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7 . 772 l .l lninimmr•Simmwpslielmirmarmeo, wirenasse, TO the T !Iv AI, and INDEPENDENT ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of CALLINGTON. GENTLEMEN, AVING. been informed, that it is the ~,,r},i,ornpsoinn,tenttsioqn. of your worthy Representative, William to retire, I have been induced to offer my !"Z for the high lionour of succeeding him as one of your Re ,r!sentives in Parliament. The deep impression which your great kindness and the unprecedented success of my Canvass, Pend °n 0 1. 0 . Tv mind, can never be effaced. The same inde- E h a , ePrinciples which have recommended me to your notice, " ver guide my 'endeavours to fulfil my duty to you and ~,3r country ac!f_./ slion.ld be the object of your choice, I promise you to t e "Rli strict independence; for you justly expect that your Zielltr_esentatives should be as independent as yourselves; and frralier remaining in private life, or exalted, through your , hitheres, .to represent you in Parliament, I shall continue, as I be,,' si ncerely attached to our King a nd Government : mY tO assure you, that no exert i ons s h a ll b e wanting on to attain tie high honour to which I aspire. leay.,lttl every sent i ment of gratitude and respect I take my r you for a short period ; and I have the honour to Gentlemen, Your much obliged and faithful servant, Callington, 2 7th Ai n•inns CHARLES MACKINNON. t 13 4 3 , . I.4 ° , N DON 4 GOLD and SILVER. REFIN sori, ' l4 PLATE and BULLION COMPANY.—Per iIt, desirous of being engaged by the Company in the Smelt- I nerl a ts ll : l Refini ng, Plate Manufacturing,. or Jewellery Deyart ro or in the furtherance of any other object stated in the of their and who can produce unquestionable testimonials . Pos tage abty and integrity. may address written Applications, Plae e „ ge str f r , eo, to the Directors," at the Office, Lancaster und. U NI TED LONDON and HIBERNIAN an t , CORN and FLOUR CO3IPANY.—The Dir ec tor s lili es that they will, in October, commence supplying Fa witii.ittli FLOUR, in sacks, half sacks, or barrels, sealed (postagee Cu mPany's seal, to be paid for on delivery. Orders_ Ir att ? free) will be received at the Office, 5, Lancaster Place, to a d u .' . ° o Bridg e . The Company's Servants will be sworn not ue trad e t .` e ,tate, nor to permit adulteration. —All orders for l u be accompanied with satisfactory references. b. "--"..`-_'• _.-........___ PRIC E 3 4141 or sTOCKS THIS k tituck P ................. er C ent. Rect. ............ Per Cent. C . 013,} Per (!ent.0n5...... ...... 7' tint° lted . . ............... 4Per.Ceot. .... .......... 100 A 2 tsank l In` ia iong . ...... bitto .................. 12 outlt S ea Stock ......... 1)1Y I.T ONE O'CLOCK. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. Lid. par 4 pm. Ditt0...500/. 14(1 ... par 3 pm. Ditto small Ifd. ... par 3 pm. Ditto Advertised ... par 3 pm. Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Opening ... FUNDS AT An,:...:,,Ct'S OF rolteiGN il r .',.••• 11d5,5 per cent-- ....,,..i_ii:;..r, lids ************ '... ONE O'CLOCK. ic---....______ 1823 ......... 74!, t;'*------. Scrip ......... 93 dis. 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AngicLlT ... 92i Angh,_,-,(•l.lcan Mining Company 6i eastelli"ll4"' Mining Cornta"y• •• , Company 10 , 40 Palle() ;and Espirito Santo razil Al i n i n g 1, 1 2 l'otasilernvian Alining Company . ion .. 7 4 1 rn B i I° a l'a Z • IPe ruvian Mining Assoc iat i on I Pll Ish Arl"' can Ily3i b vi uni ming p y t_d Mexican Mining Company 1 134-I;iTiexcht7 rire Assurance Company 11 British iii"e°"VnnY 124 12 Gen eral ')., and, Patent Salt Company g p rovi _ .. Learn Navif,ation Company Ili oual Lank of Ireland ARRIVED. . DUE. ~~ roC.tIGN mAILS• Guernsey and G ottenbu rgh Jersey [ Wm v t;t l I,o nrooN BRIDGE TO - MORROW. es after 5 . I livening, 10 minutes after 6. tiL p v , • u IC ERE FALSUM AUD E 2 . :2, L ONDON, l'UnD4l' BrEIVIIVG, SEPTEMBER 3, 1825. Th 'acts frOra may the French Papers of Wednes tC"4 from th e All gemeine Zeitun of the 27th g ' ust2 are.given in a preceding column. F ro m t armer we lear n that 13 EssicitEs has been ar- Ni ce. shot, together with seven of his accom `ilenteThe news from Germany is not of any or • " aOt with out anger we read in the columns abo:,, i''re nch Pap er the most calumnious and or liable reflec t i ons upon the moral character e t' the English people, arising out of certain ofZies) which the transactions in our Police 1) c " have developed and which most of the °Wi t J o Thep urnals have very improperly published. of th ltilt° r of the Journal in question takes hold E n i'is tkcasion to sneer at the morality of•the f 44:18h) and, iu spite of his usual occupation o . Ivii:).°tting the aristocracy of his own country, is hisii3tig to decry tliePeerage of England, and would 14 : ate that this crime is common among them ,: At 11118"er to this we only beg that person to 100 I find bil t ° l 4le3 and if lie does we are sure he wil- thq little cause to triumph. If this crime is not ° 4l, B h ub j e ct of k4 ;l. "cause i judi cicial inqui r y i n F rance , it i s t is not regarded with the same 1 4iii e e of horror there as in England. It "I.' 1 r• ' IS "t a ca • • b the 4„,,, capital crime y Th,, rri . French ti 'is p.,. ab gnant and uncompromising hatred 0 . 1 . ~ 1 1 I :Ig or t n ° L the English and their country is it. . n -wii. Ip "'ll i "very opportunity that hti s , t so 1 ; presents agerly seized to vent his spleen q sun " g as it was confined to assertions oh, rerio,it "Y q ~,. Y ° ll the part of France, it was sillt,tl it'iLliculoos and excusable v ,riety. But iip ott til is attempted to fix such a stigma as this eEtiglibh nation, it is no longer endurable, and tb6 false and wicked slander ought to be re torted upon its odious inventor. There is no accounting for the panic which seems to reign in the Stock Exchange. C o ns o ls opened this morning at 87-11 for the Account, and but little doing, and in the course of the morning they fell to 871 a. In the midst of this depression of the English Funds, the Foreign Stocks appear to retain their prices, and even to advance. There seems to be nothing in the political affairs of the country, either as it regards things at home, or its relations abroad, that could in any degree lead. to such a result. The decline has been fully 111 per cent. and apparently without the smallest cause. The French funds are equally low. On Wednesday• the three per cents. declined lf. for money, and for the account, lf. lOc. They sustained a still further decline after 'Change, and were finally quoted at 70f. 60c. The decline in the French Funds was, after the arrival of the news of the capture and execution of BEsilEttEs, and thus plainly shews that events in Spain were at least not the only cause of it. THE THEATRE. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.--.AS might be ex pected, a very numerous and elegant audience attended the benefit of Miss PATos, last night at this theatre. The play. was The Devil's Bridge, a piece that has the recommendation of a bustling, interesting plot, in which there is a mixture of the terrific and the pathetic. Miss PAToN, for the first time appeared in the character of Rosakb:a, and both in acting and singing, rendered it very conspicuous. Her vocal powers were exerted with such brilliant effect, that she was encored in almost all of her songs. She was admirably support ed. by BitAHANI who def.w forth the full powers of his voice; - and was also obliged to repeat most of his songs. COOPER in Marcelli, was judicious and impressive, a nd Miss KELLY was all that could be required of true comic humour in Laurent:. A musical interlude followed, in which Mips PATON, BRAHAM, Tucittsc, and BROADHURST, afforded much pleasure to the audience. The Blind Boy was the last piece and nothing could be more interesting than the performance of Miss KELLY in this very affecting little drama. Ma. 11 CAN.—If this Actor does not excel his predecessors, or contemporaries in genius, he certainly does in boldness, for such a confident speech as that which he uttered at Manchester, is wholly.unprecedented in his profession. Was his inuendo against Tux THRONE intended to please the Republicans of Manchester, or to ensure a more favourable reception from those of America ? VAUXIIALL .GARDENS. Last night terminated one of the most brilliant and successful seasons of which the proprietors of those gardens have had to boast for several years. The weather throughout was extremely favourable, and each succeeding evening the crowds continued without diminution. In the present week the proprietors united the splendour of the principal galas during the season : thus there were the leading features of the ".Juvenile Fete," the " Coronation Gala," the " Birth-clay Gala," the " Military and Naval Fetes;" and, to sum up the whole, the " Grand Union Gala." In this last were em braced, all the various devices and mottos exhibited during the season, with the additional one, placed over the pavilion, of " We respectfully say farewell !" which was executed in very brilliant lamps. The amusements of the evening were on the same grand scale which we noticed with deserved praise on the occasion of the " Juvenile Fete" and the " Birth-day Gala." The attendance last night was extremely numerous and select, and the whole went off with great eclat. At the conclusion of the second act of the concert, the following farewell addrcs was delivered by Mr. TAYLOR, and received with loud cheers: " Ladies and Gentlemen—This evening brings us to the close of the fourth year since these gardens have been the pro perty of the present proprietors, and I am desired by them to make their most respectful acknowledgments for the unbounded liberality with which you have honoured them. The gracious patronage of his Majesty, and the presence this season of seve ral members of his Illustrious Family, of most of the distin guished Nobility, and of the British nation, are flattering cir cumstances, for whit the proprietors are truly proud and grateful ; and while their constant aim has been to cherish and deserve your generous support, they trust they may be per mitted to feel that their endeavours to promote your amuse ment, as well as their arrangements with respect to refresh ments, wine, &c. have been generally successful. The im. provements meditated for the ensuing season in every depart ment, will, they hope, prove their anxiety to increase the high popularity of Vauxhall. Ladies and Gentlemen, for the pro prietors, and every person of this establishment, I am deputed to make their united and heartfelt acknowledgments, and to bid you, respectfully, farewell The company remained in the gardens until a very late hour this morning. THE lIA RVEST.—The wheat harvest is now nearly completed throughout the kingdom ; and grain, so fine in quality, was scarcely erer remem bered by the oldest farmers. MANUFACTURE OF SILK.—A communication laid before the Philadelphia Society for internal improvement, states that a boy in Southwark was engaged in the cultivation, if we may use the'expression, of silk-worms. A Frenchman about a year ago made him a present of 19 worms ; hd was then 12 years of age. They have now increased to 2,400, and have already commenced spinning : each, of these reptiles spins from 300 to 500 yards of pure silk, besides the tow, and it takes about six hours to wind oft' the labours of twenty-five of these industrious mechanics. The boy is the child of.poor but respectable parents, and devotes all the hours which he can spare from his school to superintend the labours of the silk worms. CALICO.PRINT INC.—The Rochester Republi can states, than an establishment for printing calico is about to be established in Troy, New York. It is supposed the build ings and machinery will cost about one million of dollars. A large manufacturing house in Manchester (England) is said to be deeply interested in this establishment. DREADFUL EXPLOSION IN \VIIITECIIAPEL.— This morning, at half-past eight o'clock, the in habitants of Baker-row, Whitechapel, and of the houses for some distance round, experienced a most tremendous shock, caused by the sudden explosion of the firework manufactory of Mr. BitocK, the Artist, owing to a spark communi cating to some gunpowder, and from thence to three magazines. The concussion unroofed the factory of Mr. Brock, and that of Mr. M'Devitt, next door, besides injuring upwards of 100 other houses. A poor woman named Plunket was so dreadfuly iujured that she now lies in the Lon don Hospital without any hope of recovery. s-- , ~,,, .. 2 ?'7. 1 3% :'. , , -- 64 1 • At ' ~.',' c 5.. 1, ; (a. , kf • , . 1t 0 -, ...•,-, - 7) ,- 4 / IR . i(6 \ 2 - .." ,l ' . r-- '7•''' (..4."7 - ' . .._, n ;,,,. ..>..-- 11,-,%.. ;•... ..r : - . : ..; 01...-', ( .:-.--; ..,--..-i d':r• - ;l,:i.'" .4.., ' k,.\4/' . 417 , A. e-, --,, _ . ..,:ct- ~ .-.4-, , ,, ~,,,' .=--.7 - ;:..y. , •., ; s. : : -_, ~,iti) ts ',• - , k, L' ot \-? t p ; --k.„,•,. - ~.. . • :,-,) •,,,, = li '''' -- 7 .-- -z'. -, : , ;,r,1i."'s -sr , ..,.... 4.44. c. 4 7-Wi.,',' '' 0 1 1 1 - . ~ 4 4.1 tt 4.i BRIGHTON, SEPT. 2 The Duke of YORK arrived at the Pavilion last night, about half-past ten o'clock. Ilis Royal Highness came in his tra velling carriage, and was accoMpanieil by Colonel Anderson. This morning his Royal Highness has been riding on horse back upon the Steine and Marine Parade, attended bra single groom out of livery, which is the usual custom of the Duke.— His Royal Highness looks extremely well. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. Lady Drummond, from Montague-square, on a tour ; Colo nel and Mrs. Lyre, from Tunbridge Wells, for Ramsgate; Colonel and Mrs. Meadows, for Broadstairs ; Mrs: and Pigot, for Ramsgate; the Dowager DucheSs of R.:Aland, fin. Leamington ; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, for Hat field; the Marquis of Granby and the three Ladies Manners, for Cheycley Park; Newmarket ; Earl Spencer, from Wimble don, for his seat, Althorpe, Northamptonshire; Countess of Mansfield, for !Milford, South Wales ; Lord and Lady W'm. Russell, for Roehampton ; Lady Lygon, for Spring Hill, WorceStershire ; Colonel ,Fitzclarence, for. the Earl of mont's seat, Petworth, Sussex ; Mrs. and Miss Rosenbagen, for Scarborough ; Mr. anal Mrs. Bridgeman Simpson, from Stoke Hall, near Middleton, for Bilston. Hall, near Rugby, Warwickshire; Mrs. and Miss Medlicott, for Sidmouth ; Mrs. and Miss Norman, for St. Lawrence, Isle of .Thanet.— From the Union Hotel, Cackspur-street—The Honourable Mr. Vaughan ; J. Wright, Esq. for Cheltenham ; J. Walsh, Esq. for Windsor ; Mr. and Mrs. 51 4 Ara, for Hanipton Court ; Co lonel Baumgardt, for Paris ; Captain Roebuck,: for ;Maidstone.' -From Fenton's Hotel, St. .James's-place—James Daly, Esq. M.P. for Eastbourne.—From Jermyn-street— Colonel Black and Sons.—From Gould's H otel, Jermyn-street— Sir Colin and Lady Campbell, for Paris.—From the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street—G. and C. Silvertopp, Esqrs. for Brighton. —From the Puiteney Hotel, Albemarle-street—Francois Borja Migoni, Esq. on a tour; General Armanteroes, on a tour; - Monsieur Pinterdo, for the Continent ; C. Gurney, Esq. for Cheltenham.—From Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Captain and Mrs. Maxwell, for Tonbridge Wells; .J. C. Richards, Esq. for Paris; William Stanhope, for ditto; J. B. Lee, Esq. for Brighton. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. At Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street—General and Mrs Bal four and family, from Scotland.—At Blake's Hotel—E. W. 11. Schellley, Esq. from•Scotland.—At the,Union Hotel—Colonel and Mrs. Fitnferald, from Ramsgate; General Clary, from Dieppe • .T. Eyles, Esq. from Colchester; the Rev. J. Dolphin, from Colchester ; Sir Thomas Sargent, from a tour. •. BATlL—Arrived the Marquis of Lansdown, Earl and Countess of Cork, Earl and Countess De la Warr and family, Lord and Lady Muskerry, Lady Catherine Howard, Lady Hales and family, Lad y Fitzgerald, Lady H. Jones, Hon. Miss .T. Deere; Sir Joseph and Lady Huddart, Sir W. and Lady Poole, Sir W. Houghton, Dr. Lush, Dr. Salmon, Colonel Chambers, Colonel Bailey, Lieutenant-Colonel D'Arcy, Capt. and Mr. Oates, Captain Burt, Captain Haynes, Captain Mo. natty, Captain Walcott, Rev. Mr. and Mr. Wickham, Rev. Mr. Rous, Rev. Mr. Sidney, ,Rev. Mr. Smith:. THE DUCHESS DE BERRI. Her Royal Highness arrived at St. Omer's yesterday, the 29th August. •All the inhabitants, nearlt 20,000, went out to meet her. It would be difficult to describe the enthusiasm which her presence excited. She received the EceleSiastical. Civil, and Military Authorities, and condescended to Show herself several times to the inhabitants, who hailed her with shouts of Vive le Rol ! Vive Muiante ! Y weal les Bourbons ! In the evening she rode out in an open carriage, accompanied with a guard of honour. The town was illuminated. This day her Royal HighnesS will visit the valley of Eeu to see the woollen manufactory of M. V. Pley. She will attend mass at the Cathedral, and go thence to . the Ursulines and the hospi tals. After dinner a fete will be prepared for her upon the water, whither she will go to seethe floatin! , islands, and after wards to the play. To unirroar her Royal rghness leaves us for Amiens. LORD ,CocmtANE.-=—Yesterday afterntan, -about 4 o'clock, Lord COCHRANE, accompanied by his Lady, arrived here in travelling carriage and four. Ills Lordship immediately pro ceeded to the British llotel, Queen-street, where apartments were providbd for hint. After viewing the Castle, Palace, &c. his Lordship sets of this forenoon for Valley&ld, the seat of Sir Robert Preston, Bart.—( Ediuburgli Courant, Sept. „ The Marquis of Waterfbrd teas entertnioed at a Public Din ner at the Devonshire Arms ' Dungarvon, on Monday, by se veral of the most respectable Electors of the County of Water ford. Indisposition prevented the attendance, of Lord George Beresford, Representative of the County, and brother of the 31arquis. There is at present a large assemblage of distinguished fa shionables at Westport House, County -of Mayo; amongst whom are—The Earl and Countess of Clanricarde, Mr. Can ning, jun., Lord llowth, Lord Frankfbrt de Montmorency, Major Kirwan, Castlebacket • Dom. Browne, M. P., Colonel Cliff, M. P. ; st. George Cuff, and W. Gunn Bell, Esqrs. WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF CRAVEN.—The Will of the late Right Hon. William, Earl of Craven, Viscount Uflington, and Baron of Hampstead Marshall, Berks, was proved in the Prerogative Office, in Doctori' Commons, on the . .29th ult., grant of Probate being made to the Right Hon. William Philip, Earl of Sefton, his Lordship's brother-in-law, as one of the executors, power being reserved for the like pur pose to the Hon. Henry Augustus Berkeley Craven, and the Hon. Richard Keppel Craven, the brothers, the other executors, when they apply for the same. The estates in the counties of Berks and Wilts are made subject to debts and legacies, but not so as to exonerate the personal property. The testator con firms the settlement of 2,0001. per annum made to the Countess subsequently to their marriage, And bequeaths to her besides an additional 2,000/. per annum for life. Also a principal sum of 4,0001. and the house, furniture, and grounds, at Hamp stead Park, for life, the wine, &c. there, and all her jewels. —The real estates in Berkshire and Wiltshire are devised to the. testator's eldest SON Lord Uf6ngton ; those in Middle sex to his second son ; and to his third son' (charged on the Middlesex estates) 1,5001. per annuli:, and a separate sum of 10,0001. The pictures, plate, and foniture at Coombe Abbey, •in the county of Warwick, apd at Ashdown Park and Hamp stead Lodge, are directed to be coriidered as heir. looms, and to accompany the devise of those estates accordingly. To Lady Georgians Craven, his Lordship's Sister, he has left 5001. per annum while she continues unmarried : and to Dr. Eden " for his attention and kindness timing his residence in my family,'.' 3001. pet annum for life. The Countess is . appointed sole guardian of the children during \their minority, and Lord Uflington residuary legatee. The will is dated the 26th July, 1825. The personal estate is sworn under 70,0001. A MEETING of LTNENDRAPots .took place 'yesterday evening at the London Coffee-houSe. Mr. WI LLIAM Waren MAN having taken the chair, stated, that the object of the meeting was to receive a report from a number of gentlemen who, at a former meeting, were appointed to form a Committee to ascertain the feelings of the trade with respect to the pro posed early shutting up of the shops. The Committee had re ported that the general feeling of the trade was against the shut ting up of the shops at so early an hour as 7 in the evening.— The opinion of the majority of the trade was, that 8 o'clock in the winter, and 9 in the summer were the most fit hours for shut ting up. A desultory conversation, in which Mr. Itedmayne, Mr. Schoolbred, Mr. Manning, and others took part, gpsued. The object was to ascertain whether the winter season should com mence on the Ist or 29th of September : those who opposed the former arrangement urging that March, which was the busiest month in the year, would then be included in the winter season, and the shops consequently would he shut up at eight o'clock. It was, however,. at length decided, that the winter season should commence on the Ist of September. It was then proposed, that on Saturdays the shops shoUld close two hours earlier titan on the other days during the year. A division took place on this question, which was carried by a large majority. After passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. EXTRAORDINARY METEOR.--On the 22d of August, at eleven o'clock at night, a meteor, in the 'form of a' globe or ball of fire, ,was.seen at Utrecht, moving in a direction froth south to north. Its brilliancy was very great, surpassing that of the brightest moonlight. Its disappearance was at tended by a sound 'resembling the distant noise of vannon. There are three sisters living in the vicinity of Wells, in good health, whose united ages make 263 years, vi z . Mrs. Sheppard, of Berryl Farm, 92 in October next : Mrs. Sheppard, of Slade, 86 last July ; Mrs. Carpenter, of the Vi cars Close, Wells, 85, POETRY. SONNET, Addressed to the late Lady ANN BARNARD on her Ballad of Auld Robin Gray. BY JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ. As long as genuine pathos shall prevail, And Pity hope that Fortune Worth may bless, So long with sympathy shall all confess, The simple charms of thy affecting Tale ;' Yet while with hapless JEN:q.v.-we bewail, Through all her filial and her fond distress, We scorn the Churl who then his suit could press, And sigh that LOvE oppos'd by wEALTir should fail: But with a Muse so gentle, so refin'd, Fraught with resistless pow'r the breast to sway, And who, invok'd by thee, would still be kind, Inspiring many a soft and soothing lay, Ah ! Why to FAME art thou no more inclin'd, Since FAME with pride records AULD ROBIN GRAY. ** As there have been several reports respec a ting the music to which this interesting Ballad has been sung, it is proper to state that Lady ANN BARNARD informed the author of the above lines, that she wrote it to accord with an old Scotch air, the words of which she did not then 'know; but hearing the words some time after, she found them so different from what she expected, that she regretted having adapted her Ballad to that air. The music to which the Ballad has hitherto been sung, and is so much admired, was certainly composed by the Rev. Mr. LEEVES. ANECDOTES, &e. Sift BENJAMIN WttExcrr.—This Gentleman was a cele brated Physician about a century ago, in Norfolk. His fee at that period was two guineas, a proof of the e stim a tion in whi c h he was held. On one occasion, having received - but a single guinea, he asked for a candle, though it was noon-day, and began to search the room ; being asked what he was looking for, he said, he " believed he had dropped a guinea." The pa tif•nt took the hint, and completed the usual fee. Dr. Monsey, who had been pupil to Dr. Wrench, pronounced him the best Physician that he had ever known. He was so mild in his man ner, anti so gentle in his tone, that he went by the name of " Silver-tongue Sir Benjamin." He was, we believe, the Great Grandfather of the present popular Actor. BOERIIAAVE.—This great Physician used to say, that he had always disarmed slander and satire by neglecting them, and he compared their darts to those sparks which fly out of a great fire, and are extinguished as soon as they are dope blowing. Krr:o JAMES I.—His Majesty ordered Lord Salisbury to give 5,009/. to his favourite Rochester : the Treasurer, who thought it an extravagant present, where there was so little merit, laid the whole .sum in specie on a table, in the room through which his Majesty was to pass, who, very much asto nished at the sight of such heaps of money, asked him for what purpose those vast sums were assigned ? The Earl told him that he .bad his Majesty's orders to pay them to Lord Rochester. " Ooons mon," said the King, " like a heap o' Biller is too much for any one subject :" and ordered him but half. SPANISH DELTCACr.—There was s!tid to have been an old law in Spain, which decreed, that if a Gentleman was con victed of even a. capital offence, he should be pardoned on pleading his having been intoxicated at the time he committed it, it being supposed that any who bore the character of genti- lity would ; more readily suffer death than confess himself ca pable of / committing such a vice. PAPAL SurnEMACY.—While the title of King or Emperor of the Romans was upheld in' the Germanic Empire, the Papal See fif Rome was extremely scrupulous of the maintenance of the.iuprernacy of the triple crown. A t the coronation of Henry of Suabia, the Pope being placed in a chair, had the imperial crown laid at his feet, which, when Henry bowed low to kiss his toe, he put upon his head, and then with his foot kicked it off again, to chew that he could take it away as well as give it. The crown being then taken up by one of the Cardinals, was. presented to the Pope, who put it again on the Emperor's head, and was so gracious as not to kic it off a second time. How many kicks have not had subsequent kings at the papal mitre, to avenge the prostrate submission of their ancestors! FRENCH BULL.—An old man in Paris attempted to kill himself last Tuesday, at three o'clock in the morning. He did not succeed in his slaughterous intention—on which the Quotidienne rem • - ks, that " Lc SUICIDE vivant encore sur matin !" The suicide was alive this morning. If this hap pened to the west instead of the cast of us, we should consider it something like a Bull. A COMPLIMENT TO us !-,-The Duchess of Berri mounted the pharos at Calais on the 27th, whence she had a view 6f the English coast, with the 'coup d'ail of which she was pleased to express herself satisfied.—(Quotidienne, Aug.. 31.) DUKE DE N-ivEityoi§:--When this 'Nobleman landed at Dover as Ambassador from France in 1763, two or three sailors were walking on the beach. Observing the, bustle, " Hey, what's this ? I ' said one ; Oh, the French Ambassador —he has just come out of the boat."—" Zounds," exclaimed another, " to what have we reduced the French during last war —only look, when I was a prisoner in France, tw6 or three years ago, that emaciated Ambassador, who is now like a withered apple-john, was then by far one of the fattest men who walked the streets in Paris ; he absolutely waddled." THE LATE Mlt. SIIERIDAN.—A lady, not very learned, hut intimately connected with the family of this gentleman, lamenting his death, observed, that though he had not been strictly religious in his life, he had become very devout towards his last days, and read nothing but "Shylock on Death." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SEPT. 2. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted the Rev. Francis Charles Johnson,- B.A. to the vicarage of Whitelack ington, void by forfeiture, under the provisions of the statute of the 57th Geo. 111. at the presentation of the Rev.. Charles Johnson, M.A. Prebendary of Whitelackington, in Wells Ca thedral, the patron by reason of his prebend. The Rev. Mr. Pretyman, son of the Lord Bishop of Win chester, to the Livings of Alverstoke and Havant, in the room of the Rev. C. A. North, Prebend of 'Winchester, 'deceased, which Stall is also expected to be filled by the same Reverend Gentleman. The Rev. Daniel Nantes, to the rectory of Powderham, Devon. The Rev. J. H. J. Chichester, rector of Arlington, to the rectory of Loxhore, Devon, void by the resignation of the Rev. J. L. Harding. The Rev. Ralph Harvey Leeke has been instituted to the rectory of Longford, Shropshire, on the presentation of Ralph Leeke, Esq. of Longford-hall. LAUSANNE, AUG. 26.—A very EXTRAORDINARY man- RIAGE has lately taken place at Bruyere. The husband is 86 years of age, and is an old soldier, who had both his legs shot off in a battle, about 50 years ago. The wife is 70, and was born without arms, which however does not prevent her being remarkably active for a woman of any age. AMERICAN STATISTICS.—TiIe whole number of people in the United States, by the late census, is 9,629,000. —Of this number it is stated that 2,065,000 are engaged in agriculture, 349,000 in manufactures, and 72,000 in com merce. Only the efficient or labouring persons in each class appear to have been enatnerated. Add the ,women, the children, and the invalids, and there will be found to be about 8,000,000 in the agricultural class, 200,000 in the com mercial, and 1,300,000 in the manufacturing. In England the agricultural class does not exceed one third of the whole population. This one third is not only sufficient to produce bread stuffs and provisions enough for themselves and the other two thirds, hut also to - produce enough wool, for all the extensive woollen factories in the kingdom, -with the exception of a small quantity of fine quality. The wool pro duced amounts annually to twenty-eight millions dollars in value. Four-fifths of our nation are employed to produce the same effects that follow from the labours of one-third of the British nation.—(American Paper.) _ _ _ We may c;.11 the attention of the faculty to the following surprising and efficacious treatment for the cure of the chincough; which we witnessed on Monday morning in St. Mirren's Wynd. An Irishthan and his wife, having observed one of the long-eared and patient four footed tribe standing demurely in a little car loaded with ale and porter, immediately brought out an infant sick of the chincough, and having sta tioned themselves one on each side of the ass, the man tossed the child over its hack to the woman, .who catching it is her arms, handed it under the animal's belly again to her husband. The child, after performing this revolution three times, was carried back to its cradle by its parents, who assured the won dering spectators, that what they had done was the " ouit/y true cure for the chincough, and all them troubles ; and a grate dale better than all the doctor's drogs in the kingdom."-- (Paisley Advertiser.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.E.—Passed through from the River the Emilie, —, for Lisbon ; Jemima, Norton, for St. .John's, N.B. ; Scotia, Dale, for Alicant; Amethyst, Thom son, for Quebec; and the Henry, Westmorland,for Demerard. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT.. 2.--Wind N, W.--Arrived the Southworth transport, from Barbadoes and Antigua, sailed from the former the. 21st July, and from the latter the 28zIt ditto ; his !Majesty's ship Thetis, from Plymouth ; Fox, and Kite cutters, from a cruize. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Stabb, from Oporto. Off the port the West Indian, Co;):, from Antigua. Sailed the Sophia, Junky, for Stettin. Far. UT n, SEPT. I.—Wind N.—Arthed the Dispatch, Forster, from Galipoli. Sailed the George Canning, Long, for Gibraltar. 'LIVERPOOL, SEPT. N.—Arrived the Isabell.i, Prindall, from St..lohn's, N.B. • Bripe, Hopkins, Maranham ; Orbit, Murphy, Par a ; Ann Al : Kenzie, Knubley, Demera . ra, sailed 15th July ; Huskisson, White, ditto, sailed 21st July : Caledonia, Bishop, ditto ; Wellington, Laidly, St. Lucia ; Goliah, Snow, Charleston ; Janet, Oliphant, and Livonia, Smith, Quebec; Peter Ellis, Chesaw, St. John's, N. B. Huntley, —, ditto; British Tar, Newby, Mirainichi ; 11u cephalus, Guild, Seville; Susan and Jane, M‘Douald, Peters burgh,- -Arcturus, Wharton, Lisbon ; and the Douro, Bail, from _ Oporto.. • _ . Arrived off Scilly the Edward Hamilton, Newbolt, from Ja maica; and the Rhoda, Bully, from Buenos Ayres. Off the Wight the Chieftain, Patterson, from St Vincent's. ' Off Cork the Anna Maria, Lemond, from St. John's, N.B. Off Fahnouth the Luna, Fox, from the Cape of Goad Hope. The cast India Company's ship London arrived oft' Port land on the 31st ult. She was dispatched from China in com pany with the Canning (already arrived) on the 27th of separated from her on the 24th of April, arrived at St. lidera the 27th of June, and sailed for England on the 4th of July. TIAE GREAT SHIP.- 7 -The . Canadian Courant states that upwards of 300 men are now engaged in loading thi s enorn)ots vessel, ten horses are employed in raising the logs with the assistance of pulley and tackle from the ship's side. It is rather a novel spectacle to witness so many horses at work on a ship's deck, the same as if they were labouring in a field. Parties of pleasure in pilot-b oa t s v i s it thi s vesse l trout Qtebec almost every day. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOURBRIDGE RACES, 1825. SECOND DAY-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. The Two Years' old Stake of 25 sow. each was walked over for-by Mr. Yates's Little 10-peep. • A. Gold Cup, value 1001. by subscribers of 10 sow. each, the surplus to the owner of the second horse, for all Mr:Turner named b. c. Flexible; by Whalebone, 3 yrs Mr. R, Shutt named Maxame, 5 yrs A Maiden Stakes of 20 sow. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soy each, for all ages —two mile heats. fdajor Gore's be. c. the Major, 3 yrs Mr. Richardson's gr. c. by Walton, 3 yrs The Ladies' Plate of 301. added to• a Sweepstakes of 5 sow. each, &c -__ Mr. Tench's b. g. by Ambo, 4 yrs Colonel pon named Tripoli, 5 yrs I 1 9 I 1 2 2 :11 r. Wood's Rosario, 4 yr;; . . 3 3 The Free Handicap, of 5 soy. each, with 30 added, wa4 won at two heats by Illajor - Gore's Hesperus, heating three others. TIVERTON RACES. The races at Tiverton . yesterday se'nnight presented a scene of extreme gaiety, and it is calculated that on the first day, not less than 10 or 12,000 persons were on the ground. .On the first day, Mr. Harris's horse Grimace won the gold cup and the town silver cup • and the Ladies' cup was won by Mr.. Clarke's Norna. On the second day, a gold cup was won by Mr. Bailey's Dotty beating Norna and another; the. second town silver cup was 'won by Mr. Day's Wigsby ; and a silver cup by Mr. Bailey's Dotty. A private match, for 100 'ov. was won, with apparent ease, by Mr. Bailey's Dotty beating Mr. Winsloe's ch. m. Witch. The sport was excellent on both days. Nearly 200/. were subsCribed on the course for next year's races ; and J. Worth, Esq., of Worth House, near Tiverton., is appointed Steward for the ensuing year. ABER VSTWITH RA CES.--(Concluded.)--Thu RSDA Y. The Town Stakes of .5 soy. each, 30 added. Two miles. Mr. Peel's gr. h. Lara, 5 yrs Ost: 51b. - 1 2 1 Mr. Myttoti . 's Cara SpOsa; 6 yrs 9st. 21b. • 2 - 1 2 Mr. 0. Wynn's Iris, aged, W. 111 b. - 3dr The County Stakes was won. by Captain Davies's Fildle•de dee, beating two others. FIIIDAY. A Handicap of 5 soy. each, 25 added. Mr. Wynn's Idris, aged, lOst. - • - Mr. Williams's Pavillion, list. - 2 l 1 1 2 2 PEDESTRIANISM. The match between Captain Jarrat, of Upton, llerts, and Freed, the runner, from the Potteries, took place at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, over a mile of turf, at Royston Heath, for 200 soy., and each mile was run as follows, Captain Jarrat re ceiving a minute : FREED. First mile - Second - Third - - Fourth - . Fifth - - Sixth - - If. S. CAPT. JERItAT 7.1. S. - 5 10 First mile - 5 12 - 5 18 Second - - - 5 24 - 5 29 Third - - .5 36 - 5 .50 Fourth - fl 12 - 6 13 Fifth - - . - tt 42 - 6 20 Sixth - 6 Me 34 201 It was a remarkable fine race until the last 400 yards Townshend, the pedestrian, started from the Booth Hall Tavern, Hereford, on Tuesday morning last, to walk 61 miles a day, for ten successive days, between that city, Ledbury, and Ross. 33 56 Skipper, after walking 56 miles a day, on Monday and Tues day last, between Colchester and Margaretting, relinquished the undertaking, probably for want of supporters, a nd finding that it was as well to play for nothing as work for nothing. 'arm RIOTERS.—The Philadelphia Gat . elle of Aug. 2 states, that on Monday afternoon, there was a severe c4n fleet in that city, among the emigrants lately arrive from Ireland, which raged for some time with great violence on the wharf be tween Race and Vine-K:cets, and in which it is sah'. as ioany as one or two hundred persons were engaged, and the Police officers, with the Mayor at their head, had some difficulty in re storing order. A number of the ringleaders had been taken into custody. These disputes originated in a difference of opi nion among the emigrants respecting European politics. The Orangemen on board one vessel celebrated the anniversary of the, battle of the Boyne, while on their passage to this country. This gave great dissatisfaction to the Ribandmen, and a battle ensued on ship-board, in which the latter, being the weaker party, were conquered. Arrived in this country, they found their number increased, and renewed their contest. A few days ago, as some workmen were pull ing down an ancient wall on St. David's . Hill, Exeter, they found deposited under a fountain Stone a very curious brone medal or counter, about an inch in diameter, and in fine preservation; from the workmanship it appears to have hen struck at , the latter end of the 14th, or beginning of the fifteenth century, probably in honour of Henry VI., who was. a great supporter of religious houses : on the obverse is a whole length figure of a king crowned, standing under an arched canopy, supported on each side by three thin pillars, and a sceptre-headed staff in his hand, and on the legend Ave Maria; on the reverse, within the outer circle, are fur large double line arch e s, and in th e t ressure a sma ll neat uted cross, each end surmounted by a fl eur -d e -li s , w i t h orn erits. This singular piece is now in possession of... Mr. Shirley Woolmer.—(Dorset Chronicle;) 'We find the following paragraph in the last Limerick Chronicle, but have some doubts of its accuracy, having seen no intimation to this effect from any other quarter :—The . 6tn Geo. IV, passed in the last Session of Parliament, which repeals the old system of the Revenue Laws, re stores the right of the Officers of the Excise and Customs , to vote for Members of Purliainent. which privilege was prohibited by \the 43d of the late King." FIRE.-This morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out at a public-house in a Lg-ac t o t n iiec re or , the sign nerot. o fnl the ll o ,sr,e r - C s : Conch , N kept ke r s ' b A y r wi ms r ,. Hatton. The watchman gave the alarm, and the arrival of the engines being prompt, the dreadful effects of the devouring element was fortunately arrested before much damage was done.