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Secre he notary, pt the ?e" the last ,ray Firth Phe curer° re, not to ermen to engage ngth gars , with 5 1 • remaining ices hays unty, be :et' bands reeders 'rated 10 1 n a god vastly iv' mal hag on the wars ogo, , and for oast. - 0 merely! rtly farav le in their imagined I on the a species a islands• , t, and its a t,.two by Mr. , at the ching the that the beets two pprehen" !ally sunk the Iltb deceased ed by ee' death i° 2huonarY aarraOLITHE THEATRES. 4.1 f. 4 . 4 4 DRURY-LANE. # l r ,-I tIN t( Richard 111. was last night received jth , erc , Oldly . :and indiff eren tly by a full, if not a crowded, k iti qtyte. He was evidently not in good health, and was istircelYahle,io make an impression on his good-humoured, 'but tiornewhat boiverotis audience. His best scene was itt' • , vc ip with Lady Anne, here, to a spectator who 'l llo4. the good fortu ne t o b e n ear the stage, his sarcasm, if ) "": 1 40feoviolent, was as pungent and biting as it used to be Itis best days. The tragedy was succeeded by a new ' ,. :grand melo-dramatic tale:of enchantment, entitled The Zittgon's Gift, or the Scarf of Flight and the Mir- Tor of Liyht. The plot of this piece is obscure, but not -;,consequently sublime. Its most amusing feature is bor rowed front the induction to the Taming of the Sla ew. Mr. ilasurir, as a Chinese boatman, euphoniously desig nate(' Chip-Chow, is made excessively drunk by command y-ton, a facetious Chinese Viceroy. In this condition Ple is transported to the vice-royal residence, and persuaded that h L _ -e is ---and there is so difficulty in inducing him to the fact—a prodigiously great man. This particular ,- )Pactlent,vras played with much comic effect by HARLEY. 121 4 remaining portions of the story are perfectly unintelli :'rll-16b!!•-..:The success of the piece depended on the lavish '.'' s cOaery, the music, and the very splendid decorations with !: \11.1 1, 6 it - was got up. These deserve considerable praise. 1' 514, terrace of the Viceroy's palace by moonlight, in parti - '7 l itr, was beautifully painted by STANFIELD. The musk prettv It was selected and composed by T. Cools. ' • COVENT-GARDEN. After the performance of that cold, formal, and stupid , 'tragedy the Grecian Daughter, in which MissF. KEsaBLZ contrived to impart interest to a character beneath con tempt, a new melo-drama, founded on Cooper's admirable tale of the Pioneers, and entitled The Wigwam, WWI last night brought out for the first time at this theatre.— ' The scene of this piece is laid in a new settlement in the back woods of America, founded by Judge Temple (EGRaToN), and called after him by the name of Temple _ ,ton. The characters are various, amusing, and well con trasted. We have an old English sailor Ben Pump, played 'in a style of easy natural humour by that judicious actor, 13A-RTL'ar ; a quaint, precise, elderly housekeeper (Mrs. Gum), answering to the equally quaint and precise name of Remarkable Pettibone, ; a simple-minded old hunter or - backwoodsman, Natty Bumpo, played with considerable feelinE, 14 BLANCHARD • an ancient Indian Chief TWaanz); a n o ffi cious, liv ely: jack of all trades, Richard Joteei (W niexcil) ; and a wild romantic young man :(J. BENNITT) in love with a daughter (Miss E. Mu) ..of Judge. Temple. These are the chief characters of the piece, and without either plot or variety of incident to back them, they manage to keep alive the interest of the tnelo-drama to the last. The scenery deserves the 'highest praise. It is really magnificent, and in one or two instances created very general admiration. The appearance of the old Indians' wigwams, and of the cataract gushing down from among rocks, crags, and mountain fastnesses, is worthy of GRIEVE. Miss CAwsz, as a friend of Miss Temple's, sung two agreeable songs with much archness and sweetness, and was encored in both. The conflagration of the woods by the Indians, in the last scene, was as impressive a thing of the sort as we ever remember to have seen. Altogether we have rarely witnessed a piece which—provided it be curtailed, for at present it is sadly too long—bids fair to make a more fa vourable impression on the public. The house was full, , but not overflowing. SURREY. Master BURKE re-appeared here last night as Norval, in the eloquent but tedious tragedy of Douglas, after Which he performed his favourite character of Dr. 0' Toole in the Irish Tutor. The next great source of attraction was the appearance of the Siamese Twins, who seemed greatly to enjoy the tumultuous applause they experienced from a full and joyous house. The evening's entertain ments were wound up with the musical drama of the Beggar of Cripplegate, which was received with the usual bursts of laughter and approbation. We should not omit to mention that Master BURKE (now, we should sup pose, a lad about twelve years of age) was encored in litxtvlrr's song of Terry O'Rourke, originally written for the late Mr. CONlrox, of Covent-Garden Theatre. COBURG. Three new pieces, and all successful ones, fully sustain the character of the manager of this theatre for tact and enterprise., Charles the Terrible, or the Siege of Nancy, is founded on a well known historical event, which occurred during the reign of Charles the Bold, Duke of B urgundy. It is got up very correctly as regards costume, and very effectively with respect to the style of irs scenery and decorations. In particular, the breaking op of an aqueduct at the close of the piece, in which there is a fall of real water, was very successfully managed. Mr. eArtay; from Dublin, and Mr. SEALE, from Covent- Garden, acquitted themselves ably as Charles and his cele brated Minister, Philip de Commines. The second piec e , The White Fairy, or the Dove and the Vulture, was chiefly remarkable for its splendid scenery. And in the third, a Pantomime Burletta, entitled Easter Fair, or the Monkey and the Murder, Mr. DAVIDGE created much amusement. The house was crowded in every part. ASTLEY'S. The entertainments for the season at this theatre com menced last night with a new grand Equestrian Chinese Romantic Tale, entitled the Spectre Monarch and his Phantom Steed. It was very showy, full of powerful genii and winged seraphs, ambitious usurpers, and wicked evil spirits. The scenery was got up apparently with much pains, and was proportionately successful. A new drop-scene, by TURNER, too, founded on the well-known story of Damon and Pythias, just at the critical moment of the latter's intended execution, was skilfully painted, and met with deserved approbation. The Chinese Spec tacle was followed by the usual equestriln performances in the Circle, in which Miss 'WOOLFORD and Mr. WooLronD greatly distinguished themselves. WEST LONDON. A new meladrarne, The Spectre Boat, or the Weird W arman of GleVellin, and a new musical entertainment, Who Rules? founded on the popular little piece of The Bl atans were lest night produced at this theatre. Both Were successful, and deserve encouragement. SADLER'S WELLS. The ... n ew species of m and Jerry, under the title of " e ` air rors or More To Scene s in Town, was brought out here last night. It was tolerably successful, though it abounded too much in slang. The second piece was merely a vehi c l e for singing and dancing, and was called On Board the Mars, p or the Ball uon Deck. Th e even ing's ent ertainments were wound up with a m e lo-d rame , i n " sets, entitled The Fatal Pass. TIM R OYAL PAVILION, WHITECHAPEL-ROAD. The pieces se l ec t e d f or t h e n• ht were two short melo drain", entitled, Predil ec ti on , or The Two Drovers, and The Caliph and the Slave, or The Dead Alive, and a melo-dramatic spectacle, never before acted at this T heatre, called Peter Wilkins, or The Flying Indians. . 10 11 ' 5- principal performers were lu .._..esars. W. WEST, W. 1 1; 4 ; 1 : 14 ; ANDEKTON, SEGAR, and H ADDEWAY ; an d t h e ""es CurrOADS, WEBS, and HALLAND, and each used their best exertions to support their different characters. 1.1 , IIA YMARKET.—FRENCH PLAYS. •• vox meatt e 'ER was much applauded last night at this -Y a full and fashionable audience, for his very able performan ce of Dandin,in the Plaideurs. He was ireellently supported by LAPORTE. The second piece Was called M Deschalumeux, and exhibited POTIER to teat effect as a purse -proud parvenu with a silly valet. file performances terminated with a clever and amusing . 1'4.1141111 e , entitled The Receipt for Marrying a aughter. WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE AND GARDENS. th , This f avourite place of public entertainment opened for dense ',iner seaso n yester d ay. D ur i ng t h e recess t h e gar ment, livre undergone considerable alteration and improve built A row of boxes, tastefully fitted up, have been the extending on eac h s i de nearly the w h o l e l engt h o f gardeim, and in the centre a most elegant orchestra Las been erected, on a plan similar to that at Vauxhall— the area surrounding it is capable of containing at least 5000 Persons. Ye s t et d ay evening the Concert Room was, at nnearly hour, filled with company, and several hundred persons. Went away who were unable to gain admission. • .the vocal p er f ormers engaged for t h e season are u '••• WHI TTAXER, the C on d uc t or ;D. W. RAE, the Assitant Co nductor ; M r . J. K NIGHT , f rom t h e E ng li s h ur• IL ", •M ! H "se Mr. SKACOIII.I3, Mrs. SMITH, Mice WOOD- ao Ttxxxv, and several other ppular singers. GREENWICH FAIR. • ' The holiday sports yesterday were somewhat checked by ignitY ghowers, which, however, did not prevent vast numbers from enjoying of the fair. The town of Greenwich was filled with a the numero ' um shows and festival( s motley assemblage of either sex. BEER TRADE. (From the Morning Advertiser.) RESOLUTIONS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that, from the 10th of October next, it should be lawful for all persons to sell beer by retail, under certain, regulations and restrictions to be hereafter provided; and that every person desirous of selling beer by retail, should take out a licence; and that such licence should be forthwith granted on application by the licensing department at the Excise Office in London, or by the collectors and supervisors of Excise in the country, upon the payment of the sum of two pounds and two shillings, provided such ap plicant be not disqualified Ly the regulations or restric tions proposed, and that every such licence should contain the Christian and surname of the person to whom granted, and specify the house or premises in or en which the Beer is to be sold by retail ; and that every licence should be in force for the space of twelve calendar months from the date thereof, and no longer, and should be registered by the proper department of the Excise. And further, that all persons who shall sell beer by retail, should use the standard measures, and no others, under a penalty; and that the provisions of the Annual Mutiny Act should, so far as they relate to the bil letting of officers and soldiers, be extended to all houses licensed to sell beer by retail. That every person who should omit to take out a licence previous to selling beer by retail, or who shall sell beer by retail in any house, or on any premises other than that which is specified in his licence, should, on conviction before two Justices, forfeit not less than 101. nor more than 201. And that every person so licensed, who shall permit drunkenness or disorderly conduct in his house or on his premises, should on conviction before. two Justices forfeit not less than 40i. nor more than 51. for the first offence. And if he should be convicted in like manner of a second offence, having bee❑ once previously convicted within the twelve calen dar months preceding that, he should forfeit not less than .5/., nor more than 101. And for a third offence, having been twice previously convicted within eighteen calendar months preceding of the like offence, that he should forfeit not less than 101., nor more than 201., and be adjudged, at the dis cretion of the Justices, legally disqualified to sell beer by retail for the space of two years from the date of such last conviction. And that whenever the Justices shall adjudge a seller of beer by retail to be disqualified to sell beer by retail, it shall be lawful for them also to adjudge that no beer shall be sold by retail in the same house or premises for the space of two years from the date of such adjudi cation, if they shall so think fit. And that every person who shall be licensed to sell beer by retail, who shall refuse to close his house during the ex istence, or probable expectation of tumult or riot, on the order of two Justices, should be adjudged guilty of disorderly conduct, and be punished ac cordingly. And further, that every offence under the proposed regulations, should be prosecuted within three months of the time of committal. That any person who being licensed to sell beer by retail should mix, or cause to be mixed, any dele telieus drugs, or shall in any way adulterate the beer so sold, should, on conviction before two Justices, forfeit not less than 101. nor more than 201. And that should he be convicted of a second offence within twelve calendar months of the like nature, he should be disqualified for selling beer by retail from the date of his last conviction, and forfeit not less than 201. nor more than 50/., at the discretion of the convicting Justices. That no licence should be granted to any person so adjudged to be disqualified for two years, from the date of such conviction, nor to any other person to sell beer by retail on the pre mises which shall have been adjudged legally dis qualified as aforesaid, to have beer sold on them by retail for the like period. That if any person, after he shall have been so convicted, shall with;n the time specified in such conviction, sell beer by retail, on the same or any other premises, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit, on conviction before two . Justices, not less than 251. nor more than 50/. And if any person shall sell beer by re tail on premises so disqualified, and he shall be proved to be acquainted with such disqualifi cation, he should forfeit not less than 10/. nor more than 201.. , That no Sheriff's officer should be le gally capable of selling beer by retail; and that the Justices before whom information shall be brought against any person f o r s e llin g b eer by reta il w i t h out a licence, may require the production of such li cence; and if it shall not be produced, or if satis factory proof of some unavoidable circumstances causing it not to be produced shall not be given, they shall be empowered to convict such person of selling beer without a licence, and adjudge him liable to such penalties as shall attach to such offence. And that all convictions of persons ad judged under this Act to be disqualified to sell beer by retail, shall be forthwith notified by the Clerk of the convicting Justices, to the Board of Excise in London, or to the Collector of Excise in the coun try, as the case may be. That all penalties, when recovered, should be paid half to the informer, and half to the poor of the parish. That the rights of the Cinque Ports, and of the two Universities, should be preserved ; and that as regards the recovery of all penalties, the provisions of the 9th Geo. IV., cap. 61, sec. 25, should be adopted. PROBATE DUTY. This is the most unjust tax ever laid on any country. If the newspapers would grant this subject an amount of space and of attention at all commensurate with the wide-spread influence of this branch of taxation over the private affairs of life, and over the general comfort of society, every column of them, on each successive day of publication, would contain an echo of murmurs, bewailings, and the curses poured out against it. No fiscal burden ever fell upon the community with a shock so barbarously timed, and so out of proportion to its advantages as a source of revenue. The first moment of domestic anguish is that wherein the functionaries of the law are authorized to prey upon the widow, the child less, or the fatherless. Duties are called for from a family, who, it is more than possible, have not the command of a shilling, except by converting a por tion of that property, which they are nevertheless forbidden to touch until they shall have paid the King. Again, the tax must be advanced, in the first instance, upon the gross value of the property, without allowing for debts or incumbrances, although a drawback is afterwards made of a parr of the duty proportioned to the amount of " debts lawfully due" at the time of the testator's or intes tate's death. This grievance acts in sundry ways. First,—Suppose the deceased dies between► the acceptance and payment of his bills to the amount of 5,0001., he leaves behind him a gross fortune of perhaps 10,0001.; his acceptances, though justly due, are grou►►ds of action in a court of law ; so that if the representative of the deceased could, like an honest man, pay off the accep►ances, he cannot de duct the amount from the gross property, but must be charged with the duty on 10,0001. Secondly,—ln many instances large duties have been wrung from insolvent estates, where there was not a penny forthcoming to pay debts amounting to thousands of pounds, yet where the whole impost was inexorably levied. Such a stain as this upon the humanity of English legislation ought surely not to continue. Moreover, besides its grinding, capricious, and demoralizing agency, the tax is of a nature so search ing and intrusive into the private concerns of life, that it is astonishing how it outlived the income or property tax, which owed its abolition more exclu sively to the natural abhorrence of Englishmen to inquisitorial expedients, disturbing the repose of families, and ransacking the secrets of the living and the dead, than to any other definitive motive. Lastly, as a matter of finance, this and the legacy duty will every hour become less productive : pru dent persons have for some years past been driven to the necessity of conveying, before death, what, under different eireunistaneei, they would have de vised by will, and their numbers will increase from year to year, until the nuisance shall be abated. There may, however, be some excuse for a legacy tax, provided not extendedC to the children of de ceased, and which legacies can he known from the will, without any inquisitorial prying into family affairs, or counting a man's spoons and goods, even to an old wig or pair of shoes. But it may be put to Parliament—if, when the head of a family, for instance, dies, it is just, equi• table, or charitable, or in the spirit of the English Constitution, to mark out that family as objects of increased taxation ? and at a moment when possibly deprived of the means of its existence, can there be a more severe or unjust tax ? It is, in fact, inflict ing a penalty or fine on a family for having the mis fortune to lose its head. It may be also observed that, strictly speaking, an executor cannot comply with the law; because, before he intermeddle in the assets, he must take out probate; and this he cannot do till he has paid the duty, and, consequently, must meddle before he takes out probate, unless he pays it out of his own pocket. Every exertion, in and out of Parliament, there fore, is necessary to obtain a repeal of this most obnoxious probate duty tax. MRS. GARRICK. We have heard that in the character of the late Mrs. Garrick there was a singular mixture of parsi mony and liberality. She has been known to give 501. at one time to the poor at Hampton, and on the instant deny herself the common comforts of life. Her wine-cellar she did not open for years together, and a dish of tea was the usual extent of her hospi tality. She always stated herself to be poor, as an apology for the ruinous condition in which the house and offices at Hampton remained. To save fuel arid secure herself from damp, a room in the attic served " for parlour, for kitchen, and hall." She kept one female servant at Hampton, who resided with her many years ; and to compensate the poor woman and a numerous family (for her wages were small indeed), the house and grounds were shown to visi ters unknown to the old lady. The furniture of the house at Hampton was exactly as it was left by Garrick ; and, except the curious old china arid the paintings, worth very little. The chairs, sofas, and chandeliers in the drawing-room (the fashion of the times in which Garrick lived) were unworthy a com mon tavern of the present day. There were several portraits of Mrs. Garrick in different apartments, taken when young, by which it would seem her ap pearance was then extremely fascinating; but age sadly dilapidates the human countenance, as Mr. Cruickshank's admirable drawing clearly proves. Mrs. Garrick'sgreatest pride was (when health would permit) in promenading her picturesque grounds, and explaining with enthusiastic delight the age and date of each tall tree, planted by herself and Mr. Garlick. We believe there is not another instance of a person living to witness so many noble trees grew from saplings to complete maturity, in the life• time of the proprietor and occupant. During the summer months she would indulge in an occasional walk on the lawn and terrace, on the banks of the Thames, at the end of which Garrick built the mau soleum for the statue of Shakspeare, and the cele brated chair; here Mrs. Garrick would sip her tea, and in the society of one female or so, recount the pleasures she had enjoyed in the same place, in the society and conversation of her husband, and their noble and learned guests. Though Garrick cordially loved his wife, be was anxious that, after his death, she should not only continue a widow, but remain in this country; his will contains many severe restrictions on these points. In case she married or went abroad, she was riot only to be de prived of one-third of her income, but entirely of the houses and furniture, both at Hampton and on the Adelphi-terrace. After the death of Garrick, the father of Mr. Evans, the bookseller, in Pall-mall, a great friend of Garrick's, was called upon by the executors to value the library, all of which remained except the old plays; they are in the British Museum. The entire property consisted of the mansion, grounds, furniture, library, and various tenements at Hampton, and the house, furniture, and library, on the Adelphi-terrace. Notwithstanding Mrs. Gar rick's constant complaint about her poverty, and the narrowness and inadequacy of her income, she left nearly 70,0001. behind her. She was a rigid Ca tholic; and when at Hampton, if health arid the weather permitted, used to attend the chapel at Isle worth on a Sunday. Mrs. Garrick's letter of remonstrance against Kean's Abel Drugger was brief—" Dear Sir, you don't know how to play Abel Drugger." His reply deserves also to be recorded, and placed to the credit of his gallantry--" Dear Madam, I know it."— Dramatic Magazine. SINGULAR SUICIDE IN FRANCE. A circumstance has just taken place i n R oc h e f ort which, from its fatal termination and the myste ry which even yet involves the principal actor in it, has caused no slight sensation in that part of France. On the Ist of February, at six in the morning, a stranger alighted from the Bourdeaux coach at the Ville de Londres, and whose general appe arance, and the embarrassment displayed in his replies to the usual questions put by the police, excited the suspicion of one of their agents. The young man , for such he was, with an exceedingly gentlemanlike deportment, was narrowly watched, and was seen to enter the shops of several different watchmakers in the town, to whom he offered some watches for sale, giving a different name at each shop, and all varying from that written in his passport, which was Pablo de Agulerd. A robbery to some extent hav ing taken place at St. Jean d'Angely, an order was issued for his arrest, which was put into execution the next morning. On being taken into custody he was at first very urgent with the officer to afford him the means of escape, assuring him that by so doing he would lay a family of the first consequence under obligation, and might depend on their gratitude. Of course the proposal was rejected. When brought before the commissary he refused to give his real name, quality, or birth-place, merely declaring he was a native of Old Castile, and that the name Pablo de Agulerd, which be admitted was fictitious, had been inserted by a friend who had furnished him with his passport, which friend was a Spaniard as well as himself. On following up the investigation it was soon found that ninety-three watches had been stolen from a manufacturer of these articles at Bourdeaux the very day before the person in custody had arrived from that city. The prisoner, however, persisted in his innocence of any concert, in that transaction, only adding to his former statement that he had studied four years in Salamanca, of which university he had originally become a member with a view of practising at the bar, but had abandoned that profession for the army in 1820. With respect to the watches in his pos session, he stated that he had bought them of a person named Perm, who assured him they were part of the effects of a bankrupt, who wished to dispose of them privately. He admitted that he had acted wrong in receiving them under the cir sumstances, but affirmed strongly that this was the only affair of the kind that he had ever been en gaged in, and that it was done solely with a view to serve a countryman. The conversation, manners, language, and every thing connected with the soi-disant Pablo proved that he had indeed received a liberal education, and had moved in an elevated rank in society, while his firmness never for a moment failed him, even to the last. Notwithstanding every inquiry nothing could be found to connect him personally with the robbery at Bourdeaux beyond presumptive evidence, while his conduct in prison was such as to prepossess every one there in his favour. In asserting his innocence lie occasionally showed all the fierce of the old Castilian ; but otherwise his manner was singularly placid and dignified. Towards the end of February he was informed that one Rodriguez Bastona, the Scknowledged chief of a gang of Spa nish thieve., had been arrested at Bourdeaux. -From . this moment he appeared absorbed and anxious, and addressed several letters to the procureur du roi,. written with much elegance, in all of which he strongly pretested his innocence. Nothing, in the mean time transpired to throw any light on his name or family. On the 21st, having spent the two preceding days in writing and arranging his pa pers, he dined in company with the gaoler and one of the police agents in the prison, and excited their attention by the increased reserve and even melancholy of his manner, which they describe as that of a man expecting the moment of his execution. While at dinner, he took up a large carving knife and felt the point with his thumb, but with so calm Can air that he excited no suspicion of his intent. Soon after he retired for a few moments into the court-yard, filled his pipe, and went into the kitchen under the pretence of lighting it, but took the opportunity to lay hold, unobserved, of another knife, smaller, and of a different description from the last. With this he retired towards a door at the extremity of the room opposite to that by which he had entered s then, turning, said to the persons present, " Do not be alarmed, I shall injure no one but myself." At the same moment he struck himself a blow on the left side, but so slightly as to prove that he intended it merely to assure himself that his aim was a correct one. " Courage, Pablo !" was his next exclamation, and a second blow plunged the weapon into his breast up to the handle. He then threw himself on a straw bed near, and begged that a priest might be sent for. In ten minutes he was no more. Several letters were left behind him, one of which contained his will, leaving all his effects to a Mademoiselle 8., of Rochelle, to whom another of them was addressed, couched in terms of the most glowing affection, and signed " M.O.C. de V. P.R." the initials, as he said, of the real name and designa tion of him who was only known to her tinder that of Patricio de Aguirre. His reason for this rash act, he again averred in them, was the dread of bringing disgrace and affliction on a noble family. —lntelligence. MAYOR'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF CHESTER, APRIL 10. Joseph Abraham, William White, John Day, Henry Painter, all young men, privates of the 67th regiment of foot, and Margaret Shaw, were put to the bar, charged with robbing Thomas Griffiths, of 30s. in silver, a silver watch, a steel watch-chain, and two handkerchiefs. The prosecutor, a simple countr) man, stated that a day or two before the robbery he had been living at the Hare and Hounds in Chester, and had con tracted an acquaintance with the prisoner Abraham, a soldier of the 67th regiment quartered there. After drinking together at several houses on the evening of the 16th of March, Abraham and the prosecutor went together to the Robin Hood, where the other prisoners were, with the two witnesses Caroline Johnson arid Diana Buckley, and the pri soner Margaret Shaw. While there, the prisoner Abraham whispered across the table to Diana Buck ley, " Scick to me to-night—Griffiths (meaning the prosecutor), has plenty of money and a good watch." About ten o'clock the prosecutor went out, being then forward in liquor, when Abraham made a signal to her to follow and take hold of the prosecutor's arm, while the prisoner Margaret Shaw walked on the other side. The prisoner Abraham followed them. The wo men decoyed the prosecutor to a remote path in the suburbs of Chester, where the other prisoners met them,—the men in soldiers' undress. The three first named prisoners then knelt on him, kicked him in the eyes, neck, and back, and jumped on him. Some said " Kill him," while others said, " Leave him alone, but take his things." The prosecutor struggled hard, crying " Murder." They robbed him of 30s. in silver, his watch and chain, and two handkerchiefs. Other witnesses, confirming the prosecutor's state ment, were called. The Jury, after retiring for an hour, found a verdict of Guilty against Joseph Abraham, William White, and hlargaret Shaw, acquitting Day and Painter. The .sentence has not been passed, and will pro pably be suspended till the opinion of the Judges is taken on the alleged detect in the indictment. Three other soldiers of the 67th regiment, at present quartered here, are also charged with other serious offences committed within the city jurisdiction. The Judge for the County Palatine of Chester, T. JERVIS, Esq., K.C., arrived at Chester about one o'clock this day, attended by the High Sheriff of Cheshire, with unusual splendour. After divine service at the cathedral, be sat to take motions ; the Court of Session or Asizes of Cheshire being a court in bane, similar to the Courts at Westminster in term time. The Che,:hire Grand Jury are summoned for Monday at ten o'clock, and there are about 90 prisoners for trial, principally accused of serious offences. IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR. A fellow bearing the exterior of a gentleman, of a serious cast, though not a little danckiced, has been imposing on the natives of Gosport, for the last two months, and has contracted debts with many of the tradesmen. He has assumed the character of a clergyman, and has twice officiated and preached sermons in Gosport Chapel (those, by the way, were extracted from Romaine's works). This public exhibition of himself is the more extraordinary, as it turns out that five years ago he was an assistant to Mr. Coles, a linen-draper, opposite the Parade, in this town, and was therefore likely to be well known. He was introduced to the incumbent of Gosport Chapel by the Rev. W. Carus, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge (on whom he had also imposed), a gentleman well known as an advocate for the con version of the Jews ; he professed himself as re cently ordained, and about to proceed as a mis sionary to Africa; he associated with the Rev. W. S. Dusautoy, of Portsea, the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, of Bembridge, and with several others of the first respectability ; he assisted to administer the sacrament, and perform other offices of the church, and acquitted himself so as to gain the ad miration of many persons. He gave his name as the Rev. Bouverie Wright, stated himself to be the nephew of Lady Bouverie, and appeared well ac quainted with the names and persons of numerous clergymen, as well as of the nobility, and has an ex cellent local knowledge of the United Kingdom. He has been admitted to the domestic circles of the cl!rgymen of this town. It now ap pears he is a notoriously bad character, and has been five years " on the town," carrying on the practice of swindling. He was apprehended on Saturday last, but was released on his own recog nizance; fresh proofs being, however, adduced against him, he was lodged in Gosport Bridewell on Sunday last, on a charge of fraudulently obtain ing money, and had a hearing this day, at the Town hull, before D. Quarrier and W. Grant, Esqrs., Captain Purvis, Captain Leeke, and several other Magistrates. The prisoner's name is Richard Wim pole alias Wimpole Williams alias Richard Wim pery alias the Rev. Baldwin de Bouverie Wright alias Richard Harmitage. The Court was crowded to excess. The following evidence was adduced:— George Stebbing, mathematical instrument-maker, Portsmouth, stated that the prisoner had obtained various stuns of money from him tinder a pretence that it was for the benefit of Mrs. Stent, wife of Mr. Stent, master in the navy, at present in Haslar Hospital, in a very infirm and paralytic state, arid o ire f l N aPa Vo b o le dvil f le- g c ivi ottrajg id gee,vneaerrlc. CaptainCe owessta Fdi ted,t l i!a n t gt t ° l l l l e ' prisoner had obtained 4/. from him for the above Mrs. Stent, which had never been paid her, and produced a letter from a Mrs. Powell residing near London, from whom the prisoner had likewise ob tained 101., and who in her letter described the pri soner as an arrant impostor. The prisoner had also obtained 31. from the brother of Mr. Stent, which was to be applied to the benefit of his family, but which he had converted to his own purposes.— Abraham (a keeper at Haslar,who was ont to.bring down.lllr. Stent) met the prisoner at Mr. Stent's . honse;'and esme down with him and Mrs. Stent to - Por!smolith ; that he was in that state he could not re , !eltect what had passed ; at the time he left- London he had 3/. with him, but which was missing when he arrived at Portsmouth; had been drunk before, but never felt such peculiar effects as on that journey. Sampson Marshall, Lieutenant of Haslar Hospital, made a general statement. Abraham the keeper appeared not drunk, but stupe fied. The prisoner wished to be introduced to the clergyman at Haslar. Two confessions of the pri soner were read by the Court, but of such an op posite description as to be totally unworthy of cre dit. The Rev. R. Bingham, jun. and the Rev. R. Bingham, sen. severally explained the manner in which he was introduced to them by the Rev. W. Carus, of Cambridge : he was met at the table of the Rev. W. S. Dusautoy, of Portsea, by the Rev. R. Bingham, jun.; preached two sermons at Gos port Church, which were excellent, since proved to be verbatim from Romaine's. In the examina tion, it was proved, that while he lived with Mr. Cole, he obtained a gold eye-glass from one jew eller, contracted a debt with another, and at that time he also incurred a debt with a tailor. Several other persons were called on in the course of the examination, all tending to prove the prisoner an impostor. He appeared attired in his usual man ner, and with spectacles, but was very unceremoni ously desired by the Court to remove them. Dur ing the first part of the examination he appeared to shed a few tears, but with that exception his demea nour was that of indifference. He is remanded for further examination on Saturday next.—llanrpshire Telegraph. CAUTION TO TIPPLING HUSBANDS. We have been informed, that during the severe frost, which took place about a month ago, a lively lass who had been married about a year and a half before to a young farmer, on the borders of Romney Marsh, was much scandalized at her husband's going rather too often to the public-house, and staying rather too late when he was there. Several little conjugal expostulations having failed of producing an alteration, the lady, in a moment of passion, de clared positively that if it occurred again she would throw the baby (an infant four months old, of which he was very fond) into the military canal, and her self in after it. Not dreaming she would carry her threat into execution, a few days only had elapsed, when the " Iron tongue of midnight had told twelve," before Mr. knocked at his own door. His wife let him in herself, and without saying a syllable, set down the candle, walked deliberately to the cradle, snatched up the unconscious little innocent sleeping within it, and rushed out of the house. It is hardly necessary to say that the alarmed husband ran hastily after, but so sudden and unexpected had been her movement, that she had gained a consider able start, and the canal being but a few yards from their dwelling, reached the towing path before he could overtake her. Ile was just in time to seize and save her from self-destruction ; but the poor little thing was already in the middle of the water, at that spot above four feet deep, and he could witness its struggles by the light of the moon. In an instant he threw himself in, and grasping the night-gown which bad prevented its wearer from sinking, brought safely to the bank—the cat !—dressed in little Polly's bed clo•hes, exceedingly wet, and now mewing piteously. His spouse in the mean time had regained her own door, which was not opened till he had plenty of time to enjoy all the comforts of his situation. Before, however, he was quite an icicle, admission was vouch , afed; but the story of his self-inflicted ducking having got wind, no farther stratagem was necessary to wean the swain from his symposium, the jokes of his convivial acquaintance being sufficient to prevent his again partaking their revels; the impudent little pot-boy himself cries " mew!" whenever he sees him."—lntelligence. DANGEROUS STATE OF THE SURREY ROA DS.—A serious accident was on Saturday evening near occurring to three gentlemen passing down the Lon don-road, owing to the foot-path being about three feet above the carriage way. The parties having occasion to cross the way, about twenty yards beyond the Blind School, and not being aware of the declivity, they unfor tunately stepped off the foot-path, by:which they were pre cipitated into the carriage way, and two of the party were severely bruised. The London Dock Company had been making an extensive addition to their vaults on the western si:!e of the dock, next Burr-street, under an im mense range of shed-roofing. and which they had nearly completed on Tuesday ; but the men had scarcely got clear of their work to go to dinner, when the whole mass fi-11 in with a tremendous crash, carrying the whole of the shed with it. We have not heard of any serious accident, although the feelings of the poor fellows who had just escaped a horrible and perhaps lingering death, may be more easily imagined than described. It is supposed that Vie failure aro,e from the want of a sufficient abutment to the arches. It has been mentioned in several newspapers, that Commander RUSSELL, who was lately dismissed the service by a Court-mai tial, in consequence of running his Majesty's sloop Wolf on shore, obtained the rank bf Com mander at the age of 17, through the influence of the Marchioness of CLEVELAND. To every one possessing any knowledge of naval aff,irs, the absurdity of such a statement must be obvious, but for the edification of such other persons as may he desirous of information on the subject, we think it right to observe, that according to the Regulations for his Majesty's Naval Service, no person can possibly obtain even the rank of Lieutenant until he shall have attained the full age of 19 years, and passed the requisite examination to qualify him for that rank, and that after obtaining such rank be must serve two years on board one or more of his Majesty's ships to ren der him eligible for promotion to the rank of Commander. This was the case with Commander RUSSELL, who, having completed a period of six years' service as Midshipman, passed for a Lieutenant on the Bth of April, 1826, being then upwards of twenty years of age. On the 30th April, 1827, (nearly a year afterwards) he received a com mission as Lieutenant, and on the 28th of June following, was appointed to the _Dartmouth frigate, in which ship he served in the battle of Navarin, and up to the day of her quitting the Mediterranean to return to England (12th February last), a period of upwards of two years and seven months, when he was removed to the Wolf, having been promoted to the rank of Commander on the 2d De cember preceding, and appointed to that sloop. It will, therefore, be perceived that, instead of being promoted to the rank of Commander at the early age of 17, as has been stated, he did not obtain that rank until he was 24. —Devonport Telegraph. We last week stated that a Board of General Officers had lately been engaged for a considerable time in the investigation of a charge, made by the widow of an officer against a friend of her husband, of having retained and appropriated to his own use various sums of money with which he had been en trusted to pay over to an agent in Dublin. We can now state that the officer alluded to was Colonel George Wright, of the Royal Engineers, and the widow was Mrs. Fitzmayor, relict of Major Fitz mayor, of the Royal Artillery; and we has e also the satisfaction to add, that the result of the in quiry has been a full and honourable acquittal of the gallant officer, as will appear by the following letter : " Lord Downes, Secretary to the Master-Ge. neral of the Ordnance, Lord Beresford, to Colonel Geo. Wright, of the Royal Engineers. " OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARC(' 31, 1830. The Master-General of the Ordnance having had before him the proceedings of a Court of Inquiry, assembled for the investigation of the claim advanced against you by the widow of the late Major Fitz mayor, of the Royal Artillery, I am directed to ac quaint you, that his Lordship is happy to Lind that the allegations of Mrs. Fiizinayor have not been sustained, but, on the contrary, that the Court has reported that the pecuniary transactions betw een you and Major Fitzmayor, as far as the Court has had to investigate, have placed your con d uct i n an ho n ourable point of view. (Signed) " DOWNES." Portsmouth Herald. SPORTING INTILLii3iNCIE. - , NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Nirwmliourr, Monday, Pate o'elosk. The arrivals have 'been very ntunerbui since inn. last, and the town is now quite fill ; ilia dinner at the rooms last night was attended by upwards of twenty members, including the Duke of Grafton, Duke of Portland, Lord Lowther, Lord Anson, Lord Renelagb, Lord Mountcharles, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord G. Bentinck, Sir M. Wood, Mr. J. Mill., Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. Ifolyoake, Col. Udny, Mr Irby, Mr. De►me Radcliffe, Mr. Lytle Stephens, &c. The Duke of Richmond and Lord Sefton had select din ner parties. A new subscription betting-room has been opened at Kingston-house, and fitted up with every attention to com fort and accommodation. It is liberally supported. In the course of the last twenty-four hours we have had every species of weather—hail, rain, snow, heat, and cold—and there is little reason to expect that it will become settled this week. The most important portion of the day's running con sisted of the Craven and Riddlesworth Stakes, of which and three or four others we subjoin the results : Match, 200 SOY'. h. ft. R.M. Mr. Sowerby's Coroner, Set. 71b received. Marquis of Worcester's Felt, Bst. 21b paid. Felt has not been so fortunate a purchase to the Marquis as Maresfield ; in the early part of last year he was bough: by John Scott for about 1001., ran three orfitur goad races, was taken to Donerster, sold to Lord Worcester just before the St. Leger, for 1,000 guineas, —got heat, was brought to Newmarket, paid in two or three matches, and has re cently been sold to Lord Derby for much less than Lord Worcester gave for him. He is deeply engaged on the Chester circuit. Match, 150 sovs.—Lord Worcester's Ceulon.received 60 sovs. from Lord Ranelagh's Sontag. The Craven Stakes of 10 cove, each; for 2-yr-olds, Est. ; 3 yrs, bets 41b. ; yrs, Sat. 131 b. ; 5 yrs, 9st. blb. ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. 91b. A.F. Mr. Batson's Seraph, 3 yrs 1 His Majesty's Zinganee The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Sefton's Bobaalil:a, 4 yrs. Duke of Rutland's Cadland, 4 yrs. Mr. Perre's b.h. Glenfinlas, 3 yrs. Gen. Grosvenor's b. c., by Wrangler, 2 yrs. Mr. Henry's b. c., by Nicolo—lsabella, 3 yrs. Mr. Hunter's g r . f. Ch r i s ti na , by G us t avus , 2 yrs . n e g x e c r i s t t e t d • n m 'e o b re . tf.imlzmancl, ordinaryn, yrs. This ac interest, from the circumstance of its bringing Zinganee and C a d an d t oget h er Mr. r A v for the fifth time; it was also looked to with some anxiety, from an idea that it would have some influence on the Oat lands (to-morrow) and the Ascot Cup, in which they are again opposed to each other. Perhaps no two horses have so often met on equal terms or caused so much speculation; each has beat the other twice, their relative merits never having been correctly ascertained. The betting about them was in a considerable degree influenced by the high opi nion entertained of their riders—Chifney having a perfect knowledge of Zinganee, and no one ever having been on Cadland except Robinson: in fact, horses and jockies were alike superior and worthy to be pitted against each other. It is worthy of remark that Chifney's style of riding is pe culiarly adapted to Zinganee, whose races have Veen won by reserving him for a push at the finish; these will saw the races for the Claret and Ascot Cup last year, will recollect the manlier in which he came out and won, when but a short distance from home. When the horse got into fresh hands, it was thought expedient to adopt another st) le of riding—they made running with him ; and to this many at tribute the defeats he sustained at Doncaster and f r the Audley-end stakes. The betting before the race thi m :•o ing was spirited in the extreme, and settled as folios, : 7 to 4 on Zinganee (taken); 3 to 1 agst Cadland ; 8 to agst Seraph, and S to 1 spit Bobadilla, Bobadilla tock'tbe lead at a great pace, having Butterfly and Isabella dose to her ; Seraph and Cadland were about three or tOur lengths astern, and Zinganee about as far behind tit na. They maintained this position to the Abingdon Miie bottom, were S. rapla began to gain upon Bobadilla : Glen finks was also well up, and the two-year olds gave ;ray. Cadland also got up a little ; Seraph continued ; up, and when about a hundred yards from home was a-head ; here Ci.ifney made a terrific rush with Zinganee, passed Bobadilla, and got to within half a length of Seraph, just as they were at the running post, and by this was lie defeated. The winner was rode by —; Bobwhite, by G. Edwards ; Glenfinlas, by Wheatley; the two-year olds by lads. Cadland was beat several lengths. Handicap sweepstakes of 10 soy.. each. Ab. Al. Mr. Rialsdale's Red Rover, 2 yrs, 7st. 21b 1 D. of Portlaud's c. by Tiresias,S yrs, Btt. 51b 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Lowther's Harold, 3 yrs, Bst. 131 b. Mr. Vansittart's Magawiska, 3 yrs, Bst. 71b. Duke of Richmond's Scymetar, 3 yrs, Bst. alb. Lord Sligo's Vat, 3 yrs, Sot. Mb. Mr. Lumley's Howard, 3 yrs, est. Lord Orford's Scheik, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Mr. Rush's b. c. by Phantom, 2 yrs, 7st. 111 h. Mr. Thornhill's b. or br. c., by Emilius, 2 yrs, fst..olb. 5 to 2 agst Red Rover; 3 to 1 agst Harold; and 7 to 2 agst Ambiguity. The winner made all the running at a good' ikei, 'and won cleverly by a length; rode by Pavis; Ambiguity by John Day ; the winner is in the Derby, and will no doubt become a good favourite ; he is a smart little horse. The Riddlesworth Stakes, of 200 /OM each, h. ft. (being the sixteenth) for the produce of mares covered in 1826 ; colts, Eist. 71b., fillies, Sc'. 41b. Ab. M. Untried mares or stallions allowed 31b. Mr. Chifney's c. by Emilius—Cressida Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 2 The following also started, but were not placed Duke of Grafton's Brambilla. Lord Sefton's c; by Eanilius--Sal. Lord Jersey's f., by Comus—Cobweb. Lord Anson's Zillah, by Whisker. Won by a length easy. Monday Night, Eleven o'clock, DUCHY. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 10 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Cents 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Red Rover 20 to 1 agst Augusta 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur oars. 5 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maria 8 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 12 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Brainbilla Tar OATLANDI. Green Mantle and Sir llercules have paid, and Cadland is considered doubtful-5 to 2 on the field. The match between. Baltic and Canary will not be rur. . RACES Ti Holderness Hunt April 14 Catterick Bridge 14 The Hoo 17 Bath Spring 21 Newmarket Ist Spring 26 Chester May 31 Newmarket 2d Spring IC Clifton and Bris of !VI Liverpool Spring 12 York Spring l7 St. Albans lB Stafford 24 Epsom 25 Manchester June Ascot 1•t Meeting 8 Newton 9 Beverley Stockbridge l6 Buxton l6 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21 Bath and Bristol 23 Newcastle-under-Lyme 29 '0 COME. Ludlow June 30 Liverpool July 6 Newmarket 12 Bridgnorth Stamford 21 Oxford Aug. 3 Pottery 3 )erby 4 Worcester -10 Goodwood 10 York l9 Wolverhampton l6 BUT ton-upon-Trent 24 Warwick Sept. 7 Northampton • 8 Lichfield l4 Doncaster 20 Walsall ' 22 Lincoln - 29 Newmarket lit October Oet 4 Newmarket ed October IS Newmarket Houghton...Nov. 1 EPPING HUNT. This Hunt, yesterday was a complete failure. At an early hour hundreds proceeded from the metropolis to see the buck enlarged. The ground was covered with hunters, to enjoy the pleasures of the chase. Ai the hour ap proached for the enlargement of the stag all was anxiety— the excitement was prodigious—horsemen and donkeymen were anxious to lead, when the unfortunate animal was turned out of the cart ; but after taking a view of his company, he thought it better to return home, which he did with great propriety, without the hounds having been allowed a scent, and being a comical fellow, be left the hunters in the lurch, though he caused much confusion among the company in the carriages. They, however, at e o e f easaother the several disappointment places discovered that he had bat one ear—that the ribb ons with which he was adorned were faded—and th a t h e was an impulent fellow, who had no p ar ti a li ty f or t h e com pany of ,Cockneys. The confusi on an d di sappo i ntment of the t publich e c company resort p p a a n r y .. ; s e . e p r a e l redve very Y n A g lr e . R made v up course , , ford b on the road, and r taking of an excellent dinner.—An apothecary, who was on the ground, made some money by appl)ing basilicon to those who were injured by bad riding, or bad horses, of which there was a goodly nmnber. A contest almost as fierce as the wars of the Guatrits and Gilizauxits is now going en between the ,idherents of the two rival Opera 'inert., Mademoiselle GRISE and Madame CARADORI ALLAN ; and to suds a height is this It ye of melodious dis.:ord earrird, that the performances generally end iA blaws..---Aforang Herald.