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LITEII.4TURE. THE EDINDURCH J RN AL OF SCIENCE. •LACK wOrm_Enmovanw. We have just received tu.• (Maher number of ilia work, and are decidedly et' opinion that it does not belie the pio raise of excellence which is predecessor led us to expect. In the list of contributions, we observe names which stand high in scientific character, v;r..:--Si'enlloch, Hooker, Knox, Sir Thuntas Brisbane, Dr. Francis Hamilton, and many others, who cannot fail to make such a work va luable. It is difficult, in a work purely scientific, to find much to interest the mitt-al reader; but we think the following may not hi: unacceptable to many of our readers:— - - ON • NCTIIOD 07 lEADI1;O TUE INSCtIPTIONS ON COIK• •ND PIEDAI • IN TIIZ DARK, WITH IIMAIIII4 OR TILL RADIATION Or DETALLIC RURTACLII. " Among the numerous experiments of a striking and' popular nature. with which scion: astonishes, and soma.- times even strikes terror into the ignorant. there is perhaps none more calculated to produce this effect than the one which forms the subject of the roman article, while it possesses at the same time the higher advantage of present tht to us some scientific facts, which we believe have not hitherto hen observed. " It has long been khown that Nock surfaces radiate heat, or throw it off more copiously than while surfaces ; and that the saute difference takes place between rough and pi'i.6 of surfaces • those which are rough prcalncing the fame effect u tho se which are black ; but in leo far as we learn, uo experiment has been made to prove, that the same results take place with radiant light; that is, that when bodies are bested to such a degree as to radiate light, those which have Glide or re ngh surfaces dierherge the light wore copiously than those which are white or "'!'his result respecting radiant light might no doubt leave been inferred from the experiments on the radiation of heat, if these two sot:stances had been previously found to comport themselves in a similar manner when thrown on' by Lodits, or reflected from their surfaces. Lint this has never been established; and therefere such an inference would have been premature in the present state of our kills ledge. if we contide in experiments already made, indeed, we should be ireaposeil to conclude, that light and heat du not follow the same laws, at least in their reflec tion from holies. Brass, for example, is said by Mr. Leslie to have a reflective power for heat of 100-., while silver has only a rilective power of 00. 2 ; but we know for certain, that silver reflects light much more copiously than brass. Notwithstanding this apparent discrepancy, we would rather question the accuracy of the experimeet, than the truth of a law which has long been considered as general. " Duriug the experiments on the revival of the inscrip tion on coins by unequal oxidation, which we have described in our last Number, we had occasion to expose to a high degree of heat a coin, on which the inscription had been rendered black by oxidation. Upon taking the coin, while in a state of bright red heat, into a dark roam, we were stir:a - bled to u`aierve that the letters of the inscription were inure luminous than the rest of the coin, in consequence of their oxidated surface radiating the red light more copiously than the other parts. Though the effect was not in this case sufficiently sulking to enable me to read the inscrip- Von, yet it occurred to me, that if by the action of au acid, or any mechanical means, the general surface of the coin should be made rowel, or have its polish removed, while the raised points which cunatituteil the inscription and the figure were polished, an effect opposite to that in the pre ceding experiment should be produced. I accordingly took a French shilling of Louis XV. and having roughened the depressed parts of the surface, and heightened the polish of the inscription, Ac. I placed it upon a red hot mass of iron, and removed it into a dark roost. Wiwi) the shilling began to radiate light, the inscription " Ilene/Odom Si! Numen Del loppettrcd in obscure lett rs, while the ground em which thov stool shone with a brilliant light. By inlishing the elepressod pelts of the surface, and roughen ing the letters. I obtained, as might have been expected, the opposite effect, the inscription being now legible, from its throwing off mare light than the surrounding surface. " In order to perform this cloy timent with most success. it is desirable to conceal from the observer's eye the mass of red hot iron on which the coin is placed, both for the pur pose of rendering the eye fitter for observing the effect, and of removing all doubt that the inscription is really read in the dark ; that ix, without the light of any other body either direct or reflected upon it. . " The most striking form in which this experiment can he exibited, is to use a coin from which the inscripeon has tither been wholly obliterated, or obliterated in su c h a degree as to be no longer legible. NVIe n such a coin is Wel upon the nil hot iron, the letters and figure become oxidated, as formerly described; and the black or brown filen of oxide which is found upon them radiating more powerfully than the rest of the coin, the letters will shine more brilliantly than the other parts, and may be read to , the great surprise of the observer, who hadexamined the blank surface of the coin before it hail b. en placed upon tl e Ilissurprise will nut heiliminisbeel, when he ofeserves that the letters which he saw more luminous than the rest are now covered with the black film of oxide. "As the different radiatirg powers of parts of the same surface, can neither be aeen by the eye nor indicated by any instrument, when the general temperature is below that of red heat, the principle of the preceding experiment may be employed to di termine the relative powers of radiation pessessizd by ditrerent metals. Although the radiating powers, for example, of gold, silver, copper, and tin plate, are, according to the experinwnts of :Mr. Leslie, exactly the same, yet we are persuades' that the preceding int this' will affird ocular deinonstratit n of the incorrectness of this result, when these bodies arc stilnnitteil to the experiment u al t the same ci rcinnstances of to ogrii t tide, thickutu, and polish, in so far as this can be dom.. This opinion is not 'melanin! on an conjecture, but is founded on very unequivocal exp,:riin-nts on the ?effective powers of these tunas for light, which differ in a very considerable th_tree, mid which in general have • fixed relation to their radiating pl;werv. " In the ease 31 pure 'diver, which has been ground and pilishuit, the elective power exe.ll:s that of all other ut.:tals that we have tried • and catinot suppose it a matter of doubt. that the r;sdiating power of silver is much lee than that of gold or copper, and inferior to that of tin plate. Alanne the other laws of radiation, it has ben an nounced that die thinnest cost of a metallic body produces se great an effect as the thickest. This law is by no means improltahl:•, but it requhes to tic continued by nicer me tbals titan those by which it was ataineit ; and we are not aware that a more correct ulw can be found than the Fece . es which has been tnilt:ionetl. 6t ..... - In the experiment with the coin, where the different puts raliate different degrees of liglit, the effect does not skew bself tiil the heat has rism to a particular deice of iatensity. As this point may vary with differ:eta metals, El with the different states or condi:ions of the two ra dian*: surfaces, might it not he employed with success for tremetrical purposes, schen the temperature to be 'ilea ttirrd elz:reda that of red Lest? A serus of well-devised aud nicely-conducted experiments oa this subject, would lead to very interesting resteta, even if they should not kirlf4 data for the construction of a new pytoteeter. " There are many other useful purposes in the arts. as w;11 as in the sciences, to which we cot:::..ive the preceding ' , sults may Le applicable ; but as the discussion of them you'd not be approptiate in a popular article like the p-,. ! .nt, we shall rteilltie the subject on some tante oc- The ease of an individual recently charged at the Man- OA -house with an huh wit assault on two females, has he, copied into the Owt,/ia Freeman's Journal, with the e. " Character of the English people," in large letters. 1 e g:n ral remarks made by the Lord Mayor on the case ▪ to, sr. em to have obtained fur the " English people" tte distinct:ln. It is, however, about as ridicu lous as the ate:aril notisoiso lately put into the mouth of (-muse:* 0 Connell, who is represented to have said that 11 1 1.• Parliamentary Returns prove that nineteen out of every w ttty 1112Trilli Euglishwunten live separate from ilk tr iliAbstAls —We cannot help being amused at finding an 'lame "of the rank," (we are quoting an Irish speech) 0 of kir. ()Connell," cajoled into the belief that such Par anieutary paper, as he describ:s ever existed. GERM IN PAPERS. Yesterday and on Saturday we had arrivals of Frankfort l'Apers. Our file DOA mars 'town to the 20th instant. Thew frontons ere for the most part of huh. gvneral in terest. The following xit.te,s L.01111)160 V, worth g:ving:— VII:NN A, 11.1'T. Their Imperisl Majestic% will prolorg :heir 1 , ;:1 ) in their domains taw sonie.thiri Period the tinie tint intended; they will not be bark here before the lath. Ilts Iwperial Ilighmss the Archduke Palatine of Ilungtry is here with the Princess, his consort, and the Plince and Pri..ro.s of Saxe liildburgluutscw. nestle:, Stier. 11. The Xing leR Breslau on the tth with the Prine;ss Louis•. fix Fischbach, an estate belonging to Prince William, his brother. On the 7th his Majesty and the Prioress arriv..:i ;:t !,-ignirz, when the Prince atal Prim cess Royal made their elitiAnce the Name even. ing. There were at brignitz at this time a v..ry r bet of illustrious visitors, among whom were rite flake Niebobts of noon* and his Coii.ort, the !hike of Ctulibcrland, moat of the Priuccs of the Royal Family of rfaVila, and many others. TMIESTE. SEPT. R. A vessel in twenty-fiver days from Smyrna brings word, that on the 12:h of Ativst Simms %%Li Mill in the hands of the Gress. The I:apitan l'aeha still remained in tli.me 11CA%. FRANK FWIT, ST.PT. The .hat-not de Fronk"; ►1 of this ' , Ate has the news of the death of the King of France himu the Munitenr of the 16th. - - FR••*EVORT, SEPT. 17. The Duke of 111ontebe!lo has arrived here from Paris. CARLERVIIE SEPT. S. The Convention between the Grand Dukes of B.ulen and Hesse DAnumatlt. for facilitating the commerce between the two slaw', is preceded by en eapoeition of the principles by which the two Courts have been guided on this occasion. They are perfectly agreed in considering I. Ihe unlimited liberty of reciprocal anteraturse. not only be tween the two States but with all the States of the Confedration, and the greatest possible fscilities to commerce with foreign coon as one of the most important means to promote the welfare and rospility of their subjects, and will on all occasions direct tleir joint efforts towards the completest attainment possible of this ottject. 2. Hut as, from the partial assertion of the principles of free com merce, in dm ir rilations shit other States,. whirl, fetter trade by prohibitions and high duties, evident 10 , * would accrue to th eir subjects, they consider the introduction or the continuance of simi lar regulation* as indispensably necessary to protect their own pro ductions, and to prevent such 104. 3. The two Courts continue to entertain the wish to put a strip to the injurious re-action which these regulations have on the com merce of their own and other States of the Coifetkr Ilion, whose I itivernments are like themselves diaposed in favour of the pritici pits of free trade, by entering into a Convention with them for the inirotluction of a joint system of duties and of commerce, and thus lead the way to give more freedom to foreign trade, joy commercial ear ventions wAli foreign S!a•cs. Z 4. But as such a c_invelition cannot be effected without the con. currency of several, and the negociations that have been carrying on with this view with several other States, have not yet led to the desired result, the contracting powers have no means of at. taining their object, as far as possible under such circumstances, but introduce. by special conventions, all such facilities as arc compatible with the system of duties generally existing, which they at the saute time consider also as a afttitabl- preparation for a general agreement, on one joint system, aftes •.c hoped-fur acces sion of several neighbouring States. fARLIIRIWE, SEPT. 15. The 031..ial Gazette of to-day publishes the Treaty concluded on the Ilth of this month, with the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and notified on the Ithh I,y his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, with a view to promote trade and intercourse between the two countries. SWITZERLAND, SEPT. 13. On the 6th of this month the Coniniissioners of the Onvernment signed, at Lucerne, the renewed capitulation for the Papal Swiss guard, which is reduced to its original number of two hundred men. On the other hand, there amine to he but little hope of the acceptance of the proposal to furnish ten thousand men Crr the Pepe! service. Captain Pryferr, of the guard, is going to return to Home. Count Caro d'lstria, the Russian 3litilster of State, whose resi dence Is st Geneva, paid a visit at the beginning of this nenttit to Hotwyl, where he stopped some days. The great Council of the Canton of Berne, in its monthly sit ting of the 631 and 7th September, ratifier! the decisions of the Diet, relative to the revocation of the commercial convention (pro hibiting certain French article•, in retaliation for the probibitoty system of France). and fixed the ditties on consumption of certsiii goods on the same fluting as before the move tion, to continue till the public debt is paid. A proposal was made to lay the consump. don duty mi foreign but this was rejected, it being resolved no longer to impose taxes for the benefit of the reghbouring wine canton•, and, by an artificial rise in the price of wives, oblige the labouring classes to have recourse to spirituous liquors. A wish that, fur the promotion of trade, measures may be adopted that geode which pay the consusaptton duty on importation, may be elowei the %Irate as a drawback no n:-exportation, was ree as worthy attention, to the elm:anal:on of the little Conned. Prwig THE 7 5 A1 NE, SEPT. 12. The .Tournal des D•bale. and other papers, have lately stated, in articles dated from lielsingborg and Stockholm, that an agree ment had been made between the Swedish Government and the Russian Ambassador at Stockholm, respecting the giving up of the property of the hornet Royal Family, and the discharge of an annual income. All this seems to be founded in a mi,take, since, according to authentic accounts, nothing more was in question than the giving up of suns of money, the private property of the family ; and her 3lajesty Queen Frederica entirely . renounced any artittAl allowance, and thmr,xl only her owr private property, i which PIN detained in Sweden ever since the revolution. It s f.ittlier affirmed, that Prince Gustavus had no concern whatever in nose negotiations, having previously given up, to the Queen his tuutli.s, the share of this property which belonged to him. STUTI;•RD. SEPT. 13. Their Ilighnesiive Prince Alexander and Peter of Holstein Oldenburg, sons of her late Majesty the Queen of Wirtetuburg, arrived bete yesterday, cn a visit to their Majesties. THE GREEK.v. Tire following satisfactory intelligence reApcctin,; the I Greeks is CN LI - dealt ft ctn the Constiletiwinel. It rests on the authority of a paper published at Hydra, entitled The Frioti uj tic Lett. Zatere, Ano. (EXTRACT OF A rittra - rE I.T: ITER.) ,harmony Is Nrfectly re-established in Oreeee. Concord, the MOM unanimous, has succeeded to the agitation which had dis. turbed the tranquillity of the reloponnesus. The same spirit and the same sentiments prevail throughout fireece, and you ma's iow be certain of establishing the independence of the country. t sited, victory has always crowned yottr exenines, and concord will diseon ell the enemy, who counted on your divisioo for success. The President Cunduriottis is highly pealsed for the firmness he has dis played. thee month ago the money arising from the I.tan contracted fin in Linton war sent to Napoli di Haim/oda, turd it has reached there in safety, and has been deposited in the hands of the Govern tnent. This money will enable it to carry on its operations, and provide toe the expense of the fourth campaign. 1: is continued that Derrish Paella has been defeated in Isivadin. Ilia plan was to dr:CI a junction with the Turkish trout.. of Negropont, and from there go towards Corinth to make a diversion in favour of the Egyptian expedition, which, under the command of Ibrahim Pa. cha, war to land on the western part of the Peloponnesus. This plan has been broken up. The I.gyptr.an Hee: has left Alexandria, halting on hoard ten thousand troop.. The transports are either Austrian or Spanish vessels ; the English and French l'antrins re fused the advantsgeatts utters made them by 3lehemed Ali Pitcha, to engage in this service. The Greek fleet has been divided into two ilivisions--one to look after the l'aptain Pacha, on the coast of Asia Minor, the other to meet the Egyptian fleet. The Goveraniert has taken precautions to previa any evil from the landing to be at• nutted from die latter on the coasts of the Peloponnesus; 11,000 Finn are collected in the pLin of Gastourie, 3,11911 are going tinder the conituar..l 1p trios. to reinforce the anny before l'anas. These tw r corps can easily act together, not toeing far apart ; 4,f11141 men occupy the strong po sitions between l'swon and 3lodon. The I'omin:indent of the miter. with 3.000 torn, is marching tow:nits Phoeidcv, ./uly 19, The Greek Government at Napoli di Romania caurtd Te beam to be sang for the capture of Ipaara by ; all the Au. therities assisted at this religious ceremony. The ENV,. curtains a long hitter, giving an account of Samoa.— The writer says that some merchants at Samos, who had served in Russia, had introduced the European discipline with great success. The 'immunity of the island to the Continent renders it easy to land in several places at once: but the difficulty of penetrating into the interior is very great. The harbour is lung ant! very narrow, de. fended on each side by batteries, the guns of which navy from side to aide. The Oilman Paella could never enter : a couple of tire. s hip s mi g ht d e .f ro y his whole fleet, without his being able to de fend himself. The number of troops arremblnl at Settle Sunni is cerainly far from amounting to 49,000 men : for 29,600 mold not rebsi‘t there fir a lOrtnight, the country being lid waste, partly by the fiequent incursions of the Samiots, partly by the Turkish sol diers themselves. It may be that the Turkish Chiefs make their lists alumna to 40,000 men : but as the Turks enlist only in the hope of plari,:er, most of them who have gorged themselves with pillage on the road, return home long before they have reached their domination: and we may be sure that those who arrive with their officers have only tbilowed them because they have not got booty enough on the route. They do not fear being punished tor sea rtion, their enlisting being voluntary, and the term neatly left to the soldier's own pleasure. It teonbl appear that the harmony of the Tnilerica has been slisturbtil by disputes among the Household of the late King respecting their respective rights to the kitchen artiehs and the wardrobes, and the other private cif :eta. As these spoils are of great value, the claimants have contrived to interest the Royal Family in their squabbles ; and it is probable that Charles will establish the .tuAi Regis for ikcilling the Jarring interests of the parties. THE IRITISH PRESS. FUNERALS OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE. [We are indeb!el to a Paria Carrespondmt for the fol lowing account of the ceremo.iies observed at the Funerals of the Kings of France, which at this crisis will he pecu liarly interesting to our readers, independently of the curious historical revarch which it ile'ai:s.] The Funerals of the Kings of France have always been celebrated with great magnific.mee. We shal pro ceed to describe the forms with which t1e.27 have lx•on solem nized from the earliest period of th.. :11,u;archy. We shall speak in the past tense, because some of th. se forms have fallen into disuse; and the alteratio in our mann,rs and institutions have effected in others a corresponding change. These funeral ceremonies which a; pear acoompini,:il by customs the most imatot and he.;.irres in appearinee, nevertheless involr_• ns ful lessons, and did nut originate but in adequate motives. When the Kit g was dead, the First Chamberlain, the event being first notitled to him by the Chancellor, came on the balto.iy of the Palace, elothei in the maims of the Court, and exclahned three times Le Itoi est mort ; • The King is dead !' ifp then broke an osier wand, and Long live the King!' A Ileraki at Arms then went forth, niennted on a charger finely caparasoned, and rode through the capital, making the same exclamations. _ The following is what paitatal within the Palace, in detailing which wr shall omit nothing : Wh !e an artist composed an Effigy of' the deceav-d King in wax, his body, embalmed by the moat skilful surgeons, was enshrouded by the Chamberlains anil Officers of the Household. It was then d °posited in a leaden coffin contained within another of hard and odoriferous wood, covered with a velvet pall slashed with white actin. This coffin was carried by the King's archers (his gonle-du corps), and pieced upon an ekvated platform. covrred at the basement with goal cloth, and above the body a rich covering of gold cloth and 'weenie, training on the ground over the basement. Lighted wax candles were placed round the coffin, which formed what is called use clui t eile ardest (a burning chapel) ; opposite this sarcophagus was an altar, before which Priests remained incessantly in prayer. IVhen the Royal Effi,ry was prepared, it was trans ported to a saloon hung with black, and decorated with rich silver stuff's. The Effigy was placed upon a bed of state, garnished with a coverlet richly fringed with gold, trailing the ground on every side. This coverlet was ornamented with a border of spotted ermine (d'hermine mourhrt, l o two feet in breadth. The splendid ceremonies did not stop her there are many ethers very remarkable; but we shall follow the funeral rites in their order. _ _ The wax-figure which represented the deceased King, was covered with a chemise of fine Holland, embroidered with black silk at the neck and sleeves. Over this vest ment was an open vest (use camisole) of crimson satin, lined with taffetv of the same colour, wit'., a border of twisted gold. This camisole was visible only from the wrist to the elbows and about four inches towards the feet, the tunic being thrown over it. This tunic, a sort of upp •r gannet.t, in use during the middle ages, was of azure blue satin, spotted with golilficur s dr lis, with a rich bor der of silver fringe; the sleev •*, were open to the elbows. WI en the Effigy was thus prepared, it was covered with a royal mantle. a grand and rich covering of purple velvet, seven yards in length, thickly interspersed with Aar s de fir of gold. I t was open in front without sleeves, and lined with white taft'ety ; the collar, which was round and of ermine, was thrown back over the shoulder, the cull's and the skirts of the mantle were likewise of ermine. Front the nr ck of the Effigy were suspended all the royal orders, and all the foreign orders which the King had accepted during his lifetime. The head was covered with a cap of crimson velvet, surmounted with a diadem enriched with J-wels. The hands were crossed upon the breast. On each side the bolster was a pillow of crimson velvet, em broidered with gold, upon which were placed, on the right a sceptre, and on the left a hand of justice. Above the bolster were a chair add a cushion, covered with gild cloth, upon which were p'a..ed all the other decorations of royalty, an open Bible, a sword, and a globe. The Effigy, and the body, were, after a certain interval, placed upon high cars richly decorated, and carried to the church cf Xott (-Dame, and from thence to St. Deui., According to the old French Historian, Eginhard, the celebrated &cretary andsupposed sot-in-law of ell in - STAGNE, that Emperor was interred with all the rites of royalty. lie was clothed with the imperial decorations, the crown being placed upon his head. He was deposited in the tomb upon a gilt chair, and in his hands was the Book of Ecangelists, written in letters of gold : his sword and shield were placed berore him, which had been conse crated by the Pope, Leo the Third. When all the preparatives were concluded, the succes sor to the throne, clothed in a purple mantle, approached the coffin, upon which he threw the holy water, first I:reel ing for an instant upon a cushion, which was presented to him by the First Gentleman of the Bedchamber. This ce r•:mony being performed, the new King delivered his mantle to his herald• and mind. The evening of the day of the. funnaL when the body of the deccased King was deposited in the church, a can non was twice discharged, at an int :rya! of five minutes: the last report announced the departure of the procession. This ceremony was observed for Louis XIII., Louis XIV., and Louis XV. In that part of the city in which the King died and from which the procession set out, a hundred and one discharges of cannon atumunced the elevation of his successor to the throne. ity virtue of an ancient custom, the Harlow:nil, or Sall-rarrier.v of the City of Paris carry the bier and the Royal Effigy. The venerable Ilistnriao NIONSTKELET, has the following curious account of what pasted at the death of CIIA nt Es VII., on which occasion the salt-earriers con ducted themselves in no very becoming manner. The account is translated into modern French by VELLY, from whom we translate it. 4 - Hardly had Cu•at breathed his last than the COUNT DE MAINE sent off their re priers suer, naively to announce to the Dauphin (Lewis Xi.) the intelligence of his father's death, and to receive at the same his orders. In the mean time the ministers and Nobles who were at Meun, seemed sunk in consternation. The obsequies of the de parted Monarch required to be arranged, but whether from a fear of displeasing his successor, or through an unpardon able inattention, no one had taken upon himself to order the necessary preparations. TA N N EQUI-Dr•CII ATE t. ven tured alone to charge himself with this dangerous office.— He was nephew to that TA N Mal, who, when Paris was surprised by the Murgulyaans. saved the Dauphin in his arms. Ile not only arranged the funeral solemnities, but advanced the necessary expcuces which were not re paid him till ten years afterwards. " The body of the departed Monarch, in a coffin of cedar wood, enclosed in another of lead, was trans ported in a mourning coach, from Meun to Notre Da;me dcs-Champs. and conveyed the next day to the Cathedral Church of Paris, where the service was celel rat.ll. This pious duty being fulfilled, the procession took the road to Sr. Der: ts. The Chief Magistrates in robes and mantles of scarlet, held up the pall which was sloth of gold. The Duke of Out.es Ns, the Counts of Asoouxtaa a and Eu. Princes of the blood, and the Count nr. DuNots. on horse back, followed immediately behind the coliin. The representation (effigy) of the King clothes' with regal decorations, was carried openly on a chariot, surmounted with a canopy, supported with eight spears. The Uuiv, r sity, the uniclre of the superior Courts, the inferior Ma gistrates, and the religious orders followed immediately behind; these were followed by an innumerable crowd, whose tears and sobs formed the most affecting part of this Bolen n pomp, which was attended by two hundrea persons, each carrying a lighted torch of four pounds weight. " lu the front of this processien a lumber of men inarchid with small bells. Nothing extraordinary passed at this ceremony, until, on arriving between the Market-place and the Chapel, a contest began between the priests of Saint Denis awl the Hammonois, or salt-carriers. The latter in sisted that the priests we-e bound to carry the coffin to their church, or to pay to them the sum of ten homes. U t toit their refusal, the salt-carriers hit the body, and some of the citirens of St. Deists wire about to carry it fozward, when the Count ns Dv NOlll, to put an end to this indecent alter cation, promised the Monotony/a that he would recompen,e them. After they had performed the service for the re pose of the Kings soul, Themes de Courcel!ea, Doctor of Divinity, pronounced a funeral oration. While they were lowering the body into its place of sepulture, the right to the pall of gold cloth protium' a new quarrel between the priests and the ma,ters the Horse, the Count tic Do- NIDIS was slain obliged to interpose with the Chancellor to settle the dispute. The contested pall was cuff: red to le -1 main with the priests, the Chief Egnerqi haring consumed to surrender his interest in it to the Church. After the c inn was at length quietly deposited, the Masters of the horse and the Serjeaut at Anns threw their wands upon the tomb; the whole pro-cordon exclaiming—' Dieu ail tame de Cli • 111.1:3 SEPTICNE, Poi Tres-rictus-icy: r and in the RAMC breath, Vine Lotus Roi de France r " 6 ' The s arse fi'irtns were practised with but little varia tion, untit r the latter Kings of France. At the present day the phce of the Ilannasrds is filled by les Charlommiers and les ports dr lu Mille (the coalmen and fibliwomen). At the head of the procession marched the Heralds, car rying their standards, the national colours and banners, which were suritiountAl with black crape. After them the King's b arm is sod the officers of the house hold. The Chief Fsquire-Csrrer (Le premier icuyer tren chant) carrying at his foot the pivot of Fratice. This . firrion was a narrow banner. with three points o: azure blur velvet, ornamented with years de iii, and fringed with gold. . . Then followed the hautbois, tambourines, end fifi-s, the music of the Chapel loyal. The musicians carry their instruments reversed. After them came the Masters of the Horse, and Officers of the Royal Staples, carrying Me spurs, Me gauntlets, Mt shield, the coat of alms on purple velvet, vitiated with /burs delis smbroldorAl in prat', the hchuet with the royal sorest. The Equerries were in full mourning, the mu'es were covered with housings of black velvet, slashed with white satin. Ssveril Grooms of the stable, in deep mourning, walk•tl in this part of the procession. TWO Equerries led the war-horse of the dersast (I Monarch (elti fa roi) covered with a housing that trail 11 the ground, of purple vAvet, thickly interspersed with goblet, Auricle Next followed the Grand Master of the !brae, inounte.l on a charger covered with housings of purple velvet trailing the ground. He carried the King's sword suspended on a scarf of blue velvet, sown with flours delis. On his head he bore the helmet, and the gauntlet on his baud. Four Heralds at Arms marched beside him on foot. Immediately behind the Grand Equerry, in the order of procession, was placed the cligy 4 the deceased king made in war. It was glared in it sitting posture on the tvffin, in the form in which he (t.e Rot) presided on his bed of justice, holding in the right hand the sceptre, in the 1.71 l the hand 4:justice. The car was drawn by six horses covered with black velvet. Three Echerins (Mayors) and the Provost des Marchands, held each. a corner of the pall. Around the sarcophagus were several bannerets, and the great banner of France, which was of crimson velvet, em broidered with des firers delis (far ; the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber, and Officers of the Guards, filled the space round the car. The Gentlemen of the Parliament (ifessieurs du Par ks:sent) followed, to testify, says Mo STItE La T, that the prop:r office of the Kings of France is to distribute justice to all, and that having acquitted themselves of this duty dining their life, they thus reminded their successor to do so likewise. The, Archbishop of Paris, the Cr 3nd Alinonrr, and the Almoners of the Court walked on foot, and in prayer by the side of the car. Those who were called chief mcnirners then took their place in the procession. These were composed of the Princes of the Blood, and the chief no' lity of France, mounded on small medee, the train of their cloaks rery bug, and nplo Id each Ilia page on jbot. These were followed by the foreign Ambassadors, the dignitaries of the Crown, 1 officers of the kitchtn and of the chime, the Lords of tl,e Counsel, and the Knights of the different Orders, these raked on hot, and hare-headed. The procession was closed by tile King's body-guard of which the captains and archers were in full mourning, their jackets laced with silver. The clergy and the religieux of Sc. Denis, went before the procession, singing psalms. At the entrance of the town, the Monks of this Abbey were privileged to take the cerners of the pall. The coffin was carried into the Church where the Effigy was placed on a bed of state, resembling that already described. The gentlemen of the bed-chamber carried the body to the vault, destined for its interment. The King at Arms descended into it, and cried out with a loud voice, " II ERA LDS AT A RMS, CoMe osa doyour giffier." Upon which, each who bore the insignia approached the vault, and throwing them in one after the other, exclaimed, " This is the /1 Et.m ET of our master, the most grand and most puissant KING OF FRANCE—his is the Swear), &c. After this ceremony, the King at .firms exclaimed three times " Le /tai ele most priez Dieu pour sun ante." " The King is dead, pray to God for his soul." At the same in stant he also exclaimed thrice " Viva LE Rol," desig nating him by his name. A Herald made the same pro clamation at the door of the Church. The Grand Master, aceompauit d by the Prelates and Knights des order s des Rol, then proceeded to the table of Parliament, at which were assembled the Officers of the Crown, and announced to them that they had no lunt, , er a Master, Mat each must la ocidefir hitosc!f; and in token of the house being troken up, broke the magLrtel id stair Such were the usages established by o:►r ancestors at the funerals of their Kings, many of which are followed to the present time ; the change which our ' , Atka' institutions have undergone. has occasioned them to be in some particu lars gradually abolished. Extract of a letter of the Bth Sept., from Ll:horn: " Yesterday a vessel arrived here in twenty-four days from Constantinople, and in nineteen from the Dardanellts, the Captain of which deposed at the Office of Health that the Turkish feet had been beaten by that of the Greeks, the very moment it was about leaving Mitylene for Samos. The Greeks with their fire-ships burned three Turkish frigates, and took two bri.is of war, and the rest of the Turkish fleet was separated and dispersed in the environs of Mitylene, and many transports had experienced con siderable damage; the troops which were on board had perished. The same Captain said that the plague made great tavagts at Coastantinoplc. Another vessel, which came from Seio, and which left that place on the 19th of August, brought no news, on account of the extraordinary winds, which had enabled it to cro::s time Archipelago in two days." MED e I P.—The trenches that have been lately opened at Bagueres, to lay the four Cations of the beautiful estab lishment that is to bear the name of the Ther meg de Ma: is Therese, have caused the discovery, at the depth of a metre and a half, of several square pools, as also medals of the reigns of Augustus, Tr..;an, Marcus Aurelius, &C. These in: dals have the form of bricks. Theeleganec of the moultlia" and the nature of the cement, have no doubt that thirsie discovered remains have been the work of the Romans. The ancient walls of the town were built in part upon these pools, about the year Noo, and %that yet exists of Limn lticreases the ditii,:ulty of making the trenches. A young man, well dressed, and of genteel apperanec, presenting himself to be the son of a clergyman in Ruanor shire, was last week levying contributions at llclvoir and the neighbourhood, under the pretence of being deaf and dumb. A gentleman, commiserating his situation, kindly gave him a seat in his gig from Melton to Rouen., on his way to I.tieester. The young man preserved his taciturnity during the whole of the journey, occasionally making r marks in writing. A day or two after, the same gentleman pas.ing through Rearsby, to his astonishment heard the " dumb man" talking fluently to a person ht the village. Upon being recognised, he immediately decamped, leaving a fell awl white spaniel behind him. It is supposed he went towards Lo-ghborough.—Lincola Paper. LONG /. V true.—On the 10th instant died, near Drum bridge, in Upper Malone. William Rice, 104 years of age. Ile was born, and lived during this long period, within a few hundred yards of where he died. He was in goc.l health till a few days before his decease, and had his re collection almost .to the last. Daring the hard frost of 1739, he remembered going with his moth - r to assist her to break holes in the ice, that the cows might get water to drink. IVlten the Lapin navigation was first opened, in 1753, he was on: of the tirst lilitermen on that establish ment. lie was so rvmarkahly healthy, that. during his lang life, he midtt say he had scarcely a day's illness. THE SUCCESSION TO THE FRENCH CROIV.,V4 We copy from the Flo+ of Friday the following article, which discloses acme ctir.ous particulars of a plan said to have been prepared in anticipation of the event which tsar just occurred, eit, death of Louis XVIII : _ _ " We cotticcl yotenlay an article from the English Courkr. which contained the following otaervatfon • A few years a 4,0 (foul. the da..gers Rhich threatentd the throttle of Fiance) it is a known tic: that, in the South and West of Mauler, the Royalists were ma king dispositions to secure them: selvetragainet the consequences of a second reeulution.' " We remarked on this in a note, that the o:en who Conspired openli against legitimacy, denounced continnall; , , as conspirarr• the founds of the Maharehy ; those whom, in the language fait; Jacobin Fouche, they called the Ultras. litat.y . lettere whicb we have received on this subject contain information, wtaeh place, beyond all doubt, one characteristic of the history of that dia. aseesara resod. " It is vein certain, that at sight of the intrigues and plots of the enemies of iegitiaatcy, faithful subjects who had defended it, through fifteen years. in the prosipen, prepared to defend it mill. The audacity of the conspiratars exceeded all bounds, when they saw themselves mipported even by the functionaries whose duty ,c was to repose their machinatiora. The Royalists alone ee.e pointed out as the enemies of the State ; in a wcrd. they had again become suspected, as they were during the west pan of the reign of tenor. Alen in tif6ce had no hesitation its atinoutieitut the day when the gene change was to take place, and that was the day en which Louis X‘'l 11. should breathe hii last. Faithful to their in ettuctioos, IlleNl same agents of 'power made ro secret of the suc cessor who had been designated by the chiefs of the plot. It was not the non of the hornier usurper, es the lower classes of the Li berals believed, but it was that of a Sovereign of the second rank. In him they &scorned all varieties of merit ; to the re commendation of illegitimacy they jci::ed that of his being a Calvr,ist. " During that period, insidious teritinga, eitenlated by those who hail been appointed to ;reserve the public pcae • disposed the minds of the motile to violate the ancient end wel l laws of the Monarchy. 11. root the eattinple set by the Jourbals of the fac tion, there was nothing 'ogees:cal in every pamphlet, but to follow with regard to the natural and legal heir of the crown, the same course as was taken in England with regard to the Duke of York, brother to Clarks 11. The most ignorant ernisaaries of the con apiracy, prepared against a Prince, the object of the love And vene ration of France, spoke like the most learned of the famousilills of limiter;4e and reelitsion, after confining the melee, in the begin ning to cquit'.tcel Inshivations. The well known guihors cf the infmtins private correspondence received from their master orders to attack, directly anti personally, the august individual, whose inheritance had already been transferred to a foreign race. by anti cipation. Part of these execrable se.liconex were exposed, even at that time, in a work published by an efcellent lioyalist, under the title of England in 16111. and France in 1820. A compilation en. titled, The Thousand and Use Caladin:cs, which is but a transla tion, with comments, of the private correspondence published during KO long a period in the English Papers, completed the ez po:hinn of this iniquitous mystery. Ihit was it accomplished ? Of this then. Irtppily, there is still much reason to doubt. If all the eneMles coo leghltnery were at h.ir post, if poem was exclusively in their hands, it is not less r. rain that all t'e defenders a the throne held themselves ready again to fight in that sacred cause ihich had covered La Vendee with imperishable glory. A particular passage tantalised in a letter which we have received, enables us to judge of the diposition which prevailed. line of those h rout of fidelity, to ahem LOW.. XVIII. before lir died, had just decreed arms of honnkr ' Wits ten: for in 1819 by the I:nder-Prfect of his district. ' What do I hear. Sir ?' &el.l he, to the Noblr Yendcan. • They tell me that you hay: kept arms by you. Against whom do you conspire?' • I hays never conspired, replied the loyal knight, • the word is unknown t o me: but all my life 1 have served my God and my King. If It b • rezestry to light for them again, I cm quite ready. Thie, I now tell you, and you may report it.' " But if we mud those days ofgrief and shame, it is but to enjoy the highrr satisfaction in repeating with the English writer, whom we quoted yesterday—' Who now hears of conspiracies ? AU ideas of subverting the throne are abandoned. Th • pm elation ,• contented with the Government, and the army Is devoted to its Prince. Never, perhaps, was so great an alteration in the affairs of a nation eff. vet! in so short a time. Three years have sufficed to restore order and t anquillitv to a nation distracted by thirty yew of ana city and confusion. "This circumstance alone speaks for the talents of the Ministry which has produced such importing and unlool.ed or results." ronrsmourir, SkPr. 23. ' On Wednesday the Admiral lkrkeley trtinspott, Vent. Sanders, agent, arrived from Gibraltar, with erdnanes stony and a few invalids. She brings no newi. °Pon nell, the Sparlish General, who commands in Andalusia, was very active in his search of Constitutional refugees from the late ct.rrison of Tarifa, and hail succeeded in se curing S 4, whom he immediately shot. The Lady Nu gent, from Madras, Bengal, and the Cape, had put into Gibraltar, to land sonic light goods, part of her cerge. The Phaeton frigate and Succcts transport may be daily expected from Malta. The surveying ship Adventure, Captain Smyth, was the only ship at Gibraltar. On Tuesday the Liberty, Thomas Clifford, master, ar rived from Bahia (being in want of provisions), bound to Haniburgli„ for wliich place she sailed this morning. The Sophia, Berkley, sailed this morning for Madeira and Cal cutta, with passengers. The Manley, Baker, for Bcrbice, saiLd yesterday. On Wednrsday the Forte, 16. Sir Thomas Cochrane, sailed for Plymouth, to be paid off. Sir Thoma■ will afterwards proceed to assume the Government of the island of Newfoundland. The Forte is to be recommissioned. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lanadown visited the Forte, just previous to her salting, on which occasion the ship was dressed in colours. to Wednesday the Bionic. 46, Captain Lord Byron, arrived from Chatham, with the remains of the late King and Qu en of the Sandwich' Islands on board. The suite of their late Nlajeaties have arrivAl, and are engaged in viewing the üblic works and establishments. The Blonde will be ' , why to sail about Tug. silay next, for Rio and the Samln ich Islands. The Blonde returns home, after performing these spc cial urvices. B. sides the Sandwich Islands natives, there are embarked in her, Mr. M'Cree, botanist, from the Hor ticultural Society of London ; Mr. Blexam, mineralogist and geologist; Lieut. Malden, R.N., surveyor, with two assistant-serveyors. A printing peers has also been shipped, which is to be left on the islands. One of the natives con stantly stays on board the ship, as a sentinel over the badis II of their Sandwich Majesties. On Wednesday the Emma, Russian Government store ship, Capt. Chesteroff, arrived here from St. Pctersburgh. She is laden nith ordnance and other necessary stun., for the Russian settlements on the west coast of North America. It is understood she will be joined and accom panied to her destination by either a Russian line-of-battle ship or a frigate. On Tuesday the Britomart, 10, Captain 0. V. Virnon, and the Beaver, to, Captain Ouslow, sailed for the West India station. _ _ The Calliope, Lieutenant Justice, anivcd yesterday, from Plymouth, and sailed again this morning, with sea men for Chathatn. The Champion, Orestes, and Pylades, arc gone on a short cruise. B:inain at Spithcad—lllonde and Niemen. In the Harbour—Victory, iVellesley, Bul wark, Albion, Salisbury, Cambrian, and Athol. The Terror was paid off Monday ; the Salisbury will be paid off on Monday next. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Sailed the Active, .$4, Captain R. Rodney, for Lisbon, to relieve the I,:vely Arrived the Forte, from Spitheed, to be paid otf ; and Ones% from Spithead, and railed again : L.. ri, from Liverpool. Sailed the Gibraltar, SO, Lazaretto. for Mi:- for.l. The Jasseur sailed on Thursday last for South America; but the Dartmouth, fur the West Indies, awaits final orders. The Gannet, Chanticleer, and I 11: leer, are paid off ; the two first-named are re-commissioned. On Friday, E. Lockycr, Esq. was chosen Mayor of Plymouth. NAVAL APPOINTMPN, P.—Captuitt li. N. Christian is appointed to the Owen Glendower, at Chatham ; Capt. G. Russell, to the Scylla; and Capt. C. 1. It. Johnstone, to the Chanticleer, at Plymouth ; Lieut. Tbos. Read, to con.- mated the Swallow cutter; Lieut. E. I. Parry, to thc Char:- ticker. The Parthian, 10, llon. Captain Ilarrington, I:•ought to Plymouth, from Alt xico, 130,000 dollars, on nierchants . account. She captured off Campeachy, the pirate schooner S:. Jose, armed with a long gun amidships, two smaller ones, and a quantity of small arms; the crew having run the vessel on shore, escaped among the bushts, with a quantity of booty. On board her was found a list of the crew of the English ship Shannon, sixteen in number, and other papers belonging to the Engli s h brig Pilgrim, besides' several flags, sextants, spy-glasses, and a great quantity of wearing apparel, all of which was English: the crews of the above vessels had doubtless ben murdered by these villains. The schooner was taken to Vera Cruz, and there commissioned by Captain Itsrrington, as a man-of-war, to provct the trade in that quarter. Mr. Bradily, an al passed Midshipman, and a very dts..rving young man, acts appointed, cs actiNALieteenant, to coutwatkl her. I I 14 1 • 4 I•