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t i 1 MATHI.z TO THE EDITO. OF THE SUN. SIR, r the . JAMES'S CHRONICLE. TITTLE TATTLE.-NO. As the jeu..F d'Espr;t which appeared tinder the M jitle of ATH lASI-VA I are again called forth " - by Cie distingliisd Person whose explolts — flrerwere' deigned to els: , ,brate, it at) , not be amiss to re— state the occasion which save rise to then). . • • A siting of Faragraplts, in.,.t,k,kortp of a lerser, -and . bea.r,ing the tide of LvrEttAlivar TITI7..ETAT 'LE, made tip it appearance, about a year sinee, ire ;he'St. Tantes's `l'he oStensibfe oh . W.t of the writer was, to ridicule a. set of Literary Gen tlenen, fiecause two or : three of thenilappdrled - tb e at Ttinbcidge &tility ,of Ole ;1 •in OA'S crime of assocuoing. togetivr ; .kut thi rsta pu'rp.c.se was to prejddice'-the World:gaint a Poern then . fotspottl r - it batf,).seen shewn, to several of the Author's frienets: Al though there ai- - )nred no great ' ingenuity in the , ~z . Conception, still less in the — executjpn of this pieoe'of drOi/c;:y, yet i'hb Trafido*gr and libel-aMy 'of dejign„se.tmcd.not unworthy of notice ; espeei2 ally, as this facetious j oke had hq.n . ,glc . aned . frOnla private conyersation, and was published in breech & cis there c:;ould.be rtd - cloßbt 19 9 . • !U . t Ht the brain tor rather. .the•la) ,9f a"certain Gen tlernan, !Aitt..l 3 a;iller of Lit;:iatul:e,,lPd. orsel. Of Criticiinly'l• (19r, the cliiqf. ivie - cchite,44l beq9 IndntiolledstY:llllTi Atone; :and' ryas, with Othif . particulars of: tlie: saute coin rs e 1 ate ti it , Wars etl ver , - itawi?ill . eif to, gilic the tilttg Satiiist" 'l/6wlan4 for cf."— - Lig iP ;Pi* "=fitst fault") yery, severe ;..f 4 or•Az,wa . knoped - ' . lWll",.'flfotilth not'. p i ti n But t'aSl:ice,,nAfirCAvtra`tv'a7..fi--4 " .E,4te.?A+latn.ea-ivikeds:l:'7'—tittle ha 3 stliT•defights' in being " the WM OL Wit in:OXIX.W.!: pextu4.W . wirit " is not yet at rest." In his .orlsi ... vening haunt, the t. tames's Chron•icle, he ‘,-re-Visitc the - glimpses....of the Moob•" and' we trust yon - will not refuse ~ t o grace your columns with his nevi,; cfl - Vsioh: is as yollows : limn Genius, like Noble Animals, product. rarely.—The World may think, itself favoured, to hear from me once a— . I • year. . . :My dangers also, are reasons for eircunispe4ton, .ptu , de ice, and dCIaV. -C:eix,f;e did not eScap. - • harmless in attacking alicek of skeep—wh4t Intist pie nu rate, ini attacking the Pfd.rciith infuriated by the most irritable and vitidiaive of all Spirits, that of Petty Poetry. • 1 meant no harm, in informing tfie Learned World, that I. had learnt at"Tunbridge, the G teat ! ,Knight Marshal,• in • the of . a Poetic 'KnOit, was atchieving the Adventure ' of an Enic , Poem, by the assistance of twelve seCondary Poets, which I 'took the- liberty of_calling Poetic Spires, Among the many fancies which occurred as. reasOrlS for their thuS huddling together—the stratagem of Pigs occurred t Gine, and I thought the Poets found their account on the ,same clustering principle wiii,ll titrniSh a Litter of Pigs with nv.,:rnak —Whict; tic-1 , 4114;1A take for Poetic Fire.• Merciful Heaven I--what a' clamour I occasioned; anti . what plans of vengeance were declared against me? But the Porcine Spiiit predominating, Which is fdrrnidaMe only fpr its diScdc,tant. set oil ihall dire.:iTons hut the right. They ay.dit - Ld the Our:Litton which I I . *hf have • seen and 'met them--thcv,avouled the SI. which- I always see, acid. they ra..•el and scolded in Pvers, which I have reasons td suOpos:24hey thought I liever.should- • • - This COndUa is p; :dent, whatever .may, be sis - 1 - of its . courage. ' T he'Knisht, like a .Icilful.having 'General, stationed those . of his §Tiseesyvho had survived my onset, oat of my reach and hearing, theY,bulleted'n - se.siarely in effigy. I. They honbfired me with the garb of 1‘,1„--s.,. a. They honotrtect • Al—s•witlx the imßutation of the Par_ suits of Literature. , these images before their impassioned fancies, they at fa e irst appealted the fretful who wears mit -the little str.sLetis ne possesseS, before he reaches 'his enemy. -- 1 st cluggrel Venes e that would-dishonour the - memory of Siese4 iiossJahosit'.lW—s's Effigy, examines hiS aPs - petrance aced his (.lothei ; ventures not to touch Into. fsilkowS, ap..,evident fremour, and consciousness of .Weakriess. Tr the. wired :.had - shaken the - 'sk i rt of M --s's Elfir,- he Won id have fairited , intu t the arms Reeivi, who r,as rumbling .his grinders over a Latin Epi gram, which had a double flige ; but finding the,l(nliellad .brought him,only to assulfed agure e lie gas reserved the Epi grain for Political Delinquent:..- - • S,:theby oifered•to-ts - anslisse the Epigram, but he would do no - more.. —Thou art prudent Sotheby, Lever _quit thy Go cart. • NOt .sG, :the doughty -4, he raitit'd his blown -d -ders, as' the Herald of the KulAht,-Wlso desperatCrage attacked EitiZy„ unpowdered• its pate, disloc-ateCils • .... joints, and cut edits legs. :clic:brave and - Warlikv pjauded r and it beir.g: the first Werinesday.9l-ille •ronn:li, they detein - lined - to inset mentltlV to celebrate the.atchat;vemetis,, wider the cleitanina . lioa O the .Porcine C 146.. 241u;h..1 - v,vtit must accrue to the Public,' from the vietiory over a Lundle of Rags, forME:a",brilit.ielleTOCS:' a. Thev haVe given - 4 . l . :::Zdn'(theuth in secret) to, 'critics, ,who woutd presume to an-pounce the birth, parentage~ mid-, - Wives burses, dec. ct a work-so siiieuler,. so Jinique,• as tli • 'Epic I—)em of Richard (a , use de l toe . . • -2. it , .shews; and Lreeinninend the discovery to tbeßv , al Astilution, how a dozen Foetasters, nuo. , warns themselves into - so much 'sub—poetic hear, as to produce, either an Ode for, the 4..iterary , kUnci, a fine Narcotic Play; .or ,a - ge e nied • Epic Poem.; c:' b# huddling togetherlike a Litter of Pigs. 3. Thor though Clubs ale politically great evils, yet in • /he pre esnt state of Literature II mean no disparagement of .0e Literary Fund) they are absolutely necessary.. The or'the intenciettial world is seulseth;s, g like nersous de.:e bility—and lam suire, His•MA.T,E Y (God preserve him l) ivould be woefully versified at tile destineclperiods the,„lei ter.ry Fund would lose its Recitations ; the price of: Opium Would rise for want.of new Tragedies ; and j. uimer . s Presses, Test unemployed in glisig beauty andt,intere.t ,to Epic Poems , toi;the Porcine Club. But:Noy, stiff-necked Generation—why assail me ? —ln , venonneing your projedS' and stratagems, Line,mt to applaud, .. ect , to cen!' . .ure you.--e,For I am neither a fretful .? nor IrY4 • OBSERVER. You sa l :Fir, thit Irerrilris Pursuer will not suf.. ,per 1:S to rcp: , 'e quietly hi our stye. 'We gave him ? specimen of our teeth and claw: l ; i Which, we have itason ,to - think, touched him to the vick., But even expericyce ..eantOt teach him, wisdom. , His evil, genius has again condwaedihirn to this place, where he sees us 1110i:eiliilly eating 'war ,gfains, eni , ving our ;diet happiness, grandishes his 4pd atzacks,..us ;eren, in our fastnesses. Whyhe should he sci angry with oar I)rmless club we 'cannot - guess, 'utilss he .that- he •has been deeine 4 l nw,yprthy to be . a: 24 iris surer' hard that he n should our not antWer ing him in a Pap'eril vspe&al,le, does not usually cfrculate. to the. i ,a c of his and. our residtnce.7 on the contrary,'hae treated hfrn icted a lie:;u..:it amusement sor his le . fsttre, to4Ci§lrt44- ings, on the .table of our mutual and impartial' • Frieud, jasber Spra.o r •ciitious work,- Of the MATH' ASI A NA, (as no doubt he 14' It recOileet with muth pleasure), Nine Numbers were published before the Meeting' of Pirliament. That event 'interrupted their course—but it - May be amusing for him to know that eleven more were in the Publisher's hands; and that twice that number would have . beiri — piepared; if ,neegsarii . i so .inex 'haustible a theme is. little MAT: We thought, jismever.,o4 'we had given him a sufficient dose, and hoped that no new. paroxysm of .his distemper would render 'ke:petatar necessar. In this hope Sve have• bee - n,:disappointed--with the •Dog-diys ',the Gentleman's malady has r'eturned.. We there fore hasten to offer him our Spec, which, as it hzis'.7.already agreed ivith. his bilious Constitution, ie .trust, again proVe Salutary. .We propose to.hegin with a - gentla 'dose : should that - prove in sufficient, rather than forego our charitable inten tioas'; .fire - Atill.inetease:the number and strength of our medicines.' Our next communication will therefore consist of the MAritrivst4nA, N 6. X. AV'e are, Sir, • • • • Your very humble Servants, ,; .; •• • :.,THE P IGS TUNBRIDGE WELLS. - Frorpi - tkiONDON G.METTE, Aug. it. .-Comni,fsiqms ,in the Wqst 'cork si g n r i by ite Lcni ~,,Ljetact;4lll. • Dated Yorly .1, 1 80 1 . • , ist•Regirnen.ti.Nathaniel.Foeth.talye. Ensign:: . . • . 3d Regiipent, Ensign-161dr Arnirtckbe.L.ieutenatit.- • : "":etillitisiv.; #l.! -the. -}k9yia. North I,incolushire gegimeot of ii:cnedb the Lord Lieutenant, John Christin to be captaixilLieutepiinx,. p4ted'Ausil -.1841T Cl;6l'4' :tb: • 1?e Lieuteliant:' •• . trati.-tt Tv'fitc:fi:2s, .'Robert Kitcox ccvi heri aidli ;tO ficTtle - ry to be Difetr 'Dated May:o-Ts Igo' it •.:• /VII" qffirt, athlin=Ca.nle, • '1!1; 4 11 jest fI4IS I b en pleased to maker i h . o tongwiii tniiticins'in the Xtrify'op this Establishmknr:r ' Y"" . . 2,4.th,Light flragogr' i Y.,' Fa S. - TrOtserritixthyen t0•34 - e - A Ccoict, vice Gouldirxg, proilio'tea„ ' bated Juir:24,'ltOo - : 71st Foot, - gnsr„.,-n "Dims; from 14. - id` Foot, : to he Lieutenant, without purcluise, vice Dalryn2ple, promoted in Isth Foikt. ' 'Dated? February ix, 1861.- . Prkeess of lizalcsi,s, or Aberdeen Highland Fenciße. Afoot y %Ensign Andrew Gallag'acr to.be Lieutenant, vice;icetr, dis: missed the Service by the sentence or a 'General Court Martial. Dated Ottobcr 23, abo. Quarter-MasterBer-: jeant Dippie, to be Ensign, vice Gailigher, promoted..., Dated as above. -Angus M'Ponncll -to be Ensign, vice Kennon, dismissed the Service by' thr.: sentence of a General Court-Martial. Dated Nov.. 1, tgoo. 'Donald M'Leod. to be Ensign, vice Searson, resigned. Dated Feb. I, soot. MEMORANDUM. The Commission for John Bonner to be . Ensign in the tst Battalion of t th Foot..by purchase, vice Quill, promotM„ is rlated'lMay 4, 180 r, and not February 4, 'Sot, as inserted in ihe'Gaiette or the totiv June last. War-Office, D.,4lin-Cattle, Yttfr 27 0 180 His Majesty has - been pleased to make the followingl s ro-. hotionin, the Artily on tnis EstabliiinnettC: 6th Dragoori Guards, Cornet 1. M. Hall to be Lieutenant, • . by•purchase, 'vice Caulfield,' prornOted. Dated March 4, 48ot. • BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. ' SOt.'23. • Abraham 011ivant, of Stamtbrd, Lincolnshire, miller, at ten, at the George and Angel Inn, Stutiti)4:d. BANKRUPTS. • ' • tames Middlewood, of Manchester, fruiterer, to- Eurrender - A.'gust 26, 27, and September 22, at eleven, at Etc Star ' .11 tin, Manchster. • Attornies, Mr. Johnson, Manchester; or-Mr..Ellis,.Gursitor-street. George of Shrewsbury, 'money-scrivener, grocer, August 24; 25,..at ten, and September 22, at eleven, at the RedlL-jon - Inn, Newport. Attorney, Mr. S. Stanley, Newport. Thomas Gilks, of, Warwick, cornfaaor, August 24, 25, and -_,,September 22,, at eleven, at the Black Swan Inn, Warwick. - Attornies, -Mr. J. Smart, Staple-Inn, London ; or Mr. I . Tomes, Warwick. ' . • ' James Horne the-younger, late of Woodbridge, Suffolk, corn : merchant, August.zo,, 2.1, and Septenibt".r 2',,' at eleven, at h the sign or the CO4c, ~11:1 Horses, .1 pSwieh.. Attornies, Messrs. Brgmley an 4 ray's-Inn, London • or Mr. S. jackainan, I pswfill.. Thomas Gore, late of,tc l ,l , ?ge-1-1111,• London, warehouse man, August Is, at twelve, August 25, at ten, and Sep ,"ternbe,r/22, at one; at7quildhall. Attorney, , Mr. lioustead, Savage-Gardens, John. Matthews, late - or Gargravc, Yorkshire, dealer, Sep tember 19, zt,'and a; 'at eleven, at the Angel, Liverpool. Attornies,.fdessrs. - .C.i, and j.•Crunip, of Liverpool. Henry Hardy, of Snow-ki;ll,.card-rziaker, A3igust - 18, 25, and September 22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Li versodge, • Fore-stteet. Oichartri'vlactdcheks -,and William Maddocks, now or late of 13arge- - Vard, Buckprsbury, London, warehouscrnen, Aug. 2.2,.25, and SeptembLr 22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, . --Mr. Crucksbauk, Basinghall-street. • ThZintas Toy, of Penryn, Cornwall, linen»draper, August 22. 25, and,Septeniber tiz i , at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, .Messrs.. Card*, 1-Tallward, and Spear; Holborn-cOdit, Gray's-Inn. DIPIDENDS. • • oa. 3. John . Wallace and \Valiant ..Hawes, of Hartwell, • Middlesex, soap-iiAers; at twelve, at Guildhall.* • Sept.-15. John Higgott, ofßirminghani, teatnad, at eleven, at the George Inn, Digbeth; Birmingham: 061.- 24. William Nash, of Newgate-street, London, slopseller, at ten, at Guildhall. • . • Sept. t. John Tirompon, late of Craven-street, Strand, victualler, at ten; at Guildhall: Sept. to. john (:.4k rick Leigh, late of Bolton in the Moors, • Lancashire, cottori-mannfakauter, at twelve, at the Sw;an 'lnn Bolton. T S N. SC/LEM QUIS DICEAR FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, AUGUST 42, iBct. • LORD NE OoN.arri'ved of Bheerness yesterday,.in the Medusa Frigate; and sailed again on zhe same day for ,the Downs. . • THE Htzniktrgh. Mad which became due this merging, had nor arrived when our P.►pe.r was put to Press. - -This day His Royal highness the PRINCE of WXLE; completed the 3901 year of his age, on which occasion TF3 En/ IVIAJ ESTI Es would receive the Compliments of the. Nobility at Gloucester Lodge, Weylpochh. Or Saturday a Serje:ant and'a . party , of Royal A 1..: tillery girthar;lced at the Pier Ilead,• : Plyrouth, and -proceetied to the Lttery of six long:3,..pOun‘frrs at Stadll6l-leightl, - which-contrilanti:- the. 'entrance of the Sound, • . . isi 4VAL tui bt. 7 PE WS. ,;( • impedum pelagi r Seellimpe trldentem, Sed mibi sole datum. SHEERNESS, 11. ARRIVED flis Majesty's. Ship - Ifedusa, 'of 36 guns, having on board Lord NELSON and Suite Retufy Gun-brig, an Advice Boat, and Pryroidence hired Cutter. Sailed again His Majesty's. Ship lifeYustr, with Lord NE Lsorc, for'the Downs,with two hired Cnt ters,.names•onknown. . . The I S iter-G.un-bug has comc iato Harbour. i PLYMOUTH, A T.: c. zo. SAtLED the Prince deorge,. of 9S guns, Rear.. Admiral Sir C. COTTON, to join. the channel-Fleet. The outward bound 'East and West India fleet, under 'convoy of the Santa Margaritta Filkate ;.: ' l / 4 passed by' to the Westward this morning; with a strong breei.e, at East. I:ht....homeward-bound Oporto Fleet, which ar. rived' here on Saturday,, remain, wind-bound. 7--7- Eight,' S4il of Merchantmen from the Baltic •ar- Oed.her4esferdayilaclen-chicfly with Naval Stores ftw4l-100.0.4ard. • : , PORTSMOUTH, Auc. Yelp _Concord ; HAY, - and Ehzateth , anct4 Mary ) Po 1.. L E from Sunderland. • The Loirdl7.l ftmirSaturn 1 1 1 en of - 7 ;ar arer ) Cortle i 'into Harbour. .~ F A .U 0 U. 214, ..*Ai;. ARRIVED the Amerigan- Cape:" Stxct.A7tt, from Fay 1, with. TVirteS- for tlern ighteert says passage. The Rritolutionaire gips; Capt.' Tit.Y DE . ii, ' frurn rk; eli":14: - .41spott$,,onder ton voy, haclrlg.on boarci'o:iTiin.6e - afOrange'6 Regi 'ment of Foot; bound-to Toctsthouth; putJn heie by contrary winds.- .. •.. L. , . Yesterday passed this, Pprt,:, the liomcward.bdund OpOr - to Fleet„ about Thirty`..Saif,'for the EastvV•Ard, under convoy of the NelleySohooner.—Parted from them, and came into this. Port, the Brig Samuel; Gt.ListArict., with wines, for this place.,' Yesterday ,ac:lved , tbe Raven -Moor of War, Capt. SAUNDERS, from a Cruize. • Sailed yesterday the brig,lkidiar;.COpt4 IR; for Oporto. . . ThefL Hobart Packet :fen- America, - Prlncess Eliza . beth Packer for Jarnaica;and Harleyuin Packet for Lisbon, are detained for orders. • ; 'Arrivel this evening, the brig Vratkers, SIN. (LAIR, from London. DEAL, Ava. SAILED on the evening 'of the 9th - inst. His Ma j esty's Ship De Ruyter, , and Mai-inr• Gun brig. The Gunshrig Framer arrived this . morning from the Westward, 'ar.:l proceeded to the-Northward.. The Btligal, Lady jani Dzindcs, and Lad) , Burge' Indian - len, have : just -dove insight, and are, now turning into the_trowns:. Remain His Majesty's Ships o , 7e7:ysse/, AZimrpr i liquna'Sloop, Heclq, SN.lphfir, and Discove)y Bombs, Fox' (zd) Arined Cutter, and Vigilant Armed Lug. ger,. Fifty-three Sailors, deserters, Surrendered them selves up at the Admira d4O 'the Regulating Captains at Tower-hill, in, the_course of s esterdly, under the benefit of tfie_ Noclamation. . • - The gallaut young Officer, the MidshipTa'n of the 14 bust,, Mr. WARREN, who was killed in cutting out the French Frigate -Ld Chefvrttte, 'from under the Batteries of Brest, Wets ail Iristim:,o,:ti-notivt of the City of Dublin, soin'to Mr. WM. WARREN, of South Great 'George.strcet,.in that place. .., . . Seldom has the 'French Official Paper been better employed in' the trade Of wholesale false hood, , than upon the occasion of the tack upon the Gun-boats at Bpulogne.• There is hardly one line which does :not contain either a gross lie, .or an sobvious. contradiftion.- - - 2 We would, ask, for instance, how either a Fiend) or an 'English Reader Could. be found sufficient ly credulous to believe that more than Nine Hundri4 BOmbs have neither' killed nor wounded asingle man, when he' must have read, but a few lines above; that' the three•Seaions of the Division "were placed' (lase to one 'mother, without any space' bettween, and that three Battalions were embarked on these. three 'Set?Pons of. Division ? h is ,not in odr power to c - onceie, we know not what others can do, hoW so large a body of men could have been crammed in so small a space, without one having, been either killed or wounded. Of such an engage- Ment, the M7nit:.-ur may indeed justly say, duo it is the frst af:ts kind. In the course of last creek Sei'eral - persons were apPreliended atGx;port,.for pssing . forg:d . Bank of England Notel, YESTERDAY evening THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES visited STACIE'S Rooms, which were fully attended. Their Royal• Highnesses PRINC ESS - Au cusp and the DUKE of k ENT, bathed last night in the , Old Hot path, on the Quay. This morning fits MAJEsT,y, with h is attend ants, walked on (lac Esplanade before breakfast, con versing with the Russian and Handveilan Minihteri PR Ik\lC E A DOL raus introduced two yourig verian . Gentlemen, 'who were most araciously re ceived by His MAJESTY. After breakfast the Kt'46, _accompanied by Her Royal Highnesss PRtNctss AmEL lA, took an air-. ins'on horseback as fir as the hill of Binsf:ombe. • . ---; • HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, with Mrs; WIRDHAM, rode through the pleasant villagrs of Upway and lifidimay. , The Hon. AZTIIIJR PAGET arrived herc PRIUHTON, Auc. q. Duke and. Dutchess of NlAt4..Boßot“;l' canfe - down yesterday morning : their braces intend passing-a few weeks at their beautiful Lodge. , The Duke of RiCiiMOND and the Marqo;,: of LO arrived on Thursday night. Ths.: Duke of GR AFTON resides at -the 120tt4e• the bow window at th entrance into the tdwn:for , merlytLe residence of Mr. STEEL . Lady Ar;zl NriuttitAy, sister to the late Lord -I\2l.ANsFfEt.o, has purchased of Lord CARKINc r the large white housq_m_the St.eyne, for five_ thou sand guineas.. till_ was- formerly the residence of spy:7l, T N. The PA txcg_ bad_ a grand. Concert yesterday evening. The co:npany present were about thirty. Ationg the numbe; the. Duke of BEDFortu, Lord .ar;cl Lady BE-a KELE Y, Lord and Lady Li; CAN, Colonel AHOI4, &C. . - The Dulce - of No t (Pol ic t am e f rom A r u n d e l . Castle this morning ; and dines with the PRINCE. After t=he' Lewes Rates‘iiis Grace• leaves Brighton. - • • -•- •• AUGUST 10. .. :The - ,STADII{O I. ER,. Lord and 'Lady M E 0 URre; and - a party of fashionables; are expected to-morrow at Lord LveAN's, where they_dine , and the next day visit the Y R tNC E on the — Step - le, it Ue.ing Hisß:oy.al Highness's Birth-day. Great pre•. partitions are making for that _day. The P R / Ir; gives a grand entertainment. RACES. .14ONDAY,• AUG. A Handicap, Plate of sol. for 4, s, and 6 years old, and ages horses. Heats. The New Couyse. Mr. Durand's ch.c. Sir Sidney, 4 YTS old, 7St.7lb. I 4 2 I Mr. Heathcote's gr. h. Truss, aged, Bst. 71b. 3 3 t :z Mr. Howard's Cocoa-tree, 4 yrs old, Sat. ' z dr. His Grace the Duke of Richmond's hr. g. Gpld pecker, by Woodpecker, 6 yrs 014, 7st. tall). 5 r 4 0. His, R. H, the Y.:of Wales's ch. c. by-King Fer- - gus, 4y rs old, 7st. tzlb. , - 4 2 3 de. BETTING.—z to t the field against Sir Sidney-2 to ditto Cocoa-MC -4 to z ditto Woodpecker-1 to L Truss--6 to z ditto Prince of Wales's., - c9eoa-tree drawn after the first heat. This was a hard rata' Second - 14.:at.-6 to 4 and 6 to 5 that Sir Sidney iwins th. ; 2i heat. - • • • Ladbrok.:•'s Mystery did-not run. - Golcipecker, Duke of Richmond's, and Prince of Wales's drawn after 'third heat. The 4th heat Sir Sidney and Truss only ran ; even bett A mu? capital race, neEE•k and neck the waole.distance t Sii,iley won by halt 'a head: • Some Officers having suggested that the embra sures at 'Port Manckton, near Gosport, wer e n ot sufficiently consolidated to bear the shock of a can nonade, General WHITELOCkE, attended by. Co lonels EV'ELEIGH - anci TERROTT, and several more Field and other Officers, tried a most ,formidablc discharge of artillery, when the works were foto& so effeaively fabricated, as to bear the tiring with out the least symptom of injury. • y Orders•from the - Irish Government, :the 1Y1r.4 jars of Brigade are taking 'returDs of the effeAivo force of the Yeomanry Corps in the different Dis trids, together with an account of the state of their arms, &e. The Troops in every Garrison through' out the Country, are undergoing , a Continual cise, by . order of Sir W. MEDows, to keen the° or the' alert, to be ready at a moment's warning Foe any blisiness of emergency. At the annual Show of Sheep, held at Eastmarderio near. Chichester; on 'Monday, Sir H. Furssll-- 'TONE Was adjudged the Silver Cup, value five guineas, for the . best South Down ram, orle Yea r Old;. and, the Duke of Rl ' CliKOriD, the same .re ward, for the best South Dbwn ram, two years old,. Alresford annual LaMb Fair was held an Thurs.- day.last, and was . thilcb bettet supplied than on an}' former year : since its estOlishmefit. - Near 400 0 Sheep and Lambs were 'cooped, and the grearcsr part sold. Knumber of dealers frOm Kent, Sussex , Berks, Wilts, Dorset, and Hants, attended, and, ,t° their shame, offered' money for the Sheep before. they cane into .the Fair, which was generally re fused ; they however bought them cheaper in duo coops, owing to the great number on the grotin6;' . Lambs sold from i Bs.• to i3s. ; Ewes were dear; there was a shew of the finest South Down Rants ever seen at Alresford, which sold from eight to teo guineas each'. On the whole, every sort were cheaper than at Overton Fair; • The damage done by Sparrows to the Corn, al" most exceeds e,alculation, "It is recommended to Parish Officers, wherever Corn is grown, to en' courage the destruaion of these mischievous _Birds: and to give public notice of the reward which will be given for that purpose. Two attendants of the Turkish Ambassador. yes terday afternoon, passing from the Adelphi io their lodgings near Hungeribrd-rnarket, were wanteill)" attacked by a set of Blackguards, who avowed 0° motive for their proleedings, than that the unfor" tunate men were tbreigners—one of than was 're" ra relit)* knocked dawn, and his face dangerc;Ll cur, and his heard torn off by handfuls. -We a re happy to heir a Warrant is issued agz•tin . St Li~rt' I g t la Sul •Lbi Tug tho tisc 11/I the of haN Ito, C4l not ani wh, do u Li s hot .P.• • la! ttl ; , for tt e dc , ; ram 'vet