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I can refer any person to them. C. W. MOAT. TO MR. C. W. MOAT, HYGEIST. SIR,— A most extraordinary proof of the power of the Universal Medi- cines having occurred under my immediate direction, I think proper to state the circumstances, fully convinced that by making them public, much fame must be gained for this invaluable blessing, for the whole medical world may be defied to produce proof of four cures of three different diseases being completed at the total expense of tliirteen- pence halfpenny. They are as follows :— Mrs. Laid, of Smith's Land, Woodside, had been struggling with a nausea at food, want of appetite, and pains in the stomach, accompanied with palpitations of the heart, for more tlian a year. Her husband, James Laid, was troubled with great feelings of sickness, occasioned by pains in or about the heart, causing a want of appetite, and making it very difficult for him to follow his employment for upwards of four months. 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The strength and talent displayed in its literary department will render it a formidable opponent to Blackwood, on the only ground upon which he can claim public patronage.— Western Times, ( Exeter.) We would call upon the people to support Mr. Tait to the utmost of their power, as tlieir honest, fearless, and uncompromising advocate.— Dundee Advertiser. In the number before us, there is much that commands attention, and no smali portion that deserves praise.— Exeter Flying Post. Of the thirteen articles which fill this number, there are no less than ten full of spirit and merit. The remarks on the Ministiy and the Peo- ple are, generally speaking, very correct. The description of their half measures, whole extravagance, and complete want of knowledge of government, is a hard hit, because it is true.— Derbyshire Courier. Tait's Magazine exercises a powerful sway in tlie country. " Financial Reform" cannot fail to be useful. It is the work of a practical, accom- plished, enlightened mind.— Glasgow Scots Times. We have perused the political papers of No. VII. with great pleasure, and strongly recommend them to serious consideration. They are writ- ten in a manly straight- forward style.— Dublin Times. We have read no paper of a political character deserving so much at- tention as that entitled " The Ministry and the People." It is a friendly remonstrance from those desiring the Ministry's continuance in office; and is meant as a wholesome warning.— Edinburgh Observer. The number, altogether, is excellent.— Aberdeen Observer. The October number of Tait contains several excellent articles. We must admit that there is much justice in the censure cast upon the Ministry, and much truth in the advice given them as to their future conduct. There is a clear and able article on " Financial Reform," evidently from the pen of Sir Henry'Parnell. " Ireland and Scotland" is a powerful exhibition of the wrongs of Ireland. Tait maintains his character as the ardent and powerful friend of the people, and of freedom throughout the world.— Leeds Mercury. The October number of this truly honest and most clever magazine contains many articles of great power and distinguished beauty, and places the relative situation of the Ministry and the people, at this mo- ment, upon a ground from which the flatterers and the dependents of the Whigs will find it extremely difficult to dislodge the honest sturdy Scottish periodical.— Dublin Morning Register. " Some passages in the Life of John Bull," is replete with truth as it is with humour. We have laughed till our sides ached, at the ridicu- lous figure some of your great ones make in this dramatic article. " Ireland and Scotland" should be read by every man who has a heart capable of one sympathetic throb.— Kelso Chronicle. 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BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. W. Jordan, Worcester, coal- dealer. BANKRUPTS. J. Tyler, Blackman. street, Borough, linendraper— P. Rutter, Picca- dilly, livery- stable- keeper— It. Sands, sen., Brewer's- street, St. Pancras engraver— J. Lindsay, jun. Warnford- court, merchant— J. Williams High- street, Newington, linen- draper— W. Parker, Leeds, grocer— W T. Godfrey, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, miller— W. Naylor, Morti- mer- street, Cavendish- square, glass- manufacturer— P. Smith, Bexhill Sussex, wine- and- spirit- merchant— H. Carter, Hastings, Sussex, chy- mist and druggist— R. Reynolds, Manchester, cabinet- maker— G. M'La- ren, Manchester, rope- maker— J. Lancashire, Draycott- field, Derbyshire miller and flour- dealer— J. Gibson, Manchester, innkeeper and wine- merchant— C. Brown, Tottenham- court- road, dealer in china— W H Main, Water- lane, Blackfriars, painter and glazier— H. Stapleton, St! Leonard's, near Hastings, Sussex, fishmonger— T. M. Mason, Baker- street, Portman- square, bookseller— C. B. Wilson, Red Lion- square scrivener— C. White, Nassau- street, Middlesex- hospital, builder— J Korff, Kintley, Suffolk, ship- builder— J. Dickinson, jun. Westgate, Nor- thumberland, dealer— J. Furbank, Cambridge, grocer— T. Gibbs, Bi- shopsgatc- street, ship- owner— J. Clark, Greenwich, tavern- keeper, IRELAND. Clocks, and Musical Boxes repaired. Clocks attended; orders expe- dited.— May's- buildings, 20, 10 Mo. 32. CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 2. The arrivals since Monday have been very limited, but as none excep- ting necessitous buyers will purchase, there has been but little business done, and at Monday's quotations. Good malting barley lias been in- quired for: that article being scarce in the market, has supported our last named terms. Oats have a heavy trade, with prices nominal. Other tilings liave no variation. AVERAGE PRICE FOU THE WEEK ENDED OCT. 26. Wheat. Barley. Oats. General weekly average 52s 7d 29s 3d 18s 5d Six weeks'ditto, which regulates duty. 54s 2d 31s 6d 19s Od AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. ( Computed from the returns in the week ended Oct. 23.) Brown or Muscovado Sugar ^ cwt ,27s 61d Exclusive of tbe import duties thereon. COAL- MARKET, FRIDAY, NOV. 2. Price of Coals, per ton, at the close of the market. Beaumont, 17s. 3d.— Bensham. 17d. 6d.— Holywell, 18s. 6d.— Ponton Windsor, 17s. 3d.— Townley, 17s.— West Hartley, lis.— Willington, 20s. 6d. to 20s. 9d.— Wylam, 20s.— Wall's- end, Bewicke and Co., 21s. 6d.— Ditto, Callerton, 17s. 6d.— Ditto, Chirton, 17s. 6d.— Ditto, Gosforth, 21s. — Ditto, Heaton, 20s. 9d. to 21s. 3d.— Ditto, Hotspur, 19s. 3d.— Ditto, Hilda, 19s. 3d. Ships arrived, 63. SMITHFIELD, Nov. 2. There has been but little doing in this market this day. The few cat- tle that were present were the remains of those unsold on Monday. Beef and mutton barely supported Monday's prices. Veal was 2d. higher, and the best sorts of port had an advance of 2d. per stone. Meadow Hay of fine quality was 3s. higher. Clover 5s. cheaper. Straw remained unaltered in price. ( Per stone of 81b., sinking the offal.) Beef 2s lOd to 3s lOd I Veal 3s 8d to 4s 6d Mutton 3s IOd to 4s 6d | Pork 4s Od to 5s Od HEAD OF CATTLE AT THIS DAY'S MARKET. Beasts 635 | Calves 207 | Sheep 4,320 ( Pigs 110 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. Hay ... .. 50s to 78s | Clover ... 70s to 100s | Straw 30s to 36s COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Nov. 2. Amsterdam, 3 m. 12 Ditto short, 12 4{ Rotterdam.. 3 m. 12 64 Hamburgh . do.. 13 15 Paris short, 25 85 Ditto 3 m. 20 10 Frankfort do... 1544 Vienna 2 m. 10 13 Trieste do. lOtoH Madrid do.... 36 Cadiz do.... 36 Bilboa do.... 36 Leghorn .... do 471 Genoa do... 26 10 Naples 3 m 40 Palermo... per oz.. 120 Lisbon 30 days 47 Oporto do 484 Malta 46 Dublin 14 Cork i| Portugal Gold in coin... Foreign Gold in bars ... New Doubloons PRICES OF BULLION. Ifi oz.. 0 0 0 3 17 3 15 New Dollars with pillars. New Dollars without do.. Silver in bars, standard.. ^ oz. 0 4 9 0 4 9 0 4 10J PRICES OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS. Bank Stock Reduced Three per Cents. Consols, Three per Cents.. Consols for Account Consols, 34 per Cents Reduced 34 per Cents New 34 per Cents New 4 per Cents Long Annuities Exchequer Bills India Bonds Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frid. Satur. 189 189 1895 1894 1885 831 83 831 834 834 844 835 841 844 844 844 84 844 w 844 844 904 904 — 905 90S 99 if m 3- 9( 1? 905 924 91 u 924 921 921 1005 — e 100|? 101 164 164 16) 16.4 161 31 31 31 31 31 21 21 21 21 21 ATROCIOUS MURDER.— Mr. John Grant, of Newry, was mur- dered while hsleep in his bed, in a most atrocious and mysterious manner. His family had retired to rest about half past elev » n o'clock. About half- past twelve a shot was heard by a watchman, in the direction of Mr. Grant's house, but nothing was seen to ex- cite alarm. In the morning Mr. Grant was found dead in his bed, lying as if asleep, with the bed- clothes turned down to his middle, shot through the abdomen. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, but no further information could be obtained, and they re turned a verdict, " That the deceased was shot in his bed by some person unknown." Tbe servant and another person are in custody ou suspicion. HARVEST.— The uncommon continuance of fine weather has been attended by the best effects throughout Ireland. The abun- pant crops of corn have been all saved, and it is stated that the oldest persons do not recollect so much of the food of the poor, the potatoes, to have been dug and pitted. MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN.— The Rev. George Houston, Rector of Feighcullen, Rathangan, was assassinated while walking near his own house, at eight o'clock on Thursday morning. He was an inoffensive clergyman, upwards of 80 years old, and guilty of no offence, save that of collecting his tithe, his only support. Several persons are in custody for this shocking outrage. ILLEGAL COMBINATIONS.— In his charge to the Longford Grand Jury, Chief Barori Joy said—" A voluntary confederation of persons is unlawful, when prejudicial to any class of his Ma- jesty's subjects, and is indictable as a criminal conspiracy." FLOWER- STEALING— Mr. Bourne's beautiful gardens atTerenure, Dublin, have been recently plundered of several rare flowers and' exotics by a lady visitor. A package for liie coach, addressed to a lady near Nenagh, was seized in the coach- office, and several valuable plants found therein, including hyacinths, tulips, dahlias, and ranunculus- roots.— At Rathfarnham Sessions, Patrick Slatlery, for being concerned in this disgraceful felony, was sentenced to three months' bard labour.— Limerick Chronicle. TITHE TRIALS IN TIFPERARY.— Bills of indictment were found by the Grand Jury on Thursday, against all the persons accused of having attended anti- tithe meetings iii this county. There are about fifty gentlemen and other persons concerned in these novol proceedings. TITHES IN THE COUNTY WATERFORD We have hekrd that hundreds, and we believe we may say thousands of latitats are being served in the county Waterford, on the peasantry, for arrear of tithes. SHEARING THE FLOCK.— On Saturday last, pursuant to the following notice, the articles it specifies were sold:—" To be sold, by public cant, at Baal's- bridge, in the city of Limerick, on Saturday, the 20th day of October inst, three coats, one cloak, and two pair of breeches, the property of John Kirbv, distrained for poundage due and owing to the very Rev. Arthur. Preston, Dean of Limerick, of which all persons concerned are hereby re- quired to take notice."— Limerick Evening Post. CORK ASSIZES.— TITHE TRIALS— Oil Monday, Baron . Pen- nefather sentenced James Hodnett, who was found guilty on Satur- day, to pay a fine to the King of one hundred pounds, to be im- prisoned three months, aud to find two sureties in 5001, each to keep the peace for seven years. Messrs. ' l'wiss and Ronayne en- tered pleas of guilty on Monday, which course is likely to be fol- lowed by the several other persons implicated— Mr. O'Connell, it is said, having'so advised,— Dublin Evening Packet'. 354 THE TOWI, November 4. LAW. •—— INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.- Ocr. 31. PHYSIC V. SOOT.— A soot- begrimed knight of the brush, named James Brown, but in appearance nearly a black, came up to the Court, on his petition, to be white- washed from debts to the amount of 93(. The knight was opposed by a surgeon, named Whiddie. to whom he was indebted to the amount of 14/. 18s. for physic and law. The surgeon had attended a young sooty belonging to the in- solvent, for which he demanded 3/. 5s. This was demurred to, and a guinea was tendered, wbitlj was indignantly refused, and an action was brought, but Mr. Whiddle only got a verdict for li. 5s., the costs of which, although not defended, amounted to 12/.; for these costs Mr. Whiddle opposed the poor knight. In the course of the case Mr. Commissioner Harris gravely told the surgeon that the creditors might possess themselves of the in- solvent's premises, he reserving toi himself the " art and mystery" of his profession. The creditor refused the offer, andMlie sweep was ui/ tilc- washed— t. e. discharged. POLICE. MANSION- HOUSE. CHARGE OF SEDUCTION.— Mr. George May, the son of Mr. May, the ink manufacturer, was charged before the Lord Mayor, by Mr. Rolfe, the master of the Coleiuan- street Infant School, with having seduced his daughter, a girl only 15 years and thre? months old, taken her away from the comfortable situation which she held of assistant in a respectable school, and ruined her prospects in life for ever, and that lie aggravated the offence by committing a most furious assault upon her father. The complainant here appeared to be greatly affected ; and Mr. May begged that those who heard the charge would not allow their sympathies tn be taken hold of until they should hear both sides of the question. Mr. Rolfe said, that the defendant had taken his daughter to a lodging, where he had detained her four days and four nights. Having heard that the defendant intended to go out of town on the preceding night, he determined to expostulate with, and endeavour to prevail upon him to make reparation for the dreadful injury he had inflicted. The defendant, upon being addressed by him, in- stead of showing the least compunction, laughed at the accusa- tion, and acknowledged his guilt. Mr. Hobler told the complainant that, unfortunately, a magistrate had no power in cases of the kind, and begged that he would con- fine himself to the charge of assault. The complainant— I said to him, " What a pretty fellow you are to treat me in this way I" Upon which be pushed me. I then pushed liira, and he struck me with the greatest violence. As I would not, under any circumstances, have a black eye, I put up my baud to protect my face, and did not return the blow ; but I took hold of him and held him fast, and called the watch, who soon came to my assistance. Defendant— I have to say, my Lord, that the charge of seduc- tion is a vile conspiracy against me. I no more seduced the girl than any other person here seduced her. I had no desire to have any communication with her, but she scaled my father's walls, and actually wanted to besiege my bed room. Although she is young, she has had her education at Cambridge, and her father knows that I have had no hand in her ruin. As to the assault, I most solemnly assure your Lordship, that when he met me he struck me with great violence, and it was for the purpose of bringing this trumped up story of seduction before your Lordship that he began the conflict. It is I, my Lord, that have reason to be appre- hensive of violence from him.. The complainant appeared to be by far the more powerful man of the two, and many persons were rather surprised at the " bad fight" which the complainant said he had made. A brother of the defendant— I assure you, my Lord, that Miss Rolfe was no more the victim of my brother's acts than she was of mine. Before my brother saw her, she had been seduced many and many a time. Although she is so young, any one would take her for 18 or 19. This matter has been got up without the slightest foundation. The Lord Mayor asked whether any one had seen the complain- ant strike the first blow, and nobody having answered, his Lord- seip said that the defendant must find bail to answer the complaint at the sessions. Amongst the papers which were handed in to bis Lordship on the subject was a letter from the complainant's daughter, stating that she was not disposed to return home, in consequence of having received a blow from her father. The defendant immediately procured bail. WHOLESOME EXERCISE.— A female pauper, in a very advanced state of pregnancy, was brought before the Lord Mayor on a most extraordinary charge :— One of the overseers of St. Botolph, Aid- gate, stated that the pauper had been for seven years chargeable to the parish, along with her husband and had an increasing family. Although treated with great kindness she was excessively riotous in the- workhouse, and was in the habit of conveying to the lyino- in wards quantities of gin, whenever she could collect the means of purchasing it. The introduction of such a beverage was of course not calculated to allay any inclination among the inmates to quarrel, and few disputes ended in mere words. On the pre- ceding evening a great disturbance was heard in the lying- in ward, and the first object that presented itself upon the entrance of the person appointed to superintend was the defendant, with her cap off, her hair about her neck, and the sleeves of her gown tucked ' and standing opposite to another woman, who was also in an advanced state of pregnancy, in a boxing attitude, " Come on," said she, " and I'll give it you— I'll whop you!" ( Laughter.) The officer declared that it was quite frightful to see women, in such a condition, with their fists clenched and ready to do each other the most fatal mischief. He believed that they were each of them within a few days of their time. The Lord Mayor— Do you mean to say that they had been fighting? The officer said that was really the case. As the defendant was, no doubt, the aggressor, it was thought fit to remove her from the ward, there being no other way of securing the other women from imminent danger. She, however, swore that she would go no • where but to the Compter, and was accordingly conveyed thither, as lliere was an hospital in that prison where aid might be given to her in the event of an accident. The defendant said, in a voice very much out of repair, from constant devotion to the giu bottle, that the fault was not hers. She was not, she said, stripped to fight, but to go to bed, when she was challenged by another women to spar a little before they went to sleep, and she had no idea of having anything but a little whole some exercise. The Lord Mayor told the defendant that, if she did not happen to be in a condition which entitled her to the mosl indulgent treat- ment, he would certainly send her to the tread- mill, where she would have plenty of exercise eyery day to make her sleep at night. His Lordship then, having received her promise not lo dis- turb the peace of the workhouse, reeommended her to the protec tion of the officers, who sent her back in a coach. ORGANISED SWINDLING.— There was on Thursday a great deal of curiosity excited by the examination of one of an extensive gang of swindlers, who have been practising wilh great success by- various ingenious methods. Numbers of persons who have been defrauded were in attendance. A man named Hennell, who looked like a farmer, was charged under the following circumstances : — Mr. Kemp, tea dealer, of Little Eastcheap, deposed to this effect':— The prisoner called upon him on the 16th or 17th of Sep- tember, and said that he was going to open a shop at Beckenham, in Kent, and was desirous to slock it on the most reasonable terms, He had, he said, been always in the leather business; but he thought that he might get on better by partly attending to another trade, and Messrs. Osborne and Graham, of Beckenham, who dealt with Mr. Kemp, had recommended that gentleman to him as a tradesman who sold a good article. The prisoner spoke of other connexions of Mr. Kemp at Beckenham, and acted all throughout so dexterously, as not to excite the smallest degree of suspicion. He told Mr. Kemp that he was provided with a most respectable guarantee in the person of Mr. Salt, a tradesman in Holborn, to whom he begged to refer Mr. Kemp for his respectability. The prisoner afterwards called, accompanied by his guarantee, who said that Mr. Hennell was a most honest, industrious, and trustworthy man. The prisoner then handed to Mr. Kemp a check of Mr. upon Child's bank for the sum of 20/., and a bill accepted by Mr. for 501. The draught was paid, a circumstance which naturally increased the confidence of the creditor. The pri- soner had told Mr. Kemp that he had got a license to sell tea, and that his premises had been regularly surveyed. Soon after this dealing the prisoner again called, and said that he wanted goods to the amount of 16/. or 171. more. Mr. Kemp said he could not give credit beyond the security, but the prisoner declared that he must have the articles somehow or other, and Mr. Kemp made no further objection. The prisoner then threw down a check for 10/., and said that Mr. Kemp might as well take it. That cheek was also paid. Those checks operated in a most effectual manner as a blind, but the eyes of the creditor were opened by a letter, which he received by the twopenny post, stating, that Mr. Hennell, of Beckenham, and Mr. of Holborn, were a pair of the greatest swindlers in London; and that the goods given to Hennell were divided between them both as soon as they were obtained. It was added, that he would find many persons ( haber- dashers, leather- factors, ironmongers, shoe- makers, & c.) had been duped. Mr. Kemp said, that upon making the inquiry, he found that he had got amongst a nest of swindlers, who carried on operations most boldly and extensively. He found that the goods ordered to Beckenham from London were often stopped by the gang on the road, and taken back to London to be disposed of. They had carts, on which sometimes appeared the name of Hennell, and sometimes that of some other person, as best answered their pur- poses, and they had a large stock of horses. In fact, the gang were prepared at all points for plunder on the largest scale. Mr. Harme' mentioned that the public were greatly indebted to Mr. Kemp for his conduct on the occasion, for he had resisted the attractive offer of the whole amount due to him, as well as totally disregarded the threats of the gang, in bis determination to make an example of the only one he had at present within his reach. Mr. Kemp said, that a man whom he had seen in company with Hennell on London- bridge, met him and assured him that if he ap- peared against Hennell, so as to cause that individual to be re- manded, it should prove fatal to him, and that the warehouseman was already provided for; but that if he absented himself, either his goods or his money should be immediately forthcoming. The prisoner said he knew nothing whatever about the threat, and had never countenanced it. Alderman Wilson, having heard the whole of the evidence, said tliat< he case was one of systematic plunder, and thought the false pretence had been made out. The prisoner's solicitor said, that if all that had been stated were proved, still the caseniust fall to the ground. Mr. Harmer said that his client had acted upon the double in- ducement of the sum of money and the guarantee, aud the case comprehended that false pretence meant by the statute. The con- spiracy was as villainous as any that had ever been projected and carried into effect by Coster's agency. Alderman Wilson consulted with Mr. Hobler, who was of opi nion that the way of proceeding in the case was by indictment for conspiracy. The Alderman put a question to the prisoner ; but the prisoner's solicitor desired his client not by any means to answer any question. Alderman Wilson— There is a strong presumptive case. It is rather odd that I happen to know something about the prisoner myself. I have been lately in the parish of Beckenham, and wit- nessed the confusion into which the inhabitants were thrown by the fact that a gang of swindlers had got in'o it. They saw that goods were constantly sent to Hennell's house, and immediately removed from thence, and that no other use was made of the pre- mises than converting them into a means of carrying on the plunder. I regret greatly that I cannot hold you, and that I cannot is a proof of the wretched incompetency of the statute book. The prisoner, upon leaving the bar, appeared to be in great _ and told a friend to call a coach, but w as suddenly arrested by. a sheriff's officer, at the suit of Mr. Kemp, for 50/. Several of his victims crowded round him, and expressed \ heir determination to lay detainers upon him to the amount of several hundreds, for goods which he had ordered for the purpose of stocking his house at Beckenham. The Alderman upon seeing the arrest told Mr. Kemp that he would now have an opportunity of preparing his indictment. WORSHIP- STREET. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.— On Monday an elderly man named Grange, was charged wilh conspiring with other persons to defraud Mr. W. Dallas, the proprietor of several houses in St. Luke's parish, of 500/. Mr. Dallas said the prisoner had formerly been an eminent banker in Devonshire, and had failed. In 1820, he ( Mr. Dallas) purchased from his assignees a number of small houses for which he paid ready money. On the 20th of July last, to his utter astonishment, he was arrested for a sum of 500/. by the pri- soner, who acted in conjunction with an attorney. He was thrown into a sponging- house, from which he was liberated in consequerice of some error in the writ, but not before he had been put to con- siderable expense. The attorney was now in prison, on a charge of conspiracy. Brown, the officer, deposed that he had had great trouble in dis- covering the prisoner, who charged his lodgings on hearing the steps that Mr. Dallas was taking. He, however, apprehended him in Lambeth. He found from inquiry that lie had swindled a num- ber of persons, who were imposed on by his venerable and gentle manly appearance ; and he had induced a young lady, who was fascinated by his manners, to live with him, but he soon robbed her of a . sum of money, and deserted her. The prisoner, who said nothing in defence, was held to bail to answer the charge. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. AN EASY YOKE.— A respectable- looking young man, of the name of Ruroath, appeared before Mr. Conant, on a warrant charged with assaulting a pretty- looking female, who stated her name to be Hannah Briggs, and also with creating a riot. The complainant deposed, that she was living in the family of a gentle- man of the name of Smith, in Marylebone- street ; that upon the 30th of September, upon her going out to go to church, with the- nephews of Mr. Smith, the defendant came up and pushed her, and he afterwards created a mob of between 300 and 400 persons round her. Mr. Conant: What induces hint to act so towards you ?— Complainant: He says he is my husband, but I don't know much about that. Mr. Conant: You ought to know whether he is your husband or not.— Complainant: He is not. Mr. Conant: Then how is it that he cals himself your husband ?— Complainant: We were married, but we never lived together, for the instant we left the church we agreed to separate. Mr. Conant: Did you get mar- ried merely for the purpose of separating ?— Complainant: No ; ] married for ihe purpose of being happy, but owing to his not having a home, we separated for a month ; but I will never live with him now. Mr. Conant: What is your reason for not going home?— Complainant: He annoys me, aud says I am a bad character; and he has likewise said that if any man dare step into his place, lie would kill me. I- ast Sunday evening he assaulted one of Mr. Smith's nephews, and got the mob to hoot me. Mr. Conant: Did you ever go out with your husband?— Complainant: I have not for the last twelve months. The last time we went out he kept me from home until half- past eleven o'clock at night. He then diso- bliged me, and I told him that I would never live with him. Mr Conant: What are you ?— Husband : I am foreman to an extensiv hatter in the city, at a salary of 40 guineas per annum, with board and lodging. Mr. Conant: If you want your wife, you must take the proper legal steps to obtain her; and if you suspect Mr. Smith to detain her, obtain a habeas corpus to make him produce her. But you had belter endeavour to see her, and win her affections. Husband : That I wish to do, and which is the reason of my want- ing to see her by herself. Complainant: He can never win my af- fections now, for he has treated me too bad. The worthy magis- trate, finding he could not reconcile the wife to her husband, or- dered the latter to enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace towards her, which being done, the complainant left the office. LAMBETH- STREET. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT.— On Monday Mr. John Burs- tine, a medical gentleman, residing in Haydon square, Minories, was charged with an indecent assault on Mrs. Maria Yonard. The complainant, a very good- looking young woman, who was accom- panied by her husband, said, that on Thursday she called at the defendant's house, as he had requested her to do. He told her bis washer- woman had recommended her to him as a good workwoman, and she was repairing a mattrass in his bed- room, when he kissed her, and took indecent liberties, and had it not been for her strug- gles, would have effected his object. The defendant, who is a foreigner, denied the charge, and the complainant, in answer to him, admitted that she finished the mat- trass and went away without speaking to any one ; she, however, added that the defendant's hands would be found to be scratched. There appeared some wounds, but the defendant said they were burns which he had received in some chymical experiments. The complainant went on to state that the defendant quitted his house with her, and wanted her to take him home with her. She refused, and told her husband, to whom she had been married fifteen months, and he insisted on her taking out a warrant Her husband is a harness maker, and she was the daughter of a farmer near Birmingham. The Magistrates said they believed her statement, and convicted the defendant in the penalty of 51., but subsequently consented to adjourn the case, that the persons in the doctor's house might come forward and give evidence. On Wednesday the Magistrates, after a further hearing, dis missed the charge, it appearing that although the defendant had acted very improperly, yet the woman had not shown that degree of delicacy to entitle her to the consideration she would otherwise have received. UNION- HALL. IMPORTUNATE WOOER.— On Monday Miss Elizabeth Frans- worth, was charged with annoying Mr. Lee, a merchant in South- wark. Mr. Lee has been obliged to discharge his groom, William Marshall, in consequence of the defendant constantly thrusting her love upon the poor man, and oreating a disturbance at Mr. Lee's house. Since Marshall's discharge she has haunted the house, fancying him to be concealed there, and that morning she made a disturbance and broke 15s. worth of glass with her pattens. The defendant, who said the servants had thrown oil upon her, refused to promise that she would not go again to Mr. Lee's house, and . the Magistrates sentenced her to one month's imprisonm- nent. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE — OnThursday a decent- lookin" woman, named Lyons, living in Brandon- street, Walworth, came to this office in a state of great affliction, to make the following statement relative to ihe mysterious disappearance of her son, a lad 15 years of age. The applicant said that, being in reduced cir- cumstances, and having a family of young children to maintain by her own exertions, she sent her son on Tuesday morning last to the shop of a grocer, at Walworth, to obtain employment. The boy having made the inquiry, then left the shop, and had not proceeded many yards from the door, when a man dressed like a gentleman, stopped him, and asked him if he was in want of a place. The applicant's son having replied iu the affirmative, the stranger then inquired whether he could light a fire and clean boots, and whether ha would be contented with two shillings a week and his food for his services. The boy having expressed his willingness to agree to the terms, the stranger desired him to go home to his mother and acquaint her of his having obtained a situation, adding at the same time that he should call upou her the following day himself. The next morning the stranger called at the applicant's lodgings in her absence, and left word that her son should meet him at the Bee- hive, near the Zoological- gardens, at twelve o'clock. The boy- went at the appointed time, and although he had strict injunctions from his mother to return home for his clotljes, as well as to acquaint her where his employer resided, yet he had never been heard of since. As it appeared the strange man had met with the boy at the grocer's door, where he went to apply for work, inquiry has been made there as to whether he was known, and also at the Beehive, where he desired the lad to meet him ; but at neither place was snch a person known. Although the man left word for the son to go direct to the Beehive from home on the day in question, it has now been ascertained that he did not reach that public- house, and this lias led to the belief that the stranger, whoever he may be, met the boy on the way thither, and conducted him to some place where lie has had no opportunity of communicating with his mother. The poor woman added, that she was full of apprehensions about her son, and in reply to the magistrate, said that the boy was always a well- regulated lad, that he kept early hours, and'never mixed in improper company. Mr. Murray gave directions that an officer should be forthwith sent to make inquiries, and ascertain if possible what had become of the applicant's son. THAMES- OFFICE. LAW OF SUICIDE.— Tuesday a young woman, named Morgan, aged 22, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. It° ap- peared that she had been unfortunate for the last seven years, and that she had lately lodged in the house of a labourer in the London Docks, named Jones. Having met some disappointment, she made on Sunday and Monday two attempts to destroy herself by means of oxalic acid, but the wife of her landlord watched her motions, and saved her life. On Monday evening she left the house se- cretly, but Jones followed her, and was only in time to catch her as she was getting over the railing to the swivel bridge at the Lon- don Docks. Mr. Ballantine said, the crime of self murder was forbidden both by the laws of God and man, and though he had no desire to act with harshness to the prisoner, it was his duty as a magistrate to punish her for an offence which the laws of the country said she should notcommit. From what he had heard, it was most likely, if she was released under the present state of her feelings, that she would again make an attempt on her life, and if she succeeded, though no one would pity her, the blame would lie at his door'. He then ordered her to find good bail to answer Ihe charge at the sessions, and iu default committed her to Clerkenwell prison. [ A female under a similar charge was committed by the same ma^ is trate last week.] * LITERATURE. A MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPT. PETER HEYWOOD, R. N. With extracts from his Diaries and Correspondence. Br EDWARD TAGART.— Effingham Wilson. The reader has lately been introduced to Capt. Heywood in Marshall's Naval Biography; and iu the History of the Mutiny of the Bounty, a volume forming one of the series in the Family Library. But till now the reader has probably not known that such a being as Nessy Heywood, his sister, ever existed : were it for no other purpose then, than that of recording the slight though precious memorial of that excellent creature's love and devotion, this volume ought to have been published. Heywood, at the age of sixteen, went out as Midshipman with Capt. Bligh in the Bounty. The part he acted in the celebrated mutiny was forced upon him ; for upon awaking in the morn- ing of that event, he saw a seaman seated upon an arm- chest with a drawn cutlass in his hand ; and having enquired into the cause of so unusual a proceeding, he learned that the captain had been made prisoner, and was to be sent home in the launch. The youth instantly ran upon deck, and witnessed the prepara- tions making for expelling his commander, with such of the offi- cers and crew as chose to become his adherents. The dangerous situation to which his Captain was about to be exposed, with the confusion of mind excusable in so young a lad, who had not been many months in the service, added to the natural impulse of self preservation, made Heywood hesitate as to the course he should adopt; a friend, however, represented to him the danger of remaining behind, he ran down stairs to his berth to fetch some clothes, resolving to accompany the launch ; but when he was preparing to return, he, and another, ( Stewart) were forcibly detained below. In the meantime the launch was pushed off, and Heywood remained, and was ranked among " Christian and his comrades." The circumstance of his having beeu detained ; that of his having voluntarily come off to the Pandora, ( the ship sent out by Government to Otaheite to bring home the delin- quents) : also of his general good conduct while in the service ; and lastly of his slender age and inexperience, all operated in his favour upon his trial by Court martial. He was not acquitted, nor indeed could have been, according to military law, which in a case of mutiny includes the passive or neutral with the guilty. There was no proof in evidence that Heywood had made an effort, or had required the mutineers to allow him to return with his Captain, although in his MS. journal that officer had entered a minute to that effect. In the public document before the court the passage was basely suppressed. On pronouncing the sen- tence of guilty, therefore, the judges strongly recommended the youth to mercy, which procured him a free and honourable par- don from the King. Half of the volume is occupied with a detail of the above pe- riod of his life, together with his defence upon his trial, an excel- lent piece of transparent honesty and manly eloquence ; and when considered as the effusion of a lad only 19 years old, it becomes exceedingly interesting. But the delightful portion of the book consists iu the letters, and here we are reminded of the Sister already alluded to. She was a woman- friend of the genuine species— hoping, suffering, confiding, energetic, and thorough- going. Having made up her mind that her brother could not commit a dishonourable action, nothing could move her from that steady faith. The letter from Bligh to her mother, denoun- cing him as " base beyond all description," only draws from her the following declaration the moment she hears that her brother is on his return home. " I will not ask you my beloved brother if you are innocent of the dreadful crime of mutiny ; if the transactions of that day were'as Mr. Bligh has respresented them, such is my conviction of your worth and honour, that I will without hesitation stake my life upon your innocence. If, on the contrary, you were concerned in such a conspiracy against your commander, I shall be as firmly persuaded his conduct was the occasion of it. But, alas 1 could any occasion justify so atro- cious an attempt to destroy a number of our fellow creatures ? No, my ever dearest brother, nothing but conviction from your own mouth can possibly persuade me that you would commit an action in the smallest degree inconsistent with lianour and duty." Her whole conduct was " asincereexpressionofNature'sgenuine, best feelings, such as we sometimes read of iu many of our pretty Novels." In the bright bead- roll of worthy women, the name of Nessy Heywood must not be forgotten. She was fully equal to, and would have undergone all the trials of Jenny Deans for her brother's sake ; and he appears to have merited her love, for he was a sound- hearted, brave, and honourable man. The latter half of the volume is occupied with his own diary and correspondence. HISTORY OF THE PARISHES AND CHURCHES, TOWNS VIL- LAGES, & c. TWENTY- MILES ROUND THE METROPOLIS. By WILLIAM SMITH. Part I.— Effingham Wilson. A companion to the history of London now in course of publica- tion by the same author; and compiled with the like industry and zeal for antiquarian research that have distinguished the character of that work. After an introductory survey of the county of Middlesex, the remainder of the part is devoted to a history of the parish of Stepney— The " West- end" of our ancestors; for in days of yore the East was the west- end of the town— the genteel quarter. Chaucer's Lady Prioress learnt French " after the scole of Stratford atte Bowe." In enumerating the weekly markets held in the county of Mid- dlesex that of Enfield is included. To our certain knowledge no market has been held iu that town for nearly 40 years. THE ISLAND OF THE PROPONTIS, AND OTHER POEMS. Glasgow :— Robertson. This is a small volume, the contents of which indicate the presence of poetic taste, rather than of poetic inspiration. The versification is melodious. ADVERTISEMENTS OF CHURCH LIVINGS.— Sir W. Ingilby is termed by the Pluralists au Atheist, because he wishes that there should be no Curates starving on the wages of a journey- man carpenter ; and, in a speech lately delivered in Lincolnshire, he thus retorts the charge—" I turn round upou tha'parsons, and I tell them, if there are Atheists in this country, the Atheism begins in their own shop. What the diocese is, or where the fellow lives who here is advertising ( Sir William held a news- paper advertisement in his hand) his church preferment openly before the country— before the diocesan, and in the face of that venerable establishment, which, they say, I am endeavouring to pull down, but which, I say, I am for properly repairing and maintaining— I do not know, but here stands advertised in the paper ' Church Preferment,' and it is described in a manner which will entitle it to the serious attention of all pious charac- ters. It comprehends the ' perpetual curacy and next presenta- tion— great and small tithes'— and all sorts of fine things ' three miles from Hythe.' Iu what diocese is that ? ( Shouts of ' Rochester.') O, then, I will send this to the Bishop of Rochester. But to return. It is recommended to the attention of a ' respectable and worthy divine 1' Certainly it is a fine fat thing for a respectable and worthy divine— a nice sinecure, with nothing to do, except, in due season, to pocket the usual quan- tity of ' glebe and tithe!' It states that the quit rent amounts to something very pleasant, and amongst other things, that there is ' a very fine preserve of game: And, to wind up the whole, ' it is only a distance of two miles from a pack of capital fox hounds. Here, therefore, you have advertised some of the benefits and advantages derived from the Church of England ; good shooting! and a pack of capital fox hounds !! But there is yet something else, which appears to me ambiguous. ' Other advantages that cannot be alluded to except in the course of private explanation.' So, you will perceive, these are the religious gentlemen by whom I am told that I am an Atheist." \ PERIODICALS OF THE MONTH. The Foreign Quarterly Review : No. XX.— The introduc- tory article gives an elaborate and impartial review of the collected works of M. de Chateaubriand. To such as mav not have courage or opportunity to perambulate over the ei ° ht and twenty tomes which constitute the Viscount's CEuvres Completes, this critical sketch will be an interesting and instructive paper' Their author's history is quite the romance of real life, aud he himself the literary Bayard of his age. He never ceases to be poetic, save when he adventures to ascend Parnassus or to em- brace the clouds of fiction. In his zeal to endear Christianity to the imaginations of Frenchmen, he crowns the fountain of Truth with a rainbow ; and when he goos forth as a traveller the earth, and all that it contains, become the vassals of his fancy. We believe Chateaubriand to be sincere, and high- minded ; and such a man, whatever may be the hue of his poli- tical garment, we heartily respect. The Review contains a Ion- philological essay on the " German Origin of the Latin Lan- guage," with which we have not had the hardihood to cope We like the notice of, " The Life of Governeur Morris," one of the Americans of Franklin's affluent period. The long defence of Louis Philip's Government, we purpose adverting" to here- after ; in our copy of the Review this article is incomplete. The New Monthly Magazine.— Without one sterling article there is an amusing variety of light reading in the present num- ber. When will the distinguished " Author of Pelham" cea « e to bore us with recurring to himself and his books ? If he does not actually pen the puffs in his own magazine, he ought to know that it is equally offensive to tolerate the trick in his toadies. The thing would be a trifle if he did not seek to rank among the liberal and the independent. We observe that he has causelessly turned aside to depreciate the merits of the author of the Hunchback, a man who, in sterling qualities, immeasur- ably overtops him. It is a pitiful proceeding. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country No. 34 and 35 for November, parts I. and II.— Fraser is really excellent this month— what we have been able to read of him ; very solid and much to the purpose. He bears his two numbers up gallantly and with a cheerful aspect of business and pleasure. Sir David L. f November 4. THE TOWM. S54 Brewster accompanies him, looking very real, and very like. We never saw this eminent person, but are sure of the resemblance. The face speaks for itself— there is a consistency of truth about it, and its execution is admirable. Surely such a portrait as this would answer the purposes of the Magazine better than the vile caricatures it occasionally gives us— that of Rogers, for instance, which caught the least pleasing part of the poet's face, and twisted it into the most preposterous shape, but omitted whollythe humane aspect, tbe cordial sympathy and expression of kindness, which distinguish the author of the " Pleasures of Memory," and redeem his odd and wrinkled expression of eye. In the first part of this Magazine the admirable papers on " The School- master's Experience in Newgate" are continued in an article of forty pages, which has our warmest approbation. It is a com- plete description of the principal actors in criminality who are daily playing their parts on the great and vicious metropolitan theatre. The translation of the Choephorse by Medwin, is bad— very. The verse is poor, and the exquisite spirit of the original completely evaporated. We know no sketch— for such alone is it to be considered— in the ancient dramatists finer than the ori ginal. Amidst all its horrors, and perturbations of tumultuous revenge, there is so much sweetness, and such a delightful spirit of humanity. Electra may tell us of her " wolfish fierceness"— but we can never lo6e sight of her generosity and virtue. So with Orestes also— and the frightful crimes of jEgisthus are closed with a softness of grief and remorse, which redeem their horror. Mr. Medwin is wholly unequal to the rendering of such things as these. We turn from his failure most gladly to a pleasant paper on Miss Edgeworth's works, and a very good re- view of Wordsworth's immortal poems. The only objection further we would make, is to a paper on " Political feeling in the west of Scotland," and really, poor as the spirit is in which it is written, it is on the whole exceedingly consoling to us. It is the wailing of one of the captives, taken in our political triumph. The rascal moans, but that ought to increase our satisfaction— he 6narls, and we laugh at him. Monthly Magazine.— Some one has at length condescended to notice the Examiner's wholesale attacks upon the clergy. A correspondent, signing himself " A Radical Parson," with an attractive frankness of manner, has shown the principal writer in that paper how little he knows of the character of the body he is constantly calumniating, and with how wanton a spirit he is eternally begging the question against them. The inordinate assumption of the party to which that paper has lately attached itself— the eternal sounding forth of " No doubt we are the people, and wisdom will die with us ;" their utter want of cha. rity. for the weaknesses of rich persons unwisely educated ; and their peevish petulance against all political opponents, and hope- less blindness ( from their full- blown conceit) to their own many errors and deficiencies, are the constant observation of all that we have known to bestow a glance on the Examiner. The following passage from the letter alluded to will amuse the impartial explorer of that journal:—" Gratuitous taunts and insults, Sir, are the most conclusive proof of an uncandid, un- philosophical, unmanly enmity; and surely this insult to the clergy was gratuitous. The argument for the ballot was not in the least aided by it. You were very properly treating with con- tempt the absurd plea of supporting manliness by artificial con- tention. But the plea is not in fashion now, as you well know, and even were the permanency of the church as it is, likely, ( which you are always asserting to be impossible), you could not therefore have wanted the instance of the church to urge as a set- off against the peacefulness of the ballot. Certain, as you declare yourself to be, of the approaching dissolution of the tithe system, this attributing of gross wickedness to a whole body of men is most palpably a piece of gross uncharitableness, and in the very teeth of your boastful pretensions to philosophy and candour. Depend upon it, Sir, no man of education, no manly liberal- minded person, who knows the state of the coun- try, and the existing tenure of landed property, would, however radical a reformer, blame the parson for claiming his tithe pig ; but would, on the contrary, admit the man who withheld it to be a knave, and the parson a fool if he submitted to the injustice. Recollect, Sir, that, though here and there a cant- ing fool and hypocrite amongst them may represent themselves as an apostle, on the authority of antiquated church pretensions, the parsons, as a body, do not pretend to be above worldly wants and desires. Recollect they have families to support as well as other men. Recollect, especially recollect, ( for surely you cannot always have been ignorant of the fact) that, what- ever your philosophy may expect olf them, other men do not want them to be content with the woVdly condition of inspired apostles, and then put these queries fairly to your conscience— ' Do I not conduct my general argument against the clergy, as uncandidly and illiberally, as the lowest and most ignorant scribbler of the day ? Do I not gladly take advantage of any instance I can rake up of clerical misconduct, in order to vilify the whole body; thus arguing from particulars to universals, though a loud exclaimer against this practice in other writers ? Are not my habits of life, my employment and location, as little suited as any, to afford me knowledge of my own, of the general body of the clergy ? Do I ever take the least pains to find out the proportion of the bad subjects amongst them to the good, so far good at least, that I have no right to abuse them ? In short, do I not so far as regards my clerical brethren, act in the teeth of the pretence of my paper -, am I not towards them a bitter parly* man, anda taker- for- granted, instead of an Examiner ?' " Metropolitan.— The opening article in this number is the first of a series upon novel- writing. After an artist- like comparison drawn between that class of composition and the execution of a picture, the writerstarts with the dictum, that " The two most remarkable novels in existence are Gil Bias and Don Quixote 1" The latter work we had always conceived to be a romance, yet, by the rules and principles which the writer has laid down for a gu de in novel- writing, he has classed and treated these two works together, and concludes by giving the palm to Gil Bias, upon the ground of its being " a faithful copy of real life, aud in perfect harmony:" that no character throughout the work is brought in violent contrast with the hero of the story ; that, as " the standard of Gil Bias' character is not very high, to pre- serve the ' keeping,' it was very judicious that no prominent virtue should appear." Pursuant to the rules which the writer has laid down, that most admirable concentration of acute knowledge of human nature, and pungent wit, may perhaps be pronounced the finest novel in point of merit:— but Don Quixote— where is the romance if the adventures of that per- sonage come not under such denomination ? And as a romance, a caricatura of human action, it should scarcely have been tried by the same te6t as the other work. The writer, it appears to us, has begged the question against the immortal Spaniard. In writing a romance, it never was nor could have been his intention to produce a composition without " any strong effect of light and shade," for that would at once have destroyed the very principle of the work. " Clavering's Autobiography," and the article on " Naval Architecture," are well worth perusal ; the one for delectation, the other for national improvement. The British Magazine.— It is edifying to behold a person writing in a periodical, and that an avowed party one, de- nouncing the " effrontery and prostitution of the daily press." Would this writer, in a " religious and ecclesiastical magazine," consider any daily- press scribe warranted in condemning, whole- sale, the clerical body in the same words— yet some warm spirits would justify, and think there is truth in the reverberation—" The effrontery and prostitution of the Established clergy." How de- sirable is the consciousness of one's own inexpressibles being vitreous in composition, when we are assailing the rear- guard of another. This magazine contains, among many articles, an agreeable account of Exning church, near Newmarket; and an historical enquiry into the general character, ecclesiastical and political, of that extraordinary man, Sir Thomas it Becket. The British Farmer's Magazine.— Much has been written * " Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few."— Motto to the EXAMINER. lately in agricultural magazines upon the management and trim- ming of timber trees. The magazine before us has likewise an article upon the same subject; also an account of an American grass, called the " Gama Grass," which, from the report of its prolific, and other excellent characters, may be found worthy the attention of the speculative and intelligent agriculturist. It grows luxuriantly, very high, and is eagerly eaten by the cattle. The same number has articles upon the theory of Rent, and on the evidence before the Bank Charter Committee, by Mr. Gray. The Nautical Magazine for the present month contains an ex- cellent paper " on the timber used for the masts of ships," to- gether with a series of tables of experiments showing the compa- rative elasticity and specific gravity of specimens of Norway, Riga, Adriatic, American, and Scotch fir timber. The Repertory of Patent Inventions, for the present month, contains the following specifications : Joshua Taylor Beale's Im- provements in Steam Engines ; Tyzack, Dobinson, and Co's patent improved windlass ; and Dickenson's Improvements for manufacturing and cutting paper. There are five accounts of the newest patents viz ; Joseph Crawhall's for an improvement on the flat rope used in mines ; Benjamin Cook's for manufactu- ring articles in Zinc ; George Edwards' for a Philosophical Al- phabet ; Peter Young's for a new mode of manufacturing man. gel- wurzel, for the purpose of certain articles of commerce ; and John Howard Ryan's for a method of preserving timber from the dry- rot.— The number also contains accounts of American and French Inventions, besides miscellanous articles of a mechan. ical and philosophical character. The Boudoir contains a portrait of her Majesty, scarcely com- plimentary ; patterns of fashionable Ball dresses ; and a view of thefortress of Ham in Normandy, become notorious from its being the prison of that choice specimen of a Prime Minister, Polignac. The fair subscribers to the work will be interested in an account of this castle dated 70 years" hence."— Also " An AwfulVisit," " The Village Pair," and " the Lady of the Sea" will probably attract the romantic reader. The Magazine of the Beau Monde : No 2.— seems a complete guide to the toilette, having no less than four quarto pages glow- ing with coloured representations of ladies and their dresses— the letter press contains suitable instructions for the modish belle. There is besides a sprinkling of the romantic and humorous, with comical cuts. MUSIC. 1. LET THY MERCIFUL EARS, O LORD, BE OPEN. Collect for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Composed for four voices, by WILLIAM HORSLEY, MUS. Bac. Oxon.— J. A. Novello. 2. Bow DOWN THINE EAR. Solo anthem. Composed, and inscribed to Miss Clara Novello, by THOMAS ATTWOOD.— J. A. Novello. The former of these pieces is in the key of F, simple triple time. As might be anticipated, from the established reputation of the com- poser, the counterpoint throughout is grammatically and even se- verely correct; something more, however, than strict harmonies is required in a composition, to render it acceptable to the ear of even the lover of counterpoint, purely for itself. To our taste this collect is sluggish in character, and deficient in melody; and but for about nine bars of canon at the close, which come in with acceptable relief, we should not care to hear the piece repeated. We should like to know the motive for figuring the instrumental bass, when the harmonies are already supplied for the right hand. In the absence of the latter, they are necessary to ^ direct the accompaniest; but in the present instance they are absolutely useless. Mr. Attwood's anthem, which is in the same key as the for- mer composition, and in triple time, is a charming specimen of that gentleman's refined taste and scientific accomplishment. The first two pages are in solo. The melody, without deviating materially from the ecclesiastical character of the English school, has, nevertheless, a partial leaning towards the pathetic phraseo- logy of the composer's master— the divine Mozart. Several passages also of the accompaniment, particularly in the inter- vening symphonies, remind us of Spohr. Upon the word misery," in the eleventh bar of the first page, we feel that the expression of the passage would be heightened by the A being made flat instead of natural. The second and last movement is agreeably relieved by a solo and chorus interspersed. FINE ARTS. MAJOR'S CABINET GALLERY OF PICTURES, selected from the splendid collections of Art, public and private, which adorn Great Britain. With Historical and Critical Dissertations. By Allen Cunningham.— Parts I. and II. Mr. Major has been a successful, as well as tasteful publisher of ornamental works. The former ought to be, if it is not, uniformly a consequence of the latter. Combined with the popu- lar name of the historian, of the " painters, sculptors, and architects of Great Britain"— an admirable selection of subjects for his publication— and the extraordinary cheapness at which it is sold, it will be a matter of wonder if the undertaking before us do not keep pace in success with the publisher's former spe- culations. The subject of the numbers already out, are— The Bacchus and Ariadne, from the National Gallery ; the Christ in the Sepulchre, by Guercino, and the Market- cart, by Gains- borough, both from the same collection ; the Marriage festival of Isaac and Rebecca, by Claude ; the Holy Family, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the National Gallery ; and the favourite picture of Puck on the mushroom, by the same eminent artist. The price of each number being no more than 2s. 6d., a high state of finish is not expected in the plates j at the same time we think more pains should be bestowed upon them to secure decided popularity. COMIC MAGAZINE. The best subjects in the eighth packet of pictorial puns are—" Hodge's best"— a bumpkin in his Sunday clothes gloring at the looking- glass. " Fancy Portrait— Brayam"— a singing ass. " In cog."— a poor devil caught between the wheels of machinery. / " Quite awake"— an Irish scene and howl. " Go- ing by the post— general delivery"— a whole family dispersed to the four winds from their " close- packed chaise and one." " Madame de Stall"— a dispenser of two o'clock tea and rolls to market frequenters. " Family Cyclopaedia in numbers"— an admirably humourous group of Mr. and Mrs. Polypheme and all the little Polyphemes, to the tune of about a dozen. " Ge- neral panic— run on the Bank"— a cargo of horrified passengers at the certain prospect of au upset. Aud, lastly, " Throwing off the yoke"— a chicken walking forth from the egg- shell. Some of the caricatures are dashed off with admirable spirit and effect. THF, COURT MAGAZINE AND LA BELLE ASSEMBLES The Right Hon. Lady Sophia Sydney's portrait, which em- bellishes the present number of the Court Magazine and La Belle Assemble/:, is not the best specimen of the series of the Female Nobility that have rendered that perioidcal so attractive : the general air and look are somewhat fixed and conscious, and the engraving rigid and sombre. The view of Windsor Castle, however, forming No. I. of the Landscape Gallery, amply com- pensates for any defect which may be found in its companion plate. This noble scene, which has been engraved by Armytage, from a drawing by Daniel, is fully worthy of being installed in any costly publication devoted exclusively to the graphic art. It is crisp, brilliant, and sparkling ; the receding distances are de- licately softened, and the foreground and nearer objects are ac- curately touched in. At the first glance we guessed the plate to have come from the hands of Mr. Pye. Mr. Armytage can ap- preciate this compliment. THE ELGIN MARBLES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Many of our readers are probably not aware that the new gallery erected for the purpose of containing these precious monuments of antique sculpture, is now open to the pubUc on the usual days of admittance, viz. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The entrance to the gallery is at the extremity of the one which contains the Townley marbles. A winding passage ( a temporary one) conducts to a square vestibule, in which are lodged the casts from the Phygalian bas- reliefs, representing the battle of the Amazons ; also an addition to the collection, a young Apollo. The lower part of the legs, and part of the arms, are wanting to complete the figure, which, as respects the body, is a beautiful development of youthful symmetry. The exquisite torso of the Venus, which used to stand at the top of the stairs leading down to the old gallery, here occupies a distinguished and worthy place. One can never contemplate this work of art without regretting its state of mutilation ; yet, in its pre- sent state, we should prefer possessing it to the far- famed statue " that enchants the world." The great room, containing the Elgin collection, leads out of the one just named, forming a transept, as it were, to it. It is a beautifully- proportioned building, lighted, of course, from above, and its length is nearly one hundred and fifty feet. The celebrated frieze, representing the triumphal procession, occupies the lower part of the wall; the alto reliefs, the superior part, and the statues of the Theseus, Ilyssus, Ceres, and Proserpina, & c. form a line down the centre. The coup d'ceil of the whole exhibition is most gratifying. All the figures have been cleaned, and their forms stand forth in grateful relief from the chastely coloured back- ground of the surrounding wall, which is a light French grey. Among the old collection we noticed two valuable additions, presented hy Mr. Chantrey, both bas reliefs ; the one a lovely figure of a young boy, in a gracefully leaning attitude, whose attention is being directed to some object; for the hand, ap- parently of a female, is resting on his shoulder, with the finger pointing. The other is that of an old Greek, leaning forward upon his long staff, in a pensive mood. This is one of those triumphant exhibitions of human art in which the spectator " thinks down hours to minutes." The whole of the British Museum we think should be opened to the public as many days in the week as the National Gallery— the first four, leaving the remaining two for the benefit of students. CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS. ETON.— A truly royal provision was made by Henry VI. for this collegiate establishment, of which the choristers appointed were sixteen. The following are the main features of the sta- tute :—" When a boy is admitted to a place in the choir, he is, by virtue of his appointment, to be received at once on the foundation ; he is to board and lodge within the college, to be provided with all necessaries, to have in every respect the same allowances and accommodations as the grammar scholars ; to wear the san e dress, to sleep in the same room, and to dine at the same table, without distinction of place. * * * As choristers, they are to be charitably admitted to share in the instructions of the grammar masters, and the masters are bound by their official duty to instruct them gratuitously; and when they attain com- petent proficiency in reading, chanting, and the rudiments of grammar— for their royal benefactor demands no more— the choristers are to succeed to vacant scholarships, not indeed on equal terms, but in preference to all other candidates, on a prin- ciple of justice, and in consideration of their services. In seve- ral instances the children of the choir are particularly favoured. They are not restricted within a certain property; they may be received at an earlier age, and consequently with less prepara- tory education, and they are not subjected to the alternate ser- vice in the hall, which the founder has imposed upon the scho- lars. In addition to the advantages of classical instruction, which they are to share in common with the grammar scholars, the statutes provide another master, to take exclusive charge of the choristers. * * * The provost is himself to enforce the diligent performance of his duty. The compiler of these sta- tutes, aware that their musical talents might expose them to many temptations, is careful to provide, that no Fellow or other person whatever shall interrupt them in the prosecution of their studies, or take them abroad without special leave ; nor may they ever go beyond the precincts of the college without per- mission of the provost, vice- provost, or their master." * * * " Such are the privileges belonging to the choristers of Eton, as declared by the statutes of the college. On the present state of the children for whom this munificent provision was made, I forbear to make any comment. ( Then we shall feel obliged to any correspondent who can and will.) I appeal to the con- sciences of ALL the parties concerned, whether these statutes, so unequivocally expressed, and so awfully ratified, are in ANY point obeyed in regard to the choristers." The provisions for the provost, vice- provost, fellows, and chaplains, are doubtless punctually, and to the uttermost farthing, fulfilled. Verily, the day of retribution for these hirelings— these wolves in sheep's clothing, and no true shepherds— is at hand— at the very door. EXETER.— The choristers are ten in number ; and the duty, in most instances delegated to the music master, of selecting boys for the service of the choir, is here performed by the pre- centor himself, as enjoined by the statutes. The choristers are instructed by the organist in singing from seven till nine every morning, and, by application to the dean and chapter, they may have the benefit of a classical education, with the addition of writing and arithmetic. They are admissible as soon as their ear and voice can be ascertained, and are not superannuated as long as their voice continues ; when that breaks, pecuniary as- sistance is given by the dean and chapter to put them out ap- prentices. If they behave well, and they recover their voices, they are adopted again into the choir, as vacancies occur. The secondary clerks are generally appointed from those who have been choristers, thus keeping up a supply of persons well skilled in music to perform the service of the church. The system, at once liberal and judicious, adopted in favour of the choristers of Exeter, has been attended with gratifying success, both with respect to the performance of their immediate duty as choristers, and their ultimate welfare as members of society. " The so- lemnity and splendour of the divine service," says an author little prone to the language of panegyric, " is attended with a care equal to that bestowed on the building, and does equal honour to the dean and chapter." FOREIGN MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. POSTHUMOUS WORK OF BEETHOVEN. Lately has appeared in Vienna a work collated from the papers of that grand musician, entitled, " Studies of Beethoven for Harmony and Composition." It has been edited by the Chevalier Seyfried, and given to the world without addition or retrenchment. So great was the excitement throughout Ger- many at the prospect of its appearance, that three thousand copies were subscribed before publication. A well- written no- tice of Beethoven's life and compositions, together with some additional pieces, also a fac- simile of his writing and notation, accompany the work. On the 15th of November will appear in Paris a translation of the above, hy Monsieur Fetis, accom- panied with notes and a preface. We extract the following pas- sages from that gentleman's prospectus, believing that they will be interesting to the musical reader:— " In the number of artists of rare excellence, Beethoven figures in the first rank. His grand compositions comprise a multitude of original ideas, lhat have long contributed to the delight of artists and amateurs ; these, however, are not the only thoughts which emanated from his capacious brain. Thousands, yet unknown, more or less complete, or unfashioned, were thrown upon paper, waiting for the master hand to transform them into new ebefs- d'eeuvres. The musical world are on tiptoe to become acquainted with the process by which this grand svniphonist laboured; they are anxious to compare him with himself, and to study the first germ of his thought, as in the finished beauties that he has lavished in his other productions. " Who would have thought of Beethoven turning contra- puntist? Our surprise, however, is augmented upon observing a man of so independent a mind, and at times so grammatically in- correct, affecting in many parts of this work a rigour of discipline that would scarcely have been looked for in a mere professor. This severity, contrasted with his slovenliness, or rather his habitual in- trepidity of style, is a fact so singular, as to have given rise to doubts as to the authenticity of the work in question. " In the papers collected after his death, and which contained a digest of the " Studies" that the Chevalier Seyfried has published, it would appear that Beethoven had the intention of writing a work ; or it may be, that this book itself is but the immediate sum- mary of the lessons which he received from his master, Albrechts- berger. The partial disorder that is manifest in the first part may incline one to this opinion. The plan is not accurately determined. In it the examples of a figured bass are frequently substituted for the theory of the harmony; and this as frequently occurs after the application of it has been given. Notwithstanding, however, this theory is not the same that Albrechtsberger has developed in his treatise on harmony. Upon this subject the opinion of Beethoven appears to vacillate. Sometimes he represents the greater pro- portion of discords as the result of modifications of the common chord and of the chord of the dominant seventh; at others he re- turns to the classification of these chords, considered separately, into fundamental and derivative chords, according lo the method of Rameau. " As regards the second part of Ihe work, almost the whole of which relates to the art of writing in composition, all is different. System and order exist, such as are found in the works of Marpurg, of Albrechtsberger, and of all the writers who have treated the subject; but Beethoven so frequently expresses himself in a man- ner perfectly original and independent, that there is ground for supposing that his intention in writing these studies was, to lay the foundation of a great work. Such familiarity of thought prevails throughout, that a better idea inay be formed of the peculiar turn of the writer's mind, than by any thing that has been heretofore said or written respecting this celebrated man. However singular certain expressions may appear which Beethoven has used in this part of the work, it has been thought proper to retain them in the translation, in order that the original character just alluded to may be faithfully preserved. " The second part of the book therefore is a hona fide treatise upon composition. There prevail in it a pure doctrine and excellently- written examples, which annul the reproach of ignorance, that has from time to time been cast upon this composer, and contradicts the reports that have been circulated respecting the distaste that he uniformly manifested through life to the study of counterpoint. A free and unconstrained, rather than a severe style, accorded better wilh his genius; nature had formed him to create, and not to avail himself of that which bad preceded him; yet be was not ignorant of what had been accomplished. A treatise on composition by Beethoven becomes so much the more curious and interesting as all doubt is removed as to in authenticity. What adds to lhat in- terest is, that there are several pieces in a state of considerable de- velopment, as trios and quartelts for the violin, tenor and bass, wljich may be regarded in the light of unpublished compositions of that illustrious man. *" * When, in addition to his preface and annotatory notes, Monsieur Fetis proposes correcting the " errors" that Beethoven may have com- mitted in this work, we presume he can allude only to such as are op- posed to the received dogmas of the science, otherwise the idea of Monsieur Fetis presuming to question the authority of such a man as Beethoven in the science of composition, would be inexpressibly lu- dicrous. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Roux, a journeyman cutler of Cahors, in the Dordogne, aged 26, and a young woman of 20, having formed an attachmentforeach other, but being prevented marrying by the opposition of their parents, met by appointment on the road to Lairoque, with the intention of putting an end to their existence. The young woman first stabbed herself with a pen- knife, and Roux afterwards gave her two deeper wounds, from which she expired immediately. He then plunged the knife into his own breatt, but rot with the same effect, for he was found alive, and it is believed that he may recover. BELGIUM. The Nouvelliste, a French demi- official paper, says, the treaty between France and England lias been ratified. The ratifications were exchanged at London on Saturday by Prince Talleyrand and Lord Palmerston. The treaty, which consists of five articles, was immediately- communicated to the Conference ; not, however, as requiring its assent, which could only have caused delay, but merely as an act due to the Five Powers who have so faithfully concurred in maintaining the general peace. On the same even- ing a steam- boat was sent off with despatches to the Kings of Hol- land and Belgium, requiring them to evacuate the respective terri- tories they hold belonging to the other of them by November 2; accompanied by a formal declaration, that if these measures were not completed by the 12th, the combined forces would immediately act both by sea and land. The fleets will gsail on the 5th, and the army will begin to move on the 15th; but it is believed that all the ill- judged resistance hitherto displayed, and which from this moment will become ineffectual, must at once give way to the irre vocable decree of France and England. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 19.— The King approached Madrid last even- ing at four o'clock. The whole city went out to meet him. The Royal Cortege was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and entered the city amidst the loudest acclamations of the people. The army has pronounced itself decidedly for the young Princess, and the removal of the Captains General of Provinces and Regents of Audience, known to be favourable to the Carlists, and their sub- stitution by men of other principles, has given universal satisfac- tion throughout the kingdom. A complete amnesty for all Libe- rals, with the exception of those who voted the Regency of Seville in 1823, and the Generals who took up arms against Ferdinand's sovereignty, has been signed, and promulgated. Amongst the new nominations the following have taken place :— Superin- tendent General of Police— Don Martinez de San Martin who was political chief of Madrid in 1822 ; Inspector of Cavalry— General Freyre; Governor of Cadiz— General Zarco de Valle. Besides these there are several other nominations lo important offices of persons who were in the ministries of 1820, 1, 2, and 3. In a few days the antient Cortes of the Kingdom will be convoked, and in fine a new epoch of prosperity seems to have commenced, and we cannot but flatter ourselves with the prospect of having a govern- ment more in unison with the policy of the enlightened nations of Europe. ITALY. Accounts from Rome of the 18th ult., speak of the drought being so severe as lo seriously menace the existence of the cattle which depend on the pastures for their support. Letters from Syracuse, of the 4th ult. contain similar complaints, and also mention that Sicily has been infested this year with extraordinary swarms of locusts. TURKEY. VIENNA, OCT. 19.'— Some days ago Turkish merchants here said that M. Maurojeni, Turkish Charge d'Affaire's at Vienna, bad received from Ihe Porte an important diplomatic mission, and a large sum of money for the execution of it. M. Maorojeni set out the day before yesterday for Paris and London, which confirms the first account, that he is commissioned by the Sultan to enter into a negociation with France and England relative to the war with Mehemet Ali. Letters from Constantinople had previously an- nounced this step as a thing resolved upon. Malta Gazettes to the 10th of October bring the important infor- mation that the Pacha of Egypt has opened negociations for peace with the Sultan, through the mediation of the Turkish commandant of the fleet. The proposalswere instantly despatched for Constan- tinople in a fast- sailing ship. AMERICA. New York papers of tbe 9th, and Quebec to the 5th of October, speak of a heavy gale, in which the Buck ( Quebec packet), Spald- ing, and several other vessels, were lost. According to an official statement of the commerce of the United States, made to the Se- cretary of the Treasury, the imports for the year ending the 30th of September amounted to 103,191,124 dollars; the exports to 81,810,583 dollars. The imports into the state of New York alone were 57,077,417 dollars, and the exports 25,535,144 dollars. The next in magnitude was Massachusetts, wherein Boston is si- tuated, imports 14,269,056 dollars; exports 7,733,763 dollars. Pennsylvania ( Philadelphia) comes next— imports 12,124,083 dol- lars; exports 5,513,713 dollars. Louisiana ( New Orleans) its- ports 9,766,693 dollars; exporis 16,761,889 dollars. 356 THE TOWI, November 4. TO SUBSCRIBERS. Part I. of the POLITICAL MAP OF ENGLAND, engraved on steel, and brilliantly coloured, is now ready for delivery, gratis, to those who .. ave paid their quarter's subscription to The Town, the only way in which this important and useful work can be obtained. 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A handful of miserable desperadoes succeed in burning and destroying a large portion of one of the lead- ing towns of the empire— iu liberating criminals— destroy- ing the prisons— and overawing the whole population. Order is restored— there arises a general outcry against the authorities— and evidence of their supinencss is col- lected, arranged, and forwarded to Government. After mature deliberation, it is thought fitting to place the Ma- gistrates on their defence, before a Jury of their Country- men. If guilty, ought they not to have been so arraigned? if innocent, is it not desirable lhat the presumption of their guilt should be met and dispelled by direct evidence? We shall make but this remark an the whole affair— thai had it not been for the hatred of the people of Bristol to their oppressive and imbecile corporation, the attempts of the rioters could never have succeeded. Remarkable Events, etc. Sun rises 18 after 7 Gunpowder plot, 1605 Mich. Term begins Sir F. 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At a moment when the public mind is darkened with apprehension of Ihe consequences that may arise from the Governments of England and France, acting up lo the terms of the Convention of the 23d ult. having for its object, the prompt adoption of coercive measures, to over- come tho unyielding obstinacy of the King of Holland— at such a moment, it gives us great pleasure to be enabl to communicate, in relation lo tho existing posture of af- fairs, facts coming from a source on which we can place every reliance, and of a character calculated to dissipate the alarms of those who arc looking to the debateable territory of Belgium as the arena of a European war. In the first place, the Prussian Government is perfectly sincere in its co- operation with the cabinets of England and France, and will make no opposition to Ihe march of French troops into Belgium, should the show of resistance offered by his Dutch Majesty call for such a movement The following plan of operations against Holland, in case it should be necessary to resort to extremities, has been jointly adopted by the Governments of the three countries:— On the arrival of an unsatisfactory ultimatum from the King of HOLLAND ( his MAJESTY'S answer was to have been given on ( lie 2d inslant) a Proclamation will be issued, declaratory of the intention of England and France to seize upon all merchant and other vessels of Holland found at sea after a certain date; the date to be fixed at a period sufficiently remote to afford time for the recall of part of the Dutch commercial marine. The Scheldt will be blockaded by the fleets of England and France. A French army will march upon Antwerp for the spe- cific purpose of expelling the Dutch from that portion of the Belgian territories. After liberating Antwerp from thc presence of King WILLIAM'S troops, the French, in ac- cordance with an express pledge given by their Govern- ment, are lo retire from Belgium. To ensure the fulfil- ment of this engagement, Venloo will be occupied as a guarantee by the troops of Prussia. The harmoniousprosecution of such vigorous measures by the Three Powers cannot fail to bring King WILLIAM spee- dily to reason without any danger to the general peace or any lavish out- pouring of human blood. The fact is, His Majesty by carrying his pertinacity so far, has worked himself into a disagreeable dilemma from which he can- not easily cscape with credit. His real motive for holding out at present is the fear of popular indignation. His ap- peals to the passions of his subjects have been answered with a fervour that may not brook the total extinction of extravagant hopes. Besides, the Chambers have grant- ed him supplies for an army of one hundred thousand men for eighteen months; and how can His Majesty confrontthe representative bodies when, after all the treasure expended upon the munitions of war— after all thc niarfching and countermarching, and manifestoes and bravadoes, he must submit at last without effecting anything ? There is something ludicrous in Ibis regal necessity of keeping up a semblance of resistance. It is to be hoped ' matters will be so arranged that no awkward accident w ill occur to the effusion of blood. The final arrangement of thc tedious Belgian affair may thus be early expected— Sufficiently- early to allow the whole energies of a reformed Parliament to be directed to the settlement of Ireland. Its undivided energies will indeed be demanded for this purpose— an entire separation between that section of the united kingdom and Great Britain being the avowed in- tention of Mr. O'CONNELL, in private, whatever equivo- cating guise he may deem it expedient to assume in his public • declarations. It is calculated that thirty- five pledged advocates of the repeal of the Union will be re- turned to Parliament from the neighbouring country. The subject of the assessed faxes is one which is likely to occupy a share of the attention of the ensuing Parlia- ment. It seems lhat the amount of the assessed taxes having been fixed by Act of Parliament, even the King's Surveyor of Taxes has no power of altering it, and that however heavily it may press on an individual, or on a parish, the Local Assessor can do nothing to relieve the one or the other. Such, at least, is the result of a con versation held the oilier day at the Treasury between Lord ALTHORP, the two Members for Westminster, the Chair- man of the Board of Taxes, a deputation from St. Paul's, Covent- garden, and one of the Commissioners of that district. One case ( in " Re Colyton and Price," 117) has already decided lhat the Commissioners executing the several Acts relating to the duties of assessed taxes for dislricts, are not entitled under the 43d Geo. III. c. 161, to discharge persons rated for houses on the ground of tlieir not having been occupied during Ihe whole year, unless notice iu writing has been given to the Assessor of such houses not having been occupied. In the conversation referred to, the complaint seems to have been that the Surveyor of the Taxes had restored the amount of assessments to what they had been some lime since, although the Local Com- missioners had expressed an opinion that they ought to be reduced. All parties at last appear to have agreed that nothing could be done without an alteration of the law, and truly it seems absurd that the whole machinery of Boards of Local Commissioners, of Surveyors, and of Chief Boards, should be used for nothing but to collect the taxes without Ihe power of reducing them in case of a just neces- sity. If llie Act we have mentioned be that which fixes the amount, it is doubly requisite that sohie alteration should take place, for that Act was passed in war- time, and under a depreciated system of currency, which two causes would readily combine to raise the amount to as pinching a point as possible. Another part of ( he subject of no slight importance, and one indicative of a paramount grievance in this country, namely— the tendency of our laws to spare the rich and grind the needy— was alluded to by a gentleman of the deputation, who re- marked the extraordinary fact, that gentlemen living in the counlry, and occupying large mansions worth, in ren- tal, 300/. or 400/. a year, were assessed at the compara- tively small sum of40/., while ( he average amount of assess- ment of houses in Covent- garden parish was 75/. Lord ALTHORP bore testimony to the accuracy of the statement, and declared, that the subject of complaint should receive immediate attention. But with every reliance on the good dispositions of the CHANCELLOR of ( he EXCHE- QUER we would recommend thc people to stir in their own behalf. We are glad ( o learn that this rank injustice has become ( lie ground of direct consideration in another pa- rish. It is stated that Ihe parish of St. James has re- solved upon instituting a strict and impartial inquiry into the amount at which houses are rated, and ( o assess them in future upon a more equitable principle. Not only is the value of the house to be taken info consideration, but its extent also— the ground it occupies in front and depth is to be measured, and the rate lobe made proportionality. Thus Burlington House, which hitherto was rated at only 800/., has been tried by the new standard, and rated at 4,000/. This is as it should be. Why should the in- dustrious tradesman be crushed to earth beneath a ntoun- tain of taxes, and thc Nobleman, in whom a repletion of wealth generates torpor of blood, and " vexation of spirit " be left comparatively untouched ? Is it because the one creates capital and thc other consumes it ? We trust the parishioners of St. James' will persevere, and ( hat other bodies of the same class will follow their example. Now ( hat the Select Vestries are abolished, and the first reatstep towards Parochial Reform fairly taken, ( lie fault will rest with the community if the course of improvement do not proceed with satisfactory rapidity and complete success. If it be right and reasonable to meet the claims of the public creditor, it is surely as right and as reason- able ( hat every individual in the general body of His Ma- jesty's subjects should be called upon to contribute neither more nor loss than his equitable proportion. The Mayor of Bristol has been acquitted of the charge of neglect of his duty during the riots; and it is doubtful whether the trial of his fellow magistra( es will proceed A violent outcry has been raised by the Tory priuts against the Government for instituting the prosecutions. This is MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— We understand that there is a marriage on the tapis between the Honourable Mrs. Hope and Field- Marshal Lord Beresford. A SINE QUA NON.— Ninety- nir. e men out of every hundred, in the whole island of Great Britain, are firmly convinced that the reform will not be worth one straw unless I be in Parlia- ment V— Cobbett. On Thursday C. S. Lefevre and J. W. Scott, Esqrs., candi- dates for the representation of North Hampshire, attended by their friends, addressed a numerous audience in the Market- room, at Alresford, explaining their views and the line of conduct they intended to pursue ( should they be returned), highly to the satisfaction of a numerous body of agriculturists and all present, when both gentlemen were very favourably received, and appear to entertain confident hopes of success. CORPORATIONS: No. II. If we ask what has so long maintained ( he exclusive commercial rights of borough corporations, the answer unquestionably must be, tlieir exclusive political rights. These have, in fact, in by far the great number of cases, been the only rights about which the members of cor- porations were at all solicitous, or that their patrons struggled ( o maintain. Neither in small communities nor in large is monopoly practically benoficial. It is the very reverse of the qua- lity of mcrcy; it is twice cursed— cursed ( o those who enjoy it, cursed to those over whom it is exercised. The public suffer by all exclusive rights ; but the possessors do not benefit. Exclusive rights exert a deteriorating influence, which goes farther to depress the workman than the most unlimited competition. Go into what town soever, if we find there a trade whose professors, masters, and journeymen, are more than ordinarily poor and igno- rant, we may, a priori, decide that ( hat trade is a mono- poly. It is the natural tendency of monopoly to excite among its possessors just so much competition as is suf- ficient effectually to depress the labourer. Thc exclusive political rights of boroughs, which have hitherto accompauied their exclusive commercial rights, have tended towards thc same end. In every corporation where the right of election was in the freemen, there was a constant endeavour to increase their number, without regard to the natural demand for their services. The exclusive commercial rights have been greatly broken in upon— in some instances, broken up— by various regu- lations made during the last forty years. One very large and extensive branch of manufacture is altogether free and unrestricted— we mean, cotton, linen, and silk weav- ing. Other branches of trade have taken root, where ( here were no corporation laws to prevent their extension. If woollen weaving could not thrive at York, it could a( Leeds and Huddersfield. There is another regulation which, during the course of the war, ( ended wonderfully to depreciate the value of corporation monopoly — the privileges conferred on soldiers and sailors, aud continued to their children, of practising any handicraft, or following any business, in chartered as well as unchartered towns. In many instances, these King's freemen have rendered the monopoly of certain trades so obviously worthless, that it has been voluntarily abandoned, or, what is tantamount, been thrown open ( o the community for the payment of a ( rifling fine. Taking all these particulars into consideration— the small value of corporation commercial rights when di- vorced, as they now are, from political rights; the serious inroads already made on them by the emancipation of certain trades, and the throwing open of all to certain classes; we cannot contemplate, for a moment, that a serious opposition will he made, much loss that it will be successful, against any rational plan of as full and entire freedom in matters of trading, as in matters of political interest. When we recommend such a plan, we must not be understood as objecting to the forms of corporations; neither are we over solicitous of assimilating those forms in every borough to some common model. We feel very much disposed, in the arrangement of these municipal constitutions, to leave each separate town to choose for itself Ihe form that falls in most readily with tbe opinions and habits of ( lie majority of ( he householders. All lhat government seem required to do is, to provide means by which the will of the majority may be readily made known, and, when known, carried into effect. When Lord John Russell was discussing that part of the Kelorm Bill which related to the new boroughs, he fully admitted the importance of corporation forms; and, in slating that at a future period charters would, in all probability, bo conferred on these new boroughs, he spoke of the corporation of London, as affording a proper and fitting model for such charters. Wc admit that there are many good points, comparatively speaking, in thc forms of ( he City corporation, but wc cannot regard it as by any means so perfect as ( o render it an advisable pattern. The ultimate electors are, in most instances, too few ; the divisions of the city arc most unequally made; the life election of the aldermen is a decided nuisance; ( heir veto on candidates for admission to their order, which is a con- sequence of their election for life, is a power to which no set of delegates have the smallest title ; ( heir interference in the choice of the mayor is injurious io the electors, and useless to themselves. In any charter to be given to a new borough, and in all reformed charters of old boroughs, we should deem it essential that, in the first place, the choice of the council, if a council he required, should be vested in the house- holders at large. This is the only way of securing to the authorities a ready and cheerful obedience. How different would the conduct of the householders have been, had Ihe authorities of Bristol been the free choice of the majority of the communily, instead of being the choice of a small party in it! The next point is the form of ascertaining the wishes of this majority. Here, vvhalever theoretical ob- jections may be urged against the ballot iu political elec- ( ions, ( he evident utility of that mode of voting must strike the least attentive. There is not a single reason that jus- tifies its adoption in a club, ( hat docs not call imperatively for its adoption iu ( he choice of municipal rulers. We can conceive no greater injury ( o good neighbourhood, putting the evils of intimidation and petty bribery out of the ques- tion, than open voting is calculated to inflict, more espe- cially in a small community. If the magnitude of the borough require divisions, it is essential that Ihe divisions be fairly made. Some of the wards of London arc ridiculously small; some of them un- wieldy, from their magnitude. This error is not likely to he commidcd iu the first instance, but its occurrence, at any future period, ought to be carefully guarded against. A great deal was said during ( he debates on the Reform Bill of ( he accommoda( ing power of the English consti- tution. No compliment was ever so ill deserved. The truth is, our best institnlions are ever running ( o waste, because of the absurd unchangeability which we so per- tinaciously seek to impress upon ( hem. Whether the magistrates should be elccted by the elec- tors at large, or by thc electors in divisions ; or whether ( hey should be elected by the council, where there is one, are questions on which much may be said. We would rather prefer the election by the council, provided its members were sufficiently numerous. But, according to whatever form, or by whatever body elected, one rule is plain, they ought to be elec( ed for a term of years only. At the utmost the duration of a representative's existence may well suffice for an alderman. Triennial elections are the most extended that we would willingly concede iu either case. There is one objection to a general reform of borough corporations, arising out of thc supposed violation which such a reform implies of the rights of property, strictly so called ; we mean, ( he righls of freemen to regulate the appropriation of the borough funds. To this objection we shall very briefly advert in our next. METROPOLITAN MEMBERS.— No. I[. There is a point in the address of Mr. Grote, to which when noticing the candidates for the City, in our last, wo did not advert, though it requires a sentence of remark. His pledges, on all the questions which are at present under discussion, are exceedingly sa( isfactory, with one exception, and that one exception respects a question, concerning which Mr. Grote ought to know more than he can well know of any other—( he Bank question. We do not find much fault with his opinions respecting ( he East India Company. If ( he China trade be opened— if the commcrcial part— the profit part— of the monopoly be made free, the regulations called for in the legal and ad- ministrative departments will not be seriously opposed. Challenging monopoly, however, in the case of the East India Company, aud in the case of the landlords, we are utterly surprised to find Mr. Grote stoutly vindicating monopoly, in the case of the Bank of England. He ast signs no cause for the exception; we suspect for the best reason. " It will be taking the ' breeks' from a highland- man," says Fergus M'lvor. That there may he danger in permitting the issue of other notes than those of the Bank of England to take place in the capital, we don't deny. We have seen, and felt great danger, from the circulation there, of ( he notes of the Bank of England itself. But if \ ve can so regulate the issues of an establishment in Threadneedle- street, that they shall be unaccompanied with danger, we can equally regulate the issues of an es- tablishment in Lombard- street, or FIeet- s( reet, or the Strand. That wc can do the former, is implied in every proposal for the renewal of ( he Char( er; and if ( he former, unquestionably Ihe lalter is in our power. If we can bind the strong, we can bind the feeble ; if we can controul the motions of the Giant, assuredly we can direct those ofthe Dwarf. The inference from Mr Grofe's assumption—( hat the sole right of paper issues in, thc Metropolis must be con- ( inued ( o the Bank of England— is yet more questionable than the assumption itself. He tells us, " that the Charter must be renewed for a short time"— Why ? Such a re- newal might suit full well the hand- to- mouth policy that has long afflicted the country ; but which, we hope, is now to afflict ii no longer. There is not the slightest necessity for any temporary renewal in the Charter itself; and com- mon sense would cry shame upon it. The terms of ( he Charter arc, ( hat intimation of the intention of Govern- ment not ( o renew may be given in 1833: and, if given, the Charier expires iu 1834. But the intimation is not imperative; it may be delayed till 1834, or later. Inslead, therefore, of say ing the Charter must be renewed for a few years, we say ( lie Charter must neither be renewed nor abrogated, until it can be fixed on a firm and permanent basis; and, least or all, must if be renewed on the prin- ciple, or rather want of principle, proposed by Mr. Grote. Thus much in correction of our last— now for another por- tion of the Wen. Is ( he city of Westminster to be represented by Sir Francis Burdett and Sir John Hobhouse iu the new Par- liament? And if not by them, by whom? What are the merits of either? What have they done ? For, to a per- son of sense and thought, that is the only question worth putting. We do not mean to dispute Sir Francis's zeal for reform, nor the exertions it has called forth. He has, for the last 20 years or more, made some two or three speeches, per session, in the House, and some two or three, per annum, out of it, in favour of reform,— he was confined for a quarter of a year in ( he Tower, having, first of all, brought the sacrerlness of his word into serious quest on, and placed the quality of his judgment beyond doubt or cavil, by a rcsis( ance which had no rational objccl. We say, that we do not doubt Sir Francis's re- forming zeal, but even ( here a fastidious critic might find ample room for comment. What was his conduct during Mr. Canning's administration? It is matter of boast to his friends, and therefore it cannot be objected to us, ( hat we are enemies ( o his fame, when we describe Mr. Can- ning as ( he greatest enemy lo the rights of the people of England that ever held power in England. Still wc blame not Sir Francis for supporting Canning against Peel, or for backing him when he deserved backing ; but, was there anything in Mr. Canning's political character or conduct, that justified Sir Francis Burdett in devoting himself to his service, as a thick and thin supporter ? On what principle of common sense, or common decency, could the champion of household suffrage, nay, of uni- versal suffrage, and annual Parliaments, join hand and heart with one who would not even condescend to argue the question of Parliamentary Reform in any shape?— who esteemed Old Sarurn as high as he did Westminster; and who contended as stonily for the corrupt abominations of Scotland, as he did for 1he felicitous admixlure of rotten aud sound of England? Not only do we find Sir Francis a back- and- bone supporter of Mr. Canning ; he was equally staunch in his support of Mr. Canning's suc- cessor. Who docs not recollect his laboured panegyric on military ministers? Having once gone over to the right side of ( lie House, he seems to have been, from that time, as effectually under the spell of that influence which proverbially prevails ( here, as any holder of, or hunter after place, that ever sat on, or sighed for the Treasury bench. These are, we grant, vagaries that may be out- weighed by acts of substantial good. What then has Sir Francis done ? Nothing. This is thc only answer that his long- life supplies— Nothing. Did he ever carry a measure? Did he ever originate, or prosecute an inquiry from which temporary or lasting benefit was derived to his constiSu- ents, or the community ? What useful law owns him for father? What commit( ee has he attended? Of what tax is thc remission traceable to his exertions? What statute has been amended by his efforts? In ( he long period that he has been connected with one of the largest, and most intelligent constituencies in England, can a single instance of his persevering activity be citcd? What in all that lime has he done ? Is his private practice a whit better lhan his public ? Who would intrust the smallest and slightest matter of business ( o his charge? Who would depend for the slightest good on his punctuality ? Write to him — will your letter be read, or, if read, answered in one month— in six? See him, that is if you can ; and will your recommendation, or your en( rea( y, bo acted oil in a a year? Is this severe? Is it true? We repeat, again and again, we challenge not Sir Francis's principles, much less his talents ; but we utterly despair of him now as a useful legislator. Sir John Hobhouse has more of the matter of hope in him ; he is a younger man, with fewer of a young man's follies, than his aged colleague. He has done something. Thc Vestry Act, not the best of all possible acts certainly, but infinitely better lhan the old one, is his. Perhaps we ought not to charge him with ( he abandonment of the bill for its amendment. Thc argument against that bill was specious. The only suspicious circumstance was Ihe quar- ter from which the opposition to it came. It was certainly strange ( hat Mr. George Lamb should venture to throw November 4. T H E f O W I , 3 * 7 out a measure, introduced by tbe Secretary of War, with- out the knowledge or connivancc of his brother officiary. We have been told that Sir John is highly useful in his present department; but here again, the quarter from which the praise proceeds, gives us pause. We cannot accept isir Henry Hardinge as a proper judge of what a Secretary of War should be. If there were but one party to be consulted in such a case— if the army alone were to be con- sidered, we should submit to Sir Henry's authority; but we cannot forget that there is another party— those who pay the army ; and of the wishes and morals of that other party we hold the solid- jawed knight to be, of all his clique, the most ignorant interpreter. So far, then, from accepting Sir John's usefulness, when so vouched, as a proof of his fitness to represent Westminster, we think that to any person who looks to the conditions on which Westminster was content to accept of Sir John some fif- teen years ago, it must tell tlio contrary way. There is, indeed, a difficulty which we would not under- rate— It may be said, " If you send Sir Francis and Sir John to the right- about, where will you get two better?" ' i'he answer to the question will be most easily got at, when we have answered another—" Among the entire band of Reformers, having regard, as we are bound to have, to the particular interests of Westminster, as well as to the general interests of England,— where will we get two worse ?" RICHMOND ALMS- HOUSES. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. * SIR,— On looking over some old papers, I find the following, which is an extract from Mr. Brougham's speech, inserted in the Times, of June 6, 1829 :—" Mr. Brougham stated, that 18,000 charities had been inquired into and examined. One good effect of their application to the subject would be fonnd in the perfect registration of charitable estates.. Another result of an agreeable nature, was that 70,0001. of actual yearly re- venue had been added to these charities. Their annual income, formerly estimated at 250,000/., now, it was pretty well ascer- tained, amounted to between 1,500,000/. and 2,000,000/. The misapplication of the funds of charities he deeply deplored. They were applied to purposes very different from the wish of the donors ; often injudiciously, to the support of great nuisances." Your's, & c. Richmond, Oct. 31, 1832. VERITAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. SIR,— It is with no small feeling of surprise that I noticed in your valuable paper, of last Sunday, the letter from " Not < in Old Inhabitant of Richmond, but a lover of Truth and Jus- lice, as well as Charity" ( sounding titles), but, with your per- mission, I will show there is neither truth nor justice with your Correspondent, and much less of charity. My only object is to correct abuses ; you appear to entertain the same feeling. You state that my letter was temperately written ; for when a man substitutes abuse for argument, which, it appears ( but for your interference) the " Lover of Truth" would have done, the honesty of the defence must be thought lightly of, much less the soundness of his judgment. With my letter to you I sent my address; the Lover of Truth is anonymous,— the fact speaks for itself. In my letter, one of the principal abuses I mentioned was, that the poor men had been so long deprived of their coats ; your Correspondent carefully evades this, and only talks of a Doctor ; I should therefore suppose that the " Lover of Truth," must be a " lover of Physic." He likewise states, that he is indirectly accused of sufferiug the funds to be misapplied for a medical practitioner ; let him read the 7th article in the Govern- ment report, in which he will find that the poor men are to be covered instead of physicked. It is an old maxim, that " pre- vention is better than cure," which the lover of medicine seems to forget. As to the enfranchisement of the copyhold property, which your Correspondent thinks so " desirable and valuable," ( but for my part I cannot) he does not show his love of truth ; there- fore I refer him to the following extract from the Commissioners' report:— " It is in the contemplation of the trustees to increase the monthly allowance to the pensioners from 30s. to 40s. each, then, out of the residue, to obtain the enfranchisement." This was in 1825, seven years since ; but no advance in pay, nor any • enfranchisement. Let the " Lover of Charity" answer this if he can. I beg to apologise for intruding so largely on your columns, but I can assure you the matter is looked upon with the deepest interest here. I am, Sir, your's, & c. YODR FIRST CORRESPONDENT FROM RICHMOND. Richmond, Oct 31, 1832. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. SIR,— Several letters have been written to you upon the sup- posed abuses of Mitchell's alms- houses, which have induced me to make some inquiry into this affair. Your Correspondent " The Old Inhabitant," has stated that the inmates have not had a good cloth coat, although charged for, these ten years; if he had said, these eighteen years, he would have been more correct, as I am informed. I have also heard, that the paymaster has become a wholesale dealer in coals for all the charities in Richmond. Is it to supply a better and cheaper article than any other coal mer- chant that he has undertaken this black job ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Richmond, Nov. 1, 1832. WALLSEND NOBBLY. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD OCT. 31.— Yesterday Mr. James Hill was admitted Scholar of New College. This day the following degrees were conferred :— Doctor in Divinity— Rev. William Jackson, formerly Fellow of Queen's. Masters of Arts— Daniel Vawdrey, Fellow of Brasennose ; Rev. Frederick Fleming Beadon, Oriel. Bachelors of Arts— John Niblett, Exeter ; John Hale Mur- ray, Worcester. CAMBRIDGE, NOV. 2.— The Marquis of Granby; the Viscount Melgand ; the Hon. Geo. Murray, eldest son of Lord Glenlyon ; the Hon. Charles Maynard, eldest son of Lord Maynard ; Lord Claud Hamilton ; Lord John Beresford ; the Hon. Orlando Forrester, and Sir John Nelthorpe, have been admitted, during the present term, members of Trinity College. The Rev. F. W. Patteson has resigned the under Ministry of St. Peter's Mancroft, Norwich. The Chancellor of the Exchequer passed through North- ampton on Thursday on his way to Althorp House. After visiting his farms at Brampton, the Noble Lord proceeded to Althorp. On Saturday morning last, orders arrived for the troop of King's Dragoon Guards stationed at Peterborough, to march with as little delay as possible for Norwich ; in the afternoon they went off, but ( a correspondent states) in a strange state of disorder, many of the men being so much intoxicated that it was with difficulty they sat on their horses ; the trumpeter at- tempted to sound his call, and failed. They got as far as Newark { about a mile from Peterborough), when one man fell off, and broke his leg ; two or three were riding about the streets hours after the majority of the troop had left. Part of the same regi- ment, from Nottingham, arrived in Stamford on Monday, on their route also for Norwich, where much agitation prevails, owing to a mutiny in the 7th regiment of Hussars, lying in the barracks there.— Northampton Free Press. DEFINITION OF DOURO. Come Hampshire voter, say what has he done, That you should back the heir of Wellington ? Master go ax the Squire— for me, I swear, I thinks as how the chap is nought but heir—( air.) TROUBLES - ON THE ROAD. Byers, the well- known informer, has lately carried consterna- tion among the proprietors of stage- coaches, by discovering that four- inside coaches, drawn by two horses, can only carry six outside passengers, instead of eight, as they have done. This is not thought to have been the intention of the framers of the act of Parliament; but, nevertheless, as that act is worded, it is at present the law, and therefore the informer has succeeded in obtaining several convictions. Complaints upon this subject are very loud, and, in one respect, they are very justifiable. It is certainly too bad that an omnibus- driver, who has only two horses, should be allowed to crowd his vehicle almost to the suffocation of his passengers, whilst the stage- coachman is so rigidly limited. It is yery common for a two- horse omnibus to have 16 passengers, and, according to the present regulation, the coach can only take 10. We wish no favour to be shown to the latter— for we hate all monopoly— but let them contend against each other upon equal terms. The fair and plain way to legislate upon this subject would be to fix the number of pas- sengers that might be conveyed by a pair of horses, without considering whether they went inside or out. This would answer two good purposes— it would establish things upon the principle of equality, and it would prevent much ill- treatment to that noble animal— the horse. It is quite disgusting to see the man- ner in which two poor brutes are flogged along our roads in one of these overloaded omnibuses. We anticipate some beneficial alterations in the stage- coach act very soon after the meeting of Parliament; and, if they are not then made, we shall recur to this subject again. THE RULING PASSION. A HUME- OROUS STORY. We heard a droll, but characteristic, anecdote of the Hon. Member for Middlesex the other day, which may amuse our readers. Mind 1 we don't vouch for the truth of it— there are really so many lies going about just nqw— but this we will say, that if it an't true, it deserves to be so. The " calculating boy," it seems, was indisposed, and under the care of the physician. One morning the doctor called, as usual, and taking the Hon. Member's fist in one hand and his gold stop watch in the other, the following colloquy ensued:— The M. P.— Well doctor, how is my pulse this morning ? The M. D.— Rather high, Sir. The M. P.— Rather high t What do you call rather high ? The M. D.— Why, Sir, between you and me, very high. The M. P.— Come, Sir, speak out; tell me at once— how high? The M. D.— Stay, Sir; let me count again 1 ( a horrid pause) Ninety, Sir ; they're up to ninety. The M. P.— Ninety 1— oh I ninety per minute 1 that's five thousand four hundred to the hour. We must retrench, doctor. A hundred and twenty- nine thousand six hundred per diem— tremendous expenditure I Nine hundred and three thousand two hundred a week— ruin, riot, revolution ! Three millions six hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred per calendar month — I shall certainly divide the house. Forty- three millions three hundred and fifty- three thousand six hundred per annum— I shall not press the motion if the Hon. Member thinks it will be inconvenient to produce the papers ! OUR DAILY BREAD. ( From a Correspondent.)— The daily bread of " a statesman is, office, protocols, and popularity— the soldier's daily bread is, pil- lage, murder, and promotion— the sailor's daily bread is, a prize; firing, sinking, and darkening the air with the legs, arms, and carcasses of his fellow- creatures— the daily bread of a parson is, extortion alias tithes ; pluralities : if a bishop, truckling for a better THING ; if a working parson, bartering for a living— the lawyer's daily bread is, assaults and battery; crim. con.; trials of all kinds; the ruin of his client; the medical man's daily bread is, medicine, fevers, cholera, accidents— the student's daily bread is, parchment, books, and manuscripts— the editor's daily bread is, news, executions and dying speech, scandal— the daily bread of a young Miss is, tight- lacing, a ball, conquest and establishment— the daily bread of a Tory is, place, oppres- sion, " blessed constitution," infamy— the Whig's daily bread is, freedom, justice, love of his country. A FEW MORE ELECTIONEERING CONUNDRUMS. By Mr. Simpkin, of St. Mary- AXE. Why would a man with the gout be a very unfit person to re- present a county ?— Because he must necessarily stand for it.— ( Oh 1) If he were foolish enough to do so, which would unquestion- ably be the happiest moment of his life ?— When he took his seat, to be sure. When is a man on the hustings like a whale ?— When he is spouting. When he is meditating on what he shall say, why is he a most agreeable companion ?— Because he is a- musing. LORD MAYOR'S DAY.— The public will be gratified this year with a splendid show. The Saddler's Company are making very great preparations to do all possible honour to Sir Peter Laurie, the Lord Mayor elect, who is a member of that Company, and Sir Peter Laurie is determined not to be behind with them on that day or any of his predecessors. . We, therefore, the weather permitting, fully expect a very grand and costly exhibi- tion. The dress carriage which will be used by the Lady Mayoress for the first time, to be drawn by six bay horses, is got up with peculiar elegance, and not like any former dress carriage that we have witnessed for many years, which, we understand, is the exclusive taste of Lady Laurie ; it is painted a light yellow, with the arms of Sir Peter and Lady Laurie iu two medallions with helmet and crest, scroll, mantling and motto, ( Deeds Show), with the order of the Essex suspended on the door panels— the Saddler's Arms and Supporters on one quarter panel, and the City Arms and Supporters on the other quarters, executed by a first rate artist— body lined with green and white to correspond with the livery— the hammer- cloth, the same with the City Arms and Supporters, gilt on each end, a very costly pair of lamps and other brass ornaments. About the body the mouldings are gilt— the carriage part also yellow with some very fine carving on the front and hind part, which is gilt in part and relieved with green and white in the best manner, and is now exhibiting at Stubbs and Hancock's manufactory, 244, Mile End Road, who are the builders of the present Sheriff's carriages. THE COUNTRY PAPER. >• It has been well said, that one half o' the world don't know- how t'other half lives. I'm sure one half of mankind don't know what the other half suffersand if there is one class of people whose miseries are less understood and commiserated than another's, it is the Editors of Country Journals. Let us take an English cathedral town ( city, I believe, we should call it) for our scene of action ; a place, with the notorious exception of " Hull, Hell, and Halifax," of all others the least pleasant to live in, and dull to a proverb. A provincial paper, from the nature of things, must be hebdomadal, and to the veriest penny- a- liner of the Times or Herald, the task of filling its four pages with novel matter would seem, at a first glance, as easy as alpha beta. But how different is the fact 1 The character and circulation of the paper must of necessity depend upon its localism ( we hate coin- ing words, but we are obliged to it) ; and, in a place where eat- ing, drinking, and sleeping, are almost the only occupations of its inhabitants from week's end to week's end, how the deuce is a man to fill his sheet with interesting matter ? It is little merit in him that he, by dint of ingenuity, and a good pair of scis- sors, provides an able digest of the week's news, and con- cocts an ingenious leader to suit his line of politics; the paper is a local paper, and as such ought to furnish local information. The common cry of its readers is " This a paper I why, it might as well be a North Georgia Gazette for anything it gives us of' the events of our city 1" But yet, if these indignant subscribers would honestly ask themselves what has occurred, besides the births, marriages, and deaths, deserving type, paper, and stamp- duty, in their " ancient and loyal city," the answer must needs be— nothing. Ex nihilo nihil fit; which, being in- terpreted, is " naught breeds naught." The truth, after a calm investigation of circumstances, will be found to be that the country editor, instead of the most idle, is the most indefatigable of literati. Witness his manner of fer- retting out and exhibiting a genuine bit of local. See how a case of petty larceny, which happens once a year, or a trifling fire, which takes place about twice in a century, is spun out over three or four columns ; with the full and particular account of the interesting- looking unfortunate at the bar, and an accu- rate enumeration of Mr. Smith's singed chattels. See how an opposition candidate sets the whole machine in an uproar, or a couple of rival chirurgeons engross the entire journal, scarcely leaving room for Moxon's Magnesia or Warren's Blacking. By my faith, there never was such a " snapper up of unconsidered trifles" in the creation as this director of the rural press 1 London men, whose only difficulty is what not to print, can have little conception of the hardships encountered by our country friend in his provision for the public palate. Let it be remembered, too, that the weekly country paper is generally read after the London daily ones, so that everything which has been copied from those veritable journals is at once set down as a vile plagiarism, and derided as being " as old as Adam." Then, in a country town, everybody kno* s the editor— plain Mr. So- and- so, talking as other men talk, walking as other men walk— and not always, perhaps, with a much better coat to his back than many of those who jostle him in the forum, or elbow him in the townhall. There is no big- wig incognito, no occult Lord Chancellor to be used as a phantom stalking- horse to ca- jole the good, unsuspecting readers. The leaders are by the man in the seedy black coat, the paragraphs are by the man in the seedy black coat— and both are despised accordingly— what- ever their interest, whatever their merit. Then, again, it is just possible that your country editor may not be quite so inde- pendent ( in pocket, we mean) as an editor ought to be ; and when he has anything to say, is not always able to speak out so clearly as one might wish, for fear of offending certain of his gentle readers and subscribers. As a lucrative speculation, a country paper offers little beyond the advertisements. In a manufacturing and commercial town, where these are numerous, a share or two in the " leading journal" is not a bad thing; but in our, city or genteel retired borough, even this source of profit is nearly choked up. Since the golden age of lotteries, when " Lucky Bish" stood in type from Midsummer to St. Thomas's Day, and from St. Thomas's Day to Midsummer again, there have been weeks and weeks when not so much as a single advertisement has taken its stand before the Prices Current or Police Intelligence ; and sad has been the plight of poor editor- proprietor, whose mahogany Rooked for embellishment from the proceeds of his paper. We have drawn a frightful picture of rustic literature, and more than suspect that we shall be set down for a country editor ourself. But, thank the deities that presided at our birth, we have never yet confronted provincial devil, nor— with the deepest respect to our country cousins be it spoken— do we hope we ever may. The country paper, however, has its admirers. The honest, hard- working artisan, who purchases the privilege of reading it by calling for a flagon of beer at the " George" or " Bell," considers it in the light of an oracle. Seeing no other journal, and all unconscious of the tricks of the gentlemen of the broad sheet, he, poor fellow, believes that every word is written for the express service of that particular paper, that every syllable is fairly penned out by the gentleman in the seedy black coat aforesaid :— and, though he thinks it passing strange that one mortal mind can compass so much, accounts for it satisfactorily enough to himself by saying, " it's a gift." The humble trades- man, too, has a tolerable faith in the town journal. He has been accustomed to take it in, and talk from it, ever since he " set up for himself," and will believe none other. In vain you tell him that an insurrection has taken place in Egypt, or an earthquake in Calabria ; he will not credit a syllable till he sees it in the " Mercury" or " Herald," and you might as well ask him to burn his ledger as pin his faith to a London diurnal, The provincial paper, then, seems to be a " mingled yarn, of good and ill together," ( which is more, perhaps, than can be said of this yarn of ours,) and the editorship neither so very pleasant nor so vastly disagreeable as some have suggested and others believed. If it is better to be somebody in a neat little city, than " that rogue nobody" in a very unneat and enormous one, the country editor has the best of it. If it is pleasanter to " rule in hell than serve in heaven," the rural devils arc to be envied. To what description of fruit may old maids be supposed to entertain the greatest antipathy ?— To dates. THE PLAY- GOER. jf. COVENT GARDKN. The new farce of The Clutter- bucks, or the Railway of Love, deserves to become popular, and, ( as is not always the fortune of merit) it bids fair to become so. It combines good farcical plot, excellent acting throughout, and bustle unrelaxed ; if these be not sufficient attractions, audiences have indeed grown fastidious. Bartley, from beginning to end, is " in a fine frenzy rolling;" Keeley, too, rolls about in uncorrngated pantaloons. His little wife is a lively minx of a waiting- maid; and J. Viningand Jones, as master and footman, are resplendent in insolence and effron- tery. The author has displayed much adroitness in making all the turns in the plot conspire to persuade the old father, Clutter- buck ( Bartley) that the man who is not his son is his son, and vice versa ; and Bartley's perplexity and fury at the conspi- racy of his tormentors are highly amusing:— at all events we laughed heartily, and that is the Alpha and Omega of intention in a farce. DRURY- LANE. The audience that bestows its attention on The Doom Kiss, may honestly say " we have supped full of horrors." To us the supper was ponderous, and pork- clioppish in the extreme. No delightful phantasms did it conjure up— but foul clumserass, oppressive as the monstrous offspring of indigestion. Our play- wrights, generally, seem to have no idea that an exact conso- nance of taste is requisite in dramas based upon the supernatu- ral. Foolish and presumptuous artisans!— It is on these that a master will expend the very cunning of his craft, for he feels that unless the mind can surrender itself to a passing belief in his unwonted fictions, he might better be employed in arranging the radii that spring from the centre of a cart- wheel than in collo- cating the acts and scenes of a theatrical entertainment. The eye had a more agreeable office than the ear in The Doom Kiss. Stanfield displayed some of his finest scenery, and Bishop a su- perabundance of disenchanting music— but Dowton and Kean are both engaged at this theatre, and we shall look to them for amends. OLYMPIC. The one- act drama Kill or Cure, has little novelty to recom- mend it; for man and wife squabbling like dog and cat, and being brought to discover the error of their ways, and live " very happy ever after," have we believe been once or twice introduced on the stage. Liston, however, as the husband, and Mrs. Orger as the dame, are well mated, and their excellent acting compensates for what might be required from the author's efforts. Webster, too, as a peace- maker, ( another novelty) plays his part respect- ably, and Bland makes a fair Yorkshire groom. It is but justice to say that at either of the large houses this piece would, at best, have met with hut an equivocal reception. The entertainments are of such moderate length, and the acting so good at this theatre, that a drama must he adulterated with a huge mass of lead to prove a failure. THE ADELPHI. The Divorce is scarcely English in its character. Our island notions do not permit us to philosophize on matrimonial aberra- tions ; aud we do not know that we are the worse, all things considered, for this regard to outward and visible signs. The Divorce steers clear of practical guilt, but it brings us almost too close upon sentimental wrong, which is nothing less dan- gerous. The admirable acting of Mr. and Mrs. Yates adds to the painfulness of the impressions. What a sense of utter be- reavement is conveyed in the abrupt German conclusion, when the lost creature, forsaken by him who loved her, and by him whom she loved, exclaims, " Alone! I am alone." The lesson is just; wherever our lot is cast, we must obey the dictates of social law, unless we are prepared to exist in solitude, or to struggle against the contempt of the many, and the pity of the few. OPERATIC INTELLIGENCE. PARIS.— Mad. Eckerlin, from the theatres of Barcelona and Madrid, has made a successful debut in Paris at the Italian Opera. Her voice is a contre' alto, not of considerable volume, particularly in the lower tones; but she ascends with facility, and the quality of it is charming. Her deficiency in power is felt in the concerted pieces. She is an excellent musician, ex- ecutes neatly and tastefully, and her ornaments, which ara novel in character, she distributes with elegance and grace. VIENNA.— Fra Diavolo has met with great success in this city. It was performed for the first time in September. A. Mademoiselle Segatta is highly spoken of here. She made her debut in Herold's opera of Zampa. Her voice, though not powerful, is very attractive, from its sweetness. Moreover she possesses agreeable features, and her gestures on the stage are distinguished for grace and dignity. In the course of one year, from September, 1831, to August, 1832, six new operas have been produced in this city, viz. L'lnconnue, by Bellini; Le Dieu et le Bayadere, Auber ; Le Philtre, by the same composer; Zampa, by Herold; Hurt Mois en Deux Heures, by Donizetti; and VAmour et I'epreuve, by Guglielmi; besides five operettas. NAPLES.— De Beriot, the fine violinist, has had a brilliant reception at the theatre of San Carlo, ( the largest in Europe). He gave a concert, and the immense space was filled with amateurs, who applauded him with true Neapolitan enthusiasm. BERLIN.— The King of Prussia, it appears, is so pleased with the music of Robert le Diable, that he has created the situation of capel- meister to the court, expressly for the purpose of ap - pointing to it the composer, Meyerbeer. MUSICAL REVOLUTION IN TURKEY. The reform which is taking place in the manners and customs of the Turks, will shortly become as radical in music, as in their military tactics. The Turkish, or rather the Arabian music is yielding place to that of Europe, so that scarcely any other than the latter is actually heard in Constantinople. Every afternoon at four o'clock, the time of Yindy, when the Mussulmans' office hours close, a performance of wind- instrument music takes place in the courts of the new palace. This music, said to be the pro- duction of the Agas of the Seraglio, is composed entirely by young Turks, who, under the direction of Donizetti, brother . to the operatic composer, have become skilful artists. Heretofore European harmonies and the airs of Rossini tor- tured the ears of the worthy Mussulmans ; but hawing become accustomed to them, their horror of every thing westera in its origin, has yielded to the charms of " Di lanti Palpiti," and other melodies of the ingenious master of Pesyro. - 436 THE TOWS, NOvember 11. FASHIONABLES. Wednesday their Majesties arrived at St. James's Palace. The King looked particularly well. Mons. Zea Bermudcj!, the Spanish Minister, had an audience of the King. In the course of the day the King gave audiences to Earl Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Hill, Viscount Goderich, Sir James Graham, Viscount Althorp, Loid John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Albemarle- Sir James Kemp, Sir B. Steven. on, and Colonel Lee. About half, past seven o'clock his Majesty left town, for Windsor Castle. The arrival of the Court has been postponed till the 10th inst., for which day it is now definitively fixed.— Brighton Gazette. Kensington Palace is in a state of preparation to receive the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria. Pitchford has been very gay during the sojourn of the illustrious visitants, who were received with due honours by the Earl of Liverpool, and the Ladies Catherine, Selina, and Sophia Jenkinson. All the elite of fashion- able society in Shropshire were assembled, to welcome the arrival of their Royal Highnesses. It is expected that the stay of the Duchess of Kent and her illustrious daughter at Kensington Pa- lace will he short, as they intend to reside principally atClaremont. The Duke of Sussex is expected to honour the Earl of Litchfield with a visit on the 14th instant, on his way from Newstoad Abbey, the seat of Colonel Wildman. His Royal Highness will make a short stay at Shugborough. Lady Willam Russell and family embarked from Plymouth, on Friday week, in the Britannia, 120, for Lisbon, to join Lord Russell, who is on a special mission to Portugal. Sir Stratford Canning is appointed Ambassador to the court of St. Petersburg. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond arrived at their residence in Cavendish- square on Thursday evening, from Newmaiket. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond has left Apthorp, the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland, for Temple Newsham, on a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford, who is entertaining a select party of fashionables at her splendid residence in the north. The Duke of Wellington has returned from his annual visit to the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield; he will remain only a few days in town, when he will go to Stratfieldsaye, where a large party has been invited for pheasant- shooting. On the 7th October Lord Ponsonby, the new English Am- bassador to the Court of the Two Sicilies, arrived at Rome. The Earl of Dudley has left Pyrmont House, Isle of Thanet, accompanied by his medical attendant. The noble Lord's health is not improved. MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS or AEERCORN AND LADY LOUISA RUSSELI.— Fochabers, Oct. 26.— Yesterday was a busy day at Gordon Castle, the marriage of the Marquis of Abercorn, with ihe Lady Louisa Russell being celebrated. Monday his Grace the Duke of Bedford, with several of his friends, arrived, and the Duchess, the bride, and bridegroom, on Tuesday. Wednesday the Castle was thronged with noble visitors. The marriage cere- mony took place yesterday, at two in the afternoon, and imme- diately after the conclusion of the ceremony, die happy pair set off for Huntly Lodge. The day being exceedingly fine, strangers pouted into Fochabers from all parts to witness the rejoicings on the occasion. So early as one in the morning the rejoicings com- menced. When the marriage ceremony was concluded, the cannons were fired to announce it, and lhe immense multitude responded by three loud and hearty cheers. When Ihe large party had seated themselves for dinner, his Grace and a number of his distinguished friends from the castle arrived at the bridge, and were received with every demonstration of joy and respect. The rejoicings of the day were concluded by a ball in the evening. T. R. Kemp, Esq. M. P. is shortly to lead to the hymenial altar Fanny Hervey, relict of the late Vigors Hervey, Esq., of Killiane Castle, Wexford, and only daughter of C. W. J. Shakerley, Esq., of Somerford, Cheshire. The Lord Mayor's grand ball, on Monday, was attended by upwaids of 2,000 persons. The Egyptian Hall and ball- room were splendidly illuminated with gas, and appropriated to dancing, which commenced with the new set of the " Abbotsford Quadrilles," and continued till near five in the morning. Sir Robert Peel is entertaining a select circle of political friends, at his seat, Drayton Manor House, near Tamworth. Sir Robert and his party have had some excellent pheasant shooting in the well- stocked preserve of Drayton. The Right Hon. Baronet con- tinues a candidate for Tamworth; and it is expected that his brother, Mr. William Yates Peel, whose health is now re- esta- blished, will again offer himself for Oxford University. Baron Rothschild arrived at Rome a few days ago, from Naples. Jerome Buonaparte arrived at Cologne on the 12th ult.. It is said that, on reaching Haarlem he abandoned his intention of going to England, on account of the cholera, and resolved lo return to Italy. The Ex- Duke of Brunswick arrived at Geneva, a short time ago, and stayed there a very few days. He lodged at the house of a person named Lenian, with whom he contrived to run up a con- siderable score. He has since disappeared, nobody knows whither he has gone, leaving his secretary in what may be termed an awk- ward scrape. THE TOWN. TOWN CALENDAR OF ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. PRODIGIOUS! PRODUCTIVE WALNUT TREE.— A cottager at Warsop, has gathered from a walnut tree in his possession 60,000 ripe walnuts, allowing, as they are usually sold, six score to the hundred, part of which he sold at one shilling per hundred, and the remainder at tenpence; therefore, calculating the whole GO, 000 to be sold at tenpence only, the tree produced, at that rate 23?. In the pickling season, when green, some thousands were also gathered, which are not reckoned in the above cal- culation. PROLIFIC APRICOT.— There is now in the gardens of Wearman Gilford, Esq. an Anson apricot tree, which has this year borne 720 apricots, 150 having been taken from it green, 570 ripe.— Sheffield Iris. PATAGONIAN POTATOF,.— A potatoe, almost large enough of itself to make a meal for a hungry man, was lately brought to our office, dug in a field at Scorguie, above Muirtown. This vegetable giant weighs 21bs. 4oz.— Inverness Courier. CURIOUS FACT IN NATURAL HISTORY.— On the 21st Sept. a goose belonging to Mr. Sargenby, of the Hare and Hounds, public- house, Garmsby- moor, commenced laying eggs ; from which it is expected that a number of goslings will be hatched about Christmas. This, in the opinion of some of the oldest men in the neighbourhood, is reckoned a very remarkable cir cumstance.— Sunderland Herald. " BLOWING 1 GROWING 11"— There is at this time an apple- tree, in the garden of a gentleman in Sedgefield, in full bloom It bore a plentiful crop of fruit this season. To this we may add the fact, that a pear- tree, growing upon the Rope- walk, on the Town Moor, in this town, has one of its branches in blos- som, for the second time this year.— Ibid. THE TAILORS' GLORY.-— Three enormous cabbages, of the Drumhead species, were drawn on Saturday last from the gar- den of Mr. Roberts, Milford, weighing in the gross 1121bs.— the least of which weighed 34 Jibs. He divided them in propor- tions amongst his workmen, who went home well satisfied with the provision thus made in the cabbage way for their Sunday' dinner.— The Cambrian. A DRUNKEN DOVE.— On Sunday se'nnight, a gentleman called at the house of Mr. William Cook, publican, at Newbot- tie, and asked for a pot of rum. Having poured part of it into a glass, he went to the door, for a few moments, when a tame stock dove, in the house, availing itself of his absence, flew to the glass aud drank off its contents. The effect of the spirit, however, was too much for this new devotee to Bacchus; for shortly after it was found dead upon the table.— Globe. LOCUST IN ELGIN.— During the great storm of wind and rain, a fortnight ago, a locust was driven into Craigellachie Inn, in this place. Whence it came is a question which we leave to na- turalists. Mr. Burnett, who saw the creature, which we did not, it having been thoughtlessly destroyed on being taken, says it was of the size of a sparrow, and of a speckled complexion. On being touched it made a loud chirping noise.— Elgin Courier. LEGAL CHANGES.— Various rumours are afloat in the legal circles respecting the changes that are likely to take place in the event of the retirement of Lord Tenterden, who, it is under- stood, labours under severe indisposition. Sir Thos. Denman, the present Attorney- General, is mentioned as likely to be pro- moted to the Chief Justiceship of tbe King's Bench, and that he will be succeeded as Attorney- General by Sir Wm. Home. The salary of Lord Chief Justice of England is 10,000/. per annum ; the office of Attorney- General is supposed to produce about 8,000/. a year; from all patents he receives largely. Lord Ten- terden has not of late been in the enjoyment of good health. His Lordship was obliged to leave the Court of King's Bench on Saturday, and was absent the whole of Monday. It was re- ported some months ago that his Lordship having " served his time," intended to retire, and that he would be succeeded by Lord Lyndhurst, Mr. Justice Alderson or Sir Thomas Denman filling up the vacancy in the Court of Exchequer. Lord Ten- terden was elevated to his present high office fourteen years ago, on the retirement of Lord Ellenborough. IMPORTANT SALE OF CROWN ESTATES.— Wednesday the freehold estates belonging to his Majesty, consisting of the Legal Quays of the Port of London, in Lower Thames- street, were submitted to auction. The following is a detail of the property which was brought to the hammer by order of the Lords of the Treasury:— The Brewers' and Chester's Quays, wharfs, ware- houses, counting- houses, and buildings, Lower Thames- street, with frontage to the River, let for nine years and a quarter, at 1,900/. per annum, reduced rent, sold for 31,700/.— The Galley Quay, wharf, and premises, 20,600/.— The Custom House and Wool Quay was put up and bought in for 32,000/., as was Bo- tolph Wharf for 21,000/. COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.— The public should be on their guard against a new species of counterfeit, more difficult of de- tection than perhaps any former one. It contains a consider- able portion of gold, is of full weight, and differs but slightly in sound from the genuine coin ; it has, however, a silvery hue, and will not pass through the guage ; the impression is the early one of George IV. but the head is much more full than in the mint impression. ABUSIVE COACHMEN.— The 47th section of the new Stage Regulation Bill enacts, among other things—" That if the driver conductor, or guard of any coach, shall assault or use abusive or insulting language to any person travelling, or about to travel, or having travelled as a passenger with or by such carriage, or to any person accompanying or attending upon such passenger in coming to or going from any such carriage, every such offender shall forfeit 5/. INFORMERS AND INNKEEPERS.— Two persons habited gentlemen, and travelling with a showy one horse carriage, have during the summer raised considerable contributions upon hotel and innkeepers, under colour of laying informations against them for selling wine short of measure. They carry with them f standard pint measure, duly sealed, stamped, & c. Having or dered a pint of wine, they ring the bell, summoning Boniface before them, before whose eyes they empty the contents of the alleged pint into their real one. Explanations ensue, which ge nerally end in the innkeeper paying his customer, instead of the guest, as is usual, paying the innkeeper. ERADICATING A BAD HABIT.— An American Parper states that drunkenness in one of the newly- settled countries has been, in a great degree, prevented, by a wholesome regulation in obliging every offender to dig up a stump of a tree for each time he is found intoxicated. This is lather a novel way of rooting out intemperance. MARCH OF INTELLECT IN CHINA.— On February 2, 1832 there being an eclipse of the sun recorded in the Almanac, his Excellency Choo, the Lieutenant- Governor of Canton, went into mourning for that day, and, to humble himself, plucked the knob of rank from his official cap. FOREIGN GRAIN CROP.— The advices from Memel to thel5th instant state, that the crops of grain were very backward, in consequence of the wet weather; and that such was the case with all the countries of the Baltic. ST. SIMONIANS.— The son of M. Humann, French Minister of Finances, has adopted the St. Simonian faith, contrary to the counsel of his father, and has already taken the habit of that society. SEVERE PENANCE.— Mary Phillips, whose body was found decomposed in her dirty room in Church- passage, has left 500/. in the Bank of England. When living in the family of Mr. Snow she made a false step, and on making a confession to a Catholic Priest, he ordered her, by way of penance, not to sleep on a bed during the remainder of her life, which command she scrupulously obeyed. As a further punishment, she determined to wear rags, subsist on the coarsest fare, and live apart from her relations. THE CONDOR.— A pair of these noble birds, male and female, has been landed from South America. They are the largest spe- cimens ever brought to this country, the male measuring very nearly 14 feet across the wings, and is upwards of three feet in height. Twenty years ago, a single mutilated skin was all that was known of this, the largest of all rapacious birds. These birds were brought from Chili, where they are met with in the regions of perpetual snow, and at an elevation of 15,000 feet above the level of the sea, where they are seen perched on the rocks, and never descend to the plains but when much pressed by hunger. Their tenacity of life is extraordinary. At Quito one was taken by some Indians, who placed a lasso round its neck, hung it up on a tree, and pulled it forcibly by the feet. On removing the lasso the bird got up and walked off. Four shots were then lodged in different parts of the body, but it did not die for half an hour. During the removal of the birds from the vessel, the male dropped one of its largest fea- thers from the wing, and it measured an inch and a half in cir- cumference. They are destined for the Surrey Zoological Gardens. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.— Friday being the first day of Mi- chaelmas Term, the Judges, King's Counsel, and other Law Offi- cers, according to ancient custom, breakfasted together in Lin- coln's Inn- hall, after which they proceeded in the customary state to their respective Courts. The Lord Chancellor was un- able to attend the breakfast, or to appear in Court, in consequence of very severe indisposition. His Lordship is not expected to resume his official duties for some time to come. LORD TENTERDEN.— The illness under which Lord Tenterden is suffering has, we hear, assumed a most dangerous appearance. DUEL.— A meeting took place on Tuesday morning at Epsom, between R. Ferguson, Esq. and C. St. John, Esq.; the former attended by Lieutenant Richardson, the latter by Capt. Buller. After an exchange of shots the parties separated. COBNTMATUSCHEWITZ.— The Conferences on Belgium being at an end, it is generally believed that Count Matuschewitz will take his departure from this country. By birth a Pole, by edu- cation a Frenchman, he was selected by his imperial Master, not to represent him as Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, but to fill a special and extraordinary mission arising out of the disturbances in- the Netherlands. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY— On Thursday, an inspector and sergeant at St. Giles's station- house, received information of ail extensive robbery which had been committed upon Mr. William Bennett, a mining agent, of Lincoln- Home, Cornwall, who, it was slated, was in a state bordering on madness at a notorious place called (< Rats' Castle, in St. Giles's, where he had been stripped of his clothes and other property, to the amount of 6001. The officers repaired to the house, where they discovered Mr. Bennett, with nothing upon him but his shirt, pacing the room backwards and for- wards, exclaiming " I am ruined, oil! I am ruined." They pro- vided him with clothes, and took him to the station- house, where he gave the following particulars:— On Wednesday night he ar- rived in London to transact some business with one of the com- panies in the city, having brought with him a considerable sum of money, bills, securities, and other property, lo the amount of up- wards of 600/. He met some acquaintances at a Cornwall tavern, who induced him to remain late, and drink freely. When he was returning to his lodgings through Holborn he was met by a female, whom he accompanied to the receptacle in which he was found, where they were joined by another girl. They commenced dancing before him, and after bringing in something to drink, of which he drank, he fell into a sound sleep, from which he did not wake until Thursday morning, when lie found himself stripped of Ihe whole of his clothes, and all his property gone. The officers knowing most of the persons who are in the habit of visiting " Rats' Castle," took a description of the property stolen, and the girls, from wdiich it appeared that the girl whom he first met and who had been seen during' the last five or six weeks about St. Giles's, was a strolling actress, named Goodrich, and was formeily a dancer at a minor theatre, and that a fellow known by the title of " the Honest Gen- tleman," was concerned in the robbery. The thieves are not yet discovered. SUICIDE.— On the evening of Friday week John Ponsonby, aged 68, a pauper in St. Andrew's workhouse, terminated hii existence by hanging himself with his garters from the water- spout. THE COUNTRY. AID TO DON PEDRO.— One of ihe largest steamers in England sailed on Saturday the 27th, with 400 men, the greatest part old soldiers, and 20 officers, and the Royal Geoige steamer, on the same day, with 350 men and 15 officers, both for Oporto. Accounts had also been received of the sailing from Ostend of two brigs, with 300 of the Foreign Legion, for Oporto.— Deionport Chronicle. AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION.— The Directors have received the munificent donation of 1,000/. Three per Cent. Consols, from a lady, with a request that the same be laid out in land, to further the views of the Society. BURIAL IN BIRMINGHAM.— A Public Cemetery Company has been formed at Birmingham, to be open for the interment of per- sons of all religious denominations, who shall be allowed fo use their own form of service, and select their own officiating Ministe » or Teacher. WREXHAM— One day last week a young, but aspiring, anti- reformer thought fit lo commence a canvass in this town. The in- habitants were soon upon the alert, and having assembled some music, drummed the young gentleman, to the tune of " The Rogue's March," out of the town. CAUTION.— The solicitors to the General Post- office have com- menced prosecutions against upwards of sixty individuals and firms in Manchester, during the last week, for sending letters, con- taing orders, See. into the country, through the binds of carriers, and by this means avoiding the payment of postage. DEATH ot AN AGED COCKATOO,— Died on the 21st October instant, at the Right Hon. Lord Vernon's, Sudbury Hall, in this county, a Cockatoo.— This bird was brought to Sudbury in the year 1762, and was consequently 70 years old when he died. He lived ii three King's reigns, and was the successive property of three lords of the above Noble Family, with whom he was a great favourite. CONSERVATIVE TACTICS.— The Conservatives Reform does not appear to confine itself to the body politique, but, as one would imagine, changes our natural constitutions and un- Englishes our now Russian- like looking ladies. We are led to these remarks by the parade of rich furs with which the Belles at the west end bedeck their elegant persons. If one may judge also by a shop kept, we believe, by a Mr. Williams, corner of the Regent's Circus, in Oxford- street, the female character will, the ensuing winter, be entirely enveloped in furs ; the costly display of furriery, rich mantuas, and other like appendages of female attire, does the proprietor of this establishment infinite credit, both for his intrinsic judgment and decorative taste. It deserves well to be designated the Corner of Attraction, or Boutique of Fashionable resort. INQUESTS. SUICIDE FROM GRIEF.— On Wednesday an inquest was held at Spa Fields, on the body of Thomas Manders, aged .29. Two years ago Ihe deceased was much affected by the sudden death of his mother, and his friends were compelled to keep a vigilant eye upon him, t » prevent him from committing suicide. He was at length engaged as an assistant to a suigeon on board an East India- man, and on his landing in March last from his first voyage, was informed that his father had been buried only six days. The shock was too much for him, and although his two brothers, with whom he lived in Noble- street, Spa Fields, paid great attention to him, he contrived to hang himself in his bed- room on Monday night.— Verdict, " Temporary insanity." SHOCKING DEPRAVITY AND AWFUI, DEATH.— An inquest was held on Tuesday night in St. Botolph's Workhouse, Bishops- gate, on view of the body of George Moore, a journeyman tailor, aged 37. The deceased, who was a drunken dissipated character, had for some years past been cohabiting with a woman named Sarah Harris, who encouraged his visits, notwithstanding she knew that he was a married man. His wife upbraided him for his vicious conduct, and after reiterated complaints, he vowed solemnly to break off the connection, and wished the Almighty might strike him dead if ever he entered Sarah Harris's apartment again. Regardless, however, of this protestation, he visited this woman again at her lodgings on Sunday morning, and sat drinking and carousing with her all day. About six o'clock in the evening she was in the act of leaving the room to fetch another pot of beer, when on looking round she saw the deceased's countenance sud- denly change, immediately afterwards his jaw dropped, and he sunk back in his chair a corpse.— Verdict of " Natural Death." THE FIRE IN BUCKLERSBURY.— An adjourned inquest was held on Monday last, to inquire further into the circumstances attend- ant on the death of Mrs. Ghent. A number of additional witnesses underwent a long examination, but not one of them could inform the Jury where the fire originated, or in what way the unfortunate de- ceased became a sacrifice to the flames. The Jury returned a verdict of " Found burnt, but how or in what way is to them unknown." ADJOURNED INQUEST AT DEPTFORD.— The Jury reassembled on Monday evening, at the Black Horse, Deptford, touching the death of the female child unknown, which was found in the Grand Surrey Canal on the 22d inst., but there being no further evidence, returned a verdict of— Wilful Murder against some per- son or persons unknown. Saturday afternoon, the 28th ult., an inquest was held at the Lamb and Flag, Little Store- street, Tottenham- court- road, on the body of Sir Robert Famell, aged 69, who resided in Cheuies- street, Tottenham- court- road. On Friday morning, a servan t entered his master's room when he saw him stretched on the floor, with blood streaming from a wound he had made in his throat. A surgeon was called, when it appeared that a ball had passed through Ihe roof of the mouth and lodged in the biain, causing instant death. The deceased was in affluent circumstances, but having recently lost his wife, it is conjectured that that circumstance preyed upon his mind, and caused him to commit the rash act.— Verdict, Insanity. Monday afternoon an inquest was held at lhe Globe tavern, Royal- hill, Greenwich, on the body of Mrs. Ann Bright, widow of Ihe late Colonel Bright, who resided at No, 1, in the Circus: Greenwich, and who committed suicide by throwing herself out of a window. It appeared by the evidence of witnesses that she was of unsound mind, and had formerly attempted to throw herself from the cliff at Hastings.— Verdict, Insanity. The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed from the falling of Ihe houses in York- street, Westminster, last week, finished on Tuesday. After a long examination of seveial witnesses, the Jury relumed the following verdict against Francis Jossens, the proprie- tor of the house, No. 25, the fall of which occasioned the ruin of the others, by reason of his having weakened the building, from cutting away too much brickwork in the chimneys at the foundation ; also of his having neglected the precaution to which he was fre quently urged.— Manslaughter against Francis Jossens, and that the district surveyor who had been cailec in to examine the party wall, and directed sundry reparations, states that it was not at all within Ihe sphere of his duty to extend his examination further than the party wall, and that there is no other person with power to interfere. The Jury, therefore, hereby express their great regret that the law has notempowered some authority to superintend and control Ihe internal alterations of buildings, in order to prevent so great a waste of human life by the injudicious and improper alterations of ignorant and unskilful peisons. Tne witnesses were bound over, and the Coroner issued his warrant for the committal of Francis Jos- sens to Newgale. Jossens, who had been in attendance the whole of the inquiry, went away as soon as the Jury retired, and was not to be found when the Jury returned. Two out of the seven per- sons who are at present confined in the hospital from the wounds they have received, are considered in a very dangerous way. DRUNKENNESS AND SUICIDE.— An inquest was held on Monday night in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, touching the death of W. Goold aged 65, who during the lastforly years carried on the business of a doll maker in Fleet- lane. The wife of the deceased stated, that on Saturday morning her husband went upstairs to the workshop, as usual. In the evening she sent her son to request he would come down. In five minutes after she was informed that he was lying on the shop floor bleeding. She instantly ran to his assistance, and found that he had cut his tkroat, in consequence of which she had him conveyed to the Hospital, where, on the following day, lie ex- pired. By the Coroner : He has often said lie would some day or other cut his throat or hang himself. Coroner— How came you not to see him from breakfast time until the evening ? He never took any meals in the house except on Sundays. For the last 13 weeks he has been olit most part of the day drinking. Coroner— Has he been long in the habit of drinking?— Yes, for the last 21 years, during which he would be drhnk six weeks together. Coroner— How came he so addicted to it 1— III consequence of getting a great deal ot money when business was good. The last two years it has fallen into too many hands at low prices, which fretted him, The Jury returned a verdict of— Insanity. __ have recently started another expedient, in the hope of assisting the cause of the Tories at the county elections. The majority of Lord Lieutenants of counties having received their appointments from Ihe last, or pre- vious Governments expressing the same anti- reform opinions, are, under the guidance of the great Captain of the age and the ex- Secretary of the Admiralty, getting up reviews of yeomanry cavalry, under the auspices of the different Lord Lieutenants, who are, in general, the Colonels of the corps, which, for the day, each Colonel entertains with a cosily dinner; and at all these parties the Duke of Wellington gives his presence, and after dinner a speech. FLOUR FROM THE EAST INDIES.— Among the memorabilia oB the day, is the importation of flour from the East Indies 1 The house of Acraman and Stilt of Liverpool, received a consignment of 3000 sacks last week, from Calcutta. This is the third or fourth parcel which these gentlemen have received during the last 18 months. Ii sells at present at 26 « . to 27s. per 1971b., subject to a duty of 3s. per barrel. A greater importation is likely to take place, as an English house has lately erected steam- mills on the Ganges, which grind 400 tons of grain per day. EARL BROWNLOW AND THE HON. C. A. PELHAM.— The Lord Lieutenafit for this county has been following the example set by Lord Cecil. Disliking some important matter divulged respecting his mandates by Mr. Pelham, he has challenged that gentleman* and accordingly a meeting of a hostile description has taken place' but happily matters were arranged on the field without bloodshed.— Boston Gazette. BRIGHTON.— The whole of the new works at the Palace are now completed; and that part of the gardens which had bee » broken up by the workmen has been restored to its former state. The scarcity of water lately experienced here has been a serious matter to the inhabitants. The greater part of tbe wells have been lower- ed, and in some quarters of the town water has been purchased at the rate of 3d. for a pail full. Even in the lowest situations the de- ficiency has been severely felt: as an instance, one well, which bad not been dry for 47 years, has been lowered. COUNTRY CALENDAR of ACCIDENTS and OFFENCES PREVENTIVE- MAN SHOT.— A dreadful event occurred at Nin- field, near Hastings, on Tuesday week. A run of illicit goods having been effected near Bexhill on Monday night, part of the cargo was captured, and the remainder was quickly transported into the interior of the country. Some of the preventive service men, thinking they should discover where the articles had been secreted', proceeded lo Ninfield, but, failing in their object, adjourned to a' beer- shop to drink. A quarrel ensued, when one of them, an Irish- man, drew his pistol, and shot his comrade dead on the spot. The unfortunate man has left a widow and child to lament his untimely end. The murderer was immediately seized, and has since been, committed to the county gaol, to take his trial at ihe next assizes. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.— Of the 49 persons for trial at the late Marlborough Sessions, not less then 34 were under 25 years of age !! and there was a boy and a girl, neither of whom had attained the- age of 13 ! !— Cheltenham Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.— On Saturday week an accident occurred at one of the coal- pits belonging to the Ayr Coal Company near Whitletts. A young man was standing close to the bucket at the time it was rising from Ihe bottom of the pit, was caught by the hook at the end of the chain and carried nearly lo the top, when the hook slipped, and the unfortunate youth was precipitated to the bottom and killed 011 the spot.— Glasgow Herald. BURIED ALIVE.— Monday, as four young women and a boy were excavating sandstone from Claxheugh Rock, near Hylton, the bank above gave way, and buried the whole beneath it. Three girls were unfortunately killed on the spot, and the other girl and the boy escaped, but with considerab'e injury.— Newcastle Chronicle STA BBING.— While John Dawson, a beer retailer, residing near Oldham, was going an errand towards Greenacres Moor, he was met by his brother, and a few angry words passed betwixt them, re- specting differences in the family, when the latter drew from under his clothes a dirk, fastened in a sword stick,— with which he struck his brother five or six times, inflicting serious wounds 011 various parts of his body. The wounded man lies in a very precariout condition. The guilty wretch, who has escaped, is said to be insane A D INNER BETTER THAN FIGIITING.— A recruiting party was engaged at Plymouth on Thursday in procuring volunteers for Don Pedro ; upwards of 100 partook of the good things offered by way of raising their spirits for the enterprise, but only about thirty con- sented to be shipped— the remainder after eating and drinking at the expense of the parties who engaged them, having cut and run. A GOOD HAUL.— A boat named the Iris, of Guernsey, with a crew of two men, was last Sunday morning discovered by the crew of the Busy revenue cutter. On following the boat she was found to contain upwards of six hundred weight of tobacco in bales ; she was taken possession of, and the men made prisoners.— Plymouth Herald. RARE PLANT.— A very beautiful specimen of that tare plant,, the Buonapartia Juntia, is now in flower at Chatsworth. It is the second time that it has been known to flower in this country. The plant ( which is a native of Chili, and was introduced to England about 32 years ago) decays, after flowering, but leaves some off- jets from which it may be propagated. TORY ASSAULT.— Pakington, a county candidate, entered this- town on Tuesday last, attended by 100 horsemen, most of whom, belong to the yeomanry cavalry, and are strangers to the town. Two waggons were drawn up by the Liberals, with whom they were filled, in front of the hotel. These were seized by the Torien, and resistance being made to their capture, certain of the horsemen made one of the most brutal and furious charges on an unarmed and inoffensive mob ever witnessed. One life is lost and many persons are seriously hurt. One of the Tory rioters was wounded. — Birmingham Journal. THE CLITHEROE RIOTERS.— The grand jury, at the Salford; sessions, have returned true bills against William Greenhalgh, William Bullock, Thomas Pryor, Joseph Parkinson, James Law- ton, Robert Moorby, and Thomas Garnett, for a riot and assault at Clitheroe, on the occasion of Mr. Irving's entry into that town - and against the same parties, conjointly with Mark Earnshaw' William Hibbert, and John Watson, for a conspiracy cennected with Ihe same transaction. A similar bill was presented to the grand jury at the Preston sessions, against two of the defendants, November 4. THE TOWI. 35 ® and iguored as to one of them. Tiie indictments, if not removed into the Court of King's Bench, will probably be tried at the next Preston sessions.— Manchester Paper. HYDROPHOBE.—- A poor woman, named Mary Kitt, the wife of • waterman, died on Thursday last, at Saltash, in a fit of hydro- phobia. About two months since she was bitten by a butcher's dog, in a rabid state. The dog was immediately killed, but it was kuowu to have bitten several others.— Devonport Telegraph. ROBBERY OP THE EARL OF PEMBROKE.— A daring robbery was committed on Monday night, as his Lordship was proceeding to town, from Dover, on his return from Paris, when his Lordship's writing- desk, and a large quantity of wearing apparel, and other property, were carried off by the robbers. It is supposed that the robbery must have been committed during the momentary absence from the dickey of the two servants whilst lighting the carriage- lamps. The leather of the hinder boot, under the dickey, was cut through, in order to get at the property. INQUESTS. On Saturday, the 27th, an inquest was held at the Swan Inn, Riegate, on tbe body of John Smith, coachman to the Brighton mail. The mail was on the way to Brighton on Thursday night, when Smith made too sharp a turn near the above inn, in conse- quence of which the vehicle went over with a tremendous crash. Smith, the guard, and a gentleman on the box, were thrown with great violence against a wall, but three inside passengers escaped without any material injury. Smith was killed instantaneously from concussion of the brain, and the guard had three of bis ribs broken. The other received several bruises. The accident took place hi consequence of the night being very foggy.— Accidental Death. Last week an inquest was held neat Guildford, on an aged woman named Mary Taylor, who was found suspended by a hand- kerchief from the curtain- rod at the head of her bed. It appeared, by the evidence of an inhabitant of Merrow, with whom she bad lodged for several years, that the deceased bad lately become much enfeebled from a paralytic attack, which had produced depression of spirits. Apprehensive, as she often said, that she might come to want, she committed the fatal deed. Verdict— Temporary Insanity. On the 25th inst. an inquest was held, at Havering- atte- Boiver, on the body of an infant, whose death was occasioned by an infu- riated cow seizing the child with its mouth from the arms of its nurse. It appeared that a woman residing at Romford, hearing the screams of the child, rushed upon the animal and rescued the sufferer, who had, however, received, unfortunately, too serious an injury to be recovered. Tne woman who thus heroically ventured her life, at tbe recommendation of the coroner received a pecuniary recompense for her praiseworthy conduct.— Essex Mercury. REPRESENTATION OF GRANTHAM. ( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It is believed that there is a sufficient strength on the inde • pendent side, to ensure the return of two independent members for this borough. At all events the election of Mr. Talmasli, son to Lord Huutingtower, is held to be certain. Copies of the following straightforward practical speech de- livered by Mr. Talmash, are about to be distributed among the voters, but it is wished that it should be published previously in the columns of THE TOWN. " As Mr. Welby had begun his canvass, he ( Mr. Talmash) thought it right and due to those who had so disinterestedly supported him at the last election to state what his intentions and sentiments were. He declared to them his determination of appearing at the next election as a candidate. He avowed his sentiments to be unchanged. That if at the last election he was in favour of the Reform Bill, he was now equally favourable to a reform of the abuses of both church and state. As he was not fond of making long speeches, he would come at once to the point by declaring his sentiments on the leading topics of the day. First of all came Church Reform, and here he should have no hesitation in supporting such a reform as would prevent cor- ruptions in the church, and as would abolish the system of plu- ralities, a system which enabled such men as their vicar to hold the livings of Grantham, Great Gonerby, and Denton for him- self, ( a voice from the crowd, ' and Londonthorpe also,') to give Ponton to his son, and Barkston to his daughter's husband. This rev. divine, instead of devoting his time to the spiritual welfare of his various flocks, had occupied a great portion of it for the last three months in going about canvassing for Sir John Trollope, and in objecting to the votes of those opposed to him. However he got no thanks, for he had no doubt Sir John wished him at the devil, as his officious meddling kas mainly instru- mental in causing Sir John to lose his election. He declared he would support a reform in the church, not as its enemy, but as one of its most sincere and zealous friends. Next came the Slavery question, and here he should not have the least hesitation in voting for the emancipation of the negroes, without reference to the question of compensation, which, if granted at all, must be after slavery has been abolished, and the planter can prove he has sustained any injury, which he cannot if the negro will wo « k as well free as he did in slavery, for then he would be ex- actly in the situation of the labourers of this or any other free country, receiving the value of his labour, and having to find himself, instead of the planters for him. Next came Sinecures and unmerited Pensions, which he would do every thing in his power to abolish. He thought it very hard tbat the poorer classes, and indeed all classes of the people of England, should be taxed to support those in affluence who never did the least thing to deserve it. If, however, he was in favour of a reform in parliament, and in the church, and in the law, he declared that in his opinion it was five hundred times more necessary in corpo- rations. GraDtham was blessed with one, and a pretty one it was— a set of men self- constituted, self- elected, who hold in their possession the public purse of the town, with the contents of whieh they play a see- saw game into each other's hands, and spend it in eating and drinking, and in short in every other way but what it was originally intended for, viz., purposes of charity and for improving their town. He said that if the corpo- ration were chosen on account of their being more respectable, having greater property, more worth, or talent, than the rest of their townsmen, he should have respect for them ; but he would ask them whether they were either the most respectable men, or of the most property or worth. To say they were men of the greatest talent, would be to acknowledge at once that the people of Grantham are the greatest asses in England. He re- minded them of the conduct of the corporation in petitioning against the Hamlets being added to their borough, and afterwards throwing the blame on one of their officers by saying they were ignorant of the contents of the petition when they attached their . signatures to it. So here were a pretty set to be guardians to their town, who either must have wished to exclude a most im- portant and intelligent part from participating in the franchise, or else, according to their own account, have hardly sense sufficient to distinguish their right hands from their left. Pretty fellows these to distribute justice to their town 1 11 With regard to Mr. Welby, he had not the slightest ill will towards him ; he merely looked upon him as a cypher in Mr. Ostler's hands? whose nominee he had been for the last two parliaments, and would be again if returned. Mr. Welby's party had stated that he ( Mr. T.) was not independent, but he thought at all events he was more independent than a person who was merely the tool of the corporation and their town clerk, and who of course would not dare to express opinions contrary to those of his patrons. " Mr. T. told them that he did not envy the situation of either of their present Members, the one a rank Tory brought in by the split votes of professed Reformers ; the other, a Reformer brought in by the split votes of rank Tories. Mr. T. then con- - cluded by stating, that he had adverted to the leading questions of the day, and that he was ready to answer any question any person had a mind to propose to him, either now or at any future opportunity, and finished by again stating his fixed determina- tion of appearing as a candidate at the next election, come when it might." ® fve ^ jiottdmau. By moorland and mountain, wood, river, and lake, With the fox in the cover, the deer in the brake- Where bowls kiss the green- sward and bow- strings rebound, There, blithe as May morning, the Sportsman is found. LAY OF OUR LAUREATE. The leading subject in all sporting circles during the past week lias been, of course, the Newmarket Houghton Meeting. Though it experienced several heavy draw- backs from anticipated matches not taking place, still, upon the whole, there is no reason to complain. There was much excellent running, and, what was more, we have not heard that the meeting was disgraced by any attempts at foul play. The indignation caused by the Doncaster affair has not yet subsided; neither has tlie suspicion to which it gave birth-; and, therefore, the un- der- handed game would have been a dangerous one to play at the present time. We shall not trouble our readers with any of the vain surmises respecting the investigation now going on before the Jockey Club, for the best of rea- sons— namely, because it is declared lo be a secret inves- tigation, and, therefore, we have no doubt that the Mem- bers of that Club will keep it secret, until the proper time arrives for making it known. As is generally the case, these races have made many alterations in the Derby favourites for the ensuing year. Fox- hunting is now beginning in good earnest. By all the accounts which have reached us, Melton is filling ra pidly, aud it is supposed this favoured place will be more gay than ever during the present winter. Generally speak- ing, also, things look well in the provincial hunts. It shall be our endeavour to get the earliest and best information for our sporting friends; and we can safely say already, that in our last two Papers we gave twice as many hunting ap- pointments as any other Journal. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. COURSING. SIR,— Although coursing be one of our oldest English sports, and has never at any period been out of fashion amongst us, still, in comparison with other amusements of the like kind, we hear little about it. Not only have we brought the race- liorse to the highest degree of perfection, but we may also safely say, that the English greyhound is the first in the world. The attention that our ancestors paid to this species of the canine race is re- markable in many instances. Amid the extant works of remote ages, the greyhound is often mentioned, and with high com- mendation. In many an old picture also of some sturdy baron of the olden times, is his favourite greyhound standing by his side, as if to show to posterity how much attached they were to each other. In earlier times, when fire- arms were altogether unknown, or nothing but the match- lock was in use, the greyhound was of course greater use than at present, and there is little reason to doubt that he was then frequently kept for his profitable services, as well as for amusement. The fallow- deer, the hare, and the roebuck, were all to be captured by his fleetness and courage, or the larder of his proprietor was not unlikely to be more empty than he might desire. The rough- haired Irish greyhound, who would boldly attack the red- deer, and either bring him to the ground or perish in the attempt, is now, however, said to be extinct; but, for my own part, I canuot help entertaining some doubts upon this point. Though the rough- haired dog is seldom seen at the pre- sent day in the more fertile and level parts of Great Britain or Ireland, still, in some of the more mountainous ones, it is by no means uncommon. I have coursed a good deal amidst the high grounds in North Wales, and there it is as much used as any other, and for that kind of coursing is undoubtedly the best. He will endure more fatigue, and safely face the brajible or the gorse- busli, that would lame one of our sleek- coated greyhounds. Whether it be the same kind of dog with the ancient Irish grey- hound, I will not take upon myself to say, but it agrees with the description of that animal in many points. I have seen some of those rough- haired Welsh dogs, whose courage was so high that I am confident they would attack the finest stag that ever led a herd of red- deer over the mountain's brow, and whose strength seemed not unequal to the conflict. The present time of the year, and the open weather which we experience, are both favourable to coursing. The hares, too, are now getting strong, and are not to be run into in a hurry, as they might be in the early part of the season. As I see that your columns are open to such sporting intelligence, I shall be happy to forward to you any interesting information upon coursing that may come in my way. A COUNTRY- MAN SPORTING LITERATURE. OLD SPORTING MAGAZINE. The leading article of the Old Sporting Magazine for this month is a " Tribute to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott," from the pen of their indefatigable correspondent, Gilbert Forester After the sad specimen which this gentleman gave of his poeti- cal talents in the last number of that periodical, we cannot help feeling a little surprise at the editor's permitting him to under- take such a task as the present one. We turned to the article with a misgiving mind, and were not deceived. Its two com mencing lines— " September's spell is on the year.. • • The sky is cold, the leaf is sere"— give but too sure a token of what we are to expect. The sky cold in September 11 Genius of Scott— by whom nature was so well studied and so beautifully depicted— what a way to begin a poem in thy praise ! But we must get hastily over these five pages of nominal poetry. There is not an idea worth noticing in the first two but at the beginning of the third, as the enraptured bard is ad- dressing Scotia upon her loss, we find the following couplet :— " Thy pride, thy boast of glory fair, Where is thy child— thy favour'd, where ?" Surely we recognise something here; but, then, we suspect that Gilbert has been borrowing from his friends. In doing this he should be more cautious, and not fix upon two lines that every schoolboy knows as well as himself. '' Hark 1 to the hurried accent of despair : ' Where is my child V an echo answers—' where ?'"— is the much- admired exclamation of the old Pacha in the Bride of Abydos, when his beloved Zuleika is no more. As if this idea was too good a one to be lost sight of in a hurry, our author proceeds thus— " Where is thy child?— in grief distills The lorn and sorrowing sigh. Where is thy child ? a thousand hills Re- echo to the cry— Re- murmur'd through a thousand rills, A thousand waving woods it stills ; A thousand torrents' roar it fills. As universal Nature wills That Name shall never die 1 This " cry" has certainly a wonderful effect, as it stills the waving woods, but causes the rills and the torrents to make more noise than before. We shall not quote any more of this doggerel, which ends much in the same style that it began. In- deed, we should not have said so much had we not been angry at seeing a sporting publication made the vehicle for conveying such egregious nonsense to the public. Well may literary men look upon us sportsmen with contempt— well might Dr. Johnson have told a country squire that he " pitied an unlearned gentle- man upon a wet day," if such trash is to be put forth from month to month in a sporting periodical. It is not long since this magazine did fall under the lash of the Literary Gazette, and if the editor of that able work should deem this " Tribute to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott" worthy of his notice, Mr. Gilbert Forester might rue the day in which he penned it. We have left no room to speak of the other parts of this magazine, but, as it seems a very dull one, this is of little con- sequence. The only thing worth reading seems to be an account of the Newmarket meetings by Observator— the ablest contri- butor that now remains with the Old Sporting. We began to read the letter of its favourite correspondent " Quartagenarian," but upon finding, ere we had read far, that he advises us, in certain cases upon the moors, to make what he calls " family shots" ( that is, to fire into the midst of a pack of grouse), we had enough of him. What advice for an old sportsman to give to young ones 1 NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. We must be brief in our notice of the New Sporting, though it is a very good number. It contains two very good plates— one of coursing, the other of a terrier watching a rat- hole. The literary part commences with a list of the fox- hounds of England, and the names of their owners, which is interesting at the present commencement of the season, and will be useful as a reference. All the sports in season are touched upon in various articles, and at the conclusion we are treated with a long conversation between the Editor and Nimrod upon various sport- ing matters. We have only room to quote Nimrod's account of the French people, which he gives in a few words, and his description of a French postillion :— " Editor— And now what do you think of the French people ?" " Nimrod— As far as I have observed them they are a happy and contented people— very fond of amusement, tut very prudent in their pleasures. Where an Englishman spends five shillings they spend five sous, but appear equally pleased with their bargain. It is true, that on Sunday evenings I hear the drum beating at the public- house on the great road, and if I walk down to it I find persons dancing, but if I were to remain there six hours I should neither see a drunken man nor hear an oath uttered. I think the French spend their Sunday evenings amid very innocent re- creations." Our saints, real and pretended, would do well to read this. Thanks to them, these " innocent recreations" are denied to the Englishman of a Sunday, and what is the consequence ? Why, that he too frequently sots away the evening in a gin- shop or public- house. Nimrod's account of the postillion is as follows :— FttENCH DRIVER.—" Aye, nowyou have it; driver is the word. Of these there are two kinds— the man on the box, and the postil- lion in the wooden boots. He on the box wears something like a hunting cap on his head, and on his carcase a blue smock- frock, which, swelling with the wind, renders him a fair specimen of the monstrum horrendum. Hij reins— of which, I said before, he has but one pair to five horses— are buckled to the hoop of his box, and be is often to be seen without having them in his hand, sitting cross legged in a sort of chair that holds but himself, with a pipe in his moirth, either whipping his horses or crying out Gee ; be crawls along with bis patient load, quite satisfied with himself, and no do doubt fancying himself a coachman. As to the postillion to a French diligence he is a perfect nondescript— half sailor, half soldier— a touch of tbe waggoner, and a good deal of the labourer; in short, setting all costume at defiance. He is, however, a civil fellow to his passengers, without expecting to be paid for it; and wilh a pipe in his mouth and some brandy in his belly, looks healthy and happy. But the old boy on the St. Omer diligence, whom we call juck Peer, diverts me most; I can't describe his drag, but I may convey some idea of himself. He drives a Unicorn team from Calais to St. Omer, twenty- four miles, which bis horses are condemned to perform as their daily toil. I feel sorry for them, as one or two of them appear to have seen better days. The old man, himself, however, is quite in contrast with his cattle— be looks well fed and happy, and does not appearto abuse his horses; but talk of contrasting chalk with cheese, they are twin brothers— pease out of the same pod— compared with the distant resemblance of this man to au English coachman. His time is six hours; and as he toddles along, his reins tied to his box, he turns round to his passengers to join in any conversation that may be going on, or smokes his pipe in their faces, and thus beguiles the tedious hours." been in training before the 1st September last. Four horses were entered for the race, but only three horseswere shewn, and started about two o'clock. The Cup, which is a handsome and valuable one, was won at two heats, by Mr. Henry Paine's brown gelding ; and a handsome saddle and bridle were adjudged to Mr. Legg's chesnut horse, as second best. The race, although de- cided at two heats, was tolerably well contested, and shewed some good sport— the bets were in favour of the chesnut horse. The weather proving so fine, the Down was crowded with an Unusual assemblage of carriages and horsemen as well as pedes- trians, to witness the sport. After the race upwards of 200 Gen- tlemen and Farmers sat down to an excellent dinner provided on the occasion by Mr. Laine, at the Swan Inn, Alresford. The table was covered with a profusion of the choicest as well as the most substantial dishes of the season, which were served up by Mr. Laine in a manner much to his credit. The wines were excellent and obtained much praise ; it need not be added that they, as well as the other liquors, flowed in copious libations to the jolly god. In the absence of the Worthy Steward, J. T. Villebois, Esq., the chair was most ably tilled by Charles Graeme, Esq. and supported by a full attendance of tbe members of the H. Hunt, and the evening was spent with the greatest hilarity and harmony. Many appropriate toasts were given, and several excellent songs were sung, and the company separated highly gratified with the munificent entertainment of the members of the Hampshire Hunt. [ This conduct of the members of the Hampshire Hunt cannot be too highly commended. It shows a liberal and kind feeling towards the Hamp- shire farmers, which the latter will not be unmindful of, for they are a class of men with whom a little kindness of this sort goes a great way. Would that we could hear more frequently of such scenes, but unfortunately they are not common in these days of refinement.]— ED. THE SPORTSMAN'S CABINET. NO. I. A wretched abortion, with the above title, has just made its appearance, with as fair a share of brazened impudence as ever fell to the lot of journal, and is much better deserving the name of " Cabinet of Absurdities." Under the head of " Prints of Steeple Chases," the editor says he is " scarcely aware of any- thing that has made its appearance of late years which is not superlatively contemptible, and that modern prints ( with little exception) relative to field sports, are not only very spurious pro ductions, but an insult to the sportsman," and yet his first num- ber contains three that would disgrace a child's horn- book. They consist of a fox curled up at the side of a Christmas pud- ding, and two antediluvian wood- cuts ot the " Talbot or old English blood- hound," and " Lurchers," which he calls fox- hounds. The letter- press, if possible, is worse than the pictures, for we cannot call them embellishments, and is a sort of hash of other works, written by a bookseller's hack of the name of Thompson, who, by way of giving the latest sporting information to his readers, sticks himself down in the good commercial town of Liverpool. There is nothing original in the whole, except some invidious remarks upon Nimrod and other sporting writers, wholly be- neath their notice and ours. On the whole, we never saw more complete failure. ALRESFORD.— The annual race on Abbotsdon Down, com- monly called the Farmers' Race, took place on Tuesday last, for the H. H. Cup, which was given to be run for by horses, & c. belonging to Farmers in the district of Mr. Villebois' Hunt, ( and bred in Hampshire) such horses, & c. never having started, ( except for aa H, H, Cup) paid or received forfeit, nor having THE TURF. Newmarket, Oct. 29. We have had a succession of disappointments to- day. In five matches forfeit was paid, and a sixth was declared off by mutual consent. Had Priam and Emancipation come to the post, it would have been the most interesting race that had taken place here for a long time, and doubtless many thousands would have changed hands upon the result. Emancipation ( the " flyer of the north," as he is called) is reported to be in good running order, and the north countrymen would have backed him freely in spite of all the fame of his opponent. The match between Beiram and Posthumous also excited great interest, and the two little words " no race," were heard with much dissatis- faction by many. The racing was as follows:— Match, 500, 200 ft, T. M. M.— Marquis of Cleveland's Eman- cipation, 8st 51b, reed from Earl of Chesterfield's Priam, 9st. Match, 200, h ft, R. M.— Marquis of Exeter's Beiram, 8st 71b reed from Marquis of Tavistock's Posthumous, 8st 71b. Match, 100, h ft, T. M. M.— Earl of Chesterfield's Whisky, 8st 31b, reed from Mr. Payne's Paddy, 8st 71b. Match, 200, h ft, A. F.— Mr. Vansittart's Rubini, 8st41b, reed from Count Matuszewic's Lawnsleeves, 8st 41b. Matph, 100, h ft, first half of Ab. M.— Mr. Gully's Carlton 7st, reed from Mr. Thornhill's Farce, 8st 101b. Match, 100, A. F.— Mr. Osbaldeston's Apuntador, 10st, agst Mr. Henry's Tam O'Shanter, Sst. Off by consent. Match, 50, T. Y. C.— Mr. Spalding's Lady Charlotte, 7st 71b, beat Mr. Thornhill's SiUy Billy, 8st 71b. C and 7 to 4 on Lady Charlotte, who won by half a length cleverly. Match, 300, h ft, D. M.— Lord Cleveland's Trustee, 8st 41b , beat Mr. Greville's Dryad, 7st 101b. 5 to 2 on Trustee, who won by a neck. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two yr old colts and fillies ; from the turn of the lands in ; 42 subs. ; the owner of the second horse to save his stake.— Lord Chester- field's Weeper, 8st 31b, beat General Grosvenor's Glaucus, Sst 101b, and the Duke of Grafton's Divan, 8st 51b. The following also started :— Lord Exeter's c by Sultan out of Dahlia's dam, 8st 31b ; Mr. Forth's f by Longwaist oat of Lacerta, 8st lib ; Mr. T. Wood's c by Filho, out of Mermaid, 8st 31b ; Sir S. Graham's Jason, 8st 31b ; Mr. Batson's f Revelry, 8st lib.— Won by a length. Derby.— The Duke of Rutland's c out of Moses's dam k backed freely at 14 to 1. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C.— Lord Mountcharles's Carwell, 8st 31b, beat Lord Wilton's Bras de Fer, 8st 101b. Even bet- ting. Won easy by a length. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C.— Lord Exeter's Dulcinea filly, 8st 71b, beat Lord Worcester's c by Zealot, 8st 41b. Even bet- ting. Won easy by two lengths. The Rural Stakes of 100 sovs each, p p.; colts, 8st 71b ; and fillies, 8st 31b ; three yrs old. D. I. Five subs.— Mr. Gully's Hokee Pokee, by Muley, beat Lord Exeter's Byzantium and Lord Lowther's c by Partisan, out of Bugle's dam. 6 to 4 on Hokee Pokee, who won with difficulty by a neck. Match, 200, h ft, 8st 71b each. D. M.— Sir M. Wood's Coumfc Robinson beat Lord Worcester's Copper Captain. 11 to 8 on the Count. Won by two lengths. The betting on the Criterion Stakes was, 5 to 4 agst Glaucu* ( taken) ; 9 to 4 agst Jason ; 8 to 1 agst Dahlia; 7 to 1 agst Re- velry ; and 9 to 1 agst Weeper. Three false starts occurred be- fore the race commenced; at the actual " go," Weeper made play at a rattling pace, the Dahlia colt waiting upon her as far as the Duke's stand, where he fell back. Glaucus, who till now, had been third, immediately took his place, and in a few strides headed Weeper, looking at the time very like a winner ; the mare, however, speedily regained her lead, and, after a smart race, won by a length. The 71b on Glaucus told sadly against him towards the finish. The ground was also against him. Value of the Stakes, 920?., subject to the deduction of the win- ner's, and second horse's stakes. Glaucus lost three or four lengths start. Tuesday, October 30. Match, 100, h ft.— Mr. Henry's Margaret, 8st 51b, rec. 40 sovs, from Mr. Stanley's Blythe, 8st 71b. Fifty pounds, for 2 yr olds, carrying a feather ; three, 7st 51b; four, 8st 91b ; five, 9st 31b; six, 9st 71b; aged, 9st 101b. Last three miles of B. C. The winner, with his engagements, to be sold for 300 gs, if, See.— Mr. W. Smith's br m The Witch, 4 yrs, beat Mr. Hunter's gr c Gustavus, 3 yrs, and Lord Exeter's ch f Deception, 2 yrs. Lord Lowther's f by Truffle out of Bazaar, 2 yrs; General Grosvenor's Mountain Maid, by Zealot, 2 yrs; Mr. Henry's Tam O'Shanter, 4 yrs; Mr. Bromley's b f by Muley out of Ro- sanne, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. Stonehewer's b f by Partisan out of Emma, 2 yrs, also started. 4 to 1 agst The Witch ( taken) ; 5 to 1 agst Gustavus ; 5 to 1 agst Deception ; 3 to 1 agst b f by Muley, Winner claimed. Wron by two lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three yr olds and upwards. T. Y. C.— Mr. Payne's Corset, 3 yrs, 7st, beat the Duke of Richmond's Gondolier, 5 yrs, 8st 31b. The running was made, by Gondolier, Corset sticking pretty close to him, and Crutch in the centre. At the cords he made an effort to catch Gondolier, and failed. About four strides from home Corset challenged and beat Gondolier by half a length. The odds against her were 6 to 1. Match, 100, h ft, T. M. M.— Mr. Vansittart's Rubini, Sst 91b, beat the Dude of Grafton's Oxygen, 8st 31b. 5j on Rubini who won cleverly by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3- yr- olds, R. M., six subs.— Mr. Mill's Kate, 3 yrs, 7st 81b, beat Mr. | Forth's Gratis, 3 yrs, 7st 121b, Lord Lowther's Messenger, 3 yrs, 8st 21b, and Mr. Richardson's Fang, 3 yrs, 8st 71b. 7 to 4 agst Messenger, 2 to 1 agst Kate ( taken), 7 to 2 agst Fang, and 6 to 1 agst Gratis. A fine race between the first two, and won by a neck only. Fang bolted after running a few yards. Handicap Plate of 100/., D. I.— Mr. Stonehewer's Variation . 5 yrs, 9st 21b, beat Mr. J. Day's Mazeppa, 3 yrs, 8st 91b, Mfi, W. Smith's Zarina, 4 yrs, 7stl31b, Mr. Henry's Protocol, 4/ yre, . 7st 51b, Lord Orford's Naiad, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, and Mr, - Sivai'l ~ ' rrff- S - 36 THE TOWS, November 11. Elizabeth, 5 yrs, 7st. 2 to 1 agst Variation, 5 to 2 agst Ma- zeppa, 9 to 2 agst Protocol, and 7 to 2 agst Naiad. Zarina and Mazeppa were in front together till after the Duke's Stand, where the latter appeared to be winning easy. Variation, who was some lengths behind, now began to creep, but so gently, that no one suspected she had any chance of success. Robinson, however, had calculated his ground to a nicety, went by Ma- zeppa in the last three or four strides, and won cleverly by a length. The first portion of Lord Exeter's horses in training were put up for sale this morning, when Scuffle was sold for 200gs. Beiram was bought in for 2,000gs, Galatea for 1, lOOgs, Spencer for 470, Byzantium for 390, & c. A draft of Lord Chesterfield's stud was also sold, viz.— Tita- nia for 105gs, Uncle Bob for 155gs, Kittums for 34, and Whisky for 94gs. Three yearling fillies, the property of the Earl of Stradbroke, were sold— one by Middlaton out of sister to Araxes, for 60gs ; one by Merlin out of sister to Adeliza, for 41; and another by Middleton, d by Smolensko, for 36gs. Wednesday, Oct. 31. Match, 100, hft.— SirM. Wood's Amesbury, 8st lib, reed 30 sovs from Mr. Thornhill's Farce, 9st. Match, 100, h ft.— Gen. Grosvenor's Glaucus, 8st 91b, reed 30 sovs from Lord Tavistock's c by Jerry, 8st. Match, 100, h ft, T. Y. C.— Lord Chesterfield's Weeper, 6st 131b, beat Mr. Batson's Mixbury, 8st 121b. Match, 100, h ft, A. F.— Lord Mountcharles's Minster, 8st 7st, beat Mr. Gully's Lady Fly, 8st 21b, by a length. 2 to 1 on Minster. Match, 50, h ft, T. Y. C.— Lord Chesterfield's Weeper, 8st 71b, reed from Lord Worcester's c by Zealot, 8st 51b. Subscription Plate of 501, for 2 yr olds, 6st 71b, three yrs 8st 101b, T. Y. C.; the winner to be sold for 350gs if, & c.— Lord Exeter's sister to Green Mantle, 2 yrs, beat Mr. Wood's Am- brosio. The following also started :— Mr. Grant's Flora, 3 yrs ; Mr. Henry's Deva, 2 yrs ; Mr. Ridsdale's f by Comus, out of Ringdove's dam, 2 yrs; Sir S. Graham's Emery, 2 yrs; Mr. W. Edwards's Master Walter, 2 yrs; Gen. Grosvenor's Santillane, 3 yrs ; and Lord Wilton's f by Reveller, out of Jenny Sutton, 2 yrs. Betting— 3 to 1 agst Ambrosio ( taken), 3 to 1 agst Flora, 4 to 1 agst Dryad, 5 to 1 agst Deva, and 7 to 1 agst sister to Green Mantle. A vast number of false starts, and the actual one very indifferent. Sister to Green Mantle had it all her own way, and won easily by a length. Handicap Plate of 50/., A. F.— Mr. Hunter's Volage, 5 yrs, 8st lllb, beat Lord Clarendon's Datura, 3 yrs, 7st 51b. The fol- lowing were not placed :— Mr. Osbaldeston's Apuntador, 5 yrs, 8st 41b; Lord Warwick's Water Witch, 4 yrs, 8st 41b; Mr. Cooke's Drover, 3 yrs, 7st lib ; Sir R. K. Dick's Miss Mary Anne, 3 yrs, 6st 121b; and Ld Lowther's Mersey 3 yrs, 6st 41b. Betting— 7 to 4 agst Datura, 5 to 2 agst Volage, 3 to 1 agst Water Witch, 7 to 1 agst Drover, and 8 to 1 agst Apuntador. Volage had the best of the race all the way, and won very cle- verly by a length. Race Course, Wednesday Afternoon. Previous to the races, the second portion of Lord Exeter's horses in training was put up for sale, when one only was sold - viz. : a 2- yr old colt by Whalebone for 100 gs ; the Marinella colt was bought in for 1,100 gs. Emmeline colt for 1,250, Brother to Beiram for 370, Minima for 260, Dahlia colt for 1,130, & c. Subsequent to Lord Exeter's sale, the following horses, the property of Lord Worcester, were sold by auction :— Carthago, 9 yrs old, for 300 gs ; Coulon, 7 yrs, for 320 gs; Juryman, 7 yrs, 52 gs ; Haymaker, 3 yrs, for 130 gs ; and Copper Captain, 3 yrs, for 200 gs. The following is a complete list of the arrivals :— Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Duke of Portland, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Grafton, Count Matuszewic, Count Bathiany, Count Szechymi, Baron Bial, Marquis of AVorcester, Marquis of Tavistock, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis Graham, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Lichfield, Earl Verulam and Lady K. Grimston, Earl Jersey, Earl and Colonel Jermyn, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess Wilton, Earl Orford, Earl Stradbroke, Earl Mountcharles, Lord G. H. Bentinck, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Berners, Lord Villiers, Lord C. Manners, Lord W. and Lady Caroline Powlett, Sir John and Lady Beckett, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Sir J. and Lady Graham, Sir M. Wood, Sir L. Glyn, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Capt. Rous, Hon Colonel Russell, Hon. C. Greville, Hon. B. Craven, Hon. Gen. and Mrs. Grosvenor, Colonel Udny, Colonel Sowerby, Colonel Standen, Captain Hunter, Captain Grant, Captain Macnamara, Sir C. and Mr. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stonehewer, Mr. Sloane Stanley, Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Cooke, Mr. A. Hunter, Mr. Worrall, Mr. Willan, Mr. R. Stewart, Mr. Batson, Mr. Waddington, Mr. J. Mills, Mr. Newton, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Holyoake, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hawker, Mr. F. Charlton, Mr. G. Walker, & c. Thursday. Match, 300, h ft, A. F.— Sir M. Wood's Camarine, 4 yrs, 9st 31b, received ft from Mr. Gidly's Margrave, 3 yrs, 7st 121b. Match, 100, h ft, T. Y. C.— Lord Mountcharles's Minster, 3 yrs, 8st 71b. received 30 sovs ft from Mr. Henry's Tam O'Shan- ter, 4 yrs, 8st. Lord Worcester's c by Zealot, d by Canterbury, agst Mr. Thornhill's c by Emilius, out of Bee in a Bonnet, 8st 71b each, T. Y. C. Off by consent. Mr. Pettit's Little Fanny, 8st 81b, received 20 sovs from Mr. M. Stanley's c by Buzzard, 7st 41b, T. Y. C. 50 h ft. Colonel Peel's Frailty. 7st ( Nat), beat Sir M. Wood's Count Robinson, 9st, T. Y. C. 50, half length. 6 to 5 on the loser. Sir M. Wood's fby Partisan ( Robinson), out of Fawn, 8st21b, beat Mr. Thornhill's Silly Billy, by Bedlamite, 8st 91b, T. Y. C. 100, h ft, length and half; 5 to 4 on loser. Mr. Mill's Kate, 7st 21b ( Pavis), beat Mr. Vansittart's Ru- bini, 8st 71b, D. M. 100, h ft, head ; 2 to 1 on loser. Lord Jersey's Alea, 8st 71b ( Robinson), and Lord Mount- charles's Carwell ( Pavis), 8st 51b, D. M. 50; a dead heat; 11 to 8 on Carwell. Mr. Ley's Partiality ( Pavis), beat Mr. M. Stanley's c by Buz- zard, out of Minster's dam, 8st 41b each, T. Y. C. 25, length ; 3 to 1 on winner. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for 2- yr olds, 7st ; 3 yrs, 9st. T. Y. C.— Mr. Wreford'sb f Temperance, 2 yrs ( Lad), beat Sir M. Wood's f by Partisan, out of Fawn. Colonel Peel's Frailty, 2 yrs ; Mr. Thornhill's f Enchant- ment, 2 yrs ; Mr. Ridsdale's f by Comus, out of Ringdove's dam, 2 yrs; Mr. Clover's b f Chamois, 3 yrs— also started. 4 to 1 on Temperance ; 5 to 2 on fby Partisan ; 2 to 1 on Frailty; 7 to 2 on Enchantment; 7 to 1 on f by Comus. Match, 50, A. F.— Colonel Feel's Sluggard, 7st. 91b. ( Nat.), beat Mr. Gully's Salute, 8st. lib., by a head. Betting, 2 to 1 on Sluggard. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. T. Y. C. 9 subs.— Mr. Yate's gr c Gab, 4 yrs, 8st, beat Mr. Payne's Corset, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; and Mr. Forth's c by Whisker, out of Scandal, 3 yrs Cat 81b. The following were not placed:— Duke of Richmond's Gondolier, 5 yrs, 8st 71b ; Mr. M. Stanley'sBlythe, 3 yrs, 7st 21b; Mr. Pettit's Little Fanny, 4 yrs 7st; Mr. Ridsdale's Fedora, 3 yrs, 6st 81b.— Betting, 2 to 1 agst Corset; 7 to 2 agst Gon- dolier ( taken); 4 to 1 agst Gab ( taken) ; and 4 to 1 agst Little Fanny. Gab made strong running till within the cords, where Corset ran up and headed within a few strides ; he recovered his position, but was in the last struggle so closely pressed by the mare that he had some trouble to win by a head. Subscription Handicap Plate of 50/. D. I.— Mr. C. Wilson's Argent, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ; Mr. Gully's Lady Fly, 3 yrs, 7st 41b. A dead heat between these two. The following also started :— . Mr. W. Smith's f; The Witch, 4 yrs, 8st 41b ; Colonel Peel's Sluggard, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Lord Berner's c by Emilius, out of , Rotterdam, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ; Lord Burlington's f by Bizarre, out of Cat. Betting, 5 to 2 Pgst Lady Fly ( taken freely) ; 7 to 2 agst Argent ( taken); 6 to 1 agst Blunderer ; 6 tc 1 agst Slug- gard ; and 6 to 1 agst the Witch. The pace was indifferent till they got to the turn of the lands, where the Witch, Argent, and Blunderer were in front, Lady Fly waiting behind. At the Duke's stand she began moving quietly up, but did not collar Argent till a few strides from the chair ; the closing struggle was des- perate, and finished in a dead heat. After this Argent walked over, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gully dividing the plate, accord- ing to Jockey Club law. The money betted on and against each of the two horses must be put together and divided. Previous to the races a draught from Lord Lowther's young stock was sold, as follows:— Timekeeper, 4 yrs, by Smolensko, 120 gs ; Colt, 3 yrs, by Partisan, out of Bugle's dam, 81 gs; Hurdy Gurdy, 2 yrs, by Partisan, 34 gs ; Yearling colt, by Stainborough, out of Twatty, 41 gs ; Yearling filly, by Partisan, out of Bugle's dam, 120 gs ; Ditto, ditto, by Whalebone, out of sister to Godolphin, 40 gs. The yearling out of Bugle's dam was purchased by Lord Chesterfield ; all the rest were bought to go abroad. Mr. Forbes's Victorine ( late Victoire) was knocked down to Sir M. Wood for 165 guineas. To- day's racing has seldom been equalled upon this or any other course. Out of nine races there were two dead heats, and four others won by a head only. Friday. Mr. Forth's Marvel, 8st 121b, agst Lord Mountcharles's Minster, 8st 51b. T. Y. C. 25 sovs. Off by consent. Mr. Hunter's c., by partisan, 7st, 71b., beat Sir M. Wood's Vicioire, 8st. 121b. T. Y. C. 50 sovereigns. 7 to 4 on the winner. Sir M. Wood's Camarine, 8st. 51b., beat Sir M. Stanley's Crutch, 8st. 71b., T. Y. C., 200 h. ft. Robinson rode Cama- rine; Wright rode Crutch. Camarine won easy. 6 to 4 on her. The Nursery Stakes of 25 sovereigns each, for 2yr. olds. D. M., was won by Mr. Forth's f., by Muley, out of Clare ( Buckle), 8st 31b beating Mr. Chifney's c., by Swiss out of Galena, 8st 61b and Mr. S. Day's Ceres, 8st. 41b. Mr. Henry's Deva, 8st. 51b. Duke of Rutland's b. f., by Emilius, out of Sal, 8st. 41b.; Duke of Graften's Emir, 8st.; Colonel Peel's Malibran, 7st. 131b.; Mr. Kirby- gate ; Tu. at Ratby ; Wed at Six Hills ; Th at Beeby ; Fri at Gunby. Mr. Portman's hounds— To- morrow at Durweston- bridge. Sir R. Sutton's hounds— To- morrow at Gantly- park ; Tu Staplefoad- moor ; Th at Burton- kennels ; Sat at Lea- house. The Atherton hounds— To- morrow at Bosworth ; Tuesday at Coombe ; Thursday at Willesley ; Sat. at Normanton, at eleven. Mr. Meynell's hounds (£ 10)— Tu at Kedlestone, Th at Swark- stone- bridge, Sat at Radborne. Hampshire Hunt ( 10)— To- morrow at the New Inn, Lissam, Tu at the Chequers, Rapley, Th at Abbotsdon Down, Sat at llsfield Down. His Majesty's Stag houzds— To- morrow, at Salt Hill; and Fri at the Black Dog, Bedfont. at half- past ten. The West Kent Fox hounds— To- morrow, at Horton Woods, and Wed at Seal Chart; Fri at the George Meopham, at 10. The Surrey Fox hounds— To- morrow atPlattsgreen, Th at the Bell, at Godstone, at ten, and on Sa at Beechstone Coppice, at 9. Burton Hunt— Sir Richard Sutton's hounds will meet on Mon Nov. 5, at Gaultby Park ; Tu 6, at Stapleford Moor, at eleven Th 8, at Burton Kennels, at one ; and Sat 10, at Lea- house, at eleven. The Somerset Vale hounds will meet on Tu Nov. 6, at Nun- ney Wood; and Fri 9, at the Downside kennel, at half- past ten. The Somerset Subscription fox hounds will meet on Tu Nov 6, at Fairfield House ; and Fri 9, at Bagborough Plantation. Mr. Drake's hounds — Tu at Souldern- gate ; Th at Water, perry Common ; and Sat at Warden- kennell, at half- past 10. The Norfolk fox hounds— To- morrow at Pudding Norton and Sat at Neeton Tuns, at half- past 10. The South Wold Subscription hounds— Tu at the Green Man Scamblesby, and Sat at South Thoresby, at half- past 10. SPORTING VARIETIES. On Thursday, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Charles Wellesley, met Mr. Fellows with the Vine hounds at Ash Sowerby's Tigress, 7st. 101b.; aud General Grosvenor's Mountain Warren," near Overton. They had a good days sport ahd killed Maid, 7st. 41b., also started. , Won by two lengths easy, their Fox. The Duke appeared in good health and spirits, and Betting 8 to 1 agst Muley, even on c. by Swiss, 7 to 2 agst seemingly much enjoyed the chace. Ceres, 12 to 1 agst the Mountain Maid, and 20 to 1 agst His Grace the Duke of Richmond is now making great altera- Tigress. tions in the Goodwood Race Course, which will keep a good Sir M. Wood's Lucetta, 8st 131b ( Robinson), beat Count | mar) y mcn employed during the winter, as it is intended that the Matuscewicz's Lawn Sleeves, 8st lib. D. I. 200 sovereigns, h ft Gold Cup should be a four- mile race next year. The races will 5 to 2 on Lucetta. take place on the last Tuesday in July. The Audley End Stakes of 30 sovs each, for horses of all LEAMINGTON.— Several sporting gentlemen, who annually ages ( 2- yr old excepted). A. E. C. vjs; t Leamington at this period of the year, from the circum Sir M. Wood's Camarine ( Robinson), 4 yrs 9st 41b beat Mr. J. stance of its presenting greater attractions and advantages to the Day's Mazeppa, 5 yrs 8st 51b ; Mr. Gully's Hokee- Pokee. 3 yrs lovers of the chace than perhaps any other watering- place in the 6st 51b Mr. Wagstaff's Fang, 3 yrs 7st and Mr. Beards- 1 kingdom, have already arrived. A numerous train of staunch LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN. . We refer our readers to the leading article on the in- tended operations against Holland, as containing, exclu- sively, an accurate exposition of the views of the Con- federated Powers, and the embarrassments that surround he Dutch King. His Majesty has a difficult task to play, in at once satisfying the importunate irritation of his sub- jects and yielding to that serious demonstration of the ultimate argument from which there can be only one appeal. War, under the circumstances, however, must be considered out of the question. The English funds continue very steady ; consols for ac- count are 84and for money 84 ; in Exchequer bills and India bonds there is no alteration. Bank stock, 188}. There is no news to- day either from the Hague or Oporto, but it is known that the formal notices of the convention between Great Britain and France were delivered to the Dutch minister of foreign affairs by the respective ministers of those countries on Monday evening, and immediately laid before the King. It seems that a knowledge of the fact has much astonished the mer- cantile population of Amsterdam, who, strange as it may appear, have never believed that this forcible step would be taken. The Prince of Orange had been sent for in great haste. It is reported to be the opinion of the latter, that Antwerp should be resigned, as being of no military importance. The non- arrival from Oporto strengthens the previous conjecture that either Miguel had notventured any attejjk on the 26th October, as premeditated, or had failed.— Globe of yesterday. Extract of a letter from Rotterdam, received afc Lloyd's, dated Oct. 30 :— " A general alarm prevails here among the British cap- tains from an official warning from Mr. Ferrier to them to acce- lerate their departure, communicated by order from the British ambassador. We shall send the vessels off with every possible expedition. The Maese will clear to- morrow, and the Search, which arrived this morning, we shall probably send away on Sunday. The Batavier steamer is detained by the Dutch go- vernment." Advices from Madras to the end of June, state, that the market continued abundantly supplied with both French and English goods, and that sales by entire invoices were completely imprac- ticable of every description of articles. The freight to London- was 4/. per ton for dead weight, and 6/. per ton for light goods. Miss Kemble and her father realised 1,400/. in twelve nights, at New York; worth's Ludlow, 3 yrs 8st. Lord Jersey's Alea, 4 yrs 8st lib, and Mr. Wilson's Argent, 3 yrs 6st 51b paid. 6 to 4 on Camarine ; 4 to 1 on Mazeppa; 4 to 1 on Hokee- Pokee. Won in a canter. and gallant Nimrods will be early in the field, so that our spirited Master of the Hunt, J. Russell, Esq. will open his campaign with a brilliancy of eclat which, arguing from the unexampled success usually attendant on his well- trained pack, will be only exceeded by the excellency of the runs, and the prosperous re- sults of many a hard day's sport. EDINBURGH RACING MEETING, OCT. 25. MELTON MOWBRAY.— 1TO such as are fond of " witching the Thursday these races commencedat Gullane, instead of Mus-• ly with We horsemanship .. our fashionable town never selburgh, owing to the cholera. The following is a statement of offered more interesti spec£ cle. A11 the leadi studs are the running :- A gold cup, value 100 sovs., by subs of 10 sovs. now read for thg fie, d and t ther form a collecti* n of horses each, a 1 ages two miles, won ^ Mr. Ramsay's XXX beatmg wMch for breedi condition, and value, no other place in Lord Elcho's Gondolier Sir D. Kinloch, named Craigmillar, and E could exhib] t. Earl Brownlow, after sojourning a few- Mr. Ramsay's Mr. Bish. Won easy. , „., . | days at Belton- house, has rejoined the Countess and Lady Sophia Cust, at Leamington, Lady Thorold has a fashionable circle at Lyston- house, near Grantham ; it includes several foreigners of high distinction, Sir John and the Misses Trollope, Sir M. and Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, Sir R. Heron, Sir John Hayford Thorold, & c. By the close of the week we calculate upon a more than ordinary influx of company. The Duke of Rut- Produce stakes, of 50 sovs each, walked over by Mr. Gilman's Vivian. City plate of 50 sovs., for horses that never won 50 sovs, heats two miles and a half, won by Mr. Johnstone's Fitzorville, beating Mr. Alexander's Coila, and Mr. Ramsay's Brother to Mr. Bish. Won easy. Lothian Stakes of 7 sovs each, 30 added, two miles, won by Mr. Crompton's Prince, beating Lord Elcho's Fair Withering- ton, Mr. Alexander's Cadger, and Mr. Ramsay's Bish. Won easy. King's Plate of 100 gs, heats four miles, was won in three heats by Mr. Greig's Ballochmoyle beating Lord Elcho's Phillip, Mr. Montgomery's Terror, and Mr. Ramsay's Round Robin. A severe contest. The winner was scarcely unsaddled before he dropt dead. FRIDAY, OCT. 26.— Plate of 50 sovs, given by the Duke of Buccleuch, for farmer's horses within the limits of liis hunt, was won by Mr. Wilson's Taurus, beating two others; won by half a neck. Plate of 50 sovs, given by the- Duke of Buccleuch. Lord Elcho's Gondolier walked over. Plate of 50 sovs, given by R. A. Dundas, Esq. M. P. for the city, was won by Mr. G. Crompton's Prince beating Mr. Pea- cock's Brown Stout and Lord Elcho's fair Witherington. Won easy. HUNTING. MEETS OF THE WEEK. The Shropshire fox hounds— To- morrow at Acton Burnell, Wed at Onslow, Fri at Halston, Sat at the fifth milestone on the Baschurcli road. Mr. Wicksted's fox- hounds— Tu at Shallowford ; Th at Keel Village ; Sat at Burnhill- green. Sir Richard Puleston's hounds— Mon at Alan Sadler's, Wed at Overton- bridge, Fri at Millbrook. The Cadbury harriers— Tues at Anchor- bridge; Fri at Mil- borne East- liill. DOMESTIC. The French and English squadrons sailed from Spithead on Thursday afternoon, and are at present in the Downs. The answer given to inquiries made yesterday morning at the house of Lord Tenterden is as follows :—" Lord Tenterden con- tinues seriously ill, and is much weaker than yesterday." Messrs. Sergeant Spankie, Beames, Swanston, Rolfe, and Joy, have been appointed King's counsel. BRISTOL, Nov. 2.— Sir R. Vyvyan cuts but a sorry appear- ance in Bristol. To- day he adopted the Hinckley plan, and was seen canvassing St. Thomas's parish attended by four constables. Mr. Protheroe carries every thingbefore him, except a few hangers- on ofthe vestries. Mr. Baillie's return is also certain. Sir Edward Sugden is trying to be returned for Cambridge, under the skirt of the clerical gown. IRELAND.— The son of the Rev. John Pennefather, rector of Newport, has been found guilty, at the Clonmel assizes, of joining in the anti- tithe combinations. land, the Earls of Harborough, Brownlow, and Chesterfield; Lords Forrester, Kinnaird, and Alvanley; Count Matuszevic; Sir Harry Goodricke, and many other distinguished sportsmen, are about to commence the hunting season in Leicestershire with great eclat. The Belvoir hounds will meet at Croxton this week, and the Duke of Rutland will entertain the Marquis Graham, the Earl of Wilton, and a large party, at Belvoir Castle, during the present month. Sir Harry Goodricke will » also dispense liis hospitality to the members of the hunt in the course of the season, and the Old Club House will once more be the scene of jovial festivity. A very brilliant party of ladies are expected to assemble at Mel- ton, among whom will be the Countess of Chesterfield and her beautiful sister Mrs. Anson; the Countess of Wilton, Lady Edward Thynne, Miss Mellish, Countess of Plymouth, Countess Brownlow, & c. The Worcester Autumn Races have been postponed from the 6th to the 8th of November. We are informed on the best authority that there is not a vestige of truth in the paragraph respecting Newmarket, copied into the papers of Monday from the Court Journal. Not a single nobleman or gentleman has left the Turf, or expressed any intention to that effect.— Morning Paper. The annals of pigeon shooting do not record a better display of the art than took place on Wednesday afternoon, at the Hulme Shooting Ground. A few crack shots met together, and five of them entered into a sweepstakes for a valuable silver snuff- box, five birds each— single barrel— 21 yards trap. This was won by Mr. Redfern, who killed all his birds, the others killing four birds each. Another sweepstakes for four sovereigns, on the same terms as the former, was entered into between Mr. Marshall, Mr. Redfern, and two others, which resulted in the Lord Yarborough's hounds— To- morrow at Weelsby- house, Wed at Saxilby mill, Fri at Wallingham- house, Sat at Beelsby I two former winning the stakes between them, by each killing all village. The Cottesmore hounds— To- morrow at Empingham- wood, FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF DECEASED AND LIVING ARTISTS.— The Society of British Artists, in Suffolk- street, will, open to the public to- morrow a very interesting exhibition of pictures by native artists, both deceased and modern. We were admitted yesterday to a private exhibition of them, and, judg- ing by the gratification we ourselves experienced, we confidently promise our readers a very handsome intellectual treat. At this late hour of our paper going to press, any thing in the shape of a detailed notice of the individual works cannot be expected— for that purpose we reserve ourselves till next week. That the reader, however, may form some judgment as to the character of the collection, and of the quality of the paintings offered for his inspection, we insert a few of the most eminent names of deceased artists whose works are there exhibited :— Hogarth,. Reynolds, Lely, Wilson, West, Loutherbourg, Lawrence, Gains- boroiigh, Harlowe, Hopner, Jackson, Kirk, Liverseege, Morland, Mortimer, Cosway, Northcote, Nasmyth, Opie, Romney, Burnet, Bonington, Girtin, and Zoffani. CHOLERA IN BRITAIN. REPORT OF THE WEEK. New Cases. October 29 Monday 182 30 Tuesday 117 3 1 Wednesday 68 November 1.. .. Thursday 80.... 2.... Friday 91 3 Saturday 112 Deaths. ,. 86 .. 58 .. 32 .. 37 .. 52 .. 43 Total Total oases from the commencement. 650 66,216. 308 Deaths, 24,721. Tues at Daud Abbey, Thurs at Park- house. Mr. Codrington's hounds— To- morrow, at Great- ridge, Pest- wood- corner. TheHerefordsliirehounds— Tuesatthefive- mile- stone, Froom's- hill- road, Fri at Brockhall- turnpike. Brighton harriers— To- morrow at Pateham, Wed near the race course, Fri at the Dike. Brookside hariers— Mon at Newmarket; Wed at Ashcombe and the Kennel, alternately; Fri at Telscombe Rye. The Upton hariers— Tu at the kennel; Fri at Moor Brook, Hanley. The Warwickshire hounds— Mon at Alcester Pastures ; Tu at Milford- bridge; Th at Hebrington- heath; Sat at Farn- borough. The Earl of Harewood's fox- hounds— Mon at North Deigh- ton ; Wed Hook- moore ; Fri Tadcaster- bar. The Badsworth fox hounds— Mon at Wenbridge ; Th Skel- brook- hall; Sat at South Hiendley. their birds. They then proceeded to shoot off the tie, when, after killing eight birds each without missing a shot, evening compelled them to desist from further competition, without either of these excellent marksmen getting the mastery. Some fine shooting is expected on Friday next, when a silver cup value 20/., will be contended for.— Manchester Herald. After the Edinburgh races were concluded on Friday, the Duke of Buccleugh's fox- hounds drew the covert at Gosford, and found in the west woods. The fox went away cross the country towards Gladsmuir, and sought shelter in the cover on Tuchet Muir ; from whence he was driven, and taking east, was run into a drain at Hugston, near Haddington. The pace was sometimes very fast, but a number of checks allowed alarge field to be up when he run to ground. We find by the last number of the New Sporting Magazine, that no less than twenty- eight thorough- bred horses were ex- ported from this country within the last month. Their destina- tion was Germany. HALIFAX CRICKET CLUB..— On Monday last the members of this club played a well contested game on Skircoat moor; after BIRTHS. On the 28tli inst. tho lady of Robert Hawthorn, esq. of a son— At Blyth- hall, the lady of W. S. Dugdale, esq. M. 1'. of a daughter— At Wicken, Northamptonshire, Mrs. George Fitzroy, of a son— The Coun tess of Fomfret, of a son, at his Lordship's seat, Easton Neston, Nor- thamptonshire— In Brighton, the Baroness Fabeck, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On Tuesday, at the Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, the Hon. Henry Arundell, son of the late James Everard, ninth Lord Arundell, of War- dour- castle, and eldest son of the Dowager Lady Arundell, Dover- street, to Elizabeth Emmeline, only daughter of Joseph Esdaile, esq. Sander- stead- court, Surrey— On the 29th inst. at St. James's, George Bramwell, esq. jun. of the Inner Temple, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of the late James Christie, esq., King- street, St. James's squart— On the 23d inst. at Echt- house, Aberdeenshire, V. W. Carnegy, esq. of Lower and Turin, Forfarshire, to Rachael Anne, eldest daughter of James Forbes, esq. of Echt— On the 27th inst. Allen Travis, esq. M. D., of New Malton, to Esther, third daughter of the Rev. James Dalton, of Croft, in the county of York— At Nottingham, Mr. Joseph Stockdalc, 72, to Mrs. Esther Wil- kinson, 40. This is the fifth time the bridegroom has appeared at the altar of Hymen. His last wife died about a month ago, of cholera, asd agreeably to her request he has married his present bride, with whom he went to church in mourning habiliments— Major Marriott, of Sellers- brook, to Catherine, daughter of the late G. Griffin, esq. of Newton, Monmouth. The Albrighton hounds— To- morrow at Hilton, Til at the which they partook of an excellent supper, prepared with the Plough, Weston- heath, Sat at Burnhill- green. usual good taste of the host of the Crown and Anchor, Sir T. Stanley's hounds— To- morrow at Puddington, Th at On Monday a match at knor and spell was played on Wibsey Wepre, Sat at Birkenhead. Slack, for 20 sovereigns, between Mr. Thomas Butterworth, of Mr. Horlock's hounds— To- morrow at Combe- liay, Fri at Okershaw, and Mr. Jacob Ellis, of Northwood Green ; the for- Calcomb- wood. mer beat the latter by 20 yards at 30 rises. On Monday week, Mr. Assheton Smith's hounds— To- morrow at Amport, Tu at a match for 10 sovereigns was played at the same place between Everleigh house, Th at Penton, Fri at Boram- wood. _ | Mr. James Wood, and Mr. Thomas Greenwood, both of Nor- Cambridgeshire hounds— Tu at the Hardwicke Arjns; the Downing Arms. Fri at | thowram ; the former beat the latter 460 yards at 30 rises. On Wednesday, the Surrey Union Hounds found a fine fox at Mr. Mure's fox- hounds— Tu at Alpheton Lion, Th at Six Wanborough, near Guildford, which got away in good style Mile Bottom, Sat at Barrow- green. Royston harriers— Tu at Foulmire, Th at Therfield. Mr. Clutton Brook's fox hounds— Wed at Bishop's- wood ; Fri at Copcot Elm. The East Kent fox hounds— Tu Wingham ; Fri at New Inn- green. The Tiekham fox hounds— To- morrow at Warren- woods- leads; Th Otterden- meadows. The Duke of Grafton's fox hounds— To- morrow at Hartwell | Green; Friday at Plumpton Wood, athalf- past ten. across the country towards Farnham, followed by a numerous field. Reynard crossed the canal several times, many of the hunt swimming their horses over. After a run of several hours, when the hounds neared Odiham, unfortunately another fox was unkennelled and they were soon after called off, at a distance of about sixteen miles from the place of meeting. GRANTHAM.— The public are cautioned, particularly dealers in game, from trespassing beyond the power of their respective licences, as two suspicious- looking persons have lately been lurking about Grantham and its vicinity, in the shape of in- Sir H. Goodricke's fox hounds ( late Quorn)— To- morrow at | formers, to entrap the unguarded. DEATHS. At Bath, Volant Vashon Ballard, esq. C. B., rear admiral of the white, aged 58. This officer accompanied, as a midshipman, Captain Vancou- ver in his voyage of discovery to- the north- west coast of America— At Greenwich, Mrs. Ann Bridges, widow of the late General G. Bridges, of the Royal Engineers— At Bath, Joseph Sigmund, esq. aged 82.— On the 19th of June last, on his passage from India, Lord George Thynne, aged 23 years, sixth son of the Marquis of Bath— On the 26th nist. at Minster Acres, aged 86. Mrs. Silvertop Maire, widow of John Silvertop, esq. and daughter of the late Sir Henry Lawson, bart., of Brough- half, Yorkshire — On the 27th inst. at Stanmore, at the house of her son, Lieut.- General Sir John Lambert, K. C. B., in the 81st year of her age, Catherine, relict of the late Robert Lambert, esq., Commissioner of tne Royal Navy— On the 27th inst. at her house, 67, Westbourn- terrace, Bayswater, Mrs. Ann Flint, widow of the late Thomas Flint, esq. of the same place, in her 72d year— On the 24th of March, at Barrackpore, in the East Indies, Lieut. John Hale, of the 7th Regiment of Infantry, eldest son of the Rev. John Hale, of Holton Beckermg, in the county of Lincoln— At Blandford, Dorset, the. Hon. A. Stuart, formerly of the Queen's Bays the only, ( anil twin) brother of the Earl of Moray— In Cheltenham, after a painful ill- ness, Mr. C. Crisp, one of the managers of the theatre. 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