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London, England, 1819-09-24 00:00:00

SPORTING IN I'ELLIGENCE.

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DONCASTER RACES, WEDNEIDAY.TfirIiD DAT.
Sweepstakes of 200 gs each, IL ft. cults, Bst. 51b., fillies, Bst.
St. Ledger course. 5 subscribers.
Mr. Pierre's h. c. by Walton ..'
Mr. T. Duncombe's b. c. by Governor
The winner the favourite.

Sweepstakes of SO guineas each, 20 guineas forkit, for 4 year
old colts. Bst 71b St. Ledger course. 7 subscribers.
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's h. c. The Juggler
Mr. Pierce's b. c. Ranter, by Cotuus

6 to 4 against the Winner.
The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 guineas each, 50 znineas forfeit,
fair colts Set. 51b., fillies, Bst. 21b. St. Ledger course. 7
subscribers.
Mr. Watson's b. c. Harmodins
Duke of Leed's ch. c. Mortimer 2
Lord Fitzwilliato's ch. c. 111011i:tier

Even betting.

The Gold Cup for 3 yr olds, 6st., four ist. 71h. eve, 83t. slb.,
six. Bst. II lb., and aged, 9st., four miles.
Mr. Garforth's h. c. by Sir Paul, 5 yrs old . 1
Mr. G. L. Fox's ch. c. Merlin, 4 yrs old .. e
' 100 to 5 against the winner.

Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst.
41b. One mile and a half. -6 Subscribers.
Mr. Lambton's h. c. Agricola
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Palmeriu
The Doncaster stakes of logs. each, with 20gs. added by the
Corporation, for 3-yr olds. Gst. four, ist. 71b., five, Sat. Jib.
six and ageL4 Bst. 101 b. Four wiles, 14 subscribers.
?Ir. Peirse's b. c. Reveller, 4 yrs old .
Mr. 'l'. Powlett's gr. c. The Marsh 4 yrs old
Mr. 'l'. Duncombe s h. c. by Governor, 43 yrs old

CHALLENGE TO DONNELLY.
Tc), THB EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN JOURNAL.
Strt—l beg leave, through the medium of your Paper, to
intimate, that I am ready and willing to fight Daniel Don-
nelly for 2001. to be lodged in proper hands ; and I am in-
&aced to give him this public Challenge, in consequence of
his having hitherto declined to give a decided answer, un
late occasion, when I staked Ten Guineas in the bands of a
friend of his, who has neither covered nor returned the
-money, or given rte any satisfaction whether be is willing to
fight me or not.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Sept. 18, 1819. JOHN CARTER.

R. P. SCUD4MORE, Eici. has been rleCtPti, with-
out opposition, a Member of Parliament for the
City of Hereford, vacaut by the death of the late
Colonel SIMONDS.

ON A LATE ATTEMPI

TO

(rim " BLAcKwoub% LtiiuLurglc illagazine.”)
(Cotitintwo r. mu Vi ellnesday's S. N.)
The purpose *as beniee, and the .ie..prise %vat
consecrated with universal epplaise; it embraced
an unquestioned evil of enorinons Magnitude. of
which the remedy appeared in prospect to be at
once safe and practicable. The eductoien 01 the
poor waS the trust committed It; Mr. Brougham
and his -colleaguss—a snhject, fertile of profound
and anxious speculation to philosophic hsgisla-
tors•-e-itiggest:ng problems worthy et the whole
reach of Broughain's capacity, and adapted to
the reputed character of his genius : subject, to
which ii became a Man proudly arrogating to him-
sell a name above the volc-tr herd of politicians,
to have devoted- himselt wilt the characteristic
ardour of a liberal and lofty mind ; conscious
that to mix up with is any thing of a selfish, or
even of a ques!ionable character, would certainly
be to mar the whore splendid project, and to in.
flier an incurable wound on his own reputation.
-What was thteconsfect of Mr. Brougham, alter
lie had been placed 'with universal consent iu this
striking and efeeated situation ? He nopEed, its
the first place, for an extension of his powets
beyond the precincts of the, metropolis ; but to
the poor alone, and their education, Iris invities
were yet confined ; the scope was•etilarge,l, but
the characree' mud.shieets of the inquisition ree
tnained unaltered. The expansive 1141111 y-of Mr.
Brougham's Committee bed not yet been sur-
mised ; and although this•gratuitons enlargenient
of its powers, while the otiginal objects of the
appointment were yet unfulfilled, might have Hp-
peered of questionable expediency, much was
willingly conceded to the capacity and industry of
the Learned Chairman. But he now meditates! a
higher and bolder flight e the humble and swialid
establishments for mendicated instruction bad be-
come loathsome in his eyes ; the petty details of
their lowly and unpretending literathre lost all in-
terest with him ; and with one bound, he rose
from the humble platform of the Sunday schools,
and perched on the proud turrets of the great
Academical Instittitions. With no other powers
delegated to himself and his accomplished asso-
ciates than those originally granted, and subse-
quently extended, to inquire into the et'oc ttion of
the lower orders, did this distinguished in lividual
contrive to include in his researches all Acastem'c
Establishments, and all Public Charities ; and
summoning before him, official persons born Eton,
Winchester, and Cambridge, commence a minute
and scoffing inquiry into the most private affairs
of these great institutions ; insulting, by arbitrary
mandates for attendance, and reproachful ques-
tions upon examinations, some of the most learn•
ed and venerable men in the kingdom ; and not
contented with this profane trampling on the most
august estoblishments for education of which Eu-
rope can boast, did this learned person meditate
the permanent appointment of a commission, to
he in all future time a convenient appendage of
his own political existence ; a commission wltich
was to undertake the interminable labour of in-
quiring into the whole mass of _English charity ;
of plying into the most minute affairs of establish..
mews computed to be more than 30,000 in mime
ber ; aye, and which was to prosecute 'his hope-
less enterprize at a most enormous expense, and
to exhibit sec!, a constitution in point of arbitrary
and irresponsible power, and palpable tempta iott
to abuse, as was never realized under a free and
enlightened Government.
But Mr. Brougham's project, although boldly
conceived, was resisted and exposed. He com-
plained much of this in his letter to the lase Sir S.
Romilly, written in a tone of affected candour
,and risible indignation, and full at once of soft
phrases and rankling emotions. He lamented the
limited range of the commission actually appoint.
ed, because it was not empowered to descend
wantonly into the chatter-chest of every charita-
ble foundation, fur the purposes of mockery or of
persecution ; because it was restrained from inter-
ifering with establishments, which the will of the
founder had committed to the perpetual care a
Special Visitors ; and finally, because the magni-
ficent public establishments for the education of
the higher orders were exempted from inquiry.
To bring the great schools and universities wish:n
the scope of his inquisition, he misconstrued their
statutes, and fastening on the phrase, "panperes
et indigeetes scholares," reared upon it a blun-
dering argument, to prove that the students of
Oxford and Cambridge belong to the lower orders
of society, and were fit objects of the care of his
civic Committee. The ridicule which lie haft
'brought ripen himself by his unlucky interference
with establishments endeared to every thing that
is liberal and lofty in the English Character, must
have convinced him, that these venerable retreats
of learning have not yet become the temples of
'pedantry and sloth, but can copiously supply a
spirit of avenging wit, to blast their profane ca...
luruniators.

[To be continued.]

A letter from Gibraltar, dated September 2,
says, " We are extremely sorry to say, that our
communication with Spain closes this evening,
on acconut of the fever in Cadiz."

A SNUG PARTY.—The friends of Mr. ASTLEY,
the unsuccessful Candidate at the late Wilts Elec-
tion, gave a dinner at Salisbury on Ft iday last; to
•the poor of that city, friends to their cause, which
was held on a green; al the back of tLe house of
J. LVI ERRS s, Esq. Two thousand two hundred per-
sons sat down to a plentiful dinner of 'most excel-
lent roast and boiled beef, vegetables of all de•
scriptions, and good store of plum-podding. Be-
side every plate stood a two•penny loaf. On the
table were placed a thousand new tin cups (made
-for the occasion) indented with Astley for ever,
and which were given to the people. To every
person was allotted a quart of ale, and a quart of
stingo. The booth,' which extended nearly round
the field, was in length 800 feet, the %vital) was
sufficient to admit of two rows of tables, four
rows of persons, and ample space for those %rho
were desirous of witnessing the gratifying :cent:
to %iew it with comfort. Mr. Alderman Gon-
DART) presided, and a great number of
respectable characters were present. The whole
was couduct,:d with the utmost order and regu-
taricy.

Eft.A G //the late ARCHBISHOP of TUAM.

About three o'clock on Tuesday morning, the
remains of his Grace the Archbishop, were remov-
ed from the Palace, in a hearse drawn by six
horses. lo consequence of the funeral -being
private, the numerous families in our town and
ueipj,bourhood were prevented from attending, and
they set out from this accompanied only with the
carri,.ge of his Grace, which contained the Hon.
aod Rev. Wm. Beresford, and the Hon. and Rev.
George Beresford, who, with a few of his domes-
tics, wet e the only persons to travel from hace.
Sri great was the respect which all classes held his
Lordship in, that even, at so early an hour, the
sr reets were crow ded with People, both on horse
foot, and for a few miles the procession was
both soli unit and grand ; one private coach only
ail ended ; but for a short distance. In his tem-
pi,rdl dignities his Lori4ship is succeeded by his
eldest son the H-uourable John Beresford, now
Lord Decics.
It is trot positively ascertained, as yet, who is
to succeed his Glace, although were we to go by
reports, the nomination of either the Bishop of
Elphin, or the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Talbot,-hro-
ther to our present Viceroy, would be immediate.
The Right Hun. Lady Anne Beresford, and fami,-
ly, set off on Thursday morning from their house.
in this town, on their way to London. The
departure of this amiable and. highly respected.
Lady from our town, where she constantly re-
sided for the- last seven or eight years, must be
regretted by all those families of distinction who
knew her ; and will be an almost irreparable loos
to the many distressed families about her house,
whose wants she has often relieved.—(Tuant:,
Gazette )

EXTRAORDINARY ExpLory.alid ESCAPE of a THIEF.

The' following relation i.c .so very singular, that.
persnns who are the least incredulous will not be
inclined! to give credence to it, but there are plenty
of witnesses to prove its authenticity. Yesterday
moraing,aboat 5 o'clock, the house of Mr. Oldfield,
fat tiler and co w- keeper, of Penton-placennear Mite
Conduit 'douse, was broke open by.a thief, and
robbed of cash and Bank-notes to the amount of
sixty pounds. A bird-catcher was porsning his
occupation in the neighbourhood and heard
thief enr,er the premises, the forrner ran off for
the constiJbles, who were on duty iir the neigh-,
hourhood, and- Lock, Owen, and another of the
pa!;.le being informed of the circumstance,
accompanied tic e bird-catcher to , the house.
As they approached it, the thief ran out, and
made towards the Tunnel of the Regent's Ca•
nal ;tt,-ypulsed hint, but they were not
able to (anise up to him before he had enter,
ed the Tunnel a cowiderable distance ; they
contiaued to follow ltima The Tunnel is near
II mile in length, a‘ed the .thief being before
purmers, could see them though they were
unable to see him ; he knew that he should not be
übit to penetrate the tunnel, and he adopted a very
ingcninus method to evade the constables; he threw
himself into the water, and kept under entirely
except his heat! ; he supported himself by. some
timber which was floating in the river close to
the towing path ; as the constables were passing
one of them heard a motion in the water, and put-
tiogthis ham' down felt the wet clothes of the de-
ceased, nett infornied his companions that a man
was drowned. They attempted to get the man out,
and the thief in a moment became as a atifircorpse;
it being dark the constables agreed to go to a public
house (the Vernon's Head) in the vicinity, for a
farm:in and a shutter to carry the corpse to the
tavern. During the constables' absence the thief
thought propel to become animated; Itegot out of the
u Ater and ran off, but left his coat and waistcoat
behind him, and turned up his shirt sleeves : he
was met by some brick-makers, who had been
jaforUnal that suntan was drowned, and to them
i,terended that he had been in the water drag-
ging for the body, but was unable to get it out ;
Ice itioni, ell of than which way the constables
sere gone, and being informed, went in an oppo-
site WI ecrion, and escaped. The constables, on
their teflon, discovered that they hail been com-
ly out wit ted.—(Morning Paper )

AFFLICTING EVENT.—A most melancholy as-
curl u,,ce happen, 11 at Weston-Super-Mare, on
rvl.,nday evening. As the two eldest sons of
ChAneas ELTON; Esq. of Bristol (whose family
we!e there for change of air), were amusing
themselves by gatheting shells amongst the rocks,
during the flowing of the tide, the eldest was
ant►oun,led by a strong wave, which was succeed-
ed by a second, so as to occasion the greatest,
alarm, and he called to his brother, who tvas at
some distance ; the yowl) instantly threw oh his
cloth,s, altd plunged in to his rescue i but the
strength of the current baffled every exertion,
and we have the heart-rending duty of recording.
the loss of these amiable and endearing youths,
who have thus found a watery grave. By this
efilltl!I Catastrophe -the family are involved in
inconceivable distress. The deceased were grand-
sons of the Rev. Sir ABRAHAM ELTON, Bart. of
Clevedol Court, in this county.—(Bath Chro-
nicle.)
_ _ _

Sunday night a singularly fatal accident oc-
curred to a young man named Price, aged 24
years, residing without Byster's-gate, in llereford,,
and which in a few minutes terminated his exist-
ence ;he h-id prepared to go to bed, but observed
that he Would take a little cold meat for his sup-
per, and was in the act of cutting or picking a
hone with a knife used by shoemakers, when the
instrument slipped, and penetrated his body on the
left side, to his heart ; he had only time to
" Seirl for a surgeon,". when be fell and
expired. Medical assistance was of course in
vain, although promptly sought. A;Coroner's In-
que%t was held on the body, and t verdict of
" Aceirkntill Death" returned,
Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, an Inquest
was held in the Committee-room, Middltsexilos-
pita!, before THostAs STIRLING, Esq. Coroner,
on the body of Richard Barry, suspected to have
been mut dered iu St,.Giles'e, The deceased was

fo►tnd Weeding and severely wounded in the skull,
lying in the passage of a house in Bainbridge.
street.' A sot an was standing by with a candle,
and a man was on the floor by, the side of
Vet dict—" Died from a fall iu a state of intoxi-
cation."

MEETING of the Vi 7 ARD of BISHOPSGATE

Yesterday, pursuant to Requisition, a Meeting
of the Inhabitant Householders of the Ward of
Bishopsgate was held in the Church of St. Bo-
tolph, Without Bishopsgate, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the late proceedings at
Manchester, and the propriety of presenting a
loyal and .dutiful, address to his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, containing such prayer as
may he deemed expedient, and further to con,
shier the prop iety of pet it iolling the Lord Mayor
and CommonCouneil of the City of London, to
grant to the wounded, and to the widows and
orphans of those who tell on the mournful occa-
sion of the 16th of August, such pecuniary relief
as to their wisdom maw seem meet.
The Alderman of the Ward, Sir Richard Carr
Glyn, being absent from town, the Meeting was
appointed to be held by the Deputies of the said
Ward, Thomas Greenaway and Sir LVilliam Raw-
lins, who presided upon the occasion.
'At twelve o'clock the Chair was taken, am' Mr
Deputy GREENAWAY having shortly stated the
object of the .Meeting, in which he cheerfully
concurred, the I{aptisition, signed by 70 persons,
was read by the Ward Clerk.
Mr. CORDRI.L., Woollen-draper, of Slioreditch,
:then came,forward to move the Resolutions. He
.commended the readiness with which their worthy
Deputies called the present Meeting for the pus-
:pose of inquiring •itsto the late unhappy events of.
Manchester. To this object he should'confine
liitu-
,self. Tbe present was an occasion upon which all
party feeling should he laid aside.; he . would not
therefore introduce any thing of a political. nature
into thediscussion, unless whathraturally arose from
the subject they were idiom to consider., ThelMeet-
ing at Manchester was .perfectly.legal. It might
'be said, and indeed it was said by the hireling part
of the Public Press., that it consisted of the lowest
orders of society, . Admitting such to be the cage,
was that a reason why they should be cut down
and trampled upon by the military ? A land of
'freerneu was not the place•to talk so much about
difference of tanks. What class of society was
more valuable than that .of which Meeting
C-onsisted. 'Wits it not by them the agriculture,
the trade, and the commerce of the, coon: rye was
principally carri:ul on ? When their rights were
violated, those of the whole community might also
be said to be violated. In the hodypolitic, as its
the natural body, when one member suffered the
whole was • affected. The, rights of the lowest
order of society were as sacred and in%iolable, as
(hose of the highest, and he mast say that, 'pion
late occasions, they shewedil CleVe.tt of intellect
and legal knowledge which would not dis;;lace
the most elevated classes. He woolo not at pre-
sent go into the details.of thrive transactions at
Manchester. That would he done by a person
(Mr. Pearson) who had better .opportunities of
judging.than hiMaeff.. Mr. Cordell, after a few
remarks on his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent's Answer to the Address from the City of
London, concltided by moving a siting or Reso-
lutions, the saline jtr suhsance.as those agreed to
by the IVards of Cripplegate and Earringdon
Without.

Mr. LEMAITRE seconded the Resolutions, and
proposed one in addition, declaratory of the regret
the Meeting telt irons his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent having approVed of the insurrec-
tionary movements of the Manchester Yeomanry,
and deprecating their adoption ad such measures as
must give rise to a spirit of retaliation Among the
people._

Mr. PBARSON then came forward, and began by
alluding to his Royal Highness the Prince Re•
gent's Answer to the Address from the City. If
his Royal Highness was ignorant of the circum-
stance; that preceded the Manchester Meeting, he
was the only person in the kiagdom not acquaint-
ed with them. These circumstances were, an
enormous public debt, an intolerable load of taxes,
a general stagnation of trade, numerous sinecure
places, and universal distress. Such were the
motives that gave rise to the Manchester Meet-
ing. The people assembled to consider the best
mode of redress. They were in the most
wretched situation. After diligent inquiry, he
found that a man with his wife, atter working fif•
teen or sixteen hours a-day, conld`not obtain more
than from 7s. to 9s. a-week. So great was their
•
misery, that the piror had recourse to, the thing-
hills of the rich to' pick up spine offal for their
famishing children. There were vast numbers io
Manchester and its neighbourhood, who, for
many months never tasted animal food, nor any
species of nourishmentof which animal food
formed an ingredient., If these were not sufficient
inducements riatheir meeting, what could be so ?
To this, circumstance-, however, there was.not the
slightest allusion in the Prince Regent's Answer.
It did not contain a single woad of commiseration
for the distresses of the people„ nor,one expres-
sion of regret for the enmities inflicted upon them.
Even admitting.that the interference of the mili-
tary was called for, it was natural
.to expect, that
the father of his people would at least expres's
regret for the necessity that occasioned it, and'
for the consequences that followed. The ad-
visers of his Royal liighness,• however, did not
think fit to do so, and this was a circumstance
that should not be forgotten in all future
meetings upon the subject. His Royal High-
ness should be informed by loyal and dutiful
petitions of the circumstances that preceded
the Meeting, that lie might no longer continue in
ignorance of them. It consisted of 130 or
140,000 persons, who came together in a way
perfectly legal and peaceable. Much was said of
their Marching in military order, but this, under
such circumstances, was the best
.way to prevent
accidents and confusion. As to the black flag, it
was originally white, but was painted black for
the purpose of rendering the devices more legible.
Such, he was assured, was the origin of the co-
lour that excited so much alarm, When this nu-
merous body was forced into a solid mass by the
approach of the yeomen, and when the avenues
by which they might escape were guarded, it was.
then the attack commenced. Mr. Pearson then
proceeded to repeat the tragic stories and calami-
tons attacks of the Manchester Yeomanry, which
he his already publi,hed.
While Pearson was talking, Hunt made his
appearance, and was received with shouts.

The Resolutions were put separately, and una-
nimously adopted.

Two Petitions were Olen agreed to : one to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, reflecting
on his Answer to the City Address, and praying
I hat. he would dismiss the Ministers who advised
such an Answer ; the other Petition was to the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and. Common Council,
praying, that they would contribute something
from their funds towards the relief of the Man-
chester Sufferer,.

Thanks were voted to the Deputies, and the
Churchwarden, Mr. Bowerbank ; after which the
Meeting broke up.
Wm. RAWLINS, one of the Deputies, when
returning th:tuks, said he fully concurred in every
thing that had been done.

KILMARNOCK REFORM MEETING.