Star. — London, England, 1830-08-20 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. CA 1..115, Ati6. l9.—The Proclamation of Louis Pii tt. i r of Orleans, as King of the French, took place on Tuesday. A very numerous procession, consisting of the Mayor and Civil Authorities, the Clergy, the Troops of the Line, and the National Guard, paraded the town with music, tri-coloured flags, and cockades, and at the principal crossings of the streets, the Mayor formally announced the recent triumph of the cause of liberty, and that the voice of the people had called Louis Pll I LIP to the Throne. The populace responded by shouting " Vive le Roi !" in the most enthusiastic man ner. There was not a house in Calais, or a vessel in its harbour, in which the tri-coloured flag did not wave ; and in the evening the town was brilliantly illuminated. Every one here is unanimous for the new Government ; at least so far as can be judged from words and actions. A large subscription has been collected for the victims of the Paris struggle ; to which the operatives em ployed in the lace manufactories here have alone contri buted 700 francs. A benefit took place at the theatre last night for the same object, and it was filled to excess. There are very few English crossing either to or from England at present. Many families, who left Paris for the coast, are now returned, there being no probability of any further disturbance. The Paris Papers of yesterday state that a letter has been received front Polignac, dated at Altona, on the 10th inst. and that he is on his road to Russia. On the other hand, it is reported from Dover that the fugitive is actually at Walmer Castle, where the Duke of Wel lington shelters his former friend. This latter rumour, it is to be hoped, is unworthy of credit; but the proba bility is, that the person in question is in England, where he has many connections, and much property. Though he may escape from justice, he will never be able to remove the brand which history has fastened on him, as the enemy of his country and of mankind. All persons from Paris speak with delight of the con tinued eagerness of the King to please all classes of his subjects—of his kindness of manner and familiar deportment to every one— of the deference he shows to the most trifling wishes of the humblest individuals— and of his endeavours to prove himself at all times and places to be truly "un Roi Citoyen." Looking at the Roi Citoyen" on this side of the water, walking alone about the alleys of the Palais-Royal, and the " Roi Matelot" on the other, mixing with the populace in St. James's-street, we may expect all men now to become Royalists. And what else would one wish to be, when Kings are so anxious to proclaim themselves to belong to the people ? A suspicion which we always had in our minds, but to which we did not give vent, not wishing to be conducive to his arrest, has been verihed. Prince Polignac had not escaped out of France : his blends probably circulated reports to that effect in order to slacken the pursuit of him. He, with 31. Montbel, another mi nister, have been taken at Granville. We know not whither they have been conveyed. Granville is a dull country town near the coast, and at not more than seven English miles from the opposite shore of Jersey. It was hardly possible that strangers should enter such a place without exciting suspicion. The judgment of these wretched men seems to have failed them throughout.—Times. The Duchess de Polignac never was in Great Britain, and died shortly after the revolution, at Vienna. The Duke de Polignac, the father of the Prince, died in Russia. The Prince's Christian name is " Jules, " not " Louis." Instead of being " a wild French boy in Edinbagh," he was at least 20 years of age when he came to this country. and was a few years after tried in France as one of the members of George's conspiracy, found guilty, and sentenced to death, which sentence was commuted at the instigation of his sister-in-law, the present Duchess de Polignaa The whole of these circumstances can be unquestionably proved. It is rumoured that Mr. Davies Gilbert will retire from the Presidency of the Royal Society, and be succeeded by the Duke of Sussex. Of Mr. Gilbert's qualifications for the office no difference of opinion has, we believe, ever existed ; but bis not having an establishment in London, at which literary men, especially foreigners, could be re ceived, has always been looked upon as detracting from the dignity and usefulness of the office. Mr. Gilbert, wo believe, invites the members once or twice during the season to a conversatione at a tavern, where coffee, muf fins, and literature, are discussed con amore, and with equal gat. Want:moat or KING GEORGE IV. The late King's Wardrobe has been selling, for the last fortnight, at the warehouse of Mr. Bailey, the King's Upholder, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. The property was im mense : it was the perquisite of the Pages of the Back Stairs, six in number; and we hear that the sale realised fifteen thousand pounds. The Earl of Chesterfield gave two hundred guineas for a sable pelisse, Which has since been valued at six hundred, and was a present from the Emperor Alexander. The Marquis of llertford was among the purchasers. There were many pairs of boots and shoes, which were sold at five shillings per pair, one with the other, to a person in the trade. There were numerous pairs of silk stockings. The cambric and silk handkerchiefs produced a guinea each, although the Pages said they were not worth more than seven shil ings. The cellar of snuff was bought for 4001. Tim BERK Il AMPSTEA D FAVOURITE OF LOUIS X% Ill.—The Berkampstead innkeeper's daughter, lately mentioned as the sprightly, chatting, entertainer of Louis, while halting at her father's house, has been as remark able for meeting with extraordinary occurrences as for iiiitaining an irreproachable character in the course of her life. Some years ago she was addressed with a view to matrimony by a young man of the neighbour hood, and, after a due term of courtship was mar ried. The young man was possessed of handsome pro perty ; and bis next of kin, being averse to the union, applied to the Ecclesiastical Court for a dissolution of the match, and obtained a sentence of' nullity, on account of the young man being under age, and not having had die concurrence of guardians at the period of his mar riage. Not very long afterwards the young man's love, suspended only by the ecclesiastical process, revived with all its pristine vigour, and he sued his former bride to re new her union with him. She consented ; and he again pledged his vows to ner in epistles as well as conversa tion. But invidious fate had decided that the parties, determined as they once and again had seemed to blend their hearts and being, should never, uninterruptedly, be one. The young man, from what caprice or cause it is difficult to ascertain, was pleased to halt in the pursuit of his original object, and take another fair one as his second wife ; and she continues single under her resumed name of Miss Page. She, however, possessed a spirit which could not submit to its renewed mortification without seeking for some solace or redress. Miss Paze brought an action against her quondam husband, Mr. Monck, for breach of marriage-promise, subsequent to the dissolution of the prior marriage, and the quandam wife obtained a verdict against the man who had formerly been her husband, with considerable damages. To complete the character of these singular proceedings, which, romantic us they appear, are not coloured, it may be added, that the latter proceedings were, it is said, pro moted and assisted by a character no leas curious than the occurrences themselves the late eccentric Earl of Bridgewater.—Morning Paper. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Trues.—Then is matter of much more importance in the way of speculation, connected with the recent changes in France. How will they be received by foreign States ? It has been thought that surrounding Governments have been tardy in noticing or acknow ledging the new state of things. This opinion is erroneous.— The late revolution in France has never yet been officially an nounced, as all extraordinary occurrences are by special mission, to any of the surrounding Courts, and till such anonuncensent is made, no declaration of the feelings of those Courts can of course be returned. England, it is said, is expected to take the lead, or set the example ; and it is therefore with particular pleasure that we can state our belief, that there is nothing in the recent events in France, or in the arrival of its late King on our coast, to alter, in the slightest degree, the friendly relations and good understanding which subsist between that country and Great Britain. The chief anxiety, therefore, is with regard to Austria. That Austria may view the dethronement of Charles, and the elevation of Louis Philip in his stead, with considerable aversion, is not impossible ; but that she should go to war for this cause, and particularly that she should go to war alone for it, if she herself be not first provoked, inquired, or attacked by a French invasion in her most sensible part, in Italy, we should think very doubtful indeed, and inconsistent with her usual caution. Russia will pro bably adopt the same friendly course as England ; and the Kings of Prussia and of the Netherlands would act more wisely to consolidate their lately acquired dominions, than put them to the hazard with a power that, besides its arms, will have all the prejudices of the people embarked on its side. Indeed, if we may believe the Dutch and German papers, such is the declared policy of these two so vereigns. Such appears to be the rationale of the conduct of the several great powers :of Europe. There certainly is nothing in Charles X. an d his son, even with legitimacy on their backs, worth fighting for : at least we know that we shall not fight for them. Porr.—The particular place at which the Ex-King of France and his family are temporarily to reside in this country has not yet been fixed ; but as we have already stated, it will certainly be somewhere in the interior. In the mean time, the Royal Fugitives have been permitted to land at Cowes in the Isle of Wight, where they will remain until the final decision of Government shall be made known to them. The Deputation from the fallen Monarch had an interview yesterday with the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen. It consists of the Duke de Luxembourg, the Marquis de Choiseul, and Count de la Roche Jaquelin, Baron Crofard, and Beurtil. We understand that these Noblemen have set out on their return to Portsmouth, with the necessary instructions in regard to the Royal Strangers, whose severe misfortunes have caused them to visit our hospitable shores. Clutostict.t.—The Paris Papers contain accounts of tumults in Leipsic, which have lasted several days, the population having risen against the authorities. No light is thrown on the cause of these tumults; but we suspect the letter of a Correspondent, in another column, will go far to account for them. We have had this letter several days in our possession, but its publication was delayed on account of a press of temporary matter. It would appear from our Correspondent, that it is not without reason the aged, priest. ridden despot of France, now a refugee in this country, contem plated a residence in Saxony. The Sovereign of that small Kingdom, since 1827, is about his own age (seventy-three); is equally a tool in the hands of the Jesuits, and has the same inclination for military executions. In Germany, there is the most complete freedom for investigations into all subjects, which have no ractical results. Thus a man may institute an in quiry into the condition of the Pre-Adamites, or write a Treatise on the Music of the Spheres ; but if he should state that King An. ton of Saxony persecutes his Protestant subjects, and pillages them at the same dine, he might come in contact with still more dis. agreeable persons than Lawyer Scarlett.—A clever German writer rallied the German Philosophers for continuing to dispute, with great assiduity, whether the French were entitled to a revolution, for shout eight years after the Revolution had been completed. ‘Ve trust they will not be so long in determining the legality of the present Revo lution, and drawing suitable inferences from it. PRIVATE LETTER IN THE CHRONICLE.--" Paris, August 15, 1830 —I told you, in my last letter, that nobody here appeared to me sufficiently impressed with the importance of lowering the qua. lifications for electors. This remark has been confirmed by every. thing which I have seen and heard since. But I am not much ant. posed The late Revolution appears to have been altogether inspro. time : nobody expected it, nor was at all prepared for it; and as the Charter had been the rallying point in all the disputes with the Royalists, the reforms which had been discussed and pointed out as atttainable were chiefly such as tended to restore the Constitution, such as the Charter originally made it. Perhaps this is ra. ther fortunate. The people have been for the last fifteen years in the position of defenders of the law against attempts to violate or evade it ; and but for this they might not, perhaps, have shown the extraordinary respect for legal order which has appeared in their late proceedings. Under the present altered circumstances, us all questions will be discussed with reference to general expediency, and to conformity with the provisions of a given instrument, ideas which are only in the heads of a few poisons at present, will spread further, and will produce in a short time a very sensible effect on the general opinion. A good beginning has been made in a re cent sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, towards the improve. ment of the electoral law. A great many places in the Chamber being vacant by the resignation of Members, chiefly Royalism, and the annulling of several elections ; and it being neces. glary to supply these vacancies, the Minister of the Interior, Guizot, came from the King with a Projet de Lot, which he an. nounced in this way :—The Electoral Laws which have hitherto existed, not having been abrogated, still subsist, and must be observed in filling up the present vacancies, unless the Chamber should provide otherwise. The permanent establishment of a law of election requires more time and consideration than can be given to it immediately ; hut there is one part of the existing law, Oz. the double vote, of which the universal opinion has pronounced so decided a condemnation, that it aught not to be retained even temporarily. The new members, therefore, are all of them to be elected by the colleges of ;arrondissement, "by which reform no. thing will be prejudged with respect to such other alterations as may be requisite. After the abolition of the double vote, the change to which those with whom 1 have conversed attach most importance seems to be the lowering, or the entire abolition, of the pecuniary qualification for eligibility. At present this qualification is so high, that none but very rich men, comparatively speaking, can be elected. Mr. S. thinks, that not only the pecuniary qualification for eligibility will be abolished, but the practice of allowing a salary to the Deputies will be introduced, by which means it will be rendered possible for young men of letters, and other men of moderate incomes, to accept seats in the Chamber. C— appears to me to be the only person who attaches much Importance to increasing the number of electors. But 1 bear both from M. P—, and from d'E—, and L—, that the local bodies, both municipal and departmental. are by common consent Ito be elected by a much more popular suffrage than the Chamber. This is of Immense importance, because the local authorities come into more immediate contact with the people than any others, and because so large a portion of the patronage of the general Govern. merit will be taken away from it, and given to these local bodies, that the Chamber and its eighty.eight thousand electors, will have at its disposal a greatly diminished amount of public money. M. S— thinks that when the patronage is thus reduced, the 'secrecy of the suffrage, and the compulsory division of pro- perty, which prevents the growth of an hereditary Aristocracy, would ensure a good government, even without any increase of the number of voters. However, he appears to desire an extension of the suffrage. The degree of extension which he says is most I talked of would be, to lower the qualification from 300 to 100 fr. of direct taxation, which A— says would about double the number, but this is mere conjecture. Mr. is for founding the qualifi cation not upon the payment of taxes, but directly on the possession of income of a certain moderate amount. I find that M. S—, al though he has no great confidence in the men who are now at the helm, is not at all dissatisfied that they have done so little at first. He says that all the changes which are required are sure to come in a shurt time ; and that if they came more rapidly there would be great danger; that public men would bid against each ether for popularity ; but it would become unsafe to oppose any change which has an ait of democracy about it, however absurd, and this would ultimately lead to a re-action. The public mind is not in favour of an irre sponsible Government. The newspapers are now criticising the Go vernment with some freedom, though with no asperity, and in the right direction ; and there appears every probability that the King and the Ministry will follow the impulee given by general opinion. One is only sorry that a set of infrions should personally reap greater advantages than anybody else from the change of affairs ; but thia will continue for some time yet. Those who will take the most pains to get into place have the best chance of succeeding if they are sufficiently pliable, and do not offend the prevailing feeling. The bent men, like Jefferson, are not ambitious of office, and unless a man is well known, and has been well tried, power will not fall into his hands of itself without his seeking. 'l he English are, at present, exceed ingly popular here, and the subscriptions, in England, foe the suf ferers by the late events, have had the most admirable effects. There is not a man in any class, from the highest to the lowest, who does not know that the English have subscribed largely for the wounded, and they are extremely delighted with what has taken place ; an impression which I have done all I could to strengthen. here is very little political excitement visible here. The very day after the fight the working people returned to their daily labour, and almost unanimously refused to receive any wages for the days which they had spent in fighting, though their employers generally made them the offer. There are really no external signs of a re cent Revolution or civil war in Paris, except the impres. slon of cannno-balla and musket-bullets in gamed the buildings... the absence of mo4t of the trees on the Boulevards, which were cot! down to barricade the streets ; the King's livery at the Palais Royal, except at the Tuileries, the tri-coloured flag flying at all the public buildings, and many private houses—tri.coloured riban& and cockades worn almost universally, and the Marsellois sung and vended at every corner of every street, besides being sung almost every night at every theatre with the greatest enthusiasm, along with a new song called " The Parisian," written by Casimir de IA Vigne, on the subject of the late events. 10 a person, however, who his seen Paris before, there is one change more remarkable than all this. You see the National Guards everywhere, and the troops nowhere; even the soldiers of the line are very much in the back ground; the Garde Royale is disbanded, and the Gendarmerie has disappeared. I went with some of Mr. S—'s family to see a easerne of Gendarmerie close to Mr. ti—'s house. There was not a window or window frame left in this building; every thing which could pos sibly be broken to pieces, the walls excepted, has been entirely an nihilated by the fury of the people, who always hated the Gen. darmes for their extreme insolence, and who had been particularly provoked on the late occasion by the savage manner in which they made war on them. But this very people, who wreaked their yen. geance so signally on the barrack of the Gendarmes, did not hurt a hair of their heads after the battle, but took great care of their wounded, and treated them with extreme kindness. It seems that some of the troops took part with the people, though one regiment returned the fire of the Garde Royale, when it was fired upon. They remained neutral ; and tho ug h t h e i r goo d w i s h es must h ave b een with the people, it is said that they do not yet know very well what to make of the defeat of the regular troops by undisciplined citizens, and that they are hardly reconciled to it. They will never again venture to give themselves the same airs as they did formerly. I shall write again soon, for I have a great deal more to say, even now. " Your's, &e." MR. OWEN AND THE COURIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sin—Considering your paper a proper vehicle to: repress public wrong, 1 request the insertion of the following letter : " TO THE EDITOR OE THE COURIER. " Sea —Some time ago you admitted into your columns a series of attacks upon me and my proceedings. " These papers gave a very erroneous and false statement of the system which I recommend for the improvement of the condition of all classes, and a most incorrect account of the measures which I have pursued, to prepare the public for the adoption of the system in practice. As the Courier has an extensive circulation among an influential portion of the population of this and other countries, I deemed it useful to undeceive the public upon matters so important to its future improvement. I therefore applied to you to learn if an answer would be admitted, and you informed me that it would. I did not, indeed, suppose that any Paper could refuse to correct its own misstatements. " My reply was given to you nearly six weeks ago, and you pro. mised then to insert it in a few days ; but, as it did not appear, I %gain called, and you apologized for its non-insertion by saying that there were some expressions, relative to the incapacity of the writer for such subjects, which you thought were rather strong ; and as the writer, who was Mr. GALT, was no longer connected with the (*on. rier, you did not wish that his feelings should be hurt through the Paper of which lie had been Editor. As I thought these feelings creditable to you, and as Mr. GALT 1 1 was a professed friend of mine, I said, that however Mr. GALT might have been mistaken, through his Presbyterian prejudices, in his at. tacks upon me, I had no wish to hurt his feelings unnecessarily, and therefore gave you full liberty to alter any of my expressions relative to him ; adding, that I had no wish to say more than was requisite to enable the public to discover his deficiency of talent and information to investigate advantageously important first principles for the good government of society, or to examine facts with any degree of accuracy ; and, therefore, though an amusing, imaginary writer, not at all competent: to instruct the public mind on ethics and the government of mankind. You were satisfied with this permission and explanation, and said you had no other object. tion to my reply ; and again, for the third time, promised me that it should appear. I left London that day for Sco tland, from whence I am just returned, and learn that my letter has not yet been seen in the Cmrier.* _ _ _ " I now thus publicly request that my letter may find a place in your columns, or that you give your reasons for its non-insertion ; that the public may learn why you admit the most erroneous and mischievous misstatements to be made in your Paper, against one whose sole object is to benefit all his fellow-creatures, not excluding any class, sect, party. or condition, and to remove the real cause of discord from society, without you allowing the same medium of reply and explanation to the individual so unjustly attacked. " 49. Bedford-square, Aug. 17, 1830. " R. OWEN." • I believe it is but just to acquit the acting Editor for the delay in finding a place for my letter. is it not that some of the patrons of the Cowrie► are afraid that the truth, upon the most interesting subjects to mankind, should appear in its columns ? 1141 - MARKET THEATRE. Monday night Rosina was played at this house, for the purpose of introducing Mrs. Evaxs a- the heroine; and it is but justice to that lady to state, that we have not before heard her to such advan tage. Although every note in the music of this delighful little Opera is perfectly familiar to all ears, musical or unmusical, yet Mrs. Evaxs last evening contrived to give a novelty to it of which we could not suppose it capable ; and the warm plaudits which at tended her efforts—more especially those which followed her intro. duction of " bo! here the gentle lark," must have satisfied her friends that this lady will certainly prove an ornament to her profession. Mr. Hoax, as Mr. Rehire, executed the several airs allotted to him with his accustomed taste, and also introduced a new composition of his own ; which we suppose, from our ears occa sionally catching something about" The standard of Ragland," was a patriotic song ; but we cannot congratulate him upon it, nor do we think it likely to become equally popular with his recent composi tions. Mr. HEALY was the Captain Belrille, and was waindy and very deservedly encored in that fine old hunting song (seldom, by the way, attempted by our modern Captain Relviiies)--" lly dawn to the Downs we repair.' Rosints was followed by The Way to keep Bins. Alas ! .. Wor is " We," Seeing what toe have seen, seeing what we see I We can never see this Comedy without the most painful remem brances, for it is associated in our minds with the only legitimate representatives of Sir Roof til Constant and the Widow Pelmone, that it has ever been our good fortune to witness—we mean " glo rious Jottx” (only° Jaiett) BAWNISTER, and the ill-starred, neg. iected Mrs. JOZDAX ! However, it is neither our office nor our inclination to institute comparisons ; so, heaving a sigh to the me mory of old friends, we proceed to our task. FARILESI'II Sir Bash ful is amongst the least happy of his effotts. It is evidently fiireed, and wants that single.heartednesa of manner which is the decided characteristic of the bashful but floating husband, who, with the warmest affection for an amiable wife, fears lest the display of that affection should bring upon him the ridicule of his fashionable acquaintance. There is sufficient harshness, we admit, in Mr. FAtt aix's manner of scolding his lady, but there is no redeeming ten derness in those passages where his affection struggles to break through the artificial constraints which he has imposed upon hint. self. In short. Mr. Famine plays the part without feeling it. CoorEn's Lovemore, and Virlllre'S Sir Brilliant, were played with those gentlemen's usual successful efforts to amuse, and with the assistance of the several ladies and gentlemen, the Comedy " went off very well." Wt arson, Auo. 19.—At ten o'clock this morning, the King left the Castle, and proceeded to the Kennel, at Ascot heath. His Majesty went alone in his pony phaeton, which was drawn by tour ponies. After inspecting the stud of hunters, he visitt d the Grand Stand on the Race Course, and surveyed the various improvements which are going forward preparatory to the Races. The King then proceeded to Cumberland Lodge, and from thence to the Royal Lodge. and returned by the Long Walk at one o'clock. This afternoon at three o'clock their Majesties, accompanied by the Langravine of Hesse Homburg, Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cumberland, with the ladies and gentlemen of their Suite, took their favourite ride through the Park, proceeding by the Royal Lodge, Cumberland Lodge, and Virginia Water. Lord and Lady Errol arrived at the Cutle last night. Count Munster arrived this afternoon, and left soon afterwards. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold is expected to dine at the Castle this evening. The banns of marriage between his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Henry Albert of Prussia and her Royal Highness Princess Wilhelinina Frederica Louisa Marianne of the Nether lands, have been published at the Hague, in the wind form. A dispensation has been granted respecting the second publication, and the marriage is to be celebrated in the Palace of lb* town on t he 14th September. Lord Aylmer, the newly appointed Governor in-Chief of the Foetus of Lower and Upper Canada, had a long ctwitTence with Sir Georgi lilumty, at the Colonial-othee yeatenlay. His Lordship, it le expeetell, will leave town in a short time for Canada, re the parpeee attuning ow the duties of his Governinvot. TUE ARMY. Wednesday the left wing of the Coldstream t.tares embarked for Bristol, to join the right wing, which left D..b.an on Fs i day last. The Ist Battalion of the Foot Guards his arrived at the [Loyal Barracks, Dublin. NEWFOUNDLAND, JUNE 15. The Nera transport, which arrived a few deys ago at Quebec from Dublin, brought two companies of the Royal Artillery to te. Beat those of Major Coffin and Captain Faddy, which return to England by this transport. In the Neva came out, Captains R. Bentham and R. Cameron, Second Captains P. England and Freer, Lieutenants H. Gillespie, C. Beauchamp, F. Tylden, and R. F. Crawford, Assistant-Surgeons Seaton and Richardson, of the Royd Artillery, and Lieutenant Ford, Royal Engineers. In addition to whom there were four serjeants, seven drummers, and 148 rank and file of the Artillery. We understand that Captain Bentham comes to St. Helens. to take the command of his company now stationed there. Assistant. Surgeon Seaton will be stationed at the same post, and Assistant. Surgeon Kelly, now there, proceeds to Grenville to take the place of Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Milne, ordered to Fort George. Assistant-Surgeon Richardson, Royal Artillery, returns with the two companies that proceed to Britain in the Neva. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following arrivals are posted at Lloyd's:—The Union, Stratham, from Leghorn, and Levant Packet, Percival, from Smyrna, at Cork ; Eleanor, Reed, from Quebec, at Duhlitt ; HAM Booth, Basbley, from St. John's, N.B at Belfast ; Gunson, from Archangel, off Aberdeen ; Mueller, Cob , ), St. Petersburgb, and Defiance, Reed, from Veniel. at Mnntro.e Mary Dalgleish, Ferguson. from S;. Petershurgh ; Addi-on, rival, from Danteic; and Charlotte, Pattison, from Cott, at Dundee; Spring, F.mmerson. and Cynthia, Turner, from Qw bec, at Sunderland; William, I.ovey, from ditto, off ditto; and Concord, Bruce, from klemel, at Hull. The Union, from Newcastle to Rye. was totally lost on Scruby Sand 18th inst. Crew saved. DIAL, Am. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived from London, the Craigievar, Ray, for New South Wales. Arrived the Ilenry Da vidson, from Jamaica. Powrostocvn, Aua. N.N.E.—Sailed the 7.1n0t.i.. Owen, for Bengal. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 18 —Wind variable. PLYMOUTIC Aula. 18.—Arrived off the port, the Hortensia, Copginger, from Trinidad. Bat• Tot., Auc. 19.—Arrived the Clara, Th omas, from Jamaica. Livaavoot., Arc. 18.—Arrived the liardings. Gibson, from St. Petersbutgh. Off the port, the Flora, Blair, from Mir intichi.— The Sicilian, for the Cape of Goad Hope. and Taguus, for Li.bov. which were on the North Bank yesterday, got off, and proceed Ni. A brig, outward bound, is on shore on Bubo. Souvitaurrox, Atm. 18 —Arrived the Uary. Cozen, from Me mel, after being on shore on the Owen; and Clyde, Richardsot , , from Dantsic. COURT OF REQUESTS—TuEsnAr. DOBBS V. SNICKERTOS. In this (=At Mr. Charles Hugh Snickerton appeared before tlt Commissioners upon summons to explain why he had refused to pay the turn of Is. 9d. alleged to be owing and due by and fro:, the said Charles Hugh Snickerton to Mary Dobbs, spinster. Mary Dobbs having been duly sworn— " Now, Mary Dobbs," said the Chief Commissioner—" let 1., know— " I beg pardon, your Worship," said Mary Ihilibs—" I a usually call'd bliss Dobbs." " Pooh nonsense, woman !' said the Chief Commisaioner. " No nonsense, if your Worship pleases ;"—said bury Dobb•. " But it is nonsense: said the Chid Commissioner ; " for if I were to call you Miss I should miscall you.—Why you must be at least JO/ years old ?" "That, may it please your Worship, is quite irreverent to t 1,.• question." said Mary Dobbs—at the same time curling her under lip, and looking down her nose ;—as if to see whether the lip was sufficiently curl'd for the due reproof of the Chief Commissioner. " Well, ' said the Chief Commissioner—" let your name and age be what they may ; will you be kind enough to let us know how 11r. Charles Hugh Snickerton got into your debt ?" "By the peru:hal of imppyler minks ;" replied Mary Dobbs. The Chief Cemmistoner seemed to be puzzled ; and looked in. quiringly at Mr. Charles Hugh Snickerton. " Poplar stords,she means," said Mr. Charles Hugh Snickerton ; —" she keeps a shop wot's called a liberhary." "0, very well; and you acknowledge the debt, do you, Mr. Snickerton ?" said the Chief Commissioner. " Not a bit of it," Paid Mr. Snickerton ; and, having so ■aid, lie laid his hat down upon the floor of the Court, stuck his thumb% into the arm-holes of leis yellow waistcoat, and went regularly into his defence, thus : " Miss Mary Dobbs and me has been acquaintances time out of mind—you'll please to understand. Very good. So whenever I goes by she's tiberhary, In Seven-dials, I looks in with a e How d'ye do, Alias Dobbs ?' And says she to me, says she, Pretty well thank you, Mr. Snlckenon, how do you do ?'—.lust so. Very good. Well —stay, let me see, where was I ? Oh ! and so it went on, day by day ; and sometimes of an evening I'd drop in and take a dish of chatter-water with Miss Dobbs"— The Chief Commissioner here inquired of Mr. Snicker►on what he meant by chatter-water ? llr. Srdelterton explained that he meant tea ; and he then resumed his defence— • " Well, let me see, where was I ? Oh, about the tea. for I em desperate partial to a dish of tea, you'll please to understand ; and, though I say it, Miss Dobbs makes as niece dish 44 tea as any lady going. tin with that there was a good deal of talk between me and she, of course ; and more nor once, twice, Of thrice, she said I was particular welcome to the perushal f any of the poplar novels on %hes shelves. With that I took a fon of them, sometimes one and some times another, for I'm desperate given to rending the hest of every thing, you plase to understand ; which I always returned 'em duly and trooly, and as clean as a pink—leastwitys as clean as I had 'em from she. So you know, upon this, I thinks to myself thinks me,—for I'm a bachelor you'll please to understand—lease. ways I'm a widower, which is all as one in a regular pint of too for anything of that; and thinks Ito myself thinks me—the hooks am quite in the family way, and it'll all corn right by and by. But. howeonnever I was mistaken in respect of all that there; for it an happened—yru'll please to understand—that I was called dos tt to Dartford, in Kent, so short I hadn't time to say good bye to 3liss Dobbs; which I stayed there three weeks, and when I came back Mrs. Trumper, my landlady, says to me, says she, • What do von think ?* says she. • Nay, says Ito she, • I don't know what I t'.irk, and with that she wouldn't tell me ; but I" Here the Court began to manifest signs of impatience, which lir. Snickerton perceiving, cut short his defence. " Why, tiwes, the long and the short of it is," said he, " that Miss Dobbs said to every body. says she, Snickerfon's a sneak!' And with that, in my hurry, I happeneti to say, Molly Dobbs is u devil.' And that's why I'm pulled up here this day to pug for the perushal of books wilt I thought was lent me fur loss—and so I verily believe they was." " Upon my honour ferocity, gentlemen, it vat no !tut+ thing !" said 11iss Dobbs. And the Court ordered Mr. Snickeron to pay the debt inst...rver, upon pain of intprironmer.t. Despatches were sent of last evening, from the C. - - lonial-offire, for the Governor of the Leeward Wands. The Sardinian and Neapolitan Ministers transact. ti busineas with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the office of the St. cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The French have not yet selected an Amba.-sador for England. Young M. de Flahaut is still spoken of. Surely the epithet which we have applied to him creates an objection. without calling upon ua for other objections. It is said that his marriage to an English lady gives him a title, or bestows on bins a reeamn•endn. tion to an high an employment. His marriage with the daughter e f Lord Kdth sas not gratifying to her friends: and Polignac also wax married to an English lady. The coma is net a good one. —Times. ILLUMINATIONS IN lIONOLIII OF HIS NIAJESTY ,, Iltavit.naY.—We understand that the Cabinet-maksrs Stacie,. Aldgate, are making great preparations to celebrate his 311ejestv's birthday, by illuminations at their extensive establishments ; acct from what we have learnt, with such splendor as will equal. if not sui pass. any demonstration of public feeling which has heretofore been displayed in the metropolis on similar occasions. Ti gives us yea' pl ea s u re to see thi s society rising, as it is, in public estimation, n• asmuch as it deserves encouragement. It is by pees( rernate and industry only that the Society have succeeded in fighting their way through a host of enemies, and defeating the stratagems at d coo. spiracies which have been formeti to ruin the Establiahment in public opinioni It is greatly to their tedit that they have risen by their own exertions, and not by the aid of the rich man's purse, although they have had the most noble among their patrons. Their industry, however, has been their greatest treasure. ily that they have been enabled tomaintain themselves and their fa milies, to support their deserving members in ewe of sickness t and where death has occurred, to assist the survivors is the hour of die tress. These are strong recommendations to public plumage t but beyond these we are convinced, that lamas hoc log once hail transaction,' w ith the Society will not fail to go there a i tain. as their dealings are conducted with the strictest honour. and upon a prin. ciple highly creditabie to the Establishmem. Upon reading over the tales which have bees drawn up for regulatiso the Society, and which have been enrolled. and are therefore accessible to theyublie, we fled theta deserviog of the highest approbation. •