The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-04 00:00:00

GRAND SAILING MATCH.

Yesterday the Thames Yacht Club gave their grand an-
r.ual sailing match, under the usual restrictions and regu-
lations of the Club. The competitors for the prize were
to start from Blackwall, to sail round a boat moored off
Gravesend, and to return to their place of departure; the
one arriving first to win the prize. The vessels entered
for the match were—

The Will-o'-the-Wisp
Rob Roy
Lady Louisa
Venus
Royal Eagle

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A steamlboaCwith a band of musk, was hired by the
gentlemen of the Club for the use of their friends and such
amateurs as might take an interest in the spectacle. The
weather was peculiarly fine ; and whilst the wind tem-
pered the excessive heat of the sun, it varied during the
day both in direction and degree, so as to compel the boats
to go from before the wind to close hauled, and from car-.
rying every stitch of canvas to heeling gunwhale under
with reefed sails. It followed that the vessel which had
the advantage under one circumstance was deprived of it
under another; and whilst the working of the boats eli-
cited the dexterity and seamanship of their commanders
and crews, the vessels themselves were well tried in all
their bearings, and put to every evolution. Upon start-
ing (at twenty minutes to eleven), the Lady Louisa con-
trived to entangle the boom of the Venus in her ma;a
rigging, and lost so much time in getting clear, tlis% they
were both left to leeward, and in the rear for_
the race. The Venus, howeve ".early half
and arrived at Gravesend second' to do. -Will-o'-the-Wisp.
ee°"rel4 her giound,
Upon the return, the Lady
1-'6"i34 .;hewed herself incom-
parably the best sailer upon a• ; wind, and was likely to have
left ]per opponents at an
immeasurable distance; but it
coming on to blow v:ery fresh,
been much astv- the Rob Roy, which had
n, proved herself the best vessel under a
press of ,and very soon distanced three of her rivals,
mai".".aining a very interesting Chace with the Lady Louisa,
which she at last out-sailed, and arrived at the starting
point at precisely a quarter to five, having run from
Biackwall to Gravesend and hack in six hours and five
minutes, the Lady Louisa arriving precisely five minutes
after. The Venus was the next which arrived, and after
her followed the Will-o'-the-Wisp and the Royal Eagle.
Every thing conspired to render the day higly amusing—
if, indeed, we abstract the rather crowded state of the
steam-:vessel, and the execrable accommodation as to pro_
visions and attendance. The prize was an elegant vase,
with a vessel (similar to those which sailed for the prize)
in dead silver at the top, and with cordage wove into
handles, after the manner of the Warwick vase. The
boats were very prettily worked ; and it would be difficult
to conceive a more interesting sailing-match, or one bet-
ter contested, or which afforded a more frequent fluctua-
tion of hope and disappointment amongst the owners and
partizans of the respective boats.

FIGHT BETWEEN JEM BURNS AND WHITE-

HEADED 808.
FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS A-SIDE.

This fight being fixed for yesterday, a most numer-
ous assemblage took place, at Ruscombe Lake, about
seven miles below Maidenhead. The mixture of
the company was most amusing, and comprised
nearly all the commercial and agricultural interest
within ten miles of the place, every vehicle was in re-
quisition from the London barouche to the Berks
donkey-cart; Corinthians dashed through the green-
lane, to the utter astonishment of the natives, the
country shopmen tucked up their white aprons, and
toddled off to the mill, and the country scatter-
edawnadsanbeotttlitnegr
over with groups of unsophisticated jso
sokfintie day
The ring was formed most judiciously,
ring
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swells
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nes
seemed rather brisk at 7 to 4, and l on Jern
Burns. Both men arrived the previous night at. 9. short
distance from the ground, and came into tile ring yes-
terday morning in good style;
added considerably to the hilarity of the assembled 1

crowd, and every thing went off well ; several persons
contributed their half-crown for the purpose of hay-
ing the ring well kept.
_burns went in first, at-
tended by Harry Harmer and Tom Belcher, and
in excellent condition.
and Jem Ward as se-
ater, attended by his
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ROUNDS.
I.—At ten minutes to one o'clock, the men came to the
scratch. Both sparred cautiously for some seconds, till
Bob went in left and right, and caught Burns somewhere
about the nob, but did little mischief. Burns went in and
hit Bob clean to the ropes, and in a lengtlested rally and
struggle at the ropes, they fell—Bob under.
2.—80 b showed first blood, • from the mouth.
men both' hit at the same instant and fell together.

The

3.—Burns confidently went up and bit Bob, but was hit
clean away from him, by Bob's right hand. A rally fol-
lowed in which Bob had the best, and threw Burns out
of the ropes.
4.—80 b fresh as a kitten, and Burns rather weak. Bob
rather weak. Bob went in and gave Burns two or three
severe hits, who fell beside the ropes.—" Well done Bub.'"
--(Even betting.)
5.—80 b led all with his left hand, and made in a rally
a tremendous visit to Burns' bread basket. They then
scrambled to each other, and both fell.
_ _

6.-.-Bob gave another poke at Burns' larboard-quarter,
which told heavily. They closed at the ropes, and Bob
fell under—(Uncle Ben laughing.)
7.—Burns much distressed, but jobbed Bob twice with
his left hand., Both then encountered severely, Bob, how-
ever, appeared to have the worst. Burns bored him to
the ropes, and after struggling they fell together. Both
men much distressed.

B.—For this time the punishment was in favour of Bob,
who directly went in, and Burns received some severe hits
m his head, which now looked as variegated as a polar
snow-cliff.

9. —Bob gay as a lark, he went in caught Burnt with
his right hand, and Jem fell heavily at the close.
10.—Bob went in instantly, but was heavily thrown.
He seemed more fresh than Jem.

11.—Bob at him again withihis right hand, but received
job from Burns' left hand, Bob, however, threw him
down like a child.

12.—Burns jobbed but missed, and was followed by Bob
dl round the ring, and in a close Bob fill heavily.
13.—80 b stopped left and right cleverly, went in and
bored Burns, by some severe hits--even betting.
14.—Both seemed much distressed, Bob hit him to the
ropes, and Burns went down from weakness.—(Loud
beers for Bob, who now seemed winning.)
15.—0 n coming to the scratch, both began togetkr,
And after a little scrambling both went down, without
punishment.

16. —Bob's stamina seemed considerably host. Burns
:Ave him two or three very weak hits; and in a rally both
fell.

17.—80 b went in' like a lion, hit Jem severely in his
head, and after several slashing hits, he fell in following
Burns.

18.—Bob stopped two hits, went in with his right,
which caught Burns full on the head, and fell the same as
'art round.

19.—80 b seemed half blind, though Burns was very
reak ; Bob again fell in following Burns ; Bob's right eye
dosed.

20.—80 b planted his right in Jem's corporation—.a
ittle scrambling took place at the ropes, and Bob fell under
hem, while Jem seemed throwing his hits away.
21.--Jem went in, hit Bob with his right hand, who
ell, but jumped again to renew the contest, but the seconds
took them away.

22.—Jem led again, and:hard hitting on both sides,
4Ought them to the ropes, where Jun fell under.
23.—80 b piping, but kept to hie ma like a Trojan,
Ave him a severe hit in the body with 'obi right hand, but
tell under at the ropes.

24.—80 b seemed losing hitt
the greatest courage. Tl.:-e men got entangled in the ropes
'Bob at last fell quite exhausted.
Or some minutes, &iv! coolness, but still showed
25.—Burns kept jobbing with his left hand, but Bob
almost
81,Y07.,4 stopped. He then went in and with hitting
ind por:lng got his man down heavily.
... 6. —Bob made a terrific hit at Burns' head, but missed,
.
and at the ropes threw Burns heavily and weakly.
27.—80th men went to work and fought like lions ;
hey rallied to the ropes, and Bob at last threw Burns
'leavily.

28.--Bob hit again and they got at the ropes, when
both fell together.
29.--;!early the same as the last.—both down together.
30.—Burns as weak as a rat, he, however, jobbd Bob
•everely, who showed great punishment, and fell under it
the ropes.

Sl.—Barns went in, and Bob fell from weakness., Jem
.trongest.—(Josh. Hudson exclaimed, "a guinea to a pipe
.4 tobacco.")

32.—80 b as weak as a child ; when at the ropes he
.ould not raise his arm to hit, and went gently down.
33.—80 b came up as game as a bantam, but was again
)ored down by Jem, who seemed winning fast.
34.—80 b went in desperately, but could not punish, and
ultimately fell at the ropes.
35.—Jem getting second wind; Bob went in but fell
like a leg.—(lt is all up with him now.)
36.—Jem bit Bob a body blow, who fell down, as R com-
pliment to its levelling virtue.
37.--jem repeated the dcse, but was bored clean out of
the ropes, where be fell heavily on his back.
38.—80 b hugged for better luck, but was again thrown.
It was here however said that Burns could not last.
39.—Jem's face nearly the same as when he began.,-.
Poor Bob still ran after him, and pushed him down.
40.—The men had now fought nearly an I,o':r in the
tot sun, and seemed completely exhausted' Bob again
down.

41.—80 b still showed the greatest game, and went in
resolutely, till he fell at the ropes.
42._... Another jobber for the wi'lte-headed hero, which
he took quietly, and went down as before.
43.—80 b had it dreadfully and felt wane desperate hits
on the head.—(Take him :may).
44.—80 b still went in. and fed running after Burns.
45.—80 b went in, bit Btr,ns a good right handed one,
tnd at the ropes-446.—A1l over Wita poor Bob, who fell for the twentieth
time from wettiir,esi.
1;:In' Prriends looking up again.)
47•—" gave some severe hits, but went clown as
usual.

•
48.--Burns went in savagely, and Bob was no use to him,
iie fell heavily.

From the 49th to the 58th round Bob kept goirg in,
but was thrown nearly every round ; he, however, in the
fast, threw Burns heavily on his head, which seemed to be-
wilder him. In the 6Sd round Bob went in, and hit Burns
clean down.

65 and 66.—1 n these rounds Bab went iu, and threw
Burns heavily.
67.—80 b fell like a drunken man.
68 to 76.—1 n these rounds Bob Sent Burns down, and
seemed stupified.

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the great astonishment of the Fancy, and the inexpressible
mortification of the losers.

REMARKS.
Never was there a fight so completely won out of the
fire ; for although there were several periods xid;en Bob
was taken for choice, it was thought at last that the punish.,
!bent he had received, combined with his "weakness--for
it one time he actually did not know where to look for Lis
man—precluded the hope of success: Such was his de-
termined game, however, that he twereame all difficulties,
and, as it were, performed a miracle. Both men were
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dreadfully exhausted, and both seemed, at periods, equally
disinclined to go to the scratch, for nearly a minute orca-
iionally elapsed after time was called, before they would
quit their seconds' knees. Upon the whole the fight can-
not be called a good one. Bob certainly did not fight with
judgment,ftenw eevent
t; i
nil he
open-handed,
, lii
stoppedtt without returning, and
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g
round and not at points
.Tem made some excellent right and left jobbing hits, and in
delivering his favours had a decided advantage, as the ton
exhaustion gave his antagonist the advantage
h ~ last dying efforts," and thus in the end
rible change in Bob's features testified. From both his bands
railing, however, towards the middle of the fight, he wet
linable to produce that decisive effect which would have
whis stoppedieohwi.
jfighting qualities had not been able to obtain.
Both ai,
Bob'smen were taken from the ground to their inns, and
were placed under medical care.—From the extent of the
odds, cons.derable sums have been lost.—The men are
expected to show at Ben Burns' Benefit to-morrow.
There was a second fight between Josh Hudson's black Morgan, and a young man named Abbenett, who was
beaten by Bristol Bailey about two years back, for a purse,
which was won in six rounds by the Black, who nearly
hit Abbenett senseless, and showed tremendous. power of
mascle.

BALDWIN AND O'Nttr..—Five Pounch a-side are down
for this match, which it is supposed will now be made.
& meeting on the subject will take place at Torn Cribb'a
on. Tuesday next.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

It is expected that the whole of the Mini

sterial arrangements, in the completion of whic.

some delay occurred during the late Parliamen-
tary conflict, will now be made in the course of
a few days. Mr. Canning, it is reported, will
return to the Foreign-office, retaining, however,
the dignity and privileges of Premier. The
Duke of Portland is thought likely to accede to
Mr. Canning's present situation : and the Mar-
quis of Lansdown takes the Home Department.
it is not improbable, also, that Lord Holland
may take some office. No change will be made
in the Government of Ireland before Christ-
mas.— Times.

The decision in the Court of Common Pleas,
in the case of Henning v. Rothschild, has, as
will he perceived by our article from the city,
created no small surprise in that region. A
monied man engages for a certain sum towards
a loan for the use of a foreign Power ; he re-
fuses to pay up the whole of his instalments, till
he learns that scrip is at a premium, when his
offer to do so is rejected; and he now, by the
judgment of the Court, recovers the deposits
which he had actually made. The effect of this
decision, if it be not reversed, will be, to make
it impossible to contract for a loan, except in
cases where the contractor himself possesses the
whole sum wanted : for if he requires the aid
of other monied men, this will be his situa-
tion respecting them,—that they will make
good their instalments if the loan be at a
premium, for their own sakes ; but should
the loan sink to a discount, they will then refuse
to fulfil their engagements, and may reclaim and
recover the deposits already made, at their full
value. Such a practice as this would involve all
great pecuniary transactions in endless confusion.
It has been said, that it would be contrary to
law and justice that a man should lose 99 per
cent. (in his portion of a loan) because he has
failed to pay up the remaining one. We an-
swer, that • this failure of 1 per cent. may force
the contractor to violate his engagement, and
render him liable to the penalty consequent on
such violation. Men undertake to advance a
loan on the faith of each other's firmness; if
one fails, he may ruin all. Such failure, there-
fore, more especially if it be voluntary, ought to
entail a loss on him who is guilty of it. Besides,
the man who advances certain parts of the sum for
which he engaged, and then stops, is under no
necessity of wholly losing what he has already ad-
vanced : he may take the rece:pts for his instal-
ments already paid to market, and sell them for the
current price. It would therefore, in our opinion,
be a violation of law and justice, if he should wait
till the loan were completed, perhaps at a loss, and
then reclaim the sum actually paid in by him from
the contractor or contractors. The other question
(namely, whether any subject, without the express
consent and authority of the King, can advance a
loan to any foreign Power) was not before the
Court. Henning, the plaintiff in the case, never
alleged as a reason for desisting from paying up his
instalments, that he watt doubtful whether the trans-
action .between Mr. Rothschild and the Neapolitan
Government were a legal one. It is Tqmarkable,
therefore, that such a question should have been
brought forward.—lbid. _ _

We this day publish a second Letter on the
affairs of Portugal, containing some spirited and
judicious remarks on the subject of the traitorous
correspondence taken from the rebels, which, it
will be remembered, had been carried on with
Spanish Authorities, and which disappeared, no #
one knows how, immediately after it was seized.
The writer discusses the rights of Don Pedro to
the throne of his ancestors, and contrasts the
conduct of the two brothers towards their late
father. The object of the writer is evidently to
clear up many points grossly misrepresented in
tins country, and excite in the British public a
more general interest in the affairs of Portugal.
Our military protection can be of little avail, un-
less the Portuguese are allowed to consolidate
their new institutions, and defend them by such
weapons as a good cause has placed in their
hands against all the attacks of their assailants.
Our treaties do -not indeed, bind us to do more
than aid in the defence of Portugal against any
foreign aggression whatsoever ; yet our policy,
interests, and friendship, naturally inspire us with
a with to see her strong, united, and industrious,
and this can never be the case, as long as the
Commander of our troops there stands ready to
strike a blow, in case a Spanish army crosses the
frontiers, and our diplomatic representative in-
clines to that party which, if they could, would
gladly scatter flowers in the path of Ferdinand's
myrmidons. In last Oct., at the opening of the
Session of the two Chambers, the Princess Regent
in her speech addressed to the Peers and Deputies,
distinctly declared that she could not omit that oc-
casion of assuring the Houses of the friendly sen-
timents of all the European Nations towards Por-
tugal. " Bound," added she, " by the faith of
treaties, as well as by the most exuberant proofs
of uninterrupted friendship, with one of the
greatest of the European Powers, and at peace
with all, I rely on the decided support of the
former and the good will and amicable disposi-
tions of the latter. All shall know by experience
that the pfesent Representative Government of
Portugal is li:st and moderate ; that is, that it
does not pretend to disturb other States on ac-
count of the diversitv of their Institutions, but
intending solely to deferi.d with energy and con-
stancy its • own." At that: time the insidious
views of Spain were not know:), or at least their
extent was not ascertained. Some bands of
traitors had indeed appeared at the time alluded
to, but no Spanish force was assembled on the
froJitiers. A foreign invasion, therefore was
not a. the moment dreaded. What, then, was it
that the Princess Regent meant by the decided
support of one of the greatest European Powers?"
on which support she gave a pledge to her coun-
trymen that she could rely, wHlst explaining to
them the nature of the Institutions they had
just received from their benefactor and Sovereign?
Certainly, it was, a moral support, attended with
good wishes for the success of a new system in-
troduced for the prosperity of Portugal, and
tinder which alone could we expect to maintain
that footing on which we had hitherto stood in
the country. This, at least, the Princess Regent
and the Portuguese had a right to expect from
us and our functionaries employed among them.
A representative, instead of an absolute system,
was introduced, when the creation of two oppo-
site parties was the immediate consequence, and
each took the field. Jf, as a nation, and an ally,
we had a prayer to offer up for the success of
any one of the contending ps4ies, we should
think it would be in favour of the onc conten-
ding for the attainment and security of a govern.
ing system similar to our own, and when
besides, the triumph of their antagonists
would have been followed by our eject-
ment from the country. If a contest was to
take place between the two brothers as to the •suc-
cession to the throne, we can scarcely think it con-
sistent for our Government, or its agents, to side
with the one who stands in the character of a Pre-
tender, who committed but the other day, as it

were, such acts as those detailed in our Lisbon let-
ter ; and who besides, if he were now to return and
rule over Portugal, would bring vengeance and fa-
naticism in his train, and render the country unin-
habitable to any other than slaves and bigots.--
Why, then, is not our policy decided with regard to
Portugal ? Or rather, why does our Representa-
tive there wield the influence he possesses in a man-
ner so much at variance with the interests of his
country, as well as the expectation of the Portu-
guese, anxious to preserve their allegiance to a law-
ful Sovereign, and struggling to secure the political
benefits conferred on them. If these institutions
are satisfactory to the major part of the community
for whom they are framed, why should we, or any
of our Representatives, directly or indirectly, inter-
fere to overturn them, because a few titled or privi-
leged persons are opposed to them? The com-
plaints against the policy we are pursuing in Por-
tugal are loud, and are reported in almost every
letter from that country. Some facts, stated in the
shape of complaints, may, perhaps, be a little exag-
gerated ; nevertheless, there must be a little founda-
tion to some of them. As Ministers, therefore, are
now relieved from the cares and labours of Parlia-
ment, we hope that this subject will meet with their
serious and early attention.—Morning Chronicle.
It is quite abominable to read, as we did in
our Bow-street Report a few days since, of the
practices carried on in one or both of the Clerk-
enwell prisons. According to this report, it
seemed, that a boy committed there was most
oruelly beaten with ropes and leathern straps, and
that it was the practice to treat every new-coiner
in the same way. We have heard of this prac-
tice before, and believe the vagabonds call it
" goosing ;" and it sometimes, we are told, con-
sists of making wretches run the gauntlet, while
ethers belabour them with handkerchiefs loaded
iith stones, lead, or penny-pieces. And all this
happens, forsooth, in a metropolis in which there
thdsts a Society for the " Improvement of Prison
Discipline;" and where a set of persons adminis-
ter upon their oaths the duties, as they imagine,
of Visiting Magistrates of these very prisons !
Are these gentry blind or deaf; or do they think
Abuses such as these less worthy of their attention

11 ' t lan the profitable jobs and contracts of which
t ey have the disposal ? There is no one subject
which calls more loudly for the intervention of the
secretary of State for the Home Department than
the state of these Home Prisons. It is quite clear,
fom the state of them all, that neither the Magis-
trates do their duty, nor is the society in question of
tie, smallest use. The present Home Secretary, a
rr?ost respectable man, seems to have had as truly an
easy birth of it as any locum tenens could possibly
wish to have. He is about, we are told, to resign
the wand of office into other hands; but in whoso-
Ozer hands the duties of this department lie, they
will be ill performed if the evils we allude to are not
iriquired into, and rectified.—Morning Herald.

We believe there no longer remains a doubt
that Lord Binning is immediately to' be elevated
to the Peerage, or that this is only the first of a
series of creations, by which Mr. Canning in-
t4nds, if possible, to secure his ascendancy in the
Ifouse of Lords. We deem it impossible, how-
ever, that this scheme should succeed ; because
~4.e feel assured that before many steps can have
b en taken towards its completion, the King will
tI ke alarm at the meditated prostitution of his
prerogative. The King,
_we are persuaded, has
too fine a sense of the value of those distinctions,
vtliieli Burke has beautifully termed the cheap
defence of nations, to suffer them to be prodi-
gially bestowed for so unworthy a purpose as that
of propping up a Minister who has shewn him-
self in repeated instances devoid of all the feel-
giv.whia, are eel-menial. wick. ch. ;math n.° ti of
lobility. The extravagancies of chivalry have
hken the theme of map)/ a satire ; yet these, we
i6agine, are insignificant evils'if compared with
tie odious and degrading baseness which the
spirit of anti-chivalry would produce ; and the
age of anti-chivalry must already have arrived,
before Mr. Canning can be permitted for his
personal ends to new model the British Peerage.
The project of the present head of the Admini-
stration, if successful, would have the direct effect
o degrading the Peerage and of weakening
the Throne. The Peerage, as now constituted,
ii an efficient barrier between the Royal Pre-
regatives and the encroachments of Democracy.
Let the Monarch of England, for any temporary
purpose, be prodigal of creations, and the Crown
and the Peerage of necessity become identified to
the imaginations of the people,'and the latter can
be no longer an effectual bulwark of the former.
The project of the Premier is thus shown to be
one which no honest Minister of the Crown can
fOr a moment entertain. But apart from consi-
derations of permanent policy, there are views of
immediate expediency, which will, we imagine,
compel the King of England to withstand that
contrivance by which his Minister for the time
being seeks to possess himself of so large a share
of the Royal Prerogative. The Sovereign must
naturally be averse to impoverish the Royal
Treasury of its most splendid gifts, in order to
confer upon any Minister a degree of personal
importance, alien to the Constitution, and cal-
culated to fetter the Royal will in all future
timeh. ; and he must be particularly averse to such
a course in favour of a Minister whose senti-
ments upon the most important question of
national policy are diametrically opposed to his
own. We can suppose it possible that the King
may so far yield as to admit of a small addition
to the Peerage ; but unless the addition is suffi-
cient to throw a balance of power into the hands
of Mr. Canning, it will do nothing more than
attract popular odium. And we are persuaded
that the King will not acquiesce in an addi-
tion so extensive, an addition which would
identify the House of Lords with tbe Mi-
nister of the day, and reduce the Sovereign
himself to a cipher, or at least to the necessity of
counteracting what he had already done by new and
l 4
d,Anded 1
,irfr,bcyanmneianngs
slhi koeul those
abt o_
profuse creations;_i
which we have
lish, notwithstanding all the improbabilities, his in-
fluence in the House of Lords, how, we ask, would
he then stand in the House of Commons ? Would
not the very expedient to which he had resorted, in
order to support himself in one branch of the Legis-
ture, be fatal to him in the other ? We believe it
would. The ancient Nobility of the kingdom can.
not be dezraded with impunity by any Minister.—
Their voice, if suppressed or overpowered in their
own proper Assembly, would be heard but the more
loudly elsewhere ; and to their voice would be
added that of the most popular Representatives of
the People of England, by whom the prerogatives
of the Crown and the dignity of the Aristocracy are
justly held in the highest estimation.—Morning
Post.

In a trial " Hemming v. Rothschild," which
took place on Monday, Chief Justice Best is
said to have declared, that doubts were enter-
tained by the Court of the legality of loans to a
Foreign Power. The Chief Justice admitted,
at the same time, that the doubts thus raised
had lioth.i4 to do with. the case, as they had
not been nientioned by Counsel on either side.
Looking on the office 'of a Judge as created,
not for suggesting, but for settling legal doubts,
we would certainly have preferred that Chief
Justice Best had kept the benefit of his doubts
to himself; but as the irrevocabile verbum has
gone forth, we think it were well, that having

been duly conjured up, these doubts should be
duly laid again. We, of course, pretend to no
technical knowledge on the subject, and we should
in any case be very careful how we brought our-
selves, on a legal point in contact with the
Chief Justice, to whom, as a profound and
able lawyer, we owe every respect. We can
only argue the matter in a general way. It will
not be pretended that a merchant may not, with
perfect legality, entrust goods, of what descrip-
tion soever, to the natives of any nation with
which his own is on terms of amity. It is equally
admitted, that he may entrust—what is but the
representative of goods, and derives value only
from that circumstance—his money, to any such
individuals. It is also allowed, that a merchant
may entrust his goods to the Government of
any allied or neutral nation without challenge.
How then does it come to pass that he cannot,
as in the former case, equally entrust to such
a Government the representative of his goods ?
If those, for instance, who lent money to
Spain, had lent goods, would it be said
they acted illegally ? How is the case altered
by their lending money, which money was employed
to purchase goods for the Spanish Government ?
A, sends to the Spanish Government a hundred
muskets and acts according to law. B, advances a
hundred pounds to C, who sends out a hundred mus-
kets, and B, it is said, acts against law. We can-
not see the difference of the two cases. If B, might
send out the muskets directly, how happens it that
he cannot send them out mediately ? We have al-
ways looked on the rule in such cases to be, that
what a man can legally do of himself, he can legally
do by another. Perhaps we may be wrong; but we
must have something stronger than the doubts even
of a Judge, to convincei.us that we are so.—Neu
Times.

THE ARMY.

(From the London Gatette of last night.)
War-Office, July 2.

Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lieut. Thos. Christ-
mas, from the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Best,
who exchanges. Dated June 21, 1827.
9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Harry Heron, from the
86th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne, promoted in the
40th Foot. June 26, 1827.

16th Ditto—Lieut. John O'Neill, from half-pay 95th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchison, promoted. June
26, 1827.

19th Ditto—Ensign Fred. Deacon, from the half-pay,
to be Ensign, vice Elliott, promoted in the 10th Foot.
June 26, 1827. .

20th Ditto—Ensign Wm. O'Kelly, from the 92d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice O'Brian, deceased. June 21, 1827.
J. C. Best, Cent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hous-
toun, promoted. June 21, 1827.
26th Ditto—Lieut. Lord Albert Conyngham, from the
half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Croke, appointed to the
66th Foot. June 21, 1827.

32d Ditto—Ensign R. Payne, from half-pay 6th West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Ross, promoted in the
54th Foot. June 26, 1827.

35th Ditto—Lieutenant J. S. Best, from the 9th-Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Christmas, who exchanges.
4ne 21, 1827.
40th Ditto—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Win. Balfour to be
Lieut.-Colonel. June 25, IS27.—Brevet Major R. Tur-
tdn to be Major, vice Balfour. June 25, 1827.
To be Captains—Lieut. H. Millar. June 25, 1827.--
Captain J. K. Jauncey, from the half- pay, vice Turton.
June 26, 1827.

To be Lieutenants.—Lieut. J. Pickering, from half-
pay 96th Foot, June 25, 1827; Lieut. J. Ellis, from
half-pay 66th Foot, June 25, 182'7; Lieut. W. Moir,
from the 14th Foot, June 25, 1827 ; Lieut. F. Stanford,

F-1). Rad-
fOrd, from half-pay 17th Foot, June 25, 1827 ;
A. Slade, from the .54th Foot, June 25, 1827; Lieut. P.
iimusay, from the. 87th Foot, June 25, 1827: Elisio:lJ.
111‘Duff, front the 42d Foot, June 26, 1827; Ensign B.
Al‘Kenzie, from the 76th Foot, June 26, 1827; Ensign
J. IL Browne, from the 9th Foot, June 26, 1827; En-
sign J. P. Elliott, from the 19th Foot, June 26, 1827 ;
E. A. Phibbs, from the 4th Foot, June 26, 1827.
To be Ensign—G. Keane, Gent. vice Nicholls, de-
ceased. June 21, 182 T.

42d Regiment of
,Foot—Ensign Wm. T. Tirane, from
the half-pay (Gentleman Cadet from the Royal Military
College), to be Ensign, vice M'Duff, promoted in the 40th
Foot. June 26, 1827.

44th Ditto—Ensign R. P. Lewis, from the half-pay, to
be Ensign, vice Daniell, appointed to the 76th Feot.
June 26, 1827.

49th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Mortimer R. S. Whit-
more, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Phibbs, promoted in the 40th Foot. June 26, 18e7.

54th Ditto—Ensign Emilius Ross, from the 32d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Slade, appointed to the 40th Foot.
26th June, 1827.

55th Ditto—Capt. Charles Mills, from the half-pay, to
be Captain, vice Alexander Gardiner, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference. June 21.

56th Ditto—Lieut. Wentworth Croke, from the 26th
Foot, to be Lieut., vice Finnise, appointed to the 82d
Foot. June 21, 1827.

Ensign Thos. Alex. Souter, from the 96th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Eager, promoted in the 48th Foot. June 21.
62d Ditto--A. L. Gwynne, Gent. to be
Ensign, by
purchase, vice Binney, promoted. July 3, 1E327.
65th Ditto—Lieut. E. St. Vincent Digby, from the
half-pay, to be Lieut., vice G. T. Parker, who exchanges,
receiving the difference. June 21, 1827.
69th Ditto--Capt. I. Downing to be Major, by purchase,
vice Peel, promoted in the 53d Foot. June 21, 1827.
Capt. J. A. Ingram, from half-pay 101st Foot, to be
Captain, vice Downing. June 21, 1827.
71st Ditto--Capt. W. Osborne, from the half-pay,to
be Captain,
vice J. Roberts, who exchanges, receiving the
difference. June 21, 1827.

75th Ditto—F. P. Walton, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, ..;e.e O'Hara, promoted. July 3, 1827.
76th Ditto--Ensign R. A. Daniell, from the 44th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Al'ittnzie, promoted in the 40th Foot.
June 26, 1827.

82d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. B. T. Finniss, from the
56th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Donnellan, Promoted. June
21, 1827.

Ssth Ditto—S. W. Blackall, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Fitzpatrick, promoted. Jane 26, 1827.
86th Ditto—Ensign P. B. de Daubrawa, from half-pay
35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Heron, appointed to the
9th Foot. June 26, 1827.

89th Ditto--Ensign Al. Pole to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Barrett, promoted in the 86th Foot. June 21,
1827.

92d Ditto—T. Ormsby, Gent, to be Ensign vice O'Kelly,
promoted in the 20th Foot. June 21, 182'7•

96th Ditto—Robert S. Murray, Gent, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Souter, appointed to the 56th Foot. June
21, 1827.

97th Ditto—Lieut. Alex. Gordon, front half-Pay 34th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference he received
to the Half-pay Fund, vice T. M‘Donougl, who exchanges.
June 21, 1827.

Rifle Brigade.—Richard Henry Fitzlierbert, Gent. to
be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Culnine, promo-
ted. 3d July, 1827.

Ist West India Regiment.—Lieutenant Hector Downie,
froiu half-pay 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Johnston,
promoted. 21st June, 1827.
Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies.—Hospital-
Assistant Henry Mackesey to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Strachan, deceased. 12th June, 1827.
UNATTACHED.—To be Captains of Infantry, by pur..
chase,—Lieut. E. Hopwood, from the 69th Foot. June 21.
Lieut. G. Hutchinson, from the 16th Foot. June 26,
Lieut. Hon. G. Warren FAwardes, from the 2d Life
Guards. July S, 1827. .

To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase-Ensign

W. Houston, from the 20th root.--.lttne 21, 1927.
Ensign John Wilson Fitzpatrick, from the 85th Foot.
July 26•--Ensign Richard Binney, from the 62d Foot.
July S.—Ensign G. W. D. O'Hara, from the 75th Foot.
July 3, 1827—Second Lieutenant W Cumine, from
the Rifle Brigade. July 3, 1827.

STAFF.—Brevet Colonel Sir T. N. Hill, K.C.B. on
the half-pay, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces
serving in Canada, vice Sir J. Harvey, appointed an In-
spector of Army Clothing. June 25, 1827.

BREVET.—Lieut. H. Brown, East India Company's
Service, attached to the Company's Depot at Chatham, to
have the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Army, vice
Jacob. June 21, 1827.
MismoaaNnum.—The under-mentioned Officers have
been allowed to dispose of their half-pay :—Captain Sir
Wm. Boothby, Bart. half-pay 7th Garrison Battalion,
June 27, 1827; Capt. James Dent Weatherley, half-pay
60th Foot, July 3, 1827 ; Lieut. Frederick Beaty, half-
pay 7th Ligbt Dragoons, July 3, 1827; Lieut. Samuel
Whalley, Retired List sth Royal Veteran Battalion, July 3,
1827.