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Date of Article: 04/03/1832
Printer / Publisher: Richard Norman 
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THE TOWNs " IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN— ALL THE WORLD OVER." IXo. lO. 8UIDAY, MARCH 4, 1832 Price Yd. T 1HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.— To- morrow evening, THE RENT DAY. After which, THE D. EMON ! Or, THE MYSTIC BRANCH. Tuesday, by especial desire, The Rivals. After which the opera cf Masaniello. Wednesday, being Ash- Wednesday, there will beno'performance. Thursday, The Rent Day, and the New Grand Opera of The Demon, or the Mystic Branch. Friday, A Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, for the performance of which ( in addition lo other talent) engagements have been made with Mrs. Wood, Mr. Braham, and Mr. Phillips. The production of the Merchant of Loudon is postponed until Mr. Macready's return. MADAME VESTRIS- ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, MONDAY, 5th March, 1832. WOMAN'S REVENGE. Fag, Mr. James Vining. Miss Flashington, Mrs. Glover. MY ELEVENTH DAY. Mr. Long Singleton, Mr. Liston. Mrs. Long Singleton, Madame Vestris. HE'S NOT A- MISS. Price PreUyman, Mr. Liston. Mrs. Prettyman, Mrs. Glover. The whole to conclude with OLYMPIC DEVILS; or, ORPHEUS and EURYDICE. Orpheus, Madame Vestris. Eurydicc, Miss - Forde. Box Office open from Ten to Four. Private Boxes to be taken of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond- street, TO- MORROW, the 5th of March, will be pub- lished the " TRUE SUN" Daily Evening Paper. I have elsewhere detailed the process by which I have been deprived of my property in the Sur,. 1 will not, therefore, on the present occa- sion, enlarge upon the subject. By the arraugements which I have made, the " True Sun" will, in procuringand diffusing intelligence, outstrip all its contemporaries. I have been no less successful in securing the assistance of some of the ablest writers in England, on all those subjects, in the discussion of which the public feels an interest. The politics of the " True Sun," will be the politics of Teform— the interests which it will advocate will be the great interests of the nation. I may further be permitted to observe that respecting and admiring, as 1 do, the talent and principle of seve- ral of the contemporaries of the " True Sun," I shall not shrink from subjecting it to comparison with any of them in any depart- ment ; and I may confidently promise that the " True Sun" shall exhibit certain features of excellence to which no existing evening paper aspires. Office, 366, Strand. PATRICK GRANT. N. B.— The Subscribers of the " True Sun" are requested to give their orders to their respective newsmen on or before Monday, the 5th instant. DR. LARDNER'S CABINET LIBRARY'. Just published, small 8vo., price 5s., ( being Vol. 8 of the above) the concluding Vol. of MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND REIGN of GEORGE IV. ( 3 vols.) The second and last Volume of the Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington is in preparation. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. Just ready, in 2 vols. 8vo., wrth 24 Characteristic Plates, THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AME RICANS. By FRANCIS TROLLOPE. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., Ave Maria- lane. Of whom may be had, SKETCHES OF PORTUGUESE LIFE, MANNERS, COS. TUME, AND CHARACTER, with Twenty Coloured Engravings, illustrative of Religious Ceremonies, Society, Costume,& c. Svo. 16s. THE BRITISH YEOMAN, and RURAL GA- ZETTE.; Price Sixpence, containing Thirty- six closely printed Pages, stitched in a Wrapper. This Weekly Work is dedicated to the interest of the Farmer, and to Agriculturists in general, from the cultivator of thousands of acres to the humble tiller of a cottage garden. There are hundreds of Periodicals devoted lo the concerns of Cities; THE BRITISH YEOMAN will watch over the interests of the Country. At the present moment, the Farmer has to consult a number of Publica- tions for intelligence required by his situation. THE BRITISH YEOMAN, therefore, combines within its pages all that informa- tion which is now scattered through a variety of Periodicals; thus rendering, as far as the subject of agriculture is concerned, a re- ferenceto any other publication wholly unnecessary. With this de- sirable end in view, THE BRITISH YEOMAN contains the best and most authentic intelligence, under the following heads :— I. Original Articles.— 2. The Customs of Counties.— 3. Review of Books, & c. & c.— 4. Original Correspondence..— 5. Accounts of all new Inventions and Improvements of Agricultural Implements. — 6. All Rural Intelligence.— 7. Farmer's Fire- side— 8. The Farm Yard aud Garden.— 9. Gazette, Stocks, Price Current, Fairs, Markets, & c. & c. Published by J. jPritchett, 29, Tavistock- street, Covent garden, every Friday, and may be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen in " town and country. THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE for MARCH, ( No. XI.) 3s embellished with a Plate by Golding, " Wild Fowl Shooting," and " Siuoaker," a celebrated Deer Greyhound, the property of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, from Paintings by A. Cooper, R. A. Among the Literary Contributions will be found " Wild Fowl Shooting," by Bogtrotter ( late of the " Old Warwick "), and the Last Day of the Shooting Season, by N. W.— Tbe Antiquity and Advantages of Field Sports.— Jarvis and Mrs. Cope. A decidedly serious Ballad.— Conclusion of the Review of the Racing Season for 1831.— Letter from Mr. Smith, jun. to Mr. Smith, sen., illustra- ted with wood cuts. By Sylvanus Swanquill.— The Editors' Work- shop : containing minor Correspondence— The Old Warwick Coach— Fiashman and the Tidworth Hairiers, & c.— Gallant Run — Editorial difficulties ; illustrated with a wood- cut, from the Fable of the Old Man and his Ass.-— Characterof Hunting Countries. No. III.— Warwickshire.— Smoaker.— The Tale of the Omnibus. By a " Yorkshireman." NIMRODIA. No. I.— By NIMROD, late of the Old Warwick Coach ; containing a Reply by anticipa- tion lo " a most illiberal and unprovoked" attempt at an expos£ in the present number of the Old Magazine, together with his rea- sons fur leaving it, and contemptuous opinion of its present Editor and Contributors, particularly of " Nodding Homer," alias" The Spectator."—" March," By Sylvanus Swanquill.— Valentine's Day. By NIMROD. With full particulars of the Chase and Tetters from Melton— Bedford— Oxford— Bicester— Brighton.— list of Stallions for 1832.— Races.— Coursing Meetings, Sue. & c.— Racing Calendar. " A periodical conducted with considerable merit."— Vide Old Sporting Magazine for March, 1832, page 388. Published by Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster- row, and to be tad of all booksellers in the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 6d. or II. 10s. a year. A few Copies of Vol. I. neatly bound in cloth Uld lettered, price Ids. are en sale at the Publishers. WEST INDIA SLAVERY. Thc following important Works on this interesting subject are re- cently published, and particularly deserving attention :— APRACTICAL VIEW of the PRESENT STATE of SLAVERY in the WEST INDIES; or, an Examina- tion of Mr. Stephen's " Slavery of the British West India Colo- nies," with a faithful Account of the actual Condition of the Negroes in Jamaica, Observations on the Decrease of the Slaves since the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and on the probable effects of Legislative Emancipation. By Alexander Barclay, Esq., twenty one years resident in Jamaica. Third edition, with an Appendix, containing such very important Additions as render the whole work the most complete and interesting volume of reference that has ever been published on this momentous question. In one thick vol. 8vo. price 14s. boards. It has been justly stated by one of our ablest writers upon this subject, that " Mr. Barclay's work is a Text Book, which ought to be in thc hands of every statesman, as by it alone this question might be settled to the satisfaction of all parties." Mr. Barclay's work is valuable for the details it contains on the character, habits, and treatment of the Negroes ; we can re- commend the book to the careful perusal of all who feel interested in this great question, aud are desirous of attaining correct views of the condition of the slaves."— Congregational Magazine. " We can most earnestly commend Mr. Barclay's book to the conscientious advocate of the West India slavery, assuring him he will find much in it to rejoice at in contemplating the ameliorated condition of the working population of our colonies:— it conveys a great deal of pleasing information on that subject, and furnishes a variety of details connected with tile domestic life of the Negro, which are extremely interesting."— Courier. We have perused this work with an interest and a pleasure seldom equalled, and have derived from it an amount of practical information on the great subject of which it treats, that could not have been gleaned from any other existing source in this country It is of inestimable value to all who desire to obtain accurate no- tions of the real state of the West Indies; and as such, we most earnestly urge its claims to universal attention."— Glasgow Free Press. " To all those who wish to take an unprejudiced view of this in- teresting and complicated question, we cannot do better service than recommend the careful perusal of the very able work before us. The information of Mr. Barclay being entirely of a practical kind, is entitled to ten times the notice of those whose views are merely speculative or theoretical."— British Traveller. " In order to prove that the condition of a West India Negro labourer is that of a happy and contented person, we would fear- lessly go into court with this one single volume.— We regard Mr. Barclay, on internal evidence, as an extremely fair writer. He spent half a life in Jamaica, and possesses perfect familiarity and intimate acquaintance with the minutest details of a West Iudia life. To reject the testimony of such a man, is to reject the means of knowledge.— We are very certain that no impartial person can take up the work without giving the author credit for extreme fair- ness, as well as abundant intelligence."— Spectator. 2. By the same Author is just published, EFFECTS of the LATE COLONIAL POLICY of GREAT BRITAIN described, in a Letter to the Right Hon. Sir G. Murray Principal Secretary of Slate for the Colonial Department; shew ing the effects produced in the West India Colonies by the recent measures of Government. Demy 8vo. Price 2s. stitched. " The experience of Mr. Barclay in the West Indies— his ex tensive knowledge of all matters of practical detail connected with our Colonies— and, above all, his extreme impartiality, integrity and good sense, entitle his opinions to the respect even of those who are opposed to his views of the much abused question of negro slavery. Mr. Barclay argues the question very fairly ; his argu merits are both reasonable and judicious, and we are disposed en tirely to coincide with Itim that time alone can produce those dis- positions under which the use of liberty would really prove a bless- ing. This pamphlet discloses so many important and interesting facts, and is conceived in so fair a spirit, that it ought to be univer- sally read."— The Atlas. 3. A CRITICAL VIEW of a PAMPHLET, entitled " The West India Question Practically Considered." With Remarks on the Trinidad Order in Council; in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Robert Wilmot Horton. By Gilbert Mathison, Esq. 8vo, Price 3s. stitched. " It is to facts that we have ever wished to draw public notice and for that reason we think Mr. Mathison's work a valuable addi tion to the mass of intelligence and information which has been put in requisition during the discussion of lliis most important subject." — John Bull. 4. A SHORT VIEW of the WEST INDIA QUESTION; with Remarks on the Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson's Letter to Sir John Keane, K. C. B. Lieut.- Governorof Jamaica. By James Franklin, Author of " The Present State of Hayti." 8vo. price 4s. stitched. " With the principles maintained in this pamphlet we most cor- dially agree, and we are certain that it will be read with interest by those who are anxious to receive additional testimony as to the state of the slave population in the Colonies."— John Bull. 5. The SUBSTANCE of the DEBATE in the HOUSE of LORDS on Lord Bathurst's Motion for adopting effectual and decisive measures for ameliorating the condition of the Slave Population in his Majesty's Colonies. Demy 8vo. Price Is. 6d. stitched. 6. The SPEECHES of the LORD CHANCELLOR, LORDS VISCOUNT DUDLEY and ST. VINCENT, on Lord Ba- thurst's Motion. Price 6d. each. 7. YOUNG'S SERMON ON SLAVERY.— A View of Slavery in connection with Christianity; being the Substance of a Discourse delivered in the Wesleyan Chapel, Stoney- hill, Jamaica. By Ro- bert Young, Wesleyan Missionary. With ail Appendix, containing the Resolutions of the Missionaries in that Connection, at a General Meeting at Kingston. " Art thou called being a servant ( AovXoj, slave), care not for it."— Paul. " My kingdom is not of this world."— Jesus Christ. Octavo. Price Is. 6d. stitched. 8. OBSERVATIONS in ANSWER to " An Address to the Clergy of the Established Church, and to Christian Ministers of every denomination, on Colonial Slavery." Demy 8vo. Price 6d. stitched. " Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; understand first, and then rebuke."— Ecelesiasticus, xi. 7. 9. The CONSOLIDATED SLAVE LAW, passed the 22d De- cember, 1826, commencing on the 1st of May, 1827. With a Commentary, shewing the difference between the New Law and the Repealed Enactments. With Marginal Notes, and a copious Index. Demy 8vo. Price Is. stitched. 10. THE ACTUAL STATE of the QUESTION, between our Colonial Slave Proprietors and the Parliament and Abolitionists of this country; illustrated in a Series ef Articles originally published in the " Glasgow Free Press" Newspaper. Octavo. Price 2s. 6d. | stitched. 11. SKETCHES and RECOLLECTIONS of the WEST IN- DIES ; with Notices of the Customs and Manners of the Inhabi- tants, State of Ihe Slave Population, & c. Drawn from actual and long continued Observations. By A Resident. Post 8vo. Price 9s. boards. Here is a clever little volume, evidently the production of one well acquainted with his subject; and not a book manufactured in London by some scribbler who never saw the West Indies, and knows nothing of them, but what he reads in the publications of the Ami- Slavery Association, or hears in the speeches of the well- meaning but mistaken persons who occasionally declaim at public meetings, or elsewhere, upon the hardships sustained by the blacks, and the tyranny practised by the planters."— Ackermann's Re- pository. This publication contains much important matter ; and at the present moment, when the situation of our West India Colonies renders the fullest information respecting them desirable, we have no doubt it will be read with avidity."— Public Ledger. Published by Smith, Elder, and Co. Cornhill. Early in the Spring will be published, HE F L I T C H. | A Design, by THOS. STOTHARD, Esq., R. A. Illustrative of an old English custom. Engraved by WATT. Size of the Engraving, 30 inches by 12J inches. T A COLLECTION OF FACETIAE, & c. CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALBUM. Vol. I. being a collection of Humourous Tales, with upwards of Sixty Illustrations. Price only 6s. in silk, with gilt edges. ' There is enough fun in this elegant little volume to dispel all the blue devils in Christendom."— Courier. " Nor can it fail to draw fprth many a hearty laugh from both young and old."— Globe. 2. CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALBUM. Vol. II. With up- wards of Sixty Illustrations. " This second volume is, if possible, even more entertaining than its predecessor, abounding in witticisms and drolleries. Of the Il- lustrations we need only say that they are in Cruikshank's very best tyle, and that it is next to impossible to look at them without burst- ing into an immoderate fit of iaughter."— Chronicle. " In this unique little volume will be found an admirable bur- lesque on the " Unknown Tongues,' in Cruikshank's happiest vein: this alone is worth the price of the work."— Morning Post. 3. THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, a Humourous Story, by one of the Contributors to Blackwood's Magazine. Second Edition, price only 7s. 6d. with numerous Illustrations, by George Cruik- sliank. " One of the cleverest and most amusing stories we ever met with. The illustrations are illimitable."— Literary Gazette. 4. FACETI. E, a collection of Jeu d'Esprit, with One Hundred and Twenty Illustrations, by Robert Cruikshank. Price only 12s. " A complete Encyclopaadia of fun and humour."— Observer. William Kidd, 228, Regent- street, and James Gilbert, 51, Pa- ternoster- row. TO FAMILIES AND SERVANTS. NATIONAL GUARDIAN INSTITUTION, 46, BEDFORD- ROW. Established January 1825, for the Protection of Families, and the Encouragement of Domestic Servants of good Character. VICE- PATRON— The Most Noble the Marquis ofHEA DFORT. VICE- PATRONESS— Her Grace the Duchess of BEAUFORT. VICE- PRESIDENTS. The Right Hon. the Earl of HARDWICKE. The Right Hon. Lord HENNIKER. TREASURER— W. t. Hodsoll, Esq. Bank Chambers, Lothhury. Donors of 101. 10s. and upwards are Life Governors, and are entitled to apply for whatever Servants they may require for their own establishments ; also to vote at alt Elections for aged and in- firm Servants into the Alms- houses of the Institution ; and Annual Subscribers of One Guinea are entitled to the same privileges.—• Servants of good Character, particularly Cooks and Housemaids, may be immediately provided with respectable places, on applica- tion at the House of the Institution, 46, Bedford- row, where every information will be afforded them. Office hours, daily, ten till four o'clock. JAMES COVERNTON, Hon. Sec. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—" THE RECUM- BENT CHAIR is the ingenious invention of Mr. DAWS, of 17, Margaret- street, Cavendish- square. The recommendations of it in many scientific works have induced many unprincipled up- holsterers to sell an imitation, which does not afford the same extent of comfort as the original."— Dr. Reece's Medical Annual, 1831. R. Daws respectfully states that no other chair admits of half its number of steady positions, comforts, simplicity, strength, and elegance; and he will present one to any respectable person showing tlie contrary. PURE PALE BRANDY, 23 years old, 72s. per dozen, in French bottles, or single bottles, 6s. each, bottles included, may be had at the Sample Room of the NEW GRAY'S- INN WINE and SPIRIT ESTABLISHMENT, 23, High Holborn. The connoisseur of brandies of the highest class, and those particularly who require pureb randy for medical purposes, are respectfully invited to make trial of this article, which ( except it be in private stocks) may be presumed to be unrivalled in London. Forwarded to any part of England on a remittance, the full amount of which, with every expense of carriage, . Sic., will be returned, should it not prove one of the finest articles ever produced in this country. PATENT BRANDY.— In cases where Brandy is prescribed by the Faculty, it is now quite a common practice to recommend the PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRAN DY, as being decidedly more pure and wholesome than the finest Cognac, though only half its price. To prevent the imposition of deleterious counterfeits, it may he well to make a memorandum that Mr. Henry Brett, of 109, Drury- lane, is the only individual in the neighbourhood to whom the sale of this exquisite spirit is confided by the Patentee, and that not only the Patent Brandy, but every article in the Wine and Spirit trade sold at 109, is warranted perfectly free from adulteration. Price ( as at the Distillery) 18s. per imperial gallon. Retailed at 2s. 4d. per pint, or in sealed buttles, 3s. 6d. each. ESTABLISHED IN 1818. THE Public are supplied with TEA, at the exact WHOLESALE PRICE, with a Saving of Is. to 2s. per lb, on this necessary article of life, which now forms so important a feature in the expenditure of every family. A single trial is espe cially invited Strong Congo 4s. 4d. to 4s 8d Superior strong substantial Tea ( much in demand) 5s Od Full Pekoe Flavour, a su- perior Tea . . . 5s 6d Fine Souchong, recom- mended .... 6s Od Rich and full flavour ditto, 7s. Lapsang . . . 8s Od Pekoe, rich, full, and very flowery 10s Od Strong Green 4s 8d to 5s Od Hyson kind ( much in re- quest) .... 6s Od Excellent Hyson, particu larly recommended . 8s Od Very fine Hyson 9s, supe- rior ditto .... 10s Od Best Gunpowder . . 10s 6d Teas for the Country, in strong Lead cases, gratis. Well sea- soned Canisters of every size always ready. Coffee fresh roasted, daily Jamaica Is 8d Very best Berbice, recom- mended .... 2s Od Fine Bourbon, mellow fla- vour Very superior Mocha 2s Od 3s Od Best powdered Candy, recommended as preferable to Sugar for Coffees, Is per lb. Fine Cocoa, Is 4d. Very Best Is 6d per lb. Samuel Andrews, 42, Old Bond- street, Four Doors oil the left from Piccadilly, London. Tt GRAY'S PERSPIRATION PROMOTER AND INSTAN TANEOUS BED WARMER. HE above Invention having elicited the appro- bation of some of the most scientific characters in Europe, S. GRAY feels himself warranted in asserting that in any case of Cholera, Rheumatism, Violent Colds, & c., where profuse perspira- tion is beneficial, the above apparatus is invaluable. Placed in bed, by tile side of the patient, by heating the confined air within the bed, it produces the same effects as Hot Air Vapour Baths, & c. As a bed warmer, or a safety lamp, it cannot be surpassed.— For description, see Mechanics' Magazine, No. 441, Jan. 22. Price If. 5s. to 21. 2s. GRAY'S New Invented LAVEMENT SYRINGE ought also to be ill the possession of every family. Constructed without Valves or Stop- cocks, it is so simple that a child would find out the method of using it: it is the best mode of producing a healthy and regular action of the bowels, as the fiee use of purgatives destroys the tone of the Stomach, and enfeebles the system.— See London Journal of Arts and Sciences, for February. Samuel Gray's Surgical Instrument and Cutlery Manufactory 17, Princes- street, Leicester- square, two doors from Gerrard- street, IMPORTANT DISCOVERY 1 THE PATENT METALLIC SHARPENER. for Razors, Surgical Instruments, Penknives, & c , invented by T. A. KNIGHT, Esq., President of the Horticultural Society, and bv his permission, manufactured by R. HUNTLEY', Optician, to be had only at liis house, 259, Regent Circus, Oxford- street, and at W. HARRIS'S, Optician, Cornhill, opposite theRoyal Exchange. Price 2s. 6d. This Instrument, for portability, durability, and sim- plicity in its use, is far superior to anything heretofore offered to the public. To gentlemen travelling, officers in the army or navy, it will be found invaluable, as it will supersede the necessity uf carry- ing a multiplicity of Razors, one only being necessary, which will last 100 years, and never require either grinding, setting, or strop- ping, but will maintain a beautiful keen edge not to be equalled by any other sharpener. When Mr. Knight mentioned his invention at the Society, he declared lie had used his Razor two years and a half, without the least diminution of the razor, and never took more than a few seconds to sharpen it. Merchants and Captains supplied. N. B.— None are genuine unless purchased as above. VALUABLE AND USEFUL BEVERAGES. TO the NOBILITY and PUBLIC.— STRICK- LAND'S GENUINE BROMA, a fine and beautiful Preparation of Chocolate Nuts, has been for many years highly re- commended by the most eminent physicians, as a very nutritive, light, and agreeable diet, particularly beneficial to persons subject to Nervous Weakness, or those having a tendency to Consumption or Decline— its delicious flavour and easiness of digestion enable the most delicate stomachs to retain it, when other food is rejected. And when made for use, forms a most invaluable beverage, gives warmth and nourishment to the whole system, and, under present circumstances, should be in constant use by all families ; is equally- good for the infant as the aged, used for breakfasts, morning repasts, and at bed- time. C. S. is also the sole inventor of the READY- PREPARED CHOCOLATE, in Tin Canisters ; an article in great repute, and much used, possessing all the qualities of the finest Chocolate, with- out the trouble of scraping or boiling. The facility with which this rich and wholesome beverage is got ready for the breakfast table, renders it a most convenient family article, particularly to gentlemen in the army or navy, or to persons taking long sea. voyages. Manufactured only and sold Wholesale by Charles Strickland, Chocolate and Cocoa Paste Manufacturer, Sole Inventor of the above Articles, Lambeth, London. Sold by all respectable Tea Dealers and Grocers in Town and Country.— Orders by post punctually attended to. To prevent impositions, each Packet has the Maker's Name and Address printed. 20, BERNERS- STREET, Oxford- street— Mr. E. BYRNE, SURGEON- DENTIST, respectfully announces that he has been induced to dedicate two days in each week ( Tuesday and Thursday) to visiting al their residences Families requiring his Professional Services. He devotes an hour tu eacli visit, for which his charge is a guinea, whatever may be the number of patients relieved. Executing himself the artificial pieces he sup- plies, he has been enabled to fix his charges in the mechanical de- partment atone half the amount of those usually made. The following Tariff is submitted to the Public :— A Set of Teeth made of the best materials, and finished in the highest degree, usually charged double the price, only 18/. Ditto, less perfect, 151. A single Tooth, 11. A Piece, composed of several Teeth, is only charged ( per Tooth,) 15s. Each Operation performed at Mr. Byrne's house, 10s. If on a child, half- price will be received. No additional charge is made for the Terro- Metallic Teeth, so much approved of, which Mr. Byrne particularly recommends, for their exact imitation of nature, wholly uiulistinguishable from the original, and for their great durability, resisting the effects of the strongest acids, and even of fire. Their imperishable nature, toge- ther with their peculiar freshness in the mouth, not imparting the slightest odour to the breath, render them decidedly preferable to any other description adopted by the Profession. CHOLERA MORBUS— A SURE PREVENTIVE AGAINST. BOULLY'S TONIC, or COMPOUND QUI- NINE PILLS, prepared from that celebrated medicine, the SULPHATE of QUININE, are strongly recommended to those who have weak stomachs ; they are a sure cure, for the following disorders :— Bowel complaints, attended with xumrting and purging, spasms, cramp, loss of appetite, nervous and hysterical complaints, rheumatism, gout, ague, paijjittajAi;.( latu- lency, heartburn, waterbrash, tic- douluureux, iiidigostinu,, and all diseases for which bark has been recommended, or wlifch ' proceed from weakness of the stomach. Prepared only by P.' T30] j LEY, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 4, Star corner, Bermuj^ fcey ; and sold by Sutton and Co., Bow church yard ; Butler, Herbalist, Covent- garden ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- street ; BuileY. ifeorper tiCTt. Paul's ; Belcher, Hackney, & c., Stc., in boxes, 2s. and lis. ; of whom may be had Boully's Concentrated Essence ; o£ Liquorice, extracted from the Liquorice root ; the most innocent, yet effectual, medicine ever discovered fur coughs, colds, asthma], hooping, croup, & c. Sold in bottles at Is. lgd. each. § o THE TOWUf. March 4. REVIEWS. The Georgian Era: Memoirs of the most Eminent Persons who have flourished in Great Britain from the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth. Vol. I.— London : Vizi- telly, Branston, and Co. 1832. The Georgian era— or that interval which comprises the period intervening between the death of Queen Anne and the accession of William the Fourth— is, to the present generation at least, one of the most interesting portions of uur historical annals. Most of those political events which bear immediately upon our condition have had their origin during that period. It is natural, then, to expect that the men who flourished in such a time as statesmen, or as exercising an influence, more or less, over public affairs, should be to us objects of considerable interest. The work before us is the first of a series of four volumes, in • which the personal history of those individuals is detailed with a copiousness that is calculated to gratify a just curiosity, and with a uniform impartiality, which is rarely found combined with bio- graphical details. In the present volume we have the lives of every member of the Royal Family ; the Pretenders and their ad- herents form the next chapter of this interesting volume ; and then follow the eminent Divines of the Church of England— the orators in the Senate, or those men who distinguished themselves in either House by any peculiar qualification or service to their country worthy of being commemorated. The lives of the most celebrated members of the dissenting congregations conclude this very attrac- tive volume. As a specimen of the very engaging way in which these bio- graphies are written, we very readily select the following account of some of tbe eccentricities of one of the kindest of men— worthy old Rowland Hill :— " It is related that once, while his wife was sitting in her pew, lie pointed her out as a living illustration of the transitory nature of female beauty, commenting in very homely terms on the change which age had made in her appearance—' Ladies,' said he, on another occasion, • love fine caps ; so tloes Mrs. Hill. Yesterday came home a five guinea one ; but she will never wear it, for I poked it into the fire, band- box and all!' One Sunday morning, just as she was entering the chapel, he exclaimed, ' Here comes mv wife with a chest of drawers on her head! Sbe went out to buy them, and spent all her money in that hoity- toity bonnet!' ' Cha- rity, my brethren, said he, in a discourse which he preached in aid of a benevolent institution at Wapping, ' charity covereth a mul- titude of sins ; and you have need to be charitable for you are all sinners, and some of you are whipping sinners.'— As much singu- larity has been attributed to him in private life as in the pulpit. Hearing a dispute between two of his servants, as to which of them should wash his hall, each of them declaring * that it was not her business,' he sent them both out on errands, and assumed the mop himself. On their return, they warmly protested against his being engaged in so menial a task. ' Pho, pho I' said he, • ' tis not your business, Peggy ; nor your's either, Jane; so it must be mine, I suppose.'— Some of his numberless benevolent actions are described as being tinged with that eccentricity which pervades the whole of his conduct. While visiting tbe sick on one occasion, in the neigh- bourhood of his residence, he found a poor emaciated creature, stretched on a miserable bed in a garret, and without a shirt: the jkind- hearted divine immediately stripped, and forced his own upon the reluctant invalid; for whom he speedily procured a supply of Other necessaries, and the assistance of a medical man, who soon restored the patient to health. One night, after he had been in bed for some hours, be felt an impulse to get up and take a walk. Wan- dering into the Strand, he was there accosted by an unfortunate woman, with whom he entered into conversation; and, finding her, as he thought, weary of her evil course of life, and inclined to re- pent, he took her to his house, and prevailed upon Mrs. Hill to re- ceive her as a domestic. A similar anecdote has been recorded of the celebrated Burke. Being robbed by a footpad, whose agita- tion of manner excited his interest, he asked him how long he had followed the perilous trade of a robber : ' This is my first offence,' replied tbe man ; ' extreme distress has driven me to it; I have a wife and children in a state of starvation.'—' If what you state be true,' said tbe divine, after mentioning his name, ' you need not fear to call upon me to- morrow.' On tbe following day the man presented himself to Mr. Hill, who thought proper to take him into his service, at the same time declaring that he would never divulge the circumstances of their first meeting until the death of the of- • fender. He faithfully kept his promise, and never had cause to regret this romantic act of benevolence, the object of which, after twenty years honest servitude, died under his roof. He preached his funeral sermon, wherein he related the above particulars." The Pastors Family ; or, the Sister Preceptress. By the Authoress of *' The Son and the Ward." 12mo.— London : Harvey and Darton. 1832. In this little work, which contains the narrative of a very dexte- rously constructed tale, the authoress fully vindicates that amia- ble disposition to correct, improve, and elevate the minds of her sex, which is the universal and most laudable characteristic of the ablest and most popular female writers of our time. Here, in a most fas- cinating garb, and under circumstances tlni' are highly calculated to make a lasting impression, is promulgated a lesson of the first importance with respect to some of Ihe most interesting duties of social life ; here is an example minutely described of the power of a gentle, judicious, and good- natured system of education, 111 ameliorating the ferocity of a naturally violent, or perhaps, more properly, of a wayward temper. It affords materials that are cal- culated to lead to an imitation of the same course, and to a conse- quent repetition of the same agreeable resulls. For tbe gratification and instruction of a young lady still engaged in the elementary branches of education, we do not know a book which we would sooner recommend than this. Proceedings at the Meeting on the subject of the Preservation and Restoration of the Lady Chapel, at the East end of St. Saviour's, Southwark: held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Jun. 28, 1832.— London: Nichols and Co. 1832. Taken altogether this is one of the most interesting tributes that has ever yet been paid to the architectural taste and magnificence of our ancestors, as displayed in the various structures which from ancient time have claimed, in many parts of the country, the greatest admiration and reverence. Perhaps in no part of the world is there a more perfect specimen of the practical application of the pure principles which distinguish the Gothic style of archi- tecture than the Lady Chapel at the east end of Southwark bridge. We have numerous attestations of its incomparable beauty, by men whose experience justifies us in imputing to their opinions the very highest degree of authority. And yet it is such a relic of antiquity as this, that tbe purse proud Vandal mob of Ihe parish of St. Sa- viour would attempt to demolish! Happy are we to find that thei barbarous proposal has been counteracted by the mauly and laud able spirit of tlie intelligent portion of the parish, who, by their successful resistance to an odious spoliation, have rescued the cha- racter of the country from eternal shame. A Numismatical Manual; or, Guide to the Study of Greek, Roman, and English Coins. With Plates from the originals. By John E. Y. Akermann.— Effingham Wilson. 1832. In this brief and very economical work is contained the whole substance of the most costly productions published from time to time, either in this or foreign countries; and the arrangement is so lucid, and the whole subject rendered so attractive, that we shall expect to see many persons converted by its influence to the study variety of intelligence relating to the turf, hunting, shooting, of numismatology. There is no part of the ancient or modern sporting adventures, cheerful anecdote, & e., contains an history of coins, curious or interesting, that is not fully noticed in explanation by NIMROD, the most popular contributor to The this little volume. The sections relating to the Greek and Roman old Sporting Magazine, of his motive for quitting the old con- coins contain information which every classical reader may consult cern for the new. To this number are prefixed two very clever with advantage. The account of English coins ia traced with a engravings : one a remarkably spirited production by Webb, masterly hand— and the whole contents of the book, even to those from a pa; nting by Cooper, R. A., representing " Smoaker, 1 who are not particularly interested in the subject, will afford a celebrated deer greyhound, the property of the Hon. Grantley great deal of amusing information. There are numerous plates, | Berkeley, and they are exceedingly well executed PA RLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 27. FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ITALY— The Earl of ABER- DEEN asked the intention and object of the French expedition to Essays, Moral and Political. By Robert Southey, Esq. LL. D., Poet Laureate. 2 vols. 12mo.— Murray. 1832. What on earth was it that induced Dr. Southey to recall from the grave, to which an indulgent public had consigned them, the dull, the rash, the chimerical, and frequently bigotted articles which ^ 3" d if such an expedition were undertaken with the concert ' ' ,1* 1 • 1 ^ , of the King of England?— Earl GREY did not feel himself at the doctor so many years ago had published in ihe ' Quarterly , jbeIty ,0 say more than that the Kin„ of Fr; mce had communicated Review 1' Does he really imagine that the public is not fully im- t0 the British Government the fact of such expedition being sent pressed with the conviction that, whatever pretensions he may pos- — The Earl of ABERDEEN spoke at considerable length. He , . , . , , „, - . . v 1 . „ „ was not satisfied with this answer, and declared the pretended non- sess as a poet, he lias no imaginable claims to the character ot a , . ,', r v c intervention to be a farce. A Irench force was sent to a port in rational politician? The worst of it is, that the Doctor has brought Ua| yj where at present tranquillity reigned, but where, he was sure into light once more the very speculations of his which time has tranquillity would not long continue after the appearance of the tri proved to be utterly erroneous. The whole of the principles— the coloured flag. Never was there a more bare- faced instance of in whole of the judgments and doctrines- which he laid down in the ' e" e'^ 0n', a" d °" r Mincers ou& ht ,0 watch iftwil1' jealousy .— Earl J 6 GREY observed, that there never was greater occasion for a good ' Quarterly,' and which he has now given to the world, have been understanding between England and France than existed at the altogether reversed, and rendered null by the progress of events; present moment ; that he believed the good understanding to exist; so that the Doctor's essays, moral as well as political, cannot be and that he was aware of nothing having been done by France that ,, ,, ... , ,, , r„ , ,„, , r was inconsistent with good faith. As to the French expedition to allowed to possess any mertt beyond that of an almanack for one ^^ ^ dutv as r of ^ Cnwn preven( ed ^ fmm ; of the years of the last century. The articles were very applica- partjng the information that had reached the Government on the ble to the period at which they were written ; but the revolution of subject. The Noble Earl then said ( in reply to Lord Londonderry's several years has quite varied the proportion of their merit. The | inquiry) that he expected very soon to receive the ratifications of Doctor, in his dedication to Sir Robert Inglis, declares, that though manv years have elapsed since he wrote those essays, yet that he sees nothing in their contents to retract. This is very pleasant for the Doctor, since it is about the first time of his life that he has been able to stick to tbe same sort of opinions for the same number of years. We can never forget that Dr. Southey, by his * Wat Tyler,' instigated the less thinking portion of his countrymen to discontent, and even sedition— yet a more fierce and unbending the Belgian treaty, IRISH TITHES.— The Duke of BUCKINGHAM asked when the promised measure on tbe subject of tithes in Ireland would be brought forward.— Earl GREY replied that the Ministers were not inattentive to this question, but that the contemplated bill must originate in the other House, where it would be proposed without delay.— The subject was beset with difficulties, which chiefly arose from the circumstance of former Administrations having failed to settle it Tbe Duke of WELLINGTON warmly denied this statement, and contended that the clamour about tithes arose from „..,,,,, , . , ,,. , the encouragement given to agitators in Ireland by the Government, persecutor of disloyalty than he has proved since the era of h, s H( J declare| that n0 sort 0f proper, y was more firm| y secured than political repentance, we firmly believe is not to be found in tbe j that of tithes. Earl GREY, in reply, stated that the Government catalogue of inquisitors. Dr. Southey has not the proper temper had resolved, in the first instance, to try lenient measures; he. for political warfare ; and a chimerical and visionary optimism has Isaid thatlhe Present Ministers were guiltless of the charg^ of having utterly spoiled a judgment which, in other matters, is unquestion- bly entitled to the greatest respect. The day of the political Snutheys, and such men, is gone, never to return; and we shall be disappointed if we do not see the poet laureate restored to those il'Irelland' lie d<=' na" ded uf < he Duke of Wellington to make a spe- .... r .... cific charge ; as to the assertion he contradicted it as flatly as words 1 t- r. l. inb hn tiofnro muct hp tar mnra /> n « i numil tn lnr I 0 .... n , - ,,, T - r ~ employments which, by nature, must be far more congenial to Lis j couId colrtradict it.— The Duke of WELLINGTON maintained wishes. I tliat agitation was encouraged by the non- renewal of the measure for putting down illegal assemblies, and by which non- renewal the Weippert's Demon— The Court of Adelaide— and La Londonderry I chief agitator had been enabled to escape from the penalties of Ihe Quadrilles.— London: Goulding and D'Alniaine. 1832. law: by the patent of precedency afterwards bestowed on that We have looked over, with much pleasure, our old favourite | chief agitator ; by the letters which had been forwarded by Minis caused disturbances in Ireland on account of tithes. They had constantly been a source of discontent in that country, and causes for the increase of that discontent had been accumulating for years. As to the allegation, that the Government had encouraged agitation Weippert's selection from Robert le Diable, and find that some of the most interesting movements of that Opera have been introduced ; we have likewise danced to them, and must admit the full influence of their Diablerie, when conducted by that Harp- y Performer.- The title- page contains some novel and well- executed lithographic Vignettes. The Court of Adeluide and La Londonderry are spirited additions to Quadrille Music. La Seaham, in the latter, is our fa- vourite. Non Piu Mestu, from La Cenerentola, arranged with variations. By G. F. Harris London: Halliday and Co. 1832. A delicate staccato movement, which is admirably kept up through all the variations ; they are pleasingly arranged, and are free from that superabundance of ornament, which, although it may shew off the execution of the performer, is calculated to afford but little real pleasure to the hearer, who strives, in vain, through the mass of fiction, to catch the reality. The Song of Joy. By Thomas Haynes Bayly.— London : Paine and Hopkins. 1832. A11 exceedingly pleasing song, tastefully written, and well sup- ported by a free harmonious accompaniment. I have Sought the Forest Glen. By S. Nelson.— London : Paine and Hopkins. 1832. We have in this composition a light and spirited ballad, and one well adapted for a moderate voice. When first I saw thee smile. By C. M. Sola.— London : George and Manby. 1832. This is a pretty polacca movement, 111 Sola's very best style. The Vacant Chair. By Thomas Haynes Bayly.— London : Keith, Prowse, and Co. 1832. The lovers of sweet and melancholy strains will find food for fancy to dwell on in this charming ballad. ters to divers political unions, holding forth the defeat of the re form bill as the whisper of a faction ; by the mobs that had been allowed to assemble in the metropolis ; and by the breaking of win dows— those of his residence as well as the windows of other man sions ;— proceedings that were so far encouraged that they were not put down.— The Earl of ELDON, after a few observations on the question at issue, made a diversion to the Reform Bill, and de clared, that if it passed, the family on the Throne, so help him GOD ! would not be on it for more than ten years.— After some observations from several noble lords, the conversation dropped. TUESDAY, FEB. 28. TITHES.— Lord KING presented further petitions regarding the tithes in Ireland, and contended that tithe was the property of the State, as might be established by abundant proof.— The Bishop of LONDON complained that this argument had been raised with out giving any previous notice that it was to be brought forward.— He maintained that the noble lord's argument was wrong, and that the church held its property on as settled aud as clear principles as any corporation enjoyed Us property.— Lord RADNOR supported the course of argument pursued by Lord King, and said tliat the like sentiments were field by a majority of the intelligent people of England.— Lord TEYNH AM declared that the tithe system pressed heavily and injuriously on the interests of agriculture. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.— The Earl of RODEN was anxious to claim the attention of their lordships on a subject, with the importance of which he, in common with almost all the Pro- testants of the empire, was deeply impressed ; and he had a variety of petitions to present from parishes in eight different counties of Ireland. The petitioners resided in distant parts of Ihe country, and differed in their religious persuasion ; but they all agreed in the same prayer, and in the declaration that the system of education proposed by his Majesty's Government was impolitic, impractica- ble, and unchristian. In this declaration he perfectly concurred. He hoped that their Lordships would give to this most important question, occurring as it did at this most important crisis, the atten- tion which it deserved. The country was most anxious 011 the sub- ject. It was 110 trifling interference to interfere with matters of conscience. He appealed on this subject to the spiritual lords - to called for.— The Archbishop of ARMAGH and Ihe EarlofWICK- LOW strongly opposed the education plan, as beingcalculated to in- jure the Protestant religion.— The Duke of WELLINGTON was likewise adverse to the proposed system.— Aftera lengthened debate, the Earl of RODEN declared his conviction to be unchanged as to the fact, that Ministers, in laying down their plan of education, were merely submitting to the dictation of the Catholic Priests THURSDAY, MARCH 1. Lord PLUNKET niuved for returns of the appointments of tbe secretary to the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, by Lords Chancellor Manners, Hart, and Plunket. The noble and learned lord said his object was to enable their lordships tojudge for them- selves of the unfoundedness of the assertions and false aspersions which had been thrown out in another place against the appoint- ment made by the present Chancellor of Ireland. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition from Rochdale, in support of Mr. Sadler's bill for diminishing the labour of children in manufactories. The noble prelate gare notice, that on Monday next he would move the second reading of the bill for restricting pluralities. Lord TENTERDEN laid on the table a bill for establishing uniformity of process in courts of common law. He would then merely state that its principle had been approved of by his pro- fessional brethren as eminently conducive to lessening the expense and facilitating the progress of processes in the courts below. Adjourned. FRIDAY, MARCH 2. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.— The Marquis of LONDON- DERRY rose to put some questions to the Noble and Learned Lord Chancellor of Ireland, relative to some papers which that noble and learned lord had moved for last night. The noble and learned lord had moved for certain returns relative to the ap- pointment and emoluments of the secretary to the Irish Lord Chancellor, but he had not then stated whether he proposed to originate any motion in that house founded on these papers, or whether he called for them in order to purge himself from the imputations which had been thrown out against him both within doors and without, in regard to the emoluments which he had contrived to secure for himself and his family. In putting these questions he acted from no personal hostility to the noble and learned lord. He had seen in the Irish newspapers a detailed statement of the emoluments derived from the public by the noble and learned lord and his family— perhaps an erroneous statement— but if it was erroneous the nobleand learned lord should have instituted some proceeding against these newspa- pers for a false and scandalous libel. He had not heard, how- ever, that the noble and learned lord had taken any steps to- wards the refutation of these imputations. It was stated that the noble and learned lord and his family held 22 public places, with emoluments to the extent of from 30 to 36,000/. a year; and it appeared to him, that as the noble and learned lord formed part of an Administration which boasted so much of its regard to economy, and of its desire to promote retrenchment and diminish the burdens of the people, he ought to have taken some steps to clear himself from these charges. In this strain the noble marquis proceeded for a short time, when the Earl of RADNOR rose to order, and inquired if the marquis was about to conclude with a motion.— The Noble Marquis replied that he was about to present a petition, but it turnedout to be a petition on another subject. The Lords laughed, but Lord PLUN- KET insisted on the marquis's going on. But the latter de- clined to do so, and under the circumstances Lord PLUN- KET had no alternative but to make a motion himself. He then moved the following resolution:—" That Earl Vane ( the Marquis of Londonderry) having made a speech when there was no question before the house, and having, when called to order, stated that he had a petition to present, and having, after mak- ing his observations, refused to present the petition, had com- mitted a breach of the orders of that house," which motion having been read by the LORD CHANCELLOR from the woolsack, Lord PLUNKET rose and spoke as follows, evi- dently under the influence of strong emotion r—" My Lords—- It has never been my fortune to listen to an attack so irregular, so acrimonious, and I will add, so unfounded, as that which the noble marquis has just made upon me. M \ r A ytKF nAY I the conservators of our morals aud our religion— the successors and JYLAlxA.^ iJNH, DAI. representatives of those great inen, some of whom died on the The birth- day of the Magazines has preceded by so short an scaffold, and some at the stake, in defence of the truth. He warned interval our publication day, that we have only time to glance his Majesty's Ministers not to persist iu their present course, and hastily at them, and can afford space only for a few brief re- "°' to b" ng dow" uP° n , HEI? 5F'TE' ' he indignation of GOD, by with- ' . holding from any portion of the people those scriptures which He marks upon their respective merits ; and first of " The Metro- bad commanded should be disseminated through the earth Lord politan," the present number of which offers a varied and PLUNKET proceeded at great length to defend the government, amusing bill of fare, in which a proper admixture of the solid and tl, e board of commissioners from the imputations cast upon them , ., , , . . , , j » 1 i, by Lord Roden. He agreed with the noble lord that no system of and the savoury nas Been judiciously onservea. Amongst the ^ cation could be safe or useful in any country which was not lighter articles, which, after all, are the most fitting for, and the based 011 the great principles of religion— in a Christian country first to attract attention in, a periodical, is one entitled Claver- which was not based 011 the great principles of the Christian reli- ing's Autobiography, in which a dashing off- hand and somewhat g » on- Now, there were but two modes that presented themselves . ... . r , , . ^ , .... , ... to his nnnd, in which such ail education could take place 111 Ireland, piquant sketch is given of several celebrated political and literary | Euher tbere mustbe Kparate schools for Protestants and Catholics, characters of the last half century. ~ One of the poetical contri- or there must be joint schools for both. The first was to be depre buttons is an impromptu by T. Campbell, Esq., the perusal of cated as tending to perpetuate the differences and animosities of tbe which shocked us almost into catalepsy. Is it possible that this indecorous doggrel really dropped from the gifted pen of the author of " Gertrude of Wyoming ?" The new number of Fraser's Magazine follows steadily its pre- decessors in the path of novelty, variety, and apropos. The table of contents is an attractive one, with the exception of two or three long- winded articles on politics and theology. These, however, will find readers to pore over them ; those who relish not so much solid entertainment may pass on to the other arti- two parties. The best mode of effecting a joint education, there fore, was the object that ought to be pursued. To do this, they ght to have a system of education, founded on tbe great principles of religion— founded 011 tbe great principles of Christianity, but not so constructed that either of the great parties into wbich Ireland was divided, could not join in it. The proposition of the govern- ment was simply this :— There shall be public sclwols established for the joint instruction of Catholic and Protestant children. On four days in the week they shall receive instruction in common, of aliterary and moral character; not excluding ihe bible under cer tain limitations ; and on two days in the week they shall be under the superintendence of masters belonging to their respective churches cles, where they will find sufficient to rivet and reward their when they may study tbe scriptures without any limitation what attention. The Monthly Magazine has made rapid strides in improvement under its new management and change of politics. From being a reckless partisan of ultra- Toryism, it has become a promulgator of sound, liberal, and more popular doctrines. Such a refor- mation not only deserves but must secure success. The present number is an excellent one. The new number of The Union Monthly Magazine, an useful, I moral lessons, and calculated to make the children good men and meritorious, and cheap periodical, has several articles that de- valuab'e ? U! ZT'J- m* to ^ "- ead by tlu- m. His Lordship clearly 1 r > v8j, owe( j t) lat the Kildare- Street society had failed in affording the serve attention. means of education to the Irish people generally, and that such a The New Sporting Magazine of this month, besides its usua changeof system as that adopted by the government was absolutely ever. Now, was it fair to say, that it was tbe intention of his Ma- jesty's Government to debar the children from the use of the scrip tures ? Could any thing be more untrue than such an allegation ?• Nor was that all. Even 011 the four days on which the Protestant and the Catholic children were to receive instruction in common the children of both parties, previously to going to school, and after their separation, were to have access to the scriptures, and might receive instruction in them. Nor was that all. Even in the school hours, selections from such parts of the scriptures as w ere fitted for The noble marquis has stated that he is actuated by no feelings of personal hostility to me. I am not, my Lords, at liberty to doubt the sincerity of any noble lord's declaration in this house; all I shall say is, that to your lordships' discretion I leave to be decided how far the animadversions of the noble marquis are consistent with the terms of his disclaimer. ( Cheers.) The noble marquis has thought proper to put questions to me respect- ing the affairs of my family ; and on the faith of a news- paper statement, in which it was difficult to suppose any noble Lord could place implicit credence, has, without notice, ventured to direct against me an attack as bitter and severe as the extent of his slender abilities could permit him. ( Cheers and laughter.) Fortunately for me, the ability of the noble Lord to strike, lags behind his inclination, as, in natural history, we see that the most venomous are among the least powerful of the animal crea- tion. ( Hear, hear.) The noble Lord complains that I cried hear' to some observation of his. I certainly did so ; but still am unconscious of having committed very great offence, the ra- ther as I am not apt to complain myself when the noble lord deigns, in his own peculiar tone, to cry ' hear' to any remark of mine. My ' hear,' I beg leave to remark, was at least not a scream— not a sound pushed beyond the usual limits of human exclamation— in fact, was not much calculated to alarm the ears or the feelings of my auditors. ( Hear, and laughter.) In this, I confess, there is a marked difference between us ; but surely my vocal inability to cope with the noble lord ought not to be charged upon me as an offence. ( Continued laughter.) A noble baron opposite ( Ellenborough) has defended the noble marquis's pro- ceeding as not inconsistent with the usages of the house. ' My noble friend,' said he, ' having thought better of it, was by no means irregular in withdrawing the petition he rose to present.* In this the noble marquis, then, is only appearing in a new cha- racter, exhibiting his dramatic versatility. ( A laugh.) Allow me to congratulate him in eclipsing even himself as an orator and a logician. It is conceived a notable result of most specimens of human eloquence to convince others against their preconcep- tions, and persuade them to act according to the wishes of the speaker. For the first time, however, in the history of logic and oratory, 1 we now have a ' learned Daniel,' who, in the course of his oration, actually persuades, not others, but himself, to act contrary to his own predetermination. ( Cheers and laughter.) The noble lord had frequently before persuaded others who might otherwise have voted on his side, that to do so would be acting in the teeth of common sense ; for it was one of the shining attributes of the noble lord's genius, that his support is injurious only to those who have the misfortune to count him as an ally ( A laugh); but this I beSeve is the first time that his per contr* persuasive powers hare been successfully directed against himself. ( Continued laughter.) Long, I trust, will thejr be so harmlessly directed, and long may they be as successful in persuading others to the reverse of his intentions as they have in the present instance with himself. Before the Noble Lord had ventured to attack me as he did, and complain of the remuneration which I have derived from the public for my services, he ought to have made himself somewhat better acquainted with simple facts. Had he been present the other evening when I moved for returns of the appointment of secre- tary to the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, he would have heard me state the object of my motion, and thereby have avoided the wasting his time and eloquence this evening. I now tell the Noble Lord— not for his personal satisfaction, for with him I will hold no terms, and will offer no explanation whatever with a view to removing his dissatisfaction, but for the satisfaction o£ the house— the object I had in view in moving for these returns. Aspersions the most unwarranted and injurious were thrown out in another place against me with reference to the appointment of my secretary, and a notice of motion was given ia the House of 1 T March 4. THE TOWar. 265 Commons for documents connected with that appointment. I accordingly, for the purpose of meeting any calumniator who • would dare to repeat these aspersions to my face in this house, came down and moved for similar returns to be laid before your lordships, so as to afford any noble Lord who might he dis- posed to repeat the calumny an opportunity of doing so, and my- self an opportunity, which, with God's blessing, I will never shrink from, of meeting, and exposing, and chastising my calumniator. ( Loud cheers.) In moving for the returns, I also moved for returns of the similar appointments made by my two predecessors in office, in order that your lordships and the pub- lic might clearly see that the aspersions and calumny applied as much to Lords Chancellors Manners and Hart, as to Lord Chan- cellor Plunket. ( Hear, hear.) The noble lord has thought proper, on the authority of a newspaper statement, which I as- sure your lordships I have never read, and to which I am wholly indifferent, to state that my family derive 36,000i. a year from the public, and concerning which he calls upon me for explana- tion. I will not stoop to refute so extravagant a falsehood. ( Cheers.) I envy not the structure of understanding which could bestow upon it a moment's credence. What! are noble lords to be called upon to defend themselves in Parliament against every stupid calumny which mortified but most impotent vanity, or the virulence of faction, may insert in a newspaper ? ( Hear, hear.) I am surprised that even the noble lord could entertain such a monstrous proposition. H e asks me, have I made any inquiry as to the source or authenticity of the statement ? I an- swer him, no. I would not lower myself in my own estimation by treating it otherwise than with silent contempt. ( Cheers.) I ask the noble lord, have any statements ever appeared in news- papers touching his own personal affairs ? ( Hear, hear, hear, and a laugh.) And if so, has he been called upon as he calls upon me, in his place in Parliament, to explain them away ? ( Hear, hear, hear.) Was it ever, for example, stated— no doubt without any foundation— that the noble marquis ap- plied to a certain prime minister for some remuneration or pension, which the said prime minister was cruelly un- just enough to refuse ? ( Loud cheers and laughter.) Was the noble lord, in a word, ever called upon to explain to the public the amount and distribution of the large sums of public money which found their way to the pockets of the Stuart family ? ( Hear.) Certainly not : it was reserved for himself to set the precedent of making a most senseless newspaper ca- lumny the occasion of as senseless an attack on the individual calumniated. I state, then, that the newspaper allegation, on which the noble lord has grounded his attack, is totally and ab- solutely a falsehood. ( Hear.) Whether it is quite fair and con- sistent with the usage of Parliament and good society to make the allegations of a newspaper the pretext of calling upon any noble lord to enter into a statement of his family affairs, I leave it, after this emphatic denial, to the good taste and gentlemanly feeling of your lordships. ( Cheers.) I take leave of the calumny, with this assurance to the noble lord, that I am one who have never been a hunter after favours from any minister or govern- ment whatever. I am not one who has given his support or his opposition in Parliament according to the mere dictates of vanity or personal interest, and I am one who never made a demand for public money which the individual from whom it was demanded was forced to stigmatize as " too bad." ( Loud cheers.) The noble lord professes to entertain no feelings of personal hostility against me. I profess to entertain no such feeling against him ; but this I tell him, by way of wholesome warning, that if he on any future occasion venture to indulge in rash attacks on my character, though I will not degrade myself by following the ex- ample of personal invective, he may perhaps have little reason, so far as the vanguards are concerned, to congratulate himself with a large balance on the credit side of the account between us. ( Cheers and laughter.) The noble lord has thought fit to cate- chise me as to the advice which I may have felt it to he my duty to give to my Sovereign, in matters connected with the office I hold under him. What right has the noble lord, or any noble lord, to ask me such a question ? Or on what ground should he venture to charge me with having deprived him of the confidence of his Majesty, and to have given his Majesty counsel displeasing to a party who arrogate to themselves exclusive loyalty, while they are thwarting, by every means in their power, the Government ? Such question and such charges are the mere ravings of distem- pered vanity, and are not to be reasoned with by those who are capable of sound ratiocination. ( Hear.) I can assure the noble lord that, so far from occupying the time of my Sovereign with discussions of the noble lord's transcendent merits as a states- man, an orator, or a logician, I never have wasted a moment of even my own time on either—( a laugh)— and that the noble lord's affairs are to me a matter of as utter indifference as I am sure they must be to the rational portion of the public. ( Cheers and continued laughter.) This declaration may not be flattering incense to the noble lord's estimate of his own public merits, but it is a simple fact which I trust will spare him much future fretfulness. I do not recollect whether there is any other point on which the noble lord is anxious to ' obtain some expla- nation.' If there he, and that he will have the goodness to re- mind me of it, I shall be very happy to afford him all in my power. Perhaps the little I have afforded will suffice him for the present—( a laugh)— if not, let him hoist the flag, and I am ready for the combat." The noble and learned lord then stated, in a rather indistinct tone across the table, that in endeavouring to provide for his family, he felt he had not stretched his duty as a parent. Two of his sons were in the church, two at the bar ; he defied even calumny to impeach their conduct at either. His eldest son derived no emolument from the public, and all his family occupied but that station in society to which he persuaded himself they were fully entitled. ( Loud cheers.)— Earl GREY eventually put an end to the altercation by proposing that the marquis of Londonderry should apologise to the House for his disregard of its rules— a proposition that was acquiesced in, the marquis of Londonderry declaring his innocence of all intention to violate the rules of the house ; he had erred, and he was sorry for it. The resolution was therefore withdrawn. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, FEB. 27. NAVY CIVIL DEPARTMENTS BILL— On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. Croker opposed it in a long speech. He was replied to by Sir J. Graham, whose arguments were so convincing as to render a division on the question quite un- necessary. The bill was read a second time without a division, and ordered to be committed on the Monday following. ANATOMY— The bill of Mr. Warburton for facilitating the study of anatomy, was committed, notwithstanding the fierce oppo- sition of certain members. Two divisions took place, which show the state of the opinion of the house as to the bill. The first was, in its favour— 64 to 13; the second— 59 to 7. The bill was then considered in committee, and the report ordered to be brought up on the following Friday. TUESDAY, FEB. 28. In reply to an inquiry of Mr. G. Dawson, Sir J. C. HOB- HOUSE stated, that if indeed tbe opinion were well founded that, under the Vestries' Act, certain notices must be personally deli- vered, and by whole parishes, within very short spaces of time, which was contrary to the intent of the act, he should apply for a short bill to remedy the defect. Mr Alderman THOMPSON then moved for a committee to pre- pare measures to reduce the soap duty from 3d to 1J per lb., and to impose a duty of 1} per lb. on soap in Ireland, which at present paid no duty at all on that article. The duty produced upwards of 1,200,0001.— was very partial in its operation— injured the fair trader— encouraged smuggling; and, by the reduction, he main- tained that but little injury would be done to the revenue.— The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted the benefit that must result from the reduction if the revenue could bear it; but as that was not the case, he felt reluctantly compelled to oppose the motion, which was withdrawn after a hint from Mr. Hunt, that it was not very creditable in a reformer to bring forward such amotion to the impediment of the reform bill. REFORM BILL— The House having resolved itself into a com- mittee, the question that Manchester stand part of schedule C was moved, and, after some conversation, carried. Birmingham, Leeds, Greenwich, Sheffield, Sunderland, Devonport, Wolverhampton, & c. were inserted in schedule C. On the motion that the " Tower Ham- lets, Middlesex " stand part of schedule C, the Marquis of CHANDOS rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given a long notice. He objected to giving the 101. franchise to the in- habitants of the metropolis, because such a gift would lead to greater excitement in the metropolis than any which had ever existed on any question which had yet been mooted in the history of the country. If the committee would only look back to the times that were past, and to the p= irt which the nietropolis had taken upon all important public questions, it would find that the nietropolis had never been backward in forwarding the wishes of its inhabitants; and on a question of the magnitude which he was then going to submit to the committee, it was clear that all of them would feel an anxiety not only to possess the elective franchise, but also to see a measure carried, from which they anticipated so much benefit to themselves and to their country. The noble marquis said, that if he succeeded iu defeating the intention of tiie bill to give two mem- bers to the Tower Hamlets, he would make the following proposi- tions :— Instead of eight new members— two for Marylebone, two for the Tower Hamlets, two for Holborn and Finsbury, and two for Lambeth, Marylebone was to be clapped on the back of West- minster, London be gorged with Holborn and Finsbury, and Lam- beth to be crammed into the Borough!— Mr. John SMITH said, that the first commercial interests of this country were concentrated in the Tower Hamlets, and that tbe inhabitants had as much right certainly to representation as any borough which was retained in the reform bill.— Lord ALTHORP called upon gentlemen to consider impartially the claims of these districts. The committee had consented to give the right of returning members to several large manufacturing towns and commercial districts; but in no in- stances had the committee given that right to any districts which were so important as the metropolitan districts. What were the objections which the noble marquis had urged against the present vote? He bad told them, first of all, that if they gave these districts the elective franchise, there would be danger of producing discon- tent on all occasions when their interests were affected. But what greater danger of discontent would arise when those districts re- turned members to parliament than existed at present upon those questions which affected their interests? Ifthe committee were now to bestow upon thenitherightofelectingiheirown representatives. it would be more likely to avert the danger of discontent than it would be by refusing them that right. The noble marquisappeared to be afraid of the confusion which would prevail in these districts at the period of elections ; but if he were to unite these districts with London, West- minster, and Southw'ark, would he have less confusion at such periods? Would he depart from that principle of the bill which stated that the otes at each election should be taken in the different districts ? If he would, then would not great confusion ensue from concentrating in one polling place the numerous voters of such extensive and popu- lous districts! and, on the other hand, if he would not, would not the elections be going on in each of these metropolitan districts just as if they were in the enjoyment of the right of returning re- presentatives exclusively their own? ( Great cheering on the minis- terial benches.) The principle of the bill was to give representa- tion to large masses of population and wealth, wherever they ex- isted ; and if any such masses were deprived of representation, the principle of the bill, if it were not destroyed, would certainly be materially injured. ( Cheers.) For these reasons, he trusted that tbe house would adhere to the decision to which it came in the last session of Parliament, when it decided in favour of tbe bill it stood at present. ( Cheers.)— Sir E. SUGDEN supported the motion of Lord Ciiandos, and was for leaving the metropolis as it was.— Mr. MACAU LEY contended, that if the House took the amount of the population as the standard'of importance— if they adopted that of the number of lOi. houses— if they took the amount of the assessed taxes— if they took the wealth— if they adopted intelligence as their criterion— indeed, estimate it as they might, let them take any combination of arithmetical figures that they pleased— let them multiply or divide, let them subtract or add— let them adopt the course pointed out by Lieutenant Drummond or that of the Hon. Member who proposed to decide the question by the square root of population and taxes— in short, let them take whatever course of arithmetic they pleased, there was none from which these metropolitan districts would not come marked with the proofs of a most undoubted importance. ( Hear, hear, hear.) If they took population, wealth, and intelligence, as the standard by which to measure their decision, fifty would be a more proper num ber of representatives than eight to give to these districts. ( Hear, hear.) The only argument against giving representatives to the metropolitan districts was, that the members would be called to very strict account by their constituents ; that they would not speak their own sense, but merely the fluctuating sense of those who sent them as their representatives. But that argument applied as strongly to the instances of members returned by individuals. He did not understand the grounds on which those who repre. senled the submission of members to be called to account by a nu merous constituency as a disgrace, while they thought it a point of honour to submit to the same strictness of account to an individual. He did not understand that spirit of honour that could lick the heels of an oligarchy, while it spurned at the wishes of the peopl ( Hear, henr.) He did not understand that point of honour which made a man boast that he had gone out of his seat because he had voted in a particular manner, against the wishes of one man, his patron, while he taunted another member forquittingbis seat solely because he had offended 12,000 persons. ( Hear, hear.) But supposing this strictness of calling to account be an evil, was that evil confined to the metropolitan districts? During the discussion on the Catholic claims there were many gentlemen who disguised their opinion— who compromised their opinion for fear of offending their constituents. He did not understand on what ground they were more afraid on the subject of the influence to be exercised by the constituency in the metropolitan districts than in other large towns. He knew an instance of an individual who declared that there were many gentlemen who said on that occasion that they could not vote for the Catholic question if they wished to retain their seats. That, however, was not the evil of popular represen- tation alone. It was the fault of all representations, individual and numerous. To suppose otherwise would be to manifest an ignorance of human nature. But the great argument really was: in plain words, a dread of the preponderance of the people.— Sir G. MURRAY opposed the motion.— Mr. C. GRANT sopported it.— Sir R. PEEL, in a long and elaborate speech, endeavoured to shew that no grounds existed for the extension of the number members for London. He would assume that the principles of reform, as recognised in that bill, were such as ought to be adopled by the house ; that the bill was, generally speaking, calculated to carry the sound principles of reform into beneficial effect; but did it theiefore follow, that consistency required that every mein ber who gave a general support to the bill should therefore vote un conditionally for the metropolitan clauses? The matter resolved itself into two questions ; the first was, whether or not it was ne cessary or expedient that so large a number of members should be added to the representation of the metropolis ? The second was. whether tbe constituency was of the sort which, in the present re- lations of the greater and smaller towns of the United Kingdom; ought to belong to the metropolis? The number of metropolitan members under the new bill would amount to no fewer than two- and- twenty. A very small degree of reflection would enable the House to see the mode in which the influence thus created could not fail to act. These two- and- twenty members would be, during their attendance in Parliament, in constant communication with their constituents, under the immediate force and controul of their influence. Thus there would be in that House a body of two- and twenty individuals with every facility for con bination, and with every means of acting in that House upon the immediate, and therefore ill- considered commands of their constituents out doors. Under the weight of the two- and- twenty metropolitan members, it would be ill vain that a reformed House of Parliament should attempt to resist the pressure which would thus urge them from without; therefore, he should say to tbe House, take time to consider. There could not be a greater or a more dangerous error than to suppose that in such a case, learning, wealth, or refinement, and not numbers, would decide the question.— Lord J. RUSSELL replied with great force to these arguments.— Lord SANDON stated, that though friendly to the reform bill he should vote against the present measure. After some further observations from a few members, the House divided, when the numbers were— For the clause 316— Against it 236— Majority 80. Five hundred and fifty- seven members were present. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 29. Shortly after the Speaker had taken the chair he acquainted the house that he had drawn up an order to the effect, that members having petitions to present might attend tbe house at ten in the morning, and place their names on a list; that the names should be then balloted for as to precedence ; and that the members should have precedence on ( he Speaker's list, in the order in which their names appeared on the ballot list. Petitions were presented from Sheffield, in favour of the factories bill; from Knaresborough, against the general registry bill; from Huddersfield, praying to have two members; and from Birming- ham, to take off the existing taxes on the diffusion of knowledge. Lord ALTHORP postponed the resolution for the continuation of the duty on sugar, in compliance with the urgent suggestions of the Marquis ofChandos, Mr. K. Douglas, and Mr. R. Gordon, they desiring that the house might previously have the advantage of a report from the committee on the state of the West Indies, which, it was intimated, was not unlikely to be presented in the course of a few days. Mr. HUNT said that he had received a letter from New York, complaining that a petition on parliamentary reform, sent by up- wards of600 British residents there to Earl Grey, for the purpose of being presented to the King, had not been so presented, Earl Grey having replied that there was " no precedent" for such a jroceeding.— Lord ALTHORP replied that this was the first he lad heard of the transaction.— Mr. HUNT added, that when Earl Grey's secretary was in his seat, he would make further inquiry about it, and present the petition himself if he could get it. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.— Colonel TRENCH complained that, after a sum of 700,0001, had been expended on Buckingham Palace, a further demand was made for the decoration of state apartments, while estimates were to be made of the value of pro- perty in Pimlico, the extent of which could not yet be ascertained HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES— The house hav- ing resolved itself into a committee, Lord ALTHORP moved a grant of 100,000i. for the relief of the distresses in Barbadoes, oc- casioned by the dreadful hurricane. He stated that the damage amounted to 1,700,0001., therefore to make good the damage out of the public means was impracticable in the present state of the revenue ; but for the extension of some relief there was the prece- dent of 1780.— Mr. HUME admitted that the visitation was se- vere and extensive; but as to the present proposition, if it were adopted, he knew not why Parliament should not be called upon in other instances of vast destruction of property. While thousands in this country were starving, he could not sanction this motion, as he thought it would be to establish a dangerous precedent.— Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Burge, Mr. Marryat, Mr. Labouchere, and others, strongly supported the grant.— Mr. HUNT approved of the vote, but he thought the paupers of Bethnal green, whose case was stated lo the house in a petition now before it, were as well deserv- ing of the sympathy of Parliament as the sufferers in the West Indies. He should propose, therefore, that the vote should be increased to 101,000(. and that the odd thousand should be applied to the sufferers of Bethnal- green.— Lord ALTHORP did not think the lion, member for Preston need persist in his motion, as the case of Bethnal- green had been already under the considera- tion of Government, and be might add that temporary relief had been granted to a larger amount than the hon. member had pro. posed. In consequence of the assistance afforded, 500 paupers had been withdrawn from the workhouse. The motion was then agreed to. BRITISH MUSEUM.— The sum of 16,9221. for the British Museum was voted, on the motion of Mr. BARING, who observed that in thepresent estimate therewerebuttwoitemsto which he felt it necessary to call the attention of the committee. The one a sum of 900i. for the purpose of making good the negotiation for the trans- fer of the Arundel manuscripts from the Royal Society to the British Moseum ; and the other a sum of 600/. for coins, letters, and antiquities, which would be a useful accession to the collection. The committee was aware that the Royal Society had had posses- sion of the Arundel manuscripts for a number of years, and that those papers not being so accessible to the public as was desirable, it was deemed advisable to effect an exchange of duplicates of some valuable works in possession of the British Museum for tbe papers. The sum of 9001. was to complete that arrangement. He had the satisfaction of stating that a considerable increase had been made in the accommodations for visitors in the reading- room of the British Museum, and that, in consequence of a suggestion made last year, the reading- room was now open every day in the week, except Sunday. MALT DRAWBACK BILL.— This bill, after some debate, was read the second time, the house having divided on its merits. The numbers were— For the second reading 41— Against it 17— Majority 24. THURSDAY, MARCH 1. The house balloted for a committee to determine the validity of the return made at the late Dorsetshire election. Sir R. MUSGRAVE presented petitions from several parishes in Kilkenny, against the present tithe system. After several petitions had been presented from different parts of the country, complaining of ihe depressed state of the silk aud riband trade. Lord GROSVENOR moved for a committee of in- quiry into the state of the silk trade. His Lordship said that he adopted general words in his motion; but his object was, that the distresses of all branches of the silk trade should be inquired into. He contended that ground for inquiry was established by the fact of the trade having flourished previously to the removal of Par- liamentary restrictions, by tbe proceedings of 1824 and 1826.— Mr. P. THOMSON stated that he should not oppose the motion, though it was expedient to alter the wording of it, and maintained that all the difficulties of the trade were not traceable to the re- moval of protections, as they were termed, that had previously been extended to the trade. He strongly defended Mr. Huskisson's principles and measures, as applied to this question. After an ex- tended discussion, which, indeed, occupied Ihe whole night, the committee was conceded, the Chancellor of the Exchequer remark- ing that he did not oppose the committee, because it was desirable to ascertain whether ihe smuggling complained of could be reme- died. The names to constitute the committee occasioned a good deal of discussion, so much that it was found convenient to postpone the naming of them. The other orders of tbe day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at one o'clock. FRIDAY, MARCH 2. Numerous petitions on Irish tithes were presented. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, previously to the house once more resolving into committee on the reform bill, noticed the calcu- lations of Sir R. Peel in the debate respecting the metropolitan districts— calculations that went to show inconsistencies in the representation and information presented by the Ministers; and the right hon. baronet declared these calculations to be radically erroneous, inasmuch as the apparent inconsistencies of the voters being more numerous than the houses, resulted from contrasting documents of different years, and making no allowances for the increase of houses in many parishes in and about London since the census of 1821. The house afterwards resolved into com- mittee, and the consideration of schedule C was resumed. The remaining items for the metropolitan districts were adopted. Bolton, Bradford, & c. followed.— Sir G. MURRAY said, it being avowed that, as in the case of Birmingham, population had been taken as proof of the wealth and importance of the place, Scotland and Ireland were justified in expecting an in- creased number of members— an increase that might be made by transferring to them the franchise of some of the places enu- merated in schedules A and B. The whole of schedule C was eventually adopted.— Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that Dartmouth ( a postponed item) stand part of schedule B. That called forth a good deal of discussion, and a division: the ayes were 205, the noes 106— majority 99. " Totness" was the next postponed case, and in consequence of additional informa- tion, the Ministers did not press the motion; and it was carried without any division, that Totness do not stand part of schedule B.— Lord J. RUSSELL next proposed to proceed to schedule D— namely, the list of newly created boroughs which are to send one member each, and moved that Ashton- under- Lyne, the first in such list, do stand part of the said schedule. Adjournment, however, was pressed, it being near one o'clock, and the Mi- nisters, after some conversation, agreed, and the House ad- journed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE— The Duke ofMontemart has resolved to retire from public life. He was the person appointed by Charles X. on the 29th July to form a new Ministry, and to withdraw tbe Ordi- nances. The Polish Count Jelski has issued a declaration in Paris, stating that the instalments paid on the Polish Loan ma3' be obtained by application, on tbe part of each subscriber, to the banking- house where he deposited it. The Liberal journals continue to shew their indignation at the de- cision of the Chamber of Peers relative to the 21st of January, to which, while they removed all religious observations, they have given a sort of half- holyday nature, not known to this city. Those journals seem decided upon proving that Louis XVI. was de- servedly put to death. We find by recent advices from Paris that an establishment simi- lar to Lloyd's, arid under the singular title of " Le Lloyd Fran- Sais," had been formed, and would shortly come into operation. Among the founders of this institution we find the names of Ad- miral de Rigny, Boucher, Bartholotny, Berthond, Caccia, Roths- child, Ferrere Lafitte, Haggerinan, and numerous other bankers, and many o'f the leading men of the French capital. M. J. Lefebvre, President of the Chamber of Commerce, was among the members. Tbe Chamber of Deputies have unanimously voted the rejection of the resolution passed by the Chamber of Peers on the 21st of last month. The speech of Mr. Teste on this subject was characterised by calmness and dignity. M. Salverte expressed his sentiments on the expediency of the measure. Those dangerous discussions, only tending to produce feelings of resentment, where the convictions of all parties were the same, and leading to no beneficial results, were happily avoided. It is not sufficiently known that the expedition to Italy was en- tirely the act of the President of the Council— one of his resolutions ah irato. The diplomatic corps suspected nothing, when the Pre- sident of the Council assembled its members at bis residence and announced the resolution he had taken to the Ambassadors. The question relative to the Duke de Bourbon's will, although decided at the first trial, will, as it is stated, be tried by the su- perior court-— Cour Royale— and afterwards be brought before the Court of Cassation for a final decision; so that it is supposed that much more time will be lost before it closes. BELGIUM.— On the 23d ult. a serious mutiny of the Guard took plaee at Ostend, in consequence of the negligence of the War department in not sending the troops great coats. His Majesty, after a tour through his provinces, returned on the evening of the 27 th ult. HOLLAND.— The instructions given to Count Orloff by the Emperor of Russia, are of the most pacific and conciliatory ten- dency. The Count, we are told, is directed to slate in the most explicit terms the opinion of the Emperor that the King of the Ne- therlands should immediately agree to the 24 articles, and trust to the good will which is borne to him by all the Powers for such sub- sequent modification of those to which he can shew reasonable grounds of objection, as will either obviate the difficulties or re- move them. Couut Orloff has been received with great distinction at the Hague, and has dined several times with the King and Royal Fa- mily. He has had frequent interviews with the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, but the result had not transpired. The Count will arrive in London next week. The Dutch Minister of Finances has announced that there will be no fixed loan in Holland, as the voluntary loan has been more than equal to all the extraordinary wants of the State. PORTUGAL.— The most vigorous preparations are making by Don Miguel for resisting invasion. He cannot raise a penny from his subjects; his supplies, therefore, must come from his secret friends, the Holy Alliance. Don Pedro has been able to obtain ships and stores in London on a very extensive scale ; no doubt his supplies came chiefly from France, where his loan will shortly be brought forward as it has been in this country. Accounts from Maderia of the 10th ult. state, that the late at- tempts to depose the Miguelite authorities had failed entirely, and that the most horrible atrocities had been perpetrated against thoBe who had taken part in the insurrection. Several of the Constitu- tionalists were murdered by mobs headed by priests, and their bodies were left lying in the streets. About twenty of the insurgents had been sent to Lisbon to take their trial in that capital. GERMANY.— The Rhenish provinces in Bavaria, particularly those on the French frontier, have manifested a strong disposition to revolt. It appears that the German Diet has given notice to some of the States, to have a censorship established, if not a total stop put to several liberal journals, whose violence has already produced unpleasant results in Germany. This, in a country where every peasant can read, was, of course, intolerable. RUSSIA.— The St. Petersburgh Journals announce that the Emperor, taking into consideration the embarrassments which the late war must have occasioned to the government of Wilna and several other districts bordering on Poland, had granted a partial remission of taxes to them. The Prussian State Gazette announces that the Polish soldiers who had taken refuge in Cracow had been ordered, at the instigation of the three Powers under whose pro- tection that little republic is placed, to quit its territory at once. ITALY.— Various rumours have been current respecting the results of the French expedition, some stating that after a demon- stration to no purpose, it was to be ordered to return; others, on. the other hand, contending that the troops which cannot obtain a footing at Ancona, are to proceed to Bona and Constantine, in Africa, in order to compel the Moors to obey the French rule. CONSTANTINOPLE March of Newspapers 1— The new Newspaper, The Moniteur Ottoman, has excited the greatest inter- est throughout Turkey. In order to enable all the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire to make use of this official gazette, it has been decided that it shall appear very shortly not only in the French and Turkish, but also in the Arabian, Persian, Greek, and Arme- nian languages. Preparations are already making to that effect.— The Greek Patriarch at Constantinople, as chief of the Oriental church, has addressed a circular to his subordinates, representing to them the advantages of this arrangement, and requesting their support of the enterprise. GREECE.— Sir S. Canning is here. It is said that lie is en- deavouring to obtain the consent of the Greeks to the Sovereignty of the Prince Otho. Official accounts of the acceptance of the Crown by the King of Bavaria, in the name and on behalf of his son, have reached Lon- don. The three Great Powers which have been engaged in this treaty with the concurrence of Austria and Prussia, will imme diately take steps to enable the King of Greece to provide an effi- cient military establishment, and meet the other demands of expen- diture consequent upon his assumption of tbe sovereign authority.— A Council of Regency will be named to govern the kingdom dur- ing the minority of the King, and especial care will be taken not to appoint any person upon the Council who would be obnoxious to the Greek nation. Capodistrias, the brother of the late President, cannot, of course, be a member of the Regency. It is not true that the claims of the British merchants upon Brazil had been granted by the Brazilian Govern- ment. No final or satisfactory arrangement has been made. On Wednesday last, the remains of the Hon. Mrs. Bou- verie were removed from her late residence in Edward- street, Portman- square, for interment in the family vault at Hanwell, Middlesex. She was mother of the ill- fated and too celebrated Lady Roseberry, who has been, since her divorce in 1815, residing in seclusion on the Conti- nent. 7ii TIIE TOWHf, March 4, TO CORRESPONDENTS. The improved appearance of our Paper this day will not fail, we are sure, to gratify our Readers. We have not hesitated, at considerable expense, to make a large addition to our stock of printing materials, by means of which toe shall be enabled in future to place before the Public a much larger quantity of matter than we were hitherto enabled to give. Our arrangements, we are happy to say, will now permit us to comply with the wishes of numerous Subscribers, by printing an early edition of The Town for Country circulation. The Town will therefore be sent by post on every Saturday night so as to arrive next day at any place within a distance of 130 miles from the Metropolis. Z. L. H.— Our decided answer is No. We shall never sully our pages by a word that would offend delicacy. " Annual" is informed that we never buy any thing under that title, except those beautiful things so called which are usually sold about Christmas. The Dublin Evening Mail has appointed us to the high trust of official organ of the Whigs. We, of course, are reluctant to repudiate thesoft impeachment,-" but it is necessary for us to explain to our Contemporary, that we are merely the organ of their principles. We have for some time watched, and shall assiduously continue to watch, the Carbonari of Portland- place, and we warn them that we will promulgate their opinions. The Constitutional Club will understand this intimation. THE TOW M. ness, arising from unremitting attention to the business ot his Court, as well as over- exertion in other multifarious and most important affairs, which would long since have weighed down the frame and spirit of any person excep1 himself. But the stories about " a painful and dangerou'' disorder" acting upon the mind as well as the members, are all " weak inventions of the enemy." His Lordship has now almost entirely recovered his strength, as his ap- pearance in Chancery and at the House of Lords may sufficiently attest; and if any of his adversaries should be rash enough to attack him, in the hope of having to deal with a sick lion, they would soon find, to their cost, Lord BROUGHAM'S physical powers, and intellectual capa- cities, and moral energies, altogether unimpaired. The John Bull may reserve its sympathy for some case in which it is more wanted. At the same time we may add, that the bodily weakness which we have mentioned, has been the real and the sole cause of the CHANCELLOR'S absence from the dinner at the Mansion House, as from other places, at which he would otherwise have attended— and not any political indisposi- tion whatever, or any wish to keep aloof either from the public, or from his colleagues in the Cabinet. LONDON: SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1832. The " Town" during tbe last week has been much busied in speculating upon the contents of a certain correspond- ence, which is rumoured to have taken place between the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord HARROWBY. We can inform our curious readers of the pith of the too letters in question. They both referred to the all important object of Tory anxiety— the defeat of the Reform Bill and its authors. To begin with his Grace :—" Throw it out upon the second reading, rather than risk it in the committee." This was the recommendation of the Noble Duke, adding, that he bad ascertained there was no fear as to the result of this dignified rejection by the Peers from any quarter but Manchester and Glasgow ; and, with regard to Ireland, it could, and should, be kept down by FORCE. Lord HARROWBY'S more temperate proposal was, to " extract the venom of the bill in committee." This needs no explanation. We already see many extracts copied from our Paper some with, and some without, acknowledgment of the source from which they were derived. We find ourselves styled " the Organ of the Whigs," a title which we have never claimed ; and the Times, Herald, Globe, and Courier, with most of the Irish and Provincial Journals, have inserted . jne particular account which belonged originally and ex- clusively to ourselves. For the correctness of its sub- stance, we might well appeal to the Bishops, who were present; hut the insinuations of the Times will not tempt us to declare from which ( if from any) of them we obtained our information. Nor will we retort upon that Paper, by pointing out the mistakes in its account of Lord LONDON- BERRY'S reading an address, and writing a letter to his MAJESTY. We shall proceed calmly upon our course. We confess that the sensation which wc have already excited, has pleased us the more, inasmuch as we have studiously cut ourselves off from that obvious source of immediate popularity, which consists in pushing popular opinions to their extreme length. On the contrary, we have been guarded in our views, and temperate in our Sanguage. We have endeavoured rather to bind than to divide; to moderate than to inflame; to sooth than to exasperate. But we know, and already experience, that we shall have our reward. Again, although we have heard it asserted in society, that' The Town was a paper started to live on personalities,' we utterly and scornfully repudiate the imputation. We know, indeed ( and who is there moving in the world who does not know?) that individual details are absolutely ne- cessary in order to give point and interest lo general rea- sonings ; so far, therefore, we are personal, and intend to be personal. But if the word be used in its offensive sense, we confidently appeal to that high tone of honour and respectability which this paper has assumed and will maintain. We trust not to wretched scandal, bought of butlers and discarded chambermaids by some petty bribe, but to information derived from the most authentic and reputable sources; such ( we speak it without hesitation, but without boasting) as no other journal can command. We court no quarrels, and we fear no antagonists. Wc shall stale things as they occur; we shall call them by their right names ; and we shall treat men, as well as measures, according to their intrinsic character and deserts. But for the rest, we arc well assured, that they only will have recourse to calumnies who cannot arrive at facts: and that they only will seek to excite a depraved and prurient appetite, who have no means of gratifying a healthy and reasonable one. We hear from a quarter in which we place the firmest confidence, that the Government has deter- mined to allow of colonization in the East Indies, at the earliest possible opportunity. The proceedings in the House of Lords, during the early part of the week, possess great interest; and were carried on with considerably more than the usual measure of viva- city and animation. No one, who was present, could have recognized the soporiferous character, which has often been attributed to that Right Honourable Assembly. We shall proceed to notice tbe chief topics of discussion as they arose. On Monday evening, after a slight conversation on the subject of Jamaica, between the Duke of Wellington and Lord Goderich, the Earl of Aberdeen made a covert at- tack upon the foreign policy of the Government, through the sides of the French expedition to Italy. As the foreign measures of the present Administration were again brought on the tapis with reference to the Belgian Question, we shall take the opportunity of briefly stating not only our own general opinions, but what we believe to be the sen- timents and feelings of a very large majority among our countrymen. They feel— as we feel— a strong bias towards liberal views and tenets on the Continent as well as at home: the principles of the Holy Alliance— the doctrines of Absolutism— " The monstrous faith of many made for one," they cordially abjure and abominate. But let it be under- stood that they have no wish to be hurried into a war either for Louis Philippe, or King Leopold, or Don Pedro; or, in short, for any interest whatever, which is not essentially and immediately British. They would pre- fer an alliance with France to an alliance with Russia; but are not prepared to encourage precipitation and Quix- otism in either cause. Peace and non intervention abroad — economy and reduction in domestic regulations— they feel to be almost necessary to the safety of a State, al- ready half- crushed by a national debt, the legacy of former contests. For ourselves we would say, that Eng- land ought never to shrink, unless she would dwindle into a secondary power, from any peril, or any expenditure, which is demanded by the true honour, which is always the true advantage of the etr. pire: but we would not have her interfere in the quarrels of the Continent, except upon worthy and adequate occasions— " Nisi dignus vindice nodus ;" in order that, when she does interfere, she may yet be considered the guide and arbitress of Europe. At pre- sent, however, as events are not yet ripe— as every week which advances farther into spring must bring with it more important intelligence aud perhaps more decisive move- ments— and as we have really no taste tor the machinery of protocols, and their attendant conrse of diplomatic in- trigues— we shall content ourselves with expressing our gratification, that both France and England possess truly liberal Administrations, which, however, are not disposed to run a- muck and tilt at the rest of Europe, with the knight- errantry of Lafayette and tbe Extreme Left of the Chamber of Deputies. Pcace— Pease, with the arts and knowledge which Peace encourages, will be sure to bring political freedom and liberal institutions in her train. Let the hot- headed Ultraists of Liberty ( for some there are) perpetually bear in mind, that her cause can only be en- dangered— can only be ruined— by hostile aggressions un- dertaken from insufficient motives and with insufficient means: and likely to be unfortunately conducted, because rashly, hastily, and inconsiderately begun. Let the friends of human liberty be prepared but not precipitate:— the tide can no more be anticipated than it can be driven back. On the same evening ( Monday) a smart skirmish took place in the House of Peers, arising out of a question about the tithes in Ireland. Lord LORTON disapproved of the system of conciliation and concession adopted by the Go- vernment. The Duke of WELLINGTON and other Noble Lords accused them offostering agitation and excitement— nay, of almost encouraging revolution. Lord ELDON thought that no member of the House of Hanover would be upon the throne of this country at the expiration of ten years. Lords GREY, PLUNKET, and MELBOURNE, made an energetic defence. Lord BROUGHAM spoke in his best style. We would simply remark, that while Lords ELDON, WICKLOW, and RODEN, on tbe one side, are fierce in their invectives against Ministers for going too far— and, on the other, Mr. O'CONNELL and his partisans are equally posi- tive that they do not go half far enough— we may safely leave the two sets of accusation to balance and neutralize each other; and when they are thus both expunged from the equation, the result, it is pretty clear, must be favour- able to the present system. lias contributed by a large admixture of the " odium tlieo- loyium" that enmity against the Government, which seemed to all moderate men already teeming with extravagance and fanaticism. In the House, Lord PLUNKET triumphantly defended the Government against Lords RODEN and WICKLOW by a most vigorous and effective speech. We will not mar the statements, or mutilate the reasoning, by giving a bare skeleton of bis address, stripped of tbe strength and beauty with which it was clothed; but we would trust : hat his masterly exposure oftlie devices and artifices of the faction, and the extraordinary means to which they have recourse, will not be without its due influence upon the public mind. As to the papers, we are really surprised at finding so few grains of argument in so many bushels of declamation : they inveigh against the plan proposed by the Administra- tion, as if it were utterly subversive of all religion; yet they have never shown what one element of Christianity is lost, or what one doctrine of Protestantism is abandoned. The intention is to educate the Protestant and Catholic children together, by selections from the Scriptures, in the common articles of Christian faith and practice, leaving both classes to be separately instructed in their peculiar tenets by the ministers of their respective denominations. In this scheme we ask, what is there so dreadful? what is there so treacherous? what is there so unchristian? We do not say, that there may be no anomalies, and no diffi- culties: for, alas! Ireland isr altogether one vast anomaly, one enormous difficulty. But we almost shudder and smile at once, when we hear this plan denounced as an offence against Heaven, and an insult to the Word of God. We might go farther. When we hear the outcry about the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, we might ask, whether any child lias ever been instructed, or can ever be instructed, strictly upon this principle? The Scriptures being of divine inspiration, all parts must be equally good, but they are not equally good for the child. Without going back to the old dictum of the schoolmen, that whatever is received " ad modum recipients reci- pitur," we might say without hesitation, that there are many things in the Bible which a child cannot appreciate, because a child cannot understand. And surely it is no sin, that Christianity should be progressively, and in parts, developed to the individual, when we know that in its origin it was progressively, and in parts, developed to the world. The real questions, in fact, are these:— Shall there be any national education in Ireland, or shall there not?— Was the operation of the Kildare- street Society, upon the whole, effective or beneficial, or was it not?— Can any plan be proposed, possessing more advantages than the present, and fewer inconveniences? Upon these questions we are quite willing to join issue with any candid antagonist. But we do protest against the indecency, that the line of argument, such as we have now opened, should expose ourselves, or any men, to sus- picions and imputations of fostering infidelity, and coun- tenancing a neglect of the Holy Scriptures. A man need not be impious because he is not uncharitable. We possess fully as deep a reverence for the spirit and doctrines of Protestant Christianity, and fully as acute a sense of the value of a sound religious education, as the fiercest bigots who are now, whether unintentionally or by design, taking the nearest and most direct course to fill Ireland with bloodshed and convulsion. And we give warning, once for all, that if our adversaries attempt to vilify characters and motives, because they cannot combat arguments— if they scatter firebrands under pretence of upholding a religion of peace— if those names and watchwords, which should ever be kept sacred from all vulgar uses, they dare to profane and prostitute for the purposes of factious irri- tation— then, and only then, we will carry such a warfare into their very camp, as shall make them tremble through the thickest covering of hypocrisy and' self- righteousness. The debate which has led to these remarks, excited, as we have already stated, an unusual sensation. We ob- served Mr. STANLEY standing by the throne in the House of Lords, during a considerable period of its duration, and talking anxiously across the railing to the Duke of RICH- MOND. It was curious also to perceive the Bishop of LON- DON holdiiigin his hand the workof PERRONNET THOMPSON, as an authority for a dignitary of tbe Established Church. Certain, however, it is, that Lord PLCNKET has nothing to fear from the fierce absurdity and fantastic violence of Lord LONDONDERRY. A total want of caution and temper is a quality fatal to the possessor, rather than injurious to his antagonist. We are compelled to add, that tbe spectacle displayed on Friday night by the Nobleman last mentioned, was one at which every enemy of the Aristocracy will. re- joice. Were we ourselves merely opponents of the Tories, we might have regarded with satisfaction an occurrence which can only tend to throw dissredit upon their cause. But as lovers of the country, and as being sincerely anxious that feelings of respect for the higher orders of the State should continue to be entertained by the humbler classes, we truly deplore the strange but lamentable exhi- bition. We have only space to refer to our Parliamentary Report for the other subjeets of discussion during the week. We are glad, however, to see that Lord PLUN- KET is determined to seize some opportunity of making an explanation about the matter of secretaries and of fees. His position, let him be assured, abundantly requires it. In England, where he has few personal adherents, his Ministerial friends are but lukewarm in his support; and in Ireland there are thousands upon thousands who would exult over his fall. nor application with the actual expenditure. The details- of this economical measure will be fully considered in committee a fortnight hence ; in the meantime we main- tain that, independently of the immense saving, the de- struction of all mystification in the public accounts, of which we believe this measare to be but the first step, will be a powerful means of ensuring to Ministers tbe support of public opinion against the trickery of their more wily adversaries. Lord CHANDOS' motion on Tuesday was negatived by a majority of 80. We never remember a great state ques- tion more wretchedly argued by both sides than this of the metropolitan members; and the reason happened to be, that the majority of the speakers treated the ques- tion without reference to the general scheme of representa- tion proposed by the Reform Bill. The Whigs reasoned upon the vast wealth and intelligence that would be re- presented; and the Tories prated of danger from giving power to the poorer class of voters. The fact is, that the members for these populous districts, in common with those elected by all the large towns, will represent the poorer class of that portion of society which is admitted to the en- joyment of the elective franchise. Of the five hundred representatives for England and Wales, one hundred and forty- nine are to be county members, one hundred aud ten will be sent from those among tbe old boroughs ( saved from the schedules) which will have less than five hundred voters. Now, deducting about ten from these two num- bers for the influence of town freeholders in the manufac- turing counties, we shall find the aristocratic interest re- presented by one half ihe number of members, or two hun- dred and forty- nine. The numbers from schedule B, and from the Welsh and compound boroughs, amount to eighty- two ; these may be taken as about fairly divided between the popular interest and the aristocracy: there will then remain one hundred and sixty- nine members returned by large constituencies, of which only ninety- four will be sent from towns containing more than one thousand 107. houses. Therefore, tbe real way of considering tbe question of giving members to these vast masses of population, is to ask whether the above apportionment of power to the two classes be safe, just, and expedient. If we look to the in- stance of America and France, we will find a much more democratic form in their district representations. Yet shall we not discover any intention on the part of the poor to throw the burthens of the state unequally upon the rich? The land tax in France is a per ccntage on all landed pro- perty— it is not graduated to spare the poorer heritor. We do not believe that, were the institutions of this coun- try modified by the extreme rules of political equality, property would be less secure. Tbe tenures ofland in this country must always preserve an immense influence to the owners of the soil; and the character of the people, toge- ther with the knowledge of their own interest, and the great diffusion of property, will always be a security against ruin engendered by national dishonesty. How- ever, the security of property is very distinct from the im- munity which my Lord CH ANDOS and his compeers would, at all hazards, maintain ( and which they cunningly con- found with the natural and legal rights of property) and which means the right of the minority to plunder the ma- jority— an immunity for the jobbers, the monopolists, both of food and of all other commodities, to charge what they like to the public. Hence all this prating about represen- tation of particular interests, and the insolent assertion that one million and a half of inhabitants are not to be re- presented because they have no particular interest! For this special reason, that their wants and wishes are identi- fied with thoseof the wholeBritish community, do we spe- cially affect these large districts, and, in general, the large town representation; in them we place our hopes of future improvement—" the fruits of the Reform. Bill;" they are the legitimate objects of hatred and fear to the Tories, who are " the wise men in their generation"— in this instance at least. The Right Reverend the spiritual politico legislators decline committing themselves by a declaration as to their intended course. Are they waiting to find out the strongest side ? We are happy to be enabled to contradict, upon the best authority, the malicious reports which have been so dill gently circulated with respect to the health and opinions of Lord BROUGHAM. We designedly say malicious, because, under the thin disguise of insidious compliment, they have for their object to insinuate cither his unfitness for the toilsome duties of his high office, on account of bodily or even mental indisposition; or his disagreement on sential points with the majority of his colleagues. Both statements are alike unfounded. It is true, that the LORD CHANCELLOR has lately, as on some former occasions, been affected for a short time with symptoms of corporeal weak- The most vigorous debate of the week occurred on Tuesday. On that evening the saint party in the House of Lords made a furious assault upon the scheme which Ministers have adopted with regard to the education of the Irish poor. No epithet in the language appeared to be thought too violent and acrimonious for them and their system. Here, however, the orators of Exeter Hall had already led the way; and the Opposition newspapers have endeavoured to inflict more deadly wounds by steeping tbe arrows of political animosity in the black venom of secta- rian rancour. The Record of Thursday last ( which, such as it is, we suppose we must treat as the organ of the Low Church Party) talks of" the rash act, by which the Government has resolved to sacrifice the Word of God on the Altar of Liberalism and Popery;" and the Standard The second reading of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S Navy Civil Departments Bill, in the House of Commons, took place on Monday, when Mr. CROKER commenced his attack by accusing the First Lord of the Admiralty of misquoting; and rested his defence of the Boards about to be abolish- ed, on their antiquity! Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave as his reason for this change in our naval system—( a change, be it remembered, through the agency of which the country is to be spared nearly a million in the naval expenditure without any reduction of force)— the evidence of a finance committee, and the practical opinions of officers of first rate reputation and experience in the profession. Under the old system, the Admiralty, which, by law, possessed a complete controul over the inferior Boards, was, in fact, incapable of exerting that controul. The Navy Board audited its own accounts! and neither the Admiralty, nor even the House of Commons* has hitherto possessed the power of directing the expenditure of money voted for the sea service— the estimates neither agreeing in amount The whole ofThursduy evening was taken up ( to the exclusion of Reform) by the debate which ensued upon the presentation of the Silk Trade petition in the House of Commons, by Lord GROVESNOR. The leading feature of the night was Mr. GRANT'S animated and eloquent de- fence of the late Mr, HUSKISSON'S policy from the stric-. tures ofMr. ATWOOD. That Hon. Gentleman, it appeared, came down to the House with his speech fully prepared to> launch against Ministers, in the expectation that the Com mittee prayed for would not be granted; and, notwith- standing he was disappointed in this circumstance,, he would not also endure the disappointment of being baulked of his annual exhibition of grotesque and virulent tirade in favour of the old prohibitory system, a departure from, which gained for Mr. HUSKISSON, when living, the grati- tude of the commercial world, and which, by its results, has fully justified the predictions of that benevolent man and real statesman. Admitting that the distress in the Silk Trade has been mainly produced by improvident speculation, we confess that there is every reason to imagine that the fair trader has been also much injured in the market by smuggling. The impossibility of distin- guishing many sorts of French silks from those of English manufacture— the disclosure lately made in the. case of Leaf and Co., with the temptation of a duty never undes 30 per cent., all establish this, that the most efficient remedy would be to throw off the duty on tbe raw material, and to reduce that on the articles which require much machinery in the getting up to 20 or 15 per cent. The figured and fancy goods which require much manual labour, and little force, are those which are now most protected, the duty upon some of them being as high as 50 per cent. We believe our fair countrywomen will continue to. show a preference to French taste in those latter, without con- sidering the texture:— this high duty is, therefore, only an encouragement to smuggling. Whenever the application of " force," and complicated mechanism is required, the British manufacturer need fear no foreign competition,: for what constitutes cheapness, butindastry and skill in the workman, with the command of capital in the master ma- nufacturer— and both are operating apon the natural advan- tages whiob this oountry possesses, in her staple commo- dities beyond all other states,. March 4. THE TOWar. 77 TOWN TALK. Lord Ellenborough has been one of the warmest opposers to foreign loans. His Lordship says one never knows where they Stop, and some foreign loans, as he has experienced, are most destructive to credit. We are sorry to hear that Mr. Horace Twiss has declared his intention of not again accepting office in case of the late admi- nistration coming again into power. This will be a great dis- appointment to his numerous friends, who confidently looked forward to see him fill some high official situation ; or, at least, take the chair as Speaker of the House of Commons, for which his abilities and dignified urbanity, joined to the weight he has acquired in the House, peculiarly fit him!! Lord Rosslyn is said to have more than a penchant for the Honourable widow of an eminent author. The Dean of is notorious as always fishing for a Bishopric ; and in allusion to this circumstance, when Luttrell was lately asked to what family the very Rev. Gentleman belonged, " I do not know," replied the wit; " but X take it for granted, that he is some relation to the Marquis of Angle- sea" ( see). We understand that the hirsate member for Lincoln, and the champion of the potwallopers— the member for Preston— have expressed considerable annoyance at the course pursued during the last week, in the House of Commons, by Mr. Kearsley. They entertain much fear of being eclipsed in their own hitherto unri- valled style of oratory, by this rising gentleman, who now leaves no opportunity of turning up his nose at the Noodle Doodle Ad- ministration, as he elegantly designates the framers of the Re form bill. As Lord C was walking through Pail- Mall on a very wet day, Rogers observed to William Spencer, that the shower some what spoiled his Lordship's fine colours. " On the contrary," said the other, " I think he looks more like a rain- bow ( beau) than ever." The same facetious poet is reported to have made the following Epigram on aSundayPaper, supposed to be dying, if notdead: ON THE WEEKLY TIMES. How well the name its destiny bespeaks :— It is too weakly to last many weeks. " Van Homrigh, lately member for Drogheda, was an eccen- tric man. One day, in Piccadilly, familiarly accosting an indi- vidual whom he mistook for an acquaintance, the stranger coldly and statelily replied, " Sir, you have the advantage of me."— " Then, by Heaven, you shall keep it!" retorted Van Homrigh, and away he ran. We hear that a certain Irish Earl is engaged in attempting another comedy. His Lordship would, in our humble opinion, do well to try tragedy, as in that line, at all events, he has not yet failed, and the melancholy of his comic scenes hold forth much promise. With half the gloom that's in your comedy, You well, dear Dick, might make a tragedy. The royal Ranger of the parks has a peculiar taste for Under- wood, though the specimen he prefers is generally allowed to be neither useful nor ornamental, and even its autumnal " sear and yellow leaves" cannot render it picturesque. As honest critics, we are bound to declare that the two cele- brated authors of Robert the Devil have followed the advice of the French dancing- master to the lady who was somewhat sin- gular in her attitudes—" Miss, you should have no points /' Most implicit has been the obedience of our modern Beaumont and Fletcher 1 ECCENTRICITY IN DRESS.— How many are inclined to sneer at the man who dresses fastidiously. But, if there must be an affectation in dress— and its prevalence induces us to think that the necessity exists— how much more venial is the fault of the individual who is too recherche in, than of him who prides him- self on his indifference to, his costume. In short, how infinitely more agreeable is the foppery of such men as Count d'Orsay, Lord Castlereagh, or Lord Brudenell, than the half- slang, half- military mustacbiod slovenliness of Lord Belfast. Look at Lord Euston— What stranger would not suppose him to be a respect- able barber? However, his appearance may be inferred from the following anecdote:— Eccentric in action, as in dress, he one day ehose to walk some twenty miles to dine with Lord Gower. Heated and bemired, he arrived at Lilleshall considerably after the appointed time. " What is your business," said one of the servants, superciliously. " My business!" echoed his Lordship " my business is with Lord G."—" Impossible ; his Lordship is already enough out of humour at waiting for Lord Euston, with- out shewing you to him. However, you may speak to the house- keeper if you like." All lovers of histrionic talent should habitually resort to Hyde Park, where they may occasionally have the happiness of seeing Miss Fanny Kemble and Lord Mulgrave riding together. What is the cause of the Quarterly reviewing the play of Francis the First before it is either published or acted? Really we cannot answer ; we must call upon Lady Dacre and John Murray for an explanation. In truth, the quackery about this piece is quite vexatious ; we begin to look on the puffs upon it, as we do on one of Lord Eldon's self- adulatory speeches, with its eternal allusions to his experience, and his senility, and his integrity. Nux vomica. " I have a little touch of rheumatism," said Lord Sefton " Yes," and you will soon have the gout, which is cousin german to it," replied a friend.—" I should not care," rejoined his Lordship, " if it were once removed." Instead of having resigned, as some of the newspapers have reported, the management of Covent Garden, it is expected that Laporte will be the lessee of the two great theatres next season We are told that the burthen of the song of a very recently made smart bride is, " Go, George, I can't endure you." The days of courtship with his present wife past, Horace no longer dies for love, but sports locks as grey as any gentleman of his standing. Mr. Lister has a new novel forthcoming, to be called, Arling- ton. It is expected to be very successful. FRANKS.— We do not wonder that there should occasionally be attempts to forge franks, while Members, for the sake of affectation or fashion, habitually scrawl illegible hieroglyphics. The w iting now of every M. P., excepting of the few who scorn the absurdity, is utterly devoid of any individuality of character. We have seen instances of letters, with the date and address on the top, and Free, rather legibly, and If you please, very illegi- bly written in the corner, which have paid no postage ; if you please having been supposed by the Post Office clerk to be the signature of the Member. The Parliamentary coxcombry which induced the fraud deserves reprehension and correction. We remember a rather amusing illustration of this absurdity, which occurred to the late Lord Walsingham. The Princess Augusta having asked him for a frank, he wrote one for her in such de- testable characters, that at the end of the week, after having wandered half over England, it was opened, and returned to her as illegible. The Princess complained to Lord Walsingham, and he then wrote the frank for her so legibly, that at the end of a couple of days it was returned to her, marked " FORGERY." We understand that the house of Mr. Willett is to let. It is melancholy to find another victim to theatrical speculation. EPIGRAM. Of Rogers's " Italy," Murray relates, The work had been dish'd were it not for the plates ! Mrs. Norton is the author of the article in the New Monthly, called the Coffin Maker.-— It is not bad. The Marchioness of L , speaking of a fire in which some lives were lost, said that there had perished iu the flames two men and a shoemaker ! H** being asked if an acquaintance of his, who had two affairs of honour on his hands, had fought either of his anta- gonists ? answered, No; he has fought neither— but he has fought shy! You are very wet," said C. Kemble, sympathisingly, to a postboy who had driven him through a shower of rain. " No, Sir," replied Pat, touching his hat significantly, " I am very dry.'< Leontine Fay has required of Laporte a considerable accession to her proposed salary in consequence of the cholera being in London.— The plea is so ingenious, we could almost pardon the cupidity which dictated it. The president of a certain house, from his intimacy with The- odore Hook, has given rise to the sobriquet of Hook and Eye. The Asiatic Reformers have enlisted under the banners of that enlightened, talented, and popular statesman, the man of Ross. With two such leaders as the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. R., it is no wonder that the opposition excite so much attention and respect in the country. Lord Grey and his friends must tremble before two such opponents, and we daily expect to hear that the noble Premier has, in despair, sent in his resignation. DEFINITION OF THE WORD REFORM, FROM THE DICTIONARY OF AN HONEST MAN.—" Reform— an adaptation to circum- stances and knowledge, demanded as a right by all who are suffering wrongs, and only decried by those who are fattening, have fattened, or hope to fatten on abuse." On a tablet in one of the churches of Saragossa is the follow- ing ludicrously naive epitaph :—" Here lies John Cabeca, chanter of our sovereign lord the King. When he was received by the choir of angels, as one of their glorious company, he so distin- guished himself, that God, who was listening to him with atten- tion, cried out petulantly to the angels, ' Be silent, you calves ! and let me hear John Cabeca, chanter of our sovereign lord the King: " IMPORTANT TO PHYSICIANS, IN THE PRESENT AWFULLY HUNGRY TIMES.— M. Humboldt, in his Personal Narrative, states that " in Egypt, in the thirteenth century, the habit of eating human flesh pervaded all classes of society. Extraordinary snares were spread for physicians in particular. They were called to attend persons who pretended to be sick, but who were only hungry, and it was not in order to be consulted, but devoured." GENUINE IRISH BULJ. BY A FRENCHMAN.— In Las Cases' Memorial de St. Helene, vol. viii. p. 360, is the following truly Hibernian passage—" Prive de toute communication quelconque avec Longwood je demeurais seul vis a vis de moi meme." In the Police Reports of last week, there was an account of a little girl, who, when it was said that she sold oranges at the corner of a street, made answer " No, I never does nothing, but stay at home and keep my old grandmother from falling into the fire." We sincerely wish that some respectable gentlewomen in both Houses of Parliament had an attendant of this kind. We are sure that the office would be no sinecure : as many of our friends, the extreme Tories, are always falling into the fire of some deplorable absurdity. The young lady above mentioned, we think of recommending to Lord Blayney, as soon as her grandmother dies ! New works in the press, and shortly to be published :— " A Treatise on Divorce," with copious Notes, by Lord Brudenell. An Essay on Conjugal Happiness," with a few plain and simple rules for attaining it, by Lord Tullamore. " A work on Anatomy," by the Earl of Wilton. " The Advantages of Sobriety," by Lord Rokeby. " Hesitation," a novel, by Lord Forester. " Levauting, or a Trip to Holyrood," by Lady Charlotte Bury. EPIGRAM. GALLERY OF " ILLUSTRIOUS" LIVING CHARACTERS. No. VIII. A SKETCH FROM THE NEW " CONSERVATIVE" CLUB IN PORT- LAND PLACE ( OR WHITE'S BAY WINDOW). " This chi Tho : mc< thy ce is theirs to be of use."— BYRON. y wheels Reform grow hot, Still Tories foster each abuse. I will not say, we want them not, For every drag- chain has its use. " All our praises why should Lords engross, Rise, honest muse! and sing the man of Ross 1"— Pope. Fat, but good temper'd ; vulgar, and yet proud ; Great when alone, forgotten in a crowd; Well may we call Reform when such are sent To represent our sense in Parliament; For Nature, when she sketch'd her monstrous plan, Design'd him merely for a club- house man, Who, after dinner, with his set get mellow— A licensed bore, pro forma, eall'd good fellow: Well train'd to listen when some lordling spoke, And noise about a secret or a joke ! Yet so convenient to his friends in town— Is the house up ? his coach will put them down; But, ever doom'd to play the part of Scrub, Tie lends his mansion for a Tory club. Alas ! in vain, for Fate's unkind decree Has closed his brief career with schedule B1 ANONYMOUS. REFORM MELODIES.— No. I. MR. SNUG ASD FAMILY. HANDSOME PRESENT TO THE PACHA OF EGYPT. The present Pacha is a personage of very liberal mind, and has sent several men of promising talent to different places in Europe, where they may acquire the languages, and be initiated in the improvements of the respective countries. A young Per- sian, of good family, lately residing at Florence, at the Pacha's expense, was taken by Mr. H , an English gentleman, to a rout given by Mrs. B -, whose three daughters, from their extreme loveliness, excited a great sensation. The Persian's noble features and magnificent costume did not fail to attract the admiration of these young ladies, whose eyes appeared to beam with additional lustre, when directed towards the stranger. On the following morning, the Persian paid Mr. H an unusually early visit, requesting him to go at once to Mrs. B , and make a proposal for him. " I do not object," said Mr. H- " although it is not customary to make a proposal in so precipi- tate a manner ; but pray, for which daughter am I to propose ?" " For all three," was the reply ; " I will give a thousand pounds for each of them, and shall send them, by the very first oppor- tunity, as a present to the Pacha ; he is a great admirer of tall, fine women, as they are rarely met with among us, and will, without doubt, duly appreciate my handsome present," We could wish that this anecdote, for the veracity of which we can vo uch, would induce our fair countrywomen to be R little more, guarded in their behaviour abroad. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BOROUGHMONGERS.* Sir Robert came down like a wolf on the fold— The Tories all mustered to vote as they're told ; And the noise of their cheers were as conjurors' yells, When their charms are confounded, and baffled their spells. Like the dust in Hyde Park, when long drought has been, That host with their leaders all boasting were seen ; Like the dust in Hyde Park, when an East wind hath blown, Those slaves of corruption are scattered and strown. For the voice of Reform had awakened at last, And startled each sad nominee with its blast j And the rights of Old Sarum waxed powerless and chill, And Gatton once groaned, and for ever grew still. And there stood Sir Charles, with his breeches aH wide ; While Hunt, quite bewildered, was crouched by his side ; And the froth of their spouting was vanished and dead ; And e'en mouthing Attwood was silenced, and fled. There lay Croker's/ aete, all distorted and torn ; And Sibthorpe wept by them, all shavenf and shorn ; The cheers were all silent— the benches alone— The boroughs disfranchised— corruption undone I And elderly ladies are loud in their plaints ; And Gordon and Inglis howl on with the Saints ; And the might of the Tories o'erwhelmed in the storm, Hath melted like snow in the glance of Reform '. * Vide Lord Byron's Destruction of Semnacherib.— Hebrew Melodies. + It is said that the above gentleman never intends to shave until the Bill passes. If so, he had better make ready his razors. A FRIENDLY ADVICE TO LADY J After fifty, dear Sarah, ' tis time to grow wise, When the lustre has fled from those once brilliant eyes ; Then, pray read, and reflect, and leave politics off, For your garrulous efforts but make people scoff. Even W ' s self has declared you a bore, Though you've flatter'd and toadied him over and o'er ; And oft tells Mistress A , that from your tete- a- tete He flies off, as your jargon quite addles his pate. A French Ducliesse proclaims that your tongue has found out The perpetual motion— it moves so about. Then attend to my counsel: talk less and think more, And your friends will no longer all vote you a bore ! TITHES IN IRELAND. The brief story of the extinction of tithes in Ireland, will be regarded in history as one of the most curious illustrations of the truth of the common saying—" It is wonderful from what trifling causes the mightiest events arise." At the close of the year 1830, in a little nook in the eastern part of Ireland, a slight misunderstanding took place between two gentlemen of the cloth. In plain English, Parson Macdonald distrained Fa- ther Doyle's cattle for tithes— a thing that never was heard of be- fore in Ireland, for, to do the " Ministers" justice, they always observed a great delicacy towards the Catholic Clergyman of their parish. In six months from this date, not one penny of tithes could be collected— and in six months after that again tithes are utterly extinguished in Ireland by the voice of the Legislature, amidst the acclamations of the whole country ! What a lesson for Statesmen ! DESECRATION OF PARISH CHURCHES. How long are the Parish squabbles to be carried on in the Parish Church ? We may despise hypocritical cant: but still, we would ask, what can be more indecent in a place conse- crated to public worship, than the following scene, as depicted in The Times ! PORTSOKEN- WARD.— A wardmote was held yesterday at the parish church of St. Botolph, Aldgate, for the purpose of elect- ing four constables in the room of as many persons lately re- moved. It is difficult precisely to say what was done, as from the commencement to the end of the proceedings the whole was one scene of continued uproar. Every attempt of Alderman Hughes Hughes to speak was the signal for tumult on each side Of his address we could only distinguish some snatches, as " If any one interrupts me"—" Since no others are volunteered"— I have no choice"—" I now declare"— Amidst cries of " We don't know you"—" Go back to Oxford"—" You're no Alder- man"—" We don't blame you ; but don't attempt to be thrust upon us," & c. When, however, a motion was put, which the meeting believed to be that those persons proposed by the friends of Mr. Hughes Hughes be elected, the show of hands was de- cidedly against it, in the proportion of, we should think, 2 or 3 to 1. Mr. Tyers demanded the roll- books, in order to take the four next names on the list. This was refused, and Alderman Hughes Hughes left the meeting with his friends, having, as we understood, declared the four persons proposed to have been duly elected. There were many ladies present, some of whom took a very decided part against Mr. Hughes Hughes. Two, who had got into the pulpit, were turned down, by order of the churchwarden, Mr. MarMiam, amidst loud cries of " Shame " Shame 1" from the meeting. THE LAST STEP IN THE REFORM BtLL.— On Friday night was the finish of schedule C, We look for the third read-, ing about Thursday next. The Duke of Devonshire is about to give a series of splendid entertainments at Devonshire House. LETTER II. MY DEAR KATE,— Passing over all intermediate occur- rences, I sit down to give you a description of the dinner at Mr. Promise's. If some parts of my account should be almost unintelligible to you, it will not be my fault; but you must attribute the circumstance to your own igno- rance of London manners. It was only a minute or two before half past seven, when I rapped at the door in Lower Grosvenor- street:— what an hour for dinner, my dear Kate, and what degeneracy in modern times!— and yet I was the first of the company who arrived. About eight, however, several of the guests made their appearance; and as you must know that Wed- nesday is a sort of idle day in Parliament, many Members of the Lower House were among the number. There were other gentlemen beside; and one among them who, they say ( but this is a great secret) is a very witty writer in the Sunday paper which is all for Church and King. He made as many jokes as if he had been hired for the purpose; but, somehow or other, though such things take a long time in travelling into Cornwall, I almost fancied that I had heard some of them before. Of the Members of Parliament— staunch, regular, tho- rough- going Tories you may be sure— I was at first sur- prised to observe, that all were either very old, or very young— in fact, between ourselves, either grey- beards or boys. But what then? The former were men of great ex- perience, whose opinions have been formed for half a cen- tury— men of consistency, Kate, who scorn to change their habits and opinions with the caprices of the day:— the latter were distinguished youths, who have either written wonderfully clever things in what they call the Annuals, ( for, of course, you are aware that all the stars of literature are Tories— that is an acknowledged truth)— or have made admirable speeches at the debating societies of Oxford and Cambridge, or at the forensic and other spouting clubs in London:— those noble institutions, where young men, the rising hope of the nation, are trained up to become extraordinary orators in Parliament— such as Mr. Horace Twiss, and Mr. Grove Price, and many more, whom, alas! the mail intoxication of the tnob turned out of their seats, at the last election, and of whose splendid talents this detestable Reform Bill, if it should pass ( but it never will), would deprive the country for ever! And then, my dear wife, how smart and fashionable they were in their personal appearance! how well their handker- chiefs were scented 1 how nicely their hair was curled and arranged! and, to use their own exquisite language—( al- though I must own I still have sometimes a lingering pre- judice for our old English)— how curious they were in canes and chains; and how elaborate in under- waistcoats! Such matters you may almost imagine to be beneath the attention of a Legislator: but you must recollect, that, when a Member has no constituents, he is at perfect liberty to think of his clothes. And, as to their age, was not Mr. Fox in Parliament, though contrary to all rule, even before he was one- and- twenty? and was not Mr. Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer at twenty- three ? and are not these young men conscious to themselves of beings at least as gifted, both by nature and education, as Mr* Pitt, or Mr. Fox ? When I see you again, I shall give you a great many details of the dinner itself— what wines we had— and how the things were carried round, instead of being left quiet; and how instead of filling the board with substantial fare, as we used to manage matters in Cornwall, here the chief art is to have a few fine silver dishes with very little in them ;— and how the table was probably made of deal, as the servants took particular care not to remove the cloth! How different was the dark shining mahogany of twenty years ago! In such company, my dear Kate, you may easily guess that the conversation turned chiefly upon State affairs; so< that I might be enabled to entrust you wilh some most important political secrets; but prudence forbids, as it' would not be safe to convey them by a letter. Let me assure you, however, of a few particulars, which are absolutely certain and authentic. Attend, then, Kate. The King and Queen disagree every day about the Reform Bill. The Queen is such a good Tory, that she will not ride in the same carriage with his Majesty, while he outwardly fa- vours the Liberals; even the King hates Lord Grey and all the present Ministers in his heart, and will send them lo file right- about as soon as he dares. There is a division in the Cabinet, the Lord Chancellor is very ill, and some say, out of his mind: certain it is, that he dislikes all his colleagues'? and more particularly is always cutting his sarcastic jokes- upon Lord Durham and Lord Althorp ; all the Ministers together, however, have determined, either openly or se- cretly, to revolutionize the kingdom, to destroy Church and State, to overthrow Throne and Altar. Throughout the whole country there is a strong reaction with regard to the Whig Administration and their Bill, and the Tories are- certain of co ning into power on or before the 1st of April. I might even tell you the names of the parties, and the offices which they arc to fill. I probably shall very soon, but at present I cannot even to you betray the confidence re- posed in me by my friends. Perhaps you may set these things down among " the lies of the day;" or say, like your journals in the country, important, if true." But it all is true. Is not a great part of it in the Morning Post, or the John Bull .'— there- fore it must be true. And yet, would you believe it, where Mr. P. was assuring me of these things, and others still more curious about her Majesty, and th « King's sons and daughters— nay, was even shewing me the identical facts in print— a strange young fellow ( he oust have been half tipsy) had the impudence to cry out" Come, come, Pro- mise, don't hoax poor Mr. Snug any more— you know that you invented half these stories yotwself, and sent them aa original intelligence to the newspapers." After dinner, Mr. Promise- took me aside, and told me much in privacy to the same effect. " My dear Mr. Snug," said he, " you baye my earnest and most disinterested anxiety to be of service to your- self and every part of your family. But I much ap- prehend that our little scheme about your son, and the Customs, is not feasible for the present. These things you must be aware, my good friend, are not so easy as they used to be. But, never mind, there is ope certain conso- lation, all will soon come right. Take my word for it, Mr. Snug, these Ministers can never go on. They are too frank by half. They tell every body every thing. If they make a mistake, they are foolish enough to own it. Now, Goulburn., and his set, knew something of the art of mysti- fication, which, after all, is the grand arcanum, the grand secre'i in the art of Government. These people know no,' thing about it— so they must fall. They have not a ' ohance. Just observe, too, what Blackwood says— an infal- lible authority— an oracle, Mr. Snug, to you and me. ' It is really difficult to convey by words an adequate notion of the general contempt into which the present conductor? " e of Government affairs have fallen,' And again—'' It is cheer § o THE TOWUf. March 4. ing to know thai the Ministry are on their last legs; and it would bo the easiest thing in the world to nominate— periiaps not to appoint— their successors. Coming after such a set, it is impossible to imagine any Ministry unpo- pular. They are despiseil by all who do not detest them; • with the exception of a third party, in whom all other feel- ings are merged in disgust. Prone as the people of this country are to unaccountable fits of admi- ration, we must yet do them the justice to say, that we have never met with any individual, how- ever odd, who admired the present Ministry.'— Be- sides, as you have heard to- day, we know from a source on which wc may place almost as much reliance as on Blackwood himself— that a scheme is set on foot, and a party already organized, composed of county members, Mr. Snug, and Baronets, Mr. Snug, and Lords, Mr. Snug, and Royal Dukes, Mr. Snug, which will, without fail, overturn the present crew of incapables, and bring back the golden days of salutary monopolies, and close boroughs, and unrepresented towns and Protestant ascendancy. So make yourself perfectly easy, and consider it an affair settled." So said Mr. Promise; and yet, my dear Kate, I cannot make myself easy. Perhaps the reason is, that I do not feel quite well. This morning, indeed, I have experienced some most uncomfortable pains about the head and sto- mach. Of course Mr. P. could not have given us bad •• wine yesterday. I only trust to Heaven that I am not going to have an attack of the cholera! What a terrible disease, my dear Kate ! and just think, it is an ascertained fact that we should never have had it in England, if the " Whigs had not been in power. God send us a speedy de- liverance from botli our scourges ! At any rale, be tbe cause what it may, my heart abso- lutely sinks. Here am I, kept in London day after day • without any thing to do. Jack, too, is idle, and may soon ( for he is a very sprightly boy, as I was at his years,) be getting into mischief. I must repeat then, dear Kate, sad • times for the Snug family! Nay, 1 am almost tempted lo exclaim, in the words of the illustrious Burke, " the age of patronage is past— the age of economists and calculators lias succeeded— and the glory of Cornwall has departed forever!" Ever yours, JOSEPH SNUG. On Wednesday the King held a Levee, at two o'clock, at his Palace, St. James's. The novelty of the day was the arrival of an Address from Ireland, which was of such magnitude that it required two men to carry it on a pole. It was from the Pro- testants of Ireland, against the Irish reform bill, and praying his Majesty's paternal consideration of the afflicted state of the Pro- testants in Ireland. The Address was signed by 230,000 men, and was presented to the King by the Earl of Roden and Lord ILorton, who had an audience for that purpose. At the entre Levee M. A. W. de Schlegel was presented to his Majesty by Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister. The King has postponed his next Levee, which was announced to be holden on Wednesday, the 7th of March, to Thursday, the 8th of March, in consequence of the previous day being Ash Wednesday. An Order has been issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office, appointing Monday, the 28th of May next, for the celebration of his Majesty's birth- day; on which occasion there will be a drawing- room at St. James's. Our streets bear now a lamentable aspect of desertion, as com- pared with their thronged and gay appearance during the resi- dence of the Court; and, what is worse, we fear they will con- tinue in the same state for some months to come. If we are to judge from the attendance at the drawing- room on Friday, Lon- don must also be thin of company; so that it is difficult to say • what has become of " the world of haut ton,"— as some of the newspapers have it in their own peculiar and brilliant phrase- ology.— Brighton Paper. On Thursday morning the half- yearly change of the House- hold troops took place as follows :— The first battalion of the 1st IRegiment of Grenadier Guards from Knightsbridge Barracks to the King's Mews Barracks, Charing- cross; the third battalion from the King's Mews Barracks to Portman- street Barracks; the first battalion of the Coldstream Guards from Windsor to the Tower of London; the second battalion from the Tower to Westminster quarters; the first battalion of the 3d Regiment, or Scotch Fusileer Guards, from Portman- street Barracks to Wind- sor; the second battalion from Westminster quarters to Knights- ibridge. The General Commanding in Chief has given orders that the whole of the married men belonging to the Brigade of Poot Guards doing duty at St. James's shall immediately be removed to Brighton, where barracks have been provided for them. It must be very gratifying to his Majesty to learn that he is not only prayed for in the ordinary way in all Roman Catholic chapels on Sundays and week days, but that on Sunday last a letter was read in all their places of worship, recommending his Most Gracious Majesty and his Royal Consort to the especial prayers of the Roman Catholic Bishop for the London district flock, imploring a blessing on his reign; a continuation of that peace and good order which have hitherto marked it; together with length of days and the blessing of health. This is, indeed, gratitude for the liberal line of conduct pursued by his Majesty towards his present Roman Catholic subjects, previously to his coming to the throne. We were pleased at the conclusion of this pastoral letter, and after proclaiming the [ fast of the 21st, together with that of the approaching Lent, to hear that fasting during the latter period was only made obligatory to those who were in easy circumstances ; the poor labourers, and the unem- ployed paupers, are allowed to eat what they can get, and only to abstain from sin and ardent spirits; whilst the rich are warned to retrench their luxuries in favour of the poor. The Duchess of Dino, Prince Talleyrand's niece, gave a grand rout yesterday, at her uncle's residence in Hanover- square. Prince Talleyrand has fitted up the splendid mansion of the Trench Embassy in Hanover- square with the costly furniture and hangings which adorned the hotel of his Excellency in the rue St. Florentine at Paris. It would, therefore, appear that the venerable Ambassador from the French Court meditates passing several years in England, with his niece the Duchess de Dino, whose loss is much regretted in the Parisian circles of fashion. The Earl of Carlisle has entirely recovered from his late at- tack of indisposition. His Lordship and family were present at the splendid ball given by his noble relative, the Lord Chamber- Iain, on Friday week, at Devonshire House. Lord Burghersh gave a musical soiree on Monday evening, at his house in Hyde Park- terrace. Lord Frederick and Lady Augustus Fitzclarence have been Sojourning some length of time at Hawkhead in Ayrshire, the seat of her Ladyship's father, the Earl of Glasgow. It is ex- pected that they will return to their residence in Eaton- square, at the expiration of a few days. His Lordship selected Hawk- head as his residence during the winter, because of its facilities for field sports. The Earl of Glasgow and his son, Lord Kel- burne, reside in Scotland, and rarely visit London. Lady Augusta Cotton, the wife of Major- General Sir Wil- loughby Cotton, commanding the forces at Jamaica, did not ac- company her gallant husband to the West Indies, in consequence of entertaining apprehensions that the climate would prove pre- judicial to her health, and her Ladyship is now domesticated for the season in Cadogan- place. The report that an illustrious ex- Minister contemplated an alliance with the daughter of a high Tory Earl, is destitute Of foundation. The ex- Minister in question is resolved to be an ex- husband for the remainder of his life. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave a large dinner party yester- day, and wiU give another to- day. THE CHASE. The month of February, considered one of the best bunting months of the year, has been inferior, if any thing, to its prede- cessors. Cold north winds— a heavy foggy atmosphere— threaten- ing storms— and frosty nights, were pretty general throughout, holding out little allurement to the sportsman, and producing the most singular variations in that naturally capricious material, called scent, we ever remember. The unseasonable meetings of the pre- sent Parliament are prejudicial to the good old cause of fox- hunting; and the depression, both of agricultural and commercial affairs, keep many gentlemen at home who would otherwise be partaking of their exhilarating diversion. Melton, which must al- ways command a good attendance, is full, though the sport with Sir Harry Goodricke's bounds has been by no means what they call brilliant; nevertheless, up to the 14th ult. they had only missed seven days this season ( three only on account of frost) and, without having a single blank day, had killed 38 brace of foxes. The number of noses, however, forms little criterion of sport, as the fox that is chopped in cover, and the bolder one that faces the open and is killed, equally swells out the list, and perhaps the most mis- chievous part in the hunting of the present day, is tbe eagerness which some huntsmen evince to decorate their kennel doors with trophies of their victories. The ill effects of this is felt in the neighbouring counties and in the " South Wold." One in Lincoln shire, we hear, is likely to become vacant in consequence of the scarcity of foxes. Sir Richard Sutton's kennel, we are happy to hear, is again free from that dreadful malady, canine madness, and the hounds resumed their labours in the early part of the month. Leamington continues full, and the sport with the Warwickshire hounds has been much better since the turn of the year than in the early part of the season, and we hear there is every prospect of Mr. Russell continuing to hunt the country. The Duke of Beau fort returned to his Oxfordshire country in the middle of the month, much to the joy of the Bicester, Chipping Norton, and Ox- ford sportsmen, who feel his absence the more in consequence of that excellent pack, late the Mostyn ( now Mr. Drake's) hunting only three days a week, and one of them in tbe Northamptonshire country, which compels horses to sleep out over night. Field sports do not seem to be much the rage at either of our Universities, and the " entry" of sportsmen looks any thing but promising at pre- sent. Few Cambridge men are now seen on Newmarket lieath THE THEATRES. in comparison with former years, and though there are more Oxford men keeping their own horses now than were ever remembered, there are fewer seen in the bunting field than when the " two guineas worths" were the order of the day. Islip, Fringfcrd Bridge, and few of the handy meets, attract a crowd ; but " Chipping Warden" seems to have lost its attraction. The hospitalities at Chesterford House, near Bicester, are carried on with unabated vigour, though Lord Water- lotd wisely abstains from wine, and has disposed of most of his stud. Sir F. Johnstone one of the party, has purchased " Glenartny," the first favourite of his year, of Lord Jersey, and placed him in his stud of hunters. The sport with Mr. Moreton's hounds, this season, has not equalled that of the last, which was marked by a continued series from begin- ning to end, but he is now making up his lee way. The Craven Hounds have outshone themselves in sport, and no one who has not witnessed his doings could believe it possible to shew such runs as Mr. Smith does in so bad a country, the great John Warde being reported to have said that " an angel from heaven could not make a Berkshire fox run." The Vine Hounds had a good run of an hour and ten minutes, without a check, from Ash Park covers to Bradley Woods, in the early part of last month ; when, notwithstanding the unfavourable- ness of the weather, the Duke of Wellington took the field, and kept a good place throughout the run. Some change is expected to take place in the hunting of Col. Wyndham's country, in Sussex, in consequence of the scarcity of foxes, but as yet nothing final is known, and we are happy to state that we do not hear so many rumours of countries becoming vacant as usual at this period of the year, and trust that the season will conclude by leaving things in " statu quo." Our readers will be happy to see that that favourite writer, Nimrod, has again resumed his pen, though not his place, having exchanged from the Old into tbe New Sporting Magazine, as ap- pears by the advertisement in our columns. A conversation took place at a political clubhouse at the west end of the town on Saturday, which led to a bet as to which of two Members of the House of Commons, who were named, made the most efficient opposition to the Reform Bill. The bet ( to prevent the trouble of deciding on the merits of the parties' orations) was to be decided on the length of their speeches de- livered during a given period, which was accordingly measured in a Morning Paper, when it appeared that the speeches of one were ( taken together) seven yards and a quarter in length, and those of the other six yards and a half; consequently he who bet on the former won the wager. The recent ball at Devonshire House was productive of some losses and a few gains. The Duchess of St. Albans lost her cloak, and the Marchioness of Londonderry caught a severe cold, as did several other ladies. Some valuable jewels were lost, and the damage done to carriages and horses was very con- siderable. The Earl and Countess Gower were absent from this grand entertainment, in consecpience of the death of their infant daughter, Lady Blanche Julia, who expired at his Lordship's residence, in Hamilton- place, on the Friday evening previous. The Countess Grey will give a series of parties during the season, in Downing- street, similar to those with which her ladyship enlivened the town last season. The Countess's first soiree was given on Monday evening. The Hon. C. Grant gave a grand Cabinet dinner on Wednes- day, at his house in George- street, Westminster. On Friday Mrs. H. Gurney gave a splendid entertainment, at her residence in St. James's- sc[ uare. The Archbishop of Armagh gave a grand dinner party yester day, at his residence in Charles- street, St. James's- square. The Earl of Sefton entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Thursday, and another yesterday, at his house in Arlington- street. The marriage which was understood to be in contemplation between a young lady of considerable wealth, heiress to a great polish family, and a gentleman who has distinguished himself by his attention to several popular actresses, has recently been broken off. Mr. Villiers Shelley is about to marry a rich heiress of the name of St. John. Sir John Shelley leaves Maresfield, where he has lived so many years, to reside, for the future, in a distant part of the country; and his son will henceforth occupy the former mansion. It is understood that Mr. Shelley looks for- ward to a contest for the representation of the eastern division of the county after the Reform Bill shall have passed.— Brighton Gazette. THE LATE DUEL,— Mr. Stapylton is in a fair way of re- covery. His antagonist, General Moore, has been released from custody on two sureties of 1000/. each, and his own recognizances of 2000/. ITALIAN OPERA. Nothing is more certain and obvious than the success of charlatanry with the multitude : but there is extreme peril in astounding promise and pretension, where the people to he dealt with are ordinarily endowed with common sense, common taste, or knowledge of the subject matter. The accession and intented measures of Mr. Monck Mason, as chief administrator of the Italian Opera, were heralded with a flourish of trumpets from the press, in a style not unlike the gentleman in Compere Muthieu, who caused his march to be proclaimed with the cry of " M. Ie Marquis va 4 la guerre." It may amuse and even edify the reader to pass briefly in review the pledges of the new direction, and how they have been redeemed. 1st. The system of gratuitous admissions was to be aban- doned, and the company in the pit was to be epurated by certain regulations of the toilet. There was, it is true, under the late management, great negligence of dress. The coup d'ceil was that of a morning rather than that of an evening assemblage : but no one can have witnessed the meagre, straggling audiences of the last two or three nights, without perceiving that" orders" were freely given, and that the pit, without any falling off in slovenliness, exceeded in vulgarity. 2d. The free list was to be reformed and retrenched, but with a liberal reservation in favour of musical profes- sors. We have heard that this reservation is a reduction of the price of admission by half. Is not that a sordid, insulting capitulation with presumed poverty, instead of a compliment to the art ? If we know any thing of the cha- racter of the more respectable professors, they have as suredly spurned it. 3d. The opera company was to be completely renewed: the old familiar fixtures of the establishment, from Cu- rioni to De Ville, were to be removed or invalided. This promise was uncalled for, and not calculated to gratify the more liberal and reflecting portion of the public. But what is the result? Curioni, an accomplished singer and an ac- quisition to any opera, after being contemptuously thrown off, has been invited back by the management in its dis- tress, on his own terms; and by his side appeared in the Barbiere, the well- known figures of Signor di Angeli, and Signora Castelli. We mean no unkindness to Madame Castelli, who is said to be both a respectable and amiable person, and who is not at all inadequate to tbe parts in which she usually appears. Signor De Ville has not yet returned, but we see no objection to his displacing the Signor who at present does, or did the other evening, his duty as Captain of the Guard. 4th. The chefs- d'teuvre of the great masters, dead and living, were to be executed by the first virtuosi of Europe. How has the promise been fulfilled? The season opened with the Esule di Roma— and both the music and the performance left the impression of what may be called the sublime of mediocrity. Madame Meric has undoubtedly both judgment and talent; and makes commendable efforts to supply by skill her deficiencies of organ— but she has no touch of the charming talent of Sontag, and is of course still farther removed below the versatile, capri- cious, and inspired genius of Malibran. MM. Winter, and Mariani, are clever singers, and might pass as good doubles of Rubini and Lablache— but as to competition or comparison with those superior artists, the suggestion would be absurd. It was evident that Signor Mariani came here, impressed with the notion that Lablache achieved bis triumphs at the King's Theatre by the force and loudness of his voice— that with the English, his maxim should be, not f rapper juste, but frapper fort, and he at first strained his tones beyond their natural capacity. In his more recent performances, however, he appears to have been sensible of his error, and to have avoided it. Otello was next produced, with a debutante, announced by her title of Countess, as Desdemona. Without for an instant doubting or depreciating the aristocracy of the lady, and even con- ceding that she has accomplishments as a singer, it may be safely said that the announcement by her title, and the choice of character for her, manifested in the direction a gross want of capacity and good taste. Desdemona was wholly beyond her— and the frequenters of the Italian Opera, or most of them, know, that on the continent Countesses, instead of being rare plants, as in England, are of as common growth as cabbages. The use of this bait should have been left to the sole enjoyment of those degraded foci of quackery and puffing— the Patent London Theatres. It was even contrary to foreign usage. When Madame Giustiniani, some years since, appeared on the stage of the Italian Opera, she took the name of Campo- rese, and studiously concealed her real name and rank. Otello having been despatched, a second experimentum crucis was made upon Rossini in his Barbiere. Madame Albertini had appeared as the confidant in Otello. It was announced with whimsical naivete that her first appearance was not her debit! She accordingly made her debit in the arduous and charming part of Rosina, and the result was worthy of the strange solecism both of fact and language in her case. Curioni re- appeared as the lover, and began with spirit, but was soon seized by the contagious dullness around him. Signor V. Galli, a good singer, was out of his element in Figaro— and, in short, two operas, the one a tragic, the other a comic chef- d'oeuvre of the most popular composer of the age, were executed in such a manner, that any musical inquest in Europe would have made a re- turn of " wilful murder" against the performance. The last opera brought out is the Elisa e Claudio of Mer- cadante. This pleasing production was executed with re- markable felicity. Madame Meric made highly applauded, if not highly successful, efforts to overcome the deficient quality of her voice. The beautiful duo, Piuttosto Morire, was given by her and Mariani in a very touching and effec- tive style. Galli and Mariani also came together with the happiest unison. Of the three Gallis, by the way, who stand like the three degrees of comparison, there are two here— It is the superlative unfortunately who is away. The Elisa e Claudio is a success— but will it attract the amateurs, and bring bach the fashionable seceders ?— Mr. Monck Mason, we apprehend, may say of " a few more such successes," what was said by the King of Epirus. THE TWO PATENT THEATRES have offered nothing since our last notice in the way of novelty calling for remark. The rival versions of Robert le Diable continue to draw houses ( whether or not filled by bona fide payers is a question beyond our ken), aud pre- clude, for the present, the production of any new drama or diablerie. This state of things will not, however, we sus pect, be of long duration, as the attraction of the Drury- lane " Demon" begins to wane ; and though improved by curtailment, has lost rank, and condescended to become afterpiece. At Covent- garden, on Wednesday night, and continued the performance, much to the satisfaction of the audience, who had evinced a becoming sympathy on the occasion. OLYMPIC, Madame Vcstris exhibits an indefatigable energy in her administrative functions, that might be profitably imitated by mightier managers of the stronger sex. Two successful trifles have been brought forward at this theatre during the week. One, a semi- sentimental petite- come die, enti- tled " Woman's Revenge ; " the chief character in which devolved on, and was personated in her usual spirited way by, Mrs. Glover. The second novelty, called " My Eleventh Day," is of a more lively, broad, ( the latter quality bor- dering, at times, on grossness) and laughter- stirring na- ture than its predecessor. Madame Vestris and Liston, as a newly- married couple, kept the audience in continued bursts of laughter. THE STRAND THEATRE has added to its repertory, this week, a humorous little arce, entitled The Automaton ; or, the Whims of Love. The ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY will commence their fperformances this season at the Olympic instead of the Adelpbi, and the FRENCH COMPANY at the Haymarket about the 12th of the ensuing month. M. Laporte, who is now at Paris, has engaged Mad. Albert and Millie. Leon- tine Fay, both of whom appeared last season, and JVIdlle. D'Ange, a lively and clever actress. CHOLERA MORBUS. « REPORTED ATTACK OF COLONEL EVANS. The cholera is gradually assuming a more serious aspect in the metropolis. Untimely jests are again likely to be succeeded by unmanly terror. How preposterous are these alternations of popular feeling. We have seen no reason for consternation, and assuredly we see as little for ridicule. We know, from individual experience, that there is a tendency in many persons to turn into cholera, by a trans- mutation fatal to their own repose, any, the slightest, ail- ment which affects them. We have heard of medical men being called up, night after night, for a common cramp or stomach ache, or even an imaginary twitch of pain, as if the sufferer were in the most perilous state of livid collapse. As connected with the same subject, we may just allude to the current story about Colonel Evans. That gentle- man has written a letter to the editors of the daily papers stating that he was prevented by indisposition from voting with Ministers on the subject of the metropolitan members'. We understand that Colonel Evans was attacked some evenings ago by sudden, but not serious illness, in the Athe- nasum Club House, and fell upon the stairs. The addition is, that he broke two of his teeth. A waiter rushed into the large room, and asked, in an agitated manner, whether any medical gentleman was present, " as Colonel Evans had been seized with the cholera." Dr. Paris, who happened to be there, hurried out immediately, under the idea that he had found, not merely a patient, but fresh materials for another alarming article in the Quarterly Review. The gallant Member, we are happy to say, so far recovered in the meantime, as scarcely to require his assistance. Iu answer to some letters and suggestions which are be- fore us, it may he as well to state, that we cannot enter upon disquisitions respecting the nature of the disease, or the best remedies and most judicious applications. All that could be done in this way by a weekly newspaper would probably mislead rather than benefit, and bewilder rather than enlighten; for, with Ihe exception of those ge- neral methods for prevention or cure which have been long and universally known, we do not believe that any broad directions can safely be given. We imagine, after all, that every particular case will require in its details its par- ticular treatment, according to the constitution of the suf- ferer, and a thousand diversified circumstances of time and place. If any certain specific shall hereafter be discovered, most gladly shall we help to make it public. REPORT OF CHOLERA CASES. COUNCIL- OFFICE, MABCH 3. Date Mar. 1 F. 29 28 Miss Inverarity, whilst performing in the Fiend Father, met with an accident that was fortunately not followed by any very serious consequences. As she was retreating rapidly from the stage, she was tripped by an ill- closed trap door, and was thrown with considerable violence on her face. After a short interval, however, she reappeared Mar. 2 Newcastle .... North Shields, & c. . . Hetton Haddington and vicinity Preston Pans . . . Salton Herdmanston . Musselburgh . . . Edinburgh .... Kirkintilloch and Grenock Glasgow and suburbs Paisley Mary Hill .... Coatbridge .... Total . . Total from places where the disease has ceased, and no returns made . Grand Total LONDON. Cripplegate . . . Afloat in the River Poplar and Stepney Limehouse . . . Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Southwark . . . Newington Butts . Chelsea .... Lambeth and Christchurch Westminster . . . Marylebone . . . St. Giles's . . . Whitechapel & Beth.- green Total . 40 39 17 « 88 U 965 332 488 134 117 2 443 36 87 174 86 34 37 2935 2664 64 5599 1 19 3 9 18 78 17 3 15 4 18 14 10 308 97 97 61 21 198 18 31 74 49 12 15 975 694 209 1669 1 13 2 7 12 45 9 3 10 2 2 5 6 117 ( Signed) W. MACLEAN, Secretary. Lord Erskine, our Ambassador at Munich, has arrived in town. All the idle stories which, for some time, have been indus- triously circulating through the journals, relating to a supposed misunderstanding between Mademoiselle d'Este, her brother, and certain branches of the highest family in the empire, were mere fabrication. The parties are now living together in the same palace, upon the closest terms of affection and friendship. MADAME TORIIIJOS.— The subscription which the Times has had the generosity to advocate and manage for this lady, amounts to about 300/. This may provide for her present wants, but offers a very inadequate supply for her future maintenance. There is yet ample room for the generosity of Englishmen and Englishwomen. Sir Francis Burdett subscribed 20/. of the 300/. March 4. THE TOWar. 79 IRELAND. ( PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. I write to say that the utmost enthusiasm prevails in all parts of the country, at the bold and decisive reports of the Committees of the two Houses, on the subject of Tithes. Meetings are held in all parts of the country, to declare against that species of tax. Protestants vie with Catholics in showing zeal for the ex- tirpation of these Tithes. The Count Czapska, of whose case your newspapers have already given the particulars, has complied with the Alien Act. The Government have allowed his conviction to be quashed, and he is now at large. A public dinner is to be given to him this day, but the tickets do not seem to go off with that expedition which the projectors of the entertainment seemed to expect. At the Political Union Rooms, it is really " High Life below stairs" with a vengeance, in the absence of O'Connell. Recently the project of a rail- road between Dublin and Kingstown ( for- merly called Dunleary) was made the subject of a most violent tirade, at a meeting of the Union ; the barbarous doctrines in- culcated during the debate called forth a speech of much humour from one of the very few sensible members who were present. " There was a time," said he, " when a boat on the river Barrow, the noble stream which runs through one of the best cultivated districts in Ireland, was absolutely dragged by human beings, harnessed like beasts of burden. A change was meditated— horses were proposed as substitutes for men— but the alteration was resisted as a violation of vested rights— as a ruinous innova- tion, which would cause the ruin of the labourers. What was the consequence? The poor horses that were at first employed were houghed and the boats were scuttled, until these political econo- mists at last found out that the change was altogether for the better." I regret to have to inform you, that the night before last the uncle of Charles Brownlow, the worthy Member for Armagh, suddenly expired at the Kildare- street Club, just as he had con- cluded his dinner. Major Brett, of the 8th Hussars, has written the following letter to a Catholic Priest at Londonderry :— " Sir— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th of January, stating that the sum of 30s. of which I am the owner, lies at present in your hands, recovered by the exertions of a Catholic clergyman in the tribunal of con- fession. May I request that you will have the goodness to lay out the money for the benefit of the poor of your parish in any way you may think proper. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, " R- BRETT, Major, 8th Hussars. " I. U. S. Club, London, Feb. 4, 1832. " To the Rev. D. O'Doherty, P. P., Burt, Londonderry, Ireland." MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS IN LONDON. On Monday a meeting of Irish Members was held at the King's Arms. Lord George Hill took the Chair, and the follow- ing members attended:— Lord Killeen, Sir J. Burke, Sir W. Hort, Sir P. Bellew, Sir J. Doyle, and R. Musgrave, Messrs. D. O'Connell, M. O'Connell, O'Conor Don, More O'Ferrall, Carew, Power, Leader, Sheil, Jephson, Muffins, H. Lambert, Walker, Bodkin, Blackney, Chapman, Wallace. We are glad to say that the general opinion seemed to be, that it would be wrong to fetter the hands of the ministers on any portion of the general measure of reform ; but to leave all ar- rangements as to periods to their discretion, otherwise they might be greatly embarrassed, especially as all members who had not urgent business at the assizes should remain in London, in order to watch vigilantly the tithe question, which was of para- mount importance to Ireland, and that advantage might be taken of their absence by their enemies to slip in some measure that might be of vital injury to her peace and prosperity ; and that the liberal members having now generally agreed on the prin- cipal features of the Irish reform bill, the absence of a few of their body was not so important. NEW PEERS.— The following anecdote is from a Dublin paper, and has been communicated by a London Corres- pondent, whose opportunities for obtaining information, we happen to know, are of the very best description :— " Lord Wharncliffe and Harrowby called on Lord Grey, and stated that if he gave up the metropolitan members, and raised the 10/. qualification to 15L, they would not oppose the bill. To this Lord Grey replied, that he considered the proposal a per- sonal insult; that his character was bound up with the bill, and that he was determined to carry it. He wished to avoid a creation of peers if he could, but if they were required, he would create 200 if necessary. If he found a majority of 20, he would create 40— if 40, he would create 80, and if 100, he would create 200. That there were more applications for peerages than would double the number of the present House of Lords, and that he felt himself in such a situation that he could not rely upon parole promises, and that any undertaking of any noble lords he should have in writing. The Tory Lords retired in dudgeon, " to brood o'er guilty woes," and Lord Grey reite- rated his inflexible purpose. This is the way to speak." How the French Peers must have stared when they beard the other day the following piece of democratic im- pertinence frotn the mouth of M. Dupin—• " Take care, ye Noble Marquis, ye illustrious Dukes, and ye many- headed Counts— if you will not march with the nation, why, the nation will march without you ; if you will not pass popular and wise laws, because they are proposed by Deputies who belong to the school of 1830, why, then, my Lords, I will tell you what the Deputies will be obliged to do; they will pass ihe laws without you. If you will keep up the Aristocratic spirit of your long- for- gotten ancestors, why, you will not have occasion to wait till after your death for public oblivion ; for even in your life- time you will be unnoticed ; and, like the solitary bird of night, your own society will be the echo of your own croakings i" " L'ARISTOCRATIE PEBIRAIT PAR L'ISOLIMENT !" It is confidently stated that Vicesimus Knox, Esq., of Writtle Lodge, near Chelmsford, will succeed Mr. Const as Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions. It is rather singular that Mr. Death should be one of the mem- bers of the Whitechapel Committee of Health, and that Mr. De Grave should be Secretary of the City Cholera Board. A few days since, the house of Lady Graves, in the Regent's Park, was broke into by robbers : the Police Gazette, in detail- ing the property stolen, enumerates, among other things, " six shillings in silver, one quart of rum, and a bottle of wine, the property of the housemaid 1" THE LADY CHAPEL.— The question between the Corporation of London and the Parishioners of St. Saviour's., respecting the granting of a larger opening to exhibit a full view of the Church than seventy feef ( the space proposed by the Corporation), has been brought to an abrupt though satisfactory conclusion, by a decision of a Committee of tbe House of Commons. For many days the question had been under consideration, and a great body of evidence was adduced in favour of the Bridge Committee. The party in favour of restoring the Lady Chapel ( which is the Consistorial Court of the Diocese of Winchester), and opening a space of 130 feet, to exhibit the aspect of the building, were armed with a powerful body of evidence to rebut the former ; but the Committee intimated that they were satisfied with what had been stated by the Bridge Committee ; and after an hour's private deliberation, granted the claim of the peti- tioners against the Corporation, by a majority of seventeen to three. This was received with great cheering. An advertiser in a Yorkshire paper announces that he is about to give " finishing lessons" in the " refined and manly ac- complishment of fencing," which he says is of acknowledged importance to individuals destined to the senate, pulpit, or bar. THE CHARLES- STREET CLUB OF TORIES. The Sun pleasantly states, that upon the partial explosion of the Charles- street gang, the " Inventor of Reports" to the club, in great disappointment at the manner in which they treated him, has ventured to expose some of the mysteries of that body. Amongst other disclosures he mentions that each member had a cognomen peculiar to himself, terminating in the word Tory, and that accordingly the " Inventor" above- mentioned was dig- nified with the name of " Inven- Tory." The club committee is termed the " Direc- Tory"— and the word " Secretary" has been Torified to answer club purposes, and is always written in Charles- street " Secret- Tory." The following are some of the club cognomens:— Lord Ei— B— GH Am- a- Tory. Sir H. H- RD— GE In- flam- a- Tory. Sir C. W— TH— L De clam- a- Tory. Sir R. I- GI.- S Con- ser- va- Tory. Mr. A. B- R— G Migra- Tory. Mr. G— LB— N Nuga- Tory. Mr. PR— D Pred- a- Tory. Mr. J. C. H- RR- S Consol- a- Tory. Mr. D- WS- N Or- a- Tory. Lord LY- DH— ST Rot- a- Tory. Earl of H- RR- WBY Emenda- Tory. Duke of W- LL— GT- N Peremp- Tory. Sir R. P— i Fac- Tory. Mr. P- RC- V- L In- cant- a- Tory. Lord AB- RD— N Prevarica- Tory. Lord WH- RNC- FF, Media- Tory. Duke of C- M— L-- ND Damna- Tory. Mr. J. W. CR- K- R His- Tory. LordE- D- N Dila- Tory. Marquis of L- ND— D— Y Fulmina- Tory. Sir H. H- LF-- D Condolo- congratula- Tory, a/ ja « Purg- a- Tory. Don Miguel has been unanimously elected an honorary mem- ber, and by way of pre- eminence ( the Don presenting the most perfect and splendid specimen of Toryism in Europe) his club cognomen is simply " Tory" without any adjunct. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. The Times of Friday contained the following statement:— " Our readers may have read in a fable the account of a cer- tain animal ( we shall not say what animal) which tried in its gambols to imitate another animal, and succeeded so ill as to be scouted for its pains. If they have ever read this fable, the par- ticulars of it will be brought to their recollection by the follow- ing occurrence. Lord Londonderry, following the example of the Duke of Wellington, read an address to his Majesty at the Levee yesterday, from the ' ' Prentice Boys of Derry,' praying his Majesty not to give his consent to a measure so injurious to the best interests of the country as the Reform Bill. His Ma- jesty was graciously pleased to observe, in answer to Lord Lon- donderry, ' Very young advisers, I think, my Lord.' " The Marquis was pleased to notice this paragraph in the fol- lowing letter, addressed to the Editor :— " SIR— I do not address you for your contemptuous allusions to myself ; if they please your readers and sell your paper, I am charmed. But I write to warn you not to distort facts. I did not read the Address of the Apprentice Boys of Londonderry to his Majesty at the Levee— I stated briefly its substance. I did not either write to the King. But as, from his Majesty's obser- vation, it occurred to me X had been guilty of omission, in not sufficiently explaining from whom the Address emanated, I thought it became me, through a proper channel, to remedy my own neglect. I am not conscious in this proceeding of any in- discretion ; and as to want of respect to the Crown, I spurn the charge with indignation. Let those who make those insinuations look at home. I remain, Sir, your humble servant, " VANE LONDONDERRY. " Holdernesse House, March 2. " I request in candour that you will give insertion to this letter." EPIGRAM ON MR. ALFRED KNIGHT, A VERY- PROMISING YOUNG ARCHITECT. As the birds were the first of the architect kind, And are still better builders than men, What wonders may spring from A. Nightingale's mind, When St. Paul's was produced by— a Wren ? The British Museum is henceforward to be opened to the public every day, except Sunday. A new work is announced to appear under the title of " A Million of Facts :" should the contents bear out the title- page, there will be a chance for once of the lies being outnumbered. Drury- lane Theatre has done more this season than all Eng- land has been ever able to accomplish. It has made the Rent- Day popular. STEEPLE CHASE.— The match between Mr. Edward Steers's grey horse, and Mr. Humble's bay horse, Jerry, came off ou Saturday the 25th ult., at a short distance from Chester, in the presence of a very numerous assembly of sporting gentlemen. — The match was made at great odds, Mr. Humble laying 100/. to 25/. The start was at Little Sutton, aud the parties went well off together, Mr. Steers riding his own horse, and Mr. Humble's being jockied by Mr. Ferguson, one of the most cele- brated steeple riders in Ireland. The pace was pretty good at the commencement, but Jerry soon steered clear away from the other, leaving his opponent at a humble distance. Jerry came to the winning post at Backford Cross by himself, beating the grey nearly a mile. Mr. Ferguson rode with excellent judgment, and brought his horse in very fresh. He is quite a first- rate rider across the country, having good hands, and a firm, close seat on the saddle. He cleared all his fences admirably, ( and some of them were raspers,) putting his horse to them in the most sportsmanlike style. Mr. Steers, ( oh I what a falling off was there,) never had the slightest chance, and the event com- pletely justified the high opinion Mr. Humble entertained of his horse and rider. The grey manifested symptoms of distress before he had gone half way, but Mr. Steers still persevered,, notwithstanding he had six tumbles, ( and the last was a " burst- er,") until his horse became as " slow as a man in boots, with his top- coat on." The horse was run to a stand- still and dead beat. In fact, the race was altogether like Ben Lloyd's head, a hollow thing. We should think from the bruises Mr. S. re- ceived, Steer's Opodeldoc would be in requisition. The distance was about three miles, and completed in twelve minutes aud a half. Mr. Peel, of Stanney, was the umpire. " How do you think Lacy has done the devil, at Covent- gar- den ?" asked one of a coterie assembled as usual at the Garrick after the play. " Why," replied the punster, " he has done like a very Greek— by showing himself to be quite a Lacy- demonian." A horse- dealer in the Athenian City of Oxford, who is fa- miliarly designated Squeaker Bill, lately made an addition to his stud of two horses, to which he assigned the classical cognomina of Xerxes aud Artaxerxes. A gentleman commoner having de- manded of him his " exquisite reason" for so doing, he replied, " Why, you see as how when I drives tandem, I makes Xerxes my leader,, and puts the other in the shafts, and so I calls him Arter- Xerxes." A SPANISH PLAY- BILL.— To the Sovereign of Heaven— to the Mother of the Eternal World— to the Polar Star of Spain— to the Comforter of all Spain— to the Faithful Protectress of the Spanish Nation— to the honour and glory of the Most Holy Vir- gin Mary, for her benefit and for the propagation of her worship, the company of Cornelians will this day give a representation of the comic piece called Nanine. The celebrated Italian will also dance the Fandango, and the theatre will be illuminated. CUMBERLAND ASSIZES, Feb. 27. SEDUCTION— ROPER V. LITTLE.— Mr- Armstrong stated the case. The plaintiff was a " stateman,"' living upon his own pro- perty, near Wigton, and the defendant was a carrier, and butter and bacon dealer, residing at Scotby; and the action was brought to recover compensation for one of the greatest injuries that could be inflicted on a parent— that of the seduction of the daughter. The Learned Gentleman called, Catherine Roper.— I am the daughter of the plaintiff, who re- sides at Ringside Hill, six miles from Wigton. I am just turned twenty years of age, and reside with my father. My father was in the habit of going to Wigton market, and I went with him in July, 1828, where I met with the defendant for the first time. I saw him at Wigton several times after that; and he afterwards paid his addresses to me; and continued to do so until 1830. I met him at Carlisle, in August, 1829, at Carlisle fair when he would very gladly have had me go to Gretna to be married. I told him we had not been long enough acquainted. He said we had been acquainted long enough— it had been for two years. He always talked about marrying me. At Wigton my father quartered at Joe Coulthard's, and I saw the defendant there in Jan. 1830, on his way to our house— courting to me. He was three nights at our house. On the third night my father and mother went to bed, leaving me and the defendant sitting up. They went to bed about eleven o'clock, and we sat up till be- tween two and three. When I went to bed the defendant fol- lowed me into my room, but it was before I was in bed. Inter- course took place between us at that time, and at other times, until May, 1830. I was in the family- way in May ; and com municated it to my father and mother after. I also told the de- fendant, and he always said he would marry me ; he said he would let it alone for a fortnight or so, and then marry me. The child was born in my father's house in January, 1831 ; and my father has maintained us ever since. The defendant is a carrier, a butter and bacon dealer, and a farmer. The Jury, without retiring, returned a verdict for the plain- tiff— Damages, 20/. Sir Richard Glynne, the Member for Flintshire, would have been elected to represent that county on the vacancy caused by the elevation of Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd to the Peerage, had not the Hon. Bart, been High Sheriff of the county during the last year, which rendered him ineligible to be a member in bis jurisdiction, as being the returning officer. Mr. Henry Glynne, brother to Sir Stephen, was accordingly returned for Ihe county, in Ihe room of Lord Mostyn, but resigned his seat at the expiration of the pre- sent Member's Shrievalty. Sir Richard gave his first vote on Tuesday, in favour of reform. David Pugh, Esq. of Llanerchydol, one of the Candi- dates for the intended Montgomeryshire Boroughs, can- vassed at Llanfyllin on the 23d instant. The reception the worthy gentleman met with there was truly gratifying to all his friends. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. J. Black- well, of Jesus College, to the Vicarage of Manerdivy, in the county of Pembroke. The Rev. Gentleman was, we understand, a shoemaker, at Mold, in Flintshire ; but dis- tinguished himself by a natural literary turn of mind, was soori raised by his own talents beyond tbe sphere of his original humble occupation, and being sent to Jesus Col- lege, Oxford, was eventually brought to the church. Within the last month, ordination was conferred upon a candidate at Cambridge, who had been for several years a printer at Y ork. The Rev. Mr. Irving publicly denied on Wednesday, that he had resigned his Pastorship, and he informed the congregation that what he had stated on this subject on Sunday last " had been much misrepresented— and, be dared to say designedly; but that nothing had yet occurred tending to the interruption of the usual services in that place." Several distinguished personages are taking a very warm interest in the decision of tbe question, and should Mr. Irving be finally ejected, a chapel ai tbe West end of tlie town is in readiness for his reception. The Hon. Major Francis Charles Stanhope, brother to the Earl of Harrington and the Duchess of Leinster, has been appointed to the household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and officiated at the grand Drawing- room held by his Excellency on Friday se'nnight, at Dublin Castle. Col. Baron Tuyll, it appears, has resumed his functions as Private Secretary to the Viceroy; and Sir Frederick Stoven, who was Secretary pro. tern, to his Lordship, now fills the office of State Steward of the Household. At the late Drawing- room, the conduct of an ultra Tory Marquis towards the Countess of a more moderate Tory Earl, has been Ihe subject of much conversation in the fa- shionable circles. Difference of politics between tbe prin- cipals is assigned as the cause. The benevolent attention of the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the interests of tbe labouring poor, has proved eminently beneficial in the district where the experiment has been made. Tbe allotments of land are cultivated with the most cheerful activity, and a manifest improve- ment in the appearance aud morals, and, consequently, in the comforts of the peasantry, has resulted from the ju- dicious plan adopted on this subject. The 2d Dragoons have been ordered from Brighton to Birmingham, to arrive at the latter place on Thursday next. The officers of the Scots Greys gave, on Saturday, at the barracks, in Brighton, a farewell fete to a large party of ladies and gentlemen, comprising nearly the whole oft. be fashionables now in the town. A tradesman at the west end of the town, who has hitherto carried on a respectable trade, absconded a few days ago, after obtaining goods to the amount of several thousand pounds on what prove to be forged bills of ex- change. The woollen' trade are tbe principal sufferers. A revvard has been offered for his apprehension; but it is ascertained that he is on his way to America with the property. In consequence of the rumours in London about the cholera, a great many people have fled from the real or supposed evil to the Isle of Wight, and while we are sur- prised at their fears, we are glad for tbe sake of the island that such visitors have appeared there, at this dull season. All know arid acknowledge the salubrity of its air, and its usual consequences— the longevity of the inhabitants; many seats are now erecting in the island as a proof of it, and laud for others is daily enquired for. The Swabia7i Mercury announces that a new epidemic complaint has made its appearance in Galicia. Tbe symp- toms are principally tumours of the glands under the arm- pits, which burst, aud emit a quantity of vermin. A few days since a voltigeur of the 9th Legion being on guard,, obtained leave from his commanding officer to go home and take a little rest about the middle of the night. On his arrival, anx- ious not to disturb his wife, he took off his uniform in the dark, and slipped quietly into bed, when he was terrified at finding himself in the icy contact of a corpse. He alarmed the neigh - bourhood, and on lights being brought, it was ascertained that the body was that of a young medical student, who was in the habit of paying occasional visits to his wife. The latter was no where to be seen. It appears that the young man fell a victim to a fit of apoplexy; and the guilty wife, finding it impossible to conceal her fault, had rushed out of the house, and, in despair, thrown herself into the Seine. Her body was found the next morning, and recognized at the Morgue.— French Paper. THE LONDON GAZETTE. — ( FP. OM TBE GAZETTP OF TUESDAY, FEB. 28.) [ This Gazette contains a notice that his Majesty will hold a Levee at St. James's- palace, on Thursday, the 8th of March, in » stead ® f the 7th, it being Ash Wednesday.] St. James's Palace, Feb. 22. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of knight, hood uportDavid Barry, M. D., Deputy Inspector- General of Has « pitals ; and John Harrison Yallop, Esq. Mayor of Norwich. Crown Office, Feb. 28. Members returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough of Flint— Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Bart., in tht> room of Henry Glynne,, Esq., who has accepted the Chilteru Hun- dreds. Borough of Tregony— James Adams Gordon, of Naish House,' in the county of Somerset, Esq., in tlie room of Lieutenant- Colonel Charles George James Arbuthuot, who has accepted the office o£ Steward of the manor of East Hendred, in the county of Berks INSOLVENTS. R. Harrison, New Quebec- street, Portman- square, corn- chandler. James Howie, Berwick upon- Tweed, innkeeper. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. Ramsay, Devonport- street, Commercial- road, master- mariner. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Jonah Fossitt Dean, Burton- upon- Trent, provision- dealer. BANKRUPTS. Marmaduke Thompson, Upper Thames- street, coal- merchant. William Jenner, East- street, Paddington, butcher. C. Gell and T. Carman, Mornington- place, Hampstead- roadji lead- merchants. James Wigan, Macclesfield, silk- manufacturer. Arthur Hughes, Lombard- street, merchant. Edward Hunt, Sale- street, Paddington, slater. John Harriss, Leicester- square, carpet- warehouseman. Robert Eveleigh, Marlborough, victualler. Henry Johnson, Oaklands, Sussex, timber- merchant. John Beckton, Manchester, bootmaker. Samuel Jackson, Stoke- upon- Trent, Staffordshire, grocer. John Dewey, Bath, plumber. Edward Jarvis, Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, sail- maker. James MacDonald, Liverpool, merchant. W. Steel and J. Steel, Newcastle- under- Lyme, Stafford, iron", mongers. Henry Flavell, jun., Birmingham, currier. William and Isaac Beresfoid, Sheffield, stove- grate- manufacturerS. John Simpson, Lower Peover, Cheshire, cattle- salesman. Edward Frankland, York, draper. J. Lyall, St. John Bedwardine, Worcestershire, road- coutrac'tor. John Francis, Carmarthen, linen- draper. William Higgitt, Wolverhampton,. hatter. ( FROM THE GAZETTE OF FUIDAY, MARCH 2.) [ This Gazette contains an Order in Council revoking the Ordef of the 13th of October, which subjected vessels and their crews ar- riving from any place between the Skaw and Rotterdam, or from tbe Danish territories outside the Baltic, or from places on the We- ser, to perform Quarantine.] War Office, March 2. 2d Regiment of Life Guards— Lieutenant M. Ricardo to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cuthbert, who retires; Cornet and. Suh- Lieutenant J. O. Fairlie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vie © Ricardo. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards— G. H. Ackers, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cowper, promoted. 1st Regiment of Foot— Captain T. B. Campbell, to be Captain*' vice J. P. Macqueen, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 19th Foot— Gentleman Cadet T. Hilton, to be Ensign, without' purchase, vice Landman, deceased. 21st Foot— Lieutenant W. H. Armstrong to be Captain, by- purchase, vice Pentland, who retires ;. Second Lieutenant C. H » Edmondstone to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arm- strong ; C. F. Armstrong, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edmondstone. 52d Foot— Lieutenant R. French to be Captain, by purchase* vice Moorsom, who retires ; Ensign Hon. R. Le Poer Trench to be Lieutenant, by pi. rchase, vice French;. Ensign Hon. W. Arbuthnot^ from the 72d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Trench. 61st Foot— W. C. Seton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Storks, promoted. 70th Foot— Lieutenant W. Taylor to be Captain, without pur- chase, vice Goldfrap, appointed Paymaster. 70th Foot— Lieutenant J. Conner, from the late 5th Royal Ve- teran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor. Captain G. A. Goldfrap to be Paymaster, vice J. Johnstone, who retires upon half- pay. 72d Foot— Lieutenant J. Gowan to be Captain, without pur- chase, vice Markham, deceased. Ensign J. M. Oliver to be Lieu- tenant, vice Gowan. Hon. C. Stuart to be Ensign by purchase,, vice Arbuthnott, appointed to the 52d Foot. Gentleman Cadet W. Rattray, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Oliver. 85th Foot— Ensign W. Todd to be- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooke, who retires.-— O. Jackson, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Todd. 2d West India Regiment— Ensign F. Brittlebank to be Lieute- nant, by purchase, vice Dalgety, who retires. Royal African Colonial Corps, E. O'Bryen, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hodges, who retires. UNATTACHED Ensign H.' K. Storks, from the 61st Foot, to b « Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase. MEMORANDUM.— Lieutenant W. Forster, half- pay Unattached,' has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Un- attached commission. INSOLVENT. John Allen, Tiverton, druggist. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. William Minshull, Cholsey, Berkshire, cattle- dealer. William Johnson, Manchester, innkeeper. BANKRUPTS. John Hartup, Regent- street, dealer in- British lace. E., J. B., and F. Stodart, jun., Carlisle-, manufacturers.. Samuel Frederick Lott, Exeter, hatter. J. and W. Barker, Stansfield, Yorkshire, cotton- spinners. John Wilson, Leeds, linen- draper. E. W. George, Wardrobe- place,. DosSors'- commons, builder. M. H. L. G. Colnaghi, Cockspur- stoeet, printseller. James Barry, Mincing- lane, wine- merchant. Henry Newport, Bognor, Sussex, wine- merchant. John Burton, jun., Wakefitld, Yorkshire, woolstapler. Samuel Smith, Witney, Oxfordshire, bacon- cuser. S. Harrison, and F. H. Graham, Newington, upholsterers. R. Smart, Upper Southampton- street, Pentoav. ille, builder. Burrage Davenport, Dunster- court, Mincing lane, merchant, William Henry Hunipleby, B « rougti- mark3t, plumber W.,. and J. Steel, Newcastle- tinder- Lyme-,, iron- mongers. Thomas Cook, Warminster, Wiltshire, gumsmith. His Majesty's yacht Royal Sovereign has arrived at Chatham, where she is to be stationed, under the orders of ber Commander, Captain Charles Buller, C. B., recently- appointed Superintendent of Chatham- yard. Sunday afternoon, E. H. D Radcliff'e, Esq. while in conversation with the Earl of Albemarle and oilier distin- guished friends, at his residence, 59, Coiidnit- street, sud- denly exclaimed " Oh !" aad fell back insensible. Dr. Chambers, of Brook- street, was shortly in attendance, but he found that life was extinct. The deceased was fifty- seven years of age, and very eminent on the turf. He was honoured by Ihe intimacy of his late Majesty, and had the management of tbe Pioyal racing stud. By his death tho office of Gentleman of the Horse to bis Majesty has be- come vacant. The situation was created by his late Ma- jesty during, we believe, the Mastership of the Horse of the Duke of Dorset, and Mr. Delme Radcliffe was the only Gentleman o[ the Horse since the office was instituted. § o THE TOWUf. March 4. interfere the sooner LATEST INTELLIGENCE. \ Very important dispatches have beeti received from oer Consul General at Lisbon. They state, that great deser- tions are taking place in the Army, and that the whole ot the commercial interest in Portugal is in favour of Don Pedro Accounts of an authentic nature from another « narter- state that 74 Portuguese officers in the service of Miguel have signed a paper, offering to join Don Pedro on his arrival. Nearly thirty Constitutionalists had ar- rived at Lisbon from Madeira, charged with treason against Miguel, in endeavouring to depose his authorities in that island. The following statement was made a few days ago by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs to a gentleman of distinction, in reference to the expedition to Italy. " It is false that this expedition has been decided upon with the consent and concurrence of Austria, but it is equally false that it has been protested against by that Power. " We send to Italy to see justice done, and to prevent a prolongation ofthe military occupation ofthe Papal States by the Austrians. The sooner we will the question be settled." We have received letters from Brussels dated Wed- nesday evening. They are of some importance. A new conspiracy in favour of the King of Holland has been dis- covered, and several arrests have been made. A Council of Ministers was called, at which it was agreed to establish a Council of War at the head- quarters of the army, be fore which all persons should be tried who should be guilty of exciting the Belgian soldiers to desert, or of any corres- pondence with the enemy. The editors of papers who may promote such treasonable practices, directly or indirectly, are to be tried before this Council. This is an extraordinary measure in a country boasting of free institutions. The alarm of the cholera is very great. In Brussels every pre- paration has been made to resist its attack. The streets have been cleaned, the houses have been whitewashed, and • subscriptions, to which Ihe King has given largely, have been entered into to feed and clothe the poor. Similar arrangements have been made at Ostend, where the most vigorous quarantine has been also established on vessels from the port of London. The Dutch papers of Wednesday state, that advices from Vienna of the 19th ult. contain an account of fresh excesses by the Papal troops. The Austrian commander had declared that if they were renewed, he would take • part with the Insurgents against the Papal authority. There has been a meeting ofthe Greek Conference since the arrival of the accounts from Bavaria, announcing the acceptance of the Crown of Greece by Prince Otho, at which the names ofthe persons who are to be Councillors of Regency were submitted. No positive decision, how- ever, lias yet been oome to on this subject. We are enabled to state from an autlientic source, that the mission of Count Orloff, although of a pacific tendency, is not such as to warrant the semi- official accounts which lave been given of it He is instructed fo inform the King of the Netherlands that the Emperor of Russia cannot make common cause with him in any new invasion of Bel- gium, and to entreat him to concede some points to the Conference, provided that the latter will refer the dispute to negotiations between Holland and Belgium; but the Emperor has not given the slightest reason to suppose that he will ratify the trcafy of the Conference if the King of the Netherlands should persist in his opposition to it. An express reached the City yesterday afternoon with intelligence that Spain has prohibited all intercourse with ^ England on account of ( lie cholera morbus. It is to be observed, this at present is only the act ofthe local autho- rities of Bilboa and the other northern ports. The affair Is referred to Madrid, but in the meantime no vessel from any port in England is permitted to enter any in the north of Spain. In consequence of the pertinacity of certain Anti- Cholera Doctors, the Board of Health have invited medical men of eminence who entertained different opinions from those of the Board, to inspect the cases; some of them have done so, and have acknowledged that the disease re- sembles in every respect the Indian Cholera. Yesterday a wealthy person living in the Borough was attacked and died in thirteen hours. He was a temperate man, and had been previously in good health. There are also other cases in respectable life. The sixteen cases reported yesterday ( Saturday) in Marylehone are children ( girls) ; one of them only had died on Friday. The medical men of the workhouse where these cases are, attribute the ill- ness to indulgence in fruit, and say that the children having had a holiday and money given to them, had eaten freely of this indigestible food; but it is a curious fact, that the boys of the workhouse who had sixpence each given to them remain healthy, whilst of the girls who had only one penny each, with which they could not have indulged to excess, so many have fallen ill. The Inspectors from the Board of Health declare the disease to be true Cholera. CITY, YESTERDAY EVENING. Appearances in the City are rather more cheerful. Notwith- standing the impediment to export, by quarantine, there is a steady business in the principal articles of Colonial produce. The growing confidence of the country in the stability of Govern- ment has a good effect upon our internal trade, which had suf- fered much by the withdrawal of capital. Agricultural produce Is improving in price and demand, and the farmers are in better spirits. Our funds are steady, and money may be expected to he more abundant as the price of gold is declining, and the necessity for . extreme caution in the issue of Bank Paper will cease The stability of the French Minister supports the expectation • of peace, and the hope that the energies of the Continental Nations will be directed to internal improvement, for which ithere is a wide field. The issue of the contest in Portugal is of small importance to commerce at present, even though Spain should assist the Usurper, as the Peninsula has been impoverished by years of misrule. Fresh accounts from Jamaica are looked for with great anxiety, though the interest would appear to have closed. Perhaps some definite expectations should be held out to the Black population by authority of Government, as no society can hold together which is agitated by such vague hopes and fears, and disturbed by perpetual distrust. The boards that so long blocked up the windows of the Duke of Gloucester's residence, at the corner of Park- lane, Piccadilly, have at last been removed; but the anti- reform boards still remain before the windows of his Grace the Duke of Wellington's house. FEMALE FA'SfttONS. ( From La Belle Assen& lee for March.) OPERA DRESS.— It is composed of pale lemon- coloured crape, over satin to correspond; the - corsage is cut square, low at the back of the bust, and finished with three horizontal plaits. The front is disposed in longitudinal plaits, which meet, but do not cross; it rises on each side, so as to shade the bosom, and dis- playing very little of the blond lace chemisette. Beret sleeve, terminated by a mancbette a la Maintenon, of blonde lace. The skirt is trimmed round the border with gauze ribbon to corre- spond in colour, disposed in stars, with a knot in the centre of each. The head dress is a Turkish turban, of emerald green and ponceau gauze richly figured ; the end of one of these materials terminating in a pearl tassel, descends nearly to the shoulder. The hair is parted so as to display the forehead, and arranged in loose curls, which hang low at the sides of the face. The jew- ellery should be of gold and pearls. BALL DRESS.— A blonde lace dress over white satin ; a Gre- cian corsage, ornamented with a round knot of white gauze ribbon in the centre of the bosom. Soufflet sleeves ; they are of the bouffant form, but divided into compartments, from each of which a knot of ribbon protrudes. The hair is dressed in full curls at the sides of the face, and arranged on the summit of the head in two bows, which form a papillon noeud. A bouquet of Bengal roses, tied with rich figured white gauze ribbon, in full bows, and ends that float nearly to the waist, is placed behind the bows of hair, and surmounts them; and a wreath of roses brought low upon the forehead encircles the head. The jewellery should be gold and pearls. ( From the World of Fashion.) EVENING DRESS— GRAND COSTUME.— A dress of emerald green velvet. The corsage is low, and tight to the shape, and ornamented a la Plater in front of the bust, with narrow gold bands and black velvet. Beret sleeves, over which is a loose one of blond lace, reaching nearly to the waist, and terminating in points, to which light gold tassels are affixed. A black velvet pointed trimming edged with gold serves as a binding to a deep flounce of blond lace, disposed in a novel style round the border. Head- dress, a black velvet toque, ornamented with white satin bands, bordered with gold, and a profusion of emerald greeu ostrich feathers. Fancy jewellery. HINTS FROM THE BEAU MONDE. Trimmings are all the mode for ball Dresses. Ribbons are much employed in ornamenting ball dresses, and are thus dis- posed : they are fastened under the ceinture and loop up the skirt on one side. TURBANS.— Turbans are much worn this season. The materials they are mostly composed of are velvet, cashmere, or coloured gauze, embroidered either in silver or gold; some are orna- mented with paradise birds, and some with jewelled aigrets, great many turbans of various coloured gauzes, worked with gold, are seen at evening parties and the King's Theatre ; others are of velvet, and some of cashmere ; they are all ornamented in the same style, and are rather small. COIFFURES.— Grecques and demi- Grecqites are the head dresses on which the caprice of fashion is most exercised Wreaths a la Ceres are much worn. Many elevated co ~ are seen, notwithstanding the great favour which the Greek head- dresses enjoy. MATERIALS AND COLOURS.— Velvet and satin are much employed this winter for walking- dresses. For ball dresses the new material embroidered aerienne gauze, produces a charming effect. The cashmere dresses, with palm leaves, are very becoming, and have a rich appearance at the theatre. HATS.— Watered silk hats of light shades, lapis blue in par- ticular, have appeared a few days ago, as forerunners of the spring, to which season they evidently belong; their shapes are still small, and ornamented only with a wide gauze ribbon with satin stripes. Lord Ebrington is making some improvements near Tatter- shall Castle, by planting, & c. Last week, while some of the workmen were levelling a small mound in a paddock belonging to Mrs. Beeby, the whole length of it was found to contain ske< letons of human bodies, supposed to be the remains of persons that were slain after the battle of Winceby, near Horncastle, in October, 1647, when the Royalist army retreated to this place, and withstood the assaults of Cromwell. WINE PROMENADE.— Gray's- inn Establish- ment, for the SALE of GENUINE WINE, 23, High Holborn. The patronage which the public has so liberally bestowed on this establishment rendered it necessary for the proprietor to make still further addition thereto— the alterations are now com- pleted. To those gentlemen who have so strongly manifested their approbation of the system of order and cleanliness adopted in these iremises, by the introduction of ladies to view them, and to those adies whose kind approbation has stimulated the proprietor to still farther exertions, he returns his sincere thanks, aud respectfully in- vites them to a re- inspection now they are ready for their reception. The vaultage, which is entirely lighted with gas, forms a prome- nade extending to 168 feet in length, with nests and ranges of bins filled with WINES of the most costly and superior description, and forming one of the greatest curiosities in London connected with the wine trade. Ports, from 3 to 12 years in bottle, at 36s., 42s., 48s., and 56s. ; fine old Sherries, 36s., 42s., 4iis., and 54s. THE ABSOLUTE FACT why the Nobility and Gentry have submitted to pay the very high charges of a fe eminent Tailors, who have monopolized their patronage for so long a period, is, that until now no one had succeeded in producing Clothes which a gentleman could wear. But this monopoly can be now but of short duration, as FLETCHER, of 33, NEW BOND STREET, has produced Coats, & c., & c., which cannot possibly be distinguished by the critical eye, even of a Bruwmell, either in make or materials, from those of any eminent Tailor in the neigh bourhood of Clifford street or St. James's, and at a very little more than half their charges, yet obtaining a fair Tradesman's Profit, H. FLETCHER begs leave, in returning his grateful thanks to the many Noblemen and Gentlemen who have honoured him with their support since his commencement in business, to assure them that the same assiduity and exertion, which have gained him so many Patrons ( whilst under an engagement to a very eminent West- end House) will be persevered in, thereby maintaining his esta- blished reputation as the only first- rale Tailor who has boldly stepped forward to destroy the monopoly by which Gentlemen who do pay have for so long a period been taxed for those who do not, The following Scale of Prices is respectfully submitted, for prompt payment:— £ s. d. Dress Coat, Blue or Black . . . . 3 16 6 Ditto — any other colour . , . .360 Frock, do. Blue or Black, Skirts lined with silk . 4 18 0 Trowsers, Blue or Black 1 14 0 Ditto — any other colour • . • . 1 10 6 Ditto — White Drill 0 18 0 Waistcoats 0 15 6 Regimentals, & c. upon equally reasonable terms. VERY BEST LIVERIES. A Footman's Suit, complete, with sleeves to waist- coat, and velveteen breeches • . .450 A Suit, with kerseymere breeches . . . 4 10 0 A Ditto, with hair plush ditto . . . . 4 15 6 A Stable or Working Dress • . . .14 6 A Footman's extra double- milled Drab Great Coat, with large Cape 3 13 6 Gold or Silver Lace, and Crested Buttons, charged the whole sale price. Officers' Coatees, & c. & c. lower than any other House > 30 Guineas, London. DEPUTY LORD LIEUTENANT'S COAT...-, Ditto ditto ditto Pantaloons Ditto ditto ditto Epaulettes Ditto ditto ditto Sword • • • Ditto ditto ditto SwoidKnot Ditto ditto ditto Sash Ditto ditto flitto Sword Belt Ditto ditto ditto Cock'd HatJ BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW- ROAD, KING'S- CROSS, LONDON. MR. MORISON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, The Vi^ e- President, in conjunction with all the Honorary Members, and Country Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with tbe conviction, approbation, and " ndubitable proofs, of upwards of 200,000 individuals ( who had been thrown aside by the Faculty, and out of the Hospitals, as in- curable) having been restored to sound health by tbe " Universal Medicines ;"— with all this incontrovertible ma- s of exidence iu sup- port of the Hygeian Theory and Practice, which challenges the con- troversy of the whole body of Medicists, under tbe old system to subvert, they, tbe heads of tbe College, hesitate not to declare, in the face of the Faculty, that this new light must completely change the whole course of the Materia Medica, and introduce a new era in the science of physic : tbat, in fact, mankind will be taught, in future, a new and certain mode of investigating the nature and cause of Diseases in general, and of possessing a certain and harmless mode of cure, making every individual his own efficient doctor. Iu confirmation of what is here asserted, the heads of tbe College mean to insert, in this Paper, a continued series of new cases, from indi- viduals giving their names, residences, and dates of time of cure, all of which have been voluntarily given, and ascertainable as to the facts by inquiry. CURE OF A DROPSY. To Friend James Morison. RESPECTED FRIEND— I am in duty bound to pour forth my heartfelt thanks— first to my merciful preserver; next to, thyself, as the favoured instrument; and, thirdly, to thy respected agent, Friend Thomas Hind, for my present state of good health. Dost thou ask, " Why thank me?" I will tell thee: Some time ago took a severe cold, which terminated in a general Dropsy from head to foot. I had the undergoings of a dispensary ticket ; but the water increased to such an alarming degree all over my body, that my life was despaired of, and I was declared incurable; arid being the disconsolate parent of three motherless children, I leave thee and the world to judge what must have been my feelings under such a weight of sufferings of both body and mind. But the Scripture is fulfilled—" The Lord bringeth down to tbe grave, and the Lord lifteth up." Blessed be the name of the Lord, who, in the depth of my distress, sent a stranger into the house to tell us that some new Quaker Doctor was come to Darlington, that was doing wonders, for he had raised a woman almost from the grave, who had long since been given up as incurable. This, thou niayest believe, en- couraged me to try this new doctor, by whose judicious treatment, and wilh the use of the " Universal Medicines" only, I pronounce myself ( under the blessing of the great God,) this day, a perfectly recovered man, and in sound health, with full use of all my facul- ties, and able once again to follow my employment. Reader, whoever thou art, put faith in this simple statement of facts, which I ain ready to testify in answer to any application personally, or iu writing ( post- paid), or to my employer, Richard Pickersgill, currier, Commmercial- street, Darlington. Since this, my most ex- traordinary cure, I find friend Hind has gone to reside, as general agent for the county, at Worcester, where may my blessings follow him; and do thou, and all concerned in the British College of Health, receive the same, from thy sincere friend and well- wisher, Darlington, 28th 10th Month, 1831. JOHN DUNN. CURE OF A TYPHUS FEVER. To Mr. Hind, the Worcestershire General Agent. SIR— I feel it my boundenduty to acknowledge my gratitude to God, and to you, as the happy instrument in introducing the great blessing of the Vegetable Universal Medicines into this county.— My wife had been ill in a Typhus Fever for seventeen weeks, from which the Faculty could give her no relief, nor hopes of recovery. Happily, however, from your unremitting attentions, and a con- stant supply of these inestimable Medicines, to tbe surprise of all around us, she is perfectly cured, and in full health and vigour.— I have been myself ill eight times with Inflammation in iny Bowels, ever liable to be laid up when exposed to colds, so susceptible was my weakened frame to that every day impression : but, since I look the Universal Medicines, the liability to catch cold, as it is called ( being now convinced tbat a cold is not a disease, but a symptom of something being wrong in tbe system, which predis- poses the impression upon the weak parts of the frame), has gra- dually leftiue; and that, by a daily perseverance in taking the Medicines, I have gained that strength which lias rendered nie, to all appcarauce, invulnerable to that distressing annoyance, or of again being attacked with an inflammatory affection of the bowels ; having it always in my power, without any other Medical aid than tbat of these inestimable Pills to ward off the blow, which, indeed, can only approach through my own imprudence or neglect. So lhat, for Typhus Fevers ( or, indeed, for any other Fevers, and In- flammation in the Bowels, I can bear testimony to the certain effi- cacy of the powers you possess ; from which, and the many won- ders I know you have performed in and about this city, in all com- plaints, as different as light from dark, I have no hesisation in be- lieving that all that has been published is correct, and that the title of " Universal" is fully established as the just character of these Invaluable Medicines.— In profound gratitude to Mr. Morison, and all concerned in the dispensation of this immeasurable blessing, I am, Sir, your obliged humble servant, Friar- street, Worcester, 6th Feb. 1832. JOHN BERRINGTON. Tbe " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College, New- road, King's- cross, London; at the Surrey Branch, 96, Great Surrey- street, Blackfriars; Mr. Field's, No. 16, Air street, Quadrant; Mr. Chappell's, Royal ExchangejMr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit- passage, Red Lion- square; Mr. J. Loft's, 10, Mile- end road ; Mr. Bennett's, Covent- garden- market; Mr. Hay don's, Fleur- de- lis court, Norton Falgate ; Mr. Haslett's 147, Rat- cliffe- highway; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford; Mrs. Stepping, Clare- market; Messrs. Salmon, Little Bell- alley ; Miss Varral's, 24, Lucas- street, Commercial- road ; Mrs. Beech's, 148, Sloane- street, Chelsea ; Mr. Chappel, Royal Library, Pall- Mail; Mrs. Clements, 12, Bridge- street, Southwark ; Mr. Wallas, 3, Borough- road, near the Obelisk ; Mr. Kirtlain, 4, Bolingbroke- row, Walworth ; of Mr Pain, 64, Jerniyn- strcet; Mr. Wood, hair- dresser, Richmond; Mr. Meyer, 3, May's- buildings, Blackheatli; Mr. Griffiths, Wood- wharf, Greenwich ; Mr. B. Pitt, 1, Cornwall- road, Lambeth ; and at one Agent's in every principal town in Great Britain, the Islands of Guernsey and Malta ; and throughout the whole of the United States of America. FOR COUGHS, ASTHMAS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, & c. WALTER'S ANISEED PILLS. It is gene- rally ackuowledged that these Pills are the most efficacious for the cure of tbe above distressing complaints, as they neither affect the head nor confine the bowels— an objection to most cough medicines. Tbe following is one of the numerous testimonials :— " Sir— Justice demands me to send you a few fines, to inform you that ' Walter's Aniseed Pills' is the best medicine I ever had. My cough, which was so bad that I had not power to speak plain, after taking a few doses I found relief, and I am now perfectly re- covered. Should any person be desirous to know, I will give every satisfaction. " I remain, Sir, yours, " Globe lane, Mile- end, March 2,1821. " R. BOKE. Sold by J. A. Sharwood, 55, Bishopsgate- street- witbout, in boxes at Is. ljd., and three in one for 2s. 9d.; and by appointment by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street; C. Butler and Co., 4, Cheap- side ; Chandler and Co., 76, Oxford- street; Hendebourck, 326 » Holborn; Pink, 65, High- street, Borough; Nix, Royal Exchange ; Prout, 226, Strand ; and by most Medicine Venders in town and country. Be sure to ask for " Walter's Aniseed Pills." CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 2. The arrivals this week have not been great, but fully equal to the- demand, the trade being extremely dull. Fine samples of wheat continue nominally as on Monday, and barley remains as last quoted. Oats, with a heavy sale, have no variation in price. Average Price of Corn, for the week ended Feb. 24. Imperial Weekly Average Six Weeks' Average, which regu- ^ lates duty \ Duty on Foreign Corn Wheat. Barley. Oats. 58s lOd 34s Od 20s lOd 59s 6d 35s 3d 21s 3d 27s 8d 9s 4d 15s 3d HIGHEST PRICE OF HOPS, MARCH 2. Kent Pockets - St. Os. Sussex ditto - 51. 14s. Essex ditto - 61. 15s. Farnham ditto, fine - 01. Os. Farnham Pockets, sec. Kent bags Sussex ditto Essex ditto 91. Os. 61. 10s. 51. Os. 51. 12s. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 2, is— 24s. 7d. per cwt. exclusive ofthe Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. SMITHFIELD, MARCH 2. The market this day was very thinly supplied, and but little bu- siness transacted. There was scarcely a good beast in the place, and the price of beef remains as on Monday. There was a sufficient number of sheep for the demand, and no alteration in terms. We found a larger supply of pigs and calves than usual on a Friday, and a reduction of 2d. on veal. Pork as before. Per stone of 81b. ( sinking the offal.) Beef 3s 4d to 4s 2d I Veal 4s lOd to 5s 6d Mutton 4s Od to 4s lOd \ Pork 4s 4d to 5s Od Head of Cattle at Market. Beasts • 510 | Calves • 148 [ Sheep • 2,780 | Pigs . 100 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, MARCH 3. The supply of meat was good this morning, with a pretty good demand. ( By the carcase, per stone of 8lbs.) Beef - 2s. 8d. to 3s. 6d. I Mutton - 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od. Veal - 3s. 4d. to 5s. Od. | Pork - 3s. 6d. to 5s. 4d HAY MARKETS.— MARCH 3. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, 31. Os. to 41. 4s.; inferior ditto, 21. 2s. to 21. 15s.; Old Clover Hay, 31. 15s. to 6/. Os.; second crop ditto, 31. 10s. to 51. Os.; Rye Grass Hay, 31. 15s. to 41.10s. ; OatStnw, XL. 10s. to If. 16s. ; Wheat Straw, 11. 16s. to 2(. Os. per load of 36 trusses.— The supply was plentiful at market to- day, and a fair demand. The very best Meadow Hay is quoted at 4s. per load higher. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow Hay, 31. Os. to 41. 4s. ; inferior ditto, 21. 8s. to 21. 15s. ; Clover, 41. Os. to 51. 5s. ; second crop, 3i. 3s. to 31. 15s. ; Rye Grass Hay, 01. Os. ; Oat Straw, 28s. ; Wheat Straw, 36s. to 42s.— There was a fair supply at market, and trade moderately brisk. COAL EXCHANGE, MARCH 2. Prices of Coal, per ton, at the close of the market. Killingworth, 20s Od St. Lawrence Main, 19s Od— West Hartley, 19s Od— Wall's End, Bell, Robson, and Co., 18s. Od— Northumberland, 19s 3d to 20s— Perkins, 20s to 00s Od— Rus- sell's, 19s— Lambton Primrose, 21s— Stewart's, 22s 9d to 23s Hartley, 21s— New Flocton, Milne, and Co., 17s— Ships ar- rived, 54. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows:— Candles, per doz. 7s. to 8s. | Mould, per doz, 9s. 6d. PRICES OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS. Bank Stock Reduced 3 per Cents.. • Consols, 3 per Cents. • • — for Account- • • — 3\ per Cents. • Reduced Si per Cents. • New 3} per Cents New 4 per Cents Long Annuities India Bonds Exchequer Bills Mon- Tues. Wed. Tliur. Frid. Satu. 195| 196 195} 195} shut. shut- 83} 83} 83 83 shut. do. 82} 82} 82f 82J 82} 82f 82f 82J 82} 82} 82} 82} 90} 90} 90} — 90} 90J 90f 90* 90| 90} shut. shut. 89} 89} 89} 89} 90} 90} 100f 100} 100f 100$ 100} shut. 16} 16} 16} 16} 16 16 1 dis 2 dis 1 dis — par 1 dis 7 8 7 7 7 7 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, MARCH 2. Amsterdam, 3 months, 12f Ditto, short, 11 17J to 18 Rotterdam, 3 months, 12 to 1 Hamburgh, do. 13 to 14} Paris, short, 25 52} to 55 Ditto, 3 months, 25 75 to 80 Frankfort, ditto, 153f tof Vienna, ditto, 10 8 Trieste, ditto, 10 9 Madrid, ditto, 36} to } Cadiz, ditto, 36} to } Bilboa, 3 months, 36} to } Leghorn, ditto, 47} to J Genoa, ditto, 25 77} to 80 Naples, ditto, 40} Palermo, ditto, 119} to f Lisbon, 30 days' sight, 49 Oporto, ditto, 49} to J For. Gold, ill bars, 3(. 17s. 9d. New Doubloons, 31. 15s. 6d. New Dollars, 4s. 9| d. To his Majesty' last New Regulation. H. FLETCHER, Military Tailor, & c., 33, New Bond- street, Copy of a letter from Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., Deputy Lord Lieu tenant of the county of Rutland. " Chandos- street, Cavendish- square, " 12th July, 1831. " Sir— I am very well pleased indeed with the good fitting of the Deputy Lord Lieutenant's Dress, and your expedition in preparing that and the other outfitfcei'onging to it, and otherwise, when bring- ing it home, to the adjustment of it: with high approbation in all these matters, am gratified in sending the cheque ( enclosed) in pay- ment of the account. " Yours, & c. ( Signed) " GERARD NOEL. " To Mr. H. Fletcher, 53, N « w Bond- street." K THE PATENT SELF RESISTING AND ADJUSTING GERMAN TRUSS. UPTURES.— The Patent Self- resisting and Ad- justing GERMAN TRUSS, without Straps, or any other complications, continues to be recommended by the first members of the Faculty, for the Cure and Relief of Hernia, as well known for its simple and efficient construction, advantageously possessing over the common Truss a resisting and repelling power. All English Trusses act only on the principle of pressure, and where straps aie used, a resisting power cannot be applied. Manufactory, No. 1, Piccadilly, where is just published, by the Inventor, J. EGG, a TREATISE on the CURE of HERNIA by Mechanical Power, practically adapted to those afflicted. 12mc. Price 2s. 6d. BIRTHS. At Gibraltar, the Lady of Lieutenant- Colonel Harding, of the Royal Engineers, of a daughter.— In Tavistock- square, the wife of W. Cowburn, Esq. of a son. MARRIAGES. Philip Worsley, Esq. of Great Ormond- street, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Taylor, Esq. of Bedford- row.— At the British Embassy, Paris, E. G. Regnault, Esq. to Caroline Mary Even, grand- daughter of the late George Cruttenden, Esq. of Calcutta.— Lannoy Arthur Coussniaker, Esq. of Westwood, Surrey, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of C. Woodyer, Esq. of Guildford. DEATHS. At Brighton, Major- General John Murray, C. B.— In Prince's- street, Hanover- square, Elizabeth, wife of Captain Robert Aitchi- son, of the Royal Navy, in the 40th year of her age.— At bis house, Wimbledon, Robert Wright, Esq. in the 85th year of his age.— At Valleyfield House, Perthshire, Lady Preston, of Valley field, aged 77 years.— In India. G. P. Lloyd, of the 2d Regiment of B. N. Cavalry, Brigade Major at Cawnpoor, youngest son of Bell Lloyd, Esq., and nephew of Lord Moyston, and the late Lord Viscount Anson. LONDON: Printed by RICHARD NORMAN, Savoy Pre- cinct, and Published by him at the Office, 2, WELLING- TON- STREET, STRAND ; where, ONLY, all communications - addressed to the Editor are received.
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