The National Register.
London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

NIOCK AUCTIONS.

Mr. Waithman said, he should not go over the same
grounds on this subject which lie had -co frequently
done beflire. He hail before stgted a great number of
fhcts of fronds, and even robberies, that had been.com-
witted at Mock Auctions, and" he might now safely de-
clare that these evils were not in the least abated. In.
deed an idea, had arisen that something had been done
against them, and the people still attended them, and.
were consequently more easily deluded. The Members'
for Bath and Bristol, it had been said, would support
any measure that was brought tiirwanii on the subject
Communications hail been had from Birmingham, Hull,
Sheffield, Liverpool, and Oxford ; and one of the Liver-
pool Members h,ul armed him he would support the
bill, proceedings on which had commenced, ►:ben the
subject was last agitated iri Parliament. Nothing could
be so irksome, ia his opinion, as to come, year after
.year, and make the same statements to the Court, with-
out any effect. He hoped come measurefar the pre-
vention of Mock Auctions would be speedily put in
force. The worthy Member concluded by moving that
the petition on the subject should be read.
The Lord Mayor said, he would support the petition,
aChe considered Mock Auctions a great evil.
After some observations from Mr. Dixon and Mr.
Alderman Atkins, and sonic preliminary proceedings,
the petition against Mock Auctions, which was to the
Flume of Commons, was agreed to.
After transacting a good deal of business of minor
•importance the Court wljourned.

LitUT. CoL. ERSIZINt —This brave
young man, youngest son of Lord Erskine, died on' his
paawe out to Ceylon. He served throughout the am-
p:sips in Spain as a captain of light infantry, in the 51st
regiment, and behaved with great gallantry in the
battle of the Pyrennees, where being shot in the thigh
he was sent home by the Medical Board, and on his
recovery, was placed by the Doke of York on the Staff
of the army in the Adjutant General's department when
the Duke of Wellington took the-command in Flan-
ders. le was in the battle of the 16th of June, and
afterwards on the Bth at the battle of Waterloo, where
his station placid hint in the dangerous position of be-
ing attendant on the Duke, around whom almost every
officer was either killed or wounded, Among the rest,
this brave young man had his left arm carried off by
a cannon ball, which passing along the other Lid' bare
the whole of it, by which he lust the use of two of his
fingers, but that arm was saved. When. the cannon
shot bad thrown him from his horse, and as he lay
bleeding upon the ground in this mangled condition,
the Prussian musketry and tru upeta being beard at a
distance, he seised As :tat with his remaining shattered
arm, and waving it round aim, cheered his companions
in the midst of the dying and the dead.; the Duke of
Wellington being then close by him, who desirtd he
might be earned to his tent. Cal. Erskine was only
25 years of age ; but has left three sons and a .daughter,
and un infant of a few months old.

D EST 111 AN S greatmatch for 400 guineas,
150 yards, between Shaw and Leach, was decided on
Tuesday on the Lea Bridge Road, and a 'considerable
concourse of people attended it. It is supposed that
15001. at least was sported on the ground at 5 and 6 to
4 on Shaw. Leach beat his adversary the same distance,
with great nicety, a few weeks ago ; but Shaw's back-
ers still had confidence in him. In this instance Shaw
took the lead and maintained it throughout, beating
his adversary more than eight yards. He left him at
the .50 yards in great style. The winner did the 150
yards iu the very short space of sixteen seconds. Leach
ran without.shoes, and had only a short pair of tirawers,
the countryman was as slightly clad, exeeptiug a pair
of jean half-booty. Shaw bids fair to beat all England ;
he gets over the ground with au the fleetness of a grey-
hound. _

.....
The ff-stivities at Stow, in conseqnence of Earl Tern-
pie having attained his Ist year, have hven very
splendid, and on an extensive scale. Wednesday even-
ing there was a grand masquerade. Not less' than 300
of the Nubility and Gentry have partaken of the en-
tertainments and awns:runts on the oczasion.