The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-09-03 00:00:00

F.Asti:-:.V.1.91,E NTAY,LIOE Th e Dowager Duelees of Rudand left town yesterday for Lea riapon, Warwiekatire. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury left town yesterday for Berl Spencer left Wimbledon yesterday for his seat, Althorpe, Northamptonahire. TbsCounteas aosSeld sad family left town yesterday for Sill. cad, South Wain. / A lly Ligno left town yesterday for Spring Hill, ‘Voreectershirr. Osienel Fintelarence has left town for the Earl of Egremoat'a oot.Petworth, Sussex. Lord and Lady William Russell left town yesterday for Roe. " m ama. The marquis of Granby and the three Indies Manners left town ,tette, for their father's (the Duke of Rutland) seat, Cheveley pek. Newmarket. (literal and)lrs. Balfour and family arrived yesterday at Cook's Hotel, Aibtunarle.street, from Scotland. from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's.place --James 1 ) :6: - Seq. M.P. fur Eastbourne; William Baxter, Esq. for Brighton. Celooti Black and eons have left Miller's Hotel, Jermys.street. Sir Colln sod Lady Campbell and family left Gould's Hotel, Jitorn-street , reaterilay, for Parte. 0. sod C. Silvereipp, Esqrs. have left the Clarendon Hotel, Dire.street, foe Brighton. Departures from the Pultrney Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Fran pisliots Mined, tog. on a tour through England, Re.; General Armaa r a eoes, ditto ; Monsieur Pinterdo, for the Continent ; G. Our eiirpt. fur Cheltenham. ores from Longs Hotel, Bond.street :—Captsin and Mrs. leaswell for Tent/ridge Wells; J. C. Richards, Esq. for Paris; illittn Stanhope, Lg. for ditto ; J. B. Lee, Esq. for Brighton. raUIIIALL. The sermon at Vauxhall terminated last night with its' usual brilliancy and eclat. In " saying farewell" to their friends and the " British Nation," the proprietors of this far-famed spot, which snore than half realises our imagin ings of fairy land, have alWayst exerted themselves to the utmost by a " good finish to mown the whole," and after iiteVekgEggeat and . merited soecesu, it rim not to be ea t r ails labours would have been relaxed. The' promise contained in the programme naturally attracted an immense concourse of visiters, for wieise amusement every novelty of the season was again prodticed, in a grand Usiets gala, which combintd the splendour of many fetes. The quadrangle was surrounded by the various mottoes of variegated lamps, and the appropriate addition of " We respectfully say farewell," was particularly brilliant, On the conclusion of the second act of the Concert, the follow addrestwas delivered by Mr. Taylor : LAMS' atvo GiltTLEMEN—l'his evening brings us to the close of the fourth year since these gardens have been the property d the prevent propritters, and I am desired by them to make their soost respectful seknowkdgments fur the unbounded liberality with 'Pia you have honoured them. The gracious patronage of hi. Majesty, and the presence this mason et several inembers.of his illustrious family, of moat of the dirioguiahed nobility, and of tile British natioo, are flattering cir wsmstances, for which the proprietors are trolly proud and grateful ; sod while their constant aim has been to cherish and deserve your generous support, they trust they may be permitted to ford that their endeavours to promote your amusement, as well as their arrange ments with respect to refreshments, wine, &c. have been generally seccessful. The improvements meditated foe the ensuing season in every &pampa' will, they hope, prove their anxiety to increase the biesicularity of Vauxhall. sod Gentlemen--Fur the proprietr•rs, and every person of the t, I am deputed to make their united and heartfelt ask te, and to bid you, respectfully, farewell We cannot say iiirewell to Vauxhall Gardens, without congratulating the proprietors on the successful termina tion of their labours. Throughout the whole season, which, in common with the public, we regret is necessarily so limited, the greatest order has been preserved, and we believe there has seldom been fewer instances of improper conduct. Every attempt at uproar (so frequent in places where pleasure is the chief object) has been immediately suppressed; and the greatest attention has been invariably paid to the comforts as well as to the amusements of the sinters. We are bound to notice in terms of more titan ordinate praise, the attentive conduct of Mr. Simpson, to whom the public are mainly indebted for those minor im provements, without which, after all, the most delightful scenes lose half their effect. The return of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence from their continental trip may be soon expected. The Royal Sovereign yacht, Captain Sir Wm. Hoste, sails from Dept ford to Antwerp in a few days, for the conveyance of their Royal Highnesses. Batumi of a letter, dated Frankfort, August 24 :—" We *sped hat Mt Majesty the Queen Dowager of Wirtem burg, who is swing to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Landgrsvine of Hesse Homburg, her sister, and to the Duke of Cambridge, her brother. We also expect his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine. After several meetings the Diet has adjourned till December. Baron de Munich, the President, is gone to Vienna. During his absence his place will be supplied by M. de Pfeff-d, the Minister of Bavaria. Baron Nayler, the Prus sian Minister, will not go to Bnlin till after the Princess Royal of Prussia hu passed through here on her return from Ems." The Duke of Saxe Weimar left town yesterday for the Springs, Niagara. &c. During his short stay here he re ceived the hospitality, among others, of the Mayor, Mr. Otis. the lady of the late General Humphreys, Mr. Ritchie, and Mr. N. Amory, at his delightful seat in Watertown. He appeared much pleased with our city, vicinity, and in habitants, and has left lasting impressions of his courteous manners and exalted character.—Barlow Poprr, Aag. G. The Earl of Liverpool arrived at Deal from Caltir on Thursday afternoon, in one of his Majesty's steam packets,' , and landed at Wilmer Castle. On Tuesday last the Lord Chancellor passed through Wimborne on the road to his seat at Encombe. - We are happy to say that his Lordship appeared in excellent health end spirits. BANE or IRELAND, AND PROVINCIAL. BANKING Co .—ln reference to a paragraph which appeared an the different newspapers, relative to the latter Company haring, at Clonmel, protested the notes of the Bank of Ireland for refusing to pay them in gold, when com manded ; also to a paragraph purporting to explain the !natter in the Mercuntile Aden lig., of Monday, copeed into a cotemperary yesterday, we have heard and believe the following to he the real fact :—An agent of the Pro vincial Bank applied at die Branch Office of the Bank of Ireland, at Clonrnel, and there demanded payment, in gold, of a certain sem of -Bank of Ireland notes. 1V hen the applicant war requested to say " whether he demanded it as a matter of right, of a matter of rosette r the ap plicant replied, " as a muter Of, right," when be was in formed by the agent of. the Bank of Ireland, that as a 'natter of right request would net be complied with. Upon this answer we - understand that •the notes were ro:eited. We cannot but think that it was highly cre ilitable to the Bank of Ireland thus to affOrd the earliest opportunity ati a legal decision on this sobject..—Dublin 31 ,, riting Courier. The editor of an American-Paper, the Sakm Observer, thus apologises to hie readers for the absence of original :trucks during the late hot weather :—" The - only apology we can offer for the absence of originakarticles in this day 3 PaPrr. is the excessive heat 'of the weather, which has actually dried up chi ink in ottr stands, and reduced us to such IL state of lassitude as prevents us from ascertaining whether the wit in our brains has not shared the same fate." WHAT NeXT !—We have heard of eggs, lying upon a slate in the sun, being roasted during the recent hot wea ther, and the fish in the Rhode-Island ponds, and Penn s!!vania river., being boiled fit ' for the table, but that is _ hotlaing in couiparison with the effects of the fleet at Her kimer. The Antereaa of that place states, that in two gardens in that Village apples were plucked from the trees, last week, with one side of them roasted hylhe :an, almost l° a Pulp.-Xru• Ycrk AdvPrtiser. Ayr stet? IN PROV rM es'ra.—The vulgar opinion that. Pcnosylv knia bas been backward in the great work of im- Protement, is a vulgar error. Even the much-abused, the much-calumniated, city of Philadelphia has, within the cane of the last fifteen years, expended no less than ye 'Lt: million dollars in facilitating intercourse between town `I.! country. This city, which is so frequently, but so un - Istlt. accused of want of public spirit and of enterprise, La.s clone more in this way than all her sister cities but I° .raiet. Itas done even more than any State in the save one. And if we add to the sums expended by t !te aIY dale advanced by the State Government and by ennury parts of the State, the total will belt° large, Ilitt a doubt may be raised whether any member of the American Confederacy his been more liberal than Penn ania in its diabtusementa.—l'hiludeiplia Gazette. LJTERART OLEAA'INGC. Nn. XXI. (Continued from 'bulgy's Plattler's CMk 1 THE TRIAL As taken by an eminent Short-Hand Writer. /OR F.A.O Lt. at rt. JOH 11-A.OUDG EOM, IM TRESPASS. For the Ylaintsff, Mr. Counsellor Hoi traa'u a ; fur the Defend. ant, Mr. Counsellor Entente. TRIAL CONTINUED. Examination of Farmer Chubb by Mr. florxesenst —Crustier. amined by Mr. Boat'use—Coaclusion of the Evidence to., the Plaintiff. Cert. Well, who's your neat ? Dollar. Set farmer Chubb up. 'Sere. (Aside.) Chubb' s re coll ect i on I must rub up. lather. So, Mr. Chubb, I see 'tis you You live at Toadland's End P Chishb. I do. Bother. You din'd at the election meeting ? Yes, sure ! did, I loves gro.l eating. Mather. Was three a bickering where you sat ? Chubb. No, we had no such dish as that. Bother. Nu broil, no bickering, nu fracas? Chubb. No, no such dishes as I saw ; There might be broils for aught I kuew, To poleaxe such gentlemen as you. Bother. Why Chubb, you must hare seen at least These parties is the Toadland feast : as any thin` by plaintiff said, Which to such lengths defendant led, And tamed an act SO Indecorous As that which now appetite before us ? Chubb. Avan ? Bo.her. Why, surely, you must know Whether these men had words or no ? Chubb. Words ! aye, they'd words enough, God knows, Besides some pretty tightish blows. Cart. Heark ye, my friend- was Gull, d'ye think Disgais'd, or much infisai'd with drink ? Chubb, Neither—as sober MI a judge, Th'of to be sure he welled to grudge, Being as how his coat was shabby, aot ire Oudgeon's velvet, lin'd with tabby ; But as tot &Sok. my. Lord, he chose To fling all that o'er plaintiff's clothes. My Lord, I wishes to be going, For 'tie a charming time for sowing— /loam Stay, fur. Chubb. speak out, Sir, do. Did Gull beat Gudgeon ? is that true ? Chia. Beat him ! he beat him black akd blue ! I never eee'd a prettier fight, So full of niale like, and spite. Bore. A fight ! Ho, ho! the truth's come out, A fair set-to, a boxing bout?_ • Bother. And this you positively swear ! Chubb. Aye sure; why Simon Trout was there; Simon, for all he seems so shy, Please you, my bard, knows more than I. Bother. How say you ? did not Trout advise 'Oldest such unchristian exercise? Chobh. Yes, after praying and beseeching, Simon swot! up, and fell a preaching, And like the picture of St. Paul, Began to sermonise its all, Bad us hokl fast of what was good— And well that doctrine understood. Poe with the tankard he made bold. And seem') main loth to quit his hold. Bother. What. did he preach, d'ye say, and stand With this same tankard in hie hand? Chubb. Aye, sure: he first threw back his wig, Awd took a pretty handsome swig, Then held the tankard up to view, All one an you your brief tray do, Saying, that wicked stuff within Did cease a multitude of sin. Bother. Why Chubb. now on your oath. man, say • Did not this preaching stop the fray ? Bore. After this speech of Simon Trout. had you, or not, a boxing-bout ? Chubb. Why, yes—l scorns to tell a lie, Trout says to me as I stood by, Can'ot keep a secret ? yes, says 1. Why, then,ssys he, Chubb 'tis not right, That we should lone so sweet n fight, Chubb, since so good a man you're reckonal I wish that you'd be Gudgeon's second ; If you'll just clap him on the shoulder, And ay you'll be his bottle-holder, 'Twill cheer his heart and stir his blood, . . And make him fight. 'end do him good; I --- him doff his . long to see wig, And clench his lift 11W Ben the Big: And If you'll make the champions snip, And lend my drunken clerk your whip, ft-m-me, it he sha'nt round the ring go, iVhile I bold stakes, and guard the stingo. Bother. This is nur case: my Lord, we've done— So Botleruin spoke, and Bors'um thus begun. MR. O'CONNELL. An aggregate meeting was lately held at Cork, to vote an address to Mr. O'Connell. A Mr. Ronayne opposed it, and dwelt with great force on those peculiaritiri in Mr. O'Connell's conduct, which had been previously animad verted upon elsewhere. This Mr. Ronayne, besides being related, avows great personal attachment to Mr. O'Connell ; yet he, anxious as he must naturally have been to soften matters, and make his opposition to the proposed address as inoffensive as possible, thus expressed himself:— " I would hive no sense of honourable feeling, of sterling integrity, of honest principles, if I yielded to a sort of compro mise, a hase compromise, with my sentiments and opinions, avowed in private, and not publicly nod fearlessly avow then, here. I would for ever reproach myself if I sat silent, and thereby give a tacit assent to praise a man, who has, in my mind, by various acts, not only greatly injured the Catholic cans?, but has, by the proffered compromise of the Wing measure of I)is. franchisement, betrayed such a criminal indifference to the Rights of all Setts, and, by the other, such an entire disr , gard to th , future character and reputation of the Catholic Priesthood, to say nothing more at present as to the evils to liberty and to re ligion itself, which, surrendering up our Clergy to the State would cause." -- Mr. Ronayne subsequently asserted that nothing which I had transpired " Could remove from any observant mind the conviction that Mr. O'Connell fell by the stiles, the artificees, the affected blan dishments of fake friends and men in power; or he undertook to reconcile the Irish people to the vile NVings for his patent of pre cedency, will' other promises and expcvations. Well, then, he has been either wicked or weak. Let him prove, by his own solemn denial, subscribed with his name, and not in speeches that may not be fairly reported. fortified by the testimony of Lord Killeen and Mr. Shell, or the whole Deputation, from wham the country has fleece heard any account of their mission, that in 'this transaction he is an innocent anti injured man; and then will ail men, and not one with more delight than myself, think him as pure as we did when he went to England, and without stain as to his integrity, though doubtless guilty of many indiscretions, and great and injurious inconsistencies." Th'the progress of his speech, Mr. Ronayne expressed his surprise that no formal vote of censure has yet been passed on Mr. O'Connell, by those whose affairs he so strangely mismanaged. His words arc these:— " All history has proved that Clubs and Coteries, Jamas, Boards, and Associations, instituted for political purposes, though begun with pure intentions, and composed, in part, of the best and wisest mett. have invariably, in all countries, failed of their ob. jetty, by the intrigues and selfish machinations of turbulent and designing, anti ambitious men, or their want of sound sense and discretion. What a recent proof of this have we not had in the • business' of the late Catholic Association, who closed their career without a single word or remonstrance against the acts of these ner v iest', who brought each odium and signal defeat upan our Cause. 7enci r A dreadful accident ha the day before yesterday, in the family of Mlle. , obi , principal dancer at the Royal Academy of Music. It as nine in the morning, and the breakfast being placid on the table, the mother called one of her daughters, who ran to the window of the third floor with the view to answer, when she fell out upon the pavement of the court below. Mr. Noblet standing in the court, looked up on hearing his wife's voice, when he saw his daughter falling. He ran towards her, and every body followed, bur they were not in time. The unfortunate lady's list struggle, 'showed them the full extent of their unhappiness. Mademoiselle Leonore Noblet was the wife of an upholsterer of Paris, and the mother of three chil dren; she was only twenty years of age, and was of a most amiable character. No human foresight could have prevented this fatal event. Her features were not at all disfigured, nor were any of her limbs fractured by the fall, but an internal bleeding ensued, which put a speedy ter mination to her life.. Joariul des Debats. On Sunday last part of the small church of the parish of Panarew, near Monmouth, fell down during divine ser vice, but happily without any worse consequences than the temporary alarm of the congregation. CAPTORS OF JOHNSON, TOE HORSE-STEAT.FR.--Thill man, against whom so many charges are tnade of stealing horses, arrived in town on Thursday morning, in the custody of the officers. A CANNIPA r .—A brutish looking fellow, at Manchester, named Joseph Renshaw, has been ordered to find sureties to appear at the Sessions, to answer a charge of biting off a part of the finger of James Cooper, with whom he had a quarrel the other evening, LITERATVI2E. A SIONTII IN FRANCE AND suriTzEn:,:mo. BY JOIN SMITH, or CSAY . .; INM, &C. hingsbury and Co. " I read in Livy," says Montaigne. " what another man does not, and Plutarch reads there what Ido not." So in travelling, one man is struck by objects which another had passed unnoticed and a third observes things which former travellers had overlooked. The minds of all men are dif ferenrly framed, and what passes before them will conse quently beget a diversity of reflections, which will be more or leis valuable according to their preparatory information, and their respective portions of natural sagacity. It is therefore no valid ohjection to a traveller, that he has chosen a beaten track. France ar.d Switzerland present an ample field of moral and political , reflection, which is in no danger of being &mused ; and thos,. whose only aim is to furnish infortnation and amusemeatt may always, if they are fitted to the task, find wherewithal to provide a fair supply of both. Mr. John Smith is of that class of tourists who, to na tural good sense, join a very enviable share of easy good nature. lie seems to have taken the world " for better or worse;" and his reflections upon what passes before him as he journeys onward partake of the cast of his mind—sober and sensilde. He goes placidly on, with a most com panionable open-heartednesa, whether the inns be good or bad, the roads rough or smooth. We envy him this dis position ; it places a man at the fountain-head of felicity. We extract the following sample from this amusing volutoe in proof of our opinion:— . "We passed the limit (marked by a stone on each side the road, one bearing the fleur-de-lis) which divides France and Switzerland, and soon arrived at Ferney. It seems that this spot, so near to several different States, was chosen by Voltaire for the greater ficility•ef flight, should persecution on account of his opinions render flight iodispaasabla. •It was wisely done ;44-'the evasions he entertained and proclaimed, and the time when they were circulated, wete not calculated to conciliate his enemies, or convert them into friends. _ The house is inhabited now by the farifily of whom Voltaire originally bought it; and they have the good taste anti the good sense to leave the apartments he occupied exactly us he occupied them. His curiosity must be dull indeed who does not feel it in creasing as he approaches this celebrated residence. Mine, I confess, was eagerly on the alert, and I gratified it. The first room we were introduced to was the Salon a Manger. This was decorated with a bust of the philoso pher and six paintings. " The next was his chanthre-a-coucher. Here also was a bust of Voltaire, with the following inscription under it:— " !tles manes sent. consols " Parceque non cccur " Est au milieu devoua." " Son esprit est parlous et sun eceur eat id." notifies that once the heart of the Philosopher reposed thdre, although his spirit had departr.l. " A portrait of Fast:trams TILE GREAT (1111 the world miscall that Monarch), decorated this room, as well as one of the MarAtioness of Chatilly, and another of the ' bril liant Frenchman' himself. 'f he bed whereon the restless soul of this remarkable man sought repose still remains;' and, on the looking-glass near it, also Voltaire's, we found a written paper, the contents of which appeared to us as, remarkable as was the spot where we found it. It was in substance, an appeal to strangers, setting forth that the church, built by Voltaire, was too small—that a larger one' was necessary—that funds to accomplish the pious purpose was needed ; and it solicited the aid of all well-disposed persons, in order that this might be accomplished. Taltna had been before us, and had subscribed his name. 'We entered our mite as troll Anglais, and shall remember long, with witch satisfaction, the subscription fur enlargement of , a church in the bed-room of the infidel Voltaire. There was a tomb by the side of the church, where, we were t0'..1, he wished to have been buried ; and over a door near the gardener's house, was inscribed— ' " Ostium—non hostium." ...... " The father of the gardener had been in the service of the philosopher—the son therefore not only knew much i respecting him, but took great interest in showing to us' his walking-cane, his richly-embroidered morning cap, and a large collection preserved in a book of the seals of tile great mao' correspondents. I wonder som e h ones t virtuoso, or stil l more honest member of the Antiquarian Society, bas never taken it into his head to steal, I beg pardonl I mean Sorrow", Iltfttp that 6,6141 stiCF chead: l The Englisb'are proverbially a meddling race. They can no where keep their hands from , I wonder, there• fore, this relic should remain so long undisposed of. Amongst the seals were those of Frederick the Great, D'Alembert, Rousseau, Lord Littleton, Neckar, the Duke of Orleans, the Duke de Villnrs, and D'lvernois. " DeoCrexit VOLTAIRE,' was on a stone denoting that he built the church, but it has been removed from its original situation. This was a memorable visit—the house, as well as as its former master, was memorable too. What a mind was Voltaire's ! and, how lamentably, in the proud consciousness of his own strength, did he stiffer it to aber rate into path 3 as devious as they were dark—and as dan gerous for the track of other human beings as they were deceitful to himself! I speak not here of his political creed —nor, alas! can I of his religious—for he was an infidel, and had none—l allude to his utter contempt of all reli gion, his rejection of Christianity, into the truths of which it may be doubted whether he had ever examined ; and the mischief consequent upon such principles, when entertained and promulgated to the world by such men. " Vouratas's mind was of au order, before which the minds of the multitude either bow in submission,; or against which they set themselves in array ; and he ought to have known that, with powers so transcendent as his, was linked a heavy obligation to apply them earnestly, not to the spread of infidelity, but to the advancement of Christian virtue. Ile did know, that withont religion society becomes a wreck and Anarchy tramples on the r uins. "Politically what an influence did be exercise over that revolution which deluged his country with blood and al most all other countries with war—a revolution which, amid much of mischief, produced also much of good ! and eventually gave to France a ruler such as the world never saw—to Europe a scourge, such as she had never felt—and to posterity a history, the details of which will with diffi culty be believe a. The storm has subsided—France and Europe have settled down into peace ; but should war break forth again, as break Jorth it will, France will be found to have derived from her revolution such a portion of liberty, and such a measure of intelligence too, as nei ther wars nor warriors will be able to take away from her.* " The magnificence of mountain scenery again broke upon our view as we passed amidst neat enclosures from Ferney to Secheron. We were advised to make the hotel d'Angleterre at Secheron our herd-quarters, and this might have been advisable during a tnore prittneted stay than ours. The situation of this hotel is delightful, and I have reason to believe the accommodations it affords 'are good ; but those whose sojourn in Geneva or its neighbourhood does not exceed a week, will find it more convenient to alight, as we did, at the hotel d'Ecu de Geneve. We had ' passed, near to the village of .Secheron, the pleasant cha teau of Madame Varembe—a fine avenue led as towards this handsome dwelling, and as we wound round the grounds belonging to it, the lake presented itself to our view in its accustomed sweetness. An avenue of great beauty leads from the hotel at Secheron to the borders of the lake. We reached Geneva again to dinner, and paid I for our ealeshe nine francs, adding to this sum a trifle for the driver. "The exhibition of Punch is universal. He is an inha bitant of every soil. He may be seen in all Magian , in the island of Corfu ; and this aboriginal ancestor of all theatri cal eepmentation welcomed us at Geneva. I have heard my grave friend P say, that he could never pass by Punch in the streets of London without pausing t o en j o y his antin. A philosopher might be less profitably ern , ployed than in examining into the cause of this attraction. Last night he was holding forth opposite to the CafD in the square, where the music of the harp hail more of har mony in it than Punch's noise, and we decided then that his Excellency at Geneva must yield the palm of comic vivacity to his brother of London. To-day, however, irrhile we here at dinner, lie re-appeared and redeemed his i character. He =weeded in detaining even such grave persons as we were from our dinner and wine. I have said lam fond of mementos. My young friend, the Anglo , Genevese watch-maker, bought for rue a few of the coins of • My mementos from Voltaire's garden were a prickly flower, and in insect of riany colours. There are those in the world who would designate these as appropriate mementos from such a place. the republic, and in addition .to dick presented me with one to keep in•rememhrance• of him. "Geneva was very full of English, who were cordinuslly arriving and departing. The Sunday is very strictly kept here; and great mug be their astonishment who, having •been long in France, arrive at the gates of Geneva during divine service, and find themselves shut out till it is con cluded. I visited the quay, where the steam-boat and a few small trading vessels were at rest. Quantities of casks and fire-wood lay piled on its sides. Wood here, as in France, is of some consequence for firing. Blacksmiths' forges, and stables belonging to the different hotels, stand promi nent in Geneva, and yet they do net offend the eye as, under like circumstances, they would in England. There is a collection of busts, tmwhich the children of the city are admitted during the morning for the purposes of in struction. The theatre is open in the winter only; and befofe the revolution no theatre at all was allowed. It is situated under the elegant Caffe, where I bad been enter tained with the harmony of the harp. "The baths are very commodious. I did not however bathe, but contented myself with tasting the water of the lake at our light bark skimmed its smooth surface. Who would believe, seeing it as I saw it to-day, and clearly perceiving as I did the pebbles that paved its bed, resting there in seemingly perpetual peace, that there are times when that Very like is tumultuous and unsafe to venture on. Bow clearly did the deep transparent Rhone Reflect the boat that on its bosom lay ; Bright as a gem translucently it shone, And calm as is a breezeless summer's day ! " The few canopied boats that glided o'er its surface, and the still fewer small trading vessels that spread their white sails to the breeze, indicated a little commerce, and only a little. It amounted to no more than the quietude of acti vity. There was nothing of the bustle even of South ampton water to disturb the repose! It was as if com- , meree would leave to nature only the work of interference with this, one of the proudest as it is one of the loveliest of her producttens -- • - " To-morrow we quit this memorable spot—the city of Cat.vim sod of JOHN KNOX—Of Voerataa and of Rous seau :—the city of the reformation—the centre whence, although violence did accompany the flash, the light and lightning of religion without pageniv.m—of zeal without fanaticism—and of fervour without superstition, first struck upon the world. The spot and the neighbourhood are also hallowed as long u time shall last, by the genius of a Gibbon, a Byron, and aDe Steel. I know that the mention of these names will in some excite animadversion, in others animosity. But rail who will—the fact cannot be denied, that these illustrious individuals were great in mind, as they are great in memory ; and future history will cherish their remembrance. But we are to visit Lau sanne, and I hope to wander there under the covered walk of Acacias, where Gtssow wrote the last line of the last page of the Decline and THE CHURCH. On Friday. the Lord Bishop of Exeter instituted the Rev. DanierNantes, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Powderham, in Devon, on the presenta tion of Richard Nantes, of Plymouth, Esq. void by the death of the Rev. Edward Smedley. His Lordship also instituted the Rev. James Hamilton John Chichester, M. A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge, chaplain to the Earl of Dalhousie, and Rector of Arlington, Devon, to the Rec tory of Loxbore, in the same county, on the presentation of John Palmer Brnce Chichester, Esq. void by the resigna lion of the Rev. John Litnebear Harding. The Rev. R. B. Paul, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, has been presented by the Rector and Fellows of that So ciety, to the Vicarage of Long Wittenham, Hants. The Rev. Richard Cockburn, B.D. was on Saturday last installed a Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Hook, elevated to the Deantry of Worcester. The Rev. George Mingaye, Rector of Kennett, has baen appointed a Surrogate for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury. The Rev. R. Pretyman, son of the Lord Bishop of Win chester, has been present ed to the livings of Alverstoke and Havant, Hants, vacated by the death of the Rev. C. A. North. The Duke of York has appointed the Rev. Samuel Barker, M.A. one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains. 'ELL IC The match between Captain Jarrat, of Upton, Herts. and Freed the runner, from the Potteries. took place at two o'clock ymterday morning, over a mile of turf, at Rayston-heath, for two hundred so. vereigns, and each mile was run as follows, Captain Jarrat receiv ing a minute:— TIMED. Min. Sec. S 10 . 5 111 5 2tl . 5 50 6 13 - 6 20 CAPT. In mile 2d ditto . 3d ditto 4th ditto sth ditto Gth ditto . Min. See. Igt mile . 3 12 2tl ditto . . 5 24 341 ditto . 5 36 4th ditto . . 6 12 htli ditto 6 42 6th ditto . 6 50 34 20 It was a remarkably tine race til I is 56 intil the list four huntlren yards. On Tuesday last, W. L. Fenton Scott, Esq. was elected at Wakefield, Register for the West Riding of York, with out a contest, Mr. Busfield having withdrawn. The election was over before twelve, but " about two o'clock in the afternoon," says :he Leeds Intelligencer, " the Ar on ted stillness of the town was broken by the arrival of Mr. Wm. Eiger (the only just-in-time candidate, whom we noticed in our last) by the Huddersfield coach. The coach was hung round with large placards ; the coachman had a rosette of blue ribands in his hat, and the front part of Mr. Elger's coat was decorated, or rather almost covered with another large rosette, about a foot in diametar, sur mounted by an artificial bouquet. As the coach proceeded a number of individuals were attracted towards it, and when it reached the Stafford Arms Inn, several collected together, to whom Mr. Eiger, while he remained on the coach, delivered an address. On learning that an election had taken place, he regretted his •having arrived so late, but it was from the want of an early couveyance; and, as a sort of consolation under their present disappointment, he stated his intention to offer himself as a candidate for the county, at the approaching general election, when he would again call upon them for their suffrages! After having had a few cheers, he retired to the 1 ork Hotel. Thus ended the proceedings of the day." We find the following paragraph in the last Limerick Chronicle, but have some doubts of its accuracy, having seen no intimation to this effect from any other quarter:— " The fith Gco. IV, passed in the last Session of Parlia ment, which repeals the old system of the Revenue Laws, restores the right of the Officers of Excise and Customs to' vote for Members of Parliament, which privilege was pro hibited by tbe 43d of the late King." THE HattvEsT.—Thc wheat harvest is now nearly completed throughout the kingdom ; and grain, so fine in quality, was scarcely ever remembered by the oldest farmers. --- A few days ago, as some workmen were pulling down an ancient wall on St. David's Hill, Exeter, they found deposited under a fountain stone a very curious bronze medal or counter, about an inch in diameter, and in ftne preservation ; from the workmanship it appears to have been struck at the latter end of the 14th, or beginning of the 13th century, probably in honour of Henry VI, who was a great supporter of religious houses; on the obverse is a whole length figure of a king crowned, standing under an arched canopy, supported on each side by three thin lillars, and a sceptre-headed staff in his hand, and on the egend Ave Maria ; on the reverse, within the outer circle, are four large double line arches, and in the treasure a small neat fluted cross, each end surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, with ornaments. This singular piece is now in possession of Mr. Mirky Woolmer.—Dorsei Chronicle. Tli E NEVIS ow LITERATURE AR II FA SH lON.—No. CS, of this Weekly Journal (which is jut published by Mr. E. P. Pouches No. 7, Brydges-street, Covent garden, anti sold by all BoeksAlers and Newsmen) contains, among many other interesting articles:— I. Joint Stock, &c.-2. Linen-drapers Shopmen.-3. Metropolitan Men-milliners.-4. More horsewhipping, The Marquis and Mr. S.-5. Public Character of Lord King.-8. Letters from a Stage coach Trareller, No. 1-7. The Broutios in London, No. 3.-8. A New Version of the Beggars' Onera.-9. New Svstein of London Peripaterics.-10. Tarare and Beaumarchais.-11. The New Cra medy.-12. poetry.-13. Th e T own l e y M ar bk a , N o . 31, Diana.— 14. Etcaystions in the Roman Territory.-15. London and other Literary Nes a.-16. Scientific News.-17. Horticultural Directions —lB. Reviews of New Book.. Unstamped Edition of •• Th e News of Literature and Fashion," for town circulation , and trans mission to the country in parcels, price lid. Stamped Edition, for transmission by post, price la. ;;Eiil . :VG OF L;NEND 47 1: RS. . . [ Yes!'mlay eveninft a Meeting of the Linendespes, pr cod ta m and Mane%dashers, of the metropolis and its vicinity, was held it the London Coffee-house, for the purpose of reeeivlni the Rcpprt of the deputation appointed to procure the signatores of the uade to the Resolutions adopted at a previous meeting, relative Is the hours of closing their shops iii future. At seven o'clock 70 or 80 individuals being then present, Mr. Wititliman was called to the Chair. The Cu.:mired expressed his regret that the meeting was WA . more numerously attended; end also that the; had not selected a person more competent to conduct the b u sine ss of th e evening Oars lie was. lie Understood Ulrike found that souse diffiesslties weal& exist in carrying the regulations adopted at their previous nicutlagl into effect ; sod with the view of rendering their resolutions smis. factory to all parties, it was intended to modify seem part of Lbws' in the way that wound be amf•rl to the Meeting k gentlemen. more able to discharge the task than himself. lle Wilted:it to be understood that he had personally little interest in the result of du its proceedings, however they might terminate: his only abject being to effect such in orringcment as all could approve, and jils 111014 anxious wish to do nothing *lnch should be considered compebroryr, upon a SH ny. 111 r. oor.hann, of Totteoham-court-tatd, said it lied beers unanimously agreed that closing their shops at an earlier hour then that now in use, would form au important insProVement inehs mood of conducting business in the metropolis. pertain hones had beer named for discontinuing business in future, and genderaeLE pointed for the purpo se o f ascerfeintng the feelings of der upon the subject. They founil thdt the hours of eight o'elleth closing in the winter half-year, and nine in the summer, were pre ferred to those originally proposed, which were Keen in. winter:, eight in spring and autumn, and nine in summer . The deputation, had made it their business to ascertain the opionins elf the IntOority of tl.e trade on the subject, and procured 400 sighSlbrUi, proving of the hours now prposed to be adopted as those for di continuing business in future, which it was thouyjn.weeld "rove • more convenient for the public, and likely to mesteWgrasesil concurrence. Mr. WHITE, of Bleckftiars-road, moved a Resoftition to the effect—that it appeared that the hours proposed at tint, meeting of the 19th August required alteration, in order to meet dm uniusimatow concurrence of the trade. . • The resolutios having been seconded, was put and carried lintel mustily. Mr. PEARCE moved that the hours for closing shops 61 119 .4 & 4. fdion Saptesenee to Irebreerry, sad 9 frews_Mareis us.4ssiestri- • sire, and on balurdaye one hourlater. nose regolsansit W cm 6; mence from the 12th of September. Mr. :lanais tinderstmod that considerable diftculty was felt as to the hours of closing on Saturdays. Hik own opinion was in fa vour of the resolution as it now s toes, natiibly, 1 hour hurt on Sa turday evening, br 9 in winter, and 10 in summer ; but as, front what he had heard, he was disposed to believe that proposal would not meet with general approbatior, in order to secure unanimity to all their proceedings, he should propose, as an arnendtnent,. th at the time for discontinuing bu s i ness on S atur d ay n i g h ts, b e 2 heeds later than on ordinary nights, that was, 10 in winter, *sod 11 id summer. ...... Dlr. illsuntira approved of this amendment, and was desirous of hearing the opinions of other Gentlemen, in order that unanimity might be secured by discussion, and a mutual understanding of t►e • subject. Mr. DAV is, haberdasher of Chirwell-street, thought It Mould be impossible to close earlier than II o'clock on Saturdays all the year round. Other persons could keep their shops open till 14 , but ho was content to give up an hour, and close at However, in s shorter time than that, it was not his opinion, that business could be done, more particularly as working people, who were the prin. cipel customers on these occasions, did not remise their warp' tins late hour of the evening, and consequently could not MOM twir purchases at an earlier period than that he had trentionetb Dar. liana's thought the Gentleman who spoke last alietald re flect that if all the tradesmen in his neighbourhood shut up Lbw shops at an earlier hour, his business could not possibly sustain any injury front following their example. His customers must continue to come and buy fmm him; but at an earlier hour, and consequently the masters must pay thelr men earlier in order to enable them to do so. Mr. Suoot-nnEn thought it was dear, if they all shut earlis, their customers must come earlier, as they could not be accommo dated elsewhere. lie would agree to the amendment with respect to the two hours on Saturdays, as it seemed to be the general wish that ten and eleven should be the times appointed for discontinuing business on those nights, although for his part he was determined always to shut his shop.at nine and ten on Saturday, or one hour later than on other nights of the week. hlr. Davis was anxious to do all the business he could. Mr. SHOOLARE6 was equally anxious on that subject ; but he was also anxious to consult hii convenience as far as that was com patible with his pecuniary interests, and he could not see that they opposed each other here. Mr. RE DMA Y rex, of Bond-street, uid, they were met to stud] their own comfort and that of their young men, is far as was pros ticable, and consistent with the proper execution of business. The present system of late bouts bad grown i n t o a di sgrace f u l a b use , and fi xed a stigma on their otherwise respectable trade. It was their duty, as men of humanity and Christians, to adopt the pro posed alterations, winch would be decided improvements in the sys tern now in use. Mr. Maw urn rose to suggest that this was a meeting of min apes, and he trusted if any persons who did not come under that description were present, whether they were assistants, or individuals who bad been discarded by the principal*. they would withdraw. The Citaragast—The meeting had been publicly advertised as one confined to employers only, and if any persons of the kind alluded to by the last speaker were present, he trusted they would feel the propriety of immediately retiring from the room. Four or five individuals walked out from the bottom of the mots. Mr. 31a:et:tau said he had been present at a meeting of the shopkeepers held in the Strand, and on that occasion one of the gentlemen just gone out of the room, to whom he had more parti cularly alluded, had been publicly discarded by that body. Mr. BLAKEMAN, of Judd -street, New-road, supported the amendment, and contended that the hours proposed in it were such as would meet the convenience of all classes of purchaser, as sow as they were once known to be generally adopted. The amendment, fixing the hours for closing on Saturdays at ten and eleven. was then put from the Chair and agreed to. Mr. 13 LAK It MAN moved that the six winter months, and conse quently the period for closing at eight o'clotk, be computed front the 29th September to the 25th March, instead of from the Is: September to the let March; and that the summer half-ear, due. ing which the shops should be shut at nine, be comp ute d from th'e 26th March to 29th September, instead of from the Ist March to Ist September. Mr. SHOO LBRED seconded the motion, sad farther proposed that the Resolutions take effect from the 29th inst. A long and desultory conversation took place on the subject e , f the proposed amendment, which was finally withdrawn, and the original motion agreed Mr.:MAN/into moved that the Resolutions now entered lefts, together with the names of those persons who had agreed to them, be printed, and sent round to every house in the trade.—Agreed to. slr. Waite moved that tha Gentlemen appointed on the Depu, tation for the purpose of procering signet Srea to the Resolutions be requested to form a Committee to carry them into effect, with power to add to their numbers. The following are the names of the Committee t Shool. bred, Tottenham-court-road ; Mr. White, Blackfriars.road ; Mr. Collens, Chelsea; Mr. Harvey ; Mr. Manning, Aldgate. • A greed to. The Resolutions were then ordered to be inserted inane news papers, and a collection made to defray the expenses of publication. The thanks of the Meeting were given to Mr. Waithman for his proper conduct in the Chair. The Meeting appeared about to separate, when their attention was solicited by Mr. HARR Is, who expressed himself desirous at making a few observations on the conduct of the shopmen, in call ing a meeting, and entering into what he must denominate an ille gal combination, inimical to the interestsof their employers. These observations appearing to excite considerable inteeest, at the suggestion of some gentlemen present, Mt. Schoolbred was called to the Chair, but having declined, the Chair was taken by. 111 r. WHITE. Mr. Mastitis conticued. The assistants had pukilished • pm , phlet containing some Resolutions of a very strung descriptioo, and imposing the punishments of fine and exclusion on any menilier of their society who should not observe the regolations therein eon tained—regnilations which he maintained were most injurious to the interests of their employers. Mr. REDMATNI censured the conduct of the 'horning:, who had formed what lie considered an illegal association. By the regula tions they had established every young man dismissed the service of his employers for observing the rules of the Society with respect to the hours of discontinuing business, was to be allowed one gui flea per week while out of employment, at.d all the other assistant. in the same establishment, who belonged to the body, were required to leave their employment immediately on the occurrence of such dismissal. They were required to do this, and strictly observe the hours appointed for closing shops, on pain of tine and expulsion from the Society. He trusted no respeztable young man would connect himself with such a Society, and that when the marked disapprobation of the masters came to their knowledge, such as had entered into the combination would discontinue it, as lar at least a. it harboured an attempt to coerce their employer*. He was at. enemy to all sorts or combination, and could not wen .d renting hi. face against it, and expressing his detestation of it in every shape. 311'. HARRIS proposed a resolution expre.•ivt of tt:e strocry; dis. approbation of the meeting. that while the employers were engaged in an attempt to promote the comforts of their &umlauts there should be found Rome of the latter ti:spose.i to enter tom an im proper combination tor forcirg thtir masters into measures would only tend to lil2 injury of all pa.tiel. 41r. SH001.11REI) thought that as soon ss the resolution of the miters to shut up their shops became known to the assistants the Society mentioned would fall to the pound. Some other Gentlemen having expressed a similar eptnion, and all parties joining in the stroogest reprobation of that conduct of the persons who had originated the combination._ Mr. HAIR!a said heshoulitconeent to withdraw hie modes, psi. Ocularly as the object of it hid been gained by, the sxpreiwtrt of feeling It had given rise to, which be trusted *child go forth to tit* assistants, and teach sham a proptr 'town. The meeting then adjourned. . We perceive that tome of the provincial jourrtatA tave stated, that the body of an unfortunate female, Mrs. Wyatt, who lose her life by the accident as mated in ouniast, haft teen discovered floating in' the river Trent, nt ac Ferry.— This statement is incorrect, and ate are ' , vested to say the body has not yet been found.—Na. l'aektt. .to to I