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I think it is about 14 years that I have laboured under a bilious and liver disease, in the course of which lime I have tried every thing prescribed by the Faculty, but it had no lasting effect upon me ; my disease all appeared to lie ill my right side ; my left being quite free from pain, except I by chance turned myself upon it when in bed ; and whenever ibis was the case, such was the excruciating pain 1 felt, that it appeared to me as if something was tearing away the flesh from the bones of tbe diseased side. I think it is now about four months since I was taken much worse— my pain was much more severe my spirits very low, attended with a total loss of appetite. Sleep also departed from my ejes, and I may say that wearisome days and sleepless nights were appointed me ; I also raised a great di al of fleshy matter, which had the appearance of liver; sometimes it appeared in a putrid slate, and at other times quite solid. In this stale I applied lo a very eminent physician, under whose care I had before been. I staled my case to him, and, to use his own lan- guage, he said, perhaps he might fetch me up again, but I wanted what he could not give me, which was a new inside. However he ttave me some medicine, which I took, but I still grew worse, and I have no doubt, had it not been for your medicine, attended with the Divine blessing, I should have been in my grave at this time. I think it is about two months since I commenced taking it. I was in great pain, and concluded that I was actually dying. I look eight pills, four of each sort, aud, to the surprise of my friends, in two hours I was much better; they made me very sick, and caused me to bring up more than Iwo pints of bile, and by repeating tbe dose, in 48 hours I was quite free from pain ; yet the discharges of bile was very great, when tbe yellow jaundice made its appearance. Under this sickly disease I laboured for three weeks; some of my friends kindly advised me to take this, that, and the other medi- cine ; but I told them that I had more confidence in the medicine I was then taking than in all I had ever taken in the whole course of my life. I would not multiply words, suffice it to say, that by the blessing of God, I am restored to health, to the no small sa- tisfaction of myself and friends. With every feeling of gratitude I subscribe myself yours most respectfully, September 3, Wramplingham, Norfolk. ELIZABETH SAYER. CURE OF TAIN IN THE CHEST. To Mr. Brogdon, Agent for Berwick. SIR— I feel it my duty to make known to the public, the great benefit I have experienced from the use of Mr. Morison's Universal Medicine. For a considerable time I was afflicted with a dry Cough, accompanied with difficulty in breathing, and pain in my Chest, insomuch, that at length I almost lost hopes of recovery - but on being laid of the great efficacy of the justly celebrated Universal Medicine, I resolved to make trial of it, although I confess with small expectation of relief; however, I was gladly surprised to find that in the short space of three days, I had rea- son for better hopes, and by continuing to use it, 1 have been re- stored to a degree of health for beyond what I have enjoyed for several years past. If you think that any good can be effected by publishing this my case, you are perfectly at liberty to do so. I am. Sir, your humble and obliged servant Berwick, September 3, 1831. 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Perier has experienced a slight attack on the brain, and that his mind, which, until lately, had firmly withstood every shock of his complaint, now betrays symptoms of debility from this new turn which it has taken. To- day he is considered in a very weak state, and the utmost care is taken to preserve the most profound tranquillity around his person.— Correspondent of the Times. PARIS, APRIL 25.— It is said that the health of the President continues to improve ; but, in direct opposition to this, a report is prevalent, even among those connected with the ministry, of his being very ill, which the absence of a bulletin appears to favour. Count d'Argout has perfectly recovered. The mortality continues on the decline. There is a sensible increase also in the number of cures in the different hospitals and temporary asylums. Looking at all the circumstances to- gether, there is every ground for being convinced that not only is the disease diminished in intensity, but is really beginning to expire. The official report of deaths for the 23d is 105 in the hospitals and 176 at home, making a total of 281, or 14 less than the previous day. The number of patients discharged cured was 184, being 84 more than on Sunday. A telegraphic dispatch which arrived three days since brought the news to the government of the treaty between Cardinal Ber- netti and Count St. Aulaire having been concluded. The treaty brought is in conformity with the propositions of our ambassa- dor. The episode of Ancona is thus terminated ; the honour of France could not allow any other issue. The evacuation on our part will take place simultaneously with that of the Austrians, and after the arrival of the Swiss, who cannot reach their desti- nation for several months. From the fact of the Duke of Bassano having had an audience with the King, it is suspected that he has been ordered to form a cabinet. It is also said that he is to have the management of the new Peerage. It was he who in the hundred days was for some time employed in the superintendence of the additional acts. BELGIUM.— The Brussels papers recently received, mention an extraordinary fact— that M. Thorn, who had been appointed Civil Governor of Luxemburg by the Belgian Government, had been attacked by some persons at his country- house, and car- ried prisoner to the capital, where a committal to gaol was re- gularly made out and signed against him by the Dutch officer upon a charge of high treason. This matter seems to have caused an extraordinary sensation at Brussels, and i s undoubtedly, if the Belgian accounts of it be correct, a gross outrage upon the the dead bird. Its head was dreadfully mangled, and the beak COUi\ TU Y M ISC El. L A NEA. STRATFORD- UPON- AVON.— The anniversary of the birth of the immortal bard was again celebrated on Monday at the Shaks- peare- hall, with the accustomed honours, but there was no par- ticular procession. The Mayor was in the chair. The Halifax petition in favour of Mr. Sadler's bill arrived at the Central Committee- room on Wednesday evening, containing 10,000 signatures ; thus completely contradicting the assertion ' that the factory bill was unpopular in Halifax.'— Leeds Patriot. The effigy of Bishop Philpotts was burnt at Staindrop, on the receipt of the second reading of the Reform Bill— a piece of intel- ligence which was received with great joy by the inhabitants.— Durham Chronicle. A WEIGHTY BILL.— On Sabbath evening, when the express arrived in Clyde- street, a little fellow, cheering among the crowd, was asked by a decent- looking old woman, " My man, what's a' this about ?—" What's it aboot ?" replied the urchin ; " its the Reform Bill come in that coach, an' it took four horses to draw't."-— Scotsman. TORY LAMENT.— The second reading of the Reform Bill has produced the following exquisite threnody from the Editor of the Aberdeen Observer :•—" FUIT ILIUM 1— There is an end of an auld sang, and it is high time for us Tories to sing Nunc Dimittis. We are a scoffing- stock and a score to our enemies. Falstaff's threat has been made good against us ; and filthy ballads are made upon us, and sung to scurvy tunes ; our heads are broken by thundering sentences in prose, and we are run through the body by sharp lines of lampoons in verse." KILLING WITH KINDNESS.— Being in the country, near Woking, Surrey, last week, I was witness to the curious fact of a female sparrow killing her husband, not from either hatred or jealousy, but from love. The pair were in search of a place for building their nest ; and the male bird, finding a tempting hole among the tiles of the roof, got into it; unfortunately he be- came entangled in the broken mortar, and could not force his way back. The female saw his situation, and after flying back- wards and forward? several times, twittering, and apparently in great distress, she endeavoured to pull him out. Several birds were attracted by the accident, and came fluttering round, but were beaten off by the female sparrow. She then redoubled her own efforts to extricate the male, and getting hold of his beak, above the nostrils, in her beak, she pulled it so hard that she killed him. She did not, however, appear aware of the misfor- tune she had done, but continued pulling at the dead body of her unfortunate mate with as much perseverance as she had done while he continued alive. My man, who saw the whole transac- tion, at last drove her away, and with some difficulty extricated house. Clerk— Can't you give an answer, Sir ? what do you mean by a comfortable house ? how big was it ? Witness— Why, then, if I must, I must, you know— why it— answered my purpose very well. Clerk— I wish I could say as much of you. Describe the house to the Magistrates ; I repeat again, how big was it ? Wit- ness— Why, yes, I tell ye it were a very nice house. Clerk— Well, what do you mean by a very nice house ? Witness— Oh, why a house with a roof to it.— Brighton Guardian. Early this week the reformers of Liverpool intend to hold a public meeting of the inhabitants, to address the King on the subject of the Reform Bill. The prosecution of felons at the late assizes for Somerset, cost the county the enormous sum of 3,3007.— Taunton Courier. TOWN MISCELLANEA. rights of King Leopold. His Ministry had taken up the cause . most warmly. HANOVER.— All the Poles who had for a long time been resident in Gottingen, with the permission of the Hanoverian Government, have been suddenly and unexpectedly arrested, on the demand, it is said, of the Emperor of Russia. The police, accompanied by a cavalry force, repaired to the house of each individual, and seized their papers and books, which have been sent to Hanover. On the birth- day of the Duke of Cambridge at Gottingen there was a dinner, to which persons of all classes were invited. When the health of the Viceroy was given, one of the guests, Ru- precht, a bookseller, ordered the orchestra to play the Marsel- laise. Goshen, a Professor of Law, opposed it in vain; it was played, and Goshen sent for the Director of Polibe, who wished to interrupt the music. The majority of the assembly was in- dignant, and used insulting language to the Director. An in- quiry was proposed at Hanover; but one of the persons present, a counsellor, refusing to appear, it was thought proper to pass it over in silence. PORTUGAL.— The private accounts from Lisbon, of the 11th inst. are frightful. The arrests were still increasing, or- ders having been issued to apprehend any person who had not paid the forced loan, and direct him to a particular place of residence ; about 100 eminent persons were in consequence in hiding- places ; when they were taken they were instantly sent to dungeons on the frontiers. About twenty Portuguese were nearly killed by the attendants of Don Miguel, his sacred Ma- jesty having gone out in the evening, and not being recognised in due time. SPAIN.— An attempt was made, at ten o'clock on the night of the 2d of April, to assassinate the French Consul, and, it is said, all the French at Valentia ; but chance directed the assas- sins to' a municipal officer of Valentia, instead of the Consul, who; however, escaped, and put a stop to their further proceed- ings by informing the Governor. There are said to have been 20 conspirators. ITALY.— BOLOGNA, APRIL 12.— The news of the ratifica- tion of the Belgian treaty by Austria, has, . it seems, already produced an extraordinary impression on the Papal Court.— Every sensible person now acknowledges that it is no longer pos- sible to persevere in a fruitless opposition against the general wishes of the people and the guaranteeing powers. Yesterday the Austrian Commissioner, Sabregondi, proceeded to Rome. The materials he carries with him are important, particularly the report of the investigation, which he himself instituted into the monstrously disordered state of our administration. Strong hopes are entertained of a favourable result to the mission of this officer, who, by his prudence and prepossessing behaviour, has established for himself strong claims to general respect. NAPLES, APR. IL 6.— We learn from Malta that the English Admiral who commands on the Mediterranean station has re- ceived orders from England to send home two or three ships of war ; so that the fleet in that sea will be reduced to the lowest peace establishment. ANCONA, APRIL 14.— The aspect of the town is much altered within a few days. The French officers have received orders not to visit the patriots: they now keep apart. The French flag has been taken down from the fortress. The inhabitants had feoisted small tri- coloured flags to every window in the town, as if they wanted to avenge the French soldiers whom, the order abashed. Now the small flags have disappeared, the town is dull. General Cubieres has given orders to all young men who have not their residence at Ancona to quit it directly. The troops of the Pope are stationed at a few miles from Ancona. The town is totally surrounded, and nothing passes without being visited. The inhabitants of the country are so much ex- asperated, that if the rigorous measures continue, we shall have serious disorders. AMERICA.— The New York Gazette of the 27th ult. states the whole amount of money expended on the public buildings at Washington at 3,228,879 dollars. Of this the Capitol alone has cost 2,432, 844 dollars. Upwards of a million, however, of this expenditure has been met by donations of money from Virginia aud Maryland, and the sale of lots in the city of Washington, ceded to the United States by individuals, at the time of esta- blishing the seat of Government; and another million it is esti- mated will in like manner be provided for by the disposal of the remaining lots belonging to the Government. Thus the whole of the buildings for state purposes in Washington will be attended with no greater cost to the Union t! » * jx somewhat less than quarter of a million, sterling I C> M'NE SYMMETRY.— Mr. Yeatman is most particular— and SO every master of harriers ought to be— in having his hounds of precisely the same height. . Nineteen inches are with him the prescribed and exact standard; and were Diana herself distilled down into a dwarf fox- hound bitch, standing twenty, I have good reason to believe that she would gain no admittance into his kennel. Of colour— with exception of the blue- mottled— * he is regardless ; but to that, words can hardly be found to ex- ' '" press his antipathy; and I have as clever a hound as need be vi£ en coming up to me from him for a friend in this county, drafted solely for betraying a spice of the forbidden shade upon the ribs and back.— New Sporting Magazine. of its mate had evidently penetrated the brain. About an hour afterwards I again passed the place, and saw a bird, which I supposed the female, sitting on the. very spot where the accident happened, crouched together, with her feathers all standing up, so as to give her the appearance of a ball, and certainly looking the very image of a disconsolate widow.— Correspondent of Lou- don's Magazine. A RUM'UN.— This expression is not yet forty years old ; and though it was nursed in London, and served its apprenticeship in Gloucestershire, where it was born, it has long wrought jour- ney- work in Staffordshire. Jonas Bell, a country schoolmaster, near Minchinhampton, but in the new is- to- be borough of Stroud, had a pupil so remarkably stupid, that on one occasion, when he found it necessary to exhibit his abilities before the lady patroness at a fixed examination, he selected the most familiar words to commence his analysis upon : the first was M- I- L- K ;—" and what does that spell ?" said Jonas. " Don't knew," said the lad. " What does your mother put in her tea?" said Jonas, quite cock- sure of his answer. " Rum, Sir ;" replied the pro- mising youth. The lady patroness vanished, Jonas Bell was bothered, and the boy was pleased with his own sharpness ; but it soon became a matter among the sparks of Gloucestershire, when recommended to the favour of a young lady, first of all to inquire if she was a " rum'un." On Saturday se'nnight, Mr. T. Stroud, clerk to the trustees for the poor of Maidstone, terminated his existence. He shot himself through the head with a pistol, after having made two incisions in his throat, but the wounds from which were not severe enough to cause death. GLOUCESTER, MONDAY.— This morning, at eight o'clock, the Lunatic Asylum was discovered to be on fire. The building is of great length, and forms a crescent. The whole of the roof was destroyed by eleven o'clock. The walls are standing, and the floors will be saved if they can throw the rubbish out ; the two wings are untouched by the fire, but the doors, & c. are des- troyed. About one hundred patients in the house, the largest number paupers ( a few of the first class of both sexes), were all taken out safe, and placed in a building very near. The fire is supposed to have originated in a flue, by some timber. BREAD FROM SAWDUST.— At the close of Mr. Mackinnon's lecture, at the Mechanics' Institution, Cooper- street, on Monday evening, Mr. John Davies exhibited a specimen of bread, pre pared, under his superintendence, from sawdust. It had very much the appearance of the coarse oatmeal bread, so much used in some parts of this county, and was declared, by the several persons who partook of it, to be quite equal in flavour to that common food.— Manchester Courier. HONESTY.— A pocket- book, containing 10?. in notes, with se veral memorandums, which was lost six years ago by Mr. Abra ham Clegg, of Mumps, Oldham, while in Manchester, was re- turned to the owner on Wednesday last, by an operative joiner, named Nathaniel Booth, of Manchester, and whose children had accidentally picked it up the day it was lost. Booth, after many fruitless attempts to discover the real owner of his prize, at length ascertained that Mr. Clegg was the person who had lost it. While he had the money in his possession he had often resorted to its use, and as frequently returned what he had taken, till he was enabled to restore the exact sum to the owner, by whom he was handsomely rewarded.— Ibid. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.— Monday, a destructive fire took place in the plantations on the Uddens estate, near Wimborne, the property of E. Greathed, Esq. It originated in the person em- ployed by Mr. Greathed to take care of the fences of his coppices and heath land setting fire to the sedge in a peat bog, in which he was about to open a drain. The fire raged with great fury from seven in the morning till six in the evening, extending over a space of upwards of 1,200 acres, covered with fine thriving fir plantations, the greater part of which are utterly destroyed.— Western Luminary. The Commissioners appointed to investigate public charities have been at St. Alban's during the past week. We are given to understand that they intend to order all the wills connected with the different bequests to be published. A notice board is also to be placed in the Abbey Church, specifying the titles of and donors to the different charities in the town.— County Press. Mr. T. H. S. B. Estcourt has contributed the princely sum of 500?, towards the establishment of an hospital at Devizes. Sub- scriptions are also open for the support of a dispensary in that town. CROSS QUESTIONS ANDCROOKED ANSWERS.— In a case which came before our Bench a few days back a witness was asked to describe his house, when the following dialogue ensued, which reminded us forcibly of the story of the Lord Chancellor and the big stone :— Clerk— Well, now, what kind of a house was it ?— Witness— Oh 1 it were a very comfortable house. Clerk— I don't doubt it; but what sort of a house was it ? Witness-— Why, ' twas a pretty tolerable sort of a house. Clerk— Yes, but what do you call a pretty tolerable sort of a house ? Witness— Why, a house you can look at. Clerk— Well, I suppose you can look at any house ? Witness— Why, yes, may be as how you can.— Clerk— Very well, but can't you say how large it was ? Witness — Oh ! as for that, ' twas a monstrous commodious house. Clerk — But, my good man, can't you explain to the Magistrates the size of the house ? Witness— Oh, yes ; why may be it were— 1 don't know, after all, but what it warn't a very comfortable Her Majesty, it is said, will give a series of balls at St. James's Palace in the course of the ensuing month. A very amusing story is told of the extraordinary escape of a certain Statesman from the house of his friend. The short of the tale is simply this :— The visitor had been seen taking some improper liberties with a lady, and, during the time her husband was looking for his gun, the violator of the rites of hospitality made his escape out of a window. Tuesday, pursuant to annual custom, the boys educated at Christ's Hospital, Newgate- street, went in procession to the Mansion- house, where the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, the Sheriffs, and other City Officers, received from them their annual visit. The customary oration was delivered. On the retire- ment of the boys each received the usual gift from his Lordship. The Lord Mayor and the Corporate officers afterwards pro- ceeded in state to Christchurch, Newgate- street, where they attended Divine Service. In the evening a select party dined at the Mansion- house. Thomas Glew, collecting clerk at Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.' s, who absconded in September last with between 4,000?. and 5,000?., has been apprehended at Columbus, in the state of Georgia, by Mr. Baker, the British Consul, and 3,3007. of that amount has been recovered from him. Her Majesty's brother, the reigning Duke of Saxe- Meiningen, is treading in the steps of his royal brother- in- law, and has di- rected his Cabinet to lay before the States a project for amend- ing the mode of election and rights of the elective body. Certain members of the parochial Boards of Health are quite chop- fallen at the apparent subsiding of the cholera. Some of them are said to have started that unfashionable vehicle a " pill- box," in the full prospect at least of a summer's run. To a pamphlet which was published some years ago, against the propriety of enclosing Waltham Forest, the following quaint motto was prefixed :— " The fault is great in man or woman Who steals a goose from off a common; But who can plead that man's excuse Who steals the common from the goose ?" MARRIAGE TREE.— A marriage tree, generally of the pine kind, is planted in the church- yard by every newly- married couple, in the parish of Varallo Pombio, in the Tyrol. A fine grove of pines, the result of this custom, now shades this church- yard. AN ANTI- TORY EMPEROR OF CHINA.— The Emperor Kaou- Tsoo was in the habit of saying—" The monarch depends on the nation at large ; the nation depends on the labouring classes. To extort from the people, in order to present to the monarch, is like cutting flesh from one's body to fill the stomach ; the sto- mach may be filled, but the body will die ; the monarch may be enriched, but the country will perish. I always consider the matter thus, and dare not indulge myself." FALL OF THE SAINT- SIMOUIANS.— The sect of the Saint- Simonians seems now in a complete state of dissolution, without the assistance of the cholera. Its " Supreme Father," M. Enfantin, after struggling with his own converts, and with the public,— after contending against " Father" Bazard and the police, may be said to have given rn his resignation of the new government of society. Having in vain solicited new subscrip- tions, and invited new disciples to aid his cause, he. has been obliged to take leave of " his children," and announces that he is retiring to the country to meditate on new schemes for the promotion of human happiness. The ungrateful Parisians, we dare say, will bear the loss with a provoking resignation, and will only wish that the cholera had gone along with the father. The blessed era must, therefore, he some time farther adjourned, in which Saint- Simonism is to cover the earth with its votaries, and in which every man is to be rewarded according to his capacity and his works." The moral power of money, of which the " Supreme Father" speaks so much in his lucubra- tions, has not yet been established; and the doctrines of Saint- Simon cannot be discounted on the Stock Exchange. THE FIRST PLAY- BILL.— The 8th of April, 1663, is the date of the first- play- bill that issued from Drury- lane Theatre. The following is a copy:—" By his Majesty his company of come- dians, at the New Theatre, in Drury- lane, this day, being Thurs- day, April 8, 1663, will be acted a comedy, called the Hvmovrrous Lievtenant." After detailing the cast of characters, it thus con- cludes—" The play will begin at three o'clock exactly. Mr. Alexander Baring is one of the largest landowners in the United States of North America, and also in Mexico. He has also invested upwards of a million in the purchase of landed property in this country within the last twenty years. He pays 1,200?. a year as ground rent alone for his magnificent mansion, Bath- house, Piccadilly. When SirH. Davy was travelling on the Continent, a distin- guished person about a foreign Court inquired who and what he was, never having heard of his scientific fame. Upon being told that his discoveries had revolutionised chymistry, the courtier promptlyreplied—" I hate all revolutionists ; his presence will not be acceptable here." TRANS- ATLANTIC BRIBERY.— Treating at elections is not unknown even in the Republican atmosphere of America ; but is carried on in a humbler way than with us. " Sir ( said an old woman to a canvasser), I guess Mr. A. is the fittest man of the two, but t'other whiskies the best." EMIGRATION.— The emigration from England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the United States, during the year 1828, was 12,817; during the same period to the British colonies in North America, 12,084. In 1829, to the United States, 15,678 ; to the British colonies, 13,307. In 1830, to the United States, 24,887 ; to the British colonies, 30,574. In 1831 ( the half- year to July 5). to the United States, 15,724 ; to the British colonies, 49,383. Saturday week information was given to the police commis- sioners, that Miss Rosa Matilda May Baxter, a young lady about 19, grand- daughter to the late Alderman Crowder, had eloped. She was traced to the Zoological- gardens; and, from further information, it was ascertained that she had made an appoint- ment with Mr. Raymond Newton, of Warwick- square, who had for some time past been secretly paying his addresses to her, to meet her at the gardens at four. They were punctual, and a chaise being procured they set off fc » r Gretna- green ; and before it was discovered they had got such a start that there was little chance of overtaking them. PENSION LISTS.— Besides an English, Scotch, and Irish Pen- sion List, there is also an American Indian Pension List. The following are amongst the items of this List:— Five Chiefs of Indian tribes, for wounds received in action .....-.-.-• » - Four Warriors of ditto for ditto - - - Hester Hill, widow of D. Hill, a Mohawk Chief Seven warriors of Indian tribes, for wounds in actions 106 3 KING'S COLLEGE.— It has been reported from the accounts laid before the general meeting of the subscribers to King's College, that there are defalcations iu the pledged subscriptions to the amount of 13,0007. The persons who kept their money, beg to state, that they thought themselves entitled to do so, be- cause they are dissatisfied with the management of that institu- tion, and refer to what has been said on the building in different £ s. 108 6 60 13 ' 20 0 sittings of Parliament, and on the appointments of professors in different numbers of the Lancet. It is well knows that a Jew has been appointed as a professor to King's College, and taught there from the very opening of it, whereas in the charter, King's College is declared to be " a college in which instruction in the doctrines and duties of Christianity shall be for ever combined with other branches of useful education." The persons alluded to being prevented from sending their sons and relations to King's College, and enjoying the advantages held out in the charter, thought themselves no longer pledged to fulfil their en- gagement. RAILWAY FROM LONDON TO BRISTOL.— We understand that two civil engineers, Henry H. Price and Wm. Brunton, Esqs., are occupied in making the necessary surveys for the above important work. When the work shall be completed, four or five hours will enable us to pay a morning visit to Bristol. It will then also be possible, in connection with the Irish steam- boats from Bristol, for cattle and other Irish produce to be Con- veyed to the London market within thirty- two hours from the time of shipment at Cork, Waterford, & c.; and thus, at a cheap rate, will the London market be thrown immediately open to the Irish agriculturist, at the same time that the London consumers will be benefitted in proportion to the greater extent of country thrown open whence they may derive their supplies. Lady Anne Wyndham, the mother of Lord Durham, who died at 17, Queen- street, May- fair, on Saturday week, fell a victim to the prevailing epidemic. She was seized on Friday with the most alarming symptoms. The case was reported to the Board of Health, and was included in the official report. On Saturday morning Lord Durham was sent for express from Richmond, and arrived in time to witness the last moments of his lamented parent. We understand the remains of her Lady- ship were interred on Sunday morning according to the regula- tions of the Board of Health. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.— The forty- sixth anniversary of the Sun- day School Society was held on Wednesday night at the London Coffee- house, Ludgate- hill. In the absence of the President ( the Marquis of Cholmondeley), the chair was taken by Mr. Baron Gurney. The report was then read, from which it ap- peared, that during the last year assistance had been afforded by the society to 937 schools, among which had been distributed 2,193 Bibles, 7,834 Testaments, 60,899 class books, and 14,941 alphabets on boards. The income not having been equal to tha expenditure, they had been obliged to sell out 8007. in the Three per Cents. The report was received, and after some speeches the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.— On Tuesday even- ing a public meeting was held in the W'esleyan Chapel, Great- Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn- fields, for the purpose of promoting and extending the objects of the Westminster Temperance So- ciety. The spacious chapel was crowded in every part. A tem- porary platform was erected in front of the pulpit for the speakers. The chair was taken by Captain Brenton. The re- port was then read, from which it appeared that nearly 300 per- sons had enrolled their Dames as members, since February last. The condition of membership is a pledge of total abstinence from ardent spirits, except when required medicinally. Mr. Child, one of the speakers, stated that, from a return made to Parliament by the new police, it appeared no less than 23,783 persons had, during the past year, been found in tbe streets so drunk as to render it necessary to convey them to the different stations for security. At the close of the meeting a great many persons enrolled their names as members of the society. RAPID GROWTH OF BRICKS AND MORTAR.— Within a dozen years not less than ten thousand houses have been built in and about Stepney- fields. Some years since a builder, remarkable for wealth, parsimony, and meanness of appearance, was erecting a great number of small houses ; and being examined before a committee of the House of Commons in regard to a projected water company, he was asked, " how many houses he had in the neighbourhood ?" He replied " he did not know I" " Have you three or four?" " More!" " Have you twelve?" More!" " Have you twenty?" " Morel" " Have you fifty?" " I'll tell you truly," replied the builder; " I knew exactly how many I had when I came out this morning ; but I can't tell within fifty how many I shall have when I returnl" — The Original. LEARNED IGNORANCE.— In a Chinese geographical work, which is among the literary " treasures," lately brought home by Professor Neumann, who has been travelling and collecting in the Celestial empire, at the expense of the Prussian Govern- ment, the Prussian monarchy is despatched with a single stroke of the pen in these words—" Prussia is a village in Russia." The erudite philosophers of the Crimea, Humboldt tells us, were scarcely further advanced in the knowledge of their own con- temporaries, for they spoke of him as one whose brains had become a granary of wisdom, " by virtue of an Imperial ukase." Here is Autocracy at its zenith ! Steam- boats now run between Canton and Pekin. A Canton paper contains an advertisement of the steamer King- fa, to leave on the following day. " She carries cows, a surgeon, band of music, and has rooms elegantly fitted up for cards and opium smoking." An application for a new theatre at Wampoa has been refused, for the reason that there are already five theatres in the city, which are quite enough for its. population, which does not exceed 350,000. ACCURACY OF MOHAMMEDAN HISTORY.— The historian. Mirkhond says, on a certain occasion, " Some relate the fact ia the manner above mentioned, others with entirely different cir- cumstances. Allah knows which of them say truth."— New Monthly. Major Rennell's monument was placed in Westminster Abbey last week. The bust is a striking likeness of that celebrated man. PAPER FROM WOOD.— Shavings or planings of wood have been wasted or burned, or curled for ' fire- grate ornaments, ever since the existence of carpenters. Now, however, it is dis- covered that paper for wrappers, writing, and printing, may be produced from wood- shavings, boiled in mineral or vegetable alkali. One hundred peunds of wood and 12Ibs. of alkali wil produce a ream of paper. Among the mercantile curiosities we notice the arrival of the ship Sophia, from Norway, with a cargo of ice for the London confectioners and gourmands. Thus even luxury becomes use- ful, and employs labour. COMMON COUNCIL.— A very full Court was held on Thursday at Guildhall, for the purpose of petitioning the House of Lords on the subject of reform, and also of presenting the freedom of the city to Lords Grey and Althorp, " for their great exertions upon a question of so much importance to the prosperity and tranquillity of the country.— The Lord Mayor, on taking the chair, expressed his entire concurrence in the objects for which the meeting had been convened.-— Mr. Fletcher, after proposing the first resolution, which expressed an earnest hope that the great measure of reform now before the House of Lords would speedily receive their Lordships' assent, observed that the will of the country was gathered into one deep, silent, and mighty current, which would sweep away all who attempted to resist it. The bill had also been delayed a long time in the lower house, not in fair, rational, temperate discussion, directed ta the real amelioration of the measure, but in acrimonious invective, levity of language, and arts of chicanery, which reflected discredit oil the opposition, and mortified the feelings of the people. They were, therefore, not only justified in coming forward to prevent such delays, but bound by duty to do so.— The resolution being seconded by Mr. Wilson, passed unanimously, and a petition founded on it was read and adopted : the petition to be presented by the Duke of Sussex.— Mr. Fletcher then moved a resolution expressive of the warmest admiration of Lord Grey for his con- duct of reform, which passed unanimously ; and was followed by a resolution that the freedom of the city be presented to Lord Grey in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas.— Similar reso- lutions with regard to Lord AHhorp were then unanimously and the meeting separated. April 29. THE TOWltf. 139 PUBLIC MEETINGS. THE NORTHERN POLITICAL UNION.—[ Abridged from the Tyne Mercury of Tuesday.]— OR Wednesday evening last a meeting of the Council and Association of the Northern Po- litical Union, and other friends of reform, was held in the Music- hall, Blackett- street, to take into consideration the pro- priety of sending a petition to tiie House of Lords, praying that their Lordships would pass the reform bill without impair- ing or mutilating it, and more especially as it regarded the clause of the 10/. franchise. The meeting was numerously attended. C. Attwood, Esq., was voted to the chair. After a few words from the Chairman, explanatory of the object of the meeting, and some severe animadversions upon Church and State sine- cures by T. Doubleday, Esq., Mr. John Fife addressed the meeting, and observed, with regard to the Tories, " Their day is past; but if, as a last effort, they spoil the bill, let us reject it with disdain. ( Cheers.) No longer will I pay taxes in money. ( Cheers.) Let them confiscate my land—( Cheers)— let them seize my goods. ( Cheers.) I am prepared to endure the last extremity—( Cheers)— eternal banishment—( Cheers)— death it- self—( Cheers)— rather than be the willing slave of a tyrannical, unprincipled Tory Administration. ( Long continued cheer- ing.)"— After an animated speech from Mr. Larkin, during which he frequently called forth the cheers of the assembly by the severity of his remarks upon the Bishop of Exeter and the Duke of Wellington, Mr. J. Watson moved tbat a petition, founded on the resolutions, be signed by the Chairman on be- half of the meeting, and transmitted to Lord Durham for pre- sentation.— The resolutions and petitions being adopted, Mr. Doubleday moved an address to Lord Grey, urging him to create Peers, and to secure the integrity of the bill, ( Vehement ap- plause) which being adopted, the thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman. The band played " Rule, Britannia," and " God save the King," and after some cheering the meet- ing dispersed. LONDON POLITICAL UNION.— The Weekly Meeting of the Council of this Union was held on Wednesday night, at eight o'clock, at their Rooms, Saville- hoUse, Leicester- square, Mr. Taylor being in the Chair.— Mr. George Rogers, at the request of the Committee, rose to move the adoption of certain resolu- tions which had been considered worthy their attention, whereon to found the bases of motions to be proposed to a General Meet ing of the Union. To the propriety of calling this Meeting on 3d of May, the Committee assented, and to the spirit or tenour of the resolutions proposed for its adoption. They principally relate to the halcyon of public feeling produced by the operation of the Political Unions, in consequence of the confidence put in his Majesty's Ministers, in their endeavours to carry into effect the Reform Bill; but that, should that confidence have been mis- placed, or the Bill be any way mutilated or rejected, the allayed feeling will be enraged into a hurricane of popular violence detri- mental to society, and injurious particularly to the privileged or ders. In order to arrest this storm, the people should exert their every energy to have the Bill passed unmutilated and soon.— Mr. W. D. Saul, F. G. S., thought that the only effective and cer- tain remedy for the people, in case of the failure of the Bill, was in non- payment of the taxes. This would rouse the Legis- lature to a sense of its injustice and danger. He felt confident of the result of such a procedure.— Mr. Wallis entered into an elaborate and minute defence of Lord Grey, and said that the interpretation put upon his speech was not warranted by the context; nor could any abandonment of principle be proved by a concession of particular details.— He was followed in the same sense by Mr. D. Wakefield and Mr. T. Cartvvright. The latter gentleman in the course of his speech said " I for one will not pay any taxes should the Bill be abandoned or rejected. ( Cheers). But I fear I shall be a sufferer alone, and that the great mass of the nation will look on with fear or apathetic indifference ( loud cries of " no, no 1"—" false, false 1"— we are all determined to do the same 1").— Mr. Galloway said as for Mr. Cartwright thinking he would be alone in the non- payment of taxes, he begged leave to assure him, not only were others present who would be in the same situation, but that thousands in the city were firmly re- solved on the subject. He, for one, was similarly determined. Messrs. Redman and Detrosier followed on the same side, and Major Revell spoke energetically concerning stopping the Sup plies, rather than the non- payment of taxes. This was illegal— that constitutional ; and should be recommended to, nay, forced upon the House of Commons. The Resolutions were unani- mously adopted ; and it was ordered that the Committee prepare an Address to his Majesty, to exert his prerogative, if necessary, • to secure tbe BUI, and also a Petition to the House of Peers for the consideration of a General Meeting to be held on Thursday, the 30th of May. The Council adjourned at a late hour. CO- OPERATIVE CONGRESS.— On Wednesday the adjourned public meeting of the Congress of Delegates was held at the institution, in Gray's Inn- lane. The Rev. Dr. Wade was called to the chair. He commenced by apologising for the absence of Mr. Owen, the painful cause of which was the death of his youngest daughter. He denied that the plan of Mr. Owen con- templated anything injurious to society. Co- operation on an extensive scale was absolutely necessary to relieve the people from the moral and physical evils in which they were plunged. He expressed his approbation of the proceedings of the Con- gress, and, as a clergyman of the Church of England, he was proud to be a link between the poorer and the richer classes of society ; and if his poorer brethren were to fall, he would rather perish with them than flourish with the rich. ( Applause.)— The resolutions passed at the previous meeting were read.— The Se- cretary then read a letter from Lord Boston, declining to attend any public meeting, the resolutions passed at which might come before him in the capacity of legislator. When they should so come, he promised to give them bis best attention, and do all in his power to promote the interests of the working classes.— Mr. Carson ( delegate for Lancashire) attributed the wants and dis- tresses of the working classes to want of knowledge. He stated that there were three thousand persons who had entered into a bond of co- operation in Lancashire, and were resolved to do that for themselves which the Government would not do for them, They rented land to the amount of 600/. per annum, and had thirty cottages of their own. The power of producing wealth was not sufficient, without knowledge to teach them how to dis- tribute their wealth. To all their co- operative establishments they therefore attached schools of knowledge and industry, which served not only for their own and their Children's instruc- tion, but as places of meeting ; for they were determined never to meet in a public- house. ( Cheers.) Indeed these societies had produced a great moral effect j for the publicans were the only sufferers. ( Hear.) A mistake and a prejudice had gone abroad against them on account of Mr. Owen's peculiar tenets, but they entered into co- operation in the country because it aocorded witb Christian principles. Their establishments con- - tinted of manufactories, libraries, reading- rooms, wholesale and retail warehouses. He then proceeded to explain the gradual progress of co- operative societies. It seems that twelve indi- viduals met together and clubbed sixpence each, with which they bought 121bs. of candles. Upon this stock they traded, and in si* months they realized a capital of 150/., and they had now a wholesale establishment at Liverpool. They purchased their eight or ten hhds. of sugar in the market, and their ware- house was filled with every variety of articles. He adverted to the support of many gentlemen in the country, who supported co- operatives because they found co- operatives pay their rents. He begged, in conclusion, and on behalf of thousands, to state that they were neither Atheists nor Deists, but Christians, and acted on Christian principles. ( Cheers.)— Mr. Flather ( a London delegate) said he would mention to them what had been done by tke 150 whom he represented on this occasion. They had been enabled by co- operation to rent a house of 80/., to build an aBsembly- room, to establish a library and reading- room j they had public discussions and balls at which they and their familie « attended, and surely this was much for working men to do. Hear.) This showed that they must look to themselves— on their own exertions they must depend for their own emancipa- tion.— The Secretary informed the meeting, that an address to the Governments of Europe and America had been agreed to at the meeting of the Congress that morning, and he should now read it to the assembly. It was of considerable length, and, as might be expected, went to develope those social principles upon which co- operative associations have been formed, and which have already been laid so much in detail before the public of this country.— The address being adopted, and thanks voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. Mr. Hume, M. P. was present during a part of the proceedings. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 26.— The cholera is making fearful progress, and the alarm is proportionably increasing. The report from the Board of Health yesterday, contained seventy new cases ; and that published this morning announces an addition of one hundred and five. The total number of cases from the com- mencement on the 22d of March, has thus become 372— and the number of deaths 161. In Cork, where the cases amount to 384, the deaths are only 125. The last returns from Cork are 80 new cases and 17 deaths. MR. O'CONNELL.— Considerable curiosity has been excited by the sudden and most unexpected departure of Mr. O'Connell for London, and it is said at a few minutes' notice. Some have it that his apprehension of the cholera was the immediate cause of his flight. That Mr. O'Connell should suddenly throw up his briefs in the middle of term, and proceed to London, when Parliament is not sitting, does, we admit, furnish matter of gossip for the quid nuncs.— Evening Mail. ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY'S GRANT.— The Royal Dublin Society has at length received the ultimatum of the Treasury on the amount of its public grant. By this ultimatum their Lord- ships approve the following estimate, and direct that it may be submitted to Parliament :— Botanical Department.... ^£ 1,0/ 6 12 0 Chymistry and Mineralogy 509 2 0 Natural Philosophy and Museum. 269 2 0 Drawing Schools and Fine Arts 481 16 0 Library 710 0 0 Establishment 537 12 0 Miscellaneous 1,719 5 11 £ 5,303 9 11 The estimate is thus reduced from 7,016/. 7s. 5d. the amount of the estimate proposed by the society, to 5,303/. 9s. lid. Their Lordships are of opinion, that in order to give to the public the fullest benefit that can be derived from this institution, annual subscribers should be admitted to the use of the rooms antl col- lections, without any election ; the property and government of the society being still vested in those who are members of the society itself. The society has resolved that the foregoing minute shall be taken into consideration at a meeting of the society, to be held on the 3d of May next. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.'— By a Parliamentary Paper, just printed ( No. 298, of 1832) , it appears that the sums levied in the past year, 1831, in Ireland, amounted to 892,812/.; a sum very heavy, particularly when it is known that the tenants who chiefly pay that amount, have no voice whatever in its assess- ment ; and it is, we fear, too true, that the power of the Grand Juries here has been often exercised to favour jobbing for the benefit of the landlords at the expense of the tenants. We feel confident that it is the duty of Parliament soon to permit no moneys to be raised on the subject without their having a voice in the assessment, or in tlie election of those who are to assess those expenses. At a meeting of tiie inhabitants of Ballybog- hill, in the county of Dublin, held on Sunday last, a Mr. Thomas Byrne, the owner of the lay impropriate tithes of the parish, amounting to 200/. a- year, addressed the persons assembled, and said that he re- linquished voluntarily all the arrears for tithes due to him. When questioned as to what it was his intention to do for the future, he replied, " My friends, my answer is simple. I now and for the future, give up all right to my portion of the tithes in this parish. Kings must bow to the will of the people, and therefore it is not . to be wondered at if I do so." LISLE.— It was remarked at Moscow, at St. Petersburg, and in other places, that an innumerable quantity of midges or gnats obscured the atmosphere upon the arrival of the cholera. The town of Lisle is at this moment covered with insects. An amateur of statistics amused himself by calculating how many of these insects there were on a square metre of the walls. He counted and weighed them, the surface of the walls of the. town being estimated at 3,750,000,000 square metres, each metre, on an average, a mellogramme weight of insects. He has discovered that these insects, if thrown together after their death, would form a weight of 3,750 kilogrammes, or about 8,000 lbs of animal matter in putrefaction ; that is to say, a quantity equal to 50 human bodies, which are left to rot in the streets of the town. Surely the authorities should hasten to take measures to avert from the citizens the danger of breathing these deleterious miasma. ' Would it not be advisable to light fires in the large streets, in order that these insects might be consumed in the flames ? The ancients frequently resorted to that measure in periods of contagion. The ancient and almost universal prac- tice of lighting bonfires on St. John's Eve, and other epochs, bad, perhaps, like many other customs, a useful origin and ob- ject, which have now been forgotten. MUSKET- BALLS.— Marshal Saxe computed that, in a battle, only one ball of 85 takes effect. Others, that only one in 40 strikes, and no more than one in 400 is fatal. At the battle of Tournay, in Flanders, fought on the 22d May, 1794, it is cal- culated tbat 236 musket- shot were expended in disabling each soldier who suffered. A RAAL OULD IRISH SQUIRE.— Of all beings that ever lived, Mr. Flaherty was the most forgetful. If ever man should have emigrated to Laputa, it was he. It would take a volume to re- cord his obliviscences.; a few fragments must suffice :— He mor- tally hated reading or writing ; but being, like most of his neighbours, a little in law, or as they call it there expressively " Clawber," he had once a letter to write by a certain day, which could not be dispensed with. This grievous evil he put off until he was too late for the post, and sweet Lidthy, who could best manage him on such occasions, had to sit down by him until he performed the feat. As the mail passed his gate, he went down to give it to the guard, but could not make them hear him, so he mounted his mare, and set off after the coach This he caught after about sixteen Irish miles hard riding; and as soon as he saw it, he commenced, " Hollo! hoy! stap the mail— stap the mail— here— here— here, guard, my boy, here's half- a- crown for yu— put the litter in to the twopinny post in Dublin, or nivir luk me in the face agin."—" My sarvice to your Honor," bowed the guard, fobbing the coin: " but the litter, if you plase." The " Ould Crack" meanwhile had been rumma- ging his pockets. " The litter, the litter ?— eh ! eh 1 eh 1— Och, by Jabus, I'm the mOst infortunate man that ivir drew the brith of life— I'm the inluckiest villain that God yit let live— the lit- ter ! Divil burn it, I must have lift it on the chimney piece I"— Sporting Magazine. BEAR CATCHING.— The inhabitants of the mountainous parts of Siberia fasten a very heavy block to a rope that terminates at the other end with a loop. This is laid near a steep precipice, in the path in which the bear is accustomed to go. On getting his neck into the noose, and finding himself impeded by the log, he takes it up in a rage, and, to free himself from it, throws it down the precipice; it naturally pulls the bear after it, and he is killed by the fall. Should this, however, accidentally not prove the case, he drags the block again up the mountain, and reiterates his efforts with increasing fury, till he either sinks ex- hausted to the ground, or ends his life by a decisive plunge.— Cabinet of Arts, THE DAILY PRESS. FALSE ALARMS.— Those who pretend to be frightened them- selves, or who endeavour to frighten others, with aphantasmagoria of political change arising from the metropolitan clause, with such manifest fictions or such gross exaggerations,— must be bungling impostors, who give their dupes no credit for common informa- tion or common reflection. The public know what popular elections arc, and have been, in Westminster— no inconsiderable portion of the Metropolis ; they know, under the most vicious system of polling that can be devised, the extent of disorder to which such elections have given rise, and the character of the Members whom they have returned. They know, that often during 15 days of tlie excitement of a contested canvass, though some local inconvenience was felt, the state and the capital were never endangered, that a few Bow- street officers and special constables could stay the mighty tumult, and give confidence to the most timid aristocrat,— and that the candidates were never sworn on the Bible to overturn the monarchy, however hostile their partisans might be to the Red Book. Even, there- fore, though the eight proposed Members for the Metropolitan districts wtere to be elected, like the four Members for the City, and the two for Westminster, by the confluence of the voters to four lofty hustings, erected in central points of their respective circuits, and though the poll were kept open, as at present, for the space of a fortnight, we should apprehend no more confu- sion from the arrangement than we now witness at Guildhall and Covent Garden during a general election. The occasions on which the people convene for the purpose of exercising without dispute a legal privilege, or performing an important duty, are not likely to be those selected for dangerous tumults. A general election has never witnessed a Lord George Gordon's riot.— Times. We have been much amused by the contents of the French Papers of Tuesday and the date of Wednesday, and more espe- cially with a most piquant hash, on the part of the Constitution- nel, of all sorts of warlike reports ; for the precise truth of which, however, it will not pledge itself. The modest scribe ! our extremes will always answer for the exact veracity of their similar sallies. According to this splendid repast for the Pa- risian gobe- mouches, all the leading Powers are in the concoction of a grand plot against France. The Austrians are mustering to the extreme of military armament, " At Vienna," says the Constitutionnel, " every thing breathes war"— a fact which, we are shrewdly informed, " is concealed from tlie French embassy," which in course is composed of individuals who, in the language of Scripture, have eyes which see not and ears which hear not- the character of French diplomacy to a tittle. To the Prince Metternich is ascribed the honour of the arrangement of the forthcoming plot, the object of which is to confine France within the limits of her boundary in the days of Louis XIII. 1 The Emperor of Austria, it seems, is not personally much in- terested in the matter, having a sort of eye to a probable result in favour of his grandson, the son of Napoleon ; but is willing to compromise for Louis XIX. ( the Duke of Angouleme) who is to recall his abdication. The Emperor of Russia, on the contrary, has sworn by his mustachios to stand by Henry V., who is not to be regented by his mother, poor youth I but by Messrs. de Blacas, de Damas, de Villele, de Latour Maubourg, de Montbel, de Peyronnet, & c. & c. " England, it appears, is considered by Prince Metternich to be out of all question of European order," although " the management which Austria owes her requires delay." How pleasantly romantic some of the Gallic redacteurs are ? The trouble of invading France is to devolve upon Russia and Prussia, and the King of Holland is to open the ball by an attempt on Belgium. As respects France itself, Marshal Bourmont and Duke de Broglie are to head the royalists; and Prince Talleyrand, with his usual guarded acumen, has been heard to declare that chance will decide the success of the whole affair. " By a very remarkable coinci- dence," continues the lively Constitutionnel, " at the very time this information reached us, we also received from another part of Europe, from England, a letter from our habitual London correspondent, in which we read the following:—' The im- portant question of war is again the prevailing topic. War, considered impossible a few days since, is much talked of at present, and well- informed persons appear to give credence to the report." This, of course, is conclusive ; and we are to take it for granted that Europe is once more on the eve of a quarrel a result to be produced by a Russian, Austrian, and Prussian system of eleception and delusion towards Great Britain and France. We need not dwell upon this species of moonshine, but one remark is scarcely to be avoided; we mean the sang froid with which these war- anticipators attribute schemes of national intervention, treachery, and perfidy to everybody and anybody, and suppose secret combinations on foot, the existence of which would place the parties concerned in them among the most base, the most false, and the most contemptible of man- kind.— Globe. THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.— The Session has closed— no speech from the Throne— no alliance of heart and soul between King and people— no hearty cries of " Vive le Roi," or " Vive la Libert^"— no mutual and affectionate salutations of King, Peers, and Deputies— no smile of satisfaction at the result of the Parliamentary labours of the Session— no confidence reposed by the King in the Deputies, or by the Deputies iu the King. But a dry formal legal Ordinance was read from the Tribune of the Deputies, by Barthe, the Minister of Justice, which closed this memorable Session ; and then Girod de l'Ain, in the name of the law, required the Deputies to disperse. Out of 459 Depu- ties 159 were present ; out of the 159 about 19 took off their hats and cried " Vive le Roi 1"—" Hush, hush 1" cried the rest of the assembly, and then dispersed 1— M. Barthe appeared at the Chamber of Deputies with the proclamation an hour after the time fixed for his arrival. He kept the Chamber waiting an horn- to see his embroidered coat and to hear the Royal Ordi- nance. This was in bad taste, and showed an intention of re- turning to the ancient habits of the Restoration. Whilst wait- ing for the Ordinance of Louis Philip, the Deputies conversed on various topics. Some spoke of the illness of M. Perier, which is unaccountably prolonged after the solemn but lying as- surances of the Moniteur that he was convalescent. Some spoke of M. Guizot as his successor— others named the Duke of Broglie, of whom Lafayette once thought so well, hut who is now a doctrinaire— and others said that M. Decazes would succeed in his manoeuvres and arrive at power. The " Legitimist" Depu- ties could not bear Decazes, for they say that his Administra- tion under Louis XVIII. was the first mortal stab given to the Restoration after 1815. The Patriotic Deputies on all hands agreed that they must not interfere with any of these changes— that as the system would not be altered, but only the men, that therefore, the true friends of France must stand aloof, and must leave the system of the juste- milieu, like the cholera morbus, to pursue its course until it should arrive at its natural termination. The true friends of France were at their post. Lafayette, Odil- lon Barrot, Salverte, Cormenin, Comte, & c. & c. were there, and laughed heartily when poor Barthe arrived, dressed out in his embroidered coat, in which he had first visited the Chamber of Peers ! They might well laugh 1 Embroidered coats were ne- cessary to the Restoration, to make it look respectable and dig- nified, but the principles of the Revolution of July needed not such fantastic ornaments. As the silent and mournful assembly gradually separated, each looked at his companion, and appeared to ask— " Fastueuses promesses de Juillet, qu'etes- vous devenues? " Soleil brillant des trois jours, comment t'es- tu eclipse ?" Poor Louis Philip 1 poor Casimir Perier ! poor juste- milieu ! Do you call this national ? Do you suppose it can be durable ? NO— a thousand, nay, a million times, no ! Oh, how little do they know in England what is really passing in France!— Morn- ing Chronicle. PITT AND THE ANTI- REFORMERS. « Pitt is the Idol of ( he Conservatives. What answer can they give to the following passages, which they may verify by reference to the Parliamentary Debates:—• " An Englishman, who should compare the flourishing state of his country some twenty years ago, with the state of humiliation in which he now beholds her, must be convinced, that the ruin which he now deplores, having been brought on by slow degrees, and almost imperceptibly proceeded from something radically wrong in the constitution. Of the existence of a radical error no one seemed to doubt ; nay, almost all weie so clearly satisfied of it, that various remedies had been devised by those who wished most heartily to remove it. The House itself had discovered that a secret influence was sapping tiie very foundation of liberty by corruption : this influence had been felt within those walls, and hail often been found strong enough to stifle the sense of duty, and to over- rule the propositions made to satisfy the wishes and desires of the people; the House if Commons ( in former Parliaments') had been base enough to feed the influence, that enslaved its members; aud thus was at one time tlie parent anil the ojfspriugof corruption. This influence, however, had arisen to such a height, tbat men were ashamed any longer to deny its existence, aud the House bad at length been driven in the necessity of voting that it ought to be diminished. The House of Commons, which, according to tie true spirit of the constitution, should be the guardian of the people's freed. > ni, the Constitutional check and control over the executive power, would, through this influence, degenerate into a mere en- gine of tyranny and oppression, to destroy the constitution hi effect, though it should, in its outward form, still remain."— Mr. Pitt's Speech en fief, fin, May 7, 1783. " He considered it on such a review, as one of the most Indispu- table doctrines of antiquity, that the state of representation was to be changed with the change of circumstances. As far back as the period of the reign of Edward I., which was the first time when lliey could trace distinct descriptions of men in the repre- sentation, the doctrine of change was clearly understood. The counties were not uniform; the number of members was fre- quently varied : and from that period to the reign of Charles II. there were few reigns in whieh representation was not varied, and in which it did not undergo diminutions or fluctuations of some kind or other. Those changes were owing to the discretion which was left in the executive branches of the legislature, to summon or not to summon w hom they pleased to parliament. The execu- tive branch of the legislature was vested with this discretion on no oilier principle, than ihat the places, which might for the time being have such a share in tlie general scale of the people, as should entitle them, or rather subject them, to the duty of send- ing members to the representative body, might be appointed to do so. In this very discretionary power the principle of alteration was visible, and it manifested the original notion which our fore- fathers had of representation to be this :— That whereas it was impossible that every individual of a populous country could make choice of a representative, the task should be committed to such bodies of men as might be collected together in communities in tbe several districts uf the kingdom : aud as such communities must from their nature be fluctuating and moveable, that the crown should have the discretion of pointing out which of them were proper from their size and scale, to execute this duty for tbe rest. Paganini has given a concert at Paris for the benefit of the poor cholera patients. It produced 9,750 francs. " The argument against change was an argument against the experience of every period of our history. There had not been ol' late any addition to tl ; e ceunty sIiar.- in the representation, except, indeed of the palatines, of the principality of Wales, and of another addition which had been made since the period at which it was common to say that our constitution was fixed, the Revolution, namely, the addition of all that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland. " But in the borough representation the changes had been infi- nitely more common. Gentlemen had undoubtedly read, Ihat, of the boroughs which used formerly to send members to parliament, seventy- two had been disfranchised, that was to say, that the crown had ceased lo summon them at general elections to return burgesses to the House of Commons. After the restoration, thirty- six of these boroughs petitioned parliament to be restored to the exercise of their ancient franchise ; their prayer was granted, and to this day they continue to enjoy it. But the other thirty- six, not having presented any petition on the subject, had not re- covered their lost franchise. Upon this he would be bold to say, that, considering the restoration of the former, and the continued deprivation of tlie latter, the spirit of the constitution had been grossly violated, if it was true ( but which he denied) that the exten- sion to one set of boroughs of the franchise of returning members to parliament, and the resumption of it from others, was a violation of the constitution. For if the numbers could not originally have been constitutionally increased, so they could not conititutionally have been diminished. But having been once diminished, to re- store litem might by some be said to make an innovation ; and if tile parliament had any authority to restore the franchise, the prin- ciple of restoration ought to have been exlended to the seventy- two boroughs, and not confined to one- half of them. Here then it appeared manifest, that the whole was governed by a principle which militated directly agaiust the modem doctrine, that to do ivhnt had been constantly done for ages, by the wisest of our an- cestors,. was to innovate upon the constitution. The seventy- two boroughs iu question had discontinued to return members, because they had fallen into decay. Thirty- six of them afterwards recovered their franchise, when they recovered their former wealth und popu- lation; but the pther thirty- six, not having renovated their forme* vigour and consequence iu the state, remained to this day deprived ; of the franchise which had been taken from them, when they lost the wealth and population, on account of which they had originally obtained it. " Why then was there a greater objection to any change in tbe representation of certain boroughs now, than there had been ia former periods? Why were they more sacred now than the thirty- six boioughs which had been disfranchised, and which bad no share at present in the representation of the country ? The arguments that influenced gentlemen against any change at this time, would have equally operated against the thirty- six boroughs which. had from time to time been extinguished, as well as against the same number, which, having been abolished, were from a change of their circumstances, reinstated ill their privilege. In those earlier periods, such was the notion of representation, that as one bmvugh decayed, and another rose, the one was abolished, and the other invested with the right; and alterations took place from accident or caprice, which, however, so far as they went, stood good and valid. The alterations were not made by principle ; they did not arise from any fixed rule laid down and invariably pursued, but they were founded in that notion which gave tbe discretionary power to the crown, viz. that the principal places, and not the decayed boroughs, should be called upon to ex ercise tlie right of election. " He contended, therefore, that the same notion should now pre- vail, but that it should be rescued from that accident and caprice in which it bad before been involved ; that the alteration should be made oil principle; and that they should establish this as a clear and eternal axiom in representation— that it should always be the same— that it should not depend upon locality or name, but upon number and condition, and Ihat a standard should be fixed for its size. He would submit to the world which of the two was most anxious for the preservation of the original principle of tho constitution, he who was for maintaining the exterior, and name of representation, when the substance was gone, or he, who pre- ferring Ihe substance and reality of representation to the name and exterior, was solicitous of changing its seat from one part of the country to another, as one place might flourish and another decay? It was his idea, that if they could deduce any good principles from theory, and apply them to practice, it was their duty to do so. It was then the theory, aud it had been the practice, in all times, to adapt ihe representation to the state of the country ; and this wm exactly w hat it was his intention to recommend to the House. New and in all future time lo adapt the representation to the state of tkt country, wus the idea of rejorm which he entertained."— Mr. Pitt's Speech on Reform, April 18,1785. 140 MI TOWH. April 23. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Vindex's " curious incident" may be true; but it may also be false, and it is not whether true or false, suited to a Journal which respects itself. A Frenchman is thanked. We fully agree with him, and had determined to overhaul and expose the spurious trash from the Parisian press, which has been imposed with so much effrontery on the English public. We shall bring up our arrear of literary notices next week, and assure Verax that we shall not " go upon the puffing system." " The West Indian question" will be attended to in our next. THE T<* WM. LONDON; SUNDAY, APRIL 2% 1832. ( action and intrigue by the King's exercise of his preroga- tive, signified by an insertion in the London Gazette.— But to create Peers for a purpose— to degrade the heredi- tary dignities of my Lords TENTERDEN and KENYON, by introducing roturiers to an equality with them ! This is downright impertinence. The sally of Lord TENTERDEN as one of the most magnificent pieces of upstart self- ob- livion with which we are acquainted.— But, again, it is nconstilutional to create Peers for a purpose. We an- swer, it is not where the purpose is to disenthrall and per- petuate the constitutional privileges of the people. With the wishes of the nation— of the people— at his back, the King may constitutionally and sufely make as many Lords he wants ; and no one, it is well understood, knows and feels this truth better than the King. Their MAJESTIES, we are happy to state, continue in the enjoyment of excellent health. " The waverers" are said to employ themselves, during the recess of Parliament, in plajing a curious game.— They are, it is rumoured, carrying on a sort of duublc- faced negotiation, with Lord GREY on the one side, and the Duke of WELLINGTON on the other. No one ap- pears to suspect them of perfidy; but they are weak and afraid ; they are committed with the Reform Bill only by their fears — and fear is the most deceitful of all holds upon the actions aud the faith of men. Hence, sonic apprehension has gone abroad, both in the metropolis and in the country, that the Reform Bill may be wrecked in the Committee of the Lords. Our convic- tion, from our own best judgment of circumstances and persons, and from the opinions of others, upon whose authority and information we are disposed to rely, is, that in the present year and session, tho Reform Bill will as- suredly pass, in the integrity of its essential principles and provisions. An attempt, it is apprehended, will be made to render less popular, and, therefore, less powerful, the proposed representation and constituency of London. Can any man, of ordinary sense, live in London, with his eyes open upon what passes around him, and not see that the whole mass of the industrious, independent, aye, and informed pi pu'a- tion of this vast capital, is resolved to have nothing less than the extent of privilege defined in the Bill ? Is it possible to suppose the waverers blind or desperate enough to encoun- ter, to provoke, the moral and numerical force— the sense of right, and steady intrepid resolution of an enlightened, free, and fearless population ; with the further hazards of lelting loose, at the same time, the disorderly and desperate spirits, always numerous in a great city, who, from their misfor- tunes, or their vices, are predisposed, on every occasion, and under every guise, to become agents of confusion and perpelrators of crime? Supposing the wavcrcrs sufficiently weak to he in- veigled or besotted by a party which, with a predominance Of rashness and stupidity, yet comprises expert and un- scrupulous tacticians ; or by a great leader, who, with his dulness in some respects, yet is able to conduct a political intrigue with the same craft, adroitness, and decision, with which he conducted a military campaign ;— supposing, we say, the waverers thus infatuated, is it likely, is it morally possible, that the dangers of compromise to the public pcace, to property, and to human life— and, independently of these, the consequences of compromise, or even vacilla tion. to himself— can escape Lord GREY ? He has hitherto steered the Reform Bill with the confidence of a man strong in his resolution and his means, and with a success that has proved his career as a Prime Minister alike in- trepid, firm, and sagacious. He has been a public man under the public eye, for the last forty- five years, and he assuredly would not destroy in a moment the reputation of a long life, and the historic eclat of a great measure, without any one redeeming or conceivable motive. If there he a man in the kingdom who would spurn pusilla- nimous counsels, and start with horror at the bare imagi- nation of public ignominy, it is Lord GREY. Yet this the Minister who is supposed capable of a compromise of principle, character, and manliness, which would place him in such a predicament that he would best consult his own tranquillity by ordering his travelling carriage— and a passport. But passing over Lord GREY, arc there not in the CA binct other men whose characters are a conclusive gua rantec for the safety of Reform?— Will Lord DURHAM whose public life is chiefly marked by his leading and de cisivc views of Reform— whom neither ill health nor do mestic affliction lias prevented frori devoting liis whole energy to the framing and vindicating of this great mea sure— will such a man, wo ask, enter into a pusillanimous compromise ? Lord ALTHORP, without the imposing ad vantages of rhetoric in Parliament — without an over- whelming influence as a proprietor of boroughs— with only the solidity of his faculties, his known independence, and perfect integrity, had long been looked up to by the na tion, and recognised as chief, by a most respectable section of opposition, up to the period of his becoming Ministerial - leader in the House of Commons. Such a man will not deliberately commit wreck of his charactcr. Mr. STANLEY a young man devoured, it is said, with ambition, fearlessly conscious and confident of his own powers, will hardly be startled by a measure which at the most, or at the worst would but oblige him to enter the arena on equal terms. In word, the Cabinet is bound to the Reform Bill in the most secure and sacred of all recognizances— reputation. Well, but the Bill may be mutilated in the Lords' Com- mittee, by artifice or breach of faith. Still the course is clear, simple, and easy. The amendments, so called, of the Lords, would be sent back to the Commons; the House of Commons, having the fears of a general election and the people before its eyes, would return the Bill in its original form; and Lord GREY would quietly tread down SONG OF THE HALF- CONVERTED. We've been roaming, we've been roaming, Where the Tory Lords were met; And we're coming, and we're coming, With their spells upon us yet. We've been roaming, we've been roaming, Midst the Jersey's doubts and fears ; And we're coming, and we're coming, With her warning in our ears. We've been roaming, we've been roaming, Where the milk- and- water drips; And we're coming, and we're coming, With its softness on our lips. We've been roaming, we've been roaming, Wav'rers ever through the past; And we're coming, and we're coming, Half- way to the Whigs at last. We've been roaming, we've been roaming, Where the Tory Lords were met; And we're coming, and we're coming, With their spells upon us yet. Several persons connected with the Bank of England have recently had interviews with the Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER oil the subject of what is called " The Bank Question." They have been unable, however, to obtain any information as to the precise course which Ministers intend to take with respect to the Charter. All that lliey have collected is, that the Government will do nothing which could in the slightest degree affi- ct. the national credit, as connected with the Bank of England ; but that if the Charter should be renewed, it will be with important modifications. open warfare against Russia, it has been kind and generous towards the Refugees: and the restrictive measures which have been adopted, were, it seems, rendered necessary by the turbulent conduct of some of the Refugees, whose re- membrance of the atrocious aid given by Prussia to the Emperor of Russia, in his attempt to destroy the nation- ality of Poland, is stronger than their gratitude for Ihe charitable succour which they have received in their state of wretchedness. We have received private accounts from Madeira of so recent a date as the lltli instant, at which lime great em- barrassment was already experienced from the blockade established by Admiral SARTORIUS, in the interest ofthe young Queen. Several American vessels, which had arrived off Madeira, laden wilh provisions, of which the island was greatly in want, had been forced to put back, and a great portion of the garrison, sensible of the hope- lessness of resistance, had displayed a refractory spirit, which occasioned great uneasiness to the Governor. Little doubt, indeed, was entertained tbat the Governor himself would endeavour to make liis peace with Don PEDRO, by delivering the island into his hands. It has been said here that the Constitutional forces will lose no time before Madeira, but at once proceed to Lisbon, and that, having struck a decisive blow there, Madeira will, of course, fall without bloodshed under the authority of the legitimate Queen. This is totally incor- rect. Don PEDRO cannot attack Lisbon until lie has obtained possession of Madeira. His present forces are not equal to the invasion of Portugal; and it is a condi- tion of the contract for the loan, that he is to rcceive no more money until Madeira shall have fallen. Without money he cannot add lo his forces for the conquest of Por- tugal; and, therefore, independently of the additional force which lie would obtain by the surrender of Madeira, where there is a garrison of picked troops, and the moral effect which it would produce in preparing the way for a favourable rupture ill Portugal, he has a powerful motive for making an attempt upon this island. In that attempt he must succeed. Want of provisions will increase the prevailing discontent against the Governor, and a portion of the garrison, at least, would join the Constitutionalists on the first signal of the presence of their chief. With a faithful garrison and a zealous Governor, Madeira could hold out for months against the whole of Don PEDRO'S forces; but no reliance can be placed upon a garrison, the officers of which are for the greater part friends to the Constitutional Queen. Prince TALLEYRAND has received almost daily, since the illness of M. CASIMIR PERIER, telegraphic despatches, re- pecting the state of that Minister's health. For some time, and when the accounts were favourable, the contents of these despatches were given, we have reason to believe, in the Courier ; but for several days past there have been no announcements of such arrivals in that Paper, although it is well known that Prince TALLEYRAND continues to receive telegraphic communications daily. We apprehend from this circumstance, that things are not going on well. By means of the telegraph, accounts may be re- ceived from Paris within the day ; so that it is possible for Prince TALLEYRAND to know iu the evening how the Prime Minister was in the morning : indeed it is quite practicable to receive a communication from Paris in nine hours. Wc have received information, from a quarter on which reliance can be placed, that the state of health of the French President of the Council, M. CASIMIR PERIER, and the disorganization and debility of the French Cabinet generally, are such as to render inevitable a change in the Ministry. The physicians of M. PERIER are not entirely without hope that if he can get info the country for two or three months, and be kept entirely free from agitation of mind, he may be enabled to resume the direction of affairs; and the King is therefore desirous of appointin^ some person to the Presidency who would consider him- self only as the locum tenens of that Minister. It is diffi- cult to find such a man. SEBASTIAN!, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, would, perhaps, as the friend and admirer of PERIER, be the fittest person for such a post, if the state of his own health would permit him to take it; but he also has been too much shaken by illness, to perform double duty, as principal in one department and substitute in another. Many persons have been named as the probable suc cessors, or rather representatives, ofM. PERIER, supposing that he should remain nominally at the head of affairs; among others, and most confidently, M. M. DECAZES and TALLEYRAND. If public confidence or public respect be necessary qualifications for a Minister in France both are utterly disabled. M. DECAZES is a parvenu with the edu- cation of a Court minion, finished iu the French monastery of police. He began as favourite Chamberlain to Madame MERE, under the Imperial regime, captivated the good graces of Louis XVI1L, became successively Prefect and Minister of Police. Disgraced on the assassination of the Duke of BERRI, ho was unable to recover his ground with Louis XVIII.; he w as hated by the Angouleme's, and he would now re- appear with the colours of July only to be contemptuously tolerated or impatiently rejected by the Frcnch people. As to M. de TALLEYRAND, all who have seen him since his arrival in London must he convinced that with all the sparkling of his epigrams and his eye, he is scarcely fit to do invalid duty as a diplomatist. M. de TALLEYRAND is himself sensible not only of his old age, but has a very keen sense of living even as a private man among a people who are not at all agreed in opinion or feeling as to the part played by him in the grand Harlequin- ades of 1814 and 1815, and at Ihe Congress of Vienna. The conduct of the King of Prussia towards the Polish Refugees in his dominions, has been much and deservedly commented on by the public Journals. Whether a dread ofthe effect which such comments might create, or a na- tural desire to stand well in the opinion of the world, has determined the King of Prussia to enter into explanations respecting his conduct, we know not; but the fact is, that lie has instructed Ins ambassadors in London and Paris to explain to the respective Courts the circumstances under which he has hren induced to subject tbe refugee Poles to military discipline. It would appear from the explana- tions, that whatever may have been the conduct of the Prussian Cabinet towards the Poles when they were in RAKE RATS. " Two white rats, with red eyes, were last week caught at Doncaster."— Daily Paper. To red- eyed rats, as white as snow, Public attention thus is drawn : But we've of late, for public shew, Unearthed, some rarer rats in lawn. PROMISED PROMOTION. On dit— in next Birth- day's " Gazette" ( We vouch not for the hearsay) The Duke will flourish by Brevet, Vice- Governor of J 1 DIABOLICAL DOINGS. " A True- blue Club has been re- established in Gloucestershire. • Cheltenham Journal. A True- blue Club in Gloucestershire They've re- established, for the revels Of the Conservatives—' tis clear They mean a coterie of Blue Devils. Or is't Corruption's dying throe ? Let not its cramps or cries disturb us— True- blue, as all the Doctors know, Is the last stage of Cholera Morbus ! BISHOP BURNING. At Staindrop, late, in effigy Was Philpotts roasted limb by limb, That hence the reverend rat may see— They do not care an F I G for him. TO MRS. B That death and the sun, Can be looked on by none, With unwavering glance is a maxim, I know ; At least, I have read That such has been said, By that hero of ethicks, the great Rochefoucault. To this list, I assert, Must be added a flirt, For so ceaseless your leers, so grotesque your grimace, That though, altogether, Not quite a white feather, Hang me if I've courage to look in your face I Yet I've heard some declare They believed you were fair— For even the bravest I'm certain don't know Then if lovers you'd win, You had better begin To allow them to learn if you truly are so. Oh thou coquetting Circe 1 All are not at your mercy ; For learn, that the taste of a liberal mind, Is to seek, not be sought; Is to teach, not be taught; But for you — such a feeling is far too refined. Other hearts you may mangle, But for mine, do not angle, Or your time and your favours you'll equally lose ; I'm too old for the net Of an artful coquette, In sin, dilettante in man, connoisseuse ! When you strive most to please, You're most certain to tease ; Your sallies but fright or aversion inspire ; You're exactly, in fact, Like the Rioters' Act, For when you approach, all the prudent retire. Thus the worthy have fled In disgust and in dread ; And so strange is the swarm of admirers that follow, That ' tis said if you'd deign To exhibit the train, It would beat— the Parisian Menagerie hollow 1 TOWN TALK. A meeting of the members of Crockford's took place a few days ago, to deliberate on the proposal of increasing the sub- scriptions, owing to the growing habit lately crept in among some few of the subscribers, of converting what was meant to be a light supper into a substantial dinner. Mr. H T eloquently and warmly opposed any increase of subscription, and his arguments were so ably and feelingly urged, that the measure was abandoned. MELTON.— Much interest has this season been excited at Melton by the loss of a tooth, which unfortunately occurred to a celebrated diplomatic character. Large rewards have been offered for its recovery, as it was considered a chef- d'ceuvre of the dentists :— While some have lost their hearts forsooth, Our diplomate has lost a tooth. Lord Alvanley has applied for an injunction to prevent people from repeating his bon mots, which he finds are so misused as not to be intelligible, the raconteurs being in general perfectly innocent of the point of his epigrams, and the pith of his sallies. The Earl of W , with that tenderness of heart and kindness of nature that so distinguishes him, has been amiably occupied at Melton, during the dull evenings of winter, in giving lessons in music to the fair friend of Lord K., with whom he got up some trios, though he would have preferred duets. The lady says she prefers the notes of Lord K., which are in treble; and we hope the lessons will never lead to any discord. A distinguished member of a former Administration caused no little amusement to our lively neighbours at Paris, on his visit to that gay city some few years ago. Being asked what official situation he held in the Cabinet, he answered with great naiveti, " Je suis le grand Sot d1 Angleterre" ( meaning to say garde des Sceaux). His hearers, judging from his manners and conversation, were less surprised at the title he gave himself, than at his frankness in avowing it. MARCH OF INTELLECT.— The family of an ancient and noble house were lately visited by one of the junior branches, a boy, home for the vacation. His tutor had written to his parents to complain of the idleness and inattention of his pupil, which led them to sentence the boy to a four hours' daily confinement to the library, which confinement was solitary, that being a room seldom entered by any of the family. After some days, the youth was examined as to his studies, who produced some poems, copied from Pope, Goldsmith, Cowper, and others, which were perused with pride and pleasure by the family, conceiving them to be the production of the son, who, seeing their ignorance, let them remain in error. He was now considered a prodigy ; all his former idleness and bad conduct were excused, under the plea of the eccentricities of genius ; and it was not until some visiters came to the house, to whom the poems were shown, that the intellectual and educated family could be persuaded that the boy was not a genius of the first class in embryo. The works of a noble novelist of the present day were de- scribed by one of the old school as being flimsy, flighty, flashy, and frothy ; while those of his untitled contemporary, Mr. L— were designated as bird's eye views of society, taken through a microscope. A person having lately met the president of a certain house at a dinner party, where he was, as usual, delighting the company with a long story, remarked, that Proser would be a more ap- plicable name than S— k— r. The following new works are in the press, and are shortly to be published :— A Philosophical View of the Inutility of Fixed Principles, by Lord B— th— st. An Epic Poem on Truth, by Lord G— g— 11. Madame Guiccioli arrived in London on Thursday : we won- der whether she will be the rage. One cannot, with any proba- bility of success, speculate on the absurdities of the fashionable mob ; after Hogg and Schlegel, the acute poet and the imagina- tive commentator, none can say who will not be followed. No- velty was the sole secret of their fascination, and so despotic is its sway, that the author who would occasionally attain distinc- tion in the fastidious and sophisticated circles of this metropolis, must consent to reside at Devizes, Rydal, or Keswick, appear only at rare intervals, and then with skilful preparatory quackery: " For if we majesty expose To vulgar eyes, too cheap it grows." We think that the celebrated name of Guiccioli, and the beauty of its owner, must excite interest and curiosity, if not homage ; and the lady deserves that the English in London should endeavour to compensate for the ungallant behaviour of the English in Italy. At any rate, it i^ to be hoped that she will find one faithfulfassa/, although one of the Volfone breed. MODERN READING.— It is reported, and we believe truly, that a recent edition of Hume's History of England had been published eighteen months, before it was discovered that the printer had omitted an entire chapter, although many hundreds of copies had been previously sold I— Such is the state of modern reading.— Enter a circulating library, and demand any book which has been published two years, and it will be produced coated in dust. The works of a past generation are purchased by the present, neither as sources of instruction nor of re- creation, but as comme il faut appendages to a room thirty- six feet by thirty, ornamented with shelves, satin wood, trellis, cur- tains of green silk, and plate glass. To such an extent is the love of novelty in literature carried, that, we firmly believe, if Clarissa Harlowe, any work of Robertson, or any work of Pope except Heloise, were reprinted with a false title as the produc- tion of a modern author, the imposition would not be disco- vered by the readers of Tremayne, De Vere, Matilda, Arling- ton, Herbert Lacy, or the Contrast. Lady consulted a friend some seasons ago, as to what character she should personate at a grand fancy ball; adding, that she wished to display all her diamonds. Her friend, with the malice of which a friend only is capable, in the presence of many listeners, advised her adoption of the character of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, shewing her jewels. Poor Lady , unskilled in history, perceived not the insidious- ness of the equivoque ; and declared her delight in discovering a character which would enable her to display all her jewels! She was indebted to her step- son for the true version of the story ; and, not wishing to exhibit her sons as her jewels, chose the part of Queen Elizabeth, which enabled her to empty all her caskets of their brilliant treasures, and to personify h merveille, la blonde Iteine. It is with extreme regret and alarm that we learn the adhesion April 29. THE TOWltf. 141 of another member of the Royal Family to the cause of anti- reform. The Princess Olive, in short, has addressed holograph letters, announcing her determination to her " immaculate cousin of Cumberland " and her " wise cousin of Gloucester." " Our Royal Self," she observes, " is himmoord in a dunjohn on sus- pishon of det be radikul willains, who wants to bring our Royal Family hinto contempt hand hupset the constitution." A LOST MAN.— An acquaintance of ours returned a few days 1 since after a long absence to Dublin. Meeting an old friend, he asked after their old and common acquaintance. " And how," | said he, " is our old friend?" The answer was, " Ah, poor fel- low I he's a lost man. You'll be shocked to hear he is become a | member of the temperance society." A POET IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION.— A celebrated Poet has, I we are credibly informed, set out upon a very extraordinary pilgrimage. Finding himself, to his surprise, one morning wholly unprovided, he sallied forth in search of a religion. He has had several conferences with the Rev. Edward Irving, in the unknown tongue, but without yet coming to an understanding. I Our pilgrim of Parnassus has also visited the lady who officiated as Priestess of Isis, and was much edified with her conversation. I He was already, it is well known, initiated in the mysteries of I Elusis and Egypt. We understand he means to stop at Rome. The public will, in due time, be made acquainted with his ad- 1 ventures and liis choice. THE RETORT UNCOURTEOUS.— Fines and recoveries ( as fund I and refund) are like the poles, arctic and attractive. Of the latter is the following quid pro quo anecdote:— A physician of an acrimonious disposition, and having a thorough hatred of lawyers, was in company with a barrister, and in the course of conversation, reproached the profession of the latter with the lise of phrases utterly unintelligible. " For example," said he, " I never could understand what you lawyers mean by docking an entail." " That is very likely," answered the lawyer, " but I will explain it to you ; it is doing what you doctors never con- sent to— suffering a recovery." Mr. Q D was some years since a dandy, and dealer I in Irish Linens. Old Lady A meeting him one day with a superfluity of wristband extending to his finger- ends, said " I am sorry, Mr. D , to perceive that you have so much linen on hands." Mr. T. H happening to call the other day on Lady , was entertained hy her with an account of the precocious talents I of her youngest daughter, about seven years old. " For in- stance," said Lady , " we will get her to order the ser- vants, as if she was mistress, and take me off in the most charming manner imaginable." The young lady readily consented, put on the airs of her mamma, requested Mr. T. H to touch the bell, and upon the appearance I of the footman, said to him, " if Mr. II should call, I am not at home." The group, at this moment, would have been an invaluable study to a painter. There is, or has been, for the last ten years an asssociation, I called " The Irish Society for Educating the Irish peasantry in their native language." We perceive, from a recent meeting, that it is threatened with dissolution. It was supported by opulent, well- meaning men, but used as a source of profit by interested contrivers, and its direct objects were not merely absurd but mischievous. Instead of preserving the unwritten jargon spoken I by the Irish peasantry, every legitimate and liberal effort should be made to get rid of it. The Erse and Welch may be harmless I in Scotland and Wales, but the old and barbarous dialect of | Ireland perpetuates barbarism, ignorance, and social antipathy, among a people already but too much divided. THE POLES. In looking over a foreign publication we have met the following I " Order of Ihe Day." It " as addressed to the Polish Army by the Russian Autocrat, through his gentle brother Constantine, in I 1815. We give it not to prove the too glaring violation of the I faith of treaties towards the Poles and towards Europe, but as a I specimen of the adroit perfidy with which the politic barbarian | doubly played upon the national and martial spirit of the Poles, to intimidate the Castlereaghs and Talleyrands of the despicable I Congress of Vienna, and to cajole the Polish Army into an instru- ment of their own and their country's bondage:— " His majesty, the emperor Alexander, your powerful protec- tor, calls upon you. Assemble round your standards; let your I hands be armed for the defence of your country, for the mainte- I nance of your political existence. While this august monarch is 1 occupied with Ihe happiness which he designs for your country, I show that you are ready to support his generous endeavours wilh I your blood. The same chiefs who ft- r these twenty years have led I you to the fields of honour, will still show you the way. The I emperor knows how to appreciate your valour. Amidst the disas- ters of an unfortunate war, he has seen that your honour survived I events, which it did not depend on you to alter. Glorious deeds I have distinguished you in a conflict, the cause of which was fre- 1 quently foreign to you. Now that your exertions are dedicated to I your country, you will be invincible. Soldiers, and warriors of all I descriptions, give the first example of the virtues lhat must inspire I all your countrymen; unlimited devotion to the emperor, whose I only object is the good of your country ; love towards his august! person, obedience, discipline, unanimity ; by these you will pro- 1 mote the welfare of your country, which is now under his mighty 1 aegis ; by these you will attain lhat prosperity which others might] promise you, but which lie alone can procure you. His power and I his virtues are the pledges. " CONSTANTINE." The deceitful tyrant who issued this address soon reduced the I Poles to a state of vassalage which left their nationality but a name. His brother and Lieutenant Coiutantine oppressed, despoiled, and I outraged them with the capricious cruelty of a dastardly Bavage as he was. His brother and successor, Nicholas, more perfidious than Alexander, more cruel than Constantine— more atrocious than I even Catharine, who only massacred the inhabitants of a capital- has pronounced their annihilation as a nation— and civilized Europe I looks quietly on 1— We have, however, good reason to believe that I tbe Poles cheiish the resolution and resources of despair; aud that I if Europe looks on it will only be for a time. THE KING'S TOAST. SIR,— Having had the honour of dining in company with his I present Majesty at the table of the Guards, kept for him in St. James's Palace, in the olden time, the bottle going cheerfully | round, it came to the then Duke of Clarence to give his toast, I which he accordingly did as follows :—" Money at one per cent. I and love without any interest at all." Long may he enjoy the I same good spirits as he then had, and prove that the Royal I William is able, like Henry Quatre,— " De boire, et de battre, " Et dijtre un vert galant," To the Editor. OLIVER OLD- STYLE. QUIXOTTE AND HIS QUADRUPEDS. A DREAM OF NIGHT ERRANTRY I had— like Byron it would seem— " A dream, that was not all a dream ;" Though different far the verse that may That real mockery portray :— I dreamed I stood on soil of Spain— That " auncient and renown'd domain" Of arms, romance, and chivalry, Of prowess and knight- errantry. As o'er La Mancha's heights I hied— Saavedra's spirit for my guide— What marvel that, before my sight, Arm'd cap- h- pie, La Mancha's knight Appeai'd, at Fancy's blithe behest, With beaver barr'd and lance in rest; Whilst, striving to appease his ire, Trudged at his heels his trusty squire. But, swift as thought itself, e'er ranged— Heigh, presto I— and the scene was changed. For arid mountain, bleak and bare, Sterile Sierra, where the share Of plough was never driven ;— for plain, Unmoisten'd by the gentle rain Or dews of Heaven, around me spring, In verdant beauty blossoming, The wood- crown'd hills, the flower- clad dales, Green glades, and ever fertile vales Of England;— but, though changed the scene, There stood the Knight and Squire, I ween ; There stood they still— or seem'd to stand. But, by some sort of sleight of hand, " A change"— no trivial change I deem— " Came o'er the spirit of my dream." Methought th' heroic Don of yore, In person trod the stage no more, But— as in places nameless here— By proxy wielded sword and spear ; And in his stead, upon the stage Stood " the Great Captain of the age"— So lank in lineament and limb, Grisly and ghastly, gaunt and grim, That all men hail'd him at a glance, " Knight of the Rueful Countenance." His baton, clutch'd with eager hand, As by the touch of wizard's wand, Stretcli'd to a lance— his British blade, oh I Turn'd to a spit- like true Toledo. { And those who've known him many a day, And in all moods, have mark'd him say, His soul is like— eadem semper— His sword—" ' tis of the ice- brook's temper.") His regimentals, cut in fashion Of the last Royal regulation, Converted now, sans skirt or tail, Into a rusty coat of mail; His martial hat, with scanty plumes, The shape of iron casque assumes; And borrowing from that shameless spark, The ladies stuck up in Hyde- park— Achilles height— his seven- fold shield, Arm'd cap- ii- pie, he seeks the field. But how ?— alone ?— unhorsed ?— a foot Goes gallant Quixotte's substitute ? Another change came o'er my dream, That far more wondrous I esteem. Oh, for the genius of Cervantes, To sketch the shade of Rosinante's Proxy I—( for what some asses do By proxy, mayn't some horses too ?) Methought—' twas sure the strangest freak Of Fancy— but methought that weak, Spavin'd, and spare— such age's fate 1— With a slight spring- halt in his gait, Bare- ribb'd and broken- knee'd— his wind A little touch'd, as oft we find, Did Eldon, with his quenchless vigour, Assume gaunt Rosinante's figure. But what, though arm'd, with soul on fire, And horsed, is knight without a squire ? Sooner than in the motley round No Sancho Panza should be found, Fancy must, e'en in sleep, make merry With the lugubrious Londonderry. And sure it seems no forced conceit, Where such extremes " by proxy" meet, The hero of extravaganza Ap- proxi- mates stout Sancho Panza. Now with what wight must Fancy grapple, As proxy for our Sancho's dapple ?— " Cousin of Buckingham 1" ecstatic May be thy triumphs Asi- atic, Do thou, delighting all beholders, Clap Bottom's head upon thy shoulders. Say not the sconce is hard to find— Your Grace need only look behind. " Slight transformation," say the mass, Can change your Lordship to an ass." Here have we muster'd knight and squire ; *#** » # Here's Rosinante and dun Dapple. On then to glory— on they speed— The brave knight spurring his staid steed; Straight, with the spirit of Marshal Sacks, A windmill gallantly attacks. Oh, soul of knighthood I impulse thrilling t No common mill he thinks of milling The mill he aims at, grinds amain Old constitutions young again. ' Tis studded with six sweeping sails, That ' midst aristocratic gales, Aloft stand motionless and still; But the least breath o' th' POPULAR • WILL, Speeds them, with wild and whiziing crash, Resistless as the lightning's flash 1 On every sail a letter shone Like hieroglyphic in the sun, Intelligible but to those Who rank not with their country's foes ; As in slow majesty around The sails like dallying eagles bound, That letter in each sail— a gem- Traced thus— R— E— F— O— R— M— Seemed blent like rainbows midst the storm, Gloriously heralding " REFORM." On, on rushed Quixotte— who but he ? In coat of mail armed cctp- a- pie ; One loud indignant shout o'er earth Just then the POPULAR WILL sent forth; Crash 1 rattling round the sails were whirled, Rider and horse to dust were hurled ; The lance he raised, the first rebound Sent shivered piece- meal to the ground: His sword he tried, but tried in vain, ' Twas strewed in fragments o'er the plain, Battered his casque, and bruised his carcase. Was ever Knight in such a war case ? His coat of mail was rent asunder, As by the blasting bolt of thunder. The laurel's fame around his brow Had wreathed— how singed and tarnished now. Defeated, battered, bruised, and beaten, Glad of a whole skin to retreat in, Without delay, demur, descant, he Led off his limping Rosinante. What though aloud experience preaches, The hard of heart she seldom teaches ; For oh I th' obtuse of heart, ' tis plain, Are more or less obtuse of brain. Disgrace, discomfiture, the blot On fame's escutcheon all forgot, Our Quixotte sallies forth again, But followed by a goodly train Of zealots furious as himself, Fighting for place, like Swiss for pelf. Soon on his way a- head he saw Chance of emprize, exploit, eclat, A drove of sheep that came in view Straight to his sight an army grew. ( But, fancy's secret I can keep ill— This drove of cattle was THE PEOPLE.) The Don, in his impetuous wrath, Cried out—" Who dares to cross my path ? " The lordly legion at my heels " The surety of success reveals. On to the charge 1 no quarter I shout I " Ride rough- shod o'er the rabble rout 1 " Now dash among the slaves pell- mell, " Be ' No Reform !' our battle- yell I"— Onward he spurred— old Eldon winced ; Then his inveterate pluck evinced, Neighed out aloud, his age forgetting, And set to prancing and curvetting; But ambling sidelong to the fray, He heard dun Dapple's ominous bray ; Discord and dread were in the shout, And Rosinante seemed to doubt The issue of the fray.— Just then " A change came o'er my dream again." Methought THE PEOPLE— or the flock Of sheep— scarce felt the battle- shock, Ere, by the stroke of magic, all Were changed— the sternest ' twould appal— For they were changed in mortal sight To WILD BULLS raging for the fight. Roaring they turned and dashed amain Into the centre of the train, Unhorsed the Knight, unassed the Squire, Flung Rosinante in the mire, Gored Dapple in that tender part— The seat of honour— not the heart— Then with one wild victorious shout Put the proud phalanx to the rout, " In most admired disorder" broke Their ranks pell- mell, and * * * * * * * I awoke I OPENING OF THE NEW BRIDGE AT STAINES.— The opening I of the new bridge at Staines took place on Monday, in the pre- sence of their Majesties, and a large party of the nobility and gentry of the county. The town of Staines appears to have been famous for its bridges, for the present is the fifth bridge which has been constructed at that place. The n6w bridge was I commenced in the spring of 1829, and the first stone was laid on the 14th of September following, by their present Majesties, and was a short time ago completed, under the direction of Mr. George Rennie, the architect. The bridge has a most beautiful effect when viewed from the water. The cost of the bridge and approaches was about 41,000?. It consists of three segmental arches, the middle seventy- four feet in span, and the two side arches sixty six feet span each. There are also arches on each side the bridge for the towing- paths and the land floods. The I whole is surmounted by a plain bold cornice, and block parapet I of granite, with neat toll- house, and lamps of elegant design. His Majesty having been graciously pleased to fix Easter Mon- day for the ceremony of opening the bridge, the Committee made suitable preparations for the reception of their royal I visitors. Two superb triumphal arches, decorated with laurel, and profusely adorned with appropriate emblems, were placed at either extremity of the bridge. About four o'clock, their Ma- jesties, accompanied by the usual suite, made their appearance, and were most enthusiastically received. The Committee con- ducted their Majesties to the extremity of the bridge, where an address, thanking their Majesties for their condescension, was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Govitt. His Majesty replied at con- siderable length. The King seemed as if he had recently expe- rienced an attack of the gout, as at first he walked rather lame and stooping; but, on his return, his step was more firm. OUTRAGE ON BRITISH SUBJECTS.— The most extraordinary I intelligence has reached the City from the Island of Teneriffe. An edict from the King of Spain had been received, ordering all foreigners, British subjects and others, to turn Catholics, to take the oath of allegiance to the King of Spain, or quit the island I within two months. The British subjects met and sent a memo. 1 rial to the Governor, which it was expected would occasion some delay, at least, in the enforcing this outrageous decree. All vessels from England are ordered off from the island on account I of the cholera morbus.— Globe. [ We give the foregoing para- I graphwithoutattachinganyconfidencetoit.— Editor of the Town.] THE DRAMA. ITALIAN OPERA.— The fraction of the public which supplies the frequenters of this theatre, comes with a presentiment of failure ; and in the last experiment has not been disappointed. Madame Tosi is a person of talent and experience— too much of the latter, and not all that was announced or might be wished of the former. Her commanding stature, dark eyes, strongly pronounced features, and something of despotism in her porta- mento on the stage, even when the queen might be expected to sink in the woman, accorded at once with the unloveable asso- ciations awakened by the name of Queen Elizabeth, ( who, how- ever, was a blonde), and with the quality of Madame Tosi's . It is a high soprano, generally energetic, sometimes un- expectedly weak, managed with skill, producing some vigo- rous effects, but never touching by inherent qualities of tone or cal tours de force of execution. Her opening recitative produced a dubious impression ; but her first air decided, if not her talent, at least her reception. Her career through the first and up to the last scene of the second act, was self- possessed, equable, and more frequently than cordially applauded. In the last scene she rallied all her resources of organ and art, and gained upon the audience. The storm of her indignation hurst upon Norfolk with a natural sweeping energy which produced just and lively manifestations of applause. We copy this lyric effusion from the libretto, in order to give the reader the oppor- tunity of fully enjoying the English translation, which leaves the celebrated song, by a person of quality, beginning " Flut- tering spread thy purple pinions," and a lyrist who need not be named, at an immeasurable distance :— ELI. Indegno 1 Fellon, la pena avrai Dovuta a tanto eccesso. Dove s' intese mai Piii scellerato cor I Si aggravi di ritorte : Vada 1' iniquo a morte ; Terribil fia lo scempio D' un empio traditor. ELI. Vile wretch; Soon thy felon heart shall perish, In extremes of guilt and pain ; Who e'er deem'd a soul could cherish Crimes that fix so deep a stain ; Go, meet the doom to thee awarded, And may thy fate a warning prove To all, whose souls have disregarded Truth, and loyalty, and love. Her happiest display, at least that which obtained her most credit, was the sweet and tender, and therefore somewhat uncon- genial air, " Bell' alme," which she executed with a felicity of expression which proved her possessed of more versatile powers than her preceding performances had given reason to expect. In this, and only in this, instance was she encored. The predo- minating clamour of " bis, bis," however, could leave no doubt that the most numerous and vociferous were a set of foreigners, whose admiration and ecstacies were retained in the service of the manager or the debutante for the evening. When we say that Madame Tosi's debut was a failure, we do not mean to deny her talent, science, and taste, but simply to say that she failed to realize the expectations of transcendant powers which had been injudiciously created. The choice of an opera does not appear to have been fortunate. Had Rossini produced nothing but the Elisabetta, he would no longer be remembered. Perhaps the manager and the lady calculated on the prestige of a national subject and favourite Queen. The manager, at least, should not have so deceived himself. He should have known that the day of fanatical prejudices in England is gone by for ever, and that the name of Queen Elizabeth is no longer a claptrap. Nor- folk was represented by Curioni, the clandestine wife of Lei- cester by Madame Puzzi, and the hero of the piece ( Leicester) by Winter. Madame Puzzi passed with considerable success ; Winter sang with energy and feeling; and Curioni was advan- tageously roused by his juxta- position with the rival tenor. But if the opera be mediocre, the ballet is really superb. Ma- dames Brugnoli, Heberle, andLecompte, with Albert and Samengo, present a rare union of what our neighbours call choregraphie. Brugnoli is more angular in her attitudes aud movements, but excels in feats of muscular activity aud address ; Heberle more resembles Taglioni, displaying more of curved outline and grace ; and both have, in an extraordinary degree, that zephyr levity which seems to touch the stage rather from condescension than necessity. DRURY- LANE.— A new play, entitled The Merchant of Lon- don, was brought out at this theatre on Thursday night with de- cided and deserved success. The following are the dramatis personte and their representatives. Lord Beaufort . . . Edward Beaufort Richard F'itzalan Parallel Scroope Flaw . Rivers Isabel Beaufort Mariana Widow Lovell Mr. Younge. Mr. H. Wallack. Mr. Cooper. Mr. J. Russell. Mr. Macready. Mr. Harley. Mr. Brindal. Miss Gordon. Miss Phillips. Mrs. Orger. We take the following sketch of the plot from one of the morning papers :— The piece opens with a love- scene between Richard Fitzalan and Mariana: he is the favoured page to Lord Beaufort, and she the darling niece of Scroope— the Merchant of London— a man who, it seems, has acquired great wealth by trade and in- dustry. At the time of the opening of the piece, he is in pos- session of a mortgage upon the whole estate of Lord Beaufort, and it is upon the point of being foreclosed, so that he may he said to have the whole of that ancient family in his power. Be- sides Richard, Scroope's niece, Mariana, has several suitors, the principal of whom is Edward Bemfort, son to Lord Beaufort, a young man of loose life and evil propensities, who wishes to se- cure the lady, chiefly to relieve the family estates from the mort- gage, and to fill their coffers with the merchant's money. These matters and disclosures form the business of the first act, after which the interest may be said to commence; for it appears that Scroope is urged on to the ruin of the Beauforts by deadly en- mity, and the recollection of some long- past wrongs. This in- terest is well sustained to the close. It appears that the real name of Scroope is Francis Norton,- that he was born of humble parents on the estate of the father of the present Lord Beaufortthat being of a studious turn he was well educated; and that in the end he became tutor to the present Lord Beau- fort and to his sister; that he fell in love with that sister, and secretly married her; that the present Lord Beaufort dis- covering her condition, had produced a separation between Norton and his wife, by accusing the former as an heretic, and by- forcing the latter into a convent where she soon died. Before she died, however, she produced a son— no other than Richard Fitzalan, whom Lord Beaufort had brought up, and retained in the capacity of his page. It is not until the last scene of the play that Scroope is made aware of the nearness of the relation- ship between himself and the lover he had approved for his niece, and we must do Mr. Serle the justice to state, that this inter- view, and another between Lord Beceufort and Scroope are powerfully written ; they told extremely well with the house, and the success of the production was much and opportunely contributed to by them, as the interest was somewhat injudi- ciously postponed for matter which served chiefly to fill up time upon the stage. We refer here chie% to the scenes in which 143 THE TOWS, April 29. Parallel, Flau\ and certain Alsatians ( Sir W. Scott has made glitter and glare of these fairy affairs, without any thing very every hody familiar with the term,) are concerned. We do not striking in the scenery or machinery, say that part of these interviews was not absolutely necessary ; inasmuch as they were connected with two plots of Edward Beaufort— first to slander Richard Fitzalan to his mistress, and secondly, to carry off the lady by force, in order that she might he compelled to marry him. We object to the somewhat tedious manner in which these scenes are elongated There are, how- ver, two scenes, important to the bringing about of the ca- tastrophe, which we can by no means approve ; in the one, the hero of the play, Lord Beaufort's son and daughter, and Richard Fitzalan, are made meanly to place themselves in concealment in order that they may overhear what is passing between Mariana and Parallel: in the other, in the midst of the greatest distress, when the heroine has been clandestinely . seized, and is piteously imploring Edward Beaufort, Flaw is introduced, disguised and drunk, for the purpose Of making the audience laugh with one eye, while they are crying with the other. The reader will scarcely require to he told that in the end honesty and fidelity are triumphant, and, although Fitz- COVENT- GARDEN.— The pantomimic novelty at this theatre is called The Tartar Witch and the Pedlar Boy, and considered as a mere spectacle is immeasurably superior to that of the other great house. From the very incongruous terms of the title ( for it is not in the nature of things that a Tartar Witch should know anything of a Pedlar Boy) our readers will be prepared not to expect from us a description of that which is incomprehen- sible ; we shall, therefore, confine ourselves to stating that the scenery by Messrs. Grieve, is beautifully painted, the proces- sions magnificent and arranged with taste, the dancing graceful and picturesque, and the costumes splendid and various. The principal parts were supported by Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, the Misses Poole, Cawse, and Taylor, and Mr. Keeley. The piece, in spite of the rather too serious absurdity of the plot, was suc- cessful, chiefly owing to the talents of the scene painter and the costumier. j * , , , , _ . ^ With regard to the Minor Theatres, we have little more room alan has been badly wounded by Edward Beaufort in a street D . . _ , encounter, he is united to Mariana with the full consent of all to sPare than merely to mention the names of the Easter novel- parties, and particularly with the approbation of Lord Beaufort, ties produced at them, with a few brief particulars :• reconciled ( owing to the forgiving nature of the Merchant) * ' 11 — :-- - - •- » '. - - - 1 T, J 7 71 SONNET. 1 This is the long and short on't."— OLD PLAY. Lady, excuse me, but in my idea Your marriage is extremely indiscreet ; You're but a little biped, while, it's clear, Your husband runs about upon six feet ! And, I am confident, one moment's thought Would have betray'd the folly of the whim ; For it's quite evident that you're too short A gentlewoman to be- long to him. Yet, doubtlessly, he holds you very dear ; And if he doesn't, its extremely funny— For, though you'd twenty thousand pounds a year, You'd still be very little for the money : And one like him to marry, I declare, A little lady, isn't a tall fair. [ Comic Magazine. who is _ HL to Scroope, just before the fall of the curtain. Edward Beau fort goes into voluntary exile, professing, however, a comfort- able resolution to reform. The author of this play is Mr. Serle, who performed at Covent Garden a few seasons back, and plays at present, we believe, at one of the minor theatres. Even on the stage, Mr. Serle has given indications of intelligence and good sense ; his friends claimed for him the possession of a very cultivated mind, and more than common attainments, and his play has fully borne their most favourable judgment of him. The scene is in London, and the time the Elizabethan age. Mr. Serle, as might be expected, is deeply imbued with the spirit, and rather too studious of the diction of the early English dra- matists. In this he resembles Mr. Knowles. Both are equally archaic in their vocabular. Mr. Serle has more simplicity, ele gance and sweetness,— Mr. Knowles, more of pathos, vigour and vulgarity. There are, in the play of Mr. Serle, poetical beau- AT ASTLEY'S, the new piece for the opening, is entitled Chevy Chase, or the Battle of Otterbourne, the subject of which is so familiar to every child, as to need no detail. It is crammed full of single combats, and general engagements ; and is altogether a most valorous and spirit- stirring production. Since last season,. the interior of this theatre has been newly painted and decorated in a very costly manner ; there is, in fact, a superabundance of gold and silver in the decorations. We trust the same thing may be said of the treasury at the end of the season. SURREY THEATRE.— The Easter novelty of this house was a new dramatic romance, under the title of The Death Light, or the Treasure Seeker, the scenery of which is very effective. The tragic portion of this piece is amusingly relieved by the buf- fooneries of J. Reeve in the character of Erasmus Kiddt- winkle, a cockney virtuoso. Another most agreeable novelty produced here, is the lowering of the price of admission,— the ties and touches of dramatic power, which can leave little doubt boxes are now 3s anj pit ls. gd. of his ability to produce something still better than this first, and THEATRE.- TWS theatre, which has been newly de- successful essay. The following passages, the one describing a good ' man's use of riches— the other, describing, with delicacy and corated in a tasteful style, re- opened with a new drama, called, originality, the trite subject of female beauty, are selected, not as The French War, or the Soldier's Bride. The incidents are the most prominent in the play, but from their electrical effect founded on a pathetic tale of four young French conscripts who the audience as spoken by Macready. upon . _ JB. EDWARD. Why you were deep in other thought. SCROOPE. I was, indeed, EDWARD. Making a calculation Of your last venture's profit oil the outlay. For your next merchandize. SCROOPE. My mind, Sir, is not Ever upon such trifles. EDWARD. Trifles! SCROOPE. Aye: I've wealth enough now to afford to feel Pleasure's enjoyments: e'en domestic loves Are with the poor called idle— with the rich. They are feelings, tastes, and generous sentiments. I have earned the rights which I once idly thought Were Nature's. EDWARD. You've enjoyments in your wealth That many envy you, altho' they'd use it In a diffeient kind— not contemplate, but spend it. SCIVOOPE. Yes, Sir, I have enjoyments in my wealth, And sometimes love lo contemplate my riches : Not that the chink of gold ' gainst gold can sound A miser's music in my ear, or diamonds, With care kept from the sun, dazzle my eyes With an unholy lustre, when a lamp Stealthily shines upon my hoards. My wealth 1 think of for its use. What are the pleasures Men covet most? I have the power of all. What hath the world that I dare not call mine 1 Shew me the palace, the rich furniture, Tbe fair domain, the meiny of attendants, 1 cannot make mine. This is mere poinp. Shew me the luxuries— the costly wines, The thousand pleasures that poor ingenuity Starves lo invent, to pamper the doll rich— Even with a word they're mine.-— But this is sensual. Shew me the knowledge I may not controul, The learning thatl cannot buy : Shew me the friend would spurn my proffer'd hand, Though I were baseness self; shew me the love, Though e'en I were decrepitude, could ward My golden shower from Danae.' s lap. They are, I own, but mercenary minds That could be won, thus— but my wealth, Sir, gives me A power o'er men's hearts, as well as actions ; It can control the proud, support the weak., Confront mean greatness with an equal port, And cheer with happy hope poor humble merit; Strive with thu bitterest foes would crush young hearts: Relievuold age's cares, soothe pain and sickness, And make the happiest lovers bless its power. E'en mid the . fervour of their holiest thoughts. Yes, Sir, I have enjoyments in my wealth, And I < Jo love to contemplate its might. • • • » • , . She was beautiful, As youth is eyer ere it looks on care ; Generous, frank, high- minded, above pride— As youth is ever ere it knows of wrong; Pull of imagination's noblest dreams— As youth is ever ere it reads sad truth. The chief power and interest of the piece are concentrated in the part of the Merchant, which was admirably played by Ma- cready. Cooper and Miss Phillips played well. Harley made are attached to the grand army, and also to Constance ( what a name for a lady with four lovers) de MerviUe, the heroine of the piece. The pathos t of this moving story, and some good scenery, secured its success. QUEEN'S THEATRE.— This house re- opened with a new com- pany of performers, some of whom appeared to no advantage in the tragedy of Jane Shore, which was followed by two pieces more germane to the resources of this establishment, The Spoiled Child and Peter the Great and Peter the Little. In the former, Miss Crisp made her first appearance in London as Little Pickle, and went through the part with considerable humour and ani- mation NEW STRAND THEATRE.— The principal novelty offered to the holiday folks here, is entitled The Long Finn, and is founded on one of Washington Irving's tales. It is a very amusing pro- duction, and was highly successful. SADLER'S WELLS. 1— The manager of this house made sure, beforehand, of the hearts of his audience, by the title of the novelty he offered them, which is called Trafalgar. The suc- cess of this popularly named novelty was, of course, most uproarious. MACREADY'S MACBETH. A great actor,— a true master of his art, certainly stands very high. What knowledge and power he must have 1 How much genius must be united with corporeal grace and address ;— how much creative power, with the most perfect knowledge of wea- risome ' routine'! This evening, for the first time since my re- sidence here, I saw Macbeth,— perhaps, the most sublime add perfect of Shakespeare's tragedies. Macready, who is lately re- turned from America, played the part admirably. The passages in which he appeared to me peculiarly true and powerful, were, first, the night- scene in which he comes on the stage after the murder of Duncan, with the bloody dagger, and tells his wife that he has done the deed. He carried on the whole conversa- tion in a low voice, as the nature of the incident requires ;— like a whisper in the dark,— yet so distinctly, and with such a fearful expression, that all the terrors of night and crime pass with the sound into the hearer's very soul. Not less excellent was the difficult part with Banquo's ghost. The fine passage :— " What man dare, I dare. Approach, then, like the ruggid Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, the Hyrcanian tiger ; Take any 6hape hut that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble. Or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword; If trembling I inhibit, then protest me The baby of a girl. Hence, terrible shadow I Unreal mockery, hence !" & c. with great judgment he began with all the vehemence of despera- tion ; then, overcome by terror, dropped his voice lower and lower, till the last words were tremulous and inarticulate. Theh, uttering a subdued cry of mortal horror, he suddenly cast his mantle over his face and sunk back, half lifeless, on his seat. He thus produced the most appalling effect. As man, you felt tremblingly with him, that our most daring courage can oppose nothing to the terrors of another world ;— you saw no trace of the stage hero, who troubles himself about nature ; and, playing only to produce effect on the galleries, seeks his highest triumph in an ascending scale of noise and fury. Macready was ad- mirable, too, in the last act; in which conscience and fear are an insignificant character amusing. The announcement of the equaUy deadened and exhausted, and rapid apathy takes the play for repetition by Macready was received with enthusiastic j, iace of both ; when the last judgment breaks over the head of applause. the sinner in three rapidly successive strokes,— the death of the The new Pantomime produced at tlus theatre, - entitled the ^ uem the fulfillment of the delusive prediction of the witches, Magic Car, or the Three Days' Trial, owes its name to a certain Kn(] Macduff's terrific declaration that he is not born of woman' car of fairy workmanship, which plies for fare in the city of W: hat had previously tortured Macbeth's spirit— had made him Medhuscia, an- transports through the air any adventurer daring murmur at his condition, or struggle against the goadings of his enough to occupy it. Serendtb, the pnnee of some country un- conscience,— can now only strike him with momentary terror known to travellers or geographers, and his friend Almanzor, like a lightening flash He is weary of himself and of existence get into this aerial cabriolet, and are conveyed to the dominions and fighting, as be says, in bitter scorn, ' bear- like,' he falls at of the fairy queen Cassandra, who retains m captivity by her lengthi a great criminal— but withal a king and a hero. Equally magic power Zulucca, the beautiful princess of Medhuscia. This masteriT Was the combat with Macduff, in which inferior actors distressed lady can only be released from thraldom by some man C0mm0nly fail j— nothing, yet all the fire, nay, all the horror who shall have virtue enough to resist for three days the sorceries 0f the end,— of the final rage and despair.— Tour of a German and blandishments of Cassandra. Serendib makes the attempt, pr; nce. The heir presumptive to the immense estates of the Earl of Dudley is- tlie Rev. Humble Ward, a gentleman far advanced in life. He has, however, two sons, who have been for some time residing with the Earl of Dudley during their college vacations. The Earldom of Dudley will expire with the death of the present Earl on failure of direct issue ; but his Lordship's other titles descend to the male heir in general, and consequently would de- volve upon the Rev. Humble Ward and his issue.— Wolver. hampton Chronicle. The Ettrick Shepherd, in the preface to his Altrive Tales, thus feelingly complains of the liberties taken with him in the Noctes Ambrosianse of Blackwood's Magazine. We think that his expostulation claims attention, at least from a Professor of moral philosophy:—" For my part, after twenty years of feel- ings hardly suppressed, he has driven me beyond the hounds of human patience. That magazine of his, which owes its rise principally to myself, has often put words and sentiments into my mouth of which I have been greatly ashamed, and which have given much pain to my family and relations ; and many of those after a solemn written promise that such freedoms should never be repeated. I have been often urged to restrain and humble him by legal measures, as an incorrigible offender de- serves. I know I have it in my power, and, if he dares me to the task, I want but a hair to make a tether of." The use of ardent spirits, which has hitherto been the bane of society in America, is likely to be in time entirely broken up by the Temperance Societies, of which there are already above a thousand in the Union. These embrace about two millions of individuals, and have caused the suppression of one thousand distilleries and three thousand retail stores. A letter from Naples, dated the 6th instant, says—" The Marquis of Hertford recently gave a grand dinner at Pompeii, on the site of the ancient baths. Many of the guests were con- veyed thither in one of our omnibuses, containing 25 persons. The passage of this stupendous modern machine, followed by several elegant English carriages, along the narrow streets of this antique town, formed a most singular spectacle. An attempt at an excavation was made during the dinner, but was not successful." It may be useful to remind travellers proceeding to Tuscany through the Genoese states, that their passports must be in- spected by the Tuscan Consul at Genoa, otherwise they will not be allowed to pass the frontiers if they arrive by land, or to dis- embark if they take the route by sea to Leghorn. A letter from Genoa, dated the 14th inst., states that all vessels coming from the ports of France are ( on account of the cholera) subjected to a quarantine of seven days. The Duke of Gloucester, reading one of the daily papers, ob- served an extract from The Figaro in London, which he declared to be a wonderfully clever work ; " but," said he, " I never see a paragraph from The Figaro but it is followed by half a dozen others taken from Ibid, which, to say the truth, must be a very witty periodical."— Figaro in London. DON MIGUEL AND THE IRISHMAN.— An Irish gentleman ( Captain Archibald) was walking near Campo Grande, and meet- ing Don Miguel dressed and attended in a most unregal fashion, with his favourite club, did not know him, and passed without taking off his hat. Don Miguel sent one of his servants to beat him. The gallant Captain, however, facing about, and seeing the intent of the man, drew a pistol, and ordered him to lay the stick on the ground, or he would blow out his brains. The man obeyed instantly. The Captain then told him, within the hearing of Don Miguel, that if he had thought his master was the King of Portugal he should have paid him that respect which civility required, but accoutred and attended as he was he could not possibly know him. Don Miguel called off his servant, de- claring, in compliment to the Captain, that he was some English son of a , not worth minding, ( or words in Portuguese THE ARMV. Return, showing in one table the Numbers of the following descriptions of Armed Force in the United Kingdom, on the 1st January, 1832— viz.: the Regular Army of all Ranks; the Regiments of Artillery of all Ranks; Marines on Shore of all Ranks; Militia Staff of all Ranks ; Volunteers of Great Britain of all Ranks; Yeomanry of Ireland of all Ranks; Police of Ireland of all Ranks. No(. 1. The Regular Army of all Ranks 51,571 2. The Regiments of Artillery of all Ranks 4,58 » 3. Marines on Shore of all Ranks 4,321 4. Militia Staff of all Ranks 2,697 5. Volunteers of Great Britain of all Ranks 20,39!) 6. Yeomanry of Ireland of all Ranks 31,422 7. Police of Ireland of all Ranks 7,367 Viz.— Constabulary Police 6,623 Peace Preservation Police 744 7,367 • •• - Total 122,369 Treasury Chambers, April 12. T. SPRING RICE. but fails ; and is sent off to some distant and doleful city, to join his unfortunate predecessors in the adventure, who are doomed to pass tlie rest of their lives in lugubrious suits of solemn black, and melancholy moping and regret. Almanzor next tempts the adventure, and would have inevitably fallen a victim to the snares of the fairy Circe, but for the timely aid of his servant, who, having discovered a fountain, the waters of which have the pro- m We have seen a specimen print « f the Byron Gallery, illustra- tive of the poetical works of Lord Byron, announced for publi cation by Smith, Elder and Co., of Cornhill. The scene it re presents has been suggested by the lines in the Bride of Abydo. in which Zuleika expresses her entire and tender devotedness to J1UY1U£ « . S. UUK.. U, ..... ....— „ „, — _ Selim. The posi of the figures is well ebosen and natural, parti- perty » f rendering hideously ugly the drinker of them, he, very cularly that of Zuleika— the natural peculiarity of whose attitude opportunely for his master, administers a draught of the said ( she is seated on a cushion at the feet of Selim) is accurately and water to Cassandra, when she is about to conquer Almanzor by gracefully preserved. The publishers declare it to be their in- the force of her beauty. She immediately exemplifies Shak- tention to surpass any thing that has hitherto been done in the speare's expression of " fair is foul." Almanzor's virtue escapes way of Byronian illustration ; and, certainly, if all the succeed unscathed, the last hour of the three days' trial strikes, the charm ing prints equal in beauty of design and exquisite finish of en is dissolved, the princess released and borne away in triumph by graving, the one now before us, that ambition will not only be Almanzor to his royal master Serendib.— The most striking and gratified but amply rewarded ;— for such admirable efforts of novel scene in this piece, is that where the inhabitants of the city British art, and at such a very low price as that set upon them of mourning exhibit their lugubriousness and doleful dumps. The must command a widely- extended circulation ; indeed by no " undertakers who happened to be amongst the audience must other could the publishers hope for a fair remuneration for their have been quite delighted with it. Thereat is but the usual spirited enterprise and outlay. tantamount.)— True Sun. THE NEWTOWNBARRY YEOMANRY.— Four of the above men had ( with their families) taken their passage in the ship Anne, which lately . sailed from Ross for America; about 150 Roman Catholics had also paid for their passage in the same vessel. Previous to sailing, however, it was discovered, through the expressions that were indiscreetly made use of by some of the females among the latter, that there was a preconcerted plan formed, by the majority of those on board, to murder the four yeomen and their families when the vessel was out at sea. This information was corroborated by some relatives of the yeomen, who hastened after them with the same intelligence from their late homes. In consequence the ship owner returned their money to them ; and the men were obliged to take their passage in a vessel going next morning to Liverpool, in the hope of find- ing a ship bound for America.— Kilkenny Moderator. THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND.— The latest discovery with which the Separatists and Anarchists console themselves, is bo be found in the Pilot, which states that Mr. Stanley differs alto- gether from Lord Melbourne, and Lord Anglesey from both, re- specting the mode of governing Ireland 1 When are we to have the next miracle ?— Dublin Times. A LAND FLOWING NOT WITH MILK AND HONEY, BUT WITH ARDENT SPIRITS.— At a public meeting held in Chelms ford, on Wednesday last, for the purpose of forming a Temperance Society, it was stated by Mr. Candler, one of the speakers, that in one year duty was paid on 27,000,000 gallons, which would form a river five feet deep, forty feet broad, and five miles long, and it was calculated that in one year 16 millions were spent by the poor in that pernicious article alone. The money thus spent would more than double the sum contributed for the relief of the poor, and, besides, pay nearly the whole expense of the standing army. CAPTAIN GRAHAM.— A requisition, numerously signed, has been handed to the Mayor, requesting him to convene an assem- bly of the Corporation, to consider the propriety of addressing Captain Graham on his dismissal from the Commission of the Peace. His Worship has appointed Friday the 4th of May for that purpose.— Drogheda Journal. How TO DETECT A THIEF.— A watch was stolen in the pit of the Opera, in Paris ; tlie loser complained in a loud voice, and said, " It is just nine ; in a few minutes my watch will strike ; the second is strong; and by that means we shall ascertain where it is." The thief, terrified at this, endeavoured to escape, and by his agitation, discovered himself.— The Mirror. HUSSAR.— This name, now so generally applied to light cavalry, is of Hungarian etymology, and signifies " twentieth," the term being originally applied to a picked corps formed by a selection of the finest men in every twenty taken from different regiments. EPIGBAM ON THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S MODERATE REFORM For Buckingham to hope to pit His Bill against Lord Grey's, is idle; Reform, when offer'd bit by bit, Is but intended for a bridle.— Figaro in London. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. DIOCESE OF SALISBURY.— On Sunday, the 15th inst., the Lord Bishop of this diocese held an ordination in the Chapel of his palace, when the following gentlemen were admitted into the holy order of— Deacons: George Robbins, B. A. of Magdalen College, Oxford; John James Vaughan, B. A. of Merton Col- lege, Oxford ; Stephen Ralph Spicer, B. A. of Worcester Col- lege, Oxford ; Thomas Cottle, B. A. of Pembroke College, Ox- ford.— Priests : Richard Peter Hoare, Clerk, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ; H. J. Cooper, Clerk, of St. John's Col- lege, Cambridge. PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Carlisle has licensed the Rev. John Faw- cett to the incumbency of Mallerstang, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Charles Earl of Thanet. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has collated the Rev. Alfred Olivant, A. M., Vicar Principal of St. David's College, to the Vicarage of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire; and the Rev. John Brigstocks, A. M., to the Rectory of Burton, in the county of Pembroke, on the presentation of Earl Cawdor. The Lord Bishop of Hereford has instituted the Rev. Braith- waite Armitage to the Vicarage of Peterchurch, Herefordshire, on the presentation of the President and Governors of Guy's Hospital. The Rev. J. W. Lockwood, Student of Christ Church, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of that Society to the Vicarage of Chalgrove, with the chapel of Berrick, Oxfordshire. The Rev. Robert F. Laurence, Student of Christ Church, has also been presented by the Dean and Chapter to the Perpetual Curacy of Hampton, Worcester. The Rev. Thomas Smart Hughes, B. D., to the Rectory of Hardwick, Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of his father, Edward Hughes. The Rev. John Jones, M. A., Prebendary of Peterborough, to the Vicarage of Maxey, Northamptonshire. The Rev. J. G. Brett, LL. B., Morning Preacher of Hanover Chapel, Regent- street, to be Minister of that Chapel, on the death of the Rev. E. Williams, M. A. OXFORD, APRIL 25.— Congregations will be holden for th « purpose of granting Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the fol- lowing days in the ensuing term— viz., Wednesday, May 2 ; Thursday, May 10 ; Thursday, May 17 ; Thursday, May 24 ; Wednesday, May 30 ; Saturday, June 9. No person will, on any account be admitted as a candidate for the degree of B. A. or M. A., or that of B. C. L., without pro- ceeding through arts, whose name if not entered in the book for that purpose at the Vice- Chancellor's house, on or before the day preceding the day of Congregation. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION- HOUSE. Monday the usual festivities of the Easter season brought to- gether a very numerous assemblage of guests at Ihe Mansion- House. The arrangements for die dinner left nolhilig to be desired. Among the guests specially invited un the occasion were several of lire Judges, Lord Nugent, tbe Bishop of London, the Attorney- General, the Solicitor- General, the celebrated Rammoluin Roy,& c. Tbe company altogether comprised upw ards of three hundred and fifty individuals. The Egyptian Iiall was decorated in Ihe most splendid style. The Lord Mayor, in giving " The King," prefaced the toast with a brief and expressive eulogiuni on bis Majesty's merits as one of the most patriotic Sovereigns that had ever swayed the British sceptre. ( Loud applause.) " The Queen" was the next toast, and then followed " the Duke of Sussex aud tbe rest of the Royal Family." The Lord Mayor, in proposing " Earl Grey and his Majesty's Ministers," took occasion to observe, that though they had great difficulties to encounter, yet, strengthened as they were by the confidence of the people, they could not fail of success in their efforts to carry that great measure lo which the whole nation looked forwatd with so much earnestness and anxiety. ( Continued applause.) There being no Minister present, Lord Nugent, as connected with ihe Government, expressed his acknowledgments on the part of the Cabinet. Tbe Noble Lord said be had no doubt whatever that the united voice of the people would secure a triumphant issue for his Majesty's Ministers in the great struggle that was now going on between them and the op- posers of their constitutional rights. The Lord Mayor, in giving the Bishop of London's health, al- luded in well- merited terms of eulogy, to the Right Rev. Prelate's patriotic vole on the second reoding of tbe Reform Bill. The Bishop of London returned thanks, and concluded by saying that in the vote be gave, he was conscious of having endeavoured lo consult the best interests of tbe people at large. After several other toasts, amongst which were the healths of the Lord Mfyor and his Lady, the Solicitor- General, & c. the com- pany retired to the ball room, where dancing was kept up to a late hour. EDINBURGH REFORM MEETING.— The largest assemblage, perhaps, of the Inhabitants of Edinburgh which ever took place in that city was held in the King's Park on Tuesday, in order to adopt resolutions, and a petition to the House of Lords, appli- cable to the present state of the Reform Bill. It is supposed that not fewer than 60,000 persons were in the field where the meeting was held, and in the heights which immediately over- looked it. Among them were many landed gentlemen, mer- chants, individuals of all professions, and a very numerous body of highly respectable tradesmen. Hustings were provided for the Committee and their friends to the number of about 200.— J. A. Murray, Esq., Advocate, was called to the chair. He was supported by Sir David Baird, Sir John Dalrymple, Sir T. Dick Lauder, Sir James Gibson Craig, Sir A. Maitland Gibson, Sir R. Keith Dick, Sir David Kinloch, and a number of gen- tlemen of the Bar and respectable citizens, who crowded the hustings, and took part in the proceedings. Several excellent speeches were delivered, and the meeting came to unanimous resolutions to petition the Lords to pass the Reform Bill. The Bee and the Wasp.— This is a really moral fable in verse, agreeably told and humorously illustrated with designs and etchings by G. Cruikshank. We abstain from giving a specimen, only because fables, like epigrams, require to be given entire. SENTIMENTAL EFFUSIONS.— Mirabeau, when writing to his mistress, would copy whole pages from several periodicals of the day. " Listen, my beloved," he would write, " whilst I pour my whole soul into thy bosom;" and such intimate confi- dence was a literal transcription from the Mercure de France or a new novel. April 29. THE TOWltf. 143 LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 25. At llie silling of the Court, the Marquis of Anglesey took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, on being appointed Vice- Admiral of North Wales and Constable of Carnarvon Castle. Sir John Gurney also took the usual oaths on being appointed one of the Barons of the Exchequer. EX- PARTE WINCHESTER AND BRTGGS.— Sir J. SCARLETT said lie was instructed on behalf of Mr. Alderman Winchester and a gentleman of the name of Briggs, an attorney- at- law, to apply for • leave to file a criminal information against Mr. Patrick Grant, for a series uf libels which, since the beginning of the present month, almost every day they ( Mr. Winchester and Mr. Briggs) had been festered with. It commenced with the pamphlet which he held in his hand. The libels charged those gentlemen with fraud, swind- ling, corruption, and every sort of crime, and they were addressed, with respectto Alderman Winchester, to his constituents and his brother Aldermen, to prevent his arriving at the dignity of Lord Mayor. With respect to Mr. Briggs, he had been threatened re- peatedly with motions to strike him off the roll. It was difficult to go through a series of facts to show a denial of the truth of the charges, but they all arose from one transaction, which be would take the liberty of stating to the Court. Patrick Grant, some years ago, purchased the property of the Sun newspaper, which he conducted in conjunction with a person named Murdo Young. He became indebted to Alderman Winchester for 1,200/. Being unable to meet the demands against him, he was made a bankrupt, and Alderman Winchester and Mr. Thornton were chosen as- signess, and Mr. Briggs was appointed solicitor under the com- mission. Tlie amount of his debts was between 6,000/. and 7,000/. Mr. Young had a share in the Sun, and Mr. Grant's property in it having been offered for sale under the commission, Mr. Young made an offer of 7,500i. for it. Some time afterwards a Mr. Westley offered 9,000/.; and Mr. Young having made a similar offer, the assigness were about to close with him, when two persons, named Lomax and Bell, came forward, and offered 11,000(. The assignees were about to close with those, when Mr. Young set forward his contract of pre- emption, and applied to a Court of Equity for an injunction to prohibit them from selling the Sun to any other person. A Mr. Hickman then came forward, and offered a higher sum for it, provided an indemnity was given lo bin * gainst the proceedings in the Court 6f Chancery, and also imme- diate possession. Mr. Young refused'to'give possession, and the assignees filed a bill against him in the Court uf Chancery. In consequence of these proceedings there appeared to be no possibi lity of the sale at all. Alderman Witleliester refused to sign Mr. Grant's certificate, until be was persuaded by Mr. Briggs. As soon ns the certificate was signed Mr. Grant set up another news paper, called the True Sun, in which the following paragraph ap- peared on the 9th April:—- " We request the earnest attention of our readers to the report of tbe meeting at Basinghall- street on Saturday, at which it was Mr. Alderman Winchester's fate to make so unenviable a figure. We have repeatedly staled to ( he public that Mr. Alderman Win- • chester has, in the exercise of bis functions as assignee of the Sun newspaper, been guilty oi fraud and falsehood. At a meeting of creditors called by himself, Mr. Alderman Winchester, it will be seen, stated, in reply to the indignant censures of his constituents censures • which supplied strong confirmation of our charges— that he felt himself under no obligation to supply them with any expla- nation of his conduct— and that he louked upon their censures -* with utter contempt.' The body uf creditors, whose interests Mr. Winchester has so grossly betrayed, refused, in consequence, to re- cognise him as assignee, to sanction his acts, to permit him, in short, to take any further steps under the commission which he himself sued out. In oilier words, the body whom Mr. Winchester has hitherto - represented have declared him unworthy of trust. Among the many remarkable incidents whie^ h signalise this meeting, one is par- ticularly worthy of notice. In order to defraud his constituents, and enable Murdo Young to secure the Sun on his own terms, Mr. Winchester and Iris solicitor some time ago alleged that Young had bought that paper. The allegation was a falsehood. Win- chester and his solicitor afterwards admitted it to be a falsehood, Upon that falsehood, however, Murdo Young had traded iu Chan- cery for twelve months. Yet even Murdo Young, as appeared at the meeting on Saturday, has abandoned his plea of having bought the Sun— and has, by doing so, joined all the rest of the world in giving the lie to his accomplices, Winchester and Briggs. As to Mr. Briggs, we decline saying any thing more at present. We understand that a motion will be made ill a few days, at the in stance of some of the creditors, to have him struck off the rolls. An application for Mr. Winchester's removal from the assigneeship is also abont to be made. When the result of that application shall be known, it will remain for the Honourable Court of Aldermen to pronounce an opinion on the conduct of this aspirant to tile Mayor- alty. We trust, however, that they will, without waiting for fur- ther evidence than was supplied at the meeting of Saturday, vindi- cate the character of Civic dignitaries, and show their respect for public decency, by expelling Mr. Winchesterfroni their body." And on the 16th of this month, the following paragraph ap- peared in the same paper:— " The value of the Sim was studiously concealed from the cre- ditors till Mr. Grant disclosed it. Young declared it to be a losing property. Winchester and Briggs took care not to question his statements; nor did Mr. Merry found upon these statements any demand for' explanation.' Mr. Grant, however, forced Young to bid some thousands for this losing concern, and, within a month after his first off.* r, forced him to quadruple it. Mr. Grant's inter- - ests were tbe same as those of his. creditors. It was their interest to get their claims liquidated— it was Mr. Grant's interest, by pay ing his debts, to regain his property. The whole scheme of the commission which Mr. Winchester sued out against Mr. Grant was a swindle ; and the same spirit which led to the suing out of the commission marred Mr. Grant's attempts to re- purchase his property. Mr. Grant long ago pointed out to his creditors a fund from which his debts might be paid; and if it was their pleasure to permit a trio of swindlers to stand between them and their pro- perty, the fault certainly was not his. If they chose to allow Mr. ' Winchester and Mr. Briggs to cheat them out of their interest in the Sim, Mr. Grant surely was not, in consequence, bound to forego his interest in that property." Mr. Grant had also published a pamphlet, which abounded with abuse, and charges of fraud of a similar description. Those charges were published in songs, verses, and various other shapes. Under those circumstance's, Mr. Briggs and Alderman Winchester felt it their duty to apply to this Court. Mr. Briggs stated, in his affi- davit, that he had no knowledge uf Mr. Young previous to this transaction ; that he was no relation of his ; yet the imputation against him was, that in order to serve Young, he had exerted himself to transfer the properly of the Sim, and thereby injure Mr. Grant. If those things were allowed, no person could hold up his head in society. He trusted that lie bad said enough to induce the Court to grant the rule which lie applied for. He had the necessary affidavits to bring home the publication of the libels to Mr. Grant.— Rule granted. THURSDAY, Apnti. 26. In the case of the King v. the Proprietors and Publishers of the Morning Post, Court Journal Joh » Butt, and Observer papers fur a libel on the Duke and Duchess uf Richmond — Rule made absolute. LIBEL ON THE DUKE or RICHMOND.— LIBEL.— Mr. Jervis - applied for « ru'- for a criminal information against the printer of the Poor Man's Au - ate, published in Manchester, for a libel on the Eev. Mr. Gilpii jf Scockpurt, stating that he bad connived at Ihe removal of bodies from the church- yard for the purposes of dis- section— Rule granted. POLICE. CURIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT.— Tuesday evening. Mr. James Adamson, the solicitor of Ely- place, Holborn, against whom a warrant was obtained at Bow street in the course of last week for an indecent assault on a lady named Burns, whose husband keeps a classical academy at Kenuington- cruss, appeared before Mr. MRNSHULL to meet the charge. Mrs. Burns having been sworn stated, that in March last she went to the house of Mr. Adamsou for the purpose of asking to extend the time of a bill for 251. from two tu four months. She was shown into tbe parlour, and having staled the object of her visit, the solicitor seined hold of her band and forcibly detained it, hoping that she would make every allowance for him— that lie ten o'clock on the previous evening he was on his master's mare crossing Westminster- bridge. The defendant was driving a one- horse cart at a furious rate, and endeavouring to pass a Greenwich- stage- coach on 1 lie wrong side. Witness drew up as close as possi- ble lo tbe curb- stone, and called out to the defendant to stop, or lie would run against him. The defendant paid no attention to w- lrat he said, aud ran against liim. The shaft of the cart entered the mare's cliesl a considerable depth, and she dropped down, and died ill a few minutes. The defendant appeared to him to be in- toxicated. n It further appeared, that the mare was worth 70 guineas, and that it vvas found necessary to send for a large body of thc police to preserve urder on the bridge. . The defendant, in reply, expressed great sorrow for what had was but a man, and therefore not inrmaculale- iliat. every thing occurred, and declared that it was purely accidental. He was not should be as secret as poss. ble- and that lie would give her the intoxicated, and he had Iris wife with him In the cart, who was in amount of the bill which she had come about, if she would con- the family way, and it would be very unlikely that he should have sent to his wishes. She was of course very much alarmed, aud by wilfully drove against tbe complainant. He asserted that there great exertions succeeded in reaching Ihe door. He followed her was plenty of room between the complainant and the curb- stone for out, and made use of the most absurd and offensive language that two horses to have passed, and it was owing to hiin turning the any man had ever dared to address to a lady. n| are on one s;( je ,| lat the a(. ci< le„ t occurred. Mr. MINSHULL inquired whether she hud ever been at his house | The complainant denied this. before ? The complainant replied, certainly not, or she should not have ventured to go alone a second time, nor should she have gone at all but that she believed lie was a gentleman. The husband said that sire was within two muntlis of her confine- ment, and what rendered tire conduct of the solicitor still more gross, was the fact, that his own wife was in a dying state in the country. Mr. MINSHULL.— Did he use any further violence than what your wife has stated ? Husband.— No, Sir, lie did nut take any gross liberties, further than forcibly taking hold of her hand, and using every persuasion to seduce her. Mr. Adamson being called upon to say what answer he had to make lo the charge, said, I swear by the Almighty, ihat I never so much as touched ihe liein of her garment, and never laid a finger on her. The fact is, that I was at dinner on the day in question, when the servant told me that a female wished to speak to me. I went to the parlour, and there saw Mrs. Burns I asked her if she wished to speak to me in private. She replied yes. Mrs. Burns.—' Tis false, I never said so. Mr. Adamson then went on to say, that he asked Mrs. Bums into an adjoining routri, - here she proposed, on behalf of her hus- band, that lie should lake his acceptance at four months in. lead of two. He replied that it was impossible he could do so. Seeing that she was fatigued, he asked her to take a glass uf wine, tu which she readily cuuseuled, and wanted to rlrink out of a dirty glass that was on the table, but he said lo her, " Nu, you shall Two witnesses were called, who fully confirmed the complain- ant's statement. Mr. MARRIOTT regretted extremely that, under the Highway Act, he had only ihe power of inflicting the penalty of 10s. The defendant was then fined 10s., and his address was given to Captain Saunders, in order that he might proceed against him for the damage. ADULTERATED BRF. AD.— Wednesday David Gilrnth, a baker, in lire Old Kent- road, was summoned to Union- halt for employing deleterious articles in the manufacture of bread. Richard Mawley, accompanied by two officers of this establish- ment, went to the defendant's house, and saw a person in his em- ployment there, who ran up stairs wilh a view of eluding the offi- cers. The defendant bawled out lo that person and said, " Keep what you have gut about you : don't give it up." The officers, however, searched the man after encountering considerable resist- ance, and found the parcel uf alum produced in bis possession. Tbe defendant was fined 101. and costs. He gave notice of appeal. Another baker, named William Pirers, residing in Blackfriars road, was summoned for a similar offence. In his bakehouse the officers found a tub containing upwards of five gallons of a liquid consisting of alum, salt, and water. The defendant was fined 10/., together with costs, and he also gave notice of appeal. ROBBEHY AND SWINDLING.— On Thursday Thomas Wright, late house- steward to the Earl of Belfast, 23, Arlington- street, was re- examined at Marlboruugh- street. The prisoner had been only have a clean glass,' and then he rang the bell, and told the couk to five weeks in his Lordship's service, and on a new servant coming bring a clean glass, which she did. One of his clerks also came an(] |„„ king over the inventory, he found that a large quantity of into the room, and he would call boih Imn and the cook to say wax- candles was missing. On inquiry- being made at Mr. Tucker's whether they observed any thing improper pass between him and wax chandler, South Molton- street, ' it appeared that a quantity of Mrs. Burns. Mr. Adamson then proceeded to cross examine Mrs. candles, value LOF. had been sold there In the prisoner as wax ends Burns, and asked her if she made any noise while he took those The Magistrates condemned the conduct of Mr. Tucker in buying alleged improper liberties with lier. | he can(]| cs. Mr. Tucker said that he had intended to inform Earl She replied that she did not make any noise until she forced her Belfast of the circumstance, as he entertained some suspicions, way into the hall, when she called her brother Charles, who was Candles asgoud, however, as these, were uften brought from gentle- wa. ting at the door for her, to come to her assistance. men's houses. Since he has been in custody, Lord Belfast has Mr. Adamson— After you left ihe parluur, did you not stop discovered that the prisoner had, during the time of living with conversing with me in the passage for at least five minutes ? " — - " ... THE LONDON GAZETTE. Mrs. Burns— I certainly spoke to you in the hall, but the street dour stood open at the time. You then tuld me that probably you would take the bill at three months' date. Mr. Adamson said that the charge was a mere attempt to extort money from him, and evade the payment of the bill, fertile amount of which Mr. Burns had been sued A gentleman, who attended on behalf of Mrs. Burns, said that as soon as Mr. Burns learned how bis wife had been used by Mr. Adamson, lie sent him a challenge, which Mr. Adanison declined to accept, and finding that he could nut have satisfaction him, gone to Messrs. Thompson and Fearun, and ordered upwards of 10/. worth of wine ill his Lordship's name for his own use. He had also been to Mr. Weston, tailor, in Albemarle- street, and pro- cured, by means of the same representations, about 201. worth of clothes. The prisoner, by these representations, had in a variety of places, obtained about 100/. worth of property of various descrip- tions, all of which he had converted to his own use. The prisoner was committed for llie robbery. UNSTAMPED PUBLICATIONS.— A decision of considerable im- portance, respecting the construction of the Act of Parliament re- lating to unstamped Publications, was given oil Thursday at the gentleman, he knocked Mr. Adatnson down in Ilatton- garden, and Mansion- House, by the Sitting Magistrate, Alderman Sir Chapman was fined 51. for the assault. ' — - - Mr. Burns— And if I had sent a bullet through his head, he would have been rightly served. Mr. Admnson's clerk and cook were tlren sworn, and stated that they bad both been into the room in which Mr. Adanison and Mrs. Burns were, and that they did not perceive the slightest impro- priety. on the part of Mr. Adamson, nor any thing in the manner of Ms. B. to indicate that any rudeness bad been used towards her. Mrs. Burns stated that the assault was not committed until after the clerk had left the room, and denied that the cook had been there at all. After some further altercation, Mr. Minsliull said that no doubt an assault had been proved, Marshall. Two persons, named Thurgood and Barnes, were charged with obstructing the foot pavement, by offering for sale certain un- stamped publications. They had been remanded by the Lord Mayor for the purpose of obtaining the City Solicitor's opinion, whether a Magistrate had power to punish under the 60th Geo. 111. for selling such publications.— Mr. David Wire, on the part Of the defendants, stated to Sir Chapman, lhat at Bow- strreet the Magistrates had decided, after bearing tbe argument of Mr. Adol- phus, that tlrey had no jurisdiclion over the offence, unless pre- ferred by the Solicitor for Stamps ; and also, that Mr. Broughton, f A'orship street, feeling the force of this objection, had dismissed a case similar to those now present.— Mr. Newman, the City Soli- citor, said his opinion of the construction of the Act was in favour [ From the Gazette of Tuesday, April 24.] INSOLVENTS. Richard Allmand, Wem, Shropshire, victualler— Samuel Bous- field, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, saddler. BANKRUPTS. John L. Gardner, Little Tower- street, wine- merchant Thomas G. Wells, New Park- street, Southwark, victualler— William Tlios. Park- lane, Piccadilly, livery- stable- keeper— William Gill, Upperl street, Islington, linen- draper— Edward Brice, Bristol, cabinet- maker— James Maclntire and Robert Welsh, Carilett, Pem- brokeshire, coach. builders— Richard Lewis, Portsea, timber- mer- chant— Edward Davies, Sheffield, draper— George Caburn, Horn- castle, Lincolnshire, innkeeper— William Tow- mend, Briglrtheltn- stone, Sussex, brewer— William Kaye, Choriton- row, Lancashire, joiner. [ From the Gazette of Friday, April 27 ] WAR- OFFICE, APRIL 27.— 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons- Major H. Pratt, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Burrowes, promoted. 1st Regiment of Foot— W. Jones, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Gordon, promoted. 30th Foot— Lieut. W. Atkinson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Jones, deceased; Ensign W. A. Steele to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson; Ensign J. C. E. D'Esterre, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Steele. 35th Foot— Captain B. F. D. Wilson, from half- pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice W. Pennefather, who exchanges, receiving tho difference. 54th Foot— Ensign S. Philips, from half- pay Unattached, to be Ensign, vice D'Esterre, appointed to the 30th Foot. 55th Foot— E. Warren, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dixon, promoted; F. Holder, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daubeney, promoted. 60th Foot— S. J. L. Nicoll, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haworth, promoted. 66th Foot— Lieut. F. W. Love, from half- pay 52d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nunn, promoted. 73d Foot— Ensign W. H. Kenny to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Colston, deceased ; J. Hutton, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Kenny. 76th Foot— Captain W. L. P. Moriarty, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice P. H. Michell, who retirei upon half- pay as Sub- Inspector of Militia. 85th Foot — W. Crofton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rose, who retires. 2tl West India Regiment— Capt. G. T. Finucane. frum half- pay of Sub- Inspector of Militia, to be Captain, vice Moriarty, ap- pointed to the 76th Foot. UNATTACHFD.— To be Lieutenant- Colonels of Infantry, without purchase— Major W. N. Burrowes, from the 17th Light Dragoons; Major P. Dundas, from the 7th Light Dragoons, To be Captains of Infantry, without purchase— Lieut. J. L. Nunn, from the 66th Foot. To be Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase— Ensign W. Gordon, from the 1st Foot. MEMORANDA— Lieut. J. Curran, half- pay 96th Foot, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of au Unattached commission ; H. F. Stokes, Gent, late a Lieutenant in the S8th Fout, and appointed to the 39th Foot on the 1st instant, has been re instated in bis rank in tbe army from 1st August, 1825; the exchange between Capt. J. M. Maitland, half- pay 52d Foot, and Capt. Hare, of the 13th Foot, stated in the Gazette of Ihe 10th injt. has not taken place. INSOLVENT. Henry Smith, Salisbury- street, Strand, wine- merchant. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Palmer, Bath, hardwareman— George Bower, Chipping Barnel, Hertfordshire, linen- draper. BANKRUPTS. Charles Fortnum arid William Mencke, Nun- head- hill, Surrey, patent brick- makers— George Mitchell, Furnace, Staffordshire, mil- ler— James Robertson, Whitstabie, Kent, timber merchant—. Ed- ward William Falk, Vine- street, Minories, chocolate- manufacturer — John Burtinshaw, Stockport, cotton. spinner— Robert Hesleden,. Southampton, bone merchant— Roger Backhouse, Liverpool, inn- keeper— James Cumniings, Portsea, Southampton, baker— Henry Pyall, London- road, stationer, and George Stroud, Milner- place, Lambeth, stationer— George Reynolds, Coventry, druggist. and, without passing an opinion as to the circumstances by which I of the jurisdiction of the Magistrate, where punishment for the it was attended, he should call upon Mr. Adamson to put in bail tu offence was what was sought. He admitted that an information meet any charge - which Mrs. Burns might think proper to prefer against him at the sessions. Mr. Adainson accordingly put in the required sureties, and the parties left the office. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.— A woman named Brennan was brought up on Tuesday to Union- ball, in custody on the ful lowing charge :— On Monday night, about nine o'clock, as some persons were walking along Tyer's- gateway, Bermondsey, they saw a female approach the first floor window of a house, and throw would'be necessary to be laid by the Attorney - General or the So- licitor for tile Stamp Office, where fine or forfeiture was contem- plated, but Magistrates had still power to deal summarily with it as punishable offence. Mr. Wire said there was a forfeiture in this case of an extensive nature— it was the forfeiture of the liberty of the person.— Sir C. Marshall said he felt it to be bis duty to act upon the opinion expressed by the Law Officers of the Corporation, and, therefore, . as the offence had been clearly proved, and the men still persisted in declaring their determination to continue their con- duct, he should direct that they be imprisoned for the space of One herself out. She was in a state of nudity at the time, and altliouglr , tlie height from which she had fallen was considerable, yet she | Month, sustained no material injury. The fact of her jumping out under FORGERY.— The officer who apprehended the four men and a such circumstances induced a belief that she did it in order to es- woman who were examined at Lambeth- street on Tuesday last, on cape the fury of her husband ; but it turned out otherwise, for a charge of forging the will of a person named George Friend, who upon a policeman entering the room from whence she precipitated had lately died, with a view of obtaining nearly 500/. which the herself, he found no person there, but saw the corpse of an infant | deceased died possessed of, laid before the sitting magistrate a great lying on the bed, from which it appeared Brennan, the woman al- luded to, had just risen. The body of the child was still warm, and, in consequence of the suspicious nature of the Circumstances altogether, Brennan was detained in custody and brought to this office. When before the magistrate, in accounting for the facts above- mentioned, Brennan said that she had been drinking to ex cess on Easter Monday, and that she went to bed in a state of YANKEE WIT.— Somebody has stolen a pair of boots from the editor of the New York Standard. The editor says, " The boots were bought in TArrrZ- street, and we had not on Saturday a second pair. They were whole soaled at time of purchase, but half soaled at time of theft, like the half souled creature who took them. He did not buy them, nor did we give them away, nor were they sold or half sold to him. They were right and Itft, but now neither of them is leftbut we have been wronged out of them, and it was an unriyA/ eous act that has left us to make this bootless complaint." number of books and papers which he found at the house of Dalton, one of the prisoners. From these documents, it appears that the gang have cairied on a. most extensive and profitable system of for- gery. One part of their plan was to keep a regular register of all the vessels leaving this country on long voyages, such as the whale fishery or the West Indies, with the names of all the men on board, and on their return to ascertain if any of their crews had died intoxication. Her child was in bed at the time, and having soon I during their absence, and if so, what wages were due to them, or fallen asleep, during that period she had unfortunately lain upon what property they possessed at the time of their demise. The mo- the infant and smothered it, for when she awoke she found it lying ment they ascertained these particulars, they at once drew up a dead by her side. The fright had such an effect upon her, that she fictitious will, forged to it the names of one or two attesting wit- threw up the window of her room with the intention of dashing her- nesses, aud by this means soon got possession of the property, selflo pieces. This system had been carried on with great success by them for Mr. Chambers said that the death of the infant was attributable many years past, and they continued it with perfect impunity, as it to the mother lying in the same bed while ill a state of intoxication, rarely occurred that the relations of the deceased persons ascertained He should not discharge Brennan at present, until further inquiries the fact as to the disposition of their property, and whenever they were made into the affair. Two persons proved lhat she was ill- gave themselves the trouble to do so, they were generally satisfied toxicated during the whole of Monday. that the wills were genuine, and therefore took no further notice cf FURIOUS DRIVING.— Tuesday, William Tomlinson alias / ERN/ the matter. Among the documents are nearly 200 copies or the Ahershaw ( bis nick- usnie among the cabs,) who is the driver of ca- wills of seamen and others, and at least treble the number of blank briolet No. 963, was charged at Marylebone office by the police- printed forms, so that from this some estimate may be formed as to man D 32, with running a race with another cab, whose number the extent of llieir nefarious operations. he could not take, and whose driver had thus escaped. Two SAVAGES.— On Thursday, Thomas Dixon was charged The policeman deposed, that he met two cabriolets in full drive at Union- Hall, with biting offthe lip of Mr. Timothy Casey's nose, against each other at two o'clock on Monday morning, and he en- Casey said that he was walking along the Kent- road, when the de- deavoured to slop them, but that one escaped, and he had great fendant pushed him off the footpath. He asked him what was that difficulty in securing the other. This was at three o'clock in the for? Dixon gave no other reply than " Ax about," and words morning, when both cabs returned, driving furiously against each and then blows ensued. They fell on the ground, and Dixon, ma- other, and when he heard Tomlinson cry out, " It is no go 1" At naged to bite oft'the tip of his nose.— The Magistrates deprecated that moment the horse of the cab 963 fell down dead, and a man such cowardly conduct, and were going to inflict a heavy fin ® , when and woman were thrown out— the man dreadfully fractured in the it turned out that Casey had thought proper to bite off, in the scuf- bones, and the woman picked up for dead. The cabrio- fle, half of Mr. Dixon's fore finger. The Magistrates, in consc- lets had been driving at this furious rate for upwards of two hours, quence, left the parties to settle the affair between themselves. Mr. Rawlinson fined the prisoner in the penalty of 51., and, ill ^^ default of payment, to three months' imprisonment in the House of A Marchioness, whose disputes with her lord have been pend- Currection. ing now since 1819, has adopted the novel method of advertising Tomlinson, alias Jerry Abershaw, was then committed to the him as a defaulter in all respects. House of Correction. A REVIVIFYING POISON.— Oxalic acid has been of late suc- Tuesday James Acres, a master chimney- sweeper, was charged cessfully used to make old seeds germinate* They are put into at Queen- square with furiously driving a one- horse cart, and killing abottle of the acid until germination coramenCes, which isgene- a mare belonging to Captain Saunders, of the Royal Artillery, rally in from 24 to 48 hours, when they are taken out and sown under the following circumstances:— in the usual manner. Seeds from 20 to 40 years old have been Samuel Parsonage, valet to Captain Saunders, stated, that about I successfully treated in this way, BANNATYNE CLUB.— This is an association at Edinburgh similar to the Roxburghe Club, London, and the Maitland Club, Glasgow. Each member is expected to print, at his own expence, some valuable article in Scottish history or literature, either from manuscript or from some rare original edition, a copy of which he presents to each of his associates, reserving a few only for the principal literary institutions. The Duke of Buccieugh, who has a taste for antiquarian studies, has resolved to make a very valuable present to the Club ; namely, a compilation of that charters of Melrose Abbey, collated with the original chartulary, which is preserved, in a slightly mutilated state, in the Advo. cate's Library. The Earl of Glasgow has also resolved upon presenting a print of the Black Buke of Paisley, which is th ® chartulary or record of deeds formerly belonging to that Abbey. — Caledonian Mercury. SALE OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND AT CARLISLE.—- OA Saturday, the inhabitants of this city witnessed the sale of at wife by her husband, Joseph Thompson, who resides near Car- lisle. He rents a farm of about forty- four acres, and was mar- ried in the year 1829, to his present wife. She is a spruce, lively, buxom damsel, apparently not exceeding twenty- twa years of age.. They had no children during their union, and that, together with some family disputes, caused them by mutual agreement to come to the resolution of finally parting. Accord- ingly, the bellman was sent round to give public notice of th ® sale, which was to take place at twelve o'clock. This announce- ment attracted the notice of thousands. She appeared above th ® crowd, standing on a large oak chair, with a rope or halter of straw round her neck. She was dressed in rather a fashionable country style, and appeared to some advantage. The husband,' who was also standing in an elevated position near her,, proceeded to put her up for sale, and spoke nearly as follows :—" Gen- tlemen— I have to offer to your notice my wife, Mary Anns Thompson, otherwise Williamson, whom I mean to sell t « the' highest and fairest bidder. Gentlemen, it is her wish as well as mine to part for ever. She has been to me only a bosom serpent, I took her for my comfort, and the good of my house, but she has become my tormentor, a domestic curse, a night invasion,' and a daily devil—( great laughter.) Gentlemen, I speak truth from my heart when I say, may GOD deliver us from troublesome wives and frolicksome widows—( laughter.) Avoid them the same as you would a mad dog, a roaring lion, a loaded pistol, cholera morbus, Mount Etna, or any other pestilential pheno- mena in nature.. Now I have shown you the dark side of my: wife, and told you her faults said her failings, I will now intro- duce the bright acd sunny side of her, and explain her qualifica- tions and goodness. She can read novels and milk cows ; she can laugh and weep with the same ease that you could take a glass of ale when thirsty ; indeed, Gentlemen, she reminds me of what, the Poet says of women in. general— ' Heaven gave to women the peculiar grace To laugh, to weep, and cheat the human race.' She can make butter and scold the maid ; she can sing Moore's melodies, and plait her frills and caps ; she cannot make rum, gin, or whisky, but she is a good judge of the quality from long experience in tasting them. I therefore offer her, with all her perfections and imperfections, for the sum of fifty shillings'."— After an hour or two she was purchased by Henry Mears, a pen- sioner, for the sum oi twenty shillings and a Newfoundland dog ! The happy pair immediately left town together, amidst the shouts and huzzas of the multitude, in which they were joined by Thomp- son, who, with the greatest good humour imaginable, proceeded to put the halter, which his wife had taken off, round the nedc of his Newfoundland dog, and then proceeded to a public- house, where he spent the remainder of the day.— Lancaster Herald. 144 THE TO war. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. An express from Paris arrived yesterday, bringing ac- counts ot the continued indisposition of M. Casimir Perier. JW, Dupin has been appointed to act for the Minister; and it is now supposed there will be no general change. The French Funds are again a shade lower. 3 per cents. 69. 50. The last German papers received, bring mclancholy ac- - counts of Ihe state of Poland. The cholera has again - appeared at Vienna. CHOLERA MORBUS. H' CHOLERA CASES IN LONDON. « '- New cases, 10 | Dead, 2 | Recovered, 5 | Remaining, 45. Total from commencement:— Cases, 2,542— Deaths, 1,336. - April 29. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IN THE COUNTRY. New cases, 83 | Dead, 34 | Recovered, 50 | Remaining, 196. Total from commencement:— Cases, 8,879— Deaths, 3,329. ACCIDENTS, <$ c. DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY FIRE.— On the evening of Friday week last, Mrs. Edgenorth, of Evelyn- place, Vauxhall- road, ' was sitting with her daughter, who is between nineteen and twenty years of age, in the drawing- room, when the latter got up to reach down a portrait that was hanging over the mantel- piece. In doing so the front part of her dress came in contact with the grate, and caught fire ; the flame communicated to the other parts of her clothes, and in a few seconds she was entirely . • enveloped in the blaze. Mrs. Edgenorth rushed to her assistance, and her own dress became ignited. Their screams brought to them two of the female servants, who found Mrs. Edgenorth and her daughter clasped in each other's arms, and their clothes burning fiercely around them. One of the servants seized a large ' riding cloak and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The in- juries these unfortunate ladies have sustained are so extensive that no hope is entertained of their surviving. Wednesday an inquest was held at the Three Tuns, Aldgate, on the body of Mary Ann Read, servant to Mr. Bayes, surgeon, of Whitechapel, who destroyed herself on Monday last, by taking oxalic acid. She had been discharged for some irregularity.— The following lines were sent by the deceased, with part of a : cross- bun, tp a young man who had paid her some attentions :— " Take the bun for me, and think That I was happy once ; Oh, take a share with me, nor shrink, For all the world's a chance. We want but little here below, Nor want that little long, I, too, was happy once, But all my joys are gone. V7 ' " April 20, 1832. " MARY ANN READ." The Jury returned a verdict of— temporary insanity. An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Hibernian School, Phoenix I'ark, on the body of John Bernard, Esq. of Bainegar, in the county of Kerry. Mr. Bernard had been riding in the Park on Tuesday, when his horse became terrified by the firing of the cannon, and he was flung to the ground, his horse falling on him. He was so much injured by the fall, that death was the consequence in a very short time afterwards. Mr. Bernard was a Roman Catholic gentleman, and possessed one of the largest properties in the county of Kerry .— Dublin Morning Register. Thufsday, an inquest was held at the Hat and Tun, Saffron- . hill, on the body of a young man named Harrison. He was a man of respectable appearance, and had often been held to bail for indecent assaults. At Hatton- Garden, on Wednesday, in default of putting in bail on a similar charge, he was locked up in a cell at the back of the office. In an hour afterwards the gaoler went in, and found him suspended by a handkerchief from an iron bar affixed to the ceiling. He was quite dead, and the sur- geon said he must have been so at least half an hour. There were no papers on him to lead to a discovery of his friends. Verdict — temporary insanity. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELS.— On Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, a well- dressed young man went into the shop of Messrs. Isaacs, lapidaries and diamond merchants, in St. Clement's Church- yard, Strand, and asked to look at some pearls and brilliants, which were in a casket in the window. Mr. Isaacs, who is an aged man, was thrown off his guard by the gentlemanly manners of the stranger, and he handed him the jewels. The customer, at the same time, placed a small parcel on the counter, which he said contained diamonds and pearls. He had a commission from a lady of rank to make a large pur- chase, and he wanted a further quantity to make it up. Mr. Isaacs, exercising the caution necessary in dealing for articles of such a nature, kept a sharp eye upon the customer, who, how- ever, set all his caution at naught by suddenly discharging the contents of a large snuff- box, which he had just before placed on the counter, full in the poor old man's eyes. He at the same instant ran out of the shop with the casket of jewels, and made his way towards Clement's Inn. An alarm was instantly given by Mr. Isaacs, as well as the horible torment which he suffered would allow, and the thief was pursued by a policeman to the covered way leading into the Inn, where at the same moment, another man, carrying a gilt looking- glass frame ( whether there by accident or design was not ascertained) under his arm, set off running, and he and the thief reached the gate of the Inn nearly together, the latter being just a- head. The thief got through the 1 gate, which he instantly slammed to, and left the man with the frame on the other side, escaping himself with his booty. The man was seized and taken to the shop of Mr. Isaacs but he could not be recognised as having been seen near the premises, and he was set at liberty. The parcel left was found to contain nothing of value. The jewels stolen were worth intrinsically between 3007. and 400/. I CONGREVE ROCKETS.— When the Congreve rockets were first Introduced into the navy, the Admiral on the Brazil station pro posed to exhibit to the King, Don Juan VI., the effect of these formidable projectiles. His Majesty consented, and the whole Court were accordingly assembled in the balconies of the Palace, at Rio, for the purpose of witnessing the spectacle. By some mishap, of very frequent occurrence in the early history of these missiles, at the moment of firing the tube veered round, and the rocket, instead of flying over to Praia Grande, took the opposite direction, and fell and exploded in the great square, al- ' most beneath the windows of the Palace. The consternation of the King was only equalled by the mortification of the Admiral who immediately despatched an officer on shore to explain the cause of the eontre- temps to his Majesty, and offering to let off another; but the terrified Monarch would not hear of it. " I have a great respect," said he, " for my good allies, the English, but after dinner they are absolutely fit for nothing;" an observa- tion which clearly indicated to what cause his Majesty attributed the unfortunate result of the exhibition.— Mirror. LUXURY AND ECONOMY.— At Colloi, near Nice, a little cot- tage, with a comfortable fruit and vegetable garden, with every delicacy of flesh, fish, fowl, and abundance of good wine, may be had for three persons and a servant for 701, a- year ! The late Tommy Swaine, of Redale, in Yorkshire, who in his lifetime had been at all in the ring, was present at a foot- race in the south, and hearing a gentleman offer a bet, which suited -• Tommy's book, he immediately accepted it, and as the parties were unknown to ea^ h other, the gentleman proposed depositing the money, to which Tommy objected, and assigned as a reason, that being a stranger, he did not know with whom he was trust- ing his stake; upon which the other said, with some haughti ness, " Who do you dispute, Sir? here is my friend, Captain — will hold the money."—" Aye, aye," said Tommy, casting a knowing look at the Captain, " but pray who holds the Cap. tain — New Sporting Magazine NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING— MONDAY. The three principal races run this, and, in fact, the only ones that possess any public interest, are the Craven Stakes, the Handicap, and the Riddlesworlh. The former is looked upon as a trial race, but has of late years diminished in importance, owing to the large entries for the succeeding race ( the Handicap) which has frequently exercised some influence on the Derby. Last year it was won by Spaniel, winner of tbe Derby ; and the year before by Little Red Rover, who ran second lo Priam for the same great slakes. There is little or no chance of its having any thing to do with that event this year, 14 out of tbe 16 horses entered being rising 4 year olds. Match, 200 sovs., h. ft. A. F.— Mr. Theobald's Pilgrim 8st. 71b. agst. Mr. Wagstaffs Joan of Arc, 8st. 4lb. off by consent. Match, 200 sovs., h. ft.-— Lord Worcester's Haymaker received forfeit from Lord Lichfield's Terry Alt, 8st. 71b. each. The Craven Slakes of 10 sovs. each, 2 yrs., 6st.; 3yrs., 8st. 41b., - 4 yrs., 8st. 131b.; 5 yrs., 9st. 51b.; 6 yrs. and aged, 9st. 61b.— A. F. 9 subs. Colonel Wilson's Chapman, 3 yrs. ( J. Day), 1. Sir M. Wood'i Captain Arthur, 4 yrs. ( Robinson), 2. Lord Chesterfield's Priam, 4 yrs. ( Conelly), 3. The following were not placed:— Lord Cleveland's Marcus, yrs., and Mr. Walker's c. by Partisan, out of Shortwaist, 2 yrs. Betting, 4 to 1 on Priam, and 6 lo 1 agst. any oilier. Captain Arthur made running for about a quarter of a mile, when Chapman took it up at a pace somewhat better, but still far from good. Priam and Captain Arthur were well laid up. In this way they ran to the Abingdon- mile- bottom, where these two challenged Chapman, and ran him a tremendous race home. Priam gave way first of the three, and was beaten nearly a length. Captain Arthur ran stoutly to tlteeud, and was defeated by a head only. Tbe re- sult was a thunderbolt. Chancellor weighed, but did not start. Handicap stakes of lOsovs. each. Ab. M. 18 subs. Mr. Rush's Roadster, 3 yrs., 8st. 81b. ( Robinson), 1. Lord Or- ford's Grand Duke. 3 vrs., 8st. 101b. 2. The following also started :— Incubus, Vagrant, Blunderer, Lo chinvar, Carwell, Crispin, Dulcinea, Brother to Christina, Sarabaid, and Mersey ( Rivulet f.) Betting— 3 to 1 agst. Incubus; 6 to 1 agst. Roadster; 7 to agst. Tilania; 7 to 1 agst. Carwell; 7 to 1 agst. Mersey ; 8 to 1 agst. Lochinvar; 10 to 1 agst. Crispin. Grand Duke and Joan of Arc made the running, followed to the bushes by Carwell and Tita- rtia, where these two declined, and the other horses came up. A few lengths from home, Roadster came up to Grand Duke, and beat him by a head, altera race of great severity. The Riddlesworth Slakes of 200 sovs. each ; h. ft. Ab. M. 17 subs. Duke of Richmond's f, by Moses, out of Dream, 8st. 1 lib. ( Boyce), 1. Lord Burlington's c., by Bizarre, out of Mouse, 8st. 71b. 2. Mr. Day's Salute, 8st. 4lb. 3. Lord Lichfield's f„ by Sligo, out of Ina, 7st. 131b. 4. Mr. Roberts's br. to Cloudesley, 8st. 71b. 5. Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft.; for colts, 8st. 71b. D. M. 5 subscribers. Duke of Richmond's c., by Middleton, out of Dandizette ( Boyce), 1. Lord Exeter's c., by Mountebank, dam by Woful, 2. Betting— 2 to 1 on Dandizette, who won cleverly by three- quar- ters of a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, b. ft, D. M. 5 subs. Mr. Mills's b. f. Kate, by Lapdog, 8st. 21b. ( Amull), 1. Lord Jersey's c., by Middleton, dam by Merlin, 8st. 51b. 2. Duke of Richmond's The Hermit, 8st. 81b. 3. Betting— 6 tu 4 agst. Kale; 6 to 4 agst. Lord Jersey's ; and 5 to 2 agst. The Hermit. A middling race between the first two, aud won by three- quarters of a length. The Hermit was beaten a long way off. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft.; for fillies, 8s. 7lb. D. M. 6 subscribers.— Captain Byng's Dryad walked over. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, 8st. 71b.; fillies, 8st, 31b. D. M. 9 subscribers. Mr. Roberts's c., by Merlin, dam by Skim ( Wright), 1. Lord Orford's f., by Partisan, out of Stays, 2. Mr. Henry's Nannette, by Partisan, 3. Duke uf Richmond's c., by Middleton, out of Dandizette, 4. Betting— 6 to 4 agst. Nannette ; 7 to 2 agst. Stays ; 4 to 1 agst. each of the other two. The Merlin colt made the running through- nut, and won rather cleverly by half a length. Nannette was pur- chased at the sale of Mr Maberly's horses for 57l) f. Match, 150 h. ft. R. M— Mr. Greville's Landgravine, 8st. 71b. beat General Grosvenor's f. by Truffle, out of Icaria, 8st., by a length, easy. 11 to 8 on the winner, who was rode by Conelly. We subjoin the betting. & c. on ihe Riddlesworth :— 5 to 2 agst, Cloudesley ; 5 to 2 agst. Ina ; 4 to 1 agst. Dream ( taken) ; 9 to agst. Salute ; and 7 to 1 agst. Mouse. We have seldom seen worse lot of burses, or a more uninteresting Riddlesworth. Its effect on the betting will be very t rifling. Brother to Cloudeslev took the lead at a moderate pace, Salute lying close at his heels. At tbe hushes he failed, and ina ^ ave way shortly after. Dream, Mouse, aud Salute, were then nearly abreast, the two latter setting to work a good way front home. Boyce kept very quiet on Dream till a few strides from the chair, when he went before his horses, and won cleverly by a length. Deducting the per centages and the winner's stake, the Duke of Richmond nets 1,9001, by the stakes, His Grace's success appeared to give very general satisfaction. TUESDAY. In the list of fashionables It ) w sojourning here will be found several of high diplomatic characters. The principal are tlieir Ex cellencies Count Orloff and Count Matuschewitz, the Russian Mi nisters; the Postmaster- General, the Chief Secretary for Ireland and the First Lord of the Admiralty. There are also here several Members of butli Houses, who are no doubt glad to escape from the endless discussions on the Reform question. In its aristocratic portion the Meeting has never been surpassed. Mr. Gully has purchased Margrave; the price is 2,5001. with some contingencies attached to it. They offer to back him against any thing for the St. Leger, and bar Fang. DERBY, betting this morning— 7 to 1 agst. Lord Exefer's Bei- ram; 10 lo 1 agst. Mr. Vansiltart's Darioletta colt ( taken) ; 11 to 1 agst. Mr. Gully's Margrave ; It to 1 agst. Lord Chesterfield' Non Compos; 14 to 1 agst. Lord Exeter's Spencer; 20 to 1 agst. Mr. Thornhill's Sal colt; 33 to 1 agst. Colonel Wilson's Rotterdam cult. Match, 200 sovs. each, h. ft. Last half of Ab. M— Mr. M Stanley's Crutch, 8st. 71b. ( Robinson), 1. Mr. Wagstaff's Sad ler, 8st. 2. A very quick run race, and won by a neck only. Bet- ting, 5 to 4 on the loser. Sweepstakes of 150 sovs. each, li. ft. Colts, 8st. 71b.; fillies, 8st. 41b. M. D. Lord Lowtber's Messenger, by Partisan ( Wheatley). 1. Lord Stradbroke's c. by Merlin, out of Urillante, 2. Mr. Hunter's c. bv Gustavus, out of young Pipylina, 3— 6 to 4 on Messenger, and 2 to 1 agst. Brillante. Messenger made all the running, and won cleverly by a length. Previous to the race, 1,000 to 20 was laid, two or three times, against Messenger winning this race and the Derby. Match, 200 sovs. b. ft., 8st. 31b. each. D. M Vestris ( Co nelly), 1. Clansmen, 2. 2 to 1 on Vestris, who won cleverly. Match of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. Colts, 8st. 61b.; fillies, 8st. 21b R. M. 4 subs.— Darioletta colt ( Boyce) 1. Bugle colt, 2. Won very easy. The winner the favourite at good odds. Match, 100 sovs. Ii. ft., T. Y. C— Mr. Stonehewer's Ipsala, 9st. received 25 sovs. from Lord Worcester's Haymaker, 8st. Match, 500 sovs. h. ft., T. M. M— Mr. Henry's Agreeable, 8st, 71b., received 175 sovs. from Sir L. Glyn's Bryan, 8st. Bildesdon froduce Slakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft.; colts, 8st, 71b.; fillies, 8st, 31b. R. M. .3 subs.— Santillane, by Wrangler, ( J. Day), 1. Sultan, out of Waltz, 2. Santillane the favourite, A fine race, and won by a head only. Sweepstakes of 160 sovs. each, h. ft. ; fillies, 8st. 71b. R. M, 5 subs— Olga, by Paulowiiz ( Conelly), 1. Fedora, by Figaro, 2. Trick, 3. 6 to 4 on Olga, who won very easy by two lengths. Match, 300, h. ft. A. F— Zany, 8st. 71b. ( Robinson), 1. Rid- dlesworth, 8st. 81b., 2. 5 to 4 on Zany, who won by two lengths. Match, 100, h. ft. R. M— St. Giles, 8st. 21b.. ( Wheatley), 1. Lioness, 9st. 61b., 2. 7 to 4 on the loser. Won by a head only. First class of Hie Oatlands of 50 spvs.. each, h. ft. D. I, 9 subs. — Oxygen, 3 yrs. ? st. 91b. ( Cuuelly), 1. Mazeppa, 4 yrs. 8st. 41b., 2. Sarpedon, 3 yrs. 7st. 91b., 3. Rotterdam, Anthony, Snarl, and Captain Arthur were not placed. Betting— 2 to I agst. Oxygen; 4 to 1 agst. Mazeppa ( taken); 5 to 1 agst. Anthony ; 5 to I agst. Rotterdam ( taken); 5 to 1 agst. The Captain ; and 7 to 1 agst. Sarpedon. A pretty race home, the mare winning cleverly by a length. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 2 years old. R. M.— Terry Alt, 6st. 81b. ( Nut), 1. Merlin c. 6st. JOlb., 2. Kitty Fisher, 7st. 31b. 3. Blue Stocking c., Sst. 101b. 4. Re- action, 7st. 71b. 5. 6 to 4 agst. Merlin, and 7 to 4 agst. Terry Alt. Won by a head. Plate of 501., 2 yrs. 7st, 3 yrs. 8st., 4 yrs. 9st. T. Y. C.— Crutch, 3 yrs. ( Robinson), 1. Hsennis, 3 yrs. 2. Emilius c. out of Spinning Jenny, 2 yrs. 3. Discord, Mayfly, and Shortwaisl were not placed. 7 lo 4 and 2 to 8 on Crutch and 4 to 1 agst. Htemus. Crutch had it all his own wav. and won easy by a length. Match, 500, p. p. A. F— Saddler, 8st. 121b., beat Protocol, 8st. lllb. by a head, after a fine race. 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 laid on the loser to a very large amount, and all by the same person. Match, 100, h. ft. R. M— Titania, 8st. 41b. ( Conelly), beat Gelantine, 8st. 5lb. easy. 6 to 4 011 the loser. The Column Stakes of . it) each, h. ft. R. M. 30 subs.— Tiresias out of Emily, 8st. 4lb ( J. Day), 1. Catton c. out of Harriet, 8st. 71b. 2. Corset, Silvertail c„ Spencer, Selina c., and Sal c. were not placed. Betting— 2 to 1 agst. Sal; 3 to 1 agsl. Spencer; 4 to 1 agst. Corset; and 5 to 1 agst. Emily. A very slow run race; won by half a length. Spencer had not a chance. Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. T. Y. C. 5 subs— Taurus, 5 yrs., 9st. l() lb., 1. Landrail, 4 yrs, 8st. 61b. 2. Elizabeth, 4 yrs, 6st. 3. Oatlands, 5 yrs, 7st. 131b., 4. 7 to 4 on Taurus; 7 to 2 agst. Landrail; 4 to 1 agst. Oatlands. Won by a head. Second class of the Oatlands Stakes, of 50 each, h. ft. D. I. 9 subs— Tranby, 5 yrs, 8st. 91b ( Scott), 1. Chancellor, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b., 2. Bohemian, 3 yrs, 6st. 12lb., 3. Won by a length. Lu- cetta, Schumla, and Spaniel were not placed. Mr. Stonehewer'sc., out of Wings, and General Grosvenor's Bartolozzi, off by consent. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. D. M. 9 subs.— Beiram walked over. General Yates's Daft Jamie withdrew his stake, aud received 100 sovereigns out of the forfeits. Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. Colts, 8st. 71b., and fillies, 8st. 41b. D. M. 5 subs.— Custard c. walked over. Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. Colts, list. 71b.; fillies, Sst. 91b. D. M— The Copper Captain, ch. c. ( Robinson), 1. Poly- gar, c., out of Slight, 2. Caliban, Inaf., and Brother to Benedict, were not placed. Sweepstakes, of 100 each, h. ft., colls, Sst. 71b. ; fillies, 8st. 41b. R. M— Sceptre ( Wheatley). 1. CaTllian, 2. The following also started:— The Silvertail colt. Palais Royal colt, and Terry All. Match, 100, h. ft. T. Y. C— Carwell, Sst. 71b. ( Robinson) beat Egbert, Sst. lib. by half a length. Even betting. Match, 100. T. Y. C— Brother to Nessus, 8* 1. lib. ( Conelly) beat Count Ivon, 8st. 81b. by a length easy. 11 to 8 on the loser. Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft.. Ab. M. 7 subs.— Kate, 8st. lib. ( Arnull) 1. The Marshal, 8st. 41b. 2. 4 to 1 011 Kate, who won very easy by a length. Match, 100, h. ft. Ab. M— Bassetlaw, 8sl. 31b. ( Robinson) beat Miss Mary Anne, Sst. 41b., by half a length. 6 to 4 011 the loser. The Claret Stakes, of 200 each, h. ft. D. I. 5 subs Cama- CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 27. The supply of all kinds of grain is so large as to deter the buyers from purchasing. We have iu consequence little business dome with prices nominal as on last market day. Average Price of Corn, for Ihe week ending April 20. Imperial Weekly Average Six Weeks' Average, which regu- lates duly Duly on Foreign Corn Wheat. 60s Od 59s 5d 27s 8d Barley. 34s Id 34s 5d 10s lOd Oatj. 21s Sd 21s td 15s 3d PRICE OF SUGAR. " The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending April 24, is— 28s. lOd. per cwt. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. ~ SMITHFIELD, APRIL 27. The market to- day has been extremely dull for every kind of tiram. The superabundance of Oats and Flour from Ireland has caused purchasers to be shy of buying, and only for immediate con- sumption are any bargains made. There are no alterations whatever 111 Ihe prices as nominally given in our last quotation. Per stone of 8II>. ( sinking the offal.) - Od to 3s lOd I Veal 4S Od to 4s 8( 1 I Pork 4S Head of Cattle at Market. Calves - 191 | Sheep - 4,830 | Pigs - 120 Hay and straw, per load. Hay, 31. to 41. 10s. | Clover, 41. to 61. | Straw, 30s. to 40s.. COAL EXCHANGE, APRIL 27. Killingworth, 19s 6d— St. Lawrence Main, 19s 6d— West Hartley, 17s 6d— Wall's End, Bell, llobson, and Co., 17s. Od— Northumberland, 19s Od to 20s- Perkins, 20s to 20s 6d- Rus- Lambton Primrose, 22s— Stewart's, 22s 3d to 00a— Hartley, ISs- New Flucton, Milne, and Co., 17s 6d- Ships ar- rtvetl since last market day, 12. Beef.. Mutton • 3s • 4s 8d to 5s 6d 4d lo 5s 4d Beasts - 279 rine, 8st. 2lb. ( Robinson), 1. Circassian, 8st. 2lb. marine, who won by 30 or 40 yards. FRIDAY. The Al" Stakes uf 100 each, h. ft. colts, 8st. 71b., D. I. The winner lo be sold for 4001. & c. 5 3 to 1 011 Ca- nities, Sst. 41b. subs.—^ Eneas ( J. Day) 1. Amphictyoii, 2. Vagrant, 0. Bradley, 0. 5 to 4 agst ^ Sneas. Won cleverly. Handicap Sweep> takes of 10 each, for 2 yr olds. D. M. 8 subs. Won by Mr. Ridsdale's St. Giles, Sst. 51b. ( Wheatley,) beating the Sal colt, Casador, and three others. 6 to 4 agst St. Giles, who won easy. The Port Slakes of 100 each, h. ft. colts, Sst. 71b., fillies, Sst. 4lb., rising 4 yr-, old, the second horse to save bis stakes. T. M. M. 9 subs.— Liverpool ( Scutt) 1. Vestris, 2. ' I'lie following also started :— Chapman, Black Daphne colt, Riddlesworth, and Ilaeiiius.— 7 to 4 agst ihe winer, 5 to 2 agst Ri dleswortli, and 7 to 2 agst Chapman. A fine race. A Sweepstakes of 10 each, for 2 year olds ; colts, 1st. 71b.; and fillies, 8st. 41b. D- M. The winner to be sold for 40sovs. Won easy by Mr. Mills's Mustard colt, beating Brother to Cloudesly, Reaction, Cavenhani, and colt by Mountebank. The winner claimed. 6 to 4 agst Mustard. Plate of 501- for all ages. D. M— Scuffle 2 yrs ( Wheatley) 1. Marcus, 3 yrs, 2. Several others started. 5 to t2 agst Landgra- vine, 7 to 2 agst Marcus, 4 to 1 agst. Scuffle. Match, 200, h. fi.— Lord Lichfield's Terry Ait received from the Duke of Grafton's Falconer. Match, 200.— Mr. Nevill's Abdallah agst Gen Grosvenor's colt, out of Blue Scockings.— Off. An extraordinary otter was taken on Monday week, in the river Coquet, by ihe Rothbury and Linden otter hounds. After two hours pursuit ihe animal was captured, and measured in length 52^ inches, and in circumference at the shoulder 24 inches The animal had nine white spots on its skin, some the size of a shilling, and others as large as half- a- crown. This is the first of so great a magnitude that was ever known to be taken in England. The Spring meeting of the Duke of Buccleugli's hunt, in this district, closed on Saturday last, when the lioun I9 threw off at Carfraemill. During the whole season the sport has been excel- lent ; foxes ht. ve been very abundant; and the dry season, though perhaps not exactly what a true sportsman would have desired, has held out so many inducements to field exercise, that the hunt has, generally, been not only popular in the country, but has been at- tended by many of the most eminent of the North- country sports men. In addition to the field sports, the distinguished individuals attending the hunt have enjoyed in great perfection the exhilarating sport of salmon- fishing in the Tweed— an amusement which we are happy to understand, the recently- enacted regulations as to the Tweed fisheries have already materially improved. PRICES OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS. Mon. Tnes. Wed. Thur. 199 190 200 200 84 83J 8Sf 83J B4i 84* 84i 84- 3- 85 8- IJ 84f 80f 91 i — — 91* 90* 92* 93i 101J 91* 90J- 101* 100J 16* 106* 16 16 16 2 p 2 p 3 p 3 p 13 11 12 14 Bank Stock Reduced 3 per Cents Consols, 3 per Cents for Account 3£ per Cents. • •. Reduced 3* per Cents. New 3* per Cents. New 4 per Cents Long Annuities India Bonds Exchequer Bills COURSE OF EXCHANGE Amsterdam, 3 months, 12 1^ to2 Ditto, short, 11 19 to 12 Rotterdam, 3 months, 12 2 lo ^ Hamburgh, do. 13 15* to * Paris, short, 25 72* to 80 Ditto, 3 months, 25 95 to 26 Frankfort, ditto, 153J lo 154 Vienna, ditto, 10 9 to 9* Trieste, ditto, 10 to 10 Madrid, dilto, 36* Cadiz, ditto, 36* to* Frid. Satu. 199J 193 84 82$ 85 83f 85* 83£ 90 91* 90* 92* 91* 100* 99|- 16 16* 0 p 2 dis 16 1- 1 APRIL 27. Bilboa, 3 months, 36* to J Leghorn, ditto, 47} to 48 Genoa, dillo, 25 90 to 95 Naples, ditto, 40f lo 41 Palermo, ditto, 119* Lisbon, 30 days'sight, 47J Oporto, ditto, 47| For. Gold, iu bars, SI. 17s. 9d. New Doubloons, dI. 15s. 9d. New Dullars, 4s. 9( 1. BIRTHS. At Bellary, Robeits, Esq. a sou— At Ramsgate, Ihe lady of Captain John Foy, late"' 50th Regiment, of a daughter.— At Spencer- house, the Hon. Mrs. Spencer, of a daughter. • y, in the East Indies, the lady of Claude Adolphus q. Deputy Judge Advocate- General Madras Armv. of MARRIAGES. At Illminster, Henry S. Knowles. Esq. ofMoulham, to Louisa Marianne ; also, the Rev. W. Roulledge, to Henrietta Louisa both daughters uf Charles Hamilton, Esq. resident of that place.— At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Ihe Itev. C. Blaihwayt, Rector of Langridge, Somersetshire, to Anne Linley, eldest daughter of Wm. G. Rose, Esq. of Parliament- street, Westminster— At Clapham- church, J. R. P. Bright, Esq. surgeon, Brighton, lo Sophia, second and youngest daughter of John Halt- hard, Esq. of Piccadilly and Clupham- comnion.— Al Madras, George A. C. Bright, Esq.. surgeon, Hon. East India Company's, to Emily, eldest daughter of Dr M'Leod, Superintending Surgeon of the same service— At All Souls Church, Matylebone, the Rev. Julian Charles Young, to Annie Elizabeth, second daughter of the late W. Willis, Esq. of Atherfield and Hainpiou Court Palace. DEATHS. - At Ihe Island of St. Christopher, West Indies, Lieut. John Train, R. N— At Madeley Manor- house, Staffordshire, Foster Cimliffe Offley, Esq. M. P.— Mary, the youngest surviving f augh- ter of Henry Winchester, E « q. of Buckingham- street, Adelphi At Devonport, Lieut. Col. Charles Dasliwood, C. B. late of the 3d Guards, son of the late Sir Henry Watkins Dashwnod, Bart of Kirtlio " Ion- park, Oxfordshire, and brother of Sir George, the pre- sent Baronet.— At his seat, Hoaihfield- place, Kent, the Earl of I lianet. The title descends to the Hon. Henry Tuflon, the next brother of Ihe deceased, w ho has resided some years in France. At Southiowii, in Ihe 69th year cf his age, the Rev. Edward Valpy Rector of Thwaite, and Vicar of South Walsham— At the Priory' near Bury St. Edmunds, Sir J. H. Blake, Bart, of Llangliam- hall, in 1 he county of Suffolk. AGENTS TO THIS PAPER.:— Abergavenny, Watkins Kxeter, Town- end Nottingham. Oearden Falmouth, Phelps Norwich, Walling Froine, Jones Newcastle, Harrison Full, a in, Banks Newcastle. Horue Gravesend, Couves Newark, Bridges Glasgow, M'Phun Oxford. Slatter Greenwit. li, Allen Peterboro', Chad well Godalining', Stedman Plymouth, Bartlett Guildford, llu^ sell Portsmouth, Cai ter A STRANGE FISH.— A fish, which appears of the shark spe- cies from the ponderousness of its jaws and formidable grinders, was caught in the Bridgewater river on Monday, having been driven on shore by the tide, which, on leaving, left it no possi- bility of escape. The persons who captured it found it rather for- midable, as it snapped at those near it, and leaped at others. Its mouth, extended, is a foot from jaw to jaw, and the cavity is suf- ficiently large to admit a man's head ; and it has three short legs, similar to those of a turtle, with which it seems to swim, and at other times to use as feet, when at bottom. The body at the termination of the head, is very small and conical, very similar to the shape of a gurnet, about two feet long, and the whole weight 30Id.— Western Luminary. A party of gentlemen from Bombay, one day visiting the stupendous cavern temple of Elephanta, discovered a tiger's whelp in one of the obscure recesses of the edifice. Desirous of kidnapping the cub, without encountering the fury of its dam, they took it up hastily and cautiously, and retreated. Being left entirely at liberty, and extremely well fed, the tiger grew rapidly, appeared tame, and fondling as a dog, and in every respect entirely domesticated. At length, having attained a vast size, and, notwithstanding its apparent gentleness, it be- gan to inspire terror, by its tremendous powers of doing mischief to a piece of raw meat, dripping with blood, which fell in its way. It is to be observed, that up to that moment it had been studiously kept from raw animal food. The instant, however, it had dipped its tongue in blood, something like madness seemed to have seized the animal— a destructive principle, hitherto dor- mant, was awakened— it darted fiercely, and with glaring eyes, upon its prey, tore it with fury to pieces, and growling and roaring in the most fearful manner, rushed off towards the jun- gles.— Brown's Anecdotes. Aslilord, Tunbrid^ Alnwick, Davison Bright on, Jones Bristol, Westley Bath, Williams Basingstoke, Lowman Broadstairs, Barns Bost-> n. Brook Birmingham, Cooper Ri idgewater, Dean Barnsley, Kay Birmingham, Mansell Bradford Inkerxley Blackburn, Rogerson Blandlord. Ship Bevei ley, Guruliam Bedford. Mnyle Bolton, Gardner Brentlortl, Norhury Ratteisea, Hitchin Chester, Evans Colnbrook, Baily Chertsey, Wet Gainsborough,, I. Drury Preston, Wilcoxon 11 /-•„ . Hastings, Glazier Hereford, Vale Hounslow, Thompson Haleswm th. 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