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r‘iiitrsHlßE Jitsrc. , lL rzsTirAJ:. NI olv T , Av NIGHT._ in Oaf last be gave an outline of the genera:l pre Pl"reeigniiolilie above grand festival, and we have to add that every thing is now complete; and the Committee anticipate the most complete success freer' their exertions. 'Dhe company in the course of yesterday and to-day have been meting from all quarters', carriages following each other in rapid saccessioo. Many of the eiaitera who had determined on being here first went to Scarborough, where they have sojnunied for some days, sad the steam packets to that play of fashionable resort, bait been materially benefited by It. The toren now presents a very animated scene of bustle and gayety. and the bills of " lodg. togs to let," which for some days have disfigured the windows of sn many of the houses. are dieaopearing eery feat in fact, the festival may be said to have commenced to-day, for till this morning there was nothing unusual in the appearance of the city. Nearly all that is noble anti eminent—almost every family of any consequence in this and the neighbouring co'...tnies are prment. moat of whom are eines:mil to be at the grand ball this erentng, at the Concert and Aaternbly Rooms. The arrangements of the week's perform:seem are very judicions, and admirably calculated to display the abilities of the respective ~,,,..r minecs, an d the power of the orchestra. On the first. third, and roar hdays there will he grand selections som the moat ap proved pieces of Handel, Haydn. Mozart, Beethoven, Cimames, &r. On Wednesday the 3lessiah. There will be 'concerts on Tuesday. and two following evenings, to support which the meat eminent of the vocalists are selected. The grand fancy ball Sill be en Friday nigh'. As an agreeable relief to the other powerful attractions, Mr. linen will make a grand ascent in his superb balloon, from the City 00. w -irks, the yard of which establishment has been arpro ;Mated fur the purpose. Mr. Green arrived last week, and has bean since engaged in making his arrangements. The theatre will be open the whole of the week. It bas teen frequently asked whether the festival will be re peated, and When ? Upon this subject we can asapre our readers that nothing is resolved, nr likely to be so. When the Dean and Chapter neve their Fermi:soon for the pre sent festival, " they woul.: not pledge theinselvos to giant the use of the:Minster for any subsequent and more notate mnsic meetings. The propriety of every such music meeting must be submitted to the Dean and Chapter at the particular period, and must be lift opm foe their decision according to the circumstances of the thus." BOVeITT, should consent be refused at any future period, the new Itiusie-hall will be doubly valuable, being the only place in the city which is calculated for the purpose. During the week the nobility and gentry who reside in this part of the country, will have large parties at their respective mansions. Ilia Once the Archbishop of York, at his Palace at Bishop *crepe, will entettain the Marquis of Titctitield, Earl and Countess of Darnley, Lady Elisabeth Bligh, Earl Fortescue, lion. G. Hole. and, Sir J. and lady Johnstone, &c. At Mr. Thompron's, of Lorick, will be, the lilarchionela Corn. walla, the Ladies Louisa and Elisabeth Cornwallis. Sir S. Glenne, Lady Hotham, Sir W. and Lady Cooke, Lord Talbot, 'Sir H. lawley, Col. Lire, &e. The Marquis and :Marchioness of Londonderry will be the guests of LOlll Ham!en. The Earl of Scarborough was expected, hut on Saturday last a letter was received from the Noble Earl, stating his irability to attend, and enclosing a note for MX. to be added to the funds of the charities. A great many have been detained some time at Tadmeter. 80. rough-bridge, Harrogate, &c. unable to proceed for want of horses ; all that could be spared front agricultural and other purposes hav ing been put in requisition, and it is feared that many will be un. able to reach York to time for the first day. The sale of tickets commenced at the liuildhall on Saturday, and . proems:al with unexampled rapidity till two in the efternonn, at which time the sum of 1.7001. was received. The sale recom menced in the evening. and by ten o'clock the above sum ens in creased to %SOUL 'this of itself proves the superior attraction of the present festival above that of 11123, fur the sale of tickets on the Saturday then did not produce 7001. By the direction of the Stewards a list of the arrivals has been kept at the Guildhall, and by this it would seem, that on Friday they amounted to about 500; &Mix then, however, this number has been greatly increased. The choruses were rehearsed on Satunlay in the Cathedral by such of the singers as had arrived, and the second and last took place this morning, and was not concluded till near six o'clock this evening. We understand that the different pieces were executed with great precision and tact, so as to require scarcely any antra. ton in the arrangements. All the inns here are &needed to overflowing. and so would the houses but for the very heary sums demanded for lodgings ; this has caused many to wait a little, and accounts fur the bills, which still remain In the jeindows. Dxtraordinary pains have been taken that nothing should be wanting to gratify the palate, all sorts of provisions are its abund anee, and it would gladden the eye of an epicure to behold the im mense quantity of venison anal gate: which meets the eye in every quarter. In 1823 the depredations of the pickpockets from London and other places were unprecedented. To guard against this the Direct. on have engaged Police-officers from Bow-street, and other Lon don effect, :Manchester, Liverpool, Doncaster, Sheffield- Leeds, Mull, and various other quarters, and we doubt not that the light fingured gentry will not only be singled out, but prevented from aueceeding in their predatoty labours. At the former meeting, whilst many were engaged in picking pockets at the Minster and Coocert-rooms, others were rubbing the empty houses, and not a few employed on the roads of the adjoining counties. (FROM ANOTIIVI CORRTSPO'SDICNT. • Yo a MONDAY ivtretatei. The death of the Earl of Carlisle has thrown a great damp upon the hcpea of our citizens as to the success of the festival. A woman uho kept a poulterer's shop poisoned herself last week in despair. Tnere can be no doubt that Lord Carlisle's decease has been a severe loss to York at present. He and the Archbishop of this dioceits married the two Ladies Gower, sisters, and eti quette. if not gtief, would prohibit his Grace from appearing 21 public so immediately in the midst of family affliction. The absence of the Yttrium _yesterday from the Cathedral, is referable to the same melancholy event, which. notwithstanding that rumours to the contrary are circulated industriously, will also resent him from attending any of the performances in the MM. wcr. Lord Carlisle was interred at Castle Howard. about 17 miles from hence, this morning. The Earl of Harewood is expected to. I day 'at his lodgings, at the corner of Blake-street, and from that moment the festival may be said to have commenced. A.. astonish_l irg number of visitors from AIL pans, far and near, have come into town last night and this forenoon. An equally astonish.l irg flight of lodgmg.bills him been the consequence ; scarcely one remains in the principal streets, and in obscure parts pf tie city—in absolute holes and corners—half a guinea a night in a bed is the common demand, however many of them may L 9 in one apartment. The sale of tickets commenced on Sa turday in the Guildhall, and at a place in the Minster.yard, called Nrkes's room. The former is fitted up in boxes, so that a number of pun:hasers may be accommodated at One time, end was kept open on Saturday till ten o'clock at night, when 2,5001. worth had Diva disposed of. To -day the sale proceeds with equal celerity. CLAIM OF THE PARINI! OF ST. AN DREW. HOL BORN. Tr) EXEMPTION FROM SERVING ON CORONERS' JURIES. ne firmness of the Coronc7( l 77hos Shelton, Eeq.) in enforcing Mcdience from the beadle and inhabitants of St. Andrew, Idol. bra, to his precepts for holding inquisitions at St. Bartholomew's ilaspitel. as reported in our Paper or Friday last. has had the effect of procuring * full attendance of Jams from that Pariah, on the (cession of the two inquests subsequently held there. The first of Mete was on the evening of Saturday last, and was upon the body des man who had been accidentally run over. There was nothing pacicalu in the ease, hut in the course of the inquiry it was inti. rooted to the Coroner that a few of the parishioners who had been semmesed, and who were not in attendance, had rammed a de termination never to attend, let them be summoned ever so often. The Coroner, in reply, said he was triolved the burden should bs borne equally, and lon would therefore cause those who had not attended to be again suromor.ed, and to the event of their persist. leg in their contempt of his summon s es he would prefer indict ments against them at the ensuing Sessions. fln Mon Cay evening %second inquest was held, when, probably to consequence of this threat, several jurors wets in attendance who on the former occasion were absent. From the atatement, however, of lilr. NVilleins, of Holborn, it tapered that there were still two gentlemen who persisted in dis. coming the summon.," served upon them. the Coroner inquired their names, which having obtained, he gave dherions to bit. King, the beadle of St. Andrew's, to be (.re to summon them to attend at the next inquest that 'night be hid there, and to inform ohm on serving the Nimmons, that he (the Coroner) should certainly indict them if they did not attend, a• ti that. too, even although he might have a sufficient number of mil present without them. The ease into which the jury were summoned to inquire was teat et the death of Hubert Major, a coal-porter in the employ of )leers. Thompson and Co. who, it appeared, whilp wanting trough Islington by the side of hi s team , acc id en tally slip 4sitn, and th e w h ee l a the waggon passing ov e r hi s thi g h, crushed 1t it s most sheeting manner. lie died within a few hours after h !r; brought to the Hospital. Accidental Death. lies ard I s." •1• .1. close nf the business a juror inquired of the Coroner if he irS•rnt him of the precise nature of the grounds on which St. (!Limed exemption from serving on juries? t.c Comm. said he was informed that formerly a monastery • t ithin the precincts of that parish, and that at its dieao • by a:ty prubnlil y of tranquillizing the neighbourhood under ; • • ! the benriits it had received from its inmates, a charter of from verving upon juries had been granted to them. howevie, was not now to be found, anti it became 3 natter of question whether it had ever existed. . _ Cas Company has contracted to light the with gas. k. + ..d.PINAUY Ctnremsraxcr.—At an early hour 114,1 y punning, a box was seen floating in the river, cf the Steam Packets ; it was picked up and ~.a crock was found inside, containing a human the tongue and cars perfect, and the face turned The liver was placed under the skull, and se :•.tik of the body carefully packed up in hay, in other parts of the vessel. A card was :1.0 tcp, ly•arinit the foilowing inscription : .• C, Purth-street, Edinburgh." S,CCOND AERIAL EXPLOIT OP MR. COURTENEY. [EXTRACT OP • raow DOVER.] "Six O'CLOCK.; MONDAY EVEN/NG. " I have just witnessed the second descent, or rather serial launch, of Mr. Courteney, the enterprising American. It was an exploit that put every net ve on the qui vive. Having been announced for some days previously, an im mense concourse of 1.11 classes had assembled ; all seemed deeply interested in the Suacera of this novel aeronaut, and the anxiety to witness it Was intense. You have heard that the first descent extended nearly fourteen hundred feet. It was performed on a two-find-a-half inch hawser, gml being fastened to an anchor on the western cliff, near the citadel, it paned over the town,and the whole of the pent, to the rope-walk, where it was attached to a capstan. It was on this spot that most of the gentry and inhabitants of the town bad congregated to witness the descent. Mr. Coca- TENEY made his appearance about five o'clock, very gayly apparelled in a light blue silk dress, with a pistol and streamer in tacit hand, and, having bowed to the at'lirobled multitude below, was soon after attached to his cow:peter, by chords fastened round the shoulders, loins, and one leg. Previous to his launching forth the pistols were dis charged; and, while on the descent, which lasted exactly sixteen seconds, he contrived gracefully to wave the - Streamer. This denoted that he was at his ease, and had a plegring effect. With respect to his appearance, it was, that of a flying Mercury, and extremely picturesque. From the moment that with a sudden dart he rushed itartiy.tillhe was received in the arms of some friends, who Mood at tliz end of his precipitous descent ready to receive him, lie was loudly greeted by all the spectators, and reached the earth without having suffered the slightest inconvenicnen. " On inquiry I end that these feats which have contri buted so much W enliven Dover and its vicinity, have ori ginated in an accidental conversation which took place. between Mr. aurteney 'and some of the corps drama tlyve, now rrforming here with considerable eclat. By the bY, I also unterstand that etc enterprising hero is him self very nearly gilled to the Iste popular comedian and dramatist, (hosts Hoi.m•sr, which of itself gives him a claim to the sympathy of the Brltir,h public. It may not be irrelevant to add, that his circumstances are not very brilliant, having been left with the usual patrimony of genius. Indeed lie was indebted to the liberality of Mr. BIGDEN, of the Albion Library here, for the means of ac complishing his adventrous flight. ",sfudging from the concourse of strangers which have been attracted to it (luring the present season. Dover bids fair to become a very popular watering-place. The ARCH. DISHOP or CANTERDURY and his charming.kmily have been here fur some days, and are likely to oontiric,e'during the remainder of the season. LOaD LivERPOCIT. iri a_(97tong the 'jailers to-day, and seemed to enjoy perfect health." LITERAIIY GLEANINGS. No. XXIX. EXTRACTS FROM RCRNS'S COMMON PLACE ROOK Edinburgh, April 9, 1787, As I hsve seen a good deal of human life in Edinburgh, a great many characters which are new to one bred up in the shades of life as I have been, I am d e termined to t a k e do wn ' my remarks on the spot. Czar observes, in a letter to Mr. Palgrave, that, " half a word fixed, upon, or near the spot, is worth a cart-load of recollection." I don't know how it is with thb world in general, but with me, making my re marks is by no Means a solitary pleasure. I want some one to laugh with me, some one to be grave with me, sonic l one to please me and help my discrimination, with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration. The world are so busied with selfish pursuits, ambition, vanity, interest, or pleasure, that very few think it worth their while to make any observa tion on what passes around them, except where that obser vation is a sucker, or branch of the darling plant they are gearing in their fancy. Nor am I sure, notwithstanding all the sentimental flights of novel-writers, and the sage philosophy of moralists, whether we are capable of so inti mate awl cordial a coalition of friendship, as that one man may pour out his bosom, his every thought and floating fancy, his very inmost soul, with unreserved confidence to another, without hazard of losing part of that respect which man deserves from snail ; or, from the unavoidable imper fections attending human nature, of one day repenting his confidence. For these reasons I am determined to make these pages 'my confidant. I will sketch every character that any way strikes me, to the best of my power, with unshrinking justice. 1 will insert anecdotes, and take down remarks, in the old law phrase, without lu:a or favour.—Where 1 hit on any 'thing clever, my own applause will, in some measure, feast my vanity; and, begging Patroclus' and lichees' pardon, I think a lock and key 11 security, at least equal to the bosom of any friend whatever. My own private story likewise, my love-adventures, my; rambles ; the frowns and smiles of fortune on my barciship; my poems and fragments, that must never sec the light, shall be occasionally inserted. In short, never did four shillings purchase so much friendship, since confidence went first to market, or honesty was set up to sale. To these seemingly invidious, but too just ideas of hu- man friendship, I would cheerfully make one exception— ' I the connexion between two persons of different sexes, when their interests are united and absorbed by the tie of love— When thought meets thought, ere from the lips It part, And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. There confidence, confidence that exalts them the more in one another's opinion, that endears the more to each other's hearts, unreservedly " reigns and revels." But this is not my lot; and, in my situation, if I am wise (which by the by I have no great chance of being), my fate should be cast with the Psalmist's sparrow, " to watch alone on the house-tops."—Oh the pity ! • • • • There are few of the sore evils under the sun give me num uneasiness and chagrin than the comparison how a man of genius, nay, of avowed worth, is received every where, with the reception which a mere ordinary character, decorated with the trappings and futile distinctions of for tune, meets. I imagine a man of abilities, his breast glow ing with hubeat pride, conscious that men are born equal, ;till giving honour to whom honour is due; he meets, at a great man I table, n squire something, or a S:r somebody ; he knows the noble lord, at heart, gives the bard, or what ever he is, a share of his good wishes, beyond, perhaps, any one at table; yet how will it mortify him to see a fellow, whose abilities would scarcely have made an eightpenny tailor, and whose heart is not worth three farthings, meet with attention and notice, that are withheld from the son of genius and poverty ? The noble GLENCAIRN has wounded 1710 to the soul here, because I dearly esteem, respect, and love him. He , showed so much att. ntion, engrossing attention, one day, to the only blockhead at table (the whole company con sisted of his lordship, dunderpate, and myself ), that I was within half a point of throwing down my gage of con temptuous defiance; but he shook my hand, and looked so benevolently good at parting. Cod bless him ! though I should never sec him more, I shall love him until my dying day ! I tun pleased to think lam so capable of the throes of gratitude, as I ant miserably deficient in some other virtues. iVith Dr. BLAIR I am more at my ease. I never respect him with humble veneration ; but when he kindly interests himself in my welfare, or still more, when he descends from his pinnacle, and meets me on equal ground in con versation, my heart overflows with what is called liking. When he neglects me for the mere carcass of greatness, or when his eye measures the difference of our points of ele vation, I say to myself, with scarcely any emotion, What do I care for him, or his pomp either? • • • • • • It is not easy forming an exact judgment of any one ;1 but in my opinion Dr. Blair is merely an astonishing proof what industry and application can do. Natural parts like his arc frequently to he met with ; his vanity is proverbially known among his acquaintance, but he is justly at the head of what may be called fine writing; and a critic of the first, the very first, rank in prose ; even in poetry, a bard of Nature's making can only take the pas of him. Fle has a heart, not of the very finest water, but far from being an ordinary one. In short, he is truly a worthy, and most respectable character. On Tuesday, a lady who had been at Margate as a visiter, with her husband, on going to sec him depart by the steam packet cor London, and taking the last farewell, ins:antl}• dropied down, and in a very short time expired. lot LION FIGIITING. I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HMIS!! rnEss.. sliv—A considerable sum is said to have been won and loSt at The trite lion fight, as it was called, at 'Warwick. It may happen that a few of the betters tifil more money than wit, but it in more likely that the majority had very little of either. However, I ought not to find fault; as I was myself there, and among the winners. Common Sense told me to sport my money on backinzr, t - be lion, which I aid, and I was the more strongly induced to do so fro n the following relation of the royal beast's perfortnances in the milling way, with some canine ante ; enlists, quite as fero cious and well trained, I have no doubt, as those which were let loose upon him at Wafw;ck ; as the account I re fer to is very short, I will transcribe it. You will. find it In Burelall's Travel! in the interior of So*thern Africa: " The day was exceedingly pleasant, and not a cloud was to be seen. For a mile or two we travelled along the banks , of the river, which in this part abounded in tall mat-rushes. ' The dogs seemed much to enjoy prowling about and ex amining every bushy place, and at last met with some ob ject among the rushes, which caused them to set up a most vehement and determined barking. We explored the spot With caution, as we suspected, from the peculiar tone of their bark, that it was, what it proved to be, lions. Hav ing eteouraged the dogs to drive them out, a task which they performed with great willingness, we had a full view of an enormous black-maned lion and lioness. The latter was seen only for a minute, as she made her escape up the river under concealment of the rushes; but the lion came steadily forward, and stood still to look at us. At this mo ment we felt our situation not free from danger, as the animal seemed preparing to spring upon us, and we were standing upon the bank at the distance of only a few yards from him, most of us being on foot and unarmed, without any visible possibility of escaping. I had given up my horse to the hunters, and was on foot myself ; but there was no time for fear, and it was useless to attempt avoiding him. Poor Truy was in great alarm ; she clasped her infant to her bosom, and screamed out, as if she thought her destruction inevitable, calling anxiously to those who were nearest the animal, Take care Take care ! In great fear for my safety, she half insisted upon my moving far ther off; I, however, stood well upon my guard, holding my pistols in my hand, with my finger upon the trigger ; and those who had muskets kept themselves prepared in time same manner. I;nt at this instant the dogs boldly flew in between us and the lion, and, surrounding him, kept him at bay by their violent and resolute balking. The courage of these faithful animals was most admirable : they ad vanced up to the side of the huge beast, and stood making time greatest clamour in his face, without the least appear ance of fear. The lion, conscious of his strength, remained unmoved at their noisy attempts, and kept his head turned towards us. At one moment, the dogs perceiving his eye thus engaged, had advanced close to his feet, and seemed as if they would actually seize bold of him ; but they paid dearly for their imprudence, for, without discomposing the majes tic and steady attitude in which he stood fixed, he merely moved his paw, and at the next instant I beheld two lying dead. In doing this, he made so little exertion, that it was scarcely perceptible by what means they had been killed." I am, Sir, yours, etc. Warrick, Sept. le. J. 31. TIM LHIIRCH. At Tamworth the enniversary meeting of the Church Missionary Association was held oil Monday, in the north chancel of the parish church, which was nearly filled. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, as Patron, took the Chair. The meeting was addressed by the Secretary to the parent Institution, the Rev. J. Bartlett, Vicar of Kings ton, Surrey ; the Rev. E. Burn, of Birmingham ; the Rev. J. C. Fell, of Sheepev ; the Rev. B. Richings. of Atherstone ; the Rev. W. gpooner, of Elmdon ; the Rev. G. Hodson, of Birmingham ' • the Rev. Mr. Holmes. of Exeter ; the Rev. F. Blick, of Tamworth ; the Rev. Wm. Thompson, late of Atherstone ; Colonel )ickenson ; and S. P. IVolferstan, Esq. of Statfold. On the following day (Tuesday) the animal meeting of the Tamworth Branch Bible Society was held, and the Bishop again presided. The platform was crowded, and in addition to the Gentle men present at the moil% of the Church Missionary Association on the preceding day, were Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart. and the Rev. A. Brandram, Secretary to the Parent Society, who eloquently detailed its operations in various parts of the world. The meetings were attended by the principal gentry of the town and neighbourhood, and the Bishop was surrounded on each day by nearly thirty of his clergy. In the evening of Tuesday a meeting of the Ladies' Association in support of the Bible Society took place, at which, independent of persons of higher rank, upwards of six hundred of the poorer classes were present. Sermons were preached on the Sunday preceding in Tam worth church and Fazeley chapel, in furtherance of the objects of the Church Missionary Society, by the Rev. Edward Burn. The total collections, including the amount received at the meetings. exceeded 1121. The collections in Birmingham in aid of the Church Missionary Association, we have the pleasure to state, amounted to 1531. 13s. as appears by the following report: —Collected after the annual meeting on the Friday, IS/. 13a. ; on the Sunday—at Christ Church, 581. 6s. 2d.— at St. Mary's 291. 15s. 1O d., and at Trinity Cheri 21/. 18s. 00.—Aris's Gazette. The Barbadoes Globe of the 7th of July contains the following cotnpliment to the new Bishop of that island : " What has the Bishop done ? In reply to this questi,m, we say, that in the course of five months, he has visited all the parishes of this island; he has paid frequent visits to the central school, and manifested a sincere anxiety for its interest; he has established fair schools on the same ex cellent system (Dr. Bell's) for the gratuitous instruction of slave and free coloured children in religion: he has ap pointed that lectures be preached twice a week in St. Mi chael's to the negroes ; lie has abolished the payment of a fee for baptisms ; he has directed that baptisms and mar riages be performed (as they ought to be) in the several churches of the island ; he has held two ordinations and one confirmation ; lie has preached and otherwise assisted in the church service frequently; through his exertions, in the first instance, a new church is about to be built in the old church-yard ; by his example an increased spirit of re ligion has been diffused among all ranks; lie has also paid two visits to the Leeward Islands. Finally, his lawn has been no cloak for apathy or laziness—he has done hits duty, and done it zealously. It is evident, then, that his situ ation is no sinecure; and his high example of personal activity and labour in the cause of the master whom he serves, will, we doubt not, have a most beneficial effect on his brethren, the clergy of this diocese, and, through the clergy, on the laity." THE ARMY. Tha depot of the 9Sth Regiment of Infantry is ordered to march, on Monday next, from Manchester to Gosport. The depot of the 79th Regiment of Foot embarked on the 7th instant, at Cork, on board the Isabella, for Glasgow. Two troops of the loth Hussars are ordered to march, the 16th inst. from Exeter, one for Devonport, and the other fur Truro. Detachments belonging to the 24d, 5136, 621, and 63d Regiments of Foot, and the Sd Dragoon Guards, marched yesterday, from Westminster: for Bristol, on route to Ire• land. Detachments belonging to the 21th and 4341 Regiments of Infantry marched, yesterday, from Westminster for Ply mouth. Such a storm as is rarely seen has cause the great- Ant ravages in the commune of Laborde, in the de partment of the Haute' Pyrenees, on the Ist of this month. The rain began to fall in the evening, and did not cease till the following day at five o'clock hi the morning. It fell with most extraordinary force, and in the greatest abundance. The inundation uprooted a vast number of. trees which grew on the declivity of the mountains, and have brought down with them enormous masses of rock on to the ruined fields. The fall of three blocks produced an insupportable smell, and made a moat frightful noise. Be sides the lands that have been overflowed, other► have been bodily transported to other places; the courses of streams have 'been changed, and their beds filled up with roots and tones; bridges broken down, dikes destroyed, roads ren °tiered impracticable, and the plains so altered, that it would be impossible to recog,nise them, sects is the aspect of this unfortunate commune. Similar injuries, but not to so great an extent, have afflicted Espartos, Arrodeti, and Lomne.—J•nr.•nel de Toulouse. TII) GEZTERAT. ELECI'ION. . • , The revisal of the rumours of an. early dissolution of Parliament has caused a fresh stir in the electioneering world, and the " note of preparation" for its coming, manifest in moat parts of the kingdom, denotes a pretty ge neral belief amongst both 'representative and constituent that the day of account between them is close at hand. As', relates to this county, we do.not 'Par that there is any likelihood of the present ;Members being disturbed in their seats; we believe it ie the intention of both to ark again the suffrages of the freeholders, and it is understood they will receive them without opposition. With reripect to the representation of the city, Mr. ltubieson remains firm to his avowed purpose of. offering himself for a share in the hosiour which it confers, and his friends and partisans speak sanguinely of the probability of his success. The: Noble Lord and the gallant Colonel who now fill the post, also severally express their determination to contest ifs maintenance to the )eery utmost, fad such demonstrations: have already been made on all sides as bespeak the earnera tress of their intentions, and lead us to expect a severe and protracted struggle.—Worcester Herald. 1.• Lord Viscount Doneraile has declared •for Lord George 1 Beresford. Thursday a portion of the Doneraile tenants, of Tramore, 36 in dumber, were entertained at Ilanlon's Hotel, Wramore at a dinner provided, we believe, at the expentieof Lord Doneraile. After dinner they proceeded forth in a .body, bearing a flag, and shouting for "Beres ford ;" but their agpeitrance quickly occasioned the forma tion of a much more numerous body, with the flag and acelamationt of "Stuart fur ever!" After feiv noisy but harmless demonstrations, the adverse crowds dispersed, and from seven o'clock the town, although thronged, was as tranquil as Paradise. The police were watchful and idle. During the day Lord George Beresford canvassed Tramore.—.lVuteribed Mirror. The death of the Earl of Carlisle will occaaibn a change in the representation both of Cumberland and Yorkshire at the ensuing General Election. The Hon. Mr. Howard (now Lord )lorpeth) will succeed his father for the county of Cumberland, and another branch of that family will be one of the additional Representatives for the county of York. ANECDOTE OF MR. BROUGHAM. During the summer of 1800, Mr. Brougham, accom panied by Campbell of Isla, and a fashionable patty, visited the Western Isles of Scotland. Mr. Brougham and his companions were all then in the flower of their jocund youth; wild, reckless, and impetuonS, as youth is wont to be. They sailed in a vessel, generally known in the Highland harbours by the name of the Alai Brig. It is a grave question whether the brig or the navigators de served this terrific epithet ; but true it is, that she was, at the tune, a good deal under the influence of sport, fun, and frolic, known to all the world as the near relatives to mad ness. These madcap agencies weighed her anchors, di rected her course, and moored her again in port. In one of her excursions, say the chronicles of the time, this Alad Brig touched at the port of Stornaway, dubbed, by way of eminence, the capital of the Hebrides. Amusement was, of course, rather flat in the " City of the Isles," though the expedition took up their quarters at the best Inn which the place afforded. We know not whether the Barrister was at that time a phrenologist or not ' • certain it is that he formed a pretty just estimate of the momentum of his 'landlord's brains. The sturdy Boniface seemed to supply a glorious subject for diversion ; and our travellers resolved to make an experiment on his powers fur comedy. Arming himself one evening with a brace of enorineus pistols, at the dead hour of night, Brougham stalked, like a grimly ghost, into his host's bed-chamber. After awakening the somnolent innkeeper, this horrid apparition secured the door. The moon shone brightly through the window ; and this spectre observed a flock of fowls, comfortably reposing themselves. The petrified hotel keeper observed him raising a lank, bony arm, garnished with a horse pistol—discharging which, a miserable duckling was sent, with a piteous quack, to the shades below. In a hollow tone, the spirit charged Boniface on his life to be silent. Ile started from his bed in consternation. " Utter one syalla ble," said the infernal visitant, in a voice like the roar of a volcano, " and 1 shall lay your ungodly carcass as fl at as yonder fowl !" The poor host found that quietness was the best policy ; reasonably judging, from the portentous decision of his tormentor's manner, that his luckless life was in imminent peril, and that a refusal would most likely occasion the threatener to suit the action to the word. Poor Boniface, therefore, continued still as a mouse. Brougham then, addressing him, charged him with treason to his delectable spouse—the poisoning of whisky—with a long catalogue of enormities; and or dered him immediately to fall upon his knees, make con fession of his sins, and prepare for his final exit. Believ ing, and trembling, the terrified innkeeper dropped upon his knees, protested his innocence, and craved his life with' all the eloquence which terror could inspire. He pleaded, preached, and prayed, while the apparition held the loaded pistol to his breast, inculcating the necessity of a full confession, ever and anon insisting that the culprit had perpetrated crimes yet undivulged. The culprit answered with pious remorse all the interrogatories which his inquisitor was pleased to propose, and afterwards prayed with greater fervency than he had ever done before. This finished, the ghostly Brougham warned and solemnly exhorted him to forsake the paths of iniquity, assuring hini that his contrition was the sole cause of the forbearance of heaven. Thus saying, as poor Boniface believed, he va nished in a blaze of sulphur. This adventure, we may suppose, furnished no small amusement to the party. At this day, when our host hears the name of Brougham, lic ' never fails to couple it with some pertinent epithet. 1 re member when the late Queen's affair brought her great orator so much before the public, our host, on hearing some person read a portion of the trial, cried out, " Brougham her advicat ! no wonder if she should lose the cause! That's the scamp fallow that gart my teeth clatter. He is just a thong u' the Devils hide.—Ediutu,-gh OL se-err. MARKETS. LFrom the Londor. New Price Current.l. TUESDAY, SEPT, la. COTTON..-11'e still continue to have a very g ood demand for Cotton for export, and nearly 3,800 bales were sold last week, in bond, viz.: 1,000 Pernams 12d. middling to 14d. good ; 70 Orleans I Id. good; 3.50 Boweds 81d. middling fair, to 9id. very good; 600 Smuts 64d. onlinary, to tkl. good; 1,750 Benguls ordinary, to bid. very good. SUGAR.—Towards the dose of last week the request for Mus covades revived, the purchases were considerable; there was no alteration whatever in the prices. The stock of Sugar is again 18,000 casks short of the supply of last year. This account pro. duced a considerable sensation this morning; and as the reports of la hurricane in the iVat India Islands were also received, the holders of Sugars became very firm, and many would not sell at' the present currency, as they anticipate much higher prices. Under I these circumstances, the purchases of Muscosaties today were! I very Inconsiderable, and no alteration in prices can be for the pre-1 sent reported. The public sale of Ilarbadoes Sugar to-day, 116 hhds. 0 tierces, went off at very full prices, 695. 61. a 775. The Refined market last week rather revived ; there were no parcels of Lumps under 87s; 3lolasses were brisk at 31s. The Refined market has been heavy this morning; but from the reduced stock of raw Sugars, the holders of Relined have become very firm, and do not appear anxious to press sales. No lumps offer under 875.; fine goods are also neglected. Molasses are rather brisk at 31s. 6d. By public sale oo Friday, 2,139 bags of Bengal Sugar sold rather lower; good white 375. a 3fis. ; inferior and middling 335. a 3fis.; also 1,1111 chests linvannah Sugar ; all white, good 535. a 555. 6d.; washed 455. a 495. All the Sugars were sold. By private contract 240 chests brown and yellow llavannsh sold at 40s. ; white Siam 375. GI ; white Pernams and Bahia, about 4fis. _ - COPPEII.—The public sales of Coffee Irene of more fteely lut week, particularly the British Plantation descriptions, which ewe ls. a 2s. per cwt. higher. The Foreign Coffee was rather heavy, but there was no reduction In the currency. There were two ptiblic sales to-day, consisting of 288 casks 6 bags British Plantation descriptions. The whole went otf without briskness, but the prices of Jamaica were at a further advance, making a rise of 2s. a Ss. since this day week ; good ordinary 1335. a fi64. ; tins ordinary 725. a 725. 61; middling 80s. a 82s. middling Dominica also very high. Mis. a 864. 61 SP IC ES.—There continues to be some request for Piatoggit; fa. 101 a Os.; also for good light Pepper at Sid.; a purchase in Mace is reported at 7s. Bd. In other Spices them is little doing, and the priors nominal. . . SIIAC.—The Silk market is very heavy ; there is, however, no reduction in the prices. 111:311', FLAX, and TALLOW.—The demand for Tallow continues brisk, particularly yesterday afternoon, when the ' , Here of the new advanced to 18s. Gd. a 395.; Hemp to 411. Flax is little varied. TOBACCO.—The only sale of Tobacco wotth rcrortiog for the lust two weeks is about ttl hlids. Virginia, bough at the late high prices 4 3 J. and forced off at no. ; the triotations are in consequence notainal ; severalcargoes Ire nail eJ. but not !et . rum; ot. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. ig. Joseph Barber, DavielJefereyr, Thomas Sullivan. Juh• Valli• 1471, henry Adams, and Jobe !Alin, were indicted for creating • riot, and assaulting and pulling down the house of Joe. .Ssali butcher, on Liniehouse-causeway, on the rld of hl arch last. Lilly • the constable, was indicted for no: presenting the demulitson of the house. Mr. ADOL Pnus mated the case at great length. • .Fonathan Saul.—l carried on the business of *butcher on the TA of March last. I have been in busine,s nearly three years. I i paid rent under w protest. On the night before I beard something ofk threat by Mr. Barber, who said that he would pull my house ‘ down. I said that if he did, I would shout him. s•ext inewninia, I „bout six &elect:, Barber and some men came with a ladder, which theyyitched. I said, You. had better not, Barber, for you will rue the day." lie said that he 'maid have the house 'town beton:, twelve o'clock. He wont on hith the men, and pulling the first brick down, said, " Here goes—where's your pistols now ?" I asked the protection of Lilly, who said. " H--n you, why don't you stand thmt under the roof ?" I said fist I would seek reparation elsewhere. The dug occasioned by the demolition of the Write spoiled all the meat. I asked the workhouse. manager to take It there, and he said, " Wily they would not eat it thertr"rhe quantity of meat was w or th about thirty pounds. 1i said, " 114 , God ! what shall I do—here are my wipe and family of Mae Oil. dren ruined by this destruction ; my sister is also near her•ccualanea ment, and in danger of her life." While acme *ere palling the house down in front, others were pulling down at the back. By three o'elotk the house was entirely detr,,,,Uslied, and all the materials.* bedding, furniture, &c. carried amity. Adams, a carpenter and joiner, bought all the tr:!erials: 4 lle said afterwards, that he would have given one hundred pounds not to have had anything to do with it. Cross-examined .:4 don't know if they were pulling down houses in Crown.street and the neighbourhood for improvements. Zipporah Pyne, sister of Mr. Saul, confirmed his testimon She was in her last stage of pregnancy . As th e men b egan w i t h i llinFe iron, she called out to them for Clod's sake to desist, as she eras 1R danger. Jeffery. said. " Oh, tl—n it, never mind the they are better out of the world than in it." Another said, " %VI)) , man, look, she Is as large as she can tumble "—meaning that I was in a heavy state of pregnancy. The meat was all duitreyed. Mr. Adams was giving orders to people to pull down the building. The house was completely-destroyed. The evidence of severst other witnesses was to the same effect. Mr. ALLEY submitted that there was no proof of TlCS—tilt/ first count was therefore untrue, and the case could not go to tha Jury on that head. Mr. BRODER:CL said that it was manly the detrru•Alon of private property, and no riot. . • Mr. ADO LPH e contended that there was a riot I for .what he wodeistood the law to mean Iny net was, the illegal assemblage of any number of persons ezrezdmg three, which was the case in this Instance. • 9:r.Pitimi.res argued that it was clearly a riot, and that tho parties were guilty of an asrsalt, for oue of them said that a woman's life was nothing, anti actually struck htt with a brick. Mr. ALLEY replied. . . During the discussion the 0. P. row or riot was instanced on both 'Wes, as being and not being in point. The CNAIRMAN said, that only part of the question et issue was brought forward—they were VI completely in the dark as to tho right of the property. Now, !te must say, on the point of riot iti this case, that it did oot sufficiently appear that the two.prisoners as the bar (for only Adams. the headborough, and Dilly, the con. siab!e, were present) had been the guilty persons. As tO the falling of some mortar on the woman's head, while the house was io course of demolition, it was too much to say that c brick had been thrown at her. The whole appeared to have been a private quarrel, and, he was sorry to see such petty broils digni fi ed now-a:days with the high sounding titles of conspiracies, riots, and trkasons. In the present cash there was not enough to constitute a riot agaiust the parties at the bar. _ . _ The Jury then found them.-. Not Guilty. John Mason, and Mary Atiis. his wife, were put to the bar, charged with assaulting Thomas Wilson on the 14th of June last,, in the parish of St. Pancras. Mr. C. Plitt Li PS said, the Hentlemen of the Jury would pro bably perceive that the preitent• case was one arising out of that which was decided yeatsrday, when his client had the misfor tune to nand in the situation which was now occupied by the cele brated Corn Doctor and his amiable help mate, and received a verdict against him. But he was quite certain that if the evidence he should produce to-day entitled Mr. Wilson to their verdict, they would tot sutler any antecedent occurrence to bias their minds so as to induce them to withhold it from hint. He (Mr. C. Phillips) observed, that the Doctor imagined his success yesterday augured favourably for his cause now, and by his smiles and tokens towards the Jury Box, it was obvious that the gentleman flatter ingly fancied lie had some good friends there. Rat the redoubtable Doctor would find himself mistaken if he supposed the Gentlemen in Oct box would give a Verdict contrary to the evidence. The present case, although in some degree connected with the one de termined yestenlay, was still in itself a distinct and separate trans action. The fact was, that about two hours after the burning of ' OUX Faux, which the Donor oddly enough mistook to be the exact image of himself, and consequently felt called upon to resent the indignity thus shown towards his own honourable person, the prosecutor was returning home, and passed the defendant's house_ The Doctor was then at his own door, anti said to Mason " you (1-4 villain I will pull you up to-morrow." Upon which the prosecutor, somewhat surprised, asked whether he was the person to whom that language was addresadtd. The defendant in answer made use of a very vulgar expression, and again used abusive language to hint. The lady then came forward, and without mote ado walked up to Mr. Wilson, spat in his face, and as a note of remembrance that she had done so, gave him simultaneously a black eye. The Doc tor then. became vakrons, and struck the prosecutor with a stick. As the Doctor and his wife were determined to go to law about rho insult and injury that had been done them in the burning of the efliity, lie thought they should have put the whole affair into the hands of the Lawyers, and not have assumed the seat of judgment, and thus inf:cted summary punishment on one who, at all events, was not at that time the aggressor. Thomas Wilson and William Jones were examined, and their evidence sustained the facts as mentioned by Counsel. Jones. in his crass-examination, said he was coming from Pen.. ton•wil.k at the time, and that he would swear the prosecutor did not strike Mrs. Mason. 111 r. Benny . addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendants, and naked them what degree of credit was due to a man of 11'it• ann's character, who had been convicted of an offence against these defendants only the day before? The Jury acquitted the Doctor, and found the wife goilty of the assault. The COURT then called Wilson and his wife, who were yester day convicted of the riot before the present defendants' door, and fined the former in Os. and the laud in Is. and ordered them both to be bound over to keep the peace. Mrs. Mason was then sen tenced to pay a fine of (is. lid. Mr. PHILLIPS—Won't you bind the Doctor orer to keep the peace ? The CHAIRMAN—Not unless he wishes it ; there is no danger. Mr. Putt.Ltra—Oh, Sir, you do not know him. (Great laughter.) The CHAIRMAN then said, that Mu t. Mason might be boon: °vet to keep the peace. The Doctor then addressed the Chairman, and complained that the newspapers had this morning been making sport of lulu u a corn doctor. (Laughter.) The Cum illitAN—Vt ell, that is all ir. your favour—does it net give you more notoriety ? Yes, but they did not say all ; wish— Re CH•IRMAN—What do you wish to say ? . Doctor—l want the papers to say r.. , w that I can cure tho gout with any man in England. (Roars of laughter.) The CualltafArt—lVell, well, I have no doubt that theylwtlt do you ample justice. The Doctor then withdrew. highly gratified. Sarah Bell, a well-dressed and interesting young female, was then placed at the Bar, charged with committ.ng a violent assault . on Sarah Spencer, on the '22,1 June last. Mr. ADOLPH ' US requested permission of the Court for the pi loner to be secomoduted with a seat.. . . • The CHAIR maw said, personally he had no objection, but a rule had been laid down, which, if they departed from in one instance, they must in all. Mr. ADILPIMS—The lady is very unwell, but rather that, make it a precedent for all future times, she shall stand. The agitation of the defendant was extreme, and on Its being observed by the Court, she was requested to take a scat. The prosecutrix, a plain young woman, stated, that OD the 22d of June list she was living in the service of Mrs. Bell, who had for a fortnight previously been ill-using her. By the ('OUST.—What provocation bad you given her, or what was the cause of her treating you ill ? Witness.—Because I would not leave my friends to go into a bad way. By the Cou a T.—What is your mistrese, then ? She is a kept lady, and she wished me to go into the streets, and did not choose to do so. She came into the kitchen, and called me a w—, and I replied I *ea not ; upon which she said, wh a t ! do yoe presume to answer a lady like me, and knocked me dour; three times ; she then dragged me out of the kitchen, and pushed me on. of doors. I never received my wagcs, but I have since oh. twined nip , clothes. a ad b e e r n tat ts t i:: 4e in, : mod ln ic h in er e, cmis and -el insin iun u i :t a c i d im tha s t he it i Vas a, fo i r ier a c rn o i m st p ren laint h : scription. The mother of the girl stated, that the was a charwoman defendant's house at the time, and she saw the defendant kno,'d act daughter down once, and kick her twice after she was down. Alr. AD/nears, on Mslim - the defendant, observed, that he should pow this to be a most infamous and impudent charge. and one which exhibited, in the strongest point of view, the extreme power *sick servants had over the happiness and repot mon oi then employers i and it behoved the Jury to be particularly cautious in listening to - the unconfirmed testimony of a Sensate, who. as he should show, had, out of an angry and revengeful feeling ton ards this poor lady, endeavoured to east an imputation uf on live cha racter of the most abominable description. He should be able to show Atm, that at the time this supposed assault was committed. the defendant was in so weak a state that she could not walk troth one room to another without the greatest difficulty ; that instead of her being afflicted with the disease which the witness tad so wick edly attempted to charge her with, she was labouring under a must violent inflammation ()idle lungs, and also an asthmatical complaint. The real fact was, that the 'ady being in such an ill state of health, required every delicacy observed in the preparation of her food, anti tae :; :,I n ni t go ie nd c il u ersco tn tro z erb l y t e a b e re i e l it l i g iegn b;: ,des,h directed tehhea,gil t ir o tla dw y Te as : tien t : e tr e: some n o; le p yci , lau t w h ia etw hi; 1,1.: found in the saucepan a dirty niglitc.ip ;with some rice in it. prmecution, hut to every other species of insult and annoyance that her inveterate malice could suggest. About nine days atter suo n 4 ,j