Star.
London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

ASSMES.

'NEWCASTLE, AUGUST '2l.
Yesterday morning the Judges attended Divine
Service at St. Mary's Church. The High Sheriff and
a numerous train of Gentlemen were also present.
The Church was exceedingly lull, and the congrega-
tion consisted of the principal ic.habitauts of the place.

SMUGGLING.
This morning .Iti.a Diet, otherwise Alin Replids,
was put to the bat, indicted on suspicion of felo-
niously shooting at the Swallow Revenue cutter, on
the high seas, on tlee 27th of February last.
This trial has excited uncommon interest in the
town and the Court, which, Neforc eight o'clock, was
very much crowded. The prisoner, who has suffered
great pain by the amputation of his leg, in conse-
quence of the fracture he received in the engagement
with the cutter, looked exceedingly unwell, and was
accommodated with a chair during the trial, which
lasted nearly eight hours.
William P. St • . •. be first witness, is a Master
and Commander • . Majesty's service. On Tues•
day, the 27th of leesuary, he commanded a cutter,
in the er v ice of the Customs for the prevention of
smugglinsT. About nine o'clock in the morning of
that day lie saw a vessel, which he took to be a smug-
gler, to the north-west, near Newbiggin; shortly af-
terwards he made sail after her. She altered her
course, and made sail from him ; he neared her, and
before noon he hoisted the colours, and fired a shot
to bring her to. It was the colours that are ap-
pointed for the Revenue service he hoisted. Some
time after he got within gun-shot, and fired at her ;
she hoisted Dutch colon's, and returned the shot,
and got her sweeps out; several shots were ex-
changed; they must have seen our colours. The
sweeps are large oars used in pulling in calms or
light winds. They hauled her ports up, and he could
distinctly see four guns (cannon) and many men with
muskets on deck. About half-past three, when he
judged himself within pised-shot. he directeda broad-
side to be discharged at her, which the smugglers
immediately returned, and gave three cheers. The
colour' were still flying in both vessels. The engage-
ment continued on both sides, and finding the smug-
gler increased her distance, he left off firing, and
made more sail ; they had bees engaged three quar-
ters of an hour. The smuggler commenced throwing
hales and tubs overboard. About the middle of the
action one man, named George Easterley, of the
Swallow, fell down from two wounds in his head.
Thomas Thompson, a mariner, also received a blow
from a grape shot. Many shots had struck the Swal-
low in her hull, sails, and rigging. Ween it came
dark, shortly after seven o'clock, he found he got
nearer the smuggler. He directed musketry to be ,
fired at her, not being in it situation to bring the
great guns into action. He discovered a boat leaving
the smuggler, and fired into her, but soon lost sight
of it. They proceeded oa, and got possession of the
smuggler about eight o'clock, but there was no per-
son on board. The chief mate, who had boarded the
smuggle!. I—"c2. and said he had found papers on
boat d ; wht , )1c her, the nearest land must have
been betw:.c!. wbiggin and Blyth, about four
dicta leagues di' 'Myth light was the first light they
made. As soon as it was day-light the next morn-
ing, witness went on board the smuggler, and re-,
coved the papers that had beers found in her. The;
vessel appeared to have been in an action, and there
had been several shots passed through her bulwarks,
mast;, sails, and rigging ; blood in several parts of it,
and articles of dress that must have been worn by
persons who had received gun-shot wounds. There
were on board her four large gun-carriages, 21.
muskets, a quantity of powder, some musket-car-
tridges, some nine-pound shot, bags of musket-balls,
some loose grape-shot, and part of a cargo of contra-
band goods. There were ontpenters tools on deck,
recently used in repair,. The cargo consisted of up-
wards of 700 five gallon (and under) kegs of spirits
(casks of that size are prohibited); 47 bales of to-
bacco, three kegs of tea, and provisions for a consi-
dernble number of men. There was also a slate
found on board. There were three boots, two had
been cut off the leg, and had blood in them, and the i
third had been perforated with shots. Some oertifi-1
eves and several letters were handed over to the wit-1
tress, and have remained in his possession.
Cross-examined by Mr. WILLIAMS.—IIe is a Com-
mander in the Navy. He received his authority to
command the Swallow from the Customs and the
Admiralty, and had an authority, as to the extent of
his orders, from the Customs. He hoisted a colour
of a particular description, with a red ensign, and a
legal crown in the field. That is its proper descrip-
tion. There was also a pennant of the same kind at
the mast head. The first fire was at two gun-shots
distance, and was to call her attention. The second
was at her, but fell shot t. She ought to have brought
to at the first fire. Ile saw there were mote than
three men on board ; they looked like Englishmen,
especially when they gave three cheers. There is a
tune of voice in an Englishman when he gives three
cheers that cannot be mistaken. There was one man
particularly active, and shook a glass at witness, but
he could not say it was the prisoner. No man could
have got a wound below, as there was no shot passed
underneath her deck. He could not say that the pri-
soner was actively engaged.
Re-examined.—Heusedthe proper Revenue colours.
Thomas Caine was on board the Swallow cutter
as a seaman on the 27th of February. When he went
on board the smuggling vessel, he found a black tin
box in the middle cabin, on the larboard side, and
gave it to Mr. Ennels, the Mate.
Thomas Ennels.—He is the Chief Mate on board
the Swallow, and was on board the smuggler when
the last witness gave him a tin box. He opened it,
and found papers in it, which he delivered to Cap-
tain Stanley.
James Dabney was in the engagement, and after
he came isto Shields, he found a letter in a seaman's
jacket, w;..ch came from the smuggling cutter. He
said he handed it from the one vessel to the other.—
He gave the letter to John Polhill, a deputed mariner,
on the deck of the Swallow, on the starboard side.
Captaia Stanley said, he was present when the let-
ter was handed round from the last witness, and he
had kept it ever since.
Crospesamined by Mr. HoLT.—Hc was about ten
yards diAttia when the letter was handed from Pol-
hill. He did not know where the Jacket had been
toms Tee eLy to Pr.!`r d.ty, wi:en the letter was given
to hie:. Tie two were lying leesi49 each

other in Shields harbolr. The port of Blyth is about
ten miles distant. He also produced the slate which
was on board the smuggler ; it was delivered to him
by the Chief Mate.
Thomas Ennels re-examined.—Thomas Thompson
found the slate in the cabin on the Tuesday.
Cross examined by Mr. Wthuasts.—The Captain
did not receive the slate till Wednesday morning.
Mr. RAINS proposed to produce the slate as evi-
dence.—Mr. WILLIAMS objected.
Mr. Justice HoLnovo said, it should be proved that
the slate was in the same condition as when it was
first found. It was not admitted.
Air. Skillett, a clerk to an hospital ship, at Chat-
ham, proved that the prisoner was discharged from
his Majesty's service on the 91st of October, 1818,
for debility, and that at that time the prisoner was
furnished with a discharge.
Thomas Caine, re-examined by Mr. WILLIAMS.
Five persons from the Swallow had got on board the
smuggler before the witness boarded her. After they
' had been on board it was that he found the tin box.
Thomas Patterson is a fisherman at South Blya
He was out on the 27th of February (with a compa-
nion) fishing, and in the course of the afternoon (be-
tween three and four) heard some great guns firing
to the east. Seton Sea is about three quarters of a
mile from Blyth ; and, between six and eight o'clock,
he saw the flashes, and heard the report of musketry
and large guns about three miles off. Alter he landed
they still heard the tiring, and it occurred to him
that two vessels were e.igaged. At seven o'clock it
was coming on dusk. The next morning he left his
house at six ; it was a hazy thickish morning. Tlieie
was a great deal of sea, and he did not leave myth.
They went through the Luff, and saw a large Scotch
boat, as he supposed, a kind of oyster.boat, not of the
description used on the Northumberland coast; she
was painted a lightish colour. He first saw her in a
very dangerous place ; they hailed us to come to
them, but n itnel- told them to pull to him, as he
could not reach them in safety, which they did. They
have no name on that coast for boats of that kind.—
There appeared to be about this ty persons on board,
and eight oars. The witness asked them where they
wanted to go ? and told them they were at Blyth.—
They asked after a particular hill, which the witness
called the East-hill. They repeated Blyth several
times, and one man said, he knew they were wrong,
and asked how far they were from Coquet Island ?
Ile informed them they were a long way out of their
latitude, not less than 15 or 18 miles from it. When
the witness got alongside, they asked witness to drink ;
one of them said, " Let's give him a tub ;' and ano-
ther replied, that they did not know what they stood
in need of themselves. They asked if witness had
anything that would hold some gin in ? he said he
had not; but they gave him some in a dish. Witness
told them that he had heard a great deal of firing
from seven to eight o'clock the night before ; and
one of them said, " Ah ! was it so t" and said, he
supposed it to have been an engagement between a
Revenue cutter and a smuggler ; and witness asked
it they had heard anything of it? but received no
answer. He could not find any name or place painted
on the boat ; and in the after part of her there was a
glass and a compass ; it was not light, and he could
not see whether there were any the-arms on board
her. They appeared like West of England people
(persons coming from the coast of Ken;. &c. &c.)—
One of the men said, " Let's set the love .ail," and
on of them desired him to hold his tongue, as he
said the witness knew best how to conduct them.—
They then said, they had got in among the rocks all
night, and could not tell how to steer themselves
clear. They were pumping hard. Witness did not
observe that they were much fatigued. They set a
large sail, and left the witness, returning him thanks
for the information he had given them. They said
they were going to join a Greenland ship. They
steered to the north and the east; and he told them
when they turned Newbiggin-point it would be
light, and they would see all the danger before them.
He was not more than ten minutes with them.
Cross.examined.—lt appeared like a two-masted
boat, but the masts were not up.
William Twizoll is a fisherman at Cresswell, eight
miles north of Blyth. On the morning of the last
day of February he saw a large boat with one love
sail, a mile out, about nine o'clock. It was not like
those used on that coast. She was a kind of light or
lead colour. She hailed witness and his companion,
and inquired which side of Coquet Island they were
to go? Witness told them, when they thanked him,
and said they were going to Greenland. The wind'
was southerly. The boat was high out of the water,
and he could see twelve or fourteen persons ; they
were working three oars. The sea was very coarse
after they left. There were about half-a-dozen men
in the fore part of the boat, but he did not see any
thing particular. He could trace them near to the
island. On the evening before they had heard firing
off myth.
Thomas Brown is a fisherman of Cresswell. On
the morning of the last day of February, about ten
o'clock, he was near Bondacre-rock, a little to the
south of Loxley-point. He saw a large boat, painted
light; it had a large love sail set; there were five
oars at work. When she came near witness they
inquired the road to Boulmer, and on which side of
Coquet Isle they should keep ? Witness told them
on either, and they went on the inside. He thought
there were fourteen or eighteen men in the boat. He
saw the boat last about two miles from Boulmer,
about eleven o'clock. One man was pumping. lie-
tween six and seven o'clock the night before, it was
dark, and they heard firing off Cresswell,to the south-
ward of Newbiggin.
George Carr, Esq. lives at Boulmer Hall, and saw
a boat about a mile distant, coming ashore ; it was
large, deep, and painted light ; it was differently built
from the boats on that coast. He saw upwards of
twenty men land, and he observed some persons car-
rying a man up the beach. Ile heard one of the
men swear, and say, "We have lost her, but we have
had fair play." They carried the man to a boat,
for the purpose, as appeared, of adjusting him and
carrying him more easy. One of the man's legs
hung down, and the other was straight. He did not
know where they went. He had heard there was a
dead ra.ut in the boat ; it was very stormy and tem-
pestuous weather, and he returned. About a quarter
of an hour afterwards he saw, from his door, some
men carrying something square. When he last lost
sight of them they were about twenty or thirty yards
Item Matthew Stanton's hvse, going towards it.—

'The same evening he. went to Stanton's house, and
found Mr. Wilson there, examining the leg of a
wounded man, who was lying on a bed. The day
preceding he had heard firing to the south-east about
three or four o'clock ; it sounded like heavy guns.
The prisoner is the person who was lying wounded
at Stanton's house.
Elizabeth Stanton the younger, the daughter of
Matthew Stanton, said, she saw a wounded man at!
her father's house in February last. Her sister Do-
rothy told her, in the presence of the prisoner, that
some men had brought a wounded man in, and he
was put to bed ; he remained at her father's, and a
Surgeon was brought to him.
John Embleton, a Surgeon, said, before he was
examined, that what he could give as eviJence was
communicated to him confidentially.
The Cor•aT informed him he was bound to state
all he knew.

Witness.—ls a Surgeon at Alnwick, in partnership
with Mr. Wilson. In consequence of shat he heard
the amputating instruments were sent to Stanton's,
where the witness arrived about six. Ile there saw
the prisoner at the bar, wounded in the leg ; he asked
him when he had received the wound? and he said,
the day before. After Mr. Wilson came they examined
the right leg, and found it fractured below the knee,
in the ft ont of the leg. It appeared to him to have
been a :run.shot wound. Mr. Wilson felt for the ball,
but the man said he was sure it was not there, for he
knew that after it had struck his leg it had gone
through the companion (the case that covers the stairs
leading to the cabin); he said he had been all night
in a boat. The question was asked, where he had left
the vessel? and he said, between Newbiggin and
Shields ; he said that he had been alongside another
vessel fighting, and that he was shot close alongside
the vessel. He said (the witness believed) that they
were engaged three quarters of an hour, and that he
had a boot on at the time he was wounded, which
was cut off. Witness and his partner thought ampu-
tation necessary, but the prisoner would not submit
to its being done ; it was, however, obliged to be
done on the 11th of March, and if it had been done
earlier it would have saved him much pain. He was
tOcen to Stewart's stables, and there found a dead
man; his death was occasioned by a wound in the
thigh ; a ball was extracted of about three ounces in
weight. The prisoner never named the vessels that
were engaged.
Cross-examined.—The -prisoner did not appear to
be in great pain when he first saw him, both the
bones were broken. He must have suffered a great
deal of pain by that wound. He was first in custody
in Alnwick about six weeks past, and had remained
at Stanton's up to that time. In the course of the
month he was in a state of convalescence. The pri-
soner was questioned the same evening as to when,
where, and how he received his wounds ? He did
not understand the prisoner meant to say that he had
been personally fighting on board the vessel.
Mr. George Wilson, the partner of the last witness,
said, he extracted the hall produced from the thigh
of the dead man. It was about three ounces in weight.

(It was produced).
Captain Stanley had used such balls in the engage.
meat with the smuggler on the 27th of February;
he was off the Northumberland coast the whole day,
and no other engagement could have taken place
without his hearing it.
John Stewart lived at Boulmer: somemen urgently
requested him to allow him to le .ve a dead body in
his stable. There was about twenty or thirty men
in the whole, but about four came to his stable. The
whole of them afterwards ran off towards Alnwick.
Cross-csamined.—He saw the boat before she came
on shore; she had only one mast.
Captain Stanley.—A thwart was produced, which
witness said was used for the purpose of strengthen-
ing a boat from side to side, when a mast is put up
to carry a sail; he found it at Boulmer, in a fisher-
man's yard. It is not the kind of thwart used in
Northumberland; they are generally used in a tub-
boat (smuggling). One of those boats are soon broke
up, as they are built slightly.
John Grice is a constable at Boulmer, and he re•
ceived the thwart from Captain Stanley, and it has
remained in his custody ever since.
Robert Remmett, Esq. a Solicitor to the Customs,
produced a copy of the condemnation of a ship, sup-
posed to be the Ida, in the Exchequer, and also of
her cargo.
John Jonesi a Sub-Lieutenant in the Navy, said
he first saw the prisoner in January, IS2O, who then
resided at Rye, in Sussex, and was known by the
name of John Reynolds. He saw the prisoner at
Stanton's house in February last.
Mr. /UTNE here wished to read the letter as evi-
dence, which was found by Dabney in the jacket, but
The Court held that, as the letter had not been
traced into the possession of the prisoner, it could
not be read as evidence against him.
Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. HOLT made a similar ob-
jection to the reading of the contents of the tin box,
the ship having been wholly in the possession of five
persons of the Swallow cutter, before it was given
over to Captain Stanley, and they not being present
;rove it was in the same state in which it was
Mr. HOLT instanced the case of the persons
were tried for breaking into Mr. Beckwith's
on Snow-hill, where papers were rejected as,
L v idtoce.
Mr. RAINE and Mr. Lusts argued the contrary.
The Com t, after a consultation with Mr. Justice
BAYLEY, decided that those papers could be received.
The certificate of the prisoner's discharge from his
Majesty's service was then read, which was found in
the tin box in the cabin of the smuggling vessel.
Here the case for the prolecution closed.
Mr. WILLIAMS then ro‘.e to make an objection:
he stated that the Act of (2-irh of the late King, which
empowered a Revenue cutter to shoot at supposed
smugglers, had appointed a particular pennant to be
used, the field of which was to be blue, and which
Act was subsequently improved by the 56th of the
late King, and by that Act the colours were to re-
main as heretofore, unless an order in Council, or a
Royal Proclamation was issued to the contrary, In
the present case the field of the Revenue cutter's pen-
nant was red, and no proof had been adduced by
which that alteration was justified, and therefore, he
contended, that the prisoner was entitled to an ac-
quittal, as the offence was thus entirely taken out of
the Statute, under which he was indicted.
Mr. HOLT followed in the same line of argument
Mr. Justice HOLKOVD concurred with them, that

the same authority was essential to justify the devia-
tion that had been introduced ; but as his Majesty's
subjects and the Court were hound to bear all Orders
in Council and Royal Proclamations in rec,llectio:l,
he thought the prisoner was not entitled to an acqui:-
tal because that authority had not been produced by
the prosecutors. His Lordship said the prison.?:
.should have the advantage of having this point con-
sidered in any place. He then summed up the evi-
dence most minutely, leaving the Jury to return their
verdict upon the evidence, and reserving the point of
law for the consideration of the Judges.
The Jury, in a quarter of an hour, found the pi i-
soner Guittll, but recommended him to mercy, oa
account of the sufferings he kid already borne.
His Lordship said the iccommendation of the Jury
should be attended to.

SUSSEX.

GILBERT V. BLARE.

This was an action for slander. The plaintiff is a
surgeon and apothecary, at Wording, and the de-
fendant a journeyman to Mr. Hotting, a butcher, of
that town. Smith Hanson, while with come other
persons at the Royal George Inn, in the above place,
said to one of the party present, who complained of
rheumatism-6, Why not apply to 1)r. Gilbert ?
I think he would give you some relief." I';mn
which, T. Blake, the defendant, observed to Sntith
Hanson, " Whey you see Di-. Gilbert, ask him when
he saw Mr. Duke last ?"—,, What shall I say to
him when he has given me an answer ?" was the
reply of Hanson. Blake then made the following
statement, which constituted the ground of action:—
" When Gilbert, one day, visited Mr. Duke's, he
wanted a basin and spoon for the purpose of mixing
up some medicine ; a servant girl took the basin and
spoon in to him, and Gilbert used them in mixing up
the medicine. A few minutes afterwards the basin
and spoon were missed, and an alarm v:as given. At
that moment Mr. Duke came in, and asked what was
the matter? The girl told him that a basin and sil-
ver spoon were lost. , Do you think I have got the
spoon ?' said Gilbert. I should as soon suspect you
as the girl,' answered Mr. Duke. Gilbert then in-
sisted on being searched; Mr. Duke did search him,
and found the spoon on his person : itimn this Mr.
Duke pushed him out of doors, and horsewhipped
him off his ptemise.i." On hearing this statement,
the witness said he would inform Mr. Gilbert, the
plaintiff, of it. " Do," replied the defendant, " and
tell him that I told you ; for I had it from good au-
thority." On the cross-exami•iation of this witness,
it appeared, that a brother of tlio defendant had been
prosecuted by the plaintiff, for a similar libel, and
damages recovered against him.
Mr. W. Verrall corroborated the above evidence!.
Mr. Duke was then examined.—He said, that he
lived at Leominster, near Arundel; that it ,w•-ts true
a spoon, which had been used by the plai.tiff, was
lost in his house ; and that a person had been searched,
and the spoon found in his possession; b•:: that per-
son was not Mr. Gilbert. _ _ _

Mr. MARRYATT, for the defendant, reminded the
Jury, that his client had not invented the slander with
which he was charged ; he had merely, through mi
take. substituted the name of Gilbert for the actual
thief; and this mistake had originated with the de-
fendant's brother, of whom the plaintiff had recovered
damages, and, by so doing, had fully vindicated his
(Mr. Gilbert's) character. The Learned Counsel
thought the present action altogether uncalled for on
any reasonable ground, and confidently relied on the
Jury giving the most trifling damages.
The Learned JUDGE, in his address to the Jury,
said, small damages in this case would never do; IC
would cause the Public to suppose that there was
some truth in the story. If the defendant was unable
to pay in pocket, he must pay in person, otherwise pc.
verty would become a licence for calumny. The slan-
derous expressions which had been so clearly proved
against the defendant, were peculiarly calculated to
injure the plaintiff in his practice; and the Jury
must be well aware, that when a man—a professional
man particularly—was once supplanted in his busi-
ness, it was very difficult to recover the patronage
he had lost. This consideration ought to influence
the Jury in their decision, as to the amount of da.
mages they should give.
The Jury, after a short consultation, retutned a
verdict of £5 damages, and Is. costs.

VAGRANTS.—An Act to amend the Vagrant Laws
which was passed in the late Session of Parliament,
provides, that for a year after the Ist of Septembet
next, it shall not be lawful for Justices to pass any
vagrants to their place of settlement; that no reward
shall be given for their apprehension exceeding ss. that
it shall not be lawful to commit any vagrant firr more.
than three or less than one month, unless at the Qutir.
I ter Sessions, or unless to remain in prison until the
Sessions; that every offender shall be kept to hard la.‘
hour during imprisonment; that every offender shall
at the discretion of ajustice to commit or discharge any
person brought before him, though an act of vagrancy
be proved. That when any vagrant shall be committed
'for the Sessions, the person apprehending the offender
may be bound over to prosecute, his expenses to be
paid by the County. That when any offender shall
be discharged after imprisonment, the visiting ju,.
tice may order such portion of his earnin:;s to be paid
to him as they shall think fit, the sum to be repaid
to the jailor by the Treasurer of the County. That
wherever it shall appear to two Justices, that any pe:
son apprehended as a vagrant, and directed to be
charged without imprisonment, ovn-ht to be passed :5
a vagrant to his or her place of settlement, it shall Ite
lawful to pass them as before. The Act not to alter
the 59th of Geo. 111. cap. 12. nor the mode oi. pausing
persons born in Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey, &c. w:to
I may become chargeable in England, orstn any wey to
alter the mode by which poor persons not having com.
i mitted acts of vagrancy are directed to be removed.

CORN Excn.immt, Art, Abors4 7.l.—The unsettled acd
very unfavourable state of the weather, with ,hurt 41
Wheat, caused a brisk demand for that article this morning, at d
prirue samples sold from 4s. to 51. per quarter hieher than on
Mond.r,s; and the inferior qualities obtained Zs. per quarter
mote than on that day. Barley and Pea•. are es. and Oats ft am
to :e. per quarter dearer, and the sales of each of these
.irricles were brisk at chute advance-4

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FRATERNITY OF CIIAPMEN.
STIRLING, AUGUST 23.—Yesterday the ancient fraternity of
Mermen assembled in the King's Park, tascelebrate their an-
nual games. Ths day being particularly fine, these favourite
sports colieeted a great number of well dressed spectators. In
the days of yore, when the industrious cinipman had increased
his stock of worldly goods beyond what he could transport on
his own back, lie transferred it to the back of that horse which
best suited his views and. his means, without making height and
beauty an essential ingredient in his composition. Of course,
those who came forward to contend for the prize of the ring,
placed themselves on steeds different in size, colour, and shspe.
Tads descendants of the present day have not entirely laid aside
a custom so laudable, and tending so much to heighten the
amusement—they are degenerating, however, for several of the
horses were stick, that the charnel) of other years would be by
ao !GNU]; solicitous to trust either their persons or property to
sairmes so handsome and spirited.
To those wins never have witnessed this sport, the following
short account may not be uninteresting. Two posts are placed
in the ground, about twelve feet distant front each other—a
Kara is made to rest en these—from this is suspended the
riot, %shish is about ten feet from the ground. The compcti-
Urs, e.n horseback, having arranged themselves, advance at full
st,etel, std, in passing under the ring, cedcavour to pas, a sharp
pointed lasce t'.-st:Lh it, and carry it off. This, however, is
3:0 eaty task. ltos ring is but little larger than a lady's ring.
It is usual to ride for one hour, unless some brother shall have
borne away the eon five times within a shorter period, when
he who has i.urne it away must frequendy is declared the suc-
cessful competitor. Yesterday the address exhibited was con-
siderable, as in tits short space of forty minutes the ring was
tarried away two and twenty times. Thirty-six brothers en-
tered the lists, soil the result was as follows :
bdr. John 6:1,.............5 Mr. Henry flay„ 1
('...:orge Nit G0v5an—......3 Jaen. Bow 1
Robert sewers llal/Ile Paterson s
John Paterson. 2 klr. John Callendar
John Cullen James Johnstone 1
Win. 31' i :nosh 1 Jame5...........1

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The pric rinc, %%Welt is of gAd, was but year won by Ur.
'Young, writer, mod was by him resigned to the Lord Principal,
who delivered it to the successful candidate, Mr. Gibson, amidst '
the shout; ard cheers of hi. Woollier ehaptnen and the spectators.
After the prize of the ring was decided, the following horse
races comm. nceil :
Mr. Nei son bay mare, rode by Mr. Stewart, woo the first
tare. T..vo_hests. Three horses started.
Mr. Cibsou's brown mare, rode by Mr. Stewar, won the
second r.t:e. Two heats. Three horses started.
Mr. Young's :Iv_ mitt horse won a smart race once round the
Course, beating, 3:r. Robert Sawers's blown horse.
Between the hors? races some good foot races were run, and
afforded consider al& ansusel tent. The principal toot race was
won with ease hi John 1.-es, a private in the 41st Regiment.
The spats continued until t ti.f veil of even was drawn over the
fraternity, when they adjourned to brother Gibsou's house,
where they partook of an excellent supper.
No accidect of any kind occurred in the Park, during the vs-
rious sports of the day, except to an unfortunate brother, who,
while shewill off, at full speed, his horse made a sudden leap,
when, to the evident amazement of the rider, he found he had
alighted on a stone wall, which, equestrian-like, be gracefully
bestrode, to the high delight of the spectators, but without the
smallest injury to himself.
QUOITS.

Saturday, the annual game between the Glasgow and Poll -
saws Quoit-players took place at Port F4linton. There were
two racks, the game 90. The Glasgow players di:played an
evident superiority, having won 94 shots, four more than the
game, before their opponents had M.. The game was thus gained
by the Glasgow folks by the great majority of 42 shuti.