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declared abisk' tt resume its )er lately occur e . oscribed, who ; but I have lae l now left to then' cause them to fe e ' cheroas fool, eir plans too 01 have been a may a to the executi ll the last f o rtnitt i , n insoknt, viat 6 ing to, or cornol tarter. ; and al ° Spanish Refuge ° f Lisbon, undo ' upposed, of girt all other respeo Thursday, )le to the 10 - eport, there has been colt' rks, who fire' assing throui Cant, as afford' r proceeding t` mt no furthe r r whole heart vessel made he hots were fire xperienced, that three 6 killed a num s fresh act 0 Head-quartel measures tk i y commen d continue to both for attsc th ult. toms'`' the 6th of ths' ur last advises' arrived to-ds! Governor-D.i r, oflicially, h i ' MBERMERO: It is said 11 1 3ritain in JO s Deputy PO I th America ictuu, of Me: perintendot' eceived advic' hat Pictou !housing pol l ' dvantageons of the Color privilege. aw the htim° tuation of t ly, 1 - NE WEL °II : he Old Hai le) ; Jury said th 3„ mild, and 64 5 mercy. Shi ° ,, and, we thil": L..d for exectlo ol ' > EEL allow th` uch disgracell ,aws a differe r oposed by 1 1 7 . 1 Those of I ‘` i principle fro'' T ; they 01 !1 reater facilit te '; principle, V' ni this accell °t Leir objection ided on the lli in opinions! 0 ient practiO, entirely inr as they sug,s6;;l He prop !sent of 159', 1113 !ar s. until ed at the ins are at a loss ordinary pr r . , , a varying p 0 : 1, , sistent with roposing a corn, Mims d s of trade ;' ic he one hat - 1 11 1 4 ruinous der : o upply of g c te we, to prO oo high a pr o to fail. 1 4 ° 0 two object s o is country ell on.to the lion 0 , : too.low, and 4 " , istently enol! om abroad b) a) ipply fails, ,!; I s ., or 100''' t e ly no t witho,l ill sr classes are .ce of excludo s n as abund3' ,ake off all the t cases of at other dill os, importation , , md this poi l t with hum3n iclo ie discourage .t we have alr" at 3, we encoug l o t , at home. P o , conduct, nor between P ie r e' he would or )y the sa me do . 11 was scarce , y when it ~ 04 was not wai le 4 eep it out st: from starvlP he would raise the price by an import duty when it was too cheap, and he would raise the price by the same duty when it was already too dear. We confess this is a depth of policy we cannot fathom. The very object of the duty is to pro tect agriculture against low prices ; but, when the prices are not low—when they rise, why still Persevere in giving protection when it is no longer needed, and when the very oppo site evil of scarcity begins to threaten the country, which the duty tends to aggravate ? Such a course of conduct is contra dicted by the whole tenor of human life ; and w e might just as well propose to wear the same clothing during winter as during summer—the duty on the import of corn must always have a B Peeial reference to the state of the home supply ; it must vary with it ; it must increase as the price falls, and decrease as it • rises, and must thus be all index either of plenty or scarcity ; and if we have not a varying duty we must again come back to our former fluctuating policy of temporary and occasional expedients, against which such an outcry has been made ; for it is impossible, when 4 failure of the home supply occurs, and when Prices rise to 70s. or 905., that any import duty °n corn could be suffered to remain. Humanity a nd policy equally forbid it. We would - then be too h a ppy to get all the supplies we could for our suffering people. We direct public attention to another proof of the grasping arrogance of power exhibited yesterday by the " select" crew of Covent-garden parish. To men of such a disposition it were idle to address reasonable argument—the only species of logic which they can comprehend, is a plentiful supply of the birch, daily re peated,till they show symptoms of shame, a feeling to which they seem to be utter strangers. Are there no cabbage-stocks in the market ? SUN-OFFICE, Half-past Two. The Caledonia of Bristol, ATKINSON, from Tobag o , in ballast, bound to St. Andrews, N.B. Put into Edgartown, U.S., about the 18th of February, for a Pilot, and was detained by the Collector of Customs, who stated, that a law Was in force between the United States and Great Britain, preventing vessels trading to the W est India Islands, and British vessels to 4rnerica from the West Indies. The Caledonia eoutinued under detention the 4th ult. at Martha's Vineyard. The following is posted at the Jerusalem (-ofree-house BATAVIA. The war continues, and the Javanese are too strong for t he Dutch • out of 3,000 troops from the Netherlands, I MO died, 1,000 sick in the Hospitals, and they still W ere Only acting on the defensive. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-('HIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. bra', AnuL 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the St. Andrew, Gilmore, from Trinidad ; and Dawson, Dawson, from the Mauritius. Arrived from London, the Romulus, Cot, for Honduras; Blagdon, Thompson, for Miramiehi ; James, Walton, for Quebec; Cordelia, Park, for Quebec; Sir J. Banks, fur New South Wales ; Robert, Pee], for Jamaica; Montmorenci, Teasdale, for Quebec; Lycurgus, Crawsbaur, for the Mauritius ; Navigator, Appleton, for Honduras; John Dobson, for St. John's ; and J. Monro, Monro, for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived hia lklajesty's ships Windsor Castle, Melville, and Glou %ter, from Lisbon ; .1. Buckman transport, ditto ; Duke Q f York steamer, ditto, in seven days ; and Meteor It 'atner ; also, the Prince Regent, Nothey, from St. kehaers. Passed the Bombay, Charitie, from China, 'ailed the 25th of November, and St. Helena the 25th of February. FALMO UTH , APRIL 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Ed gar, Gibson, from Aux Caves; Duke of Kent packet, fr o i n Lisbon, in 11 days; and Skylark packet, from nerreillda. The - Bombay arrived off Portsmouth, from China, states „'" a t on the 22d of February, the Thomas, Scatterwood, Posed St. Helena • she has spoken a French brig from and was informed' of the loss of six ships in Madras .Oada on the Ist of December, in a heavy gale—names u nknown ; three foundered at their anchors, and three Were driven on shore—many lives lost. VEuszLs SPOKEN WITH.--Arethusa, Johnson, from Sincapore to Eagland the 2d of December, in lat. 1. N. long. 105. E. ; Edinburgh, Bax, from London to China the 7th ult. in lat. 7. long. 21. ; Wellington, of Liver- Pool, to the West Indies the 22d ult. in lat. 22. brig. 41. ; Henrietta, Johannes, from St. Cruz to Cape de Verde the 3d ult. i i n l at. 24. long. 41. ; Pr i nce, o f Whi t b y, the 7t h n lat. 45. long. 19., by the Bombay, Charite, ar rived off Portsmouth. THE FUNDS-(TMIS CITY, TrvEr.rß CLocr. Since the commencement of business in the British Funds this morning there has been little or nothing doing, the Principal reason of which appears to be the information received of the Turkish batteries having fired upon a Russian merchant vessel, which is considered by many as a proof of the hostile feeling of the Turks, they having commenced by attacking unarmed vessels. Console opened at 84k, were for a few minutes buyers, but have since gone down to 84, sellers ; the heavy stocks are rather firmer, the New Four Per' Cents, 1014, rather buyers. India Bonds and Ex chequer Bills are Without alteration, the former continuing St 94 6, and the latter at 61 2 pm. The arrival of late accounts from Portugal caused the Bonds to be heavy at 60 k, and the advance of yesterday is completely done away with, for although there is no decisive intelligence, either one way or the other, yet the symptom evidently chews the probable issue of affairs in that ouarter. Mexican are heavy at 31i 24, it being generally believed that France is aiding the Spanish Government in their de signs on that Republic, as the only means of reimbursing the former for the expence she has been put to during the Stay of the French troops ; Russian are quoted at 874 t ; Danish at 59 4. 1 0 Mining speculations, Anglo Mexican and United Mexican are both lower, and the discount has increased on the Ibrraer to 70 65, and on the latter to 244 34 ; B ra _ Lilian remain at 49 51 pm. It is generally rumoured and b e lieved that the s hort visit o f a cert a i n em i nent B anker at Par i s, co nnected with a leadi ng spec u l ator i n thi s coustry, h a d f or its object to Coo 41 'It bini on lending money t o th e F renc h Government , and d , Some add t h at all the preliminaries are already adjusted, under t h e form of an issue of Bons Royaux. its u Thr " per Cent. Co n sols, 84, se ll ers ; Ditt o , for the Ac t,Psutlers ; I n di a B on d s , 94 6 p m . ; E xc h eque r Bills, t.Lil~nttt e x.~Brazilian, 58 4; Buenos Ayres, 31 3; r 6; Colombian, 22k ; Danish, 59 4; 8i 16 17 ; Mexican, Five per Cent.. 24 5 ; Ditto, I 3 1;'I C ent., ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese, 60} M 1 , 11 ' 44 E1,81 ; Spanish, 11 4. Pa.. -- , 14 ----An g lo Mexican, 70 65 die. ; Brazilian, 49 51 M ez ! te -o clivar • 84 2i die. ; Colombian, 8 d is. ; United I I p e : rn n ! . 24 4.: 84 Jis. ; General Mining Association, 10 • TWO O'CLOCK. A C, ; TWO have rega i ne d t h e i r f ormer pr i ce , an d are 84i. br ou l g lin ht "r has b een i n c i rcu lation, Vera said to have been declar ed itselfCruzhas independent of the Mexican States, but it no t believed; it is also s t a t e d th a t nava l p re p a r a tion@ going forward at Woolwich. Consols THREE 0' CL 0 Cll. 84, sellers, no business. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Serjeant ARABIN. ) Charles Dell was indicted for stealing a gelding, the property of Win. Tullett, of Uxbridge ; the horse was found in his possession at Reading, Berks, which he accounted for by saying that he had been employed to sell it at Abingdon Fair.—" Guilty." (Before Lord TIENTERDEN. COINING. Ramberg Price, aged 28, and Mary Price, 27, were indicted for having, on the 6th of February, feloniously coloured three pieces of base coin, namely, a half-crown, a shilling, and a sixpence, for the purpose of passing them as the current coin of the. realm. Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. LAW conducted the prosecution. John Limbrick, officer of Hatton Garden Police Office, deposed that on the 28th of February be went, in conse quence of information received, with Edwards and Lee, two other officers, to Crick's Field's, Paddington. Saw a cottage with a garden surrounding it. Witness and Edwards went into the back door, which was en the latch. Went through the kitchen into the parlour, where he saw the female prisoner sitting by the fire, with her back to the window. She screamed out "Oh my God," several times. She had a cup in her hand, which she- threw into the fire. Witness, however, prevented its breaking, and took it off the fire. It contained some paste, used in colouring base coin ; saw Edwards try it on a penny piece, which received the colour of silver from the operation. Lee came in from the front. Saw Edwards take some money from the prisoner. Examined her hands and found the thumb of the right one a green colour. Tried his own thumb by rubbing the coin, and found it produced just the same appearance.— Found a shilling on the bar of the grate, and two half. crowns,and a sixpence under it. In a small saucepan , near the fire they found three shillings and a half-crown immersed in a few drops of liquid. A bottle near to her left hand contained aqua fortis. They also found sand paper, &c. (all produced). The male prisoner had made his escape across some fields as witness was told, and he af terwards saw Edwards, who had gone off in that direction, return with the prisoner in custody, without his coat. A coat was afterwards found in the same track, which the male prisoner claimed when found. The prisoner here asked the witness if he had not re ceived the information from a person who had received his liberty from Coldbath-fields for giving it. The Learned Juucla on Limbrick asking the question, replied, that he was not bound to answer the prisoner's en quiry, as no person would be found to give information if such were the case; besides, the information was not put in evidence against him. 'The prisoner then asked if his wife did not faint when taken ; and remarked, that such being the case, she could not have thrown the cup into the fire. Limbrick remarked, that she did not faint till after she was handcuffed. . William Brown Edwards deposed that he is an officer, and accompanied ether officers to the cottage of the pri soners. It was only one story high. Saw the woman sitting by the side of the fire. When Limbrick laid hold of her she flung the tea-cup in the fire. Took from her hand five sixpences, quite wet. They were white, as if just coloured, but they are now of a brass colour. Saw the male prisoner jump into a ditch, after running across a field, He threw off his coat while running. He saw some men, and told them that he wanted him for murder, upon which they overtook the prisoner and brought him back to the cottage. The male prisoner said that he had lived in the cottage five weeks. Leigh, an officer, corroborated the evidence of the former witnesses, and further said, that he found on the tea-board eight half crowns and same shillings, with a brush, with ' something black upon it. Also a fire-shovel, which ap peared as if it had been held over the fire, and on the inside of which there appeared to be an acid-like cream of tartar. Cross-examined—Nothing was secreted ; they were al] - - in one room, and close to where the female prisoner hal been sitting. There was a white bat and a drab coat on the bed, which the male prisoner claimed when he was brought in. Lirribrick, the officer, recalled—Said that the grate was not set in the room, but saw no mortar there. Believes the prisoner wan without a hat when he was brought back. Vincent Faith, a plasterer, corroborated the testimony of the officers, and said that he saw the male prisoner throw his coat through a hedge while running. Took up the coat and brought it back. Is quite sure the prisoner is the man whom he saw run from the house. John Macartney, a labourer, residing in Cato-street, Edgeware-road, gave similar evidence to that of the last witness, and said further that when the male prisoner ran away, be had a hat on. The landlord of the cottage deposed, that he let the cottage to the male prisoner, who had paid him rent for it. Mr. J. Field, an inspector at the Mint, deposed that the • coins produced by the officers were all counterfeit. The powder in the cup was strong nitrate of silver. Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, corroborated the tes timony of the officers as to what occurred at the cottage when the prisoners were taken into custody. The male prisoner in his defence said, that he had be . come acquainted with a person named Anthony, a foreigner, by whose means he became acquainted with one Harvey, whom he afterwards found to be connected with 'Warner, who had been convicted of coining. He immediately gave up his acquaintance, but afterwards Harvey called on him at his cottage. Prisoner was much surprised to see him, for he had heard that he had been imprisoned for twelve month for passing base coin. He told him, however, that he had been liberated on account of his good conduct. The prisoner, however, requested that he weuld not come to his house, but he came notwithstanding. On the morning in question, prisoner quarrelled with his wife and struck her, so as to give her a black eye. He than went out and did not return again within doors. During his absence Harvey came to his house with a parcel, which he said were the seeds he had promised them for their garden. Soon afterwards the prisoner saw the officers, and imagining that he had done some serious mis chief to his wife, he ran away. The female prisoner put in a written defence, which was read by the officer of the Court, and was quite in ac cordance with that of her husband. Lord TENTERDEN charged the Jury at considerable length. The Jury consulted together for a few minutes, and then returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. MANSLAUGHTER. James Maprath wai indicted for the manslaughter of a female named Harriet Clayton. From the evidence of the surgeons it appeared, that the woman did not die from any external violence sustained, but in consequence of a delivery attended with unfavour able circumstances, which of themselves were sufficient to have caused death. Mr. Justice PARKY said, that the prisoner was entitled to a verdict of acquittal ; for it was clear that her death was not the result of the violence of the prisoner. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. NEW COURT. Thos. Rolls was convicted of stealing a silk pocket handkerchief from the person of a Mr. Plunkett, an atter ntby. The prisoner was seen, on the evening of the day laid in the indictment, taking the handkerchief from Mr. Plunkett's pocket, in Long-acre, by one witness—and upon beinc , taken into custody by the other witness, the handkerchief was found near him. _ The prisoner made a very ingenious defence : he sub mitted, that the witnesses, Roberts and Strahan, had an obvious interest in his conviction, inasmuch as they were amateur thiefcatchers, and subsisted on the expenses al lowed them by the Court; and as these expenses were not granted except where the charge was established, the wit nesses would, in the exercise of their vocation, be likely to have the fear of want, rather than the fear of God, be fore their eyes. After urging this objection iu every pos sible shape, the prisoner concluded by calling on the Court and Jury to dismiss from their consideration the evidence of persons so tainted as the present witnesses were. In deed, the prisoner throughout his address exhibited so much spirit and cleverness, as to induce the auditors to think that he ought to have had a soul above picking a pocket. The COMMON SERGEANT did not see the objection in the same point of view with the the ; nor did he think that the witnesses would be iesuiblisoi subsisting g likelyon the to expensestell lies, from the circumstance of their Supposingr to o ie statement of the inoccuery one that the usually allowed to them. pr isoner to be true, must it not witnesses had a clear interest maintaining a character for truth—for if they were but once detected in cr. g• • false evidenc e, their trade would from that moment be spoiled ; the fe ar of want, therefore, to which the prisoner alluded, would , in all p robabilit y , o p erate in a differentisoPn er way from that susp ected b y him. Althou g h the occu a tion of the witnesses mi g ht not be such as to suit exactly the taste of either the Court or the Jur y , still his Lordshi p y did not think that their ev idence ou g ht to be rejected on that account. Edward Baker alias Edward Riley, was found guilty of stealing a large quantity of lead from an uninhabited house, belonging to Mr. George Dawson, at Islington. William Draper was convicted of stealing a watch ium the person of Charles Hopewell, in Whitehorse itreet. Ratcliffe, on the night of the f.,th March last. SPORTING-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CATTERICK-BRIDGE MEETING. The Duke of LEEDS, and Lord KELBURXE, Stewards. • THURSDAY, APRIL 10.—The Old Stakes of 25 soon. each, 10 ft. for rising 3-yrs old colts Bst. 31b., fillies Bst. Two Innis. _ _ Mr. Darnell's ch. c. Game Boy Walked over. The Filly Stakes of 20 sous. each, Sat. One mile and a half. Mr. Bower's b. Lady Vane, by Reveller Mr. W. Scott's b. The Nun, by Blacklock Mr. Attwood's b. Amethyst, by Master Henry The Yearling stakes of 20 sovs. each ; colts Set. Sib., fillies Bst. One mile. Mr. Darnell's b: c. Stotfortb, by Octavian Mr.' Riddell's ch. c. Zodiac, by Centaur Lord Sligo ch. c. Cant, brother to Canteen Five paid. _ The Subscription Plate of 50 sous. for maiden horses, &c. two-yr-olds 7st. 31b., three Bst. '7lb., four, five, six, and aged 9st. ; mares, &c. allowed 31b. Two mile heats. Mr. Jackson's b. f. Mary Ann, 2 yrs 0 1 1 Mr. Gully's ch. c. What-think-ye, 2 yrs ...... 1 2 2 Lord Sligo's b. f. Dream, 2 yrs 4 S dr Mr. Attwood's b. f. Amethyst, 2 yrs Mr. Armitage's b. f. The Nun, 2 yrs Two others dra-wn. BEDFORD SPRING MEETING. The Oakley Stakes of five sovs. each (24 subscribers) was won by Lord Tavistock's b. h. Freeholder, beating Lord Ongley's Little John, Mr. Stuart's Magic, and seven others. Match 50 sovs.—Captain Delme Radcliffe's Guardsman beat Captain Lord C. Russell's The Terrier. Match 50 sovs.—Captain Polhill's Medea beat Mr. Lit tledale's Jason. A plate of 501. was won in three heats by Mr. Purser's Makeshift, beating Mr. Gibbin's Injube, Mr. Bolton's Grasshopper, and three others. Match 50 sovs.—The Hon. Captain Ongley's Mercury beat Captain D. Radcliffe's Selim. Match 50 sovs.—Captain Polhill's ch. m. beat Mr. Palmer's b. h. A Hunter's Stakes of 5 toys. each (10 subscribers) was won in three heats by Mr. BentOn's ch. h. Whitestockings, beating Mr. Polhill's Medea, and several others. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—Aran. 11. Sweepstakes of 200 aovs. each, h. ft. colts, Sst. 71b. ; fillies, Sst. 41b. D.M. . _ Mr. Wyndham's Urganda " walked over Subscription Plate of 501. 2 yrs., Gst. 71b. ; 3 yrs. Bst. slb ; 4 yrs. Set. 131 b. ; 5 yrs. 9st. 41b. ; 6 yrs. and aged, 9st. 81b. D.M. The winner to be sold for 300 guineas, &c. Mr. Stonehewer's ch. c. Goshawk, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Bloss's b. c. Soldan, 3 yrs.... 2 Ten others started but were not placed. Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. colts, Sst. 51b. ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. D.M. Lord Durham's c. by Filho 1 Duke of Portland's c. by Tiresias 2 Duke of Grafton's c. Segar 3 Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. for fillies, Sat. 51b. D. M. Lord Jersey's Trampoline 1 Lord Durham's by Blacklock 2 Lord Exeter's by Tramp Sweepstakes of 200 soy. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. '7lh., fillies, Bst. 31b. D. M. Lord Durham's c. by Filho Lord Exeter's c. by Filho 2 Sweepstakes of 150 sovs. each, 400 ft. ; Bst. 51h. DM. Lord Tavistock's Warlock 1 Duke of Portland's c. by Catton Lord Orford's The Vicar . The Port Stakes of 100 sot. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. ; the owner of the second horse to with draw his stake, T.M.M. Mr. Gulley's Mameluke ... 1 Mr. Udny's Amphion 2 Sweeptakes of 200 sov. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. '7lb. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. D.M. Ld. G. Cavendish's f. by Godolphin 1 Mr. Waddington's Ephesus Ld. Anson's c. by Merlin '3 Match, 100 sov. h. ft. R.M.—Mr. Pettit's Bobadilla, 7st. 111 h. heat Mr. Goddard's c. by Anticipation, Sst. 71b. BETTING ON CHIMER, THUR' PRODUCE 2 to 1 agst Zadora filly 3 to I agst Courtier JESTER RACES. IDLY, ♦PRIL 10. STAKES. .3:to 1 agst Terror ,4,t0 1 agst Tramp filly. EN'S CUP. 4 to 1 agst Columbia 5 to 1 agst Orthodox 5 to 1 apt Euxton 6 to 1 agst Burlador. 'AXES. 7 to 2 agst Halston 4 to 1 agst Lestelle. ) CUP. 4 to 1 agst Euxton 5 to 1 agst Joceline. TRADESM 3 to 1 agst Pantaloon 3 to 1 agst Fylde 4 to 1 agst Movrocordato tli. 4 to 1 agst Doctor Faustus DEE S' 2 to 1 apt Ultimatum 3 to 1 apt Herbert Lacy STAN/ 7 to 4 agst Doctor Faustus 2 to 1 agst Tatter 3 to 1 agst Orthodox TWO YEARS' 2 to 1 agst Mena's Pride 3 to I agst Larissa filly OLD STAKES. 4 to I agst The Crofts. PALATIN 6.t0 4 agst Sir T.Mostyn's2 3 to 1 agst Halston STAKES. 4 to I agst Zadora fillv. 5 to 2 agst Signorina 3 to 1 agst Mavrocordato 3 to 1 agst Colombia STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Fylde 4 to 1 agst Ambo colt 5 to 1 agst Euphrates. HUNTING APPOINTNIENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Monday, at Duke's Bridge; Friday, at Basharn—half-past 10. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Mattishall Swan—half-past 10. The Somerset Subscription Hounds, on Tuesday, at Raleigh's Cross ; Friday, at Langham Brake. The Blackmoor Yale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Halfway House between Sherborne and Yeovil. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at the Hun dred House-10. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, , near Patcham ; Wednesday, near the Race Course ; Friday, near the Dyke—quarter before 11. The Lewes Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at New market Hill ; Wednesday, at Ashcombe (the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel, Ilford) ; Friday, at Telescombe Tye—half-past 10. WRESTLING AT HAIGH PARK. About three o'clock on Tuesday, the races having con cluded, the wrestling was commenced. This game, though an ancient British sport, has been for many years neglected in this quarter of the United Kingdom, and the attempt to revive it here has been welcomed by thousands. There were no private equipages on the ground, but a number of sporting gentlemen attended. Two umpires and a referee having been chosen, the rules for regulating the play were read. They consisted of seven articles, and were as follow : 1. Each man, on mounting the stage, is to take hold of the other by the collar, after which they may shift their hold to any other part of the jacket they please. Any person catching hold of another below the waistband shall not be allowed the fall, should he throw his opponent ; and he will be prevented from playing for the prizes, should he persist in doing it. Each man is to wear a fair shoe, and padding, if be chooses. 2. To constitute a double player (that is, those entitled to play for the prizes), two men must be thrown ; or one man must be threwn, and two others contended with for eight minutes each. 3. Two tryers shall be chosen on the ground—one of Yorkshire, and one of Devonshire ; and they two shall choose a third person as a referee in disputed points, and his decision shah be conclusive. 4. No two meu from one county shall be matched against each other whilst a man from any other county remains a standard. 5. The last man throwing his hat on the stage shall be entitled to keep the stage, and shall wait for an opponent there five minutes ; and if no person shall appear to oppose him during that time, he shall be at liberty to withdraw and return again at pleasure. 6. Every double player shall receive one sovereign, except those who win prizes. 7. The prizes to be awarded are as follow :—To the best man, 50/. ; to the second ditto, 20/. ; to the third ditto, 15/. ; to the fourth ditto, 101. ; to the fifth ditto, 7!. ; to the sixth ditto, Si. Pyle, a Devonshire man, first threw his hat into the ring, and his example was followed by Butler, a Notting hamshire man. The latter showed himself to be a strong and an active man, and withstood all the efforts of Pyle for the limited time (eight minutes). Me was then opposed by Burnett, another Devonshire man, and was equally suc cessful in resisting him ; after which he withdrew ; but Le must on Wednesday throw one man to entitle him to play for the prises on Thursday. Several other matches followed ; but as most of them HAY MARKETS.-(At ST. JA s. s Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 1 5 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 New Meadow Hay 315 410 A great supply, and a dull 1 SMITH: s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 0103 15 Upland Ditto '3 15 415 Rye-grass Hay 315 415 New Meadow Hay 310 4 0 Supply good, and trade di per Load of 35 Trusses.) M ES'S. X. s. X. s. Clover May ...... 4 otos 15 Oat r tratv Wheat Ditto ll4 1 18 trade, at Thursday's prices. s. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to' 10 Do. extra tine 0 0 515 Oat Straw llO 112 Wheat Ditto.... 112 110 [till; prices as last quoted. FlSrf-MARKET,_BILLINGSGATE The market this day exhibited a fair supply of fish, with a similar demand for the choicest at the following prices : Prime Turbot, each 2ls. od. to 255. Od. Ditto small, per do. Fine Cod-fish, each Inferior ditto Salmon, per lb. Fine Whitings, per 15... Smelts, per 20 2O 0 26 0 State, each Haddocks, per dozen 7 0 2t U Brill, each Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 0 9 U Gurnetts, each Mullets, each 3 0 5 0 Live Flounders, per qua rtern Live Eels, per 51b. Fresh Herrings, per hundred Dutch Plaice, per basket Fine Lobsters, per score 50 0 60 0 Inferior ditto Fine Crabs (each) Fine Prawns, per lb. Shrimps, per gallon Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 0 0 7 0 Scotch ditto Halibut, each 5 0 15 0 Mackarol, per 100 £5 0 XS 0 ROTHERHAM, APRIL 7.—There was again a good show of stock at this day's market, but a very thip attendance of buyers, and the trade was very dull. 6d. to Bs, per stone; Muttou I'd. to Eid, per lb. CIiESIIIR remained undecided, we stall not detail diem at present, • Gafney, the Irish champion, made himself a standard in quick time, by throwing two men with great activity, in less than five minutes each. At the close of the day's play the following were the only standards made—Bolt, Devon;. Gafney, Irish; Pyle, Devon ; King, Devon. The principal men are yet to play. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. The wrestling was this day renewed with animation. A number of persons were on the ground, among whom were many sporting gentlemen, and several Officers of the army. The play afforded more diversion than that of yes terday, and several of the best men were brought into ac tion ; they were, however, opposed to indifferent men, but to-morrow they must oppose each other for the prizes.— Nothing wnsth detailing occurred in the course of this day's Ciy, except that the best men kept progressing for the prizes. The following are the names of the standards, up to this night, made in addition to those of yesterday : James Stone, Devon; Finney, Irish; Burnett, Devon; James Cann, Devon ; Jordan, Devon ; Roach, Devon ; Robert Stone, Devon ; Pock, Devon ; Cahir, Irish ; and Webber, Devon. The play of to-morrow will be of the best description, as all the winning men will be matched against each other for the prizes; in addition to which se veral matthes will take place, one between Abraham Cann, the Champion of Devon, and a very strong and athletic man from Nottingham, called the Nottinghamshire Cham pion, for 201. ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WESTERN CIRCUIT.--BRISTOL, APRIL 11. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, the Recorder of the City, took his seat this morning ea the bench, at half-past nine o'clock ; be was accompanied by the Mayor of Bristol and several of the Aldermen. Ann Harris alias Grace, alias Moss, about 65 years of age, was placed at the bar upon a charge of bigamy. Mr. Smax stated the case for the prosecution. The indictment was grounded upon'the statute of James 1., and was formerly a capital offence, unless the parties had been absent from each other for seven years, without each party knowing that the other was living. If the prisoner was not aware that her first husband was alive, she would come within that clause. He would prove that she was well aware of his being alive. She left her first husband, John Harris, to whom she was married in 1788, in the parish of Bricknor, Gloucestershire, and on the 4th Sep tember, 1799, eleven years after, she was married in the parish of Clifton to Thomas Grace, a man of respectabi lity; they lived together up to the time of his death in 1806. The Learned Gentleman was going to relate the ether instance of the lady's insincerity, when Sergeant MEREW/LATHER. said, that in cases of this kind it was the invariable rule to call upon the prosecutor to make his election, in order that the prisoner should not be embarrassed by more than one felony at a time. Mr. SMITH replied, that that was a question for the consideration of the Judge. The RECORDER.—Let the case be fully opened, and I shall consider it. Mr. SMITH continued his statement. The third mar riage was contracted with James Moss, in the parish o Bedminster, Somersetshire, on the 21st of January, 1812 He would prove that the prisoner lived with him up to the time of his death last year. He deemed it proper to mention the name of the prosecutor in this case; the proceedings were instituted by Mr. Charles Moss, brother to the prisoner's last husband ; also administrator and heir at law. He having met with obstruction in the exercise of his rights, he felt justified in instituting this proceeding, both for the ends of justice, and the protection of his own rights. The RECORDER.—It was the practice of the Judges to put the party on their election, and he should do so in this case. Mr. SMITH then made his election on the third marriage. Charles Moss, jun. sworn and examined by Mr. STOCK tsc.—Lives at College-Green, Bristol. Produced a regis ter of the marriage of the prisoner with John Harris, in Bricknor, in Gloucestershire; compared it with the parish hook, dated 7th January, 178 S ; positive it is a correct copy ; produced another marriage certificate from the parish of Clifton, signed by the Ministers of the parish ; took it from the parish register—(the witness here, in the most solemn manner, said upon his soul it was a correct co py ; his serious manner excited considerable laughter in Court)—it was the certificate of her marriage with Thos. Grace, dated 1799. Cross-examined by Sergeant NIEREWETHER—Compared it with the parish book; quite sure it is a correct copy. Mary Roberts sworn, and examined by Mr. Satrrx—ls 73 years of age ; lives at Bricknor; has lived all her life there ; knew a person of the name of Nelmes ; knows Mrs. Ann Harris.—(The witness was here asked to iden tify the prisoner, and she left the witness-box and pro ceeded to the dock and examined the prisoner's counte nance, and peeped under her bonnet in such a peculiarly comic manner that excited great laughter in Court.) — she identified the prisoner as Nancy Neimes, whom she knew since a child ; recollects her marriage with John Harris ; two years after her marriage she went to Pill, and sepa rated from her husband ; saw the prisoner sixteen years ago with her second husband ; John Harris, her first hus band, is now in Bristol ; he always lived at Bricknor. She was cross-examined by Sergeant MaitEwarnEre, but nothing elicited to shake her testimony. James Gibbons Williams, clerk to the Magistrates of Bristol, sworn—He said he was present when the deposi tion of a person of the name of Ferritt was taken before the Magistrate, which stated that Ferritt was parish clerk, in the parish of Bricknor, forty years ago, and that the prisoner and John Harris were married in his presence, and that Harris was alive at the time of the deposition being made, which was dated February, 1828. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER objected to the admission of this deposition being received as evidence, as the pri soner had not the benefit of legal advice before the Magis trate who took the deposition, and refused the admission of her solicitor into the room, where it was taken. The RECORDER overruled the objection. Charles Moss, jun., was again called—He knew James Moss, who was married to the prisoner; produced a copy of the marriage certificate, dated the 2 Ist of January, 1812 ; they were married at Bedminster, in Somersetshire. Several other witnesses were examined, who substan tiated the statement of Counsel. The RECORDER recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict cf Guilty. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GA . EN MARKET. There was a good supply at the trade was dull ; prices of se'nnight. s. d, s. Potatoes (per cwt.) 2 6 tc 5 0 Cabbages (19 heads) 1 6 2 0 Horseltadish (bundle) 1 6 3 6 Celery 1 0 1 6 Forced Asparagus Brocoli Rhubarb 0 ti 1 0 Carrol., (12 bunches) 4 0 '7 0 Turnips Young Onions' 2 0 3 0 ('oleworts or Greens 1 6 2 6 eeks Sea Kail (pummet) 0 9 1 6 Radishes (doz U Li 1 0 this mnfning's market, and most things as on this day s.d. s.d. Spillage (half-sieve) 0 6 to 1 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 3 2 Apples, Common '3 6 4 0 Ditto, Choice 0 0 10 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 12 ti Seville Ditto l2 0 14 0 Lemons l2 0 14 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 11 (I French ditto 2(3 9 0 French Walnuts 3 0 6 6 Spanish Hazlemits Grapes (per lb.) Brocoli Sprouts (bush )0 6 1 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 2 0 4 0 THE ARMY; The Ist Battalion 60th (or the Duke of York's own Rifle) Regiment of Infantry, embarked at Be lem, on the 29th ult. on board the Britoniart, Nestor, and Active transports. The 2d Battalion 3d Regiment of Foot Guards embarked at Belem on the 31st ultimo, on board his 'Majesty's ships Glouceeter, Windsor Castle, and Loyalist transports. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—This morning, the Windsor Castle, Gloucester, and Melville, ships of the line, anchored at Spithead, from Lisbon, having on board the Ist Grenadier Guards, Col. Hanbury ; 2d. battalion 3d Foot Guards, Col. Bowater; 3 com panies of the 4th Regiment of Foot, Lieut.-Colonel Wilson ; 63d Regiment of Foot. The remainder of the 4 th Re a gi nd m n en o t ya of l Foot, with of the ail t h squadron,e Royal the Windsor Castle Gloucester, and Melvill e , are st ill at Lisbon. NelvaernineinArticludlilnegry the Roy a l M ar i nes o f The orders at this Port are, that the ships and troops remain till further advi , vs from London. The previous orders were for some of the troops to land here, and others to proceed round to the Eastward. It is still expected that the landing will take place to-morrow. Lieut.-General Sir William Clinton, Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney, and Major-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot have, landed, and gone to London, as also Lieut.-Colonel Cuylor and Lieut.-Colonel Warre. Lieut.-Colonel Warre will supersede Lieut.-Col. Ward;as Assistant Quarter Master General of the South West District. Lieut.-Colonel - Ward goes to Limerick. Lieutenant Travers, of the 97th Regiment, son of Capt. Travers, Barrack Master at Portsmouth, is ap pointed Aide-de-Camp and Assistant Military Secre tary to Lieut.-General Sir James Lyon, at Barbadoes. ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN. Yesterday, Mr. Corder, the successful candidate for the office of Vestry Clerk, accompanied by Mr. Phillips, the solicitor ' Mr. Turner, the Churchwar den elect, and Mr. Beaman, the newly-appointed surgeon, attended at the committee-room, in the parish poor-house, at the usual hour (five o'clock), for the purpose of transacting parochial affairs.— These gentlemen had not long entered the room, before they were joined by the Overseers, appointed at the curious meeting at which Sir R. Birnie pre sided.' They were shortly followed by the Church wardens, and Mr. Roche, the ex-Vestry Clerk, with Mr. Cribb, one of the ex-select. Mr. Corder and his friends were immediately asked what they wanted there. Mr. CORDER—I attend here as Vestry Clerk to perform any duties which the Churchwardens and Overseers may require of me. Mr. RICHARDSON (churchwarden and taxgatherer) —We don't want you here ; Mr. Roche is our clerk. Mr. CORDER—Then I beg to give the Church wardens and Overseers notice, that Mr. George Beaman was this day elected parish surgeon, by the inhabitants in Vestry assembled. Mr. CRIBB—That election was all a farce. We only have the power of appointing that officer. 1 wish these men would retire, that we may proceed to business. Mr. CORDER, (addressing Mr. Richardson) --I understand, Sir, you have the keys of the Vestry Clerk's office; having been duly elected to that office by my brother parishioners, I have to request that you will furnish me with them, that I may pos sess myself of the books and documents which ought to be in my custody, and which I want to enable me to perform my official duties. Mr. RICIIARDSON—You are not Vestry Clerk, and I shall not resign the keys or books. Mr. CORDER—Then pray who is Vestry Clerk ? Mr. CRIBB—Mr. Roche to be sure. Dlr. PHILLIPS—Mr. Corder has been fairly and duly elected by the inhabitants properly convened, and in Vestry assembled, and he is entitled to the custody of the books and all other documents be longing to the parish. Mr. ROCHE—I have the keys of the dice, and I will not part with them. The election at the church the other day was all a farce—mere Bartlemy fair. lam Vestry Clerk, and you had better go home and mind your own business. Mr. TURNER, the Churchwarden elect, was then about to say something to Mr. Roche, when the latter interrupted him, saying, " Don't talk to me Sir; go back, and tell your Committee of Pa rishioners they are only a set of rabble." Mr. BEAMAN, in a very gentlemanly manner, at tempted to expostulate with the individuals present; but the late Select requested him, together with the new Vestry Clerk, immediately to leave the room, which, after a very spirited remonstrance, they did; and thus ended this second curious scene in Covent garden politics. WINDSOR, APRIL 11.—His MAJESTY con tinues daily to take his airings in the Great Park. Earl DUDLEY arrived yesterday at the Royal Lodge on a visit to his MAJESTs. This evening the KING will entertain a select party at the Royal Lodge. The private band will be in attendance. The Rev. WILLIAM CANNING, cousin of the late Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING, was this week installed one of the Canons of the Royal College of St. George, Windsor ; %aeant by the decease of the Rev. ED WARD NORTHEY. I f oicTsmOUTH, APRIL 11.—Commander Sir RICHARD GRANT, of the Hussar, is appointed to cern rnand the Tyne, in the room of Capt. KEARNRY WHITE, deceased. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE ! ! !-The wife of ULYSSES was named PENELOPE, and PENELOPE is the name of the new Novel about to be published. By an Order in Council, bearing date the 30th of January, 1826, salt exported to the Netherlands, in vessels belonging to that country, was compelled to pay a duty of 1/. 13s. 4d. per ton, which, in its operation, was found to be equal to a prohibitory duty, and the conse quence was the almost total stagnation of that trade. This order is now suspended, so far as regards rock salt, which may now be exported duty free. The long-expected convoy, which left Alex andria on the 16th of January, with 18,000 bales of cotton, for Marseilles, had not et reached the latter place on the Ist instant. Advices of the 34th of February had, however, been received, which corroborate the statements brought through other channels of a deficiency being ex pected in this year's crop of cotton in Egypt. None was expected from the United States of America, and all cir cumstances seemed to combine in keeping up the price of tho article in France. On the Ist instant, there weie, however, on the Marseilles market, 17,475 hales of differ ent countries' growth, and 5,346 bales were in the la zaretto. SYMPTOMS OF WAR.—WC are enable to state, on good authority, that a very material augmentation of our commissioned naval force will immediately take place, and directions to that effect are now preparing i❑ the Government Offices. This addition to the service afloat will be compoked chiefly of frigates of the first class, and of the heaviest metal. Considerable bustle is prevalent i❑ the Wer and Ordnance Offices.—Berks Chronicle. NEW PICTURE.---Monsieur LETHIERE, Professor of Painting in Paris, and Member of the Institute of France, who exhibited in this country, with great suc cess, a few years since, a large picture, called " The Judg ment of 13rutus," arrived in London yesterday, bringing with him a picture of similar magnitude, and, report says, of still higher promise—the subject, " The Death of Vir ginia." The Lords of the Treasury, with a liberality which does them honour, have directed that this picture should pass through the Custom-house free of all duties—a compliment in some degrci. - - due to the painter for having selected this country, in preference to his own or any other, 11 s ( e I G f ehniegrhally) to ot hipG u Guatemala, aclrae,d credit for the display of his distinguished talents. JOHN O'REILLY, E sQ ,This lamented gen. tleman, whose death, by the band of an assassin, we ra m ' tinned on Tuesday last, was formerly a respectable citizen, of Dublin. Mr. O'REILLY bad for many years tarried oi, business in St. Andrew -street, but about ten years a g , went to reside in London. Three years since he was a i ' s cte C d " h ' i and to the advantage of the public 8 • ' erviee."......D u tii„ Mornirty Post. pointedwh which o fa Lis e office acvosnrdvu' INNNM SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The arrival at Portsmouth of the British troops from Lisbon, was yesterday morning telegraphed to the Admiralty. This is an important occur rence, which we confess gives us some pleasure. The fleet, then, is at. present deemed sufficient to do all that we owe .to „ Portugal as an ally. Of what use then, it may be asked by the enemies of Mr. Canning and his policy, has been the army which he sent out The answer is obvious and undeniable,—that it has effected, and that without bloodshed, the very object for which it was sent--it has preventea foreign intrusion and aggression. • When the British army quitted the shores of England, Spanish forces Aere hoverin g on the frontiers of. Portugal, and Portuguese re fugees, armed, equipped, and brigaded, were poured or pouring back into their native land, for the purpose of supporting the Queen's plots and establishing an absolute Monarch. Is this the case now Quite the reverse ! We have an nounced from good authority, that Spain ab stains wholly from mingling in Portuguese affairs, and stops the return of the refugees in mi litary array; so that if Portugal will have an absolute King—will. subvert the legiti mate succession, and overthrow the Constitu tiondgsiovefn re b g y ola t r h g e ove o r n n l m y e authority n 01 \ ‘ ‘ , - l h e i d c g h e— th i e t oust be by her own internal force, and by the prevalence of a Portuguese faction supportino treason, that all this mischief will be effected. We We may regret the issue if it should take place ; but we do not interfere in the domestic disputes 'of any nation. Our fleet, and we believe the marines, remains for some time on a principle of humanity. The entrance of the French troops into Spain was upon a totally different principle : it was with the express view of intermaddling in the internal concerns of the nation ; and it is for the same improper purpose that their return is procrastinated. Have they effected their object ? No ; and we predict that their continuance will not bring them nearer the end which they at first proposed. Let them honestly retire, and the evils which they profess to apprehend will either not take place, or will cure themselves in time than has been uselessly consumed by tL French troops in the Peninsula.— Times. Last night terminated the inquiry Pinto the cause of the death of the several people destroyed by the fall of the Brunswick Theatre, in the eastern part of this metropolis. The verdict. seems a just and proper one, perhaps with the deficiency that it has not recommended some prosecution of those by whose reckless avarice the mischief was occasioned. The protracted examination, and prosy character of the pro ceeding, is no doubt an evil of infinitely .less; magnitude ; this being only a lengthened siege of human patience, the other a rapid, but not u,n menaced, destruction of human life. The ver- diet will be seen in our report ; and we are sure that the charge of negligence and inattention t,4 the symptoms of downtidl have been fully borne out by the evidence.—lbid. We rejoice to see that the subject of a legal provision for the poor is now creating consider.- able agitation in Ireland. At a Meeting of a Society for the Improvement of Ireland, held in Dublin on 'Monday last, a series of 1? esolutions was proposed, declaratory of the ner,:essity of at tending to the poor. Some of t ie resolutions were carried, others reserved for future discus. sion. The first of these resolutions states, " that the posr exist in a state of destitution un paralleled in any other country ; and that the middling and higher classes have already suffered much, and are likely to suffer still greater em barrassment, unless efficient means shall be promptly adopted to improve the condition of the people." The fifth resolution states, " that. it would be for the advantage of the people • of Ireland to assess themselves, within a certaita amount, provided the sum so assessed shall he expended in Ireland for the benefit of Ire land, and for the advancement of the pur poses already mentioned, or of other pur poses of general and equally approved utility ; and provided the application and expenditure of such sum shall he vested in intelligent and responsible individuals, Who shall act without re muneration, and shall fully and fairly identify themselves with the feelings and interests of the country." Though .Poor 's Rates as paid in. England may be said (except in towns) to be a tax on rent, because the tenant always considers the rate when he makes his.offer of rent, yet a good deal of difficulty is presented in a country b co ei n n s g e qotti.eonlcde standingo fdi id e fr r l e a s n t c s i in which they are proposed. f or th e fi rst t i me ,i n in ' e e s x ß ist a i t n e g s . all t ° l ° l c, interests have brown up under the system, and the burden has always been allowed for with.re , ference to all of them. This difficulty the So ciety endeavours to meet by this proviso, that the, tenant be authorized to deduct the poundage paid by him " from his immediate landlord ; and that the landlord, in his turn, be authorised to deduct the same poundage from those to whom he pays either interest money, annuity, or jointure. - In short, something like the machinery under the Property Tax Act is proposed for reaching proportionately the various interests. Mr. Henry Grattan " was of opinion that some system for the relief of the poor was indispensably necessary, as the peasantry were reduced to the most . pitiable state by want and contagion. lie could see no oh . jection to a particular district taxing themselves, and getting a local Act to legalize the assess ment." \\re .observe that a letter was read front Mr. George Home, an influential citizen of Dublin, on the subject of bettering the condi tion of the poor, by colonizing them on waste • lands, which was ordered to be referred to th e Committee on Agriculture about to be formed. These are suspicious symptoms. The remedies ' is true, far from suggested are, it to the evil, but the public mind Ireland is tot r i pe for searching yet . generallymeasures. An have idea seems totaken possession many '• people t h at the Scotch system o f P oor L aws would be better adapted for Ireland, the E n glish Poor Laws. Of this opinion i s Dr. Doyle. The Scotch themselves begin now to find out their system of Poor Laws e is exceedingly def . . ctive, and must be approxi mated to that ofE n(r am ' So long as Scotland was a breeding country for E ng l an d, an d did not receive entig - rants from Ireland, the defects of her laws being constantly- higher in England than in any part of Scotland, there was a constant stream of emigration from even the best of the Scotch coun ties to England. No labouring man ever thought of leaving Northumberland for the adjoining Scotch counties ; but these counties, which rank the highest in point of improvement, were always pouring swarms of labourers into the towns of Northumberland ; and no small portion of the inhabitants of Newcastle are either Scotchmen by birth, or of Scotch descent. But Scotland, in its turn, being invaded by the Ayes of a still poorer country, to whom steam-boats have. given a facility of' communication almost equal