The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Sir Culling Eardley Smith has addressed, through the Hertford Reformer, a letter to Lord John Russell, on the subject of the universality of the cor mption of the electors of Pontefract. No person has been returned for that borough for the last 40 years who has not paid head-money ; and the worthy Baro net is ready to give the particulars, supported by do cuments, " if required to do so, and protected in doing so." Englishmen have so long been accustomed to think lightly of bribery, especially in the old bo roughs, that we fear it will be some time before the improved moral sense of the people will ,cork a re medy for the evil. Even in the times of the Com monwealth, when there was at least a general affecta tion of piety, Richard Baxter, in his" Holy Common wealth," states that so low was the moral sense of our countrymen, that the man who gave most ale could make sure of his election. The evil, from what we learn, so far from being on the decrease, is spreading. In several bo roughs, where till within these few years bribery was hardly known, it is now universal. The saying is that when a man has once drawn blood he is irre claimable. .An attempt was made at Norwich to expel a man from a Baptist congregation for bribery ; but that was rather because he had taken three several bribes than because he had been bribed. There is a sort of honour in this respect both among the high and low receivers of bribes. We heard an attorney lately compliment the Scotch members of Committees of the House of Commons as being so far honourable that they took money only from one side, whereas several English Members had taken money from both sides. However that may be, bribery in boroughs is unquestionably deemed as venial by those who receive as by those who pay the money ; and such is the feeling, that no understanding on the part of candidates of different parties can avail. The attempt is in stantly resented, and at three or four hours' notice new candidates will be started. If incendiaries had been discovered setting fire to Sudbury, the indigna tion would not have been greater than it was at the attempt to enter Parliament at the last election for that place without the usual bribery.—Morning Chronicle. " And in the lowest depth, a lower still." Tha. Prince of political apostates, the ex-Member for West. minster has been regularly and rapidly descending in the scale of degradation for the last three years. We admit that we were among those who thought that lower he could not sink himself in the mire of political pollution than he did when, after shrink ing a few months since from facing the Westminster electors, under the pretext of being physically in capacitated for any future public service, he smug gled himself into Parliament through the vassals of the Tory landlords of North Wiltshire. Lower than this, we repeat, we did not conceive it possible for the aged renegade to descend in the downward scale. In this we were, as the event has proved, griev ously mistaken. The despised and rejected of West minster—for it was the absolute certainty of his rejection that made him shrink from appearing before his former constituents—has been exhibiting as the lion of a great Tory guzzle at Devizes. Lower than this we hold it impossible for the apostate Baronet to descend. In this ditch we are willing to leave him—there let him live, and there, as a politician, let him by all means die. If it had been possible for any of his former friends to have entertained for him, up to this moment, not withstanding all his manifold sins against the people and " his former self," one lingering feeling of respect, that feeling must now be extinguished for ever. Were it only that the hoary-headed recreant had proved by his recent conduct that he had degenerated into a state of second childhood, and that all his exhibitions had been purely puerile—then we would have simply re garded him with the compassion due to mental imbe cility under any circumstances, but especially due to it in the case of one who had, like Sir Francis Bur dett, in his better days, proved a benefactor to his country. But amidst all the childishness of the ex-Member for Westminster there is mixed up such a (1,-gree of virulence towards the party with whom lie formerly acted, that our feelings of pity for the nilieppy man are merged in emotions of a very different Lind. There is a well-known proverb, to the efil-et, I,at if certain men get rope enough they will—our eaders can supply the omission. The renegade Ba °net has had rope enough, and has strikingly verified the rroverb. Hes he no friend oo earth to prevent his continuing his despicable performances by a seasonable interposition on his behalf ? It appears not. To what an ignoble state " may we not come at last, Horatio ?" But while nothing can extenuate the conduct of the quondam representative of Westminster in the course he is now pursuing, it is satisfactory to reflect that he is materially promoting, by his antics, the very cause lie is labouring to destroy. His open and bitter hos til;ty to that cause, backed, as he is, by the miserable faction with whom he is now associated, must of ne cessity have the effect of inducing the friends of those principles he now maligns with an acrimony which none but an apostate could display, to unite more closely together, and to make a yet greater demonstra tion of their strength than they have ever done before. The old driveller is lost to all shame. He has no more of it in his bosom than that " Royal Stud," respect- Yhidi lie ieflicted a prosy epistle the other day on Lord Melbourne. If the ! - a led patriot of Westminster had the .lightest remains of sensibility left, how deeply must he have been stung with remorse when he read on the banners which were exhibited on this festive occasion such inscriptions as the following--" Bur dett, the tried friend of the people"—" Britain's pride and the people's man," &c. Was there ever mockery more complete? Was there ever sarcasm more se vere? But the poor old renegade felt it not : he has not a . particle of susceptibility left in his bosom.— Morning Advertiser. Great as is the plunder which the " Liberalism" of Spain has made out of the credulity of England, it is probable it would he by this time much greater than it is, if it were not for the warnings which we have given the British public for several years past, more especially since the commencement of the war of succession, to take care of their pockets, and closely guard their con tents from the rapacious fingers of the " liberal bor rowers" of Spain. Liberal, indeed, are they in bor rowing—but paying is an illiberal practice, which such patriots are too high-minded to patronise—as not only the British bondholders, but the unfortunate Palmer stonian Legionaries, for whom Evans obtained neither gold nor glory, have discovered. We hope there will not be wanting some Conservative of the requisite energy and determination, in the forthcoming Session of the new Parliament, to bring the case of those deluded vic tims of the Whig quadruple alliance and non-intervention war properly under the notice of Parliament, not only to obtain for the defrauded subjects of the British Crown the redress and justice which they cannot obtain else where, but to put the stamp of legislative reprobation upon the disgraceful practice which our Government has pursued of inducing men to hire themselves out to slaughter people with whom England is not at war, and then allowing them to be cheated of their stipu lated pay and thrown upon our shores, maimed and crippled, in the condition of outcasts and vagabonds, to rob or starve. As to the present financial state of Spain, he expose' lately made of it in the Cortes by the Minister Pio Pita, shows it to be in a most des perate condition. According to our Madrid corres pondent, " the Minister stated that the deficit on the 31st July last amounted to the enormous sum of 1,447 millions of reals, or nearly 15 millions sterling ! What is very remarkable in the case is this fact that the deficiency on the 9th of September, 1836, was little more than one third of the sum, or 461 millions of reals (better .than five millions sterling), so that in the interval between the 9th of September in that year, and the 31st of July of the present one, being less than eleven months, under the administration of Ca latrava and Mendizabal—the administrati on o f t h e L a Granja revolutionists, especially patronised by Lord Palmerston—the deficiency was increased by th e enormous sum of ten millions sterling, or nearly one million sterling per month ! What has become of the money is the question; for the armies of Christina, as we know from the universal complaints, and the statements of Espartero in answer to that old scheming braggadocio Seoane, have been long left in arrear, as have been all the civil functionaries who were not the parti ular favourites of the La Granja worthies—the Mi- TUE "‘CIN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1837. nisters who came into power through the revolutionary ruffianism of Sergeant Garcia and his bayonet re formers, and now are patriotically indignant at the very idea of military insubordination, when they find that the disgraceful example which they gave the army and the nation has recoiled upon themselves. But besides the enormous deficit just mentioned, our Correspondent states that " the Spanish nation has to thank the glorious Administration of La Granja for a further load of debt, in the shape of consolidated and deferred stock, to the amount of eighteen hundred mil lions ofreals,in round numbers eighteen millionssterling." He adds, " It should be borne in mind that besides the ordinary revenue of the country, the late Minister of Finance (Mendizabal) had at his disposal a large sum, proceeding from the forced loan of two hundred millions of reals, part of which only was to have been paid off in the current year." The present wretched, corrupt, and imbecile Cortes were elected under the influence of the La Granja revolutionists, and are the mere creatures of the Calatrava Adminis tration. While the Carlist forces, so lately put to flight, and all but " annihilated" for the thousandth time, are once more approaching the gates of the capital, the wretched Cortes seem to have no other object at heart but to screen the delinquencies of the late Administration, which the feeble genius of Es partero could not have destroyed if it had not. sunk to the earth of its own rottenness. The explicit state ment given by our correspondent of the utterly ruined and hopeless state of Spanish finances, is, he says, to put the British public on their guard in case of pro posals for a new loan ! But if John Bull again open his pockets to Spanish " Liberals" he must be an incurable lender.—Herald. A few days since, about ten o'clock in the morn ing, the steam-boat Fairy, on her passage from Hunger ford to Woolwich, called at Slaney's Pier, Greenwich, as usual, to put out and take in passengers, and afterwards run out a-head of a brig lying at anchor off Greenwich, for the purpose of proceeding on her voyage ; but when out side the brig, a schooner and another vessel were sailing down to the northward of her, and there was not room for the Fairy to turn her head down the river without the danger of running head-foremost into one of those vessels, and, perhaps, doing great damage. To avoid this the pad dle-wheels of the Fairy were stopped, and she lay athwart the tide to give the vessels an opportunity of sailing clear of her, which they had some difficulty in doing. At the same time, the Diamond, a Gravesend steam-vessel, on her way to London, came up against the tide in the same line as the Fairy was drifting, and at first eased her engines, but im mediately after set on again, and although Briscoe, the master of the Fairy, called to the Diamond to ease, as the Fairy could not back astern without striking the brig at anchor, no attention was paid to him, and the Diamond kept on until she struck the Fairy a tremendous blow on the bow, heaving the passengers of the Fairy down on the deck, and doing her so much damage that she has not been able to run since. In the parish of Ufford, in Essex, the churchwarden is a female, Miss Ann Crew ; the had last week to press for punishment on a party, at the Woodbridge Sessions, for breach of an order of affiliation. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—The town of Bolton has of late been distinguished more than any other for various infractions of the law. Scarcely an evening passes over without some outrage being committed, and the week before last, in addition to the usual assaults and robberies, there were no less than six burglaries. Y es terday morning (Sunday), however, the crime of murder was intended as well as burglary. The following are the particulars :—James Massey, who keeps a beer-shop, re tired to rest as usual about twelve o'clock. About half- past two on Sunday morning he was awoke by two men, having a dark lantern and their faces blackened, standing by his bedside. On looking at them, they instantly doubled the end of the bolster over his mouth, and inflicted two severe gashes on his throat. He then fainted, and recol lects nothing more until discovered in the morning by some persons who lodge in his house. It appears, after these wounds were inflicted, they ransacked his bed-room, and robbed him of between 131. and 141. in sovereigns and silver, a new suit of clothes, and some other articles. It would appear also, the villains entered through a cellar by opening a bolt, which no one could have done without being well acquainted with the premises. They then pulled off their slices, and as one pair was left, and which are now in possession of the police, it is imagined they were disturbed. In fact, Massey says, he heard a child cry violently in the next room at the very moment when they had the holster over his mouth, and the mother of the chill corroborates this statement, and says she heard a noise, but thought it was Massey himself, who was in the habit of going down frequently in the night attending to the brewing of his beer ; she therefore thought nothing about it. Massey is in a dangerous way, but hopes are entertained of his re covery. One of his hands is severely cut through defend ing himself. The police are on the alert, cud it is hoped sonic clue will be discovered which may lead to the appre hension of the perpetrators of so barbarous an outrage. Tuesday night an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Feathers, Dean -street, Westminster, on view of the body of Joseph Nash, E , q., iron-merchant, who was found drowned in the Thames on .Monday morning. From the examination of William Butcher, No. 48, Carlisle-place, Lambeth, it appeared that about a quarter before seven o'clock on Monday morning, he perceived the arm of a man above the water, at the second arch of Westminster bridge (the Middlesex side), the water was about four feet in depth at the place. Ho got into a boat and rowed to the spot, and lifting up the deceased, brought him ashore into a yard, generally called the " Dog-yard." Deceased had his clothes on, except his hat. There was no mark of violence on the body. On searching his pockets, he found in them only a snuff-box, which he produced, and sixpence. The eyes and mouth of deceased were closed. He immediately gave notice to the parish officers. The widow of the deceased was next ex amined—she appeared much agitated. She said that her husband had been lately hi embarrassed circumstances. He bad not slept during the last week. Though she did not think him absolutely deranged, yet he was much agitated. She saw bins for the last time on Monday morning. On that morning he went out and said he would take a walk. She had not seen him since until she saw him in the Dean street workhouse last evening.—John M'Donald corrobor ated the testimony of Mrs. Nash as to the agitation oNhe mind of the deceased. After a short deliberation, the Jury agreed to a verdict, " That the deceased was found di own ed, having been for some time previous in a state of mental derangement." A mutiny, accompanied with massacre, has taken place on board the British ship Fanny, Captain M'Kay, master, formerly sailing from London. The ship left Chu nuroo Bay, for Lintin, on the 17th of August, 1836, with a mixed crew of Europeans, Manilla tunnies, and Lascars. On the same night the Manilla men, who had entered into a conspiracy to take the vessel and murder the captain, offi• cers, and Europeans, rose upon them, and first dispatched the unfortunrte commander with their knives, and threw his body overboard. The villains then murdered the Euro peans, who were surprised and overpowered. The muti neers took possession of the Fanny, and took her to the north coast of Luconia, and there, after plundering the vessel, sunk her. Captain M'Kay had spent many years at sea, and was about to return to this country with upwards of 50,000/. he had amassed by his own exertions. At the time the Fanny was cut off there was specie on board to the amount of 100,000 dollars, and this it is supposed ex cited the cupidity of the men to murder the captain and officers, and seize the ship. Monday morning, soon after two o'clock, a woman, who was hurrying through Pitfield-street, Hoxton, without any shoes on, and with her dress in a disordered state, was spoken to by a police constable on duty (Kemp, 82 N), to whom she said that she was going after her husband. Some time afterwards, however, another constable ( Wilkins, 79 N) saw her near the canal in a state of agitation, and after some 'questioning by him, she acknowledged that she had intended to drown herself, alleging that she had been ill used by her husband, and was tired of her life. The constable then told her that he could not leave her there under such circumstances, and must take her to the station house ; but on her way thither she became too ill to proceed. The officer on duty at the station, Sergeant Glibbery, 21, N, immediately called up Mr. Coward, on• of the sur geons of the police force, and that gentleman, without a moment's delay, rose from his bed, and went to the spot 'Aare the poor woman was lying. Upon his arrival, how ever, a child had already been born, and, wrapping the in fant up in his dressing-gown, he carried it with him into his house, and caused the mother to be carried there also by the police, and put to bed. It happened most opportunely that the surgeon's lady herself was in her accouchement, so that alnurse was at hand, and clothes, &c., provided and liberally supplied. The woman, with her infant, remains there at present, in the enjoyment of every comfort which can be derived in such a condition. The youngest member of the unfortunate Hungarian family of Belecznai has just increased the melancholy fame which appears to be its doom. The Count's eldest son is now expiating in prison an attempt at destroying his brother —another died on the scaffold—and the younger son re cently shot at, but fortunately missed, the fiscal agent of his property, on the very spot where his brother killed a man. He was immediately arrested. The head of the family has alone remained unstained with crime, and lives to mourn over the tarnished honour of a house formerly eminent and respected. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• DONCASTER RACES. Doncaster, Tuesday Night. The Great St. Leger day has passed off with a smaller dis play of its characteristics than we recollect to have seen at any previous meeting. The falling off, indeed, was remark able, and must have astonished those who witnessed the bustle and excitement in Elis's, or the " Caravan" year. The morning opened favourably as to the weather, but it was not until nine o'clock that the town assumed any of those features for which the old frequenters of Doncaster have been accustomed to look. About that time coaches began to rattle in from Sheffield, Hull, Bradford, Leeds, and other places, at a come-at-able distance ; some gentle men's carriages also made their appearance, and country people pouring in from all quarters served to complete an ensemble which, animating enough of itself, formed but an humble imitation of bygone scenes. The streets, as usual, were inconveniently crowded until one o'clock, when a gene ral move was made for the course. The grand stand was speedily filled ; at least it was quite full enough to destroy the comfort of the inmates, especially the fairer part, who tes tified by their looks and gestures that they were not a little annoyed by the uproar in the betting ring, which here, of all places in the world, is suffered in the principle floor of the building. The nuisance is a serious one, and ought to be removed. The minor stands were filled to overflowing, and the course, generally, was so well made up that a stran ger could not have been otherwise than gratified. The ball last night, although thinly attended, enables us to give a more complete list of the fashionables present: — Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Portland, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Exeter, Prince Charles Lichtenstein, Count Hcngady, Count Wrbris, Count Bathyany, Baron Reisach, Lord and Lady Lichfield, Lord Wilton, Lord Suffield, Lord Chesterfield, Lord New burgh, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord Mexborough, Lord Petre, Lord Leveson, Lord Newburgh, Lord Milton, Lord Spen cer ; Honourables —Boyle, G. Byng, G. Anson, W. Las celles. T. 0. Powlett, F. Petre, L. Curzon, W. Dundas, Ponsonby, F. Savile, J. S. Wortley, J. Dundas, G. Fitzwilliam ; Sirs W. Call, J. Baird, W. B. Cooke, J. Kaye, M. Farquhar, F. Sykes, T. Whichcote, J. Burke, T. Broadhead, F. Wood ; General Sharpe ; Colonels Peel, Dundas, York, Hill, Stowel, Hawkins, Hancox, Crawford, Cradock, Thompson ; Majors Tempest and Rickarby ; Cap tains Richardson, Sivewright, Pcttat, Fairlie, Hunter, Wil liams, Yea, White, Jones, Elnasall, Yarborough, Taylor, Ew bank, Bentinck, Ponsonby, Smith, &c. ; Messrs. Trafford (3), Fane, Brand, Neale, G. L. Fox, W. L. Fry, Fazakerley, Greville, Payne, Entwistle, S. Fox, Heywood, Wiggins, Dolphin, Crommelin, Do Blangey, J. Bayly, Bowes, Thorn hill, jun., Portman, R. Peel, E. Denison, T. Walker, W. Scott, M. Milbank, &c. Towards the end of the week we hope to have a list of the ladies. The following details of the sport will be found to con tain circumstances which, as in Memnon's year, imparted painful and unexpected interest to the afternoon's proceedings. The Four-year old Stakes of 20 soy. each, h. ft. , with 30 added by the Corporation, for colts Bst. 71b. ; fillies Bst. Mile and a-half. 4 Subs. Duke of Cleveland's br. c Wedge The Great St. Leger Stakes of 50 cove. each, h. ft., for three years old ; colts, Bst. 61b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. St. Leger Course. 60 Subscribers. Mr. Greville's Mango, by Emilius, out of Mustard S. Day 1 Captain Fairlie's Abraham Newland, by Malek Lye 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. S. Fox's The Doctor, by Syntax Templeman Lord Exeter's Dardanelles, by Sultan Nelson Lord Exeter's Troilus, by Priam Darling Lord Westminster's cardinal Puff, by Pantaloon ...G. Edwards Mr. Bowes's Epirus, by Langar _ _ Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan, by Muley Robinson Mr. Osbaldeston's Dan Dawson, late Blakey Topping Chapelle Duke of Cleveland's Henriade, by Voltaire ........... ......J. Day Sir. Heseltine's Slashing Harry, by Voltaire Heseltine Mr. T. Walters's The Prime Warden, by Cadland...H Edwards Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, by Emilius The closing odds were -5 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus—taken freely 5 to 1 agst Sir. Osbaldeston's Mahometan 5 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's The Doctor 14 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltinc's Slashing Harry 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Troilus—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland 30 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Walter's The Prime Warder Nothing was said about Lord Exeter's Dardanelles or the Duke of Cleveland's Henriade. At the second attempt the horses got away in the most beautiful style imaginable, Dan Dawson leading, followed by Dardanelles, behind whom were The Doctor, Mango, Car dinal Puff, and Epirus, the others being closely laid up. They travelled in this order to the gravel road which crosses the course, about 200 yards from the start, where Dardanelles and Dan Dawson exchanged places, the rest maintaining the same position as before. For the information of those not ac quainted with the course, we should state here that from the gravel road till near the Rod House it is skirted in the inside by a ditch, from which there is no protection whatever. Epi rus was lying close to this ditch, and having, perhaps to avoid collision with others, got nearer than Scott intended, the soil gave way under his fore feet, and he pitched headlong into the ditch, a few yards from the bill, Scott falling sideways on the course. While in the act of rising The Prime Warden came up, and, not having time to get out of the way, charged the horses legs, which were now on the course. He cleared these, but, unluckily, struck Scott on the collar bone, near the right shoulder, and smashed it so dreadfully that the bones protruded through the skin. We arc happy to add, how ever, that the fracture, although a compound one, is not likely to be attended w ith any serious consequences. The Pi irne Warden was very nearly down, and lost all chance of the race. We left Dardanelres with the lead, which he kept at a good pace, followed as before, until within a distance and a half of home, v.hen Dan gave up, and joined Egeria and The Prime Warden in the rear. The front rank was now composed of Dardanelles, The Doctor, Abraham Newlan'i, Cardinal Puff, Troilus, and Henriade, Mango lying immediately behind, and, to all appearance, so completely shut out that his backers were apprehensive he would not be able to fight his way through them. The six kept nearly head and head to the distance, where The Doctor and Abraham Newland singled themselves out, Mango taking the same po sition behind them that lie had occupied with the six, but having just space enough to pass between. At the stand he went up, was half a length before them when he cleared it, and, by the aid of one cut with the whip, reached the post a gallant win ner by three parts of a length, Abraham Newland beating The Doctor by half a length. After these three had liaised the distance post a greyhound ran under Dardanelles and was knocked down by his hind legs. Henriade, following in the wake of DardanellJs, went over the dog and was thrown, with out injury to himself or rider, who retained his seat. Darda nelles was fourth, Cardinal Puff and Troilus were next him, and then Slashing Harry and Henriade, the rear being brought up by The Prime Warden, Egeria, and Dan Dawson, Ma hometan lying between them and the ruck. Mr. Greville and a noble friend are supposed to win about twenty thousand pounds in bets; the stakes, after the usual deductions, are worth 1,675/. We take it for granted that the Corporation will immediately put up rails from the gravel road to the Red House, and adopt the Liverpool plan to keep dogs off the course. The Cleveland Stakes of 25 sous. each,_ls ft. but 5 only if declared lie., with 50 sous. added by the Corporation. The second horse to save his stake. One mile. 9 Subs., three of whom declared. Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, by Dr. Syntax, Bst. 311s......Cartwright 1 Duke of Cleveland's br. c. Wedge, by Picton—Vat, 4 yrs., Bst. 2 Mr. Ileseltine'sbr. c. The Bard, by Waverley, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b. 3 7 to 4 on Bee's-wing, who made all the running, and won easy by a length. The Two Year-Old Produce Stakes, of 100 soya. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Red-house in. 7 Subs. Duke of Leeds's Vertumnus Templeman 1 Lord Chesterfield's b. f. by Priam Mr. Houldsworth's c. by Sultan 6 to 4 on the Priam filly, who waited on Vertumnus to the stand, challenged him, and after a punishing race, was defeated by a head. others were a great distance astern. The nine boats of the second match were started at ten minutes past throe, and they all went off together without any difference, save that advan tage which station gave them. It was a bard match with two of the boats, the Price and the Better Friend, but the Price had the lead all the way, and won by a few minufes. A row ing match followed, but it blew so hard that the men could hardly make a stroke, and most of the company who had stood the blast on the piers for some hours had retired. The af fair was very well managed by a committee of the tradesmen, but there was no steam-boat to accompany them, and it would have been a very difficult matter to have seen the match throughout by any other conveyance. We understand as mach as 60/. had been collected. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLua.—A sweepstakes match (pounds to tonnage) will be sailed on Saturday neat, the 23d inst., from Greenwich to Gravesend and back, by the follow ing yachts belonging to the Royal Thames Yacht Club, viz., Sabrina. 21 tons, H. Gunston, Esq., owner—white before red; Widgeon, 20, T. E. Snook and J. H. Cassel, Esqrs. —red with white star ; Princess Victoria, 25, G. Barron, Esq. ; imperial crown on white ground. SHREWSBURY RACES, TVESDA r. -- . The Tankerville Stakes ( Handicap) of 25 SOTS. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared, &c., with 25 added. Two miles. Mr. F. R. Price's Ludford, 5 yrs... AI. Jones 1 Mr. E, Smythe na. Ratcatcher, aged 2 The Innkeepers' Purse, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. Barrow's Catharine, aged Hopwood 1 1 Mr. E. Peel's Cantata, 3 yrs 3 2 Mr. Farmer's Latona, 6 yrs Lord Derby's Miss Bowes, 3 yrs The Shropshire Hunt Stakes (Hurdle Race) of S soya. each, with 25 added. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. E. Smythe na. br. m. The Doe, 5 yrs ISLE OF THANET RACES.—WEDNESDLY. The Powell Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added. Heats, two miles. Captain Green's Reuben, 4 yrs _Macdonald 1 2 1 Mr. Shepherd's Jim Crow, 3 yrs Mr. Blogg's Soap, 3 yrs The Ramsgate Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles. Mr. Carter's Pumpkin, aged Mr. Shelley's Bodice, 6 yrs Mr. Blogg's br. f. by Scipio, out of Gertrude, 4 yrs The Devon and Somerset stag hounds have this week com menced their operations for the season in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple. AQUATICS. GRAVESEND REGATTA.—The Regatta at Gravesend yester day, for a silver cup and other prizes, was got up on a much more respectable scale than usual ; in fact, it has been for two or three years on the decline, although the attendance of visi tors at this place has rather increased than diminished. There was a sailing match with hatch boats for the silver cup, a sail ing match with short ferry boats, and a rowing match with a pair of oars in each boat, and a sitter. The following started at half-past ten for the cup : Boats' Names. Owners. Captains. Colours. Tons. Harriet__ W. Martin ... J. Waters... Light 81ue... 16 Choice --- J. Brown. Bowen Purple lB Unity 18 William..... T. Allen Amy _ . J. Carl).- C. Creed Red lB .. y . Diamond ... A. Smith Owner Yellow lB No. I was at the weathermost station. The wind was E. S. E., and blew very stiffly. They all canted about the same time, and beat down with the tide. The match was, after rounding the first station, all one way. Yellow took the lead, and kept it, arriving facing the town pier at twenty mi nutes to four o'clock—certainly a long time, considering the distance they had to do, which was about five miles below Gravesend, then round a boat off Northtleet, doing the whole of the distance round three times, and coming in to the south ward of a boat facing the south pier. The next boat, the Unity, arrived at Boren minutes ten seconds past four. The CRIMINAL COURT.-WEDNESDAY OLD COURT. George Evans, aged 19, was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Edwards, and stealing therein 221. in moneys, a knife, &c. The prisoner had about eight months ago lived as ser vant with the prosecutor, a druggist, residing at No. 25, Upper Marylebone-street. At seven o'clock the prose cutor was informed by his shopboy that the house had been robbed, and it was afterwards discovered that the doors of the back shop and parlour had been forced, and 221. in money taken away from the escretoire in the par lour and the till in the shop. The bolts of the back house door opening to a yard had been forced back by some instrument. The previous evening all the fastenings of the several doors were secured. _ . George Collier, a policeman, in consequence of instruc tions from the prosecutor, went on board the Isabella Sarah brig, lying off the Tower, and from thence traced the pri soner to Wolverhampton, when he found him in a lodg ing-house there. Witness told him the nature of his visit, when the prisoner admitted that he had committed the burglary charged against him—that he was sorry for it—that it was his first offence, and that the money stolen was in a bag at his brother's, who lived in Wolverhampton. The prisoner also confessed to the man ner in which he had effected the robbery. He got into the rear of premises some doors from the prosecutor's house, and, after scrambling over sundry garden walls, came to a very high one, from which he dropped and fell, and from the severe fall he got he thought he was killed. He, however, recovered quickly, and with a rope to which a hook was affixed, scaled the prosecutor's garden wall, and obtained access to the back premises. He then, with a screwdriver, pushed back the door bolts, and effected an entrance into the house. He then opened the back door, so as to afford him an opportunity of retreating if the inmates of the house became alarmed. He then took the sum of money men tioned from the till and escrutoire. The prisoner made the confession without any threat or persuasion, and seemed quite penitent, saying that it was his intention to have re turned the money. In Wolverhampton and in London he wrote two letters, in which he admitted the robbery, and supplicated the forgiveness of the prosecutor, solemnly de claring that it was his first offence. In a letter to the pro secutor he states he had intended to have traded with 151. of the money stolen, and that he intended at the end of the year to pay back the money, with 121. interest, being at the rate of 501. per cent., as well as 1/. for the escrutoire lock, 10s. for the till lock, and ss. each for the two door locks.— This very extraordinary epistle concluded with these words: —" I consider I am indebted to you 241. ss. 6id., together with 121. interest." Mr. Justice PATTISON having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground of the offence charged against him bring the first. The JUDGE told the prisoner that sentence of death would be recorded against him, but that his life would not be forfeited. He could not, however, say to what length . of time the prisoner would be transported. NEW COURT. John Norey was indicted for stealing a coat, value 705., the property of Charles Jarman. The prosecutor is a clothier, living at No. 61, West Smithfield. On the even ing of the 19th of August the prisoner came into his shop and requested a piece of list for a pair of garters. Being busy he could not attend to him at the time. He went away and said he would call again, and he did so soon after. While witness was stooping down behind the counter, the prisoner snatched off the coat and " bolted out of the shop like a gun." He never recovered the coat, nor did he see the prisoner any more fOr three weeks, when he was identified by a little boy who witnessed the robbery. Henry Herring, on the afternoon in question, saw the prisoner run out of the prosecutor's shop with a coat. He saw and knew him again about three weeks after, and was the cause of his apprehension. Mr. CLARKSON examined the depositions of the wit nesses, and found that several statements had been made in Court which did not appear to have been made before the justices. The Jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. The COMMON SERGEANT told the prisoner that he would never have such another lucky escape in the whole course of his life. Had he been convicted he would certainly have been transported, as he was well known. The Learned Judge told him to pray for Mr. Clarkson as long as he lived, fur he owed his liberty to that Learned Gentleman. Wm. Bellman (a youth, who at first pleaded Guilty) was indicted for embezzling and stealing the sum of 181 175., the property of Wm. Leuchars, his master. The prisoner was in the service of the prosecutor. On the 20th of August he was sent with a check to receive the money in question, but he never returned. When apprehended he said he had spent some of the money, and lost some, but he could not account for the remainder. The cashier of the bankers proved that the check was paid.—Verdict, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. On Wednesday John Jame: Dawes, a boy only fifteen years of age, was indicted for stealing three sovereigns and one shilling, the property of Francis Henry Hawes. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was his brother, and that they both resided in the house of their father, and slept in the same room together. On the night of the 11th inst., previous to his retiring to rest, he placed his trowsers, in the pockets of which were 31. 25., on a chair by his bed side. On awaking the following morning he found that the prisoner had left the room, and taken with him three sove reigns and one shilling of the money witness had placed in his pocket. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The CHAIRMAN had received a letter from the boy's father, stating that he was an incorrigible young fellow. He would pass a nominal sentence on the prisoner, namely, that of transportation for seven years, with a view of getting him into the Penitentiary. THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury came into Court with a true bill against James Irish, Charles De Boos, Barnett, and Edward Russell, fur keeping a common gaming-house, called the Berkeley Club Ilouse, in Albemarle-street. The Grand Jury were then discharged, with thanks for their services. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. Hicks, an actor at Sadler's Wells Theatre, was brought before Messrs. Laing and Benett, on a war rant charging him with having assaulted a person named Jacques. The complainant stated that a few evenings ago, while attending to his business (an assistant c arpenter) on the stage of the above place of amusement the defendant rushed upon him in the utmost rage, tore his shirt, threw him into a fountain of water behind the scenes, and finally kicked him in a most violent manner. Two witnesses having given corroborative evidence, the defendant was called upon for his answer to the charge. He replied that the provocation he received was of a very gross kind, and which he considered fully justified him in inflicting the chastisement sworn to. He (Mr. Hicks) is intimatey acquainted with Mr. Thomas, a gentleman much respected, whose daughter is engaged as a dancer in the establishment to which he is attached. This child, who is only twelve years of age, witness, in consequence of his close connection with her family, had much noticed, and rendered all the assistance he could during her perform ances, which kindness the complainant had construed into base motives, and reported to her father that he had seen him (defendant) behave indecently to her. This rumour had also spread in Clerkenwell and Islington, through the prosecutor, and unless it was proved to be totally ground less he would be lost ; for without an unsullied character his talent would avail nothing. Mr. LAING remarked that if the defendant could show that the complainant had wilfully misrepresented his ac tions, the provocation would, indeed, be great. Mr. Hicks said he had plenty of witnesses, and he called Miss Thomas's father, who said that Jacques accosted him, and, after observing that the defendant was the greatest villain under the canopy of heaven, told witness that he had seen the scoundrel take liberties with his daughter. This information greatly shocked witness, as Mr. Hicks stood high in his opinion, and at the earliest opportunity he and Mrs. Thomas, in as delicate a manner as possible, questioned their child, whose answers gave them perfect satisfaction of the defendant's innocence. Mr. LAING—Then, you don't believe that there are any grounds for the accusation ? Mr. Thomas—Not the slightest. The Magistrates, having consulted together, should not fine the defendant, but refer the case to the Sessions, when the complainant might indict, if he thought propel, and they ordered the defendant to find common bail, to answer any charge which Jaques might think proper to prefer against him. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Mr. White, bookseller, of the Haymarket, summoned a hackney-coachman named Crossley before Mr. CHAMBERS for abusive language. The defendant admitted the offence, and pleaded intoxication. Mr. CHAMBERS said Mr. White deserved great credit for the step he had taken to abate a nuisance. By way of deterring others, he should fine the defendant 40s. and costs. Mr. CHAMBERS was ultimately induced to mitigate the penalty one-half, in consequence of Mr. White's represen tation in behalf of the defendant. MARY LEB ONE. .Yesterday, a youngman, " bearded like tile pard," who said ha was a carpenter employed on the London and Bir minghamßailroad, applied to Mr. RAwiazisoN, the sitting Magistrate, for an assault warrant under the following ludicrous circumstances : Mr. RAWLINSON—What do you want the warrant for the '1 Applicant—l'll t e ll your Worship, and you'll say it is most haggrawating and prowoking thing as ever vos heard on. Veil then, I goes to my vork as usual this ere morning, a ven one of my shopmates says to me, " I say, Bill, you rn't shaved your hupper lip lately." " Don't m ean it," says I* " ?" says he. " Cos," I replie d, " I intends veering m ustachios, to look like a gentleman ." " Vell then:' saYs he, " as you intends to become a fashionable gentleman, praps you'll have no objection to f o rfeit half a ga llon of hios ale, as its a rule here for every vork man vot sports mustac to have them vetted a little." Veil, has I refused to hal my mustachios christened, they made game of them , AP said they were not half - fledge d, and more nor all theft they, hustled me about, and stole my dinner out of the pot, an' ,reated me shameful, and so I vents your advice respect:lig my mustachios. Mr. RAwuNsog—My advice is to go to a barber, an have them shaved off without loss of time. Applicant—Carn't part with a single hair. Mr. RawNsoN—You want to look l ike a grenadier, u then, I suppose ?—Applicant--y granny-dear, God bless --M her old soul, she never had such 3 fashionable and warlike appendage in her life. as a carpen ter w Mr. RAwmtiseti—What business hith a quantity of long hair hanging from h is lip ?`Applicant and ma kes The reason vy I years it is cos its fash ionable, me look like a man of some courage. Mr. RAWLlNSON — Fashio nable, in deed ! wish, with all my heart, that the fashion was discontinued. Why neeng an Englishman make a Jew of hims elf ? It is disgsta usties, to see persons strutting through the stre ets with nauchi and sometimes a forest of hair round the face and chill,: which is dignified with the name of whiskers, As y ou w °ll take my advice, I can't assist you. fin? Applicant—Vot, not for striking me on the hupper "-r Mr. RAWLINSON—Then your musta chios must bags you. Applicant—No, th didn'. Mr. RAWLINSON— ey How ' s t that ? Applicant—i Cos the hair arn't long and thick enough ; they'r e onl y young 'nll% as yet. There was no occasion to strike me. Mr. RAwLINsoN—And there's no occasion for you t ° wear mustachios. You may have a warrant if you 111 ,0 but I think you had better not. The man with the mustachios then withdrew. UNION-HALL. tight Yesterday Daniel Sullivan, an Irishman, was brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with stabbing Michael Hog' The prisoner was fully committed. REGISTRATION OF-7VOTEUS• LONDON. (efore M. MYLNE a s Mr. H. Spring claimed to r be placed .) on the registilAid occupier of a house in Coleman-street ; but as his name not appear in the parochial list he was requested to stro the grounds on which he advanced his claim. Mr. Spring, at the latter end of July, 1836, c alled on t . the vestry clerk of the parish (Mr. Jones) to request dot. he should be rated : but a clerk whom he saw told him was too late, as the application should have been mad e e ; Lady-day. In the July of the present year h e made a :j et milar demand, which was attended by a similar result. was then, however, clearly too late, although he e ve written notice of his demand to be rated. tit M. MYLNE observed that, as the notice for the Pres! year mast fall to the ground, he would revert b ack to well . took place in 1836, in order that the claimant might hal , his right if he were entitled to it , and , in rep l y to the q ue 1 1°' a tions from the Court, Mr. Spring repeated what Le previously stated. at Mr. MYLNE deemed the demand a sufficient otle, consequently admitted the claim. rat In the list of St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, se".o names were objected to, on the ground th at the Partt, had received gifts from charities which th e donors bad °'!. queathed " to be given to the poorest in habitants of IP parish." Decision deferred. C ol e The lists of the parishes of St. Vedart, St. Tholv Apostle, St. Stephen, Walbrook, and St. Stephen, man-street, were respectively revised, and signed. EAST INDIA SHIPPING -, at Arrivals.—Sept. 20, the Balfour , Bee , from Bombay' Liverpool, railed April 27, and St. Helena July 29. frc° Arrival at Calcutta.—The Gunga, Young busband) Liverpool. Hall, Batavia, May M.—Ships loading :_The Brotbers, ~... for Cowes; Champion, Ritchie, and Morrison, Ingersoll, fo r China; Eden, Mollison, for Amsterdam ; Ann Lockerb/ s Watson, Rotterdam; St. Vincent, Muddle, f Mary and Janc, Todd, and Scotia, Randolp-ohr, for C oule e' Courier de Manilla, Geoffry, for Bordeaux; and Alcide,J°9 ' for Bourbon. Edg es ' an d ' CRUET FRAMES, Plated with Silver Edg es 'A, Seven Cut Glass Cruets are offered, price Two Guineas e'lfislly variety of Patterns. Epergnes with one rich Cut Glas s o i s he o price Five Guineas each, or, with four arms supporting FoShour liocaos beside the Centre, Seven Guineas each. The three lof are fitted up expressly for the display of a large assortinenS work' VER PLATE, and Plated Goods. T. COX SAVOR , ing Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, BIRTHS. . ,„ isdl° f On the 15th inst., in Trafalgar-square, Brompton , t"' e°11" . V. Jadis, Esq., of a slaughter. On the 15th inst., at Formosa Cottage, the laly of Sir a Young, Bart., of a son and heir. her°le, of On the 18th inst., in Essex-street, Mrs. W. D. Net a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Achurch Rectory, Northampton shire ' the lady of F. Bicknell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED On the 18th inst., at Croydon, Su ey . the Rev• V is c o unt " Can of West Wickham, Kent, M. A ,Charprla-in to Lord n 0, , On the 19th inst., Charles Holland, Esq . ' °f terbury, to Sarah, eldest daughter of ;• ~V. E Y l" ' E 54 of r wood House, Croydon. near Fordingbridge,Hants, to Mis;l3aily of St. Peter's Cottage? , Hammersmith. • field' At Brighton, Mr. R. Cucrton, n, to Miss Carolina Whit ./ Hooper, 19th inst. at St. Mary ' JAubbott's, Kensington, NatboaunriL p Es(l-, of M ' ichael' - B tn, a.a of Pumpc . s-grove, romp o '•Warner, S t i ' Temple, solicitor, to Emma, daughter of the late I • of Old Brompton. On the lgth inst., at St. Martin's in the Fields, Alexander Jame s , t second son of A. J. Strachan, Es ,of Brompton, to AlarY , rig daughter of A. Carse, Esq of g.Berkeley-street, Connaught-scluder, Sandbill Houser _ On the 18th inst., at St. Margaret's, Leicester, Thomas V t li er of Esq., of Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, to Jane Isabella, third daugh E. North, Esq. .1 SOW On the 19th inst., at Tempsford, Beds, the Rev. 7•hel' a , h lateurryo,f V F i . ca p r o o w f e o ll, fil E ey sq ,.l- , lerts - to Elizabeth Anne, youngest a g of Tempsford Hall. n Lu th sh e in l g 6 t t o h n, in A s l tl P , On the 20th inst., at Buslpieyl,EHDeilts, Sarah Grace, the 'life of Dro?a. t. Westerham, Kent, Mary An"' 'lds O bter of the Rev. R. Collett, A.M. On the 25th ult., drowned in the Lake Windermere Westin:flied: land, Mr. Charles Wm. Mills, of Oxford-terrace, FAlgware-r in his 32d year. ,"betb On the 16th inst., at Castor, near Peterborough, Mrs. D"' Ann White. Che l6 ' field, Kent. On the 16th inst., James Harris, Esq., of Goddington, _A 91, On the 17th inst., at Lenton Firs, near Nottingham, It';, - , au John Storer, .M. D., F. R.S. and L., for upwards of 50 r eminent physician at Nottingham. fo Croie' On the 18th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, Mrs. Graham, lane, Camberwell, aged 61. ter , scl.' On the 11th inst., at Leamington, Benjamin Lyon Polo Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. H. Livia' On the 18th inst., aged 35, Edwin, eldest son of J. ston, Esq., late of Jamaica. On the 19th inst., Mr. Adam Swail, of Featherstone G am. Holborn, aged 76. k Dr. °e°. On the 11th inst., in Princes-court, St. James's -par-4 Paulet Morris, aged 78. 1 , 1 „, 0 11. 14 " On the 15th inst., at Wassand, Captain George Ae" -- ' aged 66. S• M undell' On the 20th inst., at Islington, Frances, relict of J. Esq., aged 83. N a Orx;••••1•10•1..1.1 , 0. ,• •• •••••••••••••••••13 140* London: Printed and Pub li?hed by 11.11JR1)0 Y nd, in O 1? -0 ; C oa t i 112, Strand, at The Sun 0111 c e, No. 112, Str EL , of l‘iidalesex.--Thursday, September 21, 1837. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Duke of Buccleucb, Martin, from Lontieu to Bengal' N or Sept. 9, lat. 43. N., long. 12. W., five days out, by t he tO arrived at Bristol. The Eweretta, Gilmore, front Lon" i ° „ - n a. New South Wales, July 27, all well, lat. 9. 15. "`","1 0 21. 30 W. ; the Collingwood, Holmes, from Liverpn°`eii Bengal, Aug. 2, lat. 13. 20. N., long. 20. 17. W., al f by the Finley, arrived at the Cove of Cork. 1 . 1 The Glenarin, Grueber, from Ceylon , has arrived off D°ye sailed May 15, and St. Helena July 31. On Sunday morning Major J. B. Fletcher , port, a gentleman much addicted to the bottle, Car e t h r his in a state of intoxication, when, after going up stl“ ri : - „„ e ct bedroom, he fell dead on the floor. On Tuesday an l gave it as was held on the body, when the surgeons opinion that he had died from the effects of drunkenno• and the jury returned a verdict to that e ffect.--D evoriPolb Telegraph. QUICK DESPATCH.—Messrs. Mansell of Birmil; of Devon; ham inform us that the result of the St. Leger Rac, e o ll u rs communicated by Mr. John Bendrey, who rode in sir co - fl 'o, and a quarter from Doncaster to Mr. William Wri,,,V;gs• the spirited proprietor of the '° Fountain Tavern , hum, to whom the sporting men of that tow n have on % it , and three previous occasions, been indebted for the 1 ' 63 by private expresses, &c. I , fi le, In a Scotch brewer's instructions for Scow.. i;01 dated 1793, we meet with the following curious illY6"ont instruction :—" I throw a little dry malt, which is le"' t p p ur pose on the top of the mash, with a handful of s alt, toke s, the witches fronz it, and then cover it up." Perhaps this lir tom gave rise to the vulgar term wate r bewitched fti r • different beer, COWES. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. SEPT. 15.—Arrived the Forest Fly cutter, William Hornby, Esq. Sirr. 16.—The Emerald, J. L. Symonds, Esq. SEPT. 20.—Wind E.—Passed the Ann, the Hon. W. Hare, to the Eastward ; the Earl St. Vincent, Sir H. Rivers, to the Westward, for Dartmouth, Torquay, Etc.; the Clown, his C:race the Duke of Portland, for Lisbon. Commodore the Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough is at Plymouth in his new yacht, the Kestrel, with which he is highly pleased, as she has proved herself a most excellent sea boat. In consequence of the badness of the, weather, his Lordship has given up his intention of making a voyage to the North coast of Spain. SEPT. 20.—Sailed, at six o'clock this morning, the Louisa Campbell, Captain Buckley, for Launceston, with 30 passengers, and the Marquis of Hastings, Capt. Simp son, for Sydney, with 62 passengers. The pilots left them at 9, a. m., three miles outside the Feedles, with a strong breeze at E. RE-ACTION. The Reformers of Cowes dined together, at the Vine Inn, on Friday, and mustered stronger than they had done for several years. At five o'clock, upwards of forty sat down to a dinner served up in Roper's usual style. The number increased to sixty in the evening. Many took tickets, but circumstances prevented their attending—many by age and illness—and several must also be reckoned who do not attend meetings at taverns, and yet there are but 17 persons now residing in Cowes who voted for Sir R. Simeon 1 ! at whose return a dinner could not be got up in the town !!! Charles Day, Esq. was called to the chair, and filled it with his usual ability. Numerous loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk, not forgetting the vote by ballot, the supporters of which are increasingin number ; indeed, we believe this to be the first time it was ever given in so large a company in Cowes, and with three times three hearty cheers. The evening was spent in harmony and good fel lowship, and all pledged themselves to unite in endeavour ing to procure the independence of their native Isle. NEWPORT. Mr. Marven, and several other of the Ryde Tories, have applied to our Tory county magistrates, far the amount of damage done to their windows at the late election, and Mr. Moir and some others, from Cowes, have also applied for compensation for the property they had destroyed by the Tory mobs at Cowes. Both claims, we understand, are un der consideration, and we shall ere long see what chance tie parties have of " equal justice." COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the report of the Common Council Com mittee relative to the expense of the mayoralty. THE QUERN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. The LORD 'MAYOR having informed the Court that an swers had been received from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager to the Addresses of that Court, and the answers having been ordered to be entered on the journals, The TOWN CLERK informed the Court that the Queen having graciously signified her pleasure to dine at the Guildhall on the 9th of November, it would be necessary to make such regulations as to the police of the city as would secure the preservation of the public tranquillity on that day. Alderman VaNABLES then rose to move that it be re ferred to the Police Committee to make arrangements with the Committee of the Corporation to accomplish this ob ject.—Agreed to. APPREHENDED EFFECTS OF THE CITY MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. The Loan MAYOR presented a petition from the attor neys and clerks of the peace of the Lord Mayor's Qourt. Sir P. LAURIE considercd the petition quite premature. The question to which it related was undecided, and, in his opinion, would never be agreed to by the Court of Common Mr. T. N. WILLIAMS, one of the petitioners, said that Sir Peter Laurie was mistaken. The proposition to abo lish the places had been agreed to by the Committee of the whole Court. Sir P. LAURlE—Nothing final has been done in the matter, and lam sure that nothing will be done. Let their petition lie nn the table, and if upon any future oc casion it may be necessary to refer to it we can do so, and protect their interests. The petition was received and referred to the Committee. EXPENSES OF THE MAYORALTY. Sir PETER LAURIE said that the question he had to submit to the Court was one which, in his view, em braced many important points in the privileges of the Court of Aldermen. A report lately made to the Court of Common Council by the Committee in rela tion to the duties and emoluments of officers and the City's revenue proposed several alterations, but that which struck him as most prominently calling for the notice of the Court related to the transfer of the management of the entertainment at the Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day from the usual authorities to a Committee of the Common Council, to be appointed yearly for that purpose. Under the present system the Lord Mayor appeared as the principal host to the illustrious company which assembled on the 9th of November ; but under the system which the report re commended the Lord Mayor would not he more than a degree higher than O'Toole, the toast-master.—( Laughter.) He was anxious that all future Lord Mayors should enjoy, as completely as he had enjoyed them, the privileges and honours of the office, and he was convinced that such an interference with the day, of all others the most important, would very greatly detract from the dignity of the Mayoralty. It had been said that the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs would be re lieved of the expense of the entertainment by the grant of 2,1501. from the city funds, and that was the set off against the project of making the Chief Magistrate a cipher. But putting the Lord Mayor out of the question, the sup porters of the proposition had no right to relieve the She riffs of their portion of the expense. For his part, he con sidered that things should be exactly as they were. Al terations might, if they pleased, be made in the procession of the Lord Mayor ; but he could not think of giving up the state carriage until the Queen gave up her state car riage, and the Speaker of the House of Commons gave up his. The word " ridiculous" might be applied to the using such appendages ; but what symbol was there that did come under that denomination ? "What was there half so ridiculous as a Barrister's wig ?—(A laugh.) Sir P. Laurie concluded by moving " That it was inexpedient that the al terations recommended in the report of the Committee upon the expenses of the mayoralty should be adopted." Alderman COPELAND seconded the motion. Alderman FAREBROTHER objected altogether to the sug gested alteration as to the entertainment on Lord Mayor's Day. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL also objected to the proposi tion of the Committee. Alderman VENABLES thought the matter too frivolous to be discussed. The Court agreed to the motion of Sir Peter Laurie. THE CITY STATE SWORD. Sir C. MARSHALL submitted that as the Queen was to come into the city on the 9th of November, it would be ne cessary to repair the sheath of the City State Sword, out of which several - pearls had dropped on State days. The sword was here produced, and 'The RECORDER sharply observed that it appeared to him that the pearls which had dropped out were the very best that had adorned the sheath. The subject was referred to the Entertainment Com mittee.—Adjourned. Commissioner Sir Thomas Ussher, an intimate personal friend of his late Majesty, whom he accompanied on his short continental trip in 1829, arrived in town on Saturday, from Bermuda, where he has filled the appoint ment of commissioner of the dock-yard. LT FE OF SIR EDWARD CORE.-Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, is about to publish a Life of the above distinguished lawyer and politician, from the pen of Cuthbert Johnson, Esq., the Barrister. It is an extra ordinary fact, that o f thi s t ru l y ill us t r i ous man ' s p u blic and private life we have to this day no consecutive record, and indeed, no notice at all beyond a few careless pages in our Biographical Dictionaries, except those desultory memo randa that arc concealed in the scattered volumes deposited in our public libraries of reference. The public will, there fore, be gratified to l earn th a t so di scre ditable, a hiatus in ou r biographical literature is on the point of being filled up, and in a manner likely to leave little or nothing want ing in the fulfilment of the task. The work, too, as we understand, will receive great additional interest and value from the circumstance of its including numerous sketches of the most remarkable of Coke's c ontemporaries, such as Pyra, Hampden, Selden, Raleigb, &c. . ,