The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-20 00:00:00

lON. ged 21, m trans- ;dom. person convict- e. The !d to be taut wit- iositively new him doubt of id called known lan three a good how the g.uilty. tally in of Ste- Leonard, stealing )f boots, articles. .osecutor Devon on the up stairs what it in her other lir- are you He at ; the, d out.— p thief," did not custody. n by the he prose le watch- prisoner o mercy, r ALTORAIi.) ood eapi pest, for by throw 29th of Al wound i she in- bid not know whethei it was before he missed the watch that he gave the woman any thing. By the COURT—Left Watson at about seven o'clock. .Did not know whether he had it when he went into the woman's company. Went to Lam- Beth-street and gave information. James Lee, an officer of .Lambeth-street, received information, and searched the prisoner's house on the 29th of August. Edwards, another officer, assisted in searching No. 12, Bell-alley, Spitalfields. The prisoner was there. One party secured her, and another went up stairs. In the front bed-room they found a false floor, which they took up, and saw the watch identified by Mr. Ridley, lying with the face up wards. Other articles of plate were there. Prisoner said then that she did not know any thing of them. Prisoner's son, and a servant were there, and were taken before a Magistrate, who discharged them. John Limbrick, an officer of Hatton-garden, told her that he had a warrant to search for bad - money. He found some. Witness related the _finding the same as last witness, and stated that she said. to Mitchell, another officer, that the house belonged to her. Mitchell deposed to the same fact, and added, that she said she usually slept in that room. Mr. Barrett, the clerk of Newgate, proved that Isaac Solon - ions (otherwise Ikey) had escaped with but a discharge on the 25th of May. Mr. ADOLPHus here had a part of the prisoner's affidavit (made for the purpose of getting the trial Postponed three days since) read, to prove that- by the date the property could not have been there with th e knowledge- of her husband, he having _escaped before the watch was lost, that affidavit stating that be was in North AMerica. • St. Luke, rt, James g between sittin g in y the pri the same Elizabeth linking in mier lived oeth Davis l spending )t s a y that if Davis me: Ridley identified the watch ; he had had it for 13 years. The prisoner, who seemed much agitated,: and was 'allowed a seat during the trial, said nothing in defence. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, t►nd the Jury, after -a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then arraigned on another in dictment, for receiving a watch stolen from the shop of Robert Beauchamp, a pawnbroker, in High Holborn. Robert Beauchamp stated, that his shop was broken open on the 23d of December; received some information of a watch at Hatton-Garden; knew - the watch directly he saw it. John Griffin was with Henry Hithe in the employ of M r •. Beauchamp, and had not sold the watch to any body. Fogg, the officer, stated, that in the search he found the watch in a bureau, which the prisoner said that they might search, as the whole of th e p r operty belonged to her; she had packed it lip to send to her husband; she unlocked the drawers herself. or thro w Mr. Beauchamp was called, and identified the watch as his property. By Mr. BRoDERICK_If the watch had been sold Witness would have known that fact by his book ; kneW the watch, which was a gold one, because he had had it about three years by him, as it was one he would not recommend to a lady, but would not have objected to have sold it to a gentleman.—(A laugh.) ►Mr. ADOLPHUS stated that that was his case: Mr. BRODERICK here submitted that there was no case to go to the Jury, as the prisoner was indicted under the new Act, which only came into force on the Ist of July, and his Learned Brother had not produced any - evidence to show that the property was received after that date. Mr. ADOLPHUS contended, that if it was not shown-to the contrary, the possession of the pro perty, if proved at any time after the Act had passed, was the same as if it had just passed from one guilty nand to another. The COURT considered the objection fatal," and Jury consequently found the prisoner, " Not Onilty." Another indictment was" preferred, but the same objection applied to that, and the prisoner was taken ll‘vay in a state of apparent exhaustion. • •. ROBBERY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Joshua Cross and George Collins were indicted for stealing 112 lbs. of solder, from the New Buckingham Palace. They,were observed to - have a bulk under their clothes, and were followed into a plumber's shop, where they stated that they had found it near the Regent's Park, and were out of employ. One of the prisoners had been labourer to the plumber's f oreman at the Palace, who has absconded since his (Prisoner's) apprehension. Through the foreman's I ssistance, they could alone have had access to the load and solder. Both the prisoners received an excellent cha l'aeter from their boyhood. The COMMON. SERGEANT .summed up the evi dence, and the Jury found the prisoners both qujlty." the prisoner her clothes e would cut risoner and .?en the man who live(' ;ed up ; saW g in a house she left the replied, wit- I killed de come home, was there. up the evi of Guilty Dlornons) vas silver watch, dley, with the )secution, and eared for 00 ), was robbed did not knout prisoner. C LERKENWELL GENERAL PHILAN• ;x- - Was not ;t it in White k in the even .was there i" med Watson ; r he left Mr' , ek ; went to sure that b e h ; would o°. t ey ; she sa la ave her ; b ut 4: the watc h ; THROPIC SOCIETY. U n Monday evening last, a highly respectable numb ingand laudable er of the friends and directors of the above Institution, ai)o for the relief of the manufactur- Tavern, ~... labouring poor, met to sup at the Crown Green-- CHARLES Green— After the cloth was KERIN, Esq. in the Chair. Chairman rose to was removed and grace said, the prop ose the King's health,—drank with much applause. The next toast was that of the Duke of Sussex, an individual who claimed„riv,.,_virtue and respect due to rank, combined with private : ii i.e o w e a 3 s cel the de o d bj e v c i ond e and public worth; the illustrious c, upon t, t everyo give oc his casion where benevolence name and money as their patron and support.— Drank with marked approbation: The third toast was " Prosperity to the Clerken well Ge n er a l Philanthropic Society; The CHAIRMAN stated that social meetings w ere attended with many advantages, they were means of introducing man to man, of formingQl the friend ships which had not hitherto existed, and of confirmi n g friendships w hi c h m i g h t b e fore have been hut slightly ng formed.' Society would be valuable had it nothing more than this to enhance it; but when persons asso ciate for the of relieving purposethrof considering the best means fellow -creatures, of mitigating their sufferings, of - - rescuing them from that abyss of misery to which a reverseing ortune has.made the most affluent liable, then indeed f society became truly valuable, truly rational, andf our on occasions like t s the present, the v e ry noble called into a c ti on . The e v i l sto feelings which were called yeerre. • sons in temporary distress were exposed sug gested themselves some years ago to a few individuals in this district as a proper occa sion to form a Society to relieve operations we re ori ginally intended eve to apply Wants ; its to the district when it commenced, bu only to encou ragement w hich it met with enabled . thet the Directors to extend their aid through a circle , of six miles in dia meter. The benevolent Chairman e related 1' several instanc es which came within his here of persons who , from the little ca p ital given themled knowledge this Institution, were earnin g a com p etent livelihood. " Prosperity to the Clerkenwell General Philan thropic Society," was then drunk with the loudest mark of approbation. Several excellent songs were sun g in the course of the evening, and upon the Chairman's health being proposed by Mr. Wooler, that gentleman, in a neat and excellent speech, (freed from every party spirit) took occasion to point out the advantages which must necessarily re sult from similar societies. The most perfect good humour and harmony per vaded the evening's amusement, and it is almost un necessary to add, that the landlord (Mr. Sheppard) provided the party with every requis i t e for the oc casion in hi s accustomed style. _ Professor Molbech, First Secretary to the Royal Libraty of Copenhagen, intends publishing by sub scription the oldest Danish Translation of the principal that he did ' Parts of the Historical Books of the Old Testament, from ad it at seven g a.„l. S. of the fifteen th cent u r y , in the Librar y of Tholl,-- es his watchE c'oreign Quarterly Review.; HIS ARENE HIGHNESS SIR GREGOR III 4 GREGOR AGAIN. The following is the letter of his Serene High ness to the Editor of a Morning Paper : SIR,—I have to request your insertion of this letter, in explanation of the false statements of some of the Morning Papers of to-day, under the head of " Bow-street," in which is mentioned (and I under stand in very exaggerated terms), the application made, without oath, of a woman, calling herself Catharine Mahon, charging me with having received from her, about eight years ago, a box, containing principally dollars to the amount of 250/. at least? Being entirely ignorant of such a claim, or of such a person, and being incapable of such a transaction, you may judge my surprise and feeling on reading it. In the hurry of the moment I despatched a hasty note to the Courier, which, I sin glad to find, was received in time for insertion in this evening's paper. On further consideration I find that the statement is so contradictory in itself, that any thinking mind would not give the slightest credence to it ; although in the statement, there are introduced certain inci dents connected with South America, which have been artfully perverted to give the appearance of truth - to her story ; and besides, the statement is worded in language, and with the introduction of circumstances calculated to excite pity for her, and (if the same could be true), deservedly prejudicial towards me. It was my intention this morning to have made an affidavit in total denial of the charges against me; but I have since been advised that the Magistrates object to administer the•oatlis on explanatory affi davits; and I now do not think it at all necessary to make one. I assure you that I never had any knowledge of such a person as Catharine Mahon, or her husband, and that I never received from any 'person whom soever any box or deposit of the kind mentioned by her. I never could have borrowed from her two guineas (a coin not current in South America), our relative situations—in that county, at least—ten dering such a transaction preposterous. I know of no place in South America of the name of " Barra Cantara Vittoria," and I totally deny having ever been guilty of the conduct imputed to me by her, as stated in the papers. This disavowal I trust is sufficient. I must complain of the continual unfounded or exaggerated paragraphs and allusions that have ap peared almost. daily in Many of the newspapers, from which •I have materially suffered, and more particularly so, as my friends have thereby been deterred from entering into recognisances for me, through a just fear of unnecessary publicity. My friends, as well as myself; look upon the be fore-mentioned statement in this morning's papers (which I have ascertained is much more than trans pired at Bow-streeti) as the effect of malice, and tending at thiS particular moment to intimidate the persons of whom I have given notice from coming forward as my bail. I have ascertained most satis factorily, that Sir Richard Birnie did not use the offensive expressions towards me asserted in some of the morning papers. It is a fact, that the woman has never made any application to me, neither has she called,•as I am informed, at the office in Threadneedle-street, as directed by Sir Richard Birnie. Diligent inquiries are now making after this woman, and I am deter mined fully to ascertain the origin of this malevolent conspimcyagainst me. I am Sir, your humble servant, GREGOR AIACGREGOR. Sept. 19, ten o'clock p. m. A short time since one stalk of beans was plucked iNie Isle of Purbeck, which contained no less th 273 beans. Last week, a tradesman of Louth, at two shots, with a single ball each time, out of seven birds, shot six of them. DARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, as a gentleman, on his way to the City, was passing through the posts by Battle Bridge Turnpike, he was surrounded by a gang of young fellows, and robbed of his pocket book, containing a considerable sum in notes, besides a number of memoranda. MAD DoG.-,-011 Tuesday evening, about half-past six o'clock, a dog in a rabid state was seen running along the City-road, in a direction towards Finsbury-square, fbaniing at the mouth in a shocking manner, followed by some labour ing men, armed with sticks, stones, &c. After a chase of about half a mile, its pursuers suc ceeded destroying it just before it reached the turnpike, but . not before it had bitten a fine child, about five years old, in a, dreadful manner. The little sufferer was taken home to its parents, who reside in the neighbourhood, and medical assist , ance sent for. To-morrow being St. Matthew's-day, according to annual custom, the Lore! Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, Will attend Divine Service at Christ Church, Newgate• street. After a sermon by the Rev.HenryJust A lt, M.A .formerly of Pembroke hall, Cambridge, they will adjourn to the Gram mar-school of Christ's Hospital, where two ora tions will be delivered—in Latin, by Robert James Doling ; and in English, by Robert John Tennant, the two senior scholars of the Gram mar-school. Professor Seyffarth, of Leipsic, who is now at ( Naples, deciphered , during his three months' an eat number of Egyptian stay at Rome,, ' anti quities, found in the Vatican , the Capitol , the Propaganda, and the Villa Alban' Besides the thirteen Roman Obelisks, he examined the sta tues and papyri in Rome. The latter are chiefly historical, and relate to the History of Egypt, from Meno down to the Romans. Professbr Seyffarth found the Old and New Testaments in the Sesitic Dialect, the Pentateuch in the Mem phitic dialect, the Acts of the Council of Nice in Coptic, together with a Mexican MS. in Hieroglyphi cs , with the Mexican Zodiac, thus leaving no l onger any dou b t as to t h e connec ti on of Mexico with Egypt in ancient times, and con firming the harmony of their mythological sys tems.—Foreign Quarterly Review. COAST BL OCKADE.-On Saturday night, the Bth instant, Lieutenant Thomas Baker, who has lately been appointed to the Pioneer schooner, stationed in the East Swale, near the entrance of Feversham Creek (for the prevention of smuggling) nearly lost his life in saving one of the men under his command. On the night iu question Lieutenant Baker was on duty in his galley rowing guard, when on boarding a vessel one of hiS men accidentally fell overboard, and on the - Lieutenant learning the man could not swim, he instantly leaped out of the boat after him, having at the time his boat cloak on and other incumbraxces, and succeeded in gettin g hold of the man and keeping him above water until he was again got into the boat, but not until they were reduced to a very exhausted state (the wind blowing hard and a very heavy tide and swell going at the time). They were both taken on board the Pioneer, when the man soon after wards recovered, but we lament to state, the un daunted humane Lieutenant has been confined to his bed ever since by severe cold and fever, occasioned by his exertions thus used in saving the life of a fellow-creature, and he still remains in a very precarious state , Kentish Gazette. SPORTING INTTLLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING, 1827. DONCASTER, TUESDAY NIGHT. The attendance a tthe new betting-rooms was so great last night, that, large as they are, .it was found almost impos sible to accommodate all : Noble Lords were compelled to stand upon the tables and chairs ; the passages were choked up, and all was noise and confusion. Of course nothing was talked of but the St. Leger ; betting was very anima ted, without being so heavy as we have heard at former meetings, which may be attributed, perhaps, to the pre sumed certainty of one of the first two favourites winning the stakes. The business ' did not close till near two o'clock, when the odds had settled thus :- 21 to 1 agst Mameluke (offered), 4 to 1 agst Granby (taken), 13 to 1 agst Matilda (ditto), 17 to 1 agst Luna ria (ditto), 25 to 1 asst Byram (ditto), 25 to 1 agst Popsy (ditto), 25 to 1 agst Reviewer (no takers), 25 to 1 agst Kit-cat (ditto), 30 to 1 agst each of the following :—Ni valis, Medoro, Sancho, and Translation. The business of the night suffered a singular interrup tion when it was at its height. A fellow, thinking that in such speculative times, at such a speculative place, and in such speculative company, speculation of some sort or other, not warranted by law, must be going on, had given notice to some Magistrate that he should be on the look out ; and had, we are informed, armed himself with the authority of a warrant. He happened, however, to select his time very indiscreetly, for nothing but 'legitimate gambling was going on when he went upon watch. He had sneaked into some of the rooms of the establishment, and was on his retitrn from an ineffectual search when lie was discovered, and his friendly intentions being imme diately scented, lie was greeted with a " View halloo," ,and compelled to run the gauntlet of .kicking through the whole company, the punishment being given with a gusto which must have been More relishable to the givers than the receiver. The new rooms were again crowded this morning at an early hour. Betting opened as.above, and continued to lerably brisk till the race-time commenced ; the place then very speedily relapsed into its natural quiet, and by one o'clock the streets were as free from passengers as a wilder ness. The weather, till about 12 o'clock; had been any thing but favourable, it having rained bard all the morn ing : at this time, however, it ceased, but was still gloomy and windy, nor was there any favourable change till a late hour in the afternoon. The weather had no effect in keeping back the people ; for long before the races they had settled themselves on the course, anxious for the two-year old race (which is always run first, in order that the Leger hOrses and jockies may have more time for pre paration), that they might have their anxiety relieved on the St. Leger. By two o'clock the grand stand presented one solid mass—all that ingenuity or perseverance could effect being crammed into it, and its appearance at this time was very imposing, the number of elegantly dressed ladies present making it still more magnificent. The various minor stands filled with spectators—the immense crowds wb ich lined the course on both sides—the number of splen did equipages, and the many other incidentals of a race course, gave to the whole a brilliancy of effect which no other course in the world can produce.' To dwell upon the hopes and fears which agitated those interested in the race up to the time of starting,—to describe the extraordi= nary degree of excitement occasioned by the unusual number of false starts,, or to. ve the most reinotek idea of 'the dismay that followed the actual race, would be a task which we willingly leave to others, freely confessing our inability to do justice to it. We shall merely observe, that in the many Legers which it has been our fortune to witness, the opposite emotions of hope, fear joy, and disappointment, were never more strongly developed. We have before said that the company was immense ; we do not think, however, that it was greater than on some former occasions ; indeed some think that it fell rather short of one or two past meetings. The show of nobility and fashionables did not evince any falling off, Previous to saddling for the St. Leger, and when all the jockies (twenty-six) -were assembled, and had answered to their names, they Were addressed by Mr. Lockwood, who requested, that when they had mounted they would form a line, parade to the grand stand, and then return to- the starting-post; he would give the customary signal, (a waive of the hand, and " go,") for starting ; and if it should happen to be a false start, they would see a flag flying in the cross-roads, while its non-appearance would show that start was good. In obedience to these instructions, the. whole lot paraded to the stand, but whether it was from the imperfect manner in which the line was kept, or the gloomy state of the weather, the display was not by any means so effective as we had expected. They then went to the post ; but here great difficulty was experienced in getting the horses well together, and some time was lost before they went off. The first .three starts were false; in the fourth Mameluke turned restive, kicked, and plunged, so that Chifney could not get him along ; the fifth was also bad, several of the horses going as far as the cross-roads before the flag stopped their progress ; another and another followed ; and it was not till the eighth time that they went off in earnest. It was then four o'clock, and the sun just :then dispersing the clouds which lowered over the course the rest of the day. The race came off as follows :- 1 The Great St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three yr-old colts, Sst. 61b. fillies, Sst. 31b. St. Leger Course. (90 Subs.) Hon. E. Petre's b f Matilda, by Comm 1 Mr. Gully's b c Mameluke, by Partisan Major Yarburgh's b c Laurel, by Blacklock These were the only three placed, but the following also started Mr. Johnson's eh c Jupiter, by Tramp Lord Kelburne's b c Reviewer, by Abjer Lord Scarborough's hr c by. Comus--11Yram's dam Duke of Leeds's gr c Moonshine, by Grey Middleham b f Lunaria, by Whisker Mr. Riddell's,ch c Hartpury, by Abjer Mr. Darnell's b f Nivalis, by Blacklock Mr. Petre's ch c Granby, by Cannon Ball—Shoehorn Lord Fitzwilliam's b c Medoro, by Cervantes Lord Milton's Kit Cat, by Catton----Kitten Sir J. Byng's ch c Pedlar, by Tramp—Gadabout Sir W. M. Milner's ch c Malek, by Blacklock • Mr. Russell's ch f Emma, by Whisker—Gibside Fairy Mr. Crompton's br c Sancho Panza, by Cervantes b c Burlador, by Cervantes Mr. W. Fox's b c by Cardinal Wolsey Lorfi Kennedy's br c by Smolensko—Olivera Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b c Popsy, by Blacklock Mr. Hopkinson's ch c Geloni, by Hazard Lord .Clarendon's b c by Partisan—Antiope Mr. Forth's ch c Spondee, by Interpreter—Metre b f Translation, by Interpreter Mr. Clifton's b c Fylde, by Antonio—Fadladinida The betting before starting did not materially alter the odds, but when Mameluke began his pranks in the false starts, his backers became alarmed, and were averse to backing him ; the odds were-5 to 2 agst Mameluke, 4 to 1 agst Granby (taken), 8 to 1 agst Matilda, 20 to I agst Popsy (taken freely), 25 to 1 agst Malek, 25 to 1 agst Reviewer, SO to 1 agst Lord Scarborough's. High odds agst any other. ' But Mameluke changed places with Granby just before the last start, and found no backers at 4 to 1. At the eighth trial they went off, but in the most irre gular manner we ever before witnessed. Matilda took the h ea d, closely followed by Translation, and the rest at least 60 yards behind. Those two rattled away for about a m il e , Translation having • at one time headed, but being beat off at that distance: in the mean time Pedler, Kit cat, Laurel, Mameluke, and Granby were gaining ground every stride, Atameluke in particular, who at starting was nearly the last ; in coming up the bill he gradually erept forward, passed the others one by one, at the Red-house, was close on the mare's quarters, and at the distant-a-post seas first by a head, all the others being completely beat off. fie did not long keep his advantage, for when they a little within the distance, the mare again headed , I re the two running a severe race, which ended in favour of Matilda by a length. Laurel, svho was third, ran a very good horse. Kit-cat, theagh not pve ced ry near. la, was fourtßev h iewer , and Granby fifth, Medoro being also was beatin some distance from home, and came in in the The distance was run in 3 mi n ut es 20 seconds,— l e t a i l s .. rather singular that Robinson, who rode Mameluke in the Derby, and won, should ride against him in the Leger and win also. It is very evident that had they gone off with the first start, Mameluke would have run away with the race. We bear that the Hon. E. Petre has re ceived an anonymous letter, saying, that if he did not start Nonplus, a brace of bullets should be passed through his head. We also understand that the Hon. Gentleman has reason to believe that he has discovered:Johnson, i ,e th nj e writer. This value of the stakes is 2,2501. Th e horses were rode as follows :—The winn er by Robinson, Mameluke by S. Chiffney, Laurel by Nichol son, Jupiter ia byj .by Jackson, S p h H e Shepherd, p u R r Reviewer i b e Templeman, Granby by W. Scot Medoro by J. Day , rd, Kit Cat by Lye, Pedlar by Conolly, Malek by F. IRV! , Emma by Noble, Sancho S. . 0 nB Fisher, arNiiais is. LordLbuy Scarborough's by Nelson, Moonshine by by Good . Burlado by by E. Jackson, Geloni by FRobinson,F. Robi Popsy Antiope by Ed" Dockery, Mr. Fox's by Scott, Olives by Wheatly,op pr wards, Translation by R. Boyce, Spondee by Mock-ford, and Fylde by Garbut. Two-yr-old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, Is, ft. for colts, Bst. 21b. fillies, Bst. Red House In. (8 subs) Lord Kelburne's eh f by Viscount.. Lord Milton's eh f Mariqueta, sis. to Medoro .. 2 Mr. Houldsworth's b f Mansfield Lass, by Filho No betting. The first running was made by Mariqueta, who kept in front at a good pace till within a few strides of home, when the Viscount filly (rode by Johnson), made a rush, got a-head, and won a fine race by half a head.— Five paid. Renewed Doncaster Stakes (2d year) of 10 soya. each, with 20 added by the Corporation, for three-yr-olds, fist. 101 b. four, Bst. five, Set. 91b. six and aged, 9st. Two miles. (29 Subs.) Sir M. W. Ridley's b m Fleur de Lis, 5 yrs ... 1 Marquis of Cleveland's 6 li Memnon, 5 yrs 2 Even betting. Nelson rode the winner. The Corporation Plate of 501., for three-yr-olds, 6st. '7lb. four, '7st. 91b. five, Set. 31b. six and aged, Bst. 111 b. Heats, two miles. Mr. Gully's h g Cock Robin, by Blacklock, 5 yrs 1 1 -Mr. Hodgson's bf by Whisker—Vicissitude, 3 yrs 3 2 Mr. Houldsworth's b f Harriet, by Filho, 4 yrs 2 dr Templeman rode the winner. Mr. Hodgson received 24ge.-1 0 to 8 on Cock Robin. The following is the complete bill of fare for Thurs day (this day) : The Gold Cup, value 150 gs, for threelr-olds, '7st. four, Bst. 31b. fire, Bst. 10th. six and aged, 9st. To start at the Red House and run once round to the Ending Post. Lord Fitzwilliana's b c Mulatto, by Catton, 4 yrs Lord Milton's b c Medoro, by Cervantes, 3 yrs Lord Kelburne's b c Reviewer, by Abjer, 3 yrs ch li Action, by Scud, 5 yrs Sir W. M. Ridley's b in Fleur de Lis, by Bourbon, 5 yrs Lord Sligo's br h Starch, by Waxy Pope, aged • ; Mr. Crompton's b c Buriador, by Cervantes, 3 yrs Lord Sligo's b c Pelican, by Oiseau, 3 yrs Mr. Petre's b c Nonplus, by Catton, 3 yrs eh e. Granby, by Cannon Ball, S yrs .Sir W. M. Miln.er's ch c Malek, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Lord Darlington's b h Memnon, by Whisker, 5 yrs Duke of Leeds's gr c Moonshine, by Grey Middleliam, 3 yrs b f Lunaria, by Whisker, 3 yrs b c Moth, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br g Gazebo, by Ardrossan, 4 yrs b c Popsy, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. Nowell'e b h Longwaist, by Whalebone, 6 yrs Mr.,Darnell's b. Nivalis, by Blacklock, 3 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's br f Fanny Davies, by Filho, 4 yrs Lord Kennedy's br c by Smolensko—Olivera, 3 yrs Lord Scarborough's b c Tarrare, by Catton, 4 yrs b cby Comus—Byram's dam, 3 yrs Mr. Gully's b c Mameluke, by Partisan, 3 yrs b g Cock Robin, by Blacklock, 5 yrs Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, for colts, Bst. 51b. fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y.O (26 Subs.) Lord Darlington's gr c by Jonathan, dam by Shuttle Lord Kelburne's bl f by Blacklock—Marchesa a Lord Scarborough's b c by Catton—Joseplis darn Mr. Riddell's b c Prebend, by Dr. Syntax Lord Kennedy's br c by Whisker—Castrella b c by Champiguon, dam by Shuttle Col: King's br f Bessy Bedlam, by Filho da Puta Mr. 'Bower's b f Lady Vane, by Reveller, dam by Waxy Mr.. Ridsdale's ch c Harlequin, by Cervantes—Flora Lord Fitzwilliam's'ali f Mariqueta, by Cervantes Sir J. Byng's b f Miss Pratt, by Blacklock Mr. Milward's br c by Tramp, dam by Filho da Puta Mr. Petre's b f Mabby, by Whisker—My Lady Mr. Darnell's br c by Waverley, dam by Sancho Mr. Watt's ch f by Whisker , --sister to Duport Mr. W. Scott's ch c Velocipede, by Blacklock Mr. Lee's b f by Blacklock---Miss Paul Mr. Metcalfe's b c Economist, by Whisker—Floranthe Mr. Powlett's b c by Jack Spigot—Caifacaratadaddera Mr. Sykes's ch c by Blacklock, dam by Timothy Mr. Hopkinson's b f Eliza, by Filho da Puta Mr. Houldsworth's b f Mansfield Lass, by Filho da Puts b c Terror, by Magistrate Mr. Brinkman Broadhead's gr c by Viscount—Haphazard Lord Sligo's ch c Tax, by Langar—Wilful, by Waxy The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 soya. ft. for three-yr-old colts, Sat. 61b. fillies, Sat. 31b. St. Leger Course. (11 Subs.) Duke of Leeds's gr c Moonshine, by Grey Middleliam Mr. Russell's ch f Emma, by Whisker—Gibside Fairy Mr. Petre's ch c Granby, by Cannon Ball—Shoehorn Lord Milton's b a Beggar Boy, by Tramp—Orvillina . Sir W. M. Milner's eh c by Blacklock Mr. Gascoigne's br c by Sinolemko--Olivera Sir J. Byng's eh a Pedlar, by Tramp—Gadabout Mr. Gully's br c by Cervantes Mr. Houldsworth's b c Coalition, by Magistrate Lord Sligo's b a Pelican, by Oiseau—Miss Aide Lord Surrey names br c Christmas, by Blucher Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. for colts, Sat. filb. fillies, Sat. Mb. St. Leg er Course. (0 Subs.) Mr. Watt's ro or b a by Blacklock—Marion Duke of Leeds's b c by Whisker, dam by Tropbonius Mr. Houldsworth's b c Telma, by Filho da Puta Lord Kelburne's b c by Blacklock—Marchesa Mr. Petre's ch f Sister to Hampden, by Rubens Lord Fitzwllliam's b c Medoro, by Cervantes - ' GLOUCESTER RACES.—MONDAY, SEPT. 17. Captain M. F. F. BERKELEY and J. W. WALTER, Esq., Stewards. Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley's Liston walked over for the Gloucester Stakes. Seven drawn. The Berkeley Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 30 soy's. added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Walter's Busk, 3 yrs Col. Berkeley's Maid of Mansfield, 5 yrs 2 dr The Beaufort Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added. Heats, one mile. Mr. Sadler's Tears, 4 yrs Mr. 1. Day's Liston, 6 yrs 4 2 Mr. Hardy's, Verderer,!s yrs Mr. J. Walters' Young Zuleika, 5 yrs 2dr Mr. Cooke's His Majesty, 3 yrs 3 dr TUESDAY...;-The Portham Stakes of 10 soya each, h. ft. with 25 sovs, added. Heats, two miles. Captain M. F. F. Berkeley's Nimrod, aged 1 1 Captain Jenner's Warwick, 6 yrs The Hartpury Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added. Heats, two miles. Mr. 1. Day's Busk, 3 yrs Mr. Cooke's His Majesty, 3 yrs 2 3 Colonel Derkeley's Constable, 4 yrs Mr. Hyett's Mary, 4 yrs • 3 dr The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 soya, added, Heats, two miles. Mr. Day's The Tartar, 6 yrs 1 1 Mr. Leversage's Lady Jane, aged Colonel Berkeley's Creeping Jaue, aged 3 3 A Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Mr. Day's Nimrod, aged Young Zuleika, 5 yrs 2 3 Mr. Cook's Maid of. Mansfieldo 5 'yrs Captain A. Berkeley's Logic, aged SHREWSBURY RACES.—Tuirsnav, SEPT. 18. produce sweepstakei of-50 sovs, each, It. ft. Once round and a distance. (10 subs.) Sir• W. Wynu's Effie.. lUr. illytton's Lec'mere Sir W. Wynn's. lirenda.. • 3 All-aged Stakes of 15 sore, each, with 20 added by the Air. Thompson'sirown o O r n ti e lo m do i r le , a 6 nd yrs a . ha1f....... , ..... 1 Hand - ic 4 ap . •‘ M r. Mainwaring's Granby, 4 yrs ............. 2 Al" Charlton bg by Mask ..... • ............ S The Borough Members' Plate of 60/. for all ages. Heats, twice round and a distance. 11 1 , 1 " - Cleaves' Miller of Mansfield, 6 yrs ... ~ 1 1 ; i i r r• p r rhotupson's Cymbeline, b yrs. •• • 3 2 2 3 the Innkeepers of the Town ; for all ages. Heats, Stakes of 1 5 csobvys.Ceaat"chn, ' w S it Y h rs 3o sovs. added by once round and a distance. Sir T. Stanley's Haji Baba, 6 yrs Sir, W. Wynn's Latita t, 4 y rs - A "Ir• Pickernell's Susan, 8 yrs ............ 4 3 Mr. Thompson's Orthodox, 6 yrs ............ 2 dr Fu=1:181a THE D U KE OF WELLINGTON'S LEvEE, Guards. As earlyx da L y raw a o t r t o h lr e ,, I G l o o m re - e a s twelve o'clock, the Levee was at tended by :----Lord William Bentinck,. General Sir John a th L e e D v u ee ke y o e f st W er Doyle, Lieutenant-General Si John Fraser, Lieutenant - General Sir Hussey Vivian, Lieutenant -General Sir Wm. Cockburn, Major-General Sir. Colin Campbell, Major- General Sir Carmichael Smith, Major-General Mawby, Major-General Anderson, Sir John Harvey, Sir James R. Colleton, Sir William - Franklin, and about forty other Officers. Immediately after the Levee the Duke of Wel lingtonset off in his travelling chariot and four for Don caster Races. Gen. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, K.C.8., the new Governor-General of India, took leave of his Grace on his Lordship's departure for India. The Levee occu pied the Duke near two hours. LITERATURE. AMERICAN NOVELS. spy—rrolinsits--rnor--LAST OF THI PRAIRIE. We take shame to ourselves for not having before noticed Mr. Cooper's transatlantic pro.- ductions. Our regrets, however, on this head, are very sensibly diminished by knowing that they are making, what Long Tom Coffin would call " head-way," in public opinion, and that despite national prejudices they have already ensured a class of admirers as extensive as it is discriminating. Mr. Cooper may be defined as the Sir W. Scott of America. He has not, indeed, all the chivalrous temperament of the Northern Ariosto ; nor has. he any very extra- ordinary share of that poetic faculty with which the Great Known contrives to invest even his tritest and most repulsive characters ; perhaps too, he has a less-extended acquaintance with human nature, less polish of style, and less inventive talent ; but then, to make amends, he has equal strength of description, and equal, if not superior, faculty of impressing the reality of his incidents upon the mind. • Moreover, the stream of his sensibility, though contracted, runs in a deeper channel ; it does not braivl .showily over a shallow bottom, but glides' stilly onward► indulging in no truant mazes, reflecting no im posing or romantic images, but bearing on its surface the mere every-day objects of earth. - The sketches of Indian life should perhaps be ex empted from this opinion. They are (like the tipsy scenes of Scott) imbued with a feeling so wildly original—the characters that stalk across them are so terrific yet so lofty in their nature, drawing their impassioned and even their familiar imagery from nothing accessible to civilized life, but from untrod den forests, lakes, and- mountains ; that the reader throughout seems lingering on enchanted ground. Nevertheless he -may rest assured that however unearthly such characters may appear, they are flesh and blood like himself. Mr. Cooper's meagre invention precludes him from drawing upon fiction, he can describe only what he has seen ; hence his best portraits are those of sailors, Virginia horsemen, back-settlers, and those few among the native Indians with whose manners he has been most . familiarized. His seamen in . particular are excellent ; they have all the homely truth of Smollett without his rage for caricature, and to our minds are even superior, because the author pays less attention to dra matic and more to natural effect than his great predecessor. In his delineation, however, of woman, Mr. Cooper invariably fails. His genius represents a great but uncivilized nation ; it is a Hercules not an Apollo in character, possessing rude masculine energy, but no delicacy nor ele gance. His females are mere idealisms, mere beautiful generalities ; there is nothing to distin cruish one,from the other. He seems to think that it is enough to make a lady tall to render her interesting; this may do in America, or even in Caffraria, where women are estimated by the pound, but we implore him as he values the good opinion of his fair English readers to take an inch off the person of his next heroine, assuring him that what she loses in size, she will gain in sentiment: In his gentle man he is equally deficient. He can give effect to the passionate, rough, and eccentric energies, but cannot describe, nor apparently conceive, the more finished peculiarities of the male character. But this is rather owing to his country than himself, for it is not until a nation has become civilized that it loses its dramatic propettiis. All the rough individualities which in its infant state furnish the novelist with ma terials disappear in its improved condition. Men become less quaintly independent ; they are no longer isolated beings, but members of onelarge community to which fashion prescribes certain unchanging habits, and from which none can swerve but at the risk of unwelcome notoriety. Then only is it, that the gentleman—that artifi cial offspring of education and refinement,—re ceives his origin, and till then the novelist who would wish to depict him, must be content to draw from fiction. We have hinted these few defects in Mr. Cooper's narratives (de fects which circumstances rather than want of ability render unavoidable), and now turn with pride and pleasure to his beauties. Genius is of no clime or country, and whether it show itself in America or in England, we hail it with equal enthusiasm. We repeat, then, that Mr. Cooper is the Scott of the New World, and that,• like him, lie has fixed the manners and customs of his country on an imperishable basis. He has transferred to canvas, scenes characters and inci dents that must otherwise have been irretrievably forgotten. By his delineations of the Indian tribes in particular, of the Hurons, the Pawnees, the Delawares of the Hills, the Mingoes, and the " mighty Dahcotahs," he has entitled him self to the warmest gratitude of America. Already these lofty-minded savages are fast dis appearing from earth ; already the settler's axe gleams in . the darkest recesses of their woods ; a few years, and " their homes shall know them, no longer," towns shall arise where forests once stood; and the proud lords of the Mississippi, the Potovvmack,and the fertile plains of Shenandoah, shall be remembered only in the pages of those.no velists who, like Mr. Cooper, have hinted their : . existence. • • But it is .time to d escend to p articulars his earliest no vel of the Spy our author has s k e tched incide nts that occurred towards the d ose of the American wa r. He has g iven us a miniature portrait of Washi n g ton, :—ln feebly execu ted ; a full-length likeness of a Virginian horse man (one of those common-place sociable cha racters which genius alone can render attractive) together with a few other nondescripts, such as a retainer of -the camp, an American subal tern,cis de fect,t an English dandy, and a negro slave..—._ His character of the Spy, however , is a failure ; he attempts too much--he is perpetually before the reader, in every place , under every circum stance, yet inspires not the slightest interest. and This arises from a want of unity in th e concep tionee mistrust f a o n r d 4 ;executionwehero m must st whose ohfa verye ve a orthodoxn c I i a ra r t a au e de t si e t riaore cloud e d b ) n . u to We this cannot feel hd heartsintel intel ligible 1 e m r r e . a reason forper has sr shifted sympathy, ftedh is o will remain untouched. scenes our enes too ra pidly they n i pass andthug r repass t he t with s th itge the shuffling beforeuffling incongruity of a pantomime; scarcely is one per son or one ) l a on it is laid aside to make - w a y for another. The tale, in short, is over-done : and the reader throughout feels himself in the condition of Mithridates, who , bad taken noxious stimu lants s o often tnat at length they ceased to affect him. The " Pione ers " i s a tale of far different com plexion. The plot (Mr. Cooper invariably fails in his plot) possesses greater simplicity ; the cha racters are more appropriate, and the descriptions more detailed and picturesque. It is, in fact, the familiar history of a new settlement in the heart of an American forest.- Accordingly we have all the features that would naturally characterize such a spot. We have Ben Pump, a sailor, a sort of regenerated Tom Pipes ;' the Judge of the co lony ; his fair daughter, Elizabeth ; her quaint old housekeeper, Mrs. Remarkable Pettibone ; a village doctor, one Elnathan Todd, a spirited caricature ; an Indian, John Mohican, boldly conceived, particularly his death scene ; the land lord of the Bold Dragoon ; Richard Jones, half brother to the Judge, an ably drawn busy body; a French Emigrant, feebly sketched ; and best of all Natty Bumpo, an old back woodsman or hunter, one of those primitive restless characters, who, averse to the slavery of civilization, have spent their life among the Indians in the woods. In description we have a vigorous combat between a dog and a panther ; a fishing scene by moonlight, on a lake ; and the conflagration of a forest, bordering on the settlement. This last is de scribed with tremendous power. We seem to hear the crackling of the dry wood—the instinc tive howling of the wild beasts, and to witness the spread of the flames as they scatter all the ele ments of splendour and ruin around them. In this spirited description we would venture to re commend that exquisite little dramatic touch where Elizabeth, when surrounded by the flames on a ledge of rock that overhangs the settlement, sees, as the smoke draws off, her father walking, unconscious of her danger, in his Orden. It is Mr. Cooper's finest conception. In the " Pilot ; a Tale of the Sea," our author ventures on new ground, and comes boldly and successfully into competition with Smollett. The scene lies chiefly off the North of England, where an American frigate and brig are cruising. The principal character in this novel is un doubtedly. Long Tom Coffin, coxswain of the Ariel, one of those genuine mermen wko could never " see the use of land, except it were now and then to bang out a few shirts on, or grow a cabbage or two for supper." Captain Manuel, an American marine, who has disciplined his men so admirably that one of them shot him be- cause he had no orders to do otherwise, and was in consequence promoted by his dying commander, is another ably-conceived character ; as is also the very original Major Boroughcliffe—that whim sical ne plus ultra of chivalry and tippling.— Among the scenes the best decidedly is the steering the frigate out of the Northumberland Shallows, by night ; and the next, the sea-fight, in which the English Commodore is pinned to the main-mast of his own vessel by the dreaded harpoon of Tom Coffin. The " Last of the Mohicans" is confined ex clusively to Indian life and manners. We have a detail, spirited and faithful in the extreme, of all the surprises and adventures incidental to a journey through an American forest ; in the course of which we are introduced to our friend Natty Bumpo, no longer old, but young and vigorous, the friend of the Delaware, the scourge of the Huron Indians. We are also introduced into the domestic arcana of an Indian village ; we see the mode of living adopted by the tribe, of utak-. ing prisoners for the torture, of setting out for war, of returning home in peace. Their dress, their manners, even their most familiar conver sations are detailed with extraordinary -minute ness ; and the grandeur of uncivilized manhood, together with its capabilities for good or evil, well exemplified in Magus, the Huron Chieftain, one of those impressive characters which read in early life, would be apt to leave its impres sion on the mind for ever. The " Prairie," like the foregoing, is a narra-. tive of Indian life, with the additio,:ii of a party of American settlers, consisting of Ishmael Bush. and his seven sons—a dull 'inapprehensive crew. .--.moral fipm. pure lethargy—the incarnations, in' fact, of mental and physical stupidity. There is exquisite harmony in the keeping of this peculiar family—indigenous, we suppose, 'to the country. —they grow upon the reader imperceptibly; till they finally become linked•in his mind with the most impressive part of the novel: Natty Bumpo, too, in the last stage of decay, comes once again before us ; and we know fere things in the wide range of English fiction superior to the death bs m ehco a a y uuls o de u r ow s h i s u e t r l ar i v o ee r , of this unsophisticated hunter. He is evidently Mr. Cooper's favourite, and may vie with Scott's very choicest creations. Long Tom Coffin comes next in. point of merit, and on these two, together safely rely for immortality. wi t h his b s oe k p e e t dt c , o h s We have given this slig ht - analysis of anxious, as we said before, that ample justice that their occasional gleams of humour s M ho r. ul dC however,o are mere elaborate failures. When Mr. Cooper caricatures, he does it without humour, as , in. the instance of . his psalm singer, that preposterous bore, among the woods—and , his Doctor ,Obed Battius, a. dull, professor 'of • :natural , history-- infinitively inferior .to the ass " Asinus," as he terms it, on which he rides We ought per haps, having spoken at :such length , to have recollection, and given extracts illuitrative of -. Ny'. Coo is find no passage su ffi ciently condensed to in p g ow th er e s, Vo b lu u m t. eS on before us), we can v n e o r t ss . t.t h i l l av e do justice either. to his merits or . our analysis. done e s 4 t f he , i ln i d i. productions a nv life ,; e We should observe, by the way, that notwith standing their striking ability, there are .numbers to whom these tales will appear insipid, if not c w i. - l i a t r h a o c u te t r re w fe i r t e h n i c n e t t o he the li t m h i o t u s ght that should puenrvinatdeleligiibtl.t.oTo cr it ics ad l es w who i m appreciate i tislolet the y e s tm t h aa e rn ' cehes; e fascinations lt,eor i t scholar syof o t f h e owlwho refi n ed oseri el school, o e a l n r: t i sentiment tn confine gracesl 1 1 di incident r e o 9nf - t of the tritest s i a l ly o dl hibility, and look to the construction rather than to the vigour of a narrative • to all such they will be destitute of the slightest interest ; but to those who enter with a more enlarged mind into litera ture, who following up the notion of Terence, deem nothing alien to them that belongs however quaintly to human nature, or remotely to their own customs, they will appear, as they really are, the pro .nature. The Cooper, enjoys this d life is a dream, ( f l a i r ) c t t o i ofo p n r s ov e , a (and dy this intellect. is a a lr d h d e iti y o w n i a ll i besides,go replete from recommen dation), that true happiness is only found when it happiness ialrpdepialai approaches niilze,asstaiosinnd nearest poeetfarfti heleeedt iw t ob o inyi simplicity emris. ,Cvioio ar romance, first to last with interest. Cradled in the woods, majesty.altry passions, Surely, rely, find then, a our liveliest place gratitude and rocked to slu mber b y the winds, he is the child, the nursling , of i ma g ination. No grovel lingwithin his bosom ; his virtues, and even hi s v i ces , are all, like his own lakes, on a scale of t r emendous is due to an autho r who has so mi nutely transcribed a character, 1 ' I w tic t centuri es o f civilization have utterly exiled f ideas, no p from Europe Trowbridge has experienced a striking revival of e its t manufacturingo n sta e business,m pl employment y ; one house and good wor k men m g one paying in wages upards of 1 1 000/. a wee k, e with e