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men, and also' on account of the declared blockade by Lord COCURANE'S squadron of the whole coast of Peru. When Sir THOMAS was informed of these acts, he immediately left Val- Paraiso, and went in search of Lord COCIIRANE' s squadron,- which had left Callao before he reached there for some unknown destination.-- It is believed Sir THOMAS will not suffer the blockade to continue any longer, even of , Lima,. and that he will convey British merchantmen to and from that port ; in which event it is expect ed that Captain RIDGELEY, of the Conslelblion, Will also give protection to our merchantmen. Many think that an independent Government will be formed at.Lirna, free from . Spain and• Chili. - • A letter from th►e Health Officer at Staten Island, dated the 14th Feb., states,, that from the 7th to the 14th there had been nine cases of rnalina.ht fever. CUBA—MEXICO—LIMA. [From the Baltimore Gazette, Sept. 13.] By the schooner John, which arrived in this port yesterday, 12 days from Havanna, we have a variety of intelligence of interest, if not of de , . . c hled importance. In consequenCe of the progress of th e Independent cause in South America and in Mexico, the people of Cuba begin to speak or, and to speculate respecting their future des tiny. Some talk of independence, but more seem to think that Cuba must full into the hands of the British It is certain, at all events, that the ties betWeetiCuba in.! the Mother country are greatly loosened. Before the John sailed, ac counts bad been received from Vera Cruz, stat ing that the new Viceroy O'DoNoJu Was so little Pleased with his reception, and with the state of things there, that after issuing a Proclamation, Which formed a subject of much 'merriment, he had taken his departure, and his arrival at Ha vanna was looked for daily.' The communication between Vera Cruz and the city of Meicico had been cut off for a considerable time. The vessel of war that communicated this intelligence at Ravanna, also brought a report of the fall of Vilna, which we think more than probable. [From the Norfolk Paper of the 11thSeptember.] HEALTiIOF OCR CITIES.—BOOOII, New York, and Philadelphia, according ter accounts, have e njoyed an unusual degree of health. We be lieve not a solitary case of malignant fever has be en reported in either of these cities. In Bal ti!:actre cas e s .of malignant fever continue to be reported : on the sth inst. four deaths occurred. 111 Norf o lk, on the 6th instant, there were four • . „ `.loathe ; since the storm it h a s diniinished.—Sa vannah 'PaPer s up to the od instant continue to spe . ak o f their city as enjoying a deg ree o f health' Une• Xam—pled at this season.—New Orleans, at the date of the laSt accounts, continued entirely fre e . • .. . We have inserted in another part of our paper sortie observations frOm the Cork . Mercantile Chronicle on the Irish 'Spirits Intercourse,—a S ubject of great importance , and one deePly of f e • cting the interests biith of this and 'the Sister Kingdom,, Whatiivee may be our opinion of the question, We are called upon to express our regrci at the tone which pervades the article, and the . feel .. • in g which ev id ently inflUenced the w r ilter. It is m uch t o be lamented that charges of so serious al/a ttire as those of wilful misrepresentations and mis quotation of Statutes, should be hastily preferred against any person, and Particularly an individual who has no further interest in the question under his c onsideration than that which the conscien ti . °L is discharge of his public duties may impose upon him. We much wish to see the subject, which e repeat is one of great importance, and great 4rfl;. -oity, froth th e 'various interests involv e d i n " 1 ") fairly and candidly discussed ; and we shall devote a . portiOn of our columns to its %onsia .• 'eration till the ensuing meeting of Parlia °lent, flan , - len we sincer e ly hope that be s ' act6 rily arranged, and placed upon such a b asis as . will _protect and secure to Ireland those . ic 'vi 6 nta ges to which sh e is f a i r ly en titl e d, an d , h 'wh " - certainly believe the FRAMERS of the -Let of Union intended that sho should enjoy. a A l etter from St. P e t ers b urg h men ti ons , th at 1 Tilinent house at M o sc ow wa s i n a ver y cri tical; sitnati on ; k oala and that, shOuld the firm not be "bled to make good its p a y men t s , th e f a il ure e ,que attended with very serious couse ne hs to the commercial interests of Russia, as we debt s are said to amount to between seven 4 c l eight millions of roubles. Letters from Calais mention that General BErt !t4:11) arrived off that port, hi the Iris packet which was to enter next tide. 4 dvices from Newfoundland to the 12th of 0,141-eber h ave b een received. His Excellency 0 "e Governor embarked on the 29th of August, ti l l board his Majesty'.. ship Grasshopper, Capt. to tc liAN, and sa i led for Labrador. The ac -10,11.0t5 from L a b rador, received at St. John's, 4 ech are t o t h e 23d of August, stated that more s tl : ll , 4 g than ever as known before had been th,` 4ll )ed among the vessels which arrived there Season, owing to the vast quantities of ic e ou the coast. PO it THE SU& ON TEIE SERVICES RENDERED BY Tilt GliffEKS TO CIVILIZATION. MR. Earroa—Every person of education ac knowledgeS that Greece is the cradle of the Arts, of literature, of science, of. philosophy, and of the beautiful. The songs of Homer inspired those of all the Epic Nets. liesiod traced the ,model of the Didactic Poem. The flowers which Anacreon culled are daily reproduced, without having lost . their freshness in the rev . olutions.of ages. Sappho, . Pindar, YEschYltli, Sophocles, Euripides, Menander, Aristiiphztnes, Theocritus 9 and fEsop, formed all the Lyric, Tragic; and Comic Poets, all those who composed Eclogues , - and Fables. The . direction given to the Arts by. the pectic religion of , the_ Greeks created those animated marbles, those living busts and, figures whose illustrious relics inspired our great Sculptors, our great Painters; and to the Greeks i 1 also are we indebted for th e b eaut if u l proportionsl of Architecture. lln every other branch of .human knowledge the -Greeks were equally our masters: Amon.g theM we find the first mOdels_Of oratorsi: of his torians ; the first principles of sound logic, and of a polity founded on the cornmon'inferest - and the happiness of nations ; the first knowledge - of Natural History, of which our great modern Na- turalists have frequently taken advantage. Our most learned'Physicians acknowledge the obliga 7 tions they owe to Hippocrates. Copernkus Con.; fesSed .he was indebted to the Pythagoreats• for the idea of his system.; and the-art. w hich. New ton and Kepler applied to astronomy,,was that-of Euclid, of Archimedes, arid of Diopliantps. From the Greek Anaxagoras nations first learned, by degrees, that a supreme intelligence is the pri- Mary cause of the Universe; and it was Socrates who deduced from this principle the purest Mo rality. Without speaking of Solon, of .I,ycur gus, &c., and passing to times nearer our own, to the Greeks again are we indebted for that code of laws which the Romans added to from time to time, the digest of which in the reign of Justi nian exercised such a powerful influence, not only over legislation, but also over the civilization . of modern Europe. Lastly, when Christianity came to enlighten the world the iuliversality of the Greek language, in'Whidh `the' books were _ . written, as well as : : the Works of 'the primitive fathers of the Church' prOmOted its propagation Such are the principal - benefits we owe to Greece, _Many 0 0n.l.rnig i llt . kft,ellytnerated i not less important. , Ilow numerous then' her claims to our gratitude and our liberality ! and is it not . a sacred duty to assist in th e emancipation of this classic land, the- mental resources of whose inha bitants have ennobled our nature, and . to promote the liberation of the modern Greeks from the de basing and cruel despotism of the Turks ? An American Paper states, -that in January, last there Were' no fewer than 71 steam-vessels plying on the iVlississipPi and-Ohio rivers, several of which were above 400 tons ; anti:one of them, .the. United Slates,, CaPt. that, was of the asto nishing size of 646 tons. The Riga accounts mention an advance in the rate' of exchange, and remark, 'that tallow had advanced from 1371 to 145. - -• STEAM ExclN - Es.—An experienced artist arrived in this City the last week, and he is - nnw occupied'in putting that Act into operation which makes it Compulsory on the prn, prietors of steam enginess to consume the smoke caused by the creation of the steam.—(Yorkshire tiazette.) Redaction of Rents—JAMES:BENNETT, Esq. of Cadbury-house, Somerset, has lately reduced his' rents 10 per cent. on account of the great depre ciation in agriculture.—Miss PouvrAiNr has re duced the rents of all her tenantry in , Norf<ilk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, rand Nottio,- haroshire, 20 per cent. • • . , FEMALE DuELLtmG.--Yesterday,,says a French Paper of Saturday, a duel took place .bet Ween two Ladies iu the-forest of Boulogne. Two shots were exchanged. The quarrel tertninated as usual at a restorateur's, . near the. Porti. Maillot.l l Motives of jealousy 'Were, it is, said: the cause of this hostile meeting. .., The River Thatnes,.,in the neighbourhood, of. Oat-lands, lifts the • been .much infested 'with' poachers,' to the great: detriment of 'the fishery,' ;and the almost total annihilation of angling, a diversion so much followed by the -resident gentry in this interesting part of the'country.-;: Perhaps the appointment of an extra Water Bailiff (there being none, we belief?, nearer than Hampton) would prove of utility. in preserving,. the fish from the destructive visits of these noc turnal marauders. Wednesday last, the daughter of Mr. Honey seet, wheelwright, of Luton, near Chatham, aged 21, was missed from her father's house, and after a diligent search for some time, was found in the Well in Luton-street, quite dead; a disappoint ment in love is conjectured to have been .the cause.—Same day, a sailor, belonging to one of his Majesty's ships in the River Medway, was found hanging in a' wood near Rainham. A note or paper was found in his pocket, signifying that want of employ had driven him to it, but as two Sovereigns were found in his pocket, and he was at that time in his Majesty's service, it is believed that was not the real cause.—( Kentish Gazette, Oct. 16.) Ann Wilson, alias Moore, sentenced to death at Glasf;ow ,for isstiinz7forked nOtes, has received a respite during his MAJESTY'S pleasure. i __) — I , 0.. • lb, • 4, 1 4 , ' • ; of . A ' ''; Ir,- , ___„„„,,, .- 7 t o N t p %; . ......:- . rai a 4,, 5 tl: k i ir ; .•.€'="4. s e . i , , 4 , :,, k 4 1 ~,,4" Yesterday, at half-past eleven Doke.and Duchess of CLARENCE arrived in town from 'Bushy. Their Royal Highnesses visited the Princess .Sornidi at Kensington, and afterwards returned to Bushy to dinnei% The,Duke of Wellington arrived yesterday at Apsley House froinStrathfiehlsay. • The. Duchess of Succleugh has returned froni Cheltenham to Montague Villa, Richmond.' • Monday the Earl of Bathurst arrived at his house in Great Stanhope-street. Prince Paul Estc:hazy, accompanied by his Secretary, CoUnt Colined°, arrived at Chandos House; ye'tterday afterpoon,from Ramsgate. In a feiv days . his Excellenc'y intends visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedrord,"at Woburn Abbey. The.Prin 7. . ccss:still remains with her young faTnily at Ramsgaie. Lady Bloomfield and family are daily eipected on a visit to Artisans', County of Tipperary, the scat of Lieut.-Col. Gough. On Saturday, the Earl of Darnley and.family, accompanied by. Sir Humphrey Davy,paid,a visit to, Sir Robert Barlow, at Chatham Dock-yard, and after taking a. slight view of the wOrks going on .-A....e.ry,pr9seded.-to..„Flaaosbury, to view the launch of. the Indiaman at essrs—Biindley's Ywrd. . Colonel and Mrs. L. P Jones 'have arrived, at Batt's .Hotel, Dover -street, from Paris;. and Mr. and Sergisson have I„eft ditto, for.Cuckfield Park, Sussex. • On Illonday•sennight, the freedom of the Corporation , of Li merick was unanimously voted, on the motion of Lord Gort, to Vi.4count Sidmouth and'Sir A. B. King. There seemed to * be but one sentiment, that the worthy Baronet was deserving of every honour that the city 'of Limerick or any othei corporate body could bestow. - NI. Guillebert, Banker at Calais, and Commandant of the Guard of Honour, which attended his.lititannic Majesty on his-arrival and daring his stay at Calais, ha. 4 received a letter from Brumsels, dated:the 29th ult. from. Major Gen. BarUard cansmitting to him, by command of his Sovereign, a magnifi cent brilliant ring, as a token of his regard for the attention paid to him by M. Guillebezt. This Gentleman being desirous of participating the munificence of his Britannic Majesty as well as he could with his troops, gave to them a ball on the 9th of this month, at the Theatre, which was most numerously at tended by them, as also by the _Mayor ami the other Authori ties and Gentry of both Countries. Th! arms and colours of France and England decorated the ball room, and the greatest liberality was displayed by 3.1. Guilleb2rt. • A grand public dinner was given on Satprday last, at Mon mouth; by the Gentlemen of the County, to the Duke of Beau fort, Lords. William and Granville Somerset. Sir Charles Mor gan and• Sir S. Thudyer were also present.. - A grand ball and supper was given; on Thursday last, at WIDAY HOUSE, near Plymouth, by Colonel and Mrs. A. Morshead, to all the families of distinction in the neighbour hood. The mansion and conservatory were brilliantly illumi nated with variegated lamps, entwined with laurel, and other evergreens, and over the hall door shone." Welcome," in tran sparent letters ; amongst the brilliant assemblage were the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Right 1-lon. h. P. Carew and family, Sir A. and Lady Cochrane, Sir A. and'Lady Males . worth, Sir M. and Lady Lopes, Sir T. and :Lady Lavie, and a long train of fashionablea, and Officers of the Army.and Navy. Brnsark3tesTtaae, OCT: l4.—The at , tlie Ring's Arms commenced on Thursday evening, with great eclat. We were not before aware that they have always been held under the patronage, and partly at the expense of a .very old established Club, consisting of the Noblemen and Gentkmen in the county, and perhaps we should not now have heard the fact, but for the congratulations which were given to Thomas Dorien, Esquire, the father of the Club, on his having completed his 50th year as a member. Upon this occasion, Mr. D ar i en was solicited to act as one of the stewards, and his personal exer. hops- and attentions were warmly acknowledged. The ball was opened at ten, by Lady Caroline Lamb, and Lord Cranbourn, with the much admired air of " Itoolth." Quadrilles fol. loWed, and were danced the remainder ofthe evening.— Payne's band attended, and played in their best style, which it is almost unnecessary to say, gave universal satisfaction. About One, the, party sat down to an excellent supper, after which dancing recommenced, and was kept up with great spirit till a late hour. Among the company ware—The Mar chioness of Salisbury, the Earl and CostrsteSs of Bridgwater., with a very •large party from Ashridge, the Earl and Coun tess of Verulain, Viatountess Cranbuurne, the Honourable Misses Grinistone, with many friends from the Castle, Lord and Lady Frederick Beauclerk, Sir Henry and Lady Welles ley, Sir. Gore Ousley, Sir John Saundra* &bright, and party, Sir Ashley Coope,r . Bart., Wm. Lamb, Esq. ALP., Collett, Eiq. M.P., the Dorien family, with a large pasty, Carle ton, Esq., 'William 'Hale, the 'Remand Mr. Crofts, John ,Moore, Esq., &c. LR.c. &c. Mansel having given free tickets at York and Wakefield, in honaiir of the- Coronation, on Thurialay week, gave' seven hundred admissions-to the theatre at Doncaster. The celebrated Composer Rossini, tibin Naples, is engaged to direct and compose the Open tor the ensuing season at the Theatre.- CANTETtuvRY, • Oct. lb.— Yesterday evening, at an Extra.: ordinary General. Court of the Guardia ns o f th e P oor o f t hi s - City, Mr. Jcni EP it F.llAhr, Le was unanimously elected by bal lot, Receiver, in the room of Mr. John Browne, resia-ned_,_ At the same Court the poundage to the Collector cd-Rates wkis reduced from-. 11. to 2d., making his salary on sise'rates 781. 10s. per annum. 7 -Our Annual Michaehnas Pair, formerly known by the appellation of ' t Jack. and Joan's .fan," com menced on Thursday last, in the Cattle Market, 'with the various divertisements of Mime, •Pannatnime, • 6,:e. This fair, formerly a mart for the sale of merchandize, undo statute for the hiring of servants, haS Dilate ye a rS b een observed principally as the saturnalia, • or holiday of •the labouring ilasses, and has 'annually brought together.a large concourse of husbandry ser- . vants of both sexes from the surrount4ng country but upon no occasion have wO witnessed to large an assemblage as that which thronged out streets on Saturday lost, and it• was gratifying to observe the health tle4 . pictured their coun tenances, and the cleanliness which marked their clothing. The carriage ivay.crosSing the Old Ford:at the tail of the Ab .hat's Mill, in this city,, has beenordereil by the Alakistrateg to be put into immediate repair,'which order is now carrying into effect, And. will be completed in the course of' a fortnight or three week*, by a brick arch being thrown across the stkeam frOm the wheel-race of the mill, with parapet wall.. The ex pence of which (A:70) is to be'defrayed from the County Rate. APPREnENSION or THni}E 11rstrnarcno.)4 • MEN.— On Sunday sennight three.men with a large spring cart were observed to go through Seal and East Feekhon, and on Mon day in. the 'forenoon, they came back and Went on to River head, and put up at the. White Hart, wheie they had their cart locked up, in which was perceived a large basket. Soon after their arrival they told the Landlord they were going to see some friends, and if they did not get back in • tune, he was not to set up for them as they could call up - the„ostler.-- .This and other circumstances raised suspicions in the landlord's mind, and he and his neighbours reSolved upon watching? their Motions . , and accordingly went Come distance on the ro a d for this purpose, and laid up in the hedge.- At night one of the men went back to the White Hart and cot the cart,' while the other two walked on the London road till the cart overtook them, when they got up and drove on till they came to I)unton Green pay-gate ; here the persons who had waylaid them stopped the cart and in sisted upon knowing what was in it ; the three men imme diately jumped out and made off. Upon searching the cart two bodies were found, one of them of a young woman about 13. years of age, who had been buried in Seal church-yard on the. Friday preceding ; the other was that of a robust man, apparently about 40 years of age, of a dark sandy complexion, with one of his feet turned inwards ; from whence this body was taken, has not yet been discovered. A pursuit after the mon immediately took place, and the)' were overtaken at Farn borough and brought back to bevenoaks, where they under. went an examination and were bound over to appear at the en suing Quarter Sessions.—(Maidstone Journal.) P - OETRY, OCTOBER.--A SONNET. In russet garment clad of sober hoc,. Vi 7411 rudcly„haWthc:rn berri,;:s for his crown; October enters sad, with tears of de . W, And pull* the leafy grOveN last hanours down: The Mist of mornifilt cliecki the lark'r; sweet - lay, And when bri:V.d aiiierts• his high control, The ti oodhird feebly tWitters from his spr4, For winds hlOw chill, and roeringteinnests roll, flow'r is lett to grace the late lov'd shade ; Not e'en a clai67 decks the drooping plain ; No reaper's song is hoard Ohing the glade, But silence o'er sad nature holds , Thus pass October's heavy hours away, While mournful gloo'ni o'erpowers the shortest clay. • A PUNNING EPITAPH. (INT Ara) nit A PUNSTEIL—A port hiving been circulated in the Four -Courts of -the death of a certain great'_ Law Lord; he himself was _supposed to have been the aatlair of if, for the purpose of affording him. the op portunity of pang the following lines toy the Public, and of en joying the merit of them in hiS life, time Ile's dead ! alas . ! facetiouspimiter, • . Whose jokes made learned wigs with fun stir; From Ifeaven's high court, a tipstafrs sent, To call him to his punishment— • Stand to your ropes, ye Sextons, ring, • Let all your clappers ding dong, ding : Non nu It.x.Thim without his due; fie was hdoszlf a TOLER* too r * Lord Norbury's name; 1 / 1 0 Ist Inns .. - 21 Ditto.. 180 3 dr SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1821. I O:9DAY, OCTOBER H.' One-third of a Subscription of 25, ,, s each, for four-yr-old colts, Est. 101 b. and fillies, est. 71b. D.. I. Bona fide the property of Subscribers. Ld Egremont's b. c. Robin Hood , - - Sir J. Shelley's b. c. Ivanhoe . -- - - • 2 H. R. H. the D. of Yjrk's ch. c. Oracle - - 'pd Ld Jersey's b. g. Sybrus - - - - pd • oto 2 . agst ItOhn Hood. ... . Fifty Pounds, for•twOlr-old colts, carrying ht. 41b. and fillies, • • . - list. 21b. T.Y.C.. Mr Greville's ch. f. sister to Plumber, by. Election - I Nlr Wyndliain' b. f. 'by Whalebone, daoi by Canopus . 2 Mr Udny's ch. f. by Salim, out of Mite - ' - - .3 - • Ten started—The Judge placed but three, • • .. 2to 1 it.,,rst sist. to Plumper-5 to 2 agst Whalebone f. A Gold Cup of YOgs value, by a.subscription, of 15F-,s eacli,.for , . ' horses of all ages. Ab. Al.' Ld Maynard's c. by Partisan, - out-of-Gin, 3 yrs, 7st. lib. 1 - ." 1 Mr Batson's Freak, 3 yrs, 7st ' - - - 2 Mr Udny's Barni;cid:!, 5 yrs, .9it. - .- - - . 3 Ten start...Al—The J udge plaWd but three. 4to 1 agst Partisan-5 to 2•agst Bartnecide. . Mr. Fox's Paint-brush, est. 81b.. beat Mr. L i dny's Pantoufle' 7st. 111 b. D.M. .ItoUgs. h. ft.-2.t0 1 agst Paint-brush. , . MONMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10. A Sweepstakes of sgs . " each, with 20gs added.—Heats, twice • round Lind.a distance. • ' • Mr. Jones's b. m..Ethelinda, by. Poulton, 5 ycs 8 1 1 Mr. Battley's b. 111. Victorine 43 yes - - 1 0 2 Mr. West's br.'h. Fitz-Orville; aged - 6 0 3 Mr. Fler ir nin"s Illandford, 4 yrs .• - - • . 3dr - Mr. Pryse's c- Doctor Lady,. 5 yrs Mr. West's Alpha, 5 yrs 2 7 20 dr Mr. Day's Swindon, 5 yrs - - - 40 dr Mr. Jones's Valentine, 3 yrs - 5 dr The County Members' Plate'of 4:so.—Heats, thrice round. Mr. Flerning's Blandford, by Beverley, 4 yrs - 1 1 PrYse's - Doctor Eady, 5 yrs . - - 2 2 Mr. tt est's Alpha, 5 yrs -• • • - - 3dr 17t1URSD.A.Y.. A Plate of Fifty , ..'ounds. byßipliiizatd, 5, yrs - T. Thornhill's ch. £ Scarpa., 3 yrs Vleming's ch. g. by Haphazard; 5 yrs lieardsworth's 'Vampyre, 4 yrs . - Handicap Plate of Fifty Pounds. Mr..Jones's Ethelinda 4 yrs , Mr. Pryse's gr. 1. Udine, '3 yrs Mr. Flemini's.l.3landford,• 4 yrs Mr. Day's Swindon 5 yrs Mr. —'s Little John Mr. Day's Vietorine ' 5 yrs - Mr. West's Fitz-Orville, aged Mr. I,lr. X 2 2 I 2 4 3 dr 3.. 4 dr 6 1 1 1 3"3 •5 12 7 4, 4 4' dr 2 dr CRICKET MATCHES. On Monday se'nnielit a Cricket Matclitook place on 'Wood house-moor, between 11 of the Old and 11 of . the New Leeds Clubs, which was, won. by the former, in one innings, by •Iti notches :-- QLI) CLUB. NEW CLUB. st Inns . 134 On Thursday-and Friday last. a Match of Cricket was played at Rolvenden, between 11 Gentlemen of that place, imd 11 Gentletnen of Sandhurst, for 22 GliineaS, which was won by the latter by. 32 runs. The King's Hounds, the whole of which were . nearly de stroyed hy ais. at Brighton last year, hare been renovated this season by various couples of tine dogs, resented to his Majesty by the Earl Fitzwilliarn,. the Earl of D erby, and the Duke of t;rafton. The breed of the Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Derby are said to be the finest in the kingdom. •ROXING. Monday was a day of real MILLINQ, in a general way. The fists of the prcfessors tvere clenched for mischief. A fight first took place at the barge-house opposite- Woolwich between Harris and . another waterman, which 'was won by' •Harris,.r.ithritiuji a e'ood fight. The second match Was:. casual one between Randal, Turner, and Spring, or, it was in better terms a regular row. Martin's party assembled at Randal's to offer money, three or fix hair dred aside, for him to fight Randal a third time.. The pheno merlon said he had twi ce qu il te d hisadversary, and he •was_sa tisfied to .leave; wail Alone. , Some.expressionssavoixiing more of the energctic than elegant took place . between Spring and. Randal, the former desip,nating Randal as a cur. This was not to be brooked by the :lion-hearted brave, andtlisrPgarding Stonnage„ he turned to work,,, and the gallant Turner had".a share in the affray ; but he hit'Randal instead of Spring. The latter got well punished. A DROTT Ger Man latelj , achiev ed a clever swindling adventure at LYons. He went to a magazine of silks, and became a pur chaser to the , amount of 10,000 francs (about 4000 for which he tendered a bill of exchange due in five days. The shopkeeper refused to ac cept it without previously authenticating the sig nature. He therefore accompanied the purchaser to the banktv, who declared that the bill was good, and that he would have no hesitation in ho- !louring it when due. The shopkeeper, in conse quence, surrendered his silks and accepted the bill, or rather a copy of it, while theadroit swindler ran immediately to the banker with the true one, and having discounted it, disappeared both with the money and the goods. IMPUDENT RoastaY.—Monday night, about eleven o'clock, some daring villains, during the time a hackney-coachman was asleep on his box, while waiting for a fare in Holborn, - took the horses from the coach and escaped with them, leaving poor J arty fast asleep. Yesterday morn ing the animals were found, stripped of their harness, in, a field near West-square, St. George's Field.. •iiiiiiidA3kiiii,T 4 , stiiPPiNd, tic:- • -•DF. .A Om% I(..:Wind ._Came down from the River and sailed the Richard,:. Williamson, for Derne7ara; Seneca.,..Belk forl`plia,go; Allen, for New York-4 : lioWcliffe I)uhoi, for. Honduras; and Phcehe Herbert, from. Hell for oporto. Arrived- k ind re ma i n the Tula, White, from Malaga; Arno, Crow, from Odessa; Amiable Eliza, Grandin,' froin ilavre 1 La Perede Guidez, from Dunkirk ; and Martha, l'an from Bilbao'. EgiAN C , OCT. 1. 4.-A large piece of American timber has been brought here r dye feet of one end has been on lire, and it is supposed that the.vesae.l.from which it came has been burnt.. To'io other pieces have been picked up s' T". and taken to • N!aashOle. A brig WAS aeanehor this morning neat the 'Land' End,_ with loss of mainmast: , • Cowls,Ot;r. the Albury • transport, Pre.m. Portsmouth for Malta.. • Pr!iTs::roirTi-t; 0CT.14.-Arrived th e C a r o l ine ' arid Integrity transport from Plymouth.; }.,:urape,'ll'illis, from Quebec; Al;ne Christina, GrUnds, from Christiana ; and friend tanghan, from LendOn fot Btiatol ; the litter with damage, .having been run on board of-by a large, sloop oft the - Isleof 'Wight,, and had her. jibbooni . Uarriea away,. bowsprit • .spriing, Sailed his .Nlajesty's sbip Hind; on a cruize. PLYMOUTH; 15--- -It ' inil ;- N:Arriiied the Tiget Revenne czniz t er Aim) the Eastward, to be paid off. Oe T.li, r N.S. Nif.--ArriVed the. . Industry,itgoge„ from' Portground. I/Artwterr, It;. —:Arrived the Jane packet, with a mail, lioui_t;9ttenbargh. . • - . 15.- 2 Arrived the General Broth, Whit.: law;:frora . ..Quebec.; Safled - 2r; th of Aug.; be wad en shoie Ueorge'. Bay, and has. thiotta her deck load. Overboard. The Prince J.4enpold,'Lartnckiii' from London, went on shore Hampton Roads al Of Scpc:i4r, and was got off the 13th.' On Siithrday laSt a Very fine indiaman ,was.-Launched in - the - Medway, from Messrs., Brindley'S Yard, at frinclabury._ She went off in Jexcellent Ail; and ariiidat the dieers of a vast cow; course of people of all ranks, a , flembled-on the occasion ; after the launch the vessel was taken in toW by a steam packet for the Thames, where si:e i to be fitted. A dinner and- ball 'were . - given in cAqazatio.l of the - tip+, by the intprietd r inf th es at, the Bull inn, Rochester, *hid] were-both numerously attended. —Au ea:citent, which served to throw a damp over th e must's - of the cem !)an y, t oo k pkicc just as the ship was g Oi ng 'John Caib, a respectable tradesman, _residing at Strood ; was attempting to get on board her, when the Accommodation laddei on Which he had stepped, was pulled from under him, apd be was precipitated to thebdttom of the slip, by which he was ad mucn injured that' he expir;:d in about a qttarter_ of an hour • after wards.L.- -- .(Kentish Oat ette, Oct. 16.) On Friday night, as a barge belonging to Barnard and C o . Of . Stourport, With a ea rg a o f c opp er and wool, which she had just taken on board, was coming up the Severn from Callow, owing to the extreme rapidity of t i ae flood-tide, she was driven against Newnham Crib with such .foree'as to csuae her to fill and sink instantly. There were four men on bdard, .whose lives were in- • imminent danger ; but they were providentially saved by a boat ; which put off to their - assistance. 'On the ebbing of the tide, , about half the wool was saved, and hopes were entertained that " the. copper might also be secured ; but next morning's tide ran. up,wan such violence as to capsize her, by which means the rest, of her cargo may be considered as totally lost. It.is supPose4 that the value Of the vessel and lading is upwards of 5,0001: v..rcarot.7s AFr.titt.Th e district of Athol has been thrown into a state of alarm by reports of occurrences said to have taken place at the farm of Bonskied, of a desciiptio n which throWs the famous " Cock-lane ghost ". completely into the shade. The inmates of the farm-house say, that about a fortnight ago they observed a. number Of large stones in the neighbourhood to be rnov:ng from place to place, without the aid of any perceptible agency. Several of these 'Made their way through the windows - and doors, and even the' roof of the dwell-' ing, soul,. entering into and demolishing the kit chen uten as, and others contenting themselves with effec in . ;•a comfortable lodgment by the fire ;‘ while a different class, after making the - circuit of the farm-house, are said to have re- - sinned their original situation in front of the .. door. Since that time, it seems, the fantastic mis , 'Niles have performed similar freaks almost every day; They are generally in motion about nine in the morning -and five in afternvonr,-ind 'their performances have attracted crowds. to the; spot. The clergymen of the distriCt have visited. Bonskied, and used their endeavours' to consiy a the supposed wizard to the " vasty deep," but. in vain for the flinty. bodies he has been pleas 4, to animate are reported still to c on ti nue t h e r e '• perambulations. This affair, the obviotis creatioW . . Of folly or perhaps of knavery, however ridiculous it may appear, has' revived all the exploded tales . ; - of the district,. which had their origin in the su perstitiOn of a darker period, and raised the terror of thr inhabitants tua degree which would .hard ly be believed. Sunirby'respectable old females ire th?: nyighbcinrhood have already been marked out as' being . it the bottorn of the whole business,' • through the practiCe of the' heinous crime of ~citchc'raft.—(.;Moirthly Review.) . . PROCESS FOR COUNTERA.CTIN.G CONTAGION. At the moment when contagious maladies are causing such ravages, it 'Cannot be supertlu ouslo make known a discovery which is due - to . hazard, and which has for itsobject•theapplication . on a large scale of the process for counteract ing infection, invented by the celebrated Gur. ton de . Morveau, of philanthropic memory: The following is the manner in which the author of this discovery describes. the circumstances which led hint to make it :—.l.3eing lately employed in decomposing marine salt, by means of sulphu ric acid, .in order to obtain soda, he observ ed : - that the town near which he resides, was, in a few moments, covered with a cloud formed by the vapour of the mariatit:• which was escaping from the furnace: . The vapour penetrated every where, and extended . to a considerable distance. Ile besides observ ed, that it acquired greater intensity in propor r . as the air was , more humid. It. then occurred t to him,:that sets of apparatus, so prepared as,to be capable of being moved to points whence the wind might: - drive' the emanation on infected places, • would be of. great. utility, ',while the expense. of the experiment would be inconsiderable.-. (Path Paper.) CORN-EXCHANGE, OcT. 17. Very little demand for any kind of Grain this day, and little alteration in the price of any. Grain except Barley; which was 3s. lower than on Monday; the supply of every thin', from what was left over on Monday, and a few fresh arrivals, was large this day. The Average Prices of Corn for the week ending Oct. 6, be ing the first of the six weeks preceding the 15th November, are now made public. The theme price of Wheat is quoted at a decline of full 6s. -From 70s. 7d. •it had fallen to ti4s. 7d for the week ending on the 6th instant ; and by the subsequent accounts from Mark-lane, it appears, that owing to the conti nuance of an abundant supply down to Monday morning, the minds of the corn-dealers had undergone such a change from their former eagerness to purchase, as to produce a still further reduction in Old Wheat of 2s. per quarter ; in New Wheat 'of '3B. to 4s. ;, 'Old Barley of N. ; and in New of 4s. to ss. 110 P INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK, OCT. 15.—Qur Hop market is on the adVanct. for both Kent and Sussex 'Pockets; we think they are from ss. to es. per cwt. dearer than they were a week since. Real good Bags are in demand, and have also experienced an ad ranee, but not equal to Pockets. MAiDsTo.sr, OCT. lb.—At our Market on Thursday'we had a brisk demand for good and.fine Hops in both Bags d Pockets, at an advance since the preceding Thursday of 4s. to ss. per cwt., also a better demand for the middling sorts set a trifling advance.