The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-03 00:00:00

who are the objects of ycur benevolence, would be as fatal to their welfare as to that of their employers. "And his Majesty assures himself.you will bear :in mind that where the correction of a long stauding and complicated system, and the safety of large classes of his Majesty's subjects are in -solved, that course of proceeding is alone likely •:to attain practical good, and to avoid aggravation of evil, in which regard shall be paid to conside l rations of justice, and in - Which caution shall temper zeal." The Speaker then retired from the bar, and the House immediateiy adjoured during pleasure. THE KING. l3Rrarr•roN, FEB. 2.—We are rejoiced to state that the health of our beloved SOVEREIGN continues to improve. The short but satisfactory answer to the many enquiries at the Palace, to-day, has been—" His MAJEST Y'S health continues to improve." CITY, Twelve o'Ciock.-----Consols opened this - morning at 90,t-3, but afterwards lowered to 9033 for the Account, and for Money 90-14. Up to this hour they are 904 i, with little doing, as all par lies are anxiously waiting for the King's Speech. I do not hear of any Express having arrived from Paris ; indeed, none is expected this day, *'xcPpt some political event has occurred. FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened at 424 1 i, and remaiu steady at the above price, with little doing.—Mexican Bonds opened at 54-k, at Which price they remain steady. - nuff-pt,st One o'Clock.—Consols are now, for the Account, 90.4 1 8 90- 5 - 7 and for Money 90L 90k. ." -s liedUCed 91 to 918. The alarming situation of our West India Co letties has so powerfully excited the attention both of GOvernment and of the Public, that not lytthstanding the great and almost insurmount ' "; i ii le difficulties of the subject, we indulge a hope that tranquillizing and satisfactory measures will be successfully devised during the present Ses -81" of Parliament. Our present Paper contains a i n "lie and interesting communication on this of. i dee plyinteresting subject, to which we think the more necessary to request the no tice of our Readers, in consequence of our ' la ving yesterday copied from a Morning Paper all• article on the West India Question which was probably a littlp.toO. violent against ilia Party of which Mr. 'WILBERFORCE IS the head and whose mistaken, or at' least ill-timed, phi lanthropy has certainly contributed to pro :4uce the calamities and the alarming appre ..iiensions under which our important West India `COlouies are now suffering. The Letter of our • Cor r espondent C. is written with more temper, and its Author is evidently intimately acquaint , .ed with the subject of which he treats. W e do not, by any means, identify ourselves with all his opinions, any more than with those of the Journals from which we make our daily extracts, Lut we think his practical sugges tions are entitled to great weight, and more especially those for declaring solemnly the inviolability of time property of the Planters, and for sending out to the Colonies a conci liatory Commission for the purpose of cor rectly ascertaining their condition, of removing asperities, and of endeavouring to determine some loyal principle, and safe and practical course, for e xtricating them from their present dangers, and Permanently insuring their future prosperity and rePose. TH E BODY OF MR. PIERCE, OF BRISTOL, , FOUND. "e are au th or iz e d and requested by Messrs. ,-,LARKE, RICHARDS, and MEDCALF, of Chaucery 'la", to stat e , " that they b s have this morning re ceived lette r ' from i their CorrekTondent, r. 1, 41:31 Eit, of Bristol (the late PNrtner of Mr. ituucE), announcing that the water in the Bris th -. '„ a f rh ° l 2r was yesterday again drawn Off, and f oz at ,T, °tie o'clock the Body of Mr. PIERCE was ", the float. At the time the Mail quitted sit i t t° ' las t evening a Coroner's Inquest was left p et ; t 11 0 7: , (1 : le body, and to-morrow we may ex pect -e tle the result of such Inquest." h. t..te n r a re d g a , i i t v i , t' e n d to the above, we have also seen a this morning from Mr. Etxr.s, of but announcincr t h e same melancholy fact, Vic.gpirvitzlttteodparticulars as to the appearances, . suff ,, rer. . the byremains of the ill-fated esterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL gave a n umber o f grand Parliamentary dinner, at Whitehall, to a ln9ver Nobl emen . A mong t h em were th e and seconder of the Address to the KING Upon the deliv ery of his M a j es t y ' s S peec h a t the ° P,T'ill g of the s e s s i on of Parliament. , a res lr• Secretary C ANNING also gave a gran d "s party to the Members of the house of Cornmons, consisting of about 35, including the Breaker, an d the mover and seconder of the Ad ss. Th, su b stance o f the K ing ' s Speech was rea d by both the Ministers to their noble and di sti • nguisned guests. sarn, Yesterday t t he Lords of th e C ounc il assem bl e d deter at the C "ncil Office, Whitehall, to hear and mi ne Plantation A ppea l s . Th e L or d s pre -B:ent w ere th e L ord P resident, the J udge of the of t } : es Court, th e L or d Chi e f B aron , t h e M aster of 'lll, and th e J u d ges o f th e Hi g h C o urt last i i il rt ' ral tY• Their Lordships also assembled Th t , ' -a YS at th e same p l ace , on s i m il ar App ea l s . Th e D 40rds Were present. . 1 1 t DU of FIucKINGHAm, who was expected •ipre:%r" Yesterday from his seat at Stowe, was Pa': l , llted - t'Y- indisposition. Church firitj!""*--- are now We are informed that the i l i o a n m g-pending finally . et .-errnents at Christ Church and Dur •Ls to Ue d- Dr. HALL, the present Dean of christ . Chu a rct, D eanery t ° Durham, and Dr. SAMUEL S3IITH is to have Ti tY of" Christ Church. I ,e late BARBER. GASCOYNE, —AV hen the utculous and misleading reports in circulationed subsided, and common sense is permitti :altf to exercise a temperate jud ...ingular events which have so recently occurred gment on t ..Ik.this respectable family, we shall resume o ur . fialthful narrative thereof, under that correct in - 9rmation which will not be questioned. FASHIONABLE A RRI VA LS. Earl Spencer and his son, the Honourable Captain Frederick Spencer, from Chatham ; the Marquis of Salisbury, at his house in Park-place, from Lancashire ; the Dowager Marchio ness of Londonderry, at her house in St. James's-square, from from her seat, North Cray, Kent ; the Marquis of Exeter, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Burleigh, Lincolnshire; Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, from Lady de Roos's seat, Boyle Farm, Kingston ; Earl and Countess Cowper and Family, from their seat, Pansanger, Herts ; the Earl of Cardigan, at his house in Portman-square, from his seat, Dean Park, Northamptonshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Hambden, at their house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, from there seat in Sussex; Lord Althorp, at the Albany, from his seat in Yorkshire ; Lord Alvanly, from Suffolk. DEPAUTURES.—Lord Hope, from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale and family from ditto, for Brighton ; the Hon. Thomas Barnwell, for Paris ; Cavendish Bradshaw, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street ; Captain J. Parker, from ditto, for South ampton ; Montgomery Campbell, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; J. Spencer, Esq. from ditto, for his seat in Northamptonshire; Lord de Dunstanville, from Nerot's Hotel; Gage Rockwood, Esq, from ditto, for the Continent. a - '' t 2, 41 lb ") , "7 "• ' - , if.;"Vt' • ; I iv 07E 6. 6 ) • pz.• _— 4 , ; PBTWORTH FETE. The Earl of EGREMONT has for some time intended to gratify his numerous friends with a grand entertainment at Petworth, for which preparations had been making with assiduity, and in the spirit of munificent hospitality suitable to the liberal cha racter of this estimable Nobleman. We announced the in tended fete a few days ago, and gave a description of the venerable mansion in which it was to take place. On Thurs day the entertainment was given in the best style of Princely hospitality, and was attended by the most distinguished persons who could be collected on the occasion. The Main purpose was to do honour to the accession of his present Majesty to the Throne. The company amounted to between six and seven hundred, and therefore every loyal impulse was connected with the expectation of a magnificent entertainment. The avenues through the park, and the entrance to this princely mansion, were brilliantly illuminated by a profusion of variegated and ornamented lamps. The spacious tennis -court, 90 feet in lengtn by 30 in width, was elegantly and tastefully fitted up for the accommodation of the numerous company as a supper-room. The superb carpeting—numerous fancy stoves, whose temporary erection - was warranted by the seasonableness of the weather—the scarlet draperies, covering the entire walls of this noble court—every variety of national flags, and a brilliant display of gold and silver caps, the sporting trophies of the noble host—presented a scene of fairy splendour that has seldom been equalled. The elegantly carved room and square dining : room, were devoted to the merry dancers, and, together with the Statue Gallery and Tennis -court, were richly illuminated by numerous costly lustre*, supplied especially for this happy oc casion by Messrs. Hancock, Shepherd, and Co. of Cockspur street. The company, consisting of the principal Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, of the western part of Sussex, began to arrive at half-past ten o'clock, receiving continual accession until midnight. Never was hilarious enjoyment more conspi cuous than in the fashionable components of this numerous party, and the fete altogether was one of surpassing brilliancy. The splendid Collection of Pictures, in which the Noble Earl is allowed to be a judicious connoisseur, elicited general admiration. Amongst the company were—The Countess of Carnarvon (sister to the noble host)—his Lordship's sons (the Colonels Wyndham) and their ladies—his daughter (Mrs. King) and her husband—his sons-in-law, (Sir C M. Burrell. Bart., and Colonel Fiszclarence)—his nephew (Capt. Wyndham, of the Royal Navy) with his lady—his nieces (the Ladies Marsham) —Duke and Duchess of Richmond—Duke and Ductless of Argyll—Lords and Ladies Selsey, Winterton, and Delazouch —Dowager Lady King—Sir Robert and Lady Macfarlane — Admiral Sir I. Coffin, Burrell, Esq., M. p.—Mr. and Mrs. Huskisson, &c. &c. The supper comprised every delicacy of the season, and the liqueurs and wines were of the choicest qualities. A profes•Aonal band came down from London, and that of the Sussex Militia was also in attendance. The dance wAs kept up until five o'clock in the morning, at which hour most of the company left the hospitable mansion of their noble host. _ The decorations being left in state quo, the lamps, lustreg, and tables had but to be replenished for the ensuing night (Friday), which walvdervoted to the entertainment of about 250 of his Lordship's tenantry . and trades-people. This happy party, resolving to be gratified to their hearts' c on t en t, an d de sirous of evincing their sense of the Noble Earl's kindn ess by a spirited acceptance of his proffered hospitality to its fullest ex tent, came a full hour earlier than their tonish predecessors, and tripped it on the " light fantastic toe" an hour or two later than had been done on the previous occasion. LONDON FASHIONS. From Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Fashions, Manstfic tares, tic. 4-c.) WALKING DRESS.—A rich brown colour cloth coat, made plain, and trimmed in front, where it fastens with graduated scollops of French braiding ; broad at the shoulders, lessen ing towards the waist, front thence extending till it reaches the bottom of the skirt, and finished on the outside with fringe of the same colour. Broad band of braiding round the e;llar, waist, cuffs, the bottom of the skirt, and the seams of the back, which meet in a point, and are ornamented in the centre, and finished with frogs. The epaulette is formed by a double row of fringe, and from the wrist art ornamented scroll of braiding extends half way up the arm. Black velvet bonnet, lined with the same ; the brim very broad, and edged with amber-colour satin and cord : the crown deep, and small towards the top ; the velvet in large folds round it, and relieved with bands of amber-colour satin, garland of fancy flowers, and satin bands of French folds. Cottage cap, with full border of British Mechlin lace. Yellow gloves, chinchilla muff, and black satin boots. EVENING DRESS.—Dress of Urling's lace over a pink satin slip ; the corsage a la Rubens ; the front formed of four pink satin straps edged with white satin, and fastened on each side with small gold buckles. The sleeve short, and composed of four rows of pink satin squares edged with white ; between each row a full puffing of lace appears; satin band round the arm. The angular-embroidered stripes of the skirt are ter minated in festoons of flowers, and a deep flounce of scolloped lace arranged beneath, and the whole finished by a rich embroi dered scolloped border; the length of the skirt approaches to a train. Spanish hat of pink satin, turned up all round, rather broad in front,' where it is slashed transversely, and tulle intro. duced, excepting towards the left side, where a feather pro trudes, of which there is a full plume of pink and white. The crown has a quadrangular ornament, which is lined, and each corner turned over. Ear-rings and bracelets of pearl set in gold ; gold chain and cross. Long white kid gloves, lace scarf, and white satin shoes. ( From La Belle AssembUe.) CARRIAGE DRESS.—High dress of cachemire of a pecu liarly fine texture ; the colour, a bright Indian red. The border of this dress is ornamented in a very curious and novel manner. A rouleau of satin, in a pointed wave, runs across the bottom, about five or six inches above the hem, and over this rouleau are laid antique ornaments, representing spears' heads, to each of which is affixed a ring handle. The bust, on each side, is or namented with embossed wheat sheaves in satin, and manche roes are trimmed in a correspondent manner, Though the dress is made high, it has no collar, but is finished at the throat by a falling collar of fine India muslin, edged with Vandyke lace. The bonnet worn with this becoming costume is of elate coloured velvet, trimmed with satin bows and folds, inter spersed with several full-blown flowers of different colours ; a small lace cornette is worn underneath, and the bonnet is tied with Indian red ribbon. An ern - .ine muff, and black satin half boots, complete this dress. OPERA DRESS.—A gossamer satin robe of a pale amber colour, with three flounces at the border, in festons ; the flounces falling over each other, and quilled en dent: de louys ; over these are slightly scattered China aatres of different colour's. The bust is not distinguished by any ornament, but it remark able for the delicate correctness that shields it, without con cealing the contour, which is embellished by boupnt drapery, laid across next the tucker, and divided simply by a bow in the centre. The sleeves are short, but not so full as they were worn last month. The hair is arranged in Parisian style, with a head-dress formed of pearl-colour satin bows, which tie under the chin, ala illarmotte, withfichu ends, trimmed with blond. Two white feathers, beautifully drooping, fall over the left side of the head, and nearly touch the shoulder, A necklace, com posed of two rows of large pearls, and a scarf of fine white lace, disposed in drapery, finish a costume, which, we must say, has more style and novelty to recommend it than what is generally more becoming in full dress : for a coiffeure, tied down close to the face, with a robe ornamented with flowers, and white feathers depending from the head, is one of those innovations which a pretty woman of fashion will sometimes fall into, but it is not in goad taste, and conveys the idea of indispositi..a. P 0 E T It Y. LITTER TO A FRIEND. (WItITTEN IN SPAIN.) I'll rouse my dormant muse--:She that bath lain So long inert, shall rise, and soar, and sing, Ye Gods how she shall sing !--altho' her strain Be not of the sweetest,—and if a string Or two of her wild harp should burst in twain, From being much neglected, and thus bring Discord, and harsh confusion in the song, It shall be loud at least, and not too long. Where are the spirits of the mighty dead ? (A pretty question truly—where indeed) 1 mean of those great heroes who are said To have liv'd in ages past, and were decreed To roam about the world, ill used, worse fed ;_ And sometimes, but not oft e n, m a d e to bleed : Could I but call them, I would tell them plain That I have gone thro' more, much more, in Spain. I've long since thought friend L . . . n that the acts, Prais'd, and be prais'd, in every ancient's page, Those mighty deeds, those valorous attacks, Of Heroes, whom they thrust upon the stage, If once they were rcduc'd to simple facts, Would read but poorly, in the present age: But now those actions are consign d to glory, Becauie a lying poet tells the story. First comes great Homer—prince of all the throng— 'What are his warriors when compar'd with ours. Their Grecian names indeed, sound well in song, But still those doughty chiefs, with all their pow'rs, Requir'd in years alone, just twice as long, To take a town, as we should do in hours; And Agamemnon's self, and great Ajax, Could never have withstood brave Marshall Saxe. Virgil comes next—he who in dulcet strain First sings of gentle shepherds, with their crooks Leading their flocks, and hems, o'er Mantua's plain;— But when he tells his tale in many books Of one who wander'd long upon the main, What are his voyages to Captain Cooks ? And all his galleys with their many oars, They were but cock boats to our seventy fours. • And Quintus Curtius too, has handed down To after ages, Alexander's name, And loaded it with honour, and renown, For having hit upon the way to tame A vicious horse—There's not about the town A single jockey, but could do the same: Nay, more in this respect the name of Saunders Ought to rank higher than great Alexanders. With Ovid I've no quarrel—his sweet lyre NVas tun'd to love, and love is in all ages Much of the same complexion—that sacred fire When lighted up in youth, by beauty, rages With ferce unquenchable, and only higher, For being sometimes thwarted by your sages, Who lengthen out their homilies of froth, And 'preach of prudence, judgment, and forth. But of love matters I can only speak In what is said to be the general. style, For tho' mine eye hath oft perus'd the cheek Of loveliness, and linger'd in her smile Yet ere my heart was wounded, it:could seek Shelter in cold indifference from her wile, And Cupid when he aims his shafts at me, Might tire them just as well at an old tree. For I'm a widower—you startle the're— Imagination from my early birth Hath wedded me to one of form sofair, Of so much beauty, innocence, and worth, That having sou ght her long, and ev'r) where, I cannot find this paragon on earth. Now she's the same as dead who has no life, Therefore I've put on mourning for my wife. Once, and once only, did I fondly deem 11 ; l u y eba!terthseeafiricthtinhidofnoat m be o e r n nhi al g l in vain-- .7 And I awoke unto a sense of pain, Which clings about ine stilL--But to my theme, Namely, the pleasures of a tour in Spain, Where, tho' few comforts on the Traveller wait, Tho' heat, and toil, and hardship, be his fate, Yet when the sun in golden pomp bath set, And o'er the azure reigns the evening star, Castilian damsels, witb their eyes of jet. And dark brown cheeks, assemble from afar, And fastening orpthe ebatt'ring castanet, Listen to catch the sound of the guitar, Whose well known air invites them, or to dance, Or join their v oices, in an old Romance : ROMANCE. My lover is bold and free, And oh he bath sworn ni to ia m n e ig , °of the cypress tree, Which still waves o'er her tomb. lit gloom, Topp luck repairhick me a branchatthehour f And as the hour of twelve draws nigh, Low on my bended knees, I'll breathe a prayer at the Virgin's shrine, That her soul may rest in ease.— - • The Moor he conquer'd the Christian King, And many a slave did make But when he saw the youn g Princess, Released them fo r her sake. For the daughter of the Christian King, Was exceedingly fair to see, And the Moor bath sworn by Mahomet, That she his bride shall be. Butli the teL l a a d st y o f f ai a r l hl heratb braided race her hair, As And cast a long and thick black veil, Over her lovely face. And many a pray'r to the Lady fair Was made without avail, That she should appear in court and hall Without that thick black veil. The Moor he built her a princely bower, And a stately Alcazar, And in the middle a lofty tower, For her to look out afar : And many an hour from that high tower She turn'd towards the plain, Where the battle was fought against the:3l°er, In which her lover was slain. At length that lovely Lady died, And then they rais'd her veil, And the Moor he came to see his bride, But her cheek was wan and pale. And loudly did he mourn for her, And shedding many a tear, He bent, and kiss'd her clay cold lip , As she slept upon the bier. And legends say, that night and day, After she was dead, A golden ray was seen to play, Above that Lady's head. Now lovers so bola and free, To prove their constancy, Repair at the hour of midnight gloom, To pluck a branch of the cypress tree, Which still waves v'er her tomb. But soon the shadows of the ev'Mng melt Into obscurity, and it is night The freshness of the mountain breeze is felt Fanning the blood--above, where all is bright The Galaxy shines like a studded belt, Encircling the firmament with light; And, midst the stillness, the guitar again Is heard to sound, but to a deeper strain : SERENADE. Wherefore, oh wherefore, from my senses flies Thine influence, sweet sleep surely there's poison in her liquid eyes, And mine have drank too deep. The spell which binds my soul too late I know, Others have felt it too ; And they are many that are doom'd to woe, The happy—oh how few ! Music's sweet language is unknown to men, But there are those who deem That loveliness can understand it, when It mingles with her dream. Then my Guitar in dulcet measures keeping, Soft o'er her slumbers b%ak, Thus she will listen to those vows while sleeping, She doth but scorn awake ; And Love's deep strain with magic force endued, Breathe in irvpassion'd tone, Till ley thy charmed eloquence subdued, Her soul-shall be mine own. Oh Spain, unhappy Spain, the flaming torch Of war, bath laid thee desolate, and bate, • Thy smoking villages still feel its scorch, And beasts of prey now make their covert where .Man once inhabited,—within the porch Of many a church, gaunt wolves are seen to glare, And in the stillness of the midnight gloom, Their howl comes wafted from the ransaeled tomb . ;— Tho' bleeding as thou art, from every pore The sanguine torrent still must deeper flow, 'Thy cup of bitterness seem'd loll—yet more, More art thou cloorri'd to beer—a deadlier blow, Within thy Capital the cannon's roar Is heard, thy children are laid low, — Less by the foeman, than a brother's hand, And civil discord stalks along the land. Shall this endure for ever Spain shalt thou Whose ancient deeds of valorous emprize, Gain'd thee a deathless name,, thus tamely bow That head once proudly lifted to the skies, And grovel in the dust, as thou dolt now ? Shade of th' indignantaid—awake ! arise ! Behold thy Country by the stranger trod! Her best sues crouching 'neath a tyrant's rod! Ev'n in her ruins she is lovely —see, See how she sits in sorrow, like a Queen Mourning her children's wrongs. Sons of Liberty Mourn with her—for she bath ever been The thuntain of Romance and Chivalry._ Alas ! the day spring of her hopes was seen To rise, and dazzle nations with its light, One moment shine—then sink in deeper night. Enough my muse-1 would not wish to fetter You too long at once, besides it were as well That you should wait until your voice is better Before you try to sing again—there Tel) my friend just ere you finish this long letter How heartily I wish him a farewell, And he'll believe you, when you say from me That I am his for ever A. L. G. •„' We are glad to recognize the hand ofetar spirited Cot respondent, and hope for his future favours..!%- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • BETTING-ROO3l, FEB. 2.-STATE OF THE ODDS. RIDDLESWORTII. 5 to 1 agst Reformer 9 to 2 agst Rebecca 11 to 2 agst Qa; drille 0 to b on the col .1) 8 to 1 agst Don Carlos 8 to 1 agst Cressida. lts agst the fillies. it it Y. 17 to 1 agst Jessy 18 to 1 agst Cressida 13 to 1 agst Don Carlos 20 to 1 agst Hut-ly Burly 35 to 1 agst 'Myrmidon. 21 to 4 agst Swiss 13 to 2 agst Reformer 12 to 1 agst Agnes 15 to 1 agst Osmond 15 to 1 agst Reticule 4 to 1 agst Rebecca 7 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor. ST. I.F.C; ER. 22 to 1 agst Mandcrie 22 to 1 agst Ringlet 25 to 1 agst Streatham 30 to 1 agst Equity. DON cASTEIt • 10 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 11 to 1 agst Swiss 17 to 1 agst Rosanne 22 to 1 agst Miss Cranfield HUNTING. .11EETINGS or HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Friday, at the Magpies, Hounslow Heath. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Bilton ; and on Friday, at Ulleskell. The Duke Of Grafton's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Stoke Goic:inoon - Park_ ; and on F r id a y, a t Wappenhatn. The r;a.ri of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Hilton ; and on friday, at Laugleydale. Sir Tattort Syk; , s's l us Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wind mill, Stockton Forest; and on Friday, at Kirkham Bridge. Sir John Cope's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Goring Heath ; and on Saturday, at the "Bull. Swallowfieid. The Hampshire Hounds, on Thursday, at Smithers Barn ; and on at Wickham Gate; • and on Friday, at Boshing Park. sSlitiatrudrtaylioautnlN;d6u,tloelyl Cwhiendelneay, ihe IN rasotnß'serle-filtiv'teords. The , on Thursday, at Wineorub ; an l‘ do r n . Fa . F t r r , riqd ti val lu yla inberland Foxliounds,'on 'Wednesday, at Blag don ; and on Friday, at Spithall Hill. The Hatfield Hounds, on Thursday, at Redbourne Church End ; and on Saturday, at Cole Green. The York and Ainsty Hounds, on Friday, at Clifton. The Cleveland Hounds, on Friday, at Court-green. The Lewes Brooksid e H a r r iers, on 'Wednesday, at Lewes Race-course ;' and On Friday, at Telcomhe Tye. The York Harriers, on Thursday, at Skelton ; and on S a turday, at Cit Wi y xleY• Harriers, on Friday, at Rocliff. i The Ezooughbridge A FINE RUN. Monday seonlOt, Colonel Smith's celebrated harriers had a n almost unprecedented run. They fount! a hare at Hales Owen, and after crossing Frankley Hills, they made for North_ field, leaving the church on the left. They then went in the direction for Harborne, but shortly turned to the right for Ki ng 's t ook the direction of Wcatherick Hill, where they killed the Norton, which . they left about a mile on the left, and hare, after a severe run of an hour and twenty minutec, without a check . The distance in a str a i g h t li n e from where the hare was found to the place where it was killed, was more than eight m il e s, and a great part of the country they crossed was very heav y. The hare was a remarkably small one. SHOOTING. The season for shooting game is noW drawing to a conclusion. We therefore remind our readers that there is a penalty of five Pounds for every bird of the following descripdon found in any person's possession. By 2 Geo. 111. (which is neither re pealed ncr modified by any subsequent Act) " no person what ever shall take, kill, or have in his custody any partri.lge, be tween the 12th : day of February and the first day of Septem ber, in each. and every year : nor any pheasant between the Ist day of February and the Ist day of October : nor any heath-fowl, commonly called black-game, between the Ist day of January and the 20th August : nor any grouse, commonly called red-game, between the Ist of December and the 25th of July, under the penalty of five pounds, to go to the prosecu tor." The late season, by a general arrangement among sport ing gentlemen, did not commence till a fortnight after the usual day, in consequence of the lateness of the harvest : the birds became strong on the wing, very shy, and, generally speaking, little execution has been done : there are many coveys left un touched, and the breed of both partridges and pheasants may be expected to be plentiful, if the ensuing season be at all favourable. PIGEON S OOTING. The first match of the season terday morning, on Bag lot 1 men from the Ashton, against e] at 15 birds each, 21 yards from. I took place at ten o'flock yes- Heath, between eleven picked leven from the Midgharn Club, the trap. Frilled ASHTON'. Mr. Pearson - Ir. Jones - - - 31r. Armitage • - 12 Mr. Rogers - - 11 Mr. Stevens - - 10 3lr. Norris - - 10 Mt. ZYell3 - - 9 Mr. Kemp - - 9 Mr. Fielder - - 8 Giblett - - 8 Mr. Marsden - - 8 MIDGIIAM: Killed. Captain Hornby - 14 Mr. Welsh - - 12 Mr. Colbourne - 12 Mr. Cochrane - - 12 Mr. Theobald - - 11 Mr. Wood - - 10 Mr. Fenwick - 9 Mr. R. Rogers - - Mr. Stevenson - - U Mr. Caldecot - - Mr. Frost - - 7 111 After the tie it was agreed that three birds each. The A shtoi match, by those of Midgham 111. the match should be decided at ri men killed 29, and won the :illing 27 only. BOXING. SPRING AND LANGArr.--11 - leincids, the friend and trainer of the latter boxer, arrived in London yesterday from the west of England, to accommodate the Champion Spring, in another match of Five Hundred Sovereigns, the sum he has demanded if ever he fights again. Reynolds asks the fight upon a stage, and he is ready to deposit NI. Langan is quite up to the mark, and will shew in London in a day on two. Reynolds oars to fight any man in the world of his own weight, and he is not particular to a few pounds in weight, if his opponent is not taller than himself. The BRITISH GUARDIAN and PROTESTANT ADVOCATE (Price Scvenpence), a new Weekly Family Newspaper, devoted exclusively to the PROTESTANT IIiTEREST, is published every Wed nesday Afternoon, at the Office, No. 1, WEL LINGTON-STREET, Strand (where Orders and Ad vertisements are received), and may also be had of all-Newsmen. THE ARMY. His Majesty's Warrant for raising the 961 h Reg:ment of Foot having been received, orders were conse quently issued yesterday morning, from ,the Recruiting De partment, to the several recruiting parties distributed through out the United Kingdom, to raise men forthwith for that corps. The directions and instructions issued on the present OCCILSKIR are precisely similar to those that were given to the different recruiting parties, anterior to the raising of the 84th and 95th Regiments of Infantry. . The 2d and 3d div*Lions of the 75th Regiment of Foot, which arrived on the 25th ult. at Portsmouth, on board the Frkt-iy and Indian Trader transports, from Gibraltar, r-4. which were ordered to perform quarantine, disembarked on the 30th ulc., and marched i,!to Gosport barracks. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEE. 2.—Wind 8. by Mr.—Came down from t' River and remain, the Alfred, Laughton, for Van Diemat's Land ; , and Clarkson, Fullerton, for J amaica. A ship is brouglh. up off the North Foreland, supposed to be the Henry, Davison, for Jk.ruaiea. • POZTSMOUTIt; FEB. 2:—Wind E.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Menia, for Halifax ; Juno, Tait, for Bermuda; and Turners, Leader; for Cape Coast Castle. ..k few of the outward r bound got underweigh this morning with the wind at East, but it again backed to the South-west. FALAI° ItTli, • FEB. 1.--Wind S. to S.W.--Arriied the Betsey, Mill ar. from Aux Cayes : sailed the 14th of December ; and Duke of Marlborough Packet,. from Lisbon, in six days. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 1.--Arrived. the Exchange, Porter, from Virginia; JUno, Mortimer, Savannah; President, Wat son ; and Camillus, Prauze, Oporto ; and Te:son, Simpson, Pernambuco. Sailed the Christopher, Doyle ; and (.4nhlen. Reece, EngliAr, for Bahia ' • Buenos Ayzes Packet, Guthrie, Valparaiso; Agnes, Farrel, Jamaica; Laura, Lilburi,, .13-ar badoes ; Richard, Hannoy ; and Dee, . Jameson, Dernerari ; Triton, Sharp, Sierra Leone ; New -York, llaxwell, New York; Lancashire Witch, Neal, Lisbon; and Margaret, Williamson, Charente. COIVES. FEB. 2.--Calm.--None of the outward-bound vessels that weighed to-day have been able to get out of the Needles. A piece of a vessel's stern was picked up near the Goodwin Sands yesterday, with " Voisin" painted on it. MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY:--The Learned President, Sir ItUMPHREY DAVY, part., in a paper on the cause of the corrosion and decay of copper used for covering the bottom.. of ship' , read before the Royal Society, has pointed out a simele, effectual, and economical, method of remedying this evil. The cause, he ascertained, was a weak chyrric .1 action, which is constantly exerted between the saline con tents of sea-water and the copper, and which, whatever may be the nature of the copper, sooner or later destroys which ix thus noticed in the last number of the Philosophical Magazine:—*"rhe same general principle of the manner in which chemical changes may be exalted, destroyed, or sus pended, by electrical powers. which led him to the discovery of the-dccorn position of the alkalies and the earths, likewise affoi.'ed hint this new and more practical discovery. Ile finds diet te very small surface of tin, or other ozidable metal, anywhere in contact with a /erg: surface of copper, renders it so nega qvely electrical, that sea water has no action upon it; and a little mass of tin brought even in communication by a wire with t large plate of copper, entirely peeserves . it. By the desire of the Lords of the Admiralty, he is now bringing this discovery to ac tual practice on ships of war. It is needless to point out the uses and economical advantages of a result which must add so much tto the permanency and strength of our navy and shipping, and be so beneficial to our maritime and commercial interests." A patent, which had for its object the remedying , of the sam6 evil, was lately taken out by 3lr. Mushet,. of the Alint ; and it is a curious enough fact, that the means he recommends fir im proving the copper employed in sheathing, is—alloying it with a very small portion of tin, or of zinc, or of arsenic, or cf anti. mony. Mr. Mushet only spAifies thefact, but nothing of the cause. Is the effect in this case to be ascribed to th e very cause ascertained by Sir Humphrey? " One of the fellows," said Sir. ASTiEY COOPER, in his lecture at St. Thomas's Hospital en w e d_ nesaay last, " who are in.che habit of publishing th e i r canes of hernia, and their methods of preventing the future 'dee cent of the hernial sac, called upon me, and asked whether• would like to go and see a patient of his, whom he had cu by rubbing the parts with some preparation. Why, up my word,' said I, 4 I feel no inclination to go, for . I know you. might just as well ask me to go and see you jump to the moon.' 'Well, Sir,' said he, then you will not see him.',' Ne,' said I, ' I will not.' Four or five months after, this man hay ing quarrelled with the junta with whichlie was united, came to me and said, Sir, it was entirely, an imposition. What* you suppose we rubbed, our patients with, in order to intipoSa upon the public?' I cannot tell,' said I. replied he, it was nothing but hedge-hog's fat... It cost its some taonhlo to catch our hedee.hugs, but it was the fat of that anire al with which we pretended to prevent the descent of hernia.' .Yo u may, suppose, gentlemen, that I felt no regret at haying refused to see this man's patie rt."—( The Lancet.) One of Cardinal MAZIRIN'S favourite 'mea sures was procrastination. - " Tittle and I against any other two personages," was his reply, wheu urged to brisk and violent measures. It is believed that none but natives of Eng land will in future be employed in the adminis tration of the revenues of Ireland.-- (Dublin - Morning Post.) BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY).— Considerabe .mirth was excited this morning at the above office, by the appearance of Mr. W. King, the Sheriffs'-officer of Pa lace Court, to answer the complaint of one of the nightly guardians of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. Mr. King, it appeared, had a writ against a gentleman in the west, but failing to capture him he bore away toward the south-east, and arrivingat Catherine-street, Strand, full of wrath at his failure, he amused himself by knocking his stick against the pavement. This aroused the half dormant sensibility of the watchman, who asked him if he was knocking for his " palls." Mr. K., indignant, turned round, called him a scoundrel, and eventually took his number, and threatened to report him. The watchinan, however, was determined not to have second best, and took him to the watch-house,—thus capturing him Who went to per form the same friendly office to another. The result was that Mr. King was ordered to find bail, and was actually locked stp until he did so. A remarkable feature in the unusual mild wea ther is, that in the northern extremity of Eng land little or no snow has yet fallen on the letyr grounds, and no great quantity is to be seen on the fells, while in some of the interior counties, particularly Northamptonshire, it covers' earth in many places to the depth of two ( Westmorland Advertiser) On Monday last, the respectable family res:d ing at the Parsonage-house, at Rewe, near th:fs city, were thrown into great alarm s by the daring intrusion of some villain, whose purpose, What ever it were, was 'fortunately frustrated. It ap pears that the Rev. Mr. Tripp's youngest sot! , about 15 years of age,goinginto his bed-room about seven o'clock in the evening, saw a man having pistol,at the end of which was a dirk, standing with his back to the window, which V. as open. The boy, with more spirit than prudence, immedr ately attacked him by throwing at him a bottle, which he had in his hand ; a scuffle then ensued, in which the villain two or three times endeavoured to stab him, but he d ex t erous ly co trived to ward off the blows with a can dlestick which he had in his hand. The fellow, meeting with so stout a resistance from so appa rently an unequal opponent, and by this time re collecting his own danger, darted out ,or the window, by which it is supposed he entered, and fled : till this, Mr, Tripp's son had not had the presence of mind to make an outcry ; but on the cry of " murder" all' the family ran to him, and, as soon as the Cause was ascertained, gave the alarm to the village ; a pursuit inune,- diately commenced by a number of people, hitt it was too late ; the fellow had escaped. The young gentleman providentially receivetVOoly a very slight wound, and a bruise on hiS left arm, between the elbow and the shoulder. --( Exatir Gazette.) 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