The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-28 00:00:00

DAY.) ain, h 1 Dorothy" ived'tl4 ved the iced the led 14th 1111 Rio et, from m, 21st. to New aaric, on rimentaL at St. norning. nued to Ye have believe pon the change Varspite THE MARKETS.- .(.THIS HAY MARKETS.—(A ST. JA Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Upland Ditto 4lO 513 11 3 s e-grass Hay 4lO 515 Nes., Meadow ay 3 5 4 5 13 est Wheat Straw 3s. load of other kinds of Straw w ith 13 supply, and a sluggish trade. SMITH X. s X. a. X. s. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 Sto 4 5 Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to 6 0 Upland Ditto 4lO 510 Do. extra fine;-._.. 0 0 ;6 10 t per Load of 36 Trusses.) --..... Z. s. Z. s. Clover Hay 4 15 to 7 (1' Oat Straw ll2 116 Wheat Ditto 1 16 - 2 2 lower than last quoted ; iK pi l'ee's [ay, no alteration. A moderate [FIELD, Ry e-grass Hay. ...105 10 I Oat Straw ll2l 16 New Meadow 11,.v 315 4 5 Wheat Ditto ll6 2 2 Supply short, and trade somewhat brisk, at Saturday's prices. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. - NORWICH, At:G. 27. The supply of all kinds of Grain was trilling, and scarcely equal to the demand. Wheat was taken off rea dily at last week's prices, and Barley obtained 2s. per quar ter more ;in other articles no alteration. Our harvest is fast approaching to a conclusion, but we - have a quantity of Corn yet in the fields, particularly Barley, and the weather has again become fickle. Wheat (per qr.) ... 565. 60s. 635. Beans (per qr.) Barley Oats . _ ---- CANTERBURY, AUG. '25. W e had but few samples of Wheat to-day, and these which were New, being of fine quality, fully maintained the price of this day week, with an anxious disposition in our buyers to select the best samples. In other sorts of Grain the supply was short, but equal to the demand. Wheat, white 6os. to 645. --- red 575. to 60s. Barley 325. to 345. Oats - ..... 30s. to 345. Beans 42s. to 52g. Pease 4os. to 423. NORFOLK. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. : Wheat is not so great in breadth as the last three o r four years : on real fine lands it will neither Yield so well nor be so good in quality as last year's; %tit on the second and inferior soils it will be much better, and on the whole rather exceed an average produce : about two-thirds was carried before the late rains, and in fine order. Such as has been deli vere d is fine in quality, and weighs from c2lbs. to 641bs. per imperial bushel. Part of the remainder is standing, and part carried in middling order for stacking, and as the weather has now apparently set in fine, I expect what little is left will be finished this week. Barley is also deficient in breadth, but the produce on all descriptions of soil is very superior to last year's, and is certainly a very good crop. Ab out one fourth was carried previous to the rain, about one fourth is laying on the swarth, and about half is at present standing. From the deliveries made the quality is fine, and weighs from .521bs. to sllbs. per imperial bushel. I have exa mined strictly that in the field, and I have no hesi tation in saying, that it has but little injury, ex cept a little loss in colour; but I cannot see any as represented black and grown. Beans, but few grown in the neighbourhood ; they are reported to be a very fine and bulky crop. Pease, except on the b ac k ward soils, are good in quality and got upi.n fine condition : the backward ones have been much injured by the fly, but I consider on the whole they are a fair average. Oats are in greater breadth than us ual, both on the high lands and the fens, taking the place of Wheat and Barley : on the poor soils of the fortnfr, and of Rapeseed ,on the latter, having It° last tw o years borne a better price in proportion tiatntitp_adny: ()a of those for which they have been sub the high lands they are a very great t th r°P e and con s i derably more than an average; but in fens ; a good many a r e very thin, and the general , nPbo n is that there they will fall short of an ave -age few fine Polands have been delivered, and Weigh from 42 lbs. to 45 lbs. per imperial bushel. METHOD OF REVIVING PLANTS. This is called a proved method of reviving Plants, &c., when their leaves and buds are faded, and their bark and roots hard, and nearly dry, by M. de Droste, of Hulshof. The directions are, to dissolve camphor to saturation in alcohol, adding the ( 9 1 :mer until it remains solid at the bottom; a suffi nt quantity of rain or river water is then to have ! the alcoholic solution added to it, in the proportion of four drops to one ounce of water. As the cam- Phor comes in contact with the water, it will form a thin solid film, which is to be well beaten up with the water; for a short time the camphor will float in the water in small flocculi, but will ultimately combine with the fluid, and disappear. Plants which had been removed from the earth, and have suffered by a journey or otherwise, should be plunged into this camphorated water, so that they may be entirely covered; in about two, or at most three hours, the contracted leaves will expand agai n , the young faded and de2endent shoots will erect themselves, and the dried bark will become smooth and full. That being effected, the plant is to be placed in good earth, copiously watered with rain or river water, and protected from the too Powerful action of the sun, until the roots have taken good hold of the ground. When large plants, as trees, are to be revived, their roots are to be plunged into the camphorated Water for three hours ; the trunk, and even the head of the tree, being frequently wetted with the same Water, so as to retain them in a properly moistened state. But it is always best, if possible, to immerse the whole of the plant. Shoots, sprigs, slips, and t oots, are to be treated in a similar manner. If Plants thus treated be not restored in four hours, t neir death may be considered as certain, for they cannot be recalled to life by any artificial means. They should, consequently, never be left more than four hours in the camphorated bath ; because the ex citing action of the camphor, when it is continued for a longer period, may injure the plants instead of doing good to them. It is not necessary to say, that the final prosperity of the plants, thus reani mated by the camphor water, must depend upon the Particular properties of the former, the state of their roots, and the pains that are taken with them. The Camphor produces no other effect than to restore life to plants nearly dead; after that, all proceeds ac cording to the ordinary laws, and their ultimate state must be left to art and nature.—Journal of Science: On Monday last was rung at New College, ill this University, a complete peal of grandsire caters, consisting of 6,137 changes, with the tittums at hand, (being the greatest number ever rung in this style of com position-0 "in four hours and six minutes, by a select band of Oxford Union Scluilars. The peal was composed and conducted by Mr. W. Parker.— Oxford Paper. BALLOON ASCENSION. --Lately an extensive balloon, named Mother Skim9n, in the form of an old woman, was intended to be set off from the Barrack-square in Gamy / gate. Of course a vast assemblage of persons, of both sexes, collected. Every eminence that commanded a view of the spot was crowded to witness this exhibition. After waiting anxiously for upwards of an hour, it was announced that, on inflating the old lady, she had burst. This caused general regret, and the crowd separated.-- Gi ax _ ow u Courier. A letter from the County of Cavan states, that Major C— h as gone off with the beautiful widow supposed for France, Ness. to be married._ _Tipperary Free Report says, that malt liquors are to be dis pensed with in the Navy, and that an additional quantity of ruin and wine is to be served instead.—Devonpo,4 Telegraph. Beer was first brewed ill England about the year 1492 ; in Scotland it had been known ten years earlier. ity a Statute of James 1., one full quart of the best beer or ale was to be sold for one penny, and two quarts of small beer (better than some ale now-a-days) for a penny. To MAKE BUTTER WITHOUT CHURNING. —Put the milk into a plain earthen dish ; let it stand tw e l ve hours ; take off the cream ; put it in a round earthen dish, and stir it round with a clean wooden spoon, 45 c1 it will come to butter in five or ten minutes. The cream.cannot be kept too cool during the time you are !titling it. It Is, therefore, the best way to put your dish t i l ls some cold water. As soon as the butter is so forward a l t You can take off a little butter milk , keep putting in I,'tle cold water, and washing the milk out. You may f o - r ? Your cream, after it is scaed, tr or four days - Ir ' sk ing your butter; it will not ld hurt it. —lrish fiaper be • 1827. appoint ntando tl adopt' my, and eity 1m eneral. th Light liness to route to Eitmats) . s of the louse of )uties of 790 and sales of 13 years• it was It year, Inty has Table .r hand, a of the able and sere ie a )62,352 Lllons. 17 yards. eland on itity, in• nd malt, 7,200 to iuties in urniture charged seat in 1 dinner Kt Mayor he Ro la l borough, ate Duke Id Mr. !sterday he Noble its Lord- CTTO, the' lusiness he Home ulogue, he Right ing, this that Mr. . Lord ind four, Honour- ;uished urnham- ESTER" D'OFA- r, Count down and the nrquig is e present lately on ,diately Ldjoininf; ramrnar d suffici my other funeral ANNINap ‘ Mary de —Lord trance in carriages b, which ;ement is T in that The an's long ear when tnly, and Fair way. proper/3' :ney pro the king a lease of :adilly, to s intend- iondeley's y known 1., and , tnee, Was and her mother of want of hich he those per t; and it of theta y addrefig THE LATE MU. CANNING. The .following is an extract - of a letter from a relation of Mr. .Canning, who,. we believe, is, a .clergyman resident at or near Windsor:--;- " You know, as well as 1.40, (and we , are told 'that we are to judge of the tree by its fruitS;) that there'Could hardly have . been a man existing more correctly moral than GeOrge Canning-correct from principle, and not from apathy. AS a' husband, a father, a master, his conduct was irreproachable; and as.a, son it was not only irreproachable, but such that I firmly believe, if all the circumstances of it be ever known, the pages which relate it will be considered as the brightest in his whole history. As .a young man, I should .say, that although , not always as at tentive as he ought to have been, he was far more attentive to his religious duties than 'most young men ; and froni the time of his marriage, as . l under stand, he was as regular in his' attendance at churCh as his avocations would alloW; and had constantly service at home, whenever his family. were prevented from attending the public service. And this iS the . man.whom his enemies would stigmatize as devoid of religion ! It only shows how deadly is the rancour of party spirit, and how true it is that there is no one whom a man hates so intensely. as the person whom he has injured. Both the good and the bad qualities of this highly gifted man are now before the world, and I have no doubt, that in spite of the worst 'efforts of his' ingenious enemies, he has left those behi n d him who will do justice to his character, and Who in defiance of his faults—faults that appear like nothing when compared to his virtues—,-will repre sent him as he really was—amiable inhis own family and among his friends; and, as a public man, high spirited, candid, disinterested, indefatigable in serving his country, and seeking the reward of those services, not in the wealth or rank they might procure, but in, their awn renown, and in the . good they might do to mankind. " WILLIAM CANNING." PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SMYRNA, DATED JULY 18. " We now annex you extract of a letter received from Captain J. Longridge, of the Elizabeth, on the 12th instant, dated Semi, the 2d instant, and we lost not a moment in applying for a ship of war to be sent to his assistance. There were nose disposable at the instant; but this morning the Rifleman has been despatched on that service, and will escort the Elizabeth back to Smyrna. It is quite a scandal that more efficacious measures are not adopted by the European cruisers to clear the seas. We just learn that a brig under Russian colours, proceeding from Alexandria to Constantinople, has been plun dered by Greek pirates of property to the amount of 3,000/. The vessel has put into Rhodes quite dis. mantled." EXTRACT FROII CAPTAIN J. LONCRIDGE ' S LETTER, DATED SEMI, JULY 2. " I arrived at Rhodes five days after I left you at Smyrna, and received orders to proceed to Tasso on the following day. When off this island I was boarded by a piratical vessel, which took away all the cabin stores and furniture, all the clothes belong ing to the crew, and beat us so unmercifully, that we could scarcely crawl about the deck, and with some difficulty I got the ship into .Tasso the next day morning; nothing particular occurred until the 20th ult. at one a.m., the watch on deck perceived a piratical boat makitig towards us, which we imme diately fired upon, and alarmed the guard on shore; a brisk fire was kept up on both sides, and the thief was obliged to make off, but returned at night, and again retreated; and at noon returned again with two others, the guards on shore at that time being gone to the village of Tasso. We were obliged to take to the . boat, and pull on shore, distant from the ship about one hundred yards. We then recommenced to tire upon them, but of no avail ; they soon got on board, cut the shore rope, slipped the chain-cable, and towed her out about a mile from the shore, and plundered her at their ease. At 6 p.m. they left the ship, all deeply laden with the plunder. I immediately took the ship's boat, with six Turkish soldiers, to go off to the ship, the sailors being absent, but finding the ship had driven considerably farther from the shore, I was obliged to return, which I effected with some difficulty. At sun-set the ship had driven nearly out of sight, in the direction of the island of Semi. I despatched a letter to the Cancellier, the Consul being then absent, desiring him to send out assist ance, and to get the ship into some port of safety. On the 22d, I received a letter, saying that the ship was got in, with nothing on board, ship's papers and even books taken away. I embarked immediately with the crew in a small boat, and arrived safe the next day morning, and found the ship almost a wreck, destitute of every thing necessary. I have obtained a few sails at Rhodes, but having no ropes, I cannot move out of this until I am supplied ; in fact, we are quite blockaded by mysticoes. I ex pect to be cut out of the port every night ; and if I have not assistance from some British ship of war in a short time, I am afraid the Elizabeth will be entirely destroyed. " Yours, Sze. " J. LONGRIDGE." The paymaBters of the parish of Aylesbury have determined to rent twenty acres of land, to be culti vated by spade husbandry, in order to employ their super fluous labourers. The Bank of England will shortly open their Branch Bank at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ,GEORGr CARR, Esq., formerly of St. Petersburg)), has been appointed Managing Director, a gentleman, by the way, eminently qualified for the distinguished trust. The Deputy Manager is Mr. TIMOTHY CUTFORTH, an individual also in every respect qualified for the important office, having been brought up in the great banking firm of Sir baize Esnatut, Bart. and Co., in London, and subsequently known as a banker in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. REV. MR. O'BRIEN.—This unfortun&e gen tleman has been found guilty at the Cork Assizes, of an attempt on the life of the flight Reverend Dr. Collins, (the particulars of which we noticed in our Paper some time since). Many respectable witnesses came forward and proved that he was insane. The Court, however, an nounced that a recommendation would be forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant to have him transported for life. The investigation at the Custom-house into the affair of the tea smuggled in bales of alga marina, which we mentioned last week, was brought to a close on Saturday, so far as regards the consignee of the Simeon, from llamburgh, in which vessel they were imported. It is but justice to him to state, that the Commissioners of the Customs, after minute investigation of the subject, have directed that further proceedings against him shall be waived. The affidavits submitted to the Commissioners on the subject, copies of which we have seen, exonerate the consignee from all knowledge of the tea having been sent in the packages, and also clear him from all suspicion of having been engaged in any former similar fraud. Of course, however, the matter will not rest here, as the fraud committed is one too important to the revenue to be if poss ibl e , th e rea l aut h ors of it. The affair allowed to pass without the greatest exerti ons b e ing m a d e to punish, ffo Europe, some o f our courtsPe, and is likely, has become a subject of general conversati on among th e ro W: merchants understand, wli ttroadfuertnoish thenormaterials tho of Times. S the he r c if : i dae and from i‘ 'a g the stra‘tVesearue n r n d ug e k r i s n t int, inquirythat t i i n te tu collision of the Fingal and Favourite steam boats, on Wednesday morning, and that some of them have exa mined th e p l ace where i t h appene d. It appears, that at the moment when the collision took place, the woman who is drowned with her three children were asleep in the fore Part of the small smack, to which they had retired some time before. A boy, who is a nephew to the master of the smack, was also below, but not asleep ; he screamed so violehtly, that his uncle was able to determine his posi tion insid e the vessel. He instantly ' seized an • axe, and made a hole, by which he was extricated, just at a mo ment before the vessel went down. She sunk, however, before any exertions, could be made to save the woman and her children. The bodies have since been found, and sent to Greenock. The smack has since been raised, but the greater part of her c argo, which consisted of her rings, is lost. The Favourite has, also sustained serious injury; one of her paddles is carried away, and her fun nel was knocked down ; some damage, it is said, was also done to her cargo...-. Glasgow Chronicle. PARIS, Am. 20. The Cameleopard is quite out of fashion, pai., titularly since we' haVe'heard that you have got one in London. The Osage Savages are-still a la- made, and may; "possibly, become quite the rage.. The Parisian ladies have discovered, but only since this morning, that the Chief of these tattoed gentlemen very much resembles the cele brated portrait of Chaetas; by Girodet, which .i s now in the 'Luxemburg Palace. Chactas, as most of your readers probably know, is the hero of Chateaubriand's "Tale of Atala." In vain, until this day, did these ,unsophisticated ,children of nature stand at the balcony of the hotel they occupy in the Rue Rivoli, opposite the Tuileries Gardens; a few persons, passing on the terrace, would occasionally stop and stare at the savages, bedecked in all the colours of the rainbow, and such remarks as the following might be heard : Horridly ugly ! I wonder why they were brought over? . Who pays the expences of their journey ? Some' trick of the Apostolicals, uo doubt ; but it . won't succied !—You see the Court takes no notice of them!" &c. But now a sudden alteration has taken place in the opi nion of the fashionables, for the Savages were present this_morning at a magnificent.breakfaSt, given in their honour by Count Damas, the Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and it is almost certain that these Princes from the borders of the Missouri are to be presented to Charles X. All the words that fall from their lips are now con strued into sensible remarks, or witty replies. We rather fancy that the interpreter is a cun ning dog, and that he has a 'collection of good things in his budget which he employs quite a propos. The bushy nodding red and green plumes that wave upon their heads are a present the ne plus ultra of elegance---the bare arms and shoulders forth the theme of admiration— the flowing mantle' that encireles them is a model of drapery for the painter !—About half an hour ago we met a fashionable belle, who was present at the breakfast, and observing two small yellOw lines eitending from each eye to the tip of the ear,, we' took the liberty of mentioning the fact. She blushed, and said that she had been smelling a lily, and that the powder of the petals had remained upon her cheek. She quitted us in an abrupt Manner, and appeared displeased at the remark we made. Depend upon it, the Pa risian, ladies are about to introduce the fashion of tattooing their faces ; and as elderly dames are the leaders a la mode, they will not let the op portunity escape of concealing their wrinkles I. The forthcoming new Farce at the English Opera House, called the Two Seconds, is said to be the production of Mr. Peake. We understand there is a good part for Mathews; and of the other characters report also speaks very favourably. A Paris correspondent says,--" . The opening of the English Theatre at Paris is certainly fixed for the Ist of next month. It will open with Richard the Third, which character (his best) will be sustained by Mr. Kean_ Macready, Young, and Liston (the Potier of England), will also successively appear at the Favart."—Furet de Londres. Mr. PARKINS, formerly Sheriff of London, who with some peculiarities we always considered 'to pos sess many good qualities, continues to render himself very popular in America by his charitable actions. The follow ing is an extract from one of the last Papers :—" A CARD.—The debtors of Boston Prison, with gratitude, tender their acknowledgments to the liberality and huma nity of JOSEPH W. PARKINS, Esq. (late Sheriff of Loudon) in discharging and liberating them from confinement; and also for the kind and gentlemanly treatment of the keepers.' COPPER IN' OYSTERS.—Some recent medi cal writers have disputed the fact of oysters frequently containing copper. In opposition to this opinion, the cor respondent of a monthly publication has communicated the following :—" I once," said he, " procured a quan tity of oysters-taken up in St. Just Pool, in Falmouth Haven. They were as green as ivory which has been dyed in verdigris ; and on diluted nitrous acid being added to them, a strong stain of copper was given to a knife dipped into the solution. But not content with this test, I placed from fifty to one hundred of them in a crucible, and set ting it on the fire, I continued it there till the oysters were reduced to charcoal, which was then mixed with the flux usually made use of in assaying copper. It was placed in an air furnace ; and though much of the metal 'was pro bably lost by its very minute dispersion throughout the charcoal, by which means it was perhaps impossible to collect the whole, yet I obtained a bead of pure copper, about the siee' of a hemp-seed." SHOCKIN G DISCOVERY.--On Saturday afternoon a party of young men went out a nutting, in Coombe-wood, adjoining the estate of the Earl of Liver pool : after having amused themselves for some time, and penetrated a considerable way into the wood, one of the party discovered something at a distance lying amongst the hushes : on proceeding to the spot, they were horror-struck to find it was the body of a human being in a state of putre faction, without a head : on looking about the spot, they found the head of the unfortunate man suspended by a rope from one of the branches of the trees, just above where the kody lay. Thu party immediately gave notice to some of the woodmen, who informed the parish-officers of the cir cumstance, and the body of the unfortunate man was con veyed to the nearest publie-house, in order to await the Coroner's Inquest. The deceased, it is conjectured, had destroyed himself by hanging; and it is supposed, from the length of time it had been suspended, that it had sepa rated from the head. The unfortunate man appeared to have been a man of colour. ROBBERY AND SUPPOSED MURDER.--A most extraordinary sensation was excited in Goswell-street, during the whole of this morning, in consequence of a strong suspicion that an elderly man named Tinley, a cabinet-maker, living in Princes-street, Bridgewater-square, had been robbed and deprived of life by some prostitutes in festing the purlieus of Golden-lane. After dark last night, two of the lowest order of prostitutes, and " who are well known, contrived to enter, unobserved, the tap-rom of the Queen's [lead, in Green Arbour-court, Cowell street, and after being there.a few minutes, went to the bar and asked for some liquor, but were refused, in con sequence of their exhibiting symptoms of intoxication. They then left the house, and said in departing—" You , look in the tap-room." On examining the room, Finlay was seen lying on the floor strongly convulsed, and bleeding at the mouth ; but before Mr. Jackson, a surgeon, living in Goswell-street, could arrive, he had expired. On examining the body, several severe bruises were observable, and his clothes were much torn, as if some extraordinary act of violence had been committed. When the deceased left home in the 'afternoon he had nearly 21., and a watch in his pocket, but when searched nothing was found on him but a spectacle case. DISGRACEFUL RIOT.—One of the riots which reflect so much disgrace on the lower order of the Irish, occurred on Sunday last, in the neighbourhood of East India Docks, Bromley, and we fear will be productive of the loss of life. It commenced at the East India Dock House, kept by a Mr. Belton, at about half-past ten, and continued to rage in that direction till near one ; at that hour the combatants shifted the scene of action to Poplar, and there continued fighting and ekirinishing until an ad vanced hour of the night, notwithstanding every effort that could be made by bead boroughs, police officers, and con stables. Some servants of Mr. Belton attempted to calm the storm, but the return they met with for their humane interference was a severe beating, so severe, indeed, that for the protection of their lives, it was found necessary to call in the assistance of Thompson, a headborougb, and Godard and Porter, two of the East India Dock messen gers ; but their exertions were, however, j us t as f ru itl ess as those of Mr. Belton's servants. The battle increased with Mill greater violence, and Thompson, the head.: borough, was most inhumanly beaten. His head was se verely injured, and some of the bodily contusions were so severe that he is considered in the most precarious state. Such Avere the events up to one o'clock, when Mr. Towns end, the overseer, deemed it prudent to call in the assist ance of the police, and with that view despatched a letter to Lambeth-street Office. Mr. Wyatt, the resident Magi strate, immediately gave directions that Lea, Shelswell, Dalton, and Davie should attelid, but they, on their arrival, though the crowds assembled could not have been mach under 2,000, found them in a comparative state of tran quillity. Since writing the above we have learned that some, though faint, hopes are still entertained of preserving the life of Thompson. SAN tLIEFONSO, AVG. S. aai Ildefonso (or, as it is also called, La Granja) kypeculiarly gay and pleasant appearance; the les have a cleanly look, such as I have scarcely obseryed, in Spain, and altogether reminds 4eofa provincial toy, nin England. Many of the `Madrid fashien4bles arc here, and besides the even ing, promenades,' there is a very good company of ac tors, and public and private assemblies nightly. Al together; it is impossible to observe the most remote uppearance of poverty, and I should imagine that this remark will not apply to any. other place in Spain. WhetNei' thp absence of the Court produces a dif ference in this respect I am not prepared to say.— The King and , . Royal family go out morning and evening regularly, and Don Carlos' - mid his wife 'are frequently seen on horseback, merely with one ser vant behind them. This lady, is of a fair complexion, but otherwise she bears a ,strOng.resemblance to the late Queen Caroline. Don Carlos enjoys a much greater share' of popularity than his brother Don Francisco, and the former is said to be strongly 'im hued with Constitutional principles. • Nothing cari be more miserable than the carriages and equipages used for the .L oyal Family; they are drawn by eight mules, and the'harness is so clumsy and - badly arranged, as to. resemble that used in' the fourteenth century. As , to the carriages, they are assuredly fashioned after those used in Queen Eliza beth's days.. It will. hardly .be believed that Spain is so very backward in these respects; in Madrid the carriages to be seen in the Prado, or fashionable promen'ade, 'are 'of the Most unwieldy description, and would not be thought fit for much better than dung carts in England: • The Palace is a very beautiful piece of architec . tune, but, like most buildings in Spain, is unfinished, and though the windows of one of the wings are of beautiful plate glass, the others are mere case ments, and one side has the appearance of an alms house. Nothing cart be more slovenly 'than the way in which the PalaCe is kept; not only are all sorts of things thrown from the windows of the offices attached to it, but clothes are usually hang ing out to dry throughout the greAer part of the day. The beauty of the gardens is hardly to be excelled, and though those at Versailles are reputed to be the handsomest in Europe, yet the mountains which surround La Granja give them a majestic appearance which the fOrmer do not possess; and I should say also that the sculptural groups surpass those at Versailles both' for elegance and' classic execution. The tnarble and bronze statues are of immense value, and a great deal of money is ex pended annually to preserve them, and to keep the gardens in order.: : • . • I am told that : fewer people are here than for many years past during the 'residence of the Court; for though usually it is difficult to find lodgings, At the present moment they are very easily procUred. Notwithstanding this, however, every thing is tre mendously dear. One public coach only comes daily from Madrid, and sometimes it brings but two pas sengers and has not yet had its full complement. Some Of. the Ministers do not keep up any great style here, and it will hardly I,)e believed that the Dutch Minister arrived the other,day in the diligence, quite unattended. Mr. Lamb ,is an exception, and people talk it great deal of the show kept up by the English Amt4ssadOr. ft will well be imagined, that Royal and priestly influence are here at their maximum ; and the Clergy seem to think the presence of the King the moment to display their power to its full extent. They are not unsuccessful in the attempt, for the antics I have seen carried on here in the name of religion, ex ceed belief. The Bishop of the place, attended by se veral priests, is continually walking about; and it is a fact that ladies run anxiously after him, in order to kiss his saintly hand, which they do with the greatest show of fervour—as the representative of the Divine Majesty on earth ! Very droll scenes of this kind sometimes take place; and I have seen several ladies waiting to enjoy this holy comfort, and nurses in attendance with a file of children. In addition to the long black gown Worn by the priests in Spain, the worthy Archbishop's head is adorned With a, narrow black hat, about three-quarters of a yard long, the inside of which is lined with green, and contrasts pleasantly enough with his other habili ments. Indeed the saintly group is not badly se lected, as among his attendants three are upwards of six feet high, and two hardly reach up to the other's shoulders. In the churches here, there are plenty of "notices about plenary indulgences, which may be had for money, besides the usual assortment of exhortations to the loyal and the faithful. Not withstanding the abolition of the Inquisition, I find that many clerical dignitaries still preserve the titles which they formerly held tinder the Holy Office, and the Archbishop of Saragossa, who has jurisdic tion here, styles himself " one of his Majesty's In quisitors-General." There are, of course, numbers of officer's here; in deed, they, with the priests, as usual, preponderate; but I cannot say much for their military appearance. For the most part they are composed of boys, some not more than fifteen years old, many of whom have crosses and orders hanging to their breasts. One can hardly put them upon the footing of gentlemen, as the smallness of their pay obliges them to live in holes and corners, though such efforts are. made to make the military popular everywhere in Spain, that they are tolerably well received in upper society. An instance of the ward of delicacy among Spanish women, I have noticed here, and others are not wanting elsewhere. In the public baths - of a morn ing, crowds of ladies are in waiting. Two or three always go in the same bath room together. They are attended by a man, who goes in and out t o bring linen, or whatever may be ivanting, and ente rs without any sort of notice ; to many of the bath rooms there are no locks. In some instances, a con versation is kept up by a lady and gentleman in a room only divided by a curtain, or a thin partitio n . In a bathing room set apart for gentlemen, fiv e or six arc seen together, and they lounge and smok e a ll the morning; thus, instead of any thing like clean liness in these places, they are filled with tobacCo smoke. HIS MAJESTY'S CAMELEOPARD.--This superb animal, the only living one ever hrouglit to this country, seems to enjoy its location in Windsor-park.— The animal, in its native country, browses upon the tops of trees, but it can without inconvenience change its regi men for any other vegetable diet. The one now in Windsor is fed principally on mixed grains, ground wheat, barley, and beans, and its drink is milk night and morning. This change in its netural habits originates in the manner in which it has been brought up. Having fallen into the hands of s ome A ra b s, w h o b a d no o th er f oo d to offer it but the grai n on w hi c h t h ey f e d th e ir camels, and the milk which they procured from the females, it accustomed itself to it, and has not now a wish for any other. It, however, eats willingly fruit and the tops of branches, especially of the puns mimosa. This animal is about two years and a half old, and is a present from 111AiromEn ALI PACRA of Egypt, who obtained it as a present from the Governor of Sennaar. As a proof of the extraordinary vicissitudes of fortune, we cannot, perhaps, adduce a more remarkable instance than Mr. Gully, the ex-prize-fighter, who, a short time since, k ept a pu bli c -h ouse in Carey-stre e t. B ut we do not m ean to i mpute. so ex t raor dinary a ri se to f ortune have mer I Y e Y x exhibited or to obtain notice ; and mus t a l s o have possessed strong na t ura l talents t t e h d er s e up c e a r n i be equnaol qualifications thatus in 11 1r Gully mu s t order and industry in order to turn his opportunities to good ac count. We hear that he has lately purchased one quarter of the Russel coal-mine, for 54,000/. He has recently, also, bought two very fine estates, and we know that lie is at the present time looking out for more !—Sunday Paper. The celebrated Dr. Cheyn e said of - punch, " It is like opium, both in the nature and manner of its operation, and nearest arsenic in its deleterious and poison ous q ualities; and so I leave it to th em , who, knowing this, will yet drink on and die." Carlile, of London, who is at present in this town, has sent challenges to several of the Ministers in and near Manchester, to meet him to discuss the merits of the Christian Religion. His challenge has, we understand, been accepted by the Rev. J. W. Morris, of Wilmslow, and the discussion will take place at Dean-row Chapel, where that gentleman officiates, to-morrow week,.... -Manchester Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL' S: —A uc. 27. There was a very numerous muster of the most respect able supporters of the. Turf, and business, particularly to wards the close, was very brisk. The , only alterations worth noticing arc those which relate to, a few middling and outside horses. Pedlar and Antiope are rising ; Tran slation (after being at the opening a little under 20 to 1) fell back,to SO to 1. Lumley's and Melek are becOmi confirmed outsiders. Granby was backed to some tolera bly large sums at 9 to 2 and 5 to 1.---Marneluke is match ed to run against Babel (winner of last year's Oaks) over time A.F., at even weights, for 2001., First Spring Meet ing; 1825.- . --At nearly half-past six the odds closed thus 3 to 1 agst Mamcluke 9 to 2 agst Granby 13 so I agst Nonplus 4 29. to I agst Sancho (taken) :20 to 1 agst Matilda (taken) 20 to I agst Lunaria 25 to 1 agst Pedlar 25 to I agst Antiope 25 to 1 agst Medora 1100 to SOJ on Nor 5 to 4 agst Mameluke, Gr'2 LEGER. 30 to 1 agst Revici - er 30 to 1 agst Translation (tak.) 33 to 1 agst Lumley's colt 35 to 1 agst Malek 40 to 1 agst Moonshine (taken) 40 to 1 agst Popsy 40 to 1 agst Laurel 40 to 1 agst Olivera iplus agst Matilda. inby, and Nonplus (taken). ES AT EGIHASS. 4artha aggt Giampus. SURREY STAK Even and 12 to 10 on NEWPORT PAGNELL RACES—Tnuasoav, Au 0.23. The : Officers' Cup, value 50gs. lOgs: for the second horse. Heats, once round and a distance. Yeomen ,Riders. Mr. Whit Worth's bl. li. The Miller 1 1 Mr. James Hall's hr. h. Chicheley 2 2 Mr. Jarvis's g. m.. Maid of Orleans 4, 3 Mr. James Page's b. in. Kitty 4 sir. 'Nichol's hr. in. Creeping Jane 5 5 Mr. J. Clark's:bl. m; Dance-away dist. Sweepstakes 2igs. each, with 25gs: added by the Officers. Gentlemen Riders. Heats, as above. ' Mr. Herring's eh. h. White Stockings, S yrs 1 1 Major Pinfold's by. in. Creeper, 6 yrs 2 2 Mr. W. Price's br. h. Sportsman, aged 4 3 Capt. Swabey's bl. h. Mambrino, aged The Hunter's Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 "sovs. added. Gentlemen Riders. Heats, twice round. • Mr. Pottiter's br. m. Charming M011y... 0 1 1 Air. Brown's g. m. Swan, 6 yrs ' 0 2 dr Major Pinfold's br. in. Lavinia, 5 yrs ... 2 dr Hon. R. Smith's b. g. by Cossack, 6 yrs 3 dr LAMBETH REGATTA. Yesterday the annual Wherry, and other prizes, given by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the parish of Lambeth, were contested for by six pair of oars belonging to Lambeth stairs, in three heats. The distance rowed wais from West minster Bridge, round a boat moored off Nine Elms, re turning down the Surrey shore round Cary's bath, and up to the prize wherry at Lambeth stairs. The following men rowed—Henry Stratford and : Henry Igansfield, blue; Geome Wilson and Wm. Noulton, red; Henry Maynard and ganittel Wilson, orange ; Thomas Brown and John Rolls, green ; William Rolls and Lewis Richards, yellow ; and John Wyld and George Arthur, pink.' Blue, red, yellow, and pink, as winners of the first and, second heats, started a little after seven for the last and grand heat, and after a severe contest, blue came in first, red second, yel low third, and pink fourth. The winners of • the wherry were carried up the stairs in it, amid the roost deafening acclamations. DOVER 'REGATTA. DOVER, Ana. 27.—Our Regatta takes place to-mor row, and there is every appearance of a fine day and of excellent sport. About ten yachts have arrived from Cowes, and are in the harbour. The Falcon, Lord Yar borough, and others,' arrived this morning from the west ward, and have anchored in the Roada; and the Russian squadron, under the command of Admiral Siniavin, is in sight to the westward, they will probably be in this an chorage to-morrow, and will add much to the gaiety of the scene. The town is already filling fast, and by to morrow will, no doubt, be very full indeed. SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COURT.—Aua. 27. Peter Crawley took' his Benefit at the Royal Tennis Court this day, but a very thin assemblage of amateurs took place. After several minor bouts, Seroggins set-to with Ned Brown, who is matched to fight Solly Reuben on the same day ns Dick Curtis and Teesdale. The Sprig of Myrtle proved that he was in full bloom, and used his left hand with great effect upon the bead of the man-of-war's man. Latham and Crawford had a turn, and Ned Brown afterwards challenged the latter for 10/. of his own money, then or to-morrow. Latham, however, said he would fight his for a purse to-morrow, at Savage and Kirkman's fight. He knew that he had no friends, because they bad not looked after him.—(A laugh.) Sam. Foote (no relation to the wit) anti Anderson then had a tuna. Baldwin and Oliver showed off in great style ; Bob seemed rather fat after his tour, but hit quicker than ever. Dl'Carthir and Pick (the Bristol youth), then had 'a glove fight for Si., to be decided by competent judges as to who had the best iu half an bout.. The first and second bout was in favour of Pick ; the third was the same, and so on till the 7th, whets Pick seemed to have out-firught hiniselfornd M'Car_ thy led with very little relaxation till the 12th bout, Pick then came round, and had the best up to the 17th, when the half hour had expired. The umpires had great difg culty in deciding this match, as M'Carthy had proied himself the strongest man, and Pick had had the best of the hitting. IVlCarthy's regular system was to bore his antagonist to the rails ; hut when there, he several times ab stained from hitting in a most manly manner. On one oc casion, however, he forgot his duty, and struck Pick in a doubtful situation, which elicitea very tumultuous expres sions from different parts of the Court. The umpires ul timately decided the match to be a draw-bet. Torn Spring was present, and looked remarkably well, he attended to back Big Brown, against any one. M'Carthy afterwards challenged Pick :30/. to 25/. Piek replied, that he was ready to fight, and would write to his friends iu the country. Peter Crawley returned thanks, and wound up the sporta with Dick Acton in the most amiable mariner. In the course of the day two veterans, one of whom had fought Jem Belcher, and the other the Game Chicken, at tempted a set-to, but one of them was so far gone as to take advice and retire. • CHANCES IN TEM GAME AT WHIST. The odds for and against any particular non-dealer's hand of trutcps.—lt is 12,211,799,222 to 1 that he does not hold 12 trumps. to 1 to 1 to 1 to 1 to 1 to 1 53,326,633 773,069 25,457 1,567 163 26} 6 1-5 to 1 7 to 4 or near 9to 5 4 13 to 7 that he holds S 7 3-5 to 1 or 38 to 5 2 57, tot It is 2 to 1 against your partner having one certain card; suppose an honour. It is 17 to 2 against your partner having two certain cards. But that he has one or both is about 5 to 4 in his favor. It is 5 to 2 that your partner has one, two, or all three certain cards. 8 to 9is about 100 to 96 in favour of B with the deal ; against the deal the odds are still, though very small, in fa vour of 8. HONESTY.--Last week, a gentleman lost' a silk purse on the road from Kessoek to the ferry of Ding wall, containing two 5/. notes, three 1/. notes, and a sovereign. Soon after public information of the loss was given, the purse was picked up near Dingwall, by a la bourer named John Gordon, who instantly carried it to Mr. Mackenzie, the innkeeper, as directed by the handbill. —The honesty of the poor man is the more striking, inas- . much as he imagined that two papers which were in the purse were notes for 1001. and 51. He was justly rewarded by a present of a part of the contents of the purse., Aberdeen Journal. A few days ago as a respectable female, .wli4 travels about the country with lave caps and other articles for sale, was passing through Trentham Park, near Nen.. castle . ..under-Lyme, she was attacked by three men, who threw her down, and after possessing themselves of all her disposable property, proceeded one after another to com mit a most abominable outrage. They then left her in a state of complete exhaustion, and were afterwards seen on the road to Sandbaeh. We are happy to add, that the unfortunate female is in a fair way for recovery from the injuries inflicted on her, and that the villains have bees to Mrs A . H S a e t r e l ha oU n tl i a acid nd c ee e n f h h a e r i i , apprehended.--Itfacclelfield ,Heral d. driven by a . Mr. ,Clarke, with an .unmanageable horse, cro ssed the road, a n d ran against Mrs. Hatehard's hor se , th e Horse Guards, i n th e ir chaise, yesterday. Another, d n au ear ghte ly rs, h w al S e e n p e ass d upset the chaise, broke the shafts, and injured the animal. From Mr. Clarke's chaise he and his daughter were thrown out, the latter hurt, and a woman passing by, seriously so; but we trust no further mischief has happened. The hors and chaise took a course towards I.lrestiuizoter-bridge. THE TRAVELLER BELzoNL A medallion, of elaborate workmanship, has been executed at Padua, to the memory of the Egyptian traveller, Belzoni, who was a native of that city ; and a public oration, in presence of the magistracy and chief inhabitants of the town, delivered in his praise. The following notices of the: early life',of this singular and indefatigable. man, are from the Annuaire Necrologique (a French periodical work), and are understood to .be, contributed by M. Depping:— , . " John Baptist Belzoni was the son of a poor barber at Padua, and was born in the year 1778. When a boy, he worked at his father's trade, but had always a desire to see the world, and at 13 years of age left his home, taking his brother Anthony with him, and made his way in the di rection of Rome as far as the Appennines. Arrived at this point, and being almost in a state of destitution, the alarms of Anthony, who sat upon a rock, and refused to proceed. farther, 3 compelled after, however, yoini havingtraveller t enl o i s treturn.new Three coin . panion, be started a second time, and then. reached Rome in earnest. What Belzoni did at Rome is uncertain. It has been. said that he applied himself to the study of hydraulics, but we should doubt whether he ever received any regular instructions in that science. In the cad, how ever, being fertile in resources, he took up the trade of a Monk for want of any better means of livelihood, and remained in that condition O until the period of the revoluti Having laid aside the cowl, Belzoni then returned to - Padua ; but finding little prospect there, in the year 180 0 he proceeded to Holland, proposing to teach the Dutch in the science of hydraulics. Pit:Ta rently, however, there was some miscalculatiot . . l in this arrangement; the Dutch turned Out to know considerably more of hydraulics than their Italian master; and at the end of twelve months the traveller again appeared in Italy, from whence he proceeded to England in the year 1803. By this time his colossal - figure began to develope itself, and his personal strength was in propor tiOn to his exterior appearance. He married a young English woman, and being still something at a loss for a profession, he determined to profit by the curiosity which his personal powera excited and to exhibit from town to town through Great Britain his hydraulic experiments and feats of muscular strength. It was a curious spectacle to see this Colossus coining forward on the stage, carrying sometimes as many as twenty men placed in different ways upon his body. " ThiS . resource, however, did not last long. The people got tired, and Belzoni was obliged to seek his fortune elsewhere. In 1812, he went with his wife to Portugal, and offered his services to the manager pf the great theatre of San Carlos, in Lisbon. The Portuguese spe culation did well for a time, for a pantomime, offeredcciailalrea t d c S elri ai b npson, was brought out, and Belzoni attracted tsemurmtveicnaet l es s s e aiaiguadtbientcbee professors peoplei t o li f e hyl p ice r l i rr t ae t to got t Ismael iredtoo, Gibraltar, andßelz agentonilvenotftte o h M p a a l e ta ba , ‘ o v f h E er g e yp h t e , Belzoni's exhibition s as a posture master termi nated y til at this e p a c period f : Egypt,buttho b ug is h firs he t .was ae)rngaaag.a professor of hydraulics was rather unfortunate: He had been presented to the Viceroy, who em ployed him to construct a machine to water.the gardens of Sautra, a villa which, he possessed on Ithe banks of the Nile. - The work was perform ; ed, and according to tehoni's account success fully ; but the event was unfortunate, and had nearly proved tragical. The Viceroy took it into his head to put fifteen men, besides Bel zoni's Irish servant, upon the machine when it was in motion. The result was, that an acci dent occurred. The men were thrown froin the machine. Belzoni's servant had his thigh broken, and, but for the exertion Of his master's great personal strength, would have been entirely de stroyed. The superstitious temper of the Turks led them to regard this event as ominous ; and— that which, perhaps, 'Went as far in finally knock ing up the project—the Pacha discovered that it cost him more to water his garden with the new machine than it had done by the old system with the bullocks. ' Fortunately for Belzoni, he fell at this time into the hands of the Consul, Mr. Salt, who, perceiving his capacities, employed him in those works by the performance of which he afterwards acquired so much reputation. His physical powers fitted him admirably for the execution of the new duties intrusted to him. Dressed in the Turkish garb, he ruled the Egyptian peasants with the gravity of a Cadi or an Aga ; and it is said that he (lid not scruple to administer per , sonal correction for any failures of duty of which they might be guilty. In his temper, however, and manners, lie was mild in general and unas suming ; and M. Depping describes his peacea ble demeanour as rather curiously contrasted with his herculean figure and appearance. One day,' says M. Depping, relating his first interview with the eastern traveller, ' in the autumn of the year 1821, I saw a man of extraordinary Stature. enter my house. He was built like a Hercules, and t was ing i n , 8 , and his head touched the top of the door as he came nothing but his fierce or en a alarming re in. His shoulders were broad, and his hair thic kt thew ed was bushy l,o ; demeanour. He carried a book under his arm, and was followed by the publisher Galignani ; from which circumstance I guessed that he was an author, though certainly I bad never before seen one of such dimensions. If the. PatagOnians wrote, probably his fellow might be discovered among them. This Hercules, however, explained to me, with great mildness and simplicity, the object of his visit, which was, to get a translation made of his Egyptian travels which had just ap peared in English. At the time, I knew very little of the man even by report ; but I eppreei , ated his character as soon as I looked over his work ; and lwas still more astonished wlien - I he came acquainted with the details of his early life; and found the individual who had begun by walking upon stilts and playing the mountebank for bread, concluding by opening the pyramids of Egypt, and digging. out from under a moun tain of sand the g igantic .temple of Ipsamboul.'" much er by t the e struck oac with aa et. h h e w n e h n e t saw on M the all c r h o e a B d t that to place as e h rour. and sc 0 Li verpooltchilthpLieboeaaievcAc'levnersuhguPrgsn l a ne tt i t:nb h ( el i teac a a s iir:e n i n d i l'inl'aoh s i o lfa s l i iT wx t wil in h ; c hl ua bil l c n d l eh ed at o : y ri w e f :e dt ewlr h i n d lvB e sse t i r miles), g e t h e he e s ca numbered stohi:intwroag an iron scull-cap worn by . Knights un derd originallyu cc t il h eiinr helmets. the thirteenth ckstone ton sure of such renegado clerks as those to remain advocates in the secu)ar courts notwitlataucling their prohibition by carton, " r " • . VI ) 'f . E)tpf,)l