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London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

NAVAL. INTELLIGENGE.

DTSTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
The Pelore!, for the Phoenix smuggler, on the 2d of November,
at No. 14, Clement 's Inn; and recalled there Wednesdays and
:Thursdays.
Only six of the crew and passengers of the Mentor, Ross (men-
tioned in die Swan of yesterday), have been saved.
Arrived oil' Dartmouth, the Hannah, Sroria, from Figueira, with
loss of topmasts, bulwarks, Ike. and the mate died on the passage.
Arrived off Dover, the Leslie Oglevie, Wrianzaw, front Rio de
Janeiro.
The Jane, Sneeze, from Ihiway to Bristol; and the Protector,
of Beer haven, foundered near the Shannon, 28th ult.
The Canada, Lane, kir Quebec. put into Belfast, dismasted.
FALMOUTH, Ocr. 3.—Wind S.S.E. 40 S.W.—Arrived the Os-
borne picket, from the Mediterranagesv4ailed from Corfu, the 22d
AuguA ; Malta, 29th ditto; Gibraltar, 23d September; and Ca-
diz, '24th do. Sandwich packet, from Lisbon, in sir days; and the
Elizabeth, ()arms from Galipoli. Sailed the Duke of Ababa-
rough packet, for Lisbon.
PULTSSIOCTD, OCT. 4.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Unicorn
yacht, from the Mediterranean, and is under quarantine. Sailed
the Competitor, GODST, for London.
DeaL, OCT. 4.—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the River,
the W.estbrook, Harz, from Jamaica; Retrieve, and
14abelia, ---, from Cadiz; Martinique, Bean, from Grenada;
Venerable, —, and Abeona, from Quebec. Arrived front
the River, and remain, the Hambletonian, PATTSSSON, foe Africa.
Livearooz, OCT. s.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the packet ship Cor-
tes, De COST, from New York—sailed Bth ult. Sisters,Bavax,froml
Africa—sailed from Bonny, 16th July; David Shaw, SMITH, from
Canipeachy; llerschcll,---, from Virginia; Diomede, LANG-
zoo, and Forest, Foor, from Charleston; Norval, —, from New-
fouudland ; Active, Ja avis, from Gijon; Fairy Queen, Davis,
from Malaga; and Jane, Ricca ens, from Rio de Janeiro.
Coast, OCT. 1.--AlTived the Mangles, Conu.r., to take convicts
to New South Wales.
MASANNAM, Aue. 13..—The Providence, AGUIAS, from Rio de
Janeiro to this port. was totally wrecked on the 31st of July, on the
north-west edge of Corva Grand Bank, and out of 42 persons on
board, only the Master, Mate, seven of the crew, and three pas-
*sengers, saved. A considerable portion of her cargo, consisting of
wine, has been picked up.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCTOBER 4.
SHIPS &STUN° INWARDS—The Earl Bathurst, from Rotter-
dam ; Speculation, from Boulogne; Griffin, front the South Sem ;
Vrow Peterke, from Embden ,• Tiber, from Hamburgh ; Royal
Charlotte, from Dublin ; and Mary, from Cork.
Faineant Ouzwasos—The Tallyho, for New York ;, Jenny, for
Marseilles; Roseville, for Bahia ; Scotia, for Teneriffe ' • Seppings
and hive, for Jamaica ; Friends, for Cork ; Betsey, fur Water-
ford ; Peter Proctor, for Dominica ; and Ganges, Tor Bengal.

The King of PRussiA, under the title of Count RUE..
sin, is mixing very much in the diversions, and seeing much of the
sights, of Paris.
Though the heat still continues to be excessive at
Rome, the health of the Pars Is quite recovered.
Letters from Vienna say, that Prince METTERNICH
arrived there on the 20th ult. from Presburg, and was to return
•oo the 23d.
General MINA, his Lady, and family, arrived on Fri-
day at Jersey, is the Lord lieresford steam packet.
It is said that Sir R. T. FARQUHAR does not oppose
either of the present Members for }lithe, but that one of them
retires in bis favour.
The East India Company's ship Princess Charlotte
of Wales, outward-boned, was all well in lat. 15. 8. South, long.
30. 59. West, on the 14th of June.
Yesterday, EDWARD BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, Esq. M.P.
having finished his canvass of the iri dwelling Freemen, left Dover
tovisit the out-dwellers.
We ate sorry to hear that Mr. Witatta, the cele-
brated artist, is detained at Paris by increased indisposition.
Sunday morning, an old man and his wife, both up-
wards of seventy years of age, residing at Birtle, neat
Bury, in Lancashire, werefound murdered. It is sup-
posed they were in the act of going to bed when the
deed seas perpetrated, as the old woman had one stock-
ing on. The old man's head was cloven to the chin with
a spade that lay beside him. These poor people wert
very industriGus, and had the reputation of having
saved money. The villains left the old man's watch
and 10s. behind them.—Manchester Alercur.y,Oct. 4.
Last evening, Mr. Gam:roily, of Mitchell-Grove, re-
turning from Croydon fair, accompanied by a Venlieman, in a gig,
the horse took friiht when at the top of the bill, tho other side of
Ntreatbasn, and every endervour stup the attitual proved fruit-
less; one side of the reins breaking, the gig up-et. :Mr. GRIIGORY
bad two ribs broke and his bead touch fractured, his Cumpanit
es:aped unhatzt. NT- G. wastesvryed borne in a dangtruus state.

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NEWMARKET.

Moamar Num:.
Llis Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived on the Course a
little after one o'clock in his close carriage, which he quitted to ride
his dapple gray. His Royal Highness was accompanied by the
Duke of Rutland.
His Grace the Duke of Portland was also on the Course in his
moveable stand, in which were several other Noblemen.
There were also present the Duke of Grafton, Marquis Graham,
Earl of Orford, (who leaves to-morrow morning London), Lord
Manners, the Chancellor of Ireland, Lord Fitzroy, Lord Bentinck,
Lord G. H. Cavendish, Lord Chatham, lArd Allan, J. Douglas,
Elq. &c. but of general visitors there were few.
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For the Trial Stakes, Bravura jumped oEat a good bat, and made
all the running to the Sheep-poles, where she began to whistle out
" bellows to mend." Here Stumps, with Dick Boyce on his back,
came up, and contrived to stump to the judge's stand first by half a
length. G. Edwards rode Spermaceti; Buckle, Zinc; Robinson,
Bravura; Arnull, Ajax; and John Day the Witch.
In the race for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, Pledge made all
the running to the bushes, closely looked after by Dlr. Wyndham 's
and Bonduca, one on each side; here Bolero came up, challenged
his horses, and a beautiful race ensued between them and Lionel
Lincoln, who had got up, which was won by a head only, arid that
with considerable difficulty. It was thought by many that Lionel
Lincoln had won, and several ponies were laid to that effect ; in-
deed, so general was this opinion, that many of the higher class
attuilly complimented the Duke of York on his success, but the
Judge's ipse dirie—" the Duke of Grafton by a head," of course
was a closer.

Ship letters are in town from Pernambuco to the 28th
of August. They represent the great distress that is
still experienced their from the extreme drought, and
the stiffet ings of the inhabitants from the want of money
and pi ()visions.
The trials of the Carbonari in the province of Ravenna
are concluded. The facts, the circumstances, and the
grounds of the judgments passed, are printed, and form
a large volume. The accused are 400 in number.
Some are condemned to death, otters to the galleys, the '
majority to temporary imprisonment.
An unusually great export trade to England has been
carried on horn Mernel and Dantzic, during the last
six months; and the increased demand for timber can-
not be accurately accounted for.
By letters from Gibraltar, dated the 14th ult. we
learn that the rains in Granada had destroyed the
grapes, and it was generally supposed that the crops
this season would in consequence fall very short of a
fair average. The fine fruits hid also suffered much.
Business in Gibraltar was improving, and throughout
Spain there was more activity than had been observed
for some months past.
The price of labour in Memel at this moment is so
high, that an able-bodied porter can earn two dollars
a day ; but the Emperor of Ruastat will give a death-
blow to the prosperity of Memel, in constructing canals
in the interior of Poland, to fall into navigable rivers
(particularly the Niemen), and the sea-ports in Livonia
and Courland.
The performers at the English Opera-House, accord-
ing to annual custom, recently gave a dinner to their
Manager and Proprietor, Mr. ARNOLD, whom they
congratulated on a most successful season, which, from
the extreme liberality of his various engagements, lie
amply merits. blazaaws, who was present, entertained
this gay company with some admirable /sits.
SUMMARY JUSTICR.—The Prime Minister at Mah-
recta himself perambulates the bazaars, or market-.
places : and if he happens to detect a tradesman selling
goods by false weight or measure, this great officer
r breaks the culprit's head with a large wooden mallet, kept
especially for that purpose.
The wife of a man named William Denner, residing
at No. 4, Chapel-court, in Bath, lately presented him
with a child, which has not less than, re grandmothers,
viz. two grandmothers, two great grandmothers, and
one great great grandmother. They are thus enume-
rated '4-1 he father's mother, the mother's mother, the
grandfather's mother, the grandmother's mother, and
the grandmother's mother's mother. The child was
baptised on Sunday last at the Abbey Church, when
the grandfather and great grandmother stood sponsors.
The great great grandmother has reacked the extraor-
dinary age of 101 years !
A poor inoffensive idiot, William Moir, well known
at Aberdeen, having been seduced by some one to drink
for a wager, they promising him a waistcoat and a
penny, a certain quantity of spirits, it is said three half-
rnutchkins, along with a quantity of bitters ; he drank
it on Wednesday evening, and expired on Thursday,
'in great agony.
In a pitched battle for twenty sovereigns, in Cheyne-
fields, between Buntingford and Cambridge, on Satur-
day week, Feltham was killed in a combat with Bishop
Harvey, a superior boxer.
SUMMARY PUNISHMRNT.—On the Tewkesbury Race
Course on Thursday, a genteel dressed man, booted and
spurred, was detected in the act of picking a Gentle-
man's pocket; and on a hue and cry being raised, the
culprit was seized by the multitude, and dragged down
to the Severn, into which, bead foremost, he was soused
without any ceremony, and which he swam across,
very little aided by his boots and spurs ; his confede-
rates, in the meantime, having conducted his Rosinante
to the opposite side, he mounted her, and got clear off.
The following day, another of the light-fingered gentry
was detected in picking a pocket, when he was served
in a similar manner ; but whether owing to the want
of boots and spurs, or rather, as some imagine, not
being so expert a swimmer, he was nearly drowned,
and was with difficulty extricated from his perilous,'
situation by having a rope thrown out to him, with
which he was safely dragged on shore, though appa-
rently much exhausted.
Yesterday afternoon, as some workmen were em-
ployed at the house of Mr. Harrison, glass and china
warehouseman-, in the Newest, Lambeth, to make a
cellar underneath the shop, they dug below the founda-
tion, and the house suddenly sunk about three feet, to
the great alarm of the men emphyed, the inmates of
the house, and the demolition of the china and glass in
the shop, but fortunately no person was hurt.
Yesterday, at Bow-street, a baker, named Hudson,
of Sc. Martin's Church-yard, Strand, was fined 4.05.
for having alum in his possession.
Fourteen individuals have been convicted of com-
bination at Rouen,and sent need to short imprisonment.
The comet (not Encke's) passed the meridian yester-
day mot ing at about four minutes past two; its right
Ascension was 39. 45. and 10. 9. S. declination nearly.
['he nucleus was-not very distinct, with a power of 54,
though the comet itself had a nebulous appearance to
the naked eye.
The metropolis of Great Britain alone is supposed' to
contain more inhabitants than all the provinces 14 La
Plata, extending Over 28 deg. of lat. and 13 of long.
While Peter the Great re,ided at Mr. Evelyn's seat,
Sayes'-court, near Deptford, ane of. his favourite re-
creations was to demolish the holly edges, which were
of extraordinary magnitude and be u:y, and much
valued by the owner, by riding through them in
wheelbarrow.

PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER S.
A General Garrison Conii-Martial is expected to
assemble here this week, on Lieutenant Binstead and
Ensign. Rowcroft, of the 53d Regiment ; Major-Gen.
Sir Edward Blakeney will sit as President. Orders
were issued yesterday, far the whole of the troops id
garrison and vicinity,. including the' Royal Marines and
Royal M trine • Artillery, to assemble this day, in review
order, before Field, Marshal Earl Harcourt, the "Go-
vernor of the Garrison ; but this morning proving very
disagreeable, the orders.were annulled, and his Lordship
went in a close carriage to inspect the Dock-yard, after
which, accompanied by our Commanding Engineer,
Colonel Gossett, M.P. he visited the Royal Clarence
Rooms, where he was received by Major-General Sir
James Lyon, the Lieutenant-Governor, Brigade-Major
Bulkeley, &c. The venerable Marshal expressed him-
self highly pleased with the rooms and the prospect
they commanded..

THE ARMY.

The 62d, or Wile:hire Regiment of Foot., has received a route
to march from Duniin to Enniscorthy.
Three Companie. of the 22d. Foot have. been ordered to march
from Kilkenny to Limerick.
The 26th Regiment has been ordered to march from limerick to
ts. Thirty recruits have lately joiried the Regiment.
Sixty recruits from ScAtland have joined the 42d Regiment, at
Dublin, during the lag ten days. • The Regiment has received or-.
ders to march from Dublin to Eerrnoy.
'lke Staff of the 32d disembarked at Plymouth on Wednesday,
having been on quarantine from the doe of its arrival to that day.
The Ist Battalion of the Ist ( Royal) Regiment of Foot, has re-
ceived orders to prepare for embarkation for the West Indies.
The 25th (the King's Own Borderers) is ordered to prepare for
embarkation for the West Indies.
The 4th (the King's Own) and the sth (Northumberland) Rest.:
ments of Infantry, are ordered, on being relieved by the Ist Data.
lion of the Royals, and the 25th • Regiment of Foot, to return, the
former from Antigea, and the latter from Dominica, to England.
The Ist Division of the 24th (Warwickshire) Regiment of Infan-
try arrived, on the 29th' ult. on board the Diadem transport, at
Cork, from Plymouth.
The 2d Division of the 39th (Dorsetshlre) Regiment of Foot has
received orders to embark forthwith, on board the Duchess of York
transport, at Cork, for Chatham.
A Detachment belonging to the 23d Regiment of Foot embarked,
on the 24th ult. at Dublin, for England.
Detachments belonging to the 3d Dragoon Guards, the leth
Lancers, and. the 2d, 12th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 35th,
41st, 44th, 47th, 48th, 54th, 57th, 59th, 60th, 64th, 81st, 87th, 94th,
96th, and 99th Regiments of Foot, the Royal Staff Corps, the East
India Company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked on the 26th ult.
under the commalid of Staff.Serjeant Brans, at Dublin, for England.
• Detachments belonging to the 15th, 18th, 20th, 23d, 30th, 36th,
40th, 47th, 48th, 54th, 60th (2d Battalion), 64th, 85th, 94th, 95th,
and 98th Regiments of Foot, the East India Company's Artillery
and Infantry, embarked on the 26th ult. under the command of
Staff-Serjeant Cotatoy, at Cork, for England.
Several Regimental Depots, consisting of upwards of 500 men,
are daily expected in Canterbury.
Wednesday, the Ist Division of the 59th Regiment of Foot ar-
I rived on board the Mope transport at Chatham, from Cork.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
• • OFNICS OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 26, 182.5.
Royal Regiment Artillery-Gentleman Cadet William Fenwick
Williams to be . Second Lieutenant ; Second Captain Robert
Franck Ratner to be Adjutant, vice Gordon, promoted; Second
Captain Thonias 'Frederick Simmons, from half-pay, to be
Second Captain, Vice Romer ; First Lieutenant Amherst Wright
to be Second Captain ; Second Lieutenant James Humphrey St.
John to be First Lieutenant, vice Wright.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 28, 1825.
Corps
.of Royal Engineers-Gentleman Cadet Richard Haworth
to Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet John D. Heatley to
be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Robert Dashwood to
be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet Charles C. Wilkinson
to be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet James Greaterex to
be Second -lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Milan Renwick to
be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Roamer lii-
mington to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet IYilliam B.
Broughton tif be Second Lieutenant.
Commission in the' Oxfordshire Regular Militia, signed by the
• Lord Lieutenant orfhe County of Oxford.
Edward Henry Cole, Esq. to be Captain, vice Falkiner, resigned.
Commissions signed by the Lord lieutenant of the West Riding
of the County of York. City and County of the City of York.
3d West. York Militia-Ensign John Lockwood Harrison, to be
lieutenant. •
Yorkshire Hosier 'Yeomanry Cavalry-Lieutenant Thomas Ever-
ard Upton, jun..to be Captain, vice Lee. resigned; Cornet Ro-
bert Gilbert to be Lieutenant, vice Cradock, resigned; Cornet
John Edward Brooke to be ditto, vice Upton, promoted ; Chas.
Brown, jun. Gent. to be Cornet, vice Brooke, promoted.
Commissions in the South Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop.
Lieutenant Thomas Leeke to be Captain, vice Miere, resigned;
I.ieutenant George Hinchcliffe to be ditto, vice Bloxcidge, re-
signed ; the lion. George Weld Forester to be Lieutenant, vice
Leeke, promoted ; Cornet William Bowen Round to be ditto,
vice Hinchcliffe, promoted.

The Archbishop Of CANTERBURY, we regret to
hear, is still seriously ill at Dover, and has not been able to shake
off the effects of his late alarming attack. His Grace is attended
by most of his family.
Saturday, the Rev. R. 0. TYLDEN, of Chilham, went
out shooting: bis gun caught in a hedge, when he was getting
througb,and going off, severely wounded him in the face.
The brigands of the confines of the Kingdom d
Naples, who had been dispersed, have re-assembled,
to the number of eighteen, under the conduct of
the ferocious Gamberrone. A short time ago they
murdered two unfortunate peasants under the walls
of Terracina.
The Vestry of Mary-la-Bonne Parish have come to
the resolution of strictly enforcing the provisions of the
Act for the observance of the Sabbath.
Yesterday, several pugilists appeared at Union•hall,
in consequence of summonses having been issued
against them, for being present at an intended fight, a
short time since, on Streatham•common ; but it appear.
ing, that when the police arrived, they used every
means to suppress the fight, they were liberated on
their own recognizance: of 401. each.
The pin•makers of Dublin have struck'
Since the year 1799, within the limits of Newhaven
harboul,in Sussex, there have been stranded 39 vessels,
the value of which, with their cargoes, amounted to
upwards of 630,0001. and VOl lives have been lost.
ALARMING ACCIDINT.—At seven o'clock this morn-
ing, the inhabitants of Johnson's-place, Oxford•street,
were thrown into a dreadful alarm by the falling in of
two houses. They had, four days since, been con-
demned ; but the lower part of one of them was still
inhabited by a labouring man and his family. A
woman and tour children were buried in the ruins, and
measures were immediately taken to rescue them, when,
in a few minutes, two of the children, sadly bruised,
were taken out, and carried to the house of Mr.
M,Carthy, when it was found they were not danget-
ously hurt. The woman, during this time, was taken
out in a state of insensibility, her skull fractured, and
van of her ribs broken; an infant child in bre' arms
escaped unhurt;and the other, a bey of eight years of
age, only sustained a few trifling bruiszs. -The woman
.*AS taken to the hospital. •
Barry and Goodman, two racing aspirants, ran sf.., o
:arils fur 301. on M nday, at Hampstead; but both
:nen falling, the affair is to be encored.

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