acted with Allan on the occasion, and liberated a horse belonging to him (Jarratt), which also had been legally impounded, for which misdemeanour a warrant has been issued to apprehend him, but he has hitherto evaded pursuit.

Several persons now appeared to summonses, issued against them at the instance of the Overseers, for non-payment of their poor-rates; and, after pleading for delay, were allowed six weeks. Against several individuals, who had neglected

Catch and Glee Club.-The last weekly meeting, was numerously attended, and several members were admitted. The singers were in strong force, and never were their efforts more effective. Two new glees were introduced, and charmingly performed" See the Chariot at hand," and " Is it the roar of Chariott's tide?" The words of the former, are from the poems of Shakespeare, and delightfully is the music adapted to express their import. The other, have their origin in the prolific muse of Sir Walter Scott, the music of which is by Dr. Clarke. The latter contains a variety, in which the simplicity with the grandeur of composition, is blended. The thoughts that stray, as it were, without thought, and the bold conception which, following, overtakes and amalgamates all of dulcet sounds in one resistless stream of spirit-lifting harmony. In these beautiful compositions, the amateurs so successfully engaged, were Messrs. Donaldson, Simes, Newnham, Tester, and Cook. The solo passages of the latter were finely

to appear to their summonses, distress-warrants were grant

ed.

John White, a groom, in the employ of Mr. Thorn, a stablekeeper, was fined 10s. with 5s. costs, under our Local Act, for furiously riding on horseback in West-street, on Sunday evening last.

George Virgo, for a brutal assault on a young man of the name of John Riddett, on Tuesday last, was bound over to answer the charge at the next sessions.

managed by Cook and Donaldson-perhaps an instrumental accompaniment was here intended by the composer, to give perfection to his work; but nearly all of perfection that it could obtain without it, on this occasion it received. It was encored, and with equal ability, repeated.

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My Love and my King," was an air sung with good taste, by Mr. C. Gates. In the course of the night, the fine bold glee, called " Old Rose and burn the Bellows," was introduced by Donaldson, Simes, and Cook, not only with justice to the stirling harmony it involves, but with an accent that gave prominence to every point, and the discrimination of good sense to the united emanation. Without the latter, rich as is the composition, it had been but little better than insipid; as it was, it must have been nothing short of cureless apathy, that could have listened to it and not felt the force of its enlivening argument. On Friday se'nnight, the annual rural excursion of this club took place; the site selected was a field between Withdean and Patcham,

where marquees were pitched at an early hour, and where a variety of field diversions, cricket, trap, &c. gave a sociable character to the scene. The weather was brilliant, with a cooling breeze. An excellent cold collation was served up by Mr. Ireland, whose willing efforts were duly appreciated; and who merited and received the unqualified thanks of all. The assemblage of spectators was very numerous, and the field not entirely deserted, until " night was at odds with morning ; so difficult is it at times to withdraw from the scene of present enjoyments. We have had several imports of turtle, of late, from the eastern part of the world; several of which have been dressed at the Old Ship.

In consequence of the alteration of our race course, several matches, &c. which stood for this year, have been broken off; capital sport, notwithstanding, it appears, is anticipated.

The health of a town often much depends upon the cool and cleanly state in which it is kept. It gives us satisfaction, therefore, to report, that the Commissioners aware of what we have observed, have now in pay a variety of water-carts, which continue to allay the dust, and refresh the streets during the heat of the day, and which are to be continued, in dry weather, throughout the

season.

We regret to say, notwithstanding the promised interposition of the Commissioners, that our favourite promenade, the Steyne, remains as but little better than a common receptacle for rubbish.

We called the attention of the

hop-growers in our preceding number to a recently published pamphlet, on the preservation, &c. of hops, by Mr. J. Vallance, and it has given us some satisfaction to find since, that our opinion, so unequivocally expressed, has been borne out by the coinciding judgments of many persons, whose experience, as relates to the subject matter, none can doubt; and who are every way interested in detecting error, and in confirming to their own the practical results of theory, when cogent reason, upon minute investigation, has incontrovertibly pronounced them beneficial.

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The finest mackarel, of late, have been retailed here, at three and four for a shilling; ; the catch, however, at no time has been great, and our industrious fishermen, as this yearly branch of their employment is drawing to a close, we fear, will eventually have to deplore even something worse than a profitless

season.

The suspension chain-pier bill, pending in Parliament, for this town, has been read twice. In consequence of explanations and the removal of certain objectional points, the opposition to it has been so much weakened, that but little doubt is now entertained of final success

On Tuesday se'nnight, our Commissioners, agreeably to established custom, let the tolls of the market, by auction, for the ensuing year. The sum given for the year expired, was £1010; in the latter instance, they were knocked down to Mr. Ade, at an advance of £190, i. e. £1200.

In consequence of the reduced price of malt, Mr. Chandler,

mer packet masters should have been less tardy in their measures

The Swift steam packet had been doing considerable business here, and with a punctuality and dispatch every way satisfactory, until Monday se'nnight. On the latter day she put into Shoreham harbour to be measured, and where her papers were examined. Soon after the vessel had entered the harbour, she was deserted by the engineer, and part of the crew; and, upon inspection, several holes were found to have been burnt in her two boilers. These singular occurrences, of necessity, suspended her employment; and, upon her being put into complete condition for sea again, another delay took place, from an informality in her register, which the proprietors were then told, and not till then, would render her liable to seizure. The register was altered without loss of time, and the vessel, with many passengers, again weighed anchor for Dieppe, on Saturday, and returned last night. Scarcely a word is now said of the Royal Tourist, excepting that it is likely we may hear of her at a future day. The Swift, as may be supposed, turns out a ruinous drawback upon the profits of the wind and tide packets, and against which there appears no remedy but that of exchanging them for steam vessels also and, we have some reason to believe that such will, partially, if not generally, shortly be the case-but "procrastination," it has been aptly said, "is the thief of time," and it is well if it steals nothing else our for

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hot for a priority on the station, and then the Swift might not, as at present, have obtained a popularity which will require a heavy expence and a most extraordinary force of opposition, even, in a trifling degree, to diminish-her strengh, her safety, her capability and punctuality, are all permitted to be established, ere an effort is made to dispute the palm of preference with her! but an effort, however, it appears, is at length to be made, but, with what success, under the circumstances named, time alone must evince. We wish well to all parties, but we hope to hear no more of the detention of passengers at the inns, for the want of immediate means to enable them to cross the channel, nor that to breakfast in this town and dine at Dieppe should ever again be considered but as common occurrences which all who seek may, with certainty, enjoy.

It appears to be a question here, whether or not, a gentleman, holding a commission in the militia, can be justly said to hold a commision in the army! One fact is indisputable, he cannot belong to the navy-nor, technically speaking, with the force of the line-but it would seem strange to us, if even the yeomanry, armed by permission of the government, could not fairly lay claim to the distinction of forming a component part of "the army."

The new road between this place and Shoreham, which is to be 40 feet wide, and at the top of the cliff, is immediately to be commened. This determina

tion was come to at a meeting of the trustees, on Monday last.

CAUTION TO FARMERS.-Mr. H. Norman, a respectable farmer at West Gate Yard, Chichester, was on Saturday, fined £10. for trimming a few Buenos Ayres hides, to show more neat to a customer. The weight of the clippings, had they been worthy of the best leather price, would have amounted to 8d!

A Pork butcher in the suburbs of Chichester (St. Pancras) has, since michaelmas, slaughtered on his own premises 937 hogs, averaging at 20 stone each.

The hops in the eastern part of this county have much improved within the last fortnight.

The price of the best flour, in and near Lewes, is, at the present time, 16d. per gallonwhich is considered a great imposition, and is much complain ed of. The average price of wheat is somewhere about £10. per load; consequently, the price of the best flour should be about 10d. per gallon. It is an old saying, that as many pounds as wheat is per load, so many pence should flour be per gallon; and as old-fashioned times are again coming upon us, it would surely be no harm to pay some little attention to old rules and customs, and particularly to those that are of public benefit."

Lieut Hutchinson, on the Sandown district, has discovered a new scheme of the smugglers, which is, they put half-ankers of spirits in sacks, four each, and float them up Sandwich Creek, by the strength of the flood-tides, about one foot under the surface of the water. For some time past the fishing up spirits has been a profituble trade.

The Rotunda at the bottom of the Steyne, on the site of RusselHouse, will be forthwith commenced. The model of this magnificent structure, with the drawings complete, are to be seen at Messrs. Wilds's, the builders, of this town.

A few days since, a lad, who had descended a well, in Churchstreet, for the purpose of ladling the water, which was very low, into the bucket, was seriously injured, by the rope breaking when he had reached within a very short distance of the top. The well is supposed to be near eighty feet deep, and the preservation of his life can only be attributed to the singular fact of his having alighted on his feet. We cannot sufficiently reprobate the carelessness of those persons who could permit his descent without first ascertaining the strength of the rope-it is by such acts of inattention that human life is so often endangered.

This day se'nnight, two men, of the names of Mockford and Beale, fell from a scaffold forty feet in height, in Regency-square, and were dreadfully hurt; each of them had a thigh broken, with other contusions. They were immediately taken to the Infirmary, for surgical assistance, and hopes are entertained of their recovery. Mockford, who appeared to be the most injured, is from Rottingdean, and a married man, with a family; Beale belongs to Brighton, and is a single man.-Several accidents of a similar nature have occurred in the same square, since its commencement; one poor man had his legs so dreadfully fractured, as to require amputation; Simmonds, a carpenter, had a thigh