The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY. ORDERS -RESPECTING THE ROYAL VETERAN DATTALIONS. When Veteran Battalion's are fonned they are intended ex . elusively for the receptimi of meritorious soldiers, who, from wounds, age, or infirmity, are become unequal to the more active duties of the Line. The.C ornmandingOfficers of Regiments of the Line, frotn which men are transferred to • Veteran Battalions, are to. send; with them the following docuinents, viz. 1 .• A list o f their names, ages, services, &c. extracted from the Re g i mentalDescription - Book—specifying also the general character of each man, and the cause of his being transferred: A statement of their accounts according to the form pre scribed, spewing the period to which each man has been paid t he Period for which he has clothing—the nature of the claims of any man which remain unsettled, stating the c ause which prevents the settlement of thein—and a list of the n ecessaries which each than has in his possession at the time of. his quitting the regiment from which he is transferred. The Colonels, orsOfliCers in the command of ROyal Veteran Battalions, are required to make an especial report to the Ad jutant-General of any man who may arrive at their headquar ters, for the .purpose of being received into their battalions, without the documents above directed. The Officers commanding Veteran Batta.llons'are restricted fro m Promoting any Corporal .or Private Soldier to the situa ti" of Serjeant, unless they shall previously obtain, through the Ad jutant-General, the special authOrity of the Commander-, 514- chid, which is granted only in particular cases, as the va cancieswhich occur in" the establishment of Serjeants in the .Ve teran Battalions are to be filled by Serjeants from the -Regu -I..AIItIV, who' being.unequal, - from age or infirmity, to very active service,- are recommended by their Commanding Officers for such appaintments. It is to be fully explained to the boys or lads who are en listed t o serve as Drummers Or Fifers in a Veteran Battalion, th at whenever they attain sufficient age arid strength to qualify then for more.active duties, they will be transferred to Regi ments of Infantry of the Line ; and the Commanding Officers ° I Veteran Battalions are requested to report from time to . t° time t o • t h e Adjutant-General, the names, age and size, of such Drummers as.become:fit for service in the Regiments of the Line, specifying the Regiments to which they are desi,. rolls of being transferred. ' The sum of one guinea and a half is to be allowed to each simmer who is transferred from a 'Veteran Battalion, for e . purpose of compl e tin g hi m w ith such regimental neces saries p as . may require. This sum is to be paid by the aPtaster of the Regiment to which , any Drummer is trans-. ferr&i . i on'c' 1 ommissioned Officers or Private Soldiers are not to . larged from'V e t eran B a tt a l ions , exce pt th e y are ren a 'Fa tot a ll y ecitient incapable of further service by age, mfirmity, or THE LATE COURT MARTIAL. BRIGADE ORDERS.—SEPTEMBER 18. b ru e Commander-in-Chief having laid before the King the. receding% of a General Court Martial, held in Portman street. Il e rr „ ac ks on the 13th and 14th - September,lB22, for the trial of Of t te nant-Colonel Thomas Gore, of the Coldstream Regiment barge, viz.:- c c't Guards, who was arraigned upon the under-mentioned • . % % rot having, on the 23 of August•laSt,at A public-house in /t":rd -street associated with, and joined company with, and n.k beer Corporal Samuel George, of the Coldstream th °zeta of Foot Guards," such conduct being unbecoming t ofaracter of an Officer and a Gentleman, and to the prejudice goad order and•military discipline." • • . Ni o ,PCni which Charge the Court came to the following dem . adll l. , l s,e,Court having taken into consideration the evidence . I"l4'e the evidence them in . support of this prosecution, and like terlaot_c_, alence received by the Court on the part of Lieu against b"'nel Gore in his defence against the charge preferred T i "Ira, are of opinion— Colo iat the char e exhibited in this case against Lieutenant they rill G ortx, , IS FALSE, WICKED, and SCANDALOUS; and ii",,lnost fully and honourably acquit hith thereof. ,, a s 414 -JEST Y was pleased to approve and confirm the fin and sentence of the Court. By connnand of his Royal Highness, (Signed) H. TAYLOR. 411 0 . 1 ., eer o f ." 1 ,7 Court Martial is about to assemble, to . try an Offi -ylvager- distinguished regiment of cavalry. It originated in . a uet of Inade between three officers. One of the party . won his for tl ie j Ni., and lost the same sum to another. On applying it w mone y due, he was requested to wait a short period, as 10,,,,at. not then convenient to discharge the claim. The apo reif•Zas ac cepted ; but when the wager lost was demanded, he linti l li - nf th at, as he. h a d n o t rece i ve d h is w i nn in gs , h e cou ld no t Soni c - LN'ing his own loos till the former was arranged. about t uusu nderstanding consequently.arose, • and- the whole is Patti be s ubmitted•to the judgment of their Peers. tegi,o`leular orders have, we understand, been- given to the two u PPer ert ; ts of Life Guards and Oxford Blues; • not to shave . the Pea ` 1 ; under a supposition, no doubt; - that their military ranee will be thereby improved. •• • ' • MERCANTILE SHIPPING. bt...... 0 .- the ts i a' l , SEPT. 2 0:—Wind — N.E.—Came down from the River k-,,Zem, Valliant, for Calais. srnalli. IT O fro " 11 5 SEPT. 19.—Wind E.—Arrived the Whim, 'Nano,' x/11 \lontserrat; sailed the Ist of August andfor Lnndpn Jest ? , ,-', '3taeeY, Gallipoli in 70 days, for orders ; . his Ma rioloB si ll]) Larne, Tait, for Gibraltar, sailed the 6th instant. , SEPT.!t, l6.—Arrived the Ocean transport, from Lon -1,:0, take troops for Gibraltar. rabi c , rtITII, SEPT. 19.—Wind E.—Off the port the Mi lneri totherford, from St. Vincent's in 48 days—spoke the hio Pl a y Ship Amphion, of and from New York, bound' to ` l l aYs l ta, in distress, havin een struck by ligh . tn t i h n e g ca fo b l i i n r ' c ''t h' e • -n ' re ; her mizen-mast was?one, one seaman in t ered is life and another much hurt, and though mlich_s a h . a s t . - silurn3,le made but little water. ' Also off the port the I' 11 fr oin ,atter son, from St. Vincent s ; and Valencia, Kinsman, 10nd "emerara. Arrived the Prince of Saxe o .g, mey, eg A blo n "to Madeir a •, Bolden Ol Hi dfield, for Ca Hdionzd , uras Mfield , Leghorn ; Raril, gg, for . / 41V at, Sil lne ,tral Phenomena.—ln Japan, clouds .as hes, Me shapes of irregular' fortifications ch ; gg gret he roil ~ lid variety to the vast ethereal concave. At the tropics y in. tMselves into enormous masses as white as snow ; tunes '4 oeir bordersbord into the forms of hills; piling them o spv ca. v.er ns each ; and frequently exhibiting the sha '''t• Pi C oc ks, and mountains. There, as may . be coll pes ted from °I vali te, may be perceived, amid endless ridges, a c multitude and rerirrtii whose o r ienings are . distinguished by si . iad_es . of ? I ll s c olou rs hon. r hese celestial valleys exhibit, in th 1• a h d el d r f differ nt eel, Matchless tints of white, meltin L4,suinn.cers• Here and there may be observed into s torr a torrents of ligbt nei r ,ft.. froth the dark sides of the mountains, and pouring - I'lles,"` r eams, like ingots a gold dad silver, over racks of coral. that -fePPearances are not more to be admired for their beau y, ihstan.r rtehwtechihraetdenwaodvielsess combinations ; since they varyeceovmerey coloured What a moment before was luminous, s Coloured, mingles into shade—forming hrid al' and beautiful representations of islands and hamlets, :::11t1:asitie mountamisvicie rivers, immense ruins, huge rocks, 4,flect. the br a i n I ° 7l B of the Brain.--A. small pressure .. of .. p th e wi l diminishes a stronger destroys, the sensibility of aris (he 1 30 , 11. There was some years since a beggar . a Turi n 5 Part 0 h em ii A the h ,whose skull had been removed, without in i " r am, in consequence of a wound. This being wa -4 1 4 7 1 ' 4 e Wore a Plate upon the part where the skull . was c- leiden t l , to prevent the brain from being hurt by every a llre t,ythltell• I'or a all of money this poor cm , p r - ',„ ' off the Plate, ln and - allowed the brain to be gent- I t,!bst ah -ss ed, by la ying ahandkerchief or some such soft o ' al i ce tilion it ;—this immediately occasioned dimness a tin _g it arid ~, rented, he becamedrovesins! ; . the pressure . being somewhat ever quite insensible, with high breathing, 4ate he y sYmPtorn of a person in an apoplexy : from which rer,iovnevder, a fa n il t e i d al s w oo ay n s to recover upon the pressure being was repeatAs this experiment was'attended with no pain, it with the same effect. t ht andA .of stl. eTrea the of lael re e a a for 1 fi' f o r , o inte 5 0 1 ip a cYdef is q Ol ,be it , aoi n t j be ir t he ens . • FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lady Sophia Heathcote, from Surrey ; the Duke of Man cliest2r, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. DEPAIITURES.—Sir Philip Roche, Bart. from the Claren don Hotel, Bond-street, for Worthing; Dowager Lady Suffield, from Thomas's Hotel,. Berkeley-square, for .Norfolk; the Hen. Captain T. B.• Capel, R.N. and Mrs. Capel, from the Colitirg Hotel; Charks-Street, Grosvenor-square, for ditto; Lord Aches:on, from Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Harrow ; Sir Chailes Lewis Gieseckc, from ditto, for Bath ; the Hon. Chas. Vesey, front ditto, for Coveptry- Bx•rn Auttivar.s.-LDUchess •of Beaufort, Lord and Lady O'Brien,'Lady Ilatemao,' Marquis de Sommery, .Marquis de ,Toursiille, Viscortntetis de BUffevant, Hon. Mrs, Jones, Sir R. and" Lady Homfray; Sir `H 'and •Lady Inglis, Sir D. Macworth, :Dr:'lliShop;'Lieut."-Col.”Macdonnell, Captain Cotgrave, Capt. Capt.. Roberts. Rev. Dr. Gardiner, Rev. Mr. Bowen, Rev. Mr. Doyle, - Rev. Mr. Pace, Rev. Mr. Sherer, Rev. 'Mr. Watkins. • H . - ROYAL YACHT CLtil3. .. . . . Cowp, SErT.l9.—This, distinguished Maritime Society 1101. its fifth general a , ,s•.nililage 'on Monday ;. but the weather 1337oving calm, the Yaclits 14 at anchor in,COwes.lload the whole ;daY-tholigli not in listless activity, for it was observable that the .P.ractice of. the . new Signal COde seemed to 'Oecupy the 'lime of the several members with the minutest attention.— •On Tuesday a fresh bree4e from the- East .haring. sprung up, the Hoe. C. A. Pelham, in his ship Falck, at nine a. sit., hoisted blue peter, as a preparatory ; and at, ten o'clock, on a grin being fired frOin - thy . ship, the several members rowed from their yachts to the Fetyott to receive the CoMmodore's instrue ,,tions. 'Having rejoined their yachts, at - eleven o'clock the sig -nal to weigh was made.. and, with an alacrity, only equalled by his Majesty's ships of' war, the fleet was - seen instantly get ting up anchors, and watching the motions of the Commodore, . who presently • hoistea - the signal to form, line. The yachts havihg taken their respective stations, the squadron beat up towards Spithead ; and'_ at the East end of the Branibles, the Fa/con making. the signal for the second evolution, Viz. to change the order of sailing to two lines the fleet Wore and run large. in two columns, the starboard line being led by Mr. Powell's schooner Briton, and the larboard by Lord IDeer hurst's schooner Ilhtry. Pursuing a course to the Northward ,Or the BraMbles (during which time the squadron Was joined by Admiral Sir James•Whitshed, in his yacht Sylph ); the yachts were seen to. enter Southampton Water, anon, proceeding as high as Netley .Abbey, presented a most imposing appear ance. The Commodore then tacking, ordered the single line to be resumed, and the manoeuvres do - wn the - River formed a lively contrast to the effect of the squadron when running. 'The Commodore, making for Cowes, a second time hoisted the sighil for a double line to be formed, and at about six o'clock P.M'. the squadron anchored in the Roadstead.-:,This Meeting afforth a proof of the rapid advance of nautical science in the amateurs of sailing;' and though the season begins to draw to a cloSe, yet the assemblage of 16 vessels shews the spirit with which this laudable amusement is pursued. - HAYMARKET THEATRE.—In consequence of the indispositon of Miss PATON, which, however, 'We are glad to hear is merely a cold, the Comedy of The Way .to . keep Him was repeated last night, and before a very numerous audience. The se veral performers were obviously more settled in ' their several parts, and the play went off with increased. spirit. It is seldom that any play has six principal characters so well supported. as they are in this pleasant comedy. Mr. and Mrs. Lovemore cannot have better representatives than Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE and Mrs. CHAT TERLEY. Sir Bashful Constant gives full scope to the ludicrous powers of LISTON. JONES is all animation in Sir Brilliant Fashion. Mrs. W. CLIFFORD gives a very sprightly personation to the Widow Belmour ; and Miss BoycE displays good sense and feeling in Lady Constant. It is therefore by no means surprising that the Co medy should excite a strong interest, and the Performers be rewarded with universal appro bation. DRURY•LANE THEATRE.--The alterations are proceeding rapidly towards completion ; so much so indeed, that the architect confidently calculates on their being finished in time to enable them to open on the 14th of October, as be fore stated. Two hundred men are constantly employed within the walls, whilst nearly the same number are engaged without in forwarding the embellishments. The whole of the interior, excepting the ornamental part, is now perfected. The shape and size are, in our opinion, admirable, and if the same taste is evinced in the decorative department, it will be by far the most commodious theatre, as it regards hearing and see ing, in the metropolis. Some opinion may be formed of its present size, when we state that near as was the front of the late front boxes to the stage, the present are nearer by their width ; and the sides consequently very consider ably nearer ; the shape now adopted being that of a half circle, the sides of which are a little, but very little, elongated. There are private boxes under the dress circle, as heretofore, on each side 'of the pit; and under it also, at the end of the pit, is a space for standing room. The promised embellishments by i Corhould, it is whispered (from whose tasteful pencil much may be expected), are such as all lovers of the genuine drama must highly approve. They are said to be scenes taken from Shalispeare. Besides these, great alterations have been made in the stage and scenic departments. A new Green Room has been erected , on the outside - of the theatre, and in addition to the various en trances, which at this theatre are very superior, a new and convenient one has been made to the private boxes. The Ro tunda, Saloon, &c. &c. have been completely renoVated, so as in fact to assume the appearance of a new theatre. To crown the whole, the corps dramatique has been replenished with much additional talent. It is therefore to be hoped that, when the campaign does commence, it will be carried on successfully. Not less, it is said, than 10,0001. have been expended on these alterations. It is also said, that Mr. Ewa- TON intends to take the most effectual measures to prevent the intrusion of improper women, and their attendant Dandies, in the dress circle, and the circle immediately over it ; as he is at last convinced that the empty boxes he had last season arose entirely from the improper general admission of such male and female immodest characters.—( Morning Herald.) 'Mrs. PAYNE, of the Coventry Theatre, whilst performing, last week, in the Warlock of the Glen, in jumping from a platform on the . stage,' unfortunately fell, and broke one of her legs. After Madame CATALANI has finished her en gagement with Mr. llAnnts, at the Dublin Theatre, she returns to London to sing at the Concerts during Lent, given by Mr. BOCIISA.— That lady is at present residing at her villa on the Banks of the Arno, near Florence. AMATEUR ACTORS.—Colonel BERKELEY and Captain AUGUSTUS BERKELEY performed at the Cheltenham Theatre, on Thursday, the parts of the Copper Captain and Leon, with great effect, to an overflowing audience, for the benefit of Mr. FAnLEy. Miss SMITIISON was the Estffania, and acquitted herself with great credit. The per formances concluded with the Follies of a Day, in which Colonel BERKELEY and Major DAWKINS obtained great applause as the representatives of Count Almaviva and Figaro. MRS. EMERY:—This Subscription, it is hoped, will continue during the ensuing month, as the sum subscribed is by no means equal to a perma nent provision for this distressed family. The delightful Mrs. BECHER (formerly Miss O'NEILL) has generously contributed ten pounds. The Subscription Book is kept at Mr. RoßiNs's'Office, Piazza. , s . -- -—..--4----. , ;..-,-,w: - a -:-.; •s- . i'.„.q\k• . 4,',, , :l : , i ‘, . • _ZERO,, 1% - 4 , ---24 "....--,_ "*" _....„-,.... " .."-- . 4 ft MI POETRY. TO A WATER-FOWL. By Mr. BRYANT, an American. Whither 'midst falling dew, While glow the Heavens with the last steps of day, Far thro' their rosy depths dust thou pursus Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As darkly painted in the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, •. Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chardocean side ? There is a Power whose care • ' Teaches thy way along that pathlesi coast, The desert and illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but not lost. All clay thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Tho' the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end, Soon shalt thou find a summer home and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy shelter'd nest. Thou'rt gone; the abyss of Heaven Hath swallow'd up thy form : yet on my heart Deeply bath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon dart. • Tie who, from zone to zone, Guides thro' the boundless sky thy certain fligli; In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. SPORTING •INTELLIG ENCE. DONCASTER RACES, THURSDAY, SEPT. 19. • Match for 200 gs each, h. ft. Last ; - pile. :11r. Lane Fox's b. c. Illacdufr, Bst. 81t. 1 111 r. Wyvill's b. f.,Alarchcsa,. by Consus, Bst. 2 5 to 4 on Alarchesa. The Doncaster . Club Stakes of sOgs each, -h. ft. for three-yr-. olds, 7st. 41h. four, Bst. 55. five, Bst. 12th. Two miles.- (4 Subscribers.) • Ld Fitiwilliam's ch. f. Ursula, 4 yrs - -, - 1 Mr. Milnes'S br. h. Sir John, 5 yrs . - - , 2I o 'Match for 200 gs each, h. ft. fist. 31b. St. Leger Course. . Mr. Lambton's ch.' e. Lorenzo - - - , 1 Mr. Lane Fox's b. c. Macduff, by Macbeth - 2 2 to 1 on Lorenzo.—Won with ease. Sweepstakes 0f,.30g5• each, lOgs ft. for three-yr-ohls ; colts, Bst. 31h. fillies, Bst. Last mile and a half. Mr. Gascoigne's ch. c. by Comus - - I Sir J. Byng's b. m. Madelina, by Cervantes - 2 Ld Scarbrough's b. Regalia, by Catton -•- - 3 Match for 100 gs each, h. f. - St. 0 ger Come. Mr. Petre's br. h. Sir John, fist. 10th. ' % - - 1 Mr. Lane Po:Cs ch.. c. North Wester, fist. 31b. - 2 ' ' • Won very easy. SWeepstakes of 20gs each, with 20gs Added by the Corporation, for three-yr-old fillies, Bst. 21b. St. Leger Course. (13 • Subscribers). Mr. Gwicoig ne's ch. Violet, by Comus ; : - - 1 Ld Scarbrough's b. Fair Charlotte - - - 2 Mr. Watt's b. by Tramp, out of Mandane - - 3 Fair Charlotte the favourite; a near race with all three. Sweepstakes of 20gs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst. 21b. fil lies, Ost. Two-yr-olds' Course. (22 Subscribers.) Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Sherwood, by Filho da Puta 1 Mr. Lambton's b. f. Berezina - - - 2 Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Rhubarb, by Collins - - 3 Several others started ; 5 to 4on Sherwood, who won easily, and is now first favourite for the next year's St. Leger. The £lOO Plate (two-mile heats) was not over when — our ac count left ; Mr. liambton's Fortuna had won the first heat, and was the favourite for the Plate. WEDNESDAY.—(Further Part;cuktrs.) The Foal Stakes of 10ogs each, h. ft. (7 Subscribers.) Mr. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Woful, out of 3lomentilla 1 D. of Leed's b. c. by Mowbray - - 2 D. of Leeds's gr. c. by Comus - - • 3 . . 2 to 1 agst the winner. The Doncaster Stakes, lOgs each. Four miles. (11 Subscribers.) Mr. Gascoigne's b. m. Cora, by Waxy - ' - 1 Mr. Watts's b. c. Du ore - - - - 2 IA Fitzwilliam's Sandbeck - - - - 3 Even on Cora. TIIE ST. LEGER. We need not say that a prodigious sensation has been made by Strap, who was beat so hollow in the Great St. Leger, win ning the Gascoigne Stakes against the winner in the former race. It would be as endless to relate all that has been conjec tured and said as to the cause of the event, as to picture the rage, the disappoinment, and the exultation, in the different countenances at the immense losses and gains. LEICESTER RACES.—TintrtsDAY, SEPT. 19. (SECOND DAY.) The Burgess's Plate of 50/, for all ages. Three-mile Heats. Mr. Feilde's ch. c. Chew Bacon, by Rubens, 4 yrs 1 2 1 D. of Rutland's ch. c. by Octavian, 4 yrs - 2 1 2 Each heat was closely contested. The Yeomanry Plate of 50 Guineas, given by Col. Keck and the Officers of the Leicekershire Yeomanry Cavalry, was won by ➢ir. Fowkes's in. Nancy Dawson, beating five others. SHREWSBURY RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13. (SECOND DAY.) The Gentlemen's Subscription of £5O, for three and four-yr olds. Heats, twice round and a distance. Ld Grosvenor's br. f. Tempe - - - 2 1 1 Sir T. Stanley's br. c. Aimwell - - , - 1 2 2 Mr. Wright's b. c. by Weaver - - - 3dr kitery one of these heats was finely contested. Aimwell the favourite at starting ; 5 to 4 agst Tempe ; 6 to 4 agst Weaver. After the first heat, 2 to 1 on Aimwell ; and after the second heat, 6 and 7t02 on Tempe. 'Won by only half a neck. The Gentlemen's Subscription for a Gold Cup, value 100 gs, for all ages. Twice round and a distance. Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. the Doge of Venice. - - 1 Mr. Mytton's b. h. Halston - - - - 2 Major O. Gore's ch. h. the Duke - - - 3 Seven others were drawn. This was a good race and won by a length. ' . - Sweepstakes of 20gs each for colts and fillies then two-yr-old. One mile. T. Y. C. Lord Grosvenor's br: f. Etiquette - - - 1 Sir J. G. Egerton's ch. c. by Soothsayer - - 2 Sir G. Pigott's b. f. Active - - - - 3 Mr. Mytton's ch. c. Enterprize - - - - 4 This was a well contested._ Race, and won in high style. Eti quette was the favourite against the field at starting. Shrewsbury Stakes of lOgs each, for all ages, with 20gs added by the Town. Once round and a distance. ' Mr. Mytton's br. h. Banker - - - - 1 Mr. Fielding's gr. h. Snowdon - - - - 2 Four others were draWn. Every yard of this heat was raced, and won only by half a neck. Even betting at starting. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20.—The Rev. J. B. Gra ham to the Vicarage of Holy Trinity,,York ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. S. Redhead to the Vicarage of Calverley, York shire. The Rev. M. Chester to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Helen's Auckland, Durham.—lt is said the Bishop of Down will be the new Bishop of Clogher—the Dean of St. Patrick to have the See of Down—lion. and Rev. Mr. Pomeroy to take the vacant Deanry, and Mr. Plunkett's son the parish of St. Anne, Dublin. An exquisite of the first water, at Brighton, was last week applied to, by an urchin on the Steyne, to read for him the inscription on the collar of a stray dog which he had found, in order that he might get something by restoring it to its owner. illorg good-natured than many of his class, he complied, and read (tolerably well considering) the following lines:— Steal me not ! myself and collar Both are barely worth a dollar ; Puppies should befriend each other : • See me home, then, dearest brother ! He put down the dog, and departed in high dudgeon. After BYRoN's engagement in the West Indies, there was a great clamour about the badness of the ammu nition. Soon after this Mr. Fox had a duel with Mr. Adam ; on receiving that Gentleman's • ball, and finding it had made but little impression, he exclaimed—" E'gad, Adam, it had been all over with me, if you had not charged with Government Powder." AFFRAY AT CIIIPPENHAM. [FROM THE DEVIZES GAZETTE.I Further Particulars of the Coroner's Inquest. After a most laborious investigation, occupying a'whold week; from ten in the morning until ten, eleven, and sometimes twelve at night, the Coroner, on Sunday last, pro ceeded to sum up ;, and after deliberately reading the whole of , the voluminous evidence that had been delivered, and corn-'1 me.nting on the particular facts as he went on, the Jury retired fornearly two hours, and then delivered their verdict, as re corde& in our Paper of Thursday, the 19th instant. Frotii the whole of the' evidence adduced, it appears, that whatever bickerings-there might previously have been between l i a few of the inhabitants of Chippenham, and some of the Lang ley PeOple on the night in question, the Chippenham party was wholly blameless. ' the attack was deliberately premeditated, and is marked 'throughnut with an atrocity—a brutality—that we should scarcely suppose the most hardened wretch in England capable of; but . liow much less could we conceive that men, holding the respectable rank of British Yeomen, could plan and engage in Such Scenes ? Yet ire have it in eyidence, that Mr. Knight and Mr. Matthews, two respectable farmers of Langley, were at the Cannon public-house some hours previous to the commencement of the affray ; and that Matthews advised the witness (who was a girl) to go home, as a row was to take place that evening—a proof of its being . previously planned. Mr. Knight, it was sworn by another witness, afterwards knocked down ound, the Carrier, twice, without the smallest provoca tion. The person 'of Knight was positively sworn to by the witness,. who observed when she saw him in custody on the Sunday morning; "that that was the man who struck Pound ; she (the witness) knew him by a mark in his face, and should have known hint among a-thousand." The same witness swore that she saw three other men go up to the two young Daiinsells, knock' them down, and afterwards throw them on a dung-heap. She further deposed that she heard a whistle four or five times; that she assisted poor Reynolds when he was brought home ; that he never spoke, but uttered the most dismal groans. . The following, sworn to by two witnesses, excels in cowardice any thing we ever heard :—A man who appeared not; to take the least part in the row, was standing near, the turnpike-gate, when one 'of the Langley gang took up a large piece of road-dirt, and threw at him, which knocked him down; the popr fellow, after recovering himself a little, endeavoured to rise, When another came up and struck him several times with a large stick ; a third crying out, " D—n him, George, give him a good one." When the wretch who was using his stick so unmercifully was nearly tired, a fourth did what execution he could with his fists. At last being fully satiated, and little remaining to be done.towards taking the poor man's life, one of them vociferated—" Let him alone now, I think he has had• enough of it." A poor woman, hearing that her brother was out when the cries of " murder proceeded from all parts, went to seek him, but was obliged herself to take shelter in a ditch; while there, she heard two men pass, swearing that they would murder the first they met with. Shortly after she crept out, and found poor Reynolds (who it is likely these wretches first came in contact witii) lying on a heap of stones without a hat; the witness helped him up, but lie could not stand. His only words were—" I shall never live to get home." From:the moment that Mr. Moore was carried home so dread fully beaten, which occurred soon after poor Hull was called from his bed, it appears to have been the determination of the latter either to take the partiesinto custody, or by some means . to identify them, so that they might be delivered up to the of fended laws of their country, and (as he thought) the death , of his murdered townsman avenged. Though without a stick or any other weapon, and when all his companions had retreated through feat of their lives, he alone stood forward and volun teered his . services to the constable. G° Come," he said, " lay hold of my arm, and we will take the whole into custody." The constable foresaw the danger, and went home. Hull remained, and was brutally murdered ! The man who keeps the turnpike-gate near the Little George ? about seven o'clock on the Saturday evening, saw six or seven men near the gate with large sticks in their hands ; he inquired what they were about, when they called him a old rascal, and told him to get out of the way. It was also sworn that a young man of Kington Langley, on . , the Sunday morning, requested his mother to wash the blood from his stick, which she endeavoured to do, but could not get it off; that it was afterwards chopped off and burnt, and that there was lead in the middle of it ; that every thing ► had been prepared for the slaughter, and that the party was called toge ther by a whistle. Since Gorge Thomas has been in custody, he has declared that he saw Mr. Hull knocked down by one of the prisoners (mentioning his name), and that another, when he was down, gave him two or three hard blows with a stick. Two servants of Mr. Matthews swore that their master was at home by half-past twelve by their clock, which was half an hour faster than the Chippenham, and that he did not appear warm or heated. The Magistrates had sat daily at the White Hart, since our last, up to Tuesday, when they adjonrned until to-day. Mr. Methuen has praiseworthily given his assistance, and each exerts himself to the utmost for the pnrpcse of bringing the whole of the murderers to justice. Mountjoy, who had absconded on Sunday the dth instant, has surrendered himself to Mr. Coleman. James 'Tanner, jun. one of the ten against whom a verdict of Wilfid Murder has been returned, has not yet been apprehended ; the others have been committed by the Coroner to Fisherton gaol. , The ground lately occupied at Privy Gardens by the mansion of the Duke of RICHMOND, being totally clear, a terrace on a very grand scale is forming ; it will be somewhat similar to Whitehall-place. The improvements and alterations at Saint James's Palace are proceeding rapidly. The rooms leading to the entrance of the drawing-room have been completely re paired, so as to form their original appearance. The entrance by the German Chapel and Priory is greatly widened, suf ficient for a carriage to pass through. The inconvenience owing to there having only been one staircase to the entrance of the grand rooms is remedied by the erection of another. Greater alterations were to be made, but it getting so far advanced in the year, orders have been given to complete the present altera tions immediately. A grand Mews is building at Pimlico. It com mences at the stables known by the name of the Duke of York's, and will proceed considerably higher than the Riding House, which is to come down. The termination of the new Mews will be very close to the Pal a c e a t Pi m li co . A gr eat space of i the garden s required for it. The Grand Parade exhibited this day a very melancholy picture of the state of the country—it was literally covered with cattle, distrained for rent.—Sheep were sold so low as 40s. per dozen—Cows from 50s. to 41. each.—( Cori: Mercantile Chronick, Sept. 16.) Decapitation by the Guillotine. : A gentleman of intelligence and of literary attainments makes, in an ac count of his travels on the Continent, the following most sin gular remarks on an execution he witnessed, in which the culprit was beheaded by the guillotine. It appears, says he, to be the best of all possible modes of inflicting the punishment of death ; combining the greatest impression on the spectator, with the least possible suffering to the victim. It is so rapid, that I should doubt whether there were any suffering; but from the expression of the countenance, when the executioner held up the head, I am inclined to believe, that sense and con sciousness may remain for a few seconds after the head is off: —The eyes seemed to retain speculation for a moment or two, and there was a look in the ghastly stare with which they glared upon the crowd, Which implied, that the head was aware of its ignominious situation. And, indeed, how ever extraordinary this may appear, there is nothing im probable in the supposition ; for, in all the injuries of the spine, whereby a communication with the sensorium is , cut off, it is the parts below the injury which are deprived of sensation, while those above retain their sensibility. And so in the case of decapitation, the nerves of the face and eyes may for a short time continue to convey impressions to the brain, in spite of the separation from the trunk. GEORGE GARItICK, the brother of the cele brated Itoscius, was particularly attentive to him ; and every night, on coming behind the scenes, usually inquired, " has DAVID wanted me ?" On its being asked how GEptIGE came to die so soon after the demise of his distinguished relative, it was answered, 46 DAVID wanted him." DISINTERESTED LOVE.—A young lady telling an old gentleman, that she was in love with his estate, " Take it, Madam," said he, " and then you will possess two-thirds of me, for my mind you have already, and my whole being consisting bat of mind, body, and estate." "0 ! then," rejoined the juvenile fair, " it would be very un reasonable, Sir, to rob you of all three. Pray keep your body for yourself." . It is an indisputable fact of a somewhat sin gular nature, that there are three families now residing at Pimlico, in. the same street, and with in the short space of about 20 yards, whose re , spectiye names are Black ; White ) and Grey. CORONERS' INQUESTS. EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS. An Inquisition was held yesterday morning of the watch-house, in Queen's Head-alley, Newgate-street, on the body of Joseph Masters, aged 49, a printer. John Braithwaite, a watchman, was going his rounds at one o'clock on Thursday morning, and saw deceased sitting on the ground, resting his head upon the step of Mr. Bowles's shop door, in Newgate-street. The deceased's son stood by him ; he was quite insensible and speechless ; witness, with another watchman and the deceased's son, carried the deceased to the watch-house ; on his arrival there,. he was laid upon his back on the floor, and his neckkerchief was untied.; the deceased was left in that situation ; his son said that liehe had work to d 0,% and must go to it. Thomas Masters, No. 3, Mullin's-rents; Shee-lane, son of the deceased.—l am a printer ; my father was of the same business, and worked at Mr. Phillips's,George-yard,bornbard street. On Wednesday, deceased was very cheerful all day with his shopmates. At night the • deceased, witness, and 12' other shopmates, bad asupper at the Cross Keys,: Gracechurelf street. The deceased drank freely ; the last liquor that he took" was some brandy and water, and the last glass (a goblet) was nearly neat brandy. ConoNEn..—How much liquor did he drink altogether ? Witness.-1 cannot say exactly. I saw him drink 5 glasses of brandy and water very stron g , b es id es w hi c h h e dranl neat brandy out of a goblet many times. 1 assisted my father to wards home, and got as far as • Newgate-street. He never spoke after he reached the Mansion-house; I carried him the remainder of the Way 'on my • back; he loosed his hold round my neck, and slipped to the ground. The watchman camo up, and assisted in carrying him to the watch-house. .Juror.—You say your father and his companions drank neat brandy ; was it placed on the table in decanters, and poured into goblets ? Witness—Yes ; the neat brandy' was placed on the table in bottles, and it was drank neat out of goblets. • I cannot say how many goblets of neat brandy my father drank that night. He sung sevoi.al songs during the night, and when he left the Cross Keys appeared very well.— He had been many times before apparently as much in liquor as on Wednesday night; and when 1 left him I supposed he would be well again after a little sleep. I was quite sober, and drank very little at the public-house. Mr. Shaw, keeper of the watchhouse, stated that the last wit ness, with several watchmen, brought the deceased into the watchhouse on Thursday morning between one and two o'clock. His son said—" My father has been to supper in Gracechurch-. street; he is much intoxicated, Will yoityermit him to remain here for a few hours, when he will be well again ?" Witness said, " Certainly ;" and the deceased was placed in the lock-up room on his back. When witness came out of the lock-up robin he found the deceased's son and the Watchnien gone; and some time-afterwards one of the watchmen informed the witness that .the son would return at half-past four o'clock (as the watch house shut up at five) to fetch his father away. Witness after wards heard the deceased snoring very loud, and went to him, and he appeared dying or dead. He sent for a surgeon imme diately; Mr. Hay came in a few minutes, and he pronounced the man to be a corpse. The son did not return at all. Mr.. Berridge, surgeon, Newgate-street, had examined the body; no external marks of violence were perceptible. He opened the body on Thursday morning; the liver was very much enlarged and in a schirrns state, produced by hard drink ing. He believed the deceased died from drinking excessively of ardent spirits. Verdict—Died from excessive drinking. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. On Thursday evening an Inquest was held at the Devonshire Arms, Devonshire-street, Marylebone, by THOMAS STIR:. LING, Esq., on the body of Mary Hough, housekeeper to Vil liers Surtees, Esq., of No. 40,pevonshire-place. Mr. David Jones, surgeon,. deposed, that on Wednesday morning, about half-past 8 o'clock, lie was sent for to the h ouse of Mr. Surtees ' and . found the deceased lying with h er f ace on the floor; herface was in a large quantity of blood, and her arms were lying under her, with her right hand bent towards her throat; upon turning her over, a white-handled common dinner-knife was observed in . the blood, and it appeared to have fallen from the hand. Witness then observed a considerable wound in the, throat, and many blood-vessels had been wound ed, and the windpipe partially severed; the wound was very ragged, as if it had been done with a blunt instrument. She, was quite cold, and appeared to have been dead some hours. William Villiers Surtees, Esq. of No. 40, Devonshire-place ; stated, that the deceased was his servant, and had been so for 8 years. Witness was in town on Monday last, and observed deceased to look ill and much dejected. Previous to going out• of town on Tuesday morning, he told deceased that Mrs. Sur tees and the governess would be in town next Monday, to which she made no reply; but as she was a woman of few words, wit ness did not particularly notice it. Witness kept deceased merely out of charity, as she was incapableof working ; he• be - - lieVed her to be strictly honest, and during the 8 years she had been in his service he never had occasion to quarrel with On his return to town on Wednesday, be found every thing in the house as lie had left it, and no appearance of a robbery, or attempt at one. When witness was at his country-house,, deceased took care of the house in town ; and when lie was in town, she had charge of the country-house. Humphrey Roberts, and Thomas Pearson (watchmen), Wm. Tombs (a constable), William Sellars (watch-house keeper of Marylebone), were severally examined : their testimonies merely related to the position in which they found the body of the deceased. • • Benjamin Scope, a beadle, searched the deceased, and found on her 3/. 17s. Gd. in money. James Leadbeter, an upholsterer, went to the house of Mr. Surtees on business on Monday, and stated that she appeared to labour under great depression of spirits, and when he ques tioned her about the return of the family, she appeared particu larly indifferent and careless. The Jury then went to view the body, which presented a horrid spectacle; the face and neck were covered with clotted blood, and the wound was a very ragged one. Verdict—" That the deceased committed the act while la bouring under mental derangement." We are sorry to learn that two more persons have died in consequence of the injury they received from the explosion of the steam-boiler at Messrs. Yardley and Cleaver's glue manufactory, at Camberwell. _ _ The following particulars of the melancholy accident which occurred to Mrs. Wilbraham, of Chigwell row, on Monday, the 9th instant, may be relied upon as correct :—As Mrs. Wilbraham and her daughter were taking', the air in a low four-wheeled carriage, near to Hog Hill-house, in Hainault forest, the box on which the footman (who was driving) was seated, suddenly gave way, and, the servant was precipitated to the ground; the horse taking alarm at this circumstance, set off at full gallop on the Romford road. The two ladies were thrown with considerable violcnre from their seats ; Mrs. Wilbraham received several most severe wounds at the back of her head, remained entirely sense less till the Wednesday evening, and then expired, at her house in Chigwell-row. Miss IVilbraham was also very severely hurt, but, it is to be hoped, she is in a fair way of recovery. Mrs. Wilbraham was the second daughter of the late Wra. Harvey, Esq. of Chigwell, M.P. for Essex, in the years 1747, 1754, and 1761, and sister of Sir Eliab Harvey, our present worthy representative.—( Chelmsford Chronicle.) A DR EAM.—A few nights ago, Illorpheus, in his vagaries, conducted a person of this city to the gates of heaven, which, to the great delight of the nocturnal wanderer, stood most invitingly open, and seemed to promise him a speedy reali zation of all the joys of paradise. But, unfor tunately, as he was just about to enter, his. ingress was opposed by—a woman. Determined, however, that the " weaker sex ". should not prevent his regaining ,that happiness, which it had been instrumental in causing him to lose, he immediately commenced a furious attack upon the feminine centinel. The violence of the con. test, however, soon dissolved the spell in which Somnus had bound him, and quickly convey ed, him from the scene of his conflict and his hopes, " back to these mortal shores," where he found his antagonist in the person of his wife, who had sustained the substantial blows which this celestial wrestler had dealt about her head, with no sparing hand, during the continuance of his visionary warfare.—(York Paper.) A few days since a tradesman in Ipswich ap plied to the Parish Officers to have his arrears of the pOor's rates'remitted, and to be excused fur ther payment, on the plea of his own poverty but, it being known that about ten days before the application he had been able to afford twelve shillings and sixpence for a ticket to the Fox and , Reform dinner, although then indebted to the rates, it was not deemed just to burden the parish on his account, and his request was very decidedly refused.