The Sun. — London, England, 1827-06-04 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. --(THIS DAY.) Richard Rudolph and John Wilson were indicted for stealing 46 pieces of crape, value 40/., the property of Jas. bfahun• Both guilty. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY . stood Owen Daintry, aged 21, reman d e d f rom last Sess i on, indicted for stealing a letter, containing a 5/. Bank of En gland note, whi c h h ad come into his possession, when employed in the General Post Office. The prisoner, a most respectable looking youth, was dressed in a genteel suit of black, and appeared perfectly "' ote Vd, and when call e d a d vance d to the bar, with a to the indictmen large roll of papers in hie hand, a n d pl ea d e d " Not Guilty," Mr. %MET and Mr. BOLL•ND appeared f the "'M on, and and M r . ANDREWS, Mr. BRODERICK, or and Mr. for the prisoner. Mr. GU RNEY stated the cease. The pri s o ner was em- Iloyed as a sorter i n the General-Post-O ffi ce. On th e to of February, a gentleman, in town, h a d occas i on to send a remittanc e of 51. to Messrs. Henderson and Co. in the ne Chi lsle o f M an. The letter was either put into the Post -- t h at , or giv en to t h e postman, who would now swear all the letters which he received had been duly taken to the office. The prisoner was in the division on that night, and the letter must have come into his hands, as it never reached its destination. On the Monday following, the 10th February, the prisoner was taken into a room and searched, and the identical 51. note, dropped from his pocket, and it was for the Jury to say, under such cir cumetancee, whether he was guilty or not. His previous good character would not avail, ae no person had an oppor tunity of committing those robberies but those of good character. Mr. Hoare, clerk to Mess rs . C ox, Biddulph, and Co., of Clsaring-cross, examined—On the 10th of February this draft was paid by witness ; it was paid Jan., 1827, for 51. ; b y a Bank of Eng land note, No. 5,941, dated 2tl believes thi s note to b e the same. By Mr. Axnaxws—.-Had no mark of 16 own on the , note, but believed it to be the same from its corresponding with the book. Always made the entries from the note himself. Generally read the note first, and entered it im mediately in the book. Had no recollection of ever making a mistake, although it was possible, and witness had knows such mistake to have been made by others; that had hap pened more than once. The entry in the book does not bear the date of the year ; but the column in the book is headed 1627, to save trouble. There are Si. notes of ether years bearing the same number as this note of 1827. Edward Cobb, of the firm of Cobb and Co.—Received a Wit. from Mr. Linden, addressed to Henderson and Co„ Railway, Isle of Man. It was brought for the p ur p ose o f reading an d s i gning. It contained a 51. Bank of England note. Witness read it, signed it, and watered it. The note was in it then. On Saturday, the 10th of February, Mr. Linden Was clerk in witness's office. After witness had tvaferetl,the letter, he took it i n th e even i ng, and eith er d e li vered it to the Poet-office, or to a bent - Ilan who was ringing near St. Jarneg's-square. If witn ess put it in the pat-once, it was the one at the corner of Scotland- Yard. ,rose-ex amined by Mr. BROLER ICE-- it was b rought to Ivitileas at ab out 2 o ' clock by Mr. Linden, he left it and went t 4wa Y; saw th e M. in the letter. The letter was bre% I folded to witneee,who unfolded the note and the letter together 7 - , a l "ked at the addr ess an d f ound i t had been addressed to ~,•e au s. H en d erson and Co. ; left the letter with others on Z"' tl'a desk ; could not say how many letters there were e counting-house ; employed three clerks ; -during . i. , tour se of the evening witness took all th e letters to put ,7, t he Post-office ;it was about five o'clock ; could not say '".4"1 3 7 the number of letters, but thought there was about five, • ' le ft with the It was one of two letters wh i c h witness P " tt aan, in the Post-office; the others were left at the Com :leskender-in-Chiff's office, for officers on service. When wit s Went out h e put them into his pocket; he believed it was a° ' th e bellnian that h e gave it, but was sure that he gave it Ott or s the other. Was examined b e f ore th e M ag i strates , d.),(1 W illwea r th a t h e did not then say that he believed ho I, kea t or the ot h er. There are many other clerks in the "'Lae who sometimes took the letters to the Post-office. th /3 7 Mr. Boteeun Believed that on that nighthe found ~estra Pin. ast-office at Scotland-yard closed, a n d th en wen t t o th e re I.,._ Ja mes Ellerway was the postman for the . St. James's l on the evening of the 10th February ; did not know it ,' Cobb ; Minercollected receiving a letter from a gentleman pe"onPaid sipence, and that he gave him some letters • ap e e in ; believes that he received two , o not change ecoow much change he gave; he tookall the lette re i n the bag Cro tt . e ,„ • , to the mail-cart at Charing-cross. first estion td eemineu by Mr. Aenaews.—Was qu _ as to his recollection of that night about three weeks 4 t„„ ft t r ! .a rde by a Mr. Peacock of the post-office ; the latter ;'''' it down in wr iting did not know at that time that - nY perean was accu se d ; d of stealing a letter ; had a trrecollection at that tim e se f the fact of the gentle atfe gent le mangivbag witnss the let o ter ; did not know whether We e „. was en foot or horseback; the gentleman l a •_e' e aellt while Mr. Peacock was examining witness ; heir witness the letter, he (the gentleman) gave wit- Would e peen need more than was hie due, saying that the change Pike b : enough for to pay his (the gentleman's) turn who. ' l r. Peacock asked the witness if the gentleman litfl . oad given him the lett er h a d not said something about it, le h not bur npi Cle ? Should not ha ve recollected what day it was ad een reminded o f i t , and questioned about ether , lay, 4 not now swear that it was Saturday or any fro(leer Gl edwin drov e t h e snail out to the post-o ffi ce t el er C h Way aring- cross, and usually received the bag from Samuel p, w ary Hurst was openei of the bags on the 10th of 't , I : l4r Y last. Received Ellerway's bag, and found it in I.E.OPer state. Gave this to the person whose duty it f. i 'f t to put them into a basket, and to take them to the Clog table. at n Mr. Awneewe.--Was not absent from his duty on i i e ,night in February last. Could not say from whose diaaetaa he received Ellerway's bag on that night, as initesweewere j el l; of two men to hand up the bags. eI .: and Dance. Could speak of theseTfhaeitis• na mes recol "L,11; The same men do that duty constantly. Could t h ey, -'" which of them delivered the bag to him on th a t CY' There are a great number of persons employed in Co at ILl.___°eral sometimes 100 persons, each of whom would k -oesa to that room. ness I er4tra uleti by Mr. G URNEY .— m w The bag carne to wit. The bell- man h as no k ey . eotl ana Pritchard was clerk to the Post-office in that tii g r i i . ert i• There was no such letter received there on zi f il l t" ooth g and Howl e t t were the letter openers on that rs • a nd knew from the book produced that the bag was 411%1 safely by them. Peit°hert ,onWittman resident of the Inland Office at the 08.. _ Office, Was- duty even e 10th February. The ;,74er Was on duty that g. He was assistant .4l4ter to the Liverpool division. A part of his duty was . tort the he and another part that of telling up the 40unt. IL letter directed to the Isle of Man would come ht" thn Liverpool division, and into his. ands. The sort :oag occupies from five to eight o'clock. He would, while _ employed be a part of the time alone, at from 5 to about :. minutes past five, and again from 20 rainutee to six, in a few minutes past si x , and the 20 minutes before eve n . By Mr. ANbetwa---He Would be quite alone. The axing -clerk would he withi n prieaneei n hat duty, but with him back toahratti of the lerhap e h ue se venty persona in it. In t . u The room would uld e delivered at twenty mi nute , past nix envoy's bag w° I the regular course, pass through the wou ld, p 7 ' rih so e n i e e r t ' ' S ere hands at he rate of forty or fifty a ni' petted by being held up to a u l l a u rri t ;', hee'ltnnre t w h eeld he in tie prisoner ' s hands, to ascertain if they hely came to t ient, or if they were double letters. The Lie , "l o o e n n e l yin 11111 would arrive to the p r i soner ' e hand, et 'Liv e let 'Clock f roth the receiving -home—hal f -past am t six shit n. the Ay Mr. °muter —llad no doubt that the pri o er -t " ha ve had an opportunity of secreting a letter wi th_ hi being observed. LittlMere Mr. OtTANEY observed to the Court, that th e -LW"est, Charles Linden, who was most important in this ' ab 'eat• lie had been in Court, and retired tinder prey,retel"ea ef r eturning in fi ve minutes, but he kept pe r _ .1477 'way, Re wee then called ripen in recognizance, . 4 ~not appear. it to , "bit was examined, and swore that he did not know. 1,1;!4t reason he kept out of the way. saidi t 50,ittax ordered the recogonau• eea to he cstreated, and he e t the Jury to return a Verdict of Not Guilty, as P{, Li tu r l ßel for the proeecution admitted that the evidence Th Qiiwee indianensable. t t-e Prumee v wag then taken from the bar, but will be *mad on an0th___ . ..............._ e r charge of the same nature. - The fa nstb. 7 Weavers at Claytes= the neighboerhood, ... n0,„,,,,_ PAR .'" l t of about 1000, have struck for ass advance 24. est to the a mount of 6d. per yard, viz. from ed. to eni, whit l a dvance of 2d. per yard has been offered to that 247 t heY bare declined to accept, and it is expect att will be given.. Carlillft Patriot. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. On Saturday the Marquess of Hertford was introduced to his MAJESTY by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon his appointment to his mission to St. Petersburgh. It was understood that the Noble Marquess took leave of the KING. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of Clarence, Mr. Canning, Lord Farnborough, the Marquess of Anglesey, and Lord Forester. Yesterday his MAJESTY received visits from the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Glouces ter, and the Princess Sophia. The KING gave audiences to the Lord Chan- i cellor, Mr. Canning, the Duke of Leeds, and Marquess of Anglesey. Yesterday morning early a guard of honour, and an escort of Light Horse, left town for Greenwich to receive the Queen of Wurtemberg on her arrival, and to conduct her Majesty to London. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrived at their residence in the Admiralty, on Saturday, from their seat in Bushy Park. Yesterday the Duke of Sussex, the Princess Sophia, and the Duchess of Gloucester, visited the Princess Augusta. On Saturday the Duke of Clarence and the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria and Feodore, visited the Princess Augusta. The Duchess of Kent, the Princesses Vic toria and Feodore, and the household of the Royal Duchess, attended Divine Service yester day in the private chapel, at the King's Palace, at Kensington, which was performed by her Royal Highness's Chaplain. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Marquis de Palmella, the Portugue4e Minister, visited Mr. Canning yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. The Lords of the KING'S Privy Council had a meeting on Saturday, at the Council Office. Several appeals were argued before their Lord ships. Prince Lieven gave a grand entertainment on Thursday, at Asliburnham-house, Dover-street, to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. Among the distinguished persons invited to meet their Royal Highnesses, were Prince and Princess Esterhazy, Princess Carolet, the Duke of Port land, Count and Countess Woronzow, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Conyngliam, Marquis of Anglesea, Mr. and Mrs. Canning, Count Potensky, Count Medan, the Countess of Westmeath, Lord Strathaven, Miss Fitzcla rence, &c. The Duke of Clarence and the Princess Augusta visited his Majesty on Friday. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta left town on Friday morning in a chariot and four, with outriders, on a visit to the Prin cess Sophia Matilda, at her residence on Black heath. Their Royal Highnesses, after partaking of a dejeuni" with their royal relative, returned to town in the afternoon. The Princess Augusta entertained the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope, and a select party, to dinner, o n Th urs d a y, a t her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence honoured Sir Wathen Waller and the Baroness Howe with their company to dinner, on Friday, at their seat at Twickenham. Lord Bexley transacted business on Friday with Viscount Goderich. DIUD.—On the 4th inst., at his house, in Upper Wimpole-street, John Boucher, Esq. The new spectacle whi c h i s i n t en d e d to sur prise the visitors to Vauxhall, on the first even ing, is an accurate representation of the Battle of 'Waterloo, with all its horrors, which has been prepared for representation under the immediate superintendence of that very clever artist, Mr. Farley, of Covent-garden Theatre. Madame Vestriaas renewed her engagement with Covent-garden for next season at 17/. 10s. per night ! Romeo Coates is daily "strutting his hour on the stage " in one of the promenades of the Tuil leries. His chanticleer is crest-fallen. Sir C. Flower the other day, hearing of the marriage of Mr. Hooke??? to Mrs. Gill, at Wal ton, by the Rev. Mr. Fisher, asked very slily if it was Walton-on-Thames Luttrell, in reply to some one who was prais ,ng the Classical Estcourt'a Ale Licensing Bill, said he would not have ale run down except in the way it ought. Cobbett says that lie provoked Mr. Hobhouse by calling him Sancho ; Mr. H.'s friends say that he, in return, was going to discipline Mr. C. as Sancho did Dapple (his ass). LORD NORBURY.—it will be seen by an account of a trial, that the report circulated on Saturday, on the alleged authority of Peter Jackson, relative to the resignation of Lord Norbury, was not correct. The veteran Noble man was, yesterday, in the Common Pleas, ad judicating and cracking jokes, with as much credit to himself and advantage to the public, as has bee n w it nesse d i n hi s C ourt and under his auspices, within the lust five-and -twenty years. He just made one mistake, equal to that of taking the whiskey-seller for a linen-draper. The ques tion at issue was, whether a horse was living or dead. If it were manifest that the animal was either living or dead, there would be nothing to be tried. The N o bl e L or d, however, not s eeing the matter in this light, and misconceiving the drift of Counsel's arguments, said on one occa sion, " You are all, gentlemen, agreed that the horse is dead !" Upon this the gentlemen whose business it was to anew that the horse was alive, took their exceptions with no measured emphasis or animation. " Well, gentlemen," said the Noble Lord, " leave it amongst you !" The reader will sec how the thing was settled at last. W e can on l y say, that from beginning to end it was a curiosity !—Dublin Morning Register. LIBEL.—III the Secondaries' Office, Cole man-street, on Saturday, an action was brought by a widow named Porford, a wornin in humble circumstances of life, against Mr. Chapman, who is the proprietor of the Kent and Essex Mercury, to recover a compensation in damages for a libel, imputing to the plaintiff that she had sold the dead body of her husband for the purposes of dissection. The damages were laid in the declaration at two hundred pounds, and the defendant had suffered Judgment to go b y d e f ault. Mr. T. J. Wooler attended on t h e part o f t h e plaintiff; and in the c ourse of his libelspeech took a distinction betw een 3 • the public press upon humble and pri vate individuals, and those published through the same channel on persons holding rank or official situations, which th e y m i g h t expect as a sort of drawback from the advantages their emi nence affortlia them. Mr. Talfourd contended fr that the s t at e ment in question could proceed om no malicious motive, and therefore nominal damages would he sufficient to vindicate the plaintiff's character. The Jury found for the plaintiff--Damages 2001. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES Ti Guildford June 5 Manchester 6 Grimsby 7 Ascot Newton Stockbridge Buxton so Cheltenham 26 Haigh Park 27 Newcastle.upon.Tyne July 9 Bibury Ipswich a Newmarket 9 Lancaster lO Preston lO Bath and Bristol II Tenbury l2 Wells n Stamford lB Ludlow lB Winchester 24 Chelmsford. Kendal 24 Nottingham 24 Southampton Liverpool 95 Knighton 26 Bridgnorth 26 Knutsford :11 Derby 3l York August . Aug. 7 '0 COME. Newcastle (Staff.) . Aug. 7 Hereford 7 Salisbury 1 The Pottery 9 Wolverhampton l3 Huntingdon l4 Oxford Blandford l5 Stockton Burton.upon.Trent Worcester ll Taunton Rugeley 27 Bridgwater 2B Egham 2B Pontefract Aberdeen l9 Warwick Sept. 4 Lichfield Abingdon ll Northampton l2 Doncaster l7 Gloucester l7 Shrewsbury lB Tewkesbury ls Lincoln l6 Glamorganshire 26 Newmarket:lst October Oct. 1 Richmond t Newmarket l5 ...... Newmarket .,..,... CARMARTHEN RACES TUESDAY, MAY 29.—A Hunters' Stakes of 5 eovs. each, for horses not thorough bred, 12st. each ; two miles and a distance heats ; gentlemen riders. Mr. B. Davies's b. b. Pavilion, aged 1 1• Mr. Waters's b. in. Blossom, 5 yrs old Blossom gave iu after the first heat, consequently Pavi lion walked over the course. The County Stakes of 5 sovs. each, fur horses bred in Car marthenshire ; thorough-bred to carry 12 lb. extra. A Friend to the Turf, W. H. b. h. Young Marshal, 4 yrs V 1 1 Mr. Musson's b. h. Woodpecker, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Lucas's b. f. Fairy, 4 yrs • 3 3 Won easy. Mr. B. Davies's filly, Manecomb (3 yrs.) Bolted in running the first heat. WEDNUIDAY.—A Free Stakes of 5 sovs. each, for all horses ; thorough-bred to carry 121 b. extra. Heats, "two miles and a distance. Mr. B. Davies's b. c. Multum in Parvo, 3 yrs Mr. Waters's b. m. Lydia, 5 yrs Ditto's Blossom 8 2 Mr. Jones's br. h. Tripoli, aged Mr. B. Davies's b. in. Mims, aged A Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages. Mr. Jones's Tripoli Mr. Waters's Blossom The Ladies' Plate, for horses not previously trained ; gen tlemen riders. Captain Evans's Mr. Cwynne's Mr. Howell's Mr. Phillips's 2 3 3 2 4 4 In consequence of Captain Evans's horse having been previously ridden round the course, it was decided that Mr. Gwynne's and Mr. Howell's should again start, when it war won by the latter. The Ball at the Ivy Bush, on Tuesday evening, was opened by S. Gwynne, jun. Esq. and Mrs. Prickard. MANCHESTER MEETING, 1827. LORD MOLTNEUX AND HENRY BOLD lIOCNITON, ESQ. EITEITAKDS. WEDNESDAY, JUNI Brit.—The Wilton Stakes of 10 Soy.. each, with 50 sows. added, fer all ages.—Two miles and a distance. Lord Derby's b. c. Murillo, 3 yrs Sir W. Wynne's br. c. Sancredo, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br. f. Fanny Davies, 4 yrs Mr. White', br. e. Euxton, by Rinaldo, 4. yrs Mr. Clifton's b. f. Harriet, by Ardrossan, 4 yrs Mr. Mytton names b. Ir. Longwaiat, 6 yrs The Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. for three-years old colts, Bst. 31b. fillies, 84.—Twice round the course and a distance.—(s subs.) Mr. Houldaworth's b. f. Leda, sister to Palatine Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Bhurtpore, by Magistrate Lord Grosvenor's br. f. Burlesque, by Blucher Sir W. Wynne's h. f. Effie, by Catton, out of Fanina Sir W. Wynne's br. f. Brenda, by Catton, out of Banshee A Free Handicap Stakes of 30 soya. each, 10 soy.. ft. with 20 toys. added, for four-year olds. Two miles and a distance. Sir G. Pigot's b. c. Granby, by Spectre Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Don Diego, by Amadis Sir W. W. Wyna's ch. c. May-Fly, by Piscator Sir T. Stanley's ch. g. by Tireeias Mr. Johnson's b. f. Verdi, by Governor Sir J. 13yng's ch. a. Thrace, by Tramp Mr. Thompeon's ch. c. Predicter, by Soothsayer The St. Leger Stakes of 25 son. each, with 50 soya, added, for three-year old colts, B.t. 61b., fillies, Bet. 31b.— The St. Leger course—one mile and three quarters. Lord Derby's b. a. Murillo, by Magistrate Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Sabrina, by Hobgoblin, dam by ditto Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Sir Oliver—Racket Mr. Houldworth's br. e. Bhurtpore, by Magistrate Mr. Giffard'ri b. e. Billy Lackaday, by Spectre—Morgiana Mr. Johnson's ch. c. Jupiter, by Tramp—Sorcerer Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Gros de Naples, by Blucher Mr. J. Scott's b. e. Nonplus, by Catton, dam by Walton Mr. Mytton's hr. c. Lechmere, by Master Henry or entre] Mr. Clifton's b. c. Fylde, by Antonio--Fadladinida His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for four-year olds and upwards. Heats, three miles and a distance. Major Gore's b. h. Hesperus, aged Mr. Sykes's b. g. Cock Robin, 5 yrs Sir J. Byng's ch. c. Thaler, 4 yrs Mr. Clapham's br. a. Crafty, 4 yrs Mr. Clifton's b. e. Tom, by Walton, 4 yrs Mr. Richardson's br. b. Brownlock, 5 yrs Mr. Thompson's ch. a. Predictor, 4 yrs Mr. Wilkinson's b. c. John 0' Gaunt, 4 , yrs Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. The Marchioness, 4 yrs. THURBDAT.—Sweepstakei of 30 soya. each, h. ft. for two-years old colts, Bst. 51b. fillies, Rat. 21b.—Three quarters of a mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Houldswortb's ch. e. Vanish, by Phantom Mr. Giffard'e b. I. Fairy, by Tiresias Lord Grosvenor's b. a. by Blacklotk Mr. Petre's b. f. Mabby, by Whisker Mr. Leicester names b. f. by The Marshal Sweepstakes of 30 sons. each, b. ft. for three-years old fillies, Bst. 31b.—One mile and a distance. Sir W. Wyune's b. by Smolensk° Mr. Houldsworth's b. Leda, by Filho da Puta Mr. Johnson's ch. Mystery, sister to Ringlet An Elegant Silver Tureen, value 100ge., added to a Sub scription of 10 sous. each, (with 50 love. added, to be given to the owner of the second horse,) for all ages. Two miles and a distance.' The owner of the third horse to receive back his stake. Lord Derby's gr. h. Autocrat, 5 yrs Lord Derby's br. c. Necromancer, 3 yrs Sir W. Wynne's br. m. Signorina, 5 yrs Sir W. Wynne's br. g. Orthodox, 6 yrs Mr. Nowell's b. h. Longwaist, 6 yrs Mr. Deane names br. h. Brownlock, 5 yrs Mr. Hotiklsworth's hr. f. Fanny Davies, 4 yrs Mr. Johnson's b. f. Vesta, by Governor, 4 yrs Mr. Leicester names b. in. Fleur de Lis, 5 yrs Gen. Sharpe's h. h. Canteen, 6 yrs Lord Molyneux names b. h. Doctor Faustus, 5 yrs Sir T. Stenley's ch. Ir. Grenadier, 6 yrs Mr. Gleave's b. h. Miller of Mansfield, 6 yrs Mr. White'. br. a. Euxton, 4 yrs Mr. H. B. Hoghton'isames b. e. Granby, 4 yrs Mr. Sykes's b. g. Cock Robin, 5 yra Lord Grosvenor's b. g. Glead, 6 yra Mr. G. 0. Smith's names eh. c. Leviathan, 4 yrs Mr. Rushton names b. h. Sam, 5 yrs Mr. J. Smith's ch. m. Soppy, 5 yrs Mr. Thompson's ch. h. Cymbeline, 5 yrs Mr. Clifton's b. h. Brutandort, 6 yrs Mr. Clifton's ch. h. Mr. Munn, 5 yrs Mr. Mytton's br. h. Flexible, 5 yrs. A Maiden Plate of 601. for horsey, &c. that never won.— Heats, twice round the Course and a distance. Second entitled to 101. Mr. Smith's cb. c. Little-thought-of, by Cervantes, 3 yrs Mr. Rushton's b. h. Sam, by Ithadarnanthue, 5 yrs Mr. Thompson'e eh. c. Predictor, 4 yrs Mr. Harrison's b. e. My Lord, by Percy, 3 yrs Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Effie, 3 yra Mr. Houldsworth's hr. t. Bhurtpore, S yrs Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Leda, 3 yrs Mr. Giffard's b. c. Billy Lackaday, 3 yre Lord Derby's eh. c. Phoebus, by Milo, 3 yrs Mr. Wilkinson's b. c. John o' Gaunt, 4 yrs Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. The Marchioness, 4 yrs. FElDAY.—Sweepstakes of 15 saws. each, 5 soya. ft. with SO soy& added, for three and four-year L. C. Lord Derby's b. c. Murillo, by Magistrate, 3 yrs Sir W. Wynne's hr. c. Sancredo, -4, yrs Sir W. Wynne's ch. f. Lattitat, by Champion, 4. yrs Sir W. Wynne's b. a. brother to Signorina, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br..f. Fanny Davies, 4. yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br. e. Bhurtpore, 3 yr, Mr. Johnson's ch. e. Jupiter, by Tramp, 3 yrs Mr. Johnson's b. f. Vesta, by Governor, 4 yr Mr. Leicester names gr. c. Sillery, by Catton, 3 yrs Mr. White's hr. c. Luton, by Rinaldo, 4 yn A Silver Cup, value 50 Son added to a Svieepstakes of 5 soya. each, for horses, &c. not thorough-bred.—Gentle men Riders...—Two miles and a distance. Second 101. Mr. Leicester names b. m. Antiope, D yrs Mr. Parkinson's ch. c. by Walton, dam by Apollo, 4 yrs Mr. Grosvenor's gr. g. Thompson, by Buffer, aged Mr. Meynell's ch. f. Edith, by Waxlight, 3 yrs Mr. Richardson's hr. g. Methley, by Ardrossan, 4 yrs Mr. Alderson's b. c. Paul Pry, by Bigot, 3 yrs Mr. G. 0. Smith's bl. h. Sweep, by Bourbon, 5 yrs Mr. Thompson's bl. g. Oliver Snaps, by Aladdin, aged • A Plate of 1001. for all ages. Heats, twice round the Course and a distance. The second to be entitled to 101. Major Gore's b. h. Hesperus, aged Mr. Sykes's b. g. Cock Robin. 5 yrs Mr. Smith's ch. c. Little-thought-of, 3 yrs Mr. Rushton's b. h. Sam, by Rhadamanthus, 5 yrs Mr. Leicester's gr. c. Sillery, by Caton, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's ch. c. Predictor, 4 yrs Sir J. Byng's ch. c. Tholes, 4 yrs Mr. Bradshaw's ch. c. by Magistrate, 3 yrs Mr. Richardson's br. h. Brownlock, 5 yrs Mr. Clapham's hr. c. Crafty, 4 yrs Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Don Diego, 4 yrs Sir W. Wynne's hr. in. Signorina, 5 yrs Mr. Clifton's b. f. Harriet, by Ardrossan, 4 yrs Mr. Clifton's b. c. Tom, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br. f. Fanny Davies, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Bhurtpore, 3 yrs Sir G. Pigot's b. c. Granby, by Spectre, 4 yrs Mr. White's be. c. Dutton, 4 yrs Mr. Wilkinson's b. c. John o' Gaunt, 4 re Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. The Marchioness, 4. yrs Mr. Johnson's b. f. Vesta, by Governor, 4 yrs Mr. Johnson's ch. f. Mystery, by Whisker, 3 yrs A Handicap Stakes of 10 cove. each, b. ft. with 20 soya. added.—Twice round the Course and a distance. To close and name on Thursday evening. A Main of Cucks will he fought at the Pit, in Salford, between E. G. tlornhy, Esq. (Potter, feeder), and Colonel Yates (Gilliver, feeder) for lOgs. a Battle, and 200 gt. the Main. 51 Mains, 8 Byes. BRIGHTON RACES. Strenuous efforts are making to render the sports for the present year superior to what they have been for some years past. Besides his Majesty's Gold Cup, the Town gives Three Hundred Pounds, in sums of 1001. for ,the Brighton Stakes, and four Fifty Pound Plates; and; in order to prevent all the races being carried off by the crack horses, as heretofore, it has been arranged that the winners of the Plates Shall be sold under the usual con ditions—for 2001., 140/., and 900/., for the first three ; and for such sum, in the fourth, as the Stewards shall agree on. This arrangement has long been wanted. THE RING.-FIGHTS TO COME. June 4.—Harry Jones and Jam Raines, 25/. a side. Junel4.—Pick and Mike Curtain, 20/. Junel9.—Young Dutch Sam and Dick Davis, 100/. June 26.—D. Donovan and G. Thorpe, 50/. Junt..4o.—Pollard and Williams, 20/. July Se--Jern Borne and White Leaded Bob, 1001. Sept. 25.—Neal and Baldwin, 2001. Wawa AND Baoww.—Nothing has yet been done be tween these men; but on Brown's arrival in town, we think there is no doubt that the match will be made, to come off in September. THORP AND JACOBS.—A match was made between thesa men, who axe both Billingsgate Coves, and hare quarrelled about one of the fair Pocsardqs at the water side, at Josh Hudson's in Leadenhall-market, on Friday night, for ¶5/. a-side. They are to fight on the first Tuesday in July---51. a-side down. Thorpe is backed by 'Squire Lowden, of Crabshell-hall. MIKE CURTAIN AND P1CK....-.Then OHO ale matched to fight on the 14th of June (Ascet Heath Riees.) The whole of the money, 40 sovereigns, will be made good at Peter Crawley's, the Queen's Head and French Horn, Duke-street, Smithfield, on Thursday next. RAINES AND JONES.—The final deposits for this renewed match were made goad on Monday evening, at the Meek lenburgh Arms, James-street, Manchester-square, and the toss for choice of ground was won by Raines. The fight will take place within eighteen miles of London. Both men are well, and betting is even—Jones for choice. Raines is training on the Edgware-road, and Jones arrived in town yesterday, from the neighbourhood of Cambridge. The fight will take place to-morrow, to the north-west of the Metropolis. R. Stms AND H. BALL.—A match was made on Wed nesday, at the Black Jack, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's- Inn-fields, between R. Sims, a carcase-butcher, and H. Ball, a horse-dealer, to tight for 10/. a-side, on Wednesday, 20th of June ; Li. are deposited in the hands of Mr. Brydges, and the remainder to be made good the day of fighting. The party failing to forfeit. JOHN HOGOARTY AND JOHN JKNNINGS..—A match was made between these men on Tuesday evening, at the Golden Lion, Goodman's-yard, Minories, to fight for 25/. a-side, within a month from that day (a very indefinite sort of agreement), - and within twenty miles of London. A second deposit to be made at the same house, on Tuesday evening. The committee appointed to conduct the ap plication to Parliament for the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, after a conference with Lord Holland, Lord King, Lord Milton, and a number of other Peers and Commoners, have come to the unanimous resoluti on , " That it is the opinion of all the Parliamentary friends lof this measure, and of this Committee, that every effort should be made to obtain as many petitions as possible during the present session of Parliament, praying for the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ; and a circular re commending this course has been addressed by the Committee to the Ministers in London, and the country congregations. To facilitate the transmission of the petitions, it may be proper to intimate, that by the 54th Geo. 111., cap. 169, it is enacted, " That it shall be lawful for every Member of either House of Parliament to receive by post, any petition addressed to either House of Parliament free from the duty of postage, so as the same be sent in a cover, open at the sides, and that the same shall not exceed the weight of six ounces." On Saturday an inquest was held at the King's Bench prison, on the young man, Henry Hewes, who threw himself out of one of the windows in the inside of the prison. The evidence which was given corroborated the statement given in Saturday's Papers, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Insanity. The Jury said, that a medical gentleman ought to be engaged to reside within the walls, and resolved to petition the Secretary of State upon the subject. CRUEL AND DELIBERATE ROBBERY AND iloanna.—About half-past nine o'clock on the night of yesterday week, a robbery and murder was committed, at a place called Gresvc, in the township of Wadsworth, about. four miles front Heptonstall, and about one mile from the road leading from Heptonstall to Colne. The name of the person murdered is James Shackleton, upwards of seventy years of age, and whose finnily consisted of himself, a brother, and sister, all advanced in years, and unmarried. Six men approached the house, four entered, and two re mained at the door. They made inquiry respecting a cow, He told them be thought it rather an untimely hour for • that business; they then immediately told him the pur pose of their coining was to demand his money, and threatened to kill hint if he (lid not find them all be had ; and he, therefore, to save his life, found three purses, one ntaining sovereigns, another silver, and another copper. They demanded more money, and said he had that day sold a cow, to which he answered he had, tint that he had not received the money for her, and told them he had given them every penny that he posses:A. They then took two hams, and stripped the creel of the bread which it con tained, and withdrew. Shackleton went to the window to see the direction they took ; when they observed hi►n, returned, and taking down his gun which was loaded, threatened to kill him. Ile begged that they would spare hie life, adding that be was not prepared to die, but the inhuman wretches, deaf to all he could say, put Rue ramie of the gun to hie back, and shot him, not indeed dead upon the spot, but he lived only a very short time afterwards. They took the gun and also a pistol away with them. Shackle ton's brother, was from home at the time, and his sister was in bed, being unwell. A poor old carpenter, who had been working fur the family during the day, was sitting up with the unfortunate old gentleman at the time, and was most cruelly beat by the murderers, with the intention, as is supposed, of breaking his legs. A Coroner's Jury held an inquest over the body on Tuesday, when the follow ing verdict was returned Wilful and malicious murder, by some person or persons unknown."—On that day a person was taken into custody on suspicion of being con cerned in the murder ; but, after undergoing a strict exami, nation before the Jury he was discharged. Nothing has yet transpired which may lead to a discovery of the real perpetrators of this brutal murder, who will, we trust, eventually meet with enndivn rpm. Pimp, LIES OF ME DAY. Some Clergymen in a midland county have presented a petition to Mr. Peel, requesting him not to endanger, by travelling in foreign countries, a life so valuable to Church and State. It is said that the Right Hon. Gentle man was much flattered by such an indisputable proof of the nation's gratitude. Sir Thomas Lethbridge has been appointed Editor of the Centinel, of which the Marquis of Londonderry is said to be the Proprietor. Insurances have been effected at Lloyd's on the existence of the Standard during the current year, at 25 per cent. A certain Learned Lord has lately found leisure to go to Church, and is said to have behaved with great violence when surprised into repeating that part of the Creed where a belief is expressed in the Holy Catholic Church. It was afterwards satisfactorily explained to his Lordship that it did not mean the Roman Catholic Church. CAUSES OF DRUNKENNESS. There are some persons who will never be drunkards, and others who will be so in spite of all that can be done to prevent them. Some are drunkards by choice, and others by necessity. —The former have an innate and constitu tional fondness for liquor, and drink con amore. Such men are usually of a sanguineous tempera ment, and of course unintellectual minds, and of low and animal propensities. They have, in general, a certain rigidity of fibre, and a flow of animal spirits which other people are without.— They delight in the roar and riot of drinking clubs; and with them, in particular, all the miseries of life may be referred to the bottle. The drunkard by necessity was never meant by nature to be dissipated. He is perhaps a person of amiable dispositions, whom misfor tune has overtaken, and who, instead of bear ing up manfully against it, endeavours to drown his sorrows in liquor. It is an excess of sensi bility, a partial mental weakness, an absolute misery of the heart, which drives him on.— Drunkenness, with him, is a consequence of misfortune ; it is a solitary dissipation preying upon him in silence. Such a man frequently dies broken-hearted, even before his excesses have had time to destroy him by their own un assisted agency. Women frequently acquire the vice by drink ing porter and ale while nursing. These sti mulants are usually recommended to them from well meant but mistaken motives, by their female attendants. Many fine young women are ruined by this detestable practice. Their persons be come gross, their milk unhealthy, and a founda tion is too often laid for future indulgence in liquor. Men of genius are often unfortunately ad dicted to drinking. Nature, as she has gifted them with greater powers than their fellows, seems also to have mingled with their cup of life more bitterness. There is a melancholy which is apt to come like a cloud over the imagina tions of such characters. Their minds pOSSCSB a susceptibility and a delicacy of structure which unfit them for the gross atmosphere of human nature ; wherefore, high talent has ever been distinguished for sadnsss and gloom. To relieve these feelings, many plans have been adopted. Dr. Johnson fled for years to wine under his habitual gloom. He found that the pangs were removed while its immediate in fluence lasted, but he also found that they re turned with double force when that influence passed away. He saw the dangerous precipice on which he stood, and, by an unusual effort of volition, gave it over. In its stead he substi tuted tea ; and to this milder stimulus had re course in his melancholy. Voltaire and Fonte none, for the same purpose, used coffee. The excitements of Newton and Hobbes were the fumes of tobacco, while Demosthenes and Haller were sufficiently stimulated by drinking freely of cold water. Such are the differences of con stitution. THE BODY LESS SENSIBLE TO EXTERNAL STIMULI DURING A PAROXYSM OF DRUN KENNESS.—Seamen, when absent on shore, are prone to get intoxicated ; and they will fre quently lie for hours on the highway, even in the depth of winter, without any bad conse quences. A drunken man seldom shivers from cold. His frame seems steeled against it, and he holds out with an apathy which is astonish ing. The body is, in like manner, insensible to injuries, such as cuts, bruises, &c. He frequently receives, in fighting, the most severe blows without seemingly feeling them, and without, in fact, being aware of the matter till sobered. Per sons in intoxication have been known to chop off their fingers, and otherwise disfigure them selves, laughing all the while at the action. But when the paroxysm is off, and the frame weak ened, things are changed. External agents are then withstood with little vigour, with even less than in the natural state of the body. The per son shivers on the slightest chill, and is more than usually subject to fevers and all sorts of contagion. THE NATURAL DISPOSITION BETTER DIS COVERED IN DRUNEENNESS._In modern so ciety, life is all a disguise. Every man walks in masquerade, and his most intimate friend very often does not know his real character. Many wear smiles constantly upon their cheeks whose hearts are unprincipled and treacherous. Many with violent tempers have all the external calm and softness of charity itself. Some speak always with sympathy, who, at soul, are full of gall and bitterness. Intoxication tears off' the veil, and sets each in its true light, whatever that may be. The combative man will quarrel, the sensualist will love, the detractor will abuse his neighbour. I have known exceptions, but they are few in number. At one time they seemed more numerous, but closer observation convinced me that most of those whom I thought drunken ness had libelled, inherited, at bottom, the ge nuine dispositions whi c h it b roug ht forth. DARING OUTRAGE, AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.—About the hour of ten o'clock on Wednesday night, twelve or fourteen persons called at the house of Mr. Norman, an eminent carpenter and builder, in Townsend-street, one of whom having knocked at the door, it was opened by Mr. Norm a n, who was dragged out and dreadfully beaten by the ruffians outside, who inflicted four severe cuts on his head, so that lie now lies dangerously ill. The cause assigned for this brutal outrage was his having employed some men who did not come within the description of persons whom those censorial inquisitors consi der as exclusively entitled to employment, and whom they designated by well known appella tion of cozdts. A person named John M'Lean, is now in custody, and examination be fore the Magistrates of. College-steet Police office, being found in the street immediately after the outrage, under very suspicious circumstances. —We have also been informed that, just previons to the committal of the above atrocious outrage, a poor man, by trade a sawyer, was attacked in Great Brunswick-street, and inhumanly beaten, by a number of fellows, nrobablv the RAM! Pfflllff FrPP >l4 MI% SPIRIT OP THB PUBLIC JOURNALS. The opponents of the new Ministry have in both Houses been slowly but deoidedly letting themselves down from the lofty perch on which they had mounted, and swallowing the large pre tensions which they had exhibited while yet , the question seemed in equipoise whether Mr. Can ning would or would not be reinforced by the Site of the Whigs—the double aristocracy of eminent station and high intellectual power. Mr. Beaumont first withdrew from the contest in the House of Commons : Lord Winchelsea, in the House of Lords, has now followed his example. On Friday night that Noble Lord gave a distinct notice of his determination to abandon a motion which he had originally de signed as a test of the . professions and character of Mr. Canning's Ministry—a motion assuming certain differences of opinion between those Members of the old Cabinet who constitute a part of the present and their Whig associates, and founding on that assumption a vote that the Ministry so composed was not entitled to the public confidence. The Noble Lord, in deli vering himself of this notice, was less explicit than might have been wished, though not les* so than might well have been expected, as to the motives which weighed with him to forego the intended victory over the coalition Ministers, who, at first, we were told, would never achieve the Government, and who are now declared, in terms equally positive, to be quite incapable of retaining it. Lord Winchelsea, it is true, insi nuated that the disunion as to principles with which he had originally charged the two branches of the Cabinet, might be presumed to exist no longer, and must have arisen from some conces sion of opinion on either side ; adding, that instead of his undertaking, as at first, to bring the prin bAusdinmeisnsisotrfaN6ouy 011 to trial, it had now Lords themselves own character, and that they themselves of some ,!1 pportunity Ifotbeiooiaueprn that te. f opa t I ru i theae purpose, their avail ro ,bore the prorogation of Par the secret history of all this " playing fast and loose," is nothing more than: the gradual evaporation of the hope which was entertained a few weeks ago, that by embarra^s ing motions, mixed up or alternated with inqui sitive and taunting speeches, the embryo Minis try might be extinguished in the womb. The motion of the Noble Lord, like that of Lord Mansfield, was to be a trial of strength rather than of principles and now that nothing can be effected in the way of serious injury, the attempt is given up, lest it might expose the weakness of the assailants. However, Lord Lansdown did promptly and manfully take up the challenge which was indirectly offered to him ; and, in a few emphatic sentences, put an end to all the gratuitous and factious accusations of a change of sentiment with which lie and his friends had I been tormented. The Noble Marquis declared, in unequivocal terms, " in the face of the House and of the country, that no one opinion which he had ever entertained upon any subject had been withdrawn or compromised, as affording a ground for that connexion which upon the grounds of public principle and honour, and upon the grounds of public principle and honour only, he had thought it to be his public duty to form." On this assurance we sincerely trust that the nation at large will be justified in relying, not merely as to what concerns the consistency and honour of the noble Marquis and his immedi ate friends, (among whom Lord Carlisle confirmed, on his own behalf, the solemn declarations Of Lord Lansdown), in acceding to Mr. Can ning's Government, but—what is of more direct and vital importance to the country—that the principles which are so honourable to those who entertain them will be exemplified and enforced for the practical benefit of the people of England who are affected by them ; that whatever is most liberal and noble in foreign policy,—whatever most con scientious, upright, and provident, in the application and mangement of the national resources at home, — will be at all times, and under all circumstances, sup ported by his Majesty's present Cabinet, composed as it is, in some part as to numbers, and still more as to personal influence and reputation, by the Noble Lords and their Whig friends, who have thus held forth a solemn pledge to the community. If a reso lute and unbending economy do not mark systema tically the course of this Administration, we shall with as little delay or scruple, exert ourselves to procure for it a disgraceful overthrow, as we have, in the hope of better things for the empire, joined heartily in smoothing and facilitating its path to power. Lord Bathurst, on the same night, com municated to the House the intention which he professed to have entertained while in office, of es tablishing some new tribunal, which should be in strumental to a better administration ofjustice in the West Indies. This project, his Lordship intimated, was to be a consequence of the reports which have been presented to the Colonial Office from the Commission for inquiring into that important but delicate question, as affecting the rights and habits of our West India colonists, and the judicial treat ment of the blacks. We h ave already on more than one occasion inserted extracts from the reports of the above Commission, at the head of which is Mr. Dwarris ; and we have done no more than justice in commending the diligence and impartial spirit which appear to have governed that Learned Gentleman and his colleague, in the course of their long-continued investigations.— Times. It will be recollected that we mentioned some time ago, that England, Russia, and France, having agreed to take active measures, founded upon the resolutions of the Protocol of April, 1826, and to carry effectually those measures into execution, most precise instructions had been forwarded to the Ambassadors of those three Powers at Constantinople, to urge again the necessity for the Ottoman Porte to treat with Greece as an independent State, possessing its own laws and governors, although still sub jected to a nominal tribute. We stated also at the time, that in the event of t hose remonstrance, on the part of Russia, France, and England, backed by those of Austria and Prussia, being again rejected by the Divan, the five Ambassa dors were to leave Constantinople, and declare, on leaving it, that the Commanders of the fleets belonging to their Governments would be in stantly ordered to take measures to intercept any communication between the Turks and the Greeks, and thereby shelter the latter from any new act of hostility. That, moreover, the in dependence of Greece would be forthwith pro claimed, and commercial agents, or consuls, ap pointed in its principal ports by the great Euro pean Powers.—According to our last advises from Constantinople, the Ambassadors of Eng land, Russia, and France, after repeatedly iirging the necessity of an amicabl e an d imme diate arrangement with the Greeks, had at. first in va i n applied for a written answer to their several applications,. but, upon being still more pressed, the Reis-Effendi promised, that, as soon as the Ramazan should be over, an answer in writ ing should be given. This answer is hourly ex pected, and should it prove unfavourable, No again repeat the assurance, that the measures above alluded to—let, the interposition of the European sects; 2d, the independence of Greece proclaimed ; 3d, the appointment of consuls, will forthwith be