The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGICNCE...(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. Is.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Snowdon, from Smyrna. Arrived from London, the Cambria, Moore, for New York. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Forth, Robertson, from the Mauritius ; and the Plover packet, from Bermuda, sailed the 7th ult., and from Halifax the 22d ult. ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 15.—About 100 balks of fir timber have been washed on shore between here and Dunwich ; also pieces of the stern frame of two vessels, on one of which is " Remnart Fal karna D'Jong," and on the other, A. I. X. or L. B. S. O. N. E.; the remainder of the letters are Dot legible. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. I4.—The New Dunby, of Great Yarmouth, in attempting to get into the har bour, ran on shore. The Mary, M'Kenzie, from Newcastle to Dublin, Was wrecked near Munro the 10th inst. ; crew saved. The Vittoria, of London, from St. Andrew's, N• 8., was driven on shore near Yarmouth, N. S., 23d of Nov., without any person on board,and sold With her cargo; crew saved. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. James Sylvester, aged 21, was capitally indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Baker, h., and steali ng th ere f rom t wo coa t s , an d ot h er art i c l es property. The facts of the case were clearly proved.—Guilty, Death ; but strongly recommended to mer c y on accoun t o f his former respectability and good character. H enry.Stubberfield was capitally indicted for illegally assembling with others, in order to assist in the landing and running uncustomed goods, liable to pay certain duties of Customs, and also with assaulting and wounding James C ampbell, when employed for the prevention of smuggling. The prisoner is a remarkable fine and strong man, and stand s six feet four in height. Mr. SHEPHERD (with whom was Mr. MA one) stated the facts of the case, as afterwards detailed by the follow ing witnesses. The Learned Counsel said, perhaps the Jury would be surprized that the prisoner should be tried at the b ar o f t h e Old Bailey for an offence committed in the county of Sussex. The Legislature, however, for the wisest purposes, had by passing an Act, legalised such course. Mr. Anoernus was Counsel for the prisoner. John Ellis examined.—ln October last witness was a quarter-master in the Preventive Service, and stationed at No. 53, Martello Tower. On a Saturday night, between II and 12 o'clock, he was sent by Lieutenant Warren to about a boat that appeared upon the beach. The boat t)," in possession of a party of men amounting to more It 40 , each man had a club at least six feet long. When le got withi n about 10 yards of them, witness fired his p is tol, and immediately received a violent blow on the head with one of the clubs. He then fired a second pistol, and immediately received a second blow on the face W hich knocked him down. Scholefield, the prisoner, was nue of th e party. Witness fired several other pistols after t b h e ia, and w as several times knocked down, and very much ate% The whole party then went off to a public house 10 which they were followed by witness, and others in the preventive service. The whole of them, however, escaped With the exception of the prisoner, who was caught as he as in the act of jumping out of a window at the back of the house. tleCross-exami n ed,. by Mr. A DOLPHUS—Witness fired at art y several tuxes at the distance of about ten yards, but part several never heard that any one was killed, or even .haounded. The prisoner could not hare made his escape if e had succeeded in getting away from the back of the was houae very without crossing canal • when he was taken, he smock froc dirty, and had agood deal of blood upon his k. John Brown examined—On the Ist of October, was stationed near Martell() Tower, No. 53. Remembers seeing between two and three o'clock in the morning, a aPramrteydoWfitphoerslongns coming towards the b e ach, th e y w ere bats, which they held up and said, " Come n. b l , you -----.," and then rushed down upon him and 41 6, at the same time holding up their bats. When they got within about six yards of witness, he fired his pistol. They then knocked the pistol out of his hand, and also k nocked him down; whilst on the ground they jumped upon Ki m , which made him quite insensible. On re envcring his senses, he found they had taken his pistol 4 waY• Was not quite confident that the prisoner was one clof the gang, but b e li eves h e was. The night was rather oudy, but sufficiently star light to know a person at ten Yards distance. Cress-examined. --Thought there must be at least 30 i n the gang. It was about three o'clock, when witness Was assaulted. Did not know whether Ellis fired or not. John Sullivan examined—Was a seaman in the Pre ventive Service. Was on duty between two and three o'clock on the 2d October, when he heard a firing, he pro , ceeded towards the place, when he met Ellis on the beach, luireued by a party of fifty or sixty men armed with lo ng bat s . Th e prisoner and two others came up and s truck wi tness ; they were afterwards joined by five or six !, t hers and renewed the assault. Witness was knocked umvu and much injured. Cross- ex amined. —Was of opinion there must ha ve b een bet ween 50 and 60 in the gang. Stubberfield was within ;004 three yards of witness for some time, and he is there 2re able to swear positively to his person. Never swore essitively to a man named Stonestreet as being one of the 1 4 at tY• Only swore to his identity to the b e st o f hi s b e li e f. di tntlestreet was detai ne d i n cus t o dy severa l d ays , an d t h en s charged. Re-examined.—Upon my oath I can swear that the Prisoner was one of the party. James Campbell examined—Was in the Preventive ser ,Ze, and w as on d uty on the night of the 2rl of October. gro44 Wi tness here gave t h esame account of the transact i on t d etailed a b ove ; and added, when Brown was on the .tsu? l nd ther e were fi ve or six of the gang lying upon him. "as attempted to fire at them, but the prisoner knocked 4eMusket out o f his hand. Witness then received a '; Which felled him to the ground, and whilst there he th: dfaadfully beat. One of them, he thought it was lia, Pr "nuer, said, " Come along, he is dead e nough now." h 5 e beard the prisoner speak since his apprehension, and alool6/1 4 ° doubt h e i s th e same p erson w h o sa id " C ome Cr, e • tught — ' - examined—Never saw the prisoner before that c owe d but knew him again from his size and speech. Re forehilott..te.wtoimtveounds on the head, and was in the hospital t ell , *ries Dudley Warren examined—Witness is a Lieu the ill the Preventive Service at Bexhill, Sussex. On WC' of October, sent the last witnesses out on duty. W e . en the prisoner, Stubberfield, was apprehended, there j 'e Marks of blood upon his clothes. of his Dicer examined—Lives at Bexhill. Looked out i ti uui window between two and three o'clock in the morn tip, when he saw a party of men on the beach. Thought re must be 100 of them, but cannot identify the prisoner. ei," los s - examined—Witnes s ' s son was taken up on suspi 'l, but discharged. heleph Ballaway examined.—Was a surgeon, at Attended the witnesses Brown, Sullivan, Campbell, ei t ,°thers, on the morning of the 3d of October. The re z Zeas here described the nature of the wounds they bad cisiZed, which in his opinion had been inflicted with litya. Campbell was hurt the most ; he was confined ten thi Th e 'mock frock and trowsers which the prisoner had Tl: r t , the time Ire was apprehended were here produced. St y Was a spot or two of blood up o n them, b u t no t t o nt. IV* was the case for the prosecution. ih. /.. .Anoemus took several legal objections to the form Mdictment, but which were all overruled. 4, 44 'IP isoner, upon being called on for hi s d e f ence , iyld a long written paper, which, after it had been J "11 4 4 1 • bus w read. It bby im- I t 1 4., o f f! e il 'itt it h e Jury to give th,,ir as most patient egan attention pl to or a "els; tha involved his life. They wophi see by the evi etiire'ithat had been brought forward, that the case rested I t ito upon his identity. Ile did not wish to impute the ia: i ° f Perjury to any witness, but he hoped that he should ti hi e to convince the Jury, in the evidence, they had 'ot i h tkti h $ day, they were mistaken. The prisoner then . " - "to a long account of bow he was engaged on the night Ntuttion, he admitted that he was engaged in a t i tlit, li ng transaction, but totally denied all connexion q 0, - "e Party that assaulted the officers. He accounted ol Mood upon his clothes by saying, in cutting a rope ( i e l • ku N_!f Owed, and entered his fing e r. He then I mrred o f t h e great hardship i n b eing removed a of seventy miles “) take his trial, which It e i l l ti , L ne great expense in bringing up witnesses Ctr,er circumstances, almost prevented a person in his s, 4l lo t ancl , s from making an effectual defence. He tetr,ever, several witnesses, who would prove that it ZPossible he could have been on e of th e p ar ty, an d 14 1; 44 what he had now addressed to the Jury tie ; for he knew they (the Jury) must have , ' great difficulty in crediting the assertions of a person stand ing before them, an admitted smuggler, but after they bad heard his witnesses, if they now entertained any doubts, he hoped they would be removed, and that they would re turn a verdict of acquital. Mr. ADOLPHUS then called several witnesses for the purpose of proving an alibi. They all of them deposed to certain transactions, in which they were engaged with the prisoner on another part of the coast during the time of the assault was committed on the officers of the Preven tive Service. All these witnesses underwent a long cross•-examination by Mr. SHEPHERD. They said the transaction in which they were engaged with the prisoner on the night in ques tion, was landing goods from the sea ; they could not tell what those goods consisted of. They perhaps, however, could guess.---(A laugh.) The landlord of the Red Lion public-house, at Hoole, which is situated between four and five miles from where the assault upon the officers was committed, stated that the prisoner came to his house about two o'clock of the morning of the 2d of October, and stayed there until past five o'clock. The landlady of the public-house where the prisoner was apprehended, said that he came there about seven o'clock in the morning after the affray. His finger was cut at the time, and he wiped it upon his trowsers. He did not at tempt to run away when the officers made their appearance. Mr. Anol.ruus said this was the case on the part of the prisoner. The LORD CHIEF BARON minutely recapitulated the evidence, in the course of which his Lordship said, to render the offence with which the prisoner was charged a captal one, it must be proved, that during the affray a dangerous wound had been inflicted. Such not being the case, the capital part of the charge was done away with, and the only question, therefore, for their consideration was, whether the prisoner was present in a party met for the illegal purpose of landing contraband goods. If they were of that opinion they would find him guilty, and the Legislature had awarded a punishment for such an offence. The Jury consulted for a short time, and returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. Serjeant DENMAN took his seat in Court soon after nine o'clock ; and after a number of cases of little interest were disposed of, Eliza Protheroe was placed at the bar, charged with] having stolen a watch, value six sovereigns, a seal, a key, a sovereign, and some silver. Mr. C. PEILLIPS stated the case for the prosecution. He said, on the 29th of December last a Mr. Haverd was obliged to attend a sale at a house called the Two Mariners, in Vinegar-lane, where he met with the prisoner, with whom he fell into conversation, treated her with drink, and went with her to her lodgings, in Vinegar-yard. He (Mr. Phillips) could not tell his object in going there, but he believed there was some toying upon a sofa ; at all events he discovered that the lady was inclined to be a closer companion than he wished ; he immediately took the alarm as soon as he found her hand groping about his watch, but he afterwards found that his watch and money were gone; he was sober enough to know his acquaintances, for he went into the street, and when he happened to slip and fall down, a gentleman passing knew him, and said, " For God's sake, Mr. Haverd, is this you?" The other gave the number of the house he had left, where he said he had just been robbed, and told him by whom. The gentleman went to the house, as directed, and did not at first see the prisoner, but some other woman ; in consequence of what she told him, this gentleman supposed he might require as sistance, and went into the street for that purpose; he met with a friend whose name was Fell, and who was walking at the time with his wife. This gentleman left his wife, joined the other, and went back into the house. This Mr. Fell there encountered the lady in question, the prisoner at the bar, whom, when he saw, did not, perhaps, accuse her of the theft in a very ceremonious manner, but said, " Where is Mr. Haverd's watch ?" The answer he got was an immediate flight of this lady to a fire-place, from which she seized a poker with one hand, and a stool with the other. Mr. Fell thought fit to snake a very quick retreat. The prisoner distinctly denied knowing any thing about the watch ; she was, however, with the assistance of three men, disarmed, and the watch was taken out of her bosom ; they were not chic to search her effec tually until she was brought to the police office. Mr. James Haverd examined—Li a carpenter; recol lects going to a sale on the -day in question ; knew the prisoner before ; she was a prostitute; went to the pri goner's house nearly opposite; did not take a sufficiency of drink to make him drunk ; was a thousand times in her house before—( Laughter) ;—had some conversation with her, during which they were quite jolly; while sitting on the sofa, observed her kissing him in her familiar way, and put her hand in his pocket, when he got out of the house to the end of the road, he slipped and fell, but was taken up by his friend ; missed his watch then. A Mr. Fell and a Mr. Price came back to witness ; saw his watch when she was with him in the room. • Cross-examined—ls not only a carpenter but a joiner too.—(Laughter.)—Was very often about the premises of the prisoner.—(Great laughter.)—Sent for ale while in the prisoner's company ; was not then in a state of perfect drunkenness; never trusted her with money ; is a married man ; told his wife of this occurrence ; at one o'clock in the day a friend of his wound up witness's watch.-- When his friend, a Mr. Price, went for the officer, the witness was sitting on the sofa with the prisoner; after lie had missed his watch ; was in the room when the officer came to take the prisoner ; was not able to speak in consequence of the previous fall he received. Price examined.—Lives near Vinegar-lane; knew the last witness ; picked him up after falling in the street. He told him he had lost his watch and money ; went into the house where he directed him ; saw another female in the house where he first went in, but not the prisoner ; went out afterwards to look for an officer, and saw a Mr. Fell, they both then went into the house, and saw Haverd and the witness on the sofa ; she was stretched out at full length. Witness said, " Officer, I give you this woman in charge for robbing my friend." She immediately flew up from the sofa, snatched a poker in one hand and a stool in the other, with which she struck witness both on the head and the back ; afterwards overcame her, and brought her to the watch-house in custody. Cross-examined—When he went back into the house, he saw Haverd very stupified, proceeding from the fall he had received.• He did not hear the prisoner say she would keep the watch safe for Mr. Haverd. _ _ John Man Fell examined—Was passing with his wife when he met Price, with whom he went into the house. This witness corroborated the last witness in his testimony. William Somers examined—ls the watch-house keeper, prisoner was brought in custody of the two last witnesses and policemen, on a charge of the robbery of a watch, a sovereign, and some other money; she denied having the watch, but she afterwards produced it from some part of her person. Mr. Fell said then that he never in his life saw so violent a woman.—(Laughter.) Mr. Haverd was again called, and in his cross-exami nation he stated, that he was drinking, in the first part of the evening in company with her and several other per sons in the room. The prisoner, on being called on for her defence, said that the watch was merely taken by her in order to keep it for him until he was sober ; the sovereign, she said, was given to her to procure drink for themselves and kept the change in lieu for the pleasure he derived from her agree able society.—Guilty. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a goorl supply at this morning's market, the frest considered, and the trade, owing to advanced prices being demanded, was dull. Most Vegetables, and Grapes, were considerably dearer ; Seville Oranges, Lemons, and French Chesnuts cheaper than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of other things no material alteration. s.d. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 0 to ti 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Ditto lied .. Ditto Savoy l6 3 0 Horse Itadish(bund:e) 1 6 3 Brocoli 1 6 2 6 Celery ............. Carrots (12 bunches) 0 0 0 0 Turnips 1 0 2 6 Coleworts or Greens 2 0 4 6 Leeks 1 0 1 6 Filberts (121 b.) 9 0 6 0 Enp_Grapes (per 1b.)... 0 8 1 4 a. d. s. d. Spinage (half-sieve) 1 oto 1 Onkns 1 6 3 6 Apples 1 0 4 0 Pears 2 0 5 Sweet Oranges (WO) 2 6 7 0 Seville Oranges 8 0 12 0 Lemans 4 6 12 0 English Walnuts 0 6 1 4 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 0 6 0 French ditto 3 0 5 0 Spanish tiazlenuts 5 0 10 0 rench Walnuts 4 0 6 U HAY MA ItKETS.,—( At per Road of 30 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 2 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 U 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass H a y 3 15 4 15 Clover Hay 3 IU 5 5 Oat Straw £1 18 to £2 01 Wheat Straw... 2 0 2 5 supply good, and trade dull at Thursday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .C 2 0 to Z 2 13 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-:ass Hay 3 15 4 10 Clover .Hay (extra f1ne)....£5 5 ..Generally 3 0 4 15 Oat Straw £1 10 10 £1 14 1 Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0 Supply good, trade very dull, and prices stationary. We regret to hear that the supply of coals in this town, is already nearly exhausted. The canals are blocked up, and the Thames is only partially navigable.— Reading Paper, BONAPARTE AT ST. CLOUD-HIS CON TEMPT OF MANKIND-31R. FOX. It was in the year 1802 that Bonaparte first took up his quarters at St. Cloud. He was very partial to his residence, because he enjoyed greater liberty there than at the Tuilleries, the palace of which is nothing more than a royal prison, in which it is not possible for a sovereign to breathe a little fresh air at a window without immediately becoming the object of curiosity to numerous groups of the public. At St. Cloud, on the contrary, Bonaparte might begin his air ings from the very door of his cabinet, and might extend them as much as lie pleased without being importuned by suitors. One of his first cares was the repair of the cross-road from St. Cloud to Malmaison. The distance between these two places he used to traverse on horse back within a quarter of an hour. The proxi mity to his favourite spot increased still further his attachment to St. Cloud. It was in this palace that the French Consul went through his first rehearsals of the drama of the empire ; it was at this palace that he began to introduce, in exterior forms, the habits and etiquette which called to mind the usages of sovereignty. He very soon perceived how great an influence the pomp of ceremonies, the splendour of personal appearance, and the richness of habiliments exercise over .the mass of mankind. " How thoroughly," he said to me, " do men deserve the contempt I feel for them. All your virtuous republicans I have but to put gold lace on their coats and they are mine." I remember well that, on an occasion of one of his fits of con tempt for the whole human race, I observed to him, that although so much admiration was in spired in vulgar minds by mere baubles, there was nevertheless some men distinguished above their fellow-mortals, who were not to be caught with such baits of false allure ; and I named, as an example of such an exception, the celebrated Mr. Fox, who, in anticipation of the conclusion of the peace of Amiens, had already come to Paris, where he was remarked for nothing more than his extreme simplicity. "As to him, you are right ;" said the First Consul, " Mr. Fox is a really superior man, and one who is much to my mind." Bonaparte, in short, was always much pleased with a visit from Mr. Fox, and after interviews with him never failed to speak to me of the satisfaction he had derived from the conversation with a man truly worthy of his great celebrity. He considered him as a superior ' man in every respect, and was very desirous of I having to treat with him in the ulterior relations which were to be established with England.— Bourrienne's Memoires. DEATH OF KING ROBERT BRUCE. (From Sir Walter Scott's History of Scotland.) " Bruce seemed only to wait for the final de liverance of his country to close his heroic career. He had retired, probably for the pur pose of enjoying a milder climate, to his Castle of Cardross, on the Firth of Clyde, near Dum barton. Here he lived in princely retirement, and, entertaining the nobles with rude hospita lity, relieved by liberal doles of food the dis tresses of the poor. Nautical affairs seemed to have engag ed his attenti on very muc h, an d h e built vessels, with which he often went on the adjacent Firth. He practised falconry, being unable to sustain the fatigue of hunting. We may add, for every thing is interesting where Robert Bruce is the subject, that he kept a lion, and a fool named Patrick, as regular parts of his establishment. Meantime his disease (a species of leprosy, as we have already said, which had its origin in the hardships and pri vations which he had sustained for so many years) gained ground upon his remaining strength. " When he found his end drew nigh, that great King summoned his Barons and Peers around him, and affectionately recommended his son to their care ; then singling out the good Lord James of Douglas, fondly entreated of him, as his old friend and his companion in ,arms, to cause the heart to be taken from his body after death, conjuring him to take the charge of trans porting it to Palestine, in redemption of a vow which he had made to go in person thither, when he was disentangled from the cares brought on him by the English wars. Now the hour is come,' he said, ' I cannot avail myself of the opportunity, but must send my heart thither in place of my body ; and a better Knight than you, my dear and tried friend and comrade, to execute such a commission, the world holds - not. All who were present wept bitterly around the bed, when the King, with almost his dying words, bequeathed this melancholy task to his best beloved follower and champion. On the 71h of June, 1320, died Robert Bruce, at the almost premature age of fifty-five. He was buried at Dunfermline, where his tomb was opened in our time, and his relics again interred amid all the feelings of awe and admiration which such a sight tended naturally to inspire. " Remarkable in many things, there was this almost peculiar to Robert Bruce, that his life was divided into three distinct parts, which could scarcely be considered as belonging to the same individual. His youth was thoughtless, hasty, and fickle, and from the moment lie began to appear in public life, until the slaughter of the Red Comyn, and his final assumption of the Crown, he appeared to have entertained no cer tain purpose beyond that of shifting with the shifting tide, like the other Barons around him, ready, like them, to enter into hasty plans for the liberation of Scotland from the English yoke, but equally prompt to submit to the overwhelm ing power of Edward. Again, in a short but very active period of his life, he displayed the utmost steadiness, firmness, and constancy ; sustaining, with unabated patience and determi nation, the loss of battles, the death of friends, the disappointment of hopes, and an uninter rupted series of disasters, on which scarce a ray of hope appeared to brighten. This term of suffering extended from the field of Methven Wood till his return to Scotland from the island of Rachin, after which time his career, whenever he was himself personally engaged, was almost uniformly successful, even till he obtained the object of his wishes—the secure possession of an independent throne. " When these things are considered, we shall find reason to conclude that the misfortune of the second or suffering period of Bruce's life had taught him lessons of constancy, of pru dence, mad of moderation, which were unknown to his early years, and tamed the hot and im betuous fire which his t emper , lik e t h at o f hi s rother Edward, naturally possessed. He ne ver permitted the injuries of Edward I. (although three brothers had been cruelly executed by that monarch's orders) to provok e hi m to measures of retaliation ; and his generous conduct to the prisoners at Banuock,hurn, q§ well as else where, reflects honour on his sag ac i t y an d hu manity. Hi s manly spirit of chivalry was best evinced by a circumstance which happened iii Ireland, where, when pursued by a force of English, he halted and offered battle at disad vantage, rather than abandon a poor washerwo man, who had been taken with the pains of la bour, to the cruelty of the native Irish. ltobeit Bruce's personal accomplishments in war stood so 'high, that he was universally esteemed one of the three best knights in Europe during that martial age, and gave many proofs of personal prowesS. His achievements seem amply to vin dicate this high estimation, since the three High landers slain in the retreat from Dalry, and Sir Henry de Bohun, killed by his hand in front of the English army, evince the valorous knight, as the plan of his campaigns exhibits the pru dent and sagacious leader. The Bruce's skill in military art was of the highest order.; and in his testament, as it is called, he bequeathed a legacy to his countrymen, which, had they known how to avail themselves of it, would have saved them the loss of many a bloody (lay. " If, however, his precepts could not save the Scottish nation from military losses, his example taught them to support the consequences with unshaken constancy. It is, indeed, to the ex ample of this Prince, and to the events of a reign so dear to Scotland, that we can distinctly trace that animated love of country, which has ever since been so strong a characteristic of North Britons, that it has been sometimes supposed to limit the affections and services so exclusively within the limits of their coun trymen, as to render that partiality a reproach which liberally exercised is subject to praise." HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR TUE ENSUING WEEK. (In consequence of the frost, the Appointments for several Fox Hounds have not been made as usual.) The Kempstone Hounds, on Tuesday, at Beetley ; Thursday, at Sporle-hill ; and Saturday, at Immanuel Lodge, Castleacre—at Eleven. _ _ Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Sudbury ; Thurs. day, at Teddesley ; and Saturday, at Black Slough—al Half-past Ten. The Glossop Harriers, on Monday, at Marple-bridge ; and Thursday, at Hoolly Wood—at Half-past 'fen. The Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Acton Burnell ; Wednesday, at Wytheford Wood ; and Friday, at Woodcote—at Half-past Ten. The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Garth ; and Friday, at Cae Howel-bridge—at Ten. Mr. Wicksted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Wistaston ; and Friday, at Woore—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket- Hill ; Wednesday, at Asheombe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telscombe Tye—at Half past '['en. Mr. R. K. Sampson's Hounds, on Monday, at West dean ; Thursday, at Bourne ; and Saturday, at Mr. Ade's, Duttles—at Ten. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course; and Friday, at the llyke—al Half-past Ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Windmill, Spittle Brook ; Thursday, Crackley Bank—at Half-past Ten. The Cheshire Hounds, en Monday, at Barr-bridge; Wednesday, at Shaviugton ; Thursday, at Chohnondeley; and Saturday, at Wrenbury—at Half-past Ten. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Elmsall Lodge; Wednesday, at Pollington ; Thursday, at Staple ton-park ; and Saturday, at 'Notton Village—at Half past Ten. - Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Weelsby house ; Wednesday, at Kirmington Yak ; Friday, at Thoneck-house; and Saturday, at Greyingham-bar—at Eleven. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Uxbridge, at Uxbridge House, from a tour ; Lord and Lady Francis Gower, at the Earl of Grosvenor's seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from their seat in Ireland; Roger Kynaston, Esq. and Herbert Kynaston, Esq. in St. James's-place, from Paris; the Earl and Countess of Mountcharles, at their house in Grosvenor square, from a tour ; Lord Melbourne, at his house, Whitehall, from his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts ; Major and Mrs. Drewe, in Half Moon-street, Piccadilly, from Wilts ; Captain Gipps, at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur.street, from Canterbury ; Captain Belcher, at ditto, from a tour; W. Baldwin, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; Messrs. llartoph, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; the Hon. Charles Douglas, in Berkeley-square, from Lord Montagu's seat, Ditton Park, Bucks; Mr. and Mrs. Selby, in Grosvenor street, from Bath; Colonel Hall, in Pall-mall, from Bristol; Dr. Barry, at his house in Welbeck-street, from Gibraltar ; Robert Barnewall, Esq. at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square ; Sir Wm. Geary, Bart. and F. Geary, Esq. at ditto; Capt. Lowe, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Lord Farnborough, from Whitehall gardens, for his seat, Bromley hill, Kent; Lord Nugent, for his scat, Bucks; B. Wyndham, Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Portsmouth; Captain Hall, from ditto, for Brighton; Lieut.- Colonel Brough, for Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Wool wich ; H. Nembhend, Esq. from ditto, for Chatford House, Bucks; Mrs. General Beechey, from Warren's Hotel, Regent street, for Chatham ; James Henry, Esq. from ditto, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Graves, from Brook street, for their seat in Norfolk; Henry Gilliat, Esq. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; J. A. Nash, Esq. from ditto. A deputation of the New London-bridge Committee, headed by ➢lr. Alderman WOOD, and accom panied by Mr. JONES, the architect to the undertaking, and Mr. TYRRELL, the Deputy City Remembrancer, attended yesterday at the Treasury, and were admitted to a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The interview lasted a considerable time. The Russian Ambassador was occupied with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury for upwards of an hour. The Sardinian Minister had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Four Canadian Chiefs, who have recently arrived in this country for the purpose of arranging die disputed right to certain lands in Canada, which they are endeavouring to recover, were introduced yesterday to an audience of Sir GEORGE illuaßAY at the Colonial Office. They wore their costume at the interview, and were occu pied with Sir GEORGE for a considerable time. THE SERPENTINE.—Though the thaw ap peared so rapid in the streets, the Park was but slightly affected. A drizzling snow or sleet fell during the day; yet the ice was better attended than it had been for many preceding days. This was at the west end, for the east presented only a sheet of water, which extended on both sides of-the river for nearly three-fourths of its length; the czntre afforded a solid body of ice of considerable thickness. There were but few skaiters who excelled. An eagle, of extraordinary size, was wounded on Fuulness Island a few days since, and was taken ap parently not mortally injured, but it refused to take food, and in a few days died. It is said by some to be an Osprey Eagle, but it approaches nearer to what BUFFON describes as the Sea Eagle, being seven f.et six inches from the extremity of the wings. It weighed 10A-lbs. The bird is in the possession of a person in Chelmsford, and is i n preparation fur being stuffed. —Lincoln Herald. We witnessed the performances of the " Fire- King," for the first time, on Friday last, the Bth instant; and hearing from our professional brethren that the ex hibition has engaged much of the public attention, and that the " antidotes" of Alonsieur CHABERT are frequently mentioned as a scandal and a reproach to the present state of medical knowledge, we take some blame to ourselves for not having seen the performance at an earlier period, In truth, exhibitions of this kind excite in us but little curiosity. They are all fonuded in one object--gain ; and they are all successful from one cause—credulity. Monsieur CHABERT, on Friday last, took neither phospho ' rous, arsenic, nor prussic acid, and his excuse for these omissions was, that he was suffering from a very severe cold, which, we think, would have been a far better apology for not performing at all. The melted lead, the paper and candle, the oil at 300 degrees, and the heated feats sc arce l y wort h y t h e meanest subject of a oven, are and certainly cannot add to the reputation and dignity of the monarch himself. We shall take an early opportunity of seeing M. CHABERT again. In the mean time we ask him, as be professes to drink oil at a temperature of 300 degrees, and to take ,_ ,, ho:,:phortP: arsenic, and prussic acid, first, whether he will drink water at the boiiir,g point, that' is, at only 212 degrees? And secondly, willhe," in his future exhibitions, counteract the usual effects of the above poisons when administered to dogs, rabbits, or other animals? Compliance or non compliance on the part of M. CHABEF t T the , terms of the second proposal ; will at least determine the ques tion of " anidutes,":— The Lancet. ROME. Mr. EDITOR,—The following account of two in terviews with Prince Charles Edward may be inte resting to many of your readers, as illustrative of the Viraverley novels. It is ex:racted from a letter of a lady named Miller, written while she was travelling in Italy. A. B. " Rome, 7th January, 1775. " We passed part of yesterday evening at the Duchess of Bracciano's. As we were there before much company arrived, she was so obliging as to enter into a particular conversation with me. We were seated on a sofa, when one of the gentlemen in waiting announced "II Re." As there were many rooms to pass before this personage could ap pear, she seized that opportunity to desire me on no account to speak to him, as it was the Pope's de sire that no person (particularly English) should hold any conversation with him. I assured her that my principles were diametrically opposite to those of the Stuart family, and that if he spoke to me I could not refrain from answering him, considering hira merely in the light of a gentleman. She still insisted on my not answering if he spoke to me; but with this I refused to comply, and I think I was right. I knew before that no gentlemen of the Bri tish empire make themselves known to him, but, on the contrary, avoid him, I except such as declare themselves disaffected to the present Royal Family. I had also heard that he politely avoided embarrass ing them by throwing himself in their way; but it struck me that it would be very ridiculous in me, as a woman, to avoid speaking to him; and, added to this, I had a great curiosity to see him, and hear him speak. " But to return. He entered and, bowing very politely to the company, he advanced to the indi vidual sofa on which 1 was placed with the Duchess, and seated himself by me, having previously made me a particular bow, which I returned with a low curtsey. lie endeavoured to enter into conversa- tion with me, which lie effected by addressing him self equally to the Duchess, another lady, and myself. At last he addressed me in particular, and asked me how many days since my arrival in Rome ? how long I should stay ? and several such questions. This conversation passed in French. "What dis tressed me was how to style him. I had but a mo ment for reflection. It struck me that Monsieur Prince' (though the common appellation to every stranger whose rank as a Prince is the most dubious) would not come well from me, as it might admit of a double sense in an uncandid mind. Highness' was equally improper; so I hit upon what I thought a middle course, and called him Mon Seigneur. • I wished to shorten the conversation, for all on a sud den he said, Speak English Madam.' Before I could reply, the Duchess of Monte Libretti came up, and pulled me by the sleeve. I went with her to a card-table at which she was going to play. I declined playing, not being perfect in the games; besides you know I hate cards. At my departure I took leave of the Duchess of Bracciano (as is the custom), and the Chevalier, who played at her table, officiously rose and wished me good night. He is naturally above the middle size, but stoops excessively. He appears bloated and red in the face, his countenance heavy and sleepy, which is atti Ranted to his having given into excess of drinking; but when a young man he must have been esteemed handsome. His complexion is of the fair tint, his eyes blue, his hair light brown, and his face a long oval. He is by no means thin, and has a noble pre sence, with a graceful manlier. His dress was scarlet, laced with broad gold lace. He wears the blue riband outside his coat, from which depends a cameo (antique) as large as my hand, and wears the same garter and motto as those of the ntble Order of St. George,.in England. Upon the whole he has a me lancholy mortified appearance. Two gentlemen constantly attend him. They are of Irish extraction, and Roman Catholics. " This evening we were at the Princess Pales tine's converzatione, where he was also. He ad dressed me as politely as on the evening before. The Princess desired me to sit by her, and she pla y ed with him. He asked me if 1 un d erstoo d t h e game of Tarrochi, which they were about to play. I answered in the negative, upon which, taking the pack in his hands, he desired to know if I had ever seen such odd cards.. I replied that they were very odd indeed. He then, displaying them, said, Here is every thing in the world to be found in these cards, the sun, the moon, the stars; and here, said he (showing me a card), is the Pope ; and here (showing another) is the devil. And he added, there is but one of the trio wanting, and you know who that should be.' I was so amazed and so astonished, though he spoke this last in a laughing good-humoured way, that I did not know which way to look, and as to reply I made none. What passed afterwards was relative to English manners and amusements, such as whether whist was in fashion in London, the assemblies numerous, and the like." BEDFORD SESSIONS, JAN. 13. Thomas Jeeves was put to the bar, charged with having, in November last, unlawfully rescued a donkey, whilst in the custody of the howard of Leigh. ton Buzzard, the said howard being at the time in the act of conducting the donkey to the pound. It appeared that the prisoner kept half-a-dozen donkeys to carry sand and whitening about the country for sale; that he had turned them out on a common, .and that one of them had strayed into a piece of barley belonging to a farmer named Mann, the barley being cut in cocks ready for carrying. The howard went thither to take a horse into custody, but the horse was gone, and the poor donkey supplied his place. The owner met the howard, and said his donkey must not go to the pound, for he wanted him to go to ivork. The howard refused to release him, whereupon the owner's dog, set on by his master, seized the ass by the nose, the master slipped the halter from the neck of the beast, who, upon being released by the dog, galloped home. No violence was done or offered to the howard. The next day the owner went to the farmer to ask what damage had been done, and to pay what might be demand ed. The farmer said he knew nothing about it, and did not say what, or if any damage was done. The offender was taken by the howard before the Rev. Mr. Lewis, the Magistrate, and on the 7th of No vember last committed to Bedford gaol for walgt of sufficient sureties. Mr. SMITH, for the prisoner, addressed the Jury at considerable length, and strenuously insisted that the punishment suffered already by his client was enormously beyond the offence he was charged with, and that if they, the Jury, could conscientiously do so, they were bound to acquit him. Should they, however, feel compelled to return a verdict of guilty, the smallest punishment possible was amply suffi. cient after so long a previous imprisonment, Sir ROBERT INGLIS, in summing o,b,ser ve d that a great part of the Leained counsel's address was mote for the cortsideMio,P of the Court than the Jury, and a verdict of Guilty was returned. The COURT then sentenced the prisoner to e, week's imprisonment and hard labour. The late severe weather has occasioned a most unusual supply of wil4 fowl, aid a cart load of wid geon and wild ducks„ brought all the way from South ampton, tea's on Weduesday exhibited for sale in West gate7street, For the latter tis. Gd. per couple was asked. --Bath Herald. PUGILISM.--In the absence of ITIOIT able employment, the elegant art of pnOli:an is making rapid progress in this town. (Art gaturday night last, about eleven o'clock, tvc, mad of the uirue of MACABEE and YATES e;- k .,4red the ring; the tirst.nauted hero had Int . ; oac natural leg to stand on, having left the othq alongside the Marquis of ANGLESEA'S, at Wa,terlm r t ust i n i ts stea d a woo d en one had been sul4;tlte4; the other man had been more fortunate it; li: t s siieoulations, having kept himself aloof frpty, war's alarms," he happily re tained lT i th 'finis circumstanced, they set to, and the battle was not over till eleven o'clock on Mondikx morning! having adjoutneti over Sunday. We tatnent to say that the " Waterl oo hero" uft;a I .tt-iterged by his oppone n t —Readiny . SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A pamphlet, under the title of aZetto- tathe• Agriculturists of England, by a :Laptio' toner, has been sent to us for peruseil..•:: k_As in our judgment a sensible cornpositort,,e ,_--: result of, actual experience ; a nd th o Ugh not . precisely new in point of m a tt er , i s expressed With much . clearness and force. Th e au th or ' s purpose is to demonstrate the necessity of establishing - a system of poor laws for Ireland, by proofs of the increas ing tendsncy of Irish immigration into this country to reduce the bulk of the English pea santry to the degraded condition of paupers. There is, as appears to us, no doubt that some measure must be adopted here or in Ireland, to assuage the bad effects of this constant pressure of Irish destitution upon the resources of British property and labour. But we are no believers in universal nostrums. We hesitate to conclude that poor laws only would save England from the effects of Irish competition, exerted in what ever form might be prescribed to it by a general inferiority of prices throughout Ireland, compared with those for which English labour and Eng lish produce can be afforded. Poor hiws would be a refuge for the sick, disabled, and helpless portion of the natives of Ireland ; but we are not so certain that they would prevent the more active and adventurous among them from still swarming over to this country in search of work, if work be slack on the other side of the Chan nel. Unless wages in Ireland can be raised more nearly to a level with the price of labour here, the Irish labourer will still be attracted to the British market. Extension of the poor law system to Ireland, therefore, may be found of it. self an insufficient remedy for the evils com plained of by the " landowners ;" nor do we know that, broadly as he states the mis chiefs arising from the access of Ireland to these markets, it is possible for legislation to provide a remedy, without re-adopting many barbarous and frightful expedients, which English legislation has long since aban doned. The author not merely murmurs at the impossibility under which the British peasant suffers of maintaining a competition against the low wages of the Irish emigrant, but likewise at the hardship imposed upon the English farmer of selling in the sane market with those of Ire land, the corn, cattle, &c., raised in the latter country at such inferior cost. Now where is there a direct cure for this grievance but in a tax on Irish corn, and other produce imported, of the same nature as that imposed on corn from all foreign regions ? Are those who may agree with the " Landowner" in his recommendation of a poor law, prepared to follow up his argu ment to its extreme consequences-, and to pass a hill for keeping Irish wheat at home, as well as the class of labourers who raise it ? If not, the proposal falls short - of its intended purpose. Again, if without any obstruction to the entrance of Irish corn to our ports, a poor-law be enacted for Ireland, having the effect which it must have, of lowering the rent of land in that coun try, the produce of Ireland will be rather reduced in price than heightened by such a circumstance, and the competition rendered by no means less formidable, but possibly more so, to the British farmer. The question, therefore, though clear enough in principle, is not quite so smooth when we come to it as " practical men." How, again, shall we apportion the poor-rates ? Is the occupying tenant alone to answer them ? He is already overburdened by the unconscion able rack-rent which he pays. If a poor rate be imposed on Ireland, it ought to be levied on the landlord,—on each successive stage of laud. lords, from him who has the fee-simple, through the several middle-men now in existence, upon whom the act against sub-letting cannot operate, downwards to the tenant at rack-rent, who ought to be discharged from the r a t e . I t oug h t to bo levied on tithes also, by a similar calculation of poundage. 'l'his, perhaps, might touch the landed interest effectually, and of course they will furiously resist it ; but Government, in abetting the measure, will have the people on its side. We subjoin a passage from the little pamphlet referred to, adding on our own part, that if Irish poor-laws cannot do all which is expected from them, they will no doubt accom plish much, by ministering even some alleviation to the evil so universally complained of ;—. " The evil which it is the object of this letter to expose in its true colours, is one of which no shadow of an excuse can be alleged; the remedy I propose is fraught with the self-evident principles of justice, common sense, and enlightened policy. More than this—it is perfectly practicable; and in accordance, I firmly believe, with the opinions and wishes of the existing Government : which, however, can hardly be expected to originate a measure of this import.. ance, unless strongly called upon to do so by the parties who are most closely interested in its adop tion. " The grievance I am alluding to, is the want of a legal provision for the poor in Ireland. It may hot, at first sight, strike every one to what an ext: eht thi s circumstance affects the landed interests bf England. But a very short investigation will, I think, make this matter clear to all. " The absence in Ireland of the poor law, to which, in England, landed property contributes so largely, affects the holders of that property in two ways. 4 In the first plum the poor of Ireland are, through want, compelled to migrate to this country in hordes and being willing to work for the lowest pittance rather than starve, their only alternative, they drive out of employment, in the towns and manufacturing districts of England, thousands of native labourers, who fall back upon their parishes for support, and are maintained by thtna in idleness, or something like it, at an enormous expense. It is evidently the same thing to the English rate-payers whether they maintain the Irish paupers themselves, or an equal number of their own parishioners turned into paupers by the immigration of the Irish, and Who, but for this, would find work enough to main tain them independent of parochial relief. It is clear, therefore, that, awing to the absence of a poor law in Ireland, English property is virtually rated to maintain a great part of the Irish pauper population. " I do not dwell on the large sums which are paid out of the county rates directly towards Ole support of Irish vagrants. This, though a tonsi detable grievance, (in the county in which I am writing, Wilts, it amounts to near 1,0001. per an num,) is a drop in the ocean, compared to the bur den of supporting the thousands of English labourers thrown upon their parishes by the competition of Irish ; who have no other resource, owing to the ab. senc,e of a poor law in their own, country. " 2. The second mod is which this anomaly injures us results fk , olgt, the unequal circumstances under which the growers of farm produce in each country In;tng their goods to the common market. Litglish agriculturist pays a heavy poor we out of the produce of his latid---(we have even seen that he pays it in great part towards the sup port of the Irish poor) the Irish agriculturist pays no poor-u,se at all I The English farmer has to pay, his labourers wages at the rate of from a shilling fo half•a-crown per clay. The Irish farmer hires his labourers et 4d. or .sd. per day, because even this crueUy low rate of wages is better than starving —the only alternative for a labourer in a country WPM ex ader lira. , he un ugh h op the !ted nty as- iole stiff ads had err ore 'ect late Art ,er -ate ver