Star. — London, England, 1831-05-17 00:00:00

TILE GENERAL ELECTION. DI t:IIISF.RS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Carnarvon (Borough)—Sir C. Paget Chester (County)—bord Viscount Belgrave; O. Wilbraham, Esq. Cork (County)—Lord Boyle ; Hnn. Itobert King Cures•+kll (County)—E. W. Pendarris, Esq ; Sir C. Lemon Drogheda—J. H. North, Esq. Dundalk—J. E. Gordon, Esq. Lanark (County)—Hun. Charles Douglas Queen's County—Sir Henry Parnell, Baronet; Sir Charles H. Cote, Bart. Shyly:hire—Sir Rowland Hill; J. C. Pelham, Esq. Tipperary (County)—J. H. Hutchinson, Esq ;T. Wyse, Esq. STATE OF POLLS. Durvetshire. May 14, Five o'clock. Down (County), May 13. Lord A. Hill - - 622 Portman - - 1677 • Lord Caaticreagh - 393 Calcraft • - 1434 Mr. Crawford - - 364 13 inkt.s . - - 1169 Cavan (County), lit day. Northampton (County), May 14. Maxwell . . 110 .t 1 r nor!) . . . 2247 Young . - . 99 Milton . . - 1928 Sou th well - 72 Cartwright - . 179 f Wexford County), let day. :.2i.tLiley - - 1279 Colonel Chichester - 190 Dublin (City), May 13. H. Lambert - - 187 bard Mayor - - 1669 Lord Valenti& - - 186 Mr. Perrin - - 1659 U. D. Talbot - - 14 Mr. Shaw - 1346 Pembroke (County), May 12. 51r. Moore . - 1334 Majority for eir J. Owen, 60. ENC. LIS/I COUNTIES UNANIMOUS FOR REFORM.— The following counties are unanimous in their returns both of knights, citizens, and burgesses, for the measure of r+•form submitted to parliament: No. of No. of Members. Crooners. Members. Counties. TI-Sfordshire .. 4 Leicestershire BerkAtirc ... 9 Middlesex Cheshire ... 4 Nottinghamshire .. Derh7shire ... 4 I Itutinndshire Hcrt:ordshire 6 11'artvickshire lu all 10 counties, returning 55 members. COUNTIES RETURNING MORE ANTI-REFORMERS THAN REFORMERS.—In the following counties the number of members returned for knights, citizens, and burgesses, as anti-reformers, exceeds those of the reformers. They are, of course, the great borough counties: IFor &form.] BuckinghamAire .. Cambridgeshire Cornoall Devonshire ... Huntingdonshire .. Shropshire .. Suffolk Westmoreland Wiltshire !Against. 9 Nine counties .. .. 52 F 106 giving a majority of 54 against reform. In the other 31 counties, a majority of members favourable to reform has been returned. COUNTIES WHERE REFORM HAS LOST BY THE ELEC TION.—There are only two counties in which reform has lost by the result of the general election. These counties are Cambridge and Norfolk. In the former, the result of the University election caused a comparative loss of four to the measure ; but this has been diminished to two by the election of the county members. In Norfolk, the loss of two was sustained by the return of Mr. Alexander Baring, anti-reformer, for Thetford, and the displacing of Mt. F. Baring, jim. who supported the bill. CORNWALL COUNTY ELECTION. LOSTWITIII EL, Saturday.—Notwithstanding the large majority on the poll last night in favour of Mr. Pendarves and Sir Charles Lemon, the polling commenced again at nine this morning, and in two of the hundreds with quite as much spirit as has been evinced during the election. At several of the booths, however, there has been a complete want of business, and I should imagine that in those hun dreds the voters must all have polled. Up to two o'clock the election was going on as much in favour of the re- 1 formers as ever, their numbers being about double those of Sir R. Vyvyan and Lord Valletort, and I should think that to night that party would see the utter hopelessness of conti nuing it, and at once relieve this county from the excitement which prevails throughout it. Sir R. Vyvyan, however, last night told the assembly that on Monday it would be his turn, and that during the week he should gradually decrease the majority until he reached the head of the poll. If, however, the party have so many voters in reserve, should they not have produced them before this period It is the general practice with those who have a majority of votes, to endeavour at first to get to the head to prevent any of them being tinned in opinion, but more particularly on this account, that there are a number of persons in moat counties who wish to be in with the winning horse, and there fore remain quiet till they know which t..ay the race is likely to terminate ; and surely, if at the end of the fifth dry there should be a very large majority (very likely it will be 1,000 when the poll is closed) no one need be surprised to find those foxes break their cover and appear at the poll-booth. —Saturday Evening, 6 o'Clock, (Fifih Day.)— Sir Rich ard Vyvyan and Lord Valletort have just resigned the contest. NORTHAMPTON ELECTION. MONDAY, EIGHTH DAY. At four o'clock the poll was closed for the day, and the numbers announced to be, for— Althorp 2217 Milton 1928 Cartwright ... 1795 K.iightley 1279 The pressu re i n t h e booth this evening was excessive.— Many of the " gentle craft," who always, according to im memorial practice, keep St. Monday's feast, were present, and from the noise they made, we are only able to give an imperfect account of what was said. Lord Althorp expressed his personal thanks for the sup- rort they had rendered him ; he felt great pleasure in so doing, as he considered such support to amount to an expres- ..ion of their approbation and support of the measures intro duced by his Majesty's Ministers. (Cries of No, no ; suc ceeded by much louder and more general cries of Yes, yes.) Some persons said no ; but if such was the case, why, be wotilil ask, had he been supported in the manner he was? It uas known that he bad been for years the advocate of reform. It had been industriously circulated, that it was the intention of rvlinisters to make great modifications and alterations in the Bill. He distinctly denied that such ' was the fact. They were determined to admit of no alterations Which could in the least affect the plain and simple Kind- Pies upon which the Bill was founded. Having brought forward the measure after the best consideration, and find jag it approved of from one end of the kingdom to the other—(Cries of " No," followed by energetic shouts of " les, yes")—he was sure it could not be believed that they would now desert that cause which had gained them the approbation of the whole country. He mentioned thus 'kid, because he was desirous to disabuse the freeholders of the rumour which had been industriously circulated, that it was the intention of Ministers to greatly alter the Air. Cat twright said lie had again to thank them for their exertions, and were it 'got that they had sent back many of l is voterF, upon captions and foolish objections that day, he , ltould have been much higher on the poll. There were now no INN than 400 votes undecided in the assessor's booth, of which at least 130 were for him; and when to these Were added the number yet unpolled, he felt himself lit'etly justified in continuing to keep open the poll. 1 t) this unexampled contest, in which he was opposed by the influence of two Peers, he was determined to give the county a full opportunity of expressing what was its opinion on the subject of Reform ; and from the numbers already polled, whatever might be the issue, it was clear that a most numerous and respectable portion of the county was opposed to the measure. The bill, if passed, would open a door to fraud and duplicity. There had been a great deal said about the large sacrifice made by certain noble Peers in giving up their boroughs, but it might be very convenient to Earl Fitz -11 with= to resign Higham Ferret's ' if, by so doing, he could make a borough o f th a t coun ty. And as to the Marquis of Cleveland, it was reported that he was to be made a Duke lin a few days. He had only further to thank them, and beg a continuance of their exertions. Sir C. Knightley said, that county presented an exception to the conduct pursued in most others, for there was a feel ing of independence in it which no power on earth could quench. Their answer to the appeal of ministers was a re sponse of indignation against the iniquitous measure. If it were true that they found the majority of the Peers opposed against them, it was the intention of Ministers to create new peers in order to force this bill, then he would say the minis ters were traitors to their country. (Loud expressions of in dignation, and cries of "It is you who are a traitor.") No, he was a loyal man, and was trying to preserve the crown in spite of itself, and of its evil advisers. The Honourable Mr. Wentworth Fitawilliam oberved that if they had ever seen, as he had done, a salmon when it was first hooked, and when it was possessed of all its strength, they would know that it would lie perfectly quiet, but when its strength was becoming nearly exhausted, it would suddenly jump up in the air some seventy yards, and then fall back quite dead. Such was nearly the case with their opponents, they had jumped up the other day, and now they lie lifeless. (Laughter and cheers.) The minor exertions they were now making, were quite useless. They had been told that there were a great many votes yet before the assessor, and he was glad there was, for from all that he had seen or heard, he believed a majority of them would be decided in favour of his father. The Honourable Gentleman had complained of the captious and partial objections which had been taken in the booths to the left where his strength principally lay—perhaps the hon. gent. never took the trouble to look to the right, or if he had, he would have found quite as many foolish and captious objections taken there. The hon. gent. had spoken of a relation of his, and talked of his wishing to make a borough of that county. Why he might as well say he wanted to make a borough of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. If the independent interest was so strong and so great, as the hon. gent. had himself declared it to be, he should like to know how it was possible he could do so. He would say no more, but conclude by expressing his thanks for the support they had rendered his father, and begged them to continue the same. (Cheers.) Mr. Bouverie afterwards addressed a few words to the electors ; but from the lowness of his tone, and the great noise that prevailed, we were unable to catch a single word of what he said. PRIVATE LETTER. NORTHAMPTOY, Monday, May 16, 12 a. m.—The contest for the county of Northampton appears likely to excite an interest in a great degree unexpected. The election has now continued during eight days. It is essentially a contest of principle, with this remarkable circumstance connected with it„—that Lord Althorp, whose private and per sonal interests would naturally lead him to desire a continuance of that compromise of opinions which would allow the friends and the enemies of reform to divide the county, finds himself, by the nomination of another reform candidate in the person of Lord Milton, engaged in a trial of strength, which allows no inferior motive to prevail over that public spirit by which &public man must stand or fall. As a :natural consequence of this determination, than which no other could have been exp ec t e d f rom the manliness and consistency of his character, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the mark o f every slander that the malignity of the beaten and despised Tory faction can invent. He has forfeited his pledges—he has hoisted the revolutionary tri-colour of France. The art of " lying like truth" is an ingenious accomplishment, but is valueless where people have an opportu nity of seeing with their own eyes, and employing their own understandings. I came thi s morn i ng , to this - neat and quiet town, the capital of a rich agricultural district, prepared to see the bands of terrorism ranged under the fearful banner of an English mister of State. The town, even in the very centre of the Market-place, was perfectly tranquil ; t h e voters on either side quietly proceeding to the poll , both without the slightest interruption ; the flap and bands of each peaty parading the streets with perfect harmony. The revolution- 1 ary Chancellor of the Exchequer was quietly standing near his own inn, where his banner of crimson and white waved from the balcony. Where was the tricolour! At a distance I espied the fatal symbol I ap proached nearer, and found that the green Sag of Lord Milton was united with the white and red of Lord Althorp, forming, indeed, a flag of three :colours, but not the tricolour 1 And yet, upon the summons of those Sunday papers which thrive upon filth and falsehood, many an affrighted clergyman will this morning leave his snug parsonage in some sequestered valley, where he lives in the narrowest of narrow circles, wholly ignorant of the world around him, to vote against the Minister who bears the tel colour of republican France, and all that; and when he perceives that the blue of that banner is to be found on the colour of one of the Tory candidates, a blush of shame may cross his cheek at the delusion, but he will still vote for the Tory, because he only shows one of the colours of the hateful flag, and therefore must be the honester man and the wiser politician. Howdy, the enemies of reform are making enormous efforts In this county. They are endeavouring to direct the current of public opinion from the real question ofrefoem or no reform, into private and petty conflicts, they seek to effect this by an attack upon the candour of die most candid of men— Lord Althorp. It is probable that the Chancellor of the Exchequer may take some notice of these assaults ; if so, I will write immediately. In the mean time, urge every freeholder and more especially the non residents, if they wish that Noethampto eahire should be spared the die. grace of Buckinghanishire—if they desire that this count shall not be marked with a black spot in the way by which Charles Dupin has dis tinguished the ignorant districts of France, to press here to the poll. There is ample time for the friends of their country to render the ma jority of Lord Althorp and Lord Milton so triumphant that there can be no future doubt of the opinions of the county of Northampton. A SHORT STATEMENT OF FACTS RESPECTING THE NORTHADIPTONSHIRE CONTEST. From a Correspondent of the Times. On Wednesday, the 3d of May, the nomination of can didates for the county took place at Northampton. At that period Lord Althorp had no belief that any opposition would be offered to Mr. Cartwright, and certainly bad no intention of offering or of encouraging any himself. Thursday Lord Milton, in answer to a letter from Mr. Dickens, of Da ventry, (and which, by having gone round by Milton, must have been addressed to Lord M. previous to the nomination), I informs Mr. Dickens, that as Mr. Hanbury would not stand, and as a desire continued to be expressed by the friends of reform for the return of two members favourable to the mea sure, he would be ready to serve if elected, but that he would not become a candidate ; and to the above declaration Lord Milton adheres to this day. A handbill to this effect having been published on the same day at Northampton, Mr. Abbey, Lord Althorp's agent, immediately called on the printer, to know by whose authority he acted; and learning from him that the handbill had been authorized by Mr. Lucas, of Buckby, a gentleman who had no connexion whatever with Lord Althorp or his family, he ascertained from him that it had been determined upon by the friends of reform to propose Lord Milton on the day of elec tion. It having been intended by the friends of Mr. Cartwright to propose Sir Charles Knightley in case a second candidate should be started on the side of reform, and in formation having been received by Mr. Cartwright on Thursday night that Lord Milton was to be nominated, Sir Charles was accordingly declared a . joint candidate with Mr. Cartwright ; and it was upon that junction, and not before, that Lord Althorp united with Lord Milton. So little was a contest in Lord Althorp's contemplation, that on the day after the nomination, a steward of Lord Spencer, together with one of his lordship's tenants, called on Mr. John Davis, (an agent of Lord Clilden,) at Banbury, to tell him that all was settled at Northampton, and that they were then on their way to Worcester, to assist Captain Spencer in his election. TRIUMPH OF REFORM IN CHESHIRE. Cheshire has nobly done her duty by Pending. two Re formers as her Representatives, in Lord Bele-rave end George Wilbraham, Esq. Lord Henry Cholmondeley would not venture to come to the poll, but sneaked cif ti, take refuge in his brother's borough of Castle Rising.— There is almost an universal regret that a contest did not take place, as it would have sheen the anti-reformers how utterly insignificant they are, as a party, even in Cheshire. Let not Lord Henry Cholmondele y , there fore, " lay the flattering unction to his so u l," that he owes his defeat, on this occasion, to the lateness of his canvass. Flom what I know of the feeling of the county on the subject of the Reform Bill, I firmly believe that, popular, deservedly and justly popular, as Lord Be!grave and Mr. Wilbraham both are, neither the one nor the other would have the slightest chance of being returned if there was even a suspicion that they were not favourable to " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill," by which: of course is meant the principle of the Bill, with any modification of its details it may be deemed ad visable to introduce; and that any other two gentlemen in the county, however small their influence, but possessing this requisite, would be returned by a triumphant majority, and, as would become an important county like this, with out costing them a single shilling. It is now upwards of a century (July 1727) since there was a contested election for this county, or, we believe, a regular trial of strength between the Whig and Tory party, who have for a long series of years past divided the represen tation of the county between them. How much longer this arrangement will continue it does not require the gift of prophecy now to foresee. The day is gone by. as Mr. Wil braham justly said, in his speech on the hustings, when a knot of Cheshire Squires could meet in the three-cornered room at the Crown Inn at Northwich, and say who was, and who was not to be a Member for this county.— , The contending parties on that occasion were Crewe and Cotton ; the latter, who was the successful competitor, I the grandfather of the present Lord Combertnere. The con test was a most severe and expencive one. The following notice of the chairing appeared in the Chester Journal of July 1i27, in the graniatical and highly-descriptive lan guage of some learned Theban a n d t a l ente d gent l eman o f the press of that day, possibly the printer of the paper, who, most probably, united in his own person the functions of editor and pressman also : " Mr. Cotton and Mr. Cholmondeley was chosen mem bers in parliament for this county, and they was carried on men's shoulders up and down the streets, and the people shouted as if they was mad and bewicht." IRELAND. We have to congratulate dieetupire on the glorious fact, that in Tipperary, Kelly, Clare, Limerick, Waterford-- immortal Waterford ! Cork, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wicklow, Dublin, Wexford, Meath, Louth, Kildare, the King 's County, the Queen's County, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, Down, and Donegal, there will be none but reformers, supporters of the Bill, elected 1 In Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Longford (we hope), Westmeath, and Monaghan, there will be one reformer returned from each, and if there trete candidates, we have no doubt but that the corruptionists would be totally routed in these coun ties In Fermanagh and Tyrone alone are the Tories vic torious.—Freeman's Jouraal. The Dublin Morning Register gives the following u a specimen of the scenes that are of constant occurrence in the freeholders' booth at the city of Dublin election:— Mr. George Fitzgerald, one of the agents for the anti-re formers, and who seems to take particular delight in sport ing in a good-humoured way with the populace, calls out, Well, Mr. Riley, you're getting very ,;lack there ; have you ere another man to vote against the constitution ? Mr. Riley (a reform agent)—Yes, I have ; here is Mr. Patrick Nulty • have you any objection to him ? Mr. Fitzge rald—He's a decent- looking man, I don't think. Will he vote the right way ? Mr. Riley—To be sure he will. Do you require him to take the oaths ? Mr. Fitzgerald—Oh ! only the usual ones ; let him off the bribery oath, in honour of the Nultys. Assessor—Take the book, Sir. (The freeholder having gone through the oaths, and being about sixty years old, concluded with declaring that, to the best of Ms belief, he is twenty-one years of age, be is again questioned by the offi cer.) Who do you vote for. Nulty—l vote in the first place for my lord mayor, (loud cheers from the galleries) and I vote in the next place for Mr. Perrin ; (continued cheers) and I vote, in the third place, for reform—(uproarious cheers.) Mr. Fitzgerald—Wait a while, Mr. Nulty; I have only twenty objections to your vote. From the galleries—Ha ! Georgy ; bad scrim to you, Geoigy ; well see the Recorder trying you yet, Georgy. Mr. Fitzgerald--Now just listen to these blackgards, Mr. assessor ; intimidated from doing my duty. I have thirty objections to your rote, Mr. Nulty. From the galleries-0, you're an ugly thief, Georgy ; what a nose you have for opening oysters, Georg). ! Mr. Fitzgerald—Really, Mr. Assessor, I cannot do my duty if these blackguards can insult me with impunity. Assessor—The first man I see disturbing the poll, I'll commit him. Mr. Fitzgerald—Yes, do, Sir—take six of them—take all the blackguard ruffians into custody. (Loud cheers and laughter from the gallery, with cries of `• Well, go on Georgy, and we'll let you alone.") Some gentlemen at Falmouth have trained a carrier pigeon, for the purpose of conveying there, every evening, the state of the poll during the county election. The bird has hitherto performed the journey in an hour. The dis tance is 32 miles. Previous to the threatened contest in Devonshire, a noble Tory Lord was heard to declare that he had the election in his pocket. On this being told to Lord Ebriugton, he is said to have rejoined, " That waay be; but what Lord R. has :Tot in his pocket lie likes to keep there." THE MARQUIS of ANGLESEA.—We lament to state, that his Excellency continues to suffer acute pain from his recent attack from tic douloureux. His lordship is FO severely affected as to be compelled to communicate his sen timents, in writing., to those about him. His Excellency is at present staying at the Park, and we trust we shall be able speedily to announce at least some mitigation of his extreme sufferings.--Dwblin Times. In some parts of Ireland a duel is considered a necessary part of the proceedings at an election, quite as much so as the erection of the liubtings, or the reading of the writ. We have heard of a borough where, some years ago, the return ing officer, a lover of sport, always on the approach of an election, took care to provide duelling pistols, with quantum suf. of powder and ball, which were deposited in a chest, regularly labelled, and placed in a conspicuous situation in one of the poll-booths, for the accommodation of the candi dates and their friends. The pugnacious spirit of Irishmen seems to have increased rather than diminished of late veers; and it may be a question for Eazl Grey and his colleagues, whether a clause should not be introduced in the Irish reform bill, providing that, in certain cases, and under certain cir cumstances, the ceremony of taking votes should be dis posed with entirely, and the representatives returned by " wager of battle." THE THEATRES. DRURY GAUL—The historical play of eltj red thr Great was last light repeated, and was received with the wine as-nth or approbation -e has upon every occasion distinguished its prrterinanc;. After the elay, ' Goo save the King" was vehemently called for. The national it wu immediately executed by the hand ; but the audience were dis satisfied. and demanded that it should be sung. considerable delay took place, during which the call for " the Maeager." a.. loud aLd :eneral. The curtain at length drew up fur tl , eperlormance of Tirres•tr the Tartar, but the audience were inexorable. and •would have the song, the whole song, and nothing but the song." Mr. Cooper rt w appeared, and declared, " that the call for GOD save the King' war oerfeetly unexpected,"-.she added something else, hut the vociferation ..-as too great to allow us to catch his concluding cords. He retired, and the curtain was again let down. Soon after the felt vocalists who could be collected together on so brief a notice (the principals being Miss 8. Phillips and Miss Russell), came forward, and sang the anthem, which was hailed with every testimony of stratifica tion. As at the other house there was a representation of the overthrow of the usurper, Napoleon Buottaparte, so at this house we had the discomfiture of another usurper, Amour the Tartar. This romantic melo-drama, so ranted. which some years ago had a very great run at Covent.garden, has been revived with considerable splendour. The processions, which are on a large scale, arc excellently arranged, the combats are spiritedly managed. anti Mr. Cooke's semi-rational stud of horses please and surprise by their docility .tad ragaelty. The chief characters of the nielo.drema were extremely well gilled by Mr. H. Wallack, Mr. Coeser, Miss Hutidart, Miss S. Phillips, and bliss Poole. During the progress of the piece, and at its conclusion, the applause was great and general. COVENT-GARDEN. A drama of a novel Cairiejer,wasii;c4uTedhere last evening, under the title of Napoleon Emonaparte, Captain of Artillery, General and First Consort, Emperor and Exile. Its object is to represent such of the more prominent events of Iluonaparte's life as the author (311. Ro. phino Lacy) has thought best suited for the scene. It commenees with his earliest exploits in arms, when, after being reduced almost to desoeir, by the blundering imbecility of the representative of the people to whom the command had been intrusted, the discrimination of General Dugout mice afforded the young soldier an opportunity for displaying his skill, and Toulon was taken. The drama then takes a leap to the passage of *fount St. Bernard, the Captain of Artillery having become First Con. sul, and Generalissimo of the Italian army, and about to enter upon that campaign which he terminated so gloriously. This scene is ex. tremely well managed. Buonaparte appears upon Ha celebrated white charger. and rides half-way up the rock, the curtain falling )ust as he as. soma that posture, which the picture, representing tins ev..nt. has made universally familiar. The march of the soldiers, bearing the guns and their carriages up the ascent, is very striking ard plc , turesque. The third portion of the drama finds him in Vino a, in 1809, when, as Rumor of France, at the head of a viciorittue aw y, he tank possession of that capital. His negot:ation with Count iJit and the attempt made on his life by an enthusiastic German mildew, form the incident, of this passage. In the fourth part he Ir at 81 ante reau, where he gains an advantage, which was only remarkable for rs contrast to the run of ill fortune whi c h seeme d a t this peried of his life to base set in against him. At the vt ry moment of his triumph he re. ecives the news of the capitulation of Paris, and with this cheek to his hopes, which had just begun to spring, the scene terminates.— The fifth portion represents him at Fontainebleau, where, having abdt. e.ated the throne, he vacs leave of his companions in arms, and of the emblems of the glories they Lad achieved together. The six portion takes place in the cottar,e of Viet.iria (Miss Taylor), a Contican woman, the companion of Buonaparte's childhoal, who had beau with the camp at Toulon, as a ruttier, and who hurl there related to him her dreams, which predicted the brilliant course he was about to run. Site afterwards ertarries a soldier of the army, who is killed at Austerlitz, and the widow, then, settling in the neighbourhood of Montercau, receives the monarch, in his changed fortunes, at her cot• tage. Her son (Mr. Keeley) enters the army, is disbanded at Fontaine. bleau, joins it again at Waterloo, from which he escapes with a severe wound, and afterwards devotes himself to more peaceful pursuits, and the care of his mother's declining years. Victoria dreams again, and the subject of her visions represents the Emperor's past and future career in nine pictures of the siege of Toulon ' the bridge of Arcola, the passage of the Alps, Buonap a rte in his imperial robes, the night before the battle of Austerlitz, the battle, the conflagration of Moscow, the voyage to St. Helena, and his death-bed in that island. These pictutea arc not so well painted as they might have been, they have evidently been executed in great haste. The seventh part of the drama shows Buonaparte in the island of St. Ilelena. The vexations which he endured from the spiteful vigilance with which he was guarded, are touched upon, and an attempt to effect his escepe by means of a serjeant of his old guard (Mr. G. Ben. fleet) is introduced. The resolution which he takes to confine him. self to Longwood, the decay of his health, and his last momenta, are described with painful minuteness . The place of his burial is represented, and the drama ends with a representation of a picture which has been engraved, called " The Apotheosis of Napoleon." The spectacle has been got up with great pains, and evidently at con siderable cost. The dresses ate accurate, and the military processions execeted with groat effect. The parts generally, all of which are very short, were well acted. The piece was received without the slightest disapprobation until the sixth and seventh parts commenced, and even then, the applause, which was vehement, far outweighed the indications of a contrary feeling. Mr. Bartley appeared for the purpose of announcing the repetition, but the audience would not hear him, and called loudly for Mr. Wardc. who after some time appeared, and we believe gave the piece out for every evening until further notice. " GOD Save the Ling" was then called for, and sung by Miss Inverarity, Mr. Wilson, ti e Misses Cause, and others of the company. NAVAL I‘TELLIGENCB. YARNOTITH, MAY 15.—Two o'clock on Saturday morning, the Fleece, of and from Boston, tieorge Rawson, muter ' for London, with a cargo of oats and beam', struck on the Scroby, off this port ; the sea breaking over her they hoisted the signal of distress, which being eb. served by the persons on shore, Lieutenant Harmer, on this station, immediately offered his services, if his men with others would render their nissistance to launch and man the life-boat, which was soon afloat. By great perseverance and much difficulty they reached the vessel. and rescued the crew from their perilous situation, and landed them here, where every attention was rendered by the persons on shore. The schooner and cargo is expected will be lost. DEVONPOILT. MAY 14.—His Majesty's ship, Orestes, 18, Corn. modore Glascock, was paid in advance, and went out of harbour yesterday. She will sail for North Shields this day, to relieve hie Majesty's ship Semarang. His Majesty's ship Druid, 48, Captain Hamilton, was towed out of harbour by the Echo steamer, on Thursday, and will sail in a few days. A General Court Myrtlel assembled at Government House on Wednesday last, for the trial of a private of the 73d Regiment, for attempting to stab his officer with his bayonet, on the parade at Bodmin, and afterwards bre.k. tog from his confinement, and attacking the same officer and a was. geant with a pitchfork. The procedings closed yesterday; but the opinion and decision of the Court cannot be known until they base been confirmed by Ma Majesty.—Dettospori Teleynt i h. The priests and monks of Portugal must be dreadfully annoyed and mortified, that their mighty monarch, the " Lord's anointed," has been obliged and humbled to make an apology and reparation to a Jew, who has been ill-treated by some of his unworthy functionaries. Tito worthy descendant of Moses, however, in point of respecta bility, or humanity, would consider himself disgraced, if compared in any way to the heartless des rot. la lan GENTLEMEN."— First gentlerrian—" You arc a perfidious friend, a scot.ndrel, a miscreant, and a ruthless assassin." Sce,nd vent/man, " You are a eusiilanimous calumniator, a mean low backbiter, a common swindler, a liar, a forger, a bully, tnel a coward.'' The patties in this edifying colloquy had long been hesom friends, and, con sequently, knew each ether well. What a pity that, like Falstaff and firs. Tears/rest, they had not learned " to bear with one another's coifirneitics! The death of the late Ri'ht Hon. Vice-Admiral Sir Win. Johnstone Hope has been severely felt in Dumfriesshire, where his kind and affable framers, and unostentatious benevolence, had endeared him to all mike of socictv. His conduct -s an officer ens uniformly walked by sound judgment and discretion, and, as a gentleman, by the most perfect urbanity and conciliating devoi talent. His remains will be deposited in the family vault at Aonaudale on the 2lst inst. INCENDIARIBIII.—Ate( (10t15 and destructive acts of in cendiarism are unhappily still heard of as occasionail, occur ring in some {•arts of the country. Copies of a proclama tion from the office of Lord Melbourne, the Secretary of State, were yesterday forwarded to the police-officers, con taining an offer of the Royal pardon to any one concerned who shall give information against his accomplices in the de struction of a barn, filled with wheat and straw, and a straw rick adjoining, the property of Nir.Borrer, at Hurstperpoint, in Sussex. The person n.ho actually set fire to the pro perty is, however, excepted from this offer of many. A reward of 3001. also, has been offered by Mr. Boner for the discovery of the guilty parties. ;io