The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-16 00:00:00

g DAI Imselres D MAYO !king up 'g the g the Alai person nhabitsul a's-bill, the abo' Ned in t 1 n spite' emptedi ►de, Res' a panalt irapv, all 11 each ft y, ♦vhic toy woul Dr amU COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The great attraction at this theatre last night Was Miss Chester's re-appearance in the " School for Scandal." This lady is a handsome and accom plished comic actress: in the mo re refined depart ments of comedy i n particular—i n the Rosalinds, Beatrices, Violantes, &c., she displays more deli cate finish than any female performer on the stage. She banters with the happiest archness ; and while she gives their due effect to buoyant and mercurial passages, never once loses her self-possession. Her Lady Teazle of last night, if not better, was as good as usual, and failed only—where most performers in this part fail—in the expression of shame and consci ous degradation, occasioned by her discovery in the screen scene. Miss Chester was here too much self-possessed to be natural ; she was too good an actress to be thrown off her guard, and this faculty of putting aside art, and substituting nature instead, is the chief requisite for whosoever may be induced to attempt Lady Teazle. Mr. Warde's Joseph, and Mr. C. Kenible's Charles Surface, were both excellent in their way: the first perhaps was a little too stiff; but the conception was scrupulously cor rect, and frequent practice will soon mellow its pre sent occasional harshness. The remaining charac ters were all more or less adequately filled up. THAMES AND MEDWAY FISHERIES, The example set by the Corporate Officers of the Borough of Queenborough—in endeavouring to bo tain and enforce proprietory rights over an arm of the sea, to the exclusion of those fishermen, who, from time immemorial, were accustomed to resort to it without restraint for a livelihood—h as been fol lowed in the immediate vicinity of that Borough, against the fishermen of Milton, by the lessee of some extensive oyster grounds there. Intimations have escaped from several landholders on the Kent and Essex coasts, that should he succeed, they will carry into effect similar operations against the fishermen who resort to the waters which wash the shores belonging to these landholders. The pro ceedings against the fishermen of Milton affect the employment of 200 sail of fishing boats, and directly and indirectly the livelihood of nearly two thousand individuals. Yesterday a body of the poor Milton fishermen arrived at Billingsgate, and implored Mr. Goldham, the active superintendent, to exert himself in getting their case laid before the Corporation of London. Mr. Goldham who, front his situation, had become well acquainted with the circumstances under which the fishermen are placed, lost no time in getting their case officially examined by the City Solicitor, to advise whether it was one in which the C orporation ought or ought not to interpose. It appears a settled point in law, that an arm of the sea cannot be the subject of any charter or grant from the King, siace the time of Magna Charta. It is also a settled principle in law, that manorial juris dictions do not extend in such cases below low water mark. In general, however, the law has confirmed proprietory rights over the produce of oyster beds, wherever situated, whether claimed by private indi viduals or by public bodies. The property of the most productive oyster fisheri e s i s i n th e f reemen, in habitants of several of the fishing towns, who ma nage them as joint stock companies. Unless those wh o stocked the grounds with brood oysters, and bring them to maturity, are protected in the enjoy ment of the produce, of course the public would be c onsiderable losers, and the navigation perhaps in no Way benefitted. Protection has been given, there fore, to this description of property, by the 31st Geo. 111. c. 51. and also by the 43d Geo. 111. c. 144. Yet neither of these statutes, nor any other l eg i s l at i ve measures have ever done any thing _ocon_t f erpropei etory rights prejudicial to the freedom of navigation,or to the common right of the subject to take fish in an arm of the sea. The numerous bodies of fishermen who live on the Kentish and Essex coasts, have been accus tomed for centuries to trawl for floating fish over all thes e oyster beds, without interruption, until latterly. They have gone so far as to exact a toll from the vessels anchoring there ; and now the gaoler of the town, or some other corporate officer goes on board each of the Norway lobster vessels that arrive there, and exacts twelve of the finest lobsters for the use of the Mayor and Corporation, though they have as much legal right to demand half the cargo as a single ilsh. On the 12th of November, two fishermen, named Richard Towselt and George Shrubsole, were taken before Gerard Goselin, E sq ., one o f t h e C ounty Magistrates, and charged with having offended against the before named Acts. The proof against them was, that both had persisted in fishing with a trawl net over the oyster-beds, which belonged to Mr. Redman, though they were warned off. On examining the net of one of the fishermen, two oysters were found, the other had none. They were both bound to appear and take their trial at Canter bury Sessions yesterday, under the Act which sub jects any person who shall take, or attempt to take, oysters, with any net, &c., to a fine not exceeding 201 ., or to imprisonment not exceeding three months. The plea which the owners of the oyster fisheries set bp for excluding the fishermen from taking float ing fish by a trawl, the only net they can use, they Zdecl are to be a wolf's plea to justify the aggression. heY Say t h at t h e i r nets , as t h ey sweep t h e oyster ,e(lB, will occasionally ca t c h h o ld o f an oyster; b u t that it would d o more d amage to t h e i r nets, b y f ar, than the oysters are worth to attempt to take any 'Nudity with them. So far from injuring, their nets benefited the oyster fisheries, by sweeping from their b e d s blubber and filth, which accumulated on t hem and checked their progress. The CITY SOLICITOR assured Mr. Goldham, that in his opinion the case was one in which the Cor poration were bound to interpose, for the protection of the poor men. to the Mr. right of fishing exercised by these hard work ing men would occasion a great loss of food to the poor ofythe metropolis. If the fisheries fell into a few hands, they would be able to regulate the sup- Oh greatly to the disadvantage of the public. NCREASE OF CRIME.—We are sorry to state that there are 29 prisoners (charged with various offences) for trial at the Quarter Sessions to be holden at Spileby on Friday 44 16th inst. —Boston Gazette. THE KING'S HE ALT 1 1.—The indisposition of the KING does not arise from the gout, but from a severe vold which his 3.IAJESTY caught about ' a fortnight since, iyhen riding out in an open carriage on a very damp day. The KING was so extremely boam, on this da fortnight, quell e, that he has kept that it was with difficulty he could be heard. Hi y s MAJESTY I 'm been since so unwell, in cons hie bed for the greatest part of the tittle. Sir HENRY llALyouo has constantly attended his M ry, and has gone daily from London to the Royal Lod ge, and on his return has c a ll e d on the Princess SorniA,. at Kensin gton and the D u k e of CLAIaNCE, at the Admiralty, to , the st a t e of h i s ALtixsTv ' s h ea l t h t o his Royal report sister broth er. It was yesterday s tated that when the and Nlar Of W ELLEsLEY Went to the Royal Lodge, to pay h!s.quis : Peet a to the K ING , on his return to England, he dui not ee his MAJESTY, which, we fear, arose from the 1 1ia being too mu c h i n di spose d t o see th e Noble Marquis...... 49liela Chronicle and Whitehall Evening Post. A few nights ago, a gang of desperate ose? a P o achers, consisting of about ten in num ber, broke into the destroye d ves of Mr. CRUTCHLET, of S unn i ng hill, Berks, and quantity of game. Four gamekeepers and his steward attempted to take the party into custody, but were gver Powered, dreadfully beaten, and seriously injured. The steward and one of the gamekeepers are now lying in a Trost precarious state. The former was str uc k severe ly 144 ' 4 the head and body ; and the latter was stripped naked An d ba r b arous l y use d , t h e v ill a i ns h av i ng s h o t hi m in the back and loins. Several shots have been extracted, but ma ny are so deeply seated, that it is feared fatal conse :l4lv-es will ensue. Two of the suspected persons are now in custody, and several Bow-street officers are in the — "lgthourhood, actively employed in endeavouring to dis let th e remainder of the gang. There is considerable i ii.u'ettlty i n identifyin g th em , as there are so ma ny p ersons Q fteted of poaching in Sunni ng bill an d its vicinity, all ti ,:aorn ar e dressed in rough great coats. One of the gk ; Ilatned TURNER, who has been apprehended, had a i t constructed that he could t a k e it t o pieces, and put ink ls , pocket , and when taken at a public-house in the —6 "uOurhoad, the VII Was so found is his possession. EARL enogrtNon. (Abridged from the World.) A Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Shaftesbury was held on the 7th inst., at the Bell Hotel, the Rev. T. EVANS in the Chair, when a series of Resolutions were proposed and seconded, indicative of the respect felt towards Mr. Bowles, the late Recorder, as well as an Address, which was merely an echo of the Resolutions. Mr. P. M. CHITTY, one of Lord Grosvenor's agents, opposed the Resolutions in a speech of some length, in the course of which he said—l would ad vise the tenants of Lord Grosvenor to think on what they are doing—to passe before they put their sig natures to any paper that would injure the feelings of Lord Grosvenor. The persons who do so this day, may have no business that they care to lose— they may be independent of business; but I call npon you again, many of whom are tenants of my Lord Grosvenor, not to do any thing hastily; and though I am of a forgiving temper, yet let it not be said some six months hence, by any of you who are tenants of Lord Grosvenor, that you did not mean, by signing the Resolutions proposed, to offend Lord Grosvenor, when I publicly announce to you, that it will be so considered; and I announce to you also, that Lord Grosvenor is to be elected Recorder to morrow. Mr. D. ROBERTS—When I signed the requisition, I did not know that it was for any other object than thanking Mr. Bowles for his past services. Mr. T. ABBOTT--I never heard before this Meet ing, that the Earl Grosvenor was to be chosen Re corder. Mr. RAKE—I did not know that there was any intention even to propose Lord Grosvenor as a can didate for the Recordership ; consequently I could not intend him any insult. Mr. R. STOREY—I certainly was not before aware that Lord Grosvenor was to be Recorder. Mr. I. LLETT—I was not aware that Lord Grosvenor would be appointed. The Resolutions and Address were severally withdrawn, when The Rev. W. PATTESON proposed a resolution to the following import, which Mr. CHITTY seconded:— " That a Committee be formed to draw up an Ad dress to Mr. Bowles, expressive of the high sense which the inhabitants entertain of the upright, im partial, and benevolent manner in which he has dis charged the duties of Recorder for upwards of twenty-five years, and their deep and sincere regret that he should have resigned that office." This Resolution was, after a good deal of discus sion, carried; and an Address in the spirit of it drawn up, to be presented to Mr. Bowles. At a meeting of the Corporate body the following day, Lord Grosvenor was elected Recorder of the Borough. DEATH of RIGHT REV. DR. ARBUTHNOT, LORD BISHOP of KILLALOE. (From the .Liwrich Chronicle.) We regret extremely to have to announce the death of the Right Rev. Alexander Arbuthnot, D.D., Lord Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, which melancholy event took place between four and five o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last, at Clarisford-house, in the midst of his amiable but afflicted family. His Lordship had attended divine service, at Killaloe, the Sunday before, in perfect health ; and had returned from ecclesiastical business in Nenagh the evening previous only to the fatal attack which terminated his mortal career. At a late hour on Tuesday night, the Bishop was seized with a sudden and alarming fit of illness, indicative of apoplexy; professional aid was immediately had, and Surgeon Purdon, of Killaloe, blooded his Lordship copiously. A courier was forwarded in all haste to Limerick, when Dr. Carrol and Surgeon Thwaites drove off instantly to Clarisford-house, and administered every relief which eminent professional skill and experience could suggest for their distinguished patient; hut, we have to lament, ineffectually; and his Lordship, after lingering for some hours, in an apparent state of insensibility, ex pired in ties arms of his attendants, and to the unutterable grief of his disconsolate lady and family, on whom this awful visitation has fallen heavily and unexpectedly. The deceased Prelate was translated from the Deanery of Cloyne, and consecrated Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfcn - ora, in May, MS, having succeeded Dr. Mant, the present Bishop of Down. In Dr. Arbuthnot the Clergy of his Diocese will have to regret a generous and impartial patron, and a kind protector ; the numerous poor of his neighbour hood, a benefactor, an advocate, and a friend. Ever anxious to promote the interests of religion, and secure the com forts of his clergy, the number of churches and glebe houses was increased by his exertion. A constant resident in his diocese, his attention was never diverted from the high and important charge confided to his care, and the humble and deserving Curate had not to complain of ne glect or discouragement from this exemplary Prelate. A perfect gentleman to every class of persons his manners were courteous and affable, while his deportment was ever consistent with the dignity of his situation. The Right Rev. Dr. Arbuthnot was brother of Major-General Sir T. Arbuthnot, who commands a British brigade in Portugal, and of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, late Chief Commissioner of his Majesty's Woods and Forests. His Lordship's remains were interred in the Cathedral of Killaloe, attended by a vast concourse of persons, desir ous of paying a last sad tribute of respect to his memory. Thus has fallen, in the prime of life, in full possession of his energies, mental and corporeal, esteemed by his clergy, venerated by his flock, and beloved by llis family, a Divine, whose services to the Church, in the character of an active, zealous, and benevolent Pastor, will not soon be forgotten in the diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora. The above melancholy event should impress upon us more forcibly—what we so seldom appear to be conscious of—the frail tenure of rank, fame, and fortune, which this evanescent world can give; and teach us to prepare for that haven of eternal rest which must, we are assured, be the portion of the good and virtuous. The scholars of the Grammar School of King EDWARD VI., at Bromsgrove, have received, from the film rality of a lady, an additional stimulus to their exertions, by the institution of twL, medals, a gold and a silver one, which prizes are to be purchased with the interest arising from the sum of 2001., invested for that purpose, and bestowed upon tke pupils who shall most distinguish themselves in classical learning during an examination to be held annually, and over which the neighbouring clergy will be solicited to preside. These, with the six valuable fellowships appropriated to its pupils at Worcester College, Oxfurtl, render the inducement to study and the rewards for distinction in literature at this school superior to most foundation s in the kingdom.—Birminyhain Gazette. On Monday afternoon an exhibition took place in the Waterloo -road, of a stage-coach fitted with Lieut. Comes " Patent Life Preserver" for carriages, in order to put this novel contrivance to further proof with four good horses. Mr. Gnat-, the respectable proprietor of the Bolt-in-Tun office, who was the first to patronize the invention to a stage-coach, (it is equally applicable to carriages and gigs) accompanied by another proprietor and some experienced coachmen, had the horses several times set into a full gallop, on each occasion drawing them in again by means of the protector. The coachman's finger applied to the ring connected with the gut cord, which puts it into action, immediately causes the power of the hind wheel to act so as gently to wi n d up a cylinder iR a brass box, to which cylinder a single cat-gut rein, leading to the hits of the horses, is attached. This small rein is capable of resisting the power of the most impetuous horses ; and although those in this coach were ten or twelve times exercised with this new kind of restraint, t hey did ne t man if es t the least restlessn ess or uneasiness; th us it was satisfactorily proved, that any four horses run ma y pointbpe prov e d was u P The next fli ng aw ay w i t h a wail' e quipped with th e lif e -preserver, was the security with which the driv er may leave his _ with perfect ease and safety, to clog the wheel, o r to take out l uggage. Thi s security ;5 given simply by hooking the ring a b ove alluded to, over a stud, which effectually prevents the horses from running aw ay in his t em p orar y absence. All pres ent conceived this to b e of equal advantage with the fi rst named, if not of greater importance, as such security is re quired several t i mes in every day. It was also seen that the restraint may be brou g h t to act upon any one h orse , t o the exclusion of the rest that in the event of the traces, a bar, or the pole-book, breaking the horses wmtld be pre vented:tee p hill,from the rushing g ian will nut be required to use forw ard ; and that i n d es cending a that exertion which he at present is compelled to put forth, to keep back his horses. Not a minute longer need be taken up in changing. It is the intention of the patentee (if leave can be obtained), to exhibit his invention at no very distant period with four horses, in the Park, publicnotice of which will be given. t suffere 0 supplies c i in COO D scares 0 ther kiwi y' s quot o Ins of 19 0 : doing• Flour 1750sisc' ,=... _. ~ . , monaini :ceediuf to 95c ." 11 0 18 0 , 8 0 7 , 7 0 0 0 4 16 0 0 5 4 0 45 0 20 0 3 0 7 0 6 0 0 14 ° 0 18 . blutta be . non - ,) tbeit ern 1° beiP to be' p ot ; tile 10 . er 0 as W I otbec ive i° oA j LI 116 % FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS, THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, his MA JESTY held a Court at the Royal Lodge, Windsor-park, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELLINGTON, the LORD STEWARD Of the HOUSEHOLD, the Right Honourable CHARLES ARBUTHNOT, Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, and Sir WILLIAM FREMANTLE. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Mr. BUL LER attended as clerk. The further prorogatio❑ of Par liament was taken into consideration, when it was agreed that the Parliament should he further prorogued from the 22d instant to the 29th instant, then to meet for the desratch of business; and orders were given for issuing the usual proclamation for that purpose. The Loan CHAN CELLOR officiated as Lord President of the Council, in the absence of the Duke of PORTLAND. The KING gave audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR and the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Court broke up soon after three o'clock. The Duke of CLARENCE came to town yes terday morning from his seat in Bushy Park. His Royal Highness transacted business at the Admiralty, and left town about five o'clock on his return to Bushy. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and Mr. Hus- KISSON were in frequent communication, during the whole of yesterday, with Viscount GODERICII and Earl DUDLEY', at their residence in Downing -street. Lord BEXLEY came to town yesterday morn ing from his seat at Foot's Cray, Kent. His Lordship visited Viscount GODERICH and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. His Lordship returned to Foot's Cray in the afternoon. The Right Bon. Sir JOHN BECKETT ar rived in town yesterday. Mr. ABERCROMBIE, the Judge Advocate- General, transacted business yesterday with Earl DUDLEY, at the Foreign. office. Mr. JACOB transacted business yesterday at the office of the Boa r d o f T ra d e, an d also at the Treasury. Viscount PALMERSTON visited Mr. Hus- KISSON yesterday afternoon, at his residence in Somerset place. The Marquis CAMDEN arrived in town on Monday, from his seat, in Wilderness Park, Kent. Count MUNSTER, the Hanoverian Minister, and Monsieur ROTH, the French Charge d'Affaires, tran sacted business yesterday with Earl DUDLEY, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Honourable: CHARLES GRANT and THOMAS WALLACE visited the CuaNcEr.r.on of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at his residence in Downing -street. The Right HOB. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT had a long interview with Mr. Husr.issoN, on Monday, at the office of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart ment, in Downing-street. Mr. CHARLBS GRANT also visited Mr. HUSKISSON on Monday. Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, as Military Se cretary to the Commander in Chief, went through his List yesterday, at his Office in the Horse Guards. A few Ge neral, and about forty other Officers, transacted Military business with his Lordship. Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth day of the Duke of GLOUCESTER, when his Royal High ness completed his 52d year. The Duke of WELLINGTON entertained the Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL and a select party to dinner, on Monday, at Apeley-house, Piccadilly. The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY I returns to town for th e season t hi s day. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.---Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Baring, at Bath House, Piccadilly ; Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple, in Baker-street ; Mr. Robert Ellis, in Brook-street; Mr. and Mrs. Halford, in Charles-street, Berkeley -square; Mr. and Mrs. Lumley, in Saville-row, from Paris ; Major Lyne, in Albemarle-street, from Barba does, in the West Indies ; Mrs. and Miss Wheeler, in Glou rPctPr,tilarp, from Mr and Alm Spanoer, in Cur zon-street, May-fair, from Bath ; Hon. E. Byng, in St. James's-street; Earl of Carnarvon, at his house in Gros venor-square, from a tour ; Sir George Warrender, Bart. in Seymour-place, from his seat in Berks; Mr. and Mrs. Maltby, in Welbeck-street, from Brighton; Captain Bid well Edwards, at the Burlington Hotel, Burlington and Cork-streets, from Boardhill, Sussex; Lord Charles Town shend, M.P. and Lady Charles Townshend, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Rougham, Norfolk ; George S. Butler, Esq. and Mrs. Butler, at ditto; Charles Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. at ditto; Rev. Dr. Batten, at ditto; C. N. Bayley, Esq. at Ellis's Ho tel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Suffolk; C. Cooke, Esq. at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Hants ; Thomas Page, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, from his seat in Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, at ditto, from Paris; Thomas Phillips, Esq. at ditto, from Paris ; James Mackenzie, Esq. at ditto, from Paris. DEPARTURES.—Sir Frederick Watson, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel ; the Rev. N. W. Hallward, from ditto, for Suffolk; Captain Griffith Colpoys, R.N. from ditto; Edward Lytton Bulwer, Esq. from ditto, for Oxfordshire; Lord Muncaster, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Yorkshire; Captain Hyde Parker, from Fenton's Hotel, on a tour ; Wm. Vaughan, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; R. H. Vade, Esq. for Yorkshire; Captain and Mrs. Locke, for Bath. His MAJESTY has written a letter to the Duke of DEVONSIIIRE o❑ the subject, it is supposed, of the Ministerial changes now in contemplation. The messen ger who brought it from Windsor had instructions, if the Duke was in town, to wait for an answer. His Grace being at Chatsworth, the letter was forwarded to him by express, and he would receive it yesterday afternoon. Morning Paper. We are happy to find that the subscriptions for the monument of the late Mr. CANNING amount to nearly ten thousand pounds ; and there is not the slightest doubt that a sum every way sufficient for the erection of a monu ment, not unworthy of the high fame and splendid attain ments of that illustrious individual, will be obtained. It is, of course, unnecessary to suggest any plans for carrying it into execution until the public meeting, which may be soon expected, has taken place, when a permanent Com mittee, with full powers, will be appointed. BLACKHEATIL-The Third Ball for this season took place at the Greer. Man Hotel, on Monday last. Notwithstanding the evening was so very unfavour able, between three and four hundred persons were present, and the spacious Assembly Room presented a brilliant dis play of beauty and fashion. The whole went off with the usual eclat, and which the admirable system upon which the Balls are conducted cannot fail to ensure. We understand that among the ten regiments of Yeomanry Cavalry which are to be kept up to their full establishment, are the Warwickshire, commanded by Col. the Earl of AYLESIORD, and the Staffordshire, under the command of the Hon. Colonel MONCKTON.—Birmingham Gazette. I DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—An accident, ' which might have proved very serious in its consequences, happened at this theatre during the performance of the pantomime on Monday night In the ninth scene, a `eat by Harlequin and the Clown was being exhibited. --that of Harlequin attached by his hands to the neck of the Clown, and being forcibly swung round by the latter,—th e Clown, at every turn, approaching nearer the stage lamps, and growing unable to restrain the whirling motion, Harlequin lost his hold, and was Rung violently into the orchestra, from which he was immediately carried out. Though evi.. dently much hurt, he made his appearance afterwards in the scene, but was unable to finish the business, or to make the slightest exertion. So great was Lord CoLLlNGwoop's economy of the public money, that the whole of h;i demand for ex traordinary disbursements during the five years in which he held the command in the Mediterranean, amounted only to 54/., in which were included the expense of a mission to Morocco, the postage of letters, &c. Some fellows are travelling in this county en deavouring to circulate bass sovereigns. —Exeter Alfred. Upwards of sixty yards of a five foot wall, on the lands of Tullyleague, in the county Roscommon, be longing to Captain Cox, of Carrick-on-Shannon, has been maliciously thrown down, within the last week, in conse quence of his name having appeared as one of those who got up the prosecution against the Rev. Tiioaus AlActium Carlow Morning Post. SPORTING INTELLMENCE. MALTON CRAVEN MEETING, 1828. Tutrftssay, MARCH 27.—The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-old, 6st. 21b. three, Bst. 21h. four, Bst. 111 b., five, 9►t. 11b. six, 9st. 71b. One mile and a quarter. Lord Fitzwilliam's br. c. Medora, 3 yrs Mr. Watt's b. f. by Magistrate—Manuella, 3 yrs Mr. Petre's ch. c. Tom Jones, by Abjer, 3 yra Mr. Tariton's b. f. Sarah, by Whisker, 3 yrs Lord Normanby's ch. c. Harlequin, by Cervantes, 2 yrs Colonel King's br. f. Pen Ultima, by Whisker, 3 yrs The Barton Stakes of 25 soya. each, h. ft. colts, Bs. 51b. fillies, Bst. 21h. rising three years old. One mile and a half. Major Yarburgh's br. f. Belinda, own Sister to Laurel Mr. Ridsdale's c. Harlequin, by Cervantes Mr. Crompton's ch. e. by Whisker—Marion Sir M. W. Ridley's gr. c. Duncan Grey, by Grey Walton Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for fillies, rising three years old, Bst. 31b. each. One mile. Lord Milton's ch. Slut, by Tramp—Ursula 4lr. Crompton's b. by Blacklock—Burlador's dant Mr. Armitage's b. The Nun, by Blaeklook Mr. Horner's ch. Dairy Maid, by Blacklock Mr. Armstrong's br. by Whisker —Alexander's dam Mr. llopkinson's h. Eliza, by Filho da Puts Mr. S. Walker's b. Mayflower, by Magistrate Sweepstakes of 30 sm. each, 10 ft. for colts and fillies, rising two years old, colts, Bst. 51b. fillies, tist. 21b. Half a mile. Mr. Crompton's b. c. by Waverley—Margaret Mr. Earnshaw's br. f. by Waverley Mr. Armitage's b. f. Aconite, by Tramp—Primrose Mr. Petre's b. Fantail, by Rhadamanthus Mr. W. Richardson's br. f. Juliana, by Peter Lely Mr. Lumley's b. f. Lingara, by Tramp Mr. Bailey's br. c. Tamboff, by Blacklock—Alfaua THE RING. JeHN MARTIN AND YOUNG DUTCH SAaI.-A sovereign a-side for this match having been posted on Tuesday se'nnight, and an agreement entered into to put down a further sum and draw up the articles last night at Martin's, his backer attended with the rag. The person, however, who had posted the goldfinch for Sam said that he was not authorized to deposit a further sum, and of course it was given up as forfeit. When the matter, however, was agitated, another friend of Sam's offered to put down Si, for a new match, which was met with promptitude, and the following articles of war drawn up and signed : " The said John Martin agrees to fight the said Samuel Evans otherwise ' Young Dutch Sam,' for 2001. a-side.— A fair stand-up fight, in a twenty.four feet roped ring, half-minute time, on the third Tuesday in May, IS2B, within 50 miles of London : the place of fighting to be named by Mr. Jackson." In pursuance of this agreement, 61. a-side are now depo sited in the hands of John Martin, to be placed in the hands of Mr. T. Cribb, who is appointed Stakeholder after the next deposit. A further deposit of fifteen pounds aside, to be made at the Black Horse and Swan, Blackman street, Borough, on next Tuesday, Jan. 22. A third deposit of thirty pounds aside, to be made on Tuesday, 12th Feb. at the Sol's Arms, Wych-street, A fourth deposit of fifty pounds aside, to be made at Mr. Cribb's an Tuesday, I Ith March. A fifth deposit of 501. aside, to be staked at Joshua Hudson's on the Ist of April. The sixth, and last, deposit to be made at the Black Horse and Swan, Black man-street, Borough, on the first Tuesday in May, making good 2001. a-side. All these deposits to be made between the hours of eight and ten o'clock at night, or the money down to be forfeited by the party not staking. Two um pires to he chosen on the ground, one by each party, and a referee to be chosen by the umpires. The decision of the referee to be conclusive, and the battle-money shall be given up as he shall decide. In the event of magisterial inter ference, in the absence of Mr. Jackson, another place of fighting to be named by Mr. D. If either party refuse to 1 1 fight, he shall forfeit all the stakes. Signed, SR. D., for J. Martin. J. H. H., for S. Evans. Witness, J. B. This important business being settled, the sovereign for feited was spent by Martin's backer, and " May the best man win" rang merrily round. A young man who has never fought in the London ring was, with his backer, ready to snake a match with Bishop Sharpe—give and take half a stone, but the latter's friends not being authorized to b;ek him against more than 10 stone Gib. the parties agreed to meet again on Friday night. The unknown is said to be " a werry ruin un." The 'Carlisle mail was about three hours be yond its usual time of arrival last night, its progress being retarded, we were informed, by the late fall of snow.-_ Caledonian Mercury. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE..—Last night, shortly after seven o'clock, a flame suddenly burst forth, from a store, in Dunbar-street, belonging to Mr. THOMAS Dux- EAR ; the store contained several hundred provision casks and firkins, with a quantity of hoops, twigs, and other materials used in the coopering business. Had it not been for the great exertions to save the surrounding premises, the entire square, extending from Dunbar -street to Mary street, must have been inevitably destroyed. The illumi nted horizon was observed several miles from the city, and induced many to come to town to learn the extent of the calamity. Considerable damage had been sustained in the removal of property from the adjacent houses.— Cork Mercantile Chronicle. On Monday last it blew a tremendous gale from the South East, which continued without intermis sion during the whole day. About noon, the brig Sarah, of 150 tons burthen, Tiros. COLLINGWOOD, master, from Newfoundland for Poole, with a cargo of fish, oil, and lumber, sought shelter from the storm by running into Falmouth harbour. After dragging her anchor for some time, by three o'clock in the afternoon she drifted close to the rocks on the Trefusis side of the harbour, and hoisted a signal of distress. As the gale continued with unabated fury, and the night was falling in, the lives of those on board were placed in jeopardy. At the suggestion of Capt. SUTTON, of his Majesty's packet Stannzer, the inhabitants of Flushing made a good light with furze and tar barrels on an adjacent hill, which was of great advantage; the masts of the brig were necessarily cut away, and a cable being conveyed on shore, the crew, with a gentleman and his two daughters, passengers, were got safely to land in an empty cask which was slung and traversed on the cable. The vessel fortunately held together until the gale abated; the cargo is being discharged, and the hull will be got off in the course of the coming spring tides.— Cornwall Paper. SMYRNA, DEC. 2, 1827.—The most per fect tranquillity continues to reign in this city. Some ap prehensions were at first entertained about the increase of force (all irregular troops) that the PAcsi received from different places in the interior of his Government ; but these wild-looking warriors have been hitherto as orderly and quiet as the disciplined tacticoes, 'to whom they are far supe rior in person;dress, and equipments. They are, indeed, nearly all of a fine stature, muscular, and active, They hare the theatrical gait and springing step that Lord BYRON remarked in the Albanians, and which are common to most mountaineers. The young men who compose the re gular troops do not seem of the same race. It was curious to see a hundred and fifty, or two hundred, of these savage but pictuiesque figures strutting thronii the streets after franca Bay, the head of the police--he a punchy, solemn looking man, with a gilt axe in his hand, riding along on a Turkish saddle, with his knees tucked up to his stomach, and they keeping pace with him on foot, without any ap pearance of extraordinary exertion, or without losing any of the dignity of their step. The poor tacticoes who were sometimes mixed with them, were kept at a downright run. Trade, of course, is suffering an entire suspen sion. The state of uncertainty in which we are still lingering, is ruinous to the merchants, who are paying heavy freights for the goods they have embarked, and which, though things have re mained tranquil, th e y are no t y e t j ust ifi e d to re b ind. The i dealers n the bazaars refuse to meet their obligations, and mos t of them re f use t o p ay even a para i n cash. Some t r ansactions have taken place in way of barter, the merchant giving goods, which were eating themselves up in ex pences, ag a i nst op i um, ye ll ow b err i es, and valonia, which he may forward at once to Europe. A fact that has ex cited a good deal of indignation is, that these bazaar dealers, who are chiefly Armenians (a dull, thick-headed set, with just talent enough to be rogues in business), have been buying up the opium and other articles in demand, with the very money that was due from them to the E uropean merchants, and have bartered these articles for fresh manu factures, colonials, &c. at an immense advantage in their own favour. Let the business end when it will, the Frank merchants must suffer heavy losses; if it he long pro tracted, the ruin of many of them is certain—and this may somewhat excuse the violent disapprobation I every day hear expressed against our Government's interfering in the Greek question, and deeper curses than ever against the whole of the Greek people. " Let those laugh who win," is a vulgar axiom, but not more generally acted upon than that those who lose will complain ; and when the lose is so great, and the first feelings of irritation not yet calmed, we may excuse a little departure from modera tion and justice. THE MURDER TN MONTAGU-PLACE. Jones, who is charged on suspicion of the murder of Mrs. Jeffs, was very much depressed in spirits on his arrival at the prison; he observed to a person, " I have done other things, I don't deny, but I did not commit the murder." He was told that he had only to prove where he was on the Monday night on which the murder was committed. He replied, " I don't know how I can do that ; but I know that I was at the Theatre on that night." Jones is the son of the late Mr. Stephen Jones, a gentleman well known in the literary world, as the author of the Dictionary called " Jones's Sheridan Improved," and as the Edito r of a journal published in London. This gentleman, who died a few weeks before last Christmas, had two sons, yout h s of cons i derable ta lent, but of dissipated habits, and the prisoner is one of them. The late Mr. Jones and family and Mr. Knight's family were neighbours, and lived upon the most friendly terms for many years. The ac quaintance was continued until very recently. It is stated, that Jones actually paid his addresses to one of the daughters (by his first wife) of Mr. Knight, till his dissolute habits were discovered. Jones has been latterly so much straightened in his circum stances, as sometimes to be in actual want, and he occasionally visited Mrs. Jeffs, who was a very kind hearted woman, and from the respect she bor e hi s family, she received him kindly and often relieved his wants. He is known to have visited her a short ti me before she was murdered, and on one occasion he was accompanied by a woman with whom he had latterly cohabited, and whom he represented to be his wife. Upon the strictest inquiry by the officers, Jones is the only man of bad character who has been known to have visited the deceased. His re-examination will take place before Mr. Halls, on Monday week. NEEDLES EXTRACTED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LONDON MEDICAL GAVETTE. SlR—Having observed in your Journal an account of a case at the Middlesex Hospital, in which a large pin was removed from the abdo minal parietes of a female, I beg to send the notes of an analogous case which occurred to me some time ago. Your obedient servant, Saville-row, Dec. 29. B. C. BRODIE. Mrs. H., a middle-aged woman, had been for a considerable time placed under circumstances which made it necessary for her to make exer tions beyond those to which she was well equal, and which also occasioned her to undergo a great deal of anxiety and affliction. When at last these circumstances had ceased to exist, she was left in a state of great nervousness, languor, and depression of spirits, and subject to fits, appa rently connected with hysteria, in which she was for a time in a state approaching to that of in sensibility. Her complexion was pale : she had little or no desire for food ; and she complained of a constant pain, which she referred to a spot on the left side, about three or four inches in diameter, in the situation of the short ribs. One evening she rung for her maid servant, and told her that she had dropped a paper con taining fifty small needles on a low stool on which she rested her foot, and that she thought some of them had stuck in her leg. It was supposed that previous to her ringing the bell she had been seized with one of the hysterical fits already men tioned. The servant sent to a medical prac titioner in the neighbourhood, by whom she was usually attended. This gentleman discovered the ends of two small needles projecting through the skin a little above the allele, and he extracted them with the assistance of a pair of forceps. On looking at the paper of needles which had been dropped, eight of the needles only were found left out of the fifty which it was said to have contained. The footstool was then examined, and at a subsequent period it was broken to pieces, and two or three broken pieces of needles were discovered in it, but nothing more. A few days after this, Mrs. H. said that she had discovered another needle in her leg. I was nov, sent for to see her; I found her very nerv ous and hysterical, and complaining a great deal of pain in her side and leg. I examined the latter, and felt distinctly the extremities of two needles a little below the skin. I made a punc ture over each of them with a lancet, and ex tracted them with a pair of forceps. A few days afterwards I was sent for again to see her, and I removed two more needles from the leg. At different periods after this, in the course of the ensuing six or eight weeks, several more needles were discovered, which I also extracted. I re moved in all as many as twenty-six needles, two had been taken away before I was called in, so that the whole number amounted to twenty eight. During the whole of this time, Mrs. H. suffered exceedingly with pain in the leg, which became (Edematous, and much swollen ; she took scarcely any food ; had very little sleep ; became still more enfeebled than she had been before ; and none of the remedies which her physician prescribed seemed either to increase her strength or lessen her sufferings. The pain in the left side continued; although she spoke of it less than formerly, on account (as it appeared) of her attention being occupied by the greater degree of pain in the leg. Towards the end of June, she was observed one afternoon to be weaker and more depressed than she had been before. During the evening the symptoms of exhaustion increased ; she gra dually fell into a state of insensibility, the pulse became imperceptible, and the extremities cold, and at two o'clock on the following morning she expired. 1 examined the body in the presence of her other medical attendants. No morbid appear ances could be discovered in any part, except. the leg from which the needles had been extracted, the cellular membrane of which was loaded with lymph and serum. Several needles were found to have been left imbedded in the cellular membrane. The exact number was not ascertained, but there was rea son to believe that they were sufficient, with those formerly extracted, to account for the whole number which had been missing, The side which had been the scat of the pain was very carefully examined, but nothing was dis covered in it to account for the uneasiness which had been referred to that part.—London Medi cal Gazette, Jan. 12,1828. by twof oung me: , On Wednesday evening, as the coachmo " i J. C. PARKER, Esq., after setting down Mr. C , '" l "", l. '' ricer Thames sip man's Land ; and i KEMBLE, at the theatre, was returning for Mi. P"'" 1" ' family, he was met in Whitefriargate ie , driving furiously in a gig, one of the shafts o , f which "- determined on sending I d' tered the chest of one of Mr. P.'s valuabl e """, and killed it on the spot.—Hull Packet. There are fitting out in the n. labour has so increased oe conveyance of eon ships, of about 500 tons each, for purposes, that the numbers Lu victs to New South Wales and yea D is said that the Government have is transportation to thou the prisoners whose sentenci colonies, where the demand il especially for agricultural taken off the Government charge immediately on their arrival from Europe. At no period could the expens, attending their transport be less; the Government ha, taken up the late ships at not exceeding 41. 17e. per to, register. ~~~ SPIRIT OF THE, "PUBLIC JOUIZNA It is probable that ere our paper goes to press, we may have something to communicate on the subject of the Ministry. In the mean time, befor e we begin to look up for the manna of intelligence, we may cast a view around us on the soil which pines for it, and on which it may hereafter fall; for by this metaphor, we shall describe our brother journalists in general. A cotempo rar y, an d a po temporary—the Morning Chronicle, and the Even ing Standard—are contending with ardent seat which shall praise Mr. Berries the most. They remind us of two puppy dogs, whom, no longer ago than the morning before yesterday, we fa w striving for the person of a new-dropped lamb : " mine," says Pompey ; " No, it's mine," say , Sacken. In the mean time, the poor innocent wa.s worried and torn to death by the rival proofs of re gard, and the rage for appropriation. " Never, for,a moment," says the Morning Chronicle, " did Mr. Herries conceal his objection to Lord Althorp as Chairman of the Finance Committee." Well tugged, Pompey ! On the other side, Sacken, who has got hold of the lamb's head and ears—(Pompey had only the offal)—Sacken, we say, though bat a modern Cossack, rivals the most renowned heroes of antiquity in courage and skill, and makes a more desperate pull. He boldy asserts, that " Mr. Herries' character was the sole stock in trade of the late Ministry !" That "it was the name of Herries which first obtained for it credit throughout th e country !!" Gently, Mr. Standard, gently Retman of the Cossacks, prudence and mo deration ! For, to say nothing of the slander of which you are guilty in asserting, that his Majesty appointed a Ministry which was totally without character except what it derived at the time of its formation from a Treasury clerk, pray are Lords Lyndhurst and Bexley—who it is said are to pass over to the new Administra tion—in this lamentable predicament, that they have no character save what they derive from their asso ciation with Mr. Herries, one of whom did not even know him by sight ? Oh ! fie, Sacken, fie, Het man of the Cossacks ; tug with more caution, lest you loose your hold on the poor lamb, and tumble backwards in the dirt. Nov, had you, our po temporary the Standard, instead of saying that Mr. Herries had all the character of all the Ministry, as serted only that he had all the character of ail the stock-jobbers, we verily believe that the gentlemen of that establishment would have been most happy to transfer their great name from themselves to him ; and not one word more would have been said about the matter. And with such an illustration of Mr. Herries's omnipotence at hand—so kindred, so congenial—we must say that it shows a most Cos sack-like disposition in the Standard to provoke a quarrel,—to have applied an eulogy to the object of its adoration, which human patience could not bear. To the rest of our cotemporaries we shall say,— with a self-denying deference to their superior claims " Take your places, gentlemen—take your places, near or remote from the new Ministers, as best suits you. When you are seated, we shall find or make room for ourselves in some nook or other: but you will all have the honest pride to exclude from the sembly sham rascals, who attempt to get in with forged tickets."--7 inns. In the evening of yesterday, we had heard no thing of any new Ministerial arrangements. It was then rumoured that Mr. Peel would not " come in" without Mr. Huskisson. If so, it is a proof that Mr. Peel has no great confidence in the financial talents of Mr. Berries. At a later hour, facts and reports of a yet more important and interesting character reached us. In the first place, th e G aze tt e an nounced the farth er prorogation of Parliament from the 22d, from which day it had been summoned by repeated proclamations for the despatch of business, to the 29th inst. The public will recollect, that we have spoken frequently of the embarrassment which must be felt from the meeting of Parliament and the change of Ministry being all but co-incident. At the Council by which the Parliament was prorogued, it is most remarkable that not a Minister was present except the Lord Chancellor, whose formal act was. required for the process of proroguing, " his Lord. ship having to cause the commission to lie prepared in the usual form for proroguing the Parliament." And now as to reports, and outward signs of in ternal proceedings, Messrs. Rothschild, Maberly, and the Stock Exchange, it is clear, " have not i t all their own way" in imposi ng the child of their hopes on the King and Country as a Finance Minister. The matter hitches; and the snub which. has been given to the Ultras is felt with extreme, bitterness. They well know what we mean,when we repeat to them, in this the moment of their disap pointment and vexation, the triumphant expressions of their brighter hours—" We must bind him down fast (meaning the King), particularly about patron age !" Mr. Huskisson, we have no doebt, stands honourably firm and unshaken in that conduct and in those principles in which he was first assailed by the vile intrigue that occasions the dissollt6on of the MiniStry. Being betrayed, he does not unite with those who betrayed him in consummating their signs; and there are even reports, and from respect able quarters, that Lord Grey has been sent for.-- tuoal.csiaaitotiiiionay°nniply.oerffsptS%h7iet-042: We yesterday alluded to ;what l e ow consider hbloe9.sf sL lostLoomor rdei ctl a , an opinion pregnant with dangerous consequences that the functions of a British Statesman mars be conjoined with the cares of an industrious ye ---that is, that the principle, according to which we trust to fled-. dent for the administration of provincial justice, should guide us in State affairs. When a 'Squir,, cannot dispose of himself more agreeably or D'l.of,t-, ably, he employs himself in committing of enders, or attending the Sessions. When a StttoteefrsotmhsasenNTlliaa: nothing else to do, in the way of, trade, profession, otbEetihnatatenrilsntdsliosva!ilinmpeesouf or pleasure, he will attend to the affairs lion. We have more than once lamented that so much should be left to accident in the management of the public affairs. Thus, for instance, Legisla tion, deserving of the name, is unattainable in tnis country, from the utter want of \s:l m ss.ahtta e io n ri i n n tr P odaru l c ia ii m ig ent qualified to legislate with skill and advantage to the community. In the last Number of the Qua r ter/if Review, there is an article on the Amendments of the Criminal Law, to which we have more than much it,o,,st:geerie:eisisliieas: once referred. Alluding to the complaint lutesßacon, e 0 t n l e li e tt rn 7 ng there on:n i sdmmesaalott;cdthei matter, tnniatnddahyteisl they iotsnnotersisbeucti e little I t: dgltauesnetecedi easiiidtiv them troierosartnirtes of the same e la w., , T kw the intric h a e t a e p , ,,, that th e t hNevrict,ee:riitaaogibnestirovre legislation on pa r.. and special erner ilnvAtel,,„ our laws; or of that extreme• of execution, which has intro-. much complexity and confusio►►. Whil e tile PrePalations otth'ecoNln.otrrkactosfainledrsloegnasloilusstkrtiiii in ja d s if i f il erent branches of law, the most v i amt n sri n j e h p el(n n lin o pee r t g sl's t s a e P n n e t e r(il l o ea . vague t i t i t y i sll l ics a ) ce ,lil' left t d ah ° ie' c d t u o m Bj e e ti t a r i u i t l t nu' e s et — : the s h ' a a al s sn l . t z e \ t do' , l ‘ l' s fee - e c o o Otta f i n licp: e cei re a lm—has i n di vi dft al Member who happened coNllafitsiesi cen t hs o ,Omb i s n ac t y l u v ri d elad u p e pa e: or tip ern- Ploy i f of . (1) 1n tayinipedepraus alterations iou t st s e • i hi n m sw thohilee,:vnfir: which c a rill h i t ttilil a ee e.cide i s o;: t i t i a i s ar l i l l Y ni e rr c a i a l n f i_ t - - I psi i s a l l i l b e i c e c w t i t i hn theits passage suggestions of vatrlii various u n s ..te o N ' oh n o l l e i sl i e ml gi ti arbveeecresbi,::eensna. oc t o ruiig m tyi n c ia e dn t lyd th tbo e re i b n ‘c,,i t lt e oy r n e ga s i t l s tdo o si f itn : la ' p a ri r ei i c o it t fo) s o,, state of the law ignorance has conti-, y ncongruities and ac o . o % T . ni e e.s r ti l sd a , overlaid e‘ l ikd i n;a t ot l a f w e ra:ld p le a drt t gei c lgei h suo % i s sfc ro iut r tel k hpet a aob d yplt t lar l el i ella. t eiv i pn o pgoe n egt s lasii between ecti n ntasfl t ili l ,i3e i c, e ctirs) s ir u obd b dei l ftt e i,e ;t eden m utt ah(stieti Sections glaring incongruities sometimes even writer goes on to instance a few of the multitude of absurdities and contradictions with which our Sta. , tutes are filled, and concludes with observing, that " :here is no reason why laws should not be perspi,, ,