The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

AFFRAY AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE .(21311t ESPO NDENCE BETWEEN THE EARL BA, 7111 - 71 1aT AND MR. ALDERMAN AND SHERIFF WAITHMAN. WHITEHALL, AVG. 28, 1821. S/ 11- 4 have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27 t h i nst. relative to a riot which took Place at Kni g ht s b r id ge on S un d ay last. d .: befo re th e rece i pt of your letter, given ci ec tlons for an i nqu i ry to b e made into the cir urnstances of this transaction, in consequence of to say, made to me, which I am h oun d say, diff er in many essential particulars from the statement which I have received from you. I cann o t refrain from expressing the regret and st !Prise, th at " when the civil power under your til rection was f u ll y a d equate (as you state) for tile preservation of the peace among the people," a Mob should have been permitted to remain in a bcontinued state of riot, after the soldiers had ~een withdrawn within their barrack s , unt il t h e I .tiot A c t was read by Mr. Conant, and the rioters dispersed by the Peace Officers under his imme diate orders; and I do not understand that in the ex ecution o f t hi s duty he received any assistance from you. I am , W Sir, your most obedient humble s ervant , Mr. Sheriff aith. BATHURST. MIC LORD —A s my object in the represent a ti on I bad the honour to mak e t o hi s M a j esty ' s Go 'verrmlent through your Lordship of the circum stances of the affray which occurred within my °wn observation at Knightsbridge on S un d a y, was the performance of what app e a re d t o me to be an indispensable duty, your Lordship's note acknowledging the receipt of the communication Iv°llld seem to require no reply, more especially !,s Your L or d ship intimates that you have given directions for an inquiry into the circumstances of this tra nsact i on ; and, although bound to ac knowledge your Lordshi's candour in commu nicating p the receipt of representations which differ sh rnany essential pa r ti cu l ars f rom my statement, :ould have relied in confidence upon the re -11114 of that inquiry, establishing the facts I had It honour to represent to your Lordship. ih't.aPPears, however, highly important to that Il ltnrY that f should explain to your Lordship, ho :se although I was on the spot for nearly nine Jr , and did not retire till I had assured my an- by ridin g about in different directions for about th . " ° ur and a half after the affray with the military, A ct tr anquillity was perfectly restored, no Riot et was read within my hearing or knowledge at if r near Knightsbridge Barracks on Sunday last; Knightsbridge the Riot Act was read by Mr. Co te") and the roters dispersed by the peace offi c!'s tinder hi s orders, your Lordship will per 41;e that thi s must have arisen from some new (lug dist inct disturb ance , an d was no t t h e conse ta ric e of th e mo b 44 being permitted to remain teen co o f stat e o f r i ot a f ter t h e so ldi ers had the wit hdrawn withi n t h e i r b arrac k s. " D uring sa w wh ole pe r i o d I was i n the vicinity, I neither tra tp "r heard of the attendance of any Magis tar,'" ,; and you Lordship cannot but feel equal T bi ,'" ll se with myself, that the High Sheriff of the 11 4 ; t1t Y, at the head of the civil power, should tionefreceived neither assistance nor communica- T h r 'm Mr. Conant or any other Magistrate. 'Ward re Presentation I had the honour to for of th e ° Your Lordship, stated a gross violation civil Powerdarin g by the Life Guards at six o'clock, the Tour Instances of which I need not repeat, and otlly to r dship's r e pl y appears to h ave reference att ert : s ome unfo re s een occurrences two h ours ti tl e s,Vok - t id and consequent l y could not have pro- Ithiech previ ous assau l t b y the soldiery, and iec t nc th erefore ne ith er concerns me nor the sub thine"' the complaint, which still r ema i ns th e Y Pla r . an d demands rigorous inquiry and exem satisfaction. I have the honour to be, my Lord, TPlidg e . Your L or d s hi p ' s h um bl e servant, -sq Rh I,t str " 29 1821. It. WAITILMAN. t:, non. Bari Bathurst, &-% ----........., rowl Yes , aI IION, Au G. 2 9.—Soon after e l even o'clock ilLeLer.da,.., k .Y his Royal Highness the Commander- 1 of the Fl accompanied by the Adjutant-Genera 4tten,ll'orces, Sir 11. TonarNs. and Col. COOKE, it . -ed the 2d Battalion or Queen ' s Own Re le f• Il ear ..°' In fantry, on the slope of the Downs, Or a , 'Re Cavalry Barracks, where they were . hr r i n , uP in line, prior to his Royal Highness's tree" Fifteen rounds of blank cartridge were the con the occasion. The regiment was under 10 bC:Hlirnand of Lieut.-Colonel JORDAN. It is c ent] recollected that this battalion has but re- Nil returned from the West Indies, where aceric'sses Were severe, but its veteranly appear, disc' Tlotwithstanding, was most respectable, its hi s .411314 e good, and the Royal Duke expressed bot r:frctua.l,lfied satisfaction, though his visit was Ileet. 4 7 o ar ued as one of official inspection. Many 'Were on i s h o f rank and fashionable consequence "e ground. , 4i s 0 l 'eld a ra ce the Archbishop of this province day b.' 4.,`-'°nfirrnation at the Cathedral on Tues . - '•it ) ,' -.II" 1646 males and 1846 females of this bc i s and the neighbouring villages received the 181.1....tiq conf irmation. On the Bth of August, 2060 , ..lis Grace confirmed at the above place is G rac males' and 2288 f emales.—But this year h pl ace : Will ho!d Confirmations at two or three . t: i ., -- 4 .,flear York where he was not accustomed fr e n . ', which must of course have had the to e lr et 0! reducing the number of children brought °rK-(York Chrenicle, Aug. 30.) '.. -On Wednesday the 22d inst., s iVr. ROGERS, i of ~lbbotts Ripton, havi g occasion to call on Ar. IEL.ToN, of Park House, in the same parish, bung his horse to a gate, close to which stood a t ry of bee-hives ; beinc , much teased by the ov es, he became restless, and in twisting about, I_ erturned ° ne of the hives, when the swarm ttled about his head. On seeing this, Mr. ' I L IELT°II slipped off the bridle in hopes that t `',, ll _en at liberty, the exasperated insects would 't!'. cease torturing the poor animal; but, unt "rtnnatelY3 in dashing off, he overturned about Ives en more hives, the consequence of which 0p1 1 ,Z5 that he was literally covered with bees, stung hitn to that degree that in his agony 0 4 t rtl !hed into a pond, where after rolling once , 14 Wic e over he crawled out and expired on the k. ' MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. COWES, AuG. 30.—Arrived the Diligence, Lee, from Ply mouth, with stores and troops for 'Woolwich. FALMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Wal singham packet, with mails, from the Mediterranean ; sailed from Corfu 10th July, Malta 21st, and Gibraltar 15th August. Arrived off the port the Hannah, Easthorne, from Bombay, the Cape, and St. Helena. NORTH SHIELDS, A u.s. 29.—The Commerce, Shoon, has been seized by the Customs at Newcastle, for having smuggled goofs on board. RAMSGATE, AUG. 30.—The Mary, Copperholds, from Copenhagen for St. Maloes, went on shore on the Long Sand yesterday, and it is expected the vessel and cargo (barley, pro visions, &c.) will be totally lost—crew saved. LEITH, AuG. 23.—Arrived the William and Ann, Hake, from Greenland, with 1 fish. ORFORD, AUG. 30.—The Ocean, Churnside, of North Shields, for London, i s as h ore on O r f or d Beach, but expected to he got off—crew saved. HARWICH, AUG. 30.—Arrived th e V ans itt art pac k et, w i t h a mail, from Holland. Sailed a fleet of vessels, which put in here for shelter ; also the Prince of Orange packet for Holland ; and Castlereagh packet for Cuxhaven, each with a mail. THE LATE SHIPWRECK. • No more bodies have been washed up since our last. We are in hopes, therefore, that the probable number of the sufferers, by the melancholy shipwreck of the Earl Moira; was exagger ated at the time of the catastrophe. It is not improbable, in deed, that some bodies may have been so covered by the sand, as not to float at the usual period. If, however, there are any which have not hitherto floated, they are, we hope and be. lieve, very few. We stated, in our publication of this day fort night, that only 54 persons had been saved by the different boats which came to their assistance ; but this was a* , error, and we are gratified in having now to correct it. The total number rescued from a watery grave was 71 ; of which 33 were saved by the Hoylake lifeboat, 8 by Neale's boat, 12 by Currie's, 10 by Evans's, of the Magazines, 5 by a Hoylake boat, and 3 by No. 11 Pilot-boat. .Now, as several of the most intelligent survivors agreed in estimating the total num ber of persons on board the packet, when the dreadful catas trophe took place, at 110, and .as thirty-one bodies have been picked . up, making, with the 71 survivors, an aggre gate of 102, this circumstance affords a strong corroboration of the opinion expressed above, that the nnmher of sufferers was at first exaggerated.—The Committee of the Underwriters have distributed the 30 guineas which they voted to the boatmen who rescued the passengers. The suns is small, when divided among so many claimants ; but we trust that the public will not neglectliberally to reward those whosignalized themselves by their courage and humanity on so melancholy an occasion. It would, we think, be a very judicious measure, and one which might be the means of saving many valuable lives, if a fund were raised, either under the auspices of the Corporation or of the Underwriters, for the purpose of rewarding men who, when shipwrecks unfortunately happen on this coast, exert them selves in saving their fellow -creatures from untimely graves.— (Liverpool Courier, Aug. 29.) COLONIAL TIMBER DUTY. " Treasury Chamber, July 9. " GENTLEMEN-1 am directed by the Lords commission ers of his Majesty's Treasury to state to you, that it being im possible for the masters of such vessels as left the country pre vious to the passing of the Act of the present Session, land 2d Geo. IV. cap. 37, for the purpose of loading timber in the British North American Colonies, to be aware of the Regula tions established by th a t A ct , t h e i r L ordsh i ps therefore desire that you will dispense with the Certificate required by the 11th section of the said Act, and with the oath of the Master as to the growth and identity of any timber which may be imported from any British Colony or Plantation in America, in all cases where the vessels importing the same shall arrive in a port of Great Britain previous to the Ist day of September next. (Signed) " S. R. LUSHINGTON. " To the Commissioners of Customs." PETHiSrIELD, AUGVST 29. at our Markct this day:— The following were the prices Per Quarter. Wheat sos Od a 58s Od Barley 23s Od a 26s On Oats • Is,/s Oda 22s Od Pease 2os Od a 34s (id Beans Hay Per S tone. Beef 3s 6d a4s Od Mutton Veal 49 Od a 53 Od Lamb - Od a 4s 4d Pork.. is a 41 Os per Ton. CAMBRTDGE, AUG. 30.--At a grand common day of this Corporation, on Friday last, Benjamin Cotton, Esq.. was elected a Common Councilman, in the room of Capt. Pur chas, elected an Alderman.—On Friday last (St. Bartholomew's Day) John Archer, Esq. was elected Mayor of Saffron Walden for the year ensuing.—On the 23d inst. Orbell Ray Oakes, Esq. was elected Alderman of Bury, for the year ensuing, and Sir Thos. Cullum, Bart. T. Cocksedge, P..). Case, J. Borton, T. Clay, and John Thompson, Esqrs. Assistant Justices.—C. Blomfield, Esq. the present Chief Magistrate, entertained the Corporation and other Gentlemen at the Guildhall, with, a sumptuous dinner on the same day.—The Rev. Thomas D'Eye Betts, B.A. was on Saturday last instituted to the Rectory and Parish Church of Colney, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Jehosaphat Postle, Esq. of Colney ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—The serious Drama of Baron Trenck was followed last night by a pleasant piece of one act, entitled A Cure for Coxcombs. The plot is very simple. Easel (WRENCH) a dissipated Student of the Temple, in order to raise the supplies, turns portrait painter, and is employed by Mrs. Trustall (Miss E. BLANCH kRD) to take a likeness of her, that she may surprise her husband, who is absent, on his return to town. Easel, the Coxcomb, soon con. eludes that the affable demeanour of Mrs. Trust all proceeds from affection towards him. She encourages this idea, in order to expose his vanity and folly. Mr. Trustall (ItownoTHAm) on his return is rendered jealous by the bungling attempts of Adam. (11r iniiNsoN), an old servant, to keep him away while the Painter is at breakfast with his wife. Easel, however, is locked in the study, where he can hear what passes, and in the interview between the husband and wife the latter relates her plan to cure the Coxcomb, and severely satirises his impudence and conceit. At length Easel becomes sensible of his errors, and his uncle promises to recon cile him with his mistress, and provide for them in marriage. —Such is the piece. It is light, and calculated for summer wear. A short speech of Easel, towards the conclusion, intimating that Mrs. Trustall still loves him, should be omitted, as it shews that the Coxcomb is not cured. The Performers in general rendered the piece very diverting, and it was received with great ap plause. Miss E. BLANCHARD is an interesting addition to the Theatre. WILKINSON sung a whimsical song with his usual quaint simplicity, and was encored. The piece is attributed to Mr. BEAZLEY, the Architect of this Theatre, and the Author of similar efforts, which have been well received. On Tuesday evening Mr.W. FARREN appear ed at the Liverpool Theatre in the part of Lord Ogleky, in The Clandestine Marriage. His re presentation of this difficult character was given with great chasteness. On Thursday evening Muurnv's excellent Comedy of The WaN to keep Him was well performed, particularly the parts of Sir Bashful Constant by Mr. W. Fitit REN, Widow Belinour by Mrs. DAVISON ; and Mrs. Lovonore by Mrs.lll‘GunioN. DEAL, AUG. 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed the Urania, Rey nolds, for St. Petersburgh ; and Frederick, Collect, for London. Came down from the River and remains the Clandine, Crab tree, for New South Wales. Arrived and sailed for Hull the Sylph, Dliln, from Galipoli. P O E T R Y. Speak ! for thou long enough bast acted Dummy, Thou hast a tongue —come—let us hear its tune ; Thou'rt standing on thy legs, above ground, Mummy Revisiting the glimpses of the moon, Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures, But with thy bones and flesh, and limbs and features. Tell us—for doubtless thou canst recollect, To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame ? Was Cheops or Cephrenes architect Of either Pyramid that bears his name ? Is Pompey's Pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates, as sung by Homer ? Perhaps thou wert a Mason, and forbidden By oath to tell the mysteries of thy trade, Then say what secret melody was . hidden In Memnon's statue which at sun-rise play'd ? Perhaps thou wert a Priest--if so, my struggles Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles. Perchance that very hand, now pinion'd flat, Has hob-a-nob'd with Pharoah glass to glass ; Or dropp'd a halfpenny in Homer's hat, . Or doff'd thine own to let Queen Dido pass, Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great Temple's dedication. I need not ask thee if that hand, when arm'd, Has any Roman soldier maul'd and knuckled, For thou wert dead, and buried, and embalm'd, Ere Romulus and Reums had been suckled : Antiquity appears to have begun Long after thy primeval race was run. Thou could'st develope, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge still had left it green__ Or was it then so old that History's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages? Still silent, incommunicative elf ? Art sworn to secrecy ? then keep thy vows ; But prythee tell us something of thyself, Reveal the secrets of thy prison-house; Since in the world of spirits thou hast slumber'd, What hast thou seen—what strange adventures numbefd Since first thy form was in this box extended, We have, above ground, seen some strange mutations ; The Roman Empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen—we have lost old nations, And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a fragment of thy fish has crumbled. Didst thou not hear the pother o'er thy head When the great Persian conqueror Cambyses March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread, O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder ? If the tomb's secrets may not be confess'd, The nature of thy private life unfold : A heart has throbb'd beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusky cheek have roll'd : Have children climb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face ? What was thy name and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh—lmmortal of the dead ! Imperishable type of evanescence ! Posthumous man, who quit'st thy narrow bed, And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt bear nothing till the Judgment morning, When the great Trump shall thrill thee with its warning. Why should this worthless tegument endure, If its undying guest be lest for ever ?. 0 let us keep the soul ernbalm'd and pure In living virtue, that when both must sever, Although corruption may our frame consume, Th' immortal spirit in the skies may bloom. ANECDOTES. When SPENCER had finished his famous Poem of the Fairie Queen, he carried it to the Earl of Southampton, the great patron of the Poets of those days. The manuscript being sent up to the Earl, he read a few pages, and then order ed his servant to give the writer 201. Reading on, he cried in rapture, carry that man another 201., proceeding still, he said, give him 201. more. But, at length, he lost all patience, and said, go, .turn that fellow out of the house, for if I read on I shall be ruined. Mr. MONINGS, Master of the King's School, Canterbury, being at a place where a Gentleman expressed great apprehensions on account ofa bleeding he was next morn ing to undergo, by advice of his physician, a punster then pre sent told him, he would recommend him to employ that gentle man (pointing to Mr. Monings) who was a very safe and able FLAY-BOTTOMIST. FOOTE being -upon a visit at Lord Towns hend's at Raynham, happened one morning to look into the pig-stye, and saw a silver spoon among their victuals ; one of the house-maids coming by and perceiving M r . FoOte, cried out, " Plague on th e pigs what a noise they make." " Well they may," said Foote, " for they have but one silver spoon between them." Bishop BURNET, who was a tall large-boned man, preaching once with some vehemence before King Charles the Second, closed one of his sentences with a violent thump. upon the cushion, and this'note of interrogation: " Who dares deny it ?"—" Nobody," said the King, in a whisper, " who stands within the reach of that devilish great fist of your's." SANTEUIL was the first who let fly the shafts •of satire against the Monks. A Provoncal Gentleman com plained to an Attorney at Paris, that he had been cheated by a Monk. " 4 What, Sir," says Santeuil, who was present, " a man of your years not to know the Monks." There are, con tinued he, " four things in the world you should always guard against—the face of a woman, the hind part of a mule, the side of a cart, and a Monk on all sides." At an Assize at Worcester, a cause was tried about the soundness of a horse, in which a Clergyman, not educated in the school of TAT T n SALL, appeared as a witness; he was confused in giving his evidence, and the furious bluster ing Counsellpr who examined him, was at last tempted to ex claim, " Pray, Sir, do you know the difference between a horse and a cow ?"—" I acknowledge my ignorance," says the grave Divine, " I hardly do know the difference beween a horse and a cow, or between a bully and bull ; only that a bull (I am told) has lionws, and a bully (bowing to the Counsellor) luckily for me, has none." AN EXTRAORDINARY DRAUGHT Or FISH.—A few days since, as a young gentleman of this neighbourhood was fishing with a drag-net, as sisted only by two keepers, they caught, at one draught, 167 brace of .Tench, the smallest of which weighed above half a pound.—(Hereford Paper.) The following Poem is a successful Imitation of the Style of the late Dr. WOLCOT. (From " THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.") ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY AT BELZONI'S EXHIBITION. And thou hast walk'd about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous. REGISTER OF FASHION. CITAYGES.—The Hon. Thomas Grimstone, from Beverley, in Yorkshire, on a tour ' • Hon. William Barrington, for Rush ford ; Colonel Wel s h, from Bishops Stortford, on a tour ; Mr. B. Keene, for Westowe Lodge, near Linton, in Cambridg'_ shire; Sir L u c as P e py s , f or J un i per Hall, Dorking; Mr. J. Napier, for Ord Castle, Baltrasna, from Dublin ; Hon. Edward Perceval, for Wyddial Hall, in Hertfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Stratton, from Worthing, for Ramsgate ; Mr. F. Meyer, for Cheshunt, Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Salvador, from Brighton, for Ramsgate; Mr. J. N. Hunt, for Worthing; Mr. J. Taylor, for Ducham Park, near Bath; Lieut.-General Thornton, fos Woodstock, in Oxfordshire. ARRIVALS.—CampbeII Majoribanks, Esq. and Mrs. Ma joribanks, at Marshal Thompson's llotel, Cavendish-square ; the Marquess of Exeter, from Brighton, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax and family, from the Isle of Wight, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Law, from Cheltenham, at ditto. DEPArmrnEs.—Lieut-Colonel Dalrymple, M.P. and Mrs. Dalrymple from Marshal Thomp son ' s Hotel; Lieut.-Colon e l and Mrs. Cooper, from ditto, for Lincolnshire. The election of a Master of the Ceremonies to the New As sembly Rooms at Leamington, took place on Tuesday, when, after a short but smart polling, Capt. Henry Beavan was elect ed by a majority of 42 votes; the numbers being for Captain Beavan, 94 ; for Mr. Headley, the unsuccessful candidate, 52. DAWLISH, AuG. 27.--In consequence of the strong easterly wind which set in this morning, no Yachts or Boats appeared to contend for the Prizes ; it was therefore found necessary to postpone the Regatta to 'Wednesday sth of September. Although the wind was unfavourable for the amusement that was expected on the water, yet the weather was fine, and a most elegant company assembled at the Rooms, at eleven o'clock : Mr.. Gore had, with his usual good taste and liberality, provided an excellent breakfast. Lady M. Vaughan and Lady Hotharn presided, and upwards of 200 fashionables partook of it.—ln the evening there was a splendid Ball, under the patronage of Lady F. Ley, who was most ably supported by the Stewards, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Hotham and Lieut.-Col. Peacocke ; the dancing was kept up with great spirit till a late hour, and the Ball was one of the best that Dawlish can boast of. Amongst the company, at the breakfast and the ball, we noticed —Lord Exmouth, Mr. Courtenay and Lady H. Courtenay, Lady Duckworth, Mr. and Mrs. Bullet (of Downes), Hon. M rs. Lysaght, Hon. Gen. Sentleger, Miss Pennyman, Mr. Quiche, Mr. and Mrs. Ley, Mr. Long, Sir. and Mrs. Dickens, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Boulton, Mr. and Mrs. Marker, &c. &c. SPORTING INTELLIG ENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.— . DONCASTER 3 to I ag,st Gustavus 5 to 1 agst Jack Spiggot 7 to 1 agst Statesman 7 to 1 agst Vingt.On 14 to 1 agst Sandbeck Even batting Statesman agst Sandbeck , L unat i c , an d M y L a d y Even between three and the field. :ETTING-ROOlll, AUG. 30. ST. LEGER. 14 to 1 asst Fortuna 16 to 1 agst Antesidoro colt 25 to 1 a ; s:st Lunatic, or any other. MENDIP HEATH HEATH RACES, WEDNESDAY, Aua. 30, Ladies' Purse of 501.—Heats, three miles. Mr. Jones's Prudence - - - - Captain Smith's Ranger - - - - Mr. HOrt's Peggy - - - Mr.-flurnphrey's c. by Waxy - . 6 to 4 agst Ranger—and 2 t o 1 agst the winner. Sweepstakes of 15gs each. Mr. Mason's Fortuna cantered over, • Nlatches, 50gs. • Mr. Jones's Meridian beat Mr. Ruth's St. George, two miles Air. Gee's Butterfly beat Mr. Butler's Sancho. The winner the favourite. - HEREFORD RACES, MONDAY, Aug. 27. The Herefordshire Stakes of sgs each, (Fiv e S u b scr ib ers) , w i t h £5O added. Two mile heats. Sir W. W. Wynn's b. c. Thyrsis, 4 yrs cld Mr. Mytton's b. c. Ralston, 4 yrs Mr. Jones's b. m. Ethelinda, 5 yrs The last heat was well contested. The Hunters' Sweepstakes of lOgs each, (Four Subscribers' - with £2O added. Three miles. Mr. :Ilya:Ws b. g. Habbeilq, 6 yrs old Mr. Waters's b. h. Acastus. 5 vrs Colonel Berrington named Aspa.sia; aged - • - Mr. Mytton rode the winner. TUESDAY The-Gold Cup of 100 gs value, added to a Sweepstakes of lOgs each, (Six Subscribers). Three miles. - Mr. Weft's b. g. Alpha, 5 yrs - Mr: :Stevens's b. h. Fitz-Orville, aged 2 Major 0, Gore's gr. h. Snowdon, 5 yrs - - 3 Mr. Thompson's Fitz-Langton, 5 yrs 4 3,t0 1 agst Alpha ; 3to 1 agst Snowdon. This was an ex cellent race, they were all four abreast, and it was won by half a nose. A Sweepstakes of lOgs each, with 251. added by-the Steward, • for 3 and 4 3 , r olds. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Major 0. Gore's ch. c. the Duke, 4 yrk . . . 1 1 Mr. Roberts's b. c. by Juniper, 3 yrs . • . 3 2 Mr. C. Day's gr. f. by Grinialdi, 3 yrs . . • 4 3 Mr. E, Foley's b. f. by Orville ; 4 yrs . . . 2dr Even betting on the Duke. The first heat was won easy ; but Juniper made excellent play for the second, which was won by half a neck. A Plate of 501. given by the Right Hon. Earl Somers, Chief Steward of the City. for all ages. Three miles. Sir W. W. Wynn's b. c. Thyrsis, 4 yrs old - Mr. Bartley's b. in. Victorine, 5 yrs old - Whittaker's b. c. Fonmon, 4 yrs old - Mr. Moggridze's br.m. Diana, aged - - -.4 dis Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Vampyre, 4 yrs old - - 2 dr • This was an excellent race ; the first heat was so well con tested that it was supposed to be a dead one,-and the second was won by half' a head. The light-fingered fraternity have honoured the Course with their attendance ; and on N!onday one of them made a very skilful transfer of a gold watch and appendages from the fob of a Gentleman of this City, to the safer custody of his own pocket. - • 1 - 3 2. BOXING. The battle between Mei: ACTON, the fighting craftsman, and NT:n EVANs, the brick maker, took place on Wednesday, for 20 guineas, on th e Vtratfor4. road ; although the rain fell in torrents, the road to the field was thronged with drenched ama teurs of all sorts. Acton is a promising pupil of Eales, and the brick maker, who had floored all before bins, was upon such good terms with hi mse lf, th a t on t h e evening before fighting, he sent a polite message to his antagonist for an undertaker to measure him, and have the box ready. Eales and Paddington Jones seconded Acton ; and Tons Oliver and Scroggins second- Evans, who was backed at 6 and 6 to 4. It was a good fight of three quarters of an hour; from the rain and dirt, it was hard to tell them apart. In the first round, Evans, who was rather the heaviest, rushed ppon his adversary impetuously,' and ran him down. . There was some good steady and equallighting Several blows were exchanged in a rally ; both went down. 3. Evans had a slight advantage, and blacked his adversary's eye, but he received a heavy return upon the jaw, and made • some Grimaldi faces ; Acton was thrown in a close. Even on Evans. 4. Evans received a doubler-up in the mark; he broke ground to recover himself, but his adversary, awake to his distress, went up to his head gaily, and floored him by a muzzler. 6 and 7. There was but little fighting from former exertion, but strength gave Evans something best. 8. A good and equal fighting round. Acton was thrown. 9. Decidedly in favour of Evans, who met his adversary rush ing in by a flush hit upon the nose, which dropped him cleanly. It was all in favour of Acton after this, as Evans had all the fight taken out of him, and only stood up to become receiver general. _ In the 156 round Acton was piping, and Scroggins cried out to his man, "Go in." The watch-word from Eales was, "Be ready," and so he was—Evans was m e t by a fl us h hit on the front of the head, which spoiled him, and Acton won the battle in four rounds afterwards. Miss S. BOOTH was to commence an engage ment at the Bristol Theatre last night; she will proceed from thence to Swansea. The following is one of the standing regula tions of a benefit society in a provincial town; 44 That every member, on his admission into the society, shall pay 10s. 6d. into the general fund, together with 6d. for his wife, whether he be sin gle or married!" - We stated in our last that a witness 105 years of age was examined at Worcester Assizes ; we have since heard that a brother of this man died very - recently at the age of one hundred and seren.—(Hereford Paper). SINGULAR ASSASSINATION. 2 3 The St. Antonio, from Lisbon to Barcelona, was captured on the 29th ult. on the coast of Huelba, by an armed brig, and a xebeck under Spanish colours, which, after taking out the cargo, part of the provisions, and plundering the crew and passengers, allowed her to proceed, and she arrived at Cadiz the 31st. ult. Some clue, it is understood, has been obtained of the robbers who broke into the house of the Hon. A. MACDONALD, of Connaught -place, on. Wednesday morning, one of whom fired at the servant. PLANK, the officer, has examined the premises, and has made some discoveries. Had the thieves got in their lives would have been forfeited, as the inmates of the house were well armed. Letters received yesterday from Nciffolk state, there is but a poor prospect of sport - this shooting season, the late cold weather haling killed most of the young birds in the neighbourltQod of Syder stone. 4 dr 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 3 The tolls on the Leeds and llarrowgate Road, were let last week, at an advance of 300 guineas per annum. The workmen employed in repairing and braa . tifying Trinity church in Hull, discovered behind a part of the south wall, on Tuesday se'nnight, a beautiful Gothic arch, at the bottom of which lay an admirably sculptured female figure, par ticularly the drapery, but no inscription has yet been found. A handsome Gothic window has also been discovered near the east door, which had been plastered up. EXTRAORDINARY PEAR-TREE.—TIIPTC is now at Mr. 'Wise's, the White Swan, in Hyde street, in the suburbs of Wincheste-, a pear-tree known by the name ofßtown Berry, which has grown mostluxuriantly,its top branchesbeing nearly feet high. It blossomed in its usual way in June last, and the fruit of that bloom is nearly in perfection ; in June it bloomed again, and this fruit kerned, and is now on the tree nearly the sue of a pullett's egg; in July it bloomed again, and this fruit is now about the size of a walnut : and now, in August, the bloom is in clusters of five and six, which are kerning about the size of peas, a circumstance scarcely ever known before. A curious and beautiful plant, Cactus llexagonns, or s'x angled Torch Thistle, was in full bloom during the night of Friday se'nnight, in the green-house at Chapel-house, near Bury : its coroll a b egan to expan d at, six in the evening, and gradually closed at the same hour of the following_ rnorn mg ; it is a n a ti ve of Surinam, and is seldom kn own to flower in this country ; but experience has shown it may be greatly acce lerated by a free exposure to the sun and air during hot and dry weather; the pre se nt pl an t i s a b out seven feet high, and sup_ possed to be about thirty years' growth.—(Norfolk amide.) ACCIDENT.—On Sunday morning last; a son of Patrick Moms, of College-court, Cow-cross, a boy:Of 10 years of age, and another boy of 7 years of age, residing it x the same court, unknown to their parents, went out to play : in the evening the latter came home unaccompanied by his companion, and being questioned what had become of him, he gave the following account :—That they both, in company with two or three other children, were at play in a field„ round a pond of water, into which Moran's son's shoe fen by acci dent, and in his stooping to take it out, he fell in headforemost and was drowned ; that they remained a little time, and finding that he went to the bottom and did not again appear, they grew afraid and ran home. He did not know where the other children lived, but they came with him near home.' He could not tell where the field or pond was, but that he should know it if h e saw i t aga i n. Every day since,' the poor disconsolate father, with the child, is out in search of the fatal spot, but to no purpose. SUICIDE PREVENTED BY A DOG. - -Yosterday morning the attention of some brick makers, who were at work near the Regent's Canal, Bow Common, was arrested by the conduct of an in teresting looking young woman, genteelly dress ed, who wandered about the Common, with her eyes raised at intervals, singing hymns, - and hav ing her arms clasped across her bosom. She at length approached the bank of the Canal, and after having ejaculated some very loud, but un intelligible words, she suddenly threw off her bonnet and shoes, and sprang into the middle of the water. The beholders instantly ran to her assistance, but were intimidated from venturing in. Fortunately, by this time, a foreigner, ac companied by a large Newfoundland dog, came up, when the sagacious animal noticing the un fortunate young woman struggling in the water, jumped in, and after several efforts, succeeded in grasping her by the collar of the Pelisse, and bringing her ashore. She was taken to a public house, where every attention was paid to her, and after a lapse of some hours, she became per fectly collected. In answer to some questions, she said she was induced to attempt the rash act in consequence of seduction. [FROM A FRENCH PAVER.] DRESDEN, AUG. 18.—A young woman, eigh teen or nineteen years of age, a_servant at the Sanitary establishment of Baths here, who was about to be married to a young man employed in the same establishment, went yesterday, after evening service, to Neustadt, to visit one of her acquaintances, a female, named Strohon. The latter received her in a friendly manner, they had some coffee, and afterwards some rum ; the young woman from Dresden soon afterwards feel ing herself indisposed, Strohon invited her to re pose on her bed. No sooner was the young woman asleep, than the other took up a hatchet and struck her four blows on the head ; she then completed the work of death by stabbing the unfortunate victim several times on the body. The murder being accomplished, the criminal re moved the corpse from the bed, laid it on a paillasse, and covered it with a mattress ; she then went tranquilly to work in her chamber. About nine o'clock in the evening she went to the Baths, stated that the servant would return no more, related all the details of the assassina tion which she had committed, and placed her self at the disposal of the Director of the Esta blishment. She was arrested, and the facts above mentioned were verified. It does not appear that she was actuated by either jealousy, hatred, or any project of robbery, to commit this dread ful crime, nor was there any exaltation of mind, but, according to her own declarations, she had experienced since the execution of Kaltosen (a notorious assassin who was beheaded some days since)an irresistible desire to kill some one, in order that, like Kaltosen, she might die in a solemn manner; arid with much ceremony she adds, that she would have killed any other person whom she could have easily got into her power. Strophon is unmarried ; she is about 30 years of age ; she had riot at all a bad character, nor was she re proached with any vice ; she regularly fre quented church. The young woman murdered is said to have been pregnant. The young man to whom she was about to be married is in such a state of phrenzy, that apprehensions are enter tained for his life.