THE TOWN " IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN— ALL THE WORLD OYER.' ]¥ © . 13- SUMAY, MARCH IS, 1833. Price Id T in called 1HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.— TO morrow evening, ( for the last time,) THE DAEMON 1 or, THE MYSTIC BRANCH. After which, THE RENT DAY. Tuesday - will be produced a New Grand Romantic Opera, three Acts, which has been some time in preparation, to be caili DER ALCHYMIST. Pounded on the popular novel, by Washington Irving, Esq. The whole of the Music composed by Louis Spohr. Arranged and adapted for the English Stage by Mr. II. R. Bishop. With entirely new scenery, machinery, dresses and decorations. The principal characters by Messrs. E. Seguin. Templeton, Wood, Phillips, Harley, Bedford, and Yarnold. Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Pearson, and Mrs. Wood. Wednesday, being Fast Day, there will be 110 performance. MADAME VESTRIS' ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, MONDAY, 19th March, 1832. WOMAN'S REVENGE. Fac Mr. James Vining. Miss Flashington, Mrs. Glover. b MY ELEVENTH DAY. Mr. Long Singleton, Mr. Liston. Mrs. Long Single'ton, Madame Vestris. HE'S NOT A.- MISS. Price Prettyman, Mr. Liston. Mrs. Prettyman, Mrs. Glover. The whole to conclude with OLYMPIC DEVILS; or, ORPHEUS and EURYDICE. Orpheus, Madame Vestris. Eurydice, Miss Forde. Box Office open from Ten to Four. Private Boxes to be taken of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond- street. LONDON IN MINIATURE. Now ready, price only 4s. 6d. in morocco, gilt edges cheaper, by one- half, than any illustrated l'i ever published,) . RIDD'S GUIDEfo the ' LIONS' of LONDON ; or, the STRANGER'S POCKET DIRECTORY to all the public amusements, exhibitions, & c. in London and its envi- rons ; with a beautiful Engraving of each by G. W. BONNER. REMARKS OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " We shall be very much mistaken if the whole edition of this elegant little Bijou be not consumed in the country alone."— Times. " The wood- cuts, which are numerous, are singularly chaste and accurate."— Tatler. of " This is a beautiful little Gem, containing in a small compass an account of every exhibition in or near London, with a clever en- graving of each, by Bonner; the binding surpasses every thing of the sort we have hitherto seen, and has to the eye, a very pleasing effect. For so elegant a little matter, the price is surprisingly low."— Satirist. William Kidd, 228, Regent- street. ( being of London, " TRUE SUN." THE TRUE SUN is the Largest of the Evening Newspapers. In the TRUE SUN more care is bestowed on condensing and arranging News than any other Daily Paper has yet attempted. The advantages of such an arrangement ( involving, as that ar- rangement does, an immense amount of labour) are, that the True Sun contains a greater mass of News— and at the same time, re- serves a larger space for commentaries on passing events, than any other Evening Paper. The Parliamentary Reports are most elaborately condensed. All that may be brilliant in the debates— all that may be valuable, essentially or accidentally— is preserved. That large mass of reported matter, which, on the other hand, has no claim on the at- tention of the general reader, is reduced to dimensions commen- surate with its value. The politics of the True Sun will be the politics of Reform— the interests which it will advocate will be the great interests of the Nation. In conclusion, I may be permitted to observe, that respecting aud admiring, as I do, the talent and principle JiLseveral of the contemporaries of the True Sun, I shall n^ rWnnk from subjecting it to comparison with any of them in any depart- ment; and I may confidently promise, that the True Sun shall continue to exhibit certain features of excellence to which 110 other Evening Paper aspires. PATRICK GRANT. Office, 366, Strand, London. T ONGUES of SUPERIOR QUALITY.— Small smoked, or pickled tongues, 5s. to 6s. 6d. ; Russia ox tongues 2s. each ; prime Yurkshire hung beef, 16d. per lb. German sau- sages, honeycomb parmesan and ripe Stilton cheese ; anchovy paste; very fine anchovy fish for sandwiches, 2s. 6d. per lb. jar ; and every other article of the first quality, connected with the Italian and Grocery Trade, at HOW and CHEVERTON'S, the London Western Mart, No. 21, corner of Charlotte and Goodge treets, Fitzroy square. 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 premises, by the introduction of ladies to view them, and to those iadies whose kind approbation has stimulated the proprietor to still farther exertions, he returns his sincere thanks, and 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 mostcostly 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., 48s., and 54s.— G. HENNEKEY. MR. BARKER, Dentist, 21, Fleet- street, most respectfully acquaints his Friends and the Public, that in consequence of the uninterrupted success attending his practice of RESTORING DECAYED TEETH, with the ANODYNE CEMENT, and his improved method of supplying their loss, a competitor has commenced within a few doors, and most unhand- somely ( as a lure to Mr. Barker's patients) assumed his name and address, with a slight deviation, and in other respects brought the external appearance of his establishment so closely to approximate, that the slightest inadvertence may lead to error 21, Fleet- street, Temple- bar. Just published, price 9s., elegantly bound, containing Fourteen highly- finished Engravings, THE EASTER GIFT, a Religious Offering; by L. E. L. The following pages have been written in a spirit of the deepest humility. The pictures are entirely sacred subjects, and their illustration has given me an opportunity of embodying many a sad and serious thought that had arisen in hours of solitude and despondency. I believe 1 myself am the better for their exist- ence; I wish their effect may be the same 011 others. I11 this hurry- ing and deceitful world, no page will be written utterly in vain, • which awakens one earnest or heavenward thought, one hope, or one fear, in the human heart. At a time when a holy solemnity is about to be kept, these pages are offered to the attention of the public.— L. E. L. London: Fisher, Son, and Co.; and Simpkin and Marshall. Early in the Spring will be published, THE FLITCH. A Design, by THOS. STOTIIARD, Esq., R. A. Illustrative of an old English custom. Engraved by WATT. Size of the Engraving, 30 inches by 12J inches. GRAY'S PERSPIRATION PROMOTER AND INSTAN- TANEOUS BED WARMER. THE 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, bythesideof 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 a description, see Mechanics'Magazine, No. 441, Jan. 22. Price 11.5s. to 21. 2s. GRAY'S New Invented LAVEMENT SYRINGE ought also to be in 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 free 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. MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITION of CABINET FURNITURE.— GRAHAM and Co. are now exhibiting the most Splendid STOCK of superior made CABINET FUR- NITURE in the United Kingdom, which affords the Nobility and Families of taste an opportunity of selection no where else to be found. Ladies and Gentlemen who are about to form new esta- blishments on a splendid and costly style, are invited to inspect a variety of articles now " finishing to order,'' amongst which will be found many choice specimens of superior workmanship, in articles adapted to the Drawing- room, Dining- room, Boudoir, Library, and Bed- room. The following articles may also be selected, with- out a moment's delay, on such a scale of economy as no other house in the country lias ever pretended to accomplish :— Solid rosewood chairs Ditto ditto couches Ditto ditto sofas Handsome rosewood loo tables Ditto ditto card tables Ditto ditto cheffionieres Ditto ditto occasional tables Splendid solid Spanish mahogany dining tables Ditto ditto chairs Ditto ditto sofas and couches Magnificent winged wardrobes Ditto smaller sizes Mahogany four- post bedsteads Splendid rosewood cabinets, with marble slabs Music stands and canterburys Rosewood and mahogony fire screens Grained rosewood chairs, an ex- traordinary bargain 70 handsome chimney glasses, the cheapest in Europe, and the prices marked in plain figures 200 excellent bed- room chairs, from 2s. to 3s. 6d. each 12 well- made side- boards, for small rooms, at five, six, and seven guineas each An immense choice of very beautiful fancy tables, flower- stands, & c., & C. UNDER tbe PATRONAGE OF HIS GRACE the DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH AND OTHER NOBLEMEN. GERMAN NEW SILVER.— J. FISCHER AND CO., from Berlin, respectfully invite the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, to this new and superior Metal. It is in every respect calculated to supersede the use of Silver, which it equals in appearance and facility of cleaning, and surpasses in durability. It is also, from being a solid metal, and the same throughout, not only applicable to articles of the most delicate texture and workmanship, but to those of the most massive description; and for culinary purposes can be used with equal safety as Silver, as ap- pears from the certificates of the most eminent Doctors of Berlin, one of which J. Fischer and Co. here subjoins. Its extreme cheapness is also a great recommendation, as the price is under one- third of that of Silver, and consequently does not exceed the price of plated goods. J. Fischer and Co. beg to call the attention of the Captains of vessels to this Metal as being one particularly suited to the markets of the East and West Indies. J. Fischer and Co. wish the Public to be put upon their guard against other and spurious imitations, as the German New- Silver cannot be obtained genuine except at this Manufactory, it being the only nne connected with Messrs. Henniger and Co., the New Silver Company at Berlin, who alone possess the secret of the che- mical process by which this metal is produced. Orders for articles of every description, that are made in Silver, executed with punctuality and in a superior style. Specimens may be seen at the Manufactory, Letters and urders to be directed, post paid, to the Manu- factory, Stangate House, Stangate- street, Lambeth, behind Astley's Theatre. The following Certificate is one of the above referred to:— " From the chemical process lo which I have subjected the New Silver of the Manufactory of Messrs. Henniger and Co., I have obtained the result, that the Metal keeps towards ordinary plants ( vegetables), acids ( vinegar, & c.), & c. & c., the same unaltered state as vessels made of Silver ; it has been ascertained even that, when a spoon of New Silver, and another of Silver, each separate, yet both at the same time, were kept immersed, for the space of forty- eight hours, in diluted acid of vinegar, that of New Silver had imparted less copper ( verdigris) to the acid than the other of Silver. " This circumstance proves that the New Silver may be em- ployed for making spoons, knives, forks, teapots, & c. & c. with the same effect as similar utensils and vessels of silver, and that they may be used without any danger whatever concerning health. " That sueh is the real fact, I hereby testify, conforming to my experience and to truth. " Dr. S1G. FREDERICK IIERMBSTADT, Royal Medical Privy Counsellor, Professor, & c. & c. *' Berlin, Nov. 15, 1825 ( L. S.)" CHOLERA MORBUS— A SURE PREVENTIVE AGAINST. OULLY'S TONIC, or COMPOUND QUI- NINE PILLS, prepared from tl. it 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 vomiting nd purging, spasms, cramp, loss of appetite, nervous and hysterical complaints, rheumatism, gout, ague, palpitation, flatu- lency, heartburn, waterbrash, tic- douloureux, indigestion, and all diseases for which bark has been recommended, or which proceed from weakness of the stomach. Prepared only by P. BOULLY, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 4, Star corner, Bermundsey ; and sold by Sutton and Co., Bow church- yard ; Butler, Herbalist, Covent- garden ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- street ; Butler, corner of St. Paul's ; Belcher, Hackney, & c., See., in boxes, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. ; of whom may be had Boully's Concentrated Essence of Liquorice, extracted from the Liquorice root ; the most innocent yet effectual, medicine ever discovered for coughs, colds, asthmas, hooping, croup, & c. Sold in bottles at Is. ljd. each. 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 dclicate 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. J. DUTY OFF CANDLES. MATTHEWS, 41, Long Acre, and at Ham- mersmith, respectfully submits to the public his prices of Candles, & c., and in doing so guarantees every article to be of the very first quality :— per lb. 1 per lb. 2s Od Finest wax wick moulds 0s 6Jd Is lOd Best store dips • • 0s 5d Is 6d Old brown Windsor soap Is 4d Is 6d ] White and palm Is Od per cwt. j per imp. gall. 70s Od LBest sperm oil . . 6s 6d 64s Od IPale seal • • . 3s 6d 60s Od I Finest wax - > Palace ditto • Finest sperm caudles Composition ditto Curd and mottled Best pale yellow Strong ditto • • Delivered in town, and carefully packed for the country. Cash only. THE ABSOLUTE FACT why the Nobility and Gentry have submitted to pay the very high charges of a few 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 how 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 Bruiumell, 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 avery eminent West- end House) will be persevered in, thereby maintaining his esta- blished reputation as the only first- rate 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 Bl Any Nobleman or Gentleman may see three of the most splendid articles of furniture in England, viz. : a sideboard twelve feet long, a set of dining- tables fifteen feet long, and a wardrobe eight feet long. Adjoining the cabinet exhibition, will be found the largest and most splendid stock of Carpets in Europe. Graham and Co., Manufacturers, High Holborn, Nos. 293, 294, and 295. FOR COUGHS, ASTHMAS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, & c. WALTER'S ANISEED PILLS. It is gene- rally acknowledged that these Pills are the most efficacious for the cure of the above distressing complaints, as they neither affect the head nor confine the bowels— an objection to most cough medicines. The following is one of the numerous testimonials :- " Sir— Justice demands mc to send you a few lines, 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- without, in boxes at Is. 1 Jd., 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.'' 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 London. DEPUTY LORD LIEUTENANT'S COAT > 30 Guineas, NO. 20, BERNERS- STREET, Oxford- street— Mr. E. BYRNE, SURGEON- DENTIST, respectfully announces that he has been induced to dedicate two days iu each week ( Tuesday and Thursday) to visiting at their residences Families requiring his Professional Services. He devotes an hour to each 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 at one 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, 1/. 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 uudistinguishable 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 imparling the slightest odour to the breath, render them decidedly preferable to any other description adopted by the Profession. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW- ROAD KING'S- CROSS, LONDON. MR. MORISON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, The Vice- President, in conjunction with all the Honorary Members, and Country Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with the conviction, approbation, and indubitable 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 the " Universal Medicines ;"— with all this incontrovertible mass uf exidence iu sup- port of the Hygeian Theory and Practice, which challenges the con- troversy of the whole budy of Medicists, under the old system to subvert, they, the heads of the 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 : that, 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. In confirmation of what is here asserted, the heads of the 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 CHOLERA MORBUS. To Mr. Morison and the Members of the British College of Health. GENTLEMEN,— I have the pleasure to inform you that the Halcyon arrived at Cromarty, from Riga, on the 26th ult. all well. She is bound to Glasgow ; but according to the restrictions on the; Baltic ships, has to perform quarantine at Cromarty. The mate's- wife received a letter from her husband, who states, that, " when at Riga, he caught the infection, then raging at its highest; ships lying on all sides losing daily part of their crew;" but observes that " by my ( the writer, Mr. Gardner, who is part owner of the Halcyon) plentifully supplying the vessel, at Sunderland, before sailing, with the Universal Medicines of the British College of Health, he resorted to the means, in strong doses, which soon had the desired effect of removing the complaint, and bringing him to a perfect state of health, and also kept them all clear of tlie infec- tion afterwards." Surely this ought to induce all Commanders of vessels to take them to sea every voyage, not only as a certain pre- ventive to all diseases, but a sure investment of trade, tile Medi- cine being now in high request in all parts of the Baltic. I expect to have more particulars from the Captain in a few days. There have very few ships arrived from Riga without loss of part of their crew-. 1 am, Gentlemen, your humble Servant, Bishop Wearmouth, 6tli July, 1831. MICHAEL GARDNER, CURE OF Ditto ditto ditto Pantaloons Ditto ditto ditto Epaulettes Ditto ditto ditto Sword • • • Ditto ditto ditto SwordKnot Ditto ditto ditto Sash Ditto ditto ditto Sword Belt Ditto ditto ditto Cock'd Hat-' 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 outfit belonging 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, 33, New Bond- street." A WHOLE FAMILY IS INFLAMED LIVER; EPILEPTIC FITS AND INFLAMMATIONS IN THE CHEST. To Mr. Shephard, SIR,— Could any thing that I can say add to the credit of Mr » Morison's Universal Medicine, I should most willingly do it, but I shall give you a plain statement of the good I and my family have experienced from the use of it, and if you think it wotthy of pub- licity, you are at liberty to make what use of it you think proper. For years I have suffered from violent pains in my right side, caused by an inflammation on the liver. In vain were means tried to alle- viate it, it grew worse and worse, till such was the pain I had in my breast, shoulders, nay I may say, my whole body, that my life was almost a burthen to me ; I was recommended to try the Pills, and by taking them regularly for twelve weeks I may say that I am a new man. My wife, who has suffered for many years, from a com- plication of disorders, has been very* much relieved, and in full hopes of a perfect cure. For the last twenty- two years she has been subject to fits, and has had what is called the best advice to no use, but by taking the Pills she has not had any for the last twenty- weeks, so I conclude she is cured of them. Three of my children have been cured of inflammation in the breast, by taking them five or six times. These, Sir, call for my warmest gratitude to Al- mighty God for his blessing on the means, and to you, Sir, for your kind attention. I am, Sir, yours, most affectionately Brunswick- pl. North Shields, June 22, 1831. JOHN BROGDOX. The " 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 Exchange; Mr. Walker's Lamb's Conduit- passage, Red Lion- square; Mr. J. Loft's, lo' Mile- end road ; Mr. Bennett's, Covent- garden- market; Mr. Hayl don's, Fleur- de- lis- court, Norton Falgate ; Mr. Haslett's 14- 7, Rat- cliffe- higlnvay; 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, Pail- Mall; Mrs. Clements' 12, Bridge- street, Southwark; Mr. Wallas, 3, Borough- road, near the Obelisk; Mr. Kirtlam, 4, Bolingbroke- row, Walworth ; of Mr. Pain, 64, Jermyn- street; Mr. Wood, hair- dresser, Richmond- Mr. Meyer, 3, May's- buildings, Blackheath; 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. 90 TIIE Towar. March 18. REVIEWS. —+— THE FINE ARTS. Tinden's Landscape Illustrations to Murray's edition of the Works of Lord Byron. The subjects in the second Number of this cheap and beautiful wort are selected with judgment and executed with ability. The « ' Palace of Ali Pacha" is in itself sufficiently attractive; but it derives an additional interest from giving an idea of the scene which so forcibly struck the imagination of Lord Byron, and after- wards idealized by him in the picturesque stanzas descriptive of the Court of Tepaleen. The expression in the portrait of Ali Pacha, though stamped with no traces indicative of the mind of the ener- getic individual who ruthlessly tore his way to distinction by alter- nate force and treachery, yet is not that of a man who would tamely kiss the Sultan's revered signature, and submit to the bow- string with complacency. The views of Athens and Corfu are beautifully engraved ; each is alone worth the price of the Number. In the view of the Franciscan Convent the exquisitely wrought monument, called the Lanthorn of Demosthenes, is an interesting object; within this beautiful little temple the poet conceived some of his noblest effusions. This number is highly creditable to the talents of the Findens. NEW MUSIC. Ruscelletto. Musica del Signor M. Vaccaj ; Parole del Signor Conte Paganicessa.— London: Willis. An easy, flowing arietta; elegant and sparkling m words and music. The Heart's like the Guitar. B. v Mrs. William Marshall.—. London : Dean. We can recommend witli pleasure this canzonette to our musics readers. At once light and piquant, it does credit, both in words and music, to the talents of the fair composer. LITERATURE. A Guide to the " Lions" of London.—' London : Kidd. We have delayed noticing this pretty and novel multum in parvo until we ascertained that it could be depended on; for a work of this nature, however tastefully got up, unless useful, cannot be worthy of observation. Upon proof, therefore, we can now recom- mend it to our country and sight- loving cousins, as one of - the " Lions" that should be immediately procured on their arrival in town. Adventures of a Younger Son. 3 vols.— Colburn. We took up these volumes under the impression that they con- tained a true and faithful account of the adventures of - some Her- bert Lacy or Arthur Howard, in the usual round of a Loudon ex- istence; however, for once, we must confess, we were taken in by the title. The Adventures of a Younger Son consist of the birth and misdeeds of a young gentleman, who, because he has been kicked by his father, takes it into his head to hate the world, which is a sure way for ayoungerson tt) become a hero ( at least in a novel.) Whoever be the author of the Younger Son, assuredly, after his raw head and bloody bone adventures, he will not be eompelent to sit on a jury, but be excluded with the butchers and surgeons. Our younger son fairly revels in describing any thing • which is singularly disgusting or outre, whether he knocks out the brains of his mother's pet raven, or commits an assault on his superior officer ; " short cut or long," it is all the same to the younger sbn, whose character is a compound of the North American savage and the vulgar European cut throat. The young hopeful after deserting from the Navy, takes service with a mysterious pirate, Lord Byron's Conrad in fact, under a Dutch name ; he then discovers that tbe vounger son stands six feet without his shoes and looks handsome in an Arab dress ; then follows the usual variety of in- cident, with here and there some out- of- the- way horrors. In one of his expeditions he carries off an Arab girl, of course falls in love and is married ( the lady not knowing, wc conclude, that he was f younger son). After sufficient time has elapsed for the younger son to get happy his wife dies by poison, and the adventures end with the usual quantum of despair. W, e have purposely avoided entering into minor details : to say the truth, they are equally dis gusting and immoral; in his liberality he " out Herods Herod,' The epithets of " blood- bound priests," " hoary- headed impostors," are scattered in easy indifference through the three volumes. By a curious distortion of principle, he substitutes ferocity for courage and misanthropy for independence, and is never at ease unless in spearing a Malay or describing a sorgical operation. We would recommend those persons who pretend to either sensitive feelings or delicate stomachs, not to read tbe " Adventures of a Younger Son" until the " Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer" be out of print. Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Library— Memoirs of the Life and Ileign of George the Fourth. Vol. III. 1832. We are glad to see the third and concluding volume of these very interesting and admirably written memoirs before the public. For tact in narration— classical purity and polish of style— impartiality of judgment— and boldness and truth in the expression of opinion upon men and measures, we know no memoirs, in this memoir- writing age, that deserve to be placed above, and very few, indeed, that approach it. As specimens of that energetic and concentrated power of expression which characterizes this able work, we recom- mend the following :— " THE DUKF. or WELLINGTON.— Tbe Duke of Wellington has been censured for giving battle with a forest in his rear. His wor- shippers would have the circumstance advantageous to him. It is obvious to the plainest understanding, with Ihe knowledge of the forest of Soignies, that it must have embarrassed the most orderly, and proved ruinous to a precipitate retrograde movement. But a victorious general may smile at the reproach of not having made k his paramount object to secure a retreat. The Duke of Wel- lington, it is admitted on all sides, placed brave men in a posi- tion where they could best fight. His coup- d'ceil, physical and moral— of the field of battle, and of its incidents— was compre- hensive, steady, and sagacious ; during tbe engagement he was active, prudent, decisive, brave— inspiring courage and confi- dence by bis self- possession and personal contempt of danger.— He may be entitled to a place with Eugene and Marlborough— m'tnds of such stature as every age might and generally does pro- duce ; but it would be a vain effort of impotent adulation to rank him with Hannibal, Ciesar, and Napoleon. His career has been brilliant, and productive of great results ; but still he may call him- self the fortunate, like Sylla, rather than the great. Sylla to mani- fest his conviction of the extent to which fortune governs success, took the name of Fuustus, and gave it to his son. " NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON.— Nothing is more easy than to criticise disaster; or more tempting where success is to be flat- tered by depreciating greatness. But impartial posterity will as-, sign thetelative places of Napoleon and Wellington:— to the former- according to his vast and marvellous career; the traits of inspira tion and discovery with which he enriched tbe annals, and ex- tended tbe boundaries of the art of war; the point whence he Tose to a supremacy before which men bowed their actions and their minds ; the impress of his genius upon the age in which he lived ; to the latter, according to the general tenor of his achievements, the resources at his command, the period of the great contest between feudalism and revolution in which it was his fortune to appear; to neither, according to tbe unscrupulous but disinterested zealots of a fallen .. chief, the partisans who laud a prosperous patron and party Jeaderwith parasite eulogies, or the catastrophe of a single, how- ever inomehtous; battle. ( Caesar, for the first time, disputed life— not victory— at Morida, and with a boy.) The parallel holds as cu- riously at Ihe close as at the opening of the battles of Zama und , y^\ fafeflo" o, ' tjannibal,' says Livy again,' cum paucis equitibus inter tumultnm elapsus, Adrumetum perfugit, omnia et in prqeli< 5 it ante aciem priusquam excederet pugna, erpurtus, et cohfeiko| te eiiam Scipionis, omniumque peritornm roifithe, illam laudetu adeptus, singulari arte aciem eo die instruxrsse.' The same testimony is borne to Napoleon. The following opinion was expressed, with rare modesty, by the Duke of Wellington, a day r two after tlie battle, in a letter to his mother Lady Momington : Buonaparte did his duty— he fought the battle with infinite skill, perseverance, and bravery ; and this I do not say from any per- sonal motive of claiming merit to myself— for the victory is to be ascribed to the superior physical, force and invincible constancy of Bri- tish soldiers." Napoleon's plan and dispositions for separating Wellington and Blucher, so as to engage them in detail with his inferior force, were in the judgment of military men—" omnium peritorum militia,"— admirably conceived, and his efforts during the emergencies of action to repair disaster or rectify mistake, mas- ter- traits of military instinct and science. Some absurd fictions re- specting his expressions and personal demeanour during the battle, imposed upon English tourists by a Flemish peasant, who took upon himself the lucrative functions of cicerone at Waterloo, have been repeated and reiterated in print, and with general credit in England. They were tbe common jest of Brussels at the time; land tbe shrewd, or, as he was called, intelligent peasant, asked pardon of God and man for his impostures on liis death- bed.— Why, then, was he conquered"! Because the design alone wholly belongs to the chief, whilst he is dependent for its execution upon countless hazards and others' co- operation." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GREAT MEN THAT WERE INDIFFERFNT TO Music.— Wynd- ham said that four of the greatest men he knew had no relish for : music— Edmund Burke, Charles Fox, Dr. Johnson, and Pitt. To these we may add Pope, and, in our own times, Southey and O'Connell. BRISTOL CORPORATION.— A report was published in the Bris- tol Gazette of last " Wednesday from a Committee of Merchants, & c. arising out of a correspondence with the Corporation on the subject of redress to the sufferers from the late riots ; in this re- port is embodied an account of the Corporation Receipts and Expenditure, so long desired by the Citizens. The report states, that within the present week, the Corporation will transmit to the several Parishes for their consideration, bills relating both to the Establishment of a Police and a Compensation for the losses sustained in the late outrages. FRACTIONS OF A REPRESENTATIVE.— The Scotsman has pro- vided for Mr. Croker, et hoc genus omne, a treat of no common kind, in the following sample of the infinite divisibility of what, in his superstition, is usually reckoned an inviolable member of Parliament:— Aberdeenshire now returns 1 3- 5th members, and is in future to return 2 1 - 4th !— Argyle has 1 2- 5ths, but is to lose a fraction, and to shrink to 1 1- 4tli members I— Ayr has 1 2- 5ths, and is hereafter to rejoice in members.— Berwick shire returns 1 l- 5th, and in future only 1 l- 22d member. If we divide the body of a Scots legislator into 110 parts, Berwickshire loses by the change 17 of these fractions !— Caithness has its portion of parliamentary privilege doubled ; it rises from 7- 10ths of a member to lj.— Cromarty falls from J to J ; and Suther land falls from 1 1- 5th to 1 1 - 50th !— Mid- Lothian is the only county whose representation consists of integers ; it rises from 2 members to 4 ; Lanarkshire rises from 1 3- 4ths to 3 l- fith 1 EXTENT OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.— The sun never sets on the dominions of our King. Before the evening ray leaves the spires of Quebec, his morning beams have shone for three hours on Port Jackson ; and, while sinking from the waters of Lake Superior, his eye opens on the Ganges. SIGNS OF SPRING.— The hands of the regiments on duty at Windsor played for the first time this season on Sunday last, on the New Terrace. The company were not very numerous, owing to the damp and coldness of the weather. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES.— The French having signified their intention of removing these two columns from Egypt to France, an order has been issued from our ( Foreign Office to the British Consul- General at Alexandria, to prevent the removal of the prostrate " Needle." This step has been taken at the instance of a noble General, Who protests, on behalf of his brother offi cers who Composed the expedition to Egypt, that the fallen co lumn was presented to them by the existing authorities, as trophy of their victories over the French. CAPTURE OF A SLAVE SHIP.— The British man- of- war Druid lately captured near Bahia, a slave schooner, with fifty- eight Slaves ; they had nearly finished searching her, when by - chance an officer put his sword into the bung- hole of one of the water- tubs, and was answered by a cry from within. The cask was opened, and outcrept three Coast of Mina blacks. MARGATE PACKETS.— Nearly 2,000^. have been collected at Margate, by public subscriptions, for the purpose of supporting the London and Margate New Steam Packet Company against the vexatious proceedings instituted against them. SMUGGLING.— The following ingenious method has been prac- tised with considerable success. A box is sent to one port with gloves, all for one hand, numbered in the inside. Then at ano- ther place or time, another box, with the fellow gloves, also num- bered ; if they are seized, the parties are sure to have them for the duty, as no one will bid against them. " REDUCTIONS IN TITHE RENTS.— The " Rev. R. Howard, of Thorstenby, near Scarborough, rector of Burythorpe, and the Rev. D. Massey, of Chester, rector of Langton, made liberal returns to their parishioners at their late tithe audits. NEW SECT.— In the neighbourhood of Cley, in Norfolk, a set of fanatics have lately held frequent meetings, which, on some occasions, have been the scene of the most extraordinary exhibi- tions. The elect pretend to fall into a kind of trance, in which state they remain for a considerable length of time, and, when they awake from it, they delude their misguided followers by a history of the celestial visions with which they have been blessed. JUDICIAL BLUNDER.— In the last Term the 15 Judges of England promulgated 110 new orders to regulate the practice of the superior Courts. The 110th is the following :—" Where a pauper omits to proceed to trial pursuant to notice, or an under- taking, he may be called upon by a rule to show cause why he should not pay the costs!" AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE.— A late Judge, eminent on the Northern Circuit, having been extremely annoyed by the slovenly manner in which the Court was kept during the Assizes, at length observed to the Sheriff's officers, " There has been so much noise and confusion in Court that I could not hear a single word of the three last causes I decided." A SPORTSMAN'S FIRST APPEARANCE !— A cockney having paid a high price for a thoroqgh- bred pointer, took him out one morning on Enfield Chase, when the dog, leaping a five- barred gate, and ranging and gallopping round a large field, the staring cit, supposing he had run away, and fearing he should . lose his new purchase, set off after him at full speed, hut in vain. Carlo kept completely a- head till, suddenly pointing, the panting pur- suer came up with him, and exclaimed, " O ho-! you knock up first, do you ?" Then violently kicking at him, and missing his aim, he pitched headlong amongst a large covey, who rising with their usual clatter, so alarmed the cockney that, we need scarcely add, this was his first and last appearance in the character of a sportsman.— Fred. Reynolds's Dramatic Annual. LORD THURLOW.— In private, as well as in public, Lord Thurlow was equally above the wretched and contemptible feeling which - so often prompts men to deny or gloss over the obscurity of their origin. An injudicious friend - once was en- deavouring to make ont how he could claim kindred with the secretary of Cromwell, whose family had been settled in the county adjoining Suffolk ; he interrupted the obsequious gene- alogist, by telling him, in a tone and manner that would have befitted his contemporary Johnson— Sir, there were two Thur lows in that part of - the country : Thurloe, the Secretary, and Thurlow, the carrier. 1 am descended from the last." CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.— Fathers and mothers slasht their daughters, in the time of their besom discipline, when they were perfect women. At Oxford ( and 1 believe also at Cambridge) the rods were frequently used by the tutors and destns ; and Dr. Potter, of Trinity College, I knew right well, whrpt his pupil with his sword by his side, when he came to take his leave of him to go to the Inns of Court.— Askmotean Manuscript. FRANCE. - On Saturday M. Salverte renewed his proposition for restoring ths church of St. Genevieve to the uses for which it was destined in 1789— a temple for the reception, and a monu- ment for the commemoration, of such deceased patriots as had en- titled themselves to tbe recollection of their countrymen, by their efforts on behalf of the liberties of France. The motion was op- posed by the party of the Ministry at whose hands, it would appear, every thing which relates to the first or last revolution meets but a sorry welcome. The question was, whether upon the next 29th July the names of General Foy, Benjamin Constant, Manuel, and La Rochefoucauld- Liancourt, should not be inscribed on plates of brass in the Pantheon, and their remains transferred thither as their last resting place. A debate ensued, during which several amendments were proposed to the original resolution, and which ended iu the greatest irregularity. One Deputy objected that, by conferring honours to the heroes of the first revolution, many who deserved well of the cause of liberty, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, M. Mo! 6, Descartes, & c. - would be unfairly excluded ; whilst others contended that the names cif Ney, Massena, Kleber, Hoche, and other modern patriots and martyrs, were as deserving of a niche in fhe Temple of Fame as the four names mentioned.— The Chamber, distracted by the claims of the various candidates, and confused by the clamour of their advocates, broke up in great confusion without coming to any decision.— One of the liberal ora- tors in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Gurnier Pages, accused the son of M. Perier of having, in August, 1830, formed one of a committee for revolutionising Spain. This young diplomatist has published a letter, staling'that he had then attended one meeting of a committee, having for object to succour the Spanish Refugees, but no others. A banker's house has been searched, in conse- quence of his being accused with supplying money to the late con- pirators : a quantity of pieces, coined with the effigy of Henry V., were seized. His name is Jaugy, rue Neuve de Luxem- bourg.— A curious parliamentary trick was practised on Friday in the ChambeT of Deputies. M. O'Dillon, when about to make a strong speech againstthe Ministers in favour of liberty and of Po land, after General Lafayette had ceased, received a letter stating his lady was at the point of death. He hurried home, found her in excellent health, but on his return to the Chamber found the op- portunity for display had been lost.— In tiie Pas de Calais, a man named Camus was executed on Monday week for arson. When the culprit was about to be dragged to the guillotine, he embraced all tbe persons assembled in tbe prison to witness bis departure Among those was a female peasant, from a neighbouring commune, who, believing that the moment of dissolution is one of more than ordinary illumination, attended to beg of the unfortunate man to tell her " what numbers would be drawn in the Strasbourg lottery on the day next but one?" The head of Camus had hardly fallen under Ihe axe of the guillotine, when a body of masquers ap- proached the scaffold. Some religious persons hastened to remove the mangled corpse, and had scarcely time to bear it off, when the masquers surrounded it, and, hand in hand, commenced a dance to their own singing— the blood still smoking on the scaffold !''— The examination of evidence respecting the plot of the 2d February is still going on with vigour. ROME, FEB. 28.— Up to the evening of the 24th, the general feeling was, that no Carnival would take place. At four o'clock the appearance of the trumpeters in the streets proclaiming it, dissi- pated all doubt. On the 25th, at two o'clock, the cannon of S Angelo proclaimed the commencement of carnival, and also gave the assurance that the military were all at their posts, should any disturbance require the addition of ball in the loading. At three o'clock the four rabbins renewed their pledge of submission to the Pope, before the Governor of Rome in the Capitol. This ' is an annua] custom on the first day of Carnival, on which occasion the Jews present the prizes, banners, and flags, for the horse races— a tri- bute regularly exacted from them. The parade of carriages along the noisy streets, and the returning salutations of bons- bons, all passed off with tbe usual mirth ; but the absence of masks tends much to destruy the wonted humour of a Roman Carnival. At five o'clock the horse- races, without riders, look place in the Corso, which ter- minated the amusements of the day. A letter from Rome of the 1st instant says—" The Pope has just issued a new Protest against tbe occupation of Ancona, declaring at the same time that he has ordered his troops to quit the town and recalled his delegate Fabrizi. He has also directed all the Pontifi- cal arms and ensigns to be removed from tbe public buildings, in order to show that he does not even tacitly assent to the. occupation of the place, and that the only government at Ancona is a mere go- vernment de facto." The French expedition to Italy has, it appears, produced the greatest sensation throughout that country. A letter from Sarzano, in Tuscany, dated the 1st of March, in the Constitutionnel, stales, that " it has produced the greatest - sensation throughout all Ro- magna;" that " Italy, at this news, is all agitation ; conceiving it- self sure of your assistance, it rouses itself from its dejection, and thousands of Patriots every day enter Ancona, notwithstanding the precautions taken by tile Austrians to intercept all communication." In another letter, in the same journal, dated Perugia, Fob. 28, it is said., " that the news of the disembarkation of the French lias filled all Umbrift with joy. Yesterday evening the Siege of Corinth was represented at the Theatre. At the scene of the consecration of the colours, ail the spectators repeated with the actors Ihe final couplet, Chi per la putriu muore vissuto e ussui ( he who dies for his country has lived long enough.) The police interfered ; but all its efforts lo prevent Ihe liberal manifestations were unavailing. After the spectacle, the people repaired to the public place, and patriotic hymns were sung under the windows of Monsignor Ferri, the Delegate." BELGIUM.— A few days ago a personal attack was made on Leopold. His Majesty was taking his usual recreation yesterday afternoon on horseback, on the Boulevard d'Observatoire, his car- riage following at a distance; a man, a baker by profession, and about 31 years of age, ran up to the coach and demanded to speak to the King, saying, 11 1 wish to speak to the King, be is our father." The servants desired him to go about his business— some - altercation ensued, and the ' baker ran away in the direction of the King. A crowd of people followed him, he was surrounded, se- cured, put into a coach, and taken to a prison. I'he King is per- fectly aware of his critical situation, and is preparing to defend die country from any untoward a- tlnok. In this view the two principal roads to Brussels are being placed ill a stale of defence ; the road from Antwerp by the bridge of Wallien and Malioes, and the road from Turnhout by Tirleiiiont- aud Louvain. Independent of this the Fort du Nord, near Antwerp, is able to blockade the Scheldt, and the works round the citadel are being well mooiited. GERM ANY.— Very serious discontent pervades Germany— and no part of the dominions eren of the Emperor of Austria is free from the infection of w hat is termed Liberalism. In Berlin the people are nearly ripe for demanding, in language that must be listened to, free institutions. A revolutionary committee, con- nected with Germany, and with - reference exclusively to Germany, has lately been established in a part of the Continent which is purposely kept a secret. The Germanic Diet, it was said, would sil at Mentz instead of Frankfort, owing to tbe excitement prevail- ing among the inhabitants of the latter city and its neighbourhood. LORD BELMORE.— Lord Althorp, in answer to a question to that effect in the House of Commons, on Wednesday evening, stated that Lord Behnore was recalled from the West Indies. THE I. ATE COUNTESS OF ORKNEY..— The Countess of Ork- ney, who died not long sinoe, aged 76, was deaf and dumb, and was married in 1783, by signs. She lived with her husband, • who was also ber first cousin, at Hostellao, on the harbour of Cork. - Shortly after the birth of her first child, the nurse saw the mother cautiously approach the cradle in which the infant was sleeping, evidently full of some deep design. The Countess took out a large stone, which she had concealed under her shawl, and raised it with an intent to fling it down vehemently. Before the nurse could interpose, the Countess had flung the stone— mot, however, as the servant had apprehended, at the - child, but on the floor, where, of course, it made a great noise. The child immediately awoke, and cried. She thus discovered that her child possessed ( hat sense which was wanting in her- self, and she expressed her satisfaction with transports of joy. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MARCH 12. FAMILIES OF PUBLIC MEN— The Earl of ELDON rose to bring forward a motion, of which he had given notice, respecting what he called the calumnies utterec' against him, whilst he held the office of Lord Chancellor. He would inform their lordships, that, notwithstanding he had filled the situation of Lord Chancellor for many years, the great object of his professional life was to be placed in Ihe office of Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and to remain there as long as lie remained in existence. But he found it impossible to indulge himself in that his most anxious wish, and at the same time perform what he conceived to be his duty, as a subject, to his Sovereign. In 1801 he was appointed Lord Chan- cellor ; and at that time he gave no situation whatever to any mem- ber of his own family. In consequence, however, of the death of two out of three individuals who had been appointed to situations connected with tbe Court of Chancery, his, gracious Majesty King George III. pressed him to accept the" patents of those offices. He foi a long time declined doing so ; but his Majesty continued to importune so much on the subject, that he at last thought it a mat- ter of duty no longer to resist the wish of his Sovereign. But if it were necessary, he could prove at their lordships' bar that, whether rightly or wrongly, he strongly grudged the payment even of the fees of the patents. It was not until 1805, four years after he entered office, that any place was given to his son. Yet the world was taught to believe that his son was in the enjoyment of 12,0001. a year derived from those patents, though nothing but the reversion of the offices had been secured to him. Iu 1806, he retired from office, and was again recalled in 1807 ; and so far from having con- ferred any appointments at that time on his son, it was not until the year 1813, that he appointed him to the situation of Receiver General of Fines. In tbe same year it was the pleasure of Parlia- ment to create the office of Vice Chancellor, and could be ( Lord Eldon) be accused of having attended to nothing at that period but his own interest ? The fixed salary of Vice Chancellor, inde- pendent of casual profits, was 5,000(. a year; and he ( Lord Eldon) paid one- half of that sum out of his own pocket, from the year 1813 until the year 1827, when he quitted office. His lordship concluded by moving—" That there be laid before the House a re- turn of all the offices held by the Hon. W. H. J. Scott, distinguish- ing those in possession from those iu reversion, with an account of their emoluments respectively for tbe last three years."— The Marquis of CLANRICARDE madean animatedspeechin defence of Lord Plunkel, and, going through the items of the emoluments which were said to be enjoyed by that noble lord, and the various members of his family, he shewed that they were most perversely exaggerated. He said that it would be impertinent in him to at- tempt the vindication of the high character of Lord Plunket. It belonged to the history of his country, and would be written in her most golden letters among the mighty men whose eloquence and patriotism, and above all whose labours in tbe cause of religious liberty, shed a lustre on their native land. ( Cheers.) If that learned lord was a man who was the mere mouth piece of the viiu- lence of a partv— if he was a man who had changed his opinions on a roost important question at the mere beck of an influential re- lation—- if his views had ever a reference to self, no matter how ex- posed to conniving at corropti. n— if he was a man who was wholly indebted for his public station to tbe accident of an accident, he would not have been singled out, as he had been, for the base in- sinuations of the little- minded, ibe bigotted, and the malevolent. ( Loud cries of Hear.) But as he was wholly indebted to his own transcendent abilities for power and wealth, and honour ( hear, hear,) it , was, perhaps, unavoidable that he should excite the ran- cour of those who had neither the intellectual nor moral capacity requisite to their just appreciation. ( Cheers.)— The Duke of WELLINGTON felt that his learned friend ( Eldon) was jostified in the course he had pursued that evening. His learned friend had been attacked for having, in the exercise of the patronage nf his .. ffice, not overlooked tbe interests of bis own faniily. To be sure lie did not, and ought not. ( Hear, hear.) If he did, he would be departing from the practice of all his predecessors. ( Hear.) for the same reason that be justified his learned friend, he would say that the learned lord ( Plunket) opposite was justified in the exercise of his official patronage. That learned lord had a large fa- mily, and was perfectly right in placing them in those situations to which their abilities and pretensions were adequate. The only blame would be, if be placed them in situations to which their abi- lities were not equal ; and that had not been insinuated in the course of the discussion. He would, therefore, say, the learned lord was perfectly justified in the course he had pursued; and would say more, that his high office, and his great intellectual in- fluence, fully entitled him lo expect that the Government, of w'hich he was a member, should give bis family a preference in filling up any situations to which, as he had stated, their abilities Were equal. He agreed with the noble earl ( Grey) in hoping that that would be the last they should hear of this senseless outcry against public men for not having overlooked the ties of blood and nature in disposing of the patronage of office.— Lord PLUNKET then entered into a detailed defenceof liis conduct with respect to the particular charges urged against him in Ihe House ' of Commons by Mr. G. Dawson TUESDAY, MARCH 13. FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ANCONA.- The Earl of ABERDEEN after having complained of the little information that could be obtained from the Government in reply to questions on Foreign Affairs, made inquiry respecting the French expedition to Ancona. He was quite ready to adm'rt the value of preserving peace ; but he also submitted that the honour and dignity of the country must be maintained. His lordship also maintained that the invasion of Italy by the French was in violation of every prin- ciple of the law of nations, and that it might be considered as the commencement of war. He could hardly bring himself to believe that the French Government alone was responsible for the proceed- ing. His lordship in tbe course of his speech characterised the ex- pedition to Ancona as a strange and extraordinary outrage, un- paralleled in the history of civilized nations.— Earl GREY replied at some length. The noble earl ( he said) had expressed his hope that such an explanation would be given, as that the apprehensions of war, which present appearances seemed to indicate, would be removed; but if the noble earl WHS sincere in that hope, it wonld have been well if he had waited for that explanation before he in- dulged in declamatory statements which could - only be calculated to produce feelings of animosity and hostility, and to endang er that general peace which the noble earl professed himself to be so anxious to preserve. ( Hear, hear.) If the noble- earl was really disposed to preserve that good understanding between Great Bri- tain and ( Prance, upon which it was admitted that the peace of the country would depend, why did the Noble Earl, under the pre- tence of asking questions, enter upon a declamatory attack on the conduct of the French Government without waiting till the expla- nation could be given, or till it was ascertained whether at the moment it could be given or not? Was the course adopted by the noble carl that which was most likely to be adopted by one who was anxious to preserve ( he good understanding between Great Britain and France, aud the consequent peace of Europe? { Hear, hear.) His lordship then expressed himself highly satis- fied with the exposition of M. Perier, which afforded strong evi- dence of the moderation of- the views of tllie Government of France, and observed, somewhat sarcastically, that for that reason dt was not, perhaps, very palatable to Lord Aberdeen. With respect to the affair at Antona, the mode in winch It hod been occupied came, - he said, by sorprise on tbe Government of this country, and came equally by surprise on the French Government; tbe conse- quence was that the act was disavowed, and an immediate com- munication was made by 1be Brench Government to the Govern- ments of the Pope and Austria, that orders bad been given for the recall of the officer. Hearided, that this transaction was not likely to affeot the general peace of Europe. His Lordship intimated that the steps taken by the Government of this country had been well received at Paris, and that the conduct of the French Govern- ment had given satisfaction to the Austrian Minister, and would, no doubt, give the same satisfaction at Vienna.— The Earl of ABER- DEEN expressed his great satisfaction at tbe noble earl's state- ment. THURSDAY, MARCH 15. Several petitions were presented from Irefaud— some against tithes, others against the Government plan of general education in March 18. THE TOWHT. 91 that country.— Lord CLONCURRY spoke of the opposition to the latter plan as being got up by a faction, which expression elicited from Lords l. orton and Roden some strong remarks. FRIDAY, MARCH 16. BELGIUM.— The Duke of WELLINGTON rose, pursuant to notice, to move for a copy of the correspondence between the Foreign Office, and the French Government, and the English Am- bassador at Paris, in the months of October and November, 1830, relative to the affairs of Belgium. He had stated, when giving no- tice of his intention to move for these papers, that his object was to show that the statement contained in the speech of M. Perier, with reference to tbe conduct of the French Government in tbe separa- tion of Belgium from the sovereignty of the house of Orange, was contrary to fact ( hear,) and that it in some degree involved the honour arid interests of this country. His Grace observed that he by no means thought lightly of maintaining the friendlyconnection between this country and France, but he contended that, for the preservation of peace, and the retaining of proper power by this country, England must also be on friendly footing with the other great Powers of the Continent. His Grace also referred to the conduct of France regarding the Belgian revolution, observing that at first it was discountenanced by France, as the documents for which he moved would show. In tbe course of his speech, the noble duke laboured to prove that the whole of the statement of M. Perier, regarding Belgium, was false from beginning to end, if there were any truth in the language held by the French Govern- ment to the Government of this country. The gist of the state- ment of M. Perier is, that France, by encouraging the revolution in Belgium, and declaring that she would resist an armed inter- ference, was the salvation of that country. If, observed the Duke, the King of the French encouraged the revolution in Belgium, he broke a solemn treaty, not only with this country, but with the King of the Netherlands. But the fact was directly otherwise. If the noble earl would grant the papers, with a motion for which he ( the, Duke of Wellington) should conclude, it would appear that from the moment at which the revolution in Belgium broke out, to the latest hour that the last government was in office, the French government never did promote or encourage the revolution of Bel- gium. On three different occasions the French minister had volun- tarily declared that measures bad been taken by that government to prevent any assistance being given to the rebellious Belgians; and no party in France had ever contemplated the fitness of affording assistance. Up to the very last moment that he ( the Duke of Wel- lington) was in office, the French government was anxious to a degree, in some manner or other, to re- establish the House of Orange in Belgium. Even in January after the dissolution of the last Cabinet, a letter from the Prince of Orange showed that an attempt had been made by the French government to maintain the authority of the House of Orange. ( Hear.) The Duke expressed his conviction that M. Perier's speech showed that his principles were calculated to stir up revolutions—- Earl GREY trusted that his objecting to tbe motion of tbe noble Duke would not lead to the conclusion to which the noble Duke's obser- vations tended— namely1, that the honour and interests of the coun- try had been compromised by the statement of the French minister. — He did not object to the statement which the noble Duke had made of the conduct of his administration with respect to the set- tlement of Belgiamr- on the contrary, he did not hesitate to bear his testimony in confirmation of it; and he trusted that the cor- rectness of that statement being thus admitted by him, the noble Duke would not press his motion, as the papers to which he had referred could not be produced at this moment withoutdetrinieut to the public service. The noble Earl said he was sure that he ought not to be called on to explain the speech of the French Minister, and at the same time it was not expedient for him to make any harsh comments upon it. He might, however, say that he had looked over the correspondence to which the noble Duke referred, both before and since the notice, and that the statement of M. Casimir Perier was not correct. He was not sure that the passage read by the noble Dike positively bore the construction put upon it; and if he ( Earl Grey) admitted that France did aid the Belgian Revo- lution, it certainly followed as a consequence that the Ministry of that country had been guilty of a breach of good faith. He ( Earl Grey) had no hesitation in subscribing implicitly to the statement of facts made by tbe noble Duke. The French Government not only did not profess to encourage, but expressly disclaimed all interposition. Tbe whole correspondence, as the noble Duke had stated, was conducted in an amicable spirit; and if it were not presumptuous in him ( Earl Grey) to say so, he might add, that the proceeding was highly to the honour of the Government of the noble Duke ( cheers). Not only was there no evidence of inten- tion to interfere, but the evidence was most complete that, on an application from the Government of the Netherlands for military assistance from this country, it was immediately and at once re- fused.— The Duke of WELLINGTON withdrew the motion— The Pluralities Bill was committed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, MARCH 13. EXPEDITION TO ANCONA.— Sir R. VYVYAN put questions relating to this expedition similar to those which the Earl of Aberdeen had urged in the House of Lords the same eve- ning.— Lord PALMERSTON replied in terms substantially the same as those of Earl Grey. IRISH TITHES— Mr. STANLEY moved that the House go into Committee on the tithes of Ireland ; which was acquiesced in, after some ineffectual opposition from Mr. Wallace, Mr. Leader, & c. Mr. Stanley pursued the course adopted by the Marquis of Lansdowne in tbe House of Lords on a farmer evening. He ad- duced evidence to show the systematic opposition to tithes, and of the effective character of the combinations. He dwelt on the in- utility of military or police interference to defeat those combina- tions— gave affecting details of the absolute destitution which had in consequence fallen on many of the Clergy, and urged the ne- cessity and justice of affording them relief. He also contended that the relief must be accompanied by a remedy for the existing evils regarding tithes, otherwise the relief extended to the now suffering and destitute Clergy would operate as a premium upon disaffection, and resistance to all law. He then moved the follow- ing resolutions:— 1. That it appears to the Committee that in seve- ral parts of Ireland an organised and systematic opposition has been made to the payment of tithes, by which the law is rendered unavailing, and many Clergymen of the Established Church are re- duced to great pecuniary distress.— 2. That it is in the opinion of the Committee expedient, in order to afford relief to the suffering Clergy in Ireland, that a sum of money be issued out of the Consoli- dated Fund, and placed at the disposition of tbe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who, under the advice of his Privy Council, should be authorised to issue such relief as may be judged necessary to the incumbents of benefices, of which the tithes have been withheld, the sum of money advanced to each heing so administered as to diminish in proportion as tbe income of each incumbent increased.— 3. That it appears to this House that in several parts of Ireland an organised and systematic opposition has been made to the payment of tithes, by which the law has been rendered unavailing ; and many of the Clergymen of the Established Church have been re- duced to great pecuniaiy distress.— 4. That, in order to afford re- lief to this distress, it is expedient that his Majesty should be em- powered, on application to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Go- vernor or Governors of Ireland, to direct that there be issued from the Consolidated Fund such sums as may be required fortius purpose. 5. That the sums so issued shall be distributed by the Lord Lieu- tenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, in advances proportioned to the incomes of the incumbents of benefices, wherein the tithes or tithe composition lawfully due may have been withheld, according to a scale diminishing as the incomes of such incumbents increase. 6. That for the more effectual vindication of the authority of the law, and as a security for the repayment of the sums so to be ad- vanced, his Majesty be empowered to levy, under the authority of an Act to be passed for the purpose, the amount of arrears for the tithes or tithe composition of the whole or any part of the year 1831, without prejudice to the claims of the clergy for any arrear which may be due for a longer period; reserving, in the first in- stance, the amount of such advances, and paying over the remain- ing balance to the legal claimants. 7. That it is the opinion of this House that, with a view to secure both the interests of the Church and the lasting welfare of Ireland, a permanent change of system will be required; and that such a change, to be satisfactory and secure, must involve a complete extinction of tithes, including those belonging to lay impropriators, by commuting them for a charge upon land, or an exchange for or investment in land. The follow- ing is one of the most interesting observations made by this gen- tleman in his able speech:— It was not the amount of the sum, and he did not doubt, in the present competition for land, when tenants would promise more than they could ever expect to pay, and land- lords let their land for more than they could ever expect to receive, that if the tithes were to be wholly abolished, he did not doubt that in many cases it would only go to swell the amountof rent, and that the tenants would not be benefitted ( hear). Nevertheless tithes were a grievance. He put it prominently forward as a chief part of this grievance, that the tenant had to pay immediately to the minister of a religion in which he did not believe— that he did not follow— and who gave men no services, in return for the payment. He would not say that they ought not to pay, nor would he say that the payment ought not to be enforced— but he would say, that the direct and immediate payment— the transfer of property from the peasant to the ministers of a religion ir. which he himself did not believe— the payment by the Catholic peasantry to the Protestant clergy— was one and the chief source of the grievance ( hear, hear). It was of no consequence whether the sum. were 3d. or Is. on re- ligious grounds; the objections must be equally strong to tbe pay- ment of Is. or of 3d.; and whatever remedies they might propose, unless they remedied the whole grievance, the objection to the payment, on religious grounds, would remain.— Mr. JEPHSON said, that it was not the abolition of tithe, but the paring down of tbe Church revenue that would satisfy Ireland.— Mr. BROWN- LOW appeared to entertain a similar opinion, and' thought1 that the Church revenue should be applied to the . support of the poor. Mr. M. O'FERRALL confessed he had never paid tithe in Ire- land without a feeling of degradation— without considering it as tribute paid by the conquered to the conquerors— Mr. SHEIL said the proposition was impracticable— the police and the military had been unable to enforce tithes, and what could be expected from making the King the tithe- proctor general?— Sir R. PEELconsented to the resolutions, on tbe understanding that the payment of tithes now due should be enforced. He was willing to ascertain whether there might not be a mode of sustaining the clergy less objection- able than tithes. But he also understood that the support ex- tended to the Irish Church should be fair and equal— that the re- venues raised for the Church in lieu of tithes should be devoted exclusively to the Church.— The CHANCELLOR of the EX- CHEQUER expressed his concern at the manner in which some Hon. Members had urged the question ; they viewed the Glergy in the light in which the French emigrants bad bteen considered, and hot as individuals who had rights..— The debate was then adjourned to Thursday. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14. REFORM BILL— Col. WOOD presented a petition from Merthyr Tydvil, praying to have a separate Member.— Lord J. RUSSELL said the case had been considered, and that it was de- termined to give a Member to that place instead of increasing the Members for Monmouthshire— Mr. CROKER, Sir R. PEEL, and Colonel WOOD, contended that the boroughs of Gateshead or South Shields ought to suffer diminution, not the connties, other- wise what became of the due proportions of county and borough representation of which they had heard so much ?— The question being then put that the order of the day for the further considera- tion of the report of the Committee on the Reform Bill be read, Mr. CROKER rose and proposed a long string of resolutions, suf- ficient, as Lord Althorp said, to form a good- sized pamphlet.— These resolutions embodied the chief objections which have been, from time to time, urged in and out of tbe house ad nauseam against the principle and details of the bill. The resolutions were negatived without a division.— Lord J. RUSSELL having fully stated the reasons which induced the Government to alter its deter- mination respecting Monmouth, moved that that county be struck out of the schedule, and that the Member formerly proposed to be added to Monmouth be transferred to Merthyr Tydvil. This pro position excited a warm debate :— a division took place, when the numbers were— For, 191 ; Against, 146— Majority, 45.— Several amendments were then made in the bill, and the proposition that Merthyr Tydvil should have one Member, was agreed to without a division.— Tbe bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and to be read the third time on Monday. THURSDAY, MARCH 15. Colonel KOCHFORT presented a petition from fifty- one Ma- gistrates, & c. of Westmeath, praying for the adoption of more rigid measures to suppress the disturbances in parts of Ireland — Mr. STANLEY said, that before the Government could think, of recommending the adoption of severer measures, it must be made manifest that all the powers given by the laws to the Magistracy had been exerted, and were found to be ineffectual : and that the extension of general measures to correct local grievances could not be countenanced. The Magistracy ought to exert all the means in their power before they asked the Parliament to give increased energy to the laws. MANCHESTER " MASSACRE."— Mr. HUNT brought for- ward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the memora- ble transactions of the 16th of August, 1819, at Manchester.— Mr. HUME seconded tbe motion— Mr. G. LAMB resisted the motion, because in terms it prejudged the case— because it contra- dicted the verdicts of two different juries— because it was inexpe- dient at the present moment— because Ihe courts were still open to; the aggrieved— and because the grand juries of the present day would not be liable to the feelings which perhaps influenced the grand juries of those days. Under these circumstances, as the re- lations of the parties injured had so many sources of redress still open to them, he thought that the House of Commons ought nGt to be called upon to waste time which might be better employed on such an inquiry as was called for by this motion.-— Lord MIL- TON said, that if the parties who had intrusted their petition to the care of the hon. member for Preston had consulted him respect- ing the propriety of presenting it, the advice which he should have given them would be not to press it on the notice of the house at this time. He could wish the whole of this melancholy transaction, if possible, forgotten ; for if there was any feeling more than another which contributed to the happiness of mankind, it was the forgiveness of injuries.— Mr. STRICKLAND supported the original motion.— Lord ALTHORP thought thatthere still remained somejustice lo be done to the sufferers in the Manchester affair, but that Parliament was not the proper place for redress to be obtained.-— Dr. LUSH INGTON spoke strongly in favour of the motion, which was as decidedly opposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL.— After some further discussion the house divided— For the motion 31— Against it 206— Majority 175. WEST INDIES— A conversation took place respecting the state of these colonies, during which Lord IIOWICK pledged himself to bring the subject forward as early as. possible, if it were only for the purpose of disproving the unfounded statements which had gone abroad respecting the causes of the late calamities. CHOLERA MORBUS— A motion for a committee of inquiry into the state and progress of this disease, by Mr. J. JOHNSTON, was lost in consequence of there being no member to second it. NEAVSPAPERS— Mr. HUME gave a notice respecting tbe interference of Post- office clerks with newspapers, which he pro- mised lo follow up. FRIDAY, MARCH 16. Several petitions were presented against the new plan of educa- tion established by Government in Ireland, one of them said to be signed by 13,000 persons, amongst whom were 17 Bishops, a large proportion of the clergy, & c. NAVY ESTIMATES— The house having resolved itself into a committee of supply, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that having so re- cently entered into a full explanation, in moving the navy estimates, he felt it unnecessary to do more on this occasion than state, that in the branch of effective service for this year, he had been able to make a saving of 971,000(. He moved that 27,000 men be em- ployed for the sea service for the ensuing year— Sir G. CLERK expressed a hope that the reduction of the men would not be such as to affect the efficiency of the service, and that there was a large reduction in consequence of transferring the charge of the coast blockade. The change in that service, he added, had not been beneficial, as smuggling was now carried on to a frightful extent, and the smugglers, in almost every case, overwhelmed the water gpard.— Other portions of the estimates led to much desultory re- mark. CHILDREN IN FACTORIES— Mr. SADLER afterwards moved the second reading of the Factories- Bill, in, a speech of con- siderable length. It contained an affecting statement of facts. His desire was that the bill should be considered in a committee of the whole house, but it appeared to be resolved that it should be re- ferred to a select committee, and he had no alternative. He said that there were two classes of persons whose children were employ- ed. One of those classes was compelled to send their children lo work in the factoiies, or they must starve. It was very well known that relief would be, in many instances, refused to those who had children able to work, if they did not allow them to be so employed. Could a man thus circumstanced be called a free agent ? ( Hear, hear.) It was a mockery, and an insult to his feelings, to speak of him as such. It was clearly proved, by the evidence of'Dr. Ashton and others, before the Lords' committee, with respect lo many pa- rents, that it was " their poverty, and not their will," which con- sented to allow their children to be occupied in this manner. To believe that such was not the fact was to suppose that the parents of these children were monsters. There was, however, another class, who might be considered monsters— monsters produced by this very system. He alluded to individuals who were profligate enough to live in idleness, supported by the unwholesome and ex- hausting labour of their young children. He could quote autho- ritities of the highest credit lo prove that fact. Now he would ask were such parents as these, individuals to whom the physical, mo- ral, aud intellectual interests of innocent and unprotected children should be intrusted ? It was decided by the first court of justice in the country, that where parents did not watch over their offspring with due attention, tbe children might be withdrawn from their guardianship. This principle, he knew, had only been laid down in cases where the children of those possessing, or expecting to possess, large property, were concerned. But was he to be told that while the children of the rich were thus protected, there was no law that should be applied to the protection of Ihe poor man's offspring 1 ( Hear, hear.) If that position were once allowed, then they could no longer boast that there was an equal law for the rich and for the poor. ( Hear, hear.)— Lord ALTHORP suge that the bill should be referred to a select committee, w hich sug- gestion was adopted, the bill having been read a second time. Levee on Wednesday at St. James's IRELAND. His Majesty held Palace. Her Majesty came to town on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, from Windsor, for the purpose of holding the Drawing Room, which had been appointed for the next day; but in con- sequence of the arrival of an express, with the intelligence of the illness of the Princess Louise of Saxe W- eimar, her Majesty left town about a quarter past ten the same night. The Princess Louise is a daughter of the Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and is about seventeen years of age. She has for some time past been in an indifferent, state of health ; but had so far recovered, as to resume her carriage airings. His Majesty left town about five o'clock on Thursday after- noon for the Palace at Windsor. Previously to his departure, the King gave audiences to the Hanoverian Minister, Earl Grey, Lord Hill, Lord Holland, and Sir J. Kempt. The union of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart., with the amiable daughter of George John Legh, Esq., which took place on Thurs- day week, was celebrated in various parts of the county of Ches ter with much cordiality and good- will; not by his tenantry alone, but by a great many individuals, who, from political feelings, are attached to the house of Oulton. The advances of senility over Lord Eldon's mind were strikingly developed on Monday night, when his Lordship offered to prove at the bar of the House that he had grudged paying the fees on his various patents of promotion, as if nobody was prepared to believe such an assertion. Sir Walter Scott is still at Naples. He is improved in health, although still looking much indisposed. It is his intention to go to Greece and to Venice, which city he is particularly desirous of seeing. Sir Walter will not pay Rome a visit for the present. The late Mrs Manners Sutton, who died on Saturday last, at her house in Gloucester- place, at the advanced age of 78, was, before her marriage with the late Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1778, a Miss Thoroton, daughter of T. Thoroton, Esq., and the issue of her marriage with his Grace, whom she survived three years, were the Speaker, the late Colonel Frances Sutton, and nine daughters, the eldest of whom married the present Bishop of Carlisle, and whose death occurred unexpectedly last autumn. At Plymouth, last week, the lady of Commissioner Ross, of the Dock- yard ( sister to the lady of Sir G. Cockburn, M. P.) met with a dreadful death. She was sitting alone in her room, when, on reaching her arm across the table, the sleeve of her dress caught fire from the candle, and from the light material of which it was composed, she was instantly enveloped in a blaze ; unfortunately, the lady ran towards the door, and down the stairs, to obtain assistance, which exertion fanned the flame, and be fore she could procure aid from any of the servants, she was dreadfully burnt, and after a few days expired. A few days previously to their Majesties' last departure from Brighton, it was intimated to the Royal ears that an officer of the navy, residing in that town, with his wife and five children, had been obliged to leave his home through the apprehension of arrest for debt, and that, during his absence, an execution had been put into his house, which having remained several days un- satisfied, the property, even : to the very beds the family lay upon, was about being removed to be sold. His Majesty, on hearing this, in the promptest manner replied, " Go, pay it immediately, never mind what it is, and turn the fellows out." That amongst the Tories, there may be found men of mettle ( quere metal ?) admits of no question, since we find that some of the freemen of Norwich have made a present of a piece of plate to Sir Charles Wetherell, and that a similar gift is to be made by some of the Tories of Cambridgeshire, to Lord G. S. Manners, on the 29th instant. The disuse of the wig by the Lords Spiritual when assembled in Parliament, appears to be making rapid progress. There were, for instance, 14 Archbishops and Bishops present on Mon- day night, when the Earl of Eldon was making his explanatory defence, only six of whom wore wigs— no great compliment no- minally, or rather, punningly, to the patronymic of the now dominant political party in the State. The Roman Catholic priests are beginning to oppose them- i selves to the collection of the O'Connell tribute. A project for a night telegraph, to which the Government is said to have given its sanction, is favourably spoken of at Paris. The inhabitants of Trowbridge have opened a subscription for the porpose of erecting a monument to the memory of their late incumbent, the poet Crabbe. We have much pleasure in noticing Mr. Daws's Patent Re- cumbent Chair ; its usefulness, comparatively moderate price, and the extreme simplicity of construction, make it well deserv- ing of public patronage; a child while sitting in it can lower or raise it to any degree between the upright and the horizontal, thus affording indulgence and comfort to the student, lounger, or invalid. We confess, however, we find it too easy for study, and more suited to the dreams of fancy. It is certainly somniferous. The valuable collection of specimens illustrative of the natural history of South America, together with a number of dresses, warlike instruments, domestic utensils, & c. & c., collected by the late Sir Thomas Staines, R. N., have been deposited in the Mu- seum of the Chatham and Rochester Philosophical Literary In- stitution, by Mr. Gunning, of Dent- de- Lion, in whose possession these interesting articles came by the death of Lady Staines. At a sale of numerous reeherehi articles a few days ago, at Gradby Hall, Leicestershire, a spinnet of the time of Louis XIV. attracted particular attention, from the elegance of its design, and the costly nature of the materials of which it was composed. The keys were of mother- o'pearl, the interior lining tortoise- shell, whilst an exquisite painting adorned the entire of the upper lid; and the legs and outward case, of beautiful walnut- tree- wood, were elaborately inlaid and carved. After a spirited competition it was knocked down to the Earl of Harborough. ( From our own Correspondent.') DUBLIN, MARCH 15. If there be one act of the present Government more worthy of the national gratitude than another, that act is the decisive and' • prompt disposal of the Tithe question in this country. No man can live for a single hour in the atmosphere of Ireland, without feeling that, so far as the determination of the people is concerned, tithes are irrevocably abolished. The Government wisely admitted t this great fact in time; and dexterously assumed the management of that political storm which, under other circumstances, might have ultimately dragged it into a vortex. I think nothing short of the conditions now imposed, in the extinction of tithes, would have become- the Ministry— that is to say, they could not, consistently with any principle of justice, cut up root and branch the subsist- ence of a cnimnunity so large, of so much importance, and so little deserving of such an untoward lot, as the Clergy of this country, lean only wish that the humane intentions of the Government may be fulfilled ; but of this I entertain a melancholy fear. Generally speaking, no tithes— either in the shape of arrears, or new demands— will be paid. The Attorney- General is indeed empowered to recover them at law : but what is the meaning of that phrase in Ireland ? The Law Officer of the Crown takes out his process— follows it out step by step secundum artem, and he gets his authority to distrain Darby Mulcahy's goods and effects— and Darby resists— and the police are called— and the King's troops are sent for, and a civil war ensues— but Darby's cows and pigs are untouched for all that; and the tithes are still unpaid. To justify my presentimentsneed I point your attention tothe fate Kilkenny trials, or rather no trials, for the course of justice was threatened with being blocked up. Upon the policy adopted by the Attorney- General on that occasion it is not perhaps fair at pre- sent to pronounce. The occasion was one which, in an especial manner, prohibited the full and naked disclosure of the whole of the motives that led to tbe postponement of the trials. The ostensible! ground on which the Attorney- General called for the postpone- ment, you are aware, was the slate of oppression into which men's minds were thrown of the consequences that would ensue in case the prisoners were found guilty. In support of his statement, the learned gentleman produced a ballad, which had been delivered to lim by a Magistrate of the county, the latter gentleman having iieard it sung, and having found reasonfrom its effects on the public Jo believe that its tendency was seditious. This is not the first time that a ballad has frightened our island from its propriety. I think it is Selden who says that " more solid things do not shew the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels." The famous Lilliburlero in the time of James II. is within every historical reader's recollection, and those who were in Dublin during the critical days which immediately preceded the levent of the Union, will not soon forget the influence which a street song is capable of exercising over the strongest minds. I suppose the literary merit of . these compositions has nothing to do with their success, otherwise I cannot imagine how such a piece as the one now under consideration could have excited tbe terrors of Government. Of course you will be anxious to peruse the oracular lines, and for that purpose I inclose them :— A NEW SONG, CALLED THE BATTLE OF CARRICKSHOCK. The fourteenth of December we'll ever remember, When the police were closely surrounded, About one o'clock at old Carrickshock, While the bells in succession were sounded. When the boys did them hail, as they passed Ballyhale,' For their business might prove most precarious, For they'd pay no tithes, or church tax besides, Until Patrick's Day in the morning. When Butler* the knave the boys did crave, For that he should be paid for his orders, And if they'd hesitate they would share in his fate, For guarding them over the borders ; For that they'd let him know, before they would go, That tithes were no more to be called for, For the Woollen Grange bullf gave a receipt in full, Before Patrick's Day in the morning. When the boys sallied round as they came to the ground. And frightened those hounds with their bawling, But a crack in the crown soon brought Butler down, And the process server for death was left sprawling. The Chief ordered fire when he saw him in the mire, The conflict became most alarming, But a blow in the jowl soon brought him down, Before Patrick's day in the morning. Then the Peelers did fall, without murmur or bawl, Then their guns and their bayonets were shattered, How sad was their case, when their eyes, nose and face, When their lives and firelocks were battered. Those who did escape without scare, wound, or scrape, Let them take this salute as a warning, To shun the hill side when enforcing of tithes, Before Patrick's Day in the morning. Three cheers now I crave for the boys I have praised, Whose courage was noble and manly, Three groans now three times for the proctors and tithes, Three hisses we'll give for the Tories. Three cheers now I crave for O'Connell the brave, For our Patriot King who is our guardian, So boys don't be afraid for the tithes are all paid, Before Patrick's Day in the morning. Sunday being the O'Connell Tribute Day, every exertion was made at the various chapels for the purpose of making a brilliant collection. The Catholic Clergy have done themselves honour by the resistance which they have shown to the levying of this enormous tax ; but I believe you will find, that in the case of O'Connell versus the Catholic Church, the whole people would side with the former. In the meantime, the state of the country becomes worse and worse. Savage factions wage mutual war in the county of Tip- perary, and in many parts of Leinster Ufe and property are placed in the utmost jeopardy. The condition of society in the Queen's County, may be deduced from the following narrative, which I take from a letter just written from Minastereven :— " About a fortnight since, a ball was to have been given at a farmer's house, about a mile and a half from this town, in the Queen's County, but the owner having fallen into disfavour with the faction in the neighbourhood, from what cause I cannot conjecture, armed parties were posted at all the approaches to his house to prevent the country people attending, and several shots were fired upon the persons, who were compelled to re- turn. A few nights after, the windows and doors of the houses of several of the persons who went to this ball ( their residences being within the line of posts) were entirely demolished. Oa Friday night a large party attacked this man's house, fired several shots through the door, and having succeeded in getting in, beat the family most savagely, robbed the house of a gun, and set fire to the barn, which, but for the timely aid of the military stationed here, who went out, accompanied by a Ma- gistrate, the entire haggard and houses would have probably been consumed. On the night previous two houses were broken into in the vicinity of this town. The party proceeded to another house, and sledged in the door ; but the proprietor, having a door to his bed- room, bolted it on the first alarm, and, with an unloaded gun in his hand, escaped through a back window, but encountered a large party outside, some of whom called out to shoot him ; the man being in his shirt, and the night being dark, they called out to fire at the white thing ; the man had presence of mind enough to throw off his shirt, and, climbing over the demesne wall of Moore- abbey, he escaped with his gun ; but, being quite naked, was greatly torn in his limbs by the brushwood through which he had to force his way.' r * The name of the process server. t This alludes to the murder of Drohan, the process server, at Woollen Grange, in the county of Kilkenny. TIIK TOWS. March 11. TO CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS.— A Beneficed Clergyman, M. A. of Oxford, resident in the country, who is accustomed to assist Graduates of either University, in preparing for Holy Orders, will be happy to receive a Gentleman so circumstanced, at Easter. References of the first respectability given and required. Particulars may be learnt on application by letter, addressed to the Rev. A. B., No. 38, Bedford- row, London. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We leg to inform the parties who could not procure our Paper last Sunday, in various parts of London and the suburbs, that arrangements have been made, by which the Newsvenders will be more generally and more liberally supplied. If, however, the misfortune should again happen that more purchasers ap- pear than they can accommodate, we pretend neither to help it, nor to be very sorry for it. We might, indeed, borrow a style of writing from some of our contemporaries, which would in- fallibly prevent the recurrence of such a circumstance. Beta is right. In our hurry we neglected to correct a mistake which had inadvertently slipped into our account of the Court of Chancery. The fact is, that 800 bills were filed during the last Term. Our correspondent is thanked, who tells us that our wit is as keen and polished, as the best razor town- made : but we cannot be cajoled into an insertion of the bulk of his communication. It is a furious libel. Let N. N. be assured, that our description is quite correct in its main features. But as to every minute particular, " Gadzooks ! must we swear to the truth of a song ? " " Dramaticus" may make his mind easy, as our omission of a Theatrical article last week was, merely, because nothing of pe- culiar interest had occurred at any of the Theatres. Our paper will, of course, be always alike in its leading character- istics ; but more or less space must be given to particular sub- jects, according to circumstances ,- for instance, sometimes more to Parliamentary Reports— sometimes to Dramatic cri- ticism— sometimes to light and buoyant matter— sometimes to elaborate and serious articles, according to the immediate as- pect of the changing scene around us. 11 H. B. G." is respectfully informed, that it is an invariable rule with us to accept no contributions without knowing the parties from whom they come. THE TOW1 LONDON: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1832. The postponement, for an indefinite time, of the Drawing- room, which was to have been holden on Thursday last, has occasioncd considerable disappointment to the makers and fair wearers of Court dresses, as well as all others con- cerned. We regret the event— we regret the cause. We attach no credence to some idle rumours which have been set afloat, as if any other reason existed for the postpone- ment, besides the unfortunate illness of tho Princess LOUISE. But it is our duty humbly to suggest to their Majesties, in the spirit of perfect reliance upon their dis- position to comply with the wishes of the people, that London really requires the stimulus of Drawing- rooms, and the almost constant residence of the Court. The gaieties of social life are under a cloud; trade, retail or wholesale, is extremely bad; employment is consequently scarce— the fine arts languish miserably— the theatres are poorly- attended, more especially those which depend upon the higher classes for support. We point out these things both because a regard to them is important for the popu- larity of the KING and QUEEN ; and because we should not deserve the name which we have assumed, unless we felt a lively interest in the feelings and prosperity of the inhabit- ants of this immense metropolis. Painful accounts are in circulation with respect to the falling off of the revenue. We fear that they arc but too true. We have already warned the Government of the tide of distress which is flowing in upon every interest of the empire; and let no man be deceived: the advance of that tide is not the less certain because every particular tvave may not advance quite so far as the one immediately before it. We now warn the government again: we tell them that they must look Ihe whole difficulties of the coun- try fairly in the face, and grapple with them manfully, or far more sweeping changes will inevitably take place " than are dreamt of in Iheir" Reform Bill. Let every man in the kingdom bear in mind, that financial embar rassments and severe privations pressing upon the bulk of the people, always have been, and must always be, among the main and immediate causes of wide and violent revo- lutions. vehemence, " He that is not with us, is against us;"— both parties agree in stigmatizing Lord HARROWBY and his friends as the " shilly- shally" school— the " trimming and wavering" school— the " half- and- half' school— the " milk and water" school— with a hundred other terms of ridicule and reproach. And it is curious, as a sign of the times, that out of the whole of the public press, there is not a single paper, as far as we know, which finds it its duty or its policy to become the advocate and organ of their opi- nions. For ourselves, inclined as we are to true modera- tion in all things, we yet cannot but see that the circum- stances of the moment imperatively demand from Lord HARROWBY and Lord WHARNCLIFFF. a decisive course of action on one side or on the other. They must either ad- vance, at least three- fourths of the way, to meet the Ministers, or throw themselves into the arms of the Duke of WELLINGTON and his adherents. We believe that, ultimately, they will take part with the Reformers. We believe, too, that this is the expectation of Lord GREY. Hence has been the delay with respect to the creation of new Peers. On this subject, we cannot but think that the Govern- ment has been unfairly treated by the Press. A wise states- man in the political world, will imitate the order of nature iu the physical and mechanical universe : he will seek to attain his object by the utmost simplicity and the utmost economy of means. Thus, if the passing of the Reform Bill can be effected without the creation of new Peers, is it not infinitely desirable that it should be so effected ? Or, would it be prudent, or salutary, to make Peers at random without knowing how many may be required ? In the eyes of a large portion of the higher classes in this country, such a step would be the most heinous of crimes ; in the eyes of many more, it would be, as TALLEYRAND says, " worse than a crime— it would be a blunder." That a collision must sooner or later take place between a reforming House of Commons and the present House of Peers, is unques- tionably probable ; but why should Ministers act in antici- pation of an occurrence, which, come when it will, must be no trivial evil ? What rational and steady patriot is there in England, who would not wish that any extensive change, however wholesome or necessary in itself, should be brought about with the least possible violence to the existing constitution— the least possible deviation from precedent and custom— the least possible shock to the feelings, and, if you please, the prejudices of the aristo- cracy, and the Clergy of the Land ? Again, the papers are always attacking Lord GREY, per- sonally and by name, for not making new Peers. Is this language proper ? or is it constitutional ? Can Lord GREY create new Peers ? Is he the fountain of honour? Is there nothing more for the Prime Minister to do than to have the names of a certain number of Flnglish gentlemen published in the Gazette, and, by a stroke of his pen, convert them into Lords ? But it will be said, if the Minister cannot command the King's assent, it is his duty to resign. His Majesty may have consented ; but consent may not be cordiality. And, then, what good would be effected by the resignation ofLord GREY ? Resign! and in what a condition would the country he placed ? Every thing would be left in confusion, and the Sovereign abandoned in tbe hour of need. How easy is it to settle matters upon paper— and arrange the most de- licate machinery— the most complicated interests— the most conflicting wishes— by an article in a public journal. Alas! the real management] of the business of State— the ac- tual execution of great projects— is a very different affair. And we affirm, without scruple, that if Lord GREY should now forleit his popularity, because Peers have not been crcated by wholesale and in haste, England will be more guilty of unthankful injustice than Athens, or Florence, or any political community, new or old, which has become proverbial for its ingratitude to public men. The drafts of two Reform Bills have been published, which were stated to emanate from that party, which we know not whether to designate as more liberal Tories, or more timid Reformers. We shall offer no comments upon these drafts, as we believe them to be forgeries; and, there- fore, took no notice of them last week; and as, whether for- geries or not, they are in themselves unworthy of any serious attention. THE PRIME MINISTER. Dramatic Scene, from an unpublished Tragedy by Lord F. L. G—. It is now beyond a shadow of doubt that the Reform Bill, unmutilated and unaltered, will pass the House of Commons by a large majority. But what will become of it in the House of Lords? This is the natural direction to which all eyes and minds are turned. That the matter may be clearly understood, let us look to the different parties both in and out of Parliament. From the extreme Tories, although headed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, there is little to apprehend. Of themselves, they cannot command a majority against the second reading of the bill, or prevent it from becoming part and parcel of the law of the land. The result, how- ever, may turn upon the line of conduct adopted by the HARROWBY or WHARNCLIFFE party. Now, of the mem bers of this party we would not speak with that contu- melious disrespect which has been cast upon them from so many quarters. But supposing them, as we do, to be real lovers of their country, and truly anxious for a satis- factory adjustment of this all- absorbing question, we would ask them, frankly and candidly, what they can expect His Majesty's Ministers ate pledged— irrevocably pledged — collectively and individually pledged— to carry, in all its principles, the bill as it stands. This is the precise state of the case. There is no more to be said. The deduction, then, is obvious. Negotiations have clone nothing,— and can ( lo nothing. For the middle path of Lord HARROWBY and Lord WHARNCLIFFE it is alto- gether too late; and, therefore, it would be idle, at best to enter into arguments about its abstract justice or pro pricty, Two years ago, a plan such as these Noblemen would propose, might have been accepted as a boon— now it would be rejected as an insult. Again, and again, w say, compromise is impossible; at least, any compromise which would involve the main features of the bill. It will satisfy neither party. Both parties cry out with equal with it. The event has justified our assertion. During the week little of excitement has been caused, and little of animation has been exhibited. On Monday evening Lord ELDON entered upon an ex- culpation of himself as to some charges which had been insinuated with respect to his distribution of offices, when he was in power. We leave these delicate matters to Lord ELDON and Lord PLUNKET. Their lordships have not been accused of peculation, but a warm attachment to the interests of their own families. It is, however, curious to observe, in all these discussions, how the defence almost uniformly turns upon some " argumentum ad hominem." The accused turns round upon his accuser, and says, " I am not worse than my predecessor: I am not so bad as yourself." Now, this sort of recrimination ( we put it ge- nerally, and not with particular reference to Lord ELDON) may be an ingenious way of silencing an adversary ; but it is not a very satisfactory one of settling accounts with the people. On Tuesday evening some conversation took place about the expedition to Ancona— without, however, throwing any very strong light upon that very curious, and very French affair. A statement, however, was elicited from Ministers, which went to show both how much they were startled by the equivocal appearance of the matter at the first blush, and how far their confidence had increased by the subsequent steps and explanations of the French Go vernment, that the peace of Europe would not be even- tually disturbed A discussion also arose, chiefly between Lord KENYON and the Bishop of BATH and WELLS, on the propriety of securing to the poor one- seventh of lands, to be enclosed ; and concerning the extent of ground which the poor man could cultivate with success. We were glad to find that the Bishop of LONDON advo- cates the principle of Mr. SADLER'S factory bill; and that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY appears anxious for the progress of legislative measures, which may conduce to the regulation and reduction of Pluralities in the Church. On Friday night the Duke of WELLINGTON entered upon some disclosures relative to M. PERIER and the French Government in general, with respect to the affairs of Belgium, which, unless we are much mistaken, will create a considerable sensation in France, and throughout Europe. Earl GREY did not contradict the statements of the noble Duke; nor do they seem susceptible of contra- diction. For particulars, we must refer to our Parliamen- tary report. We would here only remark, that the debate was conducted with remarkable temperance : it was de lightful to observe the courtesy of tone and manner which was mutually maintained towards each other, by two such honourable antagonists as the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord GREY. THE ULTRA- TORY. There linger'd one small patch of snow, While all around was light and glow, Earth's freshest green, and spring's first glory. Cold— hard— beneath the hedge it lay, Nor felt the genial beams of day— Meet emblem of an ultra Tory I On Monday there was " no House" in the Commons. On Tuesday the House went into Committee, for the con- sideration of the resolutions on the subject of Irish tithes, The Committee adjourned without, having done anything, it having been intimated, after much display of eloquence by the Irish members, that they intend proposing amend- ments to all, except the grant from the Consolidated Fund. Second to Mr. STANLEY'S exposition of the policy of Go vernment, the great feature of the night was a most able speech from Sir ROBERT PEEL; the purport of which was to prove, in every instance of popular disturbance and illegal combination of the Irish peasantry, that in common with tithes, even the priest's dues, the county rates, and, more than all, the landlord's rents, have been the objects of popular odium and attack. That this should he fact, considering the deplorable condition of the lower classes in Ireland, and the conduct of their landlords, no one can be surprised: yet is the argument which is deduced from this in favour of retaining the present application of tithes, invalid; because the question, we apprehend to be, not THE MINISTER AND HIS SECRETARY. Min.— Well, then, what say the populace ? Secretary.— My Lord, Shall I speak plainly? Min.— Quick: speak all the truth. Sec.— My Lord, they murmur threats instead of blessings: They say you palter with their hopes, and mock The fond aspirings you were first to raise. Impatience sits upon their eager looks. They talk of slow delays, and mutter doubts ' Gainst freedom's lukewarm champion, who denies The boon his own hand holds. Min.— What say the nobles ? Sec.— My Lord, they say that with flagitious arts You pander to the rabble; urging on The wheels of ruin o'er a trampled land. They menace ills, beyond the war of words, And common strife of faction, on the man Who headlong into gulfs of stormy woe, Plunges the public weal. Min.— Enough: now leave me. [ Minister alone. And is it thus? Ay, thus, indeed, it is! Hard is his fate, who guides the empire's helm ; Now check'd— now goaded— flatter'd, and tradue'd— Beset by traitors, or rash friends who push The right unto the very verge of wrong;— Envy and hatred, like familiar fiends, Haunting his footsteps! Sleep is not for him: No;— but the stabbing whisper— the dark hint— Conceal'd intrigues— and plottings near the throne ; And calumny's unseen, but poison'd, shaft, Aim'd at his honest fame. One lapse— one error— One pause— outweighs and cancels all the good, Which years of toilsome service had achiev'd. With over- burden'd spirit he grows grey— The butt of satire, and the slave of fools— Care burns his heart within him. Thus he lives In fire, a martyr ever at the stake. Pitied, at best, he dies, and leaves a name For half- informed historians to bely. We hinted last week that matters were likely to go on flatly in the House of Lords until the appearance of the Reform Bill itself, or some topic immediately connccted countrymen, for the labour expended upon this important subject. The bill was read a second lime, and is to be submitted to the judgment of a Committee up stairs : a mode of pro- ceeding which, however contrary to the wishes of the Hon. Mover, we are inclined to think best calculated to secure a temperate examination of the very many circumstances which bear upon the subject. The provision which limits the period of labour to ten hours a day, we feel convinced will be adopted. We have already alluded to this measure in a former number, and will only add a remark upon the opi- nions of those who are opposed to any direct Legislative interference in the conducting of our manufacturing esta- blishments. We should indeed rejoice at a state of general prosperity— that is, of adequate employment for the work- ing classes, which might render such interference unne- cessary— but if the meaning of law be to protect those who are not free agents, we do conceive these poor chil- dren, whether apprenticed by their indigent parents, or by the parish, entitled to the protection of Parliament. Yet this protection, to be Tendered effectual, must be assisted by such general measures of relief to the working classes, as can alone abate the competition which is at the bottom of all this load of human suffering and demoralization.— There is no one object of political consideration which does not shrink into absolute insignificance when compared with the pressing necessity of substituting for the patch- work and procrastinating legislation of former Parliaments, an entire and harmonious system of social improvement, in which the hideous evils to which our labouring popula. tion are periodically, and in many classes constantly, ex- posed, may be mitigated, by remedies applied under the heads of emigration— more elaborate cultivation of the soil— the removal of fiscal impediments to our commerce— the enlarging and discovery of vents for our produce— and, lastly, cheap food and necessaries. All these blessings may be looked for in a Reformed Parliament, because the interest of the community which demands them, will then outweigh the power of those classes and knots of indivi- duals, whose interests are directly opposed to their accom- plishment. We are enabled to state from a positive source, that the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets have informed our Govern- ment, that but for the expectation that the King of the Netherlands will accept the Treaty of the Conference, and thus cause the general exchange of ratifications at the same time, they would have ratified ere this. " How stands the Belgian affair ?" is a question fre- quently asked, and to which we are enabled positively and accurately to reply. The King of Holland, after having repeatedly declared that he would never recognise the independence of Belgium, even though all other points were conceded to him according to his own views, has consented to recognize LEOPOLD as King of the Belgians, and to accept the Treaty of the Conference, provided cer- tain modifications, which are really of no great importance to the Belgians, are made in it by the Conference— a con- dition to which Great Britain and France, having ratified the Treaty as it is, will find it difficult to agree. The chief modifications are, the abolition of the privilege of navigat- ing the internal waters of Holland, which has been granted by the Treaty to the Belgians, aud an additional security for the payment of the Belgic portion of the National Debt.— These are not very important ; but how can Great Britain and France modify a ratified Treaty without dishonour to themselves ? They can only be released of their obligations to Belgium by the Belgians themselves ; and, therefore, it becomes a question, whether the Belgians, who are very much dissatisfied with other portions of the Treaty, re- specting which no modifications are proposed for their good, will discharge Great Britain and France from the obliga- tions imposed by the Treaty of the Conference, and consent to a further suspension of the Treaty, whilst Holland and Belgium can settle the disputed points. Our opinion is, that the Belgians will gladly consent to these modifications, for they are not in a condition to fight the Dutch, and whether the Irish people resist the collection of tithes, but whether it is just and expedient that this entire amount of France will not send armies to defend the Belgians, unless national property should, or should not, be employed in the support of a religious establishment, to the doctrine of which two- thirds of the people are opposed. But, after all, this weighty matter is not the subject of the resolu tions at present submitted to Parliament. The friends of the Church establishment in Ireland have the inviolate assurance of Lord ALTHORP'S word, that the bills about to be introduced ( founded on the resolutions) will not direct the application of these revenues, in whatever way commuted, to any other than ecclesiastical uses. With respect to the Irish themselves, we trust that the present Government will not experience an opposition more for- midable, in taking this step, which, on all sides, is admitted to be beneficial to the country, than their predecessors have ever undergone in continuing the old system of evil. The law must be enforced for the present safety of all descriptions of property; and those who look upon the existing application of the Church revenues in Ireland as an injustice, will do well to recollect, that the doors of a reformed Parliament will never be closed to the petitions of a people obedient to the law; and that the present Parliament is not prohibited by the measures now under consideration, from the adoption of ulterior proceedings The position of affairs in Ireland puts any hut immediate and vigorous measures for the general security out of the question; and the all- important bill, which is about to be sent to tbe Upper House, precludes the possibility of any subject, upon which so much dissent may be con sequent, from being entertained by the Representa tives of the people The speech of Mr. HUNT, on Thursday, possessed a merit not seldom evinced by the subtle orations of the member for Thetford— that of affording its own refutation, What coidd influence the Hon. Member to call for the Parliamentary reprobation of a deceased Minister, who, whatever may have been his conduct in this unfortunate transaction, at the least gained for Mr. HUNT that sort of celebrity which has been his trading stock, as a public man, ever since ? thev choose to yield implicit deference to the recommenda- tions of the French. Those who have expected a hostile denouement, therefore, will find themselves much deceived. On Friday Mr. SADLER brought forward the facts upon which his bill for the Regulation of the Labour of Chil- dren in Factories, are founded. The Hon. Gentleman's speech occupied not less than three hours; during which he presented a mass of statistical and other details, which fully entitle him to the gratitude and respect of his fellow- The Ancona affair is likely to pass off more quietly than might have been expected. It is now stated that the French and Austrians are both to evacuate the Papal States, and that the task of keeping his rebellious subjects in awe is in future to be performed by 6,000 Swiss merce- naries, whose commanders arc to be held responsible to France and Austria for the good conduct of their men. Detestable as the idea is of hiring foreigners at so much a head, to keep down the liberties of a people at home, it must, nevertheless, be admitted that the Swiss do not, when they dispose of themselves to despots and tyrants, do so entirely without reserve. They maintain the privilege of executing their orders with some regard to humanity, and certainly never think of exceeding them in an un- manly way. The native Papal Guards, on the contrary, being for the greater part composed of bandits and as- sassins, whose only recommendation to the POPE was their perfection in cruelty and crime, have committed atrocities far beyond what the Government would have desired, and which none but a people neck- deep in the filth of slavery could haveborne. But the good arising from French interven- tion does not end here. The Holy Father has been required to pledge his word that the political condition of his subjects shall be ameliorated, and that an attempt shall be made to rule by declared and recognized laws. Such is the state- ment which has been made in a quarter likely to have been well informed. We trust it will prove correct; for al- though we should not have been displeased if tho presence of the French in Italy had been the signal of general revolt, and the establishment of a constitution, for which the educated Italians are well prepared ; yet, considering how much blood must have been shed in order lo have accom- plished such an end, it is better that ameliorations and im- provements should be the slow but certain work of time. The French expedition to Italy has been characterized by the Times and some other papers as a hasty, splenetic act of M. PEttlliU. Another opinion may represent it as a deliberate and well- devised scheme. The French Cabinet had begun to find that it would not do to be constantly bullied into concessions, and that it was ne- cessary to shew itself prepared for war. The march of the Austrians into Ualy furnished an excellent opportunity for a demonsUatiuu of the confidence reposed By France In March 18. THE TOWHT. 93 her own means. The demonstration was made and it was answered. Austria, which for the last year has dictated to France, has been dictated to in her turn. To avoid war she has consented to withdraw her troops from Italy, pro- vided a similar course be taken by the French, and in- stead of encouraging Papal tyranny and atrocity, as was done during the last Austrian occupation, the Austrian Cabinet has concurred in and recommended those ame- liorations and improvements in tbe Papal States which the French went to Ancona to enforce. Can it be said, therefore, that the French have not displayed good policy and some real good? Would to GOD ! they and this coun- try had acted half as vigorous, when Poland almost at the feet of the Northern Bear, turned an imploring eye to France and England, and implored in vain. The following account is extracted from the daily papers. We are anxious to believe that it is, at least, exaggerated :— " On the occasion of the General Fast on the 21st instant, it is " intended that a meeting of the different Political Unions, in " and about the Metropolis, will take place in Finsbury- square, " at eleven, to distribute provisions amongst the crowd present. " Contributions to a large amount have been collected to defray " the expences. The provisions will be carried to the ground in " waggons. Food will be distributed to any person who may " choose to partake of it ; no distinction will be made as to whe- " ther they belong to any of the Unions or not— the object being " to turn the General Fast into a General Feast. At the conclu- 41 sion of the meeting, the Members will form themselves into " four different bodies, and walk in procession to the opposite " quarters of the town, where dinners will be provided for their " entertainment." Can this be true ? A meeting of the different Political Unions— the object being to turn the General Fast into a General Feast! A procession and parade studiously ap- pointed upon a day set apart for a national humiliation !— What is the meaning of this theatrical, this French dis- play ? What is it, but an insult to the Government of the country, by which the Fast has been ordered— and to the religion of the country, in accordance with which the Fast is to be kept ? What, too, can be the result, but irritation and idle tumult? We would promote charity— but charity has no connection with foolish ostentation. And, there- fore, we sincerely hope, that every true and reasonable Reformer will discountenance these threatened proceed- ings, which, if they be not mischievous, can be only ridiculous. On the other hand, we entreat— we hope— nay, we take it for granted— that, on the approaching Fast, charitable contributions will be collected in all our churches for the relief of the poor ; and, again, that private sacrifices will be made, and that private liberality will not be idle. The general subject of Political Unions will demand our early attention. FREE TRANSLATIONS SENT FROM ETON. " Qui Baviurn non odit, amet tua carmina, Mcevi." FIRST YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Let that egregious goose, whoever Esteems the gallant S— bt— p clever, Admire thy wit, oh, Arthur Tr rl SECOND YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Does K— si— y seem just wisely blunt ?— Then lose your dinner to hear H— t. THIRD YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Miss F 1 who hates not, nor will hate on, Thy croak, as hoarse as frogs in June, Let him be charm'd with Fanny A n, And fancy that she sings in tune. FOURTH YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Who eye and ear at Covent- garden strains, Pleased with Duke Robert and the dsemon train,— Be this the blockhead's portion for his pains— To see them the next night at Drury- lane! There were also some other imitations of the same passage, but we think that the four which we have selected were the best. Of these we shall not pretend to determine which deserves the prize. We cannot sufficiently admire the Etonian delicacy in not putting the names at full length. A meeting was held on Wednesday last at Exeter Hall, by the friends of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In the absence of Lord PORCH ESTER, who intended to preside, but was prevented by a very sufficient reason, Lord MAHON took the chair. The immediate object of the assembly was to express the favourable in- terest taken by the society in the bill, which is about to be introduced into Parliament by Mr. MACKINNON. Of that bill we may speak at the proper time. Our present purpose, in mentioning the subject, is to do away wilh an impression which has gone abroad. We have received letters, in which the writers seem to sup- pose that it is our intention, uniformly and upon system, to ridicule every meeting which is held at Exeter Hall. This is a foolish mistake. If an object he really useful, and really benevolent, we care not where it is promoted, or by whom. Its movers and supporters shall have our hearty concurrence, whether they be Tories, or Whigs, or Radicals— whether they be High Churchmen, or Low Churchmen, or Dissenters. In the present case, we wish well to Lord MAHON and his friends. The treatment of animals, indeed, is a subject upon which we can well conceive— and, we trust, without any reflection upon onr humanity— that legislation may be carried to a frivolous or vexatious excess. But there is much in the power of a society with which the Legisla- ture connot properly interfere: and every thing must be good which induces a spirit of tenderness towards the whole inferior creation ; as, in the contrary spirit, every thing is bad. It is the very essence of all cruelty to in- crease the evil qualities in which itself originates—- to brutalize the tyrant as it oppresses the victim, and to make the one vicious in the same proportion as it makes ' the other miserable. At tbe same time, we do not retract one syllable which we have said about former meetings at Exeter Hall. It is not so much individuals that we would attack, as the system, political and ecclesiastical, of the Saint Faction, that we would put down. To that system, which would give ns party- spirit for patriotism— wrangling for peace— acerbity for mutual kindness— which would divorce re- ligion from human knowledge, and almost render it irre- coucileable with social charities— we profess an earnest, yet, we believe, a Christian dislike, We are sure tlmt, if it spreads, and is carried to its full extent, the country, as in the days of CROMWELL, succeeded by those of CHARLES the SECOND, will continually vibrate between the two ex- tremes, on the one side of a canting and sanctimonious austerity, on the other, an unbridled laxity and dissolute- ness of manners. There may be a vast deal of apparent religion ; but none in reality which will suit the feelings and influence the heart of a conscientious and sober- minded man— as has been expressed by some lines, which have dwelt long upon our memories, though we do not recollect ever to have seen them in print:— Here rush the streams, that boast Religion's source ; But foul to taste, and turbid in their course. The fervent mind hangs longing o'er the brink— But longs in vain— and finds no drop to drink 1 So some parch'd wretch, expos'd on ocean wide, Still turns him from the salt and bitter tide : Loathing he turns, and pants in fever's thrill, For one pure draught, from out the gushing rill; Then gasps in torments— nature's last and worst— And, midst the boundless waters, dies of thirst 1 The Times of Tuesday last mentions, in its City article, that private letters had been received from France, stating the appearance of the cholera at Paris, and the care taken by the French Government to keep the matter concealed. If our readers will turn back to our paper for the 26th of February, they will find that WE announced the existence of cholera in Paris three weelts ago. Our Government, we believe, has been for some time in possession of the information. For ourselves, we entertain no doubt eilher of the fact, or of the reason why it lias not become more generally known. Every possible method has been taken to hush it up. Few journals in England would mention the circumstance merely for the sake of embarrassing the French Administration; but, if it be true, the very im- portant question then arises— how long are the annoy- ances of quarantine to be continued, and how long are they to be all on one side? THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE COMPASS. If to the East you bend your way, Should smirking M g meet you, The donkey will begin to bray, And condescend to greet you ; But if you ' re walking in the West, And chance to meet him there, Your most devoted friend and guest Will pass you with a stare ! We are sorry to see a paper, conducted with that general talent and respectability which the Standard may really boast, indulge in all sorts of ideal horrors, like a sick girl with a night- mare. We have lately read its lugubrious, and elaborate, and polyglolt articles with some care, be- cause we consider it, on the whole, to be the best sample of the Tory press. And to what, after all, does the pith of its lucubrations amount? It is the old and ever- repeated story, which represents tho Ministry— like Samson, with his blindness at least, if not his strength— shaking the pillars of the church and state, and pulling down upon their heads the majestic fabric of the constitution, that them- selves and others may be buried in tho ruins. To make this picture in keeping, facts are distorted, and truths are given with colours the most exaggerated— the Church and the tithe system are considered as convertible terms, and all the evils which have been brought upon the country by long wars and long extravagance— an immense taxation and an enormous debt— an unsettled currency— a prosperity necessarily fluctuating, because in many respects artificial — an ever- increasing aud redundant population, while many sources of employment are dried up by the progress of events— all these evils are brought together into a mass and thrown upon the hack of the present government, as a burden which it ought to bear. Thus, indeed, the perils in which we are involved are depicted as gigantic: nor do we deny them or conceal them ; we merely deny that the present administration is the cause. But what are Ihe Tories' remedies, as recommended by the Standard!— New monopolies, new restrictions, new test acts, new insurrec- tion acts, new attempts to revive the Protestant ascen- dancy ! Such is the delightluf regimen which the public patient is invited to endure: but if any thing of squeamish- ness or reluctance is exhibited, a wholesome coercion is to be exercised, and the bayonet is to come forward the great state- physician— the Sir HENRY HALFORD of the last resort— to push these precious pills down the national throat. Unfortunately this system has never done well, and now it will not do at all. The Standard must know that it might as easily bring back among us the social habits and cus- toms of the fifteenth century, as superinduce upon the pre- sent state of feeling in England the success of political principles such as it advocates. As to the fables by which such suggestions are backed, namely, that there is a re- action iu the country— that the people are sick of the Whigs— that they would hail with pleasure a firm Tory administration— we can only smile; and in future we may gather these historiettes under the general head ot1' Stan- dard Novels and Romances." We are not prepared to say that this collection will be quite as amusing as the one now in the course of publication by Messrs. CO- LBURN and BENTLEY ; but we are sure that it will as well deserve to be classed under the title of" Works of Imagination." REFORM MELODIES.— No, II. By the shades of the boroughs we sale down and wept! We sate down, and wept on our benches In silence, and thought of the day, When the unsparing hand which retrenches, Made Sarum's oldboro' its prey ; And, surveying the Bill which now quenches Our patrons— we threatened Lord Grey 1 As vainly we tried to deliver Each borough from Russell's dire blow 1 They laughed at our speeches— but never Shall they stop our rhetorical flow. May Croker's tongue wither for ever, Ere it string its high note for the foe 1 On the schedules each borough's suspended : Oh I Gatton, thy name should be free ! For the hour, when thy glories were ended, Has left me no token of thee 1— And ne'er shall thy fate be amended By the choice of another M. P. 1 TOWN TALK. A friend lately offered to lay a wager of fifty pounds with the Marquis of H. that the Alpha Cottages, in the Regent's Park, were within the stipulated three miles from the General Post- office. " I have left off all gambling speculations," answered the Marquis ; " or, at any rate, I am too old to begin again with the Alpha- bet." An elderly clergyman, after reading a not very alarming article in one of the most respectable of the evening journals, was so horrified, that he immediately began to talk of the tor- rent of revolution spreading its black waters over the whole earth. " What is he saying," asked a by- stander of Theodore Hook. " Oh, only something," replied the wag, " about Colo- nel Torrens throwing ink over the Globe." A notorious bore, who shall be nameless, after prosing away to Luttrell at a terribly steady pace for some time, opened a new fire of common- place with, " I've an idea, Sir 1" " Have you two !" said the wit, interrupting him, and rising from his chair with manifest impatience. The few ultra Tories who remain are perpetually complaining of the perversity and blindness of the rest of the world. This reminds us of the man who having stood out against the rest of the jury three times, and being questioned by the Judge upon the subject, replied, " Yes, my Lord, I have three times had to deal with eleven obstinate fellows." Pemberton, the K. C. ( on reading the statement of Lord Eldon in Thursday's debate on the Tithe Question, that his Lordship, after the conduct of the heads of the church in sup- porting Ministers, should withdraw his support from the church) observed, that he could not understand what support his Lord- ship could be to a church unless as a buttress ; he certainly could not be a pillar, for he never went into one. St. John Long, at a party at the Marquis of Sligo's a few evenings ago, was asked by Lady Mary if he would take a hand at picquet. " I always prefer a rubber," responded this favoured son of Esculapius. My first is a bird for ill omen famed; My second is sometimes a mongrel named; My whole is a person a compound of both, Who, being in office, to leave it was loth. Mr. R. is a mere adjective of society, for he always attends on some noun- substantive of a lord ; nor is he ever talked of alone but always tacked to others, as Virgil introduces Thersilochus with a copulative at the end of a line :— " Glaucumy, Medontay, Thersilochumque." A certain nobleman, not more noted for his eccentricity than for his wit and good- nature, who could never pass a scaffolding in the street without stopping to listen to Pat as he cracked his joke with the hod upon his back, became at last so proverbial, that her Ladyship being asked one day where his Lordship was to be found, replied pettishly, " Oh, I dare say you will find him under the scaffolding in the next street."—" Poh 1" said Sir Claudius Hunter, on hearing this story, " I see no wit in it; it was quite clear that his Lordship was a hoddman." WHICH IS THE MERCHANT HERE AND WHICH THE JEW ? One party states, that Miss Fanny Kemble, out of the 450/. given her by Murray for Francis the First, generously purchased an ensigncy for her brother. The other party aver, that it was gra- tuitously presented to him by Lord Hill through the interest of a tragic author, Lord L. Gower. If the latter be the fact, the art of literary puffing is not confined to the houses of Burlington and Albemarle. TABLEAUX VIVANS.— A ludicrous incident occurred at soirie in Scotland. The Hon. Miss M., the daughter of a York- shire baron, alike celebrated for her beauty and nervous agita- tion of feature, was sitting in the picture frame as a Madonna ; every one was in raptures : the epithets, lovely creature 1 beau- tiful 1 divine I were floating about the room, when the Madonna on a sudden was seized with the unfortunate affection of the ner- vous muscles, forming a practical illustration of the apothegm- " There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous." We understand that Dr. Russel, of the Charter- house, has been much annoyed by his receiving several letters from elderly ladies requesting advice on Cholera ; confounding this excellent D. D. with his no less celebrated namesake, Dr. Russel, of Cho- lera celebrity. There is no truth in the report that a certain rich victualler is to be called to the peerage, under the title of Baron of Beef. A grave, but nameless gentleman, has been labouring under an unfortunate mistake in paying his addresses to a young lady, and playing a thousand antics before the parlour windows. He has at last discovered that she lives at the back of the house. We have been favoured with the following lines, by H. Twiss, on this " untoward event:"— T fell in love with a maid, Each night ' neath her window he stood, And there with his soft serenade, He awaken'd the whole neighbourhood. But vainly he tried to arouse Her sleep, with his strains so bewitching; Whilst he play'd in the front of the house— She slept in the little back kitchen. MASCH OF REFINEMENT.— A well- known confectioner at Cambridge was lately requested by an equally well- known boot maker in the same town to send him some ice, as he was going to give a party. The confectioner returned the following laconic reply :—" Mr. L——— never freezes for snobs 1" On a late dinner at the Mansion- house at which a reverend divine of classical notoriety was present, some mention had been made by him of the " Carmen Seculare" of Horace ; on which Alderman B. remarked, " that he knew nothing of the " Carmen Seculare," but he knew the carmen of Thames- street to be a great nuisance. A LADY'S IDEA OF REFORM.— Lady E. inquired the other day of Lady L. what was the intention of the Reform Bill. The answer was, " Oh, my dear, don't you know ?— to do away with Almack's and elder sons." It is needless to tell the horror of the fair inquirer at this solution. At the Levee on Thursday, owing to the skirts of a gallant yeoman's coat being short and " far between," a rent of con- siderable size was displayed in his nether garments. Sir Claudius Hunter being asked what picture it reminded him of, answered, " Wilkie's Rent Day." During the scene of the distraining for rent, in the piece now performing at Druryrlaije, a person hearing the appearanc^ 0f a country gentleman hissed most violently. On being remon- strated with by a person in the box, his reply was, that he con- sidered the play seditious, and tending to prevent the farmers paying their rents. We have been requested to assure our readers that this was not Sir Edward Knatchbull. An odd instance of the waggery of that privileged class in Ire- land, livery servants, occurred the other day, when Sir Charles and Lady Morgan were announced as Cholera and Lady Mor- bus 1 The worthy Knight's affected dislike of the profession of medicine, to which he belongs, gave much point to this amusing; impertinence. Joe Hume was last week deUvered of a joke :— Warburton hap- pened to mention Lord Stormont as NO instance of a rising young man ( they had been busy over some estimates). " Ah 1" said Joe, " he reminds me of our modern buildings run up, and built by contract." Croker was the other day describing Sir J. Scarlett to a mutual friend, and, in allusion to his rotundity, said, that his waistcoat would button round a hay stack. This remark has, strange to say, given serious offence to Sir J. Astley. Croker, however, says, he is ready to meet him when and where he will. Several young members of parliament, who are in the habit of going to fancy balls in yeomanry uniforms, are highly indignant with Dr. Lushington for calling the yeomanry an unconstitutional force. We ourselves should like to know what a fancy ball would be without the yeomanry force. Alderman Atkins said that Mr. Dillon's history of the tour to Oxford was written currente calamo. Sir C. Hunter, being at a loss to understand his meaning, inquired. " Why, a current ca » lumny, to be sure," was the indignant reply. THE BISHOPRIC OF CALCUTTA AND THE REV. DANIEL WILSON. We have heard from so many quarters, that the Bishop- ric of Calcutta has been offered to the Rev. DANIEL WILSON, Vicar of Islington, that, although for some time ncredulous, we can no longer doubt the fact. The pro- position, we need scarcely add, was made through the interest and influence of the Right Honourable CHARLES GRANT. The Reverend Gentleman has refused the offer, on the score of physical infirmities : nor are we at all surprised at his refusal. But we are surprised that such, a nomination should ever have taken place. Mr. WILSON, we have every reason to believe, is an able and a pious man, learned in his profession, and not without a peculiar eloquence. But the qualities which constitute a popular preacher in London, are not necessarily those which will form an eligible Bishop of Calcutta. They who are at all acquainted with the union of characteristics required ade- quately to fill so delicate and yet so important a situation — the prudence, as well as zeal— the tact, as well as energy — which will be indispensable, and who also know the pre- sent state of religious parties in India, will pause, in ab- solute astonishment, at the choice of a man who is at- tached, and, as it were, pledged to one particular section of the Church in England, and who must, of necessity, have been obnoxious to a large portion of the Clergy, over whom he would have been called to preside. We will only add, that if heated notions— extemporaneous preaching— and a tone generally unwary and intemperate, are to be in- troduced into that vast diocese, under the sanction of tho Bishop, it is impossible to predict what amount of mischief, political and religious, may be eventually caused ; nay, rather, it is scarcely hazardous to prophecy, that if any thing is allowed of the same Missionary fanaticism, tho same incautious ardour in propagating tenets, right in themselves, in an unseasonable manner, and pushing them to an extreme length ; then the same causes will create infinite disturbance and dissension in the East Indies, which, in their proximate or ultimate effect, have already been so fertile of tumult and bloodshed in the West. At the same time, we are well aware of the excessive difficulty of nominating any person, in every respect unex- ceptionable, who will be willing to accept an appointment so delicate, so laborious, so perilous to health and life.— We are aware, too, that, however plausible the plan may appear at first sight, this difficulty might be enhanced by giving a Bishop to each of the Presidencies ; or making three instead of one. It would be enhanced, according to many authorities, in the exact proportion by which th © dignity and emolument of each separate office could be diminished. This, however, is a point which requires to be proved : for us it is enough to state, that the successor of MIDDLETON, and HEBER, and JAMES, and TURNER. ( although we are far from classing these four names pre- cisely in the same scale) ought not to be— and we say it without the slightest feeling of ill- will or disrespect— alto- gether such a person as the Vicar of Islington. PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE CHURCH. We last week looked at the Church of England with regard, more peculiarly, to its internal and spiritual condition : we shall now pursue the inquiry with an immediate reference to its poli- tical and financial considerations. In the course of our remarks it will he melancholy, no less than curious, to observe how the two questions are mixed up to- gether, and blended into one painful and momentous investiga- tion ; how, in short, the political difficulties and financial con- flicts, in which the Church and its Ministers are involved, operate to its disadvantage, nay, perhaps, its ruin, in its mere religious and spiritual aspect. For, as long as there is an ecclesiastical establishment at all, it must present itself, in two distinct lights ; and its own object must be twofold, namely, to provide religious and moral instruc- tion for the people ; and also to procure a competent mainte- nance for the Ministers and their families. Thus the seculari- ties and spiritualities are inextricably interwoven; and it fol- lows, of necessity, that the unpopularity which attaches to the Church, when considered in the one point of view, should like- wise be reflected upon it, when considered in the other. The truth of this general principle it is but too easy to carry with us into its practical application. We actually and daily trace it, stamped in characters too clearly and too lamentably legible, throughout the whole of the British empire. It is the same in our towns and our villages, our cities and our hamlets, our agricultural and our commercial population. The mode ( we are not now speaking about the amount) of tithes mars and paralyses the religious influence of the Established Church. It assists the republican democrat, who loves to represent the Church as a monstrous incubus, gorged with the wealth of the kingdom, brooding over its resources, and stifling its energies ; or the speculative revolutionist, who insists upon the abstract absurdity of any connection whatsoever between Church and State. In Ireland its effects are already written in convulsion and blood ; and who shall say how many or how few years— alasl how many, or how few months— may pass over England, before the same p| g « of horrors shall be opened, " , i iva manufacturing tpwns^- thqse large, busy, and en- i. ookatthejoan . . - sources ol' ouf I terprising marts, which are among the i » aiu • » 4 THIS T © WH. March 18. riches, our intelligence, and our strength 1 With no small pro- portion of their inhabitants, the very name of the Established Church is a by- word of obloquy and contempt. And why? Chiefly because the imposition of tithes, in their present shape, appears something odious and abominable;— chiefly because that cry for the " extinction and extirpation" of tithes— and of de- termination not to pay them— to which all Ireland has responded, and upon which all Ireland has acted— already finds an almost universal echo in the population of Manchester and Birming- ham, and other places of a similar description. Let Mr. MA- CAULEY tell us what is the case at Leeds. And how is it in London? Let the Clergy themselves answer. " We speak not of the fashionable chapels, where a flowery preacher is paid by subscriptions for the seats, but of the regular incumbents of the several parishes in the metropolis. In which direction shall we go? North or south, east or west?— to the city, or to the suburbs? To whom shall we apply? To Dr. SPRY at Marylebone?— or Dr. MOORE at St. Pancras?— or Mr. BERESFORD at St. Andrew's?— or Dr. OWEN at St. Olave's, Hart- street? Let the living belong to a Bishop or a Minor Canon— to a humble, however respectable, individual, like Mr. HOLMES of Cripplegate; or to the brother of a popular Prime Minister, like Dr. GREY at Bishopsgate— it matters nothing ; there is sure to be a wretched and unseemly squabble in the parish about tithes. The Clergyman may not obtain, or even demand, above the half of his legal right, and yet he is as ob- noxious to those who are his parishioners, and ought to be his congregation, as if he enforced from them absolutely more than the uttermost farthing! His congregation too often they are not; for many men would rather absent themselves altogether from public worship, or attend to the vilest rant of a Methodist preacher in a dissenting chapel, than listen to the religious ex- hortations of their own pastor from the pulpit, when they in- tend, a day or two afterwards, to go and quarrel with him about money matters in the vestry. Look, again, at the country, and the rural pojmlation. What do we find ? The same heart- burnings, the same irritation, the same animosity ; or, rather, the same feelings perhaps more ex- asperated and more embittered, because the tithes come upon the landand upou the corn in a manner evenmore harassing and more vexatious. The farmer often alleges that he cannot afford to im- prove his farm, because he shall have a tenth to pay to the in- cumbent of the living upon every improvement. This is a matter which has been happily expressed by Mr. STANLEY, where he says, in his speech on Tuesday evening last— " There was one point to which he had forgotten to advert, " and which he considered important : namely, that it was in " the essence of tithe to be a tax, not on land, but on the suc- 41 cessful cultivation of land— in other words, that the amount of " tithes was proportioned to the talent with which the tenant " made the soil productive." Now, what is the natural, but most mischievous effect of such an impost upon the farmer, who, from his ingenuity and diligence, is most valuable to his family and his country ? Why, his heart is soured, and his moral character is, perhaps, deteriorated.— The very man who ought to be to him the minister of hope and consolation— of support, and peace, and joy— the reprover of his " vices— the corrector of his evil habits— the guide to virtue and happiness, temporal and everlasting— that very man is associated, in his mind, with the idea of a tax- gatherer. And who knows not, that both with Jew and Gentile, the worst of " sinners" is he who comes in the shape of a " publican ?" The farmer too often abjures the public rites, and, by a natural gradation of sentiment, the private offices of religion, simply because he is disgusted with the mode of collecting the ecclesiastical dues. He will not go to church, by way of spiting the parson. And why would he spite the parson ? Because he hates paying the tithes. Thus will he hurry to the ale- house, and listen greedily to the radical unbeliever of the village ; and fancies his most violent diatribes to be truer than the Gospel ; and fill his mind with images, which have but few remaining prototypes in the country, of the merely quadrille- dancing and dandy parson— the merely fox- hunting and partridge- shooting parson— the debauched and dissolute parson— the rosy- cheeked and fat- paunched parson, wallowing in gluttony, and drunkenness, and sloth. It may well be allowed that other causes are instrumental in creating or increasing the present unpopularity of the Clergy of the Established Church, both in town and country. We might in- stance the system of Clerical Magistrates; which too often brings the Rector of the parish into hostile contact with the vagrant and the poacher j which gives a harsh and obnoxious character to his sacred office ; and which makes him be considered in the light, not so much of a minister of religion, as a preserver of game.— This system, however, is a very inconsiderable evil in comparison with tithes ; and we believe its retention to be at present abso- lutely necessary in districts where the resident gentry are but few. We might instance, also, the obvious fact of the Clergy sometimes taking a too busy and offensive part in the political squabbles of the day. But even this source of irritation is no- thing to the collection of tithes ; that baneful grievance, which Is not casual, but perpetual— and which comes home not to an Englishman's taste, but to an Englishman's pocket. Hence it is, that the surest clap- trap, in all publications addressed to the lower classes of the people, is to vilify a Prebendary, to abuse a Dean, or to caricature a Bishop ; and about the easiest way to gratify the passions and attract the suffrages of the multitude, is to have " a slap at the church." Our principle in these articles is to take one point at a time, and, therefore, we stop here. In this part of our paper, there- fore, we leave many mighty questions, which yet are already casting their awful shadows before them ; such as the right and the expediency of interference on the part of the Legislature with the amount of the ecclesiastical possessions ; or, whether it be true, according to the language of Mr. SHEIL, that " Govern- ment might find it convenient to wear a mask ; but there must be a new appropriation of Church property— to that we must eventually come." One or two deductions, however, may be legitimately derived from what has been already advanced :— First. His Majesty's Ministers must take every possible me- thod ( as we have urged in a former number) to obtain an accu- rate and authentic estimate, both of the general value of Church property, and the actual value which is accumulated in the hands of particular individuals, in order that, if the general revenue, or the particular accumulation, be matter fairly within their ma- nagement, and also be really unjustifiable upon the ground of abstract right, or rational policy, the proper remedies may be applied ; and if not, that the public mind may be disabused. | JSecondly. Every exertion must be made to effect a satisfactory and comprehensive plan of composition andVommutation, instead of that system of tithes which checks industry, and taxes skill, and presents a bar to improvement ; while it creates a dreadful and ever- recurring collision between the Clergy and the Laity— the Minister and his Parishioners. Thirdly. For the sake of the Church— for the sake of the State — for the sake of the virtue and happiness of the whole commu- nity— honest and patriotic men of all parties must unite their sincere and zealous efforts for the attainment of this object, whe- ther they have ultimate aims, or whether they have not;— lest the essence of religion should itself evaporate, and the religious feel- ings and habits of our population should be irrecoverably lost through a method of collecting the ecclesiastical tribute, which, according to the language of Mr. STANLEY, acts as a " perpetual blister" of irritation and annoyance. OPPOSITE TASTES.— It is stated that in a subscription li- brary at Glasgow, to which the operatives have access, the books most in request are the Newgate Calendar and the Wa- verley Novels. SINGULAR FUNERAL,— Lately died, at Shipmeadow, near Beccles, Mr. Pitcher, many years farming- bailiff to Mr. Wil- liam Tiptod. Agreeably to his desire, his remains were taken to church in a waggon, drawn by three horses, with crape bands round their necks. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. MR. TOWN— In conformity with your name, I think that you 1 THE DRAMA. KING'S THEATRE.— The only novelty at this Theatre since ought to pay particular attention to every thing which concerns I last we noticed it, has been an unsuccessful debut of Madame the metropolis. You ought, Sir, to take notice of any nuisance Puzzi in the part of Agia in Pietro I'Eremita. This failure which infests the streets. Now, I often see from my windows a has given rise to the non- engagement of Madame Puzzi, which set of idle, profligate young men, not merely walking about with latter has led to a newspaper discussion between the rejected cigars in their mouths aud staring modest women out of counte- cantfrice anf the manager. Really, if Mr. Monk Mason can ... , . az produce no other novelties and amusements than unsuccessful nance, hut absolutely, in their insolent curiosity, almost puffing | debuts and newSpaper squabbles, he had better, for the sake of their tobacco- smoke over the face and dress of ladies as they pass. Is ngt this a gross violation of propriety ? And do not such per- sons deserve castigation at your hands ? I am, MR. TOWN, your very obedient servant, March 16, 1832. AN INHABITANT OF PICCADILLY. the public and his own, never have meddled with operatic ad ministration, DRURY- LANE.— The usual Lenten entertainment of the Ora- torios has commenced at this house, but without any peculiar eclat or novel attraction. The bill of fare presents, as on former occasions, the same heterogeneous mixture of the sacred and the profane— the profound and the paltry— some solemn, soul stir [ We shall keep an eye upon all nuisances and all improve- ments; and we are glad to commence our censorship of our I 0" fj&" pelt art, f^ TOdS. nnse^ v n Q m ooolro tho 1 Aum xxrli- i/^ h wo mfonrl mnor nnncpiAntinnchr Ann I1 .... . ... , . . , , » by some jingling rondo or maudlin and meretricious composition namesake, the. Town, which we intend most conscientiously and rigidly to execute, by inserting the letter of our correspondent.— ED. TOWN.] THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB. ( if such be deserving the name of composition) of our modern ballad mongers. To make these entertainments what they ought to be, and to endow them with a power of attracting the lovers of good music, a very different spirit should preside at the selec- There has been a meeting at Willis's Rooms, of the 300 select tion of their component parts. Tories, for the purpose of electing themselves into their new COVENT- GARDEN.— Since our last notice of this theatre, the club. The Conservative forsooth !— locus a non lucendo ; it is Marriage of Figaro has been performed here, with a new cast of needless to say that their unanimity was wonderful. We. have the principal female characters, Miss Shirreff personating the with some difficulty procured a prospectus of the club, and the lively espiegle,, Susannah, and Miss Inverarity the more stately resolutions adopted at the meeting :— and sentimental Countess. The part of Susannah offered Miss " PROSPECTUS OF THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB. Sliirreff an opportunity, not only of displaying to. great advantage " In consequence of the alarming inroads which the Bill is I her charming voice and correct and graceful execution, but also likely to make on our rights and privileges, which are the same as what is vulgarly called the British Constitution, we have thought it necessary to form ourselves into a club, to be called the Conservative, as it is an imposing looking term. The im mediate object of the Conservative Club is, lst, To form a ral- enabled her to evince a spirit, judgment, and tact in her perform ance, that entitle her to no inconsiderable merit as an actress. Miss Inverarity sang the airs allotted to the Countess with great sweetness and feeling, and fairly divided. the applause of the audience with her rival. Of the rest of the performance ( as an lying point for all true friends of close boroughs, sinecures, and ° Pera) less that is said the better. What, iu the name of all .. - ... - - . . . . . 1 fhof ic lnonnfrrnnnc / 1A11I/ 1 notro in/ ni/ tA/ 1 Wronnn frt all other innocent privileges of the Aristocracy, which ignorant and low- bred people style corruption. 2d, To unite all those whose interests are likely to suffer through the passing of the Reform Bill in a vigorous, though secret opposition ; this hosti- lity to be concealed until circumstances permit; then the Bill may be neutralized, if not altogether swamped. 3d, To perpe tuate the wisdom of our ancestors, alias Me rights of the Peer- age, as opposed to the mere vulgar. " N. B. The Conservative Club is by no means restricted to Peers. Any gentleman who can give references and has an in terest in any borough, or reduced sinecure, may become a mem- ber, without being put to the low inconvenience of vote by ballot." The following resolutions were then agreed to: —" That Mr. Croker be appointed Secretary and Librarian. That a sum not exceeding 10?. be given to Mr. Hunt, for his able conduct in Opposition." A library is on the eve of formation, and next week we may that is incongruous, could have induced Wrench to undertake the part of the high- bred Castilian, Almavira. He certainly was, for the moment, the most misplaced man, not only on the little world of the stage, but upon the great globe itself. On Thursday night the long- expected tragedy, by Miss Fanny Kemble, Francis the First, was produced here ; and, notwith- standing the too- often- sounded notes of preparation, and the premature critique,, or rather puff preliminary, which appeared in the Quarterly Review, before the piece was published— disap pointed not expectation, but met with decided, and, under many points of view, deserved success. The elaborate article in the Quarterly Review, and the accounts in the daily papers, render it unnecessary for us to go into a minute detail of the plot. The following is an outline of the principal incidents :— Louisa of Savoy, the Queen Mother, impelled by the love she cherishes for the Constable De Bourbon, has him recalled from his govern- ment in Italy, intending to offer him her hand, and her influence to enable him to ascend the throne of France. These offers, have the pleasure of recording the several books which different h° wTervfDe Bmrbon, who is passionately attached to Margaret ..... . . I l\- F l/ nln. o c/, fir « + ii rwpnte and th„ 1.1111. lit,. tJinafm'c nco members have transmitted to the Club. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 15.— The examiners appointed to elect a scholar on the foundation of Dean Ireland have announced their election of Roundell Palmer, Scholar of Trinity College. Yesterday being the day for the election of the Proctors for the ensuing year, the names of the following gentlemen were, according to the statute, announced to the Vice Chancellor : New College Rev. Richard Young, M. A. All Souls Rev. Francis Clerke, M. A. This day the following degrees were conferred :— MASTERS OF ARTS— Edward Anthony Holden, Corpus, Grand I is'effected, Compounder ; Rev. Alfred Hadfield, St. Mary Hall; William Travers Cox, Pembroke, incorporated from Dublin. BACHELORS OF ARTS.— John Strickland, Wadham ; Robeit Bentley Todd, Pembroke, incorporated from Dublin. On the same day Horace II. Wilson, Esq. was elected a Pro fessor of Sanscrit, on the foundation of Colonel Boden. On the same day John Chandler, M. A., scholar of Corpus, was admitted Probationary Fellow of that society. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 16.-— The following gentlemen have an- nounced themselves as candidates for the office of Registrar, vacant by the death of William Hustler, Esq.: Rev. William Jones, B. D., Fellow of St. John's; Rev. J. of Valois, scornfully rejects, and the haughty Queen's love turns to hatred. She taunts the proud Constable so bitterly, in presence of the Court, that he breaks his sword and for- swears his allegiance to France— and is, in consequence, arrested and thrown into prison. The Queen, whose love has been checked but not destroyed by De Bourbon's scorn, now hopes to win upon his humbled spirit, and sends her confessor Gonzales to visit him in prison. In this pseudo priest De Bourbon discovers a Spanish Nobleman, named Garcia, who to satisfy his ven geance against Laval, one of the French Nobles, had assumed this monkish disguise. By him De Bourbon is prevailed upon to desert his country, and join the Spanish army. By means of Gonzales the escape of De Bourbon from prison no more is seen of him during the remainder of the play, and the interest of the plot flows henceforward fromano- ther source. Francis, who has become passionately enamoured of Francoise de Foix, the sister of Lautree, and the betrothed of Laval, is implored by her for the pardon of her brother, who has lost his army, and been captured in Italy. This pardon she procures, but falls a victim to the King's passion. Laval now returns, and is made acquainted by Gonzales with the guilt of his mistress. The unhappy Francoise stabs herself in the presence of her lover. The fiendish exultation of Gonzales, the vain remorse of Francis, the despair of Laval, and the discovery of the Queen's crimes, terminate the tragedy. With many passages of great poetical Romilly, M. A., Fellow of Trinity ; Rev. T. Shelford, B. D., Fel- beauty, some felicitous delineations of character, and much of low of Corpus Christi; Rev. T. Chevalier, B. D., Catherine Hall; natural and energetic dialogue, the play has one prominent de- Rev. Thomas Dickes, M. A., Fellow of Jesus ; Rev. W. L. Gar- fect, which will, we fear, prevent it from retaining permanent nons, B. D., Fellow of Sidney ; Rev. R. Willis, M. A., Fellow of possession of the stage— that fault is, a want of unity of interest Caius. and simplicity and connexion of plot. On the whole, however, On Saturday last Robert Hindley Wilkinson, Esq., Scholar of it is, particularly as the production of a young lady of seventeen, King's College, was chosen Fellow of that society. | not only a very clever, but an extraordinary effort, and gives the . highest hopes of her future exertions. Our space will not allow GRAND DRAMATIC FETE AT BATH. | us t0 g0 ; nt0 any detail of the acting. We can only mention, The annual celebration of the Bath Grand Dramatic F£ te, in that the principal parts ( Miss Kemble, the Queen Mother ; C. honour of his Majesty's Accession, took place at the Theatre there Kemble, De BourbonWarde, Gonzalo,- and Miss Tree, Fran- on Tuesday night, and it was the most brilliant, both in point of coise de Foix,) were supported with great spirit and effect. The numbers and splendour of costume, which has ever been known applause was frequent and enthusiastic ; and after the fall of the in that city. When we say that, the fashionables present amounted curtain, the fair and youthful authoress was called for, and re- to 680, being 40 more than attended the F6te of last year, and appeared, to receive the congratulations of the audience, that the different dresses and costumes were more gorgeous than | ADELPHI.— The success of the Rent Day at Drury- lane, and CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MR. O'CONNELL. In our Police report the reader will find the account of an application to the Magistrates, on the part of a young woman • named Courtenay, who complains of being the victim of one of the foulest crimes which the members of the one sex can com- mit against those of the other. The name of the. accused party, ( being indeed that of Mr. O'CONNELL himself, the universally-, known member for Kerry), confers upon Miss Courtenay's case a degree of interest much superior to that which is ordinarily bestowed on grievances capable of being redressed by Policev Magistrates. Whatever may be our opinion as to the propriety of noticing; accusations relating to the personal affairs of any one, we feel that we are relieved from all considerations of delicacy in the present instance. The case has now been placed before the- world : it has already been made the subject of public comment, and that too of a nature highly calculated to raise strong preju- dices against the accused. Under such circumstances, we deem it to be the duty of that portion of the public Press which is de- termined to act honestly and faithfully by the public, to correct exaggerated representations, and to present the real state of the. facts to the public. The following account is derived from Miss Courtenay herself:— Her father was a respectable citizen of Cork. He failed in business, and withdrew into private life. Miss Courtenay at fifteen years of age, being a girl of talents and promise, resolved to seek her own fortune. She went to Dublin and soon engaged as a governess in a boarding- shool of the first class. She had occasion to take advice respecting a leasehold estate which her father had mortgaged in Cork. She went to Mr. O'Connell, who received her with great courtesy. According to his ex- pressed wish she called repeatedly. This was in 1817. She observed on these occasions that Mr. O'Connell's manner of re- ceiving her was peculiar— indeed so kind was it that she re- solved in future to communicate with him by letter only. Their correspondence continued for some time, when one day he wrote, to her in urgent terms to meet him at his residence. She re- luctantly complied, and the consequence was, as she herself states, the loss of her honour. " Vain," says Miss C. " was all my struggles, all my prayers, all my cries for assistance ; he sink the man in the brutality of the monster, and desisted not from his prey until he had accomplished the most remorseless and flagrant aggression which ever disgraced humanity!" She state* that Mr. O'Connell at the close of this unhappy scene took a book with a cross upon it, and solemnly swore upon this book that he would provide for her. Miss Courtenay says that she resolved upon a flight to Eng- land, but that it was with extreme difficulty she extorted from Mr. O'Connell the sum necessary to pay the expenses of her journey. She, however, came to England, where she was able to make a lucrative and respectable engage- ment ; but the dreadful certainty soon presented itself that she was about to become a mother. She was under the necessity of returning to Ireland, where she gave birth to a male child. She speaks in terms of the greatest indignation of the cold and in- different conduct of her " seducer" during the critical period of her accouchement.- Shortly after this event she returned to Eng- land with her child, where, she says, she received repeated let- ters from her paramour. In one of these, she says, he pledged himself that when his uncle, Morgan O'Connell, should die, he would settle upon her a yearly provision. The hope of such a settlement sustained her for several years, during which she suffered, with her child, extreme privations. At length, through the kindness of a benevolent lady in Great Russell- street, she set up a school, which was prosperous. But her extreme applica- tion was injurious to her health ; she sank under the effect, aud after having, in vain, represented her situation to Mr. O'Connell, she was forced to give up the calling of a schoolmistress. Her only resource under such untoward circumstances, was a return to her native country. She proceeded to Dublin, and sought an interview with Mr. O'Connell. That gentleman re- ferred her to the Rev. Mr. L'Estrange, of whom Miss Cour- tenay speaks in terms which we dare not repeat. She states, that this Clergyman, whilst he gave her the sum of 20/. ( or rather a bill for that amount) on the part of Mr. O'Connell, ex- have been witnessed at any former Dramatic F6te, we shall con- vey some idea of the magnificence which characterized this me- morable entertainment. It is certainly pleasant," says the Bath Herald, " to find the effect produced by the personation, or representing by living figures the groups in Wilkie's two celebrated pictures of the " Rent Day" and the " Distraining for Rent," are likely to lead ourselves all at once transported into the company of the most to such a numerous series of imitations, as will soon force the striking living features of all ages and all countries— for, gene- public to cry out " hold, enough 1" The first of the minors to rally speaking, none but prominent characters are selected. Here follow the example of old Drury, and try the effect of this novel we have Robin Hood and " his merry men all," fresh from the species of attraction, was the Adelphi, where a new piece, from green solitudes of Sherwood forest,— red- cross knights who have the pen of Mr. Buckstone, entitled, The Forgery, or, The Read- won immortal renown on the plains of Palestine ; chieftains from J ing of the Will, has been produced, and met with some success, the land of " blue hills and clear streams," clad in the picturesque mainly owing to the truth and feeling with which Mrs. Yates " garb of Old Gaul;" and " bonnie" Scottish lasses, with snood, performed the part of a widow, who, through the villany of her and graceful plaid ;— bandits from the savage recesses of the brother- in- law, who put forward a forged will ofher husband, is Abruzzi, aud tawny Arabs from the borders of the trackless East- reduced to utter poverty. In the end, however, the fraud is dis- ern deserts ; grim barons of the feudal time, and glittering gal- J covered, and the widow restored to her goods and chattels. In lants of the Court of the Second Charles. the course of the piece living copies of Wilkie's pictures, ' 1 Read- The Rival Varlets was the dramatic piece performed on the ing the Will" and the " Village Politicians" are given, accurately occasion, the principal characters of which were supported by enough as to costume and grouping, but lacking expression. The Messrs. J. Barrow, W. Massey, and W. Bayntun. more comic portion of the piece was supported with consider- Among the ladies present were— in rich Court and Fancy able spirit by Yates as an old maid, Reeve as a churchwarden, Dresses— Right Hon. the Countess Belmore ; Right Hon. the and Buckstone as a radical footman. acted from her an oath on the Bible, that she never would apply again for assistance to Mr. O'Connell. Miss Courtenay declares that she never received any further support from Mr. O'Connell, and that she was obliged to turn to the stage. She had an engagement at the Royalty Theatre, and in the hey- day of her success, this concern, with her ward- robe, was burned to the ground. The time at length arrived when she was to part with her child. She surrendered it to Mr. O'Connell's agent, beipg, as she declares, unable any longer to support it. She is now ignorant of its destiny, but says, " The Charitable Institutions of Dublin are favoured with many of Mr. O'Connell's illegitimate offspring, in one of which, perhaps, my ill- fated boy may be doomed to drag on his wretched ex- istence." Such is Miss Courtenay's statement, which, of course, no one will think of crediting under all the improbabilities that lie against its truth. CHOLERA MORBUS. Date- City. .. CASES IN LONDON. Council Office, Whitehall, March 17. - March 16. New Cases. Dead. Recover'd. Rem. Countess of Camperdown ; Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Forbes, a Spanish lady ; Lady Mary Keith ; Lady Williams, a Spanish lady ; Lady Lacon ; Lady Ashtown ; Lady Elizabeth Duncan, in the correct costume of a Catalonian Donna; Lady Henrietta Duncan, the same ; Lady Wynn ; Lady Scott; Baroness Browne Mill, ancient Greek costume ; Hon. Mrs Browne. & c. & c. Amongst the Gentlemen we observed— The Right Honourable the Earl of Camperdown, full dress ; Baron de Bush, a Spanish nobleman : Baron Browne Mill, full dress; Lieut. Gen. Sir Wm. Keir Grant, King's Household uniform ; Sir L. Glyn, full dress ; Sir E. K. Lacon, bart., full dress; Captain Sir W. Dickson, bart., R. N., naval uniform ; Hon. E. H. Perry, Royal Fusileers, Gren- adier de la Garde Royale a cheval; Hon. D. H. Murray, Royal Fusileers, Spanish costume ; Capt. the Hon. S. Hay, Royal Fusi- leers, undress of a Grenadier a cheval; Hon. Col. Browne, full dress ; Lieut.- Col. Elton, full dress ; Col. Jones, Egyptian Knight of the order of the Crescent; Major Lewis, costume of a Friend- ly brother ; Major Hilliard, a briefless barrister; Major Mathews, full dress ; Capt. Mitchell, Highland costume ; Capt, J. Everel, a Knight Templar in a full suit of polished chain armour ; Capt. Bagwell, costume of a friendly brother ; and Lieut. Novosielski, R. N„ costume of the reign of George II, Poplar , OLYMPIC THEATE.— A pleasant little trifle from the pen of Mr. Poole, has been represented here under the title of the Young Hopefuls. It consists of a series of laughable waggeries, played off by the pages of Frederick the Great, upon the Go- vernor, a dull and pompous German Baron. When we state that Liston enacted the pleasantly persecuted Baron, and that Madame Vestris played one of the Pages, we need scarcely add that success was the upshot. SURREYTHEATRE.— The picture mania liascrossed the bridges, and the Surrey has also its tableau vivant, to introduce which it has got up a rather flimsy little piece, called Chelsea ,- or, The Pensioner's Pride. This trifle merits no criticism, and is merely intended to serve as a frame to the picture. NEW STRAND THEATRE.— A new piece, called the Dumb Bri- gand, has been produced here, for the purpose of introducing Madame Celeste, a French debutante. This lady, who possesses no inconsiderable pantomimic powers, was favourably received, and applauded into the absurdity of appearing after the fall of the curtain to announce, in broken English, the repetition of the piece. Rotherhithe . Bermondsey , Newington Butts . Christchurch Westminster Chelsea Marylebone ( Workhouse) Whitechapel St. George's, in the East.. St. Botolph, Aldgate St. Luke's 2 Brentford Total from commencement:- 0 ... ... 0 .. 4 0 ... ... 0 ... . .. 0 .. IX 0 ... ... 1 1 0 ... ... 0 .. . . .. 0 . 1 0 .. . . .. 1 .. . ... 0 . 1 0 ... ... 0 x 1 ... . .. 0 x 6 ... ... 2 ... ... 0 . 23 25 ... . .. 16 ... ... 12 .. 49 2 ... ... 3 12 2 ... ... 3 ... ... 0 14 5 ... ... 0 ... . .. 2 4 4 ... ... 5 .. . ... 0 6 , 4 ... ... 1 ... ... 0 5 . 0 ... ... 1 . .. 8 12 . 1 ... ... 0 ... . .. 0 .. 2 . 0 .. . 3 1 ... ... 0 ... . .. 0 .. . 0 ... ... 0 ... ... 1 ... .... 0 . 0 ... ... 0 ... ... 0 .. .... 1 , 2 ... .. 0 .. 3 . 1 ... ... 0 ... - Cases, 871— Deaths, 455. IN THE COUNTRY. New cases.. 34 | Dead... 11 | Recovered.. 14 | Remaining.. 76 Total from commencement:— Cases, 6,257— Deahts, 1,932. March 18. THE TOWHT. 285 LA W INTELLIGENCE. • ESSEX ASSIZES, MARCH 10. LIBEL.— The Rev. Mr. Tufnell, vicar of Wormington, near Colchester, brought an action of libel against The Colchester Gazette. The libel was contained in a report of a dinner given to Colonel Tyrell, after the General Election, at which the plaintiff was present. He spoke, but although his speech was withheld in The Colchester Gazette, the following libellous re- marks were made:—'" A clergyman of the name of Tufnell, as usual, made himself conspicuously ridiculous by his denuncia- tions against those'who have been instrumental in exposing the scandalous abuses of the Church. But the reason of his railing was soon discovered when he touched upon tithes. With the fear of the Reform Bill before his eyes, this humble minded Christian pastor, having fed his wrath with copious libations at the shrine of Bacchus, rose up in a political assembly, and poured forth such a string of invective and mis- statement, that We come to the conclusion, if he is not grossly ignorant, he must, in the face of the company, have stated that which he knew was not truth." The Hon. Mr. Law appeared for the plaintiff and called a witness who proved that the plaintiff was not in a state of intoxication at the dinner, which was an anti- reform One. Mr. Sergeant Spankie appeared for the de- fendant, and condemned Mr. Tufnell's appearance at a political dinner, and his putting himself in such a situation as to arouse the angry passions and political feelings of those opposed to him. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 501. HUNTINGDON ASSIZES, MARCH 9. MURDER BY POISONING.— Henry Russell, aged 32, Governor of the County Gaol, was indicted for being an accessary to the murder of Sarah WormslCy. The facts were as follows:— Sarah Wormsley was the daughter of poor, but respectable pa- rents, and resided in her father's cottage, ahout 200 yards from Huntingdon County Gaol, of which the prisoner had been go- vernor for about three years. A short time previous to Mi- chaelmas, 1830, the deceased entered into the prisoner's service, where she continued until the Michaelmas, 1831. During that period a criminal intercourse had existed between her and the prisoner. She left after Michaelmas 1831, and entered the ser- vice of Miss Godley, from whence she was discharged at Christ- mas, and she then returned home. On the 30th of January, prisoner came to the house of deceased's parents, and looked in . at the window, as if in quest of some one ; but he did not go into the house. On the next day the sister of the deceased saw Russell come to the house. He inquired of Sarah Wormsley if her mother was at home, and shortly afterwards Sarah and the prisoner were seen to go down the lane together. The right hand was closed as if he had something in it. They returned, and the prisoner then said, " Don't tell your mother that I have been here." On the following morning between seven . and eight o'clock, another sister of the deceased saw something . On her lips, and asked her what it was. She replied, " it is nothing," and wiped it away. Soon afterwards the deceased ibecame extremely ill, and vomited considerably in the lane, as Well as in the house. The contents which were brought from the stomach were preserved, and on a subsequent examination were found to be impregnated with arsenic. About twelve o'clock, Mr. Ward the surgeon, who was passing by the house was called in, and from the circumstances which presented them- selves, he conceived it necessary to send for a magistrate. Sir J. Arundel was sent for accordingly ; and on his arrival, he or- dered that Russell should be brought to the cottage. Her depo- sition was then read over, in the presence of the prisoner. This deposition ( said the counsel for the prosecution) I shall not now read over to you, not knowing whether it may be admitted as evidence. I may say, however, that after the arrival of the pri- soner at tbe cottage, he said to the deceased " Don't be too harsh, Mary." ( Deceased had been usually called Mary, when in his service.) He also said, " Did you not say you went to Bird's for some ?" Deceased replied " No." He then asked her, " Did you not say lyou had taken some before ?" She re- plied " No!" On his way to the cottage the person accompa- nying the prisoner observed " they say that Sarah Wormsley has taken poison, and that you gave it to her." Prisoner made this inquiry, ( which is highly important,) " lias she taken enough to kill her ?" In addition to this I shall prove that Shortly before this transaction the prisoner purchased a quantity of arsenic, under the pretence of destroying rats and mice, when, in fect, there were scarcely any in the prison. A great number of witnesses was examined on both sides, the trial having lasted for 14 hours. The Jury, after three- quarters of an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Guilty of ad- ministering arsenic to the deceased to produce miscarriage." Sentence of death was then passed on the prisoner. [ A petition, which has already received some very respectable signatures, is about to be presented to the Secretary of State, re- questing that the sentence passed upon tbe above individual may be commuted, and also that the legal points urged by the prisoner's Counsel maybe argued before the Judges in the next term. The case is a very peculiar one, involving a great and novel question as to legal principles. The prisoner was tried under an indictmcnt which stated in the first count thatSarah Wormsley, contriving and intending, of malice aforethought, to murder herself, did take and swallow a large quantity of deadly poison, called white arsenic, of which she died ; and in the second count it went on to say that Henry Russell feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, did in- • « ite, counsel, and command the deceased to murder herself in llie manner and form aforesaid. Thus it will be seen that the indict- ment described tbe unfortunate woman as the principal offender in • the wilful murder of herself, and the prisoner as tlie accessory be- fore thej'uct. Though the indictment contained 14 counts, tbe • oflenoe was laid substantially the same in all, only varying the form. Now 4he evidence, as far as it bore upon the intention with which the woman took the arsenic, went to show that she did not take it with the intent of poisoning herself, if she were not intentionally guilty of self- niruder-, the crime to which it was alleged in the in- dictment that the prisoner had been accessory had no existence. There was no principal offender, and where there is no principal offender there can be no accessory. The counsel for the prisoner took this objection on the trial ; but it and other objections were ' Overruled by the Learned Judge. Another novelty in this Case, and one that might become a most dangerous precederit, was the receiving in evidence the deposition or dying declaration of the deceased.] CAMBRIDGE ASSIZES, MARCH 13. A ft ELOQUENT THIEF.— John Allen ( 36) was charged with Stealing a silver candlestick from the gyp- room of Frederick Hild- • yard, Esq. Fellow of Trinity- ball. The facts of the case were " Very short and clear. On the 22d of February last, whilst the ' prosecutor was sitting in his keeping- room about one o'clock in the day, he thought he heard a strange step on the stairs, and shortly after on going to the door lie found the prisoner in his gyp- room ; he was given in charge, and afterwards took out of his pocket the candlestick, which he delivered to the constable. On being called mpun for his defence, the prisoner said, that after the clear evi- dence that had been given against him, it would be in vain for him to contradict the facts, but he wished to say a few words on behalf ' of mercy, lie then read from a . paper an address lo the following . effect:— " My Lord send Gentlemen,— When I woke this morning within the walls of a- dreary cell, the first horrid thought which aroused my agitated mind after the slumber of llife night was— am 1 this morning once more destined to be arraigned at the bar of an earthly tribunal, and then to hear the solemn voice of the judge pronounc- ing mv future miserable cateer upon earth. The awful state of my mind may be imagined ; but the most penetrating language of the deepest philosopher which has ever adorned the pages of history could not describe it in its true colours. During the last eighteen months I have used every means which it was possible for the human mind to think of in order once more to gain even some Hieniul employ which would lead the unfortunate wanderer to the paths of rectitude. But every Christian heart appears to be closed as a strong barrier to frustrate my anxious design. My Lord, under these trying and mysterious dispensations of that eternal Sovereign of the Universe, iu whose hands are placed the destinies of men, finding it totally impossible to gain employment, I had only two more resources left which would prevent me I hoped from ever ar- riving at the lowest ebb of human degradation again, namely, aS felon at the bar of iny country— the one, my Lord, was to enlist as a soldier; and the other was, to try to. gain a shelter from the! storms of the boisterous billows of adversity within the walls of an asylum called the Refuge for the Destitute in London, where, after few years, I should be enabled to gain a place once more within the pale of civil society. The former resource failed, after trying it five times in different regiments, owing to the strict regulations iu the army, which proved I was inadequate for the service. The latter, my Lord, would have certainly been carried into effect had it not been for the melancholy death of a late nobleman to whom I had submitted the painful situation in which I was placed ; and he gave me a solemn promise, having known me when the sun of prosperity shone around in its full vigour. But, my Lord, only a few weeks before this unfortunate transaction took place, I appealed to the present peer, inclosing the letter of his distinguished parent, when unfortunately for me it was returned, stating he was at pre- sent on the Continent; but no doubt the application would have been attended to if I preserved the document till his Lordship re- turned. Now, my Lord, if it is your Lordship's pleasure to miti- gate the punishment of my crime to imprisonment, I feel confident I should reap this important advantage ; and as mercy is a pearl of inestimable value, and more especially so when its lustre is disco- vered around thc sceptre of justice, to the unfortunate prisoner.— If, my Lord, I cannot obtain this great privilege, which will once more place me in a respectable station in society, my future pros- pects will be for ever sunk into oblivion." It appeared that the prisoner had been before convicted of felony, under the name of John Smith, having stolen a writing desk, & c. from St. Peter's college, for which he was sentenced to four months' hard labour.— His Lordship, addressing the prisoner, said, he had shown that he was not entirely destitute of ability, and that he had received an education which fitted him for a respectable situ- ation in life. He had, however, forfeited all title to mercy.— To be transported for life. LANCASTER ASSIZES, MARCH 9. CHILD MURDER.— William Mercer, aged 25, was indicted for the wilful murder of a child, eleven days old. In May, 1831, a lad, who was playing in a field near Lytham, Lancashire, found a bundle floating on the water, which, on in- spection, turned out to be the body of a child, but in so decom- posed a state, that a surgeon who examined it could not say of what sex it was. Inquiry was set on foot, when it was ascer- tained that a young woman, named Hannah Poxcroft, living at Preston, had been delivered of a child in the early part of Sep- tember last year, of which the prisoner was the reputed father. This child had never been seen since the 26th of that month. The prisoner and Hannah Foxcroft were apprehended on suspi- cion of the murder, when a singular disclosure took place at the coroner's inquest upon the body. Hannah Foxcroft then stated that, on the 2( ith of September, the prisoner, who lived at Lytham, persuaded her to go with him to his father's, at that place. She packed up her child's clothes, and they proceeded on foot to Lytham, a distance of fifteen miles ; when they had got within a few miles of their destination, Foxcroft sat down, being tired with her journey ; the prisoner then said that he durst not take the child to his father's, as he had denied it. He attempted to take the child from her ; she resisted, but he obtained the child from her, and he went ou the road, leaving her sitting by the road- side. In a quarter of an hour she came up to him, about thirty yards from the spot; he had then a bundle under his arm ; she inquired what he had done with the child, and he said he was not going to hurt her or the child; they then walked together, but left her on the high road, he taking the fields ; shortly he returned without the bundle, and she asked him what had become of the child, and to her constant inquiries he in- variably said, " Don't bother me about it." This story the woman Foxcroft repeated in evidence before the Judge and Jury, and identified the clothes found upon the child, as being there when he left her to go into the fields ; he proceeded towards the pit that the child was found in. In cross- examination the wit- ness admitted that she had never mentioned any thing about the child until prisoner and herself were apprehended. It appeared, from other evidence adduced, that the prisoner had made many contradictory statements of the affair ; first, having sai'd that he buried it in Walton churchyard, it having died oh the road, and then that he had buried it in a field. The prisoner having been indicted for manslaughter and murder both, the Jury found a verdict for manslaughter, and the Judge ordered him to be tran- sported for the term of his natural life. MARCH 12. MANCHESTER RIOTS.— R. Gilchrist,./. Mas/ cell, G. Lomax, T. Faux, Henry Pollard, Nathan Broadhurst, E. Curran, and William Ashmore, were put to the bar upon an indictment charging them with being persons of a seditious and turbulent disposition, and having maliciously, before and on the 28th day of November last, and on divers days and times between that day and the 30th day of January last, conspired and combined to excite insubordination, disorders, and tumults, by seditious handbills, placards, speeches, and disorderly meetings. The in- dictment contained two Other counts, varying the charge. The Jury retired for a short time, and returned with a verdict acquitting all the prisoners of conspiracy, but found the pri- soners Broadliurst, Curran, Ashmore, and Gilchrist, guilty of un- lawfully assembling. BEDFORD ASSIZES. HORRID DEPRAVITY.— Mr. Justice Gurney has been very speedily called upon for an exercise of ^ is judicial temper. Francis Colyrave was tried before him at these assizes on two indictments, on both of which he was convicted. After the ver- dict in the last case had been declared, the Learned Judge said he entertained no doubt that the prisoner was a common thief, and sentenced him for the first offence to seven years transpor- tation, and to seven further years for the second. Prisoner— " That is, fourteen years in all ?" The Judge—" Yes, you are perfectly right in your arithmetic." Prisoner—" Then I wish you may have fourteen years in h— 11." The Judge—" Thank you." LINCOLN ASSIZES, MARCH 8. SINGULAR CASE OF LIBEL.— Wm. Margerum, a baptist minister, two other men, and four females, were indicted for a libel upon, and conspiracy against John Cunnington. The pro- secutor is a man of property residing at Spalding, and is one of the most influential members of the baptist congregation at that place. In 1829 he was attacked by a woman named Osney Fletcher, living at Grantham, a common prostitute, who had formerly been one of the congregation at Spalding, but who hav- ing, by the means of Mr. Cunnington, been excluded from this society, she thought proper to write a certain letter to her mo- ther charging liim with being at Grantham, and connecting him- self with some common prostitute in that town. This letter was communicated to Mr. Margerum, who wrote to Fletcher to know the truth. The answer of this woman spoke decidedly of Mr. Cunnington's guilt. The affair was investigated; Mr. Cunnington underwent a sort of trial; though one would have thought that an accusation brought by a common prostitute, who was excluded in consequence of Mr. Cunnington wishing to keep the society pure, could not be received at all, still it came on at a meeting. Mr. Margerum presided in the chair on the occasion, and he Stated that he was quite satisfied, after the investigation, that there was no ground for the charges, and he proposed that all those who were satisfied that the charges were groundless should hold up both their hands, upon which the whole of the congregation held up both their hands, including Mr. Marge- rum, and there was an end of that. A short time ago, nearly two years after the above affair had been quietly settled, Mr. C. wrote to Margerum a remonstrance respecting some matters of doctrine advanced by the latter. Finally, the teacher was ex- cluded from the chapel, but he broke open the doors and was how in possession. Margerum, according to the indictment, was now prompted by malice to revive the charges against Mr. Cufi- nington, in a letter which formed the subject of the prosecution. A great number of witnesses were called, who sustained the prin- cipal facts. The defendant Margerum and the two other men were found guilty. The rest were acquitted. DORCHESTER, MARCH 13. SLANDER— VINCENT V. CROSS— The plaintiff was a farmer, residing at Blandford ; he was also a carrier between Blandford and Poole. The defendant was a clergyman of considerable wealth, now verging on his seventieth year. In November last the defendant called on the plaintiff, who resided near him, to take up some of his servants for misconduct ( the plaintiff being a tithing man). As the defendant had often before caused some of his servants to be arrested without reasonable cause, the plain- tiff refused to interfere without a warrant or a summons ; where- upon the defendant exclaimed, " You d d old rogue, you smuggle brandy, and get servants into your house to drink it." " I'll go to Squire Farquharson's With you for a warrant, if you like," said the plaintiff. " You d d old smuggler," said the defendant, " do you think I should reveal my affairs in your pre- sence, you poacher ? You receive stolen goods." For these words the plaintiff brought his action. The defendant expressed sorrow for what he had said. The Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damages, 30/. Yesterday Mr. Gaden, a supporter of Lord Ashley at the last Dorsetshire election, received 184/. from the Hundred of Cog- dean for injuries done to his cottage, near the town of Poole, by the populace. It was the opinion of the Jury that the persons who injured the property in question had a felonious intention. A claim made by another person, under similar circumstances, against the Hundred, was decided in favour of the claimant. POLICE. POETRY RIOT.— Mrs. Brown, who appeared the week before in the character of complainant against her right- hand- next- door neighbour, came to the Mansion- house, on Monday last, with a similar charge against her neighbour on the left- hand.— Mrs. B. who appeared as lively in her motions as a parched pea, and with full command of that weapon wielded only with effect by a woman, after opening the matter, handed in the following paper, which, she said, contained a statement of her case :— " To the Honerble Lord Mare for the City of Londen— A gin- wine statemen of the crule tretement of me Mrs. Brown, whose sperits has bin much affected; and who gos in bodily fear of her life. Mrs. Brown have once more agin to apply to the Lord Mare for the City for protekshon, as I am so malicious annoy'd, the annoyence i hav met is men singin round my house, potery made by Bill Townes, Wich I take the liberty in presentin to your Lordship. My Lord, a parson can be brot forrad to swear as those men ware employd by Mrs. Wayman for to sing the potery— and ware to have a monument of five shillings from her for so doing." " What is your charge against Mrs. Wayman?" said his Lordship. Mrs. Brown— I charge her with inciting a conquest of more than 200 people about my door on Saturday— and obstructing my passage in sitch a way, that my husband can't get in and out as he used to do. The people stopt all day listning to two men as she'd paid to sing a song which she'd got wrote on me. Here's copy, your Lordship, said she, handing in the following doggrel :— " Dr. Rhubarb and Mrs. Sarah Contra- Harvey. " Cure for the Cholera; or, Dr. Rhubarb and Mrs. Sally Contra- Harvey. " Oh, have you heard the news of late, ' Bout Mrs. Brown, who's now so great, She's got a brick and mortar pate, And she deals in Contra- Harvey. She's got two daughters— Jane and Sal— And Jenny is a naughty girl: To you I do the truth now tell, She bullies all her neighbours well. A woman, named Mrs K , She took to the Mansion- house t'other day, But, ah I she had the costs to pay, Poor Mrs. Contra- Harvey. If she'd the cholera in her tongue, It would stop her mouth up like a bung, And then there would be lots of fun, With Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Balls. " What is the reason, Mrs. Brown," inquired his Lordship, " that you have these disturbances with your neighbours?" " Why, please you- r Lordship, I must tell you the truth. When I had a little property left me a few months ago, me and my husband told our neighbours we shouldn't have no more ac- quaintance with low people, because we considered ourselves in quite another different sort of spears and ever since they have acted this way, because I can't make ' em my equals." A little charity boy was here brought forward, and pointed out as the author of the verses. His Lordship inquired of the boy if it were true. The young bantling of Apollo, who was dressed in leather breeches, and hiding his face behind his muffin- cap, acknow- ledged that - lie had perpetrated the poetry in question at the re- quest of the defendant. His Lordship then asked if he had employed himself before ih making verses ? • The boy acknowledged, with some reluctance, that it was not his first offence. He added that he was nearly 14, and that he was in the charity- school of Sir John Cassey. Mr. Hobler recommended the boy not to - employ his talent in future in matters which might prove mischievous. After a good deal of talk between the complainant and the defendant, which had any other effect than that of elucidating the matter, the Lord Mayor dismissed the charge, observing, as the complainant had not proved her case, she must lose the costs. EARLY DEPRAVITY.— On Monday, four boys, named Good fellow, Saint, Benbow, and Prince, underwent a final examina- tionbefore Mr. Broughton, at Worship- street, on a charge of felo- ny. One of the prisoners ( Prince) was admitted King's evidence. Mr. BroUghton— How old are you ?— Fourteen years. Do you know the nature of an oath ?— No. Do you know the Lord's Prayer ?— No. Do you ever go to church ?— No. The Chaplain in the prison has told me if I don't speak the truth I shall be punished in an other world, and so I mean to speak the truth, as I did before.— The boy then proceeded to detail the circumstances of a robbery of the till in a public house, called the Salmon and Ball. The prisoners were fully committed. SERIOUS ASSAULT.— On Tuesday, afashionably- dressed young woman of the name of Devonport, living in the New- road, ap- peared before Mr. Hoskins, at Marylebone office, on a warrant, charged with having stabbed and violently ill- treated Elizabeth Godfrey, her servant, under the following singular circumstances. About a month ago the young lady fell violently in love with a person who was in the habit of serving the family with vegetables, and whom she proposed to marry and proceed abroad with : this coming to the knowledge of the family, they interfered. She then attempted to stab herself with a pair of scissors. The com- plainant endeavoured to take the scissors away ; and the result was, the servatit received the wound, and was otherwise so ill- used as to be unable to attend to prefer her charge until this day. The girl, who appeared to be Very ill, was led into the office, and, having re- stated the above facts, deposed that her mistress threw her down and trampled on her, and that she felt herself very ill directly afterwards. Upon leaving her place she had kept her bed ever since. A surgeon, who was called, stated that it was his opinion that some of the ribs were broken. Some adverse testimony having been adduced, the Magistrate insisted on the defendant giving bail for her appearance. No bail appearing Miss D. was placed in cUst'ody. THE QUADRANT, REGENT- STREET.— Since the complaint made by several of the inhabitants of the Quadrant, of the con- stant arrooyance they were subjected to by the nightly assem- blage of women of the town and other disorderly characters, the police have received orders to remove all disreputable per- sons who refused to " move on," on being requested so to do. Accordingly, on Tuesday niglit, the constables on duty in the Quadrant proceeded to clear the place of a number of most fa- shionably attired unfortunate ladies, who had congregated there. Many obeyed the mandate, but about a dozen refused to leave the place, and became rather refractory. They were conse- quently conveyed to the Station- house, where they were confined all night, and on Wednesday morning brought before Mr. Roe, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough- street. Several who re- fused to " walk in silk attire" through the public streets, after being in a " dungeon's confined space," Were conveyed to the office in a coach. After a long investigation into all the circum- stances, the captured were all found guilty of the respective charges imputed to them, and ordered to be towed into Correc- tion Harbour, where they were to be stripped of their rigging, and remain at anchor under " jury masts" for various periods, differing from fourteen days to one month. Several of the " seventy- fours," on learning the sentence, dropped their flags half- mast, and left the " offing" in dismay. AMOUR or MR. O'CONNELI,.— On Thursday a female of re- spectable appearance came before Mr. Minshull, at Bow- street, accompanied by a gentleman, who stated that he was a solicitor, for the purpose of swearing to an affidavit with the view of prov- ing the truth of a published statement, which the solicitor handed to the magistrate, together with the affidavit which the lady, Miss Ellen Courtenay, was anxious to swear. Mr. Minshull asked the solicitor to explain the nature of the printed statement, and the object of Miss Courtenay in desiring to be sworn as to its truth. The solicitor said that Miss Courtenay charged Mr. O'Conneli with having violated her person in Ireland, about 15 years ago, and the pamphlet contained a narrative of the subsequent ne- glect, ill usage, and cruelty, which Miss Courtenay had experi- enced from Mr. O'Connell. The clerk asked the solicitor if he meant Mr. Daniel O'Con- nell, the member for Kerry. The solicitor replied in the affirmative. Miss Courtenay then said that she had just been released from the Fleet prison, for a debt of 40/. incurred for the maintenance of a child of which Mr. O'Conneli was the father, and for whose support she had frequently, but in vain, applied to that gentle- man, who had treated her in a cruel and barbarous manner. Mr. Minshull said that he was ready to hear any charge which Miss Courtenay might think proper to prefer against Mr. O'Con- nell, but he should decline swearing the lady to a circumstance which occurred 15 years ago, and in another country. Miss Courtenay— Am I, then, to have no redress against Mr. O'Connell for one of the most atrocious offences against morality and law that a man can commit ? Mr. Minshull repeated his willingness to hear any charge against Mr. O'Connell, but observed, that he could not swear the lady as to the truth of her statement. The solicitor said, he had already expressed his doubts to Miss Courtenay upon that head, but he was quite sure that the Lord Mayor would not refuse the affidavit. Mr. Minshull— As the lady's solicitor, you will, of course, ad- vise her as to the best mode of proceeding. Miss Courtenay and her solicitor then left the office. ATTEMPTED MURDER— On Thursday John Mullins was finally exaniined at Marylebone- office, before Mr. Hoskins, charged with an attempt to murder. Mary Mullins, alias Handlan ( who has, since the 21st of Fe- bruary last, been confined in the hospital from the injuries she had received) was led into the office, supported by two officers, and deposed that she lived with the prisoner, in the back- room first floor, No. 8, Barrett's- court. On Tuesday three weeks pri- soner went out to get some employment; that witness went to bed about eight o'clock in the evening, and prisoner returned about two hours after, and came to bed. About 12 o'clock at night prisoner arose and bit her in the mouth, and commence! dreadfully beating her. Witness implored him to desist, and several times cried out " murder I" Upon seeing day- break, witness exclaimed, " Thanks be to the Almighty, I once again see daylight— it is more than I expected I" Upon which prisoner threw up the window and declared she ( witness) smelt of sulphur, at the same time adding, " I'm d— d if I don't throw you out of the window— if you was my Mary, I should love you, but yoijt are not;" and seizing her round the body, threw her out of the window, into the yard, which rendered her insensible. In answer to a question from Mr. Hoskins, witness said she thought the prisoner was at times insane. Thomas Edwin, the prisoner's landlord, stated that, several times on the night in question, he heard the complainant crying out murder ; that about six o'clock he heard the window thrown, open, and something fall on the ground in the yard. He imme- diately dressed, and found complainant lying there insensible.— He called the police, and assisted in conveying lier to the hospital. James Euston, police constable, D 154, stated that, while on. duty on the 21st ult., hearing the cry of murder, he proceeded to the prisoner's lodging, and found him sitting in one corner of the room, and in answer to a question, prisoner replied—" Och, Jasus, she is a witch, and has just taken a short cut out of the window, to fetch herself a tea- kettle of water." He then took him into custody. Mr. Hoskins inquired of the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ?— He replied, he had several witnesses, but coUld'not see them in Court ; that complainant got out of the window herself, and he did not know how.— He was committed for trial. IMPORTANT TO VESTRIES.— All vestries in the parishes and hamlets of Great Britain, are empowered to invest their respec- tive Boards of Health with sufficient powers to provide tem- porary hospitals, provided with necessary articles, for the recep- tion and use of persons afflicted with the cholera morbus ; and also houses of observation for the reception of persons whom it may be necessary to remove from communication with infected persons. DEATH OF " A CHARACTER."— One day last week, Robert Innes, better known by the name of " Mad Innes," was found lying dead in an open field in Duncarduras, in the county of Elgin. This individual had some of the strangest habits ever found in a human being. He was a native of Elgin, belonged to a respectable family, received a liberal education, and became writer to the signet. When or how he first became deranged is not known ; there are people in Elgin who recollect his wander- ing about in a state of insanity for nearly half a century. He was in the habit of sleeping in the open air in the coldest and most tempestuous weather. How he contrived to support life is unknown. Never did the cacoethes scribendi exist in such force in human being as in Robert Innes. He would have sat for successive days, from morning till night, in the coldest weather of winter, beside a dyke or whin bush, writing away without a moment's intermission. He was an admirable penman, and wfote with great rapidity. A RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITE.— On Saturday week, John Cran- ner, alias John Cooper, charged with committing rapes upon two children, at Ashby- de- la- Zouch, in January last, was appre- hended at Tewkesbury, by Winter, the vigilant constable of that borough, and conveyed into Leicestershire on the following day. Diligent search had, during many weeks, been made for this hoary offender, throughout the counties of Leicester, Notting- ham, Derby, and Somerset; he was at length traced to Tewkes- bury, by means of a letter forwarded by his friends to Bristol, containing a remittance of money, and a promise to furnish him with a further supply, in order to enable him to proceed to Ame- rica. The delinquent appears to be between 50 and 60 years of age; he is a stocking- maker by trade, and a local preacher among the Ranters. When the officer seized him, he was employed in selecting hymns for public worship, being engaged to preach in. a neighbouring village. TIIK TOWS. March 11. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. We are authorised to contradict the report of tlie in- tended elevation to the Peerage of Lord Althorp ; but in doing so we can state that as the health of Earl Grey is by Mo means equal to the managementof tbe Bill in the House of Peers, the change in question would certainly liave taken place, but for tho difficulty of finding a fit successor for X. ord Althorp, as Leader of the House of Commons, a situation for which he is eminently qualified by his great suavity of manner, and the popularity which, on account of his integrity, he enjoys— a popularity as great now as it • was when he first took office, although every one of his financial schemes has failed. It is not yet decided that Earl Grey will not take the management of the Bill in the Upper House, for he is anxious to do so, notwithstanding ihe advice lo the contrary of his friends, who do not con- sider his health at all equal to the fatigue which he would liave to undergo. We presume, however, that as the health of his Lordship is so bad, that if it were not for his earnest desire to see the Reform Bill passed into a law, he would even now resign, some arrangement will be made by which his splendid powers of eloquence may be had in support of the great principles of the Bill, without its being required that lie should have to battle all its minor details. Lord Brougham very readily offered to relieve the Premier of a portion of the duty, but the judicial station and duties of his Lordship are a barrier against such a course. Should Lord Grey decide on transferring the management of the Bill to other hands, the Marquis of Lansdowne, or the Duke of Richmond, will, it is said, be selected for that arduous task. Arrangements are making at the Horse Guards for send- ing additional forces to Ireland, provided the present disturbed state of things should continue in that country ; but a new regulation is expected to take place, with re- spect to the Magistracy, so that there may be no danger of the troops being called upon to promote the purposes of one party against another, and to keep up a spirit of reli gious or political persecution on either side. Don Pedro is still at the island of St. Michael's, sur- prising and delighting all the inhabitants by the splendour and cordiality of his entertainments. He is to proceed to Terceirato be proclaimed Regent to Donna Maria, and ihen to return to St. Michael's. By the accounts received yesterday morning from the " West Indies, we learn that the aspect of affairs was much jnore tranquil than before. The King of Bavaria, according to the latest advices, appears to have taken a very decided part against the press in his dominions, whether wisely or not remains to be de- termined. Dp to a late hour last night, no further information of interest had been received liotn Holland on the subject of the Belgian and Dutch treaty. The answer to the pro- posals which Count Orloff has made on behalf of the King of Holland, was sent off on Friday night. We understand that the Conference, or rather France and England, for those are the only Powers which have ratified, refuse to Tevoke the stipulations of the treaty as it now stands, as it has become a formal act, from which it would be inconsistent with the honour of Great Britain and Prance to depart; but they are willing to reserve the particular points alluded to by Count Orloff, viz. the condition relative to the internal navigation of Holland by the Belgians, and the arrangement of the debt for negociation between the two countries immediately in- terested, and to confirm the result by way of appendix to the treaty. This, indeed, appears to be the only practica- ble course. THE GENERAL FAST. Neither the Bank of England nor the houses of the private bankers will open on the approaching fast day on Wednesday next. It mav be useful for the public in general to be made aware, that bills of exchange falling due on that day, are, by an express law for that purpose, payable on the day preceding; and also, that in the case of non- payment, they may be noted and protested on that day.— The act of 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 15, fixes the practice among bankers as regards Good Friday and Christmas- day, and also for " solemn fasts or days of thanksgiving" appointed by Royal Proclamation, 5n the manner already described. Such days are declared to be in all respects the same as Sunday. This act does not, however, ex- tend to Scotland. We give insertion to the following address of the Lord Bishop of London to the Clergy of the Metropolis with much pleasure, and think the example his Lordship has set not unworthy being followed by the Bishop of every diocese :— " London House, Feb. 28, 1832. '' Reverend Sir— A day having been appointed for a general and public act of humiliation before God, with an especial reference lo the new and grievous disease with which He has been pleased lo visit this kingdom, there is good reason to hope that it will be observed with more than usual solemnity, under a deep sense not only of our present danger, but of the sins which have deserved, if • they have not called down, this infliction of the Divine pleasure. " The disease which is now making progress in this metropolis 5s, as you are, no doubt, aware, most malignant and fatal in the poorest and most distressed districts. Want of sufficient food, clothing, and warmth, appears to be, next to intemperance, the chief predisposing cause of its attacks. " Under these circumstances, it seems to be particularly required of us that we should sanctify our fast, not only by bringing before lhe Lord contrite and penitent hearts, and a spirit of supplication, but in the way which He has declared to be most pleasing to him- self, by an increased measure of charity to our poorer brethren;— ' dealing out our bread to the hungry, and bringing the poor that are afflicted to our house.'— Isai. lviii. 7. I have, therefore, earnestly to recommend that you should cause a collection to be made in your church, or chapel, after the sermon on the day appointed for a general fast, and that you should jemit the proceeds thereof, or such part as may not be required for the necessities of your own parish, to the general fund which will probably be raised for the relief of the more distressed districts of Ihe metropolis. " That you may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to the faith- ful discharge of your important duties in this season of fear and trial, is the earnest prayer of your affectionate brother in Christ, " J. C. LONDON." It is the Bishop of Chichester, not the Bishop of Winchester, • who is to preach before the House of Lords on the day of the Ge- neral fast. The Rev. Dr. Allen, Rector of Battersea, is to preach before the House of Commons on the same day. An old soldier, named John Chlossick, lately died at the Hotel cf Invalids at Morano, near Venice, aged 117 years. He was born at Henne, and when 18 years old entered the Austrian regi- ment of Staremberg as a fifer. Under Charles VI. he served against the Turks in Hungary ; and in the reign of Maria Theresa, against the Persians and French, and in the wars of the Nether- lands. Afterwards he took service under the Republic of Venice, and made several expeditions against the Turks. In 1797 he was received at the Hotel of Invalids at Morano, where he re- mained till his death. His father reached the age of 105, and Jus paternal uncle 107, THE TURF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. SIR,— I have been much pleased with the account given in your last paper of the Steeple Chase at St. Alban's. I do not mean to say that there were any inaccuracies ; but consi- dering the number of horses which started, and the distance at which they were scattered, your account was not only spirited, but correct. Had your recommendation been followed with respect to the match on Tuesday last, and had Captain Becher jockied Moonraker, it is my opinion that the result would have been otherwise than it now is. At the same time, I by no means wish to disparage Mr. Seffert. He has a firm seat and a good hand, and is well calculated to give riding lessons according to his calling. But it cannot be expected that he should be " a hedger and ditcher" equal to Osbaldeston ; and I repeat, that in the next match Moonraker ought to be backed by a man of Capt. Becher's experience across country. It is not true, as mentioned in the weekly papers, that Moonraker is in good con- dition— such is not the truth. I am a considerable loser by the last match ; and hoping that justice may be done to Moonraker on a future occasion, shall feel obliged by your noticing these remarks. Your obedient servant, VENATOR. TATTERSALL'S— THURSDAY. The attention of the Subscribers was so taken up with the dispute of the late Steeple Race, that business was almost out of the ques- tion— the only bets we heard of were 35 to 1 against Caliban for the Derby, aud an even poney between Dormington and Bilberry for the Pillerton Stakes at Warwick, next week. The second fa- vourite for the Great St. Leger, the Hon. E. Fetre's Beaufort, died at Malton, on Sunday last— all bets since are off, and those pre- vious to it are lost ; in consequence of this offers were made to take 5 to 4 about Fang for the York Derby, and 15 to 2 about him for the St. Leger. Lord Cleveland's famous stallion, Whisker, also died oil Monday last, at Newmarket. THE STEEPLE MATCH.— The charge of crossing made by Mr. Seffert against Mr. Osbaldeston having been referred by the parties to the Hon. Colonel Anson, the matter was gone into yesterday, when the Colonel decided that the charge was unfounded, and that Mr. Osbaldeston was entitled to the stakes, which have been paid over ; from what fell from the gallant Colonel, we are enabled to state that there was not the slightest ground whatever for the charge and that Mr. Osbaldeston's riding was perfectly fair and sportsman- like. We believe that Mr. Osbaldeston has the most reason to complain of being crossed. BETTING IN THE COUNTRY, P. P. York Derby.— 7 to 4 agst Fang ; 3 to 1 agst Beaufort; 1 agst any other. Chester Trade Cup.— 6 to 1 agst Hope ; 8 to 1 agst Colnwick ( taken) ; 8 to 1 agst Manchester ( taken) ; 15 to 2 agst Moss Rose. Manchester Cup.— 5 to 1 agst Guido ; 6 to 1 agst Independence. Liverpool Spring Trade Cup.— 8 to 1 agst Birmingham ( taken); 9 to 1 agst Pickpocket ; 9 to 1 agst Manchester : 9 to 1 agst Moss Rose ; 9 to 1 agst Laurie Todd ; 10 to 1 agst Perseverance ; 10 to 1 agst Caractacos ; 10 to 1 agst Sir John ; 12 to 1 agst any other. Spring Stand Cup.— 4 to 1 agst Independence ; 5 to 1 agst Fylde ; 6 to 1 agst The Cardinal; 7 to 1 agst any other. THE STEEPLE CHASE OF TUESDAY. This match between Grimaldi and Moonraker, the winning and second horses in the grand match of last week, was run on Tues- day last— Grimaldi being ridden by Mr. Osbaldeston ( who made the match), and Moonraker by Seffert. It was singularly defi- cient in what is generally considered to be a sine qua non of a steeple chase— viz. fences— of which there were very few, and those insignificant. A little after five o'clock the horses started, Moonraker leading at a stiffish pace for at least three miles, but Grimaldi passed him, and won easy by 50 or 60 yards. It was said that Mr. Osbaldeston had ridden foul, which was referred to the Jockey Club. They decided in his favour, and handed him the stakes. RACES TO COME. Beef Veal Warwick Spring... MARCH 20 Lichfield Spring 27 Cottisford 27 Pytchley Hunt 28 Hambledon Hunt 29 Croxton Park APRIL 4 Bishop Auckland 4 Holderness Hunt 5 Bath Spring 11 Bedford 12 Hoylake 16 East Sussex Hunt 23 Leeds Spring 23 King's Meadows 23 Newmarket Craven 23 Catterick Bridge 25 Caistor 30 Malton Craven MAY 3 Newmarket First Spring .. 7 Chester 7 Bristol and Clifton 15 Liverpool Spring 16 Newmarket Second Spring 21 York Spring 28 Epsom JUNE 5 Manchester 13 Newcastle 18 Ascot 19 Newton JUNE 20 Bibury Club 25 Beverley 27 Buxton 27 Stockbridge 27 Liverpool ( Aintree C.) JULY 2 Bath Second 4 Newmarket July 9 Preston 10 Wells 11 Cheltenham 17 Stamford 18 York August AUGUST 7 Oxford 7 Wolverhampton 13 Worcester 14 Leeds 15 Burton- upon- Trent 21 Warwick .. SEPT. 4 Lichfield 11 Leicester 12 Abingdon 12 Doncaster 17 HeatonPark 26 Lincoln 26 NewmarketFirstOct... OCT. 1 Ditto Second October .... 15 Ditto Houghton 29 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Tickham Fox Hounds will meet on Monday at King's- down Church, at ten. The Essex Union Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Woodham. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Averley Wood ; on Thursday, at Abbotts Ripton, at ten. Mr. Mure's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Norton Dog, at half- past ten. The Doddington Hariers, on Tuesday, at Mill Field ; on Fri- day, at Harriers, at half- past ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Colsterworth ; on Thursday, at Manthorp, at eleven. Burton Hunt.— Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Bramston Wood; on Thursday, at Coddington Plantation ; on Friday, at Ludford ; on Saturday, at Legsby Village, at eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Weelsby House on Tuesday, at Audleby ; on Friday, at Ludford ; on Saturday, at the Kennel, at eleven. Mr. Portman's Hounds, on Monday, at Sparkford Inn ; on Thursday, at Mudford- bridge. The Somersetshire Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Pyke. The B. V. H., on Tuesday, at Purse Caundle. The Herefordshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at England's Gate, at ten. The Easton Hounds, on Wednesday, at Weyman's Wood ; on Saturday, at Kyrewood House, at eight. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Monk Wood ; on Friday, at Tiddesley, at half- past ten. Sir Jacob Astley's Deer Hounds, on Tuesday, at Dunton, at eleven. Mr. Neston Fuller's Hariers, on Tuesday, at Shepherd's Shore; on Saturday, at Red- Hone Gate. The Cheshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hertford- bridge ; on Tuesday, at Warmincam Village ; on Thursday, at Alderley- park ; on Saturday, at Glover's- cross, half- way between Knuts- ford and Chelford, at half- past ten. The Shropshire Hounds, on Tuesday, at the Fox, Albrighton ; on Thursday, at Acton Reynald ; on Saturday, at Pontesford- hill, at half- past ten. The Albrighton Hounds, on Monday, at Sheriff Hales; on Friday, at Middleton Gorse, at half- past ten. Mr. Wicksted's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Aqualate ; on Friday, at Stoke- heath, at half- past ten. THE LONDON GAZETTE. [ From the Gazette of Tuesday, March 13.] WAR OFFICE, MARCH 13.— Hospital Staff— Surgeon Reginald Orton, M. D., from half- pay 1st Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Regimental Surgeon, upon full pay, for a particular service. Errata in the Gazette of the 9th instant— The appointment of Mr. Merven Archdall to a Cornetcy iu the 6th Dragoons, was vice Nes- bitt, who retires, and not vice Hopton. The promotion of Second Lieutenant Charles Fortescue Kerr, from the Rifle Brigade, on 9th March, 1832, was to an Unattached Lieutenancy, and not to an Unattached Company, as stated. For Captain John Radenhurst, half- pay 8th Foot, who has been allowed to retire by sale of an Unattached commission, read Lieutenant John Radenhurst, & c. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. J. Mercer, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, innholder.— G. Lewis, Vere- street, Oxford- street, broker. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. J. Armitage and J. Greenwood, Swamp, Yorkshire, stuff- manu- facturers— J. and J. Waring, Lepton, Yorkshire, fancy- cloth- manu- facturers— E. C. Parkinson, Eccles- hill, Yorkshire, apothecary. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. E. Jones, Canterbury, grocer— J. Skidmore, Nottingham, bob- bin- maker— H. Wilson, Sun- street, woollen- draper. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Bartholomew, Derby, upholsterer. — Henry Fiander, Sloane- square, Chelsea, plumber.— Elizabeth Emery, Great Bell- alley, London, painter.— William Thomas Binckes, Great New- port- street, Long- acre, leather- cutter. — Joseph Tomsey, Little Mary lebone- street, victualler.— Anthony Thompson, Saint Helen's- place, merchant.— William Francis Campbell, Hatton- garden, jew- eller..— Edward Marks and William Charrington, Mark- lane, malt- factors.— James Osborne, Bishopsgate- street Within, cheesemonger. — Joseph Carrington, Seething- lane, Great Tower- street, bricklayer Beef • and builder.— William Pearce, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, timber- mer- Mutton • chant.— Jacob Francis, Brighton, mercer.-—- Jonah Fossit Dean, Drakelow Mill Farm, Derbyshire, provision- dealer.— John Allen, Tiverton, Devonshire, druggist.— Thomas Todd, sen., and Thomas Todd, jun., Birmingham, factors.— John Ringsley, Biggleswade, corn- factor.— James Smith and Charles Smith, Bath, grocers.— George Bayley, Bristol, silk- mercer..— William Robinson, Hartley- castle, Westmoreland, butcher.—- John Wilkinson, Sheffield, tavern- keeper.— William Verity, jun., Birkenshaw, Yorkshire, worsted- manufacturer.— Richard Broster, Stockport, Cheshire, grocer.— Joseph Millican, Maryport, Cumberland, ironmonger. [ From the Gazette of Friday, March 16.] WAR- OFFICE, MARCH 16.— 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards — Capt. W. W. Huntley, from the half- pay of the 9th Light Dra- goons, to be Captain, paying the difference between the full- pay of Cavalry and Infantry, vice Warrington. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Cornet G. J. Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thorold, appointed to the 63d Regiment; J. Cox, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker. 15th Light Dragoons— Lieut.- Col. J. ' 1'. Lord Brudenell, from the half- pay, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Joseph Thackwell, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards— Capt. P. S. Stan- hope, to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Charlewood, who retires; Lieut. Hon. A. F. Foley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Stanhope ; Hon. J. Lindsay to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foley. 35th Regiment of Foot— Lieut. H. D. Griffith, from the half- pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Douglas Leith Cox, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 41st Foot— Ensign E. Darvall, from the half- pay of the 60th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Kemble, appointed to the 67th Re- giment. 56th Foot, Captain T. O. Partridge, from the 77th Regiment, lo be Captain, vice Nelley, who exchanges. 63d Foot, Lieut. R. Lane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vicary, who retires.— Lieut. F. Thorold, from 13th Light Dra- goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lane. 66th Foot, Lieut. J. Montgomery Russell, from the 89th Regi- ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Healey, who exchanges. 67th Foot, Ensign G. A. Currie to be Lieutenant, without pur- chase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis- trict.— Ensign H. Kemble, from the 41st Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Currie. 70th Foot, Lieut. S. Whyte to be Captain, without purchase, vice Samson, deceased.— Ensign J. L. Wilton to be Lieutenant, vice Whyte.— T. C. Timins, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilton.— Lieut. J. G. Corry to be Adjutant, vice Whyte 73d Foot, Gentleman Cadet W. B. J. O'Connell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien, promoted in the 74th Regiment. 74th Foot, Ensign A. O'Brien, from the 73d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pocock, who retires. 77th Foot, Captain J. P. Nelley, from the 56th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Partridge, who exchanges. 79th Foot— Ensign T. Isham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fulton, promoted ; H. L. Cardross to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Isham. 81st Foot— Major C. F. Maclean to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Creagh, who retires; Capt. R. H. Willcocks to be Major, by purchase, vice Maclean ; Lieut. A. Splaine to be Cap- tain, by purchase, vice Willcocks ; Ensign J. Gilby to be Lieute- nant, by purchase, vice Splaine ; and E. Bowyer, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gilby. 89th Foot— Lieut. R. T. Healey, from 66th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Russell, who exchanges; Ensign and Adjutant C. Lee to have the rank of Lieutenant. 96th Foot— P. W. Taylor, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blencowe, promoted. UNATTACHED Brevet Lieut.- Col. Lord A. W. M. Hill, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase ; Lieut. R. Fulton, from the 79th Regiment, to be Captain, by purchase; Ensign E. W. Blencowe, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase. STAFF.— Lieut. J. Thomson, from the 67th Regiment, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Hill, deceased. GARRISONS.— Capt. A. Halfhide, on the half- pay, to be FortAd- jutant at Honduras. MEMORANDUM.— Lieut. W. M'Kenzie, half- pay Nova Scotia Fencible Infantry, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached commission. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. R. Thornton, Horsham, Sussex, common- brewer. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. H. Johnson, Oaklands, Sussex, timber- merchant— J. Jenner, Southtown, Suffolk, miller. BANKRUPTS. John Lound, Hooper- street, Westminster- road, victualler— John Goater, High Holborn, victualler— John Edmans, Strand, cheese- monger— John Taylor, Nottingham, bootmaker— W. Bodman and John Carwardine, Bristol, soap manufacturers— William Crisp, Bath, innkeeper— Thomas Salt, Birmingham, livery- stable- keeper— James Fisher, Regent- street, hatter— Jonathan Reynolds, Union- street. New Hoxton, Middlesex, coal- dealer.— Philip Cope, West Brom- wich, Staffordshire, chymist— George James Depree, Savoy- wharf, Strand, paviour— Samuel Barnett, Conduit- street, Bond- street, mercer— Thomas Woodfield, White- street, Moorfields, horse- dealer. CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 16. The supplies of English Corn of every description continue to be great, and the demand small in proportion. Wheat of the finest qualities still nominally supports Monday's quotations, and Bailey remains the same. The Oat trade is very dull, without variation in prices. The arrivals of Flour are full, and the prices according to quality. Average Price of Corn, for the week ended March. Imperial Weekly Average Six Weeks' Average, which regu- } lates duty $ Duty on Foreign Corn Wheat. Barley. 58s 8d 34s Id 59s Id 34s 7d 27s 8d 9s 4d 9. Oats. 21s od 21s 2d 15s 3d HIGHEST PRICE OF HOPS, MARCH 16! Kent Pockets - 8(. Os. Farnham Pockets, sec. 91. Os. Sussex ditto - 51. 14s. Kent bags - - 61. 10s. Essex ditto - 61. 15s. Sussexditto - - 51. 0s) Farnham ditto, fine - 01. Os. Essexditto - - 51. J2s' PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 13, is 24s. S^ d. percwt. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. SMITHF1ELD, MARCH 16. " * The market this morning was merely a skeleton, being but few beasts there, and those chiefly of an inferior quality, the number of cattle quoted being the greater part milch cows, which for the best kinds obtained prices as high as 201. Of sheep the supply was not great, and the piices were generally for meat as last quoted. In hay, clover, and straw there was but little variation. Per stone of 81b. ( sinking the offal.) 4d to 4s Od Od to 4s lOd Head of Cattle at Market. Veal- Pork- • 4s • 4s 6d to 5s 6d Od to 5s Od Beasts - 434 | Calves - 154 [ Sheep - 2,700 | Pigs - 100 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, Marc^ T^ The supply of country veal and pork was plentiful this morning, and of meat generally there was a good supply, owing to the close- ness of the weather. The demand was only moderate. 2s. 3s. ( By the carcase, per stone of 81bs.) 6d. to 3s. 2d. lo 4s. 6d 8d. Mutton - 3s. Pork - 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od. 6d. to 5s. Od 5MITHFIELD.- HAY MARKETS, MARCH 17." Meadow Hay, 31. 3s. to 41. 4s.; inferior ditto, 21. 10s. to 21. 15s. ; Old Clover Hay, 31. 15s. to 51. 15s.; second crop ditto, 3/. 10s. to 51. 0s.; Rye Grass Hay, 31. 10s. to 41. 6s. • Oat Strnw, II. 5s. to II. 10s. ; Wheat Straw, 11. 10s. to 1/. 16s. per load of 36 trusses.— A fair supply at market, with a middling trade. Best meadow bay is quoted at 84s. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow Hay, 31. 3s. to 41. 6s. ; inferior ditto HI. 10s. to 21. 15s. ; Clover, 4(. 4s. to 51. 5s. ; second crop, 31.3s'. to 41. 0s. ; Rye Grass Hay, 01. 0s. ; Oat Straw, 28s. ; Wheat Straw, 33s. to 39s.— The supply at market was not very great this morning, owing to the rain at the early part of it. Trade was only moderate. COAL EXCHANGE, MARCH 16. " Prices of Coal, per ton, at the close of the market. Killingworth, 20s 6d— St. Lawrence Main, 19s 6d West Hartley, 19s Od— Wall's End, Bell, Robson, and Co., 19s. Od— Northumberland, 19s 9d to 20s— Perkins, 20s to 20s 3d— Rus- sell's, 19s— Lambton Primrose, 22s— Slew- art's, 22s 9d to 23s Hartley, 20s— New Flocton, Milne, and Co., 17s 6d— Ships ar- rived, 60. 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 3J per Cents. New 4 per Cents Long Annuities India Bonds Exchequer Bills Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frid. Salt). shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. 83* 83f 83f 83* 83* 83£ 83J 83* 83* 83* 83* 83* shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. 91* 91* 91 91* 90* 90* shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. shut. 1 dis 1 dis 1 dis 1 dis 2 dis 1 dis 10 10 1 9 9 9 9 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, MARCH 16. Amsterdam, 3 months, 12 Ditto, short, 11 18* Rotterdam, 3 months, 12 If Hamburgh, do. 13 loftoi Paris, short, 25 80 to 15 Ditto, 3 months, 25 80 to 85 Frankfort, ditto, 154 Vienna, ditto, 10 7J to 8 Trieste, ditto, 10 8* to 9 Madrid, ditto, 36* to J Cadiz, ditto, 36* to |- Bilboa, 3 months, 36* to Leghorn, ditto, 47 f to J Genoa, ditto, 25 75 to 77* Naples, ditto, 40* to f Palermo, ditto, 119} to * Lisbon, 30 days' sight, 4 Oporto, ditto, 4 For. Gold, in bars, 31.17s. 9d. New Doubloons, 31. 15s. 6d. New Dollars, 4s. 9* d. BIRTHS. The Right Hon. Lady Petre, in Mansfield- street, of a son.— At the Warden's, Merton College, lady J. Carmichael Anstruther, of a daughter.— In Edinburgh, the lady of Lieutenant- Colouel Fairfax, of a son.— At the Rectory- house, the wife of the Rev. William Stone, Rector of Christ Church, Spitalfields, of a daughter. At Gibraltar, the lady of Dr. Bradfoot, of a daughter.— At Fintray- house, the hon. lady Forbes, of Craigievar, of a daughter. In Montagu- place, the lady of J. H. Turner, Esq. of a daughter BOLD EXPERIMENT.— Immediately after the death of a cho- lera patient in the hospital, a medical gentleman of Glasgow un- dressed, went into the same bed, and covered himself with the same clothes, which had the moment before been occupied by the person who died. He remained for two hours and a half in the bed ; and being in excellent health when he made the expe- riment, continues so to the present hour. TORTURE IN HANOVER.— From a periodical work published at Berlin, we learn that the barbarous practice of torture is still in existence in the Hanoverian dominions of the enlightened and benevolent William the Fourth. In the work alluded to, the horrible punishment is described under the gentle appellations of the verbal and real tarrition. The first merely threatens the torture, the latter really inflicts it. MARRIAGES. AtMarylebone church, Ellis William Joseph, Esq. eldest son of the late Samuel Joseph, Esq. of Bedford- square, to Amelia Hurdis, eldest daughter of the late Robert Orme, Esq. formerly of Madras, Solicitor to the Hon. East India Company.— At the Temple de l'Oratoire, Paris, Monsieur Sebastien Stanislaus Hode, of Rouen, son of Lieutenant- Colonel Hode, Chevalier de Legion d'Honneur, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Robson, Esq. of Hamilton- place, London.— J. C. Tyrell Oakes, only son of the Rev. James Oakes, of Tastock, county of Suffolk, to Catherine Anne, only daughter of the Rev. William Toffnall, of Bergholt, iu the same county. At Cheltenham, Henry Jones Palmer, Esq. to Eliza Jane, only daughter of Major Wilde, R. E.— At St. Andrew's, Holborn- Henry, eldest son of S. Nickisson, Esq. of Ashby- street, North, ampton- square, to Anne, eldest daughter of Charles H. Johnson, Esq. of Hatton- garden.— At Westhourne, George Alexander, Esq. M. D. Hon. East India Company's Service, to Elizabeth Crass- weller, fifth daughter of the late John Cousens, Esq. of Printsed- lodge, Sussex. DEATHS. ~ At Bristol, Charles, second son of Henry Robinson, Esq. of Hyde Park- place.— At the residence of her son, St. George's, South- wark, aged 69, Phoebe, relict of the late Captain Thomas Eyre Hinton, R. N.— At Walworth- terrace, Mrs. Whinn, relict of the late John Whinn, Esq. of Tottenham, in her 91st year.— At her house, in Gloucester- place, Portman- square, aged 76, Mary Manners Sutton, widow and relict of the late Most Rev. Charles Manners Sutton, D. D. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.— At his Chambers, in Barnard's Inn, in the 66th year of his age, the Rev. S. Sheppard, of West Wickham, Kent, Rector of Constantine, Shropshire.— In Sloane- street, aged 70, Mrs. Elliott, widow of the late Charles Elliott, Esq. of Edinburgh.— In the 64th year of her age, Margaret, relict of the late J. Hall, Esq.— At theVicarage, Great Baddow, Thomas AbercrombieTrant, Captain in his Majesty's 28th Regiment, only son of Major- General Sir Nicholas Trant. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM ARCHER DEACON, Savov Precinct, and Published by him at the Office, 2, WEL- LINGTON- STREET, STRAND ; where, ONLY, all column- nications addressed to the Editor are received.