The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-13 00:00:00

No 15,293

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ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
LONDON TAVERN, TUESDAY, SEPT. 14.

TWO SUBJECTS.
M. LAFONTAINE will repeat his EXPERIMENTS,
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limbs and body ; restoration of smell and hearing, and sensi-
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TO BE SOLD in LOTS, pursuant to a
DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY,
made in a cause of MARSH v. PIKE, with the approbation of
SAMUEL DUCKWORTH, Esq., one of the Maters of the
said Court, at the Royal Hotel, at Barnsley, in the County of
York, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of October next,
Certain FREEHOLD LANDS and PREMISES situate
at B A lIGH or BARUG H, in the parish of Darton, near Barn-
sley af..resaid, late the property of George Marsh, Esq., of Bel-
grave-place, Pimlico, deceased.
Particulars whereof may be had gratis at the said Master's
Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ;
of Messrs. Brooks aril Son, Solicitors, John-street, Bedford-
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Berner's-street, Oxford-street, London ; of Messrs. Beaumont
and Thompson, Solicitors, Lincoln's lan-fields, London; at the
Royal Hotel, Barnsley, aforesaid ; the George Inn, Wakefield;
and the Tontine Inn, Sheffield.
BROOKS and SON, Plaintiff's Solicitors,
John-street, Bedford-row.

LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1841.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Margaret Linney, who works for Mr. J. Clarke, an
extensive tailor, who employs from 800 to 1,000 people,
was brought bAbre the Lord Mayor and Alderman
Kelly, charged with having pawned two new coats,
which were entrusted to her by her master, the prosecutor.
Mr. Aenis, a pawnbroker, was summoned to attend
with the property pledged ; and the great object of the
prosecutor was, whether the Magistrates could not com-
pel the pawnbroker to give up the property to the owner
without the alternative of a prosecution. A great deal
of interest was excited by the case.
-William Merchant, who stated that he was in the em-
ploy of Mr. Clarke, the prosecutor, identified the two
coats produced by the pawnbroker's servant, which he
had given to the defendant to make, and which were to
be returned when made. Instead of returning them,
however, the defendant pawned them at Mr. Annis's shop
fur 18s., on Saturday last, and, in acknowledging that
she had done so, stated that she mentioned at the pawn-
oroker's that she was too late to take home the work to
Mr. Clarke's, and that she wanted the money to carry
her over Sunday. The money she was to have received
for the work was 6s. 6d. Now witness submitted to the
Lord Mayor, that the pawnbroker, not having exercised
due caution in making inquiry about a person of so
poverty-stricken an appearance, might be compelled to
give up the goods, independently of the prosecution of
the prisoner, whom Mr. Clarke did not wish to punish
with severity, particularly as she was in an advanced
state of pregnancy. It was necessary to observe that the
prosecutor always received security from persons em-
ployed as the prisoner -was, that the work should be duly
returned.
• The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean to contend that you
can recover against the pawnbroker or the prisoner ? •
Mr. Merchant said he meant to contend that the pawn-
broker knew that the pawning was illegal ; for it could
not be supposed that garments of that description could
have been honestly possessed by such a woman. Those
who received 20 per cent. for their money had a right to
use discrimination.

Mr. Heath (the pawnbroker's shopman), 'said that
Mr. Annis had very fairly offered to give up the
goods, with the loss of half the money, but the offer was
rejected. With respect to judging from appearances in
taking in articles, no reliance was to be placed in that
mode of discriminating, for many persons in very mean
apparel dealt largely. Besides, it was not known to the
prosecutor that the woman had the coats from Mr. Clarke.
The LORD MAYOR—Does Mr. Clarke mean to prose-
cute the woman ? Mr. Merchant—Certainly ; for the
sake of the trade he must. I should state that it is the
constant practice of pawnbrokers to say to persons in the
prosecutor's condition, " What is it to you ? You can
come down on your security if your goods are pawned."
I admit that ; but then Mr. Clarke considers himself
conscientiously bound to protect the security he receives.
If a summary conviction before the Lord Mayor be con-
sidered sufficient to oblige the pawnbroker to restore the
property, why then Mr. Clarke will be satisfied with
that conviction and a slight infliction of punishment upon
the defendae; but if not the Old Bailey will be re-
sorted to. rff a case of the kind before the county Ma-
gistrates the summary conviction was declared to be ade-
quate, and the goods pawned were delivered up.
Mr. Hobler said that the decision of the county Ma-
gistrates happened to be made under the Metropolitan
Police Act, which did not extend to the City, and that
the offence charged was a misdemeanor, and not a fe-
lony. It must be proved, too, that the pawnbroker
" knowingly bought or took in the goods," of which
there appeared to be no direct evidence.
Mr. Merchant did not accuse the pawnbroker of any-
thing but not having exercised the necessary caution.
The Loan MAYOR said that he should convict the de-
fendant, and sentence her to pay 21. Es., and the fine of
ten shillings for the heavy offence she had committed, in
default of which she should go to Bridewell for a month.
At the entreaty of Mr. Merchant, however, the impri-
sonment was limited to fourteen days.
Mr. Heath requested to know what was to be done
with the clothes which had been pawned ?
Alderman KELLY advised the pawnbroker to give them
up to Mr. Clarke without any demand.
Mr. Heath appearing very reluctant to deliver up the
property without receiving part of the money at any rate,
Mr. Hobler said—Suppose Mr. Clarke brings an action
against you, how will you defend it ? Mr. Merchant—lf
the clothes are not given up, the prosecutor will most
certainly bring an action in trover for the money.
The coats were then handed over to the prosecutor,
and the defendant was committed to Bridewell.

that gentleman three weeks ago under the apprehension
that the family would discover the pregnancy, and that slit.
then came to London and took lodgings in St. Martin's-
lane. Before entering the service of Mr. Fletcher she became
acquainted with a man named James Bennett, a private
in the Coldstream Guards, now stationed at Charing-
cross Barracks. On Monday last, having obtained leave
of absence, he promised to take her into the country to
visit his friends. With this expectation she accompa-
nied him to a public-house in the bent-road, where
left her, with a promiSe to return immediately. Find
m
g that he did not return she made inquiries, anc
learned that he had gone into the country without her.
Despair and grief at her forlorn and abandoned situation
at. length impelled her to attempt self-destruction. Ho
father, a farrier, residing Issington, in Hampshire.
was wholly ignorant of her deplorable. condition, and
she had no friends in London to whom she could apply
for bail.. The unfortunate creature, who seemed to fee.
deep contrition at the attempt she made upon her own
life and that of her offspring, was, instead of being com-
mitted to the county gaol, sent to the workhouse, where she
is to be kept until herfriends are apprisedof her situation.
Mr. Cottingliam gave Henderson a letter to the Secre-
tary of the Humane Society, recommending him strongly
as entitled to the reward for saving the life of a fellow-
creature.

DEPARTURE OF LORD FOR-
TuscuE,
(From the Dzthlu post of Thursday.)
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held an undress
Levee this day, which was numerously and most respect-
ably attended. From eleven o'clock carriages continued
to arrive until nearly twelve, at which hour his Excel-
lency appeared ia t....-__State, apartment, accompanied by
the Officers of the WnisehZld. company were-
assembling in the ante-room, and during the ceremony of
presentation, the most general topic was that of high ad-
miration of the public career of his Excellency among a
large majority, while a considerable portion of those pre-
sent, being of Conservative principles, were as liberal of
their expressions of respect for the amiable private cha-
racter and virtues of the man, although they were op-
posed to his political opinions. Taken altogether, the
expression of public feeling which took place this day
was one of the most flattering and gratifying compliments
that ever was paid to any Governor who presided over
the destinies of Ireland.

In the course of the presentations his Excellency crm-
ferred the honour of Knighthbod upon Nicholas Fitz-
Simon, Esq., Magistrate of Police, and formerly M.P. for
the King's County.
Shortly after one o'clock his Excellency left the Castle
on horseback, accompanied by his Aides-de-camp, :and
followed by a train of private carriages and gentlemen on
horseback.

The cortege, composed of a vast number of carriages
and other vehicles, arrived at Maretirno, the seat of Lord
Cloneurrv, where the Countess of Fortescue and the
Misses Genie awaited his Excellency's arrival, and then
proceeded with it to Kingstown. Opposite the Jetty the
Shamrock steamer was in readiness to receive their Ex-
cellencies, who immediately went on board. Lady Burke,
of Marble-hill, and several other ladies were also on
board to take leave of the Countess Fortescue. At a
quarter past three o'clock the steamer left the quay,
amidst the cheers of a numerous and fashionable assem-
blage on the beach.

THE GAMIN (STREET SCAMP)
OF PARIS.
(From the Physiologic du Flaneur.)
The' gamin de Paris" is an easy, laughing, joking,
lazy gourmand, as fond of public spectacles as an an-
cient Roman, and a "flaneur" (lounger) of the first
w&ter. Such are the leading characteristics of the gamin
de Paris. It is, however, in the quality of "flaneur"
that we shall here principally consider him. The
" gamin," as we understand the meaning of the phrase,
is an idle apprentice, a child without instruction, with
no home and no money, who, utterly forgetting the er-
rand upon which he has been sent out, wanders along
the streets apparently without an object, lounges before
shop -windows (especially if they contain eatables),
makes grimaces at the inmates, who regard him with
suspicion—fait des niches aux passans, or, in the words
of the immortal Tom Ingoldsby, " puts his thumb unto
his nose, and spreads his fingers out," at every person
who passes.
Two other favourite occupations of this young gentle-
man—if a " flaneur" can be said to have an occupation
at all—are teasing dogs and riding behind coaches. He
is very fond of sweatmeats and sugar-plums, almonds,
alacampagne, and almost every article to be found in the
shop of a grocer or confectioner is in great danger of
coming in contact with his fingers if the window be an
open one. His character has many negative as
.well
as
.positive qualities ; but one of his most striking de-
ficiencies is his 'Avant of ready money. Of that
ho never has any. He is luxurious, but poor. There
is a compensating principle acting throughout the works
of nature, by which the deficiencies of the weak
are made up by the strong, and the light on this
side counterpoised by heavy on that. The " gamin" has
no money, but he has wit and cunning ; and the
presence of these make up for the absence of the other.
Thus, when attracted by the savoury odour of smoking-
hot dainties or the sight of tempting sweetmeats, does
he pass the shop which presents them to his view, merely
because he has no money ? Not at all ! All the rays
of his intelligence converge into one focus—to obtain if
possible but a taste of these delicacies; and he will, for
example, drop his piece of bread into the gooseberry-
tool
(gelee de groseille), and apologise for the "accident!'
Or he will ask the price of the plums, the figs, the sugar-
candy, the nuts, peppermint drops, or the almond sugar
plums—and at each question taste the article he is
" cheapening," and conclude by postponing the purchase
sine die.
The shopkeeper, who with the "gamin de Paris," holds
the same relative position as an ox does with the flies
which tease him in warm weather, finds some difficulty
in resisting the tendencies of his tormentor ; for he is the
most indefatigable fly in the world, No matter how
often he may be shaken off ; again and again he settles
upon his ox. Do you descend from your horse, the
" gamin " is by your side in an instant, and offers to hold
the bridle in your absence. Does your carriage stop—
there he is to put the flap of his waistcoast over the muddy
wheel. He is ready to carry home the flower-pots
which you hare just purchased " for her ;" and he
will show the stranger the way to the postoffice—his
hotel—or the Bourse. Are you overtaken by a shower
of rain and standing' under' a gateway, he volunteers
to run for a coach. In short, he will do anything or
everything to gain the " cinquante centimes" necessary
to his happiness—his existence ! Outside the theatre
you will find him laughing and rollicking, and inside
calling to the performers to speak louder, or not so
loud, according to his humour. Lastly, you will find
him at all accidents, executions, mattes, fetes, public or
private, national, royal, or n'importe quoi ! Ile seems
never to sleep, is the most übiquitous and omnipresent
being which it is within our powers to comprehend. He
sees everything--he is seen everywhere ; and though
the most indolent, would appear the most industrious of
citizens !

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THE HISTORY OF GUERNSEY.
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from orthdeer
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11ONEY MARKET and Cl'l'Y NEWS.
FROM THE. MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
TIMES,L-Little progress is. yet made in the attempt
to discover the original fabrication of the Macao letter
if the 27th of April, which gave so false a colour to
Ole tea market, but as an assistance to the sufferers it
nay be useful to mention some facts stated in a letter
from a correspondent in Paris, who seems to have pur-
sued the investigation with a good deal of care. It now
ippears that Galignani did not copy the letter from the
Semaphore de Marseilles, but that he had himself the origi-
ial, and that the Semaphore containing the copy of the
etter, was not received in Paris till the day after
it had appeared in Galignani's Messenger. A coin-
iarison of the two letters, as they appeared in the
ifessenger and Semaphore, has shown that they are
riot precisely the same ; for instance, the latter said
.hat on the 10th of April several English cargoes
were landed at Canton and seized by the Chinese police,
while in the former this circumstance is not stated.
Galignani's Messenger said "little or nothing is doing
in opium south of Formosa," while the Semaphore said,
nothing was doing in opium except to the south of For-
mosa." Galignani, therefore, did not take the letter
from the Semaphore, and the conjecture that the editor
of the latter paper would be alone able to throw a light
on the origin of the affair is now erroneous, as there is no
more reason to seek in Marseilles than in Paris. With
differences sufficient to show that one was not taken from
the other, even in the absence of the fact that the'origi-
nal letter was in Galignani's possession, they are similar
enough in purpose and substance to render it almost be-
yond a doubt that they had their origin in one common
source, from whence the fraudulent communication was
made both to Paris and Marseilles. In tracing out this
mysterious affair, every hint must be found of the greatest
possible utility; and from . the icharactex of Galignani)„
journal, it is to be expected that when the wish of
sufferers is made known to him, he will give his assist-
ance towards the discovery of the fraud.
CHRONICLE.—Viewing the Corn-laws in the light
of a money question, which is our immediate province,
the encouragement which the sliding scale of duties
affords to fictitious sales and gambling will be apparent
to any one who chooses to turn his attention a few
minutes to the great diminution of duty which is pro-
duced by every shilling of rise of price when the price
reaches 70s. After that position is obtained, the trader
who has corn in bond obtains a reduction of 4s. per
quarter of duty for every one shilling of rise in the
price, and for a rise of 3s. in the price, he realises a
fall of Os. Bd. per quarter on the duty. Suppose a corn
dealer to have 50,000 quarters of corn in bond, and the
average price to be 705., which subjects him to a duty of
10s. Bcl., and that the averages can be run up to 735., that
will at once produce the minimum duty of Is. Here is a
profit to the holder of 22,5001. by the mere raising of the
averages from 70s. to 735. per quarter. Under such cir-
cumstances it is manifest that the dealers in corn have every
inducement to enter into combinations and fictitious
sales for the purpose of enhancing the price of food, so
as to force down the duty to the lowest possible amount.
Allowing that the holders should make a sacrifice of 3s.
per quarter to run up the averages from 70s. to 735. per
quarter, they have still a profit of 6s. per quarter on
their stock on hand equal to 15,0001. on the supposed
quantity of 50,000 quarters. These facts illustrate the
injurious and fallacious operation of the present Corn-
laws, while the averages are in the ascendant. But when
the prices begin to fall, their real poison and pollusion
will be most thoroughly exhibited. It will then be de-
monstrated, beyond the power of successful disputation,
that they are altogether bad, radically false, and
vicious in principle. There is no possible device by
which their inherent vice and error can be eradi-
cated, except by their repeal. The error lies in
their origin, by making the duties on foreign
imports depend upon the price at home. If the rule had
depended upon the quantity and quality of home growth,
then there would have been something like a principle
of justice in their composition ; but by the existing sys-
tem, in the case of a deficient iarvest, and a general in-
feriority in the quality of British corn, the consumer is
starved, because the coarseness of the home article for-
bids a high price ; and thus, by the increase of the
diities, he is excluded from the supply of wholesome food
from abroad. He is mocked by an apparent plenty, from
low average prices, and consequent high import duties,
while wholesome flour is scarcely to be obtained, and
only at prices far beyond his means of purchase. The
monopolists may tinker and patch at the sliding scale
until they are blind ; they cannot cure its faults, which
lie at its root and origin, except by its abolition.
Under the present system, the quantity deficient is
only considered in so far as it may appear in the action
of prices. If, for instance, the average prices should
decline between this and Christmas to 665. per quarter,
foreign wheat would have to pay a duty of 20s. Bd. per
quarter before it could be entered for home consumption.
--Now, everybody who has seen the samples of new wheats,
even the best Essex wheat, must admit that they show
a general inferiority in comparison with last crop, and
that many of the second- rates are wholly unfit for fool.
Yet the comparatively low averages will induce the belief
that food is by no means scarce at home, and the supply
from abroad will be kept out, or at least very much cir-
cumscribed, in consequence of the rise in the duties.
POST.—An attempt has been made to induce the
holders of Spanish Treasury Bonds to enter into the
proposition of Senor hull, to accept three per cent. in-
terest upon them, instead of five per cent., which vas
guaranteed at the time of their issue, upon the plea Oat,
as the holders of stock had agreed to a reduction to that
rate, the unfortunate purchasers of the Treasury Bills
ought not to stand out. This is pure sophistry, and the
creditors of Spain, either on the one or other security,
ought not to sacrifice an iota of their claim on that
country. At the period of the issue of the Treasury
Bonds, the payment was solemnly guaranteed, not only
by the Minister in Spain, but by the Ambassador
here ; and the foreign creditor was content to
take them upon that guarantee after the home
creditor had been paid in gold. They are an obli-
gation for the dividend due in 1836, since which not
the fraction of a shilling has been received for the divi-
dends due for the succeeding years. If these be capital-
ised, and the lower rate of interest be accepted for the
securities in question, there is no pledge but that a simi-
lar trick may not again be played. The Treasury bond-
holders stand in a peculiar position, not only as regards
themselves, but if they submit to a reduction as a pre-
cedent for the Spanish Government further to swindle
their creditors by pleading that the holders of securi-
ties which we have acknowledged ought to be held most
inviolable, have agreed to compromise their claims, why
therefore should you demur ?" Under repeated conver-
sions and reductions, the capital will be so diminished
that but little will remain to be reduced, and of that,
judging from the course hitherto pursued by the Spanish
Government, the creditor will not receive anything. It
will be time enough to entertain the question of compro-
mise when symptoms of an effort to redeem the national
credit be visible.
ADVERTISER.—The case of the Hamburg ship
Louise, captured by her Britannic Majesty's sloop of
war Grecian, on the ground of her alleged participation
in the slave trade, has at length been decided. The
circumstances under which the seizure was made were
extremely suspicious, and the whole affair has conse-
quently attracted a good deal of attention, both here and
abroad. It is, we believe, the first instance of a vessel
sailing under Hamburgh colours having been detained
on a charge of this kind, and this alone was sufficient
to excite the . curiosity and vigilance of the mercantile
community of the wealthy Hanse Town in the
assertion of their honour as a body, The Louise was
commanded by Captain Boyne, and was overhauled
by the Grecian on account of certain suspicious ap-
pearances, which increased as the search went on.
Among other things, the vessel had a much larger sup-
ply of water on board than could be required by its crew,
or than was, in fact, authorised by the Convention ex-
isting between England and France for the suppression
of the slave trade, and to which Hamburgh acceded, we
believe, about three years ago. The papers on board
were also not of that clear and open character to allay
doubts previously raised, though, perhaps, taken by
themselves, they would not have justified suspicion.
Added to all this, one or two of the parties on board
were of Spanish or Portuguese origin, and as the vessel
was in the South American trade, there was evi-
dently every reason for the proceedings of the Bri-
tish commander. The vessel was taken into Cuxha-
ven, and last Monday the decision, of which we re-
ceived a copy to• day, was made known by the Commer-
cial Tribunal of Hamburgh, and which is to the effect
that the Louise is not a slaver, but that under the cir-
cumstances above detailed, as far as we understand the
judgment, the English sloop-of-war was justified in de-
taining her, but that, taking into consideration the de-
dosition of Captain Boyne as to his ignorance of any
such treaty as that concluded in 1837 between Ham-
burgh on the one side, and Great Britain and France on
the other, for the suppression of the slave-trade, and in
which treaty there are certain clauses specifying what
shall constitute the grounds of search, such as an exces-
sive supply of water, &c., the Louise shall be delivered
up on payment of the costs of the proceedings.

The Borough Sessions took place on Monday
last, before W. C. Rowe, Esq., Recorder. The only case
of importance was that of a man called Randall, who
was tried for making his escape from the borough gaol,
which he effected by gagging the turnkey, and tying
him to the bed in his cell. Ile then robbed him, and
having changed clothes with him, made his escape. He
was afterwards taken at Tavistock. He was sentenced
to transportation for life. Another prisoner, named
Martin, was found guilty of aiding and abetting him, and
was sentenced to 15 years' transportation.— Western

Times.
SOUTIIMOLTON.--ACCIDENT.—OD Thursday,
as William Lethbridge, a labourer working on the Comb-
martin new road, at Noody Cleave, while preparing to
blast a rock, incautiously used the iron needle instead of
copper, which ignited the powder and caused a premature
explosion, whereby he was dreadfully lacerated, and now
lies in a precarious state.— Western Times.
HANGED ON AN APPLE TREE.--At Shetton
Lugwas, Herefordshire, last week, Edwin Brown, being
at play with other children, climbed up an apple tree for
the purpose of plucking fruit, and, his foot slipping, be
fell, but passing through the boughs, his pinbefore, fas-
tened.round his neck tightly, caught a branch, and sus-
pended him till he was strangled. Verdiet—"
death."—Brighton Herald.

PRICE 5d

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.
DONCASTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.
The entries have closed as follows :
Morinay.—The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10 sovs. each,
with 30 added, by the Corporation. Mile and half.
Mr. Orde's Beeswing, aged, and Mr. Vansittart's
Smollett, 6 yrs.
Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added. Two miles.
Mr. Bell's La Sage Femme, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Mr.
Thornhill's E. 0., 3 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. Key's Marialva,
4 vrs, Est 101b—Lord Kelburne's lc by Muley Moloch,
dam by Actaeon, 3 yrs, Est 41b—and Mr. Doncaster's
Fitzgambol, 3 yrs, Est 31b.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3 yrs old.
Four-miles.
Duke of Cleveland's Sampson, 5 yrs—Mr. Kirby's
Kingston Robin, 4 yrs—Mr. Eddison's The Recorder,
5 yrs—Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs—and Sir C.
Monck's Garland, 6 yrs.
Esumr.—A Handicap of 10 soy. each, with 70
added by the Innkeepers of Doncaster. St. Leger
Course.
Mr. Kirby's Kingston Robin 4 yrs—Mr. Mann's
Missle Gros, 4 yrs—Mr. Haworth's Hull Bank, 3
yrs—Mr. Eddison's The Recorder, 5 yrs—Lord Ches-
terfield's All Fours, 5 yrs—Mr. Osbaldiston's The Montt-.
tain Sylph, 4 yrs—Mr. Osbaldiston's Currycomb, 4 yrs
—Lord Zetland's Diavolina, 3 yrs—Mr. Heseltine's The
Shadow, 5 yrs—Mr. Haywood's Mr. Whippy, 3 yrs—
Mr. Bell's La Sage Femme, 5 yrs—Mr. Allen's Phaon,
3 yrs—and Sir C. Monck's Garland, 6 yrs.
WEDNESDAY.—The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each,
and 30 added.
Duke of Cleveland's Oxton, 3 yrs—Lord Chester-
field's All Fours, 5 yrs—Mr. Osbaldiston's Currycomb,
4 yrs—Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 4 yrs—Sir R. Bulke-
' ley's" Springheeled Jack,' 4 yrs—Mr. ..Haywood's..4e,
Whippy, 3 yrs—Mr. Bell's La Sage Femme, 5 yrs—Mr.
Wilkin's Clan-o'-the-Cleugh, 5 yrs—and Mr. Eddison's
The Recorder, 5 yrs.
The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added.
Two miles.
Duke of Cleveland's Sampson, 5 yrs—Lord West-
minster's Satirist, 3 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's Henri
Quatre, 3 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's All Fours, 5 yrs—
Mr. Orde's Beeswing, aged—and .Mr. Heseltine's The
Shadow, 5 yrs.
The Corporation Plate of 601. ; the second to receive
9 guineas. Two mile heats.
Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs-.--Mr. Osbaldis-
ton's Currycomb, 4 yrs—and Sir C. Monck's Garland,
6 yrs.
THURSDAY.—The Cup or Specie, of 150/, given by the
Corporation, with 501. added by the Stewards ; 3 yrs,
7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st;
three and 4 yrs old geldings allowed 31b ; maiden 3 yrs
old, having started twice, allowed 31b ; 4 yrs and up-
wards, 61b. From Red-house, once round.
Mr. Kirby's Kingston Robin,4 yrs—Lord Westminster's
Van Amburgh, 3 yrs ; and Satirist, 3 yrs—Lord Chester-
field's Knight of the Whistle. 3 yrs—Mr. Orde's Beeswing,
aged—Mr. Vansittart's Galaor, 3 yrs—Mr. Heseltine's
The Shadow, 5 yrs—Col. Cradock's Gallipot, 4 yrs—
Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 4 yrs— Mr. Meeklam's Broad-
wath, 4 yrs—Mr. Bell's The Squire, 3 yrs ; and Thirsk,
3 yrs.
FRIDAY.—The Town Plate of 1001, the second to re-
ceive 33 guineas. Two mile heats.
Mr. Eddison's The Recorder, 5 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's
All Fours, 5 yrs—Mr. Gascoigne's Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs
—Mr. Osbaldiston's Currycomb, 4 yrs—Mr. Gascoigne's
Quilt Arnold, 3 yrs—Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 4
yrs—Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs—Mr. Allan's
Phaon, 3 yrs—Mr. Bell's La Sage Femme, 5 yrs—Sir
C. Monck's Garland, 6 yrs—and Major Yarburgh's Hes-
lington, 3 yrs.
The following horses were at Doncaster or the neigh-
bourhood on Saturday morning :
Duke of Cleveland's Middleboro, 3 yrs—Mr. S. King's
Cattonian, 3 yrs—Col. Cradock's Pagan, 3 yrs—Colonel
Craufurd's Ermengardis, 3 yrs—Mr. Powlett's br f by
Muley Moloch, out of Mystery, 3 yrs, and f by Tomboy,
out of Tesane, 3 yrs—Mr. S. King's Cattonite, 3 yrs—
Col. Cradock's Gallipot, 4 yrs, and Sally, 2 yrs—Mr.
Ramsay's Cabrera, 2 yrs—Mr. Brooke's Idolatry, 2 yrs—
Mr. Garforth's f by the Saddler, out of Don John's
dam, 2 yrs—Duke of Cleveland's Otter, 3 yrs ; Samp-
son, 5 yrs ; Camelford, 2 yrs ; and Forberry, 2 yrs—Sir
R. Bulkeley's b f Cerito and Springheeled Jack, 4 yrs—
Col. Craufurd's fby Langer, out of Mermaid—Mr. Pou-
lett's f by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Fanny—Mr. Os-
baldiston's The Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs, and Curry-
comb, 4 yrs—Mr. Orde's Beeswing, aged ; Queen
Bee, 4 yrs ; and Bee's-wax, 2 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Play-
fellow, 2 yrs—Mr. Gascoigne's Quilt Arnold, 3 yrs ;
and Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs—Sir W. Milner's Osberton,
3 yrs—Mr. Brooke's Moonbeam, 3 yrs—Mr. Allen's
Phaon, 3 yrs ; and Bellcour, 2 yrs—Mr. Bell's The
Squire, 3 yrs ; Thirsk, 3 yrs ' • and La Sage Femme, 5
yrs—Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs—Mr. Plum-
mer's Alice Hawthorne, 3 yrs—Mr. Thornhill's Eringo,
3 yrs ; and E. 0., 3 yrs—Lord H. Seymour's Evelyn,
3 yrs. Coronation was expected in the course of the day.
Tearaway, it is generally supposed, will be added to
the list.

LATEST BETTING
ST. LE

AT DONCASTER:

;GER.
7 to 4 on Coronation I 20 to 1 agst Tearaway
7 to 2 agst Scott's lot 20 to 1 agst Satirist
9 to 1 agst The Squire 25 to 1 agst Galaor
15 to agst Middlehain 30 to 1 agst Osberton
Coronation, Tearaway, and Galaor, Col. Craufurd's
b f by Magnet, out of Lady Berners, 2 yrs, and Mr.
Osbaldiston's b c The Devil among the Tailors, are
among the latest arrivals. There is very little company.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN Wrrn.—The Mary and Eliza, from
,Marseilles to Hull, 15th ult., off Cape Spartel ; Eliza-
beth, of Shields, 3d inst., lat. 45, ion. 11 ; Ralph Ber-
nal, sth ult., lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Coquette, arrived at
Portsmouth. Elvira, Calcutta to Liverpool, June 16, lat.
S S., lon. 84 E. ; Isis, Rotterdam to Batavia, July 16,
lat. 3 N., lon. 20 W. ; Martha, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, to Barbadoes, 18th ult., lat. 36, ion. 42 ; De-
fender, Cork to Miramichi, 31st ult., lat. 45, lon. 24 ;
Fanny, or Fancy, for St. John's, New Brunswick, 4th
ult., lat. 49, lon. 13, by the Enterprise, arrived at
Liverpool. Westbrook, China to Cork, June 28, lat.
25 S., lon. 49 E. ; Thomas Harrison, Singapore to Lon-
don, 7th ult., lat. 10 N., lon. 25 W. ; Midas, Bombay to
London, 10th ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 27 ; Martha Ridgway,
Bombay to Liverpool, 12th ult., lat. 13, lon. 29 ; Rosina,
Bombay to London, 28th ult., lat. 41, lon. 38 ; Pollux,
forty miles west of Cape Clear, Bth inst., by the William
Sharpies, arrived at ditto. Mary and Jane, of London,
July 16, lat. 5, lon. 15 ; Garland Grove, London to
Hobart Town, July 21, lat. 9, lon. 19, by the Ayrshire,
arrived at ditto. Reindeer, Liverpool to Constantinople,
17th ult., off Malaga ; Fairy Queen, Liverpool to
Patras, 20th ult., by the Zulieka, arrived at Cork.
Dahlia, of Bantry, for Liverpool, New Brunswick, 25th
ult. ; Agenora, Liverpool to Quebec, 27th ult., lat. 46,
lon. 37 ; St. George, Liverpool to Quebec, 31st ult. ;
Dart, of Sunderland, by the John Hall, arrived off
Cork. Emery, Calcutta to London, July 31, lat. 14 N.,
lon. 28 W. ; Sobieski, London to Rio Janeiro, 3d ult.,
lat. 17, lon. 34, by the Alonza, arrived off Falmouth.
Nestor, Quebec to Harridgton, off Anticoste; Ann John-
son, Liverpool to Newfoundland, 25th ult., lat. 47, lon. 34;
Bowes, Workington to Quebec, 26th ult. lat. 48, lon. 33,
by the Jane, arrived at Kingstown. ult.,
Swansea
to Cuba, 6th ult., lat. 20, lon. 62, by the Rowallan,
arrived in the River. Chanticleer, Shields to Mauritius,
June 26, lat. 35 S., lon. 17 E., by the Fairy Queen, ar-
rived in the River. Kingstown, Liverpool to Calcutta,
15th ult., lat. 40, lon. 11, by the .Cordelia, arrived at
Belfast. China, of Limerick, 10th ult., off Green Isle.

11 EGIST RATION COURT.—The annual Court
for the registration of voters commenced on Monday
forenoon, Mr. Sheriff L'Amy presiding. The whole of
the &aims (about 620) were disposed of by Tuesday af-
ternoon, when the Sheriff entered on the consideration
of the obje.3tions to the names presently on the roll.
'The objections taken were about 1,600. Very few of
the claims lodged were rejected, and none of those lodged
by the Radical Registration Committee.—Dundee Chro-
nick.

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HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—A Correspondent in-
forms us that several medical students, in a town not
twenty miles from Redruth, have lately been practising a
system of cat-stealing, for the purpose, as they term it,
of promoting the advancement of science; and that the
poor animals are put to extreme torture by the experi-
ments to which they are subjected. 'We say nothing of
the grief it occasions to many of the more amiable and
sensitive of our species for the loss of their favourite
tabbies.— Cornwall Advertiser.

THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILROAD-.
—The last key-stone of the Hayward's heath tunnel was
put in on Saturday last, and there remains no obstacle
here to prevent the road being opened by the time pro-
posed. The whole of the line from Hayward's-heath to
London is now in a beautiful condition ; most of the
banks of the cuttings being smoothed off, the embank-
ments trimmed-down, and the spaces between the rails
cleared of rubbish. The station-houses are large and
handsome, and the Mertham and Balcombe tunnels are
lighted with gas from small works erected on the spot
for the purpose.—Brighten Herald.
CONVERSION OF IRON INTO PLUMBAGO
RY
SEAWATER.—M. Deslong,champs has found lying near_
La Hogue, where the naval battle was fought, some cta.ii_
non balls, which, although they do not appelarstest:wtor_
nally to have undergone any change, yet.hhave
thirds of their weight, and may be cut with
a black-lead pencil ; they contain no iron
K C. B•, re-
n
state, and exert no influence on the magnetic
.needle.
Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam, the lost two-
thirds metallick e
the Piqu'e, 36,
hoisted his flag on Tuesdidiy
Sunday from the East-
Captain Yates, which arrive on
ward, and sailed to assume the c(simmsainrdcohfatrhlees Nisoratch-
American and West India Stdatxaomn
companied by Lady Adam :tin f and Lord S -den-
aof Canada. Commodore)
nd in the Pique.--Western
ham
Douglasth the
willG orvectrunrenr-tGo roal
Times.
The Committee appointed at the meeting of
the inhabitants of Windsor, held a few weeks ago, have
determined to present to the Rev. d. A. Selwyn, of St.
*
college, in this University, the recently-elected
of New Zealand, a magnificent service of cm-
Bei
shhno' sp
mullion plate for his Cathedral in that colony.