Star.
London, England, 1822-11-20 00:00:00

REYNOLDS IN THE CASE OF THE MATCHLESS.

This was the case of an appeal from the Vice-Ad-
miralty Court of Newfoundland, which 114..1 con-
demned the " Matchless" schooner from Halifax; as
having on board corn, flour,-and other goods, under
the management and controul of one Chiever, a sub-
ject of the United States, in the character, as was
contended, of factor. It was admitted that the laper
%vas an alien born, but it was asserted that the cargo
and vessel were the property-of British subjects, that
the consignors and consignees were British, and that
chiever was merely a supercargo. The chief point
was the real character of Chiever, and whether he was
a factor within the meaning of the different Acts for
regulating our Colonial trade.—Judgment postponed.

Beacons or TRAM—Daring the last grader, the return of
woollen cloth milted in the various Districts of the West Riding
of York, exceeds, it N *aid, the rotarn af any former quarter
within the memory Oman.

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teSteraay, a nu ',serous Meeting .of the Livery took
place at Guildhall, for the erection of a Bridge-Mas-•
ters in the room of Mr. thodeys deceased-3 when,
after the usual ceremonies, -
.Mr. FAVELL proposed Mr. Norton, as * fit and
proper person to. perform the duties of the situation.
It wai a pain to him to appear opposed to the other
candidates, who, lie et stood, were all of them me-
ritorious individuals, * he wished from his soul that
they could all be supp ied under the Corporation ;
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but as• that could not be done, he had only to select
the most eligible, and give to that person his decided
support. He knew Mr. Norton to be a respectable
and honokrable man upwards of forty years, and
there were, independently of the former pro.perons,
and the Present adverse condition of his life, claims
which would no doubt have weight with the Livery.
lie had been twice disappointed in his applications.
' Mr. BROOKS seconded the nomination.
Mr. Deputy CROWDER stated that he stood for-
ward to put in nomination a person well known and
greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, Mr. Lewis
Lewis. That honourable individual bad once been
in circumstances which seemed calculated to chal-
lenge the freaks of fortune ; but the fluctuation of
the times, which had produced such general distress,
had visited him heavily. His cause would speak
more to the hearts around him than any language he
could use.

Mr. OLDHAM seconded the nomination. Mr. Lewis
had as strong claims as any man could have to the
situation ; he had, in his early life, been in the most
flattering circumstances, having been the proprietor
of the New London Tavern, and to his fostering hand
many who were now enjoying the sweets of prospe-
rity, owed the means -of their present happiness. His
hand and heart were always open to the distressed ;
and fifteen years of his life he had devoted to the ser-
vice of that Corporation to which he now looked for
assistance in the day of calamity. Mr. Lewis was
now fallen into decay, but had paid every farthing
he owed. He must sink under misfortunes, if the
means of turning want into comfort, and bitterness
into joy, were not applied by those around him.

The next two candidates were Mr. Aubrey and Mr.
Shotter, whose characters were highly spoken of by
the Gentlemen who put them in nomination.

Mr. Mesnard then stood forward, and begged to
withdraw his name, reserving to himself the privilege
of making another application.
The names having been then put up, and the Town
Clerk having called upon the Livery to hold up their
hands, as he announced each candidate, there ap-
peared an immense majority for Mr. Lmwts. Mr.
NORTON also had a great shew ; but the Sheriffs im-
mediately dechred, that the election had fallen upon
Mr. LEwis. A poll was then demanded upon the
part of Mr. NORTON, which continued for one hour,
and at the close the numbers stood, for Mr. LEWIS,
167 ; Mr. NORTON, 96 ; and Mr. SIIOTTER, 5. The
poll will continue open for some. days.

This is a remarkable day in the history of the coun-
try. On the 20th of November, 870, EDMUND, King
of the East Angles, having been attacked by the Danes,
and unable to resist them, heroically offered to sur-
render himself a prisoner, provided they would spare
his subjects. The Danes, however, having seized
him, used their utmost endeavours to induce ED-.
At UND to renounce his religion, but refusing to comply,
they first beat him with clubs, then scourged him with
whips, and afterwards binding him to a stake, killed
him with their arrows.

The house in which ERASMUS was born, in a little
street fronting .the south of the Cathedral at Amster-
dam, has within this last week been turned into a li-
quor shop, with his portrait as a sign over the door.
His figure, in miniature, which was deposited shortly
after his dissolution in a little round window nearly
at the top of the house, still remains, by which the
house of his birth is made known to all strangers, who
never fail to visit it. The celebrated statue of the
above great man stands upon an arch crossing a ca-
nal, and is nearly ten feet high. It was finishel in
the year 162% and is said to be the chef cfceuwe of
Henry de Reiser, a very celebrated statuary and ar-
chitect. The figure is bronze, clad in an ecclesiasti-
cal habit, with an open book in his hand. Oudaan,
the poet, has done honour to this star of erudition, in
the-following lines, in Dutch, which are inscribed,on
his pedestal, and thus in English:
Erasmus here, the eloquent and wise,
That sun of Learning, rose and spread his beam
O'er a benighted world, through lowering skies,
And shed on Basil's towers his parting gleam.
Here his great relics lie—be blest the place;
No proud preserver of his fame shall prove
The l'arian pile, the' fraught with sculptur'd
Wader, his mausoleum is above!

In the. Cathedral of St. Lawrence, in Amsterdam,
the chief attraction is a magnificent bi ass ballustrade,
of exquisite workmanship, which separates the choir
from the nave, and the monuments of Cornelius de
Witt, Johannes a Brackel, and Admiral Rorlenaar.

Among the acts of neglect chargeable on the Bri.
tish Ministry, that of not cultivating a friendship
with Persia is by no means one of the least import-
ance. Persia, in all respects so important as a mart
for our manufactures--as an avenue to our Oriental
dominions—as a balance to the ambitious prepon-
derance of another Power—has been actually flung
into the arms of that very Power, by the imbecility
or apathy of those to whom the foreign concerns of
England have been intrusted. An obscure Lieute.
nant of Native Cavalry, from India, has been matched
against some of the most accomplished Russian states-
men, at the Court of Teheran, and we have fared
accordingly ; for the influence of this country over
the Persian Councils has been annihilated ; and that
of Russia, supported at once by able military diplo-
matists, and by a contiguous army of a hundred and
thirty thousand soldiers, reigns there paramount.—
The►e are bad specimens of the art of Government.
May we hope that there may yet be some redemption
for English interests and honour, as well in the ap-
pointment of Mr. CANNING as in the awakened sen-
sibility of the Directors of our India Company to the
immense magnitude of the questions involved in their
policy towards Persia! We hope that on his MA.-
JESTICS arrival in town this week, this subject, in all
its details, will be submitted to .the Royal notice as
one deserving of immediate attention.

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The incitett; of at least" here are persons who will back Sp rfht,
.Randall, and Josh. ILnison, to fight their antagonists at a day'll
notice for all the money they can get, or for £lO or .C. 200, tb
prove themselves faultless about vroseittg. All the men are
trained op to the scratch; and Spring will fight Neate for £2OO
of his own money. -Randall will give Martin a glass of sea/
'iludies for a turn; and Josh. Hudson wilt fight Shelton for s
beef steak. Yr/tenet* the trona, but with two or three legs)
who must either teirt.ortie
A gallant battle was fought on Monday, in Battenea-ftelds,
for twenty. sovereigns, between Reeves and ninth:A—Reeves is
a son of Crispin, from the, neighbourhood of Chelsea, and a na.
tuial boxer, Who has distinguished himself by defeating a Walhant
Greener, some time since, at Wimbledon Common ; he also brat
Herne, at Moubey Hurst, in a short but desperate and manly
conflict of seven tuunds.--Yandall is a true-bred Westminster
Lad, and quite the go among the Westminster people and the
watennen on the river; he had often settled the disputes with
novices in quick time, by damaging. Lundyloot's receiver; and
be also distinguished himself at the Fives Court Ina set-to with
I Curtis. Yandall was the favourite at sto 4 on stripping. • *The
men weighed about ten stone right pounds each. A great con-
' course of people assembled, and at two o'clock a ring was formed.
Crouch was second for Reeves, and Stockman bottle-holder.—
Perry, the waterman, and another coat and badge gentleman
officiated for Yandall.
ltouwn 1. The attitude of both was good; Yandall nude play
right and left, which was well stopped by Reeves; a short rally
took place without much mischief to either; they then closed,
and Reeves was thrown.
2. Yandall made play again, but so fine was the stopping frf
Reeves with both hands, that Yandall found he was oppnsed to
as good a man as himself. Some good hits were eachanged, and
Reeves placed some chattering hits upon the mug of Yandall, and
it was discerned by the ring be had got a very aggl.y custonter.
3,4, 5, and 6. Li these rounds it was principally stopping
and closing, without either receiving much injury.
7. Yandall again made play, and succeeded in planting two
good hits on his opponent, which drew blood from the month
and left ear of Reeves ; closed, and Yandkll thrown.
8. Some despyrate fighting in this round; Reeves placed such
a smashing hit on the nose of Yandall, that he was floored as if
shot.-.-4 to 1 was offered on Reeves, but no takers. •
9. Yandall's nob was chancerified, and bled so profusely that
it was evident he bad no chance of winning. Yandall was again
knocked down.

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and up to the 20th round. Some of the
flash party administered the recipe for fighting on the defensive,
not forgetting Richmond's method, tapping hack and falling, that
he brought himself about.-4 to lon Reeves still.
21, 22. In these rounds Yandall began to try his luck again,
by making fight first;- Vandal' tried dextrowly to get into the
wind market, but Reeves appeared not to relish it, most admi-
rably stopped his attempts, and placed a dreadful crack over she
Left eye of Yandall, so that blood poured down his whole frame.
fa the end of this round Yandall was knocked down.-40 to
on Reeves.

23. Yandall's head was dreadfully disfigured. Iteeves planted
two hits on his contused nob and floored him.

•44 and last. Reeves, quite gay, planted one of Neat's lugrrs
under the left ear of Yandall, and he was deaf to time.
Ltsaimuts.—lt was a fight of more than ordinary science;
Reeves was.but little hit. Vandal! is a good fighter and agorae
man ; he was very much beaten, but he was opposed to a better
fighter and a surer•hitter. Reeves, after dressing himself, crossed
the water to Swan-stairs, where he was received with three
cheers. '[he fight lasted one hour and four minutes.

PEDESTRIANISM.

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