The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-29 00:00:00

WINDSOR, MARCH 28 The rs King Was out in his pony phaeton for some 1[ 1 1 3 . 4 Yester day, accompanied by Sir Wm. Fremantle. aring the drive his Majestyvisited Norfolk and Flemish Farms. in the Great Park, attended by Lady Falkland, Lord hei FtzclarenceSir Andrew Barnard, and others of royal s u i te. sir The Bishop of Gloucester, Lord Aurelius Beauclerk, aJohn Woolmor e , an d th e R ev . S. De Main Bray, u , r iin r i.ved at the C ast l e yester d ay, an d h a d t h e h onour o f ng With their Majesties. D' Este arrived on Wednesday, and ontinues on a visit to their Majesties. pf. t ivine service was performed in the private chapel t ae Castle this morning, by the Bishop of Glou e,;e.sater, assisted by the Rev. S. De Main Bray. Their ' E n • iesties, the visiters, suite, and household, were pre e lit ; and received the Sacrament, which was adminis tered by the Bishop. th •• wi ng to the unfavourable state of the weather, T' Ma jesties did not leave the Castle during the day. Ket is expected the King will pay another visit to on Monday next. COURT CIRCULAR. ye: t ee answer to the inquirers at Kensington . Palace , r4ll erd aY, Was that the Princess Victoria was consicie ,Y better. s t :t eseDuke o f Gl oucester atten d e d Di v ine service (Good Friday), at the Chapel Royal, St. d,ay hot T he Duch ess o f K ent an d tier ,Royal Highness's ,ilsehold attended Di v i ne serv ice yesterday, at Ken ijnlt(cin Palace. The Dean of Chester officiated. The sid e e °f Cumberland left town on Tuesday for his re -121,ce at Kew, rince T no on . all sttee eYrand had an interview, yesterday after- Grey at his residence in Downing- Pal i s Excellency afterwards visited Viscount rn.erston, at Weyer,rgn- de m V an de the Belgian Minister, anoil M. via °l.a es Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, visited e_e_cnitit Palmerston yesterday, at the Qffice of the pary of State for Foreign Affairs. ia ter 7 Lord Chancellor and Viscount Palmerston had D es Yesterday with Earl Grey. ogee'sPalches were received yesterday at the Colonial fro (las, in Lord Aylmer, the Governor of the Cana- Ilr u an d also from the Lieutenant-Governors of New T rwick and Prince Edward's Island. R e \ liishop of London (as Dean of' the Chapel ti:1 1 1 .) held a confiamation of the juvenile members of Jara e ° lsil itY and Gentry, at the Chapel Royal, St. eon o i ' ' ; ' on Thursday (Maundy Thursday). At the us A° ll of the ceremony his Lordship delivered an present. ive 4 ddress. The ' Duke of Gloucester was 'AS HIONABLE INTELLIGENC ARRIVALS. o el p r stl l e° i• r ge Settle, H Esq , and Lady Harriet Suttie, at the Hyde yde-park place, from the Earl of Stamford's seat, ',attordslure '4I IIY, at ditto. A. F. Berk e l e y, E sq., M rs. B er k eley and Lord and DEPARTURES. -.Lady Farnborough, from P r i v y -gardens, for ; Mr. and M rs. Li ttleton and family, from 'rosrenor-place, for Teddesly Hall, St a ftb r d shire ; Hon. and ',ZRevfer Canterbury College, and Alicia Peel for Marble Hill, Twickenham; Mr. and Mrs. !ott Murray, from Cavendish square, fur Hambledon, Bucks ; Boringdon, from the Earl of Morley's, Kent House, 'n'Atsbridge, on a tour; the Earl and Countess of Moray 4fo"he Ladies Stuart, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for'r 11ne Castle, N.B. ; George Poulett Scroppe, Esq., M.P., stle Cornbe, Wilts. ... Toyin g e ornoli . — "le" — m ..an i nnu ss e io n n se er n s um of be w r oo o d f s w a o n r d km fo e r n esf n s are i.e e :oi - ... to been required for several years past,' hoe E±runProve!nents of the Regent's-park f ( d 7thwhich - or e ac tun-iodation of the respectable public), viz., by tli ro • , e respecta wing open tne interior of the park as a public Prclaeliade, cornm en .„ f rom the entrance of Park , s tgw ; . 7 1 i s 4 Te,a n d in a line c o l r continuance extending to the , gardens. - gardens The elegant serpentine gravel s which front Cambridge, Chester, and Glou ni!ter..terraces are completed, with a soft and beautiful ~e , .1 1 sward to walk on, and . on each side of them a -, oer o f af6, elegant and spacious shady garden -scats are • 'ed at respective distances. The thick and un 81glitl of d foe Y plantations uns.erwood, which used to be a jib at annoyance to the public and inhabitants of the ext N-named terraces, are now all removed, and an 44Re rl %iVe and pleasant view over the park is the con kence. The elegant, broad, and grand gravel- Wi th which passes in a direct line through the park, , bad the beautiful green sward on each side of it, 1 st ate e d with grove s of thick-set trees, nearl in a hav e ° i f completion. The honourable commissionsrs 44, from given directions for the whole space extend el trom Gloucester -gate to the termination of the Of tgleatit plantations of the Earl of Dundonald, a distance th e a llY one mile and a half, to be thrown open to ipieblic. t ero(4 r fsent high oak palings will be immediately k id g from the side of the present gravel . footpath, of th E, ar e p to be placed on the side of the sloping banks (whie-Liegent's canal, leaving the whole of th an e c t e ree o s , th e iduave been released from the incumbi: . c. are ' beiqther,iweed) to shade the various walks, win h ti i ii °4ll tiful a :' e ?7 the sides . of which axe to be a soft and „, va riou:", ' ll sward, with numerous seats . and alcoves .or -, tli, ,--irrts of it, similar to those in the interior the w ik. ar '' Asa preventive to horsemen entering 0 : 1 POl B -8 ' , 13 Y the removal of the oak palings, a number 81 de o s f A, wit il a strong iron chain, will extend on . the Portklc:lo present footpath. The whole of these liberally will b e e L° the public by the present commissio sy 0 pleted in a few weeks. tO rd * ARRIVALS AT BATH . li 41, .ount Sanford, Lord B. Berners, Lady Frazer, Sir coi%Leach, General Powell, Le Baron Hummer, Col. Jones, k la ti4, ar s'eur, Col. Pendergrast ; Major Hillier ; Copts. Monc - ke,,,.. ttu a t°n, Cross, Coney, Elton, Shute, Gage, Rook ; Rev. At 40 68, Burt, Lea , Jones ; Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Hunter, , al geli z 1 ' ' , King, Lord, Pond, Zacariah, George, Adams, Wards, Messrs. Murray, Kingsmill, Luxton, Erskine; Temple, I law, Wiggett, Best, Bushell, Drummond, Downes, Fowler, rug n , "worth, Howard, Iremonger, Lax, Lee,:Luxton, sim ,sti's, Templer, Yeatman, Charlton, Hayward, Green hill, mey 1.0,,..?!. 'Woodman, Perry, Place, Ashe, Stewart, cro , keutell, tarter, i ggs, Montague, Lax, Massey, Ches ter ; l‘lis arn " Crofton, Hillier, Richardson, De Rippe, Elton; es Pox, Nutt, Palmer, Sharpe, &c .- _ '' v t NIENTS-REGENTS PARK. , , . t ( YORK MONUMENT. '4 ft e Scaffold being in progress for raising the I tli No late Duke of York to its place, uro. is again drawneNut in Carlton Gardens, our att9tion ng i an nr. _ to that column, which is so conspicuous i h e statueto po f b:eat of the West-eild of the metropolis tett been much struck with the ingenirir. Benjamin Nv3,4l'e method which the architect— tion of this mag- Ori a g n in d al w ity e 11'44-.44S adopted, in the construction al wall of the to14:1t is Although the c botto: no more than two feet not el land one foot ten inches a ta ruse i within), the e siF t i h n e ch tn es p t ( h a i n ck d a n t nu th id e Whol 11 l' tnore to allow for as ~ e structure m ' ay be consider a ea,in ent ci r ti a l t ° one solid mass of granite; .. wltheolnyns._, of bo9late bloeks Pillar, and staircase ar e innftof formed rni f the ed en t strength, withres and ?' stone, which not only i c _ "` k but whic h . al s o ne cotisC4l' United in the same b o f ' d that is in o .r_ tie. oitfuto ea c hherever they occur ,an_adraut the cis() turaferesuccessive course),u that Where ' l ee of the external wall the shaft which has la no °°e course of stone in trearai a,,liiw, all and between the ex fro,, ut a solid and inseparable union a of . q the column ; . whilst the cen the interior structure; frotrirkatr within form s a continuous c a o l l i rn Th u n ni s t i e m d_, Illicit;' t f eu t 0 top, with the outside w ig no less re tribute this mode of construction _ end ure ? than its strength is manifestly ca .t l h cu h l n a l t d ed our to tribute fo r all time -" and we cannot withhold ingenuity and skill di of admiration' from the great ' tiont once sot a Yed by the architect in this invention—at r'giaa1...................___a.nd so efficacious. The i, lf ._ ----711, the only liild of ~f, Zlartt‘ Viscount Godferßicipnn, who has been for seveNl and Countess o valesce t - eks much indisposed, n to the . 1. 'lt joy of his noble parents. PERSEVED There was on - c ... e A. a ti c* AND is now con MANAGEMENT.— on. Lee, who named Gi . - deon hi s kit his bak, to fi• wentl' 'Man, a shoemaker, with r„,_-GM house to house, more Wealth • „--.Lis,e and mend shoes for his _ 4 . Y eignoeurs, t btal a livelihood. He . is ati n d w h i o ni „ lll _ erisely rich, an e d e at this time holds the New or. iztourable office of the Mayor of the city of I,o4,,,tive4larin9.ge.pstoscti.ty in. the United States--New MISCELLANEOUS. Lord Durham and Mr. Ellice have arrived at the Hotel de Londres, Place Vendome. Baron Dupuytren, the famous physician, has returned to Paris from Italy. His health is completely re-established. The Earl of Harewood takes the chair at the anniversary festival of the Royal Dispensary for Dis eases of the Ear, early next month. A correspondent asks now that bread is so cheap, why the bakers do not increase the size of their rolls I The Ist Dragoon Guards have received orders to march from 'Brighton on the 15th of April.— Brighton Gazette. It is said to be in contemplation to convert the whole of the buildings in the Rue de Harlay and the Place Dauphine into vast barracks, the entrance of which will be opposite the statue of Henry IV.— Paris Journal. An eccentric genius stepping into the door of a landlady, observed, " Will you, ma'am, give me a drink of water, for I am so hungry I don't know where to stay to-night." We doubt whether more meaning could be embodied in so few words. A case filled with arms and ammunition was seized the night before last at a house in the Rue Neuve St. Etienne du Mont ; it was so heavy that four men could hardly lift it. The person to whom it was addressed was absent ; a woman whom he had charged to receive it was arrested.—Paris Journal. Died, on Sundaymorning last,of cholera, Miss Maria Jane Juxon, of Killarney, a young lady of con siderable mental and personal endowments. She took ill on Saturday evening, a few minutes after leaving her drawing-master (to whom she expressed a fear, or rather presentiment of her approaching fate), and died on the next morning. Two curious entries appear in the Customs lists of Wednesday and Thursday. The extreme mild ness of the season has prevented the dealers in ice from obtaining their usual supplies, and two vessels some time since were chartered to proceed to Norway, to procure cargoes of this produce. The vessels have returned with full cargoes. One of them has been entered as of the value of 801. A person lately bought a mare from a man at Rhuabon fair for 81., who signed the warranty " John Jones, Hindford." The mare proved unsound and not worth half the money. The man took the mare to Hindford, but no John Jones was there. He then tried the scheme of letting the mare loose on the high road, when she trotted upwards of four miles to the door of her old master, who was immediately re cognised by the purchaser, and has refunded the 8/. loss !—Chester Courant. It is rumoured at the Clubs that if Mr. Ashley Warre should be appointed the new Lord of the Treasury in the place of Mr. Kennedy, the Con servative party at Hastings will start Mr. Planta, the ex-Secretary to the Treasury, as a candidate for the representation of the borough, in opposition to Mr. Warre. Mr. Planta has an estate near Hastings, called Fairlight Place, and for several years sat for borough in Parliament, at which period a gentle man, named Milward, was popularly considered its " political patron." The vapours of superstition have not yet been dissipated by the light of education. An elderly , dame, last week, ran breathlessly towards a gentleman riding near this town on a white horse, eagerly asking him for a remedy for her child, who had the heaping cough. The silly creature was referred to a medical gentleman as the proper person for such an appeal, but the old woman insisted on it that he would not do, no prescription being of the least use, unless given by the first person she met on a white horse I—Taunton Courier. At the concert of M. Hertz, on Saturday evening, a dispute arose between M. Billiard and se veral other of M. Hertz's friends and M. Schlesinger, the music-seller and proprietor of the Gazette Musi cale; in consequence a meeting with pistols took place on Monday morning, at Montmartre, between M. Schlesinger and M. Billiard. M. Billiard fired first, and his ball tore the redingote of his adversary near the breast. M. Schlesinger's ball struck M. Billiard in the body, but happily the only result was a severe con tusion, of which no serious apprehensions are enter tained.—Paris Paper. MARCH OF INTELLECT.—The following hand-bill was, a short time since, distributed in a town in this county :—" W. W. respectfully informs the inhabitants of and its vicinity, that he has com menced the business of chimney-sweeping, fire-de fender, and smoke-jaeltcleaning, and assures the pub lic that he sweeps the largest chimneys himself, and does not trust to his boys as sweeps generally do in and other places, but is determined to raise the business from that obscurity and contempt which is now practised and carried on by others."—Kentish Gazette. By the recent demise of Major-Gen. Farqu harson the Lieutenant-Governorship of the island of St. Lucia has become vacant. General Farquharson for many years commanded the 25th, or King's Own Borderers, and obtained his rank of Major-General on the 22d July, 1830. Another victim to the unhealthi ness of this island was the late lamented Gen. Stuart of Garth, who went out as Governor in 1830, and died a few weeks after his arrival. The cause of this insa lubrity is to be attributed entirely to the hitherto un cultivated state of the island. Owing to its unsettled condition, Major-General Mackie, who succeeded Ge neral Stuart, also fell a victim to the climate soon after his arrival. The following incredible account is taken from the Hamburg Correspondent :—" The infant daughter of some peasant in the environs of Elsinore has excited universal attention by the wonderfully pre cocious development of her faculties. She is only two years old, but had been adopted by the Captain of a ship, and it is to this circumstance that her peculiar inclination to the study of geography and astronomy is to be attributed. When scarcely thirteen months old she could promptly point out on the map nearly all the countries and remarkable places in the four quarters of the world. She could at any time state the hour it was at Madeira, Copenhagen, Paris, and Pekin. At night she could name the planets and the principal stars as they appeared, without making a single mistake." A remarkable suicide was committed in the town of Bethune, France, by a man named Cretel, on the 15th inst. On the morning of the day on which he put a period to his existence he told several persons that he should die in the course of that day, and that his last hour had struck. He left his house about two o'clock, directing his course towards the suburbs of the town, and having met a carriage at a short distance from the bridge, he placed his head on the ground, that the wheels might pass over it ; he, however, only received a slight wound. Determined on his own de struction, after walking some distance he again threw himself under the wheels of another carriage, and was this time so horribly mutilated that he only survived a few seconds. The cause of this act of despair is said to have been domestictroubles.—French Paper. The opening of the new Episcopal Church in the Rue d' Aguesseau was yesterday attended by a nu merous and highly respectable congregation. The building, which is capable of containing about 800 per sons is extremely well adapted to the purposes of worship. The interior is in the Gothic style,but remarkably chaste, and much lighter than we generally find this style of architecture. The drapery of the altar-piece, which we understand is at present but temporary, is speedily to be replaced by a new one, which will be in accord ance with the general design. The windows are of stained glass, and the general effect combines neatness and simplicity with a certain sober elegance, and the sacred objects to which it is devoted. On the whole, we have to congratulate the English residents in Paris on their at length possessing a suitable place of divine worship, the want of which has been so long and se verely felt.—French Paper. _ A few days ago a handsome young girl, about 19, named Victorine D-, committed suicide, in consequence of a disappointment in love. She committed the act with a pistol in the same house where her lover resided, No. 7, Rue des Gravilliers. The ball, after having passed just below her left breast, went through the lower part of the neck. The even ing before she had persuaded her lover to kill himself with her in the Bois de Boulogne, and he allowed her to have the pistols under this impression. He had no intention, however, of allowing the idea to be carried into effect, and was thinking that he had reconciled her to live, when the report of the pistol was heard. The unfortunate girl expired almost immediately, pressing the hand of her lover, who flew to her assist ance, and whom she had vainly persuaded to partake of the same fate.—Paris Paper. ASHES FOR DUST.—As the French Cham ber of Deputies have voted a resolution to demand from us the ashes of Bonaparte, we think in reply we ought to demand from them to come down with the dust. He cost us while alive a considerable deal of cash, and now we have an opportunity of getting some of it back again. On Thursday night, the 13th inst., about eight o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr. J. Read, butcher, of 'Whit tlesey, Huntingdonshire, in a stack of straw, which was speedily consumed, together with the greater part of a malting office, and a quantity of barley pre paring for malting. Providentially there was little or no wind at the time, and by the praiseworthy assistance rendered by the poorer inhabitants, aided by the at tendance of the engines, and a tolerable supply of wa ter, the fire was confined to the premises on which it hroke out, though surrounded by corn-stacks and buildings of very inflammable materials. The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary.—Cambridge Chronicle. On the 17th inst. the diligence from Antibes to Luc, in which there were sixteen passengers, upset at eleven o'clock in the morning at the highest part of the road, where it is wide and in excellent order, and fell over a precipice, in consequence of the neg ligence of the conductor and postillion, who, being in close conversation, did not observe the situa tion of the vehicle. After rolling over six times, it was stopped by the traces catching against a large tree, so that the diligence was sus pended on one side of the tree and the horses on the other, and thus prevented going to the bottom, which was a depth of considerably more than four hundred yards. With the exception of two young children, all the passengers were seriously hurt. They were taken to Frejus, where every possible care was afforded them. —Galignani's Messenger. Extract of a letter dated Florence, March 12: —" Our winter has been one of the most agreeable, notwithstanding that Rome and Naples carried off se veral distinguished party-givers, such as the Thorns, the Perrys, the Hastings, Andersons, &c. Our charming Grand Duchess recompenses us for every thing, and her situation, now doubly interesting to this country, excites the hope of all that she may be destined to keep this sovereignty from the fangs of the house of Austria. Her accouchement is expected to take place next month, and if she give birth to a Prince, the rejoicings will be unbounded. Her mo ther, the Queen Dowager of Naples, is expeted here about the 28th, and after the Duchess is confined, she will continue her journey towards the Rhine. Col. Wardle, who died here a short time since, had pur chased the beautiful villa under Filsoli, of Count Loz zano, where he resided; and during the last twelve or thirteen years that he came among us, he had endeared himself to everybody by his gentlemanly manners and true hospitality." THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.—Our Govern ment having judged these Islands to be a station of some importance and convenience to our ships pro ceeding' torliit Paific, Captain Fitzfq, in :10 has been directed to survey them. Lieutenant H. Smith, late First Lieutenant of the Tyne, is appoint ed Governor of these Islands, and four seamen, volun teers, as a boat's crew for his use and protection. They were to proceed by the first ship from Rio. It was expected that this little nucleus party of a new colony would be reinforced by a party of Royal Marines from England. It has been ascertained that these Islands are not so unproductive as has been believed, and that a limited number of settlers would do well on the Eastern Island, where, in fact, one is forming ; a situ ation, called Port Louis, at the head of Berkeley Sound, had been fixed upon as head-quarters. At least 7,000 head of fine wild cattle, and 500 wild horses, are roaming over a large expanse of most excellent pasturage. Game is also in abundance, particularly rabbits, and the shores abound with excellent fish, as well as whales and seals. Though there is no timber on the Islands, the sheltered spots are favourable to the growth of hardy trees ; there is peat in abundance, which would furnish a never-failing supply of fuel, and kelp, for manure. The climate is not severe, consi dering its localities, and there is good anchorage all round the coast. The execution of Charles Shaw, a boy of fifteen, who, as stated in our last, was at the Stafford Assizes found guilty of the murder of another boy, named John Holdcroft, at Stoke-upon-Trent, has been respited. We understand that on Tuesday his mother visited him, and, in the expectation that he would suffer death on the following morning, entreated him to tell her the whole truth. He then declared most solemnly, that, having won the deceased's wages of him, they quarrelled and exchanged blows, when he ( Shaw) knocked the deceased down twice ; the second time against a rail. A boat came up soon after, and he ( Shaw) retired for a while ; but when it had passed returned to the spot, and found the deceased heaving his last gasp. Finding Holdcroft was dead, he tied the cord round his neck and left him on the bank, in order to induce an opinion that he had destroyed him self. Believing that there might be some truth in this statement, and, if there was, that it would reduce the offence to manslaughter, the Governor and Chaplain of the prison considered it their duty to come to Shrewsbury late on Tuesday evening, to lay the state ment before Mr. Justice Patteson, when his lordship concluded it would not be inconsistent with his duty to grant a respite, in order that further inquiry might be made. His lordship, therefore, respited the ex ecution of Shaw until the 29th instant.—Salopian Journal. AWFUL AND MELANCHOLY INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH AT THE GRAND WRESTLING MATCHES AT CHALK FARM.—Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, one of those frequent awful occur rences of sudden death occurred to a respectable master baker of the name of Mr. James Watkins, residing at No. 9, Edward -street, Cumberland Market, Regent's Park, but under circumstances peculiarly melancholy. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman had gone to Chalk Farm Tavern, for the purpose of witnessing the various grand wrestling matches that were to be con tended for between the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestlers, when unhappily Mr. Watkins, from some cause became exceedingly excited with an individual, and in the heat of his passion swore at his antagonist, when he momentarily fell to the ground a lifeless corpse. The scene:of confusion on the ground at the melancholy event was indiscribable amongst an immense assemblage of persons. There was a medical man on the ground, but from some unknown circum stances he did not render his professional assistance in due time ; it was stated that he did not wish to be known. After a considerable lapse of time he attempted to bleed the unfortunate deceased, but all endeavours were unavailing, as the vital spark had for ever fled. The body was in the evening conveyed in a shell from the tavern to St. Pancras Work-house, to await a Coroner's inquest. Mr. Watkins has left a widow and a large family to deplore his melancholy and un timely end. NAVIGATION OF THE BLACK SEA.— The Emperor of Russia, wishing to encourage the navigation of the Black Sea by merchant ships, by af fording the means of making good sailors, has ordered the establishment for ten yeirs of corporations of sai lors in the cities of Aleschsky, in the government of Tauris, and Nicopolis, in the government of Catheri noslaff. These corporations will enjoy an exemption from taxes and conscription, and are to be composed of citizens and freemen who may chose to enter them voluntarily, engaging to fulfil the obligations which their new state imposes on them. It will be their duty, in order to acquire practical knowledge, to serve in turn for five years on board the Imperial fleet in the Black Sea, where they will be employed in preference on board small ships and transports, the duties in which are more analogous to those in the merchant service. At the expiration of these five years they will receive from the proper authorities a certificate as able seamen, by means of which they may obtain from the chief officer of all the pods in the empire passports for fo reign countries, and these passports may be changed by all the consulates and legations of the empire. Those who have not yet served on board the fleet, and have obtained their certificate, may receive from the civil governors of their respective governments f ore i gn passports gratis, for two years at the most. In case of disputes between the sailors and their commanders or among themselves, in a p or t o f t h e emp i re, t h e cap tain of the port shall immediately appoint a tribunal of arbitrators, composed of a quarantine officer, a deputy of the captains present, and a sailor to be chosen by and from among themselves ; the decision of these ar bitrators must be put into immediate execution, unless an appeal be made to the Governor-General. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet on Monday at Bid. dlesden Park—at half past 10. The Essex and Suffolk Hounds meet on Tuesday at St Osyth Flag; Friday, at Raydon Upper-street—at 10. Mr. Drake's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Catesby ; Thursday, at Tusmore—at half past 10. WEST LOTHIAN GRAND STEEPLE CHASE. This sporting event, which created much interest for some weeks, came off on Friday last.—Seventeen horses were en tered, of which twelve came to the post, viz. :—Mr. Wilkie's Polygar, ridden by Mr. Angus; Mr. Scott's Bob Shotts, ridden by Mr. W. Spiers; Mr. Ferme's Ayrshire's Pride, ridden by owner; Mr. Bonar's Kitty, ridden by Mr. Austin; Mr. Henry's Ruby, ridden by owner; Mr. Daly's Adjutant, ridden by Mr. Butler; Mr. Maxwell's gr. g. by M'Orville, ridden by Captain Raite ; Mr. Ramsay's Albion, ridden by Mr. T. Spiers; Mr. Craig's Will.o'-the-Wisp, ridden by owner; Mr. Brown named Harry Roe, ridden by Mr. Ainsworth; Mr. Laing's Linkboy, ridden by owner; Mr. Powell's Shark, ridden by owner. _ _ The starting point was in a large field to the west of Linhouse Mill, across a line of country admirably chosen. The first two miles were over rising ground, large cultivated fields, with some good hunting fences, and two or three regular bullfinchers. The course then crossed a small plantation, along the foot of the Corston Hill, through a deep meadow, with a large yawner at the extremity, which led into an open moor, with a flight of hurdles, and several newly made up fences. The winning flags were placed in a large field to the east of the lane leading to Little Vantage-road. The crowd was immense, and intense anxiety was manifested for the start, which took place a few minutes after three. The horses got well away together. Albion swerved in the second field, ran the wrong side of a flag, and was obliged to turn and retrace his steps. He soon, however, made up his ground, and on rising the hill, showed in front, closely followed by Will-o'.the-Wisp and Linkboy. Soon after leaving the meadow, Will-o'-the. Wisp took the lead, which he maintained till the fourth fence from home, where he jumped short and gave his rider an ugly fall. Albion again came forward, but in the last field, before reaching the lane, he again took the wrong side of one of the flags, which gave a decided advantage to Linkboy, who came in first by four or five lengths. On going to the scales, the winner was found to be four pound short of weight, on which the Umpire adjudged the stakes to Albion, Harry Roe second, the others not placed. Albion was admirably steered by Mr. Thomas Spiers, he showed decided superiority throughout, and it was evident to all, that had he not ran on the wrong side of the flags, he must have won easy. The pace was tremendous, the four miles having been done in fourteen minutes and ten seconds. Before starting the Adjutant and the M'Orville horse had many friends, but the pace was too much for them. Polygar ran a good horse, considering he carried 13 pounds above the weight. Harry Roe did wonders for his size and condition, and proved himself an uncommon game horse. Will.o'-the- Wisp, who was in the first-rate order, would, in all probability, have been second, had he not fallen so near home. The rest of the field were beat a long way. The winner was bred by Lord Dundas. He is by Woldsman, his dam by Oberon. We un derstand that Mr. Ramsay has since sold him for 200 guineas. ATTEMPT to BREAK out of NEWGATE. On Monday last Mr. Cope, the Governor of New gate, discovered the twelve transports, who have been for the last eight months confined in the gaol, had made very effectual preparations to break out of the north side of the prison. Upon going round the pri son, the Governor ascertained that the water-closets , in the immediate neighbourhood of the tranw its , room were choked up, and si i structions were_cinsed„by srigigniktit the ob structions of rubbish which ih l ighi'llaVe been removed from the walls, proceeded to the apartment of the twelve persons who have been for so long a period remaining under sentence. He observed no confusion amongst them, but upon putting his hand under the matting which hung against the wall of the prison close to the Old Bailey, he found that the brickwork was loose, and upon pulling out one brick a number of others tumbled out, followed by an immense quantity of old mortar. " Oh," said the con victs, " it's nothing but a little damp. It was that that gave us all such violent colds." Mr. Cope, upon fur ther examination, found that a little more skilful la- ' bour would have supplied his prisoners with the means of escape, for they had managed to destroy all the brickwork between the apartment and the large stones which compose the exterior of the build ing, and had cut round one of the stones so completely that they could see everything that was passing in the street, immediately beneath the apartment, which is about 15 or 16 feet from the level of the pavement. Of the matting they had commenced the construction of a rope, with which, as they subsequently acknow ledged, they intended to pull the stone into the prison ; to accomplish which they had chipped away a consi derable part of the interior edges. All this must have been effected in less than two hours and a half, but the rapidity of the job will not cause any astonishment when it is considered that there were amongst the con victs three or four bricklayer's labourers, two masons, a carpenter, and the rest, no doubt, soon improved under such scientific tuition. It is calculated that only two hours' industry would, with such hands, have enabled them to let themselves down into the street. Indeed, they admitted the fact themselves, and added that they were determined to get out, as they were illegally de tained in prison, and could not be blamed, after so long an imprisonment, for making any experiment of the kind. The twelve transports are, it appears, of the number of those who were found guilty at the celebrated Middle sex Sessions, under the strange circumstances of "the mistake," and having been given to understand that several persons who had been found guilty before the incompetent tribunal of that period were at liberty and following their old trade, they thought they were as well entitled to another chance as the more fortunate thieves who enjoyed the benefit of the error of their worships. Each of the large stones in the front of the prison weighs upwards of 7 cwt., and if they could not have pulled it in, or contrived to chip away a sufficient quantity to enable them to get their bodies through, it was their intention to push it out, notwithstanding the alarm which the fall of so enormous a bulk must have given. It is calculated from these circumstances that the transports would have made a most desperate re sistance, if they bad succeeded so far as to get into the street. They were resolved to stick together, and plead a strong justification in the defective nature of their convictions. _ The late Governor of Newgate used often to com plain of the long period of confinement in Newgate which convicts were to suffer before their sentences were carried into execution. It of necessity occurred, that some of the most desperate villains were con stantly associated together, and their invention was always at work upon the sole question of the means of escape. It was, however, found to be useless labour to complain of the danger and inconvenience resulting from the system of allowing transports to remain long in Newgate after conviction. This attempt to escape will no doubt revive the consideration of the expe diency of making the punishment awarded speedily follow the sentence. It is now well known that Go vernment intend to abandon the hulk system gradually, a fair trial having been given to it, and without pro ducing the advantages which had been anticipated by the projectors of such a plan of mock transportation ; and it is believed that transports will be sent at once out of the country, in accordance with the terms of their sentences. It is rather singular that the judges have not de cided upon the question submitted to them, whether the twelve prisoners who made the attempt to escape shall or shall not be tried for the offences of which they were found guilty without the necessary forms at the Middle sex Sessions. STATE OF THE PRESS IN HOLLAND. T HE HAGUE, MARCH 25.—An opinion still pretty generally prevails among foreigners that the press is in fetters here. The fact is, that is more free than in England. There exists a penal legisla tion against seditious libels here as there, but it is less severe, and, moreover, far less severely admi nistered. The total amount of the imprisonments inflicted upon De Potter and his coadjutors during the preparation of the insurrection does not reach to what has been suffered by Carlile alone. The latter was carrying on a business worth 50/. a month, according to the statement made by himself, with a view to show the extent of his losses, and there fore made up liberally, as is to be presumed. He was fined 1,000/., making about the double of his yearly receipts. De Potter was certainly not a man of such opulence as he boasted of at the time ; but he may have had a clear income of 9,000 florins, ra ther more than less. The largest fine he was sen tenced to was 1,800 florins, one-fifth of his income. Neither is a prosecution against a newspaper followed here by a refusal of stamps, which is tanta mount to a prohibition, as is the law, if not in Eng land, at least " in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland." In defiance of all prosecutions and c ondemnations, the Courrier des Pays-bas never was interrupted for a single day. Nor is a newsvender, or newsvenders, as many there may be, liable to a prosecution here solely, for distributing journals. The Dutch law says " When the author is unknown, or not amenable, the printer shall be respon , ible." And the practice of the Superior Court of the I!,;,gue has invariably been to discharge the printer whenever the author was brought to trial. The Superior Courts in Brus sels and Liege used to consider the printer as the author's accomplice. What, then, is it that can have given rise to the opinion above alluded to ? There exist in all 27 journals in the old Dutch provinces, some published daily, the greater part only three times a week, viz : In North Brabant 3, the Provinciale Dagblad van Noord Braband, the Noord-Brabander, and the Bredasche Courant. In Gelderland 2, the Arnhenzsche and the Nymeegsche Courant. In Holland 13, the Anzsterdamsche Courant, Handels blad, Haarlenzsche Courant, Alkmaarsche Courant, Staats Courant, Dagblad van's Gravenhage, Journal de la Haye, Onpartydige, Letterkundig Nieuws blad, Rotterdanzsche Courant, r Etendard, Dor drechtsche Courant, and Leidsche Courant. In Zealand 3, Middleburgsche, Zierikzeesch, and Goesche Courant. In Utrecht 1, Utrechtsche Cou rant. In Friesland 1, Leeuwardsche Courant. In Overryssel 1, Overysselche Courant. In Gronin gen 2, Groniger Courant, provincial and municipal. In Drenthe 1, Drenische Courant. Of these only eight contain political articles, which are chiefly confined for the present to the question of the se paration ; three—viz., the Onpartydigey, r Eten dard, and the Hqndelsblad, being bent upon con sidering the Belgian defection as an accomplished fact, and urging the recognition of their indepen dence, whilst the opposite view is taken by five— viz., Bredasche Courant, Arnhemsche Courant, Leeuwarder Courant, Utrechtsche Courant, and Journal de la Haye. None of the other papers, the official Staats Cou rant included, ever gives any opinion at all ; what ever they have to state about any occurrence of the interior, is worded in the driest manner possible. This entire barrenness of discussion, inquiry, and opinions in by far the greater number of the papers, is so striking, that an Englishman, accustomed to the activity of political speculation, can hardly deem it natural, and must needs suspect it to be caused by some overweening influence. But in reality it is nothing but the effect of habit, dating from a by far remoter period than the pre sent Constitution, and having orig inated most likely from the peculiar nature of the hundredfold divided provincial and local sovereignties of the ancient re public, when the most trifling transactions were mat ters of high importance for the petty municipal po tentates, and secluded from the investigation of the, vulgar eye, to keep up the official dignity. Na`'' I cannot but consider it as ^---1 emp t " traditional decorum ; 4 1 .04. , up it °`" exaction of this unit the public is excluded, for jinstance, r -"'„ ~ .om a sitting of the Second Chamber, an official communication is made, which is to ' l be published the very same evening in the Staats Courant. There is no other reason to be assigned for this than that their Noble Mightinesses should be gratified with the information a few hours before the rest of mankind. The simplest proceedings, and such as cannot but be generally deemed laudable, of Ministers, the Princes, or the King, are stated, if mentioned at all, with a remarkable attention to etiquette. Thus all the papers uniformly said, a few days ago, that the sum collected in Amsterdam, as is the cus tom annually, for the support of the poor schools in that town, had amounted to 7,045 florins, 43 cents, including a bank-note of 1,000 florins received at the house of Mr. A. Backer. These 1,000 florins were the King's annual dona tion, but it would here be deemed indecorous to announce it as such (?). Sometimes' indeed, we have seen similar Royal bounties mentioned in the papers, as for the relief of the sufferers by the inun dations and the like ; but then it was with the evi dent motive to stimulate imitation, and at the same time as a pledge for the reality of the existing dis tress, which perhaps you will say is the only reason for mentioning such gifts at all. The habitual si lence of the greater part of the newspapers is not, therefore, ascribable to any repressive influence, for they give foreign news ad libitum, but without any comment ; and perhaps I may be allowed to say that it is not owing to the dullness of their editors ; but it is a fact, that the press is no more arid of ori ginality than it was under the Republic, and in the hands of the censors of Napoleon. It is not the fashion here to encourage an avowed or systematic opposition to the measures of govern ment, so that the Onpartydige counts no more than 400 and odd subscribers, the Etendard not sixty in all the country. The Handelsblad upwards of 3,000 stamps daily, but owes its popularity to its really va luable commercial intelligence, by no means to its politics, as has been demonstratively proved to its editor on a certain occasion, in a manner, however, which was most reprehensible, on the Amsterdam Exchange. Besides, both the Onpartydige and the Etendard are conducted without the least display of talent. They lately made themselves gratuitously merry, and even the Handelsblad joined them, in animadverting upon the present impossibility of the execution of that part of the judgment against Polari, which orders it to be placarded in Brussels, so ridiculous in their opinions. Every body knows the law is imperative in this respect, prescribing that a judgment must be pub lished both in the place where the sentence is pro nounced, and in that where the crime has been com mitted. The Court of Justice could not deviate from this formality, without rendering its proceed ing liable to cassation. Ano less futile remark upon the merits of the cause itself was, that the mere possession of the stolen property, after an interval of two years, did not constitute a proof of the pri soner's guilt. This certainly might have applied, had it been a case of an ordinary nature, but the possession of stolen property, of a value of two or three millions of florins, was not in a like manner to be accounted for. I shall probably have to acquaint you with some circumstances of this interesting trial, but this I postpone to a following letter, in order to notice at the same time a pamphlet relating to it, and just advertised as being published at Rotterdam, but not yet to be had at the booksellers here. - --- ----- EMIGRATION. (From the Western Mercury.) HAMILTON, FEB. 6.—This province hav ing deservedly become an object of particular attraction to the emigrants of the United King dom, we are anxious to communicate to them such information as may prove useful ; and with this intention, will occasionally publish article which we may conceive adapted to promote the object in view, with the hope that those London editors to whom we send our paper, will give them a place in their journals, in order that our remarks may obtain general publicity through out the United Kingdom. In the first place we think it necessary to observe, that, as many emigrants from the other British pro vinces of North America and the United States, annually arrive and settle here, it is a proof so conclusive that this province is the best part of America for emigrants to locate them selves in, as to render any further arguments upon this head quite superfluous ; and that such is the fact, no person can presume to deny. To the capitalist, farmer, mechanic, and labourer, this province offers every advantage that an emigrant can have in view ; capital vested in bank stock has hitherto yielded two dividends yearly of 5 per cent. each ; and the new establish ments of this description, now about to be formed, will afford the capitalist an opportunity of obtaining stock at par. Banking institutions run but little risk of loss here, the circulating medium being totally inadequate to represent the property and trade of the country, and the sum to be staked on any individua irtet l ttyxh ' if s iuotewemfei name being restricted to 500/., according to the rules laid down by those institutions. Capitalists could also employ their funds advantageously in pur chasing large tracts of wild land, dividing them into lots of one hundred acres each, clearing ten acres on each lot, and erecting thereon a log-house and barn—as such properties would command a ready sale at a remunerating price ; and from the immense increase of population, ysiaeyar twenty wbeenetoymper of cent.tNsic twice theer val annum,would aetbey ar e a i t n fiN•pre sent.e Wild lands can be purchased in good situations at 18s. sterling per acre, cleared and fenced for 3/. 3s. per acre, and a good log-house and barn might be built for about 401. sterling. By the above statement the farmer will perceive that he can obtain land in perpetuity, cleared and ready for a crop, at the rate of 4/. Is, sterling per acre, free of rent and subject t 6 nd • tax whatever, save one penny per acre annually which goes to defrtiy the expenses of the dis trict, and not to the Government—the latter being chiefly supported by a duty of two and a half per' cent. levied off goods landed at the littlep or ports labour of tiie Montrealland n andd will a Q l p u r e o b d e u c c . e I W ,26 it O h lbs v . e o ry f wheat to the acre, and a proportionate quantity of rye, oats, potatoes, or Indian corn ; but should the farmer choose to bestow much labour upon it, he might procure considerably more ; however, this might not prove advisable, as farming labourers obtain from 11.165. to 21.145. sterling per month ; beside board and washing ; and wheat at present is worth only 4s. sterling per bushel of.6olbs. Generally speaking, mer cantile men succeed well art this province, though in some parts businee; is rather over-done ; however, the quick of population and improvement will c iick e ly growth remedy this evil, and make room ~..' many more than we have at present, particularly if emigrants pour in upon us as they have done for the last three years, and why they should not we can see no reason, but the contrary, as those emigrants who have settled here during that pe riod will, no doubt, consider it their_ (I , iki- dna now prise their friends of the sum - .'_`.`" -...8-iterior advantages this • It_ ~ ....,y io ap province affork,tr .. - 4 , . _ ,6 emigrants over every other F sar ", ° ,Xila' erica. Mechanics of every descrip tion obtain constant employment in all parts of this province, at ss. Bd. to 6s. 9d. per day without board ; and to master tailors, saddlers, and cabinet-makers of moderate capital, this town affords a most excellent prospect of ac quiring an independence in a few years ; and such may rest assured, that they would be welcomed with ample and liberal patronage and encou ragement. As there were but few of the labour ing 0 class among the emigrants of last season, there is now a general want of such, and a larger number would find employment in this town and to the westward of it, at good wages. Here they are paid 3s. 6d. sterling per day, without board, and the immense number of buildings to be erected next season, would afford employ- , ment to a considerable number, in addition td what we already have. To brewers, tannefsi t a u t t a r t a e c d ti o o n n t h t that a b t and millers, this town also offers every border r n ofbeßudrleisnigretot Bay,lt i a s nrhlmusi s ricco: i ehhri - -e. .1 ,har bour of Lake Ontario, in which the whole British navy might rendezvous secure from every wind that blows, and commanding a water communi cation with all the towns and villages on the borders of Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, and the ports of Montreal and Quebec. A brewer possessed of 7,5001. sterling, could carry on a most profitable trade—the above mentioned na vigation being open to him and a country in the rear, with a population of more than one hun dred thousand, with few breweries, and those on a very limited scale. The profits of this trade are enormous ; malt or beer not being sub ject to any duty, and barley being only 2s. 11d. sterling per 481b5., while malt liquor— not much stronger than English table-beer, sells for 275. sterling per barrel of 32 gallons, e oscd m .ansmt: i i e g oa q h ntaoeu t nrenwdi b nae e ole carried,oeotdrihlf gaffordeobtaining nhbteertaa o finna n osfeifpioi v : lorg i standard measure. On the edge of Burlington bay advantage,wcmuenuaoifptdaetecr rtoaucfotma nufactured hd communication iegun steam-mills :nomacwoi power might be so placed as to propel a flour, paper, and fulling-mill, and grind malt and cast up water for the supply of a brewery. Tanning must also be a very profitable trade, as raw hides are frequently sent from this to the United States, though a great portion of the leather used is imported from England and the United States. . In short, wages are high and the objects of specu lation so numerous and encouraging, that ten times the money-capital this province possesses could be employed to advantage ; and such will continue to be the case while so much wild land remains undisposed of, though improvement goes on with a rapidity unexampled in any other part of the known world. As a proof of this we need only remark, that in the last eight years York increased from 1,500 to 9,000 inha bitants ; this town (Hamilton, Gore District,) from about 250 to 1,500 in the last four years, and several villages containing from 50 to 150 inhabited houses, have sprung up in the rear of this town, the sites of which were not even marked out six years ago. And to sum up all, in about eight years past, the population of this province has nearly, if not altogether, treble,d itself. Emigrants who intend to come to this country, should invest their money in good bills on London, at four or six months, that they might be gaining the in terest during the passage, which is sometimes tedious, and these bills they should dispose of either at Quebec, Montreal, or New York, and take in payment for them either notes of the banks of Montreal or of this province. Should they sell their bills in New York, they would obtain a high premium upon them, say eight to ten per cent., according to circumstances, and a further premium on the notes of Upper Canada, amounting to two and a half per cent. more. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—The schooner Active D a rt master, arrived here this morning ; sailed from Lisbon on the 14th inst. She brings no political intelligence of importance, but news of some import ance may be hourly expected to transpire. On the night of the 13th a disturbance arose at Lisbon, occa sioned by some Polish recruits, it is said, attacking the police. Order was restored, but not without the loss of several lives. A battle was to have been fought on the 15th inst. at Santarem, some account of which might be received by the packet that was to sail on the 16th ( Sunday se'nnight), whose arrival should have taken place ere this, as the weather has been fine. We learn from the commander of the Active that the people of Lisbon are by no means sanguine in their expectation of the early termination of hostilities, and confess their belief in the power of Don Miguel to re tain possession of Santarem, and a great portion of the interior. They seem, at the same time, confident of retaining possession of Lisbon against the forces of the Usurper. Large arrivals had recently taken place in the Tagus. Business was brisk ; the import trade e pecially.