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7 4 r , "" • . •• • • .. • A 4 A. • • \No , (s) • • • • (.264eb >4- d *, 10 . .113- 10 if otatdal6l.4.c di!. ~/Mr_ SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1828. - NUMBER 1%979.] Pates SEVENPENCE. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS, PORT OF LONDON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the ST. KA THARINE DOCKS will be OPENED for the RECEP TION of SHIPS and GOODS, on SATURDAY, the 25th Instant.—By Order of the Board, St. Katharine Dock Mice, October 1,188. JOHN HALL FIRE INSURANCE. 91FIE following Offices having given up the business of FIRE INSURANCE, viz. the 2Egis, the Albion, the I3rzcon,the British Commercial, the Eagle, the Hope, the East Kent, the Gloucester and Worcestershire, the Old Bath, the Surrey, Sussex, and Southwark, persons lately Insured therein,will naturally Inquire into the advantages and durability of any Office to which they may again entrust their protection. The undersigned Agents in the vicinity of London, therefore, confidently invite their atten tion to the COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, which it will be found ha.., fur a series of Tweatyone Years, yielded unprecedented Benefits, and to which they may transfer their Insurances without any additional expense. Rena en% of Twenty.five and Twenty per Cnt. have been invariably paid to all insured in the COUNTY Film °Frier, an advantage to the Public which has been realised by no other Fire Office existing. Thos WQI)Is. Agent, at Brentford n.chard Mitchell, Clapton Glorle Lever, Camden Town C v esee Ribs, Chelsea Wm. Greig. City road Thos. Meredith, Edgware.road T P. Burford, Hackney I ,enry Gunby, Hampstead Thos. Doswell, Islington t was. Membrey, Leman-street, \Vbitechapel TM. Single, Mile End William F.a.t, Agent, at Poplar Geo. Griffith., Pentonville Taft and Mason, Regent's Park Basin Richard Adams, Greenwich John Potter; Woolwich Purcell and Nicholls, Battersea Charles Goad, Camberwell Thos. Head, Croydfm Joseph Watson. Peckham Ruben Peake, Royal Exchange. ~OCIETY fnr the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS, throughout ENGLAND as.d WALES, established 1772. PRESIDIUM—The Earl of ROMNEY. Vicic•PRISIDENTS,• Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE, Lord KF.NYON, Bien Hon. ROBERT PEEL, M.P. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart. M.P. Toirasuaza, BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, AVDMORS, CHAS. E. I'IGOU, Eaq. and JOHN PEPYS, Esq. At a Meeting of the Governors, held in Craven-street, Wee liesusr, Ist of October, 1828. the cases of One Hundred and Nineteen Petitioners were considered, of whom Eighty-four were Approved, Fifteen Rejected, Sixteen Inadmissible, and Four Re ferred for Character. Since the Meeting held on the 6th of August, One Hundred and Ninety-three Debtors, of whom One Hundred and Sixty-three had Wives and Five Hundred and One Children, have been dis charged from the Prison* of England and %Yaks, the expense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with the Cha rity, was £671 2s. Bd. and the following lIANZFACTIONS ARCIIVED qINCE THAT DATA me e. d. The Baroness Willoughby . . . A. 330 Found in the Letter-box . . 5 0 0 . .S. M. J. . . . . 10 10 0 C.M. . . 5 0 0 . . A. B. C. in a letter to the Secretary . . • . 10 0 0 P. brain, E .sq. . . . A. 2 20 The Accountant-General, under the will of the Earl of Kerry . . . . . . 25 00 'Found in the Letter-box . .5 0 0 John D wkins, Esq. . A. 3 5 0 . . lhlf-a-Year's Interest on the Bequest of the late Right lion. Lady De Ihinstativille . • 1.5 0 0 John Shewell. Esq. per Dorrien and Co. . . 10 OGI Y. G. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL BENEFAC TION . . 50 0 0 . . . . Joseph Hume, Esq. 31. P. 11. Is. Mrs. Hume, 11. Is. A. 2 2 0 John Withers, Esq. . . . • A. 2 2 0 • John Mangles, Esq. .. .. ._ - _. _ . A. 1 10 Benefactions are received by Benj. Bond Cabbell, Esq. the Trea surer, No. 1, Brick -court, Temple; also by the following Bankers : Messrs. Drummond. Cocks, Denies, Hammertleys, Mares, Whitmore, Veres, Dorrien ; and by the Secretary, N 0.7, Craven street, Strand, where the Looks may be seen, by those who are Inclined to support the Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every Month. ROBERT BALMANNO, Secretary. EVER ANXIOUS TO PREVENT IMPOSITION, DAY and MARTIN respectfully inform the Public tbey have, after much labour and at a very considerable ex pense, brought to perfection a Label of such singular construction and' extreme ditLuity of execution, that they trust will effectually prevent the many Frauds that are daily practised en the Public.— An attention to the following description of the Label will ensure the genuine Backing prepared by them. A pattern like Lace of a pink colour covers the principal part of the Label, the names of Day and :slartin are printed in white letters edged with pink and black, and placed on a white ground, the address, 97, HI6II4IOLBORIsi, as also white letters edged with pink and black, but placed on the lace pattern, the signature and price at foot are black on a white around, the preamble and directions for use are printed as before, black kttcrs o►► white ground.-97, High-Holborn, Sept. 1323. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Ocr. 3. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. John Geary. Brentwood, Eviert, master-mariner, from October 7, to October 21, at eleven, at the Court of Con misaioners of Bankrupts, Basingball-street. • BANKRUPTS. Joseph Hunton, Bisbopsgate-street and Ironmonger-lane, linen draper, to surrender, October 14, 21, at eleven, and November 14, at one, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingball-street. Atturades, Messrs. Osbaldeston and Co. Lon don-street, Ferichurch-street. John Thomas Earl, Lewisham, Kent, plumber, October 7, at ten, 14, at nine, and November 14, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners of Bankrupts, Basinghallatrett. Attorney, Mr. Pantile:, &. Andrew's-court, Holborn. Francis Fenton, St. James' -street, Westminster, hotel-keeper, October 21, 31, at one, and November 14, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of B a nkrupts, Basinghall-street. At torney, Mr. Miller, Furnival's lon, Holborn. Joseph Pain, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw-hat-manufacturer, Oct. 21, at twelve, 28, and November 14, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basitighall-street. Attornies, Messrs. G. T. and R. Taylor, Featherstone-builtlings, Holborn; or Mr. E. C. Williamson, Luton. William Newman, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw-hat-manufacturer, October 21, at twelve, 28, and November 14, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingball-street. Attornies, Messrs. G. T. and It. Taylor, Featherstoue•buildings, Holborn; or Mr. X. C. Williamson, Luton. IJames Tessimond, Leek, Staffordshire, silk-manufacturer, October 25, November 1, and 14, at one, at the Roe Buck lon. Leek. ' Attornies, Mr. Coupland, Leek; or Messrs. Jennings and Co. NJm-court,i'emple. Richard Hardin, Cannock, Staffordshire, maltster and butcher, October 10, at five, 11, and November 14, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Rugeley. Attornies r Mesars. Dawson and Co. New ' Boswell...court, Lincoln's Inn; or Mr. Charles Salt, Itugeley. James Martin, Preston, Lancashire, cairn-merchant, October 24, at ten, 25, at two, and November 14, at ten, at the Mee of Mr. Woodburn, Preston. Attornies, Messrs. Norris and Co. John street, 11;:riford row ; or Mr. Woodburn, Preston. William Winfield, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, corn-merchant and carrier, October 11, 18, and November 14, at eleven, at the Sic 13t-Ils Inn, Bury St. Edintras, Suffolk. Attornies, Mr. John Waymart, Bury St. Edmunds; or Mr. John Walter, Symond's but, Cirancet plane. 1 DIVIDENDS to be made in BASING HALL-STREET. Oct. 25, William Phipps, Shoredircu. straw hat manufacturer, at eleven. Oct. 25, Samu e l Carpenter, sen. London -street, Green. wieh, Kent, shoe manutacturer, at eleven. Oct. 25, Isaac Darby, Inek.terrace, liegeniapark, gLaier, at elevea. Oct. 25,, James Butler, Richard Butler, and Robert Butler, Austinfriars. merchants, at ten. Oct. 51, Thomas Barnard, late of the Strand, silversmith and wine merchant, at ten. Oct. 24, Daniel Austin, Cottage grove, Mile-end -town, Stepney, brick-maker and builder, at eleven. Oct. 24, Haim Benattar, Howfortl-buildings, Fencburch-street, merchant, at ten. Oct. 24, Peter Houghton and Samuel Peter Houghton, Skinner -street, Snow-hill, leather-sellers, at ten. Oct. -24, John Monkhouse, Camberwell, Surrey, tavern-keeper, at eleven. Oct. 25, John Whitmarsh, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly, victualler, at twelve. Oct. 25, Sarah Horton and Henry Horton, Kidderminster, and of Star-yard, Carei-street, ironmongers, at ten. Oct. 24, Isaac Le Mare and John Thomas Prestage, Wood-street, Cheapside, and of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, silk manufac • turers, at eleven. Oct. 25, William King, Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, Regent's-park, carpenter, at ten. Oct. 25, James Crerar, Bagnigge-well road, baker, at ten. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. Oct. 25, John James, Bristol, grocer, at ten, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. Oct. 27, John Bartlett, Hove, Sossex, builder and cow keeper, at one, at the Old Ship Tavern, Brightheiniston, Sussex. Nov. 8, John Byrne, Liverpool, merchant, at one. at the Claren don Buildings, Liverpool. Oct. 25, John Board, Ham, Creech Sc. Michael, Somersetshire, coal merchant, at ten, at the Castle Tavern, Taunton. Nov. 7, Ralph Fozg, Portwood, Cheshire, and Thomas Sterndale Fogg, Cborlton-row, Manchester, brewers and merchants, at ten, at the Star Inn, Deansgate, Manchester. Oct. 29, William Cooke, Kiddermhister, carpet manufacturer, at twelve, at the George inn, Bewdley, Worcestershire. Nov. 27, William Burra,ton, now or late of Worcester, hap merchant, at eleven, at the Hop-pole Inn, Worcester. Oct. 25, George Bell, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, coal.htter arid shipowner, at one, at the Bridge Inn, Bishop Wearmouth. Oct. 5i7, 'Thomas Scattergood, Nottingham, victualler and builder, at eleven, at the Flting-horse Inn, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES, OCT. 24. Robert Williams, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, builder. Thos. Thick and Ernest Lake, now or late of the Quadrant, Regent-street, grocers. ,Stc. Wm. B uck, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, coach-maker. Adam Clark, Jermymstreet, Haymarket, carpenter. J. Beeston, Briton Coppy, Draytomin-Hales, Shropshire, drover. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Godfrey Berry, sen. and Godfrey Berry, jun. Newtown, 'near Huddersfisld, maltsters and brewers. James Nottage and Thomas Pardow. Lantand's-pond, Southwark, Surrey, sack collectors.— James Harding and Joseph Barber, Clement's-lane. Lombard. street, public notaries and translators of languages. Samuel Riles and Acton Sillitoe, Skinner -street, Snow-hill, linendrapers. This. Windsor Allen and Charles James Maynard, Clare•street, Clare market, pawnbrokers. Richard Blood and John h ins, Loughbo rough, Worcestershire, lace manufacturers. John Galbraith, jun. and William Paterson, Glasgow. Richard Packer, Hannah Packer, and Ellen Daniel, Bristol, milliners. Wm. Hignett and Geo. P. Lloyd, Clemen's-lane, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, tobacco niers. Joseph Metford, jun. and Thomas Lansdown, Bristol. linen merchants. Louisa Ray and Mary Elizabeth Holland, Uxbridge, schoolmistresses. Thomas Dean and George Thompson, Nlan chester, attornies. Mary Elston and Mary Brown, South Shields, Durham, haberdashers and hinders. Charles Noble and James Childs. Strand, engravers and jewellers. Francis Kennedy and John Leadbeater l Manchester, hatters and hosiers. George Fyrer and Richard Woods, Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, cotton manu facturers. John Hunter and Christopher J. Bousfield, Wind mill-place, Camberwell, Surrey. cheesemongers. Charles George Carpenter Oriel and W. J. Cannun, Alfred-place, Bedtord•square, attornies. Jane Howe and Jane Dunktrtoii, Brook -street, 13.tb, milliners and dress-makers. George Turner and Charles Turner, Bognor, Sussex, butchers. Peter Rhodes, George Buckham, and John Capper, Manchester, cotton spinners. James B. Boothby, Robert Tod, and Samuel Johnston, merchants, Liverpool (as far as regards Robert Tud). Thomas &amide, Joseph Fearnside, and Samuel Fearnide, filearelongb Bottom and Watson Mills, Norland, Yorkshire, millers. Patrick Daly and John /Merritt, Liverpool, builders. Nathanlitt Lloyd, Thomas Lloyd, and Edward Lloyd, Winchcumbe, Gknicestershire, paper manufacturers, and of Perishore, Worcestershire, millers and corn dealers. - •••.•••• Imperial Weekly Average of the Prices of British Corn, which govern importation, made up to Sept. 26. Wheat 60s. Id. Oats 235. 4d. Beans 345. 94. Barley 52i. I I Rye 291. 6d. Peas 395. 04. Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks which governs Duty. Wheatl 60$. lld. Oats 2.15. 5.1. I be ans 38s. 64. Barley 321. 4d. Rye 31s. fit. as 431. 41. FRENCH PAPERS. !ROM THE GAZETTE DE PRANCE, DATED OCT. 2. FRONTIERS OF TURKEY. OItSOVA,SgeT. 10. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. All the accounts that we receive here from the south of Turkey state, that the ai maments are actively con tinued, that ail the Zaines and Timariotst are marching, and that the militia in the towns are assembling. '1 he Pachas of Bitoglia, Pristine, and Salonicha—the Beys of Uskup, Yenidge, Seres, &c. have already sent con sit erable bodies of troops to Thessaly and Livadia ; and according to all appearance, the Greeks, who have risen in those distticts, will nut find any safety except in the Motea, under the protection of your troops, if they can get them On one side all the Governors are strengthening the fortresses, and the smallest port', where corn and flour come in abundance by the river. The works will not co,t more than those at Belgrade, because the poor Greeks who ate employed only receive their food. The Jews and the Catholics in Bosnia have obtained an exemption by money. As fur the interior of Servia, there is nothing new since my last letter, and the Sm. vians do not stir. The Papas have, indeed, made some disturbance in the environs of Lik, but the prompt cut ting off of some heads soon restored order; beside•, al most all Bosnia is is arms, and there are armed corps of observation all along the Servian frontiers from Zwornick to the plains ref Hirsova, where it is said there is a camp of 4,000 or 5,900 men. The faults of the Vizier Abdul:man had excited discontent and disisiuns, who had forgot that the Bosiii.sks will be masters at home; but the Porte has settled every thing, and all now goes ou well. The Russian armies have something else to do than to assist the Ser vians, and the most twat can be now said is. that they have not. To say the truth, no body understands their plan for the campaign; for since they thought fit to leave the fortresses, or at least the greater part of them, it would have been proper to march forward without stopping, and net go and take repose at Odessa; and if it is through moderation that the Emperor Nicholas acts thus, so much the better; but it was not worth while to put all Europe in motion, and to endanger so many Christians. PAItIS, OCT. 1. A French vessel ha. arrived at Toulon, bringing news from Navarin of the lOth September. At that time six thousand Egyptians were already embarked. The Ar,ival of transports was expected, to embark the re nr4inder of Ibrahim's army. FROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATE. PARIS, Om 1. A courier has brought flesh dispatches from General Matson; they ate dated the 7th of September, from the camp at Petalidi. The situstion of the troops was quite satisfactory. Tnese were in the hospital only 36 patients. '!'he General in Chief had on the 6th reviewed all the troops in camp at Peckhdi. Their appearance wa, quite superb; and, according to the remark of General t These are the soldiers whom terry holder of a military fief is bound to furnish, completely armed and equipped, whether on foot or on horseback, in a numbcr proportioned to the annual revenue of thrir.ftef. Maison, one would have thought, no seeing them, that he was present at a review on ►he Champ de Mars. The negociations respecting the surrender of the for• tresses still continues. Already, according to the mo,I recent accounts (of the date of the 10th of September) from Admiral de Rigny, the embarkation of the Egyp tians had commenced ; but the number of transport; not being sufficient for the troops, that operation had experienced some delay. The division expected in a few days to be marched under the walls of Navarin. The Gazette des 6ana — us of the 30th of Siatember has the following: " Letters from Rome state that two students of the School of Fine Arts, having used some expressions Against the Jesuits, in which were found allusions in jurious to religion, expiated in a cruel manner this im prudence, real or pretended. A young painter was condemned to a dungeon, where he semained three days and three nights in irons, handcuffed to a felin. He was afterwards sent to a monastery, from which he is not to be liberated until be has confessed and received the communion. The other, who is a student of the architectural school, was arrested in the streets, and no one had any knowledge of what became of him, ex cept that a priest had stated to home of his friends that he was in a place of safety, and that he would remain there uotil he came to his senses. " The arrival of the new Ambas s ador from France is impatiently expected. Let us hope that the acts of sever ity similar to those from which t.e so long delivered the young Magallon:will excite his solicitude and active exertions. PROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL. BARCELONA, Sam at. A pretended conspiracy against the Captain General and tire Governor has spread consternation in our city. Ti.e whole garrison is in motion, and the guards, sta tioned at the gales of these two functionaries, have been increased to a battalion. These movements have been made mtrtly to furnish a p►etext for the arrest of several officers (indejnidos), who are immediately sent off to the citadel and to Montjoui, where they are most closely confined. 'to give greater impor:ance to the discovery of this pretended conspiracy. the Captai.l - of the province was disguised (in my:. de Ces gmedra), and went through the city in this ridiculous costume. He remained for an hour atd a half et the corn,r of a house of a Spanish Grandee, to wait for the coming out of some officers (indffinidos) who frequented chat house, and had them ari•estel • There is no security for personal liberty in this country, where all the inhabitants are placed at the dis posal of Govemment, and are subjected to a cruel despotism. One doe) not know what to hope or to fear. A political auto dale is announced, and gibbets are al ready in preparation for some individuals suspected of freemasonry. Fitiorcu Fusas—Pasis, Ocr. I.—Five per Cents. 1061. 50c. 25c. auc.—'Tree per Cents. 74f. 50c. 35c. 10c. 20c.—Bank Stock, I.B3oE—Naples Stock. 79f. 60c.—Royal Spanish Loan. 801.— Haytian Loan, 655E—It:change on London, one mouth, 251. 30e. —Three months, 25f. 15c.—Cours Authentique. LITERATURE. ST. PETERSBURGH : a Journal of Travels to and from that Capital, through Flanders, the Rhenish Provhees, Prussia, Eus.. 'la, Poland, Silesia, Sammy, Germany, and France. By A. II GRANVILLZ, N.D. F.R.S. &c. In 2 voll. Bro. with 70 En gravings. London, Camatran, 1828. This work appeals very a propos at the present mo ment. At a time when the attention of Europe is di rected in a peculiar manner to the affairs of Russia, any information respecting so vast and impor all an Empire cannot fail to be received with the highest pos sible interest. These volumes furnish us with a full ac count of the manners, customs, institutions, amusements, state of society, and literature, &c. of certainly one of the first nations in Europe. The work is divided iriti three parts: the first con tains an account of the aictor's journey to St. Peters butgh, the second comprises a description of that ca pita!, and the third details his return. Dr. Granville, it appears, set out from this country in the capacity of " physician to Count Woronzaw, a distinguished Russian Nobleman, who with his Lady had come to England to spend a few months with his relations. In the first part, the author presents us with so ani mated a p - cture of the beauty and splendour of the scenery along the banks of the Rhine, that we cannot refrain from wishing mat our avocations would permit us to visit the spot. The following particulars respect iog the nymph of Lurley are highly entertaining: We now proceeded on our way to Binged, following the cit. cuitous course of the river, every succeeding part of which presents new and Impressive beauties. The road runs, all the way, close to the river, passing through Boppatt and St. Goar, at both which places fresh horses are procured without much difficulty, and re freshments may be had at very respectable inns. Between St. Goar and the ruins of Schonberg, at a spot where the Rhine, from the direction of its deep sinuo.ities ' assumes the appearance of succes sive and isolated island lakes, bounded all round by upright gigantic rocks, or sloping hills clad with vines to theit very summi ts; th e postilions suddenly c hecked their career, and turning the wide end of their bugles to the reach of the river we had just passed, blew loud and strong their postboy tulle ' and then held their breath. Quickly the musical s oun d s were heard repeated once in a clear and distinct manner, not far from us; and again a second and a third, and even a fourth time, but as if from a progressively in creasing distance, until they died away. The experiment, more than once repeated, proved equally successful. We were assured that the repetitious of the sound are more numerous when the ex periment is made in a boat placed midway between the two batiks. It was nut to be expected that so remarkable and striking a phenomenon should go without being converted into an allegorical tale during the ages of ignorance and superstition. How, in fact, was this never failing repetition of the fisherman's choked mornidg prayer and evening sung, which some invisible voice responded in the distant space, as he glided over the bosom of the water to or from his daily toil, to be accounted fur' Imagination, ever ready to plunge into the supernatural, created a lovely nymph, and placed her abode on the ruck of Lurley, from the sides of which the sounds are principally reverberated. A dangerous eddy lies in the broad shadow of this rock, and many a time, when the amazed boatman tracked its way through the stream, listening to the mys terious voice from the height of Lurley, his frail bark drawn within the vortex, would miserably perish under the rocky dwelling of the syren. Attracted by the reports of her beauty, and spurred on by the proclaimed cruelty of her disp us i t i on , t h e y out hf u l so n o f the Count Palatine of a neighbouring country determined on see. ing the virgin of Lurley, and carrying her a captive to his father's amt. Hts fate was sail, fur on arriving, escorted by a few fol lowers, in the agitated waters of Lurley, his boat whirled round and disappeared. Grieved at the loss of his child, the Palatine Count dispatched a trusty band to seize the relentless nymph ; but just as their rude leader, unmoved by her heavenly charms and dishevelled tresses, was in the act of summoning her to surrender, a sudden hurricane swelled the stream, the waves, crested with foam, ruse to the top of the ruck, and encir.liug the lovely Undine, saved her from the rode grasp of man, and carried her to the realm of her fathers. Her voice is'still beard returning the song of mer riment or sorrow, but her beauteous form appears szot Oa the heights of Lucky. h- character of the liuss;ans, the *litho( r•baerees t although I hold myself unqualified to speak of the Russian character in general, there is one striking feature belonging to it, which the history of recent events has consecrated, and cannot, therefore be passed over in silence, even by the superficial observer. I mean that unbounded devotion to the cause of their country dis played by the whole population during the unprovoked aggression of the late ruler of France, aff.ar:Beg the striking wimple (one which is unparalleled in the records of the numerous conquests of foreign countries made by that extraordinary man) al not a swop inhabitant, high or low, either of the towns or provincee occupied by his legions, joining in his fortune and party ; and by either words or deeds promoting the scheme of plunder and devastation then executing against the Russian territory. W::en Napoleon sent bis eagles to Holland, conquered Pravda. penetrated into Austria, and took possession of its capital; when be entered Italy. occupied Spain, and found reason,. in diplomatic sophistry, for ejecting the House of Braganca from Lisbon, be ever met with a number of high and powerful individuals, and not unftequentiy with a great portion of the population, who, unmindful at their duties as cid. lens, and unmoved by the more general example of patriotic re. sistance, or the distresses entailed on their countrymen, espoused and assisted bis cause. lint in the vast empire of Itu:sia. no such humiliating occurrence took place from the day in winch Napoleon set his foot on that territory, to that in which Ive hid a hasty adieu to the skeletons of his few surviving regiments. It is a curious fact, which the historians of modern times have failed to remark, that in none of those studied composition. called the Bulletins of the Grand Army of the North, with which Bonaparte endeavoured to keep up the invslige in favour of his great enterprise among the people of h:s good city of Paris, has the writer boasted (as be in. variably bad dune In similar dispatches written from other foreign countries which be had invaded) of having been joined by any part of the people, or by a single Russian individual of hole. True it is, that when propitious Fortune had once more, airier that disastrous campaign, restored hint to his capital and his palace 4.5. the 18th of December, 1812, he declared to the surround,ng Senate, who had gone to greet his return—" l.bi'il aurait pea sutler la plus grande pante de 63 population (meaning Russia) contre elle meme en pro clamant la liberte des esclaves qu'un gra:lti nombre de vil!ages lul avaient demand..." But such a declaration is tun absurd in itself to deserve credit; for what liberty could a dying enemy grant to the Serfs, which these could for a moment luuk upon as permanent in regard to their masters ? I ant, therefore, entitled to conclude that the Russian character bas this striking feature its it, which hat not been observed in a de gree equally remarkable among the other Continental nations, pre. viously to the last great and successful struggle against the aggres- sions of France—an unqualified wad unbounded patriotism, which admits of no compromise. The Aurora Borealis as seen at St. Petersburgh is thus vividly drsclibed The northern hemisphere has its delights, as well as the southern. One of these arises from the contemplation of that beautiful phis. nornetion called the Aurora Borealis, or Not tlarrn Light,. Such a phenomenon is of frequent occurrence at Sr. Pctersburgh. Ac ' cording to the meteorological tables of twenty years, so often alluded Ito iu this chapter, northern ligh . s appeared on an average twenty. one times in each year. In the year 1774, they appeared forty , eight times. From 1782 to 1788 they decreased, having been seen only one hundred and ten times tiering that period, and only thirty nine rinses from 1787 to 1791. This diminution in the yearly number of northern lights has continued more or less ever since; and looking for illustration at the tablet of the lame two years nearer us, which have supplied us with other data, immely, 1813 and 1818, I find that in the former year northern lights occurred Only us, and in the latter twelve times. At the clot:- of last Autumn, this curious phenomenon appeared on one occasim, mass nificently bright. The sky was Illuminated front the horizon to the zenith, extending east and west to a'considerable distance. Masses of Ste in the form of columns, and as brilliant as the brightest phosphorus, danced in the air, and streaks of a deeper light, of various sizes, rose from the horizon and Bashed between them.... The br;glitness of the former seemed, at times, to grow faint and dim. At this conjuncture the broad streaks wou!d suddenly shoot with great velocity up to the zenith with an undulating morloff and a pyramidal form. Front the columns, flashes of light, like a suc cession of sparks from au electric jar, dew off and eil.appeared ; while the streaks eh inged their form frequently and rapidly, and broke out an place. where none were seen before. shooting :tong the and Coen disappearing is an Instant. The sty in ea: rows places became tinged with a deep purple, the stars shone very brilliatttly, the separate lights gradually merged into one another, when the auroral resplendence of the horizon increased and became magnificent. This phenomenon lasted nearly four hours ; and at one nine a large triangle of the strongest light occupied the horizon, illuminating hi the must magnibceot manner nearly the entire vault of Heaven. From six to seven falling stars were observed at the time, leaving in their train a very brilliant light. Dr. Granville gives some very interesting details le. specting the' climate of SL,Petersbusgh. Ut the most deiightlui part of the year he rema ks— . The summer season in that capital is said to be as brilliant and animated as it is short; a striking image of the joy. of this world. As soon as the ice has completely disappeared front the Neva, oc about the beginning of May, the scene which the city had hitherto presented, changes, and the winter dress entirely vaiii.bes. Serene days all at once succeed the 'lomat and grey atmosphere of March, and the transition from a cold and stormy spring, scarcely distin guishable from winter, Sc the oppressive heats of summer, is brusque and sudden. Northerly and westerly winds, however, prevail, and seen: to bring with them a delightful freshness from the mountain ridges of Finland and Norway. Nature, too, at this time bursts at once upon St. Petersburg!, and its neighbourhood, in all the glory of bloomiug vegetation. To behold lii the short space of three weeks, snow, ice, and verdant trees, and sweet sutellieg flowers in the private and public gardens, Is by no means an un usual occurrence. Vegetation is, in fact. most rapid. Two days of heat produce a greater change in the appearance of the country here, than a fortnight elsewhere; and fruit -trees, yet hare of their honours, put forth young shoos', deck themselves with leaves and blossom,, and are loaded with fruits, in little Mate than the time which one or two only of these stages of vegetation wut,:d require in England or the north of Germany. his rapid progress of na ture is indispensable in such a climate, and is the necessary result of that uninterrupted state of compression or c.its ma, in which the vegetable world had been retained for the space of seven suw cessive months by the thick coverings of ice and snow. Among the peculiar charms of summer in St. Peiersburgh, the bright and genial nights are probably more delightfully telt th any other, by the stranger as well as by the inhabitants. The sun scarcely setting in the evenings of June and July, keeps the hod eon during the few hours of night in that state of splendour wl.i:h almost rivals the deafest light of day; hence, nut unfrequently the people will turn night into day at those times, and transact busi• ness or enjoy recreation then, which the prevailing excessive beats forbids them doing during the day. On the appearance of this delightful season, the Court, the prin cipal families, the merchants, and even the better sort of trades- men, quit the parched and dusty streets of St. Petersburgh, anal betake themselves to the neighbouring islands or villages, where the remainder of the summer is *petit in hospitality and social amuse ments. The hundred villas scattered on the Kaineenoi, Yelag:iin, Krestofsky, the Aptekarskoi, and Petrofskoi, as well as on the Via bourgh shore, and on the Strelna road, ale ailed with gay and happy parties, and every where returning warmth gises fresh ani mation to organic nature. " The noisy bustle of the b!rett," says an accurate observer, " is changed not into a death-like silence, but into that idle occupation which is tutu more delightful than re pew ; walking parties are met every where, frequently attended by music. On the smooth and bide booms of the Neva, and on all the canals, boats arc sh.ling, from which resounds the simple melody of the popular ballad, as sung by the watermeti. Beguiled by the novelty and delightiulness of the scene, and in the eapecta. tion of the coming night, we end ourselves by an agreeable tut paw, cheated of our sleep, when the hret beams of tae rising sun are g ildi ng the tops of the houses, I have Wier yet known a single foreigner who Waal insensible to the first enjoyment of these sum• mer nights." A very favourable sketch introduces the character c f the Emperor Nicholas. Respecting the etiquette of a presentation to him, as well as the author's interview with that August Personage, we select the fullowin The first necessary step on such an occasion Is an application to the Ambassador, or Minister, of the country to which the stranger belongs, who requests the Minister for Foreign Alfaits to inform him of the day and hour when the Emperor will receive the stranger. ambassaduss. particularly the Engli,h, have instructions not to present, or cause to be presented, any other persons than such as have alre.dy had that honour conferred on them ac hums. Ota.• sionaily it happens that the answer of the Minister for Foreign Affairs is not forwarded till a long time after the application, and then the 'notice Is prebgbly very short, which inn!ce la cununankawd