The Sun. — London, England, 1825-07-28 00:00:00

f • THE LION FIGHT AT WARWICK. (From the Times.) This extremely gratuitoos, as well as disgust ing, exhibition of brutality, took place at a late hour. on Tuesday evening, at Warwick ; and, ex cept thil: it was even still more offensive and truel than we had anticipated, the result was pure!; that. which we predicted it would be .in . 4111 r F.per of the 20th. The show waasot up in an extensive inclosure, called the e• 41Itt.ract.ory ti ard," just in the suburbs of 'Warwick, on Inc read towards Northampton ; and the cage in which the fie 1 tau'? place r stood in the centre of a hollow square, formed en t *deities by ranges of empty workshops, the windows of ' adlich were fitted up with planks on barrels as seauefoa the • epectatori ; arid, in the remaining two,' by. the whole of Mr. VS'orobwell's wild " collection," as they have been on show for swine days. past, arranged-in their respective dens •and tra ' veiling C.Rmagrs. flags. bills were posted and circulated in Warwick and the et;ghboarbocal 'f Leamington, -swearing that the " Match", • es made for 5,000 sovereigns; but this lie was too monstrous far even rustic credtility to swallow.. The dogs which were to exhibit ware stated e in the same publications, to be furnished by some person or persons (whom nobody had ever heard of) residing at Liverpool; but as the ".backers" names were with :v:ld, from motives of delicacy," the common belief was, t'sat it was all a packed affair, and that no money was really repending. in the course of the morning these animals were shown, for the fee of a shilling, at a public-house in Warwick, called the Caeca Dragon." Eight had been brought over originally ; ant, by a mistake of locking them up together on the preced ing night, they hail fallen out among . themselves, and one had beer...tilled entirely ; a second escaping only with the loss of an ear, and -a portion of one cheek. The guardian of the - being eebuited for this accident, declared he could not i 1 V!! supposed they would have fought each other—being " 0;1 the same side ;" six, however, still remained in con ditian, as Mrs. Heidelberg expresses it, for the " rancounter." The price of admission demanded in the first instance for the .fight seemed to have been foUnded on very gross miscalculation. Three guineas were asked for seats at the windows in the first, second, and third floors of the unoccupied manufactory; two guineas for seats on the fourth floor of this building; one guinea for places at a si ill more distant point; and half-a-guinea . :or standing room in the square. The appearance of the cage when erected was rather fragile, considering the furious struggle which was to take place within it. It measured fifteen feet square, and ten feet high, the floor of it standing about six feet from the gent:nil. The top, as well as the sides, was composed merely of iron bars, apparently slight, and placed at such dis tance l'rona each other, that the dogs might enter or escape be tween, hat too close for the lion to follow. Some doubts were expres:ied about the sufficiency of this last precaution—merely because a number of "ladies,7 it was understood, would be present; hut the ladies in general escaped that disgrace, for not a single female came; and, at all events, be attendant bear wards swore in the most solemn way—that is to say, using a hundred imprecations instead of one—that the security of ,the whole was past a doubt. Towards afternoon the determination as to " prices" seemed a little to abate; and it was suspected - that, in the end, the speculator would take whatever prices he could get. The fact became pretty clear, too, that no real match, nor any thing approaching to one, was pending, be cause the parties themselves, in their printed notices, did not settle any circumesances satisfactorily, undsr which the contest could he considered as concluded. Wheeler, Mr. Martin's agent, who had come down on Monday,, applied to the local authorities to stop the exhibition ; but the Mayor, and after wards, as we understood, a Magistrate of the name of Wade, declined interfering, on the ground that, under Mr. Martin's present Act, no steps could be taken before the act constituting cruelty had been committed. A gentleman, a Quaker, who resides near Warwick, also went down to the menagerie, in . arson, to remonstrate with Mr. W om b we ll ; but ag a inst the hope of letting seats at " Three Guineas" a-head, of course his • meditation could have very little chance of success. In the mean time, the unfortuilate lion lay in a caravan, by himself, all day, in front of the cage in which he was to be . baited, surveying the preparations for his own annoyance with great simplicity and apparent good humour; and not at all dis comfited by the -notice of the numerous persons who came to look at him. It. the course of the day, the dogs who were to fight were brought into the menagerie in slips—it being not the least singular featuee of this combat that it was to take place . -under the eyes of an immense host of wild beasts of all descriptions—not including the human spectators—three sailer lions; a she-wolf, with cubs ; a hyaena ; a white bees.; a • :lioness ; two female leopards, with cubs ; two zebras, male and . female e a large assortment of monkeys, and two wild asses;_ . witira variety of other interesting foreigners, being arranged - within a few yards of the grand stand. These animals, generally, looked clean, and in good condi tion; and were (as is the custom with such creatures when confined) perpetually in motion ; but the dogs disappointed ex. pectation—they were very little excited by the introduction. They were strong, however, and lively ; crossed, apparently, `the majority of them, between the bull and the mastiff breed ; oce or two showed a touch of the lurcher—a point in the descent of fighting dogs which is held to give an increased ca pacity of mouth.- The average weight of those which fought was from-about five and thirty to five and forty pounds each ; one had been brought over that weighed more than sixty, but • he was on some accOant-or other excluded from the contest. , - The e.uh.leopards were'" fine darling little creatures," as an old lady near us observed in the morning, fully marked and . coloured, 'and about the sire of a two months' old kitten. The young wolves had a haggard, cur-like look; but were so corn . plotely like sheep-dog puppies, the.t a mother of that race might have suckled then-I:for her own. A story was told of the lion " Nero" having already Had a trial in the way of " give and take," with a bull bitch, who had attacked him, but, at the first onset, been bitten through the throat. The bitck was .. said to have been got off-by throwing meat to the lion ; and if tbe account .was true, the result was only such as with a single dog, against such odds, might reasonably have been expected. . ,llp on a late hour of the day, the arrival of strangers was far less considerable tharhad been anticipated ; and doubts were etitettajned whether, in the end, the owner of the lion would not.,eseclare off. . • • At.Aquarter past seven, however, in the evening, from about — ,444.14 400_persons of different descriptions being assembled, preparations were made for commencing • ' THE COMBAT. • • - • -The deli Which contained the animals on show were covered in- walreintters ; tire liOn'S travelling caravan was drawn close to the fighting cage, so that idoor could be opened from one - into the other; and the keeper, Wombwell, then goinginto -dseeravelling caravan, in which another man had already been staying witlithe lion for some time, the animal followed him into the•cage as tamely as 'a Newfoundland dog. The whole - demeanour of the beast, insreed, was so quiet and generous, that -• at his first appearance it became very much doubted whether • he would attempt to fight at all. While the multitude shout. •! 'ed.; and the 'does were yelling in the ground below, he walked • up and downhis • rage—Wombwell still remainieg in it—with the most perfect composure, not at all angered, or even excited; ktst looking with apparently great curiosity at his new dwellin g aced the o bjects generally about him.; and there can hardly be n•stuestien, that, disring•the.whOle contest, such as it turned out, .• any one of the keepers might, have remained close to him with entire safety. hoWever, having,qtartted the cage, the first relay • of dogs was laid on. These were a fallow-coloured dog, a - brown with white legs, and a third 'brown altogether • averag ing about 4016. in weiiht a - pie c e, and described , in the printed 'papers which were distributed, by the names of Captain, Tiger, - Turk. As the 'slogs were held for a minute in slips, upon the inclined plane which ran from the, ground to the stage, the Jl3ll crouched on his belly to'receive them; but with so perfect' - an absence of any tbing like feiocity, that many persons were of .•• opinion he rather was disposed to play ; at all events, the next moment showed` clearly that the idea of fighting—or doing . mischief to any living creature—never had occurred to him. • At the first rush of the :logs, which the lion evidently had - not expected, and did' not at all know how to meet, they all - --fixed themselves, upon . him ; hut . caught only by the 'dewlap and the Mane. With a single effort he shook them.ofr, without attempting to return the attack. He then flew from side to aide of the rage s endeavouring to get away, but in the next mo • men't the as.sailante were upon him again ; and the brown dog,' Turk, seized film by the nose, while the two others fastened at the same time on the fiesisy part of his•lips and under jaw. The • lion then.roared dreadfully, but evidently only from the pain he sufFered—not at all from anger.. As the dogs hung to his throat and head, he pawed them off by sheer strength and in doing this, ant 'rolling upon them, did them considerably mis .chief j but it amounts to a most curious fact, that he never . once bit, or attempted to. bite, during the whole contest, or - seemed to have any desire to retaliate any of the punishment which was inflicted upon him. When he was first " pinned," • for instance (to use the phraseology of the bear-garden), the slogs hung to him for more than a minute, and were drawn, holding to his nose and lips, several times round the ring. After a shorttime, roaring tremendously, he tore them off with his claws, mauling two a good deal in the operation, but still BOt attempting afterwards to act on fhe ofFensive. After about five*Minutes fighting, the fallow coloured dog was taken away, lame, and apparently much distressed, .and the remaining two -continuing the combat alone, th, ,lion. still—wprking only with his paws, as though seeking to ri d Mika 'of fortitre, the na- tare of which he did not well.understand. In two or three mi.' nutes more, the second dog, Tiger, being dreadfully maimed, crawled out of the cage; and the brown dog, Turk, which was the lightest of 'the three, but of admirable courage, went on fighting by himself. A most extraordinary-scene then ensued ; the dog, left entirely a lone w ith a n a nim a l twenty times his weight, continued the battle with unabiti4 fury, and though bleeding all-over from the efnct of the lion's claws, seized and pinned him by the nose at least half a dozen times; when at length, releasing himself with a desperate (Tort, the lion flung his whole weight upon the dog, and held him lyiag between his fore paws for more than a minute, during which time he could have bitten his head off a hundred times over, hut did nut make the slightest effort to hurt him. Poor Turk :vas then taken away by the dog-keepers, grievously mangled but still alive, and seized the lion, for at least the twentieth time, at the very same moment that he was released from under him. _ _ It would be tiresome to go at length into the detail of the "second tight," as it was called, which followed this : the un dertaHng being to the assembly—for the notion of " match" now began to be too obvious a humbug to be talked about— that there should be two onsets, at twenty minutes' interval, by three clogs at each time. When the last do l l; of the first set, Turk, v.sas removed, poor Nero's Ortmet was just as good as before the affair began. The keeper, 'Wombwell, went iitto the cage instantly, and alone ; carrying a pan of water, with which he first sluiced the animal, end then offered'him some to drink. After a few minutes the lion laid clown, rubbing the parts of his head which had been tor (a% a cat we.old do) with his paw ; and presently a pan of fresh water being wrought, he lapped out of it for some moments, while a second keeper pat ted and caressed him through the iron grate. The!second com bat presented only a repetition of the barbarities committed in the first, except that it completely settled the doubtif any ex.: isted--as to a sum of money being depending. In throwing. wate , upon the lion, a good deal had been thrown upon the stage. This made the floor of course extremely slippery; so far it was a very absurd blunder to commit. But the second set of dogs let in being heavier then the first, and the lion more exhausted, he watt unable to keep his footing on the wet hoards, and fell in endeavouring to shake them off, bleeding freely from the nose and head, and evidently in a fair way to be seriously injured. . The dogs, all three, seized him on going in, and he endeavoured to get rid of them in the same way as before, using his paws, and not thinking of fighting, .but not with the same success. He fell now, and showed syMptoms of weakness, upon which the dogs were taken away. This termination, how• ever, did not please the crowd, who cried out loudly that the dogs were not beaten. Some confusion then followed ; after which the dogs were again put in, and again seized the lion, who by this time, as well as bleeding freely front the head, ap peared to have got a hurt in one of his fore feet. At length, the danger of mischief becoming pressing, and the two divisions of the second combat having lasted about five minutes, Mr: Wombwell announced that he gave up on the part of the lion ; and the exhibition was declared to be at an end. [FURTHER PARTICULARS.] The first struggle between the lion and his assailants lasted, about 11 minutes; and the last something less than five; but the affair altogether wanted even the savage interest which g ee nerally belongs to a common bull, or bear bait. For, from cite beginning of the matter to the end, the lion wee / merelyn sof ferer—he never struck a blow. The only picturesque point which could present itself in such .a contest would have been, the seeing an animal like the lion. in a high state of fury and excitation ; but before the battle began, we felt assured that no !web event would take place : because the animal in ques. tion bad not merely been bred .up-in such a manner as would go ler to extinguish all natural disposition to ferocity, but the greatest pains had been taken to render . him tame, and gentle, and submissive. Wombwell, the keeper, walked about in the cage with the lion at least as much at his case as he could haves done with any of the . ders who were to be matched against hiin. At the end of the first combat„'the very moment the dogi were removed. he goes into the age and gives him water. At the end of the last battle, while he wounded and bleeding, he goes to him again without the least hesitation. This mat; must have known, to certainty, that thg animal's temper was not ca pable of being roused into ferocity. It might admit, perhaps, of some question, whether the supposed untameable nature of many wild animals is not something overrated ; and whether it would not be the irresistiele strength of a domestic lion (in case he should become excited): that could render him a dangerous inmate, rather than any prObability that' he would easily be come furious; hut, as regards the particular animal in question. and the battle which he had to fight—he evidently had no un derstanding of it—no nption that the dog was his enemy. A very large dog, the property of.a gentleman in Warwick. was led up to his caravan on the day before the fight ; this dog's appearance did not produce the slightest impression upon him. So, with the other wild beasts of Wombwell's collection, who were shown to the fighting dogs, as we observed above, on the morning of Tuesday, not one of them appeared to be roused by the meeting in the smallest degree. • A common house cat should have been upon the qui vine, and aux mains too probably, in a moment. All the contest that did take place arouse out of the fact, that the .dogs were of a breed too small and light to . destroy an animal of the lion's weiglit and strength, even if he did not defend himself. It was quite clear, from the moment when the combat began., that he had no more thought or knowledge of fighting, than a sheep would. have had under the same circumstances. His absolute refusal to bite is a curious fact; he had evidently no idea of using his mouth or teeth as a means for his defence. The dogs, most of them, showed considerable game ; the brown dog, Turk., per haps as much as ever was exhibited, and none of them seemed to feel any of that instinctive dread or horror which some writers have attributed to dogs in the presence of a lion. It would be a joke to say any thing about the feelings of any man, who, foe the sake of pecuniary advantage, could make up his mind to expose a noble animal which he had bred, and which had become attached to him, to a horrible and lingering death. About as little reliance we should be disposed to Place upon any appeal to the humanity of those persons who.make animal suffering—in the shape of dog-fighting, bear-baiting, &c. ' a sort of daily sport—an indemnification, perhaps, for the not being permitted to torture their fellow-creatures. But as, probably, a number of persons were present at this detestable exhibition which we have been describing, who were attracted merely by its novelty, and would be as much disgusted as we ourselves were with its details, we recommend their attention to the following letter, which a gentleman, a Member of the So ciety of Friends, who applied personally to Mr. Wombwell to omit the performance, delivered to him as expressive of his own opinions upon the question, and thole of his friends. Of course, addressed to such a quarter, it produced no effect; but it does infinite credit both to the head and heart of the writer. and con tains almOst every thing that, to honourable and feeling men, heed be said upon such a subject " Friend,---I have heard with a great degree of horror, of an intended tight between a Lion that has long been exhibited by thee, consequently has long been under thy protectior e and six bull dogs. I seem impelled co write to thee on the subject, and to intreat thee, I believe in Christian love, that whatever may be thy hope of gain by this very cruel and very disgraceful ex. hibition, thou wilt not proceed. Recollect that they are God's creatures, and we are informed by the Holy Scriptures, that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without his notice ; and as this very shocking scene must be to gratify a spirit of cruelty, as well as a spirit of gambling;--for it is asserted that large sums of money are wagered on the event of .the contest,—it must he marked with Divine displeasure. Depend upon, it that the Al. mighty will avenge the sufferings of his tormented creatures on their tormentors:: for, though he is a God of love, he is also a God of justice; and I believe that no deed-of cruelty has ever passed unpunished. Allow roe to ask thee how-thou wilt endure to see the 'noble animal thou halt so long protected, and which has been in part. the means of eupplying- thee with the means of life, mangled and bleeding before thee ? It is unmanly, it is mean and cowardly, to sorment any .thing that cannot de-, fend itself,--41fat cannot speak to tell its pains and sufferings,_ that cannot ask for mercy. Oh, spare thy poor Lion the pangs of such a death at may perhaps be his —save him from being torn to pieces—have pity on the dogs that may he torn by him. • Spare the horrid spectacle —swam-thyself the sufferines that fear will yet reach thee if thou persist—show a noble example of humanity. Whoever have persuaded thee to expose thy Lion to the chance of being torn to pieces, or of tearing other animals, are far beneath the brutes 'they torment—are un worthy the name of men, or rational cre a t ure s. What-, ever-thou mayest gain by this disgraceful exhibition will, I fear, prove like a cankerworm among the 'rest of thy substance. -The writer of this most.earnestly entreats thee to refrain from the intended evil, and tn protect the animals in thy possession from all unnecessary suffering. The practice of benevclence will affoid t'.ee inure true comfort than the possession of thou_ .sands. Remember, that He who gave life did-not give it to be the sport of cruel man ; and tha:. He will assuredly call man to account, for his conduct to his dumb creaturee. • Remember, also, that cowards-are always cruel, but the brave love mercy, and delight to save. .With. sincere desire for the preservation of thy honour, as a.man of humanity, and for thy he.pp . :nesa and welfare, I am, thy friend, " S. HOA RE:" These combats of wild animals 'as is well knownyWere fre quent entertainments in the days of Queen Elizabeth: when t . whole Court, with h e r M a j e sty a t it s h ea d, was accustomed to attend them. An anecdote-appear? in sotir , modern publication, purporting to be taken from Stow: Antivir, of a battle between three mastiff's and a lion; the result of which was favourable to the dogs. " One or the dogs," it is said, " being pit into the den,. was.soon. disabled by the' lion, who took him 'by the head and neck, and dragged him about. Another dog; was then let loose, and served in the same manner ; but the third being put in immediately, seized the lion by the lip, end held him for a considerable time ; till being severely torn by claws, the dog was obliged to quit his hold; and the lion, greatly exhausted by the conflict, refused to renew the engagement; but taking a sudden leap over the dos, fled into the interior part of his den. Two of the dogs soon died of their wounds ; the third survived; and was taken - great care of by the Prince-, who said, • he that had fought with the king of beasts, should neverafter fight with. an inferior creature.' The latest exhibition of this kind, however, on record, took place in the reign of James 1., in the summer of the year 1609—Abe King, Queen, Prince, - in person, with a large retinue of nobles, being present. The story is very strangely told in the first volunie of ,Seymour ' s Survey ; but the -event has a striking •similarity to that which has just now occurred in Warrick. ".. A bear, Seymour says—(we quote from memory, but his words are pretty nearly as follow)—" A bear was turned loose into an open yard, and - a lion was let out of his den upon him ; but the lion refused to attack him. Presently, two lions were turned in; but neither of them would assault the bear. A horse was next put into the yard with the • two lions and the bear; but the horse only fell to grazing quietly beside them. Two mastiffdogs were then let in, who flew, at the lion and fought with him" (with what rest/It does not appear). " Afterwards, six more dogs were let in, who attacked the horse s —he being the icost conspicuous object ; but three bear-herds then entered, and rescued the borsc, and brought away the dogs, while the lions and the bear stood star ing at them." The Gerans, as late as down to the middle of the last cen tury, were much addicted to sports of this same kitid ; and Dr. Burney, in his Musical 'Tour (1770), gives a translation of a curious bill which he saw of such an exhibition at Vienna : lit, there was " a wild boar to be baited ;" 2d, " a great bear to be torn by dogs ;" 3d, " another boar to be baited by very hungry dogs, defended by iron armour ;" and lastly, to use • the - words of the •exhibitor, the spectacle would conslude, thus-- " a furious and hungry bear. which has had no food for eight days, will attack a wild bull, and eat him alive upon the spot; and, if he should be unable to complete the business, a wolf will be in readiness to help him." A third anecdote related of a Nobleman of the Milanese, who delighted in fighting wolves, &c. with dots, suggested the ground, probably, of a laughable drama called The Bear and the Par/ea, which was first acted in France, and at most of our minor theatres, about three years ago. The story is related very tediously by an old Italian novelist ; but the catastrophe is striking. Three peasants carrying a large bear in a caravan from Genoa to Castello Sorbente, are stopped by a party of banditti, who suppose that the machine contains treasure. Finding only the bear, and learning from the carriers that it is sent from Archangel to the Martial% Ma rialva, they resolve to indemnify themselves for their disap pointment by robbing the chateau of his Grace. Accordingly. the peasants are detained n the bear is killed and flayed; and One . of tile gang causes himself to be sewed up in the skin. On arriving at Castello Sorbente, the - :Marquis is from home—this the rogues kneW, and have laid their account accordingly. The soppos,d bear is delivered_ in his cage—the domestics being afraid almost of the - sinlitor hitn—and placed for security, until the f comes home, in the vestibule of the chateau. In the night, when.all seerm , 4 safe, be lets Ititknelf out. of the machine, and : proceeds to admit his companions; hut, crossing through the gardens for this purpose, without adverting to what may -aiTz_ct hint in his assumed character; he is seized- by the wolf 'dogs wile) are loosein• the grounds at n r it, and before his erica can bripg assistance, - roma ie pieceS as a'bear. . . EDINBURGH, JULY 26. FOUNDATION OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL. 'The' fonowink has been handed to - ins as the, order Aif proeession . to be observed at laying the foundation stone of this Institution, on the .Calton Hill on Thursday next - The Lord Provost and Magistrates,. the .Clergy' of the City, the AleruberS of the Senaoas A cadernicus,..thoSe gentlemen who Jaye been• educated at the High Sehoo4 whether .stUdents at th 2 Universit or.not, and the young gentlemen attending the High School, will assemble at the HigliSehool Varde, at oneo'clock. --:-Those (Alicia' characters .who ha-fre signified their resolution of. being present, and other gentlemen who find it inconvenient to meet aL the H igh School Yards, as also the Calton Constables wilt assemble at !Ite. Waterloo Eloiel at halt past one o'clock. The .Grand Lodge . and the Alt.snnic Bodies will meet at the Scilool-yards according to the instructions issued by the Grand Loilge. The proceoaiOn will be arranged in the following order . • Sixty High Constablesi, in threes: • Moderator of the High Constables. • . • Janitor of the High School. . • Glass of th,! High School,. in thr'ees;• according ' • to their,bize, the. tallest in rear. Master. ; • 2d Ciatis. tn the like order. • • • Th.e Master. • 3d Class in tine like order. The Master. , • 4th Class in the like order: •. • The Master. • sth Class in the like order. The Rector. _ _ . Gentlemen who have attended the High Selool,. is threes. University Mace Bearer, with his mace. Professors. The Very Reverend - - Clergy of the City.. - City Officers, two ar.d two apart. . The Lord Provost, 3lfig -strates, and Council, in their usual State, the juniors in front. - Architect for the Building. Grand Lodge. Lodge, holding under it. The ring;ng of the bell in St. steeple will announce that the procsion is about to move,, when all carriages, horses, &c. will be cleared away from, and prevented from plying in the streets through which the procession is to pass until it is concluded. The procession will move by Infirmary -street, the South, North, and Regent Bridges, to the site on the Calton Hill selected for laying the , foundation-stone. At the ViTaterloo Hotel the official and other Gentlemen there waiting will join the procession, .and, preceded by the Calton Constables, will take their place, in threes, before the City Officers. 11 . hen the young gentlemen of the High School approach the place of ceremony, they will be conducted to their places on the Hill at the north side. The'Clergy at.3enatus Academicus will nioVe to the right, and take their station on the south side. The Lord Provost,',Magistrates, &c., kill follow and take their sta tion on the west side, and the Grand Lodge will move by the left, and passing behind the' High School boys, enter and take their station on the east and north,ide. No persons will, it is hoped, interfere vlih the spaee allotted to the High School boys, however inconvenient they may be for want of accommodation. When the ceretauny is concluded, the city part of the pro cession will return in the same order, and move: from their stations by the same route which they took in advancing, but the masonic part will be front. When the head of the procession reaches the High School gate. it will halt, and open right . and left—the Lord Provost and Aagistrates will pass between the lines, the procession fol lowing up as its froutis cleared so as to Tnter the High School yard in inverted order, the seniors being in front. Each body comprising the pocession, will move to the place where it was first marshalled.--(Edinturgh Observer, July 26.) • DESTRUCTIVE •Very alarming fire broke out on Tuesday last, on the nremises belonging to Mr. fIDwARD H uotn: - 3, in the parish of Stanford, at a quarter be .- fore twelve o'clock at noon. It appears that the calamity was . occasioned by a child, the daughter of one of his workmen, who took a firebrand through the farm-yard for the purpose of 'assist ing her mother, who was at some distance with her family, to prepare,their dinnel. The dreadful devouring element com menced its work of destruction on a rick of turnip haum, con taining 14 loads, which speedily communicated to a lodge, which roof was thatched, consumed it, and almost instanta neously reached a mass of straw, of 18 or 19 loads, Which, from the heat of the son and the long drought, as quickly disappear ed. A newly erected barn was tile next object for destruction ; this achieved, with the exception . of its stone walls, the vast body of fire attached itself to a large fatting lodge, also thatched ; after destroying .70 feet in length, it consumed nearly the whole of four ricks of hay, got up in excellent condition, all the fencing of the yards, The barn and lodges contained 25 quarters of turnip seed, ebout six quarters of beans and oats, 151 fleeces of Kent wool,. a winnowing and another cleaning machine, three sairelOths, 20 quarters of sacks, a large quantity of thatch wood, fagots, fence poles, &c. ; also two ploughs, two ox csrts,gratten rakes,and a variety of other implements in hus bandry. A horse, which was in the first-named ledge, was with much difficulty saved. - Had the standing corn been ten days forwarder, there is great reason to believe that a field, containing 26 acres of wheat and 12 acres of oats, would have been annihilated, as the wind blew fresh from the north-east, and.wafted floating bodies of fire to a considerable. distance in the standing corn, a small part of which was consumed. We learn that :to part of. the property wad insured, owing to the very recent erection , of the buildings, the barn being 'only finished trio weeks since. Mr. iIIIGIIE3 has long been insured in the Norwich, and has certain parts of his property standing still in the books of thst Union ; and though notice of his in tention had been really given to Mr. Pr.aNir, the agent for Hy the, to insure his particoler property prier to the 29th of Sep tember, e regreffo add, no Pollcf*.as effected. IIATTON-GARDEN.—For several days past, the Magistrates of this Office have been kep! pretty busily em plOyed :0 hearing and deciding disputes between the masters and journeymen of almost every trade. In most cases, the Magistrates evinced a disposition tri.adop,t. the mildes. proteed. ing that the law allows, and frequently succeeded in sending the complainants and defendants from the office on good terms with each other—the former being taught the sound policy of conciliating the wayward and too often misguided operative, and the latter being admonished of the futility of illegal com binations by workmen in opposition to their employers. /n k,-ome instances, however, the parties proving refractory, and shewing a disinclination to bow to any laws but their own, were dealt with according to the provisions of the Statute. From amongst. several, we select the two following as m ost pro minent Yesterday, Joleir SinznipAds, a journeyman in - a ^, employ-of Mr. Thomas 1 - carsley, smoke-jack. manufacturer, No. 263. Holborn, was brought - before Wm. L. Roatas, Esq., charged with qikitting his euiployer's .service, and leaving his work in an unfinished state. . • Mr. Yearsley oh'erved, that in preferring a complaint against defendant, he trusted that his Worship would not suppose that he was actuated by any hostile or unkind feeling towards the man, but in tact the practice had recently become of such frequent occurrence, and was productive of such baneful effects to the interests of trade in general, that he felt it a duty he owed, not only to himself but to society, to endeavour to put down all such lawless coinbinations--CombinatiOns he would call diem— for although the particular act might appear. to be performed only by an individual, yet it was the contrivance .of a,club or party whoaSsumed to themselves. the prerogative of dictat,ing and framing resolutions for thegovernmen Cif such as were weak' enough to become their instruments. A 'great deal had lately been written and spoken on 'this vitally important subject, by many great and many wise Mini, but it was impossible for any man, not himself - in trade, to form any adequate notion of the pernicinua consequences resulting from those sys teinatizedconfederacie.s of workmen which are now becomin ,, but too frequent. They tended to destroy that confidence and good feeling that should ever subsist between the employers and the employed, and in the end both must necessarily be se vere sufferers. Mr. TearOey then stated that he had given the prisoner a certain quantity . of work to perform, the greater part of which was to :have -been complete by a fixed day, to make up an order;-and, on acCuuntof this work, he (Mr. Vearaley) had, at the man's pressing, .request, advanced him money even beyond whatethe'wor!ananship . would have come to. however, in a 'abort attic , afEerSimenonds quitted the place, leaving his work urelone, anti went zo another person, at whose workshop he was found, • -' . . • Sitrationiis;- in defence, contended that the price allowed be Mr. .Vearsley was net conformable to the general 'standard affixed by the trade, and that he could not subsist on such low wage's. • - • Mr. Yearsley declared that it was the firat time. he had ever heard any thing objected to his scale of prices; and that if the defendant thought them ,toolow he should not have undertaken the Work, nor drawn money on account of it. The Magistrate replied--- e " Certainly not; that is, I think, the very worst defence that could.be set up." Simnionda then observed, that he did not mean to offer that circumstance in defence ; the true cause of his so hastily quit ting Mr. Yearsley's erhployment was, that the fires in the fac tory were too powerful for I:is constitution, and a medical gentle. men to whom he applied for advice had told him, if he valued his life he should quit the place. Magistrate—ls that gentleman present ? Sininionds—No, your Worship, he is not. • Magistrate—Have you any cettificate from him to prove the • truth of your statement? Simmonds—l did not think it would be necessary, Sir. have no certificate. Magistrate-4 do not believe you could produce it, and shall commit you to prison for seven days. Thom, s Cordell, a brick-maker, who had contracted for !ruddily, a certain quantity of bricks for Mr. Cubitt, the builder, of Gray's Inn-lane, and had run away from his work, under rather more aggravated circumstances, wus committed to the House of Correction for one month. GLASGOW.—;--Tile predictions of certain politi cians of some inint'enbe indefinite good to the working classes from the repeal of the Combination Laws have been but too mournfully disproved by events. Nothing, according to them, was to be done but the workmen td strike, against their em ployers, and they would get whatever, they demanded.— Little more than a year has elapsed since that repeal took glace. In every quarter combinations have sprung up.-- Great numbers of persons have been idle for months ; fresh hands have been procured to supply the places of the misled workmen; violence of every kind has been perpetrated; the kingdom has been kept in a ferment; trade and commerce have been retarded ; and, to shew how far the workmen have been affected by following the leaders of the associ ations which attempt to interfere with free .labour, it is only necessary to refer to the present deplorable situation of the manu facturing population of this city and suburbs. The annual survey at present making of the inhabitants of Calton affords a melancholy contrast to the situation of the people last year._ Among the weavers a deep gloom prevails. There is a great want of work, and a vast deal of suffering in consequence. In visiting the suburbs this week, scarcely a land was entered but some of its tenants were out of work ; many of the loom-shops were entirely sluit up, while others were perhaps occupied by a solitary weaver, who had been fortunate enough to procure a web. Whole families were foetid who could not procure work, and want wits but too plainly depicted in the countenances o I many in consequence. The females especially complained of want of employment, and groups of them were to be seen dis cussing the distressed state of their families, ,while their hus bands are found lounging about, or fruitlessly, engaged for weeks going the round of he ware-rooms in search of work.— The associations have been found quite inadeemete to afford a reme.;y to such wants. The associations have already had to pay about 1,2001. to the Calton district alone. Huddled toge ther in small attics, there were large families covered with rugs, shake-downs on the floor for beds, and scarcely an article in the dwelling that could be designated furniture. The entrance to such places are at this season very disagreeable ; at tention to this department shows of what advantage well-regulated Police can be, in attending to the comfort and cleanliness of the people, instead of absorbing too much time with • trifling criminal cases. It is a very singular fact, but clearly }moved by experience, that in Calton the weavers have in general hitherto been much more temperate, have better clothes, better furnished houses, are far more cleanly, and much more regular in their payment of the assessments, than ninny of those who earn higher wages in public works, who are much mare dissipated, and are far inferior in their external appearance. From the unfortunate connection by which a few leaders of the combination, have identified the whole body with their own acts, public sympathy is alienated, and many a poor family is in consequence suffering in silence from the violence of others. All that can be done in a commercial country is to give every man full liberty, to employ his skill and industry to to the best advantage; but if lie cannot get the price for it at which he values it, he is of course entitled to withdraw his services. This is, however, all he can legally do ; it is the boundary of his privilege; and he dare not go beyond it, with out encroaching on the interest of another man, who may not put such a value orahis labour, and may find it.for his advan ' tage to take less—(Glasgow Chronicle.) TI{F, DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.. (From the mew Yesterday, at half:past twelve o'clock, a Special Board of the Lords - of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, which was attended by the Earl of Liverpool, .the Chancellor of tTistsZ]xclieqtter, rise Hon:Arkeley Paget, Lord Granville Somertet, Edmund li:,4xaud<lr - M'Naughten; Ei q. and also Lord Bexley, who, it was understood, *as Chan ce.llor of the Exchequer at the time the business about to be discussed coinmenced, viz. the In,lia.D',.ecan Prize-money, in dispute between the Marquis of Hastings and Sir Thomas His lop, respecting the Grand Army. Their Lordships were at tended by their Secretaries. The business under discussion was considered of so much importance, that all the King's Law Officers attended the in vestigation, viz. the King's Advocate, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and the King's Proctor. The Duke of Wellington, one of the Commissioner:;, was present. Mr. Arbuthnot was prevented from attending by in disposition, with which the Right Hon. Gentleman is confined in the country. Their Lordship= continued the vestigation till three o'clock. The Earl of Liverpool came to town from Coombe house to attend the meeting. The :chancellor of the Exchequer came to London from his visit to lAnd Grenville at Dropmore, , to attend the meeting. THE COMBINATION LAWS. . llik " 0 , V *l_e;t 3 ,t V \ *titr,. 0, .• v - 6 _.... = -,- ,e , . . & . I.° ' 0 -_,:.. . ••• 4 ,..,', 4 7 • . v , mAso_mc No;ricrxVoß NVAT ENGLANT) Monday, August 1, LONDON. Nos. 5, 10, 2/ 89. 218, 210, Boy's Sch. at 7. s, COV Inv. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 102 , 4ri ,p 191, 202, 219 267, 5 9 0 , 340.1 .1 68, 369, 372, , 9 9, 423. 498, 502, 593, 11 597, 632, 638, 644. -2, LONDON. Nos. 9, 122, 287, 399. 6 1 Co u rrr,Y. Nos. 21.87, 127, 139' , ot 170, 180, 184, 196, s el, 340, 385. 387, 47 6, 6 7, 512, 532, 544, 551, 639, 640. 111 Wednesday, -3; LONDON. Nos. 35, 75, 220. ' Ir *, Chapter. COUNTRY Nos. 84. 95, 124, 465', 146, 207, 229, 339' , 406 11 i 487, 491, 505, 51 3 9 , 529, 543, MI, 585, 711, 713, 726. 4. Lor4pot.r. Nos. 61, 277, 325, 4 / 1 , Cou alTr: Y. Nos. 48, 52. 113, 11 5, 'AI 182, 234, 416, 451, ro, 466, 469, 483, 5 06, 670. 561. :99, 627, 6 5 7 , -5, LONDON. No. 210. gg COUN't al". Nos. 13, 28, 30, 479, 538. -6, Lox pox. No. 173. COUNTRY. • • • . Tuesday, 'Thursday , Friday, Saturday, pItICE OF STOCKS THIS 3 i ler tent. Red. . 3 p e r tent. Cons. 35 per tent. 418/ Y T ONE O . CLOC S' Old Annuities .............. • 7 , New Ditto ...... ............ 0 Ex. Bills 000/.lAa. 2ti 39 „ Ditto boa ...... , Ditto Small IAcL ......... Ditto Comme;cial .......... Bank for Act. ............. India for Acct. .. •• • ....';4O Cuns. for Opening ...... Ditto lied 9 Bll 4 per tent. New ' 1031:3 Bank Long Ann.... 22 3-164 liltlia ~,tocu. Ditto Bonds... 5l 52 pm. South Sea stuck oFFuttr.iuN F Austrian BOs. 5 per cent 99 Byazilian BLIS NOS ,11* OME. O'CLOCK' Neapolitan Scrip ... ; ....... / Peruvian Bonds .......... Do. Scrip .............. • ... •.. j Portuguese Bonds ....... Prussian, 5 per cent. • ..... Ditto New ..............••.•• ' !tussah, New, 5 p. ct. 'IS Spanish 1821, 5 per cent -1823 ............... French Ranter, s , percf: t ; 10; - Exchange ••• 7 . 4 " # - 3 per cent. ....... Exchanga ..• 132:"! 2i 31 dis. Buenos Ayres lids Chibun, Bds, 6 per cent — C,,lominan Bds, 6 per cent Do. do. 1.844 -44 Danish. 5 per cent. Do. Scrip Greek Bds Do. Scrip, 1825 Mexican lids • 764 i Do. Scrip 1825 24 dis. • Neapolitan, S per cent. ... rItICES OF SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK• 0 1 41 1 . ; . • per ' ir; Anglo-Mexican Mining Company 11 1 k Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company l 1 Chilian .sliiiing Company • lii General Mining Association Haytian Mining Company ' ' ...• 1 9 l ii Pasco Peruvian Mining Company '• • Potosi La Paz tt,id Peruvian Mining Association ' • .... ii ‘ loyal Irish Mining Company - gl 1 . New United Mexican Mining Company .. .. -. ..... ,: .. 1,. Welch Iron anti Coal Mining Company ... . ........ •• 1!j Protector Fire Assurance Company .. . ........ „ ... . .... 0 l'; United General Gas Company ... ••01 tktlantk and Pacific Association ". .......... . British Iron Company - i llii ll British Mock and Patent Salt Company .......... . . . si Droitwieh Patent Salt Company ................... •••••• Great Westminster Dairy Conipany . •. ................ • Netherland Patent Salt Company ....... ........ • ... ii .. . Provincial Bank of Ireland .......................... •.. scarlet Dye Company ....... . FORLIGN AnittrED. 1" France Flanders HIGH WA TE H: AT LON DoN BRIDGE TO-P,0 6 Morning, 43 minutes after 1 Evening, 8 n-linat'_../vi' THE UN. 9OLEIII QUIS DICE RE 1 7 .1L3U411 AUP LONDON. 1 0# THURSMIY EVENING, JULY 115-9,-}" The French Pipers of Monday aontsl fdp little news worthy of notice, and PO c o,'' therefore, no opportunity of making f" dri : e il i° The intelligence from th e Mores, cont i " P Ol d t 0 them, is of a nature more favourabl e 0 , 0 Greeks than former accounts had indeC etl r lle il expect, but still so vague, that we - feel et° to wait for confirmation. l : The Emperor and Empress of Aurrr ti- c co' expected at Venice on th e 20th, and e fer ' e tig i deavour had been mad e to ren der their r ec t pe magnificent. During their MAJiSTIVI stall is to be public fetes and rejoicing. The Journal de Gaud of the 'l4th l ui l:1; 11 ' the Journal de la Belgique of the `2 sttr s i t , have arrived this day. The former c° l4 o , letter of complai n t s aga i ns t th e 4 renc h Cr : 1 ; e 9 C meat for the imp o siti on o f a dditional ( 1°- pil l Flanders lin,:os introduced into France; °Il io l)e f s latter says, that a deputation of the C ia ll . o o lll of Co mmerce h a d wa i te d upon the ' l l , l los ll of the Interior to request him to mak e upon France. This Deputation, it is a dde t very well r e c e i ve d. Th e l etter , i n the 6° o o " tioned Jo urna l, rem i n d s t h e Ki ng of F g : - pci P his oblig a ti ons to Fl an d ers d ur i ng the I 'l,lo l Days, which, says this Journal, ct.he see nls cf: V forgotten i n a fit o f ill-h umour an d hkj asti 010 l o In what the ill-humour and injustice c°ll. are at a loss t o di scover . P u bli c gret itd i fyl ot ! a n not, and it would be most improper if r et ings of that natur e were a ll owe d to int er-e l P 4° A lt prevent the a d o p t i on o f measures calre' ate - o C 4 e l pected to produce important advantares I° o o , o , because they might in thei r effects itli ure ' f if i° State tc,..l4lliCh the LUNG of th e former