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do ties and assessed tax e s, an d the res id ue i s g i ven th e trusts upon the road over which it travels. W s think every body must see this sum is most : I°llli tant, and a grea t d ea l more th an oug ht to ne/iad upon a concern so trifling as such an t i e t tlibli shment must b e . Th e t ax grea tly excee ds h e mo unt or proit, and which it curtails in pro ' rti°4 as the increased charge throws obstacles Elbe way of th e use o f th e p u blic st a g e coaches ti j tho se cla sses o f his M.AJEsTv's subjects (and i4l4e) Are numerous) who would, but for the ex -45 he glad enoug h t o a v a il th e mselves of the 4: ll4llie nce they offer. The charge • under the 48l ad Taxes is, in every point of view, most fotillso n able. The gentleman pays the same tax t r his c arriage, but, in that case, it operates as 01 , 4 u pon his pleasure ; the stage-coach owner it uPon his public stage. coach, which is never dl 4 . 41fOr his pleasure, but established only as a 4' or livelih oo d or a me di um o f t r ade. The s li eren t chara c t ers on w hi c h th e ta x is levied are ti pi tient lY apparent ; and surely the same prim kt w hich saves the shop-lights of the shop tolbkr from the Window Duty might,and ought, f t4l : Per mitted to protect the stage-coach owner t his tax. Common justice demands this ex- N on 1 4 In his f avour and nothing, we imagine, s ot the unaccountable snpineness of the stage iitth Pro prietors, with regard to a charge which illvl arcs of c onstan t grum bling to them, could ed it to stand to this day. A t ht at ° Letters from Napoli di Romania, by Nta lt „ ). cd . Marseilles, dated the 17th September, t ~n ii "ceived in town yesterday. The American lifs . 4 . -404 arrived at Napoli previous to the 17th 'cion -Pti ' i nher, and saluted the Grecian flag as e ks - i 4 s the ships were anchored. A negociation 4kti iii l P r Qgress between the Greek Government ROGERS, which it was expecte d (3 t " (I in the e stablishment •f a Treaty of tuhr -eit, Pr ee and F r i en d s hi p b etw i xt t h e t wo Re ultit„r% For m any years the commerce of the A Ilit eS of North America has felt the want 1 44 . rberiellil establishment in the Mediterra -1404L" it is s a id t h at t h e A mer i can Gov e rn. Ih °(ii" av° Offered t o p l ace s i x st o at frigates at i tt, i t I P"sal of the Greek Government, if the shs Ch ange, will put under the protection of 4 4 ' 8 0 flag th e I s l an d o f Milo, which pos. Illi lle1; g tl o e . hest and largest Barbour in the Ar k 1 1 3 S e ee° : l iog to advices- from Ancona, dated the 71 lit • 131 roher, it appears that four Tripoli 44 4; 8 were th en blockading the port, and had -1 4 Y captured one vessel. ? tlprigate lett ers f rom M arse ill es, i t i s assert bt)at k i two fri gates an d two b r i gs o f war are t it t o Fren c h p or t s f or th e Viceroy o f alit to sad that several French Officers are ft quit the Greek service. Ii hed 4- Lovf, OC T . 11.—A new f r i ga t e was ►h *tire °o Thu rs d ay which was nulled the * tvt e n (Mermaid). A steam-boat now goes ti *ea L. I ke i l o u's city and AaAmus, and will con. t it 4 t tg as th e season p erm it s . Z it t ta "l ", °ll T, OCT. 9.—According to accounts 1C 11 °, 0 4 th'PelldEd upon, we learn that the de 4 1 " ri ao S Courtk Peal at Celle at upremeof p 414444 ten decided on the long pending suit thttit a „ se verul German Governments, respect ,: aoro?cient debt of the Palatinate, known by ti i PPO B , (l °I. Obligations Lit. D. It is, however, s .tbat thi s sentence will not be published '01 4 1441 gs of th e G erman Di et recoinnaenk:e, k e ttitrs t be till the middle of January. ° vanr. AN lA, s.—The Norwegian sad tOloen-'°nitnissioners, who, during the sum -141 diit. to our ___ vey what are called the cam trtl') ti ny in in Finland, have now returned 1.11 11 0 1 't Probable 'hat a boundary treaty rtl y _ d o h e concluded. 4' 3 tilst o n n ee of CARIGNAN, who died on Satur- YiZ t'to Was cousin german to the Prince t /t ri *t or - z 4 .. 111 , G . the heir presumptive to the : clb l , o s'itrainia, son-in-law of the Duke of P,) t i t cs, Nikod a General Officer in the French 444-A o L 4 oa c k fo . str iao Censorship has prohibited the 44 4 4 41 , - v the Muses, by JuLtus CURTIUS. tr oth " 4 :!! been received at Earl BATHURST'S %Of "IPtaill FRANKLIN, stating the ar -44-11,!Pege "Pedition under his orderi at Lake I tk h vg t o ', ea rly in June, from whence they in ktitteltitt Pearly to Bear Lake. The persons .t 6 expedition were in perfect . health, 1 1 3 °O had been extremely mild and t. ta t ,,„ \ip th received Quebec Papers to the 19th Pte Ist at ik No r of * the arrival of his Excellency the lo t t he e t C anada, the Earl of DALHOUSIE, It n 'b e the Herald, on the 16 th be t Li ) ship era , 'le was received with great dis h' 4, kilt%j cl is to ;3 arrived at the Nore. A Court. 41 tli k R trl , 4 0 : be held directly at Sheerness, on It ob ll l, fo r the loss of the Fury. Ad- Iltq'tqltet of MoOnsom to he President. iO k ts ti d 4 )de f it ,, l etter from the Agent to Lloyd's thg tOice s 11 ' 4 " the 10th October We learn tt t h it7e arrived here from Tripoli, stet "ll e d ised the Consul 1 14 t. () q u it -yr _a prom d u his tt t N eh l , l th e r Ivonld be conamate o koNc e ;`; i t et llco of an answer from this G.o -111;1111jelOVill 11 S therefore expected that all dd. ch a ll y* ne been mad e u p by this time in 11;ai *114 ott tn ia ll ,r by the Sardinian squadron, ; .. N e Zi lo 1 , 11 11 1)01i,' , 11 : • ,0.t ) io 4P riv e ° ,l llll EN, of the Swedish ship Com- Vetu t „'*sa e i a a t Penzance, reports that he tho,th e n " r iven out of Guadaloupe in a 11 4 t oe • r e °Pie on board of which informed ttlo e a to t t of Guadaloupe was destroyed °"'T being on the 26th of July, nine left standing. THE KING, &e. WINDSOR, OCT. 21.—Tuesdav and Wednesday, the weather being very unfavourable, his MAJESTY did not leave the Royal Lodge. Yesterday, the weather being fine, but ♦ery cold, his Majesty, with part of his attendants and retinue, at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, left the Royal Lodge in his pony phaeton, followed by the double-bodied phaeton, and drove through the new plantations to Bishop's Gate, and through Chapel Wood, to Virginia Water, and Blackness, and returned by the avenue called the pleasant Long Ride, the Royal shrub bery, and cow pond; in nearly the whole of which ride his Majesty was sheltered from the wind by the slope-wooded hill, bordering along the lake, and the shady foliage of the shrubbery and trees of the other avenues through which he drove ; such is t he pleasure his Majesty can enjoy at the Royal Lodge, from the multiplicity of drives in the Great Park and its vicinity. At five o'clock his Majesty arrived at the Royal Lodge, and at seven o'clock honoured his attendants with his company to dinner.— This forenoon his Majesty forwarded a messenger from the Royal Lodge, with dispatches to the Foreign Office. In the afternoon his Majesty, with his usual attendants and retinue, took his regular exercise in the Great Park. —To-morrow his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and a select party of distinguished personages, are expected to arrive at the Roya T Lodge, on a visit to his Majesty. BrttanTom, OCT. 20.—The Hon. C. H. Hutchinson and family, and Sir W. Dick and family, are arrived—the former in Bedford-square, and the latter in Devonshire-place. The Hon. General Beresford and family are removed from the New Steyne Hotel, to a private residence in Broad-street ; and Lady Isabella Blachford and family, to a house in Cannon-place.— Lord Petersham has left the New Steyne Hotel for town. Sir W. and Lady Cockburn, Mr. Russell, M.P., and Col.-Wal pole, are also in the departure list. DEPARTUREg FROM TOWN, Aso. Lord and Lady Churchill, from Richmond, for Oxfordshire; T. Drake, Esq. 111. P. and Mrs. Drake, for Bucks ; Lord Ri vers, for Newmarket. From the London Hotel, Albemarle street—Mr. and Mrs. Partridge and family, for Bath ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Brown, for ditto. From the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street—Captain and Mrs. Oswald, for Paris ; Cavendish, Esq. for ditto ; Cavendish, Esq. for Cam bridge. From the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mr. sad Mrs. Brummell, for Wilts; T. B. Magon, Esq. on a tour. From Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Captain and Mrs. Dun comb, for Plymouth ; William Hall, Esq. for Scotland; J. Chitty, Esq. for Newmarket ; Wm. Holmes, Esq. for Cam bridge. r.. 3 ,„„ • 4- 7... • 13 7 4: 11 .. • &:••• _ , zw,.. 7 „, k c,,N I Nfr‘ 11 of 'N - 'l4 ARRIVALS IN TOWN. Lady Foley, from Staffordshire; Lord Melboure, from Pan sanger, Herts. At the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—Co lonel Pemberton, from Berks ; Thomas Parr, Esq. from Li verpool; Mr. and Mrs. Savage and family, from Tonbridge W e lls ; Grime, Esq. from Hants ; T. Champion, Esq. from ditto. At the Burlington Hotel—The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings and family, from Leicestershire. BATH ARRIVALS.—Marquis Camden, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Viscount Corry, Lord and Lady Braybrooke, Lord and Lady Bolton, Lord Somerville, the Rev. Lord J. Thynne, the Honourable Captain Noel, Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Lieu tenant-General Sir J. Foley, Lady Pegge, Lady Airy, Lady Gledstanes, Sir H. Pro, Admiral and Mr. Ballard, Major_ General Sir C. Grant, Major-General Astley, General, Mr. and Mrs. Lofton, Colonel Horner, Col. Vinicombe, Captain and Mrs. Ash, Capt. and Mrs. Stewart, Capt. ,Justice, Capt. Kington, Capt. Morris, R. N., Capt. Pringle, Capt. Sanders, R. N.—liev. Mr. and Mrs. Conlas, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Har land, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, Rev. Messrs. Brymer, Bowles, Cox, Collins, Jonson, Pottinger, Pye, Richmond, Symonds. Lord Burghersh entertained the Duke of Cumberland to dinner on Thursday. There was a select party to meet his Royal Highness. kr. Secretary Canning left his residence in Downing-street, yesterday, on a ♦isit to Mr. Ellis at his residence at Seaford. We heard it asserted in town yesterday, by persons generally well-informed, that the nuptials of the Marquis Wellesley with Mrs. Patterson are likely soon to take place.—( Times.) The Earl and Countess of Surrey have arrived at their seat, Worsop Manors, Notts, from the Marquis of Stafford's, Tren tham Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of Dartmouth has arrived at his seat, Sandwell Hall, Staffordshire, from a tour. Lord Molyneux has arrived at Croxteth Hall from a tour. Lord Rocksavage has arrived at Cholmondeley Castle, Che shire, from a shooting excursion. Lord Exeter has added to the external splendour of his man sion at Burghley, by covering the fanciful iron door at the western entrance with burnished gold ; and the northern door is to receive the like decoration.—(Stan fird .2Verrs.) EDINBURGH, OCT. 20.—Mrs. Courts and the Duke of St. Albans arrived at the British Hotel on Tucsday.—Tuesday forenoon, Lord and Lady Cochrane left this city for Valleyfield. FINE ARTS. PARIS, OCT. 16.—His Majesty has just made Sir Thomas Lawrence (who was sent by the King of England to take his portrait) a present of the most beautiful productions of the ma nufactory of Sevre. These articles, by the beauty of the de signs and the richness of the colours, are calculated to impress foreigners with the highest ideas of this superb royal establish ment. His Majesty has also made a present of porcelain from the Sevre manufactory, to the Duke of Rauzan, Ambassador from France to the King of Portugal. A notice has been issued at Kingston, in Ja maica, of which the following is a copy : " His Majesty's Attorney-General for this island has given it as his opinion, that neither a foreigner, nor a British subject re siding in a foreign country, and coining from thence to Jamaica, can legally bring a slave to this island, even for a time, as a do mestic attendant on his person; which opinion has been pro nounced correct by the Commissioners of his Majesty's Cus toms, London." WESTMINSTER SEISIONS. - -Muirlaead, whose offence is too well known through the channels of the public prints, was yesterday found guilty in two cases, and the united sentence for both was fifteen months imprisonment and a penalty of 5001. There was a General Meeting of the Share holders of the British and Patent Rock Salt Company, on Thursday, to take into considera tion the necessity of reducing the nominal capital from '2,500,000/. to 500,0001. a resolution to which effect was proposed, and unanimously agreed to. The report of the Directors was read to the Meeting, and was considered to be of the most gratifying description, as to the present and probable future profits of this national under taking. During the quarter ending on the 30th of June last, nearly 25 millions of pounds of raw cotton were exported from New York. The total amount of exports, during the same quarter, from that port, amounted to nearly eight millions of dollars.—Another sale of teas, 1,000 chests at Quebec on the Bth of October, and 1,500 at Mon treal on the 15th, is advertised in the Quebec papers. Periodical sales are to take place in January, May, and September of each year.- TIIE THEATRE. COVENT GARDENT.-This 'l'heatro last night produced a new musical drama, in two acts, en titled Lillu. To satisfy our country readers we shall subjoin the characters and plot. DRAMATIS PERioNx. Brenhold Silecian Farmer) - Mr. Fawcett. Ehrenberg (the Pastor of Petersdorl) Mr. Cooper. Martin Brand - - - - Mr. Connor. Victor St. Phar (a French Officer) - Mr. Power. Jacob Grotzen Mr..J. Isaacs. Fritz Flack= - - - - Mr. Keeley. Joseph - - - - - - Mr. Chapman. Peter - - - - - Mr. Meadows Lilla (Brenhoht's Daughter) - Maris - - - - Grette - - - Antonette - - - - - Miss Paton. - Miss J. Scott. - 111ri. Hudson. - bliss Love. FABLE. " Brenhold promises the hand of his daughterr Lille to his friend, Martin Brand. She, however, is already privately mar- tied to Victor St. Phar, a French officer, against whom Brenhold is brooding a dreadful revenge some Frenchmen having slain his two sons in battle. To make this revenge the more com plete, he has admitted the Frenchman under his roof, and delayed his purpose for 3 months. Lila confesses the attachment. to her father, and he threatens her with maledictions unless she foregoes her love and marries Brand. She then informs the latter, under an injunction of eecresy, of her marriage, and he betrays it to Brenhold, who thereupon goes mad, flies from his house, and precipitates himself into a torrent, from which he is saved by a peasant, named Flackzen. He is supposed by his dependents to have been really drowned, and they, E apposing Lila to be the cause of his misfortunes, set fire to his house, with the in tention of consuming her in the flames. She is, however, saved by the interference of a benevolent Pastor (COOPER), and con veyed to the same cottage where hei father remains. Thither she is followed by the wily Brand, who is about to carry her off' by violence, when he is Met by St. Phar. They have a despe , rate conflict upon a bridge, Brand is slain and thrown over into the river. The remaining parties are then reconciled, and the piece ends with the usual quantum of happiness." This Piece seems rather of German than of French origin, as it has a mixture of the comic and the horrific, though not much of the former. It is not important enough for a first Piece, and it is too melancholy for a last. It has, many im probabilities, and ♦ery little novelty. That a fa ther should be admired for his general benevo lence, and yet be tyrannous to his daughter, is somewhat inconsistent : that he should harbour a man for the purpose of finally wreaking his vengeance on him because he is. a French- ' man, is another violation of consistency. That he should become mad because his daughter marries the amiable object of her choice, and refuses a villian, is another extraordinary cir cumstance. Finally, that he should not re cover his reason by plunging into the sea, and recover it by an act of insanity in shooting at his daughter, completes the absurdity of the character. The music of the piece is appro priate to the incidents, but not very pleasing in itself. One of the songs sung by i‘liss LOVE, is taken from The Troubadour by Miss LANDON, a young Lady who has a high poetical reputa• Lion. The piece derived all necessary suppo from the acting. F iWCCTT displayed great mer, in peurtraying parental agony and consequeni madness. Coorra, who is always a steady and judicious actor, gave moral force to the character of the Pastor. CONNOR was a very good villain, and lila:Lel- a diverting rustic. Miss PATON, as heroine of the piece, proved that if she did not possess her pre-eminent musical powers rhe would be a valuable actress in pathetic parts. She has already established her reputation for comic talents. Upon the whole, though there is no striking novelty in the piece, it is not incon sistent with the usual probability of the stage, and is interesting in its progress. It was an nounced for repetition by COOPIR, with general assent and no opposition. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCTOBER 21. The READER in MINERALOGY will begin his Course of Lectures on the Elements of Mineralogy, at the Museum, •n Thursday, Oct. 27th, at one o'clock. The Lectures will be continued on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during the preseit Term.—Ciarisi Chnrch, Oct. 21. , . On Sunday morning the 30th inst. a Sermon will be preached at the Church of St. Martin, (Cartla), by the Rev. 'l'. V. Short, B.D. Censor of Christ Church, in aid of the Funds of the Oxford Benevolent Society, established in 1823, for visiting and relieving the Sick and Distressed Poor at their own houses. On Wednesday last Mr. Herbert Johnson was admitted Scholar of W'adham College. On Thursday the following Degrees were conferred : Batchelor., in Divinity—Rev. Richard Scott, Brasenose, Grand Compounder; Rev. Joseph White Niblock, St. Ed mund Hall. Master: of Arts.—Nathaniel Hall, Trinity College, incor porated from the University of Dublin ; Rev. Charles Hedges, Lincoln ; Rev. Sanderson Robins, Exeter; Rev. William Hamilton Burroughs, Magdalen-Hall; Rev. Thomas Henry Causton, Christ Church ; Rev. James Lupton, Chaplain of Christ Church and New College.; Rev. John Edwards, Wor cester ; Rev. William Martin, Merton ; Rev. Henry Grey Dyke, Alban Hall ; Rev. William Lloyd, Brasenose ; John Hanmar Underwood, Brasenose. Bachelors of Aar.—Benjamin William Salmon Vallack, Exeter; John Lamotte Stowell, Queen's; Edw. J ame s Todd, Worcester. Ecclesiastical Preftyments.—The Lord Bishop of Down and Connor has collated the Rev. Charles Davies, Fellow of Pem broke College, (his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain) to the Chan_ . cellorship in the Cathedral of Down, with the Rectory of Bally Philip and Ardglass annexed, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edw. Montgomery. The Rev. Edw. Montague Salter, M.A., and Student of Christ Church, has been presented, by the Dean and Chapter, to the Rectories of Wood-Norton and Swanton- Novers, in the county of Norfolk, void by the death of the Rev. M. Skinner. The Rev. Wm. Clark. M.A., Professor of Anatomy, and Fellow of Trinity College,Cambrid ge , pre sented by th e M as t er an d F e ll ows of that Society, t o t h e valu able Rectory of Guisley, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Ayscough Hawksworth.—The Rev. John Ellicott,LL.l3. to the Rectory of Horn, alias Hornfield, Rutlandshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Foiter.—The Rev. J. Sur tees, one of the Prebendaries of Bristol Cathedral, was on Tuesday presented by the Dean and Chapter of that City with the living of St. Augustin. PERPETUAL CURACY or LANE END.—On Sunday the Rev. I'. Brooke preached an exceedingly affecting farewell sermon to a large congregation at Lane End Church. The Reverend Gentleman has obtained the living of Wistaston, in the county of Chester, and carries with him the best affection s of the flock which he is leaving. Thursday was the day ap pointed for the election of his successor, and a considerable degree of interest was excited on the occasion. The candi dates were the Rev. B. Vale, of Stoke; the Rev. Thoma s Harding, son of S. Harding, Esq. of Willoughbridge; and the Reverend J. Cawood, of Bewdley. The appointment for the perpetual curacy is vested in 15 trustees; but it appears that there were several doubtful votes tendered and objected to, and after much confusion, two nominations were signed by two sets of trustees, (each contending for having a majority of good votes)---the one for 111 r. Cawood, the other for Mr. Harding._ The consequence is, that neither of them can be licensed by the Bishop until a legal decision has been obtained upon the validity of the disputed votes, in ord er t h at i t ma y be seen i n which nomination the majority will ultimately be found.— (Staiford Advertiser.) ANECDOTES, kg. WAGES or MEMBERS OF PA [ILIA M UNT.---The House of Commons on the 18th of March, 1580, ordered, that " such members as shall depart without licence, be fined, over and above the loss of their wages, and none to depart without leave of the Speaker." There is an Act of Parliament of the 6th of Henry the Eighth, c. 16 , upon this subject, which may be said to be obsolete, as the penalty inflicted by it has now no longer any existence : by that act " every member who absents himself, without licence from the House, and that licence to be entered of record in the clerk's book, shall loose his wages, and the place for which he serves shall be discharged of the wages against the said per son, and his executors." ANECDOTE OF A MAN KILLED PT A the reign of AuGusTus, King of Poland, and Elector of Saxony, a lion was kept in the mena gerie at Dresden, between whom and his keeper such a good understand subsisted, that the latter used not to lay the food which he brought him before the grate, but carried it into his cage. Ge nerally the man wore a green jacket, and the lion always appeared very friendly and grateful when. ever he received a visit from him. On one occasion the keeper, having been at church, had put on a black coat, and still wore it when he went to give the lion his dinner. The unusual appearance of the black coat excited the lion's rage, he leaped on the keeper, and stuck his claws into his shoulder. The man spoke to him gently, when the lion appeared to recollect his voice ; doubt appeared expressed in his terrific countenance ; still, howevr, he did not quit his hold. An alarm was raised, and wife and children ran to the place with shrieks of terror. Some - of the King's Guards arrived, and offered to shoot the animal, as there seemed to be no other means of extricating the man, but the keeper, who was very much attached to the animal, begged them not to do it, as he hoped he would he able to extricate himself nt a less expellee. In nearly a quarter of an hour he capitulated with his enraged friend, who still would not let go his hold ? at length the man felt himself unable to sustain the weight of the lion, and yet any serious effort to extricate himself would have been at the immediate hasard of his life. lie therefore desired the soldiers to fire, which they did, and killed the lion, but in the same moment, perhaps only by a dying con vulsive grasp, he squeezed the unfortunate keeper between his powerful claws with such force that he broke his arms, ribs, and spine, and they both fell dead together. MERCANTILE GENEROSITY.--•CIIARLES V. having been reduced to great straits by the disastrous issue of a very expensive expedition against Tunis, the Fugisrs, a family of merchants at Augsburg, furnished him with the sums which, by his own calculation, would make his affairs easy, and enable him to act with the vigour becoming the head of Germany; and for this loan the Emperor gave them writ ten obligations. Charles one day taking the air near their house, the noble-spirited merchants begged he would do them the honour to accept of refreshment, which he ac cepted ; and after the collation, they ordered a heap of cinnamon to be laid on the fire, saying that common wood was not fit fuel for such a worthy Prince ; to which he answered, By St. Martin, it will be the most costly fire I ever sat by." " The fire, Sir, is nothing to what we intend to light it with ;" and one of them taking the Emperor's bonds out of his bo som, and setting fire to them, thrust them among the cinnamon, the merchants at the same time exclaiming, " Thus bright and fragrant is Charles's name." 44 A WISE MAN," says Dean SWIFT, 64 who loth not assist with his counsels, a great man with his protec tion, a rich man with his bounty and charity, and a poor man with his labour, are perfect nuisances in a commonwealth." POPE SIXTUS QUINTUS used to wake a jest or his mean birth, saying, " that he was demo natut perillustri, the house, or cottage, where he was born, being so out of re pair, that the sun shone through every part of it." In AnmikAr.iloTnAin's naval victory off Genoa, 1795, when the surviving officer of a line-of-battle ship which was taken had some days afterwards his sword returned to him, he congratulated himself upon receiving it, and at the same time observed, that he had been obliged to thrust that sword through the bodies of several of his seamen to make the remain der stand to their guns; he, at the same time, asked the First- Lieutenant of the Admiral's ship, on board of which the Frenchman was a prisoner, " How the English officers con trived to keep their men to their guns ?" " We have no ne cessity to keep them to their guns," replied the Lieutenant ; " for the Devil himself could not drive them from them."— ( Naval Chronicle. EARL OF PETERBOROUGII.-It was one of the military maxims of the Earl of PETERBOROUGII, that the readiest way to surprise his enemies, was to elude his friends ; and he always illustrated it by his own conduct, in keeping his enterprises during the war in Spain, a secret from his of ficers, until !the mom en t th ey were called upon to contibute to their execution. SPORTING INTELI•[GE'NCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, Isle. FRIDAY, OCT. IL Mr. Pettit's Leeway, by Aladdin, Bst. 81b. beat Mr. Lee's Madeline, Bst. T.Y.C. 51 sov.-2 to 1 on Leeway. Wyndham's Stumps, Bst. beat D. of Grafton's Pucelle, Bst. 81b. A.P. 200, h. ft.-6 to 4 agst Stumps. General Grosvenor's Crockery, beat I,d Anson's Ina, Bst. 41b. each. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.-7 to 4 on C ro k ery. Renewal of the Prendergast Stakes of 50 soy. each, h. ft. colts, 51b. fillies, Bst. 31b. T.Y.C. Mr. Wortley's c. Crusader,by Cervantes out of Octavi a n a 1 D. of Grafton's ch. c. Gosh a wk, by M er li n ,out of Coquette 2 Nine started—Eighteen pd.—The Judge placed but two. 7t04 on Crusader-9 to 1 eget Goshawk. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Ascot Heath Race Ground; Friday, at King's Beach Hill; if prevented I,y the weather, they will meet the following day at the same place. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, on Monday, at Saxthorpe ; Wed nesday, at Winburghl; Friday, at Binham. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Shirley Park ; Thursday, at Swarkstone Bridge; Saturday, at Blithefield. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Battlefield ; Wed nesday, at Stoke Heath ; Friday, at Condover Park. The Conock Harriers, on Monday, at Upavon Plantation ; triday, at Redhone Gate. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Kingcrby ; Wednesday, at Iroy Village ; Friday, at Kingsfoth House ; Saturday, at Roxton Wood. The South Wold Subscription Hounds, on Tuesday, at Revesby ; Thursday, at Fullerby Mill ; Saturday, Skendleby Salter. Mr. King's Hounds, on Monday next, at Knatham, oppo- site Maistow ; Wednesday, at Morwell Down, in Tavistock ; Friday, at Beeralston. The Somerset Subscription Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Asholt Wood ; Friday, at Buncombe Bottom. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham • Wednes day, at the Race-course ; Friday, a t t h e Devil's Dike. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ; Wednesday, at Lewes Race Course; Friday, at Tellescombe Tye. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Bostock Lodge; Wednesday, at Peover ; Thursday, at Tatton Park ; Satur day, at Winnington Bridge. The Chester Harriers, on Monday, at Caughall Bridge; Thursday, at Stamford Bridge. We are assured that snow fell in many parts of he Metropolis early on Friday morning. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, OCT. 21.—1 t has blown hard all day from the N.W., and most of the ships in the Downs are riding by with their second anchors. Arrived the Gates, Hudson, from St. John's, N. B.; and Venus, Roberts, from Memel, each been supplied with anchor and cable. Arrived from the River and remain the Bredalbane, Burgon, for Jamaica, and the Sandwich, Adland, for Grenada. The Tally Ho, and an American ship with the letter "X" on her foretop-sail, passed this afternoon. The brig Sarah, of Wexford, passed to the westward with loss of anchors. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21.—Wind N.—Sailed the Planet, Barclay, for Lasuayra ; Rising Sun, Baker, for Cape Coast Castle ' • Apollo, Blyth, fo r B er bi ce ; W m. M anning, Smith, for St. Kitt's • Sovereign transport for Cork ; Kanes ditto for the Isle of iralue ; Thetis ditto for South America; and his Majesty's ship Pyramus for Vera Cruz. Remain the Prince Regent for Van Diemen's Land ; Ann, for the South Seas ; Tropic for Barbadoes ; Snepherd for Neves, and some coasters. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Wind S.W. to N., blowing hard. —Arrived the Nepos, Foster, from London for the Cape of Good Hope. Put back the Sappho, Smith, for St. John's N.B. leaky. Sailed the Enterprise for Vigo. FALMOUTH, OCT. 20.—1 t has continued incessantly since we last wrote, yesterday 2 r.se., to blow tremendously ; the wind shifted at five this morning from W.N. W. to N.N.E., and is now (2 r.st.) about N.—We have as yet heard of ens damage. The squalls are as heavy as we have experienced for some years. Arrived some coasters. SHEERNESS, OCT. 21.—Arrived the London, Hudson, with loss of anchors and cables; Thetis, Newham, loss of anchors and cables, and boats ; Jupiter, 'Wiseman, loss of anchor and cable; Betsey, Dooter, ditto; and Kitty, ditto. The Manley, Sayers, from London to Barbadoes, put into Whitstable rather leaky, and with loss of anchor and cable . ; also, the Ann Elizabeth, from Lynn to London, very leaky, and cargo much damaged. The Rochester, Laing, from Shields to London, was lost on the Corson Sand on Wednesday. The Mary, --, from Liverpool to Bristol, was bilged at Holyhead on Wednesday. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the " Hylton .lolliffe " arrived la s t ni g ht f rom H am b urgh, after a passage of fi ve days and six nights, during a continued gale, or rather hurricane, from the W.N.W. and N.W. points, the force of her engines fortunately enabling her to keep on het. course. She observed several brigs at about mid-channel under close-reefed main-topsails; and last night a ship and a brig were riding in the Lower Swin with signals of distress flying. The Hylton Jollitfe encountered violent hail -storms on Tues day and Wednesday nights, and on the latter especially, when the hail -stones were of the size of common marbles. The KING has admitted to a private audience, Mr. HusiussoN, President of the Board of Trade in England. This audience lasted an hour and three quarters.—(Consfiltitionnel of Tuesday.) On Tuesday a French corvette arrived in Leith Roads for the purpose of conveying the body of Madame GRASIMONT to France. It is also to take one of Mr. MORTON'S slips for vessels, which has been purchased by the French Government. Yesterday the William Gall brig, Capt. Lori., cleared out for Falmouth and Port.au.Prince,_ having on board implements, &c., for working the gold and silver mines granted by the Presi 7 dent Boyer to the llaytian Company. She pro. ce ,, ds from the River to Falmouth, where she takes in two captains of the mines, an assayer of metals, and a gang of miners. KEIGHLEY, Ocr. 17.—The demand for wor. sted stuffs is still on the decline. Pieces are from 3s. to 4s. each lower than they were two months ago. Some of the principal manufacturers in this town have wrought up their, wool, and their embers are now out. of employ until such - time as wool can be bought, so as to leave a fair profit to the manufacturer : how long the trade may continue in this state is uncertain, but its effects are already seriously telt in this neighbourhood. R ATNER THE COMEDIAN.--This distin guished actor, we understand, was among the losers at the last Doncaster races. Betting and playing during the week was, of course, the or der of the night as well as the day ; and Mr. RAYNER deeming the latter not out of his line, engaged one evening with a company of spirited performers in one of the theatres, where boxes were in much request by noted persons. The character he sustained in the piece, which was Fortune's Frolic, obliged him to take out his pocket-book soon after he commenced playing, and transfer a small portion of its contents to the gentleman filling the opposite part. - The in terest of the scene speedily increased, and• it again came to Mr. Rayner's turn to dta4.— But, as ill luck would have it, lie found that the necessary attribute of his dress for that purpose had vanished under the magic influ ence of some •f the property-men of the corps. Such an important and unexpected deficiency - immediately tamed the tables, and intro duced a general search of the wardrobes of the company. None of the dramatis persona had left the stage from the moment of Mr. RAY NER'S entre, save a celebrated actor, who 31)1- peared as an innkeeper on the London road, and with whom it would have been out of character to have performed in a suspected line of business. Among the ether members of the Green-room, however, no vestige of the stray property could be found, but upon one was discovered a " flash note." This had nearly occasioned a striking,. situation—the bustle of the Piece thickened, and the icence terminated by a w atchman entering and leading off the doubtful gentleman to a NIA.; gistrate's. The next Act discovered the two characters violently struggling in the street, froir . , whence the scene suddenly changed Co a watai4,, house, when the curtain dropt, never since tis' rise upon the fate of Mr. RAYN ER's pocket-boiski, Such is the story related by our " Reporter."—. (Leeds Intelligences-) CLIMBING BEHIND A Co ACH.—As John a servant in the employ of Mr. George Winch, proprietor of the stage-coach which runs from' Laleham to London, was returning up a lane at. • Laleham from the Thames, where he had taken the coach, drawn by one horse, to be washed, about one o'clock in the afternoon of Sun day last, two girls, named Roach, sisters, one_ about twelve and the other about four years of age, followed the coach, and the eldest caught hold of the splinter-bar, there being no horse on the offside, and tried to swing on it, but was driven away. Both the girls then went behind the coach, and the man who was proceeding with the coach at a walking pace, did not see any thing of them afterwards until he heard one of - them cry out ; he immediately stopped the coach, and looking under the off hind-wheel, saw the youngest girl lying in the road with the wheel close upon her head ; he backed the coach and took her up off the ground she did not ap pear much hurt but bled at the nose, and cried very much. She was taken home to her parents, and a medical man sent for, who attended. unfortunate child lingered until Wednesdays when death put a period to her sufferings.