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London, England, 1825-04-18 00:00:00

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Theirial scradroootadspitlb6 eolithand of Ca •
Story, of his MajettfOiliolbritod, :=nt.ifthe
Qmstes, Pylidas,C,bowspion; Pandora, agt Rose, rt.
turned. to Spithead on Monday,. after a cruisebf only
avec. weeks. The utmost extent has been to Cape 044:1,
' off which the squadron exercised for two days, and
' then beat back to the &illy Islands, whete they an-
chored• on the 2d instant, and left again fur Spithead
on. the 6th. During the. whole time the ships have been
out, they have not experienced a gale, and only on one
occasion had they even a strong breeze, so that the
result of this trial cannot be considered as of so decided
a nature as either of the former. The following, how-
, ever, is given as the general opinion of the respective
merits of the sloop as exhibited on this trial :—The
whole are allowed to be very fine vessels of-their class,
and so small.is the difference between either, with re-
spect to advantage in forereaching and going to wind-
ward, that it is supposed in a chace of twenty-four
hours, neither would gain upon the other more than a
mile or two-at the utmost. The Pylactes certainly has
been so much improved by the alterations made •since
the two former trials, that she has decidedly beaten
her competitors hollow, not only in sailing, but in wea
thering also, and that not, as was anticipated, in light
winds chiefly, but whet blowing fresh. The Champion
has gained nothing by the additional canvas—it proved
of some service to her in light winds, but when it came
on to blow, she sheaved herself oppressed, and evi-
dently laid down to it more than the other two—in
more than one instance the Champion was lost sight of
astern by the Commodore. The fact of her having
been overmasted is so folly established, that she has
come into harbour to take her original masts, yards,
and sails. The Orestes has nut shewn that superiority
she, displayed during the last cruize ; and between her
and the Champion, in sailing and weathering, the con-
test appeared equal. All the vessels were beaten very
much by the Phaeton ; the Pandora and Rose could not,
in any way, compete with the trial sloops, but the Rose
was the most inferior vessel in the squadron. One cause
of the Pandor.t (which was formerly a fast-sailing vessel
when a brig) not shewing any of her good qualities,
may be found in the alterations which have been
made by rigging her as a ship, by which she lost
several yards of canvas in her sails ; in light winds she
was beaten round by the three corvettes, but blowing
fresh they did not gain so great an advantage over her.
—She is now ordered to be fitted with larger masts,
yards, and spars, which, there is every reason to believe,
will prove greatly to her advantage. Upon the whole,
the Pylades has this time the palm awarded to her, as
a fast-sailing and weatherly vessel. The Phaeton has '
come into harbour, to take in her proper masts again,
the report being decidedly against the adoption of iron
masts, witich the loss of her bowsprit during the craize
'materially strengthens.
The Rose is to complete her stores and provisions for
forei'gb service, and will proceed to the Mediterranean
in a shoat time. The Pandora has come into harbour,
to have her masts and yards increased, and she will
complete for the Channel service, instead of foreign, as
was before ordered. The Champion is to fit for a fo.
reign million forthwith. The Orestes has been ordered
to complete her stores, and will proceed in about a week
or ten days to Bermuda, to relieve the Dotterel.

It is siid that the King of Bavaria has complained,
through his Ambassador, of the Etoik (French paper),
which lately insulted the most respectable individualsl
in Bavaria, in an article dated Munich. It seems that
this Prime has taken great offence at is attack in
which it insinuated that the Govetnmeattf Bavaria
was revolutionary.
Some Constitutional Guerillas having, shewn them-
selves in Oh Castile, a detachment of 200 men 11.111 set
out from Valladolid in pursuit of then). An order has
been sent to Zamora for a column of 200 infantry and
60 horse, to go in pursuit of another Constitutional
Guerilla which has appeared on the frontiers of Portu-
gal, near Miranda de Duero.
Ma. SavastY.—Respecting the probable fate of this
unfortunate man, the Editor of the Bristol Gazette
Gays, Ole...usual time for execution would expire on Fri-
day meek, and the authorities for seeing the same ful-
filled in this city had received no communication on the-'
subject of postponement.
An Inquest was held in St. Thomas's HOirlital,• on
James Smith, a chid five year: old. The deceased
had been left by his sister, playing at the door, while
she stepped on an errand; on .her return she ,saw him
enveloped in flames, which were extinguished by the
neighbours but not until he was so much burnt, that
he died shortly; alter reaching the Hospital,. Verdict—
Accidental Death.

Friday evening, whilst a man in the employ of
Mr. Wat.zza, a blacksmith, in Harp-alley,.Shoe.lane,
was engaged in painting a large iron dour, that was
•placed against a wall, it accidentally slipped, and
struck him a violent blow on the left lethple, which
killed him on the spot. The door was prevented fall-
ing on him by an anvil that stood near it.
John Henry Meyer, Mary Dowling, and Mary Fitz-
gerald, whose cases were reported from Bow-street, as
having been concerned in obtaining money from Over-
seers by means of forged passes, were tried and con-
victed at the Chelmsford Sessions on Thursday..--
Meyer and Dowling were sentenced to seven years
transportation, and Fitzgerald to twelve months im-
prisonment. Dowling loaded the Court with curses.
At the York Lent Assizes, last week, in a case,
Thomas v. Jackson, brought by R. Thomas, a farmer;
at Heryholm, against William Jackson, a miller, at
Ruby, for charging him aloud, in Richmond market,
with having sent him 100 bushels of oats of a worse
quality than they had bargained for, and calling him
a rogue and a swindler, the Judge recommended the
Jury to find a verdict for the defendant. After they
had been absent some time, they came into Court, and
the Foreman put a question to the Judges which induced
him to repeat his opinion that there was not evidence
to justify a verdict for the plaintiff.—Foreman " My
Lord, we think before this honourable company that
there is." Judge BAYLIT: " Well, then, what damages
do you give ?" Foreman: "We have not settled that;
I thought we had, -but my friend here"—Judge
"Then you must go out and settle Oat." In two mi.
mites after the Jury returned, and gave a verdict for
the defendant, to the great surprise of the Court, and
loudly es pressed dissatisfaction of the plaintiff's Counsel.
The Greek Merchant Depulda, who Lady died at
Taganzoz, has left by will, 100,000, rubles, to found
an hospital in that town; in which fifteen poor mari-
ners (of his own nation in pieference) are to be re-
ceived and provided for.
The Leeds and Wakefield Tolls were let at An ad-
vance of 11201. a few days ago.