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.. : i The' Spaenrik: a Tale of the Scottish Chronicles. By Me Author of " Airmail of the Parish," " Ringan (4. Anise," rtc. Three Vols.l2nto. Edinburgh and London. Scottish Novels have lately become so numerous, that notwithstanding the distinguished rank they have taken in the literature of the age, we feel some difficulty in devoting that leisure to their perusal, or doing them that justice to which they *are entitled. It has of late years been too much the custom to judge of every novel by a standard which Was allowed to have attained the highest excellence—the works of the Author of Ora serley—works so different in character that they did not belong to thesame class have been compared with the teaverley novels; whileall attempts to write an historical romance are deemed as presumptuous as if the author of Waverley had invented this combination of truth and fiction, and possessed an exclusive patent or privilege to - exercise it. Other - individuals, however; have ventured, and have succeeded ; and among the most popular novel writers of the day may be classed the author of the Spaeuge, who,' however, like his neighbour of Abbotsford, writes rather too much ; and like him also, has indulged too freely in the attempt to make the sotitherns learn the language of our northern brethren. In the delineation of. Scouish character, particularly in-humble life, where it is the least artificial ;—in depict ing the domestic hearth, the kindly relations and feel ings of families, the Author of the Spoeteife is equal, if not superior, to any writer bf the pre,,ent day. There is also a great deal of quaint humour about him, al. though his talent Is very valied=as a comparison be tween his Annals of Me Parish, his Ringan Gilhaize, and his Sir Andrew Ifyie, would at once shew ; but of all his larger novels, the Spaewife appears to us to be decidedly the best, and as our notice of it has been sa long delayed, a e have had - the opportunity of finding that such is the opinion of'die critical world generally. The scene of the novel is laid in one of the most in teresting periods of Scotland's history. It was the period of the first emerging from feudalism, which held• her latest scat in the mountainous districts. It gives a picture of the first dawn of civilization—the exchange from the lawless " rupging riveing" and of li can•ed freebooters to polished manners, and an observ ance of the strict laws of commutatise justice. The story may be shot thy told:—Robert 11. had been twice married—privately, in his youth, to Elizabeth More ; and afterwards to Lady Eaphemia Ross, who passed all a!ang ostensibly as his lawful wedded wife. At the end of pavid's leaps, Robert repented him of his ittfiJelity, aid declared himself in favour of Elizabeth Mute ; to legitimize whose children he obtained a dispensation from the Pope. From the dissension thus sown among the'Princes of time blood ioyal, Scotland %as for a long tints after visited with blood and btoils. John, the ' eldest son of Elizabeth Mine, was accordingly declared heir of the Crown, who perished soon after by means of the cruelty of his uncle, Duke of Albany ; and to pie s vent a similar catastrophe to James - , the second son, he was sent over to Fi ance; but in the . voyage be was taken by the English, ant: .at t ied to Lomfon. In the meantime, the Duke of Albany was appointed Regent, and the Rail of Athol appeared 'moody and discontented with Iris seclusion from the succession. At a time when latter Nobleman was journeying towards Aberne thy, Anniple o' Dunblane, the Spaewile, is tiist intro duced. She is a happy conception, thotwh x fanciftil one, but delineated with the hand of a master. She is skilfully interwoven with the events of the succeeding history. " Such charactars," observes a contemporary, " are somewhat common iii, our late novels; but we think that, although she may be less sublimely poetii!l, she is fully as iatelesting as Meg Meri ilies, or Norna of l the Fitful Head, and 'much more so than Elie Ochil tree, or the Spy of the Neutral Ground." The King being ransomed, he was not long seated on his tin one, till he caused an investigation to be made -into the abuses of Government, the consequence of, which was, that Duke Murdock and his two sons were( appiebended anti condemned. The Pi ince James es caped and lived an outlaw and fugitive, after several unriccessful attempts to raise a commotion in his favour. Th: principal interest of the story hinges upon the pre srib is betiothment of James to Sibilla—the lovely da fetter of the Mac Donald. Throughout the course of the eventful history, she exhibits the sincerest proofs of-constancy and devotion, and they are at last married by a pions priest, in secresy, when James, in the utter hopelessness of his fortune, was about to leave his na tive country. The denouement is rather too rapid, and somewhat disappoints us: but the fact is, that the in terest is so well kept up that it was perhaps difficult to increase it much by the catastrophe. The characters in this novel haVe a distinctiveness about them which is rarely met with where they are numerous. Anniple is a singular creature of the au thor's imagination Sibilla is beautifully delineated -a— while the Duchess of Albany, Athol, and the Laird of Glenfruio, are all admirably drawn, nor arc the subor dinate personages neglected, either as to their character or the part they are destined to sustain in the novel.— Although we teed at a - loss where to make an extract that may be sufficiently complete and afford a fair spe cimen of the author's style, yet we shall select one; it is an inter view between Lord Hobert Stuart and the Sine wife, at Dumblarte. • " Iley, Robin Stuart," she exclaimed, " ye ha'e. come far afield the day to get your fortune spat t. Fore ony guile that I can tell you, ye might just as weal ha e. bidet wi' the auld dell's bargain in the towers or Athol'. rue the day he didna pay me for the Draw dream I dreamt for him." .art stood aghast to find that she knew bins so well, and was almost afraid to loe at the maliCious satisfaction with which she enjoyed the anticipation of some ill fortune that was hatching for his uncle. 'Ph: solemnity of his dread was also enhanced by the 'tray in withal- she seemed to recollect the incident that had so pro_ yoked her spleen, notwithstanding the long period which had elapsed. He wished, at the moment, that he had never come near km, and was on the point of returning to his horse, when she looked up to him with a peculiar glance of her eye, that fixed him to t the spot. " Yr ll no gang awa, Robin Stuart : it's no me that ye need to fear—there's a winsome dame in a bonny bower th:a 'ill maybe wise inn tomair war;" and then she began to sing— " Gae scour the silver basin, And scour it bright and fine Fur it risen kep the gentle blood, That's red red like the wine." 4 The very spirit of Stuart was frozen by ber disinal cadence. At the ecinclusion she again looked up at him with the corner of her eye and laughed, crosching her shoulders fairly, and rubbing her handers she said— ,' list bid your bodies, Robin Stuart, sr yell get oae spacing bee as.. • Smits startell Ware 0 . 140 be did, took his purse from his belt asd . lisogit her inisaatebed it with a childish shriek ike the her hoed, ilawished the empty lune hes _its 111 Opt triismph. She. then counted. ' 0. .J • d•slr, • -•• le:Mt 01 4, 441 4fr 2 . . 4 the money, and finding an odd piste, she paused, and said to herself,l " That's no canny." Then she restored the money into the purse and gave it to the dog, and be immediately carried it into the far coiner of the hovel and lay down. ' After a 'short pause, during which she looked steadily at Stuart, the tear shot into her eye, and she began to weep and sob, saying to herself, with her hands clasped— " tle's a braw lad, o' a leil nature. Tyke, bring back the sMer." The dog instantly returned and laid down the purse on her bp.' " Hey, Robin Stuart," said she, " take back your bodles,—l'll spae no fortune to you ;" and holding up.the purse, she sang with a wild and careless freedom— -------- --------- " And Lazarus dec't, and Divei fell sick, 0, a sick sack mairwas he, And he said to Death,—' 0, winsome Death, A' my good and 'My gear I will gi'e, Gin ye'il but taste yon physic cup, • Sweet Death, and let me be.' Dives wanted Death to take the physic, that he might . grow better, hut Death took him away to the ill place, llobinStuart. It's well for me I have nae soul to be flesh for the de'il's brinistani broth." " Stuart shuddered. "Take back your purse," said Anniple " Nay, it is yours, I have given it, and it must abide with you," replied Stuart. " Then, Tyke, take it ben the house again." The dog obeyed, and his mistress began to churme in a musical manner to herself, and to toss the straws whit!. covered her lap, first with Cs.- fore-fingerof the left hand, and syne with the - similar finger of her right, taking no farther heed of the young Prince, who stood wondering and fearful beside her. After the taper of several minutes, she looked up and said," Are ye aye there yet, 115fiin Stuart ?" and then, seemingly wholly occupied with her own fancies, she turned from side to side, pulling here and there a straw, and twirling it, as she sung : " 0 wae's me! 0 wae's me! 0 %vat's me, Mary ! T ha'e a joe and lie loved me wed, And he danced at Castle Cary, 'But his rosy cheek, rosy cheek, rosy cheek, Mary, And the blythe blue eyne that won my heart Lie buried at Castle Cary." " Were I to guess by your reluctance, and these snatches of old ditties," said Stuart, " what you could tell is, that lam to-Se short lived. Now, as I hope never to account life a thing that a true man should set any store by, say if I shall prosper as a lover ?" Anniple smiled and replied—" There's nae doubt about that ;" and she added significantly, " if the Lady's kind," in a moment after she subjoined with solemnity, " Your fortune hangs upon a maiden's honesty." " But how? in what way?" cried,Stuart eagerly. A nniple, how ever, instead of making him any answer, took op the corner of the blanket which hung about her shoulders, and began to imitate the ;mum of one busily sewing. " Ye see," said she, " that I'm very thrang ; my little needs clouting ; dinna lash me ony haair wi' your spverings. ' " Why have 'you told me so much. since you refase to tell me more ?" exclaimed Stuart impatiently. , " 0 weel, weel," replied Anniple peevishly, " came when that labor silly shavling gabbit body l)uke Murdoch has got his reward, and then, maybe. ha'e mair time for clavers." " When Duke Murdoch has got his reward ! What do you mean?" Instead, however, of making any reply, she called her dug and began to caress him, saying, " My kind messin—my brave messin that barks :twa the ill-deedy brats that pelt me wi' smiles ;" and she turned up the corner of her eye towards'Stuart, and laughing im moderately, said, " I redde ye, Robin Stuart, ha'e mense—ha'e mense, for Tyke can bite." " The creature's insane, a more born-fool," said Stuart angrily to himself, and was moving away ;—but before he had left the hovel ten or twelve paces, she started out, and drawing the blanket-man tle close around her with one hand, she ran after him, and seized him by the skirt of the surcoat with the oilier, addressing him with a soft and earnest solicitude— " There's a cross and cloud in thy lot, Robin Stuart, There's a light in a bower to beguile, Robin Stuart; There's deaths ane and three, and a ship on the sea; Itut the flower in the ha' I would fain wile awl For the dule it will bring upon thee, Robin Stuart !" ' 'l'he slow and tender pathos with which she delivered this mys tical jargon, moved him to regard her with a compassionate contri tion, and he said, with much gentleness in - his voice— " I'oor thing ! it is ill to redd thy ravelled fancies; but I will or der thee to be better herded herra'lker." " It's kindly thought, and softly said," replied Inniple; " but who should care for me? When the fairies made me up of a hen weed, and laid me among the tow for the weaver's wife's bonny las sie bairn, I was a thing made to suffer aversion. Therefore it is that all Christian creatures hate me ;—that folks flee fray the'sight o' me ;—that wives draw in their weans ant slut their doors when I gang by ;—that Irnaun eat beans frac the ahawp, and clan Pere the stalk ;—that the wicked rain pursues me, and tint cruel Inflpeke 1 me;—that the cold wind bites me, and the fire faughts. Hash on me. There was a wee white lambic playing reside it's mother, on a bonny gre.n kmAre. It was an innocran thing, and I thought it looked kind:y at In which never man nor womankind had done; but when I peti to warm it in my arms, it ton was frightened, and ran bleating 4way. All living creatures see and ken, that I'm a thing the holy !leavens had no hand in the making a'. I wish that the weaver'; wife's wean were dead in the laity-land, that I might lie on the loan what lam, a weed to be trampled on." , Stuart was melted to sadness by the wailing simplicity of this ccstipAtit of her abject estate; for though he could never think that a creature with so much sweet blood in her bosom was a thing so fanzastical as she reported herself to be, he was yet so filled with awe and strange wond4rment by her prophetic breathings, that he could not but own she had qualities above the common faculties of the human world, and was indeed a beitig conceived in some Ks terious eclipse of nature.'" • . .1.404.0,1 yr iiilind ~:.- - merely cut through at first, but the .elarried in the same direction as before. muscles were,also 'separated ; at this necessary to . apply another ligature; changed positions, and sat on a chair .patient, and waited a short time to were any bleedink vessels; after the lapse flutes :the operation was continued, completed, the head of the thigh-bone from the acetabulum without any difilen, tures in addition to those already used making in the whole four; the integuments together, and a suture applied to the - strips of adhesive plaster, and lastly put over the stump. There were about of blood lost,- but it had the appearance The limb was removed in the space of the securing the arteries and dressing more ; the whole was completed in this-, Dur ing the' operation the man was extremel some wine being given him, and fresh r recovered. He bore the operation with titude, and after all was finished, sat, 4. that it was the hardest day's work through," to which Sir Astley replied, almost the hardest he ever had." POLICE INTELLIGENT BOW-STREET. A few days ago, Lady Erskine (widow of the blentan lately deceased) called at this office, and i view with Sir R. Blame, respieSted his assistance quantity of wearing-apparel, which, she said, was i. by a Mr. Adams, the keeper of an asylum for lunatics, tier Ladyship admitted that the had been confined • that she was properly discharged. and Mr. At' have no shadow of right to detain her apparel. mewed his in.thility to afford her any assistance. Was a matter entirely of a civil .nature, and .exercise na authority whatever ever 3lr. Adams. departed with this answer, but renewed her day, and pressed her suit so earnestly, that w'buld desire an officer to call upon Mr. Adams, of her application, and he should then hear what dental) had to make to it. Li consequence of the visit of the officer, Mt tettLy to the public office, and having stated Risme, and Wormed hint that he was a license house, he produced a bundle of papers, consisting, smnials of his character and respectability, and calling a hidt he followed. Sir R. Hist:tat said, it was quite unnecessary documents, for his character was not at all at did he in the smallest degree question his Erskine called upon him, and represented that tamed a large quantity of apparel, which she dared, been hit in a great measure unprovided t need of ; and although, strictly speaking, a Maw ditf:on in such a case, he bid, to oblige her I. little out of his way, in the hope that an explauet went might be brought about. Mr. Adams said, the fact was, that she was p.. by the late Lord Erskine, and was most decidedly his asylum. A quantity of clothes was of cow and they were still in his possession. Oa the nil Lord departed this life, Lady Erskine ,made (Mr. Adams's) house, and he had ever since . vouring to find her. She'had never been discbart tody, and she was not fit to be at large. Sir IL Rims said she did not appear to him toms of insanity about her. lie conversed with able time at each interview, and she was, as - judge, perfectly rational. Mr. Adams said, she might appear so to the for the most confirmed lunatic, had their luc could assure hint that she ought to be in COnlilienti venture to ask Sir Richard if he could give hits which would assist him in lidding her Ladyshir mined to take lies into his custody wherever he Sir R. Meade said he should give no it:format" Mr. Adams said he had learned that she wa very wild sort of company, and he whiled to Would Sir R. Hiruic order an officer to assist Sir P. Maine said he should give no order subject.. Adams DO 400114 knew his own power s and hv would exercise be thought proper. Mr. Adams said he had made his" application - fused, and there was an end of it. With vesper panel, he should certainly keep it, as there were due to hint for board, &C. ILre she conversation ended, and Mr. Adams . THIC licureoansaent Muttnen.—ln the course Sir R. Biatac read publicly a letter which he had ltev. Mr. Lloyd, the visiting Magistrate of Hertfs the most cordial thanks of the High Sheriff and teary of that county, for the able assistance which From him (Sir It. Nide), and the officers ("- Upson), in the investigations connected with elf Mr.Weare. The conduct of the officers, the could not be too highly praised, and the justice under the greatest obligations to them. , M AR LBOROUGH-STRF.ET, A very military-looking personage, wearing - Whiskers and mustachios,who stated himself to I fit Spain, and his name Gatoree Uncle, but who mixture of bad Spanish, French, and Italian, the Irish accent, that it was impossihle to say 'honour of claiming him, was charged by It. I keeper in Mond-street, with stations acts of vagranc , tbourhood. - The prisoner, although he did riot contended violently against the Magistrate's asvat to tread the mill for rote month.—He was with freers the bar. MA Y- LA- BON F. OFFI Yesterday, Johnson, the MI inner, preferred tions against nearly 100 bakers, some of whom usual sums, and the cases of several others were HATTON-GARDEN. Jnne Illa're, a middle-aged woman, who had , mined on Saturday, charged with having robbed itaston:itreet, Spafields, underwent a further . Office. To give an opportunity for the appearance landladies, the prisoner was further retuanded tor - UNION-HALL Yesterday, information was received at Auk:: and It. J. Cuassimas, Estirs. that as robbery had been committed on the road from The coachman, "Ilmmar Faulkner, of the stage-coach, in driving through Petersheld on took up a parcel of Bank -notes, directed to the and Co. Birchin-lane, bankers, and,. as the so them in _the driving-box, under the cushion al was a patent lock of ilramah's manufacture to r Portsmouth four-seats on the front of the couch , in tie name of Hughes, and four very respectable variance, occupied the seats. One of them - sat coachman, and the other three behind him, so of the coach was taken up by the piety. One wished the others farewell at -Kennington, and Westminster-bridge. The three others alig hted Castle. The coachman did not think it necessary driving-box until he arriud at the coach-ya , d of Messrs. Boyce and Chaplain, Graceckurcb.s be then discovered was a skeleton key in . idthough patent, been opened. The parcel of no. be expected, gone. The parcel contained, besides sovereigns, and 201. in silver. A wretched man, named Williams, an. itinerant of Abergavenny, wt* had been robbed of his most of his clothes ' at a lodging-house in the Fieettnarket, appeared at this Office, and said obtain some relief be must sell himself to a dissecting whom he had received a letter of introduction. proved that the poor man was no impostor, the P agreed to clothe and employ Wm. -- Wednesday, as Mr. Baliol, manager Auckland company of consediarta, was -town from_Barnardcastle, he fell in alt coach, as the horses were slowly Bank, and unfortunately broke his leg. .. ...arc '^. ~ ~ ~'l iR. , ' '41 1 13 :‘4_441113- rep: - 54 f ) - . . • • . . • • , e knife was again , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • ore, and thus the ' • • s step also, it was BETTING-WWI, TATTERSALL'S. JAX. le. • ; here the operator Tbe Subscriptioo-zoom was well attended and s ev era l a l tee4 ., i is it in front of the took place in the Itiddleswortis, Derby, and Oaks Stakes, The ; .a ' were no movements or betting worth notice on the D o n caster s . see whether there • • Leger ; and the Oatlands and Newmarket St. L e g er claimed no a : lapse of a few mi- to w n ,. T he b ett i ng was tolera b ly b risk, but principally coefine . • and very shortly to a few horses. Hurley Barley for the Derby, who newel L e me being removed week at 50 to 1 against him, to-day jump e d tap to taw astonee ne . 4 so lit u 1 ty. T wo L oa • of many present, to 18 to I against hint only, and which was i i -e, e' taken in hundreds •in fact this horse, fro th the °Penh% to the du . ' ••" of the room, was tr II the p. Beneath we only notice the diit.re ' ill ised were applied, tents were broegllt horses on which engagements were made, of tint se a , e l -Yr .411111 le upper portions ; odds on all others stands as in our report of last . week. y a bandage, were Minh% It to 2 agst Swiss 16 t o 1 ags t C ress id a nut twelve ounces 7to I apt Reformer 18 to 1 apt Hurley Burlee :e of being venous. to to 1 agst Agnes . 2u to 1 agst Bess sf twenty minutes, 15 to 1 agst Ridicule High odds agst any ut l e i td liar five minutes. ig occupied fifteen OAKS. . 7 to 9 apt Prudence r 7 to 1 agst sister to Saile 4 6to 1 agst Lyrnessa 1 e to I agst Barossa :tremely faint, but .RIDDLIC-st:OßTig. i air admitted, he 3to 1 egst Reformer 7to 1 agst Don Carioi ito extraordinary ibr- 4to 1 apt Prudence . Bto 1 agst Lyrnessa iid to Sir Astley, sto 1 agst Quadrille B to 1 east C ress id a ; he had ever gone STEEPLE CIIACII. 4ii • ed, " that it was The Sweepstakes Match between Captaii4 Mrotttaftleaail Meat% lea Roden and Armstrong, for a deposit of Se sovereigns each, t ea * :on place eesterday nterning. The ground was from Redfern, to Ile. lingdon-common, computed at 16 miles, over it fiat country, and .e re" NCE. - which there were many dangerous - Imps. The competitors mad, across Houtislow-heath for Cranford-bridge, where they separated, and made the best o f t h e i r w a y over t h e fal:ows to ileyes, crossingl the distinguished No- the Uxbridge road nearly together. Mr. Armstrong's littrse Ita.g t , I Ind in a private inter- refused a leapt and was thrown out a mile from home. The ;an ince to recover a large mile between the other t.vo - Gentlemen was a trial ,o f sp ee d, an d jai was ill ega ll y d eta i ne d was.won cleverly by the Captain in 57 minutes. Fa luoattcs, at Bayswater. e Ty FOX CILACP. nfined there, but said • dams therefore could Tuesday last, a hag fox belonging to Mr. Wilson, butcher, ef el. Sir it. IhROW. l a - Carlisle, was tinned ourat Carleton Hill, before a numerous hti I «t race, observing that it of mounted s p ortsmen - f rom C ar li s l e an d t h e surrotm ei ng country. . d 4 Magistrate cou ld The morning being fine the dogs went off in flee style, and ii the est dams. Lady F.,.,ki ne .pursuit two hares w e r e acc id enta lly slatte d an d killed (Ale of I ein visit on a subsequent darted trims under cover in the very cent' 0 of theplck). WI il-t s:r lineteite said he the dogs were at fault, near Edmund Castle, they ,t.rre.l a third ms, and apprize /dm hare, which escap e d after a hard run. By this ti me it W. 1.: thtnigil: lea Iteynard would have been at a con s iderabl e di stance , b ut :he dads hat answer that Gen- on" again getting on scent, be was pursued to a small plantatloa ma- Irthington, in which he hail taken shelter ; the wily animal aga.. t MU Mr. Mr. Adams came yes- -1 his name to Sir 11, Woe: cover, but being apparently much fatigued, he was`lelled ii e-- ised keeper of a mad. an adjoining held, alter running about- twenty miles. At ter Nap, sting, he said, of te.ti. not less titan ninety luwsemen were in brioair, but the comes: fa:. and his fitness for the the bruit finally lay between Mr. Gra:14111, of Carleton 1101, :ail Mr. nand, of Cerlisle; the Litter rider, in high expiTtation, .I.ashe.: -y to produce an y suc h at full speed to the place which he thought wauld lie the scene of 1 stake before him, nor death, when litynard made ;in unexpected turn in favour of Mr. respectability. Lady Graham, and that gentleman was awartied the trophy which through. g it he (Mr. Adams) de- out the chace many a brother sportsman hail anxiously but vain 4 Me ae (having, as she de- contended fur. &c.• ed for) stood greatly in CULIIdUS WAGER. - Pm lagistrate had no juris- in the early part of last November, a wager was mule between a w e r. ladyship, stepped a 'A led i eel Gentleman of Winchester and .. I r.D. that the former would 1 uation and arrange - la ado not bathe every day till the I s t of January, which he accepted. Th e bet was, that every day the M e dic a l Cernlenvn bathed, Mr. D. . j s placed under his care VAC was to give him Is. and vice versa. hir. D. finding that thc other wiz idedly a fit subject for adli continued to immerse himself in the " cold abys.," ran flambe purse sent for her use ter. ' wager, and we understand that an action will shortly ;,e brouela ta bight before the N o ble e v e recover the amount that wattled have been dna front him to eh, le her escape (loin his party who accepted it. The Nledkal Gentlentan still ceiminties '.l e been in vain codes- . bathe, whether wet or dry, and sa y s b e fin-14-no ill effect front ei Pr' scharged from his cus- doing ; on the contrery, that "it is bracing to the nerves," and Divotto hint a most excellent app et ite. S even o ' c l oc k i s t h e h our h e i n gene - B: ral leaves home, and r e t urns about eight. . rich to he r ha tu v r e a a c n o y n s s y i : e l p r : far a., he was able to , Stleit is the eff:•ct of perseverance and industry in ..1 he worthy 'Alagistrate; the science of Medicine, that -gr Cat numbers, many of whom had ;ra t lucid intervals; bat he lingered under the most painful and obstinate eisortiers, wins he Mantled, and he would were primouticed incurable by -respectable practioneret area several pet him any information discharged from Hospitals, have been restored to perfect health bi Fe hip, as he was deter- the celebrated Dr. 1?..1D1', who, after a bog and laboriohs pr :c- Pei he met with her ? tice, is enabled to remove the mos t ohitionte Venereal Complaint., mg ation upon the subject. however long and deeply fixed in the fribit.—Rruptions, Pains iti hol 'As running about with the Limbs, obstinate Glcets, Ditswit , .s of Sight, Nodes on the she:. bat A find her if possible. bones, Ulceration, and Sore 'throats, are among" the symptom, we him in the inquiry?' arising out of improper treatment, and. which without timely a- dal upon the subject. Mr. alliance prove fatal. 'elle Doctor is consulted•daily by patients of ma le would exercise it as both sexes; at 35. lean-Kurt, Soho, and 1, liatfield-street, Scan,. tak fbrd-street, Blackfriens and Waterloo Roads, by persons from every per ition : it had been re- part of the county, and by Letter Of post pelt!,) enclosing a fee. Nit pect to the wearing ap- _ . Pal l :re considerable acm-eats - BIRTHS. Friday, the- tadly of Capt. B a ld ers t on, of a daighter. F s ams left the office. ourse of the trimmin •• Jan. 14, at Kotiterstown, the Lady of Sr Ross Mahon, Ban. had received from t he , e . of a uaugoner. Jan. 10, ire,Eipttlin, the Lady df AhlernnalliArskof, eedengettert. lertford Jail, conveying and the whole Alagis-'' 111ARRIED. : 1 'lnch they had received Saturday', at St. George's, Hanover-sqoare, lientessati-Colonel bil Bishop, Ruthvsn, and Davies, M. P. to Augusta Anne, only .child of ells bite Thomas iu , the atrocious murder, Champion de Ciespigny, Esq. its : key. Gentleman said, Wednesday, Mr. W. Cooper, to llenrietta, eldest dapgbtcr of he ire of the country was Major Saffery, of Norfolk. . Ci . ' • - t/IRD. s S q a . t f u o r rm ila e y r , iy at ch hi i s e c t ha ju m st b ee rs i i n nA c l a b usd any a ,. am aged 70, William Osgoode, tie . g E a E t T re • tremendous pair of E ' be a Dative of llilboa, On the stb inst.at Scariff, near bliddletop, aged 86, Henrietta, o spoke such a strange wife of Lieut. Goodiff, half-p a y 31 st R eg i ment. t as . with a strong bias to A t Lenerick, Igrs. Wilkinson, Lady o f Aldernun Thomas F. th y what nation had the Wilki nson , of that city.oil tobertion, the street- J an . ee at the R oyal Barracks, Dublin, aged nitre Sc years, Catha- 'agrancy in that neigh- rine Jane, second daughter of Quakertetaster Angus Cameron, of not deny the charge, the 79th Ilegiment, or Cameron Eighlanders. - I qvard of lending bim.l Jan. 7, aged 80, at the Rectory, Great Try, Essex, Mrs. Storry, vide difficulty removed re li ct o f t h e R ev. R o b ert Storry.kue Vicar of St. Peter's, Colchester. 24 Dec. 18, at Irvine, Argyleslare, the Bp,. Alexander M'latyre. I ?ICE. In Clonmel, Mrs. Lica% relict of the late Suncoo. Lucas, of st Clonniel, and one of the Soci e ty o f F r i en d s . bed a series of inform- ant were fined in the --- --•- " 1 1.l ere postponed. N h: %VG ATE assa t itA•DEN HA LL MA It K El's. JAN.I9. te • Beef L 2l 4d 60 Se 4d I Veal t d been previously em- Mutton .. ...... 2s 41 to 3a 814 Pork ebbed Mrs. Baker, of PRI CES or HAY Axe STRAW YESTERDAY. Z ~r examination at this ez liaise*. wrassocuarsx. ranee of more suffering Hay -31 8ao d to a 10 , 0 4 I Hay 41 Os to 51 a. od d until to-morrow. Clover 41101 Od to - 61 - oaod Clover 51 Os to 61 ens Od Straw 21 21 64 to 21 Us Od• I &raw 11 His to 111 4s Od this office, by L. B. I PRICE OF non. 'extensive stage-coach xi NEW TOCICITS• - • , Maw SAO& Peterefield to London. ' Kent h 1110 s to 260* Kent • 14511. to emos he Hero Portsmouth v Sussex n Friday the 16th inst. Es sex . fi 1110 s to 240 s Essex the house of Williams •—•• a Farnham • 16116 s to 101 Os safest place deposited it if his own seat. There ' PRICK or TALLOW. StIAP,„ 4ec. per 1 1226. fi o the driving-box. At Town Tallow ach had hien engaged Yellow Russia ... ..... 355 Od Yellow Seats cubic men, to all ap. Whieeditto at on the tyoi with the Soap ditto ...i......1: *Os Od , . so that the whole front Melting Stuff • 2Bs Od Palm . , at of thus ` p suen g ers PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tallow 'Chandlers' Had ind proceeded towards ed at the Elephant and Candles, per d oz. es Id—Moulds, lOs Od; 6d. per dozen allowed for ready money. cessary to examine his • sad of the proprietors, ' COAL MARKET, JANUARY 19. erect. The first thing Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. the lock, which bad, 534 Newcastle - Si -40 s. 0d..t0 tts. 6d. f notes was, as might '154 Sunderland - 44 . 80s. 3d. to 41s. fad. )elides the notes, 150 0 Scotch. Coal - 0 - —s. Od. to -..6. Od. Cuim • - 0 - —4. Od. to --IL 04. --......r .—..41.........•-•••-•.-. nerant cobler, a native '' ll MA I LE—THIS DAY. his working-tools and the neighbourhood or ......nue. - , AIM. OWL mid that if he could not Dubl in ' 1 0 France 1 0' dissecting Surgeon, to Waterford 1 b Harnburgh 0 1 etion. It having been Guernsey and Jersey 1 0 Randers 0 0 the MendicitySociety Li tio t a ' , 0 1 Brazils 0 0 nd 0 1 6ottesiburgis 0 1 , Leeward Island 0 0 America 0 9 ger of the Bishop HIGH-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. is returning to that skninie - • - 21 rrunutes cute: .5 alightint flom the - altemuon • • - 43 minutes after 5 ... - —_ -...---- rising l ie TellOne LONDON: Printed and published by Levet Kane, Phelan g* ' Place, Temple-Bar i . . •• _ . • • . : • _ td • . • , • . , . . .• • • .. . . , . ,„....... 0 ,-...?. • .5•,.. r: •. k r . -„.... -.. ~..-4 , -,.• .....-........ • ••,.:. ~..:, ,„ ~., . . . i ENGRAVING ON STEEL. Engraving on steel, though an art of modern times, has made the most rapid progress, and while it is found to possess all the requisites of copper, it is capable of bearing so many more impressions as enables the Pub•. lisheis to afford them at a Im% er price, and thui diffuse more generally productions of the Fine Arts. One of .the most successful instances of the application of en graving on - steel to portraits, is an exquisite_poitrait of his MAJESTY, just published by Mr. Sams. It is enfi graved by Lupton, from a portrait by Wivell, the iity of whose likenesses is welt known. Mr. Lupton appears to have been peculiarly happy in transferring ; the delicate softness of the drawing to the steel. The Print is of a scale which fits it for general circulation. GREAT SURGIC 11. OPRRATION. This formidable operation was performed on the 16th inst. at Guy's Hospi:al, for the first time, by Sir Astley Cooper, in the pretence of some of the surgeons and pu pas belonging to these institutions. The number present, however, was nut so great as on many other occasions, no previous notice of the operation having been given, and this arose in censequence of it not having been de termined on but a few minutes before its performance. The patient is a man about 40 years of age, whose leg had been amputated some years ago, just above the knee, since which time the thigh bone had become dis eased from the extremity of the stump, up to the tro chanter major; and this disea e has had such effect on him of late, that he has been rapidly sinking under it; the thigh was of rite middle size. On being asked this •morning_to• submit to an operation, he readily con sented. At half-past one the patient was brought into the operating theatre, and placed in the recumbent pos ture on the table; the femoral artery, being tightly compressed at the groin by an assistant (Mr. - Key), Sir Astley, standing to the outer- side, with the limb in one hand, and the catlin in the other, commenced the operation, by making an incision just below Poupart's ligament, a little to the iliac side of the femoral artery ; this was continued obliquely downwards and outwards to the back of the thigh, about- one•third of the way down, from which point the • knife' was carried in the opposite direction, obliquely upwards and inwards to meet the first incision, by this means forming an ellip, tical curve. At this step of the operation, the femoral artery was divided, to which a lipsture was immedi ately applied ; the skin lad cellubr membrane were