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IPSWICH RACES.—ThunsnAY, JULY 28.

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The Town Purse of 50 soy. for all ages; was won at two
heats by Mr. It. Wilson's b. m. Isabella. beating Colonel Wil-
son's b. c. by Interpreter, and Mr. Rush's b. c. by Pioneer,
out of Ringtail.
The Siver Tankard, for Hunters, to leap over two hurdles,
&c. was won by Mr. Orbell's grey horse beating foar others.

KENDAL RACES.—FIRST DAY, JULY 26.
A Maiden Plate of 501. for all ages, was won by Mr. Hutch.
inson's Orphan, beating Mr. 31431innie's Viscount, at two
heats.
A Sweepstakes of 10gs each, p. p. (six subscribers) was won
by Mr. Brotherton's b. g. Tawpy (S. Lye) beating Mr. Clap-
ham's Young Gohanna, Mr. Harrison's Randolph, and Mr.
31`31innie's Moorduvock.
A Sweepstakes of b soy. each, p. p. (eight subscribers) with
20 sov. added, for horses of all ages, that have been regularly
rode during permanent duty at Penrith, in May, 1825, by
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the Westmorland
and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, two miles ' • rode by Gen-
tlemen, members of the corps, was- won by Mr. Margetson's
hr. g. Thundercliff'(J. Tower) beating, at two. heats, Mr..l.
W'alker's h. m., Mr. T. Robinson's Laurel Leaf, and, Mr.
John Bell's Maid of the Mi11..2 pd ft.

ANOTHER LION FIGHT.—Mr. WHEELER, the
person who has lately assisted Mr. MARTIN in enforcing the
salutary provisions contained in Mr. M.'s Bill, for preventing
creulty to animals, waited'upon the Loan MAYOR yesterday,
and stated that he had just arrived from Warwick, where he
had been informed that a similar disgraceful exhibition to that
of Tuesday last was intended to take place this day, at seven
o'clock in the evening; the cbntest to be between-a fresh lion
(Wallace), belonging. to Mr. Wombwell, and six dogs.; he
in consequence, waited on' Mr. -Wombwell (who admit-
ted the fact), and repeated he would not again , outrage
public feeling by permitting such a disgraceful contest to be
repeated. He, however, refused to comply with his request.
He then applied to the Mayor of Warwick, and stated
that all the most respectable inhabitants of Warwick wished
to prevent the fight from taking place, and requested lie
would interfere. He, however, told him, that although
he was very anxious to do so, he did not think he had
the power. Mr. Wheeler said, he thought the Act for
the Suppression of Riotous Assemblies would authorize his
interference, but the Mayor was of a contrary opinion.—
He again went to Mr. Wombwell, and told hint if he did not
undertake to prevent the fight, he would immediately proceed
to town, and apply to the Chief Magistrate of the city upon the
subject, and request that he would not suffer any of the ground
whereon Bartholomew Fair is held to. be let to him ; when
Wombwell said, that rather than be disappointed of the
rich harvest lie expected to reap by the exhibition of the
lion Nero there, he would prevent the fight ; but the Lord
Mayor had no such power. Mr. Wombwell said, he had
accordingly waited upon his Lordship, at the request of
several of the most respectable inhabitants of Warwick (who I
were willing to indemnify the Corporation for any. loss that
might be sustained by not letting the ground), to request his
Lordship would prevent any ground from being let to Womb-
well at the ensuing Fair, as, if a threat of that sort were held out,
Wombwell would prevent the fight. The Lord Mayor said he re-
gretted the power of interfering did not rest with him, but with the
Committee of the City Lands, otherwise he would most willingly
comply with the applicant's request, but recommended an appli-
cation to the Chairman of the Committee upon the subject. Mr.
Wheeler thanked his Lordship for the information, and said
: he would sec the Chairman in the afternoon, and return imme:
diately to Warwick.

The Guards Club House, in St. James's-street,
is now unapproachable, being surrounded by paling, prepara-
tory to its undergoing extensive repairs, renovations, and
amendments.
A CLERGYMAN Volt SALE.—In an auction ad.
vertiSenwnt in the Yorkshire Gazette, the following are•oftered
to highest bidder at the Tiger Inn, Beverley :—" A most ex-
cellent Freehold and Tithe-free Farm ; also the perpetual no.
mination to the Church of North *Dalton, worth upwards of 701.
a-year, also the present incumbent, aged 36 years."
A few (lays ago a man named Chalcroft and his
wife died at Handicross, in consequence of usingwater for tea
which had stood for some time in a copper, by which they were
poisoned. We understand that water being scarce in the neigh-
bourhood, they had brought it from a considerable distance,
and put it into the copper for use. Their children still remain
very ill ; and a man who likewise partook of it, though in a
great measure recovered, still feels the ill effects of drinking
it.—(Sussex Paper.)

CR U ELT Y TO A N IMA LS..—A per Eon named
Hardwick was, on Tuesday, convicted by the Mayor of Leeds,
in the penalty of 425. and costs, under Mr. Martin's Act, for
cruel usage of a horse. The owner had laid a wager of 01.
that the horse could draw the enormous weight of 44 tons, and
the cruelty was practised by beating and goading the animal to
perform the merciless task.

In the Criminal Court at Wexford, on Tues-
day, the gravity of the spectators was disturbed
by a curious expression used by a culprit, who,
on being sentenced to seven years' transporta-
tion, audaciously exclaimed to the Judge (John-
son)—" Well, my Lord, when I come back I
shall bring you a monkey to scratch your wig !"

MERCANTILE SIIIPPEN6I.

DEAL, JULY 29.--Wind N.E. fresh breezes —Arrly-A
yesterday and sailed for the River, the Enterprise, Kogan, front
the Mediterranean.

PORTSMOUEH, JULY 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Jar.e,
Hansen, and Ilero,ules, Hoberland, from Christiana ; Aurora,
Kraft, from Dantzic ; and Le Desire, Angol, from Houfleut.
Sailed the Catherine Stewart Forbes, Chapman, for New Sou:
Wales; and hie Majesty's ship Camelion, on a cruize.
COWES, JULY 29.--Wind E.S.E.--Arrived the Lady
Sherbrook, Barton, from Jamaica, in (33 days, short of .provt-
sions; Edward ►transport, from London, to take troops to Si„erri
'Leone.

FALMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind E. fresh breezes.—Arrived
yesterday the Liberty, Prynn, from London. Sailed the Emu.
bus packet for Buenos Ayres.
CORK, JULY 26.—Arrived off' this Port the Forth, Simp.
son, from Miramichi ; and Arethusa, Hamilton, from Quebec,
in 32 days; Captain 11., of the latter, reports that the Robert
Kerr, of Belfast, got on tilior: on the 27th June on Red Island
Reef River, St. Lawrence, in coming down, and it was sup.
posed she would be lost.

Arrived off' Holyhead, the Jane, Ilolmes, from Ne-v
Orleans.

Arrived off Dover, the Isabella, Williamson, from Hon•
duras, in 50 days, laden with cochineal and indigo.
The Whim, Droghing, sloop, with 32 hogsheads of sugar
on board, was lost at St. Vincent's on the 11th of May.

The grows, Co!Jim, from Havannah to London, was lost
the 27th Nay on Florida Reef; crew, and 14 boxes of sugar
saved.

WOOL FAIR, STETTIN, JULY B.—On the 13th,
14th, and lath ult. the first great wool fair, pursuant to India:
notice, was held in this place. About 10,000 cwt. of wool, of
one description and another, was submitted for sale ; and with
the exception of some 800 cwt. the whole was disposed of.
Between four and five hundred growers of wool, many of thim
from- remote parts of Pomerania, and other places, attended.
Upwards of 500 waggons came to Stettin with the goods,, ex-
clusive of what was transmitted by water. A great many
buyers were present from England, the Netherlands, the
Rhine, Brunswick, and Saxony.
Fine Wool sold for 24 a 36 florins per stone (German).
Fire Middling 11 a 13 ditto.
Good Ordinary 8 a 11 ditto.
And Ordinary Si a 8 ditto.
There was plenty of money for the purposes of traffic ; for nA
only did the Bank come liberally forward, but " the Sea trad-
ing Company," as well as other great commercial firms, were
emulous in offering the means of payment to the respectable
dealers who attended the Fair. The Magistrates and the Gen.
tlemen of the Commission appointed to superintend the pro.
ceedings, exerted themselves to the utmost in promoting every
thing that was calculated to forward the general weal ; and wl
have every reason to conclude that both the buyers and the
sellers departed from us perfectly satisfied.

DREADFUL FIRE IN OLD CAVENDISII-STREET.-

Last night, about half-past ten o'clock, the above neightonr-
hood was thrown into dreadful cor fusion by an alarm of fir.:
proceeding from the house of 3lr. JONES, tailor, No. 4, Old
Cavendish-street. The fire was first discovered by the strvant
girl, and is supposed to I ave originated in the parlour. She
had scarcely given the alarm when the flames burst up stair►
and in every direction with incredible fury, and completely
choked every avenue of escape. At this time the alarm and
confusion was erettifilly great, at d the family had barely time
to escape in a state of nudity ; the flames continued to rage
with tremendous fury, and it was stated that a child and two
women were stiA in the house. A gentleman, who was stated
to be a fore:gm:7 of distiction, est ap d by the first floor window.
At length the flames were subdued, being confined to the house,
by great exertion, 'and a search was commenced for those who
were said to have been burn ; and about three o'clock the body

of an elderly female domestic was dug out of the ruins, an,i
about eight o'clock this morning another body, that of an infant
child of one of Mr. Jones's lodgers. The dreadful appear.
ance of the bodies excited the deepest feelings of commiseration
for the unhappy sufferers. Another female was removed
the hospital, very much burnt. A detachment of the Guards,
under the command of Lieutenant Manningham, were on the
spot, and contributed greatly to protect the property.
FIRE AT KILMAnNOCK.—'Phis monthly, a fires
broke out between one and two o'clock in an old tNvo.story
house in the back causeway, Kilmarnock, and before any as-
sistance arrived it was completely in flame, which spread with
such rapidity in every direction that the whole range of bulb:—
ings with which it was connected have been entirely burnt.
‘Ve regret to add that the Angel Inn and stables have also
been burned to the ground. Mr. Begbie's horses and the
greater part of the furniture have been saved ; but we lament
to state that the whole of the inmates of the house where the
fire broke out have perished in the conflagration, with the ex-
ception of an old woman, who fortunately escaped. When
the coach left Kilmarnock this morning, a man, two women,
and a child, had been found in the ruins..—(Ayr Ayr Paper,
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'uly 28.)
An Inquest was yesterday held at the King's
Arms, Greenfield-street, Whitechapel, on the body of John
Horford, a master butcher, who died suddenly on the preced-
ing. evening. The investigation of the case excited more
than ordinary interest on account of a report that his dis-
solution was owing to the unskilfulness of the Surgeon
who attended hiM. It appeared, however, from the evidence,
that the rumour was quite groundless, and that he died in a fit
of apoplexy. A verdict to that effect was accordingly returned.
The Coroner remarked, that since the hot weather set in, he
had not held less than 18 inquests on persons who died in a si-
milar way.
DaowNlNG.—(From the Taunton Courier.)—
More accidents have occurred this season from drowning than
were remembered. As the stomach-pump has often proved
efficacious in withdrawing poison, a correspondent suggests the
probability of using it effectually in cases of drowning. The
hint is good, and ought not to be lost sight of—County Herald.
(The hint is not good,- and we gladly avail ourselves of the
opinion of an intelligent medical friend on the suhject.) Water
scarcely, if ever, enters either the passage to the stomach or
lungs, in cases of drowning. The idea has given rise to a prac-
tice of the most dangerous tendency—that of suspending per-
sons by the heels, which is never resorted to but ,-y the most
ignorant, as nothing can be more injurious, or more likely-to
destroy any remains of vitality that may exist. The most active
and useful practice is to endeavour to restore breathing, 'by
pressing on the chest so as to excite natural actions, after drying
the patient, and placing. him in a horizontal position-in tree,
between blankets, applying warmth in the quickest and most
convenient possible manner, both to the pit of the stomach and
to the feet—rubbing the hands, arms, legs, &c. either with the
hand or flannel, and persevering in this manner, and until-me-
dical aid can he obtained, even if no symptom of vitality should
.appear. 111 any indiViduals lose their lives in consequence t f
raising their arms above water, the unbuoyed weight of which
depress the head. Animals have neither notion nor ability to
act in a similar manner, and therefore swim naturally. When
a person falls into deep water, he generally rises to the surface,
and continues there if he does not elevate his hands ; or should
he move his hands under water in any manner he pleases, his
head will rise so high as to allow him free liberty to breathe ;
and it' he moves his legs as in the act of walking (or rather acif
walking up stairs) his shoulders will rise above water, so.that
he may use less exertion with his hands, or apply them to other
purposes. These few plain directions are recommended to the
tt. ntion of those who leave not learned to swim, as they may
be the means in many instances of preserving life.
The 'Tread-mills, we understand, are lobe at-
tended to, Hand Crank-Mills, as recommended
by the late Sir J. C. Hippesley, Dr. Good, and
others. There can be but one opinion on the
policy of the change, for the former injure the
limbs, while the latter exercised the arms, and
thus become serviceable to the person on his
return to manual labour.
Thomas Dewey, whose trial for the murder of
Maria Austen- were inserted a few days ago, was
executed at Nottingham on Wednesday last, in
the presence of a larger assemblage of persons
than was ever known en a similar occasion. Ile
died penitent, and after hanging the usual firth',
his body was given to the surgeons for dissectior,
A fatal accident occurred near Paris on Mon-
day last. An explosion took place at Ivry, in. a
manufactory of fulminating powder matches.—
The workmen of the manufactory escaped ;' but
those of an adjoining glass-house, eager to give
assistcnce, and unaware of the danger to. which
they were exposing themselves, rushed in at one
door, while the people belonging to, the mama-
factory were flying by another. These men be-
ing unfortunately involved in two successive
plosion, three. were killed, and tea seserei7
wounded.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
gxtrolcts from the lluriung l'apers,JulN 30,1825.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Paris Papers are every day almost filled
with alterdations on the subject of religion. It
would appear that the late law of Sacrilege, so
far from strengthening the Church, has only
peeved to make it odious. This was to be ex-
j.ected. All laws which are either uncalled for,
or exceed the due measure of severity, naturally
excite more or less odium against those for whose
sake they were passed. In this country, no man
in his senses would think of entering any congre-
ption for the purpose of insulting it, even were
there no law against disturbing congregations.
The popular sanction would in such a case be
perhaps the severest punishment that could be
indicted. But if the law were to interfere, and
to attempt to regulate under severe penalties, in
s-ome cases, loss of life, the manner in which the
persons who enter a church should behave, dur-
iog the different parts of the service, we have
not the slightest doubt that our churches
would become an arena for squabbling and
altercation. So it is, it appears, in France.
Ever since the passing of the Law of Sa-
crilege, the Priest and his Parishioners have
been in a constant state of warfare. It appears,
from-an extract from the Arnie de la Charts of
Le Puy-de-Dome, that the Priest of Saint-Didier
complained formally to the Mayor, that one of
his parishioners did not place himself in a decent
attitude, while he, the Priest, was on the point
of giving the benediction. The Mayor states,
that, having interrogated the party complained
against, it was stated by him, that the Priest
charged him with interrupting the service, be-
cause he had only one knee on the ground ; that
the reason why he had only one knee on the
ground was, that the position was painful, as he
was suffering nt the time from one of his knees ;
that he had immediately quitted the Church on
being ordered to do so by the Curate. The
Mayor refused to proceed farther. The Arnie de
la Charte says—" Other facts of the same nature,
with respect to which we are not yet in posses-
sion of all the particulars, have been com-
municated to us front several points of our
Department, and the neighbouring ones. It

seems, in fact, that in France, at this time,
the Trost of the Pastors are in a state of
war with their Hocks. If by such means they
can procure friends for religion they deceive
themselves very much. This good farmer, who
might have passed from vespers to a prison, will
not be in a hurry to appear in Church, at least
in St. Didier; and it is to he feared that several
of his friends mty he tempted to imitate him."
So far the French have the advantage over us,
however, that if they run a risk in entering a
Church, they have nothing to fear from not en-
tering into one. In England, if a man is not a
Dissenter, he is liable to a penalty every day he
absents himself from his parish church, except he
can prove indisposition. An action, we remem-
ber, was brought, a few years ago only, by a
Clergyman in Bedfordshire, against u Baronet,
one of his parishioners, for the penalties for a
half a year's absence from Church. The action
was tried in the Court of Ki►►g's Bench. We
mention this, in order that our neighbours may
see that other people have their grievances as
well as themselves.

[TIfE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
As the scheme of the French Government for
the conversion of the Rentes is likely to become
a complete failure, speculation is already busy in
trying to ascertain what influence it may have on
the stability of the present Ministry. 1t is sel-
dom that a Minister has been able to survive so
great a disappointment, or that the Court hac
been willing to uphold him after such a loss of
reputation. Besides the error of attempting an
•impracticable sluing, M. de Villele has added
obstinacy to incapacity, in returning to the
scheme, after having once failed in it ; and
though he triumphed over the effects of his first
miscarrbge„ it is more than doubtful whether he
will be equally fortunate a second time. He has
many and bitter enemies amongst the Royalists,
whO. wilt not neglect this opportunity of
gratifying, if possible, their antipathy ; and it
is clear that a severe ordeal awaits him. His re-
signation we should regret, as his administrations
'considering all circumstances, is snore worthy of
0* than censure ; and if it had only the merit
41•10eitig a pacific one, it would be no slight re-
. esoiSistendation in its favour, at a time when every
Nation stands so much in need of repose. We
fear, too, that a new Ministry would shew them-
setleeS as arrogant in some things, as his temper
has been complacent; and if his successors were
Wected from ;he party of the extreme
vied, they probahl would not be in place six
ssaonths without involving themselves io some
broil, either at home or abroad.

[mon:4lNa POST .1
Veatch Papers to the with the Elate of
Thursday, reached us last night by Express.
The Parisian Creek Committee has been so highly
Omitted with Viscount Chateaubriand's Note in
behalf of Greece, that it bas ordered it to be
translated and published in Italian, English,
Cermet., and modern Greek. In almost every
town of France subscriptions have been opened
to assist the struggling Christians of the Morea ;
end in Paris, besides the various Committees
~etftlilistred for the same purpose, every Literary
...asta Scientific Body is become not only a contri-
lonicr-but a collector of subscriptions. The F.toile
1644illtistles an article from Zartte which describes
iwneteiy the nature of the losses experienced
by the Captain Pacha in the action at Capo
ti•Oro. It appears that the w hole expedition
Wes directed against Alissolonghi, which is indeed
tato of the roost important places in the posses-
al QM Lhe k s /lad it arrived before that
tOV/411 whilst /tecisclird Fuchs invested it by land,
arm would have been little doubt of its being
oltitattelyceduced to ashes. But now the dais-
geriapassed. A El tilt:artillery and other power-
t'srl means collected to carry on its siege effectu.'
ally, have fallen Into tha hawis of the Greeks, ,

and should the defeated Pacha succeed to reach
the Gulph of Lepanto with the remains of his
fleet, (which he does not seem able or willing to
undertake), his appearance without the materials,
cannon and engineers, whom he was to bring,
would produce comparatively Utile incon-
venience to the besieged. Indeed it is stated
that the siege has actunlly been raised by
the approach of General Goura's army, which,
after its victory at Salona, had marched
on the rear of the Seraskier, and com-
pelled him to abandon dispositions before
Illssolonglii. Should this statement prove cor-
rect, the affairs of Greece will assume a brighter
appearance, and the rest of the campaign will
probably resemble that of all the proceding ones,
which, after having commenced in gloom and me-
nace, have terminated in exultation and victory.
Letters from Cadiz complain bitterly of the
strict and effectual manner in which that port
is blockaded, and its trade destroyed, by a
number of Colombian Privateers. Their cruise
is said to be as regular as if they all de-
pended on one single Chief who regulated
their movements. Four of them were con-
stantly stationed before Cadiz, the least of them
carying 18 guns, and were replaced every fort-
night by four others, which, it is hinted, came
from Gibraltar. The House of Rothschild has
contracted for a Loan of six millions of Florins
at four per cent. interest with the Government of
the Grand Duchy of llesse. It appears by a
Royal Ordounance in the Moniteue that neither
brandy nor spirits are in future to he distilled in
Paris.

[THE TIMES.]
In touching two days ago on the Slave popula-
tion of the British colonies, we were led into an
under-statement of the total amount, by the Par-
liamentary paper from which he drew our obser-
vations. Returns had been sent in to Govern-
ment and published, of a date antecedent to those
which we were noticing, and embraced some
colonies which were thererein omitted, by adding
the Slave inhabitants of which to the latter, we
find that the whole number amounts to 827,500,
instead of between six and seven hundred thou-
sand. It is further to be remarked, that in Deme-
rara, as well as Trinidad, the Mauritius, &c.,
the male slaves very largely exceed the females in
number—the difference being no less than between
10,000 and 11,000, or about 1-7th of the whole.
That there is a visible though not rapid decrease
of numbers in most of the islands, we fear must
be admitted on the authority of information col-
lected by the Society for the Mitigation and
Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the
British Empire. Their second report, which has •
been published this year, is a work of great in-
terest to the cause of general humanity ; and '
though we have seen occasions on which our own
judgment would rather have induced us to apply
the bridle than the spur to their movements, we
rejoice in the existence of such a virtuous and
exemplary body, if it were only to secure an un-
flinching discharge of the duties imposed_ upon
others.

The public have not now to learn for the first
time that complaints have been more than %i his-
pered about London, respecting the treatment
Occasionally experienced by patients in some of
the Hospitals. A death occurred a short time
ago in St. George's Hospital. The poor man's
name was Hammond, and reports were circulated
equally unfavourable to the tenderness of the
nurses, and to the medical skill which had been
employed upon him. A meeting was therefore
in some degree forced upon the Governors,—
among whom are many most estimable and dis-
tinguished names—and after assembling yester-
day, and examining various witnesses upon the
care which had been shown to Hammond while
in the Hospital, it was resolved to prosecute the
inquiry this day, when the medical treatment of
the sufferer is to be the principal subject of in-
vestigation.—(Mid.)

[KEW TIMM]
We observe, it is notified, that on Monday
next the Enterprise, steam vessel, will leave the
River Thames for India ! This fact suggests some
curious reflections on the changes effected by that
great revolutionist—Time. It is not forty years
since the first successful attempts were made to
obtain a rotatory action from the alternate eleva.
tion and der ression of the beams of steam engines,
then called fire engines. Only three years before
that, the first engineer of the time declared such
un effect to be impossible. Ile added, that no
dependence could be placed on those engines
for regular action, on account of their liability
to sudden and frequent stoppages, which, in the
then state of science, could not be prevented ;
and now this power is relied upon to conduct II
vessel, in less than three months, to the mouth of
the Ganges !—This change in mechanical science,
however, is not more striking (indeed rather less
so) than the moral and political revolutions of
ti)e present day. That lively writer, Mrs.
Graham, in her 66 Journal of a Residence in
Chile," presents us with the following remarkable
observation :--44 What in Addison's time would

hare been romance, is now every day matter of
fact. I was -in the Mahratta capital, while
it was protected by an English force. I have
attended a Protestant Church, in the Plazzi
di Trojan°, at Rome, I
sat as a spectator in
an English Court of Justice at Malta—
and svhat wonder, that I should now listen to

•
the free deliberations of a National Representative
Meeting in a Spanish Colony ?" Looking back to
the time of the Spectator, we may easily figure
to ourselves the surprise, or rather the pity, with
which old Sir Roger de Coverley would have
listened to a crazed politician (so the worthy
Knight would have deemed him) who sltould
have foretold all these events. Sir Roger may
be supposed to have heard of the Great Mogul;
but, what must he have thought, to he told that
this mighty Sovereign Would be dethroned and
kept in durance bf the Mahratta Free-
booters, till in his old age he should be libe-
rated by an army raised and directed by
orders from Leadenhall.street---that King
George M. should number sixteen times as
many subjects in as Queen Anne had in
England ; or thai d Pi4ilol) of our Church
should exercise his functions perlou corer terni.