The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

NEWMARKET FIRN7' SPRING MEETING.

BY EXPRESS.

NNWMARIGET, MONDAY Artcat/ow, IS o'CLoca.
The Course was attended by all the Nubility and tinny here,
and the spent was excellent.
Tire Claryndon stakes afforded a most beautiful race; and the
result has occasioned many of the knowing ones to drop their money
to a tolerably large amount.
Immediately alter the race Monarch and the Moslem went down
to high odds for the Derby. We have not time to particularize the
running. Alm, in our next.
His Royal Highness was present, on his dapple grey ; the Duke
of Portland In his moveable stand, accompanied by several of the
nobility.
The day's running was as follows
Sweepstakes of Ilk/suss. each, Colts 110.71 b., fillies tat. dlb. T.Y.C.

FIRST RACE.
Mr. llowanl's b. c. Swiss Guide by Tramp . calkedl overiti
Mr. Wllbs's b. e. by Seagram darn by Cardock
General Grosvenor's b. c. Polio by Orville—Blue Stockings paid
arcown RACE.
The Clarendon stakes of 21itt each h. ft. colts gat. 71b., fillies
Wit. 41b. rising 3 yrs.—D. M.
Mr. Wortley's Crusader - . -
General Grosvenor's The General - -
The following started but were not placed :—.
Mr. Rogers's Scamper - - -
Mr. Rogers's Monarch - - -
Duke of Grafton's Parapluie - -
Lord Veralam's The Moslem . -
Mr. Wilson's c. by riliti . . -
The following paid :—Norman, Tory, Emilia, Canvas colt Coat:.
Janette, Mr. Greville's Ainabel, and Lard Exeter's f. dead.—
%V on by a neck.

THIRD UACE.
Match—liin h. U. A.F.
Mr. Greville'A Lionel Lincoln List. Ylb.
Lord Oxford's Fleatice Ost. 21b.
Won by • length.

TOrItTII BACK.
Sweepstakes of 1011 each, I:0 ft. T. M. M.
Lord G. eavetithsh's Birarre. 5 yrs. Bst.
Lord M'arwick's Double Esitendre, 4 years, Set. 31b.
Mr. F. Craven's Triumph, 5 years, ast. Ithb.
Lord Anson's Sligo, 4 yrs. oil, fist. 41b.
Lard Datlingtou's Serab. 1 yrs. list. 81b.
Won by a head.
nil It 'Lacs.
Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. Sit. 41b. D. M.
His Royal Dighness the Duke 01 York's Rachel -
Lord Exeter's 1. by Woful, out of l'antina
Mr. Greville's f. by Merlin—Seamen
Sir J. Shelley's f, (dead by Merlin or Partisan
‘l, on by three lengths.

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SIXTII RACE.
Sweepstakes of 150 each, b. ti. Colts gst.7lb.; fillies Rat. 41b. 5.31
Mr. Thornhill's t. by 111erlinall _
Lard Exeter's f. by VVolul—dam by Rubens
Mr. Greville's c. by Nirlialehone—Amatiel's dam
Won bye lengtb.
Mateh-300. h. ft. Ab. M.
D. of Grafton's Paul Jones, Nat. filb. received forfeit from Mr.
Greville's Elizabeth, list. Ilb.
Match-300 h. It. A. E.
Lord Exeter's Retlg tuntlet. 41b. received forfeit from Lord
Jersey's 31tddleton, flat. 71b.
61—'2119, b. ft. R. M.
Lord Orford's Swiss Guide received forfeit from Mr. Wortley's

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Refornlcr.

AVA VA L INTE LLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.
This afternoon arrived the Sovereign transport, Licut. J. T.
Kehal, agent, having left Malta on the 20th of March, and Gi-
braltar the 7th inst., rich various detach-t tints of ordnance and
naval stores. and mails front those places. The Marquis of
Hastings had left Gibraltar, in the Herald, t►elve days for Malta.
the Brisk, Captain Charles Dope (the only ship of war at Malta),
arrived on the 29th of March from England. The Eden, with
Commissioner Ross. front Jamaica, left Woraltar on the fith inst.
for Malta. The Vibilia and Cato tranvparts left Gibraltar for
England with the Sovereign ; and the Marta transport arrived on
the same day from Portsmouth and L!sbott. The following pay.
singers came by the Sovereign:—Mr. Ilaudenck and family, 3lr.
A. It WCbitmore, Mr. P.Whitmore, 31ajor Peddie,9sth regiment,
31ajor Butler. late Milt, Capt. Fraser, Royal Artillery. Capt. Kir-
wan. 94 h. Captain liascowe, 9101. Licut. J eftbries, 811th, Lieut.
Gardon, 95th, Havenctott. filth, Dr. Jones, R. A. 'l'i .e
S.tvereign has brought three asses of unrivalled beauty. strength,
and symmetry, as a present train the Civil Government of Malta to
his Majcsty.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2L

Major-General Bon. G. A. C. Stattyltun, Chairman of the Vic-
Walling Board, and Coenniasioner Edgecombe. arc making an in-
spection of their department here. Arrived the Badger, 10, Cimt.
Charles Crowdy, from the Biv.e, with seamen. Sailed the Beagle,
111. Captain I'. Stokes, for Cork ; Bittern. for Liverpool ; (a.
melico, on a cruise. The Philotnel. 10. Lord w. Paget, is ordered
to this stetion. The Aurora, now in dock, is having sir Humping
Davy's copper protectors removed from her bottom, the experiment
having totally failed. All the experimentally fitted ships are to
have it removed, as they arrive 'home. and are docked. One
huhdred Irish fisher-boys are to be entered into the service. Lieu-
tenant George Dyer, 11. N. who recently so lamentably lost
Ida life in the Coast 131.xkade service, was the son of the late
General Dyer, of this division of the Royal 31arines, and grand-
son of Admiral lanes.

The ifilan GlraVe to the 9th, and the Piedmnntrse Ga-
zette to the 4th inst., have been received, as also the ne-
rueine to a late date. They are destitute of news•
Intelligence from Mexico to the 26th February, and
from Vera Cruz to the Ist March, has been received in
town. Mr. Morier was expected to have Mexico in the
Pyramus, about the loth of March. No progress had been
made in the adjustment of the treaty with England. The
' Congress had ordered the immediate payment of the to-
bacco bonds (held chiefly on account of Landon mer-
chants), and E3teva, the Minister of Finance, had drawn
bills on England for the amount, which raised the exchange
to 52!„ but at the last date it had again fallen to au.—
A letter from Vera Cruz, of the Ist ult., states that a large
convoy, with specie, was expected from the interier ; one of
the letters estimates the amount at six millions of dollars.
A material reduction has bocn made in the tariff of duties.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated Vera Cruz,
March 1, 1826:
'• .1 convoy of six million dollars is daily expected from
Mexico, which will have the effect of lowering the exchange,
at present 54 to 53. A considerable part of this will probably go
by his Majesty's ship Pyramus. The proposed reduction of du-
ties Iris passed the Congress, which from 48 to 51) per cent. are
reduced to 34 per cent. ; and the tariff, auon which the value of
goods was estimated, is also to be formed on a considerably re-
duced scale."

iVe ate informed by a correspondent at South Shields,
that the spirit of combination is still carried on to a consi-
derable extent at that place. A vessel, bound to Memel,
got its crew from Sunderland, and gave the men ss. per
month more than the wages out of that port ; but when
they arrived at Shields, the Committee of Seamen there
gave them orders not to go on board without receiving the
same wages which they had fixed for the time, viz. 3/. 15s.
per month ;, the consequence is, the men are intimidated,
and dare not go on board to complete their engagements.
We regret to state, the complaint is not confined to the
Committee of Seamen (as they are designated), but, as our
correspondent informs us, it extends to the shipwrights in
that town. _

SIR liIIMPIIRY DAVY'S PROTECTORS.—We bear that
the Aurora frigate, now in Plymouth harbour, is to be
docked immediately, to Male the protectors invented by Sir
Hum phry removed from her bottom, practical results having
proved their inutility on sea-going ships. The Protectors
of the Dartmouth, on her arrival from the West Indies,
from whence she is shortly expected, will also, we hear,
be removed.

We find the following marvellous story in a most re-
spectable Provincial, where, indeed, we could have little
expected it:—" On the Bth inst. Mr. M. Wilson, saddler,
Hexham, caught a trout in the Tyne, with the initials of
his own same indented in the sides of it. The flesh is pre-
served, anti may be seen by the curious."—Tyne Mercury.
Friday, about one o'clock mid-day, a young woman,
servant to a person in Gallowgste, Glasgow, attempted to
drown herself in the Clyde, but the activity of a person
passing at the time, who plunged into the river, prevented
her from accomplishing her purpose. She was conveyed
to the Humane Society House, life almost extinct, but by
prompt assistance is now perfectly recovered.
Tuesday last, as Farmer Symons, of Upcott, in the pa-
rish of Tavistock, was ploughing in his field, his horses
took fright and ran away, and in his endeavours to stop
them, he was unfortunately thrown down under the plough,
the coulter of which coming under his arm, nearly severed
it from his body. He is lying in a very dangerous State.—
North Devon .Journal.
Tuesday morning, while a man was sweeping the vent
of a two story house in Barrheati, Glasgow, the stones
being !pole, fell down, carrying him along with them.
One of his arms and one of his legs were broken, and he
was otherwise so much bruised that he died in two hours.
lie was unmarried.