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London, England, 1826-08-14 00:00:00

CONDUCT OF THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES, AT

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CHELMSFORD PTTT CLUB.

The Ar,,,iversavy Dinner —o-r-re—Cluirnsford Pitt Club took
;Mice on Saturday last, at thz Black Boy Inn, hi that town. About I
eighty Gentletnen eowit to doer,
tl IX y
IX TIIN
DICI4,w EMI. in the Chair. The schooner Nymph. of Plymouth, J. Watkins, master, aeries
When tie cloth was reinceed, the Chairman proposed the fol.l at Bilbna, on the 18th Jens last, with a general caw consigned to
iuwing toasts. that port, by some London merchants. On her arrival, the matter
" The Kir. g"—Four times four. immediately proceeded to discharge his cargo, which he effected
" The Duke of York, the firm supporter of the Protestant cause; by the 21st of June, and on the evening of which day, him.
and the rest of the Voyal rautil7." self and three of his crew were seized by the Spartah Au-
" The Due
viol Wt gton and the Army." thorities, and taken to prison, where they were confined
" hoed Melville. and the N nry." . separately. The vessel was put under arrest, and the two
" Lonl Liverpool, and his Majesty's filinisters." boys whim they left on board were plated under the guard
The Cumnstast then mse and said, he would matinee to drink iof the police officers. The master and crew were confined in
a filthy prison for eight days, till the 28th, and without any
the immortal memory of the distinfemished man whose name
adorned the Society over which he (the Chairman) had the ha. ; reason being assigned tot their arrest, more than the finding two
tour of now resitting. Seine years ego lie bail the honour of • small cannon, which had been used for ballast, In the hold of the
seat in the house of Commons t he there uniformly supported the i vessel, but which pieces were within the'calibve allowed by law to
tnee•sives of that great man. as best calculated to promote the in. Ibe taken by vessels of the Nymph's tonnage, a fowling-piece, a
rescue of his country. Every Englishnian should embalm in his , istol, and blunderbuss, kept by the Captain, for the defence of the
beast the grateful tue:;:cry of him whose splendid talents and poll- I ship. On receipt of the information in this country, that the vessel
ticA skill had rescued this country from the jaws of French iced. was detained and the crew imprisoned. documents and remonstrances
mon, and placed her in that eminent station which she now enioyed. were prepared to forward to the Spanish Government., through the
/le propo.cel " The immortal • orory of the Right Hon. William medium of the English Ambassador, at Madrid, but this was pre.
Pitt. ' which was drank in detto silence. vented by the vessel being again given up before the papers were
31 r. Aacit e a, the V ice-President, in proposing the health of sent off. No compensation was made for detaining the vessel, or
the Chairman, observed that his late strigrle for the representation any just close, as we before observed. assigned for arresting bet ;it
of Jialdon it'd honour to their cause. The persevering spirit which is surmised that the authorities considered, as the Nymph was ob.
he dioilaye.l on that occasion, and The liberality with which he la. served off the coast a day or two before she came into the harbour,
visited what most mfr clmig to, placed him where he now was. (which circumstance arose from the difficulty of making the harbour
Ile setored to himself the) raitude oi the Blues of dee county at 1 of Billion) that she had landed arms, ammunition, and passengers,
large, by emancipatirg those feelings which were well known to ,on the coast. It will be seen from the following exltacts of letters,
received from ('a t. Watkins, by his agent at this port, that Spelt)
exist among them, but which, were it nut for his spirit, would re•
is in a most deplorable state. The act of detaining the vessel and
main in a elate of inactivity. The contest was not yet over—the
Imprisoniog the crew, from the ides. of her having brought primp-
cause wai gaining ground, and he might feel confident of success et
the next election. If their opponent. had triumphed, the victory gets, is • strong circumstance, in proof of the imbecility and feats
Cad TOM than it was worth. 111,:. would propose the health of of mite G°Ternmer t•
eilaintin Dick, Esq.—( howl applause.) " From the Prison at Bilbao, June 23e1, 1826.
The CH•IRSAW in retorting thanks, said that he was not vain " You will be surprised at receiving a letter from such a place
enough to imagine :hat the enthosiastn with which his health had as this is dated. We arrived at Bilboa on the Ilidi instant, and
been drank arose merely front feelings of partiality towards finished diszkarFing our cargo_ on the 21st. In the evening of that
him, but rather from the principles which he advocated—principles day, about n o clock. myself, mroe, and two of the crew, were
which he knew were popular in this county, and congenial to the forced from the ship and put into separate prisons, and fur what
feelings of the people at large. if he bad not been successful as we do not know ; I have not been allowed to speak with any one
Mahlon, it war. not owing to want of exertions oil his 0110 behalf or before to-day, and then the British Consul came to me, but that
entleman does not know for what reason we are here ; we have
that of his he11, but ni circumstances which he could not fore. g
SSC Should he againrefer himself for the borough of Mahlon, he all been questioned about two guns I have for ballast, a fowling
hoped that his tending on the last occasion would have weight in piece, a pistol, and a blunderbuss, that were in the ship before my
father left her. We are now together in one prison, and the two
thesele. if he had merits, he hoped they would appreciate them—
if faults, that they would overlook them. He thanked them for the lads that are on board are guarded; we are as ignorant here as
and non. you are what is doing. I hope you will apply to the proper au.
nattering tuenner in which his health hail been drank, thoriotes in England, to write to the Ambassador at 31adlid ;
eluded by proposing din health of Colonel Tyrrell and the True
Blues of 31altion. the Consul is to write by this post, but perhaps a letter from you
will have more effect."
1 clone) *I'YIIitELL, in returning thanks, felt highly honoured in
fl
hes name coupled with that to the trite Blues of 31aldon.
Were It not for the establishing of Pitt Clubs, the true Blues of
li4aliton. Colchester, and t'lichostanl, would not attain that as.
eendaney which they now did. it was a strong proof of the
merits of their cause, that their umithers were daily increas-
ing. There was an addition of fifteen to their Club within
tins year. Tae county of Essex was much indebted to their
Worthy Chairmah for exposing the vulnerable parts of their
opponents. As soon as be (Colonel Tyrrell) saw into their plans. he
exerted himself to give them a kick, and he only regretted that lie
could net give them a Dick (laughter); but he entertiened not the
le•ist doubt of the success of the Chairman at the next election. His
lute failuie was entirely owing to his character and principles not
having been suflicietely known. He hoped they would be firm and
enlist: if so, their cause nutst ;mistier. In conclusion, he re-
turned thanks en. the honour they had done him, in coupling his
name with that of the true Blues of Mahlon.
Several other appmprinte trusts having been drank, the Chairman
took his leave at clever o'clock, and the company separated.

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BI LBOA,
TOWARDS THE CREW OF A BRITISH VESSEL

" Ililboa, July 3, 11126.
" I am happy to inform you of my release from prison, on
Thursday last' without paying shy expense'', more• than for m y
Provisions and for the crew • • • •
the inhabitants arc almost up in arms about my going to prison,
considering it is a great piece of injiistice, and • high insult to the
British flag."
The lust letter is (hoed " St. Antlero, 1241 July 1826. I have
got a very good crew, if 1 had not I should be miserable. Carter,
I find, behaves himself extremely well ; we are all very comfort-
able. Spain is in a very wretched condition, we are neither Rafe on
board nor on shore ; the higher classes of people are every day in-
sulted by the lower orders, and there is no help for it ; I hope I
shall leave 3lalaga before the people are in arms, for I am sure it
a ill be soon."

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YORK ALTUUSY MEETIkG.

FRIDAY.

The Course to-day was shyly attended, notwithstanding
there was every promise of good sport. The company was
composed of most of the fashionables we have before noticed,
and those who were anxious to observe the running of the
Leger horses engaged in the day's stakes.
At the Tavern Betting Rooms every thing was flat—
speculators were never placed in so complex a situation as at
the present moment on the Doncaster St. Leger; in fact,
necessity almost forces them to shut their hooks up for this
Stakes, in consequence of the great opinion entertained of
Belzoni ;no hedging—nor any thing like a new light upon
the subject. Pirate and Fanny gone as if dead, and
Swiss Guide, Barataria, and many others without being
noticed—in thort there is no field, and of course no hones
to bet upon. Some of the knowing ones say there is a
mail due, and an outside horse or two is expected; but this
is all uncertain, and nothing can as yet be anticipated
to amend the present dejected position of things on the
great stakes.
For want of something to do, many bets have been
made in the St. Leger of next year. The general odds are
as under—

TO THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS.
Sta,—As no effort of Christian benevolence can be re
girded by you with indiffieence, I am induced to transmit
to you the following statement, which, I trust, will be ac-
ceptable to your readers.
In the year 1813 I visited Great Britain, to endeavour
to (ache the attention of zealous Christians to the great
want of the [Deane-of education in Canada. By unwearied
exertions, and the kind co-operation of several excellent
men, the sum of .14991. 16s. 2d. was raised for the pur-
pose of promoting education and industry in Canada;
hud was invested in the Fonda, in the names of four trus-
tees. During a period of twelve years, various disburse-
ments were wade for the support of several schools, and
thousands have thereby bad the means of acquiring a
knowledge of the Bible,wbo would other wise have continued
ignorant of that sacred volume. But the rapid increase of
the population of Canada, its very wide dispersion, its
great diversity of religious profession, and its almost entire
destitution of the means of elementary instruction, made its
enlightened and zealous fr iendssigh over itapi tiable condition,
'and long for the means of more extensive assistance to its
moral and religious wants. 1 was induced to leave my native
land once more, and become its advocate in that blessed
country to which the helpless and forlorn turn fur assist-
ance, and the streams of whose beneficence have flowed
end are flowing through every part of the world. Soon
alter my arrival in May, 1825, it was recommended by
several kind friends to the cause, to forum a society for the
distinct object of promoting education and industry in
Canada ; and on the 24 of July a public Meeting was held
at Freemasons Hall, when his Royal llighness the Duke
of Sussex took the Chair, and on the motion of the Right
Hon. Lord Bexley, seconded by the Rev. T. Mortimer,
:wed supported by numerous friends; a Society was formed.
It is now fully organized, and is honoured by the Duke of
Sussex as Vice Patron, by his Grace the Duke of Bedford as
President, and by a number of the Nobility and Gentry as
Vice-Presidents.
Aftercollecting about 400!. in the Metropolis, I made a
tour through England and Scotland, and visited Dublin
also; and having formed twenty-eight auxiliary societies,
and raised the sum of 610/. Bs. 9a., besides the 400/. above
staled, ..ud received numerous donations of books, I re-
turned to London, to prepare for my voyage to Canada.
Owing to the embarrassment in the commercial world, my
application to British benevolence has not been so produc-
tive as on my former visit in 1813 But as a number of 1
auxiliaries and associatiorishave been formed, lorry be ex-
pected that more permanent benefit will molt from this
visit than from my former one; and the friends of moral and
religious instruction may indulge the hope that good, upon
snore extended scale, will now be accomplished, as the So-
ciety has appointed two suitable schoolmasters to accom-
pany me to the field of labour, who will not only teach the
rising generation, but who are to train and prepare native
schoolmasters on the British system.
The numeross tokens of kindness which I experienced
in my former visit, as well as those manifested towards me
during the past twelve months, crowd upon my recollec-
tion, and witl, I trust, make a lasting impression upon my
wind. Being about to take leave of a numerous circle
of friends, whom I cannot expect to meet again in this
world, language is too feeble to express the feelings of my
heart; but should my life and health he spared, 1 hope to
he able, by the blessing of Almighty God, to transmit
Hann time to time such accounts of the application of their
bounty, and of its usefulness, as will he the most ac-
ceptable return for the numerous favours I have received.
1 ant, Sir, with sincere respect,
Your obedient servant,
THADDEUS OSGOOD.

landau, August 12.

5 to
5; to
13 to
25 to
Sllti

16 to

DONCASTEII ST. LEG Er..
2 agst Delzoti (taken) 50 to 1 apt Fanny Davies
I agst Bedlamite (taken) 1000 to sou Pirate agst Altisi-
-1 agst Crusader dora (taken)
1 agst The (knead 1000 to aal Fanny agst Altisi-
-1 agst Altisidora dura (takeo)
ST. LEGER, 1827.
1 apt Lord Kilburae's Reviewer (taken by his owner in

thousands).
20 to 1 agst Mr. Powlett's Popsy (taken in thousands).
In our account of Thursday's races we were unable to
give a description of the race for the 301. (the last race); it
was as follows :
Betting at starting 6to 4 the field agst Elizabeth ; sto 2 apt
Barefoot ; 3 to I agst Lottery ; and 5 to 1 a',"st Confederate.
At starting Lottery took the leatl, followed closely by
Barefoot, who, after passing the post at the two-mile, turn-
ing, made severe play, and came up with Lottery, who after
a short struggle shut a-head two or three lengths, but could
not shake Barefoot off; the latter made severe running,
and at last got the lead, but was again headed ; Confede-
rate and Elizabeth then challenged them, and after a fine
slashing race for the last half mile, Confederate won by
more than a length; the mare being second, Lottery third,
and Barefoot dead beat some lengths behind. The winner
was role by Lye, Elizabeth by W. Scott, Lottery by N.
Johnson, and Barefoot by Edwards.
The day's running came off as under:—
i Sweepstakes of lOU roes. ea
erh,ll. It
for 4 yr elds
; colts, est. 51b.;
fillies, tlat. 21b. Two miles.
Lord Scarborough's ch. c. by Interpreter - -
Mr. flouldswmik's br. c. ll's Grace - - . 9
Betting-2 to 1 and 5t02 on the loser.
Lord Scarborough's took the lead, and made easy running until
within a mile of home, when Ilia Once ineffectually tried to get in
front, making a pretty race home. Lord Scartyarough's never head-
ed, whining cleverly by a length, rode by Nelson, His Grace by
Edwards.
Sweepstakes for 100 sees each. h. ft. for 2 yr olds r, colts, Oat. ;
lilies, 7st. 111 b. T.Y.C. (7 subscribers.)
Mr. I'e:re's h. f. Matilda, by Comas - - - 1
Mr. Ilaworth's gr. m. by Comus - . . 2
Lord Kilburne's licvi2wer - -
- 3
The Itaiewed 21 iov. Sweepstakes for 3 yr olds, for horses the
bowl Ale property of a subscriber, etc.; 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; fillies,
list. Illb. ; 4 yrs old colts, list. 31b.; 5 yrs, Get. 101 b ; 6 yrs and
aged, 9st. Two miles-14 subscribers.
Lord Kiltiurne's Acuson - - -
- 1
bora Milton's Mulatto . - - - 2
Lint Scarborough's Fair Charlotte - - - 3
Mr. Lanibton'e Cedric - - -
- 4
Betting,-7 to 4 agst. Actreon, 3i to 1 agst. Fair Charlotte, 9to 2
agst. Mulatto, and 5 to I Rest: Cedric.
Fair Charlotte went oft' with the front, but was soon headed by
Mulatto, who led at a desperate pace to the gravel walks, when
Munn came op, and a most desperate struggle ensued until home,
when Actrem won by a clear head. Cedric was done at the gravel
walk, and Fair Charlotte at the grandstand.
After the decision of this race a wrangle took place. It was said,
that Eilward,, on Acuson, ran Lye, on Mulatto, against the post.
opposite the winning chair, in so close a manner, that his life was
in danger, avid that the race was not run in observance of the rules
of racing. In this state of confusion, the business of the day was
for some time retarded, orders having been issued by Lord Dar-
lington, that the 0111eT Stakes should not be run until the present
dispute was adjusted. His Lordship then adjourned to the Grand
Stand, and, as Steward, was joined by the Marquis of Queens-
berry, Sir John IlyniT, and Christopher Wilson, Esq., and other
members of the Jockey Chub, when Edwards, Lye, Templemrm,
and many others, were examined. After a full arid impartial in.
vestigstion, the race was given to Actavin.
The King's Purse of 100 ga. for mares, 10st. each. Four miles.
Mr. Grainger's Governess, 5 yes - - - 1
Mr. Haworth's gr. m. by Comue - - - 2
Lind Kilburne's Purity - . - 3
.1:50 given by the Cit v of York, added to a
Subscription Purse;
for 4yr olds, fist. :fib. ; 5 yew list. lltib. Two milts-28 sub.
scribers.
Lord Milton's b. h. Florismart, 3 yrs - - - 1
Duke of Leeds's Cmwcatcher, 4 yrs - . - 2
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Ken-
nedy's Caccia Piani. 5 yrs; Lord Burlington's Serab, 6 yrs; Mr.
Clifton's Brutandarf, 4 yrs.
Betting-6 to 4 apt. arab, 6to 2 apt. Brutandorf, and 3to 1
apt. Florismart.
At starting Crowenteher took the lead and kept it for about
tree quarters of a mile ; when he was headed by Lord Mitten's
Florismart, who led round the oorner. Sonic sharp running then I
took place, the horses with the exception of Piorismart, who was I
'billiwd, being abreast ut the stain'. Floriatuart thin came forward,
W 1 after a severe struggle with Crowcatcher, won a beautiful race
rby only half a head. Rode by \V. Clift, Cowcatcher by B. Smith,
r Caecia Piatti by Jackson, Serab by Chifney, and Brutandorf by
0. Nelson.
Sarrunar, AUGUST*I2:
The races to-day, though short tie to number, produced some
very good running, and ntibrded considerable gratification to a very
good attendance of general company.

WI NTER's OrurtA, "TIM OHACLE."—To THE Must-
I At Woarn.—A complete and pow►rful analytic review
the splendidly magnificent Music in the justly cele-
brated and. beautiful Opera, Dus Unlerhroarne 0117-fro,
anglicised to The Oracle, appeared exclusively in The
English Gentleman of yesterday. The unprecedented de-
mand for it, in consequence, has compelled the re-printing
of the yesterday's edition. It is now ready fur delivery,
ai:d to be had at the Office, 7, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden; and of all Newsreaders. The English Gentleman
iris been considerably enlarged, and is now the largest
Quarto Paper in the kingdom, price Sevenpence.—E. D.
l'ouchee, Publisher.
TuMita.—Miss Turner: accompanied by her fa-
lba and mother, passed through Bolton on Monday, on
Lei way to Lancaster. She has an interesting c a atcnance,
an ti from her appearance we should bare judged her age
to be about twenty-one. A number of persons collteval
about the carriage, anxious to have a sight of the objrct
which has placed public expectation on tiptoe, and a blush
inautled on her cheek upon hearing of the general bus
which proceeded from the eager inquiries of those who
wore attracted to the spot. Some of Wakefield's party also
want through the town about twenty minut.s before the
:urtval of Miss Turner.—Bo/ton E.yress.
Erraaruw.—ln our paper of Saturday, by the change
ni a parenthesis in the leading article, a very important
u:teration was math: in the sense. Bead—" If it it necessary
that every part of au account reflecting upon an itulividual
should he correct to the letter (for their account wan cor-
rect in spirit, if the Lord Chancellor may be believed), the
most abandoned wretch in existr "C. 2 to ill never 1:e brought
before the public in future.