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trtx raties. Let the state of society in England and France be compared. We are content with the law, satisfied that the highest state of connu bial happiness is attained in England. M. de STALL HOLSTEIN observes, that civiliza tion is more advanced in England than in any country upon the Continent. This is the un kindest cut of all." What," exclaims the Etoile, " civilization more advanced in England than in Franc e ; blt justice is already done upon this absurd paragraph ; malgre all their Angloinania the Liberals frown, and the English blush for their pane g y r i st ." If such is the opinion of the Editor of the Etoile, :ar be it from us owattempt to di s t ur b hi s complacency, our n good nature would prevent us ; but more t han that, we are persuaded all we can say will make no impression upon him. Happily whatsoever may be our state of civilization, whether below, above, or equal to, that of all -glorious France, it will remain unin jured by the assertions of this writer ; but if the French should th e ir be call e d u p on t o p rove superiority in riou s l— civili za ti on , we wou ld se j advis e them not rest their claims on the Edito r of the Etoile. W e have no room to notice more of the absur dities with which this article abounds, and con clude by advising the author • for e he again attem to ; r of this Review, be e Ns write upon that t a little more info • his subject, information England, he may escape the disgrac e the :liame of exposure, and ,which sg or havi ng pretended to knowledge he did not possess. 1 r Artts, J ULY 17. --- - The F Clate in Spain has sent a notice, y of dated renc 4th h July, onsu that_tl i e . Principal Secretar State of hi s Catholic Me jesty h as informed the King's legation, that o p e rmission t o i mport foreign grain into Spain is Prolonged from the 30th of June to the 30th of f -A ugust, for th e seven ports of Cadiz, Algest ievill e , Almeria, Malaga, B to arcelona, and Tarra f, gong, M a h on is added these ports, and i during the tw o months of the prorog- tion, sh a ll not have been introduced 50,000 fanegas o there c orn into thi s last port, the permission to import s3h all be prolon ge d f or the isle of Minorca till this quantity is completed. DRESDEN, JULY s. —The King is b etter ; h i s Majesty walks about i n hi s apartments, but is not -Yet abl e to go up or down stairs.— Gen era l Count h tirmark, Extraordinary Ambassador from t King of Wurtemburg, was presented to the King at Pilnitz. The Grand Duke Constantine and his Consort also dined at Pilnitz the day before yes te arlsbrday, and will go to-d ay or to-morrow to Cad. —The Princess of Liegnitz goes to morrow to Toplitz. SciBERLIN, JULY 7 . —The R o y a l A ca d emy of .ences held on the 2(1 of this month its annual me eting, in h onour of Leibnitz, its found er . The vene rable P ro f essor Bode, Secretary of th e _Ma . ltbernatical Cl ass, and Director of the Royal O b gerva torv, ha v i ng d es i red to retire on account of his grea t age' the Acad em y c h ose as his successor Professor Enske of Gotha. his Majesty has confir med this choice. Yesterday being the anniversary of his t 4"."'s Coronation it was observed with the 118ust demonstrations of joy, the ringing of bells flags. 1`.i;(1(1. caation of the Church steeples with tod.:lo'al standard was hoisted at the 'rower, e-e and la St• James's Park the . guns were • hred at noon.. * Mr. secretarY CANNING, we are happy to Stale ' v"s Yesterday pronounced by his PhYsi" clans to be iii , a C onsiderably recovered state. E": O A U ftL S. " "c cit.--A. respectable Morning Paper arinocCB today the death of this excellent I\rc'biell 'an ; but we have the pleasure to assure . l it he Pu bic that the report is unfounded, as his ,alesirJordhip i s now w i th his f amily at Ryd e , in tte f Wight, in the full enjoyment of health. efeel particular pleasure in this contradiction, as a more estimable character for literary taste, active benevolence, and moral worth, cannot be found in the whole circl e of our Nobility. The remains of the Duke of ST. ALBANS are to be r emoved on Monday morning from his house In St' James's -square, for interment in the family vault in Lincolnshire. We are happy to have it in our power to coo. ttadict the report that Earl ExTzwiwAm had experienced a Chillness stroke. Ilis Lordvhip was attacked with eatiofint in :4111netz": Tisafir?oairigehtt consequenceoafu ines and o f too gi great ln es s in e the head, %lie!: was soon removed by cupping and bleeding ; and on Mon °: yibr. 'arren reported his upping to be almostlrecovered.— ' 'V'Veld Itlercurfi.) A 74-gutt ship, which is supposed to have ..been under Water upwards of an hundred years, • I s said to have been discovered at the place where the new doc ks are making at Sheerness, and wnich labourers are actively employed in the It enipt to raise. It may be expected that many tchurious articles will be found in this aged vessel Th°Ligh Probably much injured by so long a sub -..eraion. accoCI:C"NELL'S POPULARITY.— The following , a t as — e n w t tits Proved befor e the Commissioners of Bankrupts, in 3104ziee po u ; t t l i:r l r i a e s fr i ien d of Mr. O'Connell had become insolvent nee. The items appeared in this man's,.s,lo - part of his account with Mr. O'Connell i— vbias,,it:_:).l-litanar-bnaeyrr,eltii.tnilztltiletf.,,m_a,t,erlia,los pfroorvibdoinnfigrerso,p,oens,y_aosnu,tl .7t :7 ) , the men who drew your carriage into town, 11/.is. Ijoi , ei.utncr,,e casks bf porter to the people who were shouting,. .0:163, ‘ '41,-1 Catian Herald.) 1 LLANCIIOLY CASE OP DROWNING.—At seven ta°ck Yesterday evening, an Inquisition was she en at the Mitre Tavern, in Broad Wall, in e Parish of Christchurch, before RICHARD o f I l tEit, Esq., the Surrey Coroner, on the bodies vr _ r• Henry Atwood and William God by, trleore. both unfortunately drowned on Sunday who litturning last. Of the forme r it appeared that he Purpose"lle out with a party of friends for the yva, of bathing, when several went into the 1-7(l)ll.47;latrllidouagllli catr eexout safe except the deceased, cod bore, in the presence pert swimmer, sunk to rise of his companions. Of ai l I . : Y 5 it seems he had gone into the river with ,vrasnosbelothes on, except his jacket ; he at first afte r h ser . v 'd to swim well, but very shortly T h „ T C. disappeared, and did not rise again.— . wia: "or'', after hearing the testimony of several Liiesses ( "ceur r 5 Were decidedly of opinion tha.t the . Pac e o g p._ r -.was purely accidental, and accord -1.) Y eturned ti verdict of--" Accidentally roVined,s) TfIE TifEATRE CovENT-GAttom-- - --The season concluded last night, at this Theatre, with the Comedy of The Inconstant, which keeps its station, while most of FA RQUHAIt'S other productions are rarely brought forward. The Constant Couple and The Recruit ing Officer, however, by the same sprightly writer, should not be wholly thrown upon .the shelf, as they abound in variety of characters and comic incidents, which are alr..ays diverting. It is to be regretted that no trace of FA RQUHAR'S humour and knowledge of life is to be found in the race of modern dramatists, except in The Rivals and The School for Scandal.—The.lncon stant, last night, was generally well supported, particularly by Mr. C. K EMBt.E, whose chief fa vourite of comic characters is understood to be Young Mirabel. This lively Comedy was fol lowed by The Ramsbottom Family and the grand spectacle of the Coronation of the French Mo narch—a spectacle of so superb a kind that it is a subject of regret that it could not have been brought forward earlier in the season, that it might have indemnified the Proprietors for the vast expence which must have attended the pre paration of this sacrifice to public curiosity. The season altogether, however, we understand, has been prosperous. On the conclusion, Mr. FAW cur; as Stage-Manager, came for. ard, and de livered the following brief Address, which was received with great applause : " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—Custom has almost made it a law on an occasion like the present to address you ; in pursuance therefore of that custom I now come to make you my bow. I will not give you a long tirade concerning the un precedented success of the present Season, nor enter into an inflated detail of what is preparing for the next. I shall merely state, that on Monday, September 26, we shall re-open ; hoping to see you here again, when deeds, not words, shall prove our gratitude. Meanwhile, the Managers, the Performers, and your humble servant, beg leave to bid you a respectful farewell." THE WEATHER. The thermometer, at the Royal Exchange yesterday, at ten o'clock in the morning was at 76 ; at one o'clock it was advanced to 85 ; and subsequently it rose as high as 86} ; but at five o'clock it was at 84g. A gentleman standing on the Royal Exchange was struck by the sun, and ran about for a considerable time in a state of delirium, until he was assisted by his friends. Though there is no doubt that the thermometer at the Royal Exchange is an excellent one, it may be doubted how far its situation is the best for ascertaining the relative heat of different days. On Sunday, for instance, it is stated to have been three degrees higher than at the same hour on Saturday ; but on Sundays the great gates of the Exchange (close to one of which the glass is) are kept shut, thereby both increasing the reflection of heat upon the glass, and shutting out the current which af fects it on other days. The following statement shews the /arrest degrees at which the thermometer has stooc: during the night for the last week in the open air, in the neighbourhood of Soho-square : July 12. - - - - 61 13. . - - 60 14. - - - - ei 15. - - - -66 i 16. - - - - 65 17. - - . 65 18. - - - - 69 Frilly the thermometer at Hull stood at 112 in the sun, and 91 in the shade. Two of the horses, bringing the British Queen coach from Scarborough, at a very moderate pace, died. One of them dropped down dead in the harness, between Beverley and the Beer-houses. The other languished, after its arrival, about three hours, in the stable. At the Botanic Garden, at 12 o'clock, the thermometer was at 74 ; at nine, this morning, it was at 73 in the shade, and in the sun at 99.—( Hall Rockingham.) The heat in Paris has been excessive for the last three or four days, and disease is very prevalent. The morta lity among children has been very great. They are at tacked with dreadful vomitings, and without a change in the disorder takes place, instances have occurred of their being carried off in twenty-four hours. This malady, it is presumed, is owing to the excessive use of fruit, particu larly cherries, which are almost the only food of the younger and working classes at this season in France. The glass on Friday was at 27 deg. Reaumur, making about 95 Fahrenheit. At Brussels, on Friday last, the thermometer of Reaumur was between 27 and 28 deg. (95 to 97, Fahrenheit.) Owing '.) the heat of the weather, a valuable horse, the pro perty of John T. Tyrell, Esq. dropped down in a gig, near the village of Stock, and expired soon after. Several other horses of great value have died from the same cause. The workmen have began to erect fencing round Buckingham House, at a considerable dis tance from the iron railing, preparatory to the commencement of the alterations at that Palace. The carriage road in front of such iron railing will be included within the fencing. The Buc kingham-gate entrance is as yet passable for horses and carriages, but the course of the road will he altered. The dress of the higher ranks of Arab women is borrowed from the ancients. A zone placed immediately below the bosom serves to confine a loose robe, open in front, so as to display a pair of rich pantaloons. The feet are covered with embroidered slippers, but the ankle and instep are naked ; and round the lower part of the leg above the ankle they wear cinctures of massive gold. BATH, JULY 1 B.—T he following affecting cir cumstances recently occurred at Middlezoy, in this county.— A woman residing at Taunton, named Rich, had been to Bridgewater-market, and was returning to her home in a cart; when she was descried by her little son, a child of only three years of age. The fond creature, in the excess of his joy at again seeing his mother, ran and laid hold of the wheel of the cart in which she was riding ; when, distressing to relate, lie was carried under it, and sustained a fracture in the skull, of which he died on the following day. Mr. Caines, of Lang port, held an inquest on the body, when a verdict of "Acci dental Death" was returned. HORRID SUICIDE,--A most dreadful instance of self-destruction was discovered to have taken place yesterday morning at No. 6, Sheppard's-court, Brook street, Grosvenor square. The deceased, it appears, was a saddler, named llem bertson, who occupied apartments in the above house, where he had lately exhibited symptoms of mental derangement. On Mon day night last he returned home from his employment, and after conducting himself in a strange manner, he proceeded to bed, when he committed the rash act. Remaining up stairs longer than he was in the habit of doing, his room was entered, when he was discovered in bed, presenting the most horrific spectacle. The bed was steeped with blood, the lower part of his person was frightfully mutilated, and his throat cut from ear to ear.— An alarm was instantly made, and a surgeon procured, but the wounds, which had been inflicted some hours, were sufficient to cause death immediately. Information was forwarded yes terday morning of the circumstances to T. limas, Esq., the Coroner, w h o a ppoint e d an i nquest to take place on the body. This morning as the Duke of WELLINGTON'S valet, ST. J on x, was returning home, about three o'clock; from Vauxhall Gardens, in a boat with some friends, when he expressed a wish to bathe, and jumped into the river for that purpose, and that moment sunk to rise no tnore. His body has not yet been found. THE KING, &c. WzarDsou, 19.—This day, at three o'clock, a Privy Council was held at Windsor Castle.—At a quarter past two, the Ktwa left the Royal Lodge, in an open carriage, drawn by four horses, and preceded by two outriders and a park-keeper. His Majesty was dressed in a blue coat, with a brilliant star of the Order of the Garter, and wore a straw hat of fashionable dimensions. The Royal cortege proceeded through the Long Walk, and under the newly-erected George the Fourth's gate. way, into the quadrangle of the Upper Ward, and his Majesty alighted at the grand entrance. The King was graciously pleased to dispense with the customary formality of a military escort.—The Council was held in the King's Audience Cham ber, and was attended by the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Harrowby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Honourable W. Fremantle. After the Council, his Majesty inspected the progress in the renovation of the works at the Castle, Mid returned to the Royal Lodge by the Little Park.—List evening, at half after eight o'clock, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta arrived at Frogmore Lodge, in her travelling carriage, accompanied by her Lady in Waiting.—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Prince George and his Royal Sister, and the Duches s f Gloucester, will arrive to-morrow on a visit to the Princess.—The bells of St. George's Chapel and the parish church rang this day in honour of the Anniversary of his Ma jesty's Coronation ; and at one o'clock a R o y a l S a lute was fired in the Bachelor's Acre. Last evening the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester went to Kew. Yesterday morning the Duke of Cambridge rode on horse back, attended by the Duke of Dorset, Master of the Horse.— The Duchess of Cambridge went to Gloucester House yester day to visit the Duchess of GlouCester, accompanied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Alfredft. In a short time after th e y proceeded to the King's Palace at Kensington, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. THE DUKE or YORK'S LEVEE.—Yesterday af ternoon, about five o'clock, the Duke of YORK, as Com mander-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards; and although there were about seventy Personages present, it only occupied the Royal Duke about an hour. Among those present were, the Earl of Chatham, upon his re turn from Gibraltar; Lord George Hill, Lieutenant-General Sir R. Ferguson, Lieutenant-General Sir R. Bolton, Sir J. Shelley, Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng, Lieutenant-Gen. Sir W. Pringle, Sir R. Ker Porter, Sir Charles Forbes, Lord Bingham, Sir John Harvey, General Sir H. Warde, on his re turn from the West Indies ; General Hart, &c. ...,-, ))( -,." - 4*.._ -3* ,;,,,.:''''':. o' • '' , v ,,,. __ 05 , ,,, , , ,, 4%. -(1 4.,. ~..,,5 . ...... ~........•„4„ __....c,.. 1 . • -I FR of 1.)- -e•- , , f , - -.A , ti „- tr= -------4--- --- - r e,4 .• . FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Bishop of Chichester, at Millar's Hotel, Jermyn-street, the Palace, Chichester; Lord and Lady Strathellan, at Cor don's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from the Continent; Captain Markham, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Dub lin ; Rev. William Pemberton and the Misses Pemberton, at Marshal Thompson's H otel, Cavendish-square, from Cam bridge ; the Misses Mayhew, at ditto ; William C. Maxwell, Esq. and J. Maxwell, Esq. at ditto, from the Continent ; J. Osborn, Esq. and Mrs. Osborn, at ditto ' • Charles Chaplin, Esq. at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. C a ldw e ll, a t Batts' Hotel, Dover street, from Ireland ; the Misses Pratt, at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. •'id Mrs. French, at ditto, from the West Indies; Mr. and Mrs. Worsley and family, at ditto, from ditto. CHANGES.—Prince Leopold, for Claremont; the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, for their seat, the Wilderness, Kent; Lord and Lady Langford, for their scat, Cooper's Hall, Surrey ; Mrs. Coutts, for Eastbourne ; Lady Frances Comp ton, from the St. deorge's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for her brother's, the Marquis of Northampton's sea t, Ashby C as tl e; Colonel ore Langton, for Worthing ; Sir Roger and Lady Gresley, for their seat, Drakelon, Derbyshire ; Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, on a tour; Nicholas Whyte Esq. and Mrs. Whyte, from Marshal Thompson's Hot e l, for the Continent ; Codrington Parr, Esq. and Mrs. Parr, from ditto, for Sid mouth ; T. Ponsonby, Esq. from Batt's Hotel, for Chelten ham ; C. Ponsonby, Esq. for Hounslow ; Colonel and Mrs. L. P. Jones and family, from ditto, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, from ditto, for Hastings ; Mr. and Mrs. Williams and family, from ditto, for ditto. ARRIVALS AT 6IELTENI-lA3l.—llis Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tho mond, Marchioness Dowager of Donegan, the Earl O'Neill, Lord and Lady Dynevor, the Earl and Countess of Stradbroke, Major Dugard, Captain Jones, Rev. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Roe, Colonel Scott, General Ash, Colonel Drummond, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood, Commodore Crosbie, Rev. Mr. Wilson, Captain Powell, Captain Sack, Colonel Nelly, Captain and Mrs. Stevenson, Capt. Wilmot, Colonel Smith, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Leman, Capt. G. Vickall, Lady Mary . Ann Gage, Col.Ogilvie, Capt. and Sir John Clair, Capt. Shum, Sir A. Hanbury, the Ladies O'Brien, Gen. Dalbiac, the Hon. Miss Cranston, the Hon. Mr. Mrs. and Misses Franklands, the Hon. General and Alrs. Lumley Saville, the Hon. Mrs. Milnes and family, &c. FA SEITONABLE PARTIES. The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand :Hurler on Monday at Devonshire House, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and a numerous party. In the evening his Grace had an elegant assembly, which was attended by nearly all the remaining fashionables in town. Mis. and the .Alisse; . Mitchell gave a splendid ball on Mon day evening, at their house in Charles -street, Berkeley-square; the three drawing-rooms were most brilliantly illuminated.— Dancing commenced soon after eleven o'clock in the principal one, which was fitted up with unique taste ; there were present about 200 of the land ton. The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire entertained the Duchess of Hamilton and a distinguished party at dinner yes terday, at her seat at Roehampton. Lord Gwydyr had a select party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Piccadilly. The Duchess of Richmond entertained a large circle of fashionables yesterday evening, in Grosvenor-square. THE LORD MAYOR'S AQUATIC ENTERTAINMENT.— On Monday the Lord Mayor gave a grand aquatic entertain• ment up the River. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expected to be of the party, but their Royal Highnesses sent apologies in consequence of engagements of an indispens able nature. The company consisted of upwards of 130, amongst whom were the Duke of Brunswick, Lord Stowell, the Count and Countess illunster, Baron Munehausen, Chamber lain to the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Wathen and Miss Wal ler, Sir John Doyle, Captain house, &c. The party left Westminster-bridge at a quarser after 11 o'clock, and reached Richmond at 4. They dined on board the navigation barge, and in the evening the Ladies landed at Pope's Villa, now in the possession of Sir Wathen Waller. The dinner consisted of turtle-soup and cold dainties. Quadrilles commenced early, and continued long, notwithstanding the violent heat of the weather. Three bands of military music accompanied the city barge, which was followed by the Goldsmiths' and the Mer chant Tailors' barges, and a vast number of pleasure-boats.— The River in the neighbourhood where the party dined present ed a most animated appearance. VAUXIIALL.—The anniversary fete, in comme moration of his Majesty's Coronation, took place at these gar dens last night, when the natural and ar tificial attractions of the place, together with the state of the weather at present, which suffers nobody to go abroad by day or remain within doors in the evening, combined to fill them with a numerous assemblage of respectable company. The decorations were upon a very magnificent scale, comprisin g the leading anti most interesting features of former galas, with various novel devices. Amongst the latter were a number of illuminated flags, arranged along the sides of the Quadrangle, at the lower end of which the motto " Coronation of our Royal Patron" blazed in refulgent colours, surmounted by a splendid star and crown, and beautifully embellished with a border of laurel in green lamps, with the rose, thistle, and shamrock tastefully intertwined. The variegated lamp s w hi c h d ecora t e d the trees, as well those that hung in fanciful festoons from bough to bough, as those that glittered amongst the leaves of the illuminated grove, again attracted general admiration from their picturesque effect. The . ent erta i nments were k ept up in constant succession from eight o'clock to midnight, the principal novelties in which were the performances of a new overture, and coronation o(!e, composed by Mr. Rooke, which were loudly applauded. Les Ombres Chinois were presented for the first time this season ; most of the other amusements were those which we have described upon former occasions,— all terminating with a display of fire-works, on which M. D'Ernest seemed to have exerted justice an unusu a l d egree o f ta l ent is : and, speaking of artists, it but to Duffield, the en lightener of these gardens for the last 20 years to say, that the peculiar brilliancy of the general illuminations, and th e t as t e evinced in the constructions of the devices, reflected great credit on his ingenuity and experience. Amongst the visitors we observed the Russian A m b a ssador, the D u k e o f Devonshire, and several other personages of distinction, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TOTNESS RACES—FIRST DAY. For the 50/. Plate, given by the Town of Totness, for tho rough-bred horses, only two were entered. Mr. Trelawney and Mr. Burch received 101. each. A Sweepstakes of 16gs, with lOgs from the Fund. Captain Leach's b. g. Fox - - - - 1 1 Captain Acland's Rosemary - . .. - 2 2 Mr. Hohlitch's Miss Foote - - - - dis. In the first heat Rosemary bolted and threw her rider, but afterwards recovered so as to save her distance. SECOND DAY. The Hunters' Stakes. Mr. Trelawney's b. m. Guinare walked over the course. . The Ladies' Purse of 501. Mr. Trelawney's ch. in. Norna beat Mr. Buller's b. m. Rosemary. A match for 25 guineas, 15 of which were subscribed from the racing fund, between Capt. Acland's b. m. Rosemary, against Mr. Trelawney's ch. m. Norna. The best in three two-mile heats. The first was won by Rosemary • but in the second heat she fell, and disloc a t e d th e jockey's shoulder—the mare receiv ed no injury. THIRD DAY. The Yeomanry Cup. There was most excellent running for this cup; 6 superior cavalry horses started, carrying 13 stone each, and was won by Loy's horse. The Sweepstakes of sgs. each, for horses the property of Officers of the Yeomanry Cavalry, was won by Capt. Clark's mare, rode by Capt. John Templer, beating two others. The Cock-pit was well attended. The leaders were Pearce and Parnell—Pearce lost the mai - A. ' CRICKET. The great match at faad), between eight of all England and an equal number of the Marylebone Club, was played on Thursday last, in the presence of a vast concourse. The following statement of the game will show that Mary/ebone won by four runs only. The betting was even : MARYLEBONE. ALL ENGLAND. First Innings - - 54 First Innings - Second Ditto - - 561 Second Ditto , - 83 23 110 j 106 A very excellent match was played on Monday last, in the New Cricket Ground, near Andover, between eleven mates, belonging to the Club of that place, and the like number from Basingstoke, which was decided in favour of the former, as follows •—Andover, first innings, 71 ; second do. 91—total, 162. Basingstoke, first innings, 52 ; second do. 99—total, 151. In favour of Andover, 11. The return match is to take place on Basingstoke Downs on Monday, the 25th inst. FOOT RACE. On Saturday night a baker undertook to run four times over Waterloo-bridge in five minutes and fifty seconds. The bridge is considered a quarter of a mile over. The wager was for five sovereigns, which he won by performing his task several seconds within the time allowed. Another man, who attempted the same exploit, lost the bet, as he could not do the distance with in the time. BOXING. THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN JEM. WARD AND THOMAS CANNON, FOR FIVE HUNDRED SOVE REIGNS A-SIDE, AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND. Few events of late have excited so much interest as the above contest, which took place yesterday, near Warwick. Ward is most decidedly as finished a boxer as has ever appeared in the ring. He is rising 25, and is one of :he finest-modelled men of 13st. 21h. peeled for action ever seen. His formidable adversary Cannon, who was famed for his victory over the John Bull fighter, Josh. Hudson, is not returnable at 35 years,. and Mr. IIAYNE, his backer, again took him by the hand. The War wick coaches had for some (lays been crammed with the London fancy, and when the town was full yesterday morning, the illax - oit gave notice to his posse commitalus that the fight could not be suffered to take place within his jurisdiction. A council of war, and another of legal authority, as sembled, and the war assemblage began to think for them selves, and the fight took place on the private property of a Gentleman, a mile from the town. This move ment caused much confusion ; but at length the ring was formed peaceably around another stage, quickly completed. Ward first shewed upon the stage, with his seconds Randal and Oliver. He wore one of those slouched chip hats now so fashionable. Cannon mounted the boards soon after, with his seconds Spring and Cribb, and betting was upon the average eleven to eight in favour of Ward, with more takers than layers. THE FIGHT. Roy ND 1. Without ceremony Cannon made play at his ad versary with both hands, but there was no telling in it as in his fight with Josh Hudson. Ward avoided this premeditated assault by a retiring step, and in Cannon's . second rush he was hit hard in the eye, which some thought was done by falling on the stage. Some severe in fighting took place, and both went down in a fall, Cannon undermost. Betters silent, and odds as at setting to. 2. Caiinon again made his rush, and his right hand told par tially at an ill-measured distance upon Ward's neck. ' Jem re turned instanter with his left fist, drew Claret, and in astruggle threw Cannon a heavy cross buttock, a la Jcm Belcher.-2 to I on Ward. 3. Ward was playing at what school children would call, hide and seek, but his seeking was only to find out his real and scientific measurement upon Cannon's os frontis. After some feints, he put his right fist into action by a hit upon Cannon's nostril, which, however, was gamely returned, but short. In struggling for the fall, or rather in what would be termed a wrestling match, both went down, Ward undermost, but not hurtful to either. 4. A brave fighting round, but Ward was too quick for his adversary; his straight hitting superseded Cannon's round blows by depriving them of that strength in delivery, which alone can prove effectual. A manly rally took place, and both went down in a struggle. The hitting was too quick for dis cernment at this moment ' • but when Cannon left his second's knee for the next round, his punishment about the•ogles was prominent.. _ _ _ 5. Ward for the first time made play by pinking his anta gonist and getting away. Cannon was too game to be denied ; but he was out-fought upon all points. Ward was thrown at the close of the round.-3 and 4 to 1 on Ward. 6. This the best judges considered a finishing round. The lion-hearted Cannon went in to fight, but he he was always met upon the head until he was kept in what is technically called dorsing. He bled freely and was thrown.-10 - to lon Ward, who was fresh, full of gaiety, and had not a visible mark. 7. Cannon by severe — hitling Was much reduced ; he was piping, and all abroad, and Ward waited upon him with the finest of science. The round closed with a gallant rally, and in wrestling Cannon got a heavy fall. 8. Cannon seemed to have been hit out of time. He was be sides open mouthed, his pompey heaving, and every thing but a winner. He made gallant but useless efforts, and was thrown. The poundage begging. 9. This round was a finisher. Cannon in making a rush was met in the throat, but he fought to one corner of the stage, when his arms laid helpless upon Ward's shoulders. Each were tired, and Ward used no exertion until Cannon made a stir, and Ward floored him. He was senseless on his second's knee, and was carried off the ground in that state. Ward won the fight in 13 minutes, without any visible marks of punishment. REMARKS.—The nearest approximation to the ever-memo rable Jens Belcher is Ward ; and take him altogether, he is a safer man to be backed, having more caution than Belcher had; he is as good with one hand as the other, and both are alike offensive in their operations. Cannon possesses all the bravery' the oldest frequenters of the ring have witnessed, but at thirty_ five he is too far advanced to be of any use to himself in com batting with the rising votaries of the art. His boldness and goodness cannot at his age benefit hint by any other practical experiment, and as the ambition to which he aspired of becom ing Champion of England has vanished, he will do well, like Cooper, Shelton, and Co., who lost their colts' teeth more than 20 years ago. to retire.—Brown, who beat Shelton, was on the ground. Ward was offered to fight him 500 to 400, but it was no go. Fi nt.—About three o'clock yesterday morning, a watchman of St. Alban's-place, Hanover-square, was alarmed by a strong light being perceivable through the parlour shutters of the house of Mr. NELSON YOUNG. lie gave an imme diate alarm, and the inmates being aroused, the lower part of the house was discovered to be almost entirely in flames, which were ascending most rapidly. However, prompt assistance being rendered, the fire was subdued, having destroyed a great part of the house. It is a curious fact, that two young children of the ages of six and seven were asleep in the parlour when it was in flames, and never awoke until they were aroused and rescued by Mr. Young, about a quarter of an hour after the tire broke out; they sustained no injury whatever. The fire, it is believed, was caused by the bursting of a bottle of vitriol. The Earl of DARTMOUTH has ordered his name to be entered for 5001. towards the intended Hospital at Huddersfield. TILE ARMY. CHANGE OF QUARTERS IN THE GUARDS. The 2d battalion of the Grenadier Regiment of the Guard 4 is ordered to proceed from the Tower, on the 25th inst. to Pe4. dington, to embark on board canal boats for Liverpool, on route to Dublin, to replace the Ist battalion to the ad regiment, which is ordered to England. The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards is ordered to march • on the 25th inst. from Windsor to the Tower, to replace the 2d battalion of the same regiment, ordered to Ireland. The Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards has received orders to march, on the 25th instant, from Lower Westminster to Windsor, to replace the Ist battalioti of the Grenadier Guards, ordered to the Tower. The remaining► battalions of the Guards will, on the arrival • of the Ist battalion of the 3d regiment from Ireland, change their quarters. Det - achments belonging to the 2d, 3d, 13th, 38th, 48th, and 54th regiments or infantry, marched on Monday morning from Westminster for the Isle of Wight. Detachments belonging to the 70th and 96th regiments of Foot, Marched on Monday morning from Westminster, for Winchester. A detachment of the 90th regiment of Infantry marched on Monday morning from Westminster for Portsmouth. A detachment belonging to the 99th regiment of Foot marched on Monday morning from Westminster for Gosport. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL JULY 19. —Wind N.E.—Passed through for the River, the Hiram, , from Galipoli, with several othe s, names not reported. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 19—Wind Southerly.—Arrived the Triumph, Green, from the Downs, for Bombay. Sailed the Superb, George, for Philadelphia; Ada, Cox, for Yucatan and his Majesty's ship Jasper, for South America. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Fly. FALMOUTH, JULY 18.—Wind variable, light winds.— Sailed the Auriga, Walford, for Valparaiso ; Stanmer packet, for Lisbon ; and Sphynx, ditto, for Halifax and New York. Arrived the Trial, Jenkins, from London. LIVERPOOL, JULY 18.—Arrived the Sam Brown, Reed, from Miramichi ; Adelphi, Stewart, from Liverpool, Nova Scotia ; Margaret, Fisher, and Clifton, Bushby, from Quebec ; Mary Ford, Barton, from St. John's, N. B. COWES, JULY 19.—Arrived the Maria transport, from Chatham, to take on board troops. mEntcx, JULY 16.—The Eolus, and the George the Fourth, lately arrived at Waterford from Quebec, have this week been seized for havino. smuggling tobacco on board. SCARBOROUGH, JULY 18.—The Brothers, Morton, from Sunderland to Spalding, run on the rocks this morning to the southward of this Port, but was assisted off, and brought in here with trifling damage. from the Medl. Arrived off Dover, the Martha, terranean. Arrived off Dartmouth, the Hannah, Scott, from Adra. Arrived off Holyhead, the Berlin, , from Jan:&ca,arld the Lincoln, -, from New York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. (EMBEZZLEMENT.) -- Mr. William Christmas was brought before the sitting Magistrate, and exa mined privately on a charge of embezzling a number of Exche. quer bills, with which he had been entrusted by his employers, Messrs. Hoare and Co. This is the Mr. Christmas with whose fame, as being connected with a certain beautiful and well-known actress, the public is already very well acquainted. The splendid stile in which he had lived for a consider able time at East Acton was long the topic of remark, and the object of surprise to the friends of the above banking-house. His villa, his furniture, and splendour, were all totally incompatible with the remuneration and salary of a clerk in a Banking-house, and therefore, though reluctantly, his employers were induced to dismiss him. This reluctance arose from a conviction that although appear ances were against him, his conduct must be unexceptionable, since his accounts were always correct. At length, however, this conviction proved ill-founded, and a defalcation to the amount of 1,0001. in Exchequer Bills was discovered. He was in consequence apprehended last Monda', by Salmon, one of the head officers, and brought before the sitting Magistrate, and privately examined. He was committed for further ex, ami nation. IIIARr,I3oItOUGH•STREET.--(A Rejected Lover. )--One R;cleard Cox, a tall raw-boned tailor, was charged by a young female named Mary'Andril; with not only stealing her silver watch, but with carrying his violence to that length that she declared her life was in danger. Mary, who resides with her parents in Carnaby-street, is tall, well proportioned, and pos sessed of rather an agreeable face. With some embarrassment she informed the Magistrate that it was her lot to haVe been seen by the prisoner, and after visiting her a short time, he in due form declared his passion. The fair complainant was moved to compassion by the sighs and protestations of her swain, until he took to drinking, and then her love cooled; she denied him admission to her presence. lie followed her; she rejected his love, but that did not avail, still he pleaded his passion. She declared, that go where she would, he would follow, her, and caused so much disturbance at her house and other placcs, that her character had been injured in the eyes of her friends. When he found that his conduct had created disgust, he attempted to poison her ; he threatened to shoot her with tt pair of pistols, and then terminate his own existence. On Sunday last he called at her house, begged her to accompany him on the water, unprovided with a waterman, and when she refused, lie snatched up her watch from the table, and said, that unless she accompanied him, he would never return it. Schofield the officer, who had the prisoner. in charge, said, when he apprehended him, he said he knew nothing of the watch, but he found it on his person.—Sir GEORGE FARRANT said he was inclined to believe that the watch was not taken with a felonious intent. The complainant then said she was desirous he should be bound over to keep the peace. He had once pre sented his pistols at her, and threatened to shoot her. She be lieved he had intended to drown her ; and last week lie offered her a pot of porter, with four pennyworth of laudanum in it.— " I did not offer it you (said Mr. Cox); I told you I had mixed four pennyworth of laudanum with the beer, and that I would drink it unless you behaved more kind to me. With respect to the watch, that I only took to wear for the day, same as you know, Mary, you have taken other men's watches."..._ " Oh ! you wicked story-teller (said the complainant), I never had any man's watch in my life ; you know you said you'd kill me." The Magistrate asked her if she was in fear of her life ? The complainant replied in the affirmative, and the de fendant was ordered to finsl MARY LEBONE-OFFICE.—On Monday Mr. Stockdale, the bookseller and publisher, came to this office anti complained to Mr. RAWLIN SON that his country-house at Notting-hill had been broken into and plundered of a quantity of his own and la dies' apparel. Mr. Stockdale said, that on Sunday afternoon he took his family on an excursion, and on their return he dis covered that his house had been broken into from the rear, and a variety of things were stolen. He had suffered to an enormous amount by robberies at different periods, and he com plained that the depredators appeared to make him " a mark" to practise upon, .and as he thought he had some idea who had received his property, and where it was concealed, he requested a warrant might be granted to search the premises of a neighbour of his.—The Magistrate immediately acceded to Mr. Stockdale's request, and Hooker and Gibbs were dispatched with a search-warrant ; but those officers having most minutely searched the house of the suspected person (who is a labouring rnan) could find nothing by any means out of the common way, and from their report to the Magistrates, it appears they could not find any thing to justify Mr. Stock dale's suspicions.—Among the articles stolen was one upon which Mr. Stockdale placed particular value—namely, his " great grandmother's satin gown." CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 20. There are short supplies of all descriptions of Grain this week. The Wheat trade is nearly in a state of stagnation. Barley fully supports Monday's terms. Beans and Pease look upwards. The factors all ask more money for Oats, and neces. sitous buyers are obliged to give advanced terms, but there is not much trade in this article to-day. ' A RILIVALB.—EngIish Wheat, I,Bso—Barley, 200—Oats, 4,soo—lrish Oats, 2,200 quarterlour, 4,100 sacks. A large RATTLESNAKE was some time since presented to the Alexandrian Museum. Its favourite food is the frog. A number of these animals, quite young, were one day put in the cage to this snake, all of which he devoured but one. Though others were frequently given to the snake, he always spared this ona—until cold weather set in, when they both became dormant, and , were thus stowed away in a close cellar for the winter. On the return of warm weather they were taken from the cellar, and On'being exposed, were soon resus. citated—and their familiarity renewed without any abatement. This was the case again another winter and spring. The frog, however, died. The snake did not lung survive.,—(dtnericam Paper.) •