The Sun. — London, England, 1824-07-03 00:00:00

THE THEATRE. 1 HAYMARKET.—The Comedy of Every One has his Fault, one of the earlier productions of the late Mrs. INCHBALD, who possessed more original genius, pointed satirical power, and unaffacted humour, than most of our female Dramatists, was represented at this Theatre last night, and the characters were so well ass;gned to the respective performers, that we may fairly question whether it ever went off with better effect. This Comedy, while it affords much entertainment, is also calcu lated to excite much sympathy. AUBOTT was highly respectable in Mr. Irwin. Lady Ellinur was never better supported than by Mrs.GLovr.R. FAIMEN'S Harmony was quite in harmony with the feelings of the auditors, and Limn was irresistibly diverting in Soles. A crowded house. AvtNcllEsTEß, JULY 2. On Tuesday last. was held the TRIVNNTAL MEETtNG of the National Schools of Winchester and its vicinity, when between 6 and 709 of the children attended at the Cathedral, and heard a most eloquent and instructive dis course preached by the Rev. Dr. Co f.ERIDGE, the new Bishop of Barbadoes, from the 14th verse of the 11th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark; after which they walked in procession to the County Hall, when the thirteenth Annual Report was read, the Rev. John Salter was elected Chairman, anti the Rev. James Hodges, Secretary tbr the ensuing year. The Rev. Dr. Williams also pronounced an eulogitun on the late Secretary, the late Rev. Henry Washington, Fellow of New College. The children were then examined as to the pro gress they had made since the last examination ; and as it was a wet day, they were regaled with roast beef and plum-pudding in the ; had it not rained - the children would have dined in the Cathedral church-yard, according to custom. Soon after the children were gone, the principal Clergy and Gentry of the county sat down to a sumptuous entertainment, provided by Staniag, of the White Hart; the Stewards for the day were .Sir Edward Hyde East, Bart., M.P.; Charles Grteme, Esq. ; the Very Rev. the Dean of Winchester; and the Rev. Dr. Williams, Head Master of Winchester College. t EXTRACT FROM TILE REPORT.I " It appears, on the whole, that 118 schools were last year , in, union with the Hampshire Society, and 8,060 children were under instruction. There are now 119 schools, and 8,4116 chit- • dren educating in them; so that one school more is added, and 426 more children, than in the preceding year. It also appears that 1,395 children have left the several schools in union, able to read." Wednesday afternoon departed this life the Rev. T. REN. NELL, M.A., Vicar of Kensington, Master of St. Nicholas's Hospital, Salisbury, and one of - the Prebendaries there. Al though young in years he was old in knowledge ; in him the Church of England has lost one of its most eloquent and zealous supporters : he was educated at Eton ; he went from thence to King's College, Cambridge, and at a very early age was chosen to be Christian Advocate in its University. Mr. Retinal was the eldest son of the venerable the Dean of Win chester, to whom his loss must be a very grievous affliction. Ile has left a widow, to whom he had not been long married, and with whom he had lived in great felicity, who is almost inconsolable at his death. EAST INDIA Itousu.—Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East India House for the determi nation of the following question, viz.:— "-That thin Court confirm their Resolution of the 2Gth ult.' approving a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 2fith o January last, granting to the Carnatic Commissioners, so long as they shall be employed in the double duty of investigating Claims upon the Carnatic, and Claims upon Tanjore, a special allowance of 300/. per annum each, from the Company, in ad dition to the allowance of 1,500/. per annum at present enjoyed by them under the Carnatic Deed, and fixing their allowance for the period when either Commission shall cease, at 1,509/. per annum, to •contir:ue as long as they may be employed un der the remaining Connnission, anti to be paid, should the re maining Commission be the Carnatic Commission, as at pre sent, and should it be the Tanjore Commission, from the Com pany's Cash."—At six o'clock the Glasses were closed, and delivered to the Scrutineers, who reported the numbers to be, viz. : For the Question 167 Against the Question - - 60 107 Majority Yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the Cabinet Ministers assembled at the Foreign-office, Down ing-street. Among them were the LORD CHAN eI:IA.OR, the Duke of Wellington, the Earls of Liverpool, Ilarrowby, Westmorland, and Bath urst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Can ning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Iluckission, &c. The Cabinet sat in close deliberation for upwards of three hours. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the KING yesterday. LORD BYRON.—The lines to Lord BYRON, on having c,onverteda Human Skull to the purpose of a Gob.. let, were NOT written by Mr. THOMAS Moons, but by Mr. W. H. STEUNDALE, who , is now in Bengal, and were first inserted anonymously in The Sheffield Irii. HAYLET, THE is stated that the late learned and excellent Dean of Christ Church, Dr. CYRIL. JACKSON, thought but little of HAYLEY either as a poet or a scholar. Ile considered him merely as a literary gossip, and was therefore by no means desirous of cultivating any intimacy with him when they became neighbours. Hayley, however, called upon the Dean, and was received with ordinary courtesy. When the visitor rose to take his leave, the Dean shook him by the hand, and said (with that peculiar voice and manner which all who, knew him can never forget)—" Mr. Hayley, I " trust that you and I may always be very good friends and " neighbours, that is, I trust that .we may see very little of one " another." GUILDFORD GRAMMAR ScirooL.—Among the eminent men educated at this school were John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich; William Cotton, Bishop of Exeter; Henry Cotton, Bishop of Salisbury; Robert Abbott, Bishop of Salis bury, successor to Cotton ; George Abbott, Archbishop of Can terbury; Robert Parkhurst and Sir Maurice Abbott, both Lord Mayors of London. In more recent times, the follow:ng distinguished individuals were likewise educated at this excel lent school : Russell, Esq., R.A.; Stephen Gaselee, Esq., one of his Majesty's Counsel, and recently appointed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas; the late Sir John Jackson, Bart., an East India Director, and M.P. for Dover; and several other eminent personages. At a Meeting of the Subscribers for erecting a Statue of the late Right Hon. WiLt.rAm PITT, held at the Thatched House Tavern, on Friday, the 18th of June, the Marquis of CAMDEN in the Chair; it was proposed by -the Lord President of the Council, .seconded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and unanimously resolved ;—" That .the surplus of the Fund, after defraying the expence of the Statue in Ham ver-square, as resolved at the former Meeting on the 11th inst., be applied to the erection of ahandsome and appropriate build ing at Cambridge, connected with the University Preis ; such building to bear the name of Mr. Pitt.—That the Committee be desired to take the necessary steps for carrying into execu tion this resolution." Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, while at Cadiz, had a constant round of dinner invitations from the re spectable British Merchants of that City, and in return for their civilities, the worthy Baronet en tertained them on board of his beautiful yacht, on the 16th ult., with a sumptuous dinner. General MINA and his Lady are now on a visit at Bath. This morning Mr. Sous STOCKDALE, late of Pall-mall, but now of the Opera Colonnade and Notting-Hill, appeared on the floor of the Court of Chancery, accompanied by his wife, three daughters, and two sons, as legatees under a will. The children, being minors, were admitted Wards of the Court, and Mr. STOCKDALE was made their guardian. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Lansdown, from her seat, Bowood. park, Wilts; Lord and Lady Cremorne and family, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, from Brighton ; Admiral Harvey, M.P., at ditto, from his seat, Rolles•park ; Captain Ellis, at ditto, from Bath ; J. W. Knight, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford; Rev. George Phillips, at ditto, from France; Captain and Miss Bailey Lane, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley. square, from Brighton ; Col. and Mrs. Barrington and family, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. DEPARTURES—The Earl of Inniskillen, for his scat, in Ireland ; Lord Arden, for Suffolk ; Lord Stopford and Lady Charlotte Stopford, from Thomas's Hotel, for their seat in Ire land ; Mrs., Miss, and Mr. G. Isherwood, for Laurel-lodge, Hats; Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, from the Hyde-park Hotel, for Tunbridge-wells; James West, Esq., from ditto, for his seat, Alscot.park ; Captain Ellis, R.N., from ditto for France. BATll.—Arrived since our last, Lord Arundel Lady Tur. ner, Sir B. and Lady Poore and family, llon. Mrs. Curzon— Gen. Moses, Col. Makenzie, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Howard, Capt. and Mrs. Deane, Capt. Fellowes, Lieut. Hill—Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bewsher, Rev. Mr. Baillie, Rev. Mr. George, Rev. Mr. Rous, Rev. Mr. Raymond, Rev. Mr. Wells. ~fi r 1 A , , 11 .1 2;° , *.e.;; 7 , !• 1 , - 9i-,. - . 0- ..'7'.-.. -. .._.-- - ir'. -- : kiii. .ei." , 4 ... 4 4. , . - - • 4 ~.,.. ..., 0 4 g ) , , 5.... FASHIONABLE PARTIES. On Thursday night, Princess Polignac opened her house to _ . the fashionable world. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Prince Leiningen, his Majesty's Ministers, the Foreign Am bassadors, and nearly 400 persons of distinction were present. The suite of state apartments, furnished in a style of great magnificence, being hung with silks of French manufacture, was thrown open on the occasion, and was tastefully decorated with flowers. The whole went off with great yelot, and the company did not separate till a late hour. Mrs. Angerstein opened her new residence, late the Earl of St. Germains, in St. James's-square, on Thursday evening to the hunt ton, with a grand ball and supper. The three spa cious and elegant drawing-roons were thrown open ; two of them were appropriated to dancing, which were brilliantly il luminated and decorated with numerous pots of the choicest flowers. The anti-room adjoining was set apart for refresh ments. The supper, which consisted of every delicacy, and the wines of the choicest description, was laid out in the dining parlours. The ball commenced soon after eleven. It was past six in the morning before the whole of the company had left. There were present upwards of 400 persons of the first distinc tion and fashion. Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Robinson had a numerous party to dinner at their residence in Downing-street. Among the company were the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, &c. &c. Mr. and Mrs. George Byng.entertained another large party at dinner on Thursday, at their house in St. James's-square, among whom were—Lord and Lady John Thynne, Lady A. and Miss Beresford, General Blyth, General Bailey, Lady Hill, Hon. Mrs. Fowler, Ilon. Mr. hascelles, Mr. Somerset, Mr. R. Grosvenor, Mr. Ileathcote &c. The Marchioness of Cholmondeley gave a splendid rout yes terday evening at her house in Piccadilly. The Duke of Beaufort had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Lion. Douglas Kinnaird had a large party to dinner yes terday, at his house in Pall-Mall East. Colonel Hughes, M.P. entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in South Autlley-street. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. Yesterday Mr. Hoare gave a grand dinner to several Gentle men or the New Marlybone Cricket Club, at his house in Up per Grosvenor -street. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . STAMFORD RACES, THURMAY, JULY 1. Sweepmake• of 10 soy. each, for an ages. Marquis of Exeter's ch. c. Zealot; 4 yrs • : • Sir G. Heathcote names Broomstick, 6 yrs - Four Subscribers paid. Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, p. p. for Hunters. l2st. each. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Smith's gr. g. The Abbot, 6-yrs old . Mr. Barker's b. g. by Sir Paul, aged Five Subscribers paid-4 and fi to lon the winner. Fifty Pounds given by the Marquis of Exeter. Col. Wilson's bl. f. by Juniper, 4 yrs old - - I 1 Marquis of Exeter's b. c. Ghost, 3 yrs old - - 1 2 Dr. Willis's Victory, by Dinmont, 4 yrs old . 3 3 The last heat a very tine lace ; won by little more than a head. Six to 4 and 2tol on Col. Wilson s filly. 8 1 1 2 2 KET. 1 at Barnes between the Barnes igns, given by H. HOARE, Esq. former. HA3f. 84 First Innings - 56 Second Do. • . Al; PIG RACE. Total :it; CRIC Tuesday a Match was played and Ham Clubs, for 10 soverei, It was decided in favour of the lIARNES. First Innings .. - Second Do. - - Total • 140 A LUDICROUS PIG RACE.---feiterday the:town of Barnet was busy to witness a novel scene of a pig race. Nine pigs, which had been in training these three weeks, started for a prize of 20/., which, after a severe contest, was won by a famous Norfolk pig, belonging to Mr. Sharp; we understand that the owner backed his pig against any pig in England for 1001. A Philadelphia Paper of the 7th ult. says, that his Majesty " the King of France" came passenger in the steam-boat from Baltimore yesterday morning. This is the person who asserss that he is the " real" Louis XVIII., and concerning whom we published a letter yesterday. The following advertisement fora wife appears I in a New York paper:—" Wanted immediately, a young lady of the following description (as a wife)--with about 2,000 dollars as a patrimony, sweet temper, spend little, be a good housewife, and burn in America ; and as I am not more than 25 years of age, I hope it will not be difficult to find a good wife. N.B. I take my dwelling in South Second-street, No. 273. Any lady that answers the above description will please to leave her card. NEW PLAN OF SEDUCTION.—A simple young girl, living in Brussels, was lately the object of a new species of seduction. Two young men pretended to dispute the hand of the fair dam sel, and each sought her in marriage ; a third in dividual appeared, who called himself the father of one of the lovers, and offered a thousand florins as his son's portion. The damsel no longer hesi tated, but discharged the unfortunate pretender. The result was reproaches and pretended duels between the rivals, tears, outcries, consolements, explanations, and general reconciliation. The marriage was celebrated, but how and where ? in l a tavern at a frugal feast, where the marriage was drawn up, and signed with a pencil. The poor girl thinking herself a wife, retired at night to the house of her husband. In the morning she was undeceived, being turned out of doors ; but the following day the husband was also un deceived. He was arrested, and the affair is now before, the tribunals : the gay deceiver will soon be taught that it is not permitted to marry in jest. FOR TIIE SUN. MR. EDITOR—In ransacking a chest of old papers, belonging to my great grandfather, happened to stumble upon the adjoined composi tion, which, as it afforded me some amusement at the time,.l now send it to you for the edification of your Antiquarian Readers. Who the Author was, or in what age he flourished, it is difficult to ascertain at present. From a passage, however, in the sixth stanza, he must have lived during, or subsequent to, the reign of" Good Queen Bess," who, it will be remembered, first conferred the honour of Knighthood upon a loin of beef. According to a memorandum found annexed to the Poem, it was composed by the Author whilst sitting patiently at table, waiting for a savoury slice of beef, but which, it would appear, he was not destined to enjoy, owing to the unskilfulness of the carver (an incident of itself quite sufficient to prove the antiquity of the Poem), who found all his efforts ,rendered unavailing by the perse vering and desperate obtrusion of a huge mass of bone. The fertile imagination of the Poet boldly em bodied beef and bone, and converting them into heroes, bursts forth in honour of their achieve ments ; but he appears at length to have been obliged to withdraw from the scene of action, to satisfy the cravings of his appetite upon a less heroic and more yielding joint. From the worm-eaten state of the Manuscript) it has been found necessary to omit some stanzas, which could not be compietly made out. Such as remain are very much at your service, to do with them as you think proper ; and I am, Sir, as usual, Your faithful servant, A. L. G. THE BATTLE WITH THE BONE. To thee, my gentle • GODrILEY, bight, I dedicate this lay, Now hie thee home; while still the light Of Sol detains the day, And should some rude, discourteous wight Assail thee on the way, Altho' thou best in mortal fright, Full boldly thou shalt say : " Now, hold me not, thou brave Sir Knight, " Hold me not now, I pray, " Indeed, 'tis not from fear to fight, " But now I cannot stay, " Fort Shoreditch spire is still in sight, " And I have far to stray :" Tho' speaking fair, he still despite, May urge thee to the fray, Then gird thee up thy buckram tight, And briskly scud away. Sir loin been taken by surprize, Is found in woful plight Then Bone comes in, and mainly tries To save the wounded knight. I. 4: Let home-spun Bard attempt with broken lyre, To carol forth in most unseemly strain, And think he burn, poor elf ! with living fire ; Let Homer the mighty Hector slain, And paint the battle on great Ilium's plain ; muse's strength in nobler theme is shewn, lie grovels low with mickle care and pain, Her seed of Fame in higher ground is strown, She soars aloft, and sings the Battle with the Bone I IL Of the high plain a barren rock which crown.. • (Whose lofty brow seems butting at the skies) An antique structure on the summit frowns, lint bent, as din to watch the lake it tries, Which flowing calm beneath so sweetly sighs, That Cynthia thither sends her beams to play, Till jealous Auster in his fury rise, And hlust'ring laud, now friAtena them away, Or dashing wild among, he drowns them in the spray. 11 111. And now, of who within these,er.stle walls Securely dwelt, the gentle muse must sing, Be ready Fame to Inflow where she calls, And, oh I be aura thy loudest tromp to bring, To sound a blast as thro' the world shall ring ! No lout so mickle rare by mortal man, As the r i bold Baron Beef bath e'er been seen, Nor by Dan Sol, since first his race began, ¶ And yet he many times path thro' the welkin ran. • • • • • • • VI. The Baron hies him to his banquet hall, (A lof:y chamber meet and passing great) And sends a page, his son, Sir Loin, to call, And then proclaim a solemn feast of state, For on Sir Loin fair honour rose of late, Once simple Loin but now a doughty knight, To his huge fat be owed this higher fate, Bestrew my heart ! but 'twas a goodly. sight To ace at once so stout, withal so sleek a wight. VII. I marvel why the muse has ccas'd her lay, Perchance she's hoarse, and cannot further sing; Or that her fingers, long unus'd to play, Too rough have swept the chords and snapp'd a string : But wherefore loth she weep, and piteous wring Iler hands in doleful plight ? Alas ! 'tis sad To hear her sob so bitterly,—poor thing ! Ah me ! I fear she must be very bad— For how she beats her breast as thof ehe had been mad. VIII. * 0 " Now truly, Sir, thou dolt not guesslne right, " I am not hoarse or mad,"—the Muse replied— " Grief drowns my voice, or still, from mom till night, " I cheerfully would sing"—and then she sigh`d— " Ah woe is me ! and whither shall I hide " My load of pain --alas, and well a day ! " The great Sir Loin is lost his father's pride !" Too far that morning he h a d hap'd to stray, When a grim Butcher setz'd, and bore the prize away. IX. Thus have I seen young Butterfly yclad In dress, that with the rainbow might compare, When straightway passeth little truant lad, Who, looking up, hath chaune'd to spyc him there, As, floating careless on the ambient air, The motley insect flutters round and round ; To work hum woe, the urchin doth prepare, And watching well, till goodly time be found, Why then ne knocketh down Sir Butterfly to ground. tt • Who this Gonntry was, it is now impossible to discover, which is the more to be lamented, at he was, no doubt, some particular friend of the A uth or's. 1- H .n e o p i ro ok b e a ybleivebtlenaitillted between Hackney, Shoreditch and that , and in those times it was ret: village. But now, thanks t o the introduction of broad pave 11ybtol ments and gas lights, (oil in particular) there is really very little danger to be apprehended for the traveller. The opening Stanza is worthy of the subject, for after all, of how much more importance Is that which treats rather of the sustenance of man than his destruction. II The figure Prosopopteia, or personification, is a great fa vourite with our author. lie uses it boldly and unsparingly as this stanza abundantly testifies. All the world knows Cyn thia to be a lady, (although her silence might be a reasonable cause of doubt) but whether the moon-beams were little boys or little girls does not appear : as to Auster from his vapouring humour be was probably an Officer of the Tenth. § The alliteration employed in this and other stanzas, favours the idea that our author flourished somewhere about the period stated. In that Augustan age of English literature, the orna ment alluded to was very much in vogue. With what beautiful simplicity this is expressed, and yet how true it is ! Now, if Geo. Bidder, the calculating boy, had lived in those days, he might in a trice have helped our author to how many times the sun had actually shone since the foun dation of the world : lie has answered questions much more difficult, proposed to'him by certain learned ladies. •* We are here introduced behind the scenes, as it were, of our author's imagination, and permitted to enjoy the genuine conversation that passed between him and his weeping Muse, with whom he really appears to have been upon the most fa miliar-terms. tt The idea of comparing a sirloin of beef to a butterfly is equally original and striking. And he—the son of Beef, how fares he now ? He struggles hard, with all his might and main, But Butcher holds him very tight, I trove ; And tho' he would escape, he tries in vain, Bootless his effbrta to get free agAin : Then he bethinks him of his father's hall, But certes this (loth but increase his pain : Take heed, ye worldlings ! and beware his fall From princely pomp and state, to greasy Butcher's stall ! • • • • • 9 1 / 1 • XIII. The Lacquey had announc'd the dinner set, And soon each guest had hied him to his seat, Good jolly knaves they were who then had met, And each was wofully inclin'd to eat, And pay full honour to the jovial treat : The grace is said—Sir Loin uncover'd lies, " All me ! what various ills betide" good meat, What rapture sparkles in their greedy eyes, As from his smoking sides the grateful fumes arise ! XI V. But where's the joint can view th' _uplifted knife, Feel its keen edge with eye serenely . bright, Nor make one effort to redeem his life : Beef looks aghast, he sickens at the sight, Shakes like an aspen leaf with deadly fright, Then screams aloud, invokes the mighty aid Of BONE to help him in his woful plight; Oh may his coming be not long delay'd, To snatch htm from the wrath of savage sharp set blade. XV. " Haste hither, BONE !" he cries, with frantic grief, " Oh, hither haste to save thy old ally, " Or men will carve and cat up poor .Roast Beef " Wilt thou then stand a tame spectator by, " And hear my horrid groans, and see me die ; " If once within their hungry clutch I fall, " Vain were all hope to run, or yet to fly , " And, tho' I stoutly for assistance call, " They will not heed my cries, but soon danollah all !" XVI. Now brandishid high the ai2gry weapon shone, And poor Sir Loin, being almost dead with fear, Yields to his fate—when in steps mighty Bone:: , Loudly he bellows forth " Behold me here, " Back with thy craven heart, am 1 not near ?" Boldly he meets the blade—Oh, wondrous deed No marks upon his stone-like breast appear, Man cuts and slashes with redoubled speed, But slashes till in vain, for Bone is tough indeed ! XVII. Fiercer and fiercer still the battle glows, No chance is there that either part shall yield, The blood of Beef in copious torrent flows, And fills the dish—l mean to Nay the field:— Well then, until the fate of one is seal'd, Methinks 'twere not amiss to step a:4itle, For while such rash and deadly blows are deal'd, There is in truth much splashing on each side, tAnd so my raiment would be amcar'd if I abide. XVII I. " Well, then, to cheTit in uncouth rhymes I'll carol forth a song or roundelay " Of Dames, whose beauty shone on other times." Thou, happy Muse, in Bower of Bliss may stray, But me, keen hunger calls to watch the fray, And see if I shall taste roast beef to-day, What fighting yet P—Then 'twete in vain to stop, For I shall lose my dinner if I stay, So I will quickly hie me to a shop, And quietly devour a patient mutton chop 11. $ The sudden transition in this stanza is extremely beau tiful, and the solemn warning contained in it awful, and affect ing to a degree. •f The economic sentiment here expressed is aptly but deli cately introduced. This proposal made to him by his Muse, does not appear to have been at all relished by our hungry author. The last stanza contains a line too many—this I should humbly conceive must be much better than one too few, for as the Spaniards say, " 1.0 qur sabre rso dana." I cannot account for the irregularity in any other manner than by supposing that the author, in his eagerness to escape to scenes of a more tran quil nature, absolutely suffered himself to be carried away by the impetuosity of his pacific but hungry feelings. •„. As our Coriespondent assigns the above Poem to the age of Ei.izAßETit, why not, " if it he not ton curious to con sider it so," presume that it was a sportive effusion of the im mortal SPEW CER. We are glad to recognize a former Corre spondent, and hope he will again search among his antique poetic treasures. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT CitEsTEit.—A. most melancholy catastrophe took place on the night of Monday, which has thrown a deep gloom over the whole neighbourhood. It has been a custom for the lait year or two, on the anniversary of that day, s►o hav,: a sort of Regatta on the - Dee, at the Lower Ferry House, kept by Mr. Arthur Gregory, who found it:to his advantage in sup plying the small prizes, which are the objects of contention. — On this occasion the company was by no means so numerous as on the previous year, but sufficiently so to fill the house of Me Landlord, where drinking and dancing were indulged in till a late hour. About eleven o'clock, the tide running with great impetuosity, a boat, containing 15 or 16 persons, pushed from the shore with the view of crossing, and it is said that, while on the way, there was a struggle among some of the unfortunate men with the boys who had the management of the' vessel, for the supremacy of the oars ; in this they succeeded, but, in their awkward attempts to evade the power of the tide, they were driven with great violence, so as absolutely to stove in the side of the boat, against a sloop, which was waiting for her cargo, and the whole were instantly overwhelmed. Such exertions were made as the late ness of the hour and the suddenness of the accident rendered available, but only four, chiefly boys, were saved.—lt was a most impressive and affecting scene, on the following morning, to observe the anxious groups who lined the shore, waiting fear fully for the success of the boatmen's exertions, who were re warded at intervals by the discovery of bodies.—Among the victims were two very fine young women, sisters, one of whom was attended by her lover ; and, it is a singular fact, they were found all in one spot, as if determined that even in death flips , should not be divided ; while their ill-fated companions were either lying far from them, or are not yet discovered. —The names of these poor beings, who, in a moment of festivity and joy, were this awfully . called away, arc not yet correctly ascer tained, but the following are of the number: Thomas Read, of Mancott. Ellen Hoolse, and Anne Hoolse, Sisters, formerly of the Ferry House. Robert Bartington, Saltney. William Roberts, leaving a widow and six children. Edward Jones, of Wepre. Robert Jones. of Shottou. Mr. Leckman's servant, (name unknown.) James Balmer, and Anne Balmer, of Buckley. Joseph Jones, of Aston. William Davidson. Sarah Williams. Those saved were Robert Price, Thomas Latham, Benjamin Bithell, and Francis TelUm—The bodies already found are those of Thomas Partington, Wm. Roberts, Sand' Williams, Anne Hoolse, and Ellen Hoolse,—the two latter were found clasped in each other's arms. Another account states, that the bodies of the following are found :—Wm. Roberts, Ellen Hoolse, Anne Hoolse, Sarrah Lewis, and Robert Barton. FURTHER PARTICULARS.--NO blame whatever is attribu table to the Ferrymen ; they gave every caution previous to the boat leaving the shore, but all to no effect; the thoughtless people on board seemed determined to rush on to destructionii It is quite clear sufficient exertions have not been made to re cover the bodies, and there is no doubt but what they lie under the vessels adjoining the one against which the boat struck. — Not the least endeavours were made on Wednesday evening to recover any of them.—(Chericr Chronicle., July 2.) The black cat which Captain LYON took with him on his last voyage to the Arctic regions, and to which he makes alinsion in his Private Jour nal," is now in possession of a friend of the Cap tain, in tho College-green, near Worcester. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCII-(THIS DAY.) SALARY OF THE CLERGY.-TIIE KING V. THE BISIIOP OF PETERBOROUGH. The LORD CIIIEF Jusricx gave the opinion of the Court in this case. A rule had previously been obtained for a prohibition of the Bishop of Peterborough, to restrain and prevent the said Bishop from fixing the salary of a curate on an incumbency. The original salary granted the possessor of the living was 1201. and the Bishop had directed the Vicar to reduce the said 1201. to 1001. The rule had beets argued many times, and at great length, before. The Court now was of ()pinion, from the reading of several Acts of Parliament more particularly concerning the stipends of the Clergy, that the Bishop had no legal power to reduce the salary of the Clergy, and the rule for prohibition remains absolute.— Rule made absolute. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, JULY 2. THE ZING V. THE ALDERMAN AND COMMON COUNCIL. 3,IEN OF FARRINGDON This was a rule obtained by Mr. CoorEn, calling on the Alderman and Common Councilmen of the Ward of Farring don Within, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing them to hear a person named Civiall,petitioning for a licence titer Joe's Coffee-house, Mitre-co ur t, which he had taken before the expiration of his predecessor's term. The Court, when the motion was originally mnde, said they could exerci.o no controul over the decision of the Magistrates, but they migot direct them to hear. _ _ Mr. CooPEn now admitted that the rule must be discharged, as the defendants had, since it was granted, done all for which the applicants was entitled to pray; they had heard him ; and, on hearing, rejected his petition. Mr. HUTCHINSON pressed that the rule should he dis. charged with costs, on the ground that the party had been heard before he applied for the rule; but on reference to the affidavits, it appeared that the defendants only swore that they had twice heard the application and petition, and not that they had heard the applicant in support of them. The Co (JILT, therefore, discharged the rule without costs. THE XING v. BRYANT. This was an indicnnent for a conspiracy, tried before Mr. Justice Butrough at the last assizes for Bristol, when the de fendants were found guilty. A rule having been obtained for a new trial. The Bonn CifiEr JuSTICE Said that he had communicated with the Learned Judge who tried the cause, and found that he was not satisfied with the verdict, nor with the manner in which he hi►nself left the case to the Jury. Perhaps, therefore the Counsel for the prosecution would hardly oppose the rule fur a new trial. 31r. C. F. WILLIAMS admitted that after the Learned Judge's expression respecting the charge, he could not support the verdict ; and accordingly the rule for a new trial was made absolute. DYR! , .TE V. PAIIKINIL Mr. FRENCH, on the part of Mr. Parkins, moved the Court to appoint a day for hearing the argument of the rule granted in this case for a new trial. He made this arplication on an affidavit, stating that Mr. Parkins had been hi attendance every day this term, expecting his case to be heard, and had been re. peatedly insulted and called " a robber" by the Flaintiff, even within the verge ot• the Court. The I.oun CHIEF .res•ercE said they could not take some cases out of their order to the injury of the parties in others. As they had given notice that they should not, this term, take any more of the London and .Middlesex new trials, Mr. Parkins would be relieved, at least for the present, from the annoy. ances of which he complained. Mr. Fa ENCII said he thought that the Court sometimes took cases out of their order for the accommodation of parties. Mr. Justice BAYI.EY said it was not the practice to do so, and asked the Learned Counsel whether he could mention any instance in which a rule for a new trial obtained in last term. had been argued in the present? Mr. FRENcu replied in the negative. The Loan UnIEF JUSTICE said, then they could not do what was asked to-day. Thy devoted to the public as much of their time and strength as possible, and they could do no more. The case must come on in its turn.—The motion WAS therefore refused. mEncIiNTiLE snfPPING. - - - DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and remain, the Antcus, Agnes, for Prince Edward's Island ; Emerald, Naskill, from Jamaica; also, and sailed for the River, the D el:et:field, Weir, franc Jamaica. Po;tTSMOUTit, JULY 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Baltic Merchant transport, from Plymouth. I)LN:frown-I, JiTLY I.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke of Wellington, Mathias, from Limerick. Sailed the Georgiana, Bierfreundt, for liamburgh. Livr3troor., JULY I.—Arrived the Cuba, Hind, from Havanna)) ; Florida, Wilson, Savannah ; Btiton, Cram, Honduras ; Hope, Vernon,Barbadoes ; Amity, Vaughan, Honduras; Three Sisters, dementson, New Orleans; Georgia, Vadmin ' Savannah ; Fame, Berry, Charlstone. The John Taylor,, from this Port to Calcutta, was spoken with the 14th of June, in lat. 33. long. 15. The Florida, Hotipon, with the remains of the late Lord Byron on board, arrived yesterday at Gravesend. The Lovely Nelly, Mitchell, from Galway to Bristol, was driven on shore, near Bideford, on Thursday morning ; crew saved. ills 51ajesty's ship Athol, from Quebec, is supposed to have arrived at Portsmouth, and to have sailed about the sth ult. THE ROIIDERIr AT LORD CoweEit ; s.---We yes. terday stated that four men were in custody ou suspicion of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. HAMLIN Lord Cnwrett's Steward. They were taken down to Hertford on Thursday night, and lodged in separate cells in the county gaol there. The prisoners on their journey were ex tremely merry, and indulged in all sorts of flash (as it is called) jokes. Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, an examination took place ut the gaol, before the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, the Magistrate. They were brought in separately ; and Mr. Haines, a shepherd, and another man, who were engaged in the scuffle which took place outside of the house after the robbery, were present. The moment James Harris, alias Long Ned, and James Davis, alias James Thomas, entered- the room, Mr. Harris declared that Long Ned was the man with whom he scuffled in the room, and who, when he (Mr. Ilaines) was overpowered, tied his hands and threw him upon the ground. The shel•herd and the other man also said they had no don's that Davis was one of the men with whom they fought. When Long Ned entered the room, he had his hands in his breeches pockets ; and this, being observed by Bishop, he gave a hint to Mr. Lloyd, and that Magistrate desired him to take his hands out. He did so, but at the same moment thrust his wounded hand into his hat. Mr. Lloyd told him it was of no use to conceal the hand, for his object in doing so was well known. All the prisoners de clared that they were innocent of the crime with y otsivuur . li s : t ae r bd e l e e t t . ot tlolw at tend l w asy e te r were all at : c o,arn.ni and gatedwltich b t y li they Mr.w rleoycdhaa as to h They ere t h ely wf u we r es e dra i e t y l o tt in . i r e r tx o.. ht: n night of the robbery, and gave nearly the mm , will be in attendance. Mr. account n ccpw . nntee. Chancery - lane, 1 0 edu t f ree o h a ytd r e s i crlfaaou:i witnesses.ir e t o lt f e wr immediatelyexamination derisepto isuttoi oit prisoners B is coffee-shoph wo epr a , dpp the r in i o w i l t a E r t ie d r e e n d s i t ffi , 3 hcsaa:nvrntsiliwirtgeno beenok t h grantede p r o pr forto rointocustody , purpos e by Mr. Lloyd. lie was lodged in St. Martin's watch-house, and will be taken to Hertford this day. Dwifield will be examined with the rest next Tuesday. • i 1