. B. Lennard, Mrs. Edwards, Mr. Raiford, Mr. and Mrs. !fathom, Madame de Polier Verran, General and Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Crooke, ,Mr. Nunes, Mr. Lopes, Mrs. Jenkins, and Miss Fraser. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Viscountess Duncan, Lady Elizabeth Dutton, Sir Edward and Lady Stanhope, Major-General Sir William Sheridan, Major_ General Egerton, Major-General Miller, General Onslow and family, Colonel Berkeley, Colonel Mahon, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Watson,.Lieutenant Colonel Nair, Major Moore, Major Crosbie, Major Wellington, Rev. Mr. Allies, Rev. Mr. O'Meira, Rev. G. Woodcock, Captain Rowley, Captain Street, Captain Lucas, Captain Heyman, Captain Baghott, Captain Gossett, R.N. Captain A. J. Griffiths, R.N. Captain R. Edwards, R.N., Captain Watson, Captain Taubman, Captain M'Dougal, Mr. and Mrs. Gilley, Mr. anti Mrs. Rickards, Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Messrs. Richardson, Shew, Foster, M'Curdy, C. Lloyd, Knox, Hewetson, Blount, C. Johnson, Jen kins, Haliburton and family, Watson, Forbes and family, W. Humphris, Corbet, Tilney, W. S. Carew, Bennett, Bradshaw, Cogan, Clark, Rickards, Fulljames, T. Gwynne, Ottey, Parry, Davies, Joy, W. R. James, Hayes, Bisse, Quick, Susission, Jones, Watts, Gough, tlrightwen, R. Leicester, E. M. Archdall, S. Per. cival, T. Smith, Wiggins, F. Far, J. E. Baillie, E. Pyin, J. Simp son, S. H. Pitt, K Ottey, T. R. Bakhouse, E. Currie, Freeland, flogs, Thomas, Hardy, Herries. Mistresses Davies, S. Davies, H. Smith, L. Maron, Goodricke, G. Read, Proby, Penn, Red fern, Blasidy, Chatfield and family, Wintle, S. Hopson. Misses Hanbury, Knowles, 2 Rickards', S. Baynton, S. Prince, Roberts, Walker, Rhodes, Williams, Daniels,Ac. &c. ETON COLLEGE. Monday being Election day, the young Gentlemen of Eton College delivered the following Speeches in the Upper School Room, at twelve o'clock, before the Provosts of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, the Head Masters, Fellows, &c., and a very fashionable assemblage of viaiters, among whom we noticed the Duchess of Roxburghe, Vis count Hereford, Lord Clive, Sir J. Mackintosh, &c. After the speeches a great portion of the young Gentlemen left for the vacation, and they will all have left in a few days. 1. Hughes, K. 5... Servius Tullius Livius. 2. Beadon Manlius Capitolin Livius. 3. Freeman ...... ...............Legat. C. Manlii .., Sallustius. 4. Hulse, ma Claud. Pontius Livius. 5. Ford, ma. K.S. 1 Theseus 6. Eliot, K.S j Hippolytus 1 Ltiripides. 7. Yonge, ma. KS Catilini Sallustius. 8. Rickards, ma Ccenus 9 Curtius. 9. Theed, K. S C am ill us Livius, 10. Snow pro 'Marcell° Ciro- 1 , I Milton. 12. Yard, ma j Satan. 13. Moore Lentulus.- .Liv, 11. Monck..., iccro. Gabriel., ius. 1•l. Jelf pro Milone Cicero. • Pis, 15. Armstrong, ma Pico Tacitus. 16. Mr. Craven Scipio Li vius. 17. Brown, ma. KS Caractacuc Mason. The Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from a visit to his MAJESTY, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor-park. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening by an Italian messenger from the Earl of ABERDEEN for Mi. DAWKINS, the Consul-General in Greece : and also from the Colonial-office for Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Spanish Minister was occupied near two hours yesterday afternoon at the Office of the Sec! etary of State for Foreign Affairs. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business on Tuesday, at the Foreign Office. The Earl of ROSSLYN, Viscount GRAN VILLE, and Mr. CitOKER, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Marquis of DOURO arrived in town on Tuesday evening from a visit to his father, at Walmer Castle, Kent. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD came to town on Monday, from the residence of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER near Dorking. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL has received a special retainer for the plaintiffs in the case of Captain and Lady AGNES BYNG against GERARD. CALLAGHAN, in the action fur slander which is to be tried at the ap proaching Assizes for the county of Cork. Mr. Sergeant GooLn and Mr. Graoaart BENNETT are retained for Mr. CALLAGHAN.--Dublin Evening Mail. At the Winchester Assizes, on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice BURROUCH, Sir HENRY TICHBOURNE a Catholic Baronet, was sworn for the first time on the Grand Jury. The reports and assertions respecting a change of Ministry, which were prevalent some days ago, have in some measure died away; and we believe that at the time there was as little reason for crediting them, as there is now proof of the existence of any such project having then been on foot. There are some facts, however, which we may mention as having in some measure arrested public attention, and inclined not a few to believe that a partial change, at least, of Ministry, will soon take place—and these Are, that the Duke of WELLINGTON, and his col leagues in the Cabinet, have of late paid but few visits to his MAJESTY; and, on the other hand, that the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and the heads of the Anti-Cath')lic party, appear to be making great way in that quarter. It has also been been remarked, as not a little singular, that since the Duke of CUMBERLAND has been in the habit of vi siting his MAJESTY so frequently as he has lately done, neither the Duke of CLARENCE, nor any other member of the Royal Family, has been to see hins.—Morning Advertiser. The New Monthly and London Magazine for August, will contain, we are informed, among others, a highly curious article, giving an account of Lord BYRON and Sir WALTER SCOTT'S residence at Brussels. It is taken from the portfolio of a Septuagenarian, extracts from which will continue to appear in successive numbers of the above popular periodical. Two young ladies are to be admitted into the nunnery near Ennis on Wednesday next.—. Dublin Morn ing Register. On Thursday last, a child of JOHN HUNTER, of Dunston, had, what will be generally considered a mi raculous escape with its life. It was playing at one side of the waggon way there, when a waggon was coming along, and the horse employing what certainly appears more like reason than instinct, gave the child a kick, and by that means took it oat of the line on which the wheel was coming, and thus saved it from what seemed to be inevitable destruction ; for had it remained where it was, it must unavoidably have been crushed to atoms.— Who will, after this, say that reason belongs exclusively to man, and instinct to the brute creation P.— Tyne Mercury. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING. YORE, TUESDAY NIGHT. Noblerrien and Gentlemen have arrived within the last twelve hours, and the place assumes something like bustle ; still it is vastly inferior to what w. I;ave be n accustomed t see in a race we:•::. T greit sup?•wtor nt the Yolk Races, Lord Fitrwihain, is not here. His Lordship, who continues in a weak sate of health, is stated to have de parted for Ireland. Another staunch patron and constant visitor, Lord Cleveland, is also among the absentees; his Lordship is now in Germany. The oompany on the course included the Duke of Leeds, Lord Scarborough, Lord Kel burne, General Sharpe, Sir Wm. Maxwell, COL Grant, Capt. Brown, Capt. Dowbiggen, and most of the principal families in the neighbourhood ; of general company the muster was indifferent. Tint weather has been extremely favourable for the last week. It was not till yesterday afternoon that an unfa vourable change took place ; the rain then descended in torrents, was very :wavy during the night, and had the effoet of keeping some hundreds from the course. The betting last night at the York Tavern turned chiefly on the 100 Says. Produce Stakes of Thursday, for which Prince Eugene, Wodenblock, and Fortitude were resp•e tively backed, although each of them have been beaten— they have it that Wodenblock was dead amiss in the spring, and that he must win. The 30 Guineas Stakes (Friday) has always been considered the great betting Race of the week, having generally a numerous and important entry, and frequently giving the clue to the St. Leger; the betting on it this year is completely destroyed by the mystery which marks the proceed ings of the party owning Lady Sarah ; no one but themselves can tell whether she is here or not, or whether she will come at all ; some think that she is concealed somewhere in the neighbourhood, at:d that her coming will depend upon Sir Hercules. Being a first-rater, it is impossible to begin a book on any stakes in which she is engaged till it be known whether she will go for it. Equal doubt has prevailed respecting Murphy, who was distinctly understood to be here : it was whispered, however, in the course of yesterday, that he was not come, although some had actually seen him. It was not till this morning that the matter was set at rest—neither Murphy nor Lady Sarah will come. The following is a statement of the betting this morn.. ing PRODUCE STAKES--(THURSDAY) 3 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene 3 to I agst Mr. Houldsworth's Fortitude 4 to I agst Mr. Watts' Wodenblock 6 to 1 agst Lord Durham's Rupert GREAT ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Lord Cleveland's Voltaire (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Lonford's Sir Hercules 8 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's Rowton 10 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Frederick 14 to 1 agst Mr. Theobald's The Exquisite 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Apollonia 25 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Felt (taken) Felt was recently purchased by the Hon. E. Petre. The races to-day came off as follows : The Knavesmire Handicap Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. for four-yr-olds. Last mile and hall. (7 Subs.) Lord Sligo's Economist, Bst. 1113 1 Colonel Cradock's Fox, 7st. 10Ib Lord Kelburne's Marchesa f. 7st. 101 b Major Yarburgh's Belinda Sst. 71b. Colon. 1 King's Bossy Bedlam, Sst. 10Ib. pd Mr. Hopkidson's Eliza, Bst. Duke of Leeds's Jenny Mills, List. 51b. pd Betting 5 to 4 agst 7 to 4 agst Economist, and 5 to 1 agst Belinda. Economist, who is generally a remark ably pleasant horse to rif., was somewhat refractory at starting, but afterwards went very quietly. He took the lead at starting, followed by the others in the order they came in, made true goad running, was never headed, and won very easy by two lengths ; Tommy Lye, on Fox, made an attempt to bring up his horse when within the distance, but finding he could not do any good, pulled up. The winner was jockeyed by Conolly; Lord Kelburne's by T. Nicholson, and Belinda by Shepherd. Produce Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. for four-yr-olds ; colts, Sat. 71b. ; fillies,, Bst. 11b. (31b. allowed, &c.) Four miles. (S Subs.) Lord Milton's b. f. Ballad Singer, by Tramp Ho, Mr. - iouldsworth's b. c. Terror Mr. Mason's br. f. by Waverley—Lancashire Witch 3 G -^wne's b. f. by Tr, --Cr— Mr. va.scoyne's by '......unp—Cora Lord Kelburne's gr. C by Viscount —Georgiana Pc! Mr. Houldsworth's b. f Mansfield Lass, by Filho pd Mr. Russell's gr.' f. Blacklock, dam by Delpini pd Lord Milton's ch. f. Slut, by Tramp pd Even on Ball id Singer; whose appearance fully justified the betting. She is one of the sweetest mares in the North, and came to the post in prime condition ; 3 to 1 agst Mason's, and 4 to 1 agst Terror. The Cora filly went off in front, Terror lying second, Ballad Singer third, and Mason's last ; they preserved this order for about three-fourths of the distance, and had about heat her, when Lye, finding his mare pulled hard, and hanging upon Terror, went up to Terror, Cora at the same time giving way altogether. A very short struggle between Terror and Ballad Singer ended in favour of the latter by about three-quarters of a length ; the other two had no chance. The winner _ rode by Lye, Terror by Darling, Mason's by Scott, and Gascoigne's by Johnson, The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft. ; for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 51b. and fillies, Bst. Sib. One mile and three-quarters. (5 Subs.) Mr. Houldsworth's b. e. Abel, by Filho 1 Mr. br. c. Brielle 2 - Mr. Walker's gr. c. Cadwall, by Cannon Ball pd Lord Longford's bl. c. Sir Hercules Pt! Air. W. FOx's - br." - C . :l;y Macdufr pd Betting 5 to 2 on Abel, who had it all his own way, and won in a canter ; rode by Darling, the other by Nelson. This was the worst race we ever saw, the pace being mi serable in the extreme, and the horses badly matched. The Fitzwilliam Handicap Stakes of 30 soya. each, 10ft. for five-yr-olds and upwards. Last mile and three quarters. (6 Subs.) Lord Milton's br. h. 7 Mulatto, 6 yra, Bst. 51b. Duke of Leeds's gr. h. Momishiire, 5 yrs, Sst. 21b 2 Lord Kelburne's ch. h. Actaeon, aged, Rst. 41b 3 Lord Cleveland's b. h. Memnon, aged, Efst. , b. h. Nonplus, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b jrd Lord Scarborough's Lady Georgiana, 6 yrs, Bst. pd Betting--Even on Mulatto, and 5 to 2 agst each of the others ; Actaeon, who is one of the worst -tempered horses in the world, was refractory as usual, giving his jockey considerable trouble to get him off, and going any thing but straight in the race ; Moonshine made the run ning at a middling pace, followed by Mulatto, who came out at the distance ; a fine race home between the two, ended in favour of Mulatto by a neck ; rode by Lye, Moonshine by Johnson, and Actaeon by H. Edwards. His Majesty's Gift of 100 gs. ; four-yr-olds, 10st. 71b. ; five, 1 Ist. 71b. ; six, 1 Ist. 121 b. ; and aged, 12st. Four miles. General Sbarpe's Malek, 5 yrs Mr. Bowser's'Rufus, by'Palmerin, 4 yrs 2 dr ,r. Houldsworth's 6. c. Terror Mr: Gascoyne's b. f. by Tramp—Cora, 4 yrs dr Mr. Edwards's b. c.lMurphy, by Filho, 4 yrs Betting-10 to 1 apt Malek, who won easy. A de scription of a race between a good thorough-bred horse and a bad cocktail, the one rode by a crack and the other by a leather-plate j.)ckey, would be ridiculous. BRIGHTON RACES. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.--The Brighton Stakes of 25 Boys. each, 15 ft. with 100 added by the Town. Two miles. Lord Mountcharles's Maresfield, 5 yrs 1 Duke of Richmond's Helenus, aged ''''''''' ''''' `- Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for 2-yr-olds. Lust half mile. Lord Egremont's sister to Twatty Duke of Richmond's c. by Figaro Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-olds Last mile. Duke of Richmond's Hindoo, by Whalebone 1 Mr. S. Stonehewer's The Lion, by Tiresias ........ 2 The Sussex Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, New Course. Mr. Gulley's Gameboy, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Page's Michelgrove, 3 yrs Mr. Ds Burgh's br. to John De Bart, 3 yrs 3 dr KNUTSFORD RACES. TUESDAY, JULY 28.—The Produce Stakes of 50 sows. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-olds. Two miles. Mr. Clifton's Butterfly, by Whisker, walked over A Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs. by subscription of 10 each, with 50 added, for all ages. Three miles. Mr. Mytton's Halston, by Banker, 4 yrs ... .......... ..... 1 Lord Grosvenor's Pelion, by Blacklock, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Giftkrd's Sampson, by Ambo, 5 yrs 3 Fifteen paid. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-olds. Mile and a distance. Mr. Yates's Cicely, sister to Cain . 1 Lord Grosvenor's Fag, by Master Henry 2 Sir W. Wynne's Sir Walter, br. to Stapeley 3 Lord Derby's Grimbald, br. to Urganda Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 3-yr.olds. Peover Course. Mr. Yates's Cicely, sister to Cain Sir W. Wynne's Sally Nags, by Woful 2 Lord Derby's ch. c. by Magistrate 3 A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. for all ages. The Peover Course, once round and a distance. Sir T. Stanley's Herbert Lacy, 4 yrs Mr. Giff'ard's Tatler, 5 vrs 1 2. 2 Mr. Randall's Magoro, 5 yrs 0 0 3 Sir T. Mostyn's Ultimatum, 4 yrs 2 0 dr The CHAIRMAN of the Commissioners of the Board of Excise, and the CHAIRMAN of the Commissioners of the Board of Stamps, had interviews with the CHAN cELLoR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday at the Treasury. LITERATURE. HALL'S SKETCHES OF IRISH CHARACTER. 2 V OLS ..---LONDON, 1829. The Irish character, like the Scotch, has of late years bee❑ the subject of much amusing speculation. More than one novelist of emi nence has directed his attenlion to its pecu liarities, and brought out their lights and shades in a very superior style of excellence. To say nothing of Miss Edgworth and Lady Morgan, with whose delightful fictions all our readers are, or ought to be acquainted, we may just venture ' on a passing allusion to Messrs. Crowe and Banim ; the former, the author of those deserving novels, " To-day," and " Yesterday in Ireland ;" the latter, of the equally meritorious " Tales of the O'Hara Family." Mr. Crowe is a gentle man who has seen and studied the materiel of Irish character, with the discriminating eye of a man of the world, and a philosopher. He has little range of invention, still less power of ro mance ; he deals neither in the marvellous, the sentimental, nor the exaggerated ; but paints his scenes, his characters, and his incidents, as he himself has met with them in real life. He wields no enchanted pencil ; I)avus est non ./Edgms ; his heroes and heroines are creatures of flesh and blood like ourselves, impelled by the same feel ings, excited by the same passions. But, though a matter-of-fact observer, with a sort of pu ritanic contempt for the decorations of style and sentiment, Mr. Crowe possesses in finite power and energy. He is, in fact, the most masculine novelist of his day. —His pictures of real life, as it may be supposed to exist in the more troublous and uncivilised districts of Ireland, are drawn with terrible fidelity. In every page we trace the hand of a master. His Carders—his Peep-o'- day Boys—his Excisemen—his low, cunning, crawling, vulgar Protestant attornies—his rude but high-minded old Milesian chieftains, all are exhibited with a force—a manliness—a stern un- • compromising veracity, that scarce another writer of the day can be found to equal. In addition to this, Mr. Crowe displays threughout his works a depth of thought—a range of reflection, drawn, like his characters, from his own personal experience, not second-hand from books, which prove, despite the prevalent opinions to the con trary, that au author may severely discipline his judgment and be a devout admirer of Locke, at the same time that he cultivates with success the rich, productive, and, according to Burke, the inexhaustible fields of fiction. Mr. Banjul is a writer of far different capacity. lie too has power, but it is of a gloomy, ro mantic, exaggerated character. He is seldom at home but in the wildest regions of romance. He has a warp, like Byron, in his genius. The most homely familiar incidents touch ed by his magic pencil, assume an air of almost superhuman grandeur and mystery. He is the Salvator Rosa of Irish romance ; and in details of murder beats even a Sunday news paper. Making allowance for this strange pro pensity to exaggeration, we know few writers of more sterling merit than Mr. Banim. By sheer dint of feeling, he carries his reader with him wherever he pleases—whether to the lone lake by the hill side—the wild secluded mountain pass—the grey ruin, tenanted only by rebels, outcasts, and murderers—or to the more peace ful and civilized abode of beauty, love, and inno cence. But—and sorry we are to be compelled to thrust in such an ungracious, neutralizing monosyllable—he wants judgment. His inci dents are hurried one over the other, without a why or a wherefore ; his characters are inco herent and improbable ; and he unravels his plots with a precipitancy and confusion, unparal leled, we believe, i❑ the annals of any literature. Where, then, it may be asked, lies the secret of Mr. Banim's popularity ? The answer may be given in a sentence. It lies in his intense over whelming passion ; in his extraordinary earnest ness ; and, above all, in his firm undoubted con viction of the reality of whatever scene, incident, or character, he may be describing. Mrs. Hall, the authoress of the volumes be fore us, differs,as might be expected, from either of her cotemporaries. She is a professed though not a servile copyist of Miss Al itford, with an equal freshness of description, an equally amus ing knowledge of rustic character, but a far infe rior play of humour. Her Irish sketches are manifestly drawn from life, and possess the rare merit of homeliness without vulgarity, and of in terest without exaggeration. Her Peggy the Fisher, is an able, and what is better still, an original character, conceived and executed with much ease and vivacity. Our favourite, however, is decidedly the Bannow Postman, a personage of much bustle and dignity, who realizes in his own person the doctrine of perpetual motion. We give the following extract, descriptive of the heads of a family at whose house this itinerant Mercury calls with letters ; it is full of spirit and nature : " John's next resting place was at an old weather beaten, but spacious mansion, somewhat out of the Ban now district, and close on the beach. It belonged to a gentleman whose health obliged him to reside for a time on the continent, but who had lent his house to his rela tive, Sir James Horatio Banks, M.P., for the summer; as the sea bathing is very good all along the Wexford coast ; consequently Sir James Horatio, his lady, and all his little ones and servants, were fortunately only birds of passage— I beg this fact may be clearly understood. Sir James Horatio Banks, M.P. was a great man in his own way, and a strange way it was. Any thing but a spendthrift in the usual acceptation of the word, and yet in perpetual embarrassments; for he was always at law. Never, to do him justice, missed an opportunity of litigation, whether for a thousand pounds or a thousand pence—an estate or an acre. Long Chancery suits were his delight, and he Anticipated term with absolute rapture. Most people "e o mplain of the law's delays. Not so Sir James Horatio Banks. He was always anxious to retard its decisions; so much so, that lie was once designated, in open Court, a filthy pebble in the wheel of justice.' He stood a contested election, or rather Lady Banks got him into it, an d carri ed him th roug h ; f or s h e even ma d e speec h es on the hust ings; but the many thousands expended on that memorable occ as i on wou ld h ave b roken hi s h eart to a cer tainty, if fortunately three fresh law suits had not arisen to console him. It was some comfort to the Irish to dis cover that his mother had been a native of Wales; for he was very mean in his household expences ; which, they asserted, could not have been the case, had he been 'reale Irish.' In truth he had a miserly aspect, a thin spare body co vered with a parchment-like ski n , a rattish expression of countenance / an d li tt l e peer i ng grey eyes, th a t seeme d eternally seeki ng for flaws in every thing. He used to ride a bony bla c k h orse, and always wore over-grown jack boots, a thread-hare long coat, a flapped hat, that some times anmvered the purpose of an umbrella ; and invari ably fwened-a pair of horse pistols to the pummel of his saddle, One of our Bannow poets made the following hyn ios on, the W.,: t thy r,f, , no,er, and contrived, in a crowd, to tie them to the tail of his horse. How he mourned that he could never d:icove; the author— " The Divil Sir Jimmy to Patlianip:it To plaze his mater, Sir Jimmy he wint; On his old black horse, that looked like a hack. Success ! cried the boys ; may ye niver come back." " Indeed, the peculiarities of the family afforded much amusement to the neighbourhood where they resided, for a time. Lady Banks was the very opposite of her hus band, possessed, as a brother sportsman once said of her, 'blood, bone, and beauty;' wore a scarlet riding habit; hunted in grand style, awl was always in at the death ; sung songs after supper, and loved claret; never scrupled at an oath; called Sir James her little man,' and al ways saw the horses fed ; obliged her girls to stand fire, sad her boys to go barefoot to make them hardy ; and ob tained for herself amongst the country people the universal soubriquet of ' Man Jack.' Perhaps all these eccentrici ties might have been forgiven had she possessed the kindly feelings of her sex, for she was young and hand some ; but she was neither an affectionate mother nor a sincere friend ; she loved to dad' and to astonish, and left a family of beautiful children to the management of a French lady's maid and the head groom." Our very contracted limits prevent us from enlarging further on the subject of these amusing " Sketches," but we feel that we should be do ing justice neither to the fair authoress, nor to ourselves, were we to conclude without recom mending them strongly to the attention of our readers, as works from which they cannot fail to derive amusement. GABRIELLE, a TALE of the SWISS MOUNTAINS. LONDON, 1E129. Mr. Redding has here . presented the public with a very sweet volume.of -poetry, full of high, spirited, and natural thoughts and images, ex pressed in a simple and natural manner. The first and largest poem in the collection, " Ga brielle,"is an attempt to give a sort of metaphysical analysis of madness. The incidents of the tale are few, and soon told. Gabrielle, a beautiful young Swiss girl, is betrothed to a neighbouring peasant, but unfortunately a short time previous to the nuptials, as she is journeying towards her lover's cottage, she is surprised by the sudden descent of an avalanche, beneath which, she learns but too soon, her intended husband and the other inmates of his dwelling have been crushed to atoms. The shock of this intelligence is too much for her ; reason sinks beneath the blow, and memory deserts her for ever. It is this period of Gabrielle's life that our author has laboured with most effect. He has traced the ebbings and flowings of the poor maniac's mind; he has anatomized her feelings, and detailed her minutest thoughts, looks, and actions, with a searching power that proves he must be well skilled in that strangest and most unaccountable of all mysteries—the female heart. Mixed up with this, he has here and there introduced de scriptive sketches of Alpine scenery, which are characterised as much by boldness and poetic fire, as by strict adherence to nature. Of the minor poems, let it suffice to observe, that they do credit to Mr. Redding's taste and judgment. One, indeed, a translation from Korner, is so animated—imbued with so heroic a spirit—that we cannot deny ourselves the satisfaction of ex tracting it entire. It is entitled " The Sword Song," and is one of the best translations of modern times. Who, however, could fail to catch fire from such an inspiring, daring, and unequalled a conception as the original presents? " Thou sword upon my belted vest, Why glitters thus thy pol:sh'd crest, Kindling high ardors in my breast, From thy bright beams ?—Hurrah !" " A horseman brave supports my blade, Proud for a freeman to be made— For him I shine, for him I wade Through blood and death.—Hurrah !" " Yes, my good sword, behold me free, In fond affection bound to thee, As though thou wert betroth'd to me, A first dear bride.--Hurrah !" " Soldier of Freedom, I am thine ! For thke alone any beams shall shine— When, soldier, shall I call thee mine Join'd in the field ?—Hurrab !" " When the shrill trumpet's summons flies, When red guns flash upon the skies, Then will our bridal sun arise, And join our hands.—Hurrah !" " 0 welcome union ! haste away, Ye tardy moments of delay; I long, my bridegroom, for the day To wear thy wreath.—Hurrah !" " Why restless in thy scabbard, why, Thou iron child of destiny ? So wild, as if the battle-cry Thou heardest now.—.Hurrah !" " Impatient in my dread reserve, Restless in battle-fields to serve, I burn our freedom to preserve Thus with bright gleams.—Hurrah !" " Rest, but a little longer rest, In a short space thou shalt be blest, Within my ardent grasp comprest Ready for fight.—Hurrah !" " Then let me not too long await— I love the gory field of fate, Where Death's rich roses blow elate In bloody bloom.—Hurrah!" " Then out, and from thy bondage fly, Thou treasure of the freeman's eye I Come to the scene of slaughter, hie, Our nuptial home.—Hurrah ! " Thus be our glorious marriage tie Wedded beneath heaven's canopy, Bright as a sunbeam of the sky Glitters my bride.—Hurrah ! " Then, forth for the immortal strife, Thou German soldier's new-made wife ! Glows not each heart with tenfold life Embracing thee ?—Hurrah ! " While in thy scabbard at my side, I seldom gazed on thee, my bride— Our hands now join'd, we'll ne'er divide, Ever in sight.—Hurrah ! " Thee sparkling to my lips I press, And thus my ardent vows profess— () cursed be he beyond redress Who parts us now !—Hurrah ! " Come joy into thy polish'd eyes, Let thy bright glances flashing rise— Our marriage day dawns in the skies, My Bride of Steel.—Hurrah !" A belief, founded upon satisfactory evidence, is entertained by the silk- manufacturers of SpitalSelds, that there is scarcely an instance in which their work was cut, where the workmen were not directly or indirectly accomplices, or might not, by due vigour, have prevented the mischief. In order, therefore, to givn the workmen a motive in future to act with more energy for the protec• tion of the property committed to their care, and to check future outrages of the kind, the manufacturers have put in operation a measure which will, no doubt, produce a salutary effect. A list of the names of all those workmen whose work was cut, is made up and circulated amongst the manufacturers in town as well as the country. When workmen apply to a manufacturer for work, the list is resorted to, and those whose names arc upon it are the last engaged. In several instances the workmen have found it expedient to make good the damage which the work re ceived whilst in their care, and in those cases they are re stored to their former standing.—Times. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have nothing to communicate respecting the diplomatic proceedings at Constantinople, except that we know they are commenced and in full activity. But with respect to one of the parties, whose interests form the subject of the conferences, that party lets us know more than we could wish. An application was made by Mr. Dawkins to the Provisional Government of Greece, at Egina, requiring either a suspen sion of hostilities against the Turks, while the negotiations are going on, or the absolute recall of the Greek army within the Peloponnesus, described by Mr. Dawkins as " the territory placed under the guarantee of the three Powers." Now this very expression assigns to the Greeks a pretty extensive homestead, as we say in England, which they never could have acquired for themselves. However, Count. Capo d'lstria expresses the dissatisfaction of the Go vernment of which he is President, with the note of Mr. Dawkins, and, we think, gives it a more harsh interpretation than necessary. The Count argues as if there were only one course proposed —that of recalling the troops within the isth mus : whereas they may rest in their present ad vanced position, be it where it may, only they are not to fight, or not to be known to fight, unless attacked. The Count also speaks as if all the inhabitants were to be brought within the isthmus : whereas the demand only speaks of the militants. In truth, the inhabitants of Attica may rest where they are, and the Greek troops may also con tinue to protect them from insult till their fate is decided, and at least their personal safety gua. ranteed, by the treaties now under debate. Still, however, it cannot be denied but that the Greeks have some cause to apprehend that the Pelco. ponnesus, or Morea, is all that it is meant to secure to them. We confess that we ourselves should wish that Attica and the country to the west (designated by a line drawn from the Eubcea to the Gulf of Arta) were added to it. All above that line would be Thessaly, and not Greece. But we are very certain that the Greeks never could have acquired the Pelopon. nesus for themselves, and therefore they ought to be grateful even if they get that. We believe the fact to be, that the Allies are determined upon the independence of the Peloponnesus. The Duke of Wellington was content that the rest should be considered as debateable matter: but the success of the Russians in the north wilt now make it an object of great interest to the- Sultan to buy them off by the further surrender of the districts below the line which we have mentioned, of which Attica is a part : it is at least understood that the Sultan is expected by the Allies to make that concession.—Times. There are very dull readers of Newspapers, we know; but we could not have thought it possible that any had been so stupid as to pay the least attention, or attach the slightest credit, to the list :of new Ministers which are fabricat ing, day after day, by a Morning Journal. Some of our correspondents, however, assure us of the existence of such idiots, and even think that the folly may spread if not corrected. Well, then, we here correct it, and assure the public that nothing is less in the intention of all those who have the power of dissolving the Mir nistry, than making even the slightest change in it. They grievously mistake, also, who fancy that we have any interest in the subject. We were what we are now, before the present Mi nistry came in, and shall remain the same if it were to be dissolved ; of which, however, we see no probability at present. We will just mention one proof among many, of the extreme ignorance even of those who form the new Mi nistry; and therefore conceive what their confid ing readers must be. On Monday they present a list, in which even the name of Lord Mans field is not mentioned : on ithe next day they present another list, in which they make him Prime Minister !—/bid. The good effects which we ventured to anti cipate as the certain result of the recent judi cious and vigorous measures adopted by the Irish Executive Government, are realized to their fullest extent by the last received accountS. We do not make this assertion on the authority of the newspaper accounts only—we have before us private advices of the most respectable de scription from various quarters, and they concur in representing the improved state of the dis tricts so lately the scenes of factious insurrec tions. In Fermanagh, which might be consi dered as the hot-bed of party dissensions, the arrival of the King's troops has been followed by the dispersion of the mountain encampment of the peasantry ; and another not less gratifying result—namely, that the hitherto predominant faction of the Orangemen has abandoned those illegal exhibitions and offensive demonstrations which have caused so much irritation, and which so frequently terminated in bloodshed. On the borders of the contiguous counties of Armagh and Tyrone, where a numerous assemblage of the Catholic peasantry had fixed their bivouac, the vigorous measures of Government have pro duced- the same effect—the encampment is broken up throughout the southern counties, tranquillity is restored—the legal investigations into the various unfortunate occurrences are in some instances concluded—in others in progress ; even in Clare itself, where the impending elec tion must of necessity predispose them to politi cal excitement, the public peace has latterly re mained undisturbed. To sum up all, we think we are scarcely too sanguine, judging from the concurrent opinions of men fully competent to judge, in predicting the commencement of the pacification of Ireland.— Morning Chronicle. The Report from the Select Committee on the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates, with Minutes of Evidence, &c. which was distributed yester day, furnishes some curious information on the state of Ireland. It has been said of the restric tive system of England, that our industry struck root in spite of it ; that the system was mis chievous, and prevented the country from being so prosperous as it otherwise would have been ; but still it could not prevent the beneficial ope ration of other causes of prosperity. It may in like manner be observed, that the Judicial In stitutions of England, though generally bad, have not been able to arrest the tendency to improve ment, and that the couptry has thriven in spite of its Institutions. We lave in Ireland as good a proof as could be desired, of the general worthlessness of the English Judicial Institu tions in themselves; for in the country, where the correctives which exist in England are not to be found, ot fr o a n nE e tinu p g a i liral tranquillizing the g toh jenu country o c uf i n a t l rt s yh y e s s tepeeem:s and is abandoned after another, and th e on ly h as possible from the on the departing as wid e ly p of roap t ce of l t i i e ces nglish judi c i a l system i s, t h at t h ere i s o il f i t a oE r i rest t n i g e s - l no officer charged with the duty of bringing offenders to justice. This is a grievous fact, and in England impunity has in all times been