Star.
London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

A%IV.AL .MTZLUGaCE.

gary, WATTS, from Sicily, wbitk was driven etas shwa
oyet,-has been "old.
•
neart
Th susocinto, • Wit ,of Dattmoutb,vekeirretkei•niat4l-
: • •Ls
ale on the 9111 instant.
'thefrac catuers, Lieutenant lorries, tender to tke• Aros.xo
, .1 1 from Falmouth on the 4th instant, fur Liaison, with
et, Sal et
yacht,
„Ida. me nee: arrangemet.
a 111,1 I. t nit —The Salacia,Wirsosi, arrived at Graves-1
end on tbe 3th bistro, from Jamaica, and after discharging her
go in the West India lbck, sailed front Gravesend yester-
ed3ary
, her return to Jamaica.
°II
Idh m n passed their examinations for Lieutenants,
, ,
at the Royal Naval College, on Monday.
The sit brigs. of ten guns each, to be built at Plymouth, are
to be of the following dimensions :—ens•l3 of the deck feet,
tannage 73 feet •71 inchesL, extreme breadth PO
24 feet
kesi pet .
6 kwhcs depth in hold 24 feet 6 inches, !stadia) V. 5.5 0-94 tons.
Thy are to be !mined the RILINDEIIt, ROLLA, SARACEN, SAVAGE,
iola, and SRALAILE.
Fstisouro, Arrat.ll.—Wind E.—Sailed the Duke of Kent
packet for *Khoo.
Aran E.N.E.—Sailed the Duke of York pocket,
for J..m.iica; Francis Freeing ditto, for America. There is nut
k t in port at present, a circumstance uoprecedented for the
ps
last ilisty years.
peirototan, ATRtL 14.—We have heard of no other orders•
beiag issued consequent upon the French having passed the Spa-
nisb frontiers, than the immediate equipment of thirteen sail of
frigates and smaller vessels of war; which had been some time
puttil.g into a state of preparation for eonintiCaion.—'lhe NAIAD
frigate, at this port, is to be fitted out; the SLARET, 24 guns, is
contiossioned by Captain CNA *Lai MITCHELL ; and the Rine-
Is" 111,by Captain JAMBS MONTAGU: the SLANE'S is for foreign
The Harriet, Woasitsoroo, front Dick's Cove (Coast
_;`:.:cfri'co, has pill Into this ports With strong foruth.east winds.
:aThe muter reports, that his • 'ajesty's ships Daises, Captain
wo't wee, and• Cir ante, Captain GRACE, left Cape Coast, just
beil;re he soled, on a cruize; their crews were quite healthy.
os Wednesday the UKASES, 28, Captain Wtsa.zs, sailed for the
Saiph American station.—The PANDORA, 18, Captain NA'n.w.a.it
Gosew, arrived to-day front protecting the Fishes les at Go:An-
sa and Jersey; avd is expected to sail in a few days, with the
ram, I ieutenant Cocos, for Newfoundland ; the Crowe?,
Captain Rossi aTT, came inn, hat hour, to be paid oft On passing
the Needles yesterday, 110 tubs of foreign spirits were picked up
io,PANDORA, laud brought to the Custom-house at this port.
Tar Banos. 46. Sir :MURRAY :MARVELL, destioLd for foreign ser-
Tire (it a said f:r the Brazils), attempted to go out of harbour to-
thy, out the wind Was too SCalit.—The TRISCULO 18, Captain
smANNOI4, will go out of harbour on Tuesday, and proceed to
pt.r,,,,eih; the CLU4seit. Lieutenant FOAM, is ordered to Ed-
sse:h. Tbr Pasttos4 was relieved b', the CASIELION, 10, Lieu-
vs..., Wyman, on the Jersey Oy.ter Grounds. Her presence
!bee WAS of material service to our fishermen, who are now
eiablee: to drag for oysters undisturbed, so that they keep three
nits from the French coast. Before the PANDORA had arrived,
Frenth armed cutters had driven away our boats, and
weld not permit them to fish within eight or nine miles of their
oust. Ibis our fishermen were w%ll disposed to resist, and were
only restrained by the Pa:gnome front attacking and taking their
opponents. The Aroma, Royal yacht, it is understood, is to be
Pado" il I ieutenant STOW (51)11 of the late Captain Srow), is ap-
.„
rionsi to the WARM'. : Lieut.nain to the AiTatA ; Mr.
Oleos o, Purser to the Arotxo yacht, re.appointed to the flora:.
GiallGE, vice Air. GOLDSMITH, appointed to the ASTREA ; Mr.
Rut, to be Surgeon of the SIRINGATATASI. The TWRZD, 28, will
be launched from this Lock-yard on Monday ; the Puttostrut, on
tbet.stit instant; and the ROYALIST, 10, on the 12th May.—The
}Laßue, 18, is to be fitted fur Commission.
Arise 15.—Wind Easterly.—Sailed the Harriet and Regard,
far London; and the Underwood, for Exmouth.
Dui. Aran. 12.-IVind N.E.—Came down from the River
sad sailed, the Christopher, Rouser; and Ocean, CRAM, for
)firamichi Prospect, WERE; Nautilus, Timex ; and Briton,
ROACH, for Quebec; Socrates, Bot.axis, for Vera Cruz; Bri-
tannia, SrewA ay. Nor Prince Edward's Island ; Edward, Moose,
for N v. Scotia; Flying Fisk, BALES, for Cadiz; Gomar,
Panorama tot V, nice; Friends, limas, for St. Andrew's;
Rob., and Ann, Srasuoume, for Montreal; and Polly, PRATT,
for Pietou. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Bloater,
Limbos, from Jamaica.
APRIL 13.—Wind N.E.—Catne down from the River last
right, and sailed, the Somersetshire, PARENT, for Jamaica; Can-
na, STRaeffiN. for Prince Edward's Island; Protector, Lem-
ma. Sro St. John's, New Brunswick ; Resolution, SUITS(' for
Gibraltar; Ciarkstone, SRRYICZ, for Quebec ; Eclipse, Musicals,
flxrb. South Seas; llorcxlino, Piaa, for Gibraltar; Elizabeth,
Thissicr, Miramithi ; hlargery, HALL, for Quebec; also, to-
day, the AdirtuAnt,. for Jamaica. . • .•
Vona 'yaw WITII.—The Kite, --, from Oporto for New-
koriland, on the 23th ult. in.lat. 43. long. 31. and the Illinois,
—, from London to New York, on the 28th, in lat. 46. long. 24.
by the Harmony, Jysen, arrived in the River, from Jamaica.

WINCH OF THE PRINCE REGENT AT CHATHAM.
An immense multitude pooled into Chatham on
Suilidav, to witness the launch' of this first-rate ship.
The dimensions of the PaiNcE REGENT are nearly
similar to the CALEDONIA, the Howe, and the NEL-
ION, hut her stern is differently coast. iiLted, being of
circuar form, actor ing :to the principle adopted
tnder the suggestion of Sit ROBERT SEPPINGS. The
galleries winch Ale erected in front of the cabin win-
dows, afford an idea of greater scope than under the
old plan. *flie ale highly ornamented in carved
work. The head is decorated by a colossal figure of
hit MAJESTY in an Admiral's uniform, with a sword
in his t iglu hand. he length of her gun-deck is 205
feet, and her whole le:.gtli 244 feet. Her greatest
depth is 64 feet, aito her width fifty-three and a half.
Her Tannage '1620 tons, and she will cary 120 guns.
She has been ni commission for three months, and
viii remain a• the flag-ship of the Port Admiral, fir
B. HALLOWELL, by whom she is commanded. Her
ClPtain is W. H. W. PERRY, Esq. Every possible
arrangement was u ade, on this occasion, to afford
the Public a perfect view of the launch, and every
elevated place in the y at d was provided with benches,
and all the windows commanding a view of the dock,
were Opened for the reception of visitors. These found
anions occupants, pi socipally among the female
friends of the Commissioners and Officers of the yard.
In the river Medway, immediately opposie the
launch, was moored the receiving ship of the post,
the deck of which was covered with galleries, taste-
fully decorated, protected bona the weather by flags
and sail-cioth. These were destined for the reception
oldie Lords of the Admiralty and their friends, as
yell a, f it the Commissioners of the Navy and their
friends- Every space on board this vessel was tilled;
and the effect, when seen from the shore, was ex-
tremely imposing. On each side of the receiving ship
viste innumerable pieasine yachts, including those of
the Admit alty and Navy Boards, besides a great va-
retJ of sailing and other boats of more humble
!asses. All displayed flags of various colours; and
King's still's in the River were, as usual, distin-
.• ivished by an exhibition of their gayest 4ressi;ig.
The hills on the other side of the River were co-
veted %Lith spectators; the coup arca altogether was
beautifully picturesque. At twelve o'clock vehicles
clever) kind began to pour into the dock-yard, and
ton ttter the throng became quite oppressive ; still
" tie allowed the utmost latitude of indulgence,
rerini-sion was given to view the preparations
tt the launch as nearly as was consistent with safety.
!he biota of the Royal Marines took their station on
!LAW the PRINCE REGENT, and continued to play
',icy airs throughout the morning. It was generally
Inderstood, that the launch would take place precisely
"tihot pat one, and as that hour approached the feel-
:rigs tit the multitude became more strongly excited.
,
tccisely at half-past twelve, the ceremony of

proaciiing, and workmen were seen busily engaged
in removing the blocks which prevented the motion(
of the vast body. At length, precisely at '25 minutes
past one, the last stay was removed, and the huge
mass moved off the platform in the most majestic
manner, and in a few seconds plunged into the stream,
amidst the acclaruati:-.ns of the surrounding throng,
which were re-echoed from all qmarters, and in which
those on board heartily joined. Nothing could exceed
the grandeur of the scene. The PRINCE !Isom,
which appeared like an immense castle on the bosom
of the deep, was soon brought up, by ropes affixed
to her for that purpose, and her stately frame remained
exposed to the admiration of the .surrounding thou-
sands, who gazed, with wonder and delight at the
beautiful symmetry displayed in so prodigious a work.
The River remained corejd with,boats to.a late
hour in the evening ; and no sus all flattest Wakpicker.3
up by the watermen in restoritsctutimujirsw. those
who had been on board at the time the launch cook
place, among whom were an immense number pf ie-
males. Lord NlELtrua.s, and a large parey,,of .
tinguished characters, partook of refreshment with
Sir 13. liaotowzoo before they returned to ttitertv?-
Such was the immense influx of sfrarigeraitkukc.bat-
ham and Rochester, that, we believe, .M.aity.:weiv.
constrained to reserve their appetite...4ll they goo to
London, from the impossibility of obtaii?iscaccpup.,
modation ; while others were obliged ,to tenni; pp
the spot the whole of the night; such was* tile -AAA
culty of
-procuring post-horses to answer the cleileo+
The pickpockets were, as usual at all public eithibt-
tions, on the alert, and we heard seveyel'exeptlemett.
complain of the ser iouslosses they had suraftin4

. CRIM. CON.

SHERIFFS COURT, EXETER, AIIItTL s.
ii.A.Tacsx a STIIIM—This was a writ Of inquiry to asseie da-
mages in an action brought by Mr. Walter Thomas Ilaydom
gentleman lately residing at Topsham, against Mr. David Brines,
an officer inahe Navy, for criminal conversation with the plain-
sirs wife. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by de-
fault. The plaintiff was married in 1617, to Miss Barham, by
whom he had three children, and they lived very happily toge-
ther until May, 1831, whin Mrs. Haydon eloped with the de-
fendant. It appeared that the defendant, Mr. Symes, had, from
his infancy, formed an attachment for the lady, and that for se-
veral years he was received and acknOwledged as her lover; that
during the time he was at sea Mr. Haydon paid his addresses to
her, and, before the marriage, defendant returned, and reason•
strafed with the plaintiff, stating his previous engagement ; the
marriage, notwithstanding, took place; the defendant married
also; he had not seen Mrs. Haydon for two years when he met
her by accident, after which they had several interviews toge-
ther, and soon after she eloped with him. They have since been
living together in France. The case excited a great deal of in-
terest. The Jury gave the plaintiff .C.:00 damages.

LAstarri-Siater.—Saturday, :Mars Trapp, who had been
brought up to this Office on the 2lst of March, for an attempt to
murder Mrs. Charlotte Rooks, housekeeper to Mr. .Horne, of
Poplar. was this day brought up again, Mrs. Rooks being auffi-
ciently recovered to attend.
The prisoner being placed at the bar, the depositions
sworn by Mrs. Rooks on the evening of the dly the at-.
tempt was made, when her life was considered in danger,
were read over to her as follows, vin.—", I am a -widow,
and housekeeper to Mr. Horne, Vestry Clerk of AU Saints,
Poplar. and residing in High-street, Poplar: On Friday
the 21st March, a little after two &Clock in theatternoon,. I
heard a noise at the street door, and on opening it I saw die.
prisoner, who asked me whether Mr. Horne was at home? I
said no. Ile then asked if Mr. Horses brother was at home?
I replied he was not, He then asked for pen and ink, upon
which I went into the parlour and he followed me, shutting the
street door after him. I turned my backin order to go to a
book-case to get pen end ink, and immediately received two
blows on the back of qty head which stunned me. I turned
round, and the prisonet gave me another blow, and tripping
up my heels threw me down, and then beat me with something
mulled in a handkerchief. I screamed as violently as I could
and called for Philler, a female wins was then in the house. I
struggled with the prisoner, and got, hold of his neckcloth. He
thrust his hand into my mouth, and IL bit Isis fingers, and still
kept hold of him. He then dragged me out of the parlour into
he pollage, and there threw me down again, and kept beating
me. He then spoke, and said " let go." At that moment I
heard a violent knocking at the street-door—still holding hips by
his neckcloth, I opened the street-door, and said to the persons
assembled outside, " Come in, (or lam being murdered. Seve-
ral persons then came in, and secured the prisoner. I considered
at the sane time, that the prisoner was in fact Mr. Montagu's
servant, whom I had seen. When I opened the door to him, I
observe.' that be had something wrapped in a handkerchief,
which he cut under his arm, while he appeared no be searching
for the roe from Mr. Montague."—'lire hatchet produced was
a very small one, and the old silk handkerchief in which it was
wrapped at the time the wounds were inflicted was stained with
blood. The two cords found on the prisoner bad each a noose
on one end.
Mrs. Rooks, whose appearance at the Office excited a lively
interest in all present, was congratulated by the Magistrates, in 1
the warmest terms, on her fortunate escape, and highly corn-
plimented on the heroism she bad evinced. She is an extremely
well-looking woman, in the prime of life, and of very respect- ,
able appearance.
The-prisoner appeared to be wholly overpowered with the
sense of his situation : he leaned his bead on his hand, with
which he endeavoured to cover his face, and never once looked
up during the examination. On being shed whether he would
s .y anything in his detenee? he answered "-Nothing," in a rime
.
$ arccly articulate.

christen:us&
tOok-sidae-,4---.- —,7-Ard Mr./..ratapcting the .
part of`-paestig •tnt •tfte-bet ' • MILII,DR.R AT CLAT,1141.41:
awn% A . . iiiv. enclosure .• •. •
was railed off al 031 beads veskli into which his
.„.:• _ • • . .. • • ~-. . . . -
..I.ordsb. le, aceo"mstanispct ht sir' AI UALLowirluip :;. The /-0110W:—'use tk-pertscujaie qr. e
it.Surtmos, and severet of:the cothiT4latiess:a sa
%lion of Y. pl uppoity nisht,..at,Carobeiirill.
ctia- cers of the yard were admitted. A isixiii iirii;oo The officers. - MAU and Oloos4aoi ftOntinnioe:bal
the66wi 04114: Police Office, winkbed kers- Widt,thi pauoclifts4
was .thea sung 'by
bottle' in itself 4 cord froms
possessed no small interest,.foiiftieui
enbed. to the immortal NaLiox, end ceis of Vurrey.residini'bear the spOt. *most astiee)
I .wt }s uthisJ their efforts during :the whole ?of ,Vstedneiday Stu
stock on board the VICTORY, whYP he so,glorioadyirborsday, in investigating all the Citcum' stames
fell in the battle of Trafalgar. Lord Idst.e*Lil, the murder, entertained .some Suspicion ,i)r:siot il
....
having the bottle hs his hand, named the vessel the who is by some said to be a nephew, by ottsets,„ to
" Paints RanatsT,"and immediately &sled it against be a distant relation of the deceased, and had.gesse
the head. This act was followed by loud and repeated on Wednesday, and early on Thuriday, to the neigh -I
cheers; and another bottle was immediately of immediately opened, Camberwell-green in search of him. He
and distributed in wishing
infant
of
the
British
Navy, occupation
success to this gigantic is a stout young man, about 20 years of age, whose;
occupation (latterly a casual one) was to attend the
Prior to this operation, a vast number of persons, stage-coach horses at Camberwell-green, and the vi-.
both male and female, were permitted indiscrimi- dinky, picking up customers. The fact of the officers.
, stately to go on board the launch;. and such was the having made these enquiries, although they were con-'
pre%siiie to obtain this iniulgence, that the accom- ducted with every proper caution, Spiead abroad, and
niodation ladder leading to the gangway . was so late on Thursday it was the talk of the coachmen on-'1
thickly wedged with individuals forcing their way the road that Staffel was looked for. He himself does I
forward, that those who were once on board were not appear to have been the last to hear this intelli-
unable to return till after the launch had taken prate gence, nor the most appalled at its annunciation;
—a circumstance whiela excited no small terror to for soon after eight o'clock en Thursday eVening he
the timid. We lament to state, that one accident of made his appearance on Camberwell-green, and was.
a serious nature took place. A man of the name of enquiring among his associates whether the officers.
WYNNE, gunner of a sloop of war, being unable to were not after him : one man replied that they were,
get back by the means at which he entered, crept and would certainly take him into custody, and that,
through one of the ports of the main deck, an.' was guilty or innocent, he was sure to be caught if he
endeavouring to reach the accommodation ladder, remained there. He appeared both by his manner
when hi, foot slipped, and he was precipitated into and conduct to brave the matter, and walked straight
the dock below—his instant death followed, and his to the Red Cap public-house, where he was so well
body was carried cff to the Infirmary in the presence known, and inquired at the bar whether the officers
of some thousand spectators who witnessed the me- had not been looking for him, -he got. rather an eva-
lanchnly occurrence,
sive answer, as Hall and Glannon were known'to be
High-water was now observed to be quickly ap- in the immediate neighbourhood, and he walked into
the

the pal lour where ie tradesmen of the neighbour-
hood smoke their pipes, accompanied by a person
who appeared to have been in his company previ-
ously, and to have only quitted him on the green.
'While he was talking with some of his acquaintances,
lie stood near one of the tables looking " wildly about
him," to use the expression of a by-stander, and malcx
ing an incoherent remark to the person with him
about the officers who were said to want him: after
walking up and down the room for three or four nii-
nutes, he went across the green to the Cock public-
house, another place ofresort of his, where be had not
been five minutes with his companion when Hall and
Plaiinciii secured them.
, The prisoners were taken near the bar, and instantly
removed by the officers to the parlour at the end of
the passage, where they were searched, without any
attempt at resistance. Upon Staffel was found, be-
redei,some little money, the duplicate of a watch,
which was said to -be that carried away from the
'house of .the deceased on the night of the murder;
fiat alia said to be one his possession of which was
qtAiityirse accounted for, and the delay of identity.of
M.inipaitant4 circumstance is the cause of the pri-
soners being remanded for further examination. Upon
Staffers sompanion only one farthing was found.
Btaffel.Mid beharl been loitering about Camberwell,'
Brixton, stactikpclwell for .a day or, two, spending a,
few shilling: whkh,lie bad earned,., and his fellow-
grisOnet said he lied met him on Wednesday at the
?rise of Wales, Brixton, and bad remained with
lisoing from one public-hOuse to. anoeskt.4" ii
*gootrieliOwship, adding that he had paid his
of the teckoning; and, being asked where be had got
4, hjt .said, by the iale•of his whip on Wednesday
enorninCr.- 4s. 61 • •IN was an occasional
driver, misplay* *about the Stables at Candsersiell.'
We have said that .B.iffel made no resistance tb the
officers, either at his apprehension or- when he was
eearched ; .he seemed a little " fresh," but stood up'
to have his poslteti examined with perfett self-pos-,
session. Immediately after, and while the officers
were examining 'his companion, he !sat down in a
chair, and; as the person -who-came into the room
described, he " shammed sleep all at once ;" when
pushed on the shoulder he affected to snore, and
seemed to manifesruneasinris' at being disturbed.
The officers, after remaining Upwards of half an
hour at the Cock, and inquiring friirs, the person who
usually employed Staffers companson:respecting his
character, determined upon bringing both• the
stoners to town in a chaise-cart which they had' wait-
ing. Staffel then became quite immoveable In. his
chair, and growled and pushed, and let his lieels be
dragged on the ground, before he was removed Item
the room ; in the passage, and after being pulled
about for some time, he was equally immoveable,
and the offices had to bear him out to the cart neck
and heeli; Ile was said to hatemtutered son the way
some incoherent expressions, which have been con-
strued to have reference to the tale tturder ;. but, we
understand, nothing occurred aj ijia time of bit ar-
rest, or during his removal to town, calculated to
throw a light upon the rinitlteri It 'was said that
Staffers 'companion Was diithirged on Saturday, but,
in the present state of proceedings, 'nothing decisive
has taken place, although a strong chain of circum-
stantial evidence is said to be obtained.
• •

The Postmnster•General of Ireland hat offered a
reward of £lOOO for the discovery and conviction of
the robbers of the Derry Mail... Beside Mr. Guisow,
there was another passenger of the name of Bnooas,
a victualler, at Drogheda, wounded. in the head.--
Poor M•Kay, the guard, is supposed to have been killed
at the first fire. The.Bapking•house of BALL and Co.
have sustained by this robbery a loss of 0106.
Dust ix ORA WOElSlll.—TherCwas a meeting oldie,
Guild of Merchants on Wednesday. A vote of denier*
was passed on Mr. Nisa fdr having resented an'insul
which was offered' to him on the last day of ineetili
by one -of the brotherhood. Sir .A. Ktffn
principal supporter of. this Resolution of censure.
similar vote was passed on the LORD MAYOR Ice
having.omitted to notice the affroy which lotili.plate
in College-green, in consequence of an attempt to
dress the statue in November last.
The Assessed Tax Collectors throughlreland- are
'now dispensed with. It is not sleCided what pension
will be fixed for their future snpport ; it is well known
that many of them have been most deserving, add
with a just and liberal Government their set vices will
not be forgotten.

The quiet and peaceable demeanour of the popu-
lation of this extensive Barony, is.the subject of gene-
'al approbation, and we sincerely hdpe that we shall
have this fact at all times to record.--:Clarc Jon-Nal.

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Theptestrit Neir,market 111eAlltif, kettier iesemes this day;
ismore interesting titan it has been far niany yeara:•-2frhi-effiret
Stakes, as well as thelitaddletwtOlts will decide thousands t•Tara
thol:sands, and particularly the elcri.t. It is tispposed that Swap
will not start. as Ma trials; u writ as the mare l'osthuma, have
not been satisfaopary4,(.44gtkatlueidesily die first favourite, front
his aatisfactuiy trial with Ile is In two other stakes,
one of whiA is with 1114141.1t1r0tl etc' fiat for 200 enterelilasi
11-* .' aitirt Nlnks or Ailcoiabultsit to- i;in the Clare.
. - • .• AI Ili DLESt Olid • ugsruro. 18.2.;.
We inserteda hrief sketching' these fasbiOnahie !faces cax Sa
tor4Ly. elute which we have. received the fallowing. complete
vt.atentent. '11:e weather bad; days turned out favourible, and
the different stakes'Ofre tiety Contested, before I under/of as-
sembly of Nobility sad Gentry
suer a 5.
- ' •
The Craven Stakes of lOgs. rack, twA}r.-oId.S
and foul-aft:6c. 91§. five,: .and agrd, 9st. I ;-; and
geldings Slosved 31b. '• •'• ' ' 41' ' . .
• . ' The Crown Coins. (7 Subwribeti.) - •
Aft. Itiddell'a b. c. Comte d'Artols, 2 yrs old - 1
A1r..11-41.rd'a b. c. Baron- Litnces, Q. yrs old • t •-. 2
Coll..Vecood's E.. c. Walton, t yis ull - val ' It
Mr. Seausout's b. f. by Comas, 2 yrs old ~ ' :, :.:'• . 4
'Mr. Parris/it's gr..e. by c omits, 3 yrs old - • •
, - 5
ito I agst Comte d'Artois—z, to t mat Baron Bowel Fine race.
The Bolton Stairs of 60gs. each, h, ft. • colts, i15t..610. fillies,
8.t.-31b. allowed, &e. one mile and a half: (9 Subscriber.).
Mr. Watson's h. f. Ringlet - - 1
Sir W. Maxwell's hr. e. Ben Ledi
Mr. Lanibton's b. c. Manuel - - -
Mr. Urnmon's ch. c. Bernick Betty - - 4
6to 4 age t Ben •Lesii, and 3to 1 apt the winner. This was
a finely contested race, and won by only half a head.
The Filly Stakzs of 2gs. each, rising 3 yrs old, list. 111 b. traven
Course. (five Subscribers).
Mr. Selwin's ch. Princets

Jr. Jamei's br. by Whisker
Sir W...lllatweirs br. Britilaute

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LIT ERAT URE.

APRIL.

See April comes! a primrose coronet
Circling NW snowy temples, and her vest
Pranked with the, harebell and the violet ;
Like a young widow, beautiful in teats;
She ushers in the Sprirg !

The POPCLAZ SuranstnioNs and INtsrtvz Ai

Man Lawns% of SarrLAND.

Or THE

We do not remember that we have ever before
met with any description of the following custom,
and we shall therefore transcribe it as a specimen of,
the work before us, though it is neither one of the
most interesting, nor one of the bc,t written:
" The treat which the Highlander partakes of nn a New
Year's Day, extends its effects to behefitlng both body and soul,
and is divided into two courses, administered in the following
inner

‘. Light and fire being kindled, and the necessary arrange-
ments having been effected. the High Priest of the ceremonies
for the ttiy, and his assistants, proceed with the hallowed water 1
(risque cashriehd; or water front the dead and living ford), to the
seversl beds in the house, and, by means• of a large brush,
sprinkles upon their occupants a profuse shower of the precious
preservative, vrkielt, notwithstanding its salutary properties, they
sometimes receive with jarring ingratitude.
• Preliminary to the second course, it is necessary to stuff all
the crevices and windows in the house, even to the key-hele.
This done, piles of juniper are kindled into a conflagration in the
different apartments in the house. Rising in fantastic curls, the
fumes of :he blazing juniper spread along the roof, and gradually
condense themselves into an opaque cloud, filling the apartment
with an odoriferous fumigation altogether overpowering. Pene-
trating into the inmost recesses of the patients' system (for pa.
tients they may well be called), it brings on an incessant shower
of hiccuping, sneezing, wheezing, and coughing, highly demon.
!tretiv eof its expectorating qualities. But it not unfrequendy hap.
peas that young and thoughtless urchins, nor relishing such physic,
and unmindful of the important benefits they reap from it, di-
versify the scene by cries of suffocation and the like, which never
tail to call forth from the more reflecting part of the family, ffi
able to wink, a very 'eyrie reproof. Well knowing, however,
that the more intense the "smote/don," the more propitious sre
its effects, the High Priest, with dripping eyes and distorted
mouth, continues his operations, regardless of the feelings of his
flock until he considers the dose fully sufficient—upon which he
opens the vent, and the other crevices, to admit the genial fluid,
to recover the spirits of the exhausted patients. He then pro-
ceeds to gratify the horses, cattle, and other bestial stock in the
town with the same entertainment in their turn." _

The book from which this extract is taken, adds one
to the many works which have aireatly been written to
describe the manners of the Highlanders. Its author,
Mr. W. GRANT STEWART, IS, we conjecture, a na-
tive of that land of mists, the superstitions and amuse-
ments of which he describes, for the information of
us Sasscnacks. He is, therefore, better acquainted
with what he Writes abotit than most of the persons
who scribble books on this subject: We have not, in
fact,. met with any work of the same size written on
any similar subject, for a long time, which has af-
forded us eqoal amusement and information. It is
full of accurate descriptions of the superstitious prac-
tices and belief of the Highlander, exemplified by
numerous amusing tales and stories, and given in
such a gentle and pleasant strain of irony, that the
sturdiest believer in witchcraft and fairy-lore might
read the book without being offended ; and yet the
irony is.so plain, that he could scarcely read it with;
out-beii sensible of the folly of his credulity. We
should think it well calculated to change the faith of
the Highlanders into a joke for themselves to laugh
at ; and we regret that the state of their country is
such, as to leave us little hope of its being much read
by that class of people, whom it might convert to
reason. It will and more readers on the south than
the north side of the Tay ; and may be recommended
as a book which even children may read, without its-
bibing any of the superstitious belief in the beings it
describes, and which they, it the same time, could
not read without deriving from it both instruction
and amusement.

" Lamas LITIMART and POLITICAL on POLAND, comprising
Observations on Russia and other tklavonian Nations and
Tribes."

This is a book written by one of " that aboriginal
nation, more extensive than any known upon the
globe," to convey information concerning it to those
tribes among wham it dwells partly scattered and
subdued. The Sclavonians, however dignified may
be the character of some individuals amongst them,
have as a people made compiratively little progress
in civilization. We all admire the ardent love of
freedom which animated Kosciusko, the heroism of
Sobieski, and the gallantry of l'oniatowsky, but their
virtues, like the virtues of the Indians, were quite
compatible with barbarism and national degradation.
In fact, at the very time when they were se conspi-
cuous, the great mass of their countrymen were
buried in sloth, filth, drunkenness, and debauchery.
The Nobles were flee and high spirited, the people
enslaved, mean, and disgusting. The author of the
present work, whom- we suppose to be one of those
distinguished Poles who are known to be at Edin-
burgh prosecuting their studies, endeavours to ac-
count for the slow progress of the Sclavoniansin ci-
vilization, by their hatred and enmity towards the
Europeans, from whom alone they can borrow the
arts of life—and also from their living under the go-
vernment of some other people. In general, till within
a comparatively short period, they have acknow-
ledged either the Turks or the Germans for their
ma,ters. This view is, we chink; correct; and is con-
finned.by chat we see in Russia. There is a Scla-
VoniairGovernment, and civilisation is rapidly ex-
-zir‘diog itself over the dominions of Russia, whom,
as our author says, 66 is now gathering.uider her do-
minion all-the kindred tribes.'

The great alas; the Solavonius also are like the
Russians of tlie'Greelk Church, and speaking dialects
a the same languageb—connected by all the bonds of
kindred, we think it probable, whether they now
dwell in Bohemia or Bulgaria, ie Hungary or in
It.wsia, that they ire all destined at some future time
to be united under the Czar, and to extend the already
gigantic limits of his empire. Our author says, and
we believe the a.sertion is correct, that wherever they
dwell the Sclavonian tribes bavia strong hatred of
the German race. Formerly these two aboriinal
nations disputed for the empire of a then uncivilized
world, and the German race was victorious. Ba-
nished for ages into the most inhospitable regions of
the.globe, or permitted to remain in its fertile plains
°MT as the servants of their conquerors, we now see
the Sclavonians congregating and gathering strength
in the North, advancing to the South, and disputing
with-the Turks on one side and the German race on
the other, foi the possession of the civilized world.
If we are ever again to have dark agea,' the night
of barbarism will be spread over Europe by the Stla-

, s
aonians. The Czar of the Tartarspadie
is in fact, at present, second us no -
p H4firAy, yet *rave equals, '
magors 11 superior,* 9,flisak .
the basis Of hisimmense pow,-- v7l
logo ages of hostility to that
a part, the present work gives
vatts, litevatuie, feelings,
vilization, than any book I,v
And at a time when the Sat. ___ Apt.
tng so rapidly-in power, it cannot fail; we think, to
.getit
attract the attention of every liberally educated mar..

UNIVERSITY INTELLI6ENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, APRIL

The following Gentlemen of this. University have been or-
dained by the Bishop of Ely :

DILACONS.
Francis Goode, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College.
Henry Elelvill, RA. Fellow of St: Peter's College.
Charles H. Lutwidge, Thomas Newte Stevens, and Walter
t. John Alachua'', B.A. St. John's College.
John Tnmkyns, M.A. Fellow of Kidg's College.
John &Indy', B.A. Queen's College. •
Also, four Gentlemen from Oxford.

Plllll4lll.

Jobn Harding, M.A. Geo. F. Nicholas. M.A. and Robert
Beehoe Radcliffe, BA. Fellows of King's College.
Joseph Hindle, M.A. Fellow of St. John's College.
John Barlow, BA. Trinity College.
J. hladdy, BA. Magdalen College.
John Hooper, Student of Trinity College,
James Webster Huntley, U. A. St. John's College.
And also six Gentlemen from Oxford.
The following Gentlemen of this University have also been
ordained by the Bishop of Chester:

DLACONS.

Geo. Hunter Hughes, and Geo. Jeckell, B.A. Corpus Christi

ltu-bett Chas. Wm. \MainWin, B.A. Trinity College.
Edward Selwyn, B.A. Catharine Hall.
Charles John Taylor, RA. and Charles Smyth Royds, B.A.
Christ College.
Edward Walter Lowe, B.A. and George William White,B.A.
St. John's College.
David Piper, 13. A. and Chas. Biathwayt, B.A. Queen's Coll.
Plumpton Wilson, S.C.L Trinity Hall.
Edward hillier, B. A. • Emmanuel College.
Also nine Gentlemen from Oxford, and seven Literates.
TRIMS.
William Oliver, Thomas Chapman, German Buekaton, B.A.
and Gawen Hodgson, B.A. Sc. John's College.
John Hanbury, B. A. St. Petet's College.
Francis Thomas Attwood, RA. Ralph Lyon, 3L A. and Chas.
Tynte Simmons, B.A. Trinity College.
Thomas Henry Lane Fox, Christ College.
John Nicholas Palmer, H.A. Pembroke Collar.
Also nine Gentlemen from Oxford, one from Tr/Pity
Literates.
Dublin; one from King's Coll. Nova Scotia; and eight Literates.
The Provost and Fellows of King's College have decided upon
the three Prizes for the best plans of their intended • new build.
logs, the first to that with the motto lairstalpha, by William
Wilkins, Ifsq.--the second, motto Ha milli mm riffs. by Mr.
Inman—the third, wino Is hoe arias sinew, by Mr. Ladidge.
OXFORD, APRIL Ig.

Saturday, the Very Rey. Hush Nicholas Pearson, D.D. of,
St. John's Coilete, was elected, with the usual forms and cere-
monies, and afterwards installed Deab of the Cathedral Church
of Sarum void by the death of the Very Rev. Chas. Talbot, RD.
Wednesday, the first day ql bate Teiikthit Mold,* Di-
pees were conferred

.
DUSTIN MP We&
Rev. Thai. Wm. Bramston, F-di of All Souls' clailge.
Rev. Richard Weston Leonard, 'een's College.
Richard &ouA Auderdon, Queen's College.
Rev. Richard Ballard Phillips, Magdalen Hail. -
Rev. William Sherlock Carey, Student of Chtitt
James rinser, Christ Church. • •
Rev. John Millbury, Christ Church. ' '"2144 a. 7
Timms Townson Cburton' Fellow of Brareundiii oprop.:.
Rev. Samuel Johnson, Lincoln College. '
Rev. John Illampeon Johnson, Lincoln Colley. -.4.• ))
111•CUELOSS or Aim.
Thomas Watson, St. Edmund Halt -
• Reward Rudall, Pembroke College; • • .0 ay.‘ Arlen ba
In the afternoon, In toll Convocation, the HO. inlikik.hlWr‘'
ler Short, M.A. Student of Quist Church, and din dill'Ottalllliim
Smith. ILA, Fellow of Brassunose Cailege, tetiFFAMollhilie
• •.t,.4„.
Proctors foe the year ensuing.
Itev.%Villiana Forster Lloyd, M.A. Rev. Chat. 'nig fgsg,
M.A. Students of Christ Church ;. the lbw` MAP
Lowe M.A. Rev. Thomas Griffith Roberts. iltkifellowher!
Brasuitnose College, were nominated Pro-Proctors.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. •
The King has been pleased to pavan theltev. Amos Mutin
to the Church and Parish of Glenisim, in the Frahm'', of
gle and County of Sorter void by the &shot Mr. Ass.Amis.
The Rev. H. Hubbard. M.A. Rector of Mimi Amps', is
ap Domestic Chaplain• to the Bishop of Wiradisoner; •
tateitev. Henry &ebbing, B.A. of Sc. Jahn% Callnr, 'Cant-
bridge, is appointed Evenly •Locturor *Et. Marys,- lim.s7.
The Bev. R. L H. Flentemit, M.A. et-lasinan's Cam-
bridge, to the Vicarage se Eimpirtms Wilk yfe in the
county of Leicesteri ' •'--• • •
The Rev. F. D. Lernpairee, to an taliable idosildrof
°bye's Oranintarikitool, Borough. • '
The Rev. Duthey, to the Rectory of Sodberne.,
Northamptonshire. •
The Rev. George Judson, M.A. Fellow of Trinity Clilloge,
Cambridge, to the perpetual Curacy o&&. Mary the Orme, to
that town. • •

Tbe Rev. Gems* lissfarlin, M.A. Fake of Trinity Ga-
llego, has be.. presented, by she Master and Fellows ef that
Society, to the Vicarage of Shady Camps,' Cansbridgrabbn
Thursday seensight, the Rev. Wm. aellis, M.A. was Ilsosed
by the Dean of Setter to the penpepial Cue of Wodffiellew'
worthy, &moo.
The Rev. T. C. Mimes, M.A. Fellow and liner of Down-
ing College, was last week Instituted, by the Bishop of Ely, to
the Rectory of Rest Hader, Cunbridgeshlie.
The Sbhep of Darkens has cellsesd the Rev. Jobe Redrew,
Curate of-Jarrew with. Hewer* to the Vicarage of
irkwheipin=toa, ,In. Nertbenaberland, Inapt by the death of
the Rev. Wm. Gardner.

Wednesday, the ftev.Butrobsimb 'Phobias Nergate, Clerk,
A.M. was licensed to the perpetual curacy of Bedwell Ash, in
the county or
_Suffolk ; and also to the Lectureship of the Parish
Church of Ortat Ashleld, in the said county of BsllkilL
On the bOth ult. the Rev. William Veer* 111146Arei tiNt
Presbyterian Congreptim of Throptoo, Ne war
admitted, by the Presbytery of Irvine, Misaisteita r
bryde, Ayrshire. •

•

Nip:reunion IL-A preacher in the West of England preached
during the whole of Lent in a town where be was never invited
to dine. lb said in his ferewell scrawls. 0 I have
against every vice except that of good living, which t 4
is not to be found amongst you, and therefore needeth not my
reproach."
In the ease of Mews Lem, convicted at the Suffolk Aesixes,• of
a burglary in the house of 111 r. John reckulbsckford, a furious
' caefesteso was made by the prisoner; front which it appeared
that he entered by breaking a pane of glass, niardied about the
boom throwing open all the doors, lay down on a bed ind•dept,
Le supposed above an hoer ; came to another hed- room, and again
lay down, but ia a few minutes gm up age* and ' squatted
down" upon the stain; went Into the kitchen, and ate a candle
which he found there. He afterwards took up a parcel of bent-
notes and laid them down again, thinking them lettere; seeing:
something which looked like a desk, he. opened it, .and putties
his hand upon some black and white stripes—Xs his great asto-
nishment and terror a noise priceeded from them, and be ran
away as fast as be could. 116 wawa piano-forte. 'lite Court was
convulsed with laughter at this analgesics, from which, and other
circumstances, it appeared that the prisoneroviso was an inmate
of. the workhouse, was a man of very wcak understanding, but
capable of distinguishing deft from wrong.
A respite during his Majesty's pleasure has bees received at
the county jail, Kent, fur Kitightandayuibb, who were sentenced
to death at the late Assists (et that county. for a burglary at
Sevenoaks.

ii s'
the of
!If a brewer,
a cask full

. place it on
:netts who saw
stance until
nearly a fortnight afterwards, but on an oillcer then
going to the prisoner's yard, a cask of the prosecu-
tor's was Found, and it was ascertained that an Erise
officer had, on the 15th of February, seen the cask in
question at the prisoner's, and on asking him how he
came by it ? he said he had it from S aitva brewer
at Somers' Town. Swain proved the falbehood of
this representation, and a police officer stated, that
the prisoner bad given a different account of the way
he had become possessed of it, namely, that he had
found it in the road.

Several witnesses gave the prisoher a good cha-
racter, and the Jury acquitted him. .
J-4,ltn Hayden was charged with a burglary in the
dwelling-house of George Colfield, who keeps a
chandler's shop in the neighbourhood of Iktlinal-
green.—The prosecutor stated, that on the night in
question, Nvhile sitting in the parlour at the back of
the shop, he heard the breaking of glass, and on going
to see what occasioned it, he saw the prisoner, whom
he befoie knew, on the outside of the window, draw-
ing nut a cheese through a pane of glass ; he tan to
the door to seize him, but he found it fastened by
means of a gimlet and string. He at length got it
open, kit he had escaped. As he however knew
him, he got an officer, and had him taken into custody.
On the part of thetprisoner, several witnesses were
called to proie an alibi, by shewing that he was in a
public-house on the night in question, but their testi-
mony did not in the least exculpate him, because they
proved that he went out of the house in company
with another person at about the time the offence was
committed, and the proiecutor's residence was only
a short distance from this public-house.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.
Morris Houlihan was indicted under Lord Ellen-
borough's Act, for maliciously cutting and stabbing
a poor man, named Lacy.
The prosecutor said, the prisoner is my mother's
brother ; on the night of the 17th of March I went
home a little after ten o'clock, and wanting a candle
I went out- to purchase one, and secured the door
after me ; on my return I opened the door with a
latch key, and as I was going along the passage a
man asked, is your name Lacy ? I answered yes.—
He said, erAre you going to force the law on me, for
'robbing you r I knew it was the prisoner, and said,
" I would not if he had not robbed me:" on which,
he said, 66 Then I will give you more reason to do it,"l
and lie lifted up his hand to strike Me; I did not then
know he had anything in, his' hands ; but on my
. seising them, I found he had a knife, which he drew
through my hands, and by :hat means cut them on
,the inside ; in the struggle I also got a cut on the out-
side of my left hand, and he stabbed me ih the
breast, through my clothes ; when I got from him I
ran towardi the stairs, and two women, who live in
/,the house,'eastie with a light, and he ran away.
p On 'broil-examination he said, " the prisoner had
f shOirtly befove.raken away a box from my room, and
ittnet him two days before, and threatened if be did
at bring it back I would apply to a Magistrate, and
rAh did not see tiktn aften;vards until I was attacked."
•• After hkback given his testimony the, poor fellow
fkll.on Ail loses, and, with tears in his eyes, implored
.
't mercy for the prisoner, saying he hoped, no iiiin's life
„would be taken on his account.
, The 1141 feMales. alluded to by • the prosecutor,
'proved, diet hearinga scuffle, they went down and
found him bleeding in the passage. ... .
The prisoner 'put in a long written defence, in
which he accused the prosecutor of seducing his wife,
`and said it was a conspiracy to take away his life, and
that he was at another place lintil eleven o'clock on
the night in question.
A woman was called, who said the prisoner was at
her house keeping up St. Patrick's Day till half-past
tep or eleven, but she could not particblarli state the
time. Verdict—Guilty. .
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS: -
The Court was occupied the r.-hole of the day in
hearing Parish and other Appeals, one only of them
was of any interest, except to those who were con-'
cerned. The one alluded to was in the case of Yates
and Wilson, which was an Appeal against the order
of Messrs. "Jelin and Twyford, the Magistrates of
Worship-street, as to the wage* due to a joerneyrnan
weaver,. betviaint 'the amcituiS Of •I s. and Is. 4d. per
yard for .allk.'isthnotactured by the respondent for
the appetlant. ~ , •. .-
Mr..AbLiky 44ilid.r,ibits the respondent to prove
thearneklatin . boo 4ona, and OR hiS cross-examina-
tibn.ibr mt. us; •he accidentally tut ned" his
head t9''tie . - father inclining towards Mr.
aiiies 060011f.6' 1r; Adelplius.exclainiod—gs An-
imas zap monsinsk Sir, .and don't look at Mr. Byng."
Mr.rEoisogeso of the Magistrates (rising from Ms seat), Ida.
cipsi•fik,iyou,sroet make use of my name.
• Mr. Anocriass—Not make use of your name !
MS. Biranirr-I say you have no right to make use of my name,
sad yea shall not. . .
' 1 Mr. Amos= to the Chairman—l beg leave to ask you by
esila authatity Mr. ayng presumes to tell me I have no right
dd Make use of his name? s
• Grataitau-elroas meat not to mention names. -
Mr.-Britspe-I wish• Mr. Adolphus to understand that Mr.
Dyng desires he may not mention his name again here, or in
any other place. _ _

Mr. ifto,mwes—l beg to tell Mr. Ityng (with great emphasis)
that Mr.. Adolphe* will use Mr. Dynes or any other Gentleman's
nine as often and where he pleases. I know Mr. Brag, and
Union sU the world pretty well knows him. _
; Sin Drew— You are a foul mouth.
•The Magistrates on the Bench here interfered, and
tile altercation subsided. Mr. Byng appeared very
much hurt at what had passed, but took his seat and
the case proceeded, which terminated it, favour of
the appellant by the order being quashed.

Saturday morning, 172 convicts were removedl
from the hulks at Portamoudi to the ship Ocean,. at
Spithead, bouod to New South Wales. Lieutenant
WOODGATE, of the 54th Regiment,, and SO men of
the 69th Regiment, were embarked from Albany
depot, to guard Olen:.
Boor frateLzeit,—,Between one and two o'clock yesterday
inarnias four desperate resurrection poen were detected la the
baud place of tkopenr, Watailog. to St. Andrew, I.lolboro, at,
the back of the wink-bowe la •

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• . •,
tarsjindthe Sclavonia 03 . , .It 0 lap- pinks* -visas.
dso no monarch of thz rp., .:-.....--4-:,--,..: • -0.0.... i. ••' '*) r.l
oats, Wm has neither- '`•-''.. : 'lo4ll'43riersii* i • .toi
%tusk natibn which forms ; jordiretty of Mattel Cheringeoti.
firer, ethr %s opposed by ' !.';'''.filue -us preyed werb -the* :—On 1
t , el tch we form ;' ilia, the prisoneW.Who is hicusel
weif
s r accriunt of their siait. ! • red, near Enston-square, to take
("minas, and state of ci- of hi* from the prosecutor's dray, and
re are acquainted with. his cvea, rind drive of with it. The witne
tvonic empire is incresti. this did not cdmMitnierne the circumst