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-- u - ) for the both !spec up to since from error ipect- Glares ity of "1 'arlia tened can - 1 re- niued astle, !lock. into MUSK' times loud !rs of :pen flags dem- 3SIOII. allow True r the Hall, nine, [ayor eting- very tirest TP° - .eiess Were ty of only Igton f the mate , as a era." 10M1- lisap— oeca iuous CATHOLIC ASSOCIATON. MR. CANNING. on of with 'men, to hts Y °ll * dered me, tional —the indi- vents nitre gam .cide it my of be iat if r ma !tore, say, that one objection, but surely not a good one, had been brought against him, that he was a stranger. This could hardly be true, as he was well known by birth and family to the North of Eng land ; and if he happened to be not very well known to them personally, he hoped before long to be able to claim a better acquaintance with the worthy and independent freemen of Carlisle. He repeated what had been circulated in his former peecli, as to his approval of the Corn Bill, which unfortunately did not pass, and he now added, that he was favourable to all the measures of the Presi dent of, the Board of Trade, and that he was an enemy to all prohibitive laws.—(About this time there were , everal indecent remarks from the popu lace, such as—" Where's the hangman p"—" Let go"—i. Cast off, you blunderer, don't torture th e Poor devil.")—l consider—(lts a gallows—its a new drop.)-1 consider it beneficial—(Much laughter) —in its provisions, and I hope that in another Session it will pass.—(lt here appeared that the Colonel was alluding to the Corn Bill, not the gallow s .)-4 do not think it necessary to say more at present, and shall conclude by recommend ing moderation and good temper in this contest. I did not enter into it with any ill. will. If I succeed, I shall be anxious to repay your kindness by every means in my power.—(Applause and disapproba tion as before.) The MAYOR said be should take the votes in tal lies of 10 each party. Messrs. BROUGHAM and DOBINSON objected, and said the Mayor was bound to receive the votes as offered, unless some compact was made by the par ties. Mr. W. N. HonGsoN—ln tallies of ten is the usual way. Mr. BROUGHAM—Use has been already outraged. The MAYOR-1 will take the votes in no other Way. Mr. BROUGHAM—You must. against your conduct. The Court adjourned till one o'clock. On its meeting, the altercation was renewed, so that it was late before polling commenced. The poll was closed at two o'clock, when the re sult of the first day's voting was— I shall protest _ Lawson _ lO Lusliington 0 ! Two votes were tendered, in addition, for Mr. Lawson; but the Mayor, adhering to his rule, re fused to accept them, and the poll was adjourned till to-morrow, at nine o'clock. It is said that the Yellow party had sent out two tallies, but they had all deserted but three before arriving at the Hall. How true this may be I know not. The Association met on Saturday at the usual }lour. On the motion of Mr. LAWLESS, seconded by Mr. oucrtu E , Mr. NICHOLAS MANOR was called to the The CHAIRMAN, in explaining to the Meeting that particular object of their being c onvene d, said the loss which had been sustained in the death of the lamented Mr. Canning; was one of a very serious nature.' In him they had a strenuous advo cate of their rights and claims, and it was for them 1! 01 2v to consider how they might best express their feelings on the present occasion, and their deep s ense of the loss they sustained. Mr. LAWLESS, in moving that the Association should a dj ourn f or a f ortn i g h t , i n or d er to give time f or performing the obsequies of their lamented advo cate, said that he fully concurred in the sentiments Which had fallen from the Chairman ; they should make known to the whole empire their feelings of sorro w and affliction. When they contemplated the powerful talents which Mr. Canning brought With him in support of their claims, and his un ceasing exertions to forward their cause, they were called upon imperatively V come forward, and give ialtnediate expression to lose poignant feelings of 'egret which he was sure pervaded the entire l 'eeting. They lamented his premature decease, because the Wtiinmon enemy—these miserable rep.a tiles, whOVere 'trampling over the grave of this Country, yiin•el3oihning already to chaunt the or g i es o f their inhuman victory. They (the 'Catholics) mourned his loss, because he was the consistent and powerful supporter of Catho lic Emancipation. He, it was, who, by his fascinating and enchanting eloquence put down the Wretched conspirators who thought to fetter his Ma jesty i n the exercise of his just prerogative; and Who (in his love for freedom) used all his abi lities, and the aristocracy which his talents gave him, (these talents, the brilliancy of whose lustre to tally eclipsed those who thought to debar him from Power), to give a constitution to Portugal. He (said Mr. L.) at one time called us agitators, but l et it be remembered that lie was himself the greatest agitator in the cause of civil and religious freedom. kr. Lawless then said, that although Mr. Canning was a great, yet, he hoped, he was not an irre mediable loss. Mr. Lawless concluded by reading his motion. Mr. O'DWYER—I rise in support of the resolu tion proposed by Mr. Lawless. The event to which it refers is indeed pregnant with calamity, and is one iiinently calculated to excite our sympathy and our Furrow.._ forth from the abyss a voice proceeds, A long, low distant murmur of dread sound, Such as arises when a nation bleeds With some deep and immedicable wound ! I know not how it is, but scarcely ever have we en i°Yed the luxury even of hope for a lengthened du tation ; our joy has been like those lights described by the poet—they have been flashes amid the dark ness, too brilliant to stay.—(Loud cheers.)—The loss we have now sustained is, I think, irreparable as it is afflicting, and the calamityitself is deplorably aggravated in the consequences which it involves. Genius such as his whom we lament, as it is uni versal, and belongs to no laud alone, so is its posses sor the property of no peculiar people; and thus, While England mourns over the ashes of her Mini ster, those in every region of the earth, who bow to the supremacy of intellect and of cultivated mind, and whose hearts are sensible of the aspirations of freedom, will lament that one of the mightier race of man is extinct—(Cheers)—yet _to this (!ountry the present event is one of peculiar anguish and misfortune. We had much to !lope from the good intentions of him who 'a now no more. He who poured the blood Of legitimacy into the veins of many a new Republic in the Southern World—be who, from his Place as a British Miniker, prayed that God might Prosper the efforts of the mess of Portugal in their struggles for a Constitution--he whose almost first act wa s an exertion to restore Greece to her honour amon g the nations —he was not one who could have looked unmoved upon the sufferings of Ireland, nor leave this land of beauty and of desolation, as it is, a nestling territory for the reptiles of the human race. --- (Cheers.)—Yes, we should lament this calamity, tin' our enemies rejoice in it. They have never smiled but in our moments of sorrow, nor has grief entered their souls but in the approach or likelihood of our amelioration.—(Cheers.) —lt is impossible to indulge in grief over the death of Mr. Canning, Without mingling indignation with our sorrows. it is impossible that we should not express our hatred of that vile and venal faction who goaded him to his grave. Eternal shame and infamy be upon them.— (Loud cheers.)--Mean, grovelling and dastard as they are, there was no competition between them and the mighty man whom they assailed. They could not reach the eminence of his mind, and he Would not descend to the level of their insignificance. th e rivals, they c ou ld n ot meet in equal combat , but they strife was not the less deadly, fo r assassins as are, they drove their poison into h is too sensi tive soul. The reptiles crawled into the mane of and they stung the noble animal to death ! cheers.) —What a splendid instance of the caZnibility of genius does the career of Mr. hil l present, and how his base and stupid enemies were shadowed by his elevation. He was not a Lord, it is true—he had not that nickname put upon him, which the breath of a vicious Monarch might confer, as it has cor'77A, but—his was a more splendid endowment—his was the patent of aristocracy, that God alone can be stow—the nobility of soul—the pre-eminence of mind—the brilliancy of accomplishments—the rec titude of heart, without which no honour can exist, without which, in its moral qualities, the coronet is like the poison wreath—the corona feralis which struck death into the temples of the weaver.— (Cheers.)—With these impressions, I support the resolution proposed. Let us sympathize with the children and the wife of that great man who was de parted—they will gather consolation from every ex pression of the public sympathy. Their sorrow should not be unremembered by us. Those who have seen that tongue grow stiff, and cease to do its office, which of late gave utterance to accents of affection and endearment—those who have beheld the fea tures hardening into death, of him, who, in the midst of his family, as has been said of another great Statesman, cast off the radiance of his power, that his children might approach and play with him, have need of our condolence—and they who can enterinto the feelings of a wife and of a child, when a husband and a parent lies could before them, must sympa thise in the event, and implore that God, who suits the burden to the back, to dispense comfort and con solation throughout the house of mourning.—Mr. O'Dwyer concluded, amidst cheers, by seconding the motion for an adjournment. Rev. Mr. L'ESTRANGE, (upon the suggestion of a gentleman) said he had wished to propose an amend ment to Mr. Lawless's motion, instead of " Catholic Emancipation," •he wished to insert " Civil and re ligious liberty." Mr. LAWLESS opposed the amendment, and re peated a saying of Charles James Fox. When that illustrious statesman was told, that if he repealed the Test and Corporation Acts, he would do an incal eulable injury to the Catholic cause ; 'as, by opening the House to the Dissenters, he would unquestion ably increase the number of its enemies ;—he re plied, that while he was i n p ower h e never wou ld see an unjust and cruel law on the statute book which he would not draw his pen over. Mr. Lawless was proceeding to urge his objections still farther to the amendment, when The CHAIRMAN said, that (if he well recollected), the words used by Mr. Canning were, " The Ca tholic Cause is the first object of my concern, and until that is granted, I will hear of no other." Mr. L'EsTRANGE, .in order to avoid discussion, especially on the present occasion, would not press his amendment. The original motion having been then read a second time and put from the Chair, it was carried unanimously. It was then moved by Mr. LAWLESS, and se conded by Mr. O'DWYER, that the resolution be inserted in the usual Dublin Papers ; and in the Courier, Morning Chronicle, Sun, and Globe and Traveller, London Papers. Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned at four o'clock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the David, Dawson, and the St. Andrew, Dean, from Sierra Leone; the Renown, from Jamaica; the Sir J. Kempt, Martin, from St. Petersburgh; the Al derness, from Aichungel; and the Anne Robertson, Irvine, from Calcutta. FALMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Swallow packet, Baldock, from Vera Cruz, sail ed June 24, from Havannah 14th July, and from Bermuda 26th July; the Rinaldo packet, Moor, from Halifax, sailed July,?9; the Falacca, Stewart, from Callao and Cape de Verd, sailed April 3. Sail ed the Frolic packet, for Brazil. The Resolution, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is supposed to be arrived off Plymouth. The Salisbury, Bevans, of Liverpool, was totally lost on the lit June off Cape Monar, Africa, crew saved. The Lara, Barker, bound to Constantinople, ran on shore this morning at Rotherhithe. NORTH and SOUTH AMERICAN COFFEE-HOUSE. VERA CRUZ, JUNE 23.—Arrived on the 22d the Dutch brig Briennostock, from Hamburgh, in 63 days. l7th.—The American ship Rosan, Rabley, from Gibraltar, in 53 days. 16t11.—The American ship Alpasia, from Gibral tar, in 48 days ; the French ship Thales, Fontera, from Marseilles, in 68 days ; English ship Falcon, from Liverpool, GO days; American brig, Revenue, Taylor, from New Orleans. 13th.---The English brig Hamilton, from London. 1 lth.—The English ship Caraboo, Moore, in 54 days from Liverpool ; the French ship Glorieux, from Bordeaux, in 70 days. 10th.—His Majesty's brig Siragou, Baldock, from Falmouth and Jamaica, in 49 days ; the Bri tish ship Melantho, from London. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. ' There are this week trifling supplies of English Grain, and another considerable quantity of Foreign Oats. The Wheat trade remains very dull at the prices of Monday. Barley looks downward, having so trifling a demand. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats find few buyers, and the quantity for sale being large, occasions the trade still to remain very heavy, but prices are not lower than on Monday. Flour very dull sale. ARRIVALS. Wheat I Barley. 800 qrs. 1 15 gra Oats. Hour. 0 qrs.' 2,4soicks. English Irish Foreign 1,700 14,300 FISH-MARKET , BILLINGSGATE. The market this morning exhibited a good supply of fish, but the greater part of the stock consisted of Salmon, Whitings, and Turbot. The quality of the several kinds appeared very fine. Oysters were extremely plentiful.— The following were the prices:— Prime Turbot, mil] Ditto small 5 0 g 0 Finest Salmon, per lb. 1 0 1 I Ditto Grilse 0 0 10 Salmon Trout 0 0 0 8 Fine Whitings, per 15 0 0 4 0 ... . . Brill, each Cod-fish, each Haddocks, per dozen Live Flounders, quartern 2 0 2 0 , per Live Eels, per 51h. Shrimps, per gallon 0 0 2 6 Fine Yarmouth Red Herring, per hundred 7 0 8 0 New Cod Sounds, per barrel 0 0 6 0 Dutch Pickled Herrings 6 0 0 0 Pickled Salmon (Newcastle), per kit ...... Best Oysters, per bushel 8 0 12 0 STATE OF SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY.— When strolling through the streets of Sydney, on first land ing, very singular reflections will naturally intrude upon the mind, on perceiving the perfect safety with which you may jostle through the crowds of individuals now suffering, or who have suffered, the punishment awarded by the law for their offences ; men banished often for the deepest crimes, and with whore, in England, you would shudder to come in contact. Elbowed by some daring highway man on your left hand, and rubbed shoulders with by even a more desperate burglar on your right ; a footpad perhaps stops your way in front, and a pickpocket pushes you be hind,--all retired from their wonted vocations, and now peacefully complying with the tasks imposed upon them, or following quietly up the even path pointed out by honest industry. But nothing will surprise you more than the quietness'and order which prevail in the streets, and the security wherewith you may perambiLte them at all hours of the night, indifferently watched as they are, and possess ing so many convenient situations wherein robbers may conceal themselves, pounce upon you, and make their es cape with their booty without even a chance of detection. Brick walls, however, afford but a sorry defence against our expert and ingenious burglars, who will pick a hole through one of such in a very few minutes—no part of a house being safe ; back, front, and gable proving all equally inviting. They will effect a breach with a celerity and silence which few new-comers feel disposed to give credit to, until they awake some morning vestless and bootless, and on prying round in quest of their stray habiliments, find themselves unexpectedly assisted in the search by the fiiendly face of day-light, now peeping through a port-hole in the wall, where no daylight bad peeped before. Stone walls are therefore generally preferred for warehouses and stores, where articles of value have to be deposited.-- Cunningham's New South Wales.. CRANBORNE CHACE. A Public Meeting of the Proprietors of Lands in, and bordering on, Cranborne Chace, was held yesterday, pur suant.to public advertisement, at the Crown Inn, Bland ford. The object was to take into consideration a pro posal made by the owner of the Chace, Lord Rivers, to dis pose of his rights therein, in consideration of an annuity of 1,800/. per annum, to be fixed es a charge upoa the estates of the proprietors of the soil. The outer bounds of the Chace, claimed by Lord Rivers, extend about 100 miles. The present stock of deer is said to he about 15,000, who, occupying wood-lands and open pastures, in Wiltshire, Doreetshire, and Hampshire, in and contiguous to the Chace, in times of scarcity of food, make inroads into all the surrounding lands, destroying the turnips, and at all times doing great injury to the corn. The sole right to these animals is vested in Lord Rivers. The lands on ordinary occasion, subject to damage, are said to amount to from SO to 40,000 acres, viz., '7,000 wood-lands. 10,000 sheep downs, and from 15 to 20,000 cultivated lands. Much of the wood-lands is capable of high cul ti►ation, were not that forbidden by the Chace Laws. The quantity of timber brought to maturity is very small, as the young sapplings are generally broken by the deer. The morals of the villagers are likevrisc said to suffer greatly from the practice of night hunting, and other means of clandestinely killing the deer—the space being so very extensive, that it is almost impossible for the keepers to prevent their intrusion. Dorchester and Salisbury gaols generally contain some of the deer killers, and recently, one old offender died in gaol. The surrounding parishes are full of men who make it the thief means of support. If the disfranchisement of the Chace could be brought about, an immense quantity of additional land would be cultivated, by which means, increased employment would be furnished to many hundred persons. Numerous attempts have been made to effect the disfranchisement at different periods, but all have failed, until recently, a very liberal offer having been made by Lord Rivers, Mr. Farquharson, Mr. Portman, Mr. Okeden, Mr. Bower, and other gentle men, have devoted much time to an effort to reconcile the contending interests of all parties, and hence arose the pre sent Meeting. On the motion of Sir John Smith, Bart., seconded by Mr. Portman, M.P., Mr. FA ILQUHAILSON wall called to the Chair, and read over the names of the different Pro prietors of the Chace, amongst whom were Lord Pem broke, Lord Shaftesbury, the Marquisses of Angleaea and Bath, Lord Barnard, Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Sir Ed ward Baker, the Hon. Mr. Fane, Sir George Bingham, General Bingham, Mr. Farquharson, Mr. Portman, Mr. Okedon, Mr. Bower, and many others, persons of dis tinction, most •f whom appeared either personally or by their Agents. The CHAIRMAN then read the Report of the Committee, appointed at a former Meeting, in consequence of the offer of Lord Rivers to part with his right of Chace, in consi deration of an annuity of 1,8001. per annum. REPORT. In compliance with the Resolution of the General Meet ing of the 26th June, 1826, the Committee proceeded to obtain from each proprietor the number of acres of wood belonging to him, together with the length of buck-fence required to protect his arable lands. Some considerable time and much trouble attended the obtaining the neces sary returns ; but as soon as the Committee had obtained sufficient information, they proceeded to make such an as sessment as would produce the annual sum of 1,8001., being at the rate of ss. per acre on the woods, and 10/. per mile on the buck-fence. After great exertions on the part of the Committee, and repeated communications with Lord Pembroke's solicitor and agents, it was stated by the latter, that Lord Pem broke approved of the disfranchisement, but considered his property unable, from peculiar circumstances, to bear the whole of the rent charged upon it; in fact, they considered that it would. not bear above three-eighths of the sum charged. Mr. Oddie, however, Lord Pembroke's solicitor, offered 2001. per annum, being less by 1901. than the sum assessed. Having then obtained from Lord Pembroke this reply, the Committee considered it their duty again to apply to Lord Anglesey, who had at length withdrawn his objection to the principle of the plan, and assented to his assessment with a very trifling diminution. Finding that nothing more could be done on the part of the Com mittee, who had used every means in their power, though without success, to prevail upon Lord Barnard to give his consent ; and who were aware that Mr. Beckford would not withdraw his objection, ~they felt it might facilitate the business if they were to enter into communication with Mr. Parkinson, the solicitor. of Lord Rivers. The result of the communication has been to ascertain, that Lord Rivers will not accept any less sum than 1001. per an num, as originally agreed on. This is the Report which the Committee have to make to the General Meeting. It will be for them to decide, whether that sum can be raised., The Committee will add that such decision must he made this day, and that it will be conclusive, as to the purposes of the meeting. Mr. DAVIS (Steward to Lord Bath) suggested a diffi culty in consequence of Lord Pembroke's having refused to agree to pay snore than 2001. per annum, whereas he was assessed at 395/. There were also some other persons who had not given their answers to the application of the Committee, or objected to payment, unless compelled by Act of Parliament. He thought Lord Pembroke ought to pay his share with the rest. Mr. PorcrnAN said, that the ultimatum, both of Lord Rivers and Lord Pembroke, had been received ; and, there fore, some determination to raise the extra sum by assess ment or subscription must be made instantly, or the nego— ciation abandoned. Mr. OKEDEN would venture to press on the Meeting this one fact, that if it were not now agreed to pay the 1,800/., Lord Rivers would have nothing more to do with the negotiation. Mr. Bow Las, Steward to Lord Grosvenor, said the good to be effected was incalculable, and the additional charge not sufficient to induce any reasonable person to lose the opportunity of effecting the arrangement. Mr. Pntwe CHITTY recommended that the question should be at once put to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN was about to put the question, when Mr. Castleman, an attorney, rose to explain to the meeting the different methods of obtaining Acts of Parliament, and the difference between enclosure bills and estate bills. Ile recommended an Act of Parliament in the regular form. A Gentleman asked the expence of this. Mr. CASTLEMAN said, about 6,0001. Mr. Portman,. the Chairman, General Bingham, and other Gentlemen remarked, that they would rather ahmdon the measure than throw away the proprietors' money in this manner, or run the risk of raising questions of right which could never be set at rest. A long discussion arose on this point, Mr. Castleman still urging the necessity of the expensive mode, and the prOprietors as stoutly combatting it ; at length, the good sense of the Chairman put an end to the discussion, by the expression of his opinion, that there was nothing at all in the objection, and that the real question was, would they agree to make up the sum or break up at once ? The names of the provrietors who assented to the in creased vote were then taken down, when all but two (who were not fully authorised, but would consult their prin cipals, and Mr. Castleman, who required to consult Lord Anglesea) assented to the increased rate. The Committee, consisting of Mr. Portman, Mr. Far quharson, Mr. Okeden, Sir Henry Face, and Mr. - Bowyer Bower, were then re-appointed. Sir JOHN SMITH proposed and Mr. CHARLES BOWLES seconded the following Resolution : " That the Committee be requested to communicate the proceedings of this meeting to Lord Rivers's agent, Mr. Parkinson; as also, to such of the proprietors in the Chace as have not attended this meeting. Also, that the Com mittee be empowered to enter into a contract with Lord Rivers for the disfranchisement of the Chace, on the prin ciples this day agreed on, provided it be found that such principle can be legally carried into effect."—The meeting then broke up. The village of Braithwell, in the neighbour hood of Doncaster, is remarkable for its antiquity; at the lower end of the town there is now standing a nunnery, which was surrounded by a moat, inhabited by a farmer, of the name of Birks. A little higher up there is a friar's house ; and near the top of the town stands an old anti quated building, said to have been inhabited by a princess. We have been informed there is Much about this house that would amuse an antiquary. An old man of the name of Fidler, a native of Sheffield, says he dug or plowed up a in a field adjoining this place, a number of skeletons, whose bones laid along side of each other, where he believed a battle must have been fought. A number of other skele tons he also found at some distance, buried in the same manner.—Boston Gazette. MELANCHOLY DEATH AND CORONER'S INouitsr.—An invest was held on Saturday evening last, at the Woodman, Westow-hill, Norwood, on the body of Mr. T. Waugh Weightman, of the firm of Weightman and Co., cloak manufacturers, Queen-street, Cheapside ; before Richard Carter, Esq., Coroner for the county, and a re spectable jury. It appeared from the evidence that the de ceased had fallen in milting down a steep hill, and never spoke afterwards.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." It was stated the deceased was 42 years of age, and his death has caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood, as he Ap pears to have been a man deservedly respected. • LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. IN THE MATTER OF TILE SUITORS. Mr. BEAMES stated that the Court had answered a petition in this matter for • to-day; it prayed for a reference to the Master to enquire whether the Registrar's and Accountant General's offices re quired repairing, and whether it would be fit and proper that such repairs should he affected. His LORDSHIP Wished to know whether there were any affidavits stating that repairs were requisite. Mr. BEAMES said, no. The present motion was only that the Master might to directed to exercise his discretion in stating whether they were necessary or not ; no repairs had been made on these premises for the last eleven years.—Reference directed. BROWNE V. HOWARD AND OTHERS, Mr. SUGDEN moved to dissolve an injunction that had been granted, a few days ago, es-parte, upon the application of Mr. Whitmarsh, against the defendants, to restrain them from proceeding at law against the defendants, for the: recovery of upwards of 4,0001. as the indorsee of some dishonoured Bills of Ex change. The es-parte case was, that the plaintiff had been the agent of the defendants, who are ma nufacturers at Manchester; that in payment of sales made by him for the defendants, he had taken the bills in question, which by mistake had been drawn payable to the agent, instead of to the order of the principals ; that he subsequently refused to indorse them ; but upon being assured by the defendants that he should not be held responsible, should the bills not be duly honoured, he 'did consent to put his name on them ; the bills were not paid, and the defendants had turned round upon the plaintiff and sued out a writ against him for .this large amount. The Court under that representation, granted the injunction.— Mr. S. stated now, that the affidavits made by the defendants showed most distinctly, as well as the production of the books, bills, &c. thethselves, that the sales had been by the defendants to the plaintiff himself out and out; that the bills had been paid to them by him, as payment from him ; and that the whole case made by the plaintiff ex-parte was a mass of perjury. . Mr. WHITMARSH could not deny that the affidavits of the defendants were stronger than he expected to find they would have been; they surprised him, and he could not adduce any thing further in support of his injunction. - His LORDSHIP thought the story, at the time it was told by the plaintiff, improbable. He dissolved the injunction with costs. Mr. SUGDEN wished the Court to mark this case by giving costs as between attorney and client. His LORDSHIP refused this, dissolving it merely with the usual costs. SITTINGS. His LORDSHIP intimated, that as it seemed it would be inconvenient to the Bar were the Sittings to be extended beyond the 17th, he should rise on Friday, but he should continue for sometime after wards to hear any application that might be made to him in lunacy - , though not in Court. It might be convenient also for him to inform the bar that he would sit to-morrow at nine o'clock, and after attend ing the interment of Mr. Canning, would, if possible, be back to resume his sitting by two o'clock. BEAUMONT V. BEAUMONT. Mr. HEALD moved for an order, calling upon the defendant to pay into Court 9501., to abide the re sult of the hearing the appeal that had been lodged, and that all proceedings might be stayed in the in terim, Mr. SUGDEN appeared for the defendant, and raised an obstacle relating to proceedings that had taken place in the Master's office, which could not be overcome without au affidavit, which Mr. Heald stated should be furnished by tomorrow, when the case is to be mentioned again. , VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Ex-TARTR DRAVCOT IN THE MATTER OF ARCHER, BANKRUPT Ilia was an appeal from a decision of the Com missioners of Bankruptcy, who refused to admit the proof of a claim made by Draycot, on behalf of his wife, against the bankrupt's estate. Mr. PEMBERTON said, the case arose out of a deed executed in September, 1825. The deed, after re citing the marriage of Draycot with the bankrupt's daughter, went on to provide, that Draycot should settle an annuity of 501. on hie wife, in case she sur vived him ; that in the event orher being obliged to live separate from him during his lifetime, on ac count of his misconduct, be was to pay her a like annuity of the same amount, that he was in no case to see or molest her, during their separation, as long as Archer, her father, indemnified the hus band from all debt► or expences which the wife might incur; and in consideration of these under takings on the part of the husband, Archer covenanted to pay Mrs. Draycot during her lifetime and for her sole use, an annuity of fifty pounds. Be fore any payment was made under the deed, Archer became a bankrupt, and upon the petitioner's going before the Commissioners to have the annuity proved as against the bankrupt's estate, they refused to admit the claim, on the grounds that no con sideration had been given for the atinnitity. The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—They rejected your claim because they thought the contract was against the rides of public policy, inasmuch as it was made in contemplation of the separation of husband and wife. Mr. PEMBERTON submitted that they acted upon a mistaken conception of the law, as the Court would find that the deed contained abundant consi deration, independently of the covenant, which w as impeachable on the grounds of public policy. There was the covenant on the part of the husband to settle an annuity on his wife in the event of her sur viving him. This, the learned gentleman contended, would, in itself, be a sufficient consideration. Mr. MONTAGUE sai,d this was the most impor tant question ever submitted to a Court of Justice. The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—I think I remember• at least one hundred as important. Mr. MONTAGUE.—His Honour's memory might be more accurate than his, but Lord Eldon, in speak ing of the well known case of Lord and Lady St. John, - said it was the most important to the public interests that could be submitted to a Court of Jus tice, independently of its effect on the contract of marriage. It has been held (said his Lordship) as a rule of law, that marriage is not dissoluble even by a sentence of the law, but tth, dissolution must be effected by the Legislature; and this was held upon the principle, that parties should not think that they were entering into'fluctnating contracts. His Lord ship. also declared, that any deeds made in contem plation of separation were void, inasmuch as parties were not justified in looking forward to such an event, but should, on the contrary, have the deter mination, upon entering into thq married state, to improve their tempers, so far as to render a separation unnecessary. In another case that came before Lord E ldon, where the husband, the wife, and a third party exe cuted a deed, providing that if the wife should separate from her husband and take her child to live with her, the husband was to pay to the Third party an an nuity for the benefit of the wife, his Lordship there decided that the deed was void, because it gave the wife the option of living separately. The learned gentleman contended that the other clauses were introduced into the present deed for the mere purpose of giving a colour to a transaction in itself fraudulent. Archer was, at the time of its execu tion, on the eve of bankruptcy, and the object was to defeat his creditors. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was of opinion that if the Commissioners decided rightly, they were right, for a!wrong reason. His Honour did not think that the deed was impeachable because there was a contract in it which was supposed to be aga i nst t i le goo d policy of marriage ; but, independently of that ques tion, there was another difficulty, namely, whether the contract was not purely voluntary. The deed was not made in contemplation of the marriage of his daughter, for that had already taken place; and the question, therefore, arose upon the claim of the petitioner, although a good legal claim ought not to be postponed to those of the bona fide creditors of the bankrupt, •on the ground that Archer had re ceived no consideration for it. His Honour wished that the gentlemen on both sides would look into the authorities on the subject, and mention the case again to-morrow. SPORTING-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). HUNTINGDON TIACES.—TuEsnAY, Ana. 14. Join CALVERT, Esq., M.P., and .I.AmEs STUART, Esq M.P., Stewards. TAIr. Rown, Clerk of the Course. Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., by subscribers of 10 sovs. each ; the surplus (if any) to be paid to the winner, for al ages ; the winner to he sold for SOO sore. if demanded. Four miles. Duke of Manchester named hr. c. Demon, 3 yrs.. Mr. Poyntz named Mr. Sowerby's b. h. Skiff, 6 yrs 2 Earl of Vernlam named ch. c. Upas, 4 yrs Mr. Stuart named eh. c. Tom Tit, 3 yrs 4 Three paid.—A very fine race, won by half a neck. The Hinchinbrooke Plate of 501. for three-yr-olds and up wards. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. under the usual conditions. Heats, once round. Mr. J. Rogers's kf. Abigail, 3 yrs (Brown) 1 1 Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Zoffani, 3 yrs 2 2 Marquis of Tavistock's b. c. Half Moon, 3 yrs 4 $ Mr. Dullingham's hr. c. Skirmisher, 4 yrs 3 4 Two drawn.—Both heats well contested, and both won by half a neck. The Two-year-old Stakes did not fill. OXFORD RACES.—TUESDAY, AUG. 14. R. WM AND and E. StatuoN, :s q rs., Stewards. J. VENABLES, Clerk of the Course. The OXfordshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft. and only 5 if declared by the Ist of August, for all ages, two-yr olds excepted. Three to remain or no race. Two miles. (Eighteen subscribers declared forfeit by the time prescribed.) Mr. I. Day's Liston, 6 ST9 Mr. D. C. Webb named The Constable, 4 yrs 2 Mr. J. Face named El Dorado, 6 yes 3 Mr. Drake named Tears, 4 yrs 4 Four others started.—Won easy.-5 to 4 on El Dorado.. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, 15 ft. for three-yr-olds, 61b. and four, Set. 71b. The straight mile. Mr. J. Dilly's Maldonia, 4 yrs... (S. Day) 1 Mr. I. Sadler's ch. 1. Tears, 4 yrs Three others started. —Won easy. A Sweepstakes of says. each, with 50 added, for all ages.— The winner to he sold for 200 sovs. under the usual conditions. Heats, two miles. Mr. Sadler's Popinjay, 5 yrs...(Chaple) 1 1 Mr. C. Day's Miss West, 5 yrs 3 2 Mr. Pryse's c. by Anticipation, 4 yrs 2 dr WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—Mostrav, Auo. IS. (CONCLUDED FROM OUR PAPER OF YESTERDAY.) The Tradesmen's Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap Stakes of IS sovs. each, h. ft. Twice round. Mr. Holyoake named Euxton, 4 yrs ... (Arthur) I Mr. Flintoff's Arachne, 5 yrs Sir W. W. Wynn's May*Fly, 4 yrs 3 Sir G. Pigot's Columbia, 6 yrs 4 Mr. H. Ilordern named Maid of Mansfield Nine drawn.—Two paid.—An excellent race, severely contested by Arachne and Euxton ; won by half a length. A Plate of 50 sovs., ,for all ages. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs. under the usual conditions. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Beardsworth's Don Diego, 4 yrs ... (Norman) 1 1 Mr. Pickernell's Zamiel, 4 yrs Mr. Cook's His Majesty, 3 yrs 2 3 A very good race. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. MONDAY, Auo. 13.—A Maiden Plate of 501. for horses not having won any Plate or Stakes ; three-yr-olds, ist. four, Set. 41b. five, Bst. 111 h. six and aged, 9st. 21b. Heats, one mile and a distance. Mr. R. Royce's hr. c. Scamper, 4 yrs 2 1 1 Mr. Neville's b. h. Smugglei., 4 yrs ...... Mr. Newman's b. m. Julia, by Bourbon, 6 yrs 1 3 3 Mr . . Howard's b. f. Rosebud, 4 y rs .. ... First heat won by a nose, second and third by a length. County Stakes of sgs. each, for all ages not thorongh-hied; three-yr-olds, Set. ' four, 9st. 411). five, 10st. six and aged, I Ost. 51h. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Westbrook's br. m. by Don Cossack, 6 yrs 1 1 Mr. Day names gr. m. Chance, aged 2 2 Mr. J. Day names bl. g. Sundial, 5 yrs 3 3 Mr. W. H. Nicholson names br. g. by Bellator, 6 yrs 4 dr Mr. Hoar names br. m. Duchess, 6 yrs e dr Mr. Larkin names ch. g. Re g ulator, 6 yrs 6 dr Sir A. Christie names ch. g. Ploughboy, 5 yrs First heat won by half a length, second by a length. The Rockingham Stakes of 10gs. each, for horses of all ages; three-yr-olds, ist. four, Sst. 41h. five, Set. 111 b. six and aged, 9st. 21b. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Lumley names b. b. Monarch, 4 yrs .... 1 1 Mr. Theobald's b. c. The Baron, 4 yrs Mr. D. H. Day names bl. c. Sparkler, 3 yrs 3 dr Monarch never was headed, and won easy. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.—WEDNESDAY, Aua.B. The Manor Bowl, by a subscription of 5 sous. each, with 50 added from the Racing Fund. Mr. Wyatt's g. f. 4 yrs • Mr. White's Flamingo, 4 yrs... 2 2 Air. Monk's Diana, 6 yrs The Visitors' Plate of 50 soya. Mr. Coleman's Honeysuckle, 4 yrs 1 1 . Mr. Monk's Diana, 6 yrs Mr. West's Constitution, 5 yrs ' One drawn. THURSDAY.—The Whim Plate, 50 sow. given by the Town. Heats. Mr. White's Flamingo, 4 yrs Mr. Monk's Diana, 6 yrs 3 3 2 Mr. West's Constitution,*s yrs 1 2 dr The Half-bred Stakes, a subscription of 5 sows. each, with 35 added from the Racing Fund. Mr. Luck's Chop, 5 yrs " 2 2 1 Mr. Friend's Caroline... 4 1 3 2 Mr. Maplesden's Chance, aged... 3 3 2 dr Mr. Pegg's Coacher, aged Mr. Bamfield's Snail, aged 5 dr PIGEON MATCHES. A pigeon match took ',lace on Bagshot•heath, between eleven of the three Crack Clubs, the Hats, Midgham, and Ashton, at seven birds each, against All England, for '2OO soya., ou Monday, in the presence of a numerous field. The Clubs were backed at 7to 4, twenty-one yards from the trap, and the charge not to exceed two ounces of shot. The Clubs killed 50 birds, and lost three out of bounds. England killed 48. A second match for 100 sous. took place on the same ground, between Smithers and Bennett, at twelve birds each. The former won by bagging nine, and his oppo nent eight.—Betting 5 to 4 on the winner. ST. ()LA` E'S ROWING MATCH. Yesterday a rowing match took place at St. Olave's, near London Bridge, for a wherry and other prizes, given by subscription, which were rowed fur by six free water men. For the last beat the boats came in as follow : Henry Froud Purple George Staples William Wackerell Scarlet GREENWICH ROWING MATCH, AND FATAL ACCIDENT. A coat and silver badge, and other prizes, given by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Greenwich, were on Monday contested for by six young men, watermen's apprentices-- five heats. After four most admirable heats, which af forded great delight, John Oiles, yellow, and Richard Sherby, green, being the best men, started for the grand heat, to row about four miles, when after an arduous con test Giles was declared the winner. I- fatal accident occurred to Mr. Joseph Smith, of Greenwich, during the last heat. He was standing in a boat, and while taking a sovereign out of his pocket to lay on Giles, he fell overboard, and was drowned. His body was picked up about twenty minutes after, and taken on board the Grampus, but all attempts to restore ani mation proved fruitless. Seven children; and a widow hourly expected to be again confined, are left to deplore his loss. HYDROPHOBIA.—Last night a man was taken from the streets near Finsbury square, where he was t lying in the gutter foaming at the month, !fowling in every t e respect like a dog, and altogether exhibiting every symp tom of having been bitten by that animal in a rabid state. S evera l medical gentlemen were immediately sent for, who tried the effects of showing him water, at which he shud dered,i becameman d wastbi s exceedingly outrageous. S t. 14 he tk u e' n s f° H r 0S -- !a tu 7 pital, but it is feared he will not survive. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The sudden malady of Lord Liverpool dim!. ved the Administration of which he was chief; and we all tecollect the scene of political coiLL.:A and confusion which ensued in the formation of a new ministry. Of this turmoil there Were three causes : first, Parliament was sitting, and therefore every opinion and passion found a tongue in that assembly ; secondly, there were personal objections—we think illiberal and un just ones—to Mr. Canning : and lastly, there were doubts of the propriety of continuing that system of policy, of which, though Lord Liver pool were from his station the official promulga , tor, there is no doubt that Mr. Canning was the author. From these causes sprung up the public agitation, which marked the transit of power from the hands of Lord Liverpool to those of Mr. Canning. Mr. Canning is no more ; and it is incredible with what apparent tranquillity and 'external quiet the substitutions are now taking plate by which that Statesman's loss is to be supplied. The absence of those exciting causes, which we have above described as having previously produced a contrary effect, may be assigned for the present stillness. Parliament is in a state of prorogation : there is no personal hostility to Lord Goderich : and as to the liberal system of policy, it may be enforced with more or less zeal and ability, but it cannot be that any one should gravely recommend or rashly attempt to unravel it, and twist out of its threads a cord to bind again the freedom of commerce and the. intercourse of mankind. Yet still it may be inquired, is this tranquillity substantial or hol low ? Is it to remain as the settled habit of the political atmosphere, or is it to be followed by a tempest ? Will the party now excluded from office, and the wealth-dispensing smiles of the Sovereign, acquiesce in the present disposi tion of places ? To this we answer (without _saying what they will do), that we know what :hey ought to do, if they act in conformity with their professions, and with those principles which they would establish as moral duties—they will support, or at least they, will not oppose, the Ministry which their Royal Master has created. For, when the Canning Administration was formed, they " had it to say" that his Majesty was deceived ; that the Oozing tongue and dex terous address of Canning had imposed upon him ; that, in truth, the Administration was forced upon the Royal will, (though, if it were forced, it was their own desertion of their too gracious Master that left him no choice). But what can they say in the present instance ? There has been no smooth tongue, no dexterous address, no wily insinuations of a Canning to direct the Royal choice. But before we go any Alrther, let us recommend to their observation she manner in which that eminent Statesman, whom they traduced as unworthy of being their leader, is spoken of by foreign nations—by the distinguished and intellectual of all Europe ; • how the homage of admiration and applause offered to his injured spirit, pours, and will pour, into England from every realm and in every lan guage. However, let Mr. Canning's talents have been more or less, they ha ve no t b een em ployed in directing his Majesty in the selection of his new servants. If ever Ministry sprung, or could spring, from the spontaneous will of the Sovereign, it is the Ministry now forming. The party of which Mr. Peel and the late Chancellor may be considered as the poli tical chiefs, and from which we would will ingly separate the Duke of Wallin ton, (the rest are trash), were not " sen t f or ' by his Majesty. Lord Goderich is not to blame for the omission. His Lordship never solicited access' the Royal presence, he merely, as they would have done, obeyed when summoned. If that party, therefore, oppose a Ministry thus originating, :and in which there is no Mr. Canning, they say in direct terms to his Majesty, " You shall choose ;lone but us ; that is, you shall not choose at all.. We will prescribe to you ; and, arrived at th e only crisis at which your Majesty is without re sponsible advisers, you shall abdicate the Royal Functions, and we will assume them." Is it thus hat men, loaded with Royal favours, and pro cessing principle's of devotion to th e S overeign, would instil loyalty and prescrib e s u b m i s Si on ? :i' o tis t t h iiis em lion s y e da l le v te is i , and to sink the Crow n o i nto abey ance. In the arrangement of places after the ,will of the real Sovereign, and under his direc lion, not many changes, or much infusion of new matter, is necessary. Mr. Huskisson may accept the seals of the Colonial-offite, with the lead which his talents will naturally give him, pa r ti. .iflarly in matters of finance and commerce, in he House of Commons. Mr. C. Grant would hen step into the office of the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Herries, we believe, has seen before offered the situation of Chancellor of he Exchequer ; his own health, and that of the ;ate First Lord of the Treasury, has probably suspended the decision. The former cause may he removed by a temporary relaxation, which the season allows ; and the painful certainty which prevails on the latter subject will make him bet ter acquainted with the precise bounds of the. ;11ities which he has to perform. The DAP; o f Portlandis to be President of the Coun c il, iii the place of Lord Harrowby.—Time4 If the sentiments which come spontaneously from Frenchmen—from those who have any title to be regarded as liberal, independent, and en lightened among that nation—do but echo the generous grief of our own countrymen for a loss ‘vhich is common to both —nay, to every civiliz ed people,—it is otherwise with certain organs of the French press, which are compelled to utter the speech set down for them, and which .ire considered as representing a narrow coterie of interests—French, perhaps, by name and cc ,ident, but the reverse of national in their tend ncy and spirit. An article from the Monitertr, which we inserted in the Time: of yesterday, on e a sy t lTl de p al ath to y the death (and, indirectly, on the character) o. F B bra o eoin u e r i IVIr. Canning, hai given occasion to the above previously disru ption an o_f remark. Fren c h The niei i in Ministers o 1i r con o c f e rsritignh at te H dtsnh o t(teio u a ta s i teoenhosdo,es ofm mo n ri ... 0 p ; l a a i i l n d ly, th al e arm ta e s d k generalb:the ot teur is, to show that there is n 1 hhiLastord Londonderry, the Duke of his policy, the . ire grieve('2)ann alike : mandeceived about being onlythe late brilliant Minister orator,d and the policy, in its most important and ad mired Loss--that eEricnagnla a great r. e England from the Holy Alliance, and in the re mired bran s c h h o e o s— t fr n o am m el p y, rin i c n ip t l l e le s g but followed the political foot- Wellington, and Lord Liverpool. Undoubt edly, if the Moniteur can once make out that i),, o oiin gn ru .nere i cc t e i a o d a o i t i ffn i b. o i n ny f g t t steps of all or any of the personages here alluded t o , it will have no farther trouble in convincing us how foolish is the present sorrow. 'But the people of England are not se easily confused by Ihe misapplication of toms. It is one thing to MIMI