The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-25 00:00:00

iNimrrmrihrr HILL

C)e4.ler of the Day wa3.tor Mouse to
140 ilito a Conf.tlittoo upon thi bciug
L, 7 • r0,,;13 to r q-stateitil Ohjeftions to the
p;ii, ft t',,,t to alter the law of the land :Vii horn any
y, by. that alterati:m the Con_
•,:i, awl alirid4o the lib2rti:,e, 01 • the stthjo.(A.
,i 1 irttport,tut eothequencei attending
:1 v, orLt had beon
• or a sinOe (lefecteiloitned out
t',l? thit, i)redent
; re.ttedy amt.- conkt*?..t:‘.
111VitiL(1Vd iitrt)l3;o3" the
it ieverai Bills,. such
•' 1:11 for the better r&, ii Sec--
RililblAl,
aii(l IttPiha)4ll ti.iture 1.;11,), el•ttl'sei
er found which trcite'. i!1 u.. the trial
0: ,a t►e i)resetit to do. As to
• it fr.tined, itothili;;coolcl be,
,1111 ; it •A:1,
• It %t t);q11;e. Yet
t! dotnititution,
to rovere, be
tmyty heh,..9leq Ork those
.11 I.„;.tdx, or a iNt..)hle
i,l r.,, • the attention of their Lord,
!;11.),i, thon-th.., ; lo tilled, that every bench
.1) ;11‘2 in the hanic sfrititt as,Lotd
the 601, afit . which the flotet6 di-
iHw. motion Int. into a (.:',onnttittce;
t11)s tr,,I;iII.WEi were—

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the S4hdvicht;let.tion.
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SOLi:M QUIS DICLRE rALsum AuLLAI?

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 1808.

The Townsitend Packet has arrived at Falmouth,
with Mail froin Malta and Gibraltar. The intelligence
-flom Gibraltar is of considerable importance:l3ooNA.
. PATE, in pursuance of his plan of effecting the entire
subjugation of Spain, gave directions to his Troops. to
strip all the Spanish Arsenals, and te send the
• arms .and stores to Franee; and to' disartri all
e the Inhabitants it .appears that, :the French
Troops, in'.the execution of those • orders, have
• met with the most determined resistance. In Ma-
(kid all the 'French Troops that were quarter-
ed in the City, to the amount' of
.10,00 y men, are
said 'to have been massacred'; but 'Mettler- hav-
ing. advanced with 20,000 'men' that wAre en-
, camped the vicinity 'of that Capital, for Ced.
his way into the City, and a- most dreadful
scene of Carnage: ensiled. We are not in.
possession. *of the date wizen tills event took
place, and, we are. inclined to think that it was on*
the 2,d of May, of which extracted an 'account'
from the French Papers, and upon that occasion
Oxpressed an opinion that the slaughter oldie French
must have been very considerable. The accounts
which had reached "Gibraltar from different parts of
Spain, concurred in stating that the people scented al-
most unanimous in their determination to resist the
French. In Cadiz the most violent ferment prevailed,
and the animosity, of the inhabitants Against the
French was so great that vast numbers of the latter
Were compelled to take refuge on board the Ships of
War lying in the Harbour. .13UONAPART had pre!.
vaited upon the Duke DE MEDINA Cer.t, and about
fourteen of the principal Nobility, and several
'Archbishops and BishopS, to gti to Bayonne, where
they will, we hate t,io doubt,-be-detaincd. as hos.

tages.
These accounts front Gibraltar are perfectly in
unison with shoe which had reachetl our Squadron
otfCadiz. The intelliglnice from Malta is unimport-
ant ;‘, every thing was perfectly tranquil,,and the

Garrison in good health.
The private Letters brought by this Packet, will
not be delimed till to-morrow.

IT is with much concern we tind that the subjea
of the Irish Roman Catholic Petition is to be 04
day brought into dileuit4lOn in •the House of Com-
mom. We are at a 1031 to discover why hove, who
during the late Adminktration, 'were ;,0 loixious to
L
prevail:Upon toe y(atholtcs not to petition flarlio.
merit,' should now be desirous. to bring the subjeii
into discussion, They certainly are not encouraged
by hopes of success, and we cannot for a moment
suppose. that any .Member of either Hone of Parl4...
mem, at least, could bring forward this
Con •merely for the put pose of einharrassi'ng
Majesty's Ministers, and of exciting discon-
.tents among the Catholics of Ireland. It is per-
feetly well known, that when Mr. Fok was in

Administration, he earnestly deprecated rite dkcus-
sion (Otitis question, and exerted all hislAuence in
Irehind to prevent the 'Catholics from petitioning;
and he suceeeded. We ate, therefore, we repeat,
utterly at•a loss to coneeive: with, what view any
Marl realty anxious .to promote the• welfare• of the
Empire, can now wish for the agitation-of the sub-7
lject. • We ace convinced that if the Catholics
of Ireland were left to the exercise of their.
own good souse, if they. had not been urged and st-
,
inulated try designing men, they would *note under
the present circumstances, have Presented. this Peti'
tion. Tuere has• been during the Present reign an
uninterrurted series of concessions to them almost
the whole of the disabilites under which they la-
-bottled Wye been removed, and-. they .are-now en-
tirely upon a foiiting with 'their Protestant Vellow-
Subjects, with the exception of the right of sitting
in Parliament, and or holding about Thirty Oakes.
To talk, therefore4 of Emancipation, is absurd. , It
is very natural .that BIJONArART2 should endeavrrar
10 infuse discontents into the Catholics, of Ireland
his Mativi'i', is ObViollS ; but they will not, wt are
snre, give much, credit to his pafessionsof synt-
PhY, when they consider his conduct to the Head
Of their iti,lig;on.-w hen they behold an aged and
vonttrahic Potiiiti treated with every degree of in-'
Solt, stripped of his imperial power, and detained
.ss
a Vrisouet own capital. We do not wish to

enlarge upon this stltliett at present 4 arid shall 0;ily
express gut hope, that as the subject is to be di-
ewised, it will be diicussecl With temper, and.witli-
uut any mixture a party feeltug•

Mr.iAnAtit Clad n inters iew this morning with
Mr. C.AINNING, in I)owning.street.
yt.,t,r(ily morning his -MAJESTY, the..Dtike of
Pfinceo..ei Au USIA, Sornt,i,, and
1., lA, accompatliNi ecitmt
MI% Bt,it:Elt.RY and' :LADY, Genorats

FL ;yawl, an GAnTIT, 14)6k all Airkog'oni;holUblOct
ia11,4301" GINt Park.'

NAVAL NEWS.

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From the LONDON GAziras,•Afiv $4.

Admiralty-Office, May 24, 1809.

A Letter has been received by the El,m.
Welle4ley Pole, from Mr. lehn..Kinsuaaa,„Cora—
rnander of the. Adive Excise Cutter, dated at Fal-
mouth, the 19th instant, stating that, on the- i,71h,,
he had captured in the said Cutter, after a chat ofj
seine hours, the Deux Freres Frenca Privateer, Of-
St. Maloes, armed with two carriage-guns, and
manned with twenty-nine men. She had been -out -
foul days, and had taken two Vessels, one of which
was retaken, by the Active, and the other by tl*
Betsy Privateer of Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.---Arrived the Itripetueua., of
So guns, from off L'Orient ; the Swallow and Intet-
ligent Brigs from Liverpool, with seamen for
Fleet; the Cockatrice Sloop of War, with a convoy
from the Downs ; and the Alligator and, Growler
Sloop of War from a cruize.

Sailed the Bellerophon, Pompee, Gil•raliar, and
Di:fiance Men of War to join the Channel Fleet.

Ar?Lved La Seine Frigate anct`Pluver Sloop of War
from a cruize.

Sailed the Scorpion Sloop of War for Liverpool._

The Lion Privateer of this Port, has been cap-
tured on the coast of France by a parcel of Gun-
boats; the Captain and crew made`•their escape on
board an/English Ship in the offing, and are artired
here.

Arrived the American Schooner Mohawk, from
Belfast, in ballast, and the Portuguese Ship dimizatie,
from St. Michael's, with fruit, for London.

Went out of harbour this morning, and anchored
in the Sound, the Acorn Sloop of War.
The Seine Frigate is come into harbour to refit.

PoNTSMOUTH, MAY e4.--Arrived L'Espiegle 807
of War, with a Convoy from the Westward.
The Maisters, AR QHRR, ELLBAN4, Emily,
Thames, -, and. Catherine, Tor
Guernsey, frOcrt the Downs, tire put into St. Helen's
Roads.

- Sailed the Resiciarice Frigate, Capt. ADAtir; far
the Mecliterealican. . .
The ' Hardy Gun-brig, Lieut. PgRDILEA.II, tilke9
Convoy tp the ;,Downs, and will. sail early in Lhe
morning, if the wind be fair. . . .

, SHEER,I4SS, MAY 2;3.—Passed by for Gotten-
;burgh,. having on board the sob4.ly for the King of
;Sw:nitri, his MajQ!,,ty's Ship Clyde, of 36 guns,
Cotit (nod ore w

Arrived `from the 'River the .Deptford Tchder,
Lie:ltoant ANTRAM, with
,imprest inert and vo-
!officers for the FlLet.

Wcnt lruli the Little to the Great NOre the
Trumpouse Sloop, of 18 gain, Capt. Dot.t.iNio.
Arrked his Majesty's Ships klalabar, Aggreaar,
and La lienorpmde from Dezil.

Several Sail i$ arrived below the Noce, for the

River.

DEAL, MAY .24,..--Ar'rived His Majesty's Ship
Brunswick ow& sailed to it he -Nortitward;
Sailed the Endymion for SheerneSs.
Arrived the neso4te Gun-brig cram Ireland with a
Convoy, which are sailed- for the ItiVer ; alsolthi
Aliticrpa, BROOKS, frotn the Cipe of Good Hope.

FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Arrived Abe Tozynshend
Packci, yvith Mails frcnn Malta. and Gibraltar, in
three weeks from the latter place.
Sailed the Humber Armed ship with a convoy Lc.
the Downs.

Extra& of a Letter from atr Officer on board his
Majesty's Ship l'a) tar, dated Leith Roads, Ma4y- U

We nailed front Leith on,the loth instant to,.
cruize off North Bergen' and intercept a frigate saki
to be in that harbour. We got on the coast on the
If2th, but trtnn the very thick tugs, could nor stand
in till the 15th, when we made the islands to the
westward of Bergen, and en our hoisting Dutch co-
lours, there came oil 19 Norwegians in two boats,
from WllOlll. we learnt the Frigate Had sidled eight
days Wore for the k;ast will) three or
,lour
Ships. They took Uk,through it must intricate rocky
,passage, till within five or six miles of Bergen, when
they refused to take het 'any further. it being the
Captain's intention' to roam the town with the Fri-
gate, and bring off the Shipping, au or,v,yhieh were
three Privateers, we anchored in the Straits, with
springs on our cables, and in the oveniug the boats,
with the Captain, First and Third Lieutenants; and
Master, went up to the.town, and w-ould probably
have cut out an E,ast Indianian lying under the bat-.
levy, had not suard boat, which was without
lie., tell in with and fired ,on the launch, who :re-
turned the tire, wounding all their people severely,
and took her : this"alarmed th-4 town, who solluired
their bugleal anti luaoned 'the batteries; and we
finding the Ships lie within a chitin, without tiviiich
it would be difficult to get 'them, ,returned to the:
Frigate, leaving the launch, commanded by Liente•
hillit.,SYk4rs, to .watch the'llneiny. We immedi-
ately dot the Ship under weigh, but from the
, ,
nos of the Wind, and intrieacy of the passage, could
not get near Bergen and when about half Way froar
our anchorage; in a narrow rocky Strait, without:a
breatlt'of wind, and a strong otwent, in this
tion we were attacked by a Schooner and five `(.lull:
4, W tio were within halt gun shot, t)ing wider
rocky point, ei:h.rnounting twn 44,ppunders,
cc,pi the Schooner, and manned .with troops. They'
kept .up a well diredted fire, hullitig to in ten or

eleven places, and cutting much our • ripiart
sails,- One 1,1 their first shots killedour cap%
taro, in the at of pointing a gun.„. The service has
thus lost a most valuable Commander, who find at-
(ached the whole of his crew to him, Officers mid
men, "by the most kind and exemplary cantina.—
Although the force with which we were engaged was
..conapasatiVely,smalli yet-when it-is-known th.it we
were, at this time drifting towards the-Enetny, nearly
send on, no
.wind, a narrow passage full of rocks,
.00
..which ww e ere driving, with no ancliorage, under
heights manned by their troops, na guns, to bear on
theboats,. and a crew newly impressed, most ot
-:Whata had never beenengaged, it niust be confessed
tote a situation in which nothing but the greatest
exertions on the part of Lieutenant CAIGER (tileß
corumanding), and the rest of the Officers, could •
relieve her.; We at length brought our broadside to
bear on them one Vessel was sunk, and the rest
much shattered. They continued the attack for an
.hour' and a halt, .and were 're-manned hy.synall boats
during it—at length .a light air sprung up; we wore,
atici stood. toivarcilthe Enemy, getting out bow ions
*fqrward, which bore on them, and compelled them
to bear up, and row under 'the batteries of Bergen,
where we found it would not be adviseable to tolltiW,
from the general alarm that had been raised. Wa
now obliged the natives'on board to attempt a par
sage with the Ship to the northward. in prosecuting
which we fell in with our launch, Lieut. ST'lss,
and picked her up. We passed many difficult pas-
sages, through which we boom'd the Frigate off
with spars,.and towed her; and at three cleared 6*
Islands, and -stood out for sea. We. have preserved
the body of our heroic Captain, and shall, if possilile,
also that of Mr. H, FITZHUGH (a Midshipman), a
fine promising youth, who fell at the time the Car
fain did. They are the only Itlled ; we have doe
man lost his right aria, another severely. wounded,
and several slightly. Most of our shot holes Are be-
-tweet' wind and water, and pus shot struck us two
feet under water." - -

. . .
Captain BETTESWORTH had often distinguished
himself by his gallant conduct on former occasions;
particularly on the ,4th of. February, 1804, %ail°
Lieutenant of tke Centaur, with• Sir SAsivit. OOP'
It! conjunction With Lieutenant R. C. REYNOLDS,
Oi time same Ship, he boarded and cut out fivin under
Fort Edward, Martinique, Le CurieUx,• of iti guns'
In this enterprise -LitUtellant REYNOLDS was killed'
and his gallant companion so dreadfully cnt and shot
in various ?arts, that his recovery was sometime el*
tremely dnubtful. For-this achievement be was IV'
muted to the rank of Commander, and to the cote'
Aland of theYessel he. had so gallantly captured..OP
remained in the West 'lndies, Capturing the Enernis
craizers, until the arrival of Lord NEtSON in quest
of the Toulon Fleet. He was the Officer who,
when Commander of the Carieux Brig, brought tlta
dispatches from Lord NELSON, when in WSUit °
thee combined Fleet ip the West Indies, in 1805
on which occasion he was promoted to the raiik,ot
Post Captain. Captain IJ'rraswOuTM was !all
married to Lady Haxigaiu GREY, sister to Ear.
Gltrl4 and had Just fitted out the, Frigate in w hie!! •
be has so prematurely lost his valuable life. Ago
28 years.

Gifißdth 7411?, MAY 10.

Accounts received from Spain. this day confirM,
the intelligence hefore received, that art itisurt.ello3.
had taken place at Madrid on the 2d of thissnionth,,
Which, after much bloodshed,' was• with difficult/
quelled by the joint efforts of the Regent DoN Abia
TOI,IIO. and the, Gratid,Dake of Bette. The
lare We have not been able to learn coirealy, trot".
the confused and in. some respetts con.radietery
counts that have reached us. We have eill, I'lll
*able to ascertain that the ferment arose front oil al)",
prehension entertained by the people that t) 1I 1)04
King•would nne be restored to them, but be
ed by the French emperor.., Assuranceit calculate
to quiet ilieSe teit were breed to the people
nett' by
the Regent and the French Colutriander, but ti't3
~piecise terms they made use of we cannot asi-ethila
trim the accounts that have reached us. , Sonte of
ese th State, that pron*es. were given diet FLoPP
irAl.a) should speedily return ; others that tile
sutances embraced generally the safety of the ;1, v
• Royal Family. •
All
the letters agree, in stating that the indig.Xr3
tied of the Spaniards at the invasion of their countir
'byirthe French, is general throughout the Njogdls
and that it will be difficult to repress the Plust
'
indignation from bursting out in acts 'which', its
the present circumstances, eau only bring elOtr—ii
riion upon the people. , In every quarter retort
ate expressed at the ports of Spain .noc having b;igefitf
opened to the British on the first breaking °"„' „„
the Revolution. Sonic accounts state, that the'""ii
gent hat; 'stated to the Grand Duke of ktgao) that;"
he first tymptom of bad faith en the part ot,
Frei), h, the sea-ports and arsenals will be, itrm
diately put into the possession of the British; 17a
this is hot credited.

44, _
ti4OtilsNNll
IGOTtlotya
r er
ivreedn
wthillE.suarr,i and Counte" ;t
utuu
MAJ hfiTLES. •
Yesterday the Noble
iEmairblort.ook leave
E
'TIES, PrcYltitlS to iliS for
ture Dublin'
w
Conbiess remain, at ,
Yesterday 11101.13416' Duke of KANT rel./Wilco
the King's own or Royel Stafford' .Militia, in
itie Park, Windsor.
,*Yesterday the Duke of CAMnnu Ga ljt WiI)JSQT
for. London. •
F'heCH AN CELLOII of-the EXCH MOIR, We tindsr
-stand, los fixed
bea Frid:ry next tore meeting with Ord
f theds, of the monied interest, on the
will
-.4eensuing 14030. its amount only, we believe. ,a
he Settled. oil that 4,v,, and another ineettl4
- take place on Monday for finally adjuiting ter`lif,
:14 is reported that the loan. will be' ititogOW
ten for the service of Gnat 13riutloi 11/'
two for Ireland. jliti
This forenoon part of the Tower Hamlets
kiill;liittreile;ti t
teritreottiogill t
ieq.bewl'ertiy, on
etred. ‘their way toltuteit4P
VOe
I ire ,illutos Frigatelost, of 22 guns, Capt. PO' fro,
r4l.‘'t to s;iy, ha, been lost in the Guipti of ~*zo.
The crew, however, have been saved. .
Its expetted that at the Review which is- t(3, ``
ne,
pl‘itv On the Curragh of Kildare, on the Ist Of 4to
there will be apwardsOlk!.s,ooo troops adti3g i3ll
s4tue plain in- one solid body..

Yesterday, at the express desire'of -Eel- Grace the
Di:chess ut Rte MOND, that..fine'body of men, the
Ist Regiment, 4 r Argyleshire Highlanders, iwere
reviewed in the Pliceins l'atk. Her Grace came to
the ground at haft-past eleven o'clock, in her mite
carriage, wok her usual attendants; the Duke of'
Riclimo:qr. was on horseback. .
On her Grace's appearing in front of the, itegi-
ment,, she, was received with. a Royal Salute after
which her Grace passed down the line, and it waS,,
to doubt, most flattering to .her countrymen to see
her Grace in, the Highland bonnet and • Tartan
plane ; never did her Grace look more truly ele—
gant than she did in the national dress of ber
, Country.
The various evolutions were performed:With that
exaettiess, which refleas the highest credit on
their Commanding Officer, Col. CRAWFURD, anti
'bis Offieers—their tuoveanents were • universally ape
plaui4ed, and called forth the highest encomiuMl
from that veteran General, .Floyn. The .
.ground
*as crowded and most fashionably attended. -Many
Pfficerslof rank were present, and seemed to ogler;
that 'this excellent regitikent might be equalled, hut
iot 'excelled ; and having• been formerly under Gen.
Hoin, there oval be but one opinion as to the
ystetn 'they have been • taught. After the review,
he Commanding. Officer and his Officers were
'!..itittiplaCiusly entertained at the Lodge, with every
kind of refreshment--during the repast, her Grace.
111111e:0ml condescending manlier, entered familiar..:
i
ty into 'conversation with 'several of the Officers, and,
prevnius to . their leaving the Lodge, her --Grace ex-
Picsseti it wish that the Officeri ahould be individu-
ally presented by COL CRAWFURD, whet] they took
their leave of her kiface, previous to their embark -
.tien 14;r foreign serVicse. •

.1T.4 tirSitics.4.—At a Court of Aldermen, held
Yesterday at Guildhall, the pike • of bread was or- 1
itered to be'Continued at Oki. the quartern loaf.— H
The Lord Mayor presented two letters he had re- ,
'eeived ]Yom. lhoinas Roweroft, 'Esq. and Richard
Leit',.Esq• desiring tores,ign the office of Aldermen
for • the Wards of Walbrook and Coleman-street)
swltich"being fead, the Court accepted of their resigT
n:ltien, aril requested his Lordship to issue his- pt.,
cqpti furWartinuites to be held for the eledion of
;Aldermen for said Wards. His Lordship also laid
before the Court a letter he had received -front the
t.'3(l, Qr -the-Admiralty, informing 1146 that Orders
l'u Peen given for the discharge of kloratio Flout-
,gate, ii Frettnan and Liveryman,- who' had been'im-
pressed., The several folloWing Gentlemen, ivho.
Were nominated Ott the last Court, for the office -611,
Sheriff of London and Middlesex, : have paid the
tlsnal iine Of tour hundred pounds and twenty marks'
'each', to be excused from serving the sa,id offices..
v,_ii. John E.:,(1
Cowley, ~ Citizen ancvtlothworkerZ
-11,10malf Poynder, last], Citizen and Tyler and _Bank
layei; Thomas Whiphain, Esq. Citizen and Gold:
atnith, Martin.Pearkes, Esq. Citizen and Goldsinith.
... MAsctuurane.--Airtentertainment of this kind
wok place on Monday night, at the Booms in Ar-
-1
1 SYlelStreet,, by subscription. The hail was decorated
' with a profusion of evergreens and fragrant shrubs.
1,
Lue balustrades of the grand stair-case were ow-
kented in the same Manner; as well as several rooms
141,,,tt passages. The great saloon was embellished in
'1
'44ktitat manner, and had the appearance of a ma-
' 41.,realsirove. It 'was illuminated by a' vast number
,_
ate and . purty-coloured lamps: The 1
• NNIDte interior was indeed embellished with great
talte and splendour. The company was numerous,
slid nacre was a great variety of characters, many of
v,hc` nl mere very well supported. About three
'elock, after having amused themselves in the mer-
e and Whim incident to such a species of
antusentent, the company sat down to a cold; ha,
I ,te,rY magnificent; supper consisting of every thing ,
'Nit the season could supply. . Dancing had of course
1 Previously taken place, animated by the, Milanese
was and other musicians. The entertainment
was in all resp y eds marked b mirth and good,
humour.
. •
' . The Marchioness of BUcKINGnAk gave a splen-
tlid'. Masked Ball on .Monday night,_ at which it is ,
'4l)P9sed that about sixteen, hundred persons were._
Qeeasionally present, as many • came in .succession,,
v.: ili off to Argyle-street, and returned to.eejoy the-
hospitality of this Lady. . The charaders were a4'
very animated, and their cheerfulness and spirit were
Winch augmented by the incessant and impartial at-
tendon of the Noble Hostess.
The " B. B. D.C." meaning the " lledtont Pa'
rio,,uche Driving-Club," dined last Monday at the
tilai,ek Dog, 40.(hont. i I
.")e dinner exhibited every '
I:2eacy of tlif.,„seasons.dressed in the ver best man
;', and served up' in the twist approved style. The
Pa ]admirable style in which the Club left Flvdo,
. tii.A's.,•e9r.rier, on iviondily 111Cgi011.g;
,;)al since been
LI Nbjict of Universal 'conVersation among all
7vevet4 of the whip. Tim. Members who attended
Ili:: Sitters in number, each of whom drove leis
ail L'icne and four; and the novelty'of the .Sight,
lllre.nkt„Nted in reular order, afforded, much plea-
3embf, 3. very• numerous crowd of spedators as-
at Fr 4e(l on the occasion. Among those who passed,
. , , IYde Park-corner, we noticed-- .
liilliattherson;erset Mixed Mr. Cox, ' BaYs
sir, stenrY:Peytee, • :Greys Mr. Oakover . . . . Browns
it, up_heil• Glynn, . Bays " Mr. 14ariison, .. • . IfY.s,
M7i"YiSinith, '. . Greys - Mr. Ward. - a!'"..l -
1- viin,sheYl • .:. . Roans Gen. Gwynn . . . A mt.
jr,',.., e.orn. . . ..G refs .
kin s •
ink r .aturday'last the Four4n-hand Club, consist.-
thZe°' '"en open llaroucheg,' with two servants in
Rp rear. cliek9 of each, went in procession down to
thatc", in order to inspeel some favourite
:horses
-rare to start at the next Races! ' -
'PttrdliE IRRATRE.—Airs'. C. ICEMBLE brought for-,
, Co, a new Corriec)y for her benefit, 'last night, at
~, e,ll-Garden Theatre, entitled Match-making
I`fli4 1:3 a wise Child that knows its own. Father.--
}lad l'eee, though hastily prepared for the occasion,''
b .._tnnell,inherent spirit ant) humour, and might
ae7Pstettted With great success, particularly as it was
4;141 Ipported by all the Performers. Report et-
• 'raid 1 e..tile*Otunply to Mrs. C. KF,MBL.B. herself,
4,.;,11;L:r well known talents give strength to the ru-
'‘ ith su ck • ‘erY whimsical Epilogue was, elivered
1,,x,
..e tirtesistable simplicity and humour by Lis-
zei,,4.otihiat he wits repeatedly interrupted by loud and.
tioi,
‘, onghter. lime little Interlude of Persona-.
. . ,1,(1. '2't also much nmilauded. The private worth
4.41_,.11411"111rity of Mrs. KEtult,E Were trlanifest in a
v Ll' and elegant audience•
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Ma.:Etortoa, ', . . . , 1
Many !Readers of your root were slioclt.'ed at
the, account it contained this day, of a bet on a Won-
ilefful horse, who Was Obliged'. " to perform the dis-
tance of fourteen miles within an hour, in hare..-vi,
at a trot." We are told that the animal " mode play
at a winninvate." This technical phrase may be
intelligible to the knowing ones, as they are called,
and may poisibly mean that the poor creature ap-
' feared to run with case. But we are told also that
it was "driven by an expert whip of eleven stone,"
and this'expgr4 whip, if it was not exercised on the
body of the unfortunate beast all the time, was
doubtless. employed .in such -a manner as to keep
'up his speed by the force of terror. --What must be
the feelings of men who, for the sake of a little paltry
cash, could infli& upon a popr beast,: much more
harmless than themselves, •
an hour of 'Such torture
H and apprehension ? But this is not all, fur it is said
" the animal was offered to be backed- to perform
the same distance
...within an hour, and to draw
twentystone." Good God, Mr. Editor, is it possible
that them. cat be so much cruelty •in a country which
prides itself Onits humanity ! It wait not enough
that the horse had performed so laborious a task,
and endured such an hour of alarM and agony, to
augment his pace, but before it could be supposed
to have hardly recovered from the heat, to say no-
thing of the fatigue Of sdch a dreadful exertion, it
was offered for a still greater effort, and would most.
probably have been put to the trial, if a fear of his
success, not an impulse 'of humanity, had not pre-,
o'ented any bod from accepting the proposal. ~ We.
m# surely say, with Ofrff FLLO, " Are we turn'd
Turks ?" when we hear of such horrid violation's of
every feeling that ought to Charaelerike mankind.—
Nay, though the Turks are ferocious euough to each
other, ,and particularly to those who differ with then)
in Religion, it is not probable that a
,poor dutub
annual, which is so useful, and indeed so Necessary
to man• when properly employed, would betreated by
them with so much ingratitude and injustice. The
accounts orthe Contests which take place anion the
pugi-listie professors, however disgusting, are read
withlegs horror than the recital oft tile Miseries
which are go.often intli6teil on the inferior race of aid-
4T, because in those contests each party-hasa will
.dthis own, and exposes himself from motives of
interest or ainbition to all that befalls him; but the
pcior horse is obliged to submit to the tyranny of
mon, against whose cunning his strefigth is of no
snail. It.,is surely time to put an end to, these odious,
prglices, which, ifnat checked by the indignation
of mankind in,general, will become as fashionable
as, anyyvice orfoily, and , which will degrade the'na-
tiriial charaaer, as well as blunt these feelings which
have raised it above that of any other people on
,-,1 he , face of the Earth.

A CONSTANT READEn.

17eatched House, May 2+.

P. S. If the *ions of these inhuman sports were
ever likely to:fear uf I'vastiAonaus and his doarine,
they inight.poibly be bsuught to think of retribu-
tion, and fear that n brute in the human shape
tnight hereafter be consigned tonne !mire tit far his
mvage nature, and receive clue punishinent from
the very animal which be ilAti turtured, when the
latter shall be exalted to the state tbr which hl
ilulght be mach better +Wilted than his furiner
tyrant. •
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