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UPHOLSTERY AND CABINET FURNITURE, warranted of the best materials and workmanship, cheaper than any other house in London.—' The Nobility, Gentry, and Public are so- licited to inspect the largest and best- selected stock of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods in Enffland, suitable for all purposes, from the cottage to the mansion, at the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, No. 71, Lead- enhall- street, which is enrolled agreeably to Act of Parliament, and founded for the support of industrious mechanics, who all combine to produce onlv the very best articles at the lowest possible price. The funds of the Society provide for its members in sickness, old age, bu- rial, and for survivors at death. The Society beg to return sincere thanks to their numerous patrons, including Royalty, Nobility, and many of the first families in the kingdom, for the extensive and gene- rous patronage bestowed on them during the last fourteen years, and hope by their humble endeavours to merit future favours; at the same time earnestly solicit a trial, as the only criterion by which the merits and decided advantages of this establishment can be fairly estimated. Every article is marked at the lowest ready- money price, and from which no abatement is made; they are all warranted, and, if a fault ap- pears, exchanged within 12 months, free, from charge of any kind. A printed list of articles and prices will be forwarded on addressing the Secretary, by letter, post paid only. By order of the Trustees, 71, Leadenhall- street, City. THOMAS HASLEK, Sec. ARTIFICIAL TEETH PLACED by Mr. E. 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ABERNETHY'S COMPOUND AROMATIC ANTI- BILIOUS PILLS are the mildest, yet most efficacious " remedy in medicine for the cure of all disorders of the stomach and bowels, w hether originating in costiveness, indigestion, or a vitiated action of the liver and biliary system, immediately relieving those un- pleasant symptoms of pains in'the stomach and limbs, yellowness of the skin, nausea, flatulence, indigestion, sick head- ache, etc. They are as innocent as efficacious, and may be safely taken by the most delicate individual at any season, without the slightest danger by taking cold, as they do not contain any mineral preparation whatever. 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The Cottage Cabinet Piano- forte is four feet five inches high, three feet ten inches wide, and one foot eleven inches in depth. Where also may be seen an elegant assortment of every description of Piano- fortes, both new and second- hand, in rosewood and mahogany cases, plain or ornamented. Piano- fortes and Organs lent on hire, tuned, and repaired. DUGGIN'S PATENT VENTILATING BEAVER HATS are acknowledged to be the best kind of Hats ever yet in- vented; they are exceedingly light, only four ounces and three- quarters; will never injure by wet, lose their colour or shape, and will not prevent the egress of perspiration, which has been so much the complaint of Water- proof llats, often producing the head- ache and the loss of hair. Price 21s. and 26s. Drab, Brown, and Lady's Riding Hats at the same price. To be had only of the patentees, Duggin and Co., 80, Newgate- street, near the New Post Office.— N. B. 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To be had of all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens, and at the Manufactory, No. 37, Red Lion- square, London. Just published, in 3 vols, post Svo., price 27s. boards, HE DOOMED. " There are more fine passages in these volumes than would em- bellish a dozen novels."— Athenasum. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. T WINNERS OFTHE DERBY AND OAKS.— The Proprietors of the NEW Sporting- Magazine respectfully inform their Friends and the Public, that Mr. Herring has been commissioned to procure a portrait of St. Giles, and Mr. Cooper of Galata, which will be placed in the hands of first- rate Artists, and appear in early numbers of the Magazine. Published by Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster- row, and may be had of all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 6d. a number, or 11. 10s. a year. N. B. No double numbers. HOOKER AND GREVILLE'S 1CONES FILICUM. Just completed, in 2 vols, folio, with 240 plates, price, plain, 151.; or half bound in russia, extra, 161. 16s.; coloured, 251. 4s.; or half- bound in russia, extra, 271., FIGURES and DESCRIPTIONS of FERNS, princi- pally of such as have, been altogether unnoticed by Botanists, or as have not yet been correctly figured. By W. J. HOOKER, LL. D., Re- gius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow, and Fellow ot the Royal, Antiquarian, and Linnasan Societies of London; and R. K. GREVILLE, LL. D., Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies of Edinburgh, and of the Linnsean Society of London. Printed for Treuttel and Wurtz and Richter, 30, Soho- square. w 30, STRAND. ARIIEN'S ADDRESS TO HIS NORTHERN FRIENDS. AIR—" Scots wha hae." Scots, in native merit clad, Scots, to high refinement sped, " Welcome ye by Fashion led, Onward thus to victory! Now's the time, the Strand the place, Issuing thence the cliarm to grace All of Scotia's honoured race, Land of love and bravery. " Wha attraction wad beget, Use the Blacking, Warren's Jet, High in matchless splendour set, Thus your bright career shall be; Judgment shall your choice ap- prove, And before wha vainly strove, His shall be requited love, Now to Hope elately free. " Wha would live undeck'd by Fame ? Wha in elegant array, Wha would bear a sloven's name? Wha wad lack of taste proclaim ? Unaspiring, " turn and flee!" Wha wad honour Fashion's law, Round him admiration draw, Shine in dress, apprsov'd by a' " Caledonian, on wi' me!" Justly then wad bear the sway, Fashion's kindly call obey, Warren's Mart or Agents see. Land, where native heroes dwell, Land of beauty, now farewell! O'er her foes may Scotia swell Aye the note of victory! BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW- ROAD, KING'S- CROSS, LONDON. MR. MORISON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, the Vice- President, in conjunction with all the Honorary Members, and Country Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with the conviction, approbation, and indubitable proofs, of • upwards of 200,000 individuals ( who had been thrown aside by the Fa- culty, and out of the Hospitals, as incurable) having been restored to sound health by the " Universal Medicines;" with all this incontro- vertible mass of evidence in support of the Hygeian Theory and Prac- tice, which challenges the controversy of the whole body of Medicists, • under the old system to subvert, they, the heads of the College, hesitate not to declare, in the face of the Faculty, that this new light must com- pletely change the whole course of the Materia Medica, and introduce a new era in the science of physic: that, in fact, mankind will be taught, in future, a new and certain mode of investigating the nature and cause of Diseases in general, and of possessing a certain and harmless mode of cure, making every individual his own efficient doctor. In confirmation of what is here asserted, the heads of the College mean to insert, in this Paper, a continued series of new cases, from individuals giving their names, residences, and dates of time of cure, all of which Iiave been voluntarily given, and ascertainable as to the facts by inquiry. TO MR. WADELTON, HYGEIAN AGENT. Sir, Being indebted to the use of Mr. Morison's " Vegetable Univer- sal Medicine," for the cure of an inveterate case of Indigestion, I wish to communicate the fact to the public, and to point out to the many • whose lives are rendered burthensome by this complaint, the means by • which they, likewise, may obtain a cure. I was so heavily afflicted for several years with indigestion, that I could eat no solid food without feeling a sensation such as might be caused by a heavy stone in my chest; none of my food seemed to give any nourishment to my body, and, consequently, I felt a general languor and weakness, and was • unable to attend to business. In this disagreeable condition I endea- voured, as a matter of course, to obtain relief by application to medical men, several of whom attempted to remove my complaint, but whose attempts all ended in complete failure. By the recommendation of a friend I applied to you for some of the " Vegetable Universal Medi- cine," a few weeks use of which effected that which was highly desir- able to me, and which had bidden defiance to the practice of doctors. By the use of it my constitution has been changed from the state above described to a state of vigour and cheerfulness. I intend, for the future, to use it in my family as a general medicine, and to recommend the use of it to all who may come within the scope of my advice. Yours, etc. F. EDWARDS. 43, Park- street, near St. Bartholomew's Chapel, July 30, 1831. MR. MORISON. Sir, Having seen the beneficent effects of your inestimable medi- cines in the case of my youngest child, I feel it a duty incumbent on me to acquaint you with it; more particularly as mothers in general are fearful of administering, them in a proper quantity to an infant. My child, until five months old, was apparently very healthy, but at that time was occasionally troubled with fits; which, as they increased in frequency, became more and more severe. A friend having advised me ( from having known them of infinite service to Children while teething) to try your " Universal Medicines," I hesitated for some time ; not at all liking the idea of giving a medicine not prescribed by the Surgeon, who attended me ; but the poor child getting daily worse, and evidently sinking under the heavy pressure of his reiterated attacks, the persua- sions of my friend at leilgth overcame my scruples, and I gave them to the child, although, I must confess, very sparingly, for two or three months, yet with demonstrative improvement, until, convinced of the innocency and efficacy of the pills, I ventured to increase the doses up to four pills of No. 2 daily, when a visible alteration took place, and by persevering with that quantity I am thankful to say the fits were en- tirely removed, and he has not had the least symptom of a relapse from that time to the present. Previous to his being troubled with the fits, he was an uncommonly lively child, but during the time he was so afflicted was unusually still and heavy, always disposed to sleep, and when awake did not take so much notice as when he was four months old. Since, however, the fits have left him he has become all life and cheerfulness. I have no doubt that, had I given him the pills in larger doses at an early period, the fits would have been much sooner removed; but not having at that time sufficient knowledge of the medicines, I felt timid lest, by over- doing it, he might, whilst deriving benefit in one way, receive injury in another. Such, however, is not the case, and daily experience convinces me more satisfactorily of the soundness of your general theory, so demonstrably proved in practice. With best wishes for you, Sir, and all concerned in spreading this truly great national blessing, I beg leave to subscribe myself Yours, respectfully, LOUISA FISHBR. Myle Cop, Shrewsbury, 14th July, 1831. ^ The " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College, New- road, King's- cross, London; at the Surrey Branch, 96, Great Sur- rey- street, Blackfriars; Mr. Field's, 16, Air- street, Quadrant; Mr. Chappell's Royal Exchange; Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit- passage, Red Lion- square; Mr. J. Loft's, 10, Mile End- road; Mr. Bennett's, Co- vent- garden- market ; Mr. Haydon's, Fleur- de- lis- court, Norton- folgate; Mr. Haslett's, 147, Ratcliffe- highway; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford; Mrs. Stepping, Clare- market; Messrs. 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THE ART of PREVENTING the LOSS of TEETH, with simple instructions, intended and calculated to enable medical practitioners, and persons residing at a distance, to adopt the Author's practice of treating Diseases of the Teeth and Gums, including his in- fallible Cure for Tooth Ache, and the stopping decayed Teeth with cement, & c. & c. Also stating the improvements in " fixing Artificial Teeth, and a description of the Siliceous Pearl Teeth, and Teeth Reno- vator, invented for restoring, without pain, decayed, discoloured, or broken front teeth, to a perfect and beautiful appearance; with testi- monials from their Majesties' Physicians and Surgeons. By JOSEPH SCOTT, Dentist. " A very excellent treatise, from a clever and experienced dentist, which those readers who value a good set of teeth will do well to peruse." — Lady's Museum. " Next to the preservation of the natural teeth, the acquisition of a good artificial set is desirable ; and it is on this subject we should par- ticularly recommend the treatise of Mr. Scott."— Albion. " We have read this treatise, and find it to contain much useful in- formation. The author appears to have combined in it the result of many years' experience, both surgical and mechanical. We strongly recommend a perusal of this work to all persons who set a value upon their teeth."— Weekly Dispatch. To be had of the Publishers, Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'- Hall- court, Ludgate- hill; and all Booksellers in town and country; and of the Author, 6, Lower Grosvenor- street, London. rpHE LADY'S MAGAZINE. Improved Series Published by J. Page, 112, Fetter- lane. NOTICE.— The Improved Series of the Lady's Magazine commenced in the year 1830. The work now consists of five half- yearly Volumes, price 10s. 6d. each. By application to the publisher, at the office of publication, 112, Fetter- lane, or through the medium of any bookseller or newsman in town or country, whole sets can be obtained, either in single numbers, in cloth, or handsomely bound. Any particular number of the Magazine may be also had, or any portion of the work necessary to make up sets. For the purpose of being placed in Albums, proof- im- pressions and prints from the several plates published in the work may be had as above; and, particularly, a splendid Engraving, price Is., of THE KING AND THE PEOPLE. Portraits of 300 persons. Ceremony of the Laying of the First Stone, on the site of the ancient Bastile, of a grand National Monument to be erected in commemoration of the Revolution of July, 1830. Taken on the spot, July, 1831. CONTENTS of the past Half- year, 1832, and Fifth Volume of the Lady's Magazine, Improved Series, containing upwards of thirty splendid Engravings, with 40 to 50 portraits of Ladies in elegant costumes, price half- a- guinea; also literary articles by celebrated Authors. Published monthly, price 2s. 6d.; to be had of every bookseller:— JANUARY, NO. 25, Vol. V.— The Italian Boy. An Auto- biography. With an embellishment— Lines— The Relic. A Tale—- Biographical Sketch of the late Lady 15. Fitzgerald— The Pirate's Song— Recollections of a Visit to Paris in 1802. By A. Opie— A Village Annal. By E. Lan- caster— Ignatius Pleyel— Sonnet on the New Year. By Miss A. Strick- land— A larewell to the Old Year. By C. Fudge, jun. FEBRUARY, No. 26.— Memoir of Marie A. Queen of the French; with Anecdotes and Genealogy of the Orleans Family. With an embellish- ment— Ballad. Grey Covehithe. By Miss A. Strickland— The Red Inn. A Tale— New Year's Day in Paris— Stanzas— The Squire's Daughter. A Tale of Real Life. By the Author of Ague in London, Affront Hunter, & c.— Recollections of a Visit to Paris in 1802. By A. Opie— The Sor- cerer ; an Episode in the Life of Marie Antoinette. From the French of Jules Janin— Margaret de Valois ( sister of Francis the First.) By G. R. Carter— Memoir of Madame Maria Malibran. MARCH, No. 27.— The Travelling Reliquary— The Bridal of Arms. By G. R. Carter, Esq.— A Tale of Three Dreams. Extracted from the un- published Correspondence of the Rev. Gilbert Brown, A. M.— Comets of 1832— Waterloo. A Fragment from the Journal of a French Officer— A Visit to Dover Castle. By G. R. Carter, Esq.— The Britons; their Man- ners and Customs, Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, No. V. The Saxons, No. II.— Oh ! ask me not— The Dutch Painter— The Legend of Robert the Devil— A Sybil's Song— The Demon and the Cavalier. Trans- lated from the works of the Polish Poet, Mickiewicz. APRIL, NO. 28.— The Night of St. Sylvestre. A fantastic Tale ; from the German of Hoffman— To Helen— March— Annals of the Bastile— The Conqueror. By G. R. Carter— Travelling Sketches of the North of Eu- rope, No. I. From Berlin to Copenhagen— A Spanish Tournament in the Seventeenth Century— The Brigand's Song. By Mrs. Moodie— The Barber of Gottingen— A Visit to the Birthplace of Montesquieu— The Forms that Were— Biography of Flowers. Family of Viola ( Violet)— April. MAY, No. 29.— The Bee's Evening Hymn— The Friar of Splugen. A Legend of the Tenth Century— Coeiir- de- Leon in Captivity. By G. R. Carter— Stanzas— Ebi Hassan. A Tale of the Harem. From the un- published Arabian Nights— Travelling Sketches of the North of Europe, No. II. Norway— The Fall of Warsaw. By Mrs. Moodie— Romaic War Song— The Tale of a Trifler— The Death of Goethe— A Visit to Beireis. Translated from Goethe's unpublished Memoirs— To the Cyprus. By G. R. Carter— The Paris Boulevards in 1831— The Spring. JUNE, NO. 30.— L'Entree dans l'Eglise; or, Entrance into the Church. With an embellishment— The Friar of Splugen. A Legend of the Tenth Century. ( Concluded from the previous number)—' Theodric. A Frag- ment— Little Odes to Great Personages. By T. Hood, the younger— Travelling Sketches of the North of Europe, No. III. Norway— The Spy. An Episode of the Polish Insurrection of 1831— Stanzas. The Noviciate Monk to his Mistress— Stanzas. By Ann Maria Sargeant— The Carthusian Monks Founders of Horticulture— To Lilla, Dying. By J. S. Clark— The Pacha Perplexed. By the Author of Ague in London, Mv Fellow Traveller, & c.— June— The Fiddler King— Stanzas for Music. Subscribers desirous of completing sets of the Lady's Magazine may obtain any of the back numbers at trie office of publication, 112, Fetter- lane, or through the respective booksellers by whom they are supplied. The Improved Series, consisting of five volumes, may be had complete at 10s. 6d. each volume, in boards. Advertisements of governesses ( not exceeding 12 lines) 7s. each. Office, 112, Fetter- lane. The subscription for " LeFollet," delivered twice a month, is 12s. per quarter. The advertising pages are kept open till the last day but one previ- ously to the end of each month; but it is desirable, for the sake of ar- rangement, that every advertisement should be received by the 27th of the month, beyond which time insertion cannot be calculated upon as certain. Published monthly, price 2s. 6d., by J. Page, at the Office of Publica- tion, 112, Fetter- lane ( where alone communications, post paid, are to be forwarded, and Advertisements, Books for Review, Music, & c. & c. to be sent); and to be had of every bookseller throughout the kingdom. In taking leave of our friends and subscribers, we confidently hope for a continuance of their patronage, for the Improved Series of the Lady's Magazine, enlarged.— London, May 30, 1832. LADY WIGRAM'S PORTRAIT, exquisitely Engraved by Thompson ; and an Extra Plate of PRINCE ESTERHAZY, will embellish the July number ( IMPROVED SERIES) of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE, and COURT MAGAZINE. EDITED by the HON. MRS. NORTON. The increasing demands for this Magazine render it necessary that all orders should be given to the Booksellers before the 25th inst., to pre- vent disappointment. The embellishments of the July number will be an Extra Plate of her Excellency Princess Esterhazy, and a Portrait of Lady " Wigram, both engraved in the finest style of the art, and several coloured costumes from Original Drawinjgs. PROSPECT's.— This work, which addresses itself in tc peculiar degree to the raim, fashion, and beauty of England, has already attained a nigh celebrity through its graphic embellishments, which, besides their ac- knowledged individual excellence, present the advantage of uniting to form a brilliant Collection of Portraits, representing the flower of the English Female Nobility. The success established through this feature of the work, has led to the intention now announced, of carrying the claims of " La Belle Assemblee" yet considerably further, by means of such improvements in the nature and style of its literature, as may place this essential department on an equality— in grace, spirit, and general attraction— with the decorative portion of its contents. In order to give complete effect to this design, the most active exertions have been made, and the most liberal arrangements formed, so as to ensure contributions of a high order of talent; and it is with great satisfaction the Proprietors have to state, that the Hon. Mrs. Norton has consented to undertake the superintendence of the Work. This intimation will be doubtless received as the fullest guarantee in favour of the future tone and character which will mark tne literary contents of " La Belle As- semblee." The same care and diligence will be devoted to the object of furnishing the best illustrations and descriptions of English and Foreign Female Costumes. A Critical History of the Literature of the Month, Music, the Drama, and the Arts, will also be given; and a Register of Events. As some of these features are entirely new, it is intended to give an extra half sheet with each number, which will add nearly one hundred pages to the yearly volume. The Proprietors, therefore, need scarcely add that they are confident of being; thus enabled to present to the Ladies of Great Britain, a monthly offering in all respects worthy of their acceptance; a Work that may satisfy their intelligence equally with their taste, and may be entitled to a permanent place in the library, as well as form an ornament to the boudoir, or the drawing- room table. Published by Edward Bull, 26, Holies- street, Cavendish- square, Lon- don ; Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and Mr. Cumming, Dub- lin.^ NEW PUBLICATIONS. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OP AMERICAN LIFE. EDITED BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. IN III. VOLS.* This is not only a taking, but also a taking- in title; for all those who run as they read will naturally suppose that Miss Mary Russell Mitford, who enjoys a deserved popular reputation, must have had a great deal to do with these three volumes, to which her name is prefixed, and yet, in fact, she has had nothing more to do with them than allowing her name to appear in the title- page, and writing a very brief preface of three pages, in which it is not even averred that she has read all the tale of which the volumes consist. That she has not read them, we can very easily believe, for we ourselves, in duty bound as critics, attempted that task, but soon found its accomplishment utterly impossible. Whe ther or not it was that some unlucky mischance caused us to light upon the refuse and make- weights of the collection, we shall not stop here to inquire, but confine ourselves to the plain statement that the dulness and ennui produced by the spiritless and com mon- place trash of the portions of the tales we did attempt to read, completely deterred us from seeking any further for the two grains of wheat that may be concealed in the three bushels of chaff here obtruded upon the public. The publication, how • ever, may be useful, in one respect, as exhibiting a very glaring specimen of the charlatanerie and Auloticus- like tricks so per- severingly and unblushingly practised by at least one of the bookselling trade, to cajole the public out of their money, if not of their time. Old periodicals and forgotten collections of fugi- tive pieces have been ransacked until the necessary quantity or weight ( weighty enough, in all conscience) has been got together to furnish forth three volumes. To these a taking title ( which title, " Lights and Shadows," by the bye, is a pilfered one, being taken from a well- known Scotch publication) is prefixed— a name familiar to the public is placed in full evidence in the middle of the title- page, while the word " edited" is modestly concealed in small type. The motive of this very clever arrangement is not more difficult to find than the way to the parish church. The eye, in glancing over the book advertisements in a journal, or the titles of the opened volumes in a bookseller's shop window, sees only the words, " Lights and Shadows of American Life ; Mary Russell Mitford." The natural exclamation, particularly from the fairer portion of the reading public, is—" Oh dear me, how delightful that must be,— Tales of American Life, by that charming story- teller Miss Mitford. We must have it." The book is bought, and the poor deluded purchaser discovers, when too late, that all that her or her goodly guinea- and- a- half ( a se- * London: Colburn and Bentley, rious outlay in these hard times) has procured of the charming story- teller's writing is her name in the title- page, and a scanty preface of two or three pages, which says little or nothing. We really think that if a purchaser, thus duped, were litigiously in- clined, he might, with the help of a full purse and a clever ad- vocate, successfully sustain an action for money had and received under false pretences. After the system of puffery and tricks of the trade practised by a certain publisher, we cannot be asto- nished at anything iu this way coming from him. But we can- not help feeling both surprise and regret, that a name so deserv- edly distinguished amongst living writers as that which figures in the title- page of these volumes, should have so derogated as to lend its aid in the furtherance of a system of puffing that has tended so materially and extensively to deteriorate the character of the current literature of the day. FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. This Review constitutes not merely a valuable, but an unique selection of English periodical literature. With reference to the progress of continental literature, between its leading papers and short notices subjoined, it keeps the English reader au courant. The last number contains articles of ability and research upon the views of " free trade" entertained in France— the works, life, and genius, of one of the most remarkable men of his age, Ugo Foscolo— the literature of the day in France— the Theodq- sian Code— Russian poetry, with translated extracts— penal colonies— the Northern Runes— the commercial policy of Prussia, & c. We were disappointed only at finding the writer of any article in so respectable a publication affecting to doubt the spuriousness of " Memoires de Louis XVIII. recueiffis et mis en ordre par M. le Due de D—," which is but one more of the spurious brood littered by the profligate class of Parisian book- makers which we noticed last week. The Reviewer would have it that M. le Due de D— is M. le Due de Decazes. There is the Due Decazes, or, as his flatterers call him, de Cazes • but who ever heard of a Due de Decazes ? We extract the follow- ing passage from the samples of Russian poetry, because the poem, entitled " Poltava," appears to have no common merit, and the hero is that Mazeppa whose name was preserved in the prose of Voltaire, and immortalized in the verse of Byron : Dark is Mazeppa's soul:— in swarms Come thoughts of dread and dreary forms, The while, with gaze of tenderness, Maria seeks those thoughts to guess, And their sad mystery to divine. Her hands the warrior's knees entwine: Yet vain her smiles and fond caress, They may not banish fancy's fits : Heedless of voice or look he sits Beside the maid, nor deigns reply To eloquence of tongue or eye- Alike unmov'd by kiss or sigh. " Hetnian! for thee all ties I've burst • Resign'd, renoune'd the world and mine: Wept by my kin— perhaps accurs'd ! Tnink not 1 murmur or repine ; Think not I would again undo The fatal spell, or prove untrue To vows that link our weal— our woe; With thee no fear, no doubts I know " ***** MARIA. Thy destiny is fraught with power • A throne awaits thee— ample dower That might the coldest win, much more Who without thee would deem that throne too Door. MAZEPPA. What, if the scaffold ? ^ J, A?, IA' That to share With thee, or even worse, I dare. Might I survive the fatal blow?— But no 1 a crown shall gird thy brow! MAZEPPA. So strong thy love 1 MARIA. And canst thou doubt ? MAZEPPA. Nay, but a parent's claims or mine. Which dearer to thy heart ? speak out. MARIA. My answer spare; the truth divine; Read in my eyes— but from my tongue, Let not the fearful words be wrung. I have no kin, nor kindred ties, Save those that bind our destinies; Scorn'd by all else— their scorn the price Of love like mine:— let this suffice. MAZEPPA. Then am I dearer to thy heart Than all— than each?— What meant that start? MARIA. Dearer than life, than fame: require No phrase express. MAZEPPA. Say, were thy breath Umpire between me and thy sire— Whose lot would then be life ?— whose death By thee decreed ? MARIA. Stay, I beseech, The torture of thy racking speech Tempt me no more. MAZEPPA. Reply. MARIA. Full stern Thy words : be satisfied to learn No sacrifice too great I'd deem To rescue thee. MAZEPPA. Remember well The sentence from thy heart that fell. Bright are the stars that view the plain And slumbering wilds of the Ukraine; Hush'd is the air; in whispers play Only the poplar's silver spray, In honour of the lunar day, That softly tints yon castle's tower, Its garden's pomp with many a bower— How solemn, yet how sweet such hour! Yet, hark 1— what cry within those walls With omen sound the heart appals ? Chain'd in yon cell lies one, whose glance Is rais'd to heaven as in a trance Of speechless thought; deep heaves his breast With feelings may not be express'd i By words." This captive is the unfortunate Kotchubei, who, preparatory to his execution, is visited by Orlik, a creature of Mazeppa, for the purpose of extorting from him a confession where his trea- sures are concealed. To this interrogation he replies— Slave ! had I treasures 1— yes, I'd three : The first mine honour, but disgrace Hath stain'd it so, nought may efface The damning spot. I nad a child ; That treasure's worse than lost— defil'd. The third, my last, is still secure, My just revenge 1— That shall endure : No tyrant that from me may tear That— that alone to heaven I bear. SING AWAY, SING AWAY. BY A. LEE.* The fair poetess, though she has endeavoured to conceal her- self under the mystery of three crosses,— for which, for the fu- ture, she must be styled " Our Lady of the Three Crosses," we think is not unknown to us, though more for the graces and amiability displayed by her in society than as a " child of song." We could not do injustice to the whole by giving an extract only, and have, therefore, added the words, which will be found ele- gant, piquant, and spirited, giving fair indications of no common poetical talents, which we trust Our Lady of the Three Crosses" will exert while wandering amidst the romantic scenery of the Rhine with the beloved of her heart. The composer has caught the spirit of the poetry, and added the witchery of sweet sounds. We recommend this ballad with pleasure to our musical friends, as we are sure it must and will be universally admired, * London: H. Wray. 194 TIIE TO war June 17. and become a general favourite. We, however, will add a cau- tion to the male part of the creation, to beware how they trust their ears when it is warbled by our lovely syrens in petticoats : we speak feelingly, as still suffering under the spell of one of those dear, dangerous, fascinating creatures :— Sing away, sing away, by day and by night, This world is a bright little world of delight. There are hearts ever kind to love and to sue, And if one should he false, there are some that are true. Sing away, sing away, there are joys on earth To banish regret, and give life a new birth. Now love and now wine, now peace and now strife— This, this is the way to steal away life. Sing away, sing away, we cannot restore The hopes that are blighted, the years that are o'er. Sing away, sing away, the fast- coming day Is stealing too quickly on hours so gay. We shall take an early opportunity of noticing Mr. Robert Montgomery's last and best poem " The Messiah." self into a Committee on the Court of Exchequer . Scotland Bill- The clauses were agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was received.— Adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14. Several petitions in favour of the Government system of educa lion in Ireland, and a few against it, were presented ; also against the punishment of death for forgery. CHURCH PROPERTY.— Lord KING, in presenting a peti tion against tithe, said, as there were several prelates present, he would lake that opportunity of noticing a declaration made on a former occasion by a right rev. prelate ( the Bishop of London), who denied that the property of the church was public property, or that the Legislature, had a right to interfere with it. The manner in which the properly of the church had been disposed of at the Reformation, and at the Revolution, showed that it was con- sidered public properly. The property of the church, he contended was originally given for the general purpose of promoting Chris- tianity itself. During the dominion of Popery in this country, no other form of Christianity was permitted to he publicly preached or taught; and for a long time after the Reformation the Church of England kept up the same intolerant spirit; but now, all civil dis- tinctions being removed, and all u en being equal in the eye of the law, without any reference to their religion, it might well become question for consideration, whether the property originally given for the general promotion of Christianity, ought not to be divided amongst the various Christian sects in this country ; and the more so, as it was well known that the great body of the inhabitants of this country did not belong to the Established Church. With these remarks he would now move that the petition be read. The petition having been read, The Bishop of LONDON said, that he would content himself, for the present, wilh denying the opinion attributed to him by ihe noble lord, that the Legislature had no right to interfere with church property. He admitted that Parliament had a right lo in- terfere wilh it as far as regulation, and as seeing that those who received it did the duty for which it was given. The petition, which was from Bedminster, was then laid on the table. PRESCRIPTION TITHE BILL.— On the motion of Lord Tenterden, the prescription bill, and the prescription ( tithe) bill were read a second time. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH BILL.— Lord TENTERDEN postponed the commitment of this bill to to- morrow week. NORFOLK ASSIZES REMOVAL BILL— Lord SUFFIELD rose to move the second reading of this bill. The Duke of G RAFTON moved that it be read a second time this day six months. The Earl of ROSEBERY supported the bill. Lord TENTERDEN thought this bill unnecessary. The House then divided, when there appeared,— Content, 32— Notcontent, 21— Majority in favour of the bill, The bill was then read a second time. SEATS IN PARLIAMENT BILL.— The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON rose to move the second reading of the bill which he had introduced only two or three evenings ago. The necessity of ministers vacating their seats, whenever they accepted office under the Crown, was accompanied by some difficulty and inconvenience. When an individual accepted high office, he must at first be ignorant of the details of office ; and it was, therefore important not only to himself, hut also to the public, that his entire and immediate attention should be directed to his new duties. It was, therefore, a great inconvenience that, when he ought to be attending to public business, he was obliged to be attending to the success of his election. If it was an inconvenience, when a single member of the administration was changed, how much was that in- convenience increased when a whole Administration was changed and new men were called upon to take their situations? After some further observations, the noble marquis said, he would now state the offices which he promised to exempt from the operation of the act of Queen Anne. They were,— first, all the great offices usually- held by cabinet ministers ; and, secondly, by what might be called the principal law officers, the presence of the persons holding which was generally supposed to be necessary in ihe House of Commons. He had not ' decided whether the office of Secretary at War ought also to he inserted in the bill, but this was a question which might be considered in committee. He concluded with moving that the bill be read a second time. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, as the bill was intended to remedy certain inconveniences, arising out of a measure which Government had brought forward, he conceived that it was the duty of the Government to introduce it as a Government mea- sure, and to recommend it to beth Houses of Parliament upon iheir own responsibility. Under these circumstances, he thought that the Noble Marquis ought to postpone the second reading of the bill. The Earl of RADNOR said, he joined the Noble Duke in ask- ing for the postponement of the measure. He thought that the other House of Parliament might take a technical objection to the measure, on the ground that it was one which ought not to have arisen in the House of Lords. He hoped the Noble Marquis would withdraw the bill altogether. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, he had no hesitation in saying, that he had long considered the existing state of the law to be productive of great inconvenience. He would consider the queslion as attentively as he could, before he pronounced a decided opinion upon it; and, in the meantime, he concurred with the sug- gestion of Ihe Noble Duke, lhat the subject should be brought for- ward in a fuller House. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the practice which the Noble Lord meant to modify by his bill was, undoubtedly, at- tended with some inconveniences ; nevertheless, the principle out of which it grew was embodied in the Constitution; and he could not help thinking that an opportunity should be afforded their Lordships of more maturely considering the bill. He thought, therefore, it would be best for the Noble Marquis to postpone the second reading. After a few words from the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, the second reading of the bill was postponed to Monday week.— The House then Adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 15. After the presentation of some petitions, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY called the attention of Earl Grey to the language again used by Mr. Larkins, at another meet- ing'of a political union in Sunderland, at which Dr. Headlam pre- sided. After quoting some violent passages from the speech, and alluding to the policy adopted by Mr. Pitt in 1799, with respect lo such unions, his lordship expressed a hope that the noble earl would Te- consider his determination, staled on a former night, not to put them down by law. Earl GREY admitted the impropriety of the language used by Mr. Larkins, but denied that Dr. Headlam, who was as loyal a man as any in the kingdom, should be held accountable for it. He disapproved of the continuance of political unions, but trusted to the good sense of the people of England to give them up, now that the excitement which first produced them had died away. But he neither contemplated the introduction of any new law, nor had received any instructions to prepare one. The Norfolk Assizes Bill was committed, reported, and ordered to be. read a third time on Monday. After a few words from the Dukes of Wellington and Buccleuch, the Lord Chancellor, and other noble lords, the House resolved it- HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. EXETER IMPROVEMENT BILL Lord EBRINGTON, on the third reading of this bill, complained that an alteration in- troduced into it would surreptitiously disfranchise a large propor- tion of the rate payers. He, therefore, proposed an amendment hy way of rider, to obviate that difficulty. The House divided on the amendment, when there appeared— For the amendment 72— Against it 46— Majority 26. The bill was then read a third time and passed. WEST INDIES.— Lord ALTHORP, ip answer to questions put to him by Mr. Burge, stated that on the earliest supply day, lie meant to bring forward a proposition for granting a loan to the sufferers in the West Indies. With respect to any general plan for the relief of the whole of the Colonies, he was not aware that Go- vernment was pledged to such a measure. REFORM BILL ( IRELAND.)- On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, that the further consideration of the report of the committee on this bill be resumed, Mr. LEADER said, he could not make up his mind to vote on the details of this bill until the whole subject was fairly before them aud proper information was given with respect to the boundaries which ihe bill would recognise. Lord ALTHORP said that the boundaries bill would influence scarcely in any degree the bill now before the House. Mr. O'CONNELL said the bill which was now proposed was formed entirely on a wrong basis to benefit Ireland, and had cer- tainly been framed with no friendly feeling towards that country. Instead of increasing the freedom of election, the present measure attempted to hand over the representation of Ireland to the absolute possession of the absentee proprietors. He could not be charged with impeding the Government, for he had offered no opposition to this measure until the English reform bill had become the law of the land. He, however, now warned most solemnly the right lion gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, to adopt some far different course with reference to the country with which he was by office connected, or the growing and daily increasing demand fora repeal of the union would end in a strife of bloodshed. The hou. and learned member proceeded to say, he must remark, and he should prove the assertion in some future stage of the measure, lhat the bill before the House would limit the representation of upwards of 7,000,000 of people in the hands of a constituency not exceeding 30,000. The franchise had not been diminished but extended in England— why should it not be rendered more extensive in Ire- land ? Why not restore their rights to the 40s. freeholders, and thus give to the peasantry a sense of importance and independence, while we afforded them a stimulus to industry ? England would have 30 members more than originally contemplated, but Ireland was ex- cluded from deriving any advantage ; in consequence of the de- parture from the principles of the first reform bill, her members would not be augmented. Did Ireland deserve such treatment, after the assistance her representatives had rendered Ministers on the English reform bill ? But this was always the way where Ireland w as concerned; her aid was invoked in the battle, hut when a division of the spoil came she was forgotten.— Ministers wished to put an end to excitement and agitation in Ire land, and how did they set about it ?— By perpetrating an act of in- justice which must perpetuate excitement, and leave no room for any tranquillity but the tranquillity of slavery, and that, be pledged himself, they should not have. He told the right hon. gentleman ( Mr. Stanley) lie might defeat him ( Mr. O'Connell; in that House, hut the Irish people would beat the right hon. gentleman elsewhere. They would vanquish him, and in doing so, they would violate no law. No; so long as the right hon. gentleman left the Irish people one rag of the constitution, they would take their stand upon that and beat hiiu. In conclusion, the hon. and learned member moved, by way of amendment, that it be an instruction to the committee to restore the elective franchise to persons seised in fee and occu- pying freeholds of the clear yearly value of 40s. Mr. STANLEY, after expressing his surprise at the tone and temper of the hon. gentleman's speech, proceeded to say— if the learned gentleman were sincerely desirous of amending the bill and forwarding its progress through the committee, the first clause which he objected altogether to discuss that evening would have afforded him an opportunity of proposing the very instruction which he now moved, as an amendment, on the Speaker leaving the chair. But the learned gentleman threatened the House with instruction after instruction, with a view to obstruct the bill. With regard to the proposed instruction, he was glad to find the learned gentleman now abandoning all but the 40s. in fee voters-—[ Mr. O'Connell intimated that such was not his intention]— at least he did not proceed further in his present motion. The learned gentle- man spoke of the injustice of refusing the franchise in one county to a class of freeholders w ho were permitted lo exercise it in ano- ther ; but let it be observed that there was some difference between continuing a right of voting now in existence, and conferring, in opposition to a positive law, a right of voting that had been discon- tinued. He did not mean to say that if the case of Irish 40s. free- holders in fee had been pressed in 1829, he might not have made an exception in their favour; but now, unless it could be clearly established that those freeholders constituted a large and respect- able body, he thought the existing regulation ought not to be re- laxed in their favour. But he believed he was justified in de- claring, that in a vast number of the Irish counties there was not such a thing known as a 40s. freeholder in fee ( hear;) and further, that in the great majority of counties where it existed, the class of 40s. freeholders in fee was the lowest, most corrupt, and venal, that could well be imagined. On the grounds now shortly stated, he opposed the learned gentleman's motion for an instruction to the committee. Mr. LEADER said there existed throughout Ireland a strong feeling of aversion to the bill, which narrowed the constituency, and did not give an adequate number of representatives to that country. The honourable member proceeded to read several re turns, in order to show that the bill would not extend the fran- chise in Ireland, and would merely effect a change in the character of the voters. Mr. J. BURKE would, in committee, move that the franchise of the six smallest Irish boroughs, and the additional representation which the bill would, as it stood, confer on the Dublin University, should be transferred to the seven largest Irish counties. Mr. II. GRATTAN would vote for the amendment, and subscribe to the views of the honourable member ( Mr. Leader) for Kilkenny. Sir J. NEWPORT contended, that the 40s. freeholders in fee of Ireland ought lo be placed on an equal fooling with the same description of persons in England. He should therefore vote for the amendment. Lord ALTHORP felt it to be his duty to support the bill as it stood, aud regretted that he could not on the present occasion act in concert with the hon. member for Kerry, and the other hon. . members who usually supported the Government. Mr. WYSE supported the amendment. Mr. GRATTAN said, that he had always opposed the disfran- chisement of the 40s. freeholders of Ireland, and would vote for the amendment before the House. Mr. YOUNG declared his intention of voting for the amend- ment. Mr. SI1EIL thought that Ministers ought to yield in this parti- cular, for three reasons— first, because the proposition of the hon. and learned member for Kerry was just in principle ; secondly, because it would assimilate the constituency of England and Ire- land ; and thirdly, because it would conciliate the people of Ire- land, without being detrimental lo England, Lord J. RUSSELL said, that he had been strongly opposed to the disfranchisement of the Irish 40s. freeholders, and had only consented to that measure, in order to obtain the great boon of Catholic Emancipation. The question was, however, settled, and he thought it would be unwise now to disturb it. Mr. JAMES said that he would vote for the amendment. The House then divided, and the numbers were— For the amend- ment, 73 ; Against it, 122— Majority, 49. On re- entering the gallery we found Mr. O'CONNELL addressing the House, He should propose that the elective franchise should be restored to persons " seised 0* an estate for three lives, reservable for ever, of the yearly value of 40s.; provided that the rent did not exceed 4/. per annum, of which one- third was to be profit: and provided also, that the re- newal fee did not exceed 2i." It was, he conceived, the duty of the House to encourage persons in acquiring property under a tenure of this description. The hon. and learned member con- cluded by proposing his motion. Lord MILTON was of opinion that the attainment of the object aimed at in the motion before them would not prove beneficial to Ireland. On this ground, although he had given his support to the lion, and learned member for Kerry on a former occasion, he should take a different course at present. Mr. RUTHVEN complained of the indisposition of the House to do justice to the claims of Ireland. Lord G. BENTINCK declared his intention of supporting his Majesty's Ministers on this occasion. Mr. STANLEY would only say one word on this motion, on which he trusted that the hon. and learned gentleman would not give the House the trouble of dividing. This motion, if carried, would create a minute subdivision of independent property, and, by creating that, would also create an immense multitude of de- pendent voters. ( Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL maintained that the minute subdivision of votes, of which the right hon. secretary complained, now existed in England, and yet it had not been urged as a reason for disfran- chising the 40s. freeholders of England. After a few words from Lord Palmerston, the amendment was negatived without a division. It was then carried, that the House should resolve itself into a committee on the Reform of Parliament ( Ireland) bill. On the questi- on that the Speaker do now leave the chair, Sir R. HERON rose, in pursuance of his notice, to move an instruction to the committee. He intended to move that it be an instruction to the committee to provide that the University of Dublin continue to return one member only. If he succeeded in that motion, he should then propose another, to the effect that the city of Kilkenny return two members to future Parliaments. He would consider first what claim the University of Dublin had to a second member, compared with the other Universities of the king- dom; and, next, what claim it had, when contrasted with other places in Ireland. Now, as to the first point— the University of Dublin consisted of a single college ; it had now a constituency of 72 members, and under the new bill that constituency would be raised to a number not much exceeding 200. Now, the University of Cambridge had 2,200, and the University of Oxford had 2,600 voters. He should be glad to know on what ground of learning, morality, or virtue, the University of Dublin could claim the right of having a representation ten times as great as the representation of the two English Universities? Again, if you go further north, you will find four Scotch Universities without any representatives. Why, then, if literature were to be represented, was the addi- tional member to be given to the University of Dublin, which had one member already, and not to one of the Scotch Universities, all of which were without one? Considering this question, then, with reference to the other Universities, he thought that the Uni- versity of Dublin Iiad no claim to this additional member. Look- ing at the question, however, as a purely Irish question, he would request the House to reflect that you have on the one side, a con- stituency of 200 persons, who were to return two members, and on the other, the county of Cork, with a population of 800,000 persons, and a territory containing one seventh of the whole soil of Ireland, which was to return only the same number; you had also the city of Kilkenny, with a population of 20,000 persons, and its suburb of St. Cannis, with a population of 10,000 more, which was only to return a single member; was that right, or just, or politic? The hon. member concluded by moving that it be an instruction to the committee to provide that the University of Dublin continue to return but one representative to Parliament. An hon. Member ( name unknown) seconded the motion. Mr. CRAMPTON said as the present question was merely a question of comparison, he would commence by correcting the errors of fact into which the hon. baronet had been unintentionally betrayed. The present electors of the University of Dublin were not 72 but 96, and the electors under the new bill would be, not 200, but 600. In considering the question before them, the House should look to what had been the object of founding and supporting the University of Dublin. It was intended to support the Protest- ant interest in Ireland. Now it was said that the present bill gave too much to the Irish Catholics. He did not say so. He wished to see less distinction between the two parties, but as long as there were two religions in Ireland, it would not be presumed, he con tended, that the political influence of botii should not be fairly ba- lanced. It would, however, be unfair to say that the University of Dublin was exclusively Protestant. It was open to Catholics as well as to Protestants. Mr. SHEIL said it was strange the Solicitor- General for Ireland did not attempt to answer the argument drawn from the Scotch Universities. Of the eight additional members for Scotland, not one is awarded to her four unrepresented Universities ; while it is proposed to allocate one- fifth of the new representation of Ireland to her University, which is already represented. The constituency of Dublin College is reducible to three classes— the fellows, the scholars, and the ex- scholars. Let us examine what benefit to science can be obtained by enabling any one of them to return two members to Parliament. The fellows are twenty- five; there are seven senior and eighteen junior ; the former have no pupils— their single duty is to receive about three thousand pounds a year from the funds of the College. Their fortunate repose, so auspicious to the noble and disinterested pursuits, ought not to be distracted by a multifarious canvass, and it is not desirable that thej should be molested by two members of Parliament whispering bishoprics in their ears. The minoi fellows earn their livelihood by their pupils, and some of them earn their pupils by their politics. They do not excell in the professor's chair more than in the rostrum of conserva- tive agitation ; they have thus obtained a spurious ascendancy— their influence is as great as it is illegitimate— they command the re- turn at elections— they are as renowned for their creation of a member of Parliament, as for the formation of a Bachelor of Arts. We come to the scholars; among the scholars there are, no doubt, several high- minded and independent gentlemen ; but many are in such narrow circumstances as to be led into temptation. But it may be said that the imperfection of this constituency will be re- medied by allowing the ex- scholars to vote. We have seen the school of political morality in which they have been nurtured. But who, and where are they? They are scattered over the world How many of them will be assembled for an election? And who will pretend that any literary advantage will accrue from the septen nial, or, if you will, the triennial gathering of these literary estrays in Trinity College ( hear, hear, hear.)'? But look at the political question, to give, as a part of reform, an additional member to a constituency of 150 persons ( for there will be no more), is repug- nant to the principles on which reform itself is founded. Dublin College has now but 95 voters; the addition of ex- scholars, making allowance for deaths and necessary absence, cannot amount to 50. You have determined that in England every borough, even the bo- roughs iri Schedule B, shall comprise 300 voters ; and you are pre- pared to give two members to the worst of all constituencies, con- taining a number less than that of the meanest Parliamentary ham- let in the empire. This objection is fatal, but there is one still stronger; Roman Catholics are excluded from fellowships and scho- larships. Is it not an offence to the feeling, and a wrong to the rights of the Irish people, that you should, out of five members, give one to an exclusive and sacerdotal corporation ( hear, hear.)? Must one of the five— the miserable five, which you affect to give to Ireland— be thus prodigally and almost profligately cast away ? If you were to award us our due proportion, then the waste of one would be more excusable— but where your donation is so small ( so small in comparison with our rights and with your own dignity and honour)— where you have so little to give, give that little well— give it to the people, and do not sully the entire endowment by throwing any part of it away upon the community of acrimonious religionists, with whom the people cannot sympathise, and who cannot sympathise with the people— who are characterised by mo- nastic narrowness and the pride of priestcraft, and in whom all the virulence of faction, the virulence of domination, and the sacred rancours of polemics are combined. Whigs 1 why do you this? What motive, what reason, what pretence can there be for this 1 Is it because Ireland has deserved so ill, and Dublin College has deserved so well at your hands, that you are determined on offering a palpable affront to the one by conferring this baneful favour on the other? ( Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned member, after alluding to the almost unanimous objection of the Irish represen- tatives to giving two members to the Dublin University, concluded by saying, then let me implore you, in a question exclusively ours, in which our feelings, our rights, our interest are alone involved, to make Ireland some return for incalculable services and countless obligations, by yielding where there is every motive to yield to her entreaties, and to abandon the miserable policy of sacrificing your best friends to your worst antagonists, and to be true to us, in order that you may not be traitors to yourselves. • ( Cheers.) Mr. LEFROY denied that the University was bigotted. Mr. O'CONNELL said, but in sober sadness what was the meaning of giving five members to Ireland, and one of them to a miserable community in Dublin, a college belonging to a particular persuasion, numbering 400 or 500, who were to have one member when 8,000,000 were to get only four ? Could any mockery of reform be greater than that? Mr. STANLEY said he did not deny that in giving an addi- tional member to Dublin, they had calculated upon its being a Protestant college, and though they did not always look to the question of Protestant or Catholic, he did not deny that they ought to protect the Protestant interest in Ireland. He wished there was no distinction between Catholic and Protestant; but, seeing the state of things in Ireland, they did not think they were doing what was unreasonable in throwing the additional member into the Protestant scale, as a protection to the Protestant interest in Ireland. Mr. II. GRATTAN regretted to hear what had fallen from the right hon. secretary. It was injudicious thus to keep up party- spirit. This was mere cajolery, a trick, a plot, and the Duke of Cumberland was at the bottom of it. ( Question.) Lord ALTHORP observed, that the giving this additional member was to assist the Protestant establishment; but he did not think that ministers were doing what was attributed to them— keeping up an exclusive feeling. He hoped the House would sup- port the proposition, because it was essential to the probable success of the bill. Mr. W. Peel, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Croker, made a few remarks amidst cries of " Question." Sir R. HERON replied. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amend- ment, 97 ; against it, 147 ; majority, 50. After a short conversation between Mr. Stanley, Mr. O'Connell, and Lord Alihorp, the bill was recommitted pro forma, and the fur- ther consideration was postponed until Monday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half- past, two o'clock. THURSDAY, JUNE 14. Mr. R. Palmer took the oaths and his seat for Berkshire. After the presentation of a great number of petitions against the punishment of death for forgery— tithe— and taxes upon know- ledge, Mr. LAMB, in reply to a question put by Mr. Beaumont, said he was sorry to say that intelligence had been received by the Go- vernment of the murder of a magistrate in South Shields, by two men connected with the club or union of Pitmen referred to by the hon. gentleman. The murder was perpetrated in a most traitorous manner, and the unfortunate gentleman's only crime was his known activity. STAMP DUTIES ON NEWSPAPERS,& c.— Mr. EDWARD LYTTON BULWER said, that in rising to move certain resolu- tions, for the repeal of tbe principal taxes on knowledge, he trusted that his deep and conscientious conviction of the necessity of the measure he was about to propose, would be a sufficient excuse for undertaking a task, which, if as important as he believed it to be, was equally above his abilities and his station in public life. After a few preliminary observations the hon. member pro- ceeded to say lie should proceed at once to call the attention of the House to certain facts, which would tend to show why it was our duty and our policy to diffuse cheap instruction amongst the peo- ple, and he should then show in what manner that instruction was, by the existing taxes, checked and obstructed. From an analysis carefully made of the cases of those persons who were committed for acts of incen4iaiism, & c. in 1830, and the beginning of 1831, it appeared that in Berkshire, of 138 p isoners, only 25 could write, and only 37 could read ; at Abingdon, of 30 prisoners, 6 only could read and write ; at Aylesbury, of 79 prisoners, only 30 could read and write; of 50 prisoners tried at Lewes, one individual only could read well. ( Hear, hear.) The same con- nexion between crime and ignorance existed in France. In 1830, it appeared, that in the French Court of Assize, there were 6,962 accused persons ; out of this number 4,519 persons were entirely ignorant of reading and writing, and only 129 persons, about a 57th part of the whole number, had received a superior educa- tion. If, then, it was true, as the facts he had stated seemed to him sufficient to prove, that there was an inseparable connexion between crime and ignorance, it followed as a necessary conse- quence, that it was their duty to lay no shackles on the diffusion of knowledge. It was then their duty to diffuse instruction in all its modes ; yet he thought it would be scarcely necessary for him to contend, that newspapers were among the readiest and most effec- tual instruments of diffusing that instruction. A newspaper was among the most popular and effective modes of instructing the peo- ple; and now mark the interdict they had laid on the newspapers. Here the hon. member went into detail of the duties upon paper, advertisements, and the stamp- duty, and proceeded to show what an effectual bar to the extended circulation of newspapers these duties proved. And after alluding to the vety atrocious doctrines promulgated in some of the unstamped cheap publications, he said, a very intelligent mechanic, in a manufacturing town, with whom he had had occasion to correspond, said, in a letter to him," We go to the public- house to read the sevenpenny paper, but only for the news ; it is the cheap penny paper lhat the working man can take home and read at spare moments, which he has by him to take up, and read over and over again, whenever he has leisure, that forms his oponions.'' ( Hear.^) His proposition was not at present to touch the paper duty, which, though a grievance, did not fall near so heavily on the public as the two taxes he would abo- lish ; the first of these was the stamp duty, the second the adver- tisement duty. Take away the stamp duty, and the 7d. paper would fall at once to 3fd. The great point, and the first to con- sider, was, would the number of newspapers published through the year increase to any very large extent? All his arguments rested upon that point— partly as related to the diffusion of knowledge— partly to the profits of a postage. To him it seemed a self- evident proposition, that when it no longer required a vast capital to set up a daily newspaper, when it was open to every man of literary talent with a moderate sum to attempt the speculation, there would be a vast and sudden increase of newspapers. ( Hear.) To him it seemed equally evident, that when newspapers were so cheap as to be within the reach of almost any man, there would be an enormous addition to the present number of readers. ( Hear.) But besides these proofs that the cheapness of periodicals will in- calculably increase their sale, we have the experience of other countries that it does; in America a newspaper sells for l^ d. ( Hear, hear.) What is the result? Why, that there is not a town in America with 10,000 inhabitants, that has not its daily paper. In 1829, the number of newspapers published in the British Isles, was 33,050,000, or 630,000 weekly, which is one copy for every 36th inhabitant. In Pennsylvania, which had only in that year 1,200,000 inhabitants, the newspapers amounted to 300,000 copies weekly,— or a newspaper to every fourth inhabitant. ( Hear, hear.) From ali these facts, they had a right to suppose, that if news- papers were as cheap as they would be if his object were carried, the number of copies would be prodigiously increased. So much for the taxes he would repeal. He now came to that which he would substitute. His plan was a cheap postage, in the following manner :— All newspapers, and printed publications of whatsoever description, and weighing less than two ounces, should circulate through the medium of the general post, at the rate of one penny; if into the twopenny or threepenny post, at'one halfpenny. He would also propose that all works under five ounces, should cir culate through the same channels, at a low and graduated charge. June 17. THE fOWI. 1 9 5 , The principle of this plan had been successfully adopted in France and America. Here the hon. member went into a calculation • which tended to prove, that if the plan he proposed was adopted, the results would be more than a million ; from which, if you took 300,000/., to pay the expenses of carriage, distribution, & c. ( a most extravagant calculation), you would still leave more than the profits of the two taxes he wished to repeal. A more minute calculation would produce a far higher result. After some further observations, the hon. member moved the following resolutions : — " That it is expedient to repeal all taxes which impede the. dif- fusion of knowledge. " That it is peculiarly expedient, at the present time, to repeal the stamp duty on newspapers. " That it is also peculiarly expedient to repeal, or to reduce, the duty on advertisements. " That it is expedient, m order to meet the present state of the revenue, to appoint a select committee, to consider the propriety of establishing a cheap postage on newspapers and other pub- lications. Lord ALTHORP, after complimenting the hon. gentleman on the ability with which be had brought the subject before the House, proceeded to say, that the question which tbe hon. gentleman had opened was of the greatest possible importance to the Government of the country, and was one which required revision. He was ready to admit, that the stamp duties had not the effect of pre- venting the mischievous publications which, unhappily, were now circulated ; yet be could not admit that tbe propositions of the hon. gentleman would produce that eflect. He should, however, be glad, if, on investigation, it should be found that by cheap poblica- tions their evils might be counteracted. He ( Lord Altborp) also entertained great doubts as to the correctness of many of the con- clusions to which the hon. gentleman had come, and thinking that many points required consideration, rather in the closet than in this House, he felt he- should not be justified in giving his support to the proposition of the hon. gentleman. Under all these circum- stances he ( Lord Althorp) felt himself called upon to meet the pro- position of the hon. gentleman by moving the previous question. Mr. O'CONNELL contended strongly in favour of the motion, which he thought fraught with the best results to the intelligence and industry of the country. Sir C. WETHERELL, on the other hand, denounced it as an • unjust interference with copyright, and the enormous capitals which were now embarked in the principal newspaper establishments. After some observations by Sir M. Ridley, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Hunt, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. HARVEY moved for leave to bring in a bill to empower the Judges of the King's Bench to frame ordinances and regulate the admission of pprsons claiming to become members of, or to be called to, the Bar. Mr. Harvey, in the course> of his speech, at- tacked the Benchers for their - conduct towards him and Mr. Wooler, and dwelt upon the defects and abuses of the present system. He was replied to at some length by the Attorney- Ge- neral, and supported by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Lennard, and others. After which the House divided— ayes, 5&; no'es, 68; majority against the motion, 16. BRIBERY LAWS.— Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the statutes relative to bribery and corrup- tion at the election of Members of Parliament, and to amend and render more effectual the law relating thereto. After a short conversation leave was given. Mr. STANLEY moved for leave to bring in a bill to prevent party processions in Ireland. The motion was opposed by Mr. MAXWELL, who praised the conduct of the Orangemen, and contrasted it with the conduct of the Radicals in this country. After a discussion, in which several members took part, leave was given to bring in the bill. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, tbe report on the division of counties bill was taken into further consideration, and agreed to; and the third reading of the bill was fixed for Monday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock. FRIDAY, JUNE 15. Several petitions were presented. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to put a question to thehon, Under- Secretary for the Home Department, relative to a case which ap- peared reported in the Morning Herald of Monday. It was there stated, that a woman, named Catherine Murphy, far advanced in pregnancy, had been seized and ill- treated by a policeman. She had certainly acted in contravention of the law by selling nuts on the flagway, and for that she was fined. A Mr. Lewin, a law- stationer, offered his testimony on behalf of the woman, but Mr. Laing, the magistrate, was reported to have ordered him to hold his tongue, and leave the office, saying that he supposed Mr. Lewin was one of those busy people that went about dictating to magi- strates. Mr. G. LAMB replied, that the statement was exaggerated. It was after the conviction had been made that Mr. Lewin interfered, and he ( Mr. Lamb) regretted that the magistrate should have made use of the terms he did, although these also bad been much exagge- rated. The House went into Committee on the Scotch Reform Bill, the discussions on the various clauses of which lasted to a late hour, and some divisions took place on different amendments, the majorities in all of which were for Ministers. The House resolved itself into Committee on the Customs' Du- ties Acts. Mr, P. THOMPSON informed the committee that the state of the venue rendered it impossible for him to make any great reduction of duties this year. He had, however, with a view of benefitting the manufacturers, reduced the duties on several kinds of dyes and barks used in our manufactories; and, with a view of benefitting the poor, he had taken the duty off several drugs and medicines, which had hitherto been subjected to very high and dispropor- tionate duties. In order to benefit British shipping, he had en- tirely taken off the duty on hemp. By this the revenue would suffer a loss of 60,000/. a year; but as his hon. friend was of opi- nion, that he could spare that sum front the revenue of the year, he knew no duty which it would be more beneficial to the country to have repealed. He then proposed, for the adoption of the com- mittee, a schedule of duties, which occupies five closely- printed folio pages of the Parliamentary papers. A discussion of some length ensued, after which, the resolutions were agreed to, and the House resumed. TAX CARTS.— On. tbe motion of Lord Althorp, the House re- solved itself info a committee of the whole House on the assessed taxes' act, when his lordship proposed a resolution to the effect, that the owners of tax carts with two springs, under the value of 21i. might be allowed to use them for the purposes of pleasure, upon payment of an annual duty of 11. 10s. The resolution was agreed to, and the House resumed. On the motion of Mr. J. Campbell, the limitation of actions bill, the fines and recoveries bill, the curtesy of England bill, and the inheritance bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The House resolved itself into a committee on the reform of Par- liament ( Ireland) bill. The resolutions respecting the payment of barristers were agreed to, the House resumed, aud the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjoufned at three o'clock. The Bathursts were originally clothiers of Canterbury. Tlie clothiers were a powerful body in Kent, and, under the name of Grey Coats of Kent, formed a kind of Political Union, and had great influence at elections. The first Lord Bathurst was a political adventurer, a nephew of Dr. Bathurst, of Oxford, and a useful tool of Harley and St. John. He was one of the twelve Peers they made to procure a majority in 1712. When his friends went out of office, Bathurst was famous for being a great protester. Ia 1760, this first Lord Bathurst, " on account of his great age, refused to accept any office ; but, on account of his great merit, took a pension on the Irish establishment of 2,000/. a year." The present Earl Bathurst, until the accession l) i Earl Grey, had been in place almost from his boyhood. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 9.— At a Convocation holden this day, John Boote James, B. C. L. of Queen's College, Cambridge, was ad- mitted ad eundem. In the same Convocation the nomination of the Rev. Charles Wightwick, B. D., Fellow of Pembroke, to be a Commissioner of the Market, was unanimously approved. On the same day the following Degrees were conferred :— Doctor in Divinity.-— The Very Rev. John Merewether, of Queen's College, Dean of Hereford, Grand Compounder. Masters of Arts.— Henry Clark, Worcester, Grand Com- pounder ; Rev. Sackville Usher Bolton Lee, Oriel; Geo. Fred. Arthur, Trinity; Rev. Wm. North, Jesus. Bachelors of Arts — Charles R. Moore, Christchurch, Grand Compounder; Charles Edward Lefroy, Francis Hastings Doyle, Vernon Pearce Taylor, Robert Williams, Christchurch ; Richard E. Roberts, Edmund Hall; Philip Scholfield, University ; John L. R. Kettle, Chas. John Delabere Marsden, Robert Spofforth, Lincoln; Charles Roe, Trinity; John Rowlandson, Francis Bowcher Wright, George Ferris Whidborne, John Finden Smith Phabayn, James Allan Smith, Queen's; Wm. Warde Fowler, Pembroke ; George Dent Johnson, St. John's ; Wm. Wellwood Stoddart, Fellow of St. John's ; Richard Prichard, Jesus; Edward Protheroe Vaughan, Patrick Douglas Hadow, Baliol; Hugh Edwin Strickland, Frederick Rogers, James Ro- bert Burgess, Henry Lewis Stephens, Oriel; Arthur William Tooke, Harry Jelly, St. Alban Hall. The Rev. Alexander William Schomberg, M. A., has been col- lated by the Lord Bishop of Norwich to the Rectory of Fel- thorpe, in the county of Norfolk, and has been instituted to the Vicarage of Ringlar. d, in the said county, on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Ely. On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells held a private ordination in the chapel within his Lordship's Palace at Wells, when the following gentlemen were ordained :— Deacons — Poole Geo. Ayliffe, B. A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Toogood Jonathan James, B. A,; Trenchard Wm. Edward, B. A., Pembroke College, Oxford ; Wickham Wm. Provis Trelawny, M. A., Balliol College, Oxford. Priests— Irving William, B. A., Jesus College, Oxford ; Luttrell Alex. Henry Fownes, B. A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. The Rev. Augustus Page Saunders, M. A., student of Christ Church, has been appointed Head Master of the Charterhouse School, in the place of Dr. Russell. This School, which a few years ago contained 500 scholars, is now reduced to less than 100. ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.-— A Meeting was held on Wednesday at the Thatched House for the purpose of devising the necessary measures for restoring and preserving St. Alban's Abbey. The Bishop of London was in the Chair. Earl Verulam, the Dean of Carlisle, and others, addressed the Meeting, and it was agreed that an appeal should be made to the public for subscriptions. The annual examination of the Merchant Tailors' School took place on Monday, before the Master and Wardens of the Com- pany, and the President and Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford, when Messrs. Russell, Hessey., and Morell, were elected Scholars of St. John's College. The Ten Guinea P. ize, for the best Latin Poem, was awarded to Mr. Hessey ; and that for the best English Poem, to Mr. Burrows. WILL OF JEREMY BENTHAM. The will of this philosopher was proved at Doctors'' Commons on Monday. It is dated the 30th May, 1832, and is signed in a firm hand. He appoints Dr. Bowring," my executor ; and in the event of and during his incapacity, from taking possession of my effects or my body, I appoint my dear friend Edwin Chad- wick, barrister- at- law, to officiate in his stead." He then gives directions in detail for the disposition of his body for the ad- vancement of tbe medical science, which have already been made public. He then gives to Dr. Bowring his interest in the West- minster Review, and " whatever sum may be found repuisite in the publication of a complete collection of all my works, and the completion of such of them as are. not yet published.'" He also gives to Dr. Bowring all his manuscripts and books relating to finance, political economy, Parliamentary Reform, emancipation of the colonies, and Panopticon. He gives to his nephew, G. Bentham, all his manuscripts relating to'logic and nomography, and all his collections relating to language. He gives to his friend Edwin Chadwick all his books and works relating to jurispru- dence and his collections for legislation, also his pamphlets on poor laws ; he gives him, moreover, a legacy of 100/. as one of his executors. He gives to his dear friend and quondam amanu- ensis and pupil, Richard Doane, barrister- at- law, all his books of English Law, and also his organ. He gives to John Herbert Koe, barrister- at- law, one of his former amanuenses, the books which he had lent him, and which are now in his possession. The remainder of his books are left to the London University. He gives rings bearing his effigy and containing portions of his hair to several of his friends and distinguished individuals, among whom are the following :— La Fayette, Jose del Valle, formerly President of the Republic of Guatemala ; M. Van der Weyer, Ambassador from his Belgic Majesty; Jean Baptiste Say, the French political economist; Felix Bodin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies; Messrs. Bickersteth, Chadwick, Doane, and Tyrrell, barristers- at- Iaw ; Dr. Bowring, Dr. South- wood Smith, Dr. Arnot, General Miller., Mrs. Austin, wife of the Professor of Jurisprudence at the London University; Joseph Parkes, of Birmingham ; Albany Fonblanque, Francis Place; John Stuart Mill, the son of the historian of British India ; Col. Thompson; Will. Tait, of Edinburgh; and George Wheatly, of Whitehaven. A very handsome provision is made for his ser- vants and dependents. His freehold property he leaves by the ordinary law of descent to go to his nephew ; his leasehold and other property he leaves in equal shares to his nephew and his two nieces, the children of his late brother, Sir Samuel Bentham. in conclusion, he makes his nephew residuary legatee, charging him " to co- operate cordially with my executor, and lend him all the aid in his power in the execution of his trust." PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. LONDON FEMALE PENITENTIARY.— The twenty- fifth anni- versary of this institution was held on Friday week at the So- ciety's house, Pentonville; Lord Henley in the chair. From the report it appeared that the number of applicants during the past year was 225 ; but, owing to the limited state of the funds, only 89 could be admitted; 110 were now under the care of the institution, and 1,858 had been received since its establishment. In the month of April last 42 of the inmates of the institution emigrated to Van Diemen's Land, under the sanction of the committee, Government having had a free passage provided for them. The receipts of the past year amounted to 2,732/. 7s. 5d. of which 783/. 5s. 3d. was the produce of the industry of the inmates ; the expenditure was 2,159/. lis. 9d. leaving a balance of 572/. 15.8. 8d. in the Treasurer's hands ; but there were debts against the institution amounting to 704/. 18s. 6d. MANCHESTER TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.— One of the most in- teresting meetings of this Society was held on Monday evening last, at the Exchange Room. Upwards of 400 of the members and friends of this flourishing Institution partook of tea. The chair was taken by the Rev. John Hollist, and the meeting was addressed by several ardent friends to temperance. It is satis- factory to know that the statements and arguments delivered on the occasion will lead to a great accession of members, the num- ber of whom, at present, amounts to about 2,500. In this populons and important district the good effects of the Society on the morals and civil condition of the people are manifesting themselves daily. LEGAL BOTHERATION AND PERSPICUITY.— In " Haddock's Chancery," vol. i. p. 125, we find the following specimen of legal perspicuity :—" When a person is bound to do a thing, and he does what may enable him to do the thing, he is supposed, in equity, to do it with the view of doing what he is bound to do." ST A TE OF FRANCE. ( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The state of France at this moment presents a spectaclc the most distressing which the lover of freedom and of man can contemplate. After a struggle of forty years, the most memorable in history for its fierce, determined, < and sanguinary character, and for its vast and overwhelm- ( ing influence on the destinies of man, the French people ^ appear to have advanced not a single step towards tbe per- j mancnt consolidation of their liberties. The fair and ( beautiful fabric of lieedom and good government, which , they seemed to have erected, has been scattered to Ihe , four winds of Heaven, and not a trace of it remains.— , The Government of Louis Phiilippe is a pure and abso- : lute despotism— a despotism tbe more galling, because . neither hallowed by the reverence of ages, nor adorned by t the splendours of military glory. Can this course of con- . duct have been rendered necessary by the restless temper 1 of the people ? Had the spirit of discontent aud turbu- 1 lence become so widely spread as to endanger the exist- 1 ence of the Government, or the due administration of the 1 laws? Was conspiracy so extensively and secretly rami- 1 Bed that the ordinary powers of the Executive had become 1 altogether incompetent to the discovery of its tortuous i proceedings ? Were the conspirators themselves so nume- , rous or so popular that the ordinary forms of justice were ( no longer available for their correction and punishment? If these, or even a part of these, questions could be an- ' swercd in the affirmative, there might be some reason for 1 a complete suspension of tbe laws, and the substitution of 1 a military dictatorship : but in truth the very reverse of all j this seems to have been tbe fact. Conspiracy there was , none among the insurgents— danger there was none from . their numbers or individual influence— sympathy there was none with their movement among the great body of 1 the people, or tbe national guards; the bulk of the com- 1 munity stood quietly aloof, while tbe natural guardians of ' the public peace came forward manfully and spontaneously to restore and maintain public order. To what cause can we, then, ascribe this violation on the part of the King and his Ministers of all semblance of regular and legal government? It springs in part, we fear, from the inhe- rent love of arbitrary power, which no course of events or calamities seem to be able to purge away from the Royal Family of France— and partly perhaps it springs from a conviction, on the part of Louis Phiilippe, that he has not marched with the Revolution ; that he has been ungrate- ful to those who placed him on the throne ; and that, hav- ing thus injured his best friends, he must now endeavour to oppress ond annihilate their political existence. We con- fess, however, that amid so much that is mysterious and in- explicable, we can see only very dimly either tbe motives which may have impelled Louis Phiilippe, or the conse- quences to which bis arbitrary acls must lead. We fear that the curtain is but now beginning to rise upon a fearful drama of Continental struggle. The growing spirit of Republican- ism, and we fear of aggression, among the people, on the one band ; and on the other a too manifest leaning on the part of the Sovereign towards Carlistn and legitimacy, must, of necessity, unless a course of very prudent mea- sures interpose, lead at no distant period to intestine strug- gle and foreign interposition. PARIS, June 13. ( FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) Verily, Louis Philippe is losing his senses. He was wont to be famed for prudence at least, if he wanted higher qualities. But a year and a half of kingship has unhinged his understand- ing. The late events I announced to you, were of a nature to render stable his establishment, but he is resolved not to let them ; and I venture to say, that had Carlist or Republican, or what you will, triumphed in the late struggle, they could not have more uprooted the foundation of the throne of Louis Phillippe, than he has done by this week's ordonnances. His first act is to declare Paris under martial law, and at the moment when all martial strife had ceased; and this was done, merely for the purpose of abstracting the prisoners from a trial by jury, to place them before a military commission. Yet of what Jury does the Government thus shew its mistrust ? Of the jury list chosen by the Comte de Bondy, Perier's own Prefect of the Seine. The previous year they had been the choice of Barrot, and for this cause were said to be partial; but this year they have been notoriously picked from the Orleanists. Illegal as is the state of siege declared by proclamation, further illega- lity is required to make any use of it, since most of the prisoners were taken before its promulgation. And now, such men as Armand, Currel, and Cabet, and, perhaps, Chateaubriand— men, the former at least, whom juries have formally acquitted— are to be brought again to trial before a military commission. You have heard also of the orders of M. Gisquet, ( fusil Gisquet, as the Prefect is called, for his having dabbled in the musquet contract from England) for the medical men to disclose the names and circumstances relative to the wounded, whom they attend. There was as much ignorance as infamy in such a de- cree, since all who know Paris, know the medical profession therein to be so Ultra- Liberal, that it would be their delight to set any police Prefect at defiance. But Soult seems to have obtained a complete possession of Louis Phillippe ; who is, moreover, intoxicated by Court- congra- tulations upon his success. The King declares, that Dupin is the proper man to make a prime minister of, but owns that it is not yet time. Barrot pleads to be admitted, and offers a profes- sion of loyalty at the doors. Madame Adelaide pleads for her dear Montalivet: and whilst the parties are contesting the bone, Soult is carrying it off; for, in fact, he is hurrying, and impli- cating the King in measures, that no one can be found to justify but Soult himself; and he must do this by Ordonnance, for no Chamber of Deputies could tolerate it, not even la Chambre introuvable. The more I see, and can gather, the more I am inclined to think the late insurrection less serious, and less the result of party union or conspiracy. Whatever there was of these, it was hastily inspired ; for the desperate band that entrenched them- selves in the Rue St. Martin, and defended their post like heroes, seem to have been more animated by the love of combat than by any principle of politics. Their flag was red. They beat off the soldiers gallantly; and when they returned to the charge, in overwhelming numbers, they helped the soldiers, after a time, over the barricades, embracing and welcoming them. Of this almost unaccountable fact, I was assured by an officer who ac- companied Tiburce Sebastiani. This little Corsican is the hero of the day, or, I should say, of the Court. ( FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, JUNE 12. It is only in large cities that great contrasts can be seen. Paris for the last few days has been as quiet as if nothing had occurred to trouble public order ; and a stranger in walking through the streets of this capital for the first time, should draw liberally upon his credulity to believe that the gay and careless- looking people who pass along had but a few hours before been engaged either in defending their lives, or sacrificing those of their fellow- citizens. The insurrection, although completely suppressed, has left sad reminiscenses behind, which furnish matter of intense interest and conversation to the Parisians, and indeed all France. The streets are thronged with groups of animated and sight- loving folks, pressing forward to view the traces of the violent struggle which has just terminated. The Rue St. Martin is one of the chief points of attraction, from having been the grand stage of this sanguinary drama. The fronts of the houses, particularly the wine shops at the corners of intersecting streets, rivet the attention, and testify, by , the numberless bullet marks, the obstinate fire directed against them from without to overcome the deadly warfare carried on from within. Windows are to be seen shattered in all directions, from the first story to the attics; and the mirrors in several cafes bear similar testimony to the work of destruction. Stains of blood on the pavement in different places add a horrible colouring to the scene. The church of St. Mery, the last re- fuge of the revolted, has since been the centre of general at- traction. Borne along with the crowd, I found myself in the interior at the moment the last rites were being performed over the body of one of the National Guards, who had fallen in de- fence of the public safety ; and indeed there was hardly a church in Paris or the environs which had not the same melancholy office to go through for some of those brave " citizen- guards." The injury done to private property and public places is im- mense. The pavement torn up in several streets, shops broken open, goods and arms carried off, lamps cut down, carriages upset, & c. must swell the amount of damage ; thus weeks, and probably months, will not suffice to repair the ravages of a few hours. To turn to a more pleasing prospect. I must say a few words of the review, which took place on Sunday: a finer or more im- posing sight could scarcely be imagined ; upwards of sixty thou- sand national guards, and twenty thousand troops of the line, commenced assembling from five o'clock in the morning, and were drawn up along the Boulevards from the Barriere de l'Etoile to the Barriere du Trone, covering an extent of ground of nearly five miles. It would be difficult to find a superior body of troops, or in better order and discipline. The King was en- gaged from ten o'clock until four in reviewing the whole line, above described, and the different corps passed in review before him in the Place VendAme; the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. As Louis Philippe rode along the lines, the repeated cries of " Vive le Roi" resounding from all directions, must give the lie to the assertions of his being detested or unpopular with the majority of the inhabitants. The whole population of Paris was out of doors, and every thing passed off with perfect good humour and order; in fact it was what the French call a fete day, which, it is to be hoped, may be an earnest of returning prosperity. The following facts I have had from a source upon which you may place the most implicit reliance :— Several days before the funeral of General Lamarque, Jaques Lafitte waited on the son of the deceased, for the purpose of inducing him to alter the disposition in his father's will as to having the interment perfectly private. Young Lamarque, who is a man of esti- mable qualities, was steady in his determination of complying with the last wish of his parent. Jaques Lafitte, however, re- turned to the charge, aided by Lafayette aud Mauguin, and after a warm resistance on the part of young Lamarque, they, by representing that his father was public property, and that it would be obscuring his reputation to bury him privately, overcame his repugnance. The consent, thus obtained, soon became known to the various political bodies and schools, and thus the Republicans, Carlists, and enemies of public order, found an opportunity for forwarding their views and organizing a coup de mam. Another political motive might have been, to form a contrast between the funeral of Lamarque and that of Casimir Perier. Besides, the fact of Lafayette allowing himself to be made a cat's paw on the day of the funeral, adds a corroboration to this singular affair, which the ministerial papers, with great forbearance, have abstained from publishing. You must have heard of the meeting of Deputies ( held at Lafitte's house), and from the former of which issued the famous protest against the government. This junta met on the 6th, and sent a deputation to the King, composed of Odillon Barrot, Lafitte, and Arrago. The King told them he was at all times ready and happy to receive advice from the honourable men of tbe nation, but that he must premise that he had as yet discovered nothing to convince him that the plan he had pur- sued was not the best to secure the safety and glory of France ; and he added, that he was determined to pursue it as long as he was not convinced of the contrary, or that something better could be done— that lig felt conscious that he had performed all his promises to the nation. M. Arrago, who is a member of the Institute, and who had been formerly on intimate terms with the King, when Duke of Orleans, answered with some de- gree of warmth, but was interrupted by Louis Philippe, who said, " M. Arrago, you speak too loud I" upon which the latter protested that solicitude for the safety of the King's person solely prompted him in joining the deputation, whose object was to 1 stop the effusion of blood. The King replied, that was also his ' object, and that he was confident that in a quarter of an hour the insurrection would be extinguished, as the artillery had just i been sent to the scene of action. The King then turned his ' back upon the deputation. AMERICAN DRUNKARDS.— The Chancellor of the State of New York has made an order restraining all persons who should be served with a copy of that order from selling or delivering to - any habitual drunkard, who had been declared such by a decree t of the Chancellor's Court, any spirituous liquors whatever, under t pain of incurring a contempt of the Court. This decistdp will enable the Committees of all habitual drunkards to obtain similar ' orders, and by this means to prevent all tavern- keepers and others from selling them liquors.— New York Journal of Com- merce. 196 THE TOWM. June 17. TO THE PUBLIC. The Proprietors of THE TOWN respectfully inform the Public, that they intend to present to their Subscribers, GKATIS, a well executed MAP or ENGLAND under the Reform Bill, from the Ordnance surveys, assisted by the Reports of the Commissioners for the division of Counties. This superb Map, which will be engraved on steel, will contain the latest statistical details, population census, with a geological survey of the kingdom; also, the navigable rivers, canals, railways ( present and contemplated), parks, and turnpike roads, etc. By Authority. The Proprietors of THE TOWN Newspaper feel that a new era com- menced when the Reform Bill passed, and that every Englishman now feels a double interest in his country. To commemorate this glorious event, to mark the date of this brilliant epoch of its history, they ima- gine nothing can be more acceptable than a Map of their Country, show- ing the alterations such Bill has made, together with the data on which the present Government proceeded. 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Agents are requested to inform us precisely of the number of subscribers they obtain, that we may be prepared to supply them with the earliest copies. the ascendant of a moment, to be flung off— after only proving the strength of the people and their own imbeci- lity. The Court, it may be said, would but have to re- ceive back the Whig Reformers, and matters would go on as on the late occasion. Wc much doubt that this would be the result. We apprehend that a new race of more violent politicians— more sweeping reformers— more im- practicable servants of the Crown, because owing a more direct and divided allegiance to the people— such a race of public men and aspirants to office would, we believe, spring up— to the exclusion or invaliding of Whigs and Tories.— We put this as a contingency rather to be feared than desred; and we look upon it as hanging upon the conduct of the Court during the approaching recess — ofthe people in the approaching election. Upon the conduct of the former we will not indulge any specu- lation; but we confidently anticipate that the people of this country, with their characteristic sagacity, and the experience of the last eighteen months, will not prove so infatuated— will not so stultify themselves— as to take their conductors and commanders from the enemy's camp, at a moment when, we repeat it, the great campaign of reform is but begun. *** A Saturday Edition of this Paper is published in time for post, for the Country only, which may be obtained of all Newsmen on Sunday morning, within 100 miles of London. TIIE TOW3T. LONDON: SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1832. TOWN TALK. The memorable epoch of a real election of representatives by the people is advancing. There is the beginning of a general movement; but, with respect to those most in- terested, the people themselves, it is only the beginning. Toryism alone has, actively, systematically, by all the means of open and secret working—- of money and intrigue- taken the field, aud, if the nation be not on its guard, it • will be baulked of the fruits of victory. It w ill be stung when it begins to repose. But the disappointment would lie but momentary, the sting would but rouse to a terrible reaction, and the reform then insisted on would be, indeed, a revolution in its most dangerous sense. What we mean, and would impress upon the friends of reform, liberty, and order— nay even upon the Tories themselves— is, that any check given by treacherous artifice, or open force, to the moral current of innovation and renovation through the whole municipal frame and fabric of the body politic, which must flow from reform, would but rouse fiercer energies, and precipitate change through the process of convulsion. One of the chief engines employed is the persuasion, propagated with the ardor of party, and the eagerness of self interest— and really very prevalent— that the present Government will not survive reform a month; that the Tories, or a Whig and Tory coalition must come in. The known wishes of the court, the reluctant inward groaning resignation to a dire necessity with which Lord GREY and liis colleagues are endured, fortify this opinion. The Whigs, too, have by their demeanour, succeeded emi- nently, it must be confessed, in disgusting individuals favourably disposed to them, and in affording an excuse for waverers, speculators, and false brothers, to revile and desert them. The Tories are expert tacticians with con- ciliating manners. A successful contest in Dorsetshire, some months since, rallied their spirits, and was, at such a crisis, an important advantage. The recent success in Berkshire is a new spring of confidence and strength. It may be asserted then, that the next election will be a vital struggle, land that if, as it is hoped, rumoured, and per- haps, already plotted, the Reform Ministry should be put out by a court manoeuvre after its ntisssion is supposed to be fulfilled, and Parliament prorogued, the result will he such as to compel the people to do their work over again, and by means more palpably vigorous and decisive. What is the object of reform ? Is it that things should remain constituted by law as they are ? Is it that the reformed parliament should operate only as a better control upon future Government? Is it a sort of capitulation or compro- mise with existing abuses and vicious legislation ? We believe not— we believe a reformed parliament to have been sought and to be achieved not as a main object or end, but as an instrument for the attainmentof the main end, viz. a great and systematic legislative reformation, which shall place the laws and government of the country in unison with the rights, and on a level with the intelligence, of the people, in unison with the wants and spirit of the age. Now what one purpose of this reform would be car- ried into effect, by a Tory or a hermaphrodite Adminis- tration'! What one object of reform would they not try to defeat? Will the Tory Aristocracy, with its mortgaged estates, with its younger branches to be provided for, with its political adventurers and satellites, having no ostensible fortune but place, pension, command, or diplomacy— will these be the willing or even unwilling agents in carrying through any measures for reforming and reducing the ex isting establishment of the civil list, which will, we judge, be one of the first reforms— or of the existing church esta- blishment, which will immediately succeed, or be simul- taneous with it. The supposition would be ridiculous. The idea that a Tory Ministry would adopt reform in good faith, and would not on the contrary use every art sug- gested by their mysterious science as court intriguers, to condemn reform to abortivebarrenncss, is a monstrous delusion. But would such a Ministry be able to maintain itself— to arrest the mind of the nation in its career? This supposition again is absurd. Such a Miuistry would gain The Irish Reform Bill, repudiated by a great majority of the Irish members, lias been carried by a moderate ma jority ofthe house through its decisive stage. An amend- ment proposed by Mr. O'CONNELL for giving the franchise to forty shilling holders in fee, was opposed by minis- ters and negatived. The question intrinsically was not important. It would affect but slightly the Irish consti- tuency— but the rejection affords fresh matter for selfish and sordid operations in the guise of public spirit, and the ministers should have so framed the bill in the first in- stance, if for no other reason than for the sake of uni- formity. True policy obviously dictates an uniformity or identity of legislation, even at some sacrifice. Here there was little or none. The next question was that of giving a second member to the University of Dublin. Upon tho former point Mr. O'CONNELL was perfectly informed— but upon this he knows little or nothing. Mr. O'CONNELL, we have heard, passed some portion of his youth at St. Omer's, and learned about as much Gallo- Latin as sufficed a monk of the twelfth century— but of the studies of the Univer- sity of Dublin, or any other ( save and except St. Omer's) classical or scientific, he knows about as much as Father FOIGARD. The tirade of Mr. SHEIL was still more un- warrantable, as lie ( we have been informed) was in his day one of the most distinguished members of the Uni- versity of Dublin, and should have better judged its claims, and the uses which it is likely to make of the reformed franchise. From the best information which we have been able to obtain in quarters which we believe well informed, the case of the Irish University is this. The scholars, who are about seventy in num- ber, and three- fourths of the constituency, were, in the mass, until within a few years, decidedly liberal, and gave proof of this by threatening a protest if the Boatd of Senior Fellows with the request of the Duke of CuMhERLA^^^ Bt the university should petition against the ^ K^ t/ P claims. The petition was accordingly abanrrqWF; and though the Duke of CUMBERLAND, as Chancellor, may doubtless be in a state of grace with the Doctors, the very men- tion of his name would be received with an explosion of antipathy and disgust in any assemblage of the scholars. The authority and measures of Provost ELRINGTON, an honest bigot, of monkish intolerance, and of his successor KYLE, a man of meaner mind and a more envenomed though less zealous religionist— the base show of Protestant zeal for mere lucre, from an increased number of pupils, by some of the junior Fellows, such as Mr., or Doctor, BOYTON, and the mischievous folly of a Doctor SINGER, whose fellowship, obtained only by the laborious patience of a packhorse, is deemed a prodigy to this hour— the mischievous introduction of Orangeism among the students, by this canting or drivelling compound of hypo- crite, bigot, blockhead, and fire- brand— all caused a sort of re- action towards intolerance in the University. But will this last under the new impulses of Reform, and the new constituency ? We are assured that it will not; and, instead of two Members on the side of illiberality and monk- ishness, that reason, knowledge, and the spirit of the age, will have gained them. It is true that Catholic students are excluded from the franchise ; the answer is obvious,— throw open Scholarships to them. Mr. JEPHSON, itseems, pro- poses that the franchise should extend, not to the Ex- Scholars, but to Masters of Arts. This seems, at first sight, enlarged and liberal; but the effect would be to give the representation to the Irish church. Irish curacies are the refuge of those who are dull and destitute— Irish livings are the down beds of the pampered and wealthy class. To obtain a bachelor's degree requires but the lowest imaginable scale of human intelligence— every bachelor may become a master. The election would, therefore, be decidcd by crowds of starve- lings, stupid curates arriving by waggon loads, or by pam- pered dignitaries coming up in their coaches and four. The ex- scholars, on the other hand, are, for the most part, per- sons who, from the independence of their characters, their talents, or their means, left the university to engage in the active and lay professions and pursuits of life. The ac- cession of such men, who will more than double, perhaps treble, the existing constituency, must give a new spirit and character of independence and freedom to the consti- tuent body of the University of Dublin; and Mr. JEPHSON is either an ignorant simpleton, or a masked enemy of reform. The Duke of Devonshire's dinner to Lord Grey, on Thursday, was truly splendid. His Grace has, perhaps, the most beautiful silver plate in England ; and the ornamental designs, which are of very early date, are far more to be admired than any thing which modern art has produced. The following was publicly cried yesterday in Piccadilly:— A reward of five hundred pounds, ( to be raised by penny subscrip- tions, is advertised in several of the morning papers) will be given to that person who shall invent, or discover such bullet, shot, slug, or other means of assault, as shall pierce the windows of the impregnable tower at Hyde Park Corner. This impreg- nable tower has been erected by a great giant, who, night and day, watches opposite the gates, with a huge shield in his hand,, to receive the attacks of passengers ; his best friends have lately attempted to alter his position and place him on higher ground, so as more entirely to remove him from the reach of his ene- mies ; but, having failed, the giant has put up iron windows and doors, and to whomsoever shall be enabled, by craft or skill, to break through these barriers, the above- mentioned reward shall be given. Don Pedro is said to have landed in Portugal, adding one other feature to the restlessness of Europe. The Duchess de Berri has had a warning letter, supposed to he from Chateaubriand, prophesying her failure and destruction in her present attempt. Sir Walter Scott remains, we understand, without hope of recovery. On his first landing, he was unconscious of the pre> sence of any of his friends, but afterwards recognised his children, and talked on various subjects, with all that talent which has made his life or death a matter of hope or regret, not only to in- dividuals, but to nations. Lady Errol was severely hurt at the races, last week, but has ceased to suffer from the effects of her fall. It is reported that Viscount Newark is to lead to the liy- menial altar a young lady, whose personal attractions are far more conspicuous than her condition in the world. His Lordship has taken a cottage on the banks of the Thames, and drives down in a little green carriage ( on fine days) to worship his river nymph. The carriage being peculiar in its construc- tion, and otherwise remarkable, may easily be recognised on the Richmond road, by any idler who may be tempted, like our- selves, to take a holiday at the Star and Garter. It would seem that all our young Viscounts are rehearsing " The Road to Ruin.: It is rumoured that the General Election will not take place in November, as expected, on account of the impossibility of bringing all the machinery of the Reform Bill into action by that time throughout the United Kingdom : if so, it is not impro- bable that the present Parliament may go through a part of an- other Session. A Morning Paper, in its habitual profuseness of the adjunct Royal,'' applied that term the other day to the ear- drums of Prince Albert of Prussia ; who, as this paper has it, complained of the effect of his descent in the diving- bell upon the " Royal Tympanum." We understand that Lord Ossulston, only son of the Earl of Tankerville, in obedience to the wishes of the freeholders of Northumberland, intends standing for the northern division of that county. Knowing his Lordship's amiability of character and truly Whig principles, we heartily wish him success. It is proposed to light an immense bonfire on Wimbledon Common, in honour of the Reform Bill having passed, instead of illuminating and breaking the alternate windows of towns. Lord Lyndhurst has subscribed ten shillings and sixpence to- wards this laudable object. Flannel petticoats are to be given to the old women whose expectations, in consequence of this great political measure having passed, it is impossible to fulfill. PARLIAMENTARY DRAWINGS. WESTMINSTER THEATRICALS. Now that theatrical affairs have come fairly under the con- sideration of a Parliamentary Committee, we do trust that Sir Charles Wetherell, Sir James Scarlett, or some other equally liberal and enlightened member, will move as an instruction to the said committee, that the press be enjoined and enforced to do justice to the respective claims of all theatres, new and old, patent and privileged, by, at least, weekly notices of their per- formances. Had so salutary a provision existed heretofore, it could not now have been our duty to sum up in the most sum- mary way imaginable, the exhibitions, in particular, of the Westminster Theatre for the last three weeks, during which the interest excited by Mr. L. Bulwer's motion for a committee, is strikingly manifested in the distinguished patronage that the aristocracy as well as the members of " the Lower House" have been graciously pleased to confer upon that theatre. For the encouragement of the drama, and the information of the fashion- able world, we now publish a list of the noble and distinguished patrons, appending to each the names of the dramatic pieces selected for their especial entertainment:— DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.—" The Poor Gentleman," and " Raising the Wind." EARL OF ELDON.—" The Votary of Wealth," and " The Miser." LORD CASTLEREAGH.—" Lover's Vows," " The Fool of Fashion," and " Miss in her Teens." WILSON CROKER.—" The Mayor of Garratt," " Irishman in London," and " The Review." DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—" All in the Wrong," " Intrigue," LORD WYNFORD. There is not in the whole range of human or of animal na- ture a more disagreeable subject of portraiture, whether by the pencil or the pen, than my Lord Wynford. His countenance is round, full, and mean ; his features are of that vulgar configura- tion which indicates an inherent lowness of character and con- dition in the social scale ; his voice has that vulgarity of organ which is equally indicative of the lowest caste. There is in his face a constant play of discontent or self- torment, which you would pity if it were not combined with perking self- conceit, and insolent irritability— and in his decrepitude of body and mind, something so helpless and appealing, that your heart would yearn to run to his support, if the absence of the milder chari- ties and better passions which link man to his species— if a per- petual vibration between domineering and servility— if utter selfishness, joined with an utter want of self- respect— did no strip age of its veneration, infirmity of its sanctity, and, in short, did not revolt, and repel you. Would you see Lord Wynford in the full development of his character, of his peculiar distinctive self, contemplate him for half an hour from the gallery in the House of Lords. He enters and moves towards his seat with the difficulty of his infirmities and the slowness of one who would cast a look of puny defiance at the Whig Ministers opposite— an entreat- ing glance of recognition on the Tory opposition on the other side. But he has been disappointed and mortified on both sides. Imagine Lord Grey seeming wholly unconscious of his presence ; and if Lord Durham's countenance, or his pass- ing look of intelligence to some one near him, shewed that he was more attentive, it could be construed only into this— that as an observer of the low and ludicrous in character, the phenomenon was not thrown away upon him. Again: the Newcastles, Wincliilseas, Mansfields, and Londonderrys, receive him only with a condescending nod, or idle word in passing— even the Harrowbys and Wharncliffes Would not appear too familiar with him. He is ill at ease until the Duke of Welling- ton gives him the rude but heartless accolade of the camp, and Lord Kenyon keeps him in countenance, by taking his place be- side him. But the decisive trait has not yet come. Suppose the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex entering the House of Lords— not together, for that would be a violence to dramatic probability— but the one soon after the ether— you will see my Lord Wynford hobbling on his crutches, or wriggling on his seat, to attract a grim smile or a gruff greeting from the former personage, whilst he marks with an insolence still more grovel- ling than his adulation, his defiance and disregard, forsooth, of the latter. There is a magic in the woolsack or in the Chancellor's wig which subjugates the instincts of the partisan, by some- thing in the lawyer. He makes his way to the woolsack with some Scotch appeal case or printed bill in his hand, as a pretext for being seen by the profane in conference with the Chancellor; but an involuntary muscular or nervous movement in the fea- tures, or in a feature, of that eminent person, suspends the con- ference— naso suspendit— and Lord Wynford makes his way as best he can, back to my Lord Kenyon's fraternal side. There is not a single trait in the character of this man, from the pleader to the peer, which can be dwelt on with pleasure, or brought out in relief. As a counsel in the Court of Common Pleas, he bullied and abused, or saturated with the incense of fulsome compliments, parties and witnesses, according to their higher or lower conditions. Was he employed in prosecuting a newspaper libel, he indulged in the bitterest strains and worst maxims of a prerogative lawyer, and upstart aristocrat; hut, when the cause was over, as before it had begun, he bowed to reporters, and cringed to editors, for the lucrative publicity of his nisi prius speeches, and his name in their daily columns. In the House of Commons, he was noted only for his re- sistancet as a lawyer, to every measure of legal reform sug- gested by reason and humanity for the mitigation of penal statutes ; his disposition to curry favour with shopkeepers and attorneys, by continuing and consecrating the utmost severity of imprisonment for debt; and with the Ministry and the Court, by servilities so indiscreet, that he was sometimes disavowed or checked. When the House of Commons was voting thanks to the army, at the close of the peninsular war, he, in the exuberance, of court flattery, and with a total want of good taste and good sense, proposed a vote of thanks to the Prince Regent, the actual Sove- reign ! Of the Ministers, some laughed, others were ashamed of this adulatory escapade ; and it was understood that the late King, to whom he then was Attorney or Solicitor- General for the Duchy of Lancaster, turned his back upon him the next time he appeared at Court. On the Bench, Sir William Best was that thing which the law cherishes and the Constitution loathes— a prerogative : Barber of Seville," and " My Grand- -" Castle Spectre," " Tale of Mys- " Actress of all : Who's the We refer our readers to our private letters from Paris, and our extracts from the French Journals. The state of France is such as to defy speculation, between insurrection in the provinces, and the continued despotism of martial law in the capital. The attempt to discover wounded In- surgents in the capital, by compelling physicians and sur- geons to do that which is most odious in France— the dirty work ofthe police spies called Mouchards— has proved equally odious and impotent. We will only add that Louis PHILIPPE, indulging a partiality which gave early offence, has now thrown himself into the hands of the most unscru- pulous and tyrannical depositaries of power in France— the old satellites of the military despotism of NAPOLEON. and " Turn Out." LORD TENTERDEN. mother." DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.- tery," and " Devil to Pay." LORD MUNSTER.—" Distressed Mother," Work," and " Spoiled Child." LORD WHARNCLIFFE.—" Double Dealer," and Dupe ?" HORACE TWISS.—" Who wants a Guinea?" " Out of Place," and " My Last Shilling." LORD WYNFORD.—" The Choleric Man," and " Midas." DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.—" Much ado about Nothing," and " The Golden Rump." LORD LYNDHURST.—" The Confederacy," " Two Strings to Your Bow," and " The Ingrate." SIR R. PEEL.—" Know your own Mind," " Hit or Miss," and " The Weathercock." LORD GLENGALL.—" Follies of Fashion," " Irish Tutor," and " The Liar." SIR C. WETHERELL.—" The Maid of Bristol," " Double Disguise," and " A Burning Shame." LORD HOWE.—" The Busy Body," and " Secrets Worth Knowing." LORD SJDMOUTH.—" The Cabinet," " Animal Magnetism," and " The Mock Doctor." judge. No one ever yet sat two hours in his court without being nauseated by partisan sycophancy, or startled hy bad law. His was the dictum that, if the sovereign were mad, it would be a libel to assert it. This is enough. The era of ju- dicial atrocities passed away * ith the Jeffrieses and the Scraggses; but the judges of the House of Stuart, even in the Star Chamber, never set up a pretension more despotic than this. If that natural instinct, or appetite for cringing and crawling, which the French call " le besoin de rarnper," were not ineradica- ble, it would have been corrected in Lord Wynford by the rebuffs to which it has sometimes subjected him. It will suffice to men- tion one, which should not have been the less corrective because it was ludicrous. The Duke of Wellington, some years since, when Master General of the Ordnance, invited the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas to dinner at Apsley- house. To the utter amazement of the Duke and his guests, the Chief Justice Best was ushered in, arrayed in his flowing wig and Judge's gown, as if he were dining by command at Carlton- house. This ridicu- lous piece of subservient etiquette was quizzed during dinner. Even of the military men present, only one or two Aides- de- Camps were in their uniform. After the circulation of the bottle had produced a higher flow of animal spirits, and more freedom, my Lord Chief Justice was induced to abandon his wig and robes to one of the Aides- de- Camp, who burlesqued the Bench, whilst the Chief Justice exhibited a still more humourous burles- que with the cocked hat, plume, and sword of the Aid- de- Camp. Were Lord Wynford less of a sycophant politician, and prero- gative Judge, would he be this day a Peer ? Assuredly he would not. He would have rested a subaltern lawyer until the smart sophistries, and stock of technicalities, which he imposed for rhe- toric and law, enabled him to retire into the obscurity which was best suited to his capacity, and would have most conduced to his happiness. In the House of Lords he has been a zealous par- tisan ; but his want of capacity and information, of temper and discretion, render him as inefficient. There is a certain vul- garity— not so much of manner as of passions and mind, which makes aristocracy disavow the plebeian Peer— whilst his im- potent pretensions make him despised by the people ; and, be- tween this and the gout, he is one of the most comfortless of men. June 17. THE TOW 197 SPORTING SALE OF A STATE STUD. Pursuant to the articles of the SECOND RUNNYMEDE REFORM RACE, the following beaten horses are to be sold with all their engagements. Having completely disappointed the expectations of their hackers, and proved quite unworthy of their past cele- brity, their former proprietor is in honour bound never again to take them into his stud, and they will accordingly be knocked down to the best bidder without the least reserve. In conse- quence of their severe training for the late match, the hard run- ning in the sharply contested heats, and the broken spirit pro duced by their signal defeat, the animals are off their food and sadly out of condition. But though not equal to the tremendous odds in blood, bone, muscle, spirit, and strength, against which they were imprudently matched, they would be found good goers in steeple- chases, and some of the inferior sort would make capital hacks, being well broke in and trained, To any party desirous of starting in the Opposition Omnibus Line, the ap- proaching sale offers an excellent opportunity, as they will he sold cheap, the Proprietor not warranting them sound, wind or limb. A turf- man, who is a first- rate judge of horse- flesh, has thus described their several properties, which will be published with full particulars in " the Bills of the Day." 1. Dictator, got by Conqueror out of Intrigue. This horse was once remarkable for his commanding figure, and won some of the best races over the chief courses in Europe. He was always entered for Crown Stakes, and beat every thing that ran against him abroad, though he has quite failed at home. He is own brother to Marquis, and aged. He is hard in the mouth, and has a trick of getting the bit in his teeth, when lie invari- ably bolts with the rider, and has twice thrown himself despe- rately in these paroxysms. Three years ago he won the Pope's Plate, on which occasion he took in the knowing ones on all sides, and so much astonished those who had always before backed him at the long odds, that his betters have been shy of Mm ever since. He was dead beat in every heat but two of the great Reform Race, and in these two his momentary success was owing to great jockeyship. In a bye- race for the King's Whip he fell and broke his knees so badly, that it is not thought he can ever be " booked" again, especially as he is touched in the wind. 2. Jesuit, got by Yankeedoodle out of Duplicity. Some few years ago this horse gained some little repute in running against the King's horse, Attorney General, for the Tower Stakes, over the Westminster course ; but he broke down not long after in the famous Queen's Plate race. He has great wind and muscle, but is rather vicious, and cannot be trusted. He is sometimes apt to bite his feeder. Like Dictator he completely deceived his backers in the Pope's Plate race, and has never since been thought a safe horse. 3. Whirligig, got by Weaver out of Spinning Jenny. No two accounts of this horse's properties can be said to agree. When young he was booked for every thing, from the Secretary's Stakes up to the Crown Plate, and won some things cle- verly. He was, however, tried in a Steeple- chase, and ran so well, that he became quite spoiled for the turf. He was once considered by his backers the safest horse in the kingdom, till in his eagerness to keep in place he ran foul of Consistency, and was seized with the staggers, from which he has not quite recovered. 4. Apostolical, got by Sawney, out of Cauld Kail. This horse was never of much note. It is said he was spoiled in training by a foreign jockey, who is so fond of the curb that he never rides without it. Apostolical sometimes becomes un- manageable, and has a trick of running his head against stone • walls, to the imminent peril of his rider. 5. Old Harry, got by Primate, out of the Cambridge Lass. There is neither blood nor bone about this horse. He is wall- eyed and glandered, heavy in all his paces, and not sure of foot. He foundered in the hard run for the Household Stakes, eighteen months ago, though backed at upwards of a million, and has ' never run since. 6. Madcap, got by Pedler, out of Nurse. A horse of great bone and muscle, but little blood. He is quite unmanageable, and when hard pressed is sure to fling his jockey, kicking and plunging most furiously, and if at all curbed, throwing himself down and rolling in the dirt. He would still make a showy cavalry horse, but he cannot be trusted on the course. [ To be continued.] The Sunderland Herald says, " A great many of the Pitmen remain unemployed." That is the constant complaint of the Cumberland Club. Lord Vain figured at the Eton Montem on Tuesday. We think his Lordship quite right in going to school again. Some astonishment has been expressed at the absence of all the great Tory leaders from the last Drawing- room. Neither the Duke, nor my Lords Lyndhurst, Ellenborough, Londonderry, nor Eldon, were once seen to mingle in " the gUttering throng." Were they behind the throne ? Mr. D. W. Harvey's motion for reforming the Inns of Court had no reference to the Outs of the Cabinet. IMPORTANT TO WITNESSES.— The taxing officers of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, have agreed to the following scale of payment to witnesses :— For travelling ex- penses per mile, one way, from Is. to 7s. ; journeymen and la- bourers, per day, 5s. to 15s.; tradesmen and farmers, 10s. to 15s.; auctioneers and accountants, 10s. fid. to a guinea; gentlemen, bankers, merchants, & c., if in London, one guinea only, if at assizes, one guinea per day ; professional men, one to two guineas; attorneys' clerks, 15s. to a guinea j females, according to their station in life, 5s. to 20s. For these allowances witnesses are compelled to attend ; but the taxing officers have not said who are compelled to pay. In the late conflicts in the streets of Paris, it is calculated that not fewer than one hundred and fifty journeymen printers were either killed or wounded. Of the wounded taken to one hospital, the Hfltel Dieu, thirty- six belonged to the class of imprimeurs. In the State of New York there are 2,580 regularly licensed physicians ; 1,316 practising attorneys ; and 3,089 Justices of the Peace, to a population of 1,913,500 souls. The Jews in Germany are allowed to contract thirteen mar- riages, and no more. A very rich Jew solicited in vain an autorisation to marry a fourteenth time ; and not being willing to lay out, in such a speculation, the whole of his property, he purchased of a tailor of his nation the permission the latter had obtained to re- enter the marriage state. The tailor congratulates himself doubly upon his bargain ;— he has received one thousand florins, and has found out that the wife he was going to take was a termagant.— The Parrot. ERRATUM IN THE WASHINGTON " GLOBE."— For " Bum- lleton's storm destroying porringers," read " Hamilton's worm destroying lozenges," - B— m— E. HERALDIC ILLUSTRATIONS, xvi. Esperance en Dieu.— By the D— e of N » Now that this curst Reform Bill's past, And freemen no more heed the nod Of Peers than pedlars, ' tis, at last, High time to put our trust in God. XVII. In utrdque fortuna paratus.— By L— d C- Tho' vainly I opposed the Bill, To the true Tory tactics steady, Yet now I yield with right good will, And prove for every fortune ready. XVIII. Faire mon devoir.— By L— d R— D— N. Since the duty in which every Orangeman glories, Is to turn out the Whigs and to bring back the Tories, And by discord alone our grand project can thrive, I'm but doing my duty to keep it alive. XIX. Cor unum, via una.— By the M s of E— T— r. In this my motto, all must own, The truest Tory triumph's shown, For they have but one heart, one way, For pow'r, place, patronage, and pay. LORD CASTLEREAGII'S AMOROUS ALPHABET. A All attend to my Amorous Alphabet!— A stands for Agnes, alas 1 far away; B stands for Blanch ; and I'll lay any calf a bet C stands for Cupid, and Lord Castlereagh. D does for Dora, Diana, and Dido ; E for Eliza, my widow bewitched ; P for the Fair, few can worship as I do ; G for the Girls I've loved since I was breeched; H stands for Hannah, for Harriott, and Hester; I ' s Isabel in her innocent joy ; J ' s that jilt Josephine— how I detest her 1 K ' s Katharina, whose kisses ne'er cloy ; L Lucy, Letitia, Lucrece, Leonora ! M is my Mitcham " maid Marian," or Maud; N ' s for the nymph that, unnamed, I adore, ah 1 O ' s for Ophelia, who ne'er stirs abroad ; P ' s Phoebe, Penelope, Prudence, Priscilla, R Rachel, Rebecca, Ruth, Rhoda, and Rose ; S Sarah, Sophia, Selina, and Stella ; T Temperance— now then my bosom o'erflows. U ' s Una ; but then comes the finish for me— V I spell no name but Vestris with V. Y unlettered, must pass with the many 1 Z Zootomites sure must pronounce me the Zany. COURT CIRCULAR EXTRAORDINARY. W, X, ( FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) That Court Newsman is the most incorrigible public functionary extant. Our table is loaded with complaints of his conduct, or misconduct, more properly speaking. Remonstrance and re- proach seem alike unavailing— the smiles of beauty and the modest pretensions of manly worth, alike ineffectual— in obtaining either courtesy or justice at the hands of this monopolist of Fame, who has bought up the hundred tongues of Rumour, and now suffers them to bray out only through his patent speaking- trumpet. No merit, however sterling, without some more sterling recommendation, can find its way— no courtly distinction can be achieved— unless " the perquisite softens him into consent;" and no candidate who does not comply with custom immemorial, and " cross his palm," can expect to shine in the " proud and palmy state" of newspaper notoriety. As we said before, our table is loaded, nay, literally groans, beneath heaps of dispatches, protocols, letters, billets, official notes, and round- robins, complaining, in no round- about way of this Cir- cular hardship— this public grievance— this defective representa- tion, which cries aloud for radical reform. The appeals made weekly, daily, hourly, nay, momentarily, to our " candour, im- partiality, sense of public duty," and— though last, not least— to our " gallantry," can no longer be resisted. Justice must be done upon the delinquent. " Fiat justitia ruat ccelum—" which signifies, justice must be done, though the Court Neivsman rue it. For the present, however, we must content ourselves with recording some of the thousand and one names of note most scandalously omitted in the late lists of presentations :— Mr. JAMES ALEXANDER, upon the loss of Old Sarum. Mr. HORACE TWISS, to express his regret at not being re- stored to place and pay. The Right Hon. J. W. CROKER, to solicit another pension. Sir ROBERT PEEL, to see which way the wind sets. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, to present an extraordinary pair of antlers, found at the India board. Lord LYNDHURST, on his resignation. Lord MONSON, to propose that Gatton Park be purchased as a Royal residence. Colonel SiBTHORr, to present a petition against coughing in the House of Commons. Lord ELDON, to express his doubts of the Tories regaining office. Mr. HERRIES, with a new plan for the management of the Mint. Lord LONDONDERRY, to propose a contract for supplying the household with coal. The Duke of WELLINGTON, to recommend the use of his patent hall- proof blinds in all the palaces. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, to present a copy of his last speech against the liberty of the press. Mr. GOULBURN, on his disappointment. Mr. BARING, on his non- appointment. Mr. G. R. DAWSON, to hint at the expediency of his ratting again. Lord TENTERDEN, to present a copy of his genealogy. Lord WYNFORD, on the loss of his temper. Sir E. SUGDEN, on the loss of the peerage. Lord MUNSTER, on his chance of a dukedom. Lord CASTLEREAGH, on his return from Mitcham Common. Mr. W. HOLMES, to offer his services as whipper- in to the Fox hounds. The Duke of C B D, to present his version of the Royal Salms. Lord KENYON, to present a copy of his deed of partnership with J. J. Stockdale. Mr. STUART WORTLEY, on beginning to think. Mr. S. PERCEVAL, on coming to his appetite. Lord CARNARVON, on coming to his senses. The Hon. A. TREVOR, on the certainty of losing his seat. The Duke of BEAUFORT, to present a petition against the plurality of lord- lieutenancies. The Bishop of EXETER, on sowisg his. wild oats. THE THEATRES. ITALIAN OPERA.— Robert le Diable has appeared at last; aud notwithstanding the long expectation, and gorgeous getting up, will, like other apparitions, soon disappear. It was performed on Monday for the first time with great eclat— and on Wed- nesday, to a moderate pit and ill- garnished boxes, with a langour which the corps of claqueurs in ordinary could not overcome. On Monday night, Mr. Monk Mason, with a strange oblivion of his position, came forward twice upon the stage, with an air half familiar, half distracted— first to apologise for delay— and next to receive congratulations. On Wednesday night, his presence was not required for either purpose. Two surreptitious versions of this Opera have appeared at the winter thea- tres. The plot, therefore, need not be very minutely de- tailed. There is one difference— and a singularity in opera. The French piece, or " poeme," as it calls itself, by Scribe and Delavigne, ( of course, not the accomplished poet of that name,) is in five acts. In other respects, it is in no way distinguishable from the lyrics of the Boulevards. The following are the chief personages :— The curtain rises upon the port and lido ( strand) of Palermo, with a festive group of Knights, including Robert le Diable, exiled Duke of Normandy, and Bertram, a Knight of sombre aspect, supposed his friend, but really his fiend- father. It may be observed in passing, that Robert does nothing to jus- tify his diabolical cognomen, or even his reputation in Normandy— " Semant le deuii dans les famifles, Enlevant les femmes, les filles"— further, that the demon lover of the mother of Robert is a milk- and- water sort of fallen angel, without a particle of the mirth of Belphegor or the sardonic devilry of Mephistophiles, or the me- ditative misanthropic malignity of the Deformed Transformed. A Norman minstrel is brought in and ordered to death by Robert for some liberties with his reputation in Normandy— but saved by the lucky intervention of his affianced bride, who comes with no less a commission than that of bearing to Robert the last will and testament of his mother. The damsel, Alice by name, is thenceforth his guardian angel, and the poor devil, Robert, is sadly plagued between his fiend father on the one side, and his foster sister on the other. The former wishes to make him a sharer of his own infernal doom ; the latter would marry him to his mistress, the Princess of Naples, and the Devil is foiled by the woman. The- demon instigates him to lose his money, his arms, and his horse, at play; he conjures up a Prince of Grenada for his rival and challenger, and presents to him a fugitive phan- tom for his adversary in a wood, whilst the Prince is pro- claimed. victor without fighting, and becomes entitled to the hand of the Princess, whom the non- appearance of Robert has thrown into despair. But Alice obtains the unlucky Robert an interview with the Princess, who not only pardons, but knowing his losses at play, very conveniently re- equips him. The Devil, again at his elbow, tells him his rival had obtained the advantage by dealing with infernal spirits — advices him to attack his enemy with his own weapons ( in most cases no bad counsel)— offers to be his negociator with the powers of darkness, and persuades him to prepare himself for the preliminary ceremonial of an act of sacrilege, in tearing a cypress branch from the tomb of St. Rosalie, in an ancient abbey. This cemetery is occupied with the tombs of a sister- hood of Nuns, who had forgotten their vows so far as to indulge in dancing, drinking, dicing, & c., & c., & c., and their images appear carved in stone upon their respective tombs. The Fiend Father is beforehand with the son at the abbey, animates the stone figures into Nuns of flesh and blood and beauty, and instructs them to seduce poor Robert into sacrilege, " par leur poses gracieuses," in which these " imprudentes beautfo," as he gently calls them, easily succeed. The stage directions for this diabolical resuscitation and sacrilegious seduction are the sub- lime of Melodrame. Bertram, the fiend father, enters, and sings— Itoi des enfers, c'est moi qui vocus appelle, Moi damne, comme vous ! Nonnes, qui reposez sous cette froide pierre, M'entendez- vous ? Pour une heure quittez votre lit funeraire, Relevez- vous! [ Pendant l'air precedent des feux follets ont parcouru ces longues ga- leries et s'arretent pour s'eteindre sur fes tombeaux des nonnes ou sur les pierres tumuiaires de la cour. Alors les figures, de pierre, se soule- vant avec effort, se dressent et glissent sur la terre. Des nonnes aux vetemens blanes apparaissent sur les degres de l'escalier, montent et s'avancent en procession sur le devant au theatre. Pas le moindre mouvement ne trahit encore leur nouvelle existence. Les murs qui susportent les arcades ne peuvent arreter la marche de celles qui deser- tent les tombes de la cour. La pierre s'est amollie pour leur livrer passage; bientot elles ont rejoint leurs compagnes, et s'arretent vers le tombeau de sainte Rosalie, qu'elles ne peuvent depasser. Dans ce moment leurs yeux commencent a s'ouvrir, leurs membres recoivent le movement, et si ce n'est leur paleur mortelle, toutes les apparences de la vie leur sont rendeus. Pendant ce temps le feu des lampes s'est aussi de lui- meme rallume. L'obscurite a cesse.] Bertram sings to the nuns— Jadis filles du ciel, aujourd'hui de l'enfer, Ecoutez mon ordre supreme ! [ Toutes les nonnes par un salut donnent leur assentiment a la de- mande de BER. qui se retire. Aussitot l'instinct des passions revient a ces corps naguere inanimes. Les jeunes titles, apres s'etre reconnues, se temoignent le contentement de ' se revoir. Helena, fa superieure, les invite a proviter des instans et a se livrer au plaisir; cet ordre aussitot est execute. Les nonnes tirent des tombleaux les objets de leurs pas- sions profanes; des amphores, des coupes, des des sont retrouves. Quelques- unes font des oflrandes a une idole ; tandis que d'autres arra- chent leurs longues robes st se parent la tete de courronnes de cypres pour se livrer a la danse avec plus de legerete. Bientot elles n'eecutent plus que l'attrait du plaisir, et lo danse devient une bacchanale ardente.] Robert enters, but his courage fails him—• [ Au moment ou ROB. veut sortir, it se trouve entoure de toutes les nonnes ; une d'effes lui presente une coupe, mais il la refuse. Helena, qui s'en apercoit, s'approche de lui, et par ses poses gracieuses cherclie a le seduire ; ROB. la contemple avec admiration, bientot il ne peut re- sister, et accepte la coupe olferte par sa main. Helena voyant qu'elle a reussi l'entraine vers le tombeau de sainte Rosalie; toutes les nonnes croyant que ROB. va detacher le rameau, se felicitent de leur triomphe ; mais le chevalier recule avec effroi. Helena cherche de nouveau par ses charmes a exciter les passiones de ROB. D'autres jeunes filles lui presentent des des; au premier mo- ment, il est tente de se meler a leurs ieux, mais bientot il s'eloigne avec repugnance. Helena, qui ne cesse de i'observer, el ramene en dansant autour de lui avec grace. ROB. subjugue par taut de charmes, oubfie toutes ses craintes ; elle le conduit insensiblement pres du tombeau de sainte Rosalie, et se laisse ravir un baiser, en lui indiquant du doigt le rameau qu'il doit cueillir. ROB. enivre d'amour, saisit le talisman, alors toutes les nonnnes forment autour de lui une chaine desordonnee ; il se fraye un chemin au milieu d'elles en agitant le rameau. Bientot la vie qui les animait s'eteint par degre, et chacune d'elles vient retomber aupres de son tombeau; un demon qui sort de chaque tombe s'assure de sa proie. En ce moment on entend au milieu des cloitres un chceur infernal.] II est a nous! Accurez tous, Spectres, demons, Nous triomphons! The Prince of Grenada, meantime, is about to marry the Princess, but instead of a bona fide Prince, he is only an evil spirit, the agent of the Fiend Father, who, strangely enough, forgot thattuch a bridegroom could not pass the threshold of the Cathedral Church of Palermo. This convenient delay causes the devil's allotted time to elapse, and Robert, after a struggle between his duty to his fiend father and his love for his mistress, decides, as might be expected, for the latter, and marries her, after having seen his father go off, like Don Juan, in flames. This opera owes much of its efficiency to well painted scenery, gorgeous shows, and the supernatural. But the machinist and scene- painter should never he so prominent as to divide victory with the compoiser ; and supernatural strains, in which there is less of inspiration and character than of fantastic sounds, are spurious sources of emotion and effect. There is again the in- cidental dancing to claim its share: stdl the opera is a composi- tion of talent and originality. There were some melodies of an expressive character and pleasing tone, and some combinations orchestral aud concerted, of well imagined effect. Nourrit, sweet skilful t « aoi » with taste and feeling,. vith tittle or none oi Aeration, the faux brillant of the French opera, sang and acted with com- plete success. Levasseur, already advantageously known, fully sustained his reputation as the best bass singer on the French, stage, and as an actor of intelligence and taste. Madame Cinti, as the heroine, neither advanced nor detracted from her reputa- tion. Madame Meric acted well, and sang with a success, the more meritorious, that her singing is a triumph of skill and in- dustry over natural disqualification. Mademoiselle Heberle, it should not be omitted, danced and attitudinized, as the novels say, with inimitable grace. It is, however, we will add, in pass- ing, the conventional grace of the French ballet; not the grace of nature, or of that which is still better than nature— the an- tique. What is to be the fate of this opera ?— Its success is pre- carious ; and the French singers depart before the end of the week. We have heard that an Italian version is in preparation for the subscription nights ; but cannot answer for the fact. HAYMARKET THEATRE.— On Thursday night, a new farce, under the title of The Boarder, was produced here. Though having little or no pretensions to novelty in the plot, wit in the dialogue, or strongly marked individuality in the characters, it was successful, mainly owing to the bustling comicality of one of the parts, ( that of Peregrine Plotwell,) and one or two ludicrous situations. The plot may be told in three words. Ferdinand Frampton falls in love with a tradesman's daughter in the Strand, but not being gifted with sufficient effrontery to introduce him- self to the family, he appUes to his friend Plotwell, a kind of hybrid animal, half soldier, half lawyer, to aid him in this design. Plotwell seeing a bill for " board and lodging" at the window of the fear one's house, offers himself, and is accepted as a boarder. He immediately, of course, invites his enamour friend to dinner, and here a laughable trial of skill ensues between Plotwell and Mr. and Mrs. Pendleberry, his host and hostess; the one en- deavouring to get a good dinner for his friend, whilst the other as pertenaciously seek not to increase the usual homely bill of fare. Plotwell finding words of no avail, resolves upon action, and descending to the kitchen, puts a fowl on the spit; but not being an adept in culinary processes, he sets fire to the chimney. The confusion that follows sets all things to rights. In the alarm of the moment, the lovers declare their mutual passion;— the parents consent; and marriage, as usual in these cases, is the upshot. The chief merit of this trifle, if merit it have is in the character of Plotwell, which, in the hands of Farren, was made the most of, though in this, as in all other parts, he was too much Farren. For in this actor, the individual— that is Farren in his bourgeois capacity, is never wdiolly merged in the part he plays ( as is the case with other clever actors,) which peculiarity ( certainly not a desirable one,) is to be attributed, first to his mannerism, for a mannerist he undoubtedly is, and next to that wedge- like visage, and corn- crake voice, as harsh and grating as if it issued from a cart- iron tube instead of a human wind- pipe, which are so unpleasantly evident in all that he enacts. The new farce, which is by Mr. R. Ryan, was followed by an almost for- gotten one, No Song no Snpper, revived for the debut of young lady named Hall, who appeared as Margaretta.— Miss Hall has an agreeable voice, but the command over which she has not as yet fully acquired. There is an evident want of cultivation. On the whole, this revival turned out a rather dull affair; and we think that No Song no Supper had better be re- turned to the shelf, where it has long reposed, and numbered for the future amongst forgotten things. NEW STRAND THEATRE.— On Friday night, a new farce under the not very elegant title of Wooing a Widow, or Love under a Lamp- Post, was brought out at this theatre. The in- terest of this trifle, which has little of wit or dramatic merit to recommend it, rests upon the part of Ellen Bloomly, a sprightly and cajoling young widow, played by Mrs. Waylett, with suffi- cient liveliness to save the piece from immediate condemna- tion. Last Monday, being the first day of the Whitsun- Holidays, most of the minors exhibited a fresh show of novelties. These said minors now swarm so numerously, that we can afford space for little more than the names of the new productions brought forth by them. And, first, of the SURREY THEATRE, which, with a tact apropos to the moment, gave Andreas Hoffer, the Tell of the Tyrol, in which the pa- triot's advice to his wife, to " mind her distaff, and not meddle in political discussions," was caught up by the audience, and loudly applauded. COBURG THEATRE.— This theatre gave The Ebon Wand, or the Charmed Man and the Charming Woman. The very title alone was sufficient to cast a spell over the very romantic fre- quenters of this establishment, and, consequently, the gorgeous congregation of fairies, sprites, gnomes, and other interesting nonentities which formed the principal dramatis personce, were most graciously received, and applauded to the echo, particu- larly when they appeared in their best bibs and tuckers in the " Golden Palace of Orion." From the similarity of sound in the names, many of the audience took the owner of this splendid habitation to be an Irishman, and one of the Milesian tribe of O'Ryan. After the Long Tom Coffin of T. P. Cooke, in the Pilot, the entertainments concluded with another new piece, entitled the Fatal Duel of the Glacis, founded upon an anecdote respecting Frederick the Great. The piece on the stage was not the only fatal duel of the glasses going on in the house, for from various parts were heard the gingling and crashing of glasses, from out of which, several of the ladies and gentlemen present had been sipping the fragrant gin. SADLER'S WELLS.— At this theatre there was a superabun- dance of novelties, consisting of Eugenie, ou la Place du Palais ; The Cabinet Secret, or More Ways than One; and a grand comic pantomine called The Magician of the Ruby Mine, or Harlequin and the Magic Armlet, all of which were received with up- rorious applause by a highly excited audience. ASTLEY'S gave no novelty, but depended for securing the ap- plause of the public on the beauty of Ducrow's horsemanship. The view of the house itself was worth more than the money paid for admission. It was evidently not a full dress night, for a great proportion of those present had doffed their coats, and with open shirt collars and sleeves tucked up to the shoulder, sat in all the luxury, if not the careless elegance of complete deshabille. The filling up of this picture we take the liberty of borrowing from a. contemporary. But though neither hats nor curled locks were to he found at Astley's, an elegant substitute supplied their place—- night- caps of every picturesque variety of colour were there, but white, blue, and red were the predominant colours. Our readers will excuse us for saying so much of the audience and so little of the performances ; but the fact is, that at Astley's at holiday- time, attention to the entertainments provided by the Manager is one of the very last things that enters the head of any of its visitors. Talking, shouting, fighting, singing, eating, and drink- ing, are the primary gratifications ; and whilst the neighbouring cook- shops were completely stripped of their dainty viands, the neighbouring publicans also came in for their share of the pro- fits; bottles of every description, from the little pocket- pistol to the three- gallon stone jar, were handed about, and,, as we should imagine, from the frequent and solemn uplifting of hands and eyes which took plage, were the cause of much serious and pro 198 Til. ® ' MWSr June 17. THE GOLD STANDARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. SIR,— Since writing the observations which I addressed to yon last week on the subject of the Gold Standard, another letter signed Daniel Hardcastle has appeared in the Times, to which I beg to call your attention, because many of the positions laid down by that • writer, with his customary clearness and precision, are strikingly illustrative of my views, although I do not always agree with him in the inferences which he seeks to draw. Before I proceed to comment upon them, I must refer you to an observation in my last letter, that neither gold nor silver bullion has been the standard of value since the time of Edward the Third ; and to the distinction which I drew between the measure of computa- tion, and the measure of value. When we have examined what the standard of value ought to be— what it has been— and what it is — we shall be better prepared to form a judgment of the principles of Daniel Hardcastle, and other able men, on the subject of the currency, and to decide on the merits of their respective plans of improvement. The first position, which it is expedient to lay down and to prove is— that in order to have a perfect standard, the measure of value and the measure of computation ought to be the same, In considering this point, we must distinguish between the sti- pulation of a bargain, and the performance of a contract; in the former, the standard is in posse, and may be arranged at pleasure between the parties ; in the latter, it is in esse, and must be settled by the law. In the former, it is clear, that whatever commodity is agreed upon to be the measure of value, that also should be the measure of computation. If I bargain to sell my goods for so many measures of wheat, it will not do to pay me in so many measures of barley, under pretence that they are equivalent; that is altogether a new bargain, and must receive my assent before it becomes binding. In the latter instance, the performance of a contract, the law in fixing the standard ought to follow as nearly as possible the nature of agreements, and make the measure of value, in all cases, the measure of com putation also ; that is, having once defined the standard by which the denominations of money were to be determined, the law should weigh and enforce all contracts by that invariable common measure and never by any other, however nearly the proportion in value of this latter may be ascertained. Let us apply this reasoning to the money- standard in this country as it has been, and as it is. The pound troy of silver bullion of a known fine- ness was originally the unit, or standard of value, with which all other commodities were compared and measured. It was not an invariable standard of value, for that is not to be found in nature, but it was the least variable that could be devised. Shil- lings and pence were submultiples of the standard pound, and as all computations were made in pounds, shillings, and pence, the measure of value and the measure of computation were the same, agreeably to justice and the nature of things. When this state of things was altered, in the reign of Edward the Third, as explained in my former letter, the coined shilling, not the weight, became the standard, and the pound sterling beinj longer the unit of comparison, became only the multiple of the shilling, and varied with every variation of the coin. Still, so long as the coined shilling remained unchanged, it was the mea- sure of value', as well as of computation. But coin being a measure by tale, and not by weight, was liable, in various ways, to an alteration in value ; it became deteriorated from time to time by public and private frauds, by Mint regulations, and by clipping ; and it was subject to an inevitable decline from the natural wear, so that, by degrees, the measure of value became different from the measure of computation. The measure of value, and consequently the private standard in all bargains, was the weight of silver in the coin ; the measure of computation and consequently the legal standard in all contracts, was the silver coin by tale. This was the first disturbance of the system and the source of innumerable disorders ; the simple- minded were imposed upon, contracts were violated, and the law itself made an instrument of injustice. Men knew not how to account for the evils that ensued, and philosophers and statesmen were alike puzzled to apply a remedy. What greatly added to the derangement was, that gold pieces were struck at the Mint, from time to time, of different weights, and various denominations, and to which fixed values were assigned, according to the supposed proportion between gold and silver ; but as there were no certain data from which such proportions could be accurately determined,— and as it was, at all events, a perpetually shifting relation,— this only made confusion worse confounded. If it was inconvenient to have one measure of value different from the measure of computation, what was to be expected from having two measures unequal and variable in their proportion ? The distractions in our financial and commercial systems, and the injury to public and private credit, which would • only to the amount of 251., and that for all sums bejwad that it should pass by weight. The act was at first only temporary, but was after- wards continued from time to time, and at length made perpetual by the 89th Geo. III. c. 75. As silver coin was, by this act, no longer a legat tender above a certain sum, it followed that a creditor might de- mand gold for the surplus ;— and thus, for the first time, was the ancient silver standard of this country altered, and gold substituted. With this . fatal act commenced the series of measures relating to the currency, which have once or twice brought the country to the very verge of ruin, and the last of which, I affirm, unless speedily repealed, will cause still greater calamities than any we have yet witnessed. " To this measure of 1774, the Bank Restriction Act may be traced. Before the 14tli George III., the Bank had the option of paying its notes in silver or in gold, and eould always prevent a run by paying in the coin least in demand;— subsequently to that act, it had no choice but to pay in gold. The consequence necessarily was, that if there hap- pened to be any extraordinary occasion for gold on the continent, which raised its price there, there would be a drain of specie on the Bank, which would be forced to give gold in exchange for its notes, at the Mint price, although below the market value, aud the money dealers would gain a profit on the exportation." From the year 1774, up to the period of the Bank restriction, the shilling continued to be the measure of computation as be- fore, but the guinea became the measure of value ;— and as the value of gold is much more fluctuating than the value of silver, prices and contracts were proportionably unsettled. Subse- quently to the Bank restriction, even guineas ceased to be the measure of value, and everything was both computed and valued in Bank paper and a depreciated silver coinage. The next change was effected in 1816, upon the recoinage of silver, when the shilling was once more reduced, and an Act was passed— 56th Geo. III. c. 68— to prohibit silver from being a legal tender be- yond 40s., and expressly declaring gold to be the future standard. This measure was only preparatory, and was at first wholly in- operative, inasmuch as the country had not then returned to cash payments ; but it has acted with fearful effect ever since Mr. Peel's Bill has come into operation. By the joint effect of these two Acts, the sovereign at 20s., which is equivalent to the old Mint price of 31. 17s. lOJd. an ounce for gold, is the mea- sure of value, and is now the legal standard, whereby bargains are framed, and contracts are enforced. With respect to bar- gains— they being in posse— there is no hardship to indivi- duals, because agreements are always regulated according to pre- sent value,— but it is far otherwise with regard to previous con- tracts. The measure of computation, with regard to them, is a deteriorated silver currency, still farther depreciated by an un- restricted paper issue, while the legal standard according to which they are enforced, is a measure of value nearly twice as high, and consequently doubles all debts contraced before the change, including the National Debt, the intolerable injustice of which is too glaring to require elucidation. Having thus en- deavoured to explain what the ancient standard was,— and traced it from its " nature and origin through its various modifications to the present time,— I next intend to examine the plan proposed by Daniel Hardcastle for correcting the standard ; then to notice some of the projected alterations, which are said to be in the contemplation of the Bank Committee ; and finally to offer a few suggestions of my own for their consideration. But these preliminary observations ( which, however, were necessary to a right understanding of this abstruse subject) have extended to such a length, that I shall reserve these points for a future number. L. ROYAL AND FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. be the result, are no longer subjects of speculation— they are matter of history. Several times has the country been brought to the very brink of anarchy ; and the most distinguished names in science and legislation are to be found among those who directed their study to avert the impending dangers :— Burleigh, Bacon, Locke, Newton, and Hume, severally applied the powers of their great minds to this subject; and yet so far is it from being settled, that the adjustment of the circulation ia connexion with the Bank Charter is the most serious question that at present oc- cupies the government,— the most profound intellects are divided as to the means of securing a sound system of currency; nearly all are satisfied that some change is necessary; and Daniel Hardcastle himself thinks,— notwithstanding the authority of Sir Isaac Newton, to which he somewhat ostentatiously refers, that the proportions in the Mint price of both gold and silver should be again altered ; and, consequently, that there should be a new change of the standard. But, first, let us understand what the present standard is. We have seen that in the time of Edward the Third., the shilling became the standard ; the weight and fineness of which denomination of coin, was frequently altered until the 43d Elizabeth, when the standard shilling was fixed at the 62d part of a pound troy. From that period, till the year 1774, no alteration took place in the Mint price ; although there were many fluctuations in the value of the coin owing to clipping and use. During the whole of this interval, great changes also occurred in the value of the gold coins, which were highly injurious to the currency; but were not so grievously felt in contracts, because no species of gold coin was then the standard. The creditor could not then demand payment in gold coins— and he might refuse such as were not of full weight; he had con- tracted for a payment of a certain number of pounds sterling, which was a denomination of silver, and to be paid in shillings, the standard coin. It was, indeed, optional with the debtor, • whether he should pay in gold for the higher denominations, • which was for the ease of commerce, as he might not be able to discharge large sums in silver; and thus the gold pieces were, " used as tokens, or representatives of the silver. So far as they were legal tender, at an established value, the effect was mis- chievous ; but it would be to eonfound legal tender with the standard, to suppose that gold pieces were on that account a concurrent standard with silver coins. The test of the standard i not what the creditor must accept, but what he may demand. " Upon this subject, as well as for an account of the alteration of the standard in 1774, I beg to refer to the reocnt publication on the gold standard, from which you formerly took some extracts. The author having stated the concurrence of his opinion with Mr. Locke, that gold coins should have no legal rates affixed, and having pointed out the mischievous consequences of making them a legal tender, goes. om to say,— " The ill effects of an opposite plan became once more apparent, when a new gold coinage was effected in 1774. Complaints of the state of the currency had prevailed from the termination of the war, in 1768, and at length, in ten years after, preparations were made for restoring tbe cir- culation, which were completed in tke following year. But no sooner had the new pieces issued from tlie Mint, than they were bought up with the old silver, and disappeared. To remedy this evil, an act was passed, the 14th George HL c. 42, declaring silver to be a legal tender, SIR,— Having admired the independence, as well as ( without flattery) excellent judgment, displayed by you on several occa- sions in your Theatrical Critiques, I am induced to draw your attention to the present deplorable state of the larger theatres ; and having pointed out, as it strikes me, the reason of such de- pression, to leave the matter in your hands : for in theatrical as well as political matters, the press should take the lead— exa- mining and pointing out the errors on either side, and using its powers for correcting them. The question is often asked, Why are the theatres so thinly attended ? Is it from fashion, and the depression of the times— or is it that the public do not find that strong attraction and amusement they used to do ? I say boldly, that the latter is the reason ; for ninety- nine out of every hundred, who have during the few last years visited the theatres, would admit that they had left them disappointed and dissatis- fied. Is it a tragedy, who are the performers ? Why, with the single exception of Macready, there are none but second or third rate ones. Where is the Kemble ? where the Young and Kean of former days ? ( I say of former days— for any one who has witnessed their late performances, must have seen with pain the strong and evident decay of tlieir histrionic capabilities— the memory of their former powers alone supporting them, with here and there a gleam of by . gone energy, making the rest dark- ness visible.) Where the Siddons and O'Neill ? Will any one, with the exception above made, who has fretted his or her hour on the stage during the last few years, presume a rivalship with one of these ? It is true, we have many clever actors ; but do they come up to the public expectations ? The same woeful falling off is also evident in comedy, with one or two exceptions. What is the result ?— The public visit the larger theatres with the expectation of seeing first- rate acting— find the reverse, re- turn tired and disappointed, repeat not their visit, nor induce their friends to go; ergo, empty benches. The musical pieces appear to have the greater attraction, if such it can be called ; yet what singers ! My ears even now shrink instinctively from their vile straining and discordant notes. Braham I do not in- clude in this rookery, for he has had a long day ; and it cannot be expected that his voice should still retain its powers, though once this season I fancied he was himself again. From whatever cause, however, these theatrical deficiencies may arise, it has this direct tendency— to throw the whole public interest into the foreign school, or, what is worse, the melo- dramatic. By an inverse ratio, as the larger theatres decline the minors rise; the proof of this is evident, from their crowded houses, and new ones springing up on all sides. There the public do not expect first- rate talent;. there the pieces are suited to the calibre of the performers, with an equality of acting. No disappoint- ment ensues— but often, as in Vestris' theatre, the spectators find themselves making comparisons, certainly not advantageous, to the majors. In conclusion, let the managers of the first- rate houses procure first- rate talent; they will then draw back, in due proportion, the visitors of the minors to their own benches, and will have no reason to complain of want of public patronage. I am, your obedient servant, ONE OF THE PUBLIC. Prince Adalbert of Prussia proceeded down the river in the Trinity House barge, and visited the West India Docks on Sa- turday, accompanied by his suite, and Captain Woolinore, of the Trinity House. His Royal Highness was sedulous in his inquiries as to the practice of the docks. His Royal Highness subsequently went down to the bottom of the docks in the diving- bell. A nuptial arrangement, between the son of a Noble Earl, and the daughter of an Edinburgh tradesman, lately took place in Perth. The happy pair subscribed a minute of agreement to that effect, in presence of witnesses, and before a magistrate, who accordingly declared the parties husband and wife. The parties are said to be Lord Cardross, son of the Earl of Buchan, and Miss Torrie, second daughter of Mr. Torrie, at Gorgie.— Glasgow Chronicle. The Duke of Devonshire gives a grand dejeuni on the 18th inst., at his seat at Chiswick. The Duke of Wellington will give his grand anniversary ban- quet to the General Officers engaged in the memorable victory of Waterloo, to- morrow, at Apsley- liouse. On the same day his Grace will have a closet audience of His Majesty, to deliver a tricoloured flag " for all manner of rents, services, exactions, and demands," on the estates now held by the Duke. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand entertainment on Wednesday to the King and Queen, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Duke of Wellington, Earl of Albemarle, & c. at Gloucester- house. Covers were laid for thirty- five. Prince Talleyrand had an interview with the King on Wed- nesday morning, for the purpose of taking leave of his Majesty, on quitting London for the continent. During the absence of Prince Talleyrand, M. Durand de Mareuil will act as Ambassa- do rof the French King. It is said by well- informed persons that Lord Gower is likely to go out to Russia as English Ambassador, and that the Hon. Henry Fox, Lord Holland's second son, will accompany him. Mrs. Rothschild gave her annual ball on Tuesday, at her residence in Piccadilly. There were present most of the foreign Ministers and the elite of diplomacy, besides two hundred and fifty persons of rank. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch will entertain a large party at dinner on the 20th instant. WTe understand there will be no horticultural fete at Chiswick this year. It may be recollected, probably, that the last fete was " cut" by the principal branches of the aristocracy, so that scarcely a titled personage was present, owing to some real or imaginary want of respect on the part of the Committee. On Friday se'nnight, at the termination of the races at Epsom, the Countess of Errol, who was in the Stewards' Stand, on leaving her seat to get to her carriage had to pass down a flight of steps. The rain had caused tie steps to be in a very slippery state, and she had only got upon the second when her foot slipped, and she fell down about thirty steps. Her Ladyship was assisted into her carriage and taken to Epsom, when several medical gentlemen were called in. We are happy to be able to add that her Ladyship has sustained no serious injury. The ball, at Almack's, on Wednesday night, was attended by 500 fashionables and persons of distinction. Collinet and Musard's quadrille band was in attendance, and performed their new music from Robert le Diable and Anna Bolena, which qua- drilles were encored. Les Polonaises and some new waltzes excited admiration. Dancing did not terminate until between four and five o'clock in the morning. The Duke of Wellington intends to exhibit the magnificent service of solid gold plate given him by George the Fourth, to- morrow, when the officers engaged in the victory of Waterloo are expected to dine at Apsley House. So strictly military are his Grace's guests on these occasions, that Earl Bathurst, War Secretary at the period of the battle, in 1815, is usually the only civilian invited to the festival. The Grand Caledonian Fancy Dress Ball is appointed to take place at Almack's on Friday, 29th inst. Sir Walter Scott has arrived in London, and is now at the house of his son- in- law, Mr. Lockhart. We regret to learn that this eminent writer, and admirable man, has not returned with any renewed vigour of constitution, or any chance of gratifying the world with further displays of his genius. He is, indeed, much worse in health than when he set out, and serious apprehensions are entertained of his recovery. In passing down the Rhine, he suffered by another stroke of paralysis in the boat, and had it not been for the presence of mind of his servant in bleeding him, he could not have survived the attack. He has now, we are in- formed, lost the use of one side, and is not likely to recover it. He has been attended by physicians ever since his return. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. We purpose devoting a certain portion of our columns to notices of those national amusements for which England has long held an undisputed supremacy over all nations of the earth. Not, however, that other countries are insensible to the importance of a proper attention to this branch of in- ternal policy, for in all settled and improving countries we find a marked attention bestowed upon the affairs of the turf and field, and from the monthly exportations that take place of the best blood from this country, we may expect ere long to find formidable competitors in the foreign market. In America,, horse- racing is pursued with an energy and zeal little inferior to what it is in this country. At Baltimore, a Sporting Magazine and Turf Register issues monthly from the press, with the same regularity that they do in this country. In the East Indies there is a Sporting Magazine, another in Sweden; and though with two in this country, besides a host of other sporting, authorities, the staid and sober Quarterly— one of the aristo- cracy of the periodicals— was lately caught entertaining its read- ers with a narrative of the Reviewer's last trip to Melton Mowbray. Interesting, then, as these topics are to the generality of En- glishmen, we feel assured that, in the absence of those great po- litical questions which must ever claim precedence, their intro- duction will be looked upon as legitimate matter for a newspaper, whose object is to blend the useful with the entertaining, and provide for the tastes of readers in both town and country. In our last we noticed the result of the two great races at Epsom in the preceding week, in addition to which, we have only to state, that the settling at Tattersalls, on Tuesday, went off much better than the reports in circulation led us to expect. Indeed, among modern changes on the turf, none is greater than the composure displayed by men unable to meet their engage- ments. Formerly it was a thing that men were ashamed of, and used to disappear, either wholly or for a time ; but now they make a declaration of insolvency, with all the composure of a green- grocer, and offer to pay so much in the pound upon'bets, which, had they won, would have passed without the least compunction into their capacious pockets. We should notice that, on the morning of Tuesday, the parish of St. Giles was thrown into consternation by the appearance of enormous placards ( that were posted all about London), headed ST. GILES NOT ENTITLED TO THE DERBY STAKES, followed by the " whys ? and wherefores ?" but which many of the honest lrishers, who inhabit that parish, not giving themselves the trouble to peruse, imagined that some trick had been played with the Reform Bill, and each man han- dling his shillelagh, swore by " the soul of his mother" that he would have his stakes. The question, whether St. Giles was qualified to start or not, is, we conceive, set at rest by the Jockey Club, who declared in favour of his being so ; and we cannot understand how any one could reconcile it . to his principles of honour to bet upon a horse, with a full knowledge of the objection, and then turn round and take advantage of it after he had won the race. Mr. Vansittart, we understand, has claimed the stakes, as owner of the second horse ( Perion) ; but, whatever may be the result, the bets will stand, as if St. Giles had been qualified to start. Ascot races take place next week, and some fine racing is an- ticipated. We subjoin the betting on the principal races up to Thursday :— THE OATLANDS. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Paddy 6 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Shi- 9 to 2 agst Sir M. Wood's I. ucetta rine 5 to 1 agst Mr. Wagstaff's Saddler 7 to 4 on the field agst Saddler and 5 to 1 agst Mr. Chitney's Rowton Lucetta THE GOLD CUP. 5 to 2 agst SirM. Wood's Camarine 5 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Rowton The following are the odds on the St. Leger up to the same time :— 9 to 1 agst Ludlow ( taken) 9 to 1 ag- st Fang 10 to 1 agst Retainer ( Georgiana) 12 to 1 agst Trustee 13 to 1 agst Margrave ( taken) 14 to 1 agst Julius is to l agst Perion ( taken) 22 to 1 agst Lord Scarborough's c 22 to 1 as; st Francisca 25 to 1 agst Tomboy ( taken) 25 to 1 ogst Conrad The field backed agst the six first The Navy Board and the Victualling Board terminated their existence on Saturday week, when the patents by which they were constituted expired. In future, the business appertaining to each of these establishments will be transacted at the Ad- miralty, by which an immense saving will accrue to the country. This desirable change has been effected by his Majesty's present Government. Thomas Campbell, Esq., author of the " Pleasures of Hope,' has been invited to offer himself to the suffrages of the citizens of Glasgow to represent his native city in the Reformed Par- liament. The experimental squadron, under Sir P. Malcolm, is ordered • to rendezvous in the Downs. It is expected that its service will be this year in the North Seas. On the arrival of the news of the Reform Bill having received the Royal assent, at nearly every town which we have heard of, the bells svere instantly set ringing, and tokens of the sincerest joy marked the countenances and eonduct of all ranks of people. The old sign of the Bull's Head, which has hung at the house No,. 18, Strawberry- street, for nearly seventy years, is ascertained to be one of the first productions of Sir Benjamin West, and is said to be the best painting of the kind ever executed in this country. The wood on which it is painted is much decayed, but the paint and figures are legible. It has lately been pur- chased by an English gentleman, for the purpose of sending it to London, as a specimen of the juvenile productions of the celebrated artist.— New York Paper. ETON MONTEM. Tlie triennial celebration of the " Montem" took place on Tuesday. On the present occasion the dresses and decorations surpassed any thing of the sort we remember to have witnessed on former occasions, and the sum of money collected exceeded the collection of any former period ; we believe it did not fall far short of 1,200/. Mr. Williams, the son of the bookseller and publisher of tire Eton classics, is the fortunate individual who is enriched by this popular contribution. At 12 o'clock, their Majesties, accompanied by Prince George of Cambridge, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Lord and Lady Howe and children, and Lady Gore and family, arrived in three carriages at the chambers of the Rev. Dr. Keate, and from thence passed into the quadrangle of the college, which was crowded by well- dressed people. The procession, after parading before their Majesties, proceeded in military order, with banners flying, and accompanied by the bands of the Life Guards, and Scotch Fusileers, to Salt- hill. The road was literally crammed with the carriages of the nobility and gentry, together with a very dense cavalcade of horsemen. The procession about two o'clock reached Salt- hill, where the usual waving of the flag took place in the presence of their Majesties. The road home to Eton, on the return, presented a scene which must have been seen to be properly understood. The torrents of rain which were falling completely drenched all those who were not in close carriages. Horsemen, chaises, coaches- and four, and innume- rable groups of people on foot, were flying in all directions; the road was a mingled crowd of " Greeks, archers, Highlanders, soldiers, and nondescripts." It resembled the rout and flight of an army ; and by the time tliey arrived at Eton, nothing was to be discerned of the pomp of circumstances by which the morn- ing had been distinguished. His Majesty has been pleased to command that field officers in the army and royal marines shall in future wear a brass ( in- stead of a leather) sword scabbard, suspended by a buffalo white leather waist belt, instead of the shoulder belt and slings now worn.— Portsmouth Herald. NATIONAL GALLERY.— At length we are enabled to congra- tulate the country upon the speedy prospect of its being pos- sessed of a national gallery. An address has been drawn up by the Royal Academy, which will be forthwith presented to his Majesty, thanking him for the gracious manner with which he commanded them, when on a recent visit to Somerset- house, to lay before him the necessary particulars for carrying into effect that long- looked- for desideratum ; at the same time stating that his commands have been complied with, by the choice of an ap- propriate site, and the selection of an eminent architect. The site is Charing- cross, and the architect, we believe, is Mr. Wilkins, R. A. We learn, upon what we consider good authority, that it is in contemplation to allow the establishment of Joint- stock Banking Companies at any place that is not within twenty miles distance of London. We are told that Government have consented to this measure.— Courier. The Trappists have taken possession of their new establish- ment on the estate of Sir Richard Keene, in the county of Water- ford, It is designated New Mount Melleray.— Limerick Chron. named for three or four, even five hundreds. Since the close of the season, some few changes have taken place in the hunting establishments, particularly among those in the neighbourhood of London. The " New Sporting Ma- gazine," which, though young in years, is old in experience, mentions the retirement of Mr. Hanbury, and the accession of Lord Petre, to the Hertfordshire hunt; also, the va- cation by Lord Cleveland of his Bedale country, to which we may now add the accession of Mr. Milbank, who has taken it with a small subscription.- It also mentions the offering of the Surrey stag hounds for sale at Messrs. Tattersalls ; since when we have seen a " feeler," as it is called, going the round of the papers, naming the Baron de Tessier ( the new Steward of Epsom) as a good man for manager. We fear, however, it will not do; for in the first place, if we mistake not, the Baron is a great supporter of Mr. Meager's harriers, who hunt the Epsom country for his accommodation ; and in the second place, Mr. De Burgh, who has the Cranford- bridge stag hounds, has pur- chased the deer, without which the hounds would not be of much use ; and a good deer is as difficult to get as a good horse, and requires as much attention. The Surrey stag hounds will make the third pack that have been given up in the county of Surrey within the last two sea- sons ; the others being Mr. Jolliffe's fox hounds and the San- derstead harriers : and the farmers who were hostile to the latter may perhaps find the loss of them before long. A pack of fox hounds is about to be established at Horsham, under the ma- nagement of a well known Leicestershire sportsman ; and, upon the whole, we agree with our contemporary that " throughout the country appearances are favourable." Fox HUNTING.— Mr. Mules' hounds have been bought by a few individuals of the highest respectability, in shares, and the Suffolk and Essex Border County will again have the sa- tisfaction of enjoying its favourite and manly amusement. ANGLING CONTEST.— Friday week being the day appointed for the angling contest for a medal given by the St. Ronan's Angling Club, Piper Angus, at an early hour, struck up the Gathering of the Anglers, when numerous competitors appeared, from Coldstream to the head of the Tweed. After their names being duly enrolled, they marched off towards their favourite streams ; and, agreeably to the regulations of the club, returned at five, when the contents of their baskets were weighed, in the presence of Earl Traquair and Mr. Hogg, when the glory of the day was declared in favour of Mr. Boyd, the club secre- tary, who killed with the Earl Grey, or Reform Fly, 201bs. lOoz. of splendid trout. A. Mitchelson, Esq. of Middleton, was found next in weight. For the information of anglers it may not be improper to mention, that the Reform Fly, the recent design of the Ettrick Shepherd, is composed of a Grey wing, and a body same colour as the furze of the Brougham, and is found to be a killing fly in any river and rivulet in Scotland. At six the competitors, with their friends, sat down to dinner in Riddell's inn.— Caledonian Mercury. DUBLIN REGATTA.— The Royal Irish Yacht Regatta will commence on the 25th instant. The first day, three cups will be sailed for— the Kingston Challenge, the Silver, and the Gres- liam, besides three minor prizes. The second day, the Anglesey, Kent, and Kingston Ladies' Cups, with three minor prizes. The third day, the Ladies' Silver, Garrison, and Victoria Cups, with two minor prizes; and, the fourth day, all the yachts will sail together, under command of the Commodore. HUNTING IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BEDALE.— We have authority to state that, in compliance with a requisition from several gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Bedale, Mr. Milbank, of Thorp Hall, has commenced establishing a pack of fox- hounds, to hunt the district lately relinquished by the Marquis of Cleve June 10. THE TOWI 199 land; and, from his well- known character as a sportsman, there can be no doubt of the success of the undertaking.— York Courant. PEDESTRIANISM.— From an early hour on Friday morning, the Phoenix Park was crowded with persons to witness the per- formance of an extraordinary feat of pedestrianism. We under- stand a wager of 20 guineas was offered, at a convivial party the other evening, against the performance of 40 miles in 10 suc- cessive hours. The bet was taken up by Captain Goldie, of the 66th Regiment, who commenced his arduous task yesterday morning, at eight o'clock. The ground chosen was from the gate at the King's- bridge entrance, to the gate at the other extre- mity of the Park— a distance of between two and three miles. Notwithstanding the oppressive heat of the day, Captain Goldie continued his task without exhibiting symptoms of extraordinary fatigue. An immense cavalcade of equestrians accompanied Captain Goldie during the greater part of the day ; amongst whom we noticed Lord Anglesey and his two sons. The goal was about half a mile beyond the Phoenix, and at half- past four • o'clock Captain Goldie appeared in sight, and at three minutes before five he reached the goal, amidst the loud acclamations of those assembled— having performed the extraordinary feat of 40 miles in three minutes less than nine hours ; one hour and three minutes less than the stipulated time. He appeared com- paratively but little fatigued.— Freeman's Journal. IRELAND. Tbe following extraordinary, but we are inclined to think highly exaggerated, account of a new superstition, in Ireland, is from the private correspondence of the Times. EXTRAORDINARY CHARM AGAINST CHOLERA. DUBLIN, JUNE 12.— These three days past the country has been in an extraordinary state of excitement. Messengers are run ning and riding through the counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Westmeatli, Dublin, King and Queen's county, Meath, Wexford, and Longford, leaving a small piece of turf ( peat fuel) at every cabin, wilh the following exhortation :—" The plague has broken out, take this, and, while it burns, offer up seven paters, three aves, and a credo, in the name of God and the holy St. John, that the plague may be stoppeil I" The messenger lays each householder under' 1 an obligation," as it is called, to kindle his piece of turf, set fire to seven other pieces, quench them, and run through the country to seven other houses, wherein no turf has yet been left, and to repeat the same exhortation, under a penally of falling a victim to the cholera himself? Men, women, and children are seen scouring the country wilh this charmed turf in every direction, each endeavouring to be foremost in finding of unpreserved houses. One man yesterday, in the Bog of Allen, had to run 30 miles ere he could fulfil his task. The stories of its origin are various, but all agree that one piece of turf was blessed by a priest, and sent through tbe peasantry thus, where it multiplied itself and its powers of agitation sevenfold iu every new band. Nothing like it has been heard of since the time of the clan- gatherings. The police are on the alert, and messengers have been arrested from Kilkenny, where the blessed turf arrived at noon on Monday, to this city, where it came pouring in last night. The authorities are suspicious of Whitefeet conspiracy and secret intelligence, but nothing has transpired yet to warrant this view of tbe affair. No one knows where the holy fire was first kindled. There are various accounts but it is certain that the whole of the central counties of Ireland are thrown into a singular state of agitation. The priests, into whose parishes this wild tire has spread, confess themselves as ignorant of its origin as the peasantry are. TITHES.— The Cork Reporter states that there were 70,000 persons in attendance at the anti- tithe meeting at Imokelly. The Wexford Independent mentions, that stock- purses have been formed in several baronies of the county Wexford, to resist the demand for tithes. The spirited men of Carrick- on- Suir have called an anti- tithe meeting for to- morrow ( Sunday).— Tipperary Free Press.— A tithe seizure made near Ardfert, county Kerry, by Mr. Rice, on Monday last, was rescued by the peasantry, who collected in great force, and beat Mr. Rice and the drivers. The system of passive resistance to tithes has been introduced at Athenry, county Galway, and acted upon.— Dublin Morning Register. At the last vestry held in Waterford, it was agreed by the Protestant parishioners, that they alone should pay the amount of items which were required for Divine Service in the Esta- blished Church. In St. Patrick's parish, in that city, the fol- lowing resolution was unanimously adopted : " That, looking upon the Ladies of the Ursuhne and Presentation Convents as public benefactresses, administering to the wants of the poor, and diffusing the blessings of a religious education— and also considering that they are incapacitated from partaking in the benefits arising from local taxation— we, the inhabitants of the united parishes of St. Patrick, St. Peter, St. Stephen, St. John Within, and St. John Without, in the county of the city of Waterford, as a grateful acknowledgment of their services, ex- punge their valuation from the applotment books of these united parishes."— Dublin Freeman's Journal. MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE AT SEA BY CHOLERA.— The ship Brutus, of 384 tons burden, sailed, on the 18th May, from Liverpool to Quebec. She had had on board 330 emigrants—• men, women, and children, who with the crew made a grand total of 349 souls. Previous to sailing, the vessel underwent the usual examination, the crew and passengers apparently healthy. She carried an experienced surgeon, who, it is said, was well supplied with medicines, though the statements current differ on this subject. On the 27 th, the ninth day out from Liverpool, a healthy man, about 30 years of age, was seized with malignant cholera. The usual remedies were used, and he recovered. The next case was that of an old woman, 60 years of age, who died in 10 hours after the attack. The ravages of the pestilence then rapidly increased, the deaths being numerous in proportion to the cases. The greatest number'of deaths was 24 In one day. The captain had not, it seems, any intention of returning to port, until the disease began to attack the crew. He then saw that to continue his voyage was to risk the lives of himself and the sur- vivors, as well as tne property entrusted to his care. Under these Circumstances, his vessel a lazar- house, and men, women, and children, dying about him, he resolved to put back to Liverpool. The resolution was formed on the 3d instant, and the Brutus reached port on Wednesday morning. Up to that day the cases had been 117, the deaths 81, and the recoveries 36. Seven cases remained when the vessel entered the Mersey, two of which proved fatal in the course of the day, making the total number of deaths 83. Among the sufferers were four of the crew. The survivors were, immediately on their arrival at Liverpool, put on board the Newcastle, lazaretto ship. ALLEGED MURDER.— On Wednesday night an adjourned In- quest was held at the Captain Cook, in Marmion- street, Com- mercial- road- east, on the body of Mr. Robert Purdy, a retired tradesman. He reached home on the night of the 18th of last month, in a dreadful state, three of his ribs broken. He said three men had attacked him in Old- street, for the purpose of plunder, and they had been taken into custody. The policeman on duty that night had never heard anything of the circumstance which was alledged. The deceased died in a week, involved in great mystery. The Jury returned a verdict " Wilful Murder, against some persons unknown." REFORM AT HOME 1— We hail reformation in any shape; and certainly that which comes home to our taste must be appre- ciated. The public now can judge for themselves. We positively assert, that such improvement has been made in the manufacture of British wines, that the most experienced have been at fault. The system of a septennial bottling, pursued by our friend Taylor, of Holborn, has already given him that decided prefer- ence which many years, we are convinced, will not diminish. GOLD- WASHING.— According to the investigation of a Ger- man naturalist, the River Eider, which traverses part of the do- minions of Hesse Darmstadt, Hesse Cassel, and Waldeck, con- tains as much gold as any of the rivers of Brazil. A company, on a large scale, is now forming, to benefit by this discovery. POLICE. BOW- STREET.— FRACAS ON EPSOM RACE- COURSE.— On Tuesday Captain George Pitt Rose, M. P., of the 17th Royal Lancers, was brought before F. A. Roe, and G. R. Minshull, Esqrs., on a warrant, charged with having committed a very violent assault on Colin Ross, Esq., a gentleman of fortune. The respec- tive parties were each attended bv a number of friends. Mr. Ross deposed, that on Thursday last he was on Epsom Race- course, when the defendant, and a gentleman younger than himself, walked past him arm- in- arm, and the latter, whether in- tentionally or not he could not say positively, kicked him on the shin. Witness asked the younger gentleman what he meant, and Captain Rose answered for him " that he was a foreigner, and could not speak English;" adding, in a supercilious tone and manner, " he did not strike you— it was not meant." Witness asked Captain Rose for his card, which he, in the same contemp- tuous manner, refused to give, again saying '' he did not strike you." High words ensued, and Captain Rose called a police- man, to whom he said, in his own peculiar manner,'' take this fellow away ; he is annoying me," and the police constable took him into custody. This treatment irritated the witness, and as soon as be could, he followed Captain Rose from place to place, and said he had better save himself further trouble, for all that he wanted was his card. He again refused, and witness said he was " a cursed ungentlemanly fellow," at the same time flirting his handkerchief towards him, upon which the Captain struck him a blow on the temple with a loaded whip or stick, which cut through his hat and severely wounded him, and another on the back of his head, which levelled him with the ground and stunned him. He was unconscious himself of having received any more blows, but he bad a witness who would prove that Captain Rose struck him twice with the same instrument after he was stunned. Mr. Alexander Bayne deposed that he observed two gentlemen at high words, and be saw Captain Rose strike Mr. Ross four blows, two of which were struck after the latter gentleman ceased to have the power of defending himself. The crowd cried out " shame I" several times. Captain Rose, a remarkably tall young man, wearing enormous moustnehios, said, in his defence, that lie was walking with a young foreigner of distinction, when the complainant came sud- denly upon them and accused his friend of having struck him on the leg. He ( Captain Rose) denied that his friend had struck him wilfully, and said he could not speak English. " Then, Sir," said the complainant, " I shall make you responsible as his friend ;'' and he followed and abused them until he ( Captain Rose) found it necessary to call a policeman aud give liini into custody, merely to get rid of him. in about a quarter of an hour, the complainant, having got loose from the police, again followed them, and conti- nued iiis annoyance, and taking a handkerchief from his pocket jerked it in his ( Captain R.' s) face, and called him a coward ; " upon which," added Captain Rose, " I certainly punished liim as much as was within my power." Mr. ltoe consulted with Mr. Minshull for a few moments, and then ordered Captain Rose to enter into sureties, himself in .50/. and two securities in 25(. each, to answer the charge at the Ses- sions. EXTENSIVE FORGERY ON THE ARMY PAY OFFICE.— Mr. Wm. Bunbury Lavers, a middle- aged man, having much the ap- pearance of a Military Officer, and who, we understand, is con- nected by marriage with some highly respectable families ill the West of England, was brought before Thomas Halls, Esq. on a warrant, charging him with having forged the signature of George Augustus Cosgrove, to a receipt for the sum of 1,171/. 9s. and having obtained the said sum from the Army Pay- office. Mr. Raven, Chief Clerk to Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Trea- sury-, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Ilarmer for the prisoner, who was also accompanied into the office by his wife and a number of friends. William Petre Crawford, Esq., Cashier in the Army Half- pay Office, deposed that on the 20th of April, 1831, the prisoner came to his office, and produced documents purporting to be letters of administration to the will of Francis Cosgrove, a Captain on half- pay of the 25tli regiment of foot, deceased, and claimed upon those documents the sum of 1,171/. 9s„ being the amount of half- pay due to the deceased for 3347 days, at 7s. per diem. The pri- soner represented himself as the brother of the deceased Francis Cosgrove, and bis sole heir, and he stated bis name to be George Augustus Cosgrove. He also slated that his brother had died at Worcester, and had been unable for some years before his death to claim his half- pay. Upon the faith of these documents, the witness, upon his signing a receipt for the sum above- mentioned, as George Augustus Cosgrove, heir and administrator of Francis Cosgrove, deceased, gave him an order for the receipt of the money. He bad not the least doubt tbe prisoner was the same man. Mr. M. Southard deposed, thas he was a fellow clerk with the prisoner, in the office of The Western Times newspaper, published at Exeter, for the period of ten months, duiing which time he had daily opportunities of seeing him write. He had carefully exa- mined the signatures to the documents produced, namely," Francis Cosgrove," and " George Augustus Cosgrove," aud he believed them both to have been written by the prisoner. Mr. Duke, a clerk in the General Ariny Pay Office, deposed, that on the 20th of April, 1831, the prisoner came there, and signed his name and address ill witness's presence, as " George Augustus Cosgrove." Witness then handed him an order and form of receipt, which lie signed as above. This being tbe whole of the evidence for the prosecution, and the prisoner being advised to say nothing in his defence, Mr. Halls committed him for trial. WORSHIP- STREET.— On Tuesday, Mrs. Harris, a keeper of a notorious house in Vinegar- ground, City- road, was finally examined for stabbing Philip M'Donald. It will be recollected, that on Sunday morning, the 3d instant, a desperate fight took place nearly before the prisoner's door, in which there were engaged different men and women of low and dissolute characters. The prisoner took an active part in the contest, and was knocked down by a man. Upon her recovery, sbe ran into her house, and in a minute after returned armed with a knife, when some of the witnesses exclaimed, " Oh, my God I do stop her, for she has a knife in her hand." But before it could be wrested from her, she stabbed M'Donald in the. abdomen, who had taken no part in the fight, and had been merely a looker- on. As soon as the prisoner perceived her mistake, she also exclaimed " Oh I my God, I have stabbed the wrong person." She much regretted the occurrence, and did everything she could for the wounded man. M'Donald, who is now somewhat recovered, gave evidence to the above effect. Mr. BnouoinON, in committing the prisoner for trial, said he had no objection to taking good bail. MAIlLBOROUGH- STREET.— HARD CASE.— On Thursday, Mr. Rogers, a jeweller, of 246, Oxford- street, was summoned to show cause why he refused the payment of 5/. 13s. for poor and police rates. Mr. Rogers said he had been ruined by a confede- racy termed the gold gang. In November 1829, a young woman wanted him to buy what she called a gold chain, but he refused, having been cheated a few weeks previously, by purchasing one for gold which proved to be a metal one. lie followed her out of the shop and saw her join a young man, whom be recognized as having sold him, a few days before, a lump of metal for gold. The fellow ran away, and be gave the female into custody. At the examination the young man had the impudence to come forward and say that he had seen chains of his own make sold as gold in one day, as unredeemed pledges, to the amount of 200/. As no offence was committed, the female was discharged, and shortly afterwards an action was brought against him, in the name of the female, for false imprisonment. He defended it, but the record was withdrawn, and he expected to hear no more of the affair. Nearly twenty months afterwards it was again brought forward, and the party obtained judgment by default. They bad seized all his furniture and stock for the costs, which were" 80/. He was thus completely ruined, and his family was reduced to beggary. The same parties were now pledging as gold several crucifixes, only the crosses of which are of gold, the other parts being metal. If they are detected and given into custody, they bring actions for false imprisonment; they have now two actions against silversmiths and paw nbrokers in Shoreditch. Mr. DYER said, that the case was most distressing, and re- gretted that the laws were so ineffectual for punishment of swindlers. He advised the collector to represent the circumstances to the- parish, who would not, he thought, press severely upon Mr. Rogers. llATTON- GARDEN. — FORTUNE- TELLING. — Wednesday, Celia Bingham, a middle- aged woman, of respectable appearance, was charged under the following circumstances:— Miss Mary Ainsdall. an interesting girl, about 14, who resides with lif. r relations in Eus- ton- square, said, she went, iu consequence of what she was told by one of the servants respecting the prisoner's powers of telling for- tunes, to the residence of the prisoner in Queen- street, Hatton- garden, where she found her seated amidst maps, hooks, cards, and papers, with strange figures marked on tbem. The prisoner told iier to sit down, and she kept her in the room for two hours, during which time she looked at various papers, and mysteriously poked the fire. The prisoner at length referred to Bonaparte's Book of Fate, and astonished her by saying that she had an aunt Graham ( the fact), who was herenemy. The witness gave the prisoner two shillings, and went home with the servant who had attended her, and who had satin another room, by the prisoner's orders. She was so uneasy at what she had been told, that she disclosed tbe cir- cumstances, and her friends got a warrant against the prisoner.— The prisoner, who denied that she was a fortune- teller, was com- mitted for three months. On Wednesday, Charles James, a vagrant, was charged with having stolen 9s. 6d., the property of Ami Dixon, a fish- woman. Mr. Rogers ( to the prosecutor).— Where was the robbery com- mitted ? Dixon.— At a fourpennv lodging- house, in Charles- street, Drury- lane, while I was in bed with that man, pointing to a low- looking fellow. Mr. Rogers.— Is he your husband ? Dixon.— No, Sir, we sleep three in a bed. ( Laughter.) Mr. Rogers.— How did he steal it? The prosecutrix's bedfellow ( hoarsely).-— I vos in bed wilh her, your vurship, when he took her pocket from under her head vich sarved as her pillar. Mr. Rogers.— Surely you don't sleep thus thickly and indiscri- minately in one bed ? Witness.— Oh yes, ve does, your vurship, the partment full every night. Mr. Rogers ( to the prisoner).— What have you to say? Prisoner.-—- I deny it, your worship ; there are 24 " beds in the. room, and three in a bed, men, women, and children, as long as ihey pay fourpence. Mr. Rogers felt surprised at this statement, and could not be- lieve it possible. , ' 1 he officers, however, said it was true. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES OFFICE.— On Wednesday, Henry Kirkman, a man of strange appearance, whose head and face strongly resembled the Rev. Edward Irving's, particularly in the disposal of his long black hair, was re- examined on a charge of having in his possession several hundred weight of old and new serviceable metal, suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully procured. Mr. I. F. Burden, a solicitor of Camden- town, attended to pro- secute the case, and one of Mr. Harmer's clerks for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been three times con- victed at this office, twice at Marylebone, at once at Queen- square, for having stolen property in his possession, resides at No. 42, College- street, Camden- town, and is a collector of metals. A few days since, Fogg and Judge, surveyors of Thames Police, searched his house, and seized awag » on load of suspicious property, amongst which were several valuable engraved copper- plates, and 500lbs. of brass, which the defendant said were old, but the greater portion of which had never been used. The prisoner, on being called upon to account for his possession of such suspicious property, said they were a series of collections he had bought of many persons and at sales, as old metal, and lie called several witnesses, who proved selling him the coppers, the slewpans, and the buttons, which they had lawfully obtained, and those articles were given up to Kirkman, but lie was unable to ac- count for the rest of the property, which he declared had been in his house for several years. The officers said there was not a single article produced in the house when they searched it a few months since, and they had no doubt the property was stolen. Mr. Burden said that the prisoner was a complete nuisance in tbe neighbourhood of Camden- town, and the noxious effluvia which proceeded from his house, while engaged in melting down metals, was most intolerable; and the houses on each side of Kirkman's residence were unoccupied, and no person could live near him. A true bill had been found by the Middlesex Grand Jury against Kirkman, as a nuisance, and for ringing of bells, firing off'guns and pistols at unseasonable hours, and indecently exposing his person to females, for being drunk and disorderly, singing blasphemous and obscene songs, and other outrageous acts. The officers said that Kirkman was one of the most extraordinary characters they had ever met with. His house was in a filthy state, and did not appear to have been washed for years. He was a single man, and seldom rose from his bed until three or four o'clock in the afternoon. His bed was never mane, and it was surrounded with many thousand old newspapers. Kirkman lay in bed all the morning, reading these newspapers, and as he finished their peru- sal, he threw them aside indiscriminately, until they were collected into one confused heap. He was hi the habit of driving his horse and cart most furiously along the street, to prevent any officer from stopping hiin with the stolen metal, while conveying it to the wholesale dealers. He once ran over i. n officer and injured him severely, and had killed two children by driving over them, for which he was tried at the Old Bailey, once for murder, and on the other occasion for manslaughter, but escaped conviction. He was in the habit of cruelly flogging his horse with a piece of copper wire, placed at the end of his whip before he went out, and the animal, which was a very fine one, was so frightened at this instru- ment of torture, that it galloped furiously along the streets to escape punishment, which was inflicted with merciless severity if the horse abated its pace. Kirkman bad been once fined for cruelty lo his horse. In fact, there was not a police- office in London at which he had not appeared, and lie was frequently locked up in the station- houses for outrageous conduct. Mr. Burden said he believed the prisoner was labouring under insanity. He was the terror of Ihe district, and the inhabitants of the Camden estate were determined, if possible, to get rid of him. He no sooner made his appearance with his horse and cart than men, women, and children fled within doors to save themselves from being run over. The officers said that Kirkman, with all his extravagances, was a very clever chymist, and by some process was enabled to remove the gold from the gilt buttons. He bad netted large sums by his dealings with thieves. Captain Richbell, the Magistrate, said it was high time that so- ciety was rid of such a dangerous fellow, and if Mr. Kirkman was brought before him again he should send him to gaol. He con- victed him in the penalty of 51., for unlawful possession of the metal, which was declared forfeited to the Crown. Soon after three o'clock on Thursday morning, Richard Bro- derick, police constable No. 47, of the F division, was on duty in Newton- street, Holborn, when he observed two suspicious looking fellows go through a narrow alley leading into Parker- street, and watched them into Gate- street and to Lincoln's Inn Fields, where their conduct was such as to convince Broderick that they were about to attempt a robbery. They at length went up to the front door of Lincoln's Inn Chambers, which they opened, and had got into the hall, when they found Bro- derick close at their heels, and he attempted to take them into custody; but the ruffians seized him behind and pushing him into a corner, one of them struck him a blow on the back of the head with a blunt instrument, and this was followed by several blows on other parts of the head, and they left him wel- tering in his blood and senseless, in which condition he was found by his sergeant. He was conveyed home, and his skull was found to be fractured, besides several dreadful cuts, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. He recovered for a few moments sufficiently to describe the ruffians, but immediately relapsed, MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON A MAGISTRATE OF SOUTH SHIELDS. NEWCASTLE- UPON- TYNE, JUNE 13 A most diabolical and unprovoked attack was made on Mon » day afternoon by two colliers, on Nicholas Fairless, Esq., a magistrate of South Shields. He was riding on his pony in the afternoon, when two pitmen asked him to give them a shilling f he said he could not give them money. They continued to beg, and he declined to give them any thing. He asked the person, who was the most importunate his name, and he said it was Jobling. Soon after this, Jobling asked Mr. Fairless to shake hands. Mr. Fairless held out his hand, when Jobling took hold of it, and at the same moment Mr. Fairless felt the arm of ano- ther man round his neck, and he was dragged from his horse- One of the men ( supposed to be Jobling) held him down, while the other took his- stick from him, and struck him a great many severe blows on his head ; and, after giving some further blows, they ran off. Jobling was traced to the sands of South Shields. The police attempted to take him into custody, but his comrades would not allow it; he was guarded, however, till a party of the military came, and he was secured. Mr. Fairless was conveyed to his own house. His injuries on the head are severe, and it is believed that his life is in danger.— Sun. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. A dreadful murder was committed, at an early hour on Friday morning, by a husband on his wife. It appears that the murderer is Thomas Riley, a shoemaker, living at No. 5, Compton- street. Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, who resides in the lower part of Riley's house, states that about two o'clock on Friday morning, she heard Riley scolding his wife, and say to her, using an abusive epithet, " What have you done with that gold ring?" About twenty mi- nutes before six o'clock, Riley knocked at the room- door of Mrs, Bailey, another lodger in the house, and said, " Oh! Mrs. Bailey, my wife is dead!" Mrs. Bailey hurried downstairs, and found Mrs. Iiiley covered with blood, and much disfigured. Riley was quite indifferent about the matter, and went out to get some refreshment. The deceased was quite dead when her husband gave the alarm. Her eyes were dreadfully swollen and completely blackened ; on the right side of her head there was a deep wound, and on the left there was a wound extending nearly three inches transversely on the scalp ; several of her ribs were broken; the left breast appeared as if it had been completely beaten in, exhibiting quite a hollow ; the right shoulder was dislocated, and the arm, from the shoulder downwards, was black and mutilated. The body in various other parts exhibited shocking marks of violence. The bed ou which the deceased lay was saturated with her blood, a flood of which was also over the floor of her apartment. Mr. Whitmore, a surgeon, residing in Great Bath- street, was called in, and in making a post- mortem examination of the body, ou touching the scalp with his knife, in the vicinity of the wounds on the head, was surprised to observe it fall backwards, as freely as if it had been regularly removed by the knife. The skin over the surface of the broken ribs presented the appearance as if the murderer had jumped on the body of his victim;, and as if produced by shoes, tbe soles of which were filled with large headed nails. EXAMINATION. At twelve o'clock Riley was taken to Hatton garden and charged with the murder. The prisoner is a forbidding- looking man about fifty. The first witness examined was Mrs. Bailey, who corroborated the above account. West, a policeman, deposed that, having been informed of the murder by the first witness, he had taken the prisoner into custody, and searched the bag which the prisoner had with bim. It con- tained a quantity of new leather, shoemaker's tools, and a silk, handkerchief soaked with blood,, as well as a quantity of human hair clotted, with blood, in a chemise; his clothes were stained all over with blood. Two officers now examined the prisoner's person, and they found histrowsers, coat, waistcoat, and in fact every part of his dress stained with large spots of blood, and his shirt was especially co- vered with blood upon the shoulder and lower part. One of his shoes had a portion of human hair clotted with blood upon the sole. prisoner— I can account for the spots of blood, your Worship; I cut my finger, and I used the handkerchief to wipe awav the blood. My clothes are covered through it. The handkerchief was here produced by the constable, on pro- duction of which there was an evident alteration in the prisoner, who turned pale, bit his finger nails, and seemed to labour under considerable excitement; be leaned forward to support himself over the bar. Mr. Whitmore, the surgeon, then deposed to the appearance of the deceased, as above stated, and added, that five ribs were broken on the left side, and nine on the right, In his opinion, the injuries had been caused by some one trampling on the deceased. Mr. ROGERS— You are now at liberty to say what you like. Prisoner : The deceased came home last night, and took the hand- kerchief out of the drawer, and I did not see her all night till 6 o'clock this morning, when I was- awoke from my sleep by hearing her groans. I immediately jumped out of bed, and saw the deceased lying in the passage near the street- door, which was open ; I said " For'God's sake, what's the matter 1" Sbe said,. " Heave me oa the bed." I took her up in my arms, and put her on the bed. Her head rested on my shoulder, and in that way my shirt got covered with blood. I then went up stairs to Mrs.. Bailey, and alarmed her. Mr. ROGERS . AVlien did you last see the deceased ? Prisoner : On Thursday night last, when we had supper together, and I afterwards went lo Clare Market, to purchase some nails, and on my return home, she was not there. The prisoner was then remanded, and taken to the New Prison^ DETERMINED SUICIDE.— Wednesday an Inquest was held at the John O'Groats, in Gray- street Blackfriars- road, touching the death of John Cayton, formerly a builder and carpenter. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased was found by a police constable, hanging from the ceiling in the kitchen, a corpse. The deceased some time ago lost a large sum of money by the fire of the Argyle Rooms, which preyed very much on his mind, and led him to drinking. On a table in the room was left the fol- lowing note addressed to his wife :—" Previous to your receiving this I hope I shall be no more, yet, in justice to yourself, I must say you have been a good and affectionate wife. I find I cannot refrain from drinking, and having tried all means to get the bet- ter of it, I have, rather than be a burden on earth, chose to leave it, and hope you will be better without me. I hope you will in- tercede for me in Heaven for daring to come unbidden before my Maker. The Jury returned a verdict of Insanity. HYDROPHOBIA.— Wednesday an inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of Edward Boutle, aged 46, who died there on Monday last. James Riddell stated, that the de- ceased kept a fox on his premises for about two years : it was very tame and domesticated. In May last, the deceased was going to sell it to a gentleman, but on putting his hand into its house to take it out, the animal bit him severely ; but the wound healed in a few days. The fox, however, died on the same day on which it bit the deceased, in a rabid state. On Sunday last the de- ceased was taken very ill, and appeared to be mad. Witness brought him to the hospital in a hackney- coach. Mr. Evans, a medical assistant at the hospital, stated, that when the deceased was brought to the door, he ran wildly through the passage into the back- garden, and refused to come in at the door again : he requested to be allowed to go in at the window, and a ladder was procured, by which he voluntarily entered the ward through the window. The presentation of liquid to him produced strong, convulsions. He died of hydrophobia. Verdict accordingly. THE BICKTR. E.— It is not generally known that this name of a notorious French prison is merely a corruption of the English word Winchester. During the temporary possession of Paris by the English, after the death of Henry V., the then Bishop of " Winchester built a palace there, the ruins of which form part of the present edifice: clipping and changing the consonants, aided by foreign pronunciation, have done all tke test. 300 T H E T O W * . June 17. TOWN MISCELLANEA. The festival in celebration of the triumph of reform takes • place, it is said, by permission of the Duke of Bedford, in Covent- garden Market, on Tuesday next. A dinner will be given in the Bedford Avenue, followed by a grand hall. A committee has been formed to superintend the arrangements, and the whole market will be illuminated and decorated with numerous banners bearing suitable mottoes. The Duke of Bed- ford has sent 100?. as his subscription to defray the expenses. His Majesty has been pleased to order that the statue of the late Earl of Harcourt shall be placed in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. This splendid statue, by Sievier, which holds a con- spicuous place in the present exhibition at Somerset House, re- presents the late Field Marshal in his Coronation robes. The trial of the Magistrates of Bristol has been definitively fixed for Thursday the 25th of October next. The Juries are to be summoned from Berks. By the death of the late lamented Mrs. Palmer, of Ham Com- mon, Sir William Henry Palmer, Bart., becomes possessed of the most valuable estate in the county of Mayo, worth 30,000/. a- year, and a very large estate in the county of Dublin. Insurance offices are not liable to pay the amount of any loss or damage from fire occasioned by illuminating a house or premises. The Marquis of Londonderry has, we hear, let his coal mines to a company of projectors for three years, the rent of the first - year being already paid in advance. The office of Aide- de- Camp to Major General Sir Chas. Dal- biac, Inspector- General of Cavalry, has become vacant by the somewhat sudden demise of Major Sullivan, of the 3d, or Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, who died on Thursday week last, in his 31st year. Major Sullivan was a brother to Sir Charles Sullivan, and a remarkably fine young officer. He was present at their Majesties' last state ball, and was then " the gayest of the gay." * Mr. Frank Sheridan, who attends the Earl of Mulgrave in the capacity of Private Secretary, is a son of the late Thomas Sheridan, Esq., and brother to the accomplished Mrs. Norton. It appears from the accounts of the Zoological Society, that upwards of 20,000 persons visited the gardens in the Regent's Park during the month of May. The annual fite champetre and Ladies' Bazaar, in support of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, in Dean- street, Soho, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Regent's- park. The state of the weather on the first day was very un- propitious, but the fine weather of Wednesday brought together a numerous and gay assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. Abun- dance of refreshments were provided, under the superintendence of Madame Jarrin. Tents, tastefully fitted up as bazaars, were spread over the grounds, and the gaiety of the scene was en- livened by many pieces of vocal music, performed by the chorus singers of the German company, and by Mr. Fischer, the Bo- hemian singer. A military band was also in attendance. The decorations of a remarkably fine tent, denominated the " Royal Tent," and of one which was set apart for refreshments, reflect great credit on the taste of Mr. Maddox, by whom they were fitted up. APSLEY HOUSE.— His Grace the Duke of Wellington is busily engaged in providing himself with ample protection against the celebration of the passing of the Reform Bill, on which occasion lis Grace seems to expect a similar display of the estimation his conduct is held in by some portions of the community to that witnessed in a recent instance. From morn till night the " note of preparation," and " the clank of hammers closing rivets up," may he heard throught the mansion, to the windows of which, even including the attics, iron shutters are being affixed, of a strength and substance sufficient to resist a musket ball, several trials to that effect having been made on Thursday last with a rifle piece, from the garden in the park.— Morning Paper. LONDON.— The Lord Mayor has announced himself a can- didate for the Metropolis at the next election, in place of Alder- man Thompson. Mr. Grote, the banker, has also declared him- self. The Conservatives have not a chance, and will not even put a csjpdidate in nomination. Laporte, the new Lessee of Covent Garden Theatre, has con- firmed his portion of the contract for a Lease, by paying to Mr. Lowdham, the solicitor to the proprietors, on Tuesday, the de- posit of two thousand pounds in advance ; so that this enter- prising gentleman will be in possession of the theatre on the first of July. THE SPANISH MINSTREL.— A very curious will and codicil have been made by a lady of great wealth, in the South of Wales, in favour of the gentleman who performed the character of the Spanish Minstrel, a year or two ago. During his lifetime, a handsome fortune is settled on him, conditionally, that he bears her surname after her death, as well as the one he bore during his " Minstrel Tour." Any deviation from this arrangement will disinherit him of every farthing.— Court Journal. THINGS GETTING UP.—" Insurrection," say the Tories, " will be the consequence of Reform." As far as the state of the country is concerned, we hope that in all things there will be a general rising.— Figaro in London. EPIGRAM— On the members of the Pitt Club being hissed by the people, on entering Merchant Tailors' Hall for the late Pitt dinner:— Dinner before desert's, the wonted plan, But in the case of these infernal sinners, They, miserable wretches to a man, Had their deserts before they got their dinners. Figaro in London. The oil and candle- sellers are in despair at the very idea of a general illumination being laid aside; while the butchers and bakers, one and all, declare that a general feast would be far preferable. FORGETTING HIMSELF. Cries the mad Marquis in a furious vapour, " I'll have a suit for libel ' gainst this paper, I never was so shamefully attack'd; I've borne enough— but hang me if this passes"— " A suit for libel! stay—' tis Martin's Act That doth prohibit cruelty to asses." Schoolmaster at home. A correspondent writes that a clerk in a banking- house in the city has recently absconded with property of his employers to the amount of nearly 5,000/. About five weeks ago he requested leave of absence for a month, to recruit his health in the country, which was granted. He being settling clerk, he produced his accounts previous to his departure, and at that period everything proved satisfactory. However, on Wednesday last the embezzle- ment was discovered, and inquiries were made after his wife and family, when it turned out that they had taken their departure for America a week or ten days prior to his pretended visit into the country, and no further clue can be had of them at present. Chronicle. The Conservatives, or Charles- street Clique, now removed to their new Club- house on Carlton- terrace, are moving Heaven, earth, and to provide and stimulate candidates for counties and boroughs at the approaching dissolution of Parliament. Their most active agent and whipper- in states their funds ( for the purpose of corruption) to be unlimited. Two Northern Dukes are reported each to have subscribed twenty thousand pounds. THE TORY PIGEON.— The Tories having pigeoned the country till men will bear pigeoning no longer, have, as a dernier resort, betaken themselves to tailors, where it seems they have found a PIGEON just suited to their purpose. After his reception in this snug " dove- cot," the Duke naturally presumes on a favourable view being taken of the correctness of his measures— and indeed, all who wisely cry " measures, NOT men," must love a merchant tailor! A GOOD STORY.— A worthy friend of mine, of the legal pro- fession, and now high in office in the colony, once, when a young man, lost his way iu the woods, and seeing a high stump, clambered up it with the hope of looking around him. While standing on the top of it for this purpose, his foot slipped, and he was precipitated into the hollow of the tree, beyond the power of extricating himself. Whilst bemoaning here his hard fate, and seeing no prospect before him, save that of a lingering death by starvation, the light above his head was suddenly ex- cluded, and his view of the sky, his only prospect, shut out by the intervention of a dense medium; and, by and bye, he felt the hairy posteriors of a bear descend upon him. With the courage of despair he seized fast hold of Bruin behind, and by this meaus, was dragged once more into upper day.— Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada. GOLD- WASHING.— According to the investigation of a Ger- man naturalist, the River Eider, which traverses part of the do- minions of Hesse Darmstadt, Hesse Cassel, and Waldeck, con- tains as much gold as any of the rivers of Brazil. A company, on a large scale, is now forming, to benefit by this discovery. The emigration of Chelsea pensioners to the United States still continues. No less than 800 have recently sold their pen- sions for four years' purchase. A ship will sail from Blackwall this week, with about 300. COUNTRY MISCELLANEA. The audience at the Portsmouth Theatre, one night last week ( a benefit night), consisted, when the curtain was drawn up, of one person !— Brighton Gazette. DISCOVERY OF A TREASURE.— Some men, in the act of digging a vault in the church- yard of Pluckley, in this county, last week discovered a most valuable treasure, consisting of gold and silver coins to the value of nearly 150Z. The dates of many of them cannot be decyphered ; but there are no less than five gold coins of Augustus Caesar, so that we may suppose they have been resting in their " hallowed abode" many hundred years.— Kentish Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF STRENGTH.— On Monday last a young man of the name of Thomas Rees, aged 18 years, a coal hallier, at Penydarran Iron Work, Merthyr, raised up from the ground 5401bs. weight, consisting of three separate pieces of iron, two of which weighed 2401bs. each, and the other 601bs.— Monmouthshire Merlin. It is expected that Lord Tabley will shortly lead to the hyme- neal altar the beautiful daughter of the Count de Salis of Rokeby. — Macclesfield Courier. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.— On Sunday se'nnight a lad came by his death in a very extraordinary manner. One of his comrades, in diversion, took off his hat, the lad ran after him to regain it, when the first fell on the road. The other being close by him when he fell, and running at the time with all his might, fell over his acquaintance, and dislocated his neck. From the complete paralysis of the body below the place of injury, it is supposed that the spinal marrow had either been snapped across, or very much pressed upon by the vertebras. It is a singular fact, that from the time ( Sunday) when the accident occurred, until Thursday, when the lad died, there was not the smallest sympathy between his head and any part of his body ; in other words, though life existed all that time, and reason continued to the last unimpaired, there was no feeling in the body ; nor had the unfortunate lad the smallest command over it. He could not move a leg or arm, nor would he have felt the slightest pain, to use the words of a medical gentleman who saw him, though any surgical operation, however excruciating, otherwise, had been peformed on him.— Elgin Courier. According to the Preston Pilot, a serious intention exists in that town to bring Mr. Cobbett forward as a candidate at the general election ; but whether as the colleague, or the rival of his quondam friend, Hunt, is not yet known. In the latter case, the election is likely to prove one of the most complimentary contests on record. PUBLIC REJOICINGS.— The reformers of Leeds have come to the determination to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill by a public dinner, consisting of good old English fare— of roast beef, plum pudding, and strong beer; which will be honoured by the attendance of the Liberal Candidates for the Representa- tion of the Borough, who will address the inhabitants. In the approaching festival, the rich and the poor, the workman and his master, will all sit down together to such a repast as has never before been witnessed in Leeds.— Leeds Mercury. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.— We were visited to- day, about two o'clock, by a most truly awful storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, which continued without intermission about an hour and a half. The thunder was quite terrific, and the rain lite- rally fell in water- spouts and torrents— the very hackney- coach- men ( who generally consider a shower of rain as a sort of har- vest) fled for safety to their homes, and there was scarcely a person visible in the streets till the rain abated. The rain com- menced in the morning, and continued during the whole of the day ; the cellars, in many parts of the town, filled with water, and their inmates were obliged to go elsewhere. EDINBURGH.— The letter- press printers have agreed to join in the Reform procession. Their badge is to be a Union Jack, and white ribbon round the left arm. A handsome new flag is to be prepared for the occasion. Amongst the many preparations for making a display on the approaching day of the National Jubilee, we observe in requisition for that occasion Union Jacks, Reform Rosettes, and silk sashes, of various colours, bearing the immortal names of Grey, Brougham, Russell, and Althorp, in gold letters. These articles, spread out in all their gaiety, al- ready appear in a number of the silk- mercers' windows. The crew, consisting of the master, the mate, and a cabin- boy, belonging to the Mary Hall, ( the little vessel which was seized at Sunderland two weeks since, with 10 tons of contra- band tobacco on board), have been sentenced to serve five years in his Majesty's navy. We think this is a great hardship upon the poor boy, who was merely on a trial voyage, having never been at sea before, and who ought not to have been implicated in the transaction.— Tyne Mercury. The name of Wellington- street, in this town, has been changed to that of Attwood- street.— Birmingham Journal. In various places in Suffolk, & c. the Duke of Wellington was a very favourite sign, but as soon as HE wanted to he IN the several inns that had " his effigies" reversed them, and there they remain with the topsy- turvy distinction. TAUNTON ELECTION.— Tuesday, Mr. Labouchere, who had vacated his seat for this borough, by accepting office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, was re- elected, without opposition, to his former seat. The manager of our theatre closed the house on Tuesday eve- ning, not having an audience sufficiently numerous to play to. We understand that the receipts did not amount to 20s.— Chester Courant. A man who resided in Drygate was committed on Monday, charged with murdering his wife, nearly a month since. She had, it is alleged, been severely struck, and afterwards placed upon the fire, so as to be burned in a shocking manner, and died on Monday of the injuries, in the Royal Infirmary. The hus- band, however, denies the whole charge.— Glasgow Courier. EXTRAORDINARY CATCH OF MACKEREL.— On Monday morning last, a shoal of these fishes being seen near the shore of Hove, a boat put off with a haul, and attempted to surround the whole of them; but, though the net was very large, yet it was only sufficient to enclose a part of the shoal, consequently many thousands escaped. However, what remained in the net filled it to bursting, and, on drawing it to shore, there were upwards of 7,000 fish. Two boats were filled to the brim, and came to Brighton, leaving behind them fish enough to fill two boats more. Such an immense number of mackerel being caught at one pull is a circumstance that has not occurred in this neighbourhood for many years. In the course of the day, " large mackerel" were cried over the town at 24 a shilling.— Brighton Guardian. SUICIDE.— A coroner's inquest was held, on Tuesday week, on the body of Major Thompson, 46th Regiment, found dead in his bed- room, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. The jury proceeded to where the deceased lay; the room was deluged with blood, and the body was lying on the floor, naked except the shirt, the throat cut from ear to ear quite through the windpipe, a razor on the bed, the clothes in great disorder and covered with blood. Lieutenant Francis knew the deceased, who was on duty with witness in this district, in January and February. Deceased succeeded Major Gowler, and did duty until the appointment of Colonel Faunce, as successor to the late Colonel Brereton. Has not seen him several weeks. Deceased dined with him regularly when on duty ; he was a man of temperate habits, and seldom or ever drank wine ; he had served in India, and suffered much from the climate ; he was subject to great depression of spirits, and afflicted with giddiness or swimming in the head ; occasionally his face was of a deep purple colour, which appeared to revive him ; but in general his health was not good, and he complained frequently of his head. He was unmarried, and affluent.— Ver- dict, " Temporary Derangement." FEMALE GIANT.— A travelling bricklayer came to Newtown last week, applying for work, who had a wife and two children ; the woman stood six feet four inches high. She was a Scotch- woman, and the youngest sister of 17.— Shretcsbury Chronicle. A strong wish has been expressed here, by many of the most influential persons in the town, . that Colonel Fox, the King's son- in law, should come forward as a candidate for the new bo- rough of Brighton. We have little doubt of his success, if pre- vailed upon— which is thought not unlikely— to start.— Brighton Gazette. On Monday last, as some hoys were playing in the Park, they observed part of a silk handkerchief, supposed to have been scratched up by a dog, but, on drawing it from the ground, they discovered the head, windpipe, and heart of a child. On Wed- nesday morning two constables of the town went to the spot with one of the boys who had seen the mutilated remains ; on search ing the ground, however, they could not succeed in finding any thing but a checked apron, with blood upon it, and some spots of blood near it. The boys state that a woman came down at the time they drew out the handkerchief, and said, " that is a child's heart;" and it is imagined that she was in some measure concerned in this mysterious affair, as she has been seen about the place several times.— Nottingham Journal. SINGULAR DETECTION.— A person was this week apprehended in the streets of Shrewsbury, with a begging petition, with which he contrived to draw forth the charity of various individuals. The petition, after describing the bearer as a " worthy and most industrious man in the greatest distress," went on to say, that " he was a mine- agent on the Gold Coast, in West America, for twelve years, and on his return home was taken, with his wife and children, by the Turks, when his most affectionate wife and two children were killed, with the loss of 800/. his skull fractured so bad as to lose his hearing, seven of his ribs broken, his right arm broken in two parts, and during his captivity of four years he lived on horse leans and oil P' This document purported to be signed by " John Wood, Esq., No. 20, Portugal,' 1 and was recommended to the attention of his " Christian neighbours," by " William Love." The Magistrates, having ascertained him to be an impostor, ordered him thirty days' imprisonment to hard labour, and on his reaching the gaol to undergo his sen- tence, he was immediately recognised as William Lavender, a fellow who had been transported for life, in the year 1823, from the gaol of Shrewsbury, for stealing a horse at Hales Owen. This " most worthy and industrious man" was, therefore, im- mediately committed to take his trial for the capital felony of re- turning from transportation.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 15. Our arrivals of Wheat since Monday have been very scanty • fine Dar eels are taken off readily at that day's value ; but the inferior qualities are still very unsaleable. With Oats we arc abundantly supplied • the sales in consequence are heavy, at somewhat lower prices. In all other descriptions of Spring Corn we have no variation to observe, the Quan- tity being small, and very little business effected. AVERAGE PRICE FOR THE WEEK ENDED JUNE 8. T . , ,, Wheat. Barley. Imperial weekly average 61s 9cl.... 33s 8d... Six weeks'ditto, which regulates duty. 61s lid.... 33s lid Duty on Foreign Corn 25s 8d.... 12s 4d " ' SMITHFIELD, JUNE 15. Beef, for prime Scots, sells at 3s 8d to 4s per stone, and. coarser meat 2s. 6d. to 3s. Mutton, for the primest Downs, is 4s 6d to 4s 8d, and in- ferior meat 8s 2d to 8s lOd. Prime young calves fetch 4s 6d to 4s 8d per stone ; and dairy- fed porkers are 5s to 5s 2d per stone. ( Per stone of 8lb., sinking the offal.) Beef 3s 6d to 4 Mutton 4s Od to 4 Lamb.. Od to 5s 0d 4d to 5s 4d .140 4cl I Veal. T 4s 8d I Pork 4s Od to 5s 8d HEAD OF CATTLE AT THIS DAY'S MARKET. Beasts 468 | Calves 326 | Sheep 8,390 | Pig HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. Hay 70s to 95s | Clover 80s to 120s | Straw...... 30s to 40s AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. " ( Computed from the returns in the week ended June 12 ) Brown or Muscovado Sugar Per cwt 29s 4d Exclusive of the import duties thereon. COAL- EXCHANGE, JUNE 15. At the close of the market the following were the prices per ton — Adairs, 17s 6d— East Percy, 16s 9d— Holywell, 17s 6d— Tanfield, 17s 6d— Townley, 17s— Walls End Bell and Brown, 18s— Walls End Bell, llobson, and Co. 17s 3d— Walls End, Bewicke and Co. 20s 6d— Walls End, Clarke and Co. 17s— Walls End, Heaton, 19s— Walls End, Killingworth, 18s 3d to 18s 6d— Walls End, Xewbiggin, 16s— Walls End, Riddell's, 19s— Walls End, Lambton, 21s 3d to 21s 6d— Walls End, Russell's Hetton, 21s 3d— Walls End, Adelaide, 18s 6d to 19s— Walls End, Elgin, 17s— Hartley, 21s — Lonsdale, 15s 6d— Merthyr, 23s— New Flo'cton, Milne and Co. 17s 3d — Silkstone, Field and Co. 17s— Stone Coal, Gough, 24s— Stone Coal, Shears and Co. 19s 6d— Scremerstone Engine, 15s 6d— Walls End, Green- wich Hospital, 16s 6d— Tanfield Trader, 17s— Ships arrived since last market day, 15. The arrivals to- day of fresh ships were again only mo- derate. The Coal Exchange was fairly attended by merchants, but the business doing was not very extensive. PRICES OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS. Bank Stock Reduced Three per Cents. Consols, Three per Cents.. Consols for Account Consols, 3£ per Cents Reduced 3£ per Cents New 3£ per Cents New 4 per Cents Long Annuities India Bonds Exchequer Bills Satin-. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frid. 1995 — 200 200 200 200 834 83| 83J 84 834 83* shut shut — shut shut shut 85} — 85i 851 85i 84i 91? 911 91 # 91* 90J shut shut — shut shut shut I00| 100i 100J 100J 1005 102£ 16i — — 16 16 16i shut 2 dis par 1 dis 8 6 10 9 10 9 10 10 p — — Amsterdam, 3 m. 12 5 Ditto short, 12 2£ Rotterdam. .3 m. 12 5 Hamburgh.. do... 14 Paris short, 25 95 Ditto 3 m. 26 25 Frankfort do... 155 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, JUNE 15. Vienna 3 m. 10 13 Trieste do. 10 to 14 Madrid do.... 35^ Cadiz do 35^ Bilboa do.... 35^ Leghorn do 474 Genoa do... 26 10 Naples 3 m 40£ Palermo.... do 119£ Lisbon 30 days 47 Oporto do 47$ F. Gold, bars, 3117s 9d New Doubl... 4117s 9d New Dollars 4s 8 § d BIRTHS. At Colworth, Bedfordshire, the lady of H. Magniac, Esq., of a daugh- ter.— At Skendleby, Lincolnshire, the lady of Major E. Brackenbury, of a son.— At Poree, Bengal, the lady of Edward E. H. Repton, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a son.— At Cambridge, the lady of J. Bartlett, Esq., of a son.— Mrs. James Cawthorn, Lower Belgrave street, of a daughter.— At Stone, Kent, the lady of the Rev. Thomas Deacon, of a son, still- born.— At Park- place, North Brixton, the lady of Samuel Cohen, jun., Esq., of a daughter. From the LONDON GAZETTE of Tuesday and Friday last. p. WAR- OFFICE, 15th JUNE, 1832.— 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards- Captain R. B. Edwards, from half- pay 13th Light Dragoons, to be Cap- tain, vice Sullivan. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Lieutenant H. Paget to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hall, who retires; Cornet W. H. Chetwynd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paget; C. Hagart, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Chetwynd. 8th Light Dragoons— T. W. S. Lowndes, Gent, to be Cornet, jby pur- chase, vice Craven, who retires. 10th Regiment of Foot— Captain W. M. Wetenhall, from half- pay Un- attached, to be Captain, vice L. Shedden, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 12th Foot— Regimental Surgeon R. Orton, from a particular service, to be Surgeon, vice R. Amiel, who retires upon half- pay 1st Royal Veteran Battalion. 13th Foot— Captain J. M. Mailleue, from half- pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice R. Hare, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 42d Foot— Lieutenant R. R. Williamson, from half- pay Chasseurs Britanniques, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Guthrie, who exchanges, receiv- ing the difference. 46th Foot— Captain A. Campbell to be Major, without purchase, vice Thompson, deceased; Lieut. R. Campbell to be Captain, vice Camp- bell ; Ensign J. Wood, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur- chase, vice Green, who retires. 55th Foot— Ensign H. M'Caskill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dixon, whose promotion, of 12th April last, has been cancelled; E. Molloy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Caskill. 56th Foot— Gentleman Cadet J. Blackburn, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wood, promoted in the 46th Foot. 57th Foot— Ensign H. Gahan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De la Condamine, promoted; Gentleman Cadet W. B. Goodrich, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gahan; Assist- ant- Surgeon E. Cutler, from half- pay 1st Foot Guards, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Lister, appointed to the 46th Foot. 58th Foot— Lieutenant J. Moore, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Markham, deceased. 75th Foot— Lieutenant C. Tyssen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Salmon, who retires ; Ensign H. A. Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur- chase, vice Tyssen; E. Ellis, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gahan; Staff- Assistant- Surgeon J. Caw, M. D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Nugent, appointed to the 96th Foot. 89th Foot— Gentleman Cadet C. R. Egerton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. 92d Foot— Captain G. O'Farrell, from half- pay 8th West India Regi- ment, to be Captain, vice Campbell, promoted. 96th Foot— Assistant- Surgeon M. Nugent, from the 75th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Fryer, whose appointment has been cancelled. UNATTACHED.— Captain J. Campbell, from the 92d Foot, to be Major of Infantry, by purchase; Lieutenant T. De la Condamine, from the 57th Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase. MEMORANDA.— Major 11. Leonard, upon half- pay 104th Foot, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached Com- mission. The half- pay of the under- mentioned Officers has been cancelled from the lst instant, inclusive, they having received commuted allowances for their commissions :— Deputy Assistant- Commissary- Generals, John Barford and James Paterson. The gazette announces that the King has been pleased to direct that the 35tn Regiment of Foot shall be henceforth styled the 35th or Royal Sussex Regiment; and that their facings be changed from orange to blue. That the 6th Regiment of Foot be styled the 6th or Royal ( lst) Warwickshire Regiment; and that the facings be changed from yellow to blue ; and that the lst or Royal Regiment of Foot bear on its colours and appointments, the word " Corunna," in commemoration of the gal- lantry of the 3d Battalion of that Regiment in the action at Corunna. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. W. Wright, Castle- street, New Windsor, Berkshire, tea- dealer. BANKRUPTS. J. Hubbard, Bridport- place, New North- road, Hoxton, victualler— J. Worseldine and W. Thomas, Castle- street, Holborn, builders— J. Pike, Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex, baker— J. B. Bostock, George- street, Man- sion- house, screw- manufacturer— W. White, Regent- street, ironmonger — T. Thomas, Osnaburgh- street, Regent's Park, builder— S. Roberts, Redditch, Worcestershire, draper— J. Jackson, Bingham, Nottingham- shire, nailor— J. Goulden, Methley, Yorkshire, corn- factor— H. Wood, Bristol, warehousekeeper— J. Aspinall, Liverpool, banker— S. and S. Collier, Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket- manufacturers— W. M'Capin, Bel- fast, provision- merchant— J. Clarke, Newport Pagnell, Buckingham shire, corn- dealer— G. Gingell, Stroud, Gloucestershire, victualler— J. Richmond, Great Grimsby, surgeon— T. Lockett and C. Penswick, Man- chester, engravers— W. Sedgwick, Manchester, linen- merchant— G. Barehead, Norton, Yorkshire, coal- merchant— H. Smith, Salisbury- street, Strand, wine- merchant— J. Ryalls, Fleet- lane, hardwareman— W. Minett, Spring- gardens, broker— W. Gummow and E. Edmunds, Duke- street, Portland- place, ironmongers— T. Hamper, Crucifix- lane, Ber- mondsey- lane, maltster— H. Wood, Bristol, innkeeper— T. Morris, West- bromwich, Staffordshire, iron roller dealer— J. Sparrow, Tettenhall, Staf- fordshire, maltster— J. Skidmore, Kirton, Lincolnshire, bobbin maker— J. Taylor, Liverpool, car proprietor— T. Ford, Llandrinio, Montgomery- shire, innkeeper. MARRIAGES. At Fairford, the Rev. Wm. Escott to Lucy Horatia, fourth daughter of the Dean of Gloucester.— At Brighton, the Rev. S. Gompertz, B. A. F. F.. A. S. to Catherine Amelia, youngest daughter of Mrs. Chamberlain, of Brighton— At Perth, Lord Cardross, son of the Earl of Buchan, to Jane, second daughter of Archibald Torrv, Esq., of Gorgie.— At Pelham Cha^ pel, Hastings, the Rev. Capel Molyneux, eldest son of the late John Molyneux, of Gravel- hill, Ludlow, Esq., to Maria, second daughter of Vice- Admiral James Carpenter— At Fulham, John Bruce, Esq. of Sum- burgh, to Mary, second surviving daughter of the late John William Nelson, Esq.; and also Park Nelson, Esq., of- Essex- street, Strand, to Catherine Anna Maria, only daughter of the late Robert John Nelson, Esq.— At Arinity Church, Marylebone, Anne, eldest daughter of J. W. Childe, Esq., of Buckingham- streefc* to E; Seguin, Esq., of the Theatre Royal, Drury- lane.— At Old Swinford* Dy the Venerable Archdeacon Onslow, Lieut.- Co, onel Philip Wodehouse, to Lydia, daughter of the late Joseph Lea, Esq., of the Hill, near Stourbridge. DEATHS. In Dover- street, the infant son of the Rev. H. Fardell.— At West Green, Tottenham, Mrs. Plumbe, of Bedford- place, Russell- square.— At Rome, Edward Dodwell, Esq., only son of the late Edward Dodwell, Esq., of Moulsey, Surrey.— In Cleveland- row, in her 18th year, the Hon. Harriet Caroline Lambton, third daughter of Lord Durham.— At Tun* bridge Wells, Lieut.- Colonel Tod, late of the 29th regiment.— At Edin- burgh, John Craig, Esq., formerly Commander of the Hon. Company's ship Princess Charlotte of Wales.— At the residence of his father, Chatham- house, Chatham, Mr. W. George, son of Robert George, Esq., brewer.— Susan, the wife of the Rev. Philip Le Breton, of Lower Sey- mour- street, Portman- square.— At Chatham, William John Fagg, Esq., Assistant Staff Surgeon.— At Cheltenham, Sophia Catherine, wife of Robert Morris, Esq., and second daughter of the late Rev. Dr. James, Prebendary of Worcester.— At Morwick, Northumberland, Mrs. Moises, widow of the late Rev. W. B. Moises, vicar of Felton.— At the Blenheim Hotel, Bond- street, Ann, the wife of T. B. M. Baskerville, Esq., of Rockley House, Wilts.— Tugwell Robins, B. A., Fellow of Magdalen Col- lege, Cambridge, the only son of W. L. T. Robins, Esq., of Bernard- street, Russell- square. COUNTRY AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER: Abergavenny, Watkins Epsom, Oliver COMPLAINTS OF THE SKIN.— Pimples, breakings out, and other Cutaneous disfigurements on the Head and Face ; Scrofulous Eruptions, Rashes, Irritations, Leprosy, Psoriasis, Tinea, Ring- worm, & c. speedily and permanently removed. Mr. CULVER- WELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, having for the last Ten years devoted his attention exclusively to the treatment of the above affections in all their varieties, respectfully announces to those desirous of his professional opinion, that he may be advised with daily from ten till five at 47Lothbury, back of the Bank, or at any other time and place by appointment. Communications ( free) attended to. 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