The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-26 00:00:00

THE THEATRE. IlA YstAnKr.T.—Th e second representation of fast Co me d y o f R oses an d Th orns took place d ast . ni gtiht, and the c ur t a ilments have been so ju 4'clous that it went off with better success than "n its first appea ran c e . The Wig scene was rendered more e ff ec ti ve , for when the maid servant (M rs . (M rs . G IBBs ) consu l te d th e g l as s t o see ow the Admiral's Wig- became her, his reflec tion appeared immediately behind her, and oc e'sinned a general laugh. LisTox, in his cha racter, hasshe‘s ii that his talents as an actor are , I nt confi ne d to any particular range o f parts, but that he can give powerful effect to whatever lie undertakes. FARREN also, in the .'dt.oiral, is not less successful. It is evident the n A uthor knew how to estimate, and to 1 . 170 full scope, to the abilities of these two emi lett.t actors. But though they are certainly the t ' lla 'n props of the piece, it is not a little indebted Th e Douse WILLIAMS, VINING, and Mrs. GIBBS. u e House was full last night, and the applause frequent and liberal. 14 "ErtPoor, THEATRICALS.—MISS FOOTE has Concluded h er engagement, and the propr i etors, r well as our f a i r h ero i ne, h ave goo d arid solid - r eas szio for congratu l at i ng t h emse l ves on t h e r , (' s uit. Sh e acte d ten n i g h ts, an d h er engagement after deducting 801. for the current nightly charges, tile night app ro p r i a t e d t o h er benefit she b iu the cle ar h a lf o f t h e rece i pts . Th e resu l t h as ee a that she received little short of one thousand ' l nds, beside the pleasing recollection of having rY considerably augmented the treasury of the r i ' eatr e• On the evening of her Benefit the tile Theatre, demonstrated clearly the esti (:tin° hi which s h e was h e ld h ere . L ong ere th e i r t ain dr ew up, every p l ace was occup i e d, an d boxes presented an unusual display of beauti wnilen• Miss FOOTE enacted Miss Lierdcastle ' 3 'he Stoop s to Conquer," and on her appearing, wi l e w as receiv e d i n a manner, only familiar to us, 0, x ," we look hack t o the time when Miss to ' .l Ear, graced our boards.—lt is superfluous l et s i a Y she acted an d l oo k e d th e part to the very e v —er ' in the Interlude of Matrimony she was Parry thin g t h e author coul d d es i re ; an d i n t h e such of Clari (in which the lovely TREE made st ah a i l * impression here) it may suffice to ,of ,' t hat her nat ura l an d f e elin g r e presentation rarsdis character produced a sensation which is p as el y to be met with, and seldom, if ever, stir. t os sed. . At the fall of the curtain, the house e almost simultaneously, and gave her three d • t Y good c h eers . O ne wor d on l y to t h ose at iovisitance, a n d w h o may b e i ntereste d i n t hi s 401,Y actress ; prio r t o h er a pp ear i ng , we b a d ,lliivirnately three of the London Stars (so dello laalated in the Theatrical Hemisphere), and we s po it to say, t h at their success was not corre- IvI I I : i ' ll ng with their deserts. D ur i ng th e Aral of this Lady's engagement, the house ta r a tr oWded, and the most respectable farni:ies ei )ti ‘ki near came to greet her with a warm re rnin,;l4. She is gone to Halifax, thence to Bir- CQ and progresses afterwards Edinburgh, I t'eek gc ' w , Szc. DOWTON is performing here this -I)e e ner, A an d we hear successfully.—(Liverpool ug. 23.) r‘ r , A "f ON Miss PATON.-At Bow-street t iat, - N ""is day, the driver of the hackney cha osts 1 7 ) was fined in the full penalty and brou',l°r overcharging Miss PATON, whom he 4 11 t g"t to the English Opera House last night, topt,-o.noln. he used the most gross abuse, until "'" by Dickenson the officer. --.....a323....-- 1 N 41, S tory of " A Wife of Two Husbands" has 34 1)j' gone the round of the newspapers : we 5 - i' tl one of a different description :—About Nti ears ago, duri ng th e s h or t peace, a young 4 04 14 tr adesman i n goo d c i rcumstances in Lon htl'il:arce to Brighton, and fell in love with a v 'ho, ° w oman who li ve d as servant i n the house 41 '4 • lodged, a n d a f ter a s h ort courtship he V 44 eler i nto e . Business soon after called him . to qt4 e, Wh ere he was detained in cousequeoce 11411,:eccramencement of hostilities till the re liNiiltPeace, d ur i ng t h e whole of which time ~. t o , ever hea r d f rom hi m, every letter having 4 4,,",! means miscarried. As soon as peace kta r,c to red, h e w i th much difficulty found means b9"i J a il 4 tl to Engl an d, an d on making inquiry for Ada 1 1v . 1 ; 1 311 e fou n d s h e was again married, and ''''ill g with her numerous offspring near the 8 .1( Notwithstanding c„ li tt,h I e• the unpleasant 1 / 4. 4 th e. rLesolved once more to see her, and pro :liAi. It ner • he found her surrounded by her r 4',;,tit 'he bloom of youth was gone, and the the k ttlleSPrightly Jane was lost in the features .ied ioq!liticttile rustic, anti all around her proclaimed +list r tit of Penury. Every fond idea he had so t0y14,4 hed in his imagination at once va -1414, lit v .°l , l th e appalling conviction that Jane 4 4; i l'lo l . 1 ' n icre be his. He returned to Brigh hatiNi t _,add broken-hearted, and soon . _ fell s.e :1114:4golitoiditc'aufteesrpotnedency. A daughter which she quitted her for France, I (. f . ti s li kt r ' cl aim to his property in London, which V s , ollecovereci, and now enjoys. The house ' 4 l l jt e th be actiful Jane ma still be seen from bh - "e bike_hip B rig hton Gazette.) ( qI4 ‘tir la m -------,_ (If 0 144 4 e °Peration of trench-ploughing an l lp alk i e field in the low grounds of the farm r o e t s . nd m r ' Ili gold ~ cod, belonging to Mr. BaucE, a . 1 / 1 4 11 /It/a tti ' 441 , nearly four feet in length, and it •lit ' of l Erlt ) 4 1)j 1 ,arge links, was turned up by ktil ti 4 tv vo e " nad Come in contact with,and broken the '1 '0 1 1: 1 '0 4 a,4,llequal portions. That the chain was h •P t ' t 4 lt st-' suspected at the time by the ',long . \ : 1 4. 1 1° ! 1 o" (itscovered on submitting it to the in -114 ~it „ 4 watchmaker in the neighbourhood, c'tl4l`'ltik:4s immediatel taken to Edinhlirgh, ° N' tit , 4 1 , 4 of to jeweller, eller for the sum I,'itti,,"::',tit:i'ltctsg.. It is a probable -ew , that it was an 4 1 '4 1.1 the rio li,o, worn at a remo t e p eriod by (c t li k ' t Nti n „?tes of the land, and had been lost 4 i)o,Nio t ° ; l c the forests, with whic i th . is d p . art 40 Y was covered at that perio _r aid.) .. -, ~q 4,•:, . n ., :t ,A it. ,0 4. 4 ,i 4 . P. , :r 1% o' (7 . _ - , ( g! , : , - c!,cv.--',-.2 , ?-,?,,, , ~, A. 3 614-3 - ; .•,: ti . , c ,, i ,,,,,,,,,,,f- 2 7,,1, ( ~, 4.1 V': ~. N'.l.s , '.'"": ', ' = "--1,_.. - 1"-' ,. . - .,,..%\,.e:1 ,F• 1. , "COAH ,•4;S_ 11' '\ -1 .1! . .1 OV -- %,, , ••' r ;. j : vi a , " ) f '... 4. , - .- •-,---.... ______*...----":- .0 j; .. 1.-.1 . 77., • CI A tit ...4,,;, 4 10, \ e.- ,,, • ..,, '' THE KING. WINDson, .ATTG. 25.—The unfavourable symptoms of ill health which his MAJESTY experienced on Tuesday morning,. were so far removed yesterday afternoon. that he was enabled to drive himself in his pony phaeton to Virginia Water in the evening. His Majesty made but a short stay, and then return. ed to the Royal Lodge. His ;Majesty left the Royal Lodge this afternoon, at three o'clock, with his Suite and Attendants, sn his usual style, for Virginia Water, where the King will dine, should the evening remain favourable. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The 'Marquis and Marchioness Lansdown, for their seat, Bowood Park, Wilts ; the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe and Lady Emma Edgcumbe, from Richmond, for Plymouth Dock ; the Earl and Countess Cowper and family, for their seat, Pansen ger, Herts, for the season ; the Earl of Thanet, for his seat in Kent ; Colonel and Mrs. Ludlow, for Ramsgate ; General and Mrs. Grant, for ditto ; Mrs. and Miss Boyd, for ditto ; Major and Mrs. Eyre, for ditto; Colonel a nd M rs M ea d e , for ditto; Mrs. Cavendish, for Maidenhead ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Murray, for Hambledon House, near Henley-upon-Thames; R. Curwen, Esq. for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, for their seat in Scotland.—From Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Mr. and Mrs. Mitford, for their seat in Berks ; Captain Shawe, R.N. for Portsmouth ; J. Turner, Esq. for Bognor.—From Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place—Mr. and Mrs. Duncombe, for Drighton.- , -.From the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Cap tain and Mrs. Parry, on a tour.—From Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-stree—Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, for their seat in Hams.— From the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street—Mr. and Miss Hind, for Berks; Mrs. and Miss Verning, for Hants. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Dowager Marchioness of S!llisbury in Arlington-street, from Englefield Green, Surrey.—At Fenton's Hotel—Sir Wm. Parker, Bart. from Worthing.—From tLong's Hotel—Lord Kilmaine, from Brighton ; Chas. Hyndman, Esq. from Paris. —At the British Hotel—Thomas Rawlings, Esq. from Has tings—At Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street—The Misses Main waring, from Leicester.—At the Bath Hotel—lli . Barrington, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Churm, front Gloucester. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWlCK.—(Birmingham, Ang.24.)— The Duke of Brunswick and suite arrived at Wilday's Hotel in this town, on Sunday last, front Bath. On Monday his Highness and suite visited the extensive show-rooms and ma nufactory of Edward Thomason, Esq., and made considerable purchases; they also visited the Britannia patent nail manu factory; the extensive rolling mills of Messrs. Phipson ; the paper machine and japan manufactory of Messrs. Jennings and Bettridge, &c. In the evening, his highness and suite, accompanied by Mr. Wilday of the Royal Hotel, visited the elegant show-rooms at the Panteelinetlicea, which was bril. liantly lighted up, with which he expressed himself high ly delighted, and paid the proprietor, Mr. Jones, some very marked and flattering compliments. He gave it as his opinion that the tout ensemble of this beautiful esta blishment far exceeds in splendour that of any other of the kind in- Europe; and said it was not only an honour to Birmingham, but to the nation ,at large. He remained there till a very late hour, and made numerous purchases of plate, jewellery, &c. His Highness and suite left the Royal Hotel yesterday (Tuesday) for Manchester, from thence to Liverpool; Carlisle, and Scotland. On Saturday last the Mar quis and Marchioness of Londonderry and suite arrived at the same hotel, and left the next day for Teddesley-park, :the seat of E. J. Littleton, Esq. M.P. Bon LOGNE-SUR-MEll, Anti. 23.—Great preparations are on foot here to do honour to the presence of the Duchess de Berri, who has signified her intention of passing a few days here on her way to Dieppe, where she is about to take up her quarters for the benefit of sea-bathing. The good people of Boulogne are not without hopes of being able to change the intentions of her Royal Highness in favour of this, as they, with laudable partiality, conceive more agreeable abode. The Mayer and other municipal authorities have been busy for some days past in arranging the plan of etiquette to be followed on the im portant occasion, and which has been prepared at head-quarters at Paris. The following are the important particulars :—Her Royal Highness to arrive to-morrow evening; all the inhabi tants, headed by the Bishop of Arras and the Prefect, to meet her outside the town, when she will be conducted to her hotel with military and civic honours; in the evening to visit the theatre ; after which there will be a grand ball. Twelve hundred tickets have been issued, 800 for the French, 400 fbr the Eng lish. On Thursday the proceedings are to be diversified by a grand concert, to take part in which several of the most cele brated Italian singers have arrived. On Friday the scene of amusement is again to change to the theatre. It is not expect ed her Royal Highness will remain beyond that day, unless the loyal Boulognese should find means to arrest the present inten tions of the Royal party. The town is full of the most distin guished company. The meanest cabin has been put in request tor the accommodation of visiters. The following are amongst the arrivals :—Princes de Beauveau, Bastock (Russian) and Narischkia (ditto ;) Princesses de Vaudemond and d'Eckmuhl; Dukes de Valency, Noailles,la Rochefou cauld,Choiseul Praslau, Mortement, Luxembourg, de Dinos de Perigord ; Comte de Narbonne, Game (Portuguese), d'Almeida (ditto), de Beaton pare ; Madame La Fayette. The Chamberlain of the Emperor of Russia has just arrived, and each hour brings a fresh arrival. The Earl of LivEnroot. arrived at the Hague on the 20th instant. Mr. CAxlinic; is expected on a visit to Portumna Castle, county Galway, the seatof his son-in-law, the Earl of Clanricard. Mrs. Lane Fox and George Anson, Esq. have arrived on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, at their seat, Bas low, Derbyshire. ANECDOTES, &c. PULTENEY EARL or BATH.—This Nobleman being anxious to prolong the sitting of a jovial company at his house, proposed another batch of Burgundy. One of the Noblemen present observed that it was time to retire, adverting to the watchman who was bawling " four o'clock." " Pooh," said Lord Bath, " do not mind that fellow, he is never in the same story half an hour together."—( Dr. Mousey.) THE GREAT LORD CHESTEHFIELD.—When Dr. AKEN SIDE'S poem, " The Pleasures of Imagination," was first pub lished, this Nobleman was asked if he had read it. " Oh, yes, to be sure," said he. " sixteen times, and I have only a hundred questions to ask in order to understand it." This observation from a Nobleman of such taste is extraordinary, as it is a fine poem, particularly too as his friend Pope had pro nounced Akenside no " every day writer," and advised Dods ley, the publisher, to deal liberally towards him. It was one of the favourite poems of the late Arthur Murphy. REGENT'S PAtuc.—The vast increase of build ing in this quarter, has suggested the necessity of constructin,g a reservoir for the supply of water to the new neighbourhood. A work of this kind has been going on for some months, and being now near its completion, attracts a good deal of curiosity. It is advantageously situated on Little Primrose-hill, from which elevation, being 175 feet above the level of the Thames, the liquid body will flow from a point higher than any building in Marylebore, and be enabled, consequently, to invade the topmast chamber in the parish with ease. The basin will be 20 feet deep, and cover an area of two acres, and when finished will be enclosed by a wall with an ornamental palisade, so as to render it an object of embellishment to the Park. It will contain 13,000 tuns of water, considered to be adequate to the supply of as many houses ; and the fluid will be brought from the Thames above Hammersmith, a distance not less than seven miles. The increase of houses in the parish of Marylebone has been from 9,000 to 14,000 within the last two years. The cost of the work has been computed at 25,000/. A watchmaker of Bayreuth has manufactured a cage, filled with birds, to the number of 60, represet tilg par rots, sparrows, swallows, &c., each of which has the p!culiar note given by nature. The cage is made of brass, and the wheels which make them move and produce the sound are of silver; the plumage is real. A person of distinction, it ap. pears, offered the watchmaker 32,000 florins for his cage, but he will not take less than 60,000. Whilst a journeyman mason was repairing the front of Mr. DONKIN'S house, in the Bailey, Dur ham, on Thursday se'nnight, the scaffold upon which he stood (three stories high and upwards) ga ve way, and just as he was about falling to the around, he threw away his tools, and made a spring towards one of the windows of the house, which fortunately happened to be open, and seizing bold of the bottom, released himself from his perilons situation by climbing within. POETRY. IRREGULAR ODE, ON THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON. Ecrit rt Pwis par un Ang 46 Es;r; B;pwv EX.X2VT= 7"2,XL.'1 , p..Vev Ant At:Akev." Mosciurs. We mourn Thy wreck ;—that Mighty Mind Did whirlwind Passions whelm. While Wisdom wavered, half inclined To quit the dangerous Helm; Thou wast an Argosy of cost, Equipped, enriched in vain, Of Gods the work, of Men the boast, Glory thy Port, and doomed to gain That splendid Haven, only to be lost; Lost, e'en when Greece with conquest blest Thy gallant bearing hailed, Then sighs fr , m Valour's mailed breast, And tears of Beauty failed ; • Oh hadst thou in the Bat'le died, Triumphant e'en in death, The Patriot's as the Poet's Pride, While both Minervas twined thy wreath, Then had thy full career Malice and Fate defied. What Architect, with choice design, Of Rome, or Athens styled, Er'e left a monument like thine ? And all from Ruin's piled ; A prouder motto marks thy Stone, Than Archimedes's Tomb, He asked a Fulcrum, thou demandedst none, But reckless of Past, Present, and to Come, Didst on thyself depend, to shake the World,—Alone. Thine eye, to all extremes and ends And opposites, could turn, And like the congelated lens • Could sparkle, freeze, or burn ; But in thy mind's abyss profound, As in some Limbo vast, More shapes and Monsters did abound To set the wondering world aghast. Than wave-worn Noah fed, or starry Tuscan found. Was Love thy lay, Cythrera reined • Her Car, and owned the spell, Was Hate thy theme, that murky Fiend For hotter Earth, left Bell ; The palaced Crown, the cloistered Cowl Moved but thy spleen, or mirth, Thy smile was deadlier than thy scowl, In guise unearthly dids't thou roam the Earth, Screened in Thalia's Mask, to drug the Tragic Bowl. Lord of thine own Imperial Sky, In Virgin " pride of place," Thou eoared'st, where others could not fly, And hardly dared to gaze; The Condor thus his pennoned vane O'er Cotopaxa spreads, But should he ken the prey, or scent the slain, Nor chilling hight, nor burning depth he dreads, From Ailde's chrystal crag, to Lima's sultry plain. Like Lucan's early was thy tomb, • And more than Lion's mourned ; For still such lights themselves consume; The brightest, briefest burned But from thy blazing shield recoiled Pale Envy's bolt of lead, She, but to work thy triumphs toiled, And, muttering coward curses, fled, Thee, thine own strength alone, like matchless Milo, foiled. We prize thee that thou didst not tear What stoutest hearts might rack, And didst the diamond Genius wear, That tempts yet foils the attack ; . We mourn thee, that thou wouldst not find, While prisoned in thy clay, Since such there were, some kindred mind, For Friendship lasts through Life's long day, And with surer chain than Love or Beauty bind ; We blathe thee, that with baleful light Thou dids't astound the world, A Comet, plunging from his height, And into Chacs hurled; Accorded King of anareh power, And Talent misapplied, That hid thy God in evil hour, Or showed him only to deride, And o'er the gifted blaze of thine own brightness lour. Thy fierce Volcanic breast, o'ercast With Hecla's . frosty choke, All earth with fire impure could blast, And darken Heaven with smoke ; • O'er Ocean. Continent, and Isle, The Conflagration ran, Thou, from thy Throne of Ice, the while, Did'st the red Ruin calmly scan, And tuned Apollo's harp with 'Nero's ghastly smile ; What now avails that Muse of Fire Her nothing. of a name, Thy Master Hand, and matchless Lyre, What have they gained ?—but Fame ; Fame, Fancy's Child, by Folly fed On breath of meanest things, A Phantom woo'd in virtue's stead, That Envy to the living brings, And silent solemn mockery to the dead. Ne'er since the deep-toned Theban sung Unto the listening Nine, • Hath classic hill or valley rung With harmony like thine ; Who now shall wake thy widowed lyre ? There breathes but one, that dares To that herculean task aspire ; But, less than thou, for fame he cares, And scorns both hope and fear, ambition and desire. C. C. C. *,„ 4 " The foregoing Poetn was written by the Rev. C. C. COLTON, whose mysterious disappearance excited so much conjecture and so many strange reports. His LACON, his Poem entitled HrrocutsY, and other valuable works, are powerful proofs of his learning and talents. We are indebted for the above Poem to a Gentlem a n w h o lately left Paris, and who received it from the Author. R E.—Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, a fire broke out at a brush-maker's, No. 48, in Webber-road, Waterloo-road, which at one time threatened destruction to the neigh bourhood, the premises being contiguous to those of an extensive basket manufactory, to which, had the fire communicated, the damage would have been great, owing to the number of sur rounding wooden cottages. Shortly after the alarm of fire the engines were on the spot, and too much praise cannot be given to the firemen for their exertions, being obliged to carry the water in pails from the factory of Mr. Hunter, and other neighbours, as none could be procured from the fire-plugs. It is much to be regretted that. in this neighbourhood it is too frequently the case. Thn fire, however, was confined to the house in which it broke out. A young lad, abort 14, son of the proprietor of the house, was res cued from the flames, the bed on which he lay being partially on fire when he was warned of his danger : when asked where his father slept, he told them in a corner of the room ; the attention of the firemen was directed to that spot, and shortly after the roof fell in. The firemen were anxiously busied in searching among the ruins for the man, when, to the astonishment of all present, he made his appearance, having just returned from Peckham Fair, about nine o'clock this morning. It was upwards of half an hour before any water could be procured from the fire-plugs. CAPTURE OF A HOasE•STaALEß.—lnformation was received in town this morning that a man, for whom the officers have been some time in search, and who stands charged with being one o f th e leaders of the late desperate gang of horse stealers, had been captured near Newbury, in Berkshire. There are no less than five charges against him. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF TUE ODDS.-: DONCASTE ETTING-ROOM, AUG. 25 ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Memnon 30 to 1 agst Pastime 7 to I agst Redgauntlet 50 to 1 agst Dare Devil 9 to 1 agst Alderman 50 to 1 agst Brownleek 9 to 1 agst Homer 70 to I agst Zirza 12 to 1 agst Cleveland •8) to 1 agst Fleur De Lis' 14 to 1 agst Brother to Addy 100 to 1 agst Rothelan 17 to I agst Dauntless 100 to 1 agst Brigand 22 to I agst Trinculo 100 to 1 agst Comedian 30 to 1 agst Whisker colt 160 to 1 agst Altisidora. EGHAM RACES—(THIRD DAY)—TIitritSDAY, Atm. 25. The Sunninghill Stakes of 5 soy. each, and 20 added (handicap) all ages. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Cooper's W. c. Streatham, 4 yrs, 9st. • - - 1 Duke of Richmond's The Brownie, 3 yrs, Bst. 2 lb. - 2 Mr. Scaith's b. f. The Orphan, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. - - 0 Mr. Pickford's Illonimia, 4 yrs, list. 41b. - - 0 Duke of Richmond's Phantasma, 3 yrs, Bst. - - (1'; Even betting on the Brownie---2 to 1 agst Illonintia-3 to 1 agst Streatham. _ __ - Harry Miller, on the Orphan, took the lead at starting, at a merry rate, all keeping so close that a sheet would have cover ed them : at the distance-post, Streatham, rode by Bill Amull, came up, and a most severe slashing race ensued till ending, all coming in so very close that the Judge could only place two— won by half a neck. The Brownie was rode by R. Boyce; Merirnia. by Macdonald; and Phantasma, by a promising, lad named Winnyatt. The beauty of the race was owing entirely to the sound judgment and impartiality with which the horses were handicaped by Mr. Ramsbottom. Match for 50 sov. The new mile. 11r. D_e Burgh's gr. g. 7st. - - - - I Mr. Heneage's Hajji Baba, Bst. - - - 2 This was a very pretty trimming race between two blood ponies, each taking alternate leads; it was any body's race till ne'r home, when Mr. De Burgh's got in front, and won by a ii:tle better than a head; rode by Young Buckle—llaiii Baba by R. Boyce. _ . Match for 50 soy. The new mile. Mr. Bayard's b. h. Badger - - . - 1 Captain Legge's b. m. - - - 2 This race, rode by Gentlemen, was not so regular as racing in general —we shall therefore only say, that it was won easy by a length. A Silver Cup, value 60gs, the gift of E. Bayard, Esq. for horses belonging to the Officers of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Bayard's ch. m. by Mowbray, 6 yrs, list - 0 1 1 Captain Legge's b. m. Leonora, 6 yrs, lOst. 121 b. 1 dis Mr. Vyner's Little Boy Blue, 6 yrs, lOst. 121 b. - '2 dis Mr. Pavton's br. m. Edgecourt, aged, 12st. - 0 dis Mr. Baring's b. g. Hookey, aged, Ilst. - - 0 dis First heat.—They all kept close together, making strong run ning to the distance post, when Leonora got a head, and won by three lengths. Mr. Vyner's was rode by Lord Wm. Len nox, in Tom Oliver's boots, his Lordship, not expecting to ride, baying come to the course in trowsers. Second heat.—This race created a great deal of confusion, in consequence of four out of the five running on the wrory , side of the post—a wrangle for upwards of an hour, was ended by the Steward deciding them distanced ; and illowbray, rode by Lord G. Bentinck, who came on the right side, walked over for the third heat. Leonora and Edgecourt were rode by the owners, and Hookcy by N. Heneage. There was no race for the Town Plate. BEDFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY, AUG. The Woburn Stakes of lOgs each, (12 Subscribers.) The best of three two-mile heats. T. Fletcher, Esq. names Wiseacre, 5 yrs old, 9st . 1• 1 Wilson's b. in. Black Daphne, 5 yrs list Illb 3 2 Lord Tavistock's c. c. Silvertail, 4 yrs Vst 211,4 - 3dr Sold for 400 gs if demanded within a quarter of an hour after the race. the owner of the second horse being first entitled. The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 50/. for three and four-year olds. The best of three heats, one mile and a half. D. of Grafton's c. f. Pucelle, 4 yrs, Bst 61b - 1 0 0 14(1 Tavistock's c. c. Silvertail, 4 yrs, Bst 91b - 2 0 1 Mr. Latour's c. f. Gertrude, 3 yrs, 7st 41b - 3 0 0 Ld Wm. Russell's b. in. Selection, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb dr Fourth heat Silvertail walked over. The Oakley Hunt Stakes of 5 sov. each, for horses belonging to the Gentlemen of the Oakley Hunt. 18 Subscribers.— Heats, to start from the distance-post and once round. •T. E. Leeds, Esq.'s ch. 11. Glow-worm, 7 yrs, llst. - Col. Latour's ch. h. Slay-day, aged, list. 3 lb. - 2 S. B. Edwards, Esq.'s c. h. Merlin, 4 yrs, llst. bolted The Bedfordshire Gold Cup, of 100 soy. value, by subscribers of 10 soy. each.—Not filled. BURTON-UPON-TRENT RACES—TUESDAY. The Gold Cup, value 100 soy. for all ages. Mr. Yates'gr. f. Mlle de Joie 7st. 12lb. • . . - - 1 M. Mvtion's br. c. Oswestry, ' 4 yrs, Bst. - - 2 ___. Hoil. 11. Anson's b. h. Sligii; 4 Yrs, Bst. - Fire others not placed. Sweepstakes of 25 soy. each for three-yr-old colts and fillies. New straight mile. Mr. J. Turner's br. f. Arachne, fist. - - - 1 Mr. Yates' h. f. Madame Poki, Bst. - - - 2 Lord Anson's ch. f. Miniature, by Rubens, Bst. - 3 The Anglesey Plate of 50 soy. for maiden horses, &c. Two mile heats. Mr. Yates' Madame Poki, Est. 101 b. - - 1 1 Sir G. Pigot's Miss Robson, fist. • . - '5 2 Mr. Wood's Roiaria, fist. 10Ib. - - 3 3 Mr. Mytton's br. f. by Blucher, 6st. 10Ib. - - 2 4 ___ Mr. Walker's gr. g. by Fitzjames, 6st. 101 b. - 4dr Match 150 sov. Two miles. Mr. Robson's ch. m. Sunflower, 6 yrs old, 9st.4lb. 1 2 1 Mr. Robson's b. h. Worthy, 4 yrs, 9st. - - 2 1 2 The day's sport was very good,and disappointed the knowing ones. CRICKET. A grand match of Cricket was played at Marden, between Marden 'and Tunbridge, with four men given each, the follow ing was the result :—Marden, first innings, byes 2-56: second innings, byes 4-40.—Tunbridge Wells, first innings, byes 3-68 ; second innings, byes 2-31. Six wickets to go down. A Cricket Match was played at Shoreham on Monday, be tween the Gentlemen of Henfield, with two given men, and the Shoreham Club, which was decided in' favour of Shoreham, ,as follows :—Shoreham, first innings, byes 8-72 ; second innings, byes 7-87.—Henfield, first innings, byes 7-76 ; second innings, byes 3-62. One wicket to go down. At the Teignmouth Regatta the Silver Cup was won by the Lord of the Manor beating the Fawn and the Triton. Pony races followed, and a ball in the evening concluded the amusements. A Shooting Match between Mr. Fraser, of Lovat, accom panied by Mr. Dixon, on the moors of the former, in Strather rick, and two other Gentlemen, Mr. Osbaldestone and Mr. Ross, in Perthshire, was decided on the 12th, when Mr. Fraser, of Lovat, killed 47, and Mr. Dixon, who accompanied him, 511 ; brace. In Perthshire, Mr. Osbaldestone killed 39, and Mr. Ross 32 brace. A spirited game of Four Corners was played at Marchwood on Monday last, between six Gentlemen of that place and six of Fawley, for 50 soy., and won by the latter. A Bowling Match took place on Monday, between the Gen tlemen of Southampton and NVinchester, at the latter place, and was won by the latter. A FEMALE PREACHER..—A gentlewoman of decent appearance, who is travelling through the country preaching (or rather exhorting), visited our town (Shawnee Town, Illinois) on Wednes day last ; she seems an extraordinary being, of considerable understanding and common educa tion. She delivered a discourse, which occupied about an hour and a half, was concise in her argu ments, affording a clear connexion of ideas in the arrangement of her subject, of a happy and easy d elivery (exce ptinry., a few inaccuracies of expresion) solemn but mild in her address, and graceful in her gestures. She takes no text, but frequently makes quotations from holy writ, and poetic authors, by way of evidence and ornament. She says she is induced to travel under conviction of duty, hav ing been visited and instructed to the task by the divine spirit, about three ago. She is about 35 years old, slender form, and, pilgrim-like, she travels entirely on foot, utterly refusing the offers of conveyance. We are told she carries with her none other than the clothes which she has imme diate use for, depending entirely upon having her wants supplied when necessity may require.—, (American Paper.) The facetious CHARLES MATHEWS iS now mak ing a golden harvest among the good folks of Birmingham, where he finds himself perfectly ‘‘ at home." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, AuG. 25.—Wind E.N.E.--Passed through the Liberty, of ILill, from Cephalonia, for Hull ; alto, from t h e River, the Euphrosyne, Hutchinson, for St. John's, N., B. ; Blues, Blues, for Carthagena ; Ba.wes, ; and Wellington. Evans. for Madras. the lat:errmaini._Th, Dutch frigate Algiers, from Gibraltar for Fluliig, passtl the back of the Goodwin Sands last evening. PORTSMOUTH. AUG. 25 --Wind E.S.E.--Arrived the Thomas Wallace,' Alorgan, from Quebec, L -. Sailed the Arethusa, Jameson. for Miramiehi ; Alfre+'., Mead, for Guernsey ; June, Riddle, for Madeira ; and the St. Croix. Danish man of war, for Copenhagen. FALMOUTH, AUG. 24.—Wind E.—Arrived tie Henrietta Wilhelmina, Thuro, from Stettin. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 24.--Wind the Mar mion, Grace, from New Orleans, sailed from Balize the sth of July. The Jupiter, from Campeachy, sailed front Bonze the day before for this Port. CORK, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Cato tratisport. to take on board troops for Quebec; also his Majesty's ship Romney from Portsmouth. By a Letter posted at Lloyd's, ffoin Cr.-isi - At, dated the 213th of July, 0. S , the Risbank Battery, a! , om a mile and a half below that harbour, was under repair, and no lights will be shewn upon it this autumn. NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.—The proreedingi of this Court on Mr. THOMAS GOBLE, Purser of, his Majz,,ty's ship Andlomache, were resumed yesterd:iy, and inti7e witnesi ,, s were heard, and the Court adjourned further ii - 141.:iry till this day. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Auc.. 26. The arrivals this week are moderate. There is very little doing in the Wheat trade, and prices remain as on Monday. In Barley, Beans, and Pease there is very little trade. Oat trade since Monday has been very dull, and scarcely a sale has been effected at that day's rates. The Flour trade rcinai,is as last reported. ARRIVALS.—EngIish Wheat, 2,700; Barley. 250; 8,200; Irish Oats, 3,500 ; Foreign Wheat, 7,200 ; 3,000; Oats, 2,000 quarters ; Flour, 4,650 sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. 2r;. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers 3:ld prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— CATTLE AT MARKET 407 I Sheep 310 I Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of Mb. Beef 4s 4t: to 5s ed I Veal '') Od t , 6, 0,1 Mutton 4s 6d to 5s Od I Pork 5s 0:1 to (s Od Lamb 5s Od to 3s 10t1. Beasts.. Calves t'A) HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £3 0 to .E. 5 0 0 I Clover £4 ur to Straw P 1 16s to £2 Ig. FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.--ThP mountain streams were much swollen with the heavy rain on Saturday and Ssr day last, and in Straithnairn and Struithdearn tliu cons!der able damage. The river Nairn rose to a greater height than at any time since the year 1782; some old people say that the flood on Sunday last was four feet higher than on that occasion; the river covered the haughs on its banks, from Dunmaglas to the town of Nairn, and several farmers had to remove their families and cattle. The waulk-rnills of 17:tir lie were under water, and a kiln at Cantray was thrown down by the current ; when the flood subsided the low grounds in some places were covered with potatoes, and • other articles carried down from the heights. The river Fearne, which runs into the Nairn, broke down the embankment made last year, changing its channel, and rushing over the farm of Milton, on the property of Farr, swept away the newly cut hay, and de stroyed the potatoe crop; a part of the garden-wail was car ried away ; the arable land of Coulbuie was also covered with water; a girl passing from Milton to Coulbuie was surrounded by the water, and the island or which she stood was decree sing; in size, when, after being three hours in this perilous situation, • she was extricated by some fox-hunters. Loch alloy was swollen by a reflux through the channel, by which it pured its usual tribute into the 14'indhorn ; a burn near Moyhall carried away the bridge over it, and flooded the highland road so as to render it impassable; the Caledonian, coach was in consequence compelled to return to town on Monday morning; but a tem porary bridge having been erected, the coach proceeded to Perth the following day.---(lnverness Journal.) ' PATHETIC NARRATIVE.-The remarkably fine bells of Limerick Cathedra were originally brought from Italy ; they had been manufactured by a young native (whos-! name tradition has not preserved), and finished after the toil of many years ; and he prided himself upon his work. They were subsequently purchased by the prior of a neighbouring con vent; and with the profits of this sale, the young Italian pro cured a little villa, where he had the pleasure of hearing the tolling of his bells from the convent cliff; and growing old in the bosom of domestic happiness. This, however, was not to continue. In some of those broils, whether civil or foreign, which are the undying worm of a fallen land, the Italian was a sufferer amongst many. He lost his all ; and, after the passing of the storm, found himself pre served alone amid the wreck of fortune, friends, family, and home. The convent in which the bells were hung was razed to the earth, and these last carried away into another land. The owner, haunted by his memories, and deserted by his hopes, became a wanderer over Europe. His hair grew grey, and his heart withered, before he again found a home or a friend. In this desolation of spirit, he formed the re solution of seeking the place to which those treasures of his me mory had been finally borne. lie sailed for Ireland, proceed ed up the Shannon—the vessel anchored in the pool, near Ll merick, and he hired a small boat for the purpose of,landing. The city was now before him, and he beheld St. Mary's steeple, lifting its turreted head above the smoke and mist of the Old Town. He sat at the stern, and looked fondly toward it. , It was an evening so calm and beautiful as to remind him of his own native skies in the sweetest time of the year—the death of • the spring. The broad stream appeared like one smooth mirror, and the little vessel glided through it with almost a noiseless.ex pedition. On a sudden,amidst the general stillness the bells tolled from the cathedral—the rowers rested on their oars,and the vessel went forward with the impulse ithad received. The ohl Itislntn looked towards the city, crossed his arms on his breast, and lay back in his seat; home, happiness, early recollections, friends, family —were all in the sound, and went to the heart. When the rowers looked round they beheld him with his face still turned towards the cathedral, but his eyes were closed, and when they landed—they found hint cold ! ! CONGOR EEL.-Last week, as some men were sailing in a small boat on the river Forth, near Stirling, they were not a little suprized by a large congor eel suddenly raising' his usseemly head above water, close to the boat. One of the men happened to have a stout sticks in his hand, struck the animal with it•So severe a•-blow on the head, that it was completely stunned ; and before it had time to recover,,.he graspetl• it with both hands beneath. the •giils, .and dragged it into the boat, where it was quickly dispatched. It measured 5 feet 4 inches' in length, and 16 in circumference, and weighed 9.2-pounds Dutch. Yesterday an accident, attended with melan choly consequences, occurred in the Maze, South wark, Mr. Shoults, an eminent builder,-and most respected man, who had served the office . of Churchwarden for the parish of St.. Olave, passe& up a ladder to the attic story of . a house ,. he was building, and owing to the hoard he stepped upon not being secured, fell down the well•of the staircase into the cellar, and was taken up senseless, and conveyed to his house, where four medical gentlemen attend him, who eryter tain slender hopes of his recovery. • An accident occurred yesterday evening in the Pool, which had.nearly proved fatal. A water man with a female and two boys, in a wherry, by some neglect got foul of the City of London steam vessel, and was overturned by the pro jecting work which serves as . a guard for the wheels.. The engines were stopped ; the screams of the children were truly appalling when •the Captain instantly desunded through the wheel, and came out from beneath with one of the children in his arms. The woman and the other etdheto c rew her o b f oy th w e er e e te r a e n sc l u v e e d ss a e l l o , n a g i s l i d de she by . p t; o v c o e : , ) d f moorings.