The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-29 00:00:00

4 • bri°ns language, the imprecations, directed a g a inst the military, before the coming up 01 the procession, while the soldiers were --ed within their Barracks, and were peace ably looking from their windows, from which they peaceably retired, on the disposition nf the mob being manifested ? Why i 3 this fact suppressed ?—Why does the Sheriff tot state at once that he did not see the com mencement of the affray, if it be true that he did not return to the spot untifthe soldiers were seen ru nning from the wicket ?—Why does he sup- Plless the fact, that previous to this an attack had been made by the . inob upon a single soldier, who ha ppened to be out of the barracks,—that previous to their being seen running from the wicket, . man y of them had climbed over the wall, unarmed, .in order to afford assistance to their comrade, — and that none of them, after they had retired and bee n locked in, in consequence of his expostula bb3ns, returned amongst the people, until the ru t al attack made upon their companion, and the eight o f t h e unequal contest in which t e w as engaged, - an d w hi c h m i g h t h ave t errnio ated i n .hi s mur d er, so operated upon heir feelings as to hurry them, careless of the conse quences to themselves, to his assistance 'l— W ArrniviAN will find it difficult either to ex- Plai n bis motives for drawing up his letter in the Style in which it is written, and for publishing it ; or to reconcile his stateinent with the conduct of a Person desirous of exhibiting the whole truth of the transaction. There are many other pas sages of his letter, and various circumstances of the af fair, deserving of notice and explanation, to w hich w e shall probably hereafter advert. EX.CU US ANGE, AUGUST 29.--The th °ul. able st ate of the weather, and the supply consisting of ta ci4 e samples l e f t over from Monday, and no fresh arrivals; ftai lls ' l4 an ad vance i n the price of Wheat from 2 s . t o 3 5 ., an d 4 /04 2 4 3 i , :i Oats, and the like advance in all other Grain since ne SUitrtEy ASSIZES. - (Cithyn ON.)—The bust °f the se Assizes ternaced this morning; (; n er a e were but three cases in the Nisi Prius ort ; th e b us i ness concluded a short time be the el even, after w hi c h Me. Baron Wool) quitted to wn for London. At a l a t e h our y es t er d ay C r tyi ng Mr. J ust i ce B UR RoUGH finished on the . te - •" - ^side. There w ere . eleven prisoners re aqved sentence of death; they were„ however, cr reprieved before the _Learned Judge left iii2 (l ° 4 , except Edward Lee, convicted of a iirwaY-rebbery, under circumstances of pecu kr atrocity, who is ordered for execution on 7,4°11.day week ; and the unfortunate man, David la ;' 144 ) found Guilty of Murder yesterday, who rOo::,"‘.e.r to-morrow on the . New Jail, Horse "`rne, pursuant to hiS sentence. f D he ~ KING proposed to honour the Uziversity 'Jun on Tuesday with his presence at dinner. h gr;`:.llstallation, and his visit to the Currag , ra n - , t "e two principal remaining parts of the al.- t e enents that will occupy his MAJESTY's at it T °4 durin g his stay in Ireland, from whence t et ' s expected that he will take his departure 7 1 . teen the Ist and 6th of next month. e Gazette de France has a"report that the t: n ti g; °f GREA.T BRITA IN will v isit P ar i s i n th e ;,, t4 e of next month, and that his MAJESTY in #_ uAz a to o travel under the title of the Count de 1111 ta ll ' M ract of a L etter f rom Stutgardt :—ac We Ive also d eclared war against the Grand Turk ; i ll i ti h ave had a meeting, we have elected a Corn fie we s u b scr ib e considerable sums, and we Q - to send a sacred batallion to assist the b e eks in becoming free. We have already dis co one of ourvolunleers to Greece to apply 1 : - the Greek Senate to know whether they are you l 7 desir ous of money or meri--=-M. * * whom k now, has b een ma d e President Sic.Morn e Ch ronicle.) , "--( A. Allied ccordiu g to l e tt ers f rom Ila m b urg h , t h e mburgh, the eers have formed a plan for re vi v i ng 4 i o ."..nights of Malta, in order to make a provi f44 f°r 'the Cad ets o f N oble Families in the dif etnt State pro sof E urope . Th e sc h eme i s to a d mit estant r ovis a s well as C a th o li c K n i g ht s , an d t h e s essio : l'an to h e ma d e out o f the territorial pos prin: of the Mahometans in Europe. 4 rtiv e ,a% about six o'clock, Prince ESTERIIAZT in one CatiQat (II aSgOW % of the Royal earring-es. an Iv a e f rom Dublin by way of Port Patrick, ~,,"4 0 134 t° remain two days, and then proceed rri . .k c e V an ") to visit the Duke of MONTROSE:— als e Ic Toe, nephew of Prince METTEE.NICH, °.exPected there. TitomesoN.---Yesterday the Inha di,ines of Ole W ar d o f C heap r o gave a splendid r at the. Londo n Tavern in honouf this • D eath etitrn their new -el ecte d A l d erman. Mr. .4 il?uty BitooK was in the Chair. Soveral other the M aster of the Drapers, and the Co seer and lat e M aster of the Ironmongers' a — P a nY, of w hi ch Mr. Alderman TIIOMPSON Ce lil li e r er ' i Were present. The dinner was ex- Pat r i day was enli vene d by l oya l an d et ic toasts and songs, and the whole passed gicif,,with good humour and festivity till about the chi I toes of midnight." ~..."`oN To coaK.—The improved communi fruo'aii°n. with The becomes daily more obvious, its o utlaM a d, \Vale s an d B t 1. Last Friday r • dad wherere ent that evening in th e coac h to B r N to l , e . Ile took his passage in the steam-boat for • ° M) and are 4 the after arrived at his t' house in that city early noon of the following Sanday su c h i road rom London to Portsmouth is so rnproved, that in ordinary posting the 143 ur u s eY InaY now be performed in about eight t i ante i s a t n li d " e understand the most convenient rou g h i lPhook Kingston, Ripley, Godalming, / and Petersueid, to Portsmouth. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, Sze. DEAL, AUG. 28.—Wind E.—Came down from the jiver and sailed the Amiable Eliza, Grandin, for Havre ; Caledonia, Tate, for Miratnichi ; Mary, Stephens, for Genoa.; . and Con gress, Ridley, for Mirarnichi. PORTSMOUTH,, AUG. E.S.E;--Arrived the Southworth, Simpson, from Liverpool; Integrity transport from Gibraltar; and his Majesty's ships Rosario, from Cux haven ; and Tyne, from ditto. Sailed the Gud Mid Haal; Cock, for Southampton ; and Rockingham, Waugh, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, Auo. 27. —Wind E.--Arrived the York Merchant, Greyburn, from. Charente for London. An Ame rican brig (name unknown) has areived off the. port, bound up Channel. FALMOUTH, AII G. 27.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Juno, Blackburn, from Alicant for Grimsby ; and the Lyme packet, Clark, from Cor7(. The mail for London, by a recent regulation, leaves this place now at half-past 2P. as. instead of half-past SA. x., and the bags are closed at half-past 1 every day. SHEERNESS, AUG. 28.—A small vessel called the Dandy, is lost on the Spaniard Sand ; she was from 13ologne for Lon don—crew and passengers saved. Arrived the Mercator, Breevis, with windlass upset, and loss of anchor and chain cable; Telegraph, Amos, with loss of anchor, and several other vessels names unknown. HAnwicu, AUG. 28.—Arrived the Leicester packer, w a mail, from Cuxhaven. WHITBY, AUG. 27.—Arrived off this port, the Harmony. Stevens, from Greenland, with 8 fish, 110 tons; and Volun. teer, Craig, 8 fish, 55 tons. HULL, AUG. 27.—Arriyed from Greenland, the Walker, Harrison, 7 fish, 250 butts ; Laurel, Dunnet, 7 fish, 230 butts ; Manchester, Mitchinson, 5 fish, 70 butts ; Shannon, Keilah, 4 fish, 120 butts ; Ebor, Lee, 5 fish, 170 buttsA and Vener able, Bennett, 10 fish, 280 butts. Steam packets are about to be established at Dawpool, on the River, about 14 miles below Chester, to sail from thence to Dublin. This will be a safe and improved facility of commu. nication between England and Inland. THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE. ITArrisos, Auo. i4.--The result of the Assizes, which have just terminated at Lewes, has tended to evince, beyond dispute, the opinion of the Magistrates of this County, upon the merits of the blockade system for the sup_ pression of smuggling ; as contrasted with any means which have yet been adopted for the prevention of contraband traffic. After a most respectable Special Jury had pronounced a verdict of Guilty against some Custom-house Officers of Rye, for collu sive practices with certain notorious smugglers of that place, the Naval Officers engaged upon the coast under the newly esta blished system called the Coast Blockade, brought forward their prosecutions against 14 or 15 well known smugglers, which had been detected through the zeal and activity of these officers. After giving a firm and clear testimony, and undergoing the most severe scrutiny from Messrs. Adolphus and Broderip, the officers must have been highly gratified at the spontaneous eulogiums passed upon them by a Special Jury composed of Magistrates and principal Landholders of the County. The Jury however, proceeded still further with respect to the senior officer of the blockade then present ; they publicly thanked him for his testimony and exertions, and finally drew up the follow. ine paper, which was signed by those whose names are affixed to it, and transmitted to his Majesty's Government through the hands of Walter Burrell, Esq. Member of Parliament for this County. There can be but little doubt what will be the determination of the Admiralty, respecting the attention which ought to be paid to a recommendation originating in such mo tives, and proceeding from a body of such truly respectable Gentlemen ; but how materially will their desire to promote the officer in question be strengthened, by the venerable Judge who presided having declared his sentinlients to be in unison with those of the Special Jury upon this occasion. " We, the Special Jury appointed to try the merits of the case in the cause of the King against Stephen Barrow and Franci s Henbry, relative to certain smuggling transactions, feel it our duty to declare that Lieutenant Edward Chappell, of his Ma jesty's ship Severn, is entitled to great praise for the zeal, ac tivity, and attention he appears constantly to hate displayed in the execution of his duty for the suppression of smuggling; no less than for the firm and clear testimony he delivered before us upon the above-mentioned occasion. And we do also de clare, that it is our decided opinion that the conviction of the defendants was brought about by the talents and energy of Lieut. Chappell, and that, therefore, taking these circumstances into consideration, and the merits of Lieutenant Chappell, we can, with great justice, recommend him most strongly to the Hight Honourable the Lora Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Signed) " THOMAS BUSHI3Y, Esq , . Foreman. " WALTER BURRELL, Lsq. 111.1'. for the, County of Sussex. "JOHN IVOODWARD, Esq. " THOMAS WOODWARD, Esq. " WILLIAM WIGNEY. Esq. " JOHN BANNISTER, Esq." THE ARMY. On Wednesday (221 inst.) the first Division of the sth Dragoon Guards arrived in Belfast from Scotland, on their way to Drogheda, &c. This distinguished corps is commanded by Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg.—(Belfast News Letter.) So many men as will comprise two companies have been se lected for discharge from the 11 th Regiment, now at Plymouth ; and on the 25th Inst., when the general contemplated reduction in the, Army will, it is said, take place, they will march for Chatham, preparatory . to being placed on the pension list„ and passed to their respective homes.—(Eitter Gazette.) This week the 2d Dragoon Guards have arrived at the Bar racks here, from Sheffield.—(Newcastle Chronicle.) Two companies each of the 3d Guards and 11th Regiment, in garrison here, have been thi s wee k discharged. Two Captains, two Lieutenants, and t wo E ns i gns, h ave also been reduced from each Regiment.—(Plymouth Telegraph.) The 10th regiment is ordered here from Portsmouth, to re place the 3d Guards, ordered to Chatham.—(ldem.) Major Gilbert Buchanan, Royal Engineers, who had been several pars stationed in this garrison, embarked on IVednes day, with Mrs. B. and their six children, in the Euphrates, Hart, for the Mauritius. Their departure is much regretted. Lieut.-Colonel Hassard returns home. The Euphrates has sailed front Cowes on her voyage.—(Hants Telegraph.) 1 LIBERAL LANDLORDS. Thc Earl a LowsnALE has given directions to his Steward to reduce the rents of his fanners according to circtnstanees.— Whitehaven Gazette.) Col. CRADOCK,'of Hartforth, at the last lent day allowed his tenants 10 per cent., in addition to a former allowance of 10 per cent. Jou N YORKE, Esq . of Richmond, a l so has allowed his tenants 15 per cent. Sir H. I.A.wsoN, of Brough-llall, Ims allowed his tenants lOper cent., in addition to a former al lowance. Sir PitirAP MusanAvE, Bart has reduced the rents of his tenantry 20 per cent. The Rev. Mr. WILLIAMSON, Vicar of Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, has reduced his tithes 25 per cent. Mr. CURAVEN has considerably reduced the rents of his te nants, according to their several circumstances, sonic 40, some 30, and some 20 per cent. Mr. DAVID CARRICK, of Carlisle,, banker, has also reduced his rent! upwards of 25 per cent. I 1 • MFSCELLANEO US. Tuc THEATRE.—A new Farce was brought forward at Drury Lane Theatre last night, under the title of. Five Hundred Pounds. The plot is just as probable as most productions of the same kind.—Nonplus, the hero of the piece (Coops a) is very much in debt, and obliged to resort to the Jews for pecuniary assistance. Wiseacre; his uncle, (GATTIE), assumes the appearance of an Israelite, and discovers his nellbew's embarrassments. This resource being stopped, Nonplus then appears as a Ghost to his uncle, and terrifies the old man into the surrender of, his pocket-book. Charlotte (Mrs. °Roca) and Nonplus are attached to each other, and the supply raised by the Ghost clears away all impediments to the Union. A Mr. Bobbin (RussELL), a City Haberdasher, is a pre- Leader to Charlotte, who, assuming the characte r of a Blue-stocking Lady, scares him by her learn ing, and induces him to leave the field to his happy rival.—Modern dramatists do not seem to have the law before their eyes, and provided they make their heroes successful, think they have a right to make them roguish. The trick of the ghost may pass with a modern critic, but it would hardly escape so easily with a Magistrate. But au audience come to be di verted, and the farce before us, with the assistance of the performers in general, chiefly accomplished that purpose. There'was some disturbance last night owing to the intrusion of some persons in the pit upon tho platform placed there for the passage of the horses in the Coronation. These personsUbstructed the view of those behind them, and naturally raised a reasonable clamour, which, however, was soon quieted by the removal of the parties. The piece was announced for repeti tion, but not without many dissenting yokes. THEATRICALS.—We understand Covent-gar den Theatre will re-open on Monday, the 24th of September.—Mrs. W. WEST, that justly ad mired favourite of the public, is now performing at Southampton with the greatest success.— JOHNSTONE took his final leave of the stage on Friday last, at Liverpool . ; and, after playing Sir Lucius O'Trigger and Paddy O'Rgyeri,y, spoke an Address, written for the occasion by GEORGE COLMAN, Esq.—Miss WILSON appeared at the Edinburgh Theatre on Wednesday even ing in the part of Clara, in The Duennu, which she sustained so successfully as to induce a repe tition of the performance on Thursday night,' notwithstanding the Opera of Artaxerxes had ' been previously announced for the occasion, it , being the last night but one of her engagement.— Mr. CoNsott, of Covent-Garden, is now the fa vourite performer of the Irish characters at the Dublin Theatre.' Cugrous CrneusisTANcE.—Two sheep were roasted whole in a sand-pit, near Petersfield, on Saturday last, on Mr. ATCHESON'S arrival in that town ; and', nest of young SAND MARTINS, which must have been eoveretl with smo'ke and fire nearly the whole day, were afterwards found alive and. well in a hole in the sand, by persons.who went out of curiosity to view the spot.—(Hants Telegraph.) The Basingstoke and Alton DiStrict Committee of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, held their Annual Meeting on the 7th lest., at the Swan Inn, Alton, — Admiral Sir Lawrence William Halsted, K.C. B. in the Chair. The number of books issued in the course of the year were -13.1 Bibles, 234 Testaments, 793 Prayer Books, 145 Piiiters, and 565 tracts, making a total of 1863. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—The Rev. Mr. FARMER, who on Sunday officiated at Queen-street Chapel, in this city, related in the course of hfs sermon the following circumstance stated, that while he was bathing on the preceding Friday, for the benefit of his health, on the south shore, near Liverpool, a woman di s t an t 200 yar d s h a d a l so come to the shore for the purpose of bathing her child, and who having in quired of a man nearer at hand for a suitable and safe pare, was directed to a particular spot. It is almost. incredible to suppose that. th e man would knowingly point her to a place of danger, and yet his subsequent apathy goes a great. war to warrant such a conclusion.' She had proceeded but a very sbert distance from the shore, when, with the child in her arms, she sunk in deep water ; on r i s i ng aga i n, s h e s h rieked aloud for ielp, the wretch who had been the cause of her distress, remaining an inactive spectator, without attempting an effort to assist her. A gentleman, at a greater distance, attracted by her cries, rah towards the place and plunged into the water; but finding himself out of his depth, and probably being an indifferent swimmer, he failed to give her effectual relief and made to- ! wards the shore to save himself. In the mean time this scene of distress caught the attention of Mr. Farmer, who instantly 1 hastened to the perishing woman ; jumped into the water, and as she was for the third time sinking, fortunately caught hold of her arm, and succeeded in drawing her to the shore, with her little charge, whom she had during the whole time continued to clasp in her arms, though sinking into a state of insensibility. It is needless to say, that when she came to herself, and discov ered the very narrow escape she and her offitpring had had from a watery grave, she expressed her grateful acknowledgments to him who had been made the insfrument of their preservation. Mr. Farmer having acquainted himself with the place of her re sidence in Liverpool, visited her in the afternoon of the same. day, and found her with the child very ill in bed. On seeing him, she burst into tears, an d renewe d h er expresaions of gratitude. The poor child, on his asking if it had not been in the water, replied with tears an its eyes, " Yes, Sir, and you helped me out of it."—(Chester Courant, Aug. 28.) A melancholy occurrence took place in this town on Wednes day evening (22d inst.) " The circumstances of the ease, so far as we can learn, arc as follow :—A family residing in Smithfield, consisting of a father, mother, a daughter, and another young girl, took supper, consisting of stirabout and milk at ten o'clock at night. The mother and daughter took sweet milk, the father and the young girl took buttermilk. In a very short time after, the mother and daughter were seized with violent pains in the bowels, and severe retching& They became alarmed, and as their complaints increased, they informed their neighborkrs ; but it does not appear that any medical aid was called for till - towirds the morning of yesterday (Thursday, 23d instant,) wh e n th e mo th er was i n a d y i ngstate, for she ex ! pired about seven o'clock. The daughter continued in great agony, notwithstanding every prescription being administered that the best medical skill could suggest. The cause of 'this melancholy occurrence appears to be, that•the milk taken by the two sufferers, had, by same accidental means, been poi soned, supposed by arsenic, which hail - been mixed up into what is called fly-water, and that part of the mixture had, un fortunately, either dropped into the vessel containing the milk, or had been thrown into it by mistake Such are the particu lars generally reported ; and it is added, that the father narrow ly escaped the danger, being about to use the sweet milk, but preferred the butter milk, saying that the sweet milk had an offensive smell of onions. Late last night the daughter was still living, but with little hopes of recovery.—(Belfast News Letter.) A pedestrain of Chichester has undertaken, for a wager, to run a measured miie in five minutes. The odds are at present in favour of time. At the late robbery at Dr. PIGOTT'S residence at Mereworth, in Kent, the-thieves carried off a considerable number of medals, struck on the oc casion of Coronations, Victories, the Hanoverian Succession, &c. and first impressions of the goid, silver, aind copper coins of former reigns up to the present time, some of them as far back as the Conquest. The bathing'p!ace at Eastbourne has already a tolerable sprinkling of fashionables, and the Theatre-his been opened there for the seaeun, with a respectable company. ii6rg'ithi. Oi. ik4fiiii4. • - DErAaTuti.Es,-The. Duke. of Northumberland, for Ain:, wick ; Mr. Drai . Seymour; for Ramsgate; Mr. Raikes, for Theobald's Park j...Maberley., for Shirley House, Surrey ; Jr. Wm. Nortl;ey, M.P., for Woodcott Green, Surrey; Col. and Mrs. StrattOn, for NeLson's Crescent, Rams4ate ; Mr. J. Thornhill, for RiadleSiiorth Hall, Norfolk ; Sir Miles Nightin gale, hart. for Broom Hall, :.•,.;ufthlki Colonel, and Lady Fre derica Stanhope, olit.a toiir ;. Mr. Bootie Wilbrahath, for Orms kirk, Lancashire; RYDE, Au& 27...1'Ve have the plea t:re to announce the arrival at this Charming spot of the fallowing numerous fashion able visitors :—Earl and Countesa Spencer, Sir Francis John Hartwell, Sir Noel and Lady Hill, Lady B r idg e t Be uver i e, Lady Elizabeth Tollmache, Lady-Hamilton, Liddi.Caltherpe, Dr. and Mrs. Littlehales, Capt. Dunn, Dr. and Mrs. Butler, Mr. and Mrs Nash and family, Mr. and Mri. Hey,. Alr. and :hiss Underhill,. Mr. H. Brogden, Mr. Boyce, Mr. P a yn e -I n d family; Mr. and Mrs. Leacock and family, Mrs. - Phillips, Mrs. Gollghtly and family,Mr. Thomas King and family, _Or. aud Mrs. llelder, Mr. Uffingham, Major Rutardy, Mr. and 'llaiSs Martineau, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and family, Mr. and Mrs. Nurse and family, Rev. Dr. houthain and faintly, Sirs. Grigg . , Mr. Sutcliffe and family, Mrs. and the Misses Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Blachford, Capt. and Mrs. Dashwood, Mr. and Mrs. - J. G. Gibson, &c. • SCARBOROITGH is now beginning to fill rapidly. • Among the company present there are the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord and Lady Surrey, Sir Charles and Lady So phia Kent, the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, and the Hon. Mr. Pare.— It is in contemplation to erect an elegant and spacious saloon, for the convenience of th e v i s it an t s . Little Clart Fisher is the attraction of the Theatre, which is just opened. SAnrsnunY, AuG. 25.—Our Triennial Mcisical tettivsl commenced on Wednesday evening, with a Grand laneous Concert at the Assembly Room, which was nume rously and fashionably attended. Among those present were —The Marquis of Aylesbury, Lord and Lady Arunde/. Lord Folkstone and family, Lady Mildmay, .Sir John and Lady Astley, the Bishop of . Salisbury, • his Lady and family, Lady Mecilicott, the Honourable Mrs..Har,is, Sir J. Burrough7i,fa mil v, W. Wyndham, Esq. M.P., and Lady, &c. &c.—Upwards of 9 - 00 persona attended the Cathedral on Thursday morning, where a Grand Selection of Sacred Music (chiefly from Handel) was performed in the finest s tyl e imaginable ; nor was the Con- I cert in the evening less distinguished. The performance of yes terday morning at the Cathedral was Il enders Oratorio of " The Messiah," which, in point of scientific execution throughout, and sublimity of effect, has rarely been surpassed. The Festival closed yesterday evening with a Concert and Ball, which attracted. crowds of sisitors. 'The Whole was conducted in a manlier highly creditable to the scientific taste and Jibe= rality,of Mr. Code., and attracted an unusual influx of visitors to this city. The venerable Sir Isaac Heard, Harter King at Arms, who :s in the:a:it year of his age, is now enjoying himself at Mal vern Wells; Great preparations are making at Major-General Buller's seat of Pelynt, in Cornwall, for the reception of his son, Fre derick T. Buller, and his amiahre bride, Lady Agnes Perry. W. M. Pit, Esq. M.P. for Dorsetshire, on Wednesday last, gave a dinner and ru7al fete to between three and four hundred of the villagers of Bockhampton, in Dorsetshire, on the lawn in front of his mansion, on account of the birth of that gentleman's infant twin son and daughter. The Duke of Gloucester, on Friday last, dined with the Corporation of Gloucester, at their annual bounds dinner, for which purpose his Royal Highness went from Cheltenham. ANECDOTES. GKonGE , THE Timu).—At the unhappy period of the late KING'S Illness, when every word was weighed, when every look was scanned, several of the attendants at Wiftdsor were more than once thrown into astonishment at the remarks of their illustrious su ff erer .—O ne afternoon Colonel G— was desired to play a game at draughts with the sovereign, by way of passing away the time. His MAJESTY, as at other in tervals, uncommonly lucid, kept his adversary's skill on th e watch for an advant a geou s move . - A t length the opportunity arrived, when the Colonel exultingly said, " Now, Sir, I shall beat you ; for I am going to make a king."—" Then," said the Monarch looking significantly, " you cannot make a more unhappy thing !" Altealtily person asked the philosopher SAnt, in derision, how it happened, that men of wit'were so frequent• 1p seen at the doors of the rich, and that - the rich were never sun at the doors of en of wit. "It isi"lliEtti Salle, " be cauAe men of wit know the !value of tithes ; List rich men do not know the v.tlu= of wit." A person %I ho had been publcly4igir,se-Ithipped, bring asked by a.fetend; " how h . ... i laits,?l,6:to , be treated so liVe cyplur ?"—" the former, with the most composed : , . t , 7 4„--- you ever see a cypher with so many, LEO, the: p sophist came to Athens co persuaile tk,ptc .4; concord. Being a littl e f a t p ersona g with . apoilljr*lly, he no sooner m ounte d t h e rostrum t h an a loud and uraversal laugh ensued. But he, nothing moved, taking advantage of the incident, said, " Why do you laugh, Men of Athens ! My wife is vet fatter, than me." A louder laugh arose. But he proceeded, " Now, fat as we are, and large, one bed easily holds us when at concord ; but when a variance arises, the whole house cannot contain us." FNII Y 1 V. !:kiog niuch enamoured of Madame d'E;7. - nAoro:, asked her we day, which was the way to her chamber ? Through the church, Sir, answered she. . - ----- .. AlsEct.ioTE OF LORD CHIEF J USTICE :During a riot In Holborn, when the populace were about to pull down a erimpiro . -house, a body of guards were or d ere d to march from Whitehall to disperse the mob. An Offices was dis patched to the Lord Chief Justice, to acquaint him with the desin, and to desire him - to send some .of his people to . attend the soldiers, in order to give it the better countenance. The Officer baying delivered his message, the Lord Chief Jus tice said to him, Suppose the populace should not dis perse at your appearance, what are you to do then ?'— Sir,' answmd the Officer, :We have orders to fire upon them.' Have you, Sir ?' replied . his Lordship, then take no tice of what I say : if there be one man killed, and you are tried, before me, I will take care that you and every soldier of your party - shall be hang 4. Sir, added he, go back to those who sent you, and acqua int th em , th at no officer of mine shall attend soldiers; and let them know at the same time, that the laws of this kingdom are not to be executed by the sword ; these matters belong. to the civil power, and you have nothing to do with them.' Upon which he ordered his tipstaffis with a few constables, to reuair to the place; and the minute they appeared, there was an ena of the riot." SPORTING INTELLIG ENCE. MORPETII RACES. The Stewards this year are JOHN DAVIDSON, Esq. and J. 3 11. AYNSLEY, Esq. and will commence on Tuesday, Septem ber 11; when will be run a Maiden Plate of :Major any horse, mare, or gelding that n e ve r won Pl a t e or S ta k es b efore the day of running. The ownerof the second horse to receive £lO out of the Plate ; three-yr-olds, fist. 1011) four, Bst. five and upwards, Bst. 71b ; in. and g. allowed 31b. ; heats, twice round the Course. WEDNESDAY, the 12th.—The Members' Plate of £6O, for three and four-yr-olds ;' three-yr-olds to carry 7st. 71h. ; four, tint. 71b. ; fillies allowed 31b. ; the winner of one £5O to carry 31b. extra • if two or more in this pr esen t y ear fib. ex t ra ; h eats, twice round the Course. TH U R sDAY, tL•e I:lth.—The Gentlemen's Subscription Plate of .£6O ; the owner of the second horse to receive £lO out of the Plate three-yr-olds, 6st. 101 b. four, 7st. 101 b. five, Bst. 61b. six and aged, Vst. 12th. ; the winner of one £3O to carry 31b. extra ; if two or more at any time extra ; heats thrice round thc Course. At Br.AmpronD RACES on Wednesday' last, the Dorset shire Gold Cup, 100 guineas value, was won by General Michel's Shreckhorn, beating Mr. Ilatlclylfe's Effle Deans, and Mr. farquila - ison's Garus. A Maiden Plate of £5O was won at four heats by Mr. Alapledea's Corset, beating Mr. King's brother to Re6ose, and Mr. Start's b, c. by Haphazard—Thursday, a £5O Plate was won by Mr. King's Haldon, beating Mr. Start's b. c. by Beverley. The Member's Plate of £5O was won at four heats by Mr. Start's b. c. by Beverley, beating Mr. King's Haldon, Mr. Farquharson's Garus, and Mr. Gardiner's Imo gene. The sport was excellent on both days; it was allowed to be the Lest that has been. witnessed on lilandford race-course for the last twenty, years. At OxFoRD RACES on Wednesday ; the Gold Cup of loo,gs value, and 90gs in specie, one four-mile heat, *as won by M. Ashurst's Stephen, beating Mr. .Annesley's Fitzorville and Mr. Langston's Steeltrap. Lord flamrnEN has assigned over the Royalty of sporting over his Sussex manors to General St. John. Ml* LANE Fox attd a large party of sportsmen are now partaking of the amusement of grouse-shooting, on the York shire Moors, near Bingley. Some of the Officers of the 10th Hussars, and other military Gentlemen, with General Munday at their head, on Thursday last played a Match at Cricket on the Level at Brighton, against, the Partslade Club, and beat the Club in one innings by °II TWO. AFFRAY AT iI4I6IIi;SBRIDd. In consequence of the circumstances which took place at Knightsbridge on Sunday afternoon, Mr: Sheriff WAiTIIMAN has addreSsed the fallowing letter to Lord Birrnuitst " Lottn:Ll consider it my duty to app..* his IflajestO Goierninent; through your Lord ship; Of a violent outrage of the pnbitOezice corn . - initted by some indiiiduals of the Life Guarcb at Knightsbridgie yesterday, and of an attempt at assassination upon me persons Ily,. w=hile in the eXercise of in a y duty as Sheriff Gf Middlesex, at the head of the civil power of the county. " Your Lordship thought proper to direct the turd Mayor, on Sailirday,to take the necessaly. inedsures to preserve the peace of the City duri:,g the intended funeral of Haney and Francis ; and although no such caution was addressed to the Sheriff, as conservator CF the public peace of the county, I felt' it my duce ::o direct the Deputy Sheriffs of the City . and Ceinty to order out the Constables of the divisions n'earesi to; and throngix which the funeral was expected to pass; and also to attetid in person with proper of f icers, to prevent or quell any tumult or "Conceiving, that under the ex:stiag irritation' of - the people; and the circninstances for which they bad assembled, some insult r:)iglit be oeere,d td the Life Guards in their barracks, I disposed or the constablei chiefly in that vicinity, and ac tually rAnged.a bqdy of them in front of the bar racks, with instructions to apprehend every indi vidual who should attempt to cointnit any act of outrage or disorder. " The funeral, in consequence of these precau tions,. passed the barracks in an ordeily and quiet manner, marked by no other peculiar circum stance, than that Of a brick being thrown from the, barracks, which fell near my horse, and wounded, as lam told, a young girl. lily ad monition, and the presenceof the constables, suc ceeded, however, in repressing the irritation this wanton act was calculated to excite. 64 When the procession had passed, and while the road continued to be crowded with people, the gates of the barracks were thrown o p en , ari d the avenues filled with soldiers. The people, as might have been foreseen, gathered round the spot, and expressed their displeasure. A tumult seemed inevitable. I requested to speak with the Officer on duty, but wai:nit effect ; and at length, by repeated' expostulations with the sol diers, I succeeded in prevailing upon them to re tire and close the gates. 44 Some time after, upon returning to the same spot, I saw a number of soldiers running from the wicket gate, and pursuing the people on the causeway. Finding an affray actually commenced, I sprung my horse upon the cause way, interposed between the parties, and suc ceeded in separating them. While thus engaged, a soldier, with whom I had before been expostu hating, and who was therefore acquainted with my official station, started forward at a man and knocked him down. At the same time, whilst using my utmost endeavours to prevail upon the soldiers to return into the barracks, and the peo ple to desist and keep the peace, the bridle of in horse was violently seized, on the one side by a . young officer in undress, and on the other by the soldier whose Violence I had just noticed,' who together endeavoured to throw my hors 6 over the causeway; and I only succeeded in ex tricating myself by striking the soldier with my stick,and making my horse plunge. Immediately several of the soldiers rushed at me with their swords drawn, and one actually loaded his car bine, and directed it towards me ; but was, as I have been informed, knocked down by one of the constables. Further mischief was prevented by the interposition of some military Officers of hii. , ,her authority, and the soldiers at length re sired into their barracks. " My Lord, these circumstances require na comment. At a critical conjuncture the soldiers were left to their own exasperated feeling, and manifested a lawless spirit. The Civil Power 'under my direction was fully adequate for the preservation of the peace among the people, but not to encounter an armed soldiery. I had no communication from his Majesty's Government, nor could I obtain an interview with any of the officers of the regiment ; and when I directed some of the constables to represent to the officers in the most respectful terms, my desire that the soldiers should be kept within the barracks, the message returned was, ' that the Sheriff might he d---d, they would not make their men prisoners for him ;' and I feel assured , that had I not in terposed with the Civil Power, and even risked my own life, a frightful slaughter must have en sued. Of subordination to civil authority the soldiery appeared to be wholly unconscious, and that authority, in my person, was repeatedly insulted and grossly outraged. " It would, my Lord, be as needless as pre sumptuous in me, to attempt to instruct your Lordship or his Majesty's Government in the nature of the Constitutional Authority under which I attended yesterday, or the right I pos sessed in my official character, to have claimed the aid and assistance of those very military to suppress tumult, who have upon this occasion, in open defiance of the Civil Authority, been the promoters of it; nor need I add one word in ag gravation of the enormity of the offences com mitted ; the offenders can, some of them, he identified, and I trust your Lordship will cause immediate and effectual means to be adopted to bring therz to justice as a salutary example to others. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, "Bridge-street, Aug. 17, 1821. "R. IVAITIIMA N. " The Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, &c." A daring outrage was committed on Thursday at three o'clock in the afternoon, en the person of a respectable and aged gentleman residing in Stoke Newington, whO was attacked by four ruffians, knocked down, beat across the legs, and robbed of bis watch and , seals. It is hoped the which is given to thi s w ill operate as a defenceless pedcst r i ans , an d st i mulate cautionpub iri tT o the inhabitants to take some measures to rid their neighbourhood of these misc,ref:,nts.