26 SEPTEMBER 1829, Page 6

CHELTENHAM.—A respectable inhabitant of Cheltenham has informed us that within

the last twenty-five years there were only four inhabited houses in the tything of Westall, a large district of the parish lying south of the Chelt. The present number of inhabitants is estimated at upwards of four thousand, who reside in about six hundred houses, many of which are the most splendid and substantial that have been built in this increasing and highly-favoured watering- place. Westall and one corner of the tything of Alston° contain the Montpellier, Imperial and Royal Spas, with several of the finest promenades in England; and amongst the numerous streets (inhabited by the most opulent of our residents and visitors) which have risen as it were from the fields within these few years, may be ranked Suffolk lawn and square, Lansdown-place, Montpellier-terrace, and the noble mansion of J. R. Scott, Esq., with Lake, Cotswold, and Willoughby Houses. There are other and extensive improvements still projected in the di- rection of Park-place, and a new street is spoken of on the south-west of Suf- folk lawn, in a situation remarkable for the beauty of its scenery and the salu- brity of its air.—Cheltenham Chronicle. ThereAs a talk of some misunderstanding having arisen betwixt Sir George Clerk and Lord Melville, respecting the representation of the county of Edin- burgh. The former, according to report, was to continue member only until Mr. Dundas, of Arniston, came of age, and was otherwise in circumstances to supply his place. The latter, it is said, considers himself now in the situation alluded to, but Sir George demurs to the proposed relinquishment of his senatorian honours. We know not to what degree of credit these reports are entitled, but we take for granted that the wishes of the freeholders should have some small weight in the matter.—Scotsman.

Sir William Arbuthnot, who was Lord Provost of Edinburgh during the King's visit to that city, died suddenly on Friday. About two P.M. he entered the Trustees'-Office, apparently in his usual health, and immediately went into Mr. Stuart's apartment, where he remained for a short time, and then proceeded to his own. But he had not been many minutes there when he was suddenly struck with apoplexy, and fell from his seat on the floor. Dr. Thomson was immediately sent for, and on his arrival bled the patient, but without any visible effect; for after lingering for about an hour and a half in a state of insensibility, he expired. —Caledonian Mercury. We hear it reported that the University Commissioners have come to the reso- lution of recommending that the original confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland, drawn up by John KTION, Winram, Spottiswood, and others of the reformers, should be substituted for the present Westminster Confession of Faith, as the religious test to be in future subscribed by the professors in the Universities of Scotland.—Scotsnurn.

On Sunday last the ceremony of adult baptism by public immersion was per- formed in Stamford, in the mill-stream of the Welland, near Lambs-bridge. The rare occurrence of such a rite—it being a century since it was witnessed in Stam- ford—drew together a vast concourse of spectators.

HEATON PARK Racss.—The attendance of the fashionables here is as numerous and the sport as good as last year, many of the nobility having visited the races on the invitation of Lord Wilton, in whose park they arc held. The following is a return of the running on the first day, Wednesday, September 23. The Stanley Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovereigns each, h. ft. A. F. Colonel Russel ns. br. g. Orthodox, aged, 12 st. 1 51. Stanley's ch. c. Herbert Lacy, 4 yrs. lOst. 101bs. 2 One paid, only two placed.

A Gold Cup, value 100 sovereigns, given by Mr. Dean, added to a subscription of 10 sovereigns each.. St. Leger Course.

Mr. M. Stanley's hr. h. Dr. Faustus Lord Wilton's br. m. Arachne 2

Captain Locke's b. c. Masaniello . ........ . 3 Match for 50 sovereigns; one mile.—Mr. Palin's ch. m. Miss Sutton; Mr. Doncaster's b. rn. Elegance—off. The Heaton Park Stakes of 15 sovereigns each ; 5 sovereigns forfeit ; one mile and a half (handicap).

Mr. Giffard ns. b. g. Granby, 4 yrs. I 1st. 31bs. . 1

Mr. It. Grosvenor ns. b. g. Orthodox, aged, I Is. 101bs . ....... 2 Only two placed ; three paid. Match, 10ssilbs each; one mile ; 100, h. ft.—Mr. W:xlmsley's b. c. Bob Logic; Lord Wilton's eh. c. by Cervantes—off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each, 5 ft. ; with 20 added, by the Club : for horses not thorough-bred; once round the course (handicap.)

Mr. White ns. ch. g. Sir. Fry, 5 yrs. list. 121b. 1 Mr. AL Stanley's b. h. Gamecock, aged, list 121bs. . . 2 The Judge placed two only ; two paid.

LINCOLN RACES.—The Running on Wednesday was as follows.

His Majesty's Purse of 100 guineas for mares. Heats, two miles Lord Fitzwilliam's Ballad Singer, 4 yrs. 8st. 41b....... 1 1 Mr. Hodgson's br. in. Emerald, 4 yrs. fist. 2 2

The Champion Stakes of 30 sovereigns each, 20 ft. Two miles. (Four Subscribers.) Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. Fortitude, 3 yrs. 8st.

Colonel King's ch. c. Madcap, 3 yrs. 8st. sib.... 2

A Macaroni Stakes of 10 sovereigns each, for Hunters. Heats, two miles. (Five

Subscribers.)

Mr. Platers ch. in. Blaze, 5 yrs. list. 81b. 1 1 Dlr. Bird's ch. 111. by Cannon Ball, 5 yrs. list. 81b.. ... 2dr.

Wno IS THE Dtser.—The dispute between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Earrymore touching the Dumb Savoyard and Jack Robinson, has been, we believe, on the recommendation of Mr. Price, referred to arbitration. Mr. Barrymore waited on the Magistrates of Bow-street on Saturday to complain of Mr. Thompson's state- ment, and produced a letter from Mr. Dunn, the treasurer of the theatre, certi- fying, that he had receivesi no specific remuneration for the Dumb Savoyard; so that on that point at least Mr. Thompson had been misinformed. The mos. whimsical part of the application was, that after making it in the open cows, hi; Barrymore requested that it might he considered as private. There were not more than ten reporters present. There is a curious fact that has come out in s dramatic squabble : it appears that the pay of authors for certain pieces per. formed at the great theatres is one shilling and elevenpence per night. No wonder that the drama occupies a high rank in our domestic literature.

ALMACK'S ASIERICANIZED.—According to the United States journals, the ham ton in this country has grown excessively fond of the society of well-bred Aineri. cans, who are "courted as much as they used to be contemned." Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Miss Douglas, and Mr. Grimshaw have actually been admitted to Alrnack's, while no English person of similar rank would have been allowed to show his face there. It is well we learn these facts front the American papers, for we in England should otherwise never have heard of them.

Mu. SADLER'S SPEECH AT WHITHY.—The Weslniinsler Review, in lieu of all article on Free Trade, which would have been given in the present 'Number if the printing had not been already completed, refers for the answers to Mr. Sadler's speech, to pages 21, 22, and 23 of the Catechism on Elie Corn Laws. ‘g The system defended by Mr. Sadler," says the Review, " amounts only to a proposal to rob one set of manufacturers ortradesmen to please another ; with the ultimate purpose of withdrawing the attention of the whole from the great robbery of all, which is the Corn Laws. If foreign goods are to be prohibited, the trades that supply the articles which directly or indirectly go to pay the foreigners, must stop ; it is therefore only a plan for enriching one kind of tradesmen at the ex- pense of another. If Rochdale, Manchester, and Barnsley are starving, it is he. cause Rochdale, Manchester, and Barnslee4 are not allowed to sell their manufac- tures for corn. Mr. Sadler calls upon ' Him who giveth food for all flesh, for his mercy endureth for ever,'—and then goes to Parliament fur an Act to prevent the 111011 of Manchester from selling their goods for corn."

GENERAL DIEBITSCH.—The political importance of the events whichhave sip utilized the recent campaign in the East of Europe have, by a singular fatality, served to withdraw time general observation from the merits of the individual ie whom they ought in fairness to be ascribed. The person 'to whom we allude ati being thus robbed of a portion of his well-earned reputation, in some degree by time very splendour of his own achievements, will at'once be recognised as the Count Diebitsch, the Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Russian army. It may not be generally known that the appointment of this officer to the supreme command was the exclusive act of the Emperor—that the nomination excited considerable discontent, in the first instance, because the person selected was net a native Russian ; and in the next, because he was advanced over the heamh of many who felt themselves stiematized by a distinction conferred upon a foreigner, by what they called a 'disgraceful acknowledgment of the wart of native military merit. At the outset these discontents assumed rather an alarm- ing appearance, and it was necessary to make some examples to check a spirit of insubordination which threatened to become contagious. But it is only an act of justice to acknowledge that the very earliest operations of the late cam- paign were, by all competent judges, admitted to be a full justification of the unusual and somewhat ungracious nomination made by the Emperor. for what we have above stated we have the testimony of a gallant officer just returned from the seat of war, and we know that the high opinion he has ex. pressed of the talents of the Commander of the Russian army is supported by the suffrage of the greatest living Master of the Art of War, who has within the last few days expressed himself in the following terms : " I don't know which is to be most admired, the original plan of the campaign, or the combination of skill, courage, and caution, with which it has been conducted; but this I do know, that this single campaign places Diebitsch at the very head of his pro- fession."—ellorning Chronicle.

INCREASE OF STEAM NAVIGATION.--Ill America, the facilities which have re cently been afforded to trayelline in steam-boats, in the way of reduced expense, greater speed and convenience, have increased to an unanticipated extent, the in- tercourse between the various sections of our country. To Albany, the fare being reduced to one dollar, the number of passengers is about trebled. The lines between this city and Philadelphia set down immense crowds of travellers in each city. at an early hour every afternoon. The sante augmentation of the number of travellers is not with among the steam-boats which traverse the East River and the Sound. Formerly when only two trips per week were made to Prs. vidence, the steam-boats were considered well freighted, if they had on board fifty or sixty passengers. Of late, with the new boats, this number has beta trebled.—New Fork Gazette, August 26. BASKERVILLE.—The remains onimis singular man and celebrated printer, after an exhumation of seven years, have been buried once more at Cradley Chapel, near Birmingham, the property or the Baskerville family. We are informed that, although fifty years have elapsed since the death of Mr. Baskerville, all hie teeth, with the exception of a double one in the lower jaw, were in excellent presence tion. A surgical gentleman took a cast of the head. for phrenological uses.