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London, England, 1831-09-26 00:00:00

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MoNnAv EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1831.

FIRE.
El CHAMBERS and CO. late of 195, Strand,
• return their most graceful acknowledgment to their
friends and neighbours for the very great kindness and as.
sistance rendered to them. under the distressing circum-
stances which attended the destruction of their premises by
Fire on Thursday morning last. They embrace this oppor-
tunity of informing their Friends and the Public, that until
thep can procure suitable Premises for carrying on the busi-
ness, all Orders, Letters, or Parcels, addressed to them at
Mr. Clemtnitt's, bl, Old Bailey, will be immediately at.
tended to.

An elegant and efficacious CURS FOR THE SCURVY.
and every Stage of the LUES VENRRA, without a
single particle of Mercury, of which the Proprietor is
ready to give satisfactory Proofs.
VELNO'S ORIGINAL VEGETABLE SY-
RUP. So much has been said by men of the first
eminence in their profession, upon the pernicious effects of
Mercury on the human constitution, and mankind are now,
by fatal experience, in general convinced of the truth of it ;
that nothing further need be offered to show the superior
advantages of a VEGETABLI remedy, which infallibly era.
dicates a disease that has hitherto, without the aid of that
destructive mineral, baffled the skill of every practitioner
in Europe.

To he hiul genuine of Mrs. Canham, the sole proprietor,
No. 52, Demers-street, Oxford-street, at 13s. a Bottle ;
and of all the principal Medicine Dealers in London, and
every considerable Town in the linked Kingdom.

A CERTAIN REMEDY FOR LIVER AND
STOMACH COMPLAINTS.

THE Celebrated Mr. ABERNETHY'S AN-
TIBI LIOUS and STOMACHIC PILLS, es pre-
pared by Dr. USON, formerly a Pupil of that great man.
These Pills are a mild and stimulating aromatic, tending
beyond all other medicines to invigorate and restore a weak-
ened state of the digestive organs.
In all diseases which arise from disordered digestion, such
as bead-ache, flatulency, lowness of spirits, acidity of the
stomach, irregularity of the bowels, loss of appetite, dis-
turbed rest, cramp, spasms, &e. &c. Dr. Dion bas admi-
nistered no other medicine during a practice of fifteen
years, partly in Britain, but chiefly on the American con-
tinent.

So great is the value of these medicines, that parents.
heads of families, and individuals generally, may, by their
early and judicious application, almost invariably prevent
disease, and most assuredly keep from their house that ex-
pensive personage, the Doctor.
Dr. Uson has appointed John Fleming, Chemist, &c. 8,
Holborn Bars, London, his sole Wholesale Agent, and front
whom they may be procured retail, in Boxes, at Is. lid.-
and 2s. 9d. each. Likewise the Antibillous Pills at the same
rate ; and the Family Medicine in Bottles, at 2s. 9d. and ss.
each, with full instructions for their use. They may also
be procured, Wholesale, at Barclay's and:Sons, Farringdon-
street, and Retail, at most respectable chemists in Town
and Country.

N.B. None are genuine unless signed on the outer wrap.
r by both Dr. Uson and John Fleming.

DONCASTER RA CRS. —(Concluded.)

FRIDAY NIGHT.
Our races terminated this afternoon, and it will not be
exceeding the truth when we assert that it has never been
surpassed in the excellence of the sport. The weather this
morning was unfavourable, and the company present mise-
rably thin.
The Sr. LEnza.—A very important alteration was de-
cided on yesterday In the conditions of this race. In future
it is to be like the Derby and Oaks, 50 eovereigns each, hf.
ft ; the entry to remain as before. This change sill make
the stakes more respectable prevent many objectionable
bets as to the number that will start, and will improve the
betting. The cup will be added to a sweepstakes of ten
sovereigns each, to name in the York Spring meeting, •
LATEST BETTING ON THE DERBY AND ST. LIGEB.

DERBY.

12 to 1 art 111argrave
12 to 1 Folly.
14 to 1 Beiram.
17 to 1 Pastille.

20 to 1 agst William the 4th.
25 to 1 —Doleinea.
30 to 1 Darioletta.

ST. LEPER.

8 to 1 asgt Fang, 5,008 to 200 apt Georgians
15 to 1 Mr. Powlea's et. (taken.)
17 to 1 Frantesce, 1,500 to 1,000 on Francesca
25 to 1 Borgomller(taken) agst Georglana.
The races this afternoon were decided ma ander;
Three-year old Stakes of 30 mots each, 10ft. for colts, Bit
bib; fillies Bat 31b.. Oae ruile..•23subs.
Mr. Wagstaff's br c rtio.fladdler (Wakefield)
Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Colwiek ... •
Lord Scarborough's Brother to Testate
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. e. Creole

1
.. 4

51r. Houldsworth's b. Frederica • s • 5
The odds began at 4 to I on The Saddler, but were taken
with such avidity, that the betters began to suspect that it
was not quite so certain as they had at first Imagined, they
gut more timid, and left off. at 5 to 2 only. Nor.
thing else was named. Brother.to Tarrare made first run-
ning ut a middling pace, but, was paned at the Two.year..
old post by Colwick. at about •three quarter speed. The
Saddler lying in the centre'. Two distances from home
Creole and Frederica gave up, and Tanen in another hun-
dred yards gave unequivocal symptoms of defeat. Colwick.
. was now nearly two lengths a-bead., The Saddler, however,
came up, and at the Stand was ilongaide him, the nesibeing
any thing bur safe ; the efthegle between them was one of
great interest, The Saddler io vain attempting to shake off
his antagonist, who was not hasten till the last stride,
which gave the stakes to the throe thousand guineas nag by
half a neck only ; steel • bnd whipcoed were in requisition
with both. The result proves 'Colwick to be better than his
Leger running would imply. if be should ever get into
good condition • (which be has not, been since Brim), he
will be a dangerous horse in the coubtry. If the pace had ,
been stronger, The Saddlie would have'won with Itsi diffi-
culty. it shotettL he'bonze•in Mind, too, that be hadiseen'ont
the muzzle two successire nights,. and ran a two-mile and a'
half race for the Cup at apace gnat bat for the distance must
have been very trying for a three year old.
Three-yr old filly Makes 20 sore each, flat 41b each,with
25 woo added, St. digger course. 8 subscribera
Mr. Golden's La Fille Mal Garde', by Lottery (Nelson) I
Mr. Huuldswortb'a Circassian, by Sultan 2
2 to 1 on Mai Gardee, who supported her Leger running
by winning this race without the *lighten effost. .
Sweepstakes of 25 soya each. Four miles. 8 .subs.
lion. F. f'etre's.Rowton. 5 yrs. list 51b (Scott) .
Lord Milton's Ideloro, aged, Bst 101 b 2
Major Yarburgli's Laurel; aged, Bet 101 b 3
The following were not placed •
Lord Cleveland's Stotforth, 5 yrs, Bat. 51b.
Dike of Leeds's Jenny Mills, 6 yrs, eat. IQlb.
51r. Nowell's Walton bone, 0 yrs, fist. 101 b.
Betting—Even on Rowwn, 4 to I agihret 31edino (taken),
4to I•agst Laurel, 4 to I apt • S•otforth, and • 8 tot agse
Jenny. bledoro made twain .to the gravel roqd, where
Roman took it up,,the other lying Wend, and laurel third,
nor was there any change till they got to the stand in Untie-.
total round, where Midoro challengea'Roiedin: A eery se,
venu' home was woo by the latter by .111e1ht Me* salph
The riding of Seott.enstalekeeetaisaaadoairable.
A Plug ot, Bess Mb. sod 4-year olda,,
.
•0. -Hope miles.
L'Old SnrsOrongg'sndethKl
Mr. Heirs ti f CMdas ' •
Hon. 13. Noes Itsuletolayte. . •
.Mr. Riddle's. II Pr, Si. 1.1411, yrs
Mr. r ergyuson s attetunt. a yte ••• ••• . •
Vindeliffe was-the Atestase, end wan eniy.

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PRICE SEVENPESCE.

rendered the plea of guilty unavoida!,ta, should be
st-ted in a petition from the r:.4:vion, by-ether with
other matters thought fit to make a fivcorable im-
pression on the council ; whilst it was, 7:t the same
time, fully understood, that his relation w,-old ste
the secretary of state, ascertain wh2tllN• thf.re were
any impression on his mind unfavourable to the
prisoner, which might pe,zsibly be removed, and,
generally, spare no pains to obtain mercy from the
crown.

A period of terrible suspense ensued. Du:ing
this period, a gentleman, who had no acquaintance
with the prisoner beyond having travelled with him
in a stage coach. had reason to fear that the exer-
tions of the relation were not suffi:iently active ;
and he was informed, that at the Home Office
the prisoner was suspected of having uttered a
forged check; which suspicion, unless removed,
would, it was thought, render his execution cer-
tain. This person, impelled only by motives of
humanity, took infinite pains to prove that the
prisoner was not guilty, and did obtain positive
proof of the negative; having brought the person,
to whom the forged check had been tittered, into
Newgate, and confronted him with the prisoner,
when he made an affidavit to the effect that he had
never seen the prisoner before; and this document
was forwarded to the secretary of state. I ought
to observe here, that though it was known, that
such a charge had been made against the prisoner,
at the Home Office, the great difficulty was not, as
it turned out, to disprove the cliarge, but to dis-
cover by whonr it had been made, and who were
the parties that would disprove it, provided they
I could he found. Who made the charge at the
Home Office was never ascertained ; and the disco-
very of the person who could disprove it, cost the
gentleman of whom I speak days of constant exer-
' tion. In the search he received no assistance from
the Home Office, where, being unknown, he was
treated with coldness and apparent suspicion. The
prisoner owned the fee of an estate, which, though
greatly incumbered, was considered worth more than
the amount of the charges upon it. Immediately after
his agreement with tht bank attorney, he became
anxious to convey the property to certain relations,
in order that it might not, in consequence of his
pleading guilty of the capital felony, devolve to the
crown. The relation mentioned before undertook '
to prepare the necessary deed. Many times the
prisoner applied for it, and in very urgent terms, as
the day of trial approached ; but he did not see it
till he was in the Old Bailey dock, when he found
that it conveyed the estate, not entirely to the other
relations, but to those relations jointly with the one
who had prepared the deed. He signed it, never-
theless.

At length the recorder's report was laid before
the Privy Council; and the Ordinary of Newgate
informed the prisoner that the decision was against
him, and that he was doomed to die in a few days.
The attorney at this time, supposing that nothing
had been neglected by the relation, was gone to
Scotland on professional business. The other per-
sons, who bad interested themselves for the pri-
soner, no longer deterred by the fear of. interfering
with the relation, set to work with 'the forlorn hope
or reversing the decision of the council.
'their first step was to endeavour to learn on
what grounds the council had decided against this
prisoner. .The question could be asked only of the,
Secretary of State ; and, in order to show that the
question was at least sot unreasonable, a list was
prepared of a great nunibar of persons convicted of
the same offence, but Whose lives had been spared,
within the last few yenta: The irentreman, who
proceeded to the Home Office ori this errand, ob-
tained no satisfaction. He did not see the
first secretary ; and he was treated as if
he had made a preposterous prorosal be-
ing naked whethei- he kneiv that thd pro-
ceedingli of the coutncii were secret Thus disap-
pointed, he returned to Newgate, when, upon con-
sultation with the prisoner, and the officers of the
prison, the next point seemed to be, to learn whe-
ther the main fact of the prisoner's case had been
stated to the council. I has;e said before that the
business of stating that fact to the secretary of
state had been entrusted to the relation, and may
add here, that the prisoner never saws the petition
presented
'by his relation, althouFb he often ur-
gently prayed to be 'to ails it. For the
purpose of seeing that petition. the gentleman re-
turned to the home office; but his errand was
again froitlest. He was told that itivis not cus-
tomary to return -petitions ; that, whatever the
statements in the petition, they would be of no
avail in the present case, which Ind been decided
on its own merits; and finally, that there was no
hope.
Under these circumstances, althoukh-many per-
sons were of opinion that the prisoner's life Would
yet be saved, 'if the treaty with the Bank could be
proved, the absence of the • attorney who had con-
floated the treaty would have rendered the case des-
perate, if it had not so happened that the gentle-'
man now actinglar the prisoner bad been present
during all that had passed between the prisoner and
the attorney on that subject. He lost no time in
preparing an affidavit, which stated,' first, the ab-
sence ofAxe attorney ; secondly; that the' prisoner
had been'forced to plead guilty,
,by the circum-
stances which the attorney would state upon oath,
on his return to London, which was hourly ex-
pected. With this affidavit, iod a petition from
the prisoner,' praying for a sfitoft TesOito,' in order
l
to give time for the attornetirirrival, he .onte
mote visited the Home Offide. -to see the,
,be was told' thaVtliat was impel&
Bible; that Mr. Peel trier*t there. At'
length, by dint of ititrit4y; and abindhinplike
iiolence, be succeeded in iliffited to Mr:
PM. , . Pll• ••
• • • •
That gentliimait titteived him with rest
otigilkibtliniitiailding; whilst, ready to inakiiith'
taupe and nervous excitement, he pleaded for the

isoner's life ; and zit last told him drily, hit 'here
sas no hope ; but without either affording bin auv
explanation as to the grounds on which the council
had decided, or even satisfying him that n peti•
tion had been presented by the misoner's rela-
tion. Time repulsive manner of Mi. Peel, Rl3ll his
own exhausted state, brought on by several Jays
of agitation, prevented him from saying more
than—" Remember, Sir, the statement I non
give to you is upon oath." With these words 'se
left the office.

On the day following, which was the List h.-
fore that fixed for the execution, the erisoner'a
attorney arrived in London, and instantly male en
affidavit, stating minutely every circumstauce of
the treaty with the hank. This documont was for-
warded to Mr. Peel. Whether it were met by any
counter affidavit from Mr. Prealifield, no one inter-
ested for the prisoner could ever learn, thaus,eli
Mr. Peel was vehemently urged to content' the
two attornies, and so ascettain the truth of thu
prisoner's statement My own bailer is, that Mr.
Peel supposed the statement of a treaty with the
bank to be a pure invention: yet, if the se-
cretary of state had been the presiding jud.ru
of an open court, nothing could have bee!'
mere easy than to prove to liis satisfaction every
circumstance of the treaty. Be this as it
may, the affidavit of the prisoner's attorney
brought no intelligence from the Home alice
Late at night, another attempt was toad. ; E,itima
the home secretary to grant a rzsty,t• ha a (1,,
days ; and it is proper to state, that on this OCC.I-
- the supreme judge, who hal to decide the
question of life or death, was brinult• out of ilia
I louse of Commons, not without much diTiculty,
and only by the aid of a member svtio kindly lent
his services for that purpose. He still said, ninei
that there was no hope ; and two hours Laker 01,1
prisoner took poiron and died.—Facts /Mating
to the Punishment of Death in the Metropllii.
By Edward Gibbon Wakefield, L\q
FINE ARTS.—The auspicious opening of L •n-
-don Bridge on the first of last mon;h, is comme-
morated in various ways—first in the r—mneetions
of an attached people—witnesses of th:. pagehnt
to a patri tic KING ; and secondly, by faithful
representations of the spirit-stirring e.-erat cpan
paper. Among the last, we have seen a ilra...iNg
1 by Mr. Joseph Nash, from the lithographic press
of Engelman and Coy, which we can vouch for, ea
conveying not only a correct impression of the
scene generally, but as being withal surpassingly
beautiful. Mr. Nash has very properly taken
the moment when the royal party were just
about to step on the stairs of the bi idge, and
when the enthusiastic and elated feelings of the
vast multitudes collected, were at the highest
pitch. To the thousands who mere pre-ent on
the occasion. the artist has given in his dram ing
a perpetual memorandum of the event: the bridge
itself, with all its gorgeous decorations of tents
and flags; the river covered with ornamented
craft, literally crammed with company ; the
towers, church spires, and housetops of the vici-
nity, crowded with admiring vis;tors—all are
pourtrayed with a minuteness and elegance ssio:-
thy of the scene. We are pleased to fi mei, that
the talent and exertions of the youthful painter
are held in due eaimation; for we find his pi;-
tare every where, and we notice it more nn ac-
count of its splendour and cot iectness. as a work.
of art, than with any view to puff Mr. Na-h. • .
MODE ON MAKING SOY.—Soy, the famoar
sauce for all kinds of food, is made from beans.
The beans are boiled until all water is Steady
evaporated, and they begin to burn, when they are
taken from the fire, and placed in largo wide-
mouthed jars, exposed to the sun and air; water
and a certain portion of molasses or very browa
sugar are added. These jars are stirred well every
day, until the liquor and beans are completely
mixed and fermented ; the material is then strain-
ed, salted, boiled, and skimmed, until clarified ;
and will, after this last process, become of a
very deep brown colour, and keep any length
of time. Many persons have thought that
gravy was used in preparing this condiment ;
but this appears not to be the case, the composi-
ti n being entirely a vegetable one, of an agreeable
flavour, and said to be wholesome. There are two
or three qualities of it; to make the beat requires
much care and attention. Japanese soy is much
esteemed in China, on account of the sulierior
manner in which it is made; perhaps they have a
ro rs rticular sort of bean for that purpose. 'Shoe-
eepe at Canton who sell soy, have large plat-
rms on the roofs of their houses, wheresthe jars
for preparing soy are all arranged, and exposed to
the sun; for the consumption of this article is
enormous.. Neither rich nor poor can dine, break-
fast, or sup without soy; it is the saucer for all
aorta of food, gives a rest to every dish, and may
be said to be indispensable at a Chinese repast.—
Dobell's Travels.

ATMOSPHERIC DERANGEMENT,R.DOCOSFOR-
STER, who has been making researches into the
nature and origin of Cholera, during a recent tour
on the Continent, reports that this dreadful malady
has made a sort of circuitous course from the
East, by way of the North East, and" towards the
West, in a manner that is inexplicable in any
other way than by supposing the disease to have
a purely atinospher is origin ; and he says it affords
one of the strongest proofs of the doctrine he has '
so long maintained, that epidemic disorders are de-
rived from a peculiar disturbance in the state of the
air. The new volcano which has appeared off
Sicily—the numerous and peculiar Awrora Bore-
ales seen this year all over Europe—the pro-
digious quantity of insects of certain small
kinds, and other remarkable phenomena in
the air, prove that this year the atmosphere has
been in no ordinarymanner deranged. Whether
or no, the notion of KEPLER be true, that comets
have any thing to do with such disturbances, is a
thing that remains to be provfrd. The approach of
the great Halieyean cornet, which silt appear on
the 29th Nov. 1533, is regarded by some people
with alarm ; bat facts are wanting to prove that
the fetid diseases that ireeided two approaches of
tiiis comet have any thing really to do with its
influence. With regard to cholera, it. has been

• sw MUM/ 14, lb pa* men
observed by.t)r. Forster that the chloral df Soda
ditated, an over the chamber and the
st•etts, m be a good priservative, in case the
disease sb ;appear in this island, as this sub-
staidie id foulio deStrot
kind* nentrallite venous
4e4,1;:.04 44-140th.lPta,eaci€44
cU over the . Solvirs, is aabisiots
saitte;and : to de-
nib* bad an . 114,7fikbelibniesetit at Berlin
and-in Hengailj4yishigerit. itisartgious.