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Many are of opinion that he will be acquitted, on the sup -I"itiort that he would not otherwise manifeet so thorough en indifference as he has hitherto exhibited, or assume nndeC so serious an accusation as perfect a self-possession, un , l " 3 he wee supported by a consciousness of innocence , and a cenfidence in acquittal. A story is in circulation, ant Ita accuracy cannot be depended on, that while Corder *43 a few days; past conversing with a person on the "blect of the Assizes, he observed in an indifferent manner, and as if talking in allusion to an affair with which he had :1,3t the most remote connexion, that he did not imagine e y would prove very interesting, as there were only two cu es, his own trial for murder, and that of a fellow-prisoner 1()t r ape, which would attract any attention. His conduct l n gaol h as b een uniform l y d ecorous , an d t h ere was more o f that attention to his person than is customary with an indi. ; 01 141 ao situated. On the Chaplain ' s first visit to him, hl r. Orridge, the Governor of the prison, was present, and a ddressing him most humanely in the presence of sh e Re veren d Gentleman, said—Sir, you must recol lect you are placed under my charge upon a very tim es accus a ti on , an d persons i n y our s it ua ti on are some tittle ' induced to make admissions or confeesions which afterwards may be given in evidence against them. They may then say that su c h a confession was either extorted h °s l them, or obtained by undue influence. Should this the case with y - ou, , lee I bound to tell you that it will 1, be f my duty to go into the witness-boo, and contradict ' Thr r epresentation. l\fr. Orridge then instanced the recent case of Gilliam, 'vherein the point being saved, that a confession to a cler g/raan was not admissible in evidence judgment was re -I)ited. The point, subsequently, was submitted to the enl'ideration of the Twelve Judges, and overruled, and Gi thorn was executed. The chaplain, the Rev. Mr. ' t ackin g , perfectly concurred in the kindness and pro priety of the Governor's observations ; and added, that a coit ion was not at that time respired. Corder ex pr c ased the utmost gratitude for the humane attention paid t° his situation, and the feeling which dictated Mr. Orridge's prec aution. His u n h a ppy w if e , w h o h as b een f or some time past, and is at pre sen t, i n t own , purposes pro l ong i ng her Stay until his fate is decided. This, it is arranged, hall not take place before next Thursday; and the cause rastinatien is said t o b e , th a t it i s p oss ibl e the o tr t i i ,: m Pr° ay e last a portion of Friday, and that thus, in the event of his b e i ng f oun d gu i lty, h e wou ld h ave t h e next s 44d aY, in addition to the 48 hours allowed by law, to Prepare himself for his dread account. Dins. Co r d er i s fax advanced in pregnancy, a circumstance that, "cites an , additional commis e r a tio n f or h er un f or t una t e Union, She every day at 11 o'clock visits her husband, and when ever she leaves her lodgings for the county gaol, which is situate about half a mile from the town, she is ac companied by the inquisitive gaze of a thousand curious eyes. Not one observation, however, is made that could possibly wound her feelings or add to the weight of woe by which she is bowed down. Her unmerited affliction is re spected, and the greatest sympathy is expressed for her condition. Some days since Corder's mother, a care-worn old la d y, whose looks indicated that she had more than participated in the troubles of life, had an interview with her son. She was much affected, but he was not so, and betrayed a nonchalance in ill accordance with her sorrow. The object of her interview was to obtain from hint an ac knowledgement for the payment of a considerable sum, for which, having no voucher, she might probably hereafter be culled upon. Corder procured the money by disposing of a quantity of grain when he left home in September, 1827, and on account of which he gave no receipt. His propor tion of the assets left by his father, and of the interest in the farms, was estimated at 2,0001., and she finding that be had recently executed a deed, conveying all his reversionary property to Mrs. Moore, the mother of Isis wife, for a sum of 2001., became anxious to receive an acquittance for 4001. which he had received, both in justice to her family and herself, who must in its absence be liable to a demand. To his mother's application Corder turned a deaf ear, and reproached her with not having paid that attention to his wife to which she was entitled. His mother re plied, that she did not oonsider the conduct of Mrs. Corder such as his peculiar situation then warranted. The first titne she had ever seen her was when she came to Polstead, accompanied by a gentleman, whom she had since under stood to be a solicitor, and demanded au inspection of all the family papers, for the purpose of ascertaining what property he was entitled to ; at the same time re presenting herself as his wife. In that character she should have received every attention, but a suspicion arose in her mind, from seeing an attorney at her that she was not what she announced herself ; be- 'ides, she could scarcely believe that they were married, when she reflected upon the extraordinary manner in which they became connected. Corder has since changed his mind, and has given an exoneration not for the entire, but for leo/. of his mother's claim. His sister, Miss Corder, ' ll3 ited her brother yesterday. She was dressed almost in t he extreme of fashion, and drove to the prison in a pony ' l ake. The meeting between them was marked with the greatest indifference, and seemed more the affair of an ''ltY-day visit than one in which the heart was interested. flounced into, the room, saying, " How do you do, William, I am glad to see you ?" He replied, " very well, h ow are you, and how is mother ?" She answered, " Mother i 5 looking poorly ;" on which he observed, that he was sorry for it. Such was the heartless meeting, as described by an eye witness, and after the delay of a few °leneente the sister mounted her vehicle, and drove off. .ver since Corder entered the prison he has been pestered b y hundreds of letters from several religious persons of a ''aliety of persuasions, each gratuitously offering him salva ti°n according to the tenets of their respective cr ee d s , an d 4 " also received several personal visits upon the subject. ro all he expressed himself grateful for their attentions, Nit at the came time assured them he was perfectly satie !ail with the religious services and instructions which lead ' t tia supplied him by the Chaplain of the gaol. Mr. Char.. ° ° tir, a relative of Mrs. Corder , a solicitor of Gray's Inn, " to conduct the defence, in which Mr. Humphries was engaged. He has thrown it up altogether, in e 'csequeuce of a difference of opinion which subsisted be tl'een hint and Mr. C. when in coneultation on the line of d efen ce that was hest to he adopted. 1 4r. Wayman acts as solicitor for the prosecu . tion, an d -r • And re d ws, of this Circuit, arid n o t Mr. Serjeant An 'r"ta, is retained for its support. Since the proceedings the inquisition have closed a great body of additional evi "'ace has been obtained, which renders it probable that the tr ial will be of a protracted nature. The criminal calendar, though not numerous is heavy, anti among th e fifteen, prisoners which it contains, one is fo r Murder, two for rape, two for coining and uttering base mo ney, one for manslaughter, and the rest for burglaries aOr! other, felonies. On the Civil Side no case of public irti Pertanc e is anticipated, but even if there were it would yield to the interest felt in the investigation of the Polstead tn urder. Much inconvenience and embarrassment will, it is apprehended, be experienced in the Court-house on the day o f trial. To the respectability and extent of this county it is quite disproportionate, anti possesses the two grand faults of being both confined in its space and ill- co ntrived in its ar angemente. The High Sheriff, U. Logan, Esq. is endeavour ing t o e oe tify its mal-construction as much as it is within his Pesver, sod has also, with the most creditable considera tion, given directions that a place should be a ppropriated f or the exclusive use of the Press, and ordered his officers to Rive every facility to its members. The influx of strangers, l 'hich is hourly increasing for the last few days, has beer. b"peralleled. All the inns are engaged at a moat extrava gant price, and the lodging.-house proprietors, taking ad vantage of the public c uriosity, are demanding such sums for their apartments, tte to send a few of them to the House of Correction would be only a merited reward for their exactions. 'lire Commission will be opened to morrow, but at se late an hour that no b u sin e ,,,, w ill b e transacted. . FERMOY-CORONER'S INQUEST. SIXTH AND LAST DAY. The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, ob served on the absence of all tespectable Roman Ca tholics from any share in this transaction, and said that, though no injury was done to person or pro perty before the intervention of the Magistrates, vet that these gentlemen had but done their duty in sup pressing the tumult, as prevention is better than punishment, and that it was a transaction between the butchers and the Magistrates of Fermoy. The Jury retired at about half -past three, and at twenty minutes to six returned a verdict rather vague, running thus :—" We find that the deceased John Bowler came by his death in consequence of a gun-shot wound, which passed through the elbow of his left arm into his left side, and came out under his breast bone, at Fermoy, on Stmday, the 20th of July, at a certain place there called Princes-street, and that he languished from thence until Monday, the followin g day, when he died of the wounds aforesaid ; and we further find and proclaim that the said gun-shot wound was inflicted by John Conway, James Levin, John Conlan, or James Lewis, police c onstables." _ Ten of the Jury wanted to add the words " by the command of the Magistrates ;" but two were op posed to the addition, and succeeded in their opposition. FASHIONABLE CHANGES AND ARRIVALS. Itiffs. ARRIVALS. Lord Viscount Granville, at Devonshire House, front the King's Cottage, Windsor ; Captain and Mrs. Fitz patrick, in Pan-mall, from Paris; Mr. John Caleraft, M.P. in Hanover-square; Right Hon. Robert Adair, in Piccadilly ; General Armstrong, in St. James's•street ; the Marquis of Camden, in Arlington-street, from the Wilderness, Kent ; Lady Charlemont and friends, at Nerves Hotels ; J. Symons, Esq. and Mrs. Symons, at ditto ; 'Mrs. and the Misses Burford, at ditto; Charles Stonor, Esq. at ditto; Lord Lynedoch, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, front Paris; Lord Mulberry, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Ireland ; Lady and the Misses Hunlocke, at ditto, from their seat in Derbyshire; Sir Thomas and Lady Barker, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyu-street, from Paris ; Colonel Wilsden and Colonel Stenhouse, at Fladong's Hotel, from a tour; Captain 'l'. B. Wall, at ditto, from the Continent. CHANGES. The Countess Dowager of Clare, and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, on a tour, from Saville-row; Lord and Lady Dundas, for Yorkshire; Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Lady Hamilton, and Mr. Hamilton, 3d Guards, from Foley-place, for Iping, Sussex; Rear-Admiral Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton and family, from Nottingham-place, for a tour ou the Continent; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cleveland, from St. James's-square, for York, on their way to their seat in Durham ; the Earl of Thanet, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Kent ; Colonel Thompson, from ditto, for Bath ; Mr. Wyndham Lewis, M.P. and Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, from Park-lane, fix their seat in Wales ; Mr. Arthur Blackwood, for Chathatn ; Mr. Nathaniel Bland, for Randall Park, in Surrey; the Rev. Hawell and Mrs. Chudleigh, from Paris, for Wellington-crescent, Ramsgate ; Mr. J. Gre vide, for Newbury, in Berkshire ; Major and Mrs. Edgar, for Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire; Mr. Panton Corbett, for Layton Hall, in Montgomeryshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Butler Danvers, for Swithlansi Hall, near Mount Sorrell, in Lei cestershire ; Lady Coleraine, for Sussex ; Mr. Robert Dorrien, for Kingshill, in Hertfordshire ; Major and Mrs. Saxon, for Leamington Spa ; Captain Seymour, for Hampton Court; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Bethel!, for Wim borne House, in Dorsetshire; Captain Winchester, for Dublin ; Lady Isabella Cost, on a tour; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Peyntz, from Grosvenor-place, on a tour; Captain Duncan Forbes and Mrs. Forbes, for the Isle of Wight ; Colonel Smith and faoily, from Norot's Hotels, Clifford street; Mrs. Payne and ladies, from ditto; J. Backhouse, Esq. and party, from ditto; William Campion, Esq. from Summons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's -street, on a tour; H. Hallam, Esq. from ditto, for Paris ; Earl and Countess of Longford, for their seat in Surrey; Captain and Mrs. James, from the British Hotel, Jermyn•street; for Hastings ; Captain Hudson, from ditto, for Brighton; John Disney, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; the Earl of Onslow, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in Surrey ; Sir Charles Chad, Bart. from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, on a tour; John Rea, Esq. from ditto, for France. ARRIVALS AT ASKERW SPAW. Pearson, F.sq. Mrs. Pearson, and Miss Rachael Pearson, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Taylor, Mr. Calvert, Dr. and Mrs. Dimond, John Scholfield, Esq., Mr. Would smith, George Hopkinson, Esq., John Sheppard, Esq. and Mrs. Sheppard, Rev. Edward Hay, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Petit, and Miss E. Petit, Miss Georgiana Youngliusband, William Astley, Esq., George Maddison, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Smith, Mr. J. Ogle, and Miss C. Ogle, Misses Mawson, J. Aldred and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walker and family.—Doneaster Gazette. ARRIVALS AT MATLOCK. Sir Francis and Lady Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Gordan, Lady Trevevlan, and the Miss Treveylans and party, Mrs. Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. Moor, Mr. and Mrs. Milnes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Weston, Mr. Smith, Mr. Hadfield, Mrs. Lodin and party, Mr. and Mrs. Burgin, Miss Stuart, Mrs. Meynel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Mr. Har nage, Miss Coidham, Mr. and Miss Ross, Miss Watson, Miss Austrilia, Mr A. H. Jacob, Mr. A. and Mrs. Cot terill, Mr. and Miss liestall, Mr. and Miss Guy, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkings, Mr. and Mrs. Frith and party, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgsoll,m,l family, Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. Dervis, ' ColnnEl Sandwith, Captain Sandwith, Mr. John Meynel, Mrs. Matthews and party, Mrs. Kinurre, Mr. Long, Mrs. Jane Wilson, Mrs. Rivett Carney, Captain Carney, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bridgitt, Mrs. Ewhank Leefe, Mr. and Mrs. Thurley, Rev. Mr. Mason, Rev. William Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. and the two Misses Sunderland, Mr. Stead, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Mr. Rugg, Mrs. Craven, Miss Craven, Miss Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Aiked, Mrs. Fowler and family, Mr: and Mrs. Plum and Mrs. Hart, Mr. Henry Hall, Mr. and Miss Parrett and Miss Williams, Rev. J. Henry Miss C. M. Richardson and Miss Wright, Rev. W. Richardson, Colonel and Mrs. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ward, Mrs. Vaed, Mrs. Ragsdale, Mrs. 'nett, Rev. and Mrs. Elleby, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Rev. S. and Mrs. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Colliugwood, Mr. and Mrs. Pizor, Mr. Coltham, Mr. Holding, and Miss Lee, Mr. Sianey and Miss Falks. .IIIIIIVALS AT DIEPPE. Marquis and Marchioness de Meroe, Lord - Lennox, Lord W. Russell, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Brown and suite, his Excellency the Minister of the United States, the Mar quis and Marchioness dc Bourbel and suite, his Excellency Lord Stuart de Rothsay, Ambassador from England ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and suite, Mrs. Mar tindale and suite, Mr. Deirs and family, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mr. Sharp, Sir T. Styles and family, Mr. Syche and family, Esc. WINDSOR, AUG. I.—The KING returned to the Royal Lodge yesterday evening, shortly after eight o'clock, from St. James's Palace, accompanied by the LORD STE WARR and Lord STRATHAVEN. His MAJESTY, both going to and returning from London, rode in an open carriage,. and was repeatedly cheered while passing through the towns and villages on the route. We have not for many years known his Dia l Lsry in the enjoyment of better health than at present ; and, on his return yesterday, although public business had engaged his MAJESTY'S atten tion two hours more than was anticipated, not the smallest appearance of fatigue was perceptible. Prince GEORGE Of CUMBERLAND, the Rev. Mr. JELY, Colonel THORN - ToN, and the Lon') STEWARD, dined with his MA jEsTv shortly after his arrival. Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, Lady STRATSIAVEN, Lady FRANCES CONMGRAM, Lady MARIA CONY NGIIA3i, the Rev. Mr. JELF, and Colonel TuoityroN, took an airing, yesterday hl an open carriage through the Great Park, and afternoon, by ti bank of the Thames opposite I)atchet to Eton, and returned to the Royal Lodge through the town of Windsor. The Princess AuGusrA took au airing, attractedr NobilityLa of tle yester dv in Waiting.nday, i n th e Great Park, in a n o p en carria g e, attended b y her: this ne d ig hb ay ou t r ii,,,. o Windsor, by a sale of fancy ar ticles, for the benefit of the poorer classes. 111 The Hon. Miss TOWNSEND, with hera Gentry' have t been nu be accustomed kindly feeling, superintended the arrangements, and the repository derived a:Considerable advantage from her beneficent exertions in its behalf. The proceeds of the sale are, we understand, considerable. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF FINE WOOL. It is impossible that any person can have even glanced over the mass of evidence given before the Committee of the House of Lords on the wool question, without being forcibly struck with the awful fact that this country, which once boasted of its native wool as the staple commodity—clothing with it not only its own population, but supplying also other nations largely with cloth manufactured from it, has now become nearly wholly dependant on a foreign supply of wool for the manufacture of cloth. In this volume of evidence it is asserted on the one hand by the manufacturers, that British fine wool is degenerated, which on the other hand is de nied by the growers of it; but as both agree in one point, that from the introduction of the softer Ger man' wools, the taste and habits of consumers of cloth both at home and abroad are changed, it therefore obviously is expedient for this country to look dili gently to the improvement of its finer wools. In offering the following observations on the sub ject, as I speak not from theory but long experience, and shall state nothing which I cannot have fully proved, I trust I may claim a patient attention ; and I feel fully assured I shall be able to show that this country is as capable as any other of producing fine wool. The first improvement in the German wools arse from the introduction of Merino sheep from Spain, and the spread of it was the more rapid, since as there were no sheep in that country possessing other valuable properties in an eminent degree, or in any respect highly improved, the breeders were neither influenced by former interests nor prejudices. Mutton with them was a matter of minor importance, wool therefore became the first object, and every en couragement was held out to promote the improve ment of it. As it advanced in quality it found a ready sale in our market, as the quality of our own from various causes remained nearly stationary. Saxony in particular took the lead in improvement, and produced wool of the most tender and delicate quality, suited however rather to the purpose of luxury than profitable use to consumers of cloth in general. The Saxons, it is well known, have produced this species of wool by confining the sheep in close houses during winter, and feeding them on corn and hay—thus doubly heating them. The result of this practice has been that the sheep have degenerated into a weak and puny race, and although the wool has thus become delicate and tender, they produce but half the quantity of that or mutton which the parent Merino sheep from which they spring yielded. 1 have no doubt but by such a course of practice wool equally fine could be produced in this coun try, yet it could be by no means profitable or desir able, since the three valuable properties in sheep, mutton, wool, and use in the fold for short wooled sheep, are so essentially requisite with us; and cloth ing wool of a quality far more profitable to con sumers of cloth in general could be produced without a sacrifice of any other valuable properties of the sheep. Nearly twenty years ago we also had a number of Merino sheep imported from Spain derived from flocks of various qualities, but some selected from those of the highest blood, whilst the flocks re mained unmixed, by the effects of war were sent by the Cortes as a present to the late King. From the high improvements which the breeding of sheep had in many respects reached in this coun try, the greatest expectations were formed of the improvement which would be effected in these, but strange as the assertion may seem perhaps this cir cumstance mainly tended to defeat the object. Lead ing breeders had a great stake in the stock which they already possessed ; they had given and were ob taining extravagant prices for their respective breeds; they were also accustomed to look to particular points in their sheep as those deemed nearest to per fection ; the Merinos on their first introduction dif- feted materially from those popular points, coarser wool then bore a high remunerating price ; and it is not to be wondered at that under such circumstances the Merino sheep were decryed. They were said to be unsuited to the climate, and unfit for the fold, the mutton was pronounced to be worthless, and it was declared that the wool would and did dege nerate. Unfortunately, many of these sheep fell into the hands of other than practical men, and by neglect and mismanagement, a colour was given to the clamour raised against them. The trials made with them by leading breeders of other flocks, were %either fully or zealously pursued, and the prejudices of shepherds accustomed to feed a different kind of ani mal were strongly against them. They, therefore, had but little chance of success. . 1 From my own experience, however, of many years, I can fully attest that these prejudices were ground less, and I will therefore proceed to state the result of my experience. Soou after the King's flock were imported, I purchased a considerable number from them, and selected from those of the Negrette breed, as being the largest sheep and bearing the softest wool. These I have continued to keep strictly pure, having no other sheep, and drawing rams from the royal flock, only as long as that was kept up, after wards depending wholly on my own. By due at tention to breeding, the wool, so far from degenerat ing, has annually improved in softness and fineness, and the fleeces have become far more uniformly even throughout, so that at this time I obtain for the whole a price beyond what any foreign wool in the bulk unsorted brings, whilst the fleeces weigh full double that of the Saxon sheep. It is right, however, to remark, that the staple of may flock - having attained a length beyond that of other Merino wool, so as to render it fit for combing, is ,a great cause of enhancing the price. The form Of the sheep has also become highly improved, and the mutton is of the first quality, so that I can readily have for the fat wethers the best price that any mutton brings in the London market. The disadvantages under which these improvements have arisen, are such as to speak highly in favour of these sheep. I have no pasture land whatever. The sheep do all the work of a South-down flock, by folding off such cultivated crops as the season yields. In winter they have no hay, except a little of secon dary quality to the CM es after lambing, whilst the store sheep live on turnips and straw, which latter they eat readily, and on such food keep up their condition, and it is admitted by those who have the care of them, that they eat such food as roost other sheep would reject. It may be said that these are broad assertions, but where are the proofs ? I will answer as to the wool, by highly intelligent and independent men connected with the wool trade, and to manufacturers of the like class who have again and again used it, and applied it to the finest pur poses to which wool has ever been applied, and who speak of it in unqualified terms. For the quality of the. mutton I can refer to those who have been accustomed to purchase the fat we thers, and who have given me a higher price for the carcase alone than they have sold the mutton for, throwing it in from the preference given to it, as a luxury for the upper tables of their customers at the west end of the town. For evidence as to the food and treatment I must refer to those who have had the care of them, but I am further willing to put some wethers on a fair trial with South - Tow n shee p , and I have no fear that t to tk te iththewill grow full as much and e a resultsgo good acre,will and one -thi r d mo r e l i l mutton prov; wool (independent of the quality) than those sheep. Let it not be supposed that I state this as inimical to that breed of sheep which, in most respects, I highly esteem, but rather to meet the prejudices of the owners of such flocks; some, but for the existence of such prejudices, and their consequent disinclination to cross with Merino sheep of high blood, I am per suaded the wool of their sheep would now be in a much higher state of improvement, without loss in the other properties of the sheep. I have been reluctant thus publicly to advocate this matter, but seeing in the evidence in question statements of a different caste, I deem it essential that they should not remain recorded without the most public refutation which can now be effected. I regret that the limits of this address will not admit of more detail, but if any one truly interested will write to me postage free, I will readily answer him. July :31. J. K. TRIMMER. Strand on the Green, Kew-bridge, Middlesex. A YORKSHIRE HISTORY : WHEREIN IS SHOWN FAITH PREFERRED BEFORE CHARITY. AND THE FATAL. EFFECTS THEYCEOF. (Written at the latter end of the Ilth Century.) In Yerk,hire, near the town of Richmond, A young man worked by the road side ; 'Squire Shuttleworth'e bailiff was the man that hired him, To dig and trench by the read side. At Hartlepool he lately landed From the ocean, he had used to plough ; And after walked to seek his fortune, By labour and by sweat of brow. And now whose coach is this comes bounding Down Clapgate side with crash and shock ; Dragged down the hill to certain ruin, By frightened horses over brook and rock. 'Tis 'Squire Shuttleworth and his daughter, From Richmond Priory they come ; Where they have heard mass, and have confessed there, And now they are returning home. 'Squire Shuttleworth had this only daughter, Renowned for beauty far and wide; And many noble 'Squires had sought her, Who refused to leave her father's side. Now from the ditch this young man bounded, Farther than one might pitch the bar; The hart that died at its last bounding, Moved not so quick nor sprang so far. He stopped the horses by his valour, For soon he did outgo their speed ; And 'Squire Shuttleworth and Lis bright daughter Ik released at the utmost net d.. 'Squire Shuttleworth then this youth regarded, With a condescending plan ; And thus observed—" A comely varlet ! Henceforth he shall be my serving man." Then this young man the castle entered, A new task to undertake ; By his lord and mistress kindly treated, As he had ventured for their sake. When he had been a year and over, Serving of a master kind ; Ann Shuttleworth she became his lover, And thus informed him of her mind : When as she met him in the garden, She inquired to learn his fate; Whence he came, and of what parents'; Then he did the truth relate. " In the British fleet I entered To defend my country dear; At the battle of 'Solebay I ventured, A seaman bold and without fear. There (lid I fight in the red squadron, With my comrades brave and true ; Under the great Sir Joseph Jordan, And many valiant Dutchmen slew. But, this furious battle ended, My Cominander, the next day, To the Duke of York would have me presented, But his Highness turned his head away. For I was of the Reformation; He had turned to the old faith : Wherefore my services he slighted, And to prefer me was so loath. Thus was I stopped of my promotion, By this self-same cruel blow : Wherefore I steer'd to seek my fortune By labour, and by sweat of brow." "'1 hen thou'rt that valiant man James Brady; And my love's not thrown away !" Its stay thee, stay thee, gentle lady, For the young moan turns his head away. " Nast thou forgot the Duke's bare treatment, When he slighted thee on the sea' And thou wert then a valiant seaman, Not a maiden tree like me !" Yet this young man be stood reluctant, And unkindly frewn'd his brows ; And because that she was a Papist, Slighted this bright virgin's vows. Then she sung her " Ave-Maries !" The Virgin came to her relief, And to her holy bosom took her : Others say she died of grief. And what becomes now of James Brady, The cause of all this bitter woe? Ilis cruel anguish finds no respite, But he wanders high and wanders low. At length he travels far to Turkey, To fight the base barbarian foe ; Where, in the raging storm of battle, A friendly bullet laid him low. These lines composed by Nathan Gould, Who knew the truth they thus unfold * In the year of man's salvation Sixteen hundred eighty-eight. Bigots of every age and nation Be warned by what I here relate. Fought in 1672.—Edit. Times. ST. KATHERINE'S DOCKS. The whole of the western range of warehouses, from which the scaffolding has been entirely re moved, appears in a finished state. The northern range, though part of the scaffolding is yet up, is nearly finished. More than one-half of the southern range is in the same state, and the remainder is pro ceeding rapidly. The immense hollow iron pillars that support the warehouses in front of the docks are on the eastern side painted stone colour, to cor respond with the solid cornice that runs over then, and sustains the brick-work, and their effect is novel and indicative of great solidity. The front of the offices, looking in a corth-westerly direction, opposite the Mint, is neaiiy completed; it is supported by four fluted pillars, and contrasts well by its elegance with the extreme plainness of the adjoining buildings. The basin and the western dock are both excavated nearly to their greatest depth, which will be about thirty feet from the top of the wharfs, and about twenty-four from the highest influx of water that can be procured. The entrance from the river, with the dock-gates, is also fast going on, and is an extremely curious piece of workmanship. To the eastward the work of levelling is proceeding apace, and approaches in many places close to the boundaries of the London Docks. - - The excavations on that side for the eastern dock are going on very extensively, but it will take a co nsiderable time before it can be completed. Several of the houses and premises which must be removed from its site are still standing, and some of the occupiers, from the great inconvenience they sustain by their removal, are not in a hurry to quit them. The two docks and basin of St. Katherine, will, when finished, afford great accommmodation to our shipping, a want of which is much felt, and has been long complained of. The undertaking itself is a credit to the nation. The Sphynx of Sunday, August 3, will con tain—Review of the Parliamentary Session—Portugal.— Notice of the Saldanha and Palmella Explanations—Wa termen's Fares—Pastor's Fees—Law Absurdities—The King's Speech and Leading Articles of the Daily Papers— Literature—Rock's Letters to the King—New Monthly, Blackwood, and London Magazines--Vidocq, the French Police-officer—Journal of a Circuit-goer—State Prescrip tions—The Rump, a new song—Notes of the Week— Comments on the Events of the Week and the King's Speech—Attempt to make an Irish Rebellion—News of the Day to a late hour on Saturday—Chronicle of the News of the Week. We understand that a fashionable tailor, at the West—end of the town, who had brought actions for the recovery of nearly 30,000/. upon Bills of Exchange, has been glad to drop them, and put up with the toes, the• de fendants having pleaded usury on the part of the plaintiff to the extent of 15 per cent.—Morning Paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. n :11 . 1 1 1: A thesupcir.i t l . o — f t T h h e e g D ay u e s u o r f ro C u a n m d i b n r g i d g s e ce n a e g . a in Thhoe noured the course with his presence, and appeared to enter Duke of Richmond, Lord George Lennox, and several other persons of distinction, were upon the comse. The specta tors were not so numerous on the ground as upon the pre ceding day, but nevertheless the Course had a very brilliant appearnoe. The Ladies' Plate of 50 sous. New Course. Mr. Theobald's c. c. by Renovator, 3 yrs Duke of Richmond's b. c. Chico, 3 yrs Mr. Berkeley Bone's c. m. Mirage, 3 yrs ...... s 3 Handicap Plate of 50 Hors. Two miles. Mr. Turner's br. f. Whimper, 4 yrs, arrived first at the winning post, but the boy who rode Soldan, complained of the conduct of Buckle, who crossed him in the race, which conduct prevented him from proving the winner of the first heat. The Judges immediately decided Whimper as distanced, and thus placed the other two horses : Earl of Chichester's b. c. Soldan,4 'TS 1 2 2 Mr. Brown's g. h. Laburn , 5 yrs fe 1 This was a good race, and well conttsted. The Hack Stakes of S sovs. each, added to 30 sovo. given ....... ........ by the Town. New Course. Mr. New's br. m. aged 3 1 1 Mr. Green's b. m. Clare Mr. Fielding's c. b. Sylvester, 5 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Best's ch. h. Accident Mr. J. Snow's b. g. Proxy Mr. Harris's c. in. Mr. Goodman's c. in. A Match for bo?. One mile. The above Match took place after the first beat wa9 de cided, between Mr. Berkeley Bond and a Military Officer. It was a spirited race, and won by Mr. Bond. The Libraries, the Theatres, and the Gardens, have all been attended during the Races—and Brighton, at the pre sent period, is considered to contain more company than usual at this time of year. Amongst the already numerous stage coaches which run to and fro from London, a new one has been lately added to the number under the title of " The Age !" The sct out altogether is very attractive, and got up after the man ner of the swell•drags belonging to the late Four-in-hand Club. The name of Stevenson appears on the pannel as the proprietor, a gent. well known in the Sporting World as a good whip ;" with his " upper story" well fur nished from the Alpha to the Omega, that his compa nions on the road may not want for a tiny bit of chaff; while he " handles the ribbons," " keeps moving," takes a fly off the listener of his leader with the utmost sang froid, and gets over the ground like nothing else but an " out-and-out dragoman." To be sure this is the Age for improvement ; and as a proof, the above gentleman Jewry, it is said, took his degrees at Cambridge ! A great mus ter of Fashionables took place yesterday at twelve o'clock, to witness the exertions of the well-educated charioteer, who, it was expected, would mount the box ; but to the great disappointment of the Swell gazers, the attractions of Brighton Races and the company of his Garda) pals were too great to be resisted ; and a deputy was substi tuted for the occasion. KNUTSFORD MEETING. W/I. TArION EGERTON, Esq. and G. C. ANTROBU::;, Stewards. THURSDAY, JULY 31.—The Tattoo Park Stakes of 25 love. Two miles. Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. Herbert Lacy walked over Sixty sovs. for all ages. Heats, Two miles and a distance. Mr. R. Turner's b. c. Clinton, 3 yrs Sir T. Stanley's ch. h. Grenadier, aged Mr. Hodgson's br. f? Emerald, 3 yrs Lord Derby's br. c. Necromancer, 4 yrs 2 2 A Cup, value 50 sous. given by Captain W. T. Egerton. Two mile heats. Mr. Palin's ch. f. Miss Sutton, 4 yrs Mr. Beswick's b. m. Creeping Jenny, aged 1 2. 2 PAISLEY RACES. These great sources of attraction at our approaching St. James's-day Fair, we are confidently assured, will far sur pass any thing we have hitherto been accustomed to witness here for these many years. The new race course will than, for the first time be opened. With their wonted liberality end public spirit, the Provost and Magistrates have spared no expence to render it at once cafe and commodious. Great improvements are now being in progress. The wishes of the citizens have, in this respect, been most rea dily met and gratified by the Magistrates. When the ope ' rations are finished, the course will be, next to that at Ir vine and Ayr, the best in the west of Scotland. Much sport is expected, and great exertions are snaking to raise subscription purses for races, which will make it worth while for good cattle to chew on Paisley Moss the " metal of their pastures." The ancient bell-race, which was es tablished as early as the reign of James VI., takes place on the Friday. The subscription races follow on the af ternoon of that day, and on Saturday. The whole ar rangements will be placed under the contreul of a number of gentlemen of the town nominated as Stewards. From an eminence in the centre of the new course, its whole circuit may be seen with the most perfect ease. None of the accidents, either to horse or rider, or spectator, which sometimes occurred, owing to the awkward angles of the former course, can possibly be anticipated as likely to hap pen in the new one. Indeed the steps taken by the Ma gistracy to add to the innocent amusements of the public, without losing eight of its well-being and safety, are alike prudent, judicious, and commendable.—Paisley Adver tiser. GRAND CRICKET MATCHES. On Thursday last Lord's Cricket Ground, St. John's Wood, was unprecedently thronged by the nobility and gentry, who assembled to witness the annual grand match between eleven gentlemen of the Eton Club and eleven of Harrow. The day was most favourable for the noble gamy, which concluded in favour of the gentlemen of Eton, who won with five wickets to go down, as follows : 'ARROW. ETON. let Innings 6Bl Ist Innings '7B 2d Ditto .. . 5312 d Ditto The great Match between the Mary-le-bens and Bury and Snifolk Clubs, which commenced on Monday last at Bury, terminated on Tuesday in favour of the Bury Club, who won by twelve notches. The following is a statement of the game at its conclusion . : MARY-LE-DUNE. SUFFOLK. let Innings 102 Ist Innings 2d Ditto 5l 2d Ditte 108 153 DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. 165 The Coat and Badge was yesterday rowed for by six young men, who had not been snore than a year released from their apprenticeship. Aoeording to the will of Dog gett they were to row from the Swan at London Bridge, to the Swan at Chelsea, against tido, and the first at the Swan was to gain the prize. This race is usually &in ducted by the Watermen's Company, and upon the prevent occasion every attention was paid to the arrangements. The men started at two o'clock, and young Mallett, of Waterloo Bridge stairs, took the lead, followed by Dodd. The con tort was between three boats only, the others laving no chance of success. After a most admirable trial of skill aid tact, Mallett proved that he was the best man, by keeping the lead up to Chelsea. He was consequently the first at the winning point, and thereby gained the prize amidst the cheers of the surrounding spectators. Dodd, who was second, gave an excellent specimen of rowing, and likewise gained a small sum of money, which was given with the coat and badge. The day was fine, and the water displayed many gay parties, who did not fail in drinking to the memory of Doggett, the generous friend of the water. men, and the promoter of water-sports. Evening THE Courant. Arpßo It is supposed by the inobt experienced infarmers in East . Lothian, that wheat-harvest 4 .- ill be general that district about the 12th of August. —Edinbu r g h having APPROACHING EXECUTl gn,t o ehi N e,c • ew l nlavar g arcsau l nt C th i f l oi - sr 19th of January last he was taking bointmmhteeadltiacti Aao BREACH, who is ordered for execution on Wednesday next, is 23 years of age., He was convicted for robbing a man named SLATER, at Liinehoure. On the night of the ealligivatei f i n s d toi h ) e th i i: a y s es" . manner,sinee that basket of linen to a bowie in Nortls-street, Limehoiase, wh en he was m e t by two men, one of wh e o a m Tmhe k e n ev oc ae l nf e ,itin d lg ls i fingers to get possession of the basket. The men also filled away with the basket. at A N e his mouth with 'dirt, to prevent his crying out, and ran been:raised, the prisoner was secured, with the basket of linen in his possession • lie escaped from the officers who had him in custody at Lambeth -street , and was afterwards time conducted himself in a most exemplary apprehendedth com municated executionto a tb arrivedi L m y n i i the. paid strict attention to the advice of the R Gentlemen and by wham he is attended. Rev. Gentlemen RECORDER'S COURT, DUBLIN. MarDyaniel n 3' s f f r°eg,h‘ivi r h i assaulting Andrew Clark went into his emp lo y er's orchard, was nten indicted t for where he saw the prisoner with Mary Aim Moore. Here the witness described the transaction minutely. The detail - is, of course, unfit to meet the public eye. Witness gave the prisoner a severe beating, for his brutal treatment of the child. Her face was scratch ed, and she was bleeding at the mouth. He after wards received a second beating on his removal to the watch-house, and might have been murdered by' women in the neighbourhood but for the timely in terference of witness and others. The circumstance occurred about eight in the evening. The prisoner is a married man. Joseph Smyth, a soldier, deposed that he v. as stationed as sentinel in front of the Penitentiary, be tween seven and eight o'clock, on the evening in question. He saw the prisoner enter the orchard, by crossing the bank or ditch, which fenced it from the road. In his first attempt to climb over, his foot slipped and he stumbled back. Mr. FlNLAv—Would you slip, do you think?-- Witness (an Englishman) Well, I don't know that, lam sure; but I know this, that I have told the whole truth of the matter before this here con gregat on,—(Laugh t er.) Mr. FtNLAi.---Are you sure that you wcrc sober then ?--Witness (nodding): As sober as I am n 05.... Mr. FINLAY—On your Oath, how much have you drunk today ?—Witness : 0, no matter; never mind that now, ;et us settle the job in hand:, first, and I will then tell yoti all about the rest. \Vitnc:,a subsequently denied having tgoted a "drop" that day. The window of the Penitentiary under which the, witness was caulking was open. Mr. FINLAT—Then could not all in the Penite►n-- tiary have !seen him as well as you ?---Witness : I can only answer for my own eye-sight. It is not likely, I take it, that all in the Penitentiary would be looking through one window together.-- (Laughter.) The child, whose father stated she was about 12 years old, was produced; but, after being sworn, was not examined, in consequence of the Court be ing dissatisfied with her replies, on being closely in terrogated as to the nature of an oath. The prisoner produced two witnesses, who gave him a good character; they also proved that lie was in a state of intoxication on the evening of the day laid in the indictment. His snaster (Counsellor Henderson) also gave him an excellent character. The Jury, however, without hesitation, found him '' Guilty." The RECORDER animadverted in very severe terms on the horrible nature of his offence, and stated that he might have been capitally indicted, but for the merciful conduct of his prosecutors. He was then sentenced to 18 months' confinement in Richmond Bridewel RESIDENCE OF THE EARL CAWDOR. The residence of the Earl Cawdor, in the county a of Nairn, is one of the most ancient and en tire bronial residences in Scotland, and in point of natural situation is no less beautiful than striking and singular. The tower is built partly on a rock, the surface of which serves for a floor to the lower apartments, and in the midst is an old hawthorn tree, springing from the rock, an d shooting its leaf less spiral stem from the vault into the interior of thr building. According to popular tradition, this sin ular appearance is thus explained :---A certain Thane of Cawdor, not the one immortalized by Shakspeare, but a Chief of the Fourteenth Century, whilst meditating the erection of the Castle, was told in a dream to build it round a hawthorn tree, on the hank of the brook, and believing the suggestion to proceed from some guardian power, he obeyed its dictates. Another version of the story, however, gives a less poetical origin to the Tower. It is said that the Thane being in doubt where to fix the site of his building, loaded an ass with an iron coffer full of gold, and resolved to erect his mansion with the treasure contained in the coffer, and on the precise spot where the animal should stop. Asses are seldom entrusted with such important missions, being, as every honest midget knows to his cost, a stiff-necked and unruly generation. The ass of Cawdor, however, proved himself to be an excel lent arbiter, and a lover of the picturesque. He made the tour of a fine level holm, girt with wood and water, and having described the boundaries of the Castle, round three large hawthorn trees, be stopped at the centre one, conscious, no doubt, of having discharged his duty to his master. The latter was so well satisfied Nvith the taste and dis cretion of his " surveyor," that he built the tower around the third hawthorn tree, enclos ing the precious stem, and there it still re mains, after the lapse of above three centuries, a memento of the sagacious donkey and his employer. The building thus singularly begun is a strong feu dal structure, guarded with moat, drawbridge, and . battlements, and " bosomed high and tufte d trees.' The walls are above eight feet in thickness, and the different niches and embrasures of such gigantic dimensions, that each might, on a pinch, serve far the a ccommodation of a whole gipsy encampment. The massive walls, dark passages, and narrow wind ing staircases, strongly remind the visitor of times happily long gone by, when might too often usurped the place of right, and a successful foray was more esteemed than a clear conscience. About twelve years ago a fire broke out in the castle, and con sumed its most valuable relic—the bed on which King Duncan slept when murdered by Macbeth There arc some old family portraits in the castle, and One of the apartments is hung with tapestry worked by Lady Henrietta Stuart, in the sixteenth century, with her own hands. Among the paint ings is a good likeness of the brave Montrose, and some female portraits, evidently by a coarse imitator of the style of Sir Peter Lely. On the roof of the castle is a small recess, called Lovat's Hole, being the spot where that arch traitor concealed himself for some time after the " rising" in " forty-five." The present Earl has made vast improvements in the castle and estate of Cawdor, and is entitled to , the especial thanks of all lovers of " out-door nature,' as the Cockneys term it, for the excellent walks he has made on each side of the burn, and for t h e quiet nooks and glens, embel lishing and opening up its romantic scenery to all and sundry who ehose to wander on its banks. And what higher enjoyment can there be, mow that . the larch has " hung its tassels forth," and the birche3 are full of ltaf and fragrance, when our northern skies are almost as clear and cloudless as those of Italy, and our warm heathery braes, redolent of bees and honey, thau to ramble on the banks . of the roar"- ing Linn, full .50 fathoms above its rocky bed— or of poverty or misery forget lotere ourselves e l i v i n e her nest, and the clear poplin' springs. fre! en tie green sward ? At Calder, tOO, tills enjo) inent may be shared without to mar the be!uty of the picture. The cottages arc clean, clean, tidy whitewashed buildings, nir of neatness and comfort spread which bespeaks tie presence of • and there is an the village, which _ , at tentive landlord.— cbw a ie n r opulent and Inverness alloy, for there are no scenes Isieanrigds 1 The CIIA EQUER of the Exc H eu tertriutii the Cabinet Ministers to dinner on Wednesday, at his , residen ce i n D owning-street. Marquis de PALMELLA and Viscount STII,ANGFOAD had interviews with the Earl of Arizanr:r.:. Ye'rclay, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. Mr. PRILL [PS, Under Secretary of State for the Horne Department, left town yesterday morning for the continent The skrecn which had been erected around Mr. PLAYFAIK'S monument has just been removed, the necessary inclosare being completed ; and the whole effect of the southern elevation of that beautiful structure, coin- Lined with the magnificent wall of the Observatory, is now hid , open to view. It forms a very grand object lions the great thoroughfare of the North Bridge, from whence it is best seen, and will combine with great effect with the portico 4.f the Parthenon, which is now tar advanced.—Edinburglt Evening Courant.