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P IRTIES. . The bo,ortng Noblemen and had dinner parVes yesterday— L „,d 51,boror. Loiter Gr , ,vetlor.4treet ; C. W. Wytan. E.q. M.P. itbl a.l; SIT itirtuail Vavirin, Bart. tlreat Georre-street, Westminster; gnhy 5i371.1•10111~ 14 I.molonderry, Mt. litiar.'...ittare; the Earl of iw t een , anryli-dreet Lord n.dtoun, Cumtoiland.place. The 1.4. e of Graft.i, .otertalned • dtatinsulsheol patty at dinner yester day, at hi. t. ,u -e in (.1,0•-altt rt. The tut:L. of fir • fort bad a fraud party at dinner yesterday, at his hnor it, tiro.senor- LW! Dory ha. lomed cards of Invitation fnr • rout to-morrow evening he it in Park• , tleet. lady \rove ba• booted muds of invitation for • rout on Monday next, st her home llurilnutou.str. , •to Mr. Mi.es ha. Issued t aids of incitation for a rout on the Itith inst. at her b intendmi rout on the I Ith Inst., we have authority In state, p tpone. Mrs. Wither has Issued card.. of Invitation fora musical party on the Ifith loot. of her houoe In Mouth Andley +areal. Mrs. Thomas Clu,pliu'a first ar.kraibl)• for the season, on Tuesday even. in la Grafton-street, was very elt•eanCy attended. Among other dlstln. /embed fasblonab!es were-111. Royal Illybnea. the of Gloucester tlarnuld, Marchioness, and the Dowager 'farada Duke y... of salGhary ; the Carl and Cowden; of Charleville, the Coonteas of Rams, I.nrd Dun. rw m.,r, Lord Stowell, Lord Mt. Helen's, land and Lady Talhunore, Lady adsartvr, Lady Smith, Mrs. and Miss Calvert, Ides. Martin. Mn. FAO!, Mr. sad Mrs. bisall, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Mole, Ur. Taylor, Ste. ~e--;•_„..- ---2:<:-M----' egi ... ___ e _ . , -.. A.;:f •'- --.- ""1 - - - _ ..:-.-k... - Z -Yl -511/"4 -'- /4 A;-7:-0. tAr ELLIG- --- • ... , - . ITOVIMExTs. ........ Tb. Counter of Berkeley arrived yesterday at her house, Spring rrderw, from her mat, Cranford Lodry. kliddlemx. Lord and Lady Granary arrived yesterday, at the St. Georeel Hotel. Albemarle-street, from their seat In surrey. Departure :—Lady P . MUCiri Corm:tan. for Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire. C. 11. Tracy, E.q. left town yesterday for hi. seat In 'Worcestershire. 3lr. and Mr.. Groyne Forbes left the London Hotel, Albemarle-start, yesterday, fvr ge. viand. Captain Geom.• Schreiber arrived yesterday, at Fenton'. New Hotel, St. Jaines%.street, frum a tour. Departure:—Colonel Wood, for his seat, Middlesex. Arrival. at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—Mr. and Mrs. CI. down leley Brighton, Mrs. and Miss Gamier; Mr. Rods and Lady Cupe, from Berke; David and Robert La*ouche, Esqn. from Ireland ; Tempest, Km. from a tour ; Esq. from a tour. Arrival. at the Royal Hotel, it. James's-street J. Trollops, from Lincoln.hlre; J. H. Vivian. Esq. from Truro; Col. Ilithenson, from Torkskire. Departure Heywood. Esq. on a tear. Arrivals at the Itnrilneton Hotel, Old Harlington and Cork-streets:— The Rislit lionoorable R. Bathurst. from Oxford; Rev. Seryirioa, from Susses; Jennings, Esq. from a tour. Departures:— Cot gee. E.q. f o r Dublin; Quire, Esq. fee Cliford ; Rev. .1. Williams, for Oxtod. Arrivals et Mimi'. Hotel, Lower Brook-street:— Sir Thomas Cotton Shepheard and Lady nheyheard end family, from Thornton Hall, Stony Stratford; I.ord arid Lady Kirkwall sad ' family, from Taplow.emirl. thfvd.htre; General and Mrs. Chown, and fsmily, from Surrey; R. De Burch, Esq. from West Drayton ; Lieutenant Davison, ;Sth regiment Thomas Seine. E.q. from Hertfordshire; Sir Cherie. and Lady Blois and family, from Suffolk ' Rev. W. Crowe. from Oxfordshire; Sir Warren Peacock, from Kent; Mrs. Gaussen, from Hertfordshire. KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at two o'clock. his Majesty held a Court at hb Palace in Pall-mall. The King gave an audience to his Royal Highness the Duke of York. There were also present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of State for the Home, foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Muter-General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Control, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lard Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the :kale, the Comptroller of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain. the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kin l eg Bench, the Recorder of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Judge Advocate, the Duke of Bucclench, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Abingdon, Lords Mon tante Raartock, &c. The Rev. Doctor Van :Miltlert did homage before his Majesty, upon his being translated from the see of Lan daff to that of Durham. Mr. Secretary Peel attended the ceremony. The Earl of Abingdon was presented to his Majesty, upon his being appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of Bucks, in the room of the late Lord Braybrook. The Duke of linceleuch was presented to his Majesty, by his uncle Lord Montague, upon his going abroad. His Grace took leave of the King. The E irl of Pembroke was presented to his Majesty upon his being appointed Governor of Alderney. Lord Itadatock had an audience of the King, to deliver the insignia of the Order of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, worn by his Lordship's father. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Secretary Peel officiated for the Lord President. The several reports of the Committees of the Lords of the Council were submitted to his Majesty for his approval and sanction. The old official seals of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the High Court of Justiciary, the High Court of Delegates, and five other official seals, were destroyed, and others apnroved of. At tlnr conclusion of the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, to make his report of the convicts capitally con victed at Justice Hall in the Old Batley, in the Sessions held in the months of F. bruary and April. The Judge Advocate had an - audiene:e of his Majesty, to lay before him the proceedings of some Courts Martial, and to take his Majesty's commands upon them. His Majesty gave audiences to Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Secretary Peel. The Court broke up about six o'clock. The Duke of Devonshire transacted business yesterday afternoon at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs. " How that Home murders the King's English !" said Croker. " No, he only Scotches it," replied Twiss.—The Au. The wheels of the State Lottery were conveyed yester day morning to Guildhall, accompanied, as usual, by a dozen soldiers on horseback. Some one inquiring where they were going, was told they were going " to draw the Lottery." "Oh," says he, " it is drawn, Ilk•e, with a twelve horse paver." ROWSOTHAM ' S PRACIICAL FRENCH GRAMMAIL—The central situation of France must ever render the study of its language an object of the utmost importance in all those countries which border upon it, atul receive all their intel ligence from more distant countries through its medium. Most of the French Grammars now in use are lamentably deficient in practical adaptation to the circumstances of the learner. They give rules, but fail in showing the pro per method of putting them in practice. The general opi nion as to the inefficacy of study in acquiring French is the best proof of this fact; for no language can be acquired without study, whether it be employed on books, or in making observations on the examples which occur in con versation. It has been the object of this author to com bine the two species of instruction, and to supply in his work all those advantages of practice, of which the gene. rarity of grammars content themselves with admitting the necessity without furnishing the means of acquiring it. Ge ERA r. cr.! os.—A r Hos NSIfIRE.-1n the beat informed circle., in London it is supposed that the business of the scission will be over by the 15th or 16th of May, and that a dissolution of Parliament will follow immediately after. Our present representative, the lion. Captain Goa din, will be re-elected without opposition. and Col. Ar buthnot, the 'wother of the Lord-Lieutenant of incardin shire, will come in for that county, also without opposi tion. We hear of no opposition in the Northern Burghs, and if the election in Banffshire should not take place, which is almost impossible until the end of May, Mr. Mor rison, of Auchintoul, will certainly come in by a small majority. _ - ATE-PAPLIt OFFICE.---lly the industry and research of Mr. Lemon, very extraordinary and interesting dis coveries have recently been made in this office. Amongst other valuable papers. an entire translation of &Wins, by Queen Elizabeth; the prose in the hand-writing of her Majesty's secretary, and the whole of the poetry in the Queens own autograph. Parts of a poetical translation pf Horace, written by the Queen, have likewise been found. Whs.! is far more irrportant, as it relates to the history of that peri o d, nen -l y a ll the documents connected with the events that occurred during the reign of Henry VIII., es pecially the King's various divorces, have likewise been brought to light; particularly the whole case of Catharine Howard. The style of these papers, however, is more in decent and obscene than the 3femoirsti Harriette Wilson and they c annot , t h ere f ore, b e published. It is intender; to submit these literary and historical relics to his Majesty. PA (ILIA MEN TA Rl' INTELLIGENCE. • 1101;SE OF I,OIIIIS, 'WenNesoAr, 31AT 3. Mr. lirogden, and other Mernhera of the House of Commons, brought up the Weatminster Improvement Transfer Bill, and sevoral private Bills, which were read a first time. The Duke of ATHOL presented a petition limn a psti:lt in Perthshire against any alteration in the Banking System of Scotland. Ertl (GROSVENOR wished to obtain some information re apecting persons conitnitted to prison by the Court of Chancery for the non-pament of costs. The 1.0111) CHANCELLOR said that persons hail been corn. milted for nun-payment aeons, but he had introduced a c l ause int o the I:isolrent Debtors' nil', enabling such persona to take the benefit of that .Ict, In the usual way, like other debtors. Their Lordships then adjourned until Friday. HOUSE OF C031310N8. WEDXEIMAY, MAT 3. At four o'clock the Speaker proceeded to count the House. hot there being but nineteen Members present, the Iluuse was adjautned until to-morrow. HAMBURGH MA!!. BEHAN. APRIL :M. Since the return of the Duke of Wellington. it is no longer kept secret that decisive steps have been taken fix the deliverance of Greece; trod it is alone the high•.minded Emperor Nichnks of Russia, who, in the consciousness of his independence, will Emil opposed to the Porte, which has rejected, with barbarous annoyance, every amicable arrangement. 'We may glionly expect a Nlanifesto which will justify those steps. Ac • sign how soon this may probably happen, may be judged from the following " I N V (TAT lON TO SUPPORT THE. SUFFERING otritis," which it printed in the newspapers (even in the Seek Gazak, of A Mil.) :- " The tate of the unhappy Greek nation meat 'Meet every feeling hear , . The virtima of war and berhamos Milky %wane ir, a dreolful manner, and tho u s an d s o f woman lid innocent children, a prey to famine e.nd all kinds of tumefy. alb owe their hands for aid. Ti aasist thou., our unfortonsie frdiseallerbatians, to alleviate their misery as musk M possible, is. t knew, th e ardent wish of all horaane persona, and I therefore y convinced that I only meet tide general wish by making a beginning, and offering to receive contributions fur thin purpose., which 1 will take care shall he entrusted to secure hands, and employed five the ad. vantage of the sufferers. I at the same time request the Clergy and others. who are in a situation to do so, to join he the humane work of collecting subscription*. (Signed) " Dr. HITTIMAN 11, CatlnCilief of Suite, and Physician to his M ajesty." To this address is annexed a similar recommendation. signed by three of the most distintruishel of the clergy. :—Dr. Niander, Dr. Hi , sehl, and Dr. Straufa, his ‘taieitty's Chaplain. Similar invitations have been made elsewhere. without being sup. posed to indicate a turn in politics favourably in the Greek% • hut herr, alien precedin g i nv i ta ti ons o f t h e ki n d h ave been withdrawn by express command. and all collections for the Greeks prohibited —srhentwe are his Majevty's principal physician. and the mem se. !peeled of the clergy, undertake thin charitable office, with his Ma. permitinon, we ore entitled to consider thisevestas an im. Important presage. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 11Axnuaort, Amur. 28.-37 3 ; 2 months, 37. PETZRSBURGH. Aran 14.—11 $ll. Nehher the Obserr4 r of Trieste, of the 20th. nor the New 07,_ servo, of Venice, of the same date, bring any news respecting FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY, 1846. ( Front La Belk A.semblee.) CARRIAGE Thuess.—A round siren% of lavNoter-blonsom gros de Naples. made high ; and the border of the skirt ornamented with three fionnces. scalloped very perceptibly, but the scallops not sharp ; rounded, though ob long, with the edges handsomely pinked ; each flounce headed by a full quilling en cache, of th e same material an the dress , pinked in the name manner as the ter. mittation of the flounces. The body plain, the sleeves long, and only moderately full, and laced up the outside of the arm, from the wrist to the elbow, with silk cordon, en tnrreaur ; each diamond formed by this lacing fastened by a silk betton. A narrow thimble NV of Udines lace enciteles the throat, and surmounts a litho pelerine of the same gros de Naples ab the dress. Thin tasteful out-ituot covering has long ends in front, and in trimmed all round with a full ruche of the same material. A small corneae nr lore is worn under a hatof white watered grin; de Naples.trimmed with crdne list, and ornamented with spring flowers. such as scale: ranunculus with yellow and white narcissus, From the sides, anti placed under the brim, are two bng sttings of rich pink riband, which float loose. Few parasols' bate as yet appeared ; but that which is represented in our engraving is nee of the newest make, and likely to prevail ; it is of the Chinese form, the enlace sea-green, with a white border. ElrleXTX 0 COIT V 312....0Te? II white satin slip. 3 dress of tulle, with a full bufront puckering round the bonier, fuming two rows. The ruiners of these rich ornaments is confined by straps of satin, I , placed in bias. at equal distance,. The Waist is ala Suisse. and is laced dewy the front with silk eotdon. The sleeves are short, front the shoul4er to tether more than the middle of the ann above the elbow; they are formed of two rows of puckering, exactly corresponding with the ornaments at the harder of the skirt, and confined by the tame kind of satin straps. From these short sleeves depend the long ones, Which are of tulle, th bows 'down down the visi ble part of the i nside of the arm, and vu they terminate at the wrists by QM English points of white satin. The shoulders are urns. mented with cluster* of bows formed of white satin riband, and the gown is made of a proper, yet quite decorous lowness, round the bust, for full dress. The hair is arranged in very full curls on each side of the face, and partial on the forehead. A French lAret turban of white aspe and win, with a full plume of white feathers on the aide that is elevated ; on the other side, that covers the hair. are two very small white feathers. The secklace is formed of several rows of pearls, twisted; lhe at-pendants are of superb poar-pearls. Two Proclamations have been issued by Sir Ralph Woodford, under the authority of the King's Government at home, addressed, in a spirit of great liberality and kind ness, to the inhabitants of Trinidad ; the first of which secures to the free people of colour on that island the rights and privileges of naturalization as subjects of his Majesty, in a more favourable manner than they had hitherto been permitted to acquire them ; and the second rescinds an old series of coercive and mortifying regulations, which had borne with harshness upon the same class of free people of colour, but are now repealed in consequence of their cam plaints to Government. Among these now condemned severities, was one which imposed the obnoxious office of Alguazil, exclusively, upon the above order of inhabitants; another laying a tax of sixteen dollars upon balls (dances) given by these people of colour—surely, under such cir cumstances, miscalled " free ; " a third, compelling all people of colour, as well free as in bondage, to be at home by half -past nine o'clock at night. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took have of the Court, previous to departing for their respective destination, viz., Captain Henry Homer, Prince Regent; Captain Thomas Nlarquis, Rose; and Captain Charles Edward Mangles, Marchioness of Ely, for Madras and Bengal. SINGULAR COI NCIDENC E.—On Sunday week, at Barn burgh church, two children were christened, both boys and each a ninth child; their mothers were married from the same house, and their maiden names both Mary Dixon (not related) ; their fathers, by trade, both masons, and their grandfathers, by their mother's side, both priests. Nave RA I. CURIGRITY.—JRSI arrived, per the brig Aid, Wm. 1 easdel, master, intended as a present to his Excel lency the Martinis Wellesley, three extraordinary sheep, natives of the polar regions; two males, one black and one white, each having four horns, very large and beauti fully streaked ; and one female, with two horns, elegantly formed and marked. The above are allowed by virtuosi and gentlemen versed in natural history, who have seen them, to he the greatest natural curiosities ever imported into the United Kingdom.—De/,!in Correvondent. The Menagerie at Exeter 'Change is to be removed into the Regent's Park, where about fire acres of land are to he set apart for it. upon the same principle as the one in Paris; and Mr. Burton. the architect, is abort to go to Paris, in order to obtain plans and information for the puke. Mr. Gleallow, master of the Bee, revenue cutter, seized 12 tubs of gin on Thursday, concealed in Hatfield Whin ; and also discovered several large caves in the ground, evi dently prepared for the secretion of smuggled goods. Friday week, between seven and eight o'clock. a melan choly catastrophe occurred near the Buoy of Tay. The Hector, Webster, having left Dundee roadstead on her voyage to New York, three fishermen belonging to Broughty Ferry, and related to Captain Webster, went out of Tay with him. While returning to the ferry in a small boat, against an ebbing tide, they were observed at a consider able distance, by Captain Ferrier, of the sloop Thomas, which was taking the river. It Leing nearly dusk, he at first took the boat for the buoy ; but on again looking near the place, be saw that the boat had disappeared. The sufferers are—Thomas Webster, John Webster, and David Bell, all relatives, the latter of whom has left a widow and three helpless children. The boat was picked up on'tiutt day, near the South Ferry, but none of the bodies have been found. THE BPTTJSII PRESS. THE NEW XOVE!. WoODSTOCK. ll'oculsfrek, a new wcrk by Coe /swim, of the Waverly novels. has feeenity made its avpeitranee. It iv founded on an historical basis, includi^g that period of the Commonwealth which is marked out by the battle of Worcester upon the one hind, and the seizure of the royal palace and demesne of Woodstock upon the other. Amongst the personages to whose acquaintance we are Introduced are Cromwell and Charles the Second—Crumwell. the Wielofloll4 General of the Roundheels, and Charlts, the exiled Prince, in whom the hopes of the t avaliers, though with a taint prospect of fulfilment, reposed at the time. Besides those illustrious names, we are brought aequeintetl with many others, transmitted in the history of the period, such as Deslewough, Harrison, and Sir Henry Lee; and with others again, who, though not transmitted, may be fairly referred to the same age, in consequence of the ad !nimble dexterity with which the author has described its pecu liarities in beintes of his own creation. It he had any distinct moral or principle in view, which the story in its prominent features was intended to Inculeate,that moral or that principle tow loyalty; for Sir Henry Lee, who, whether the suthnr's favourite or not, will certainly he the favourite of his readers, is a noble specimen of the disinterested chivalrous attach. fluent to Kings which characterized some of the finest spirits of that day, when Kings had so little to give them. We would not be understood as insinuating by this conjecture that injustice has been done to either of the two great parties then existing, or to either of the two great personages whom they reganled as their leaders. On the contrary, we acknowledge that ex aggeration has been avoided upon both sides of the question. The author does not seem to have resolved, like let. Johnson. the moralist, that " the Whig dogs should never have the best of it." Cromwell is given credit for such vi es as he could fairly lay claim to, and Charles is depicted with such vices as belonged to him—vices not then matured, but destined ultimately to point him out as one of the most unworthy pupils th.it ever disgraced the discipline of adversity. Sir Henry. however, as we have already stated, is the principal figure. His temper ruffled by the disasters which had befallen the Royal cause, but his spirit unsubdued, even by the death whit+ seemed to threaten its adherents, he stand's, in the midst of friend* and encomia. as venerable for his dimes as his yeses. We Allow him with unabated interest through all the changes of fortune; arid it is with a feeling of rrnlancholy pleasure that we take leave of him at last, when, his dif f iculties overcome and his wishes radioed, he expires in the very act of witnessing the return of the King and the restoration of monarchy in England. ' Colonel Evened. his nephew, who had fought against the King, but who seems, notwithstanding, to he somewhat neutralized in his republican ardour by a passion of a different deeeription, inspired by his pretty cousin, Mistress Alice Lee, le rather an insipid cha ' ratter. lie doe. well enough for a lover, it I. true, being both hand some and brave, and thereto,w his pahliell is returned by the daughter of the staunch old Knight ; but I prejudices of the Ist tee hre opposed to the marriage until, at the request of the King, he labs down his isost"ity and cements to their union. This, which, if we except a little amour in the kitchen. constitutes the whole love.businese of tine work, assists to vary the interest and brighten the tone of a tale founded in the troubled times of the country. We cameo help thinking that the fair Mistress Alice bee would have been more interesting had she been le.s perfect. By one ekes of readers this objection will he Considered paramount; but if mo rality condescends to be indebted to works of amusement for aid, the sweet calin delineation of filial piety and maidenly decorum ex hibited to this sketch may boast a higher commendation than any that can be derived from the mere sanction of criticism. At the same time let it not be supposed that those who wish for mixed characters, of good and evil, will not find their taste sufficiently consulted in the novel nr romance of IVondslnek. To say nothing of Sir Harry Lee, who is compounded enough in all conscience, such names as those of Cromwell and the second Charles are at once a guarantee that virtue *ball not have every thing her own way. The fact is, that the female is the only individual who trans. greases the rule of human imperfection. We have one Vl'ildrake, a drunken Royalist; Tomkins, hoisted Tomkins," a hypocrite and a spy ; and several of the revolution gentry upon both sides, whose characters appear not only in the mixed uniform of nature. but freckled here anti there with many an unsightly blotch peculiar to the diseased and feverish times in which they lived. But it is impossible to take leave of this port of the subject, without notic ing that extraordinary power by which (to use a fine expression of art) this writer make his pictures " start out of the canvas." It is not merely that his characters are well drawn and ingeniously diver sified, and consistently pursued, they seem, -as it were, to live and move in his pages; their motives and actions, and conversations, are PM only probable and reasonable, but carry with them a kind of evidence o,i they are real, us if the author had turn them liv ing out of history, or flutter snatched them from the hand of na ture herself, and held them by some necromantic spell within the circle of his own animated productiotie. The plot is fabricated with the same bold and careless pen which pervades every portion of the work. It abounds with strik ing scenes, many of them wrought to the highest pitch of interest ; though we regret to say that the general effect which in Iroodstotk. as in all well-constructed edifices, whether of rusierial or intellec tual workmanship ought to impress the mind most strongly, is en feebled by the dispromtionaes intrusion of desalptions, particu lars. and details. We Ogret also to observe, that the carelessness of the style degenerates sometimes into slovenliness, though it startles us occasionally with fine combinations and glowing peg sages, which have all the appearance of accident, hut are neverthe less accidents such as happen to none but writers of the most ex alted genius. Still it is much to be regretted that the author of the fratieffy novels should have voluntarily declined the eminent sta. don hl which nature intended him among the names that live through all time. %Ye do not presume to say that he has altogether forfeited his c+Ance, though he has considerably compromised his claim upon the notice of posterity, by the haste to which he has sacrificed a desire so congenial to the great spirits of all ages. Am bition has been the cause of many a fall, but here is a writer who has fallen through the want of it. Yet let net envy rejoice, nor mediocrity plume itself upon his disaster—his fall is like that of a giant, from the highest mountain to a mountain beneath. What we have just said applies to almost all his works, not ex clusively to Wovd•tock, whisk in our judgment occupies a middle station, in point of uterit, between his earliest and latest productio, , s. But it is time that we should proceed to give some extracts. The interest of the reader is bespoke very early for the fair heroine, Alice Lee., in the hiflowirg eloquent apostrophe. " But ah. Alice Lee—so sweet, so gentle, so condescending, in thy loveliness, wily is my story to turn upon thy fallen fortune,. and why not rather to the period, when, in the very dismounting from your palfrey, you attracted as many eyes as if an angel had descended, as many blessings as if' the benignant Being had conic fraught with rood tidings? No creature wert thou of an idle ro mancer's imagination—no being fantastically bedizened with incon sistent pertectione--thy merits made me love thee well—and as for thy faults—l think they made me love thee better." But, for all this. Alice has no faults, unless, as we have already intimated, it be the fault of perfection. The following passage breathes a spirit of delicate gallantry, which reminds us strohgly of Sterne. •• The rest ai t:lc asseveration was lost in Phcene's ear, so closely did the Keeper's lips approach it ; and if they approached so very near us to touch her cheek, grief, like impatience, /lath its privileges, and poor l'hcebe had enough of serious alarm to prevent her from demurring upon sick a trifle." We select the next as one of those touches of descriptive beauty in which tit,. toithor so much excels. 31eanwille, the weather began to shew Itself as propitious to Cromwell, as he had found most incidents in the course of his career. The grey mist, which had hitherto obscured every thing, and ren. dered marching in the wood embarrassing and difficult, had now given way to the moon, which, after many efforts, at length forced lite way through the vapour, and hung her dim cresset in the hea. yens, which she enlightened us the dying lamp of an anchorite does the cell in which he reposes." One of the noblest descriptions of all is that in which the author paints the effects of Cromwell's mistake upon himself and Wild. rake, when he exposes the portrait of Charles the First instead of that of his son. The first motion of Cromwell indicated a purpose of hastily replacing the picture, and it seemed as if an effort was necessary to repress his disinclination to look upon it. But he dal repress it, and placing the picture against the wall, withdrew slowly and sternly, as it', in defiance of his own feelings, he was determined to gain a place from which to see it to advantage. It was well for Icildrake that his dangerous companion had not turned an eye on him, for las blood also kindled when he saw the portrait of his master in the hands of the chief author of his death. Being a tierce and desperate man, he commanded his passion with great difficulty, and if on its that violence he had been provided with a suitable weapon, it is possible Cromwell would never have ascended higher In his bold ascent towards supreme power." " But thin natural and sudden flash of indignation, which rushed through the veins of an ordinary man like Wildrake, was pre sently subdued when confronted with the strong yet stifled emotion displayed by so powerful a character as Cromwell. As the cavalier looked on his dark and bold countenance, agitated by inward and indescribable feelings, he found his own violence of spirit die away and lose itself in tear and wonder. So true is it that, as greater lights swallow up and extinguish the display of , those which are less, so men of great, capacious, and over-ruling mindri, bear aside and subdue, In tlviir climax of passion, the more feeble wills and passions of others as when a river joins a brook, the fiercer tor. rent shoulders aside the smaller stream." IVe shall conclude our extracts with the affecting passage which concludes the work itself. It it a description of the death of Sir Henry bee, who hail gone in extreme old age. accompanied by his family, to witness the entrance of the King into London at the liesttation. After describing the notice taken of him by his beloved master, the historian thus proceeds : •` The array moved on ; the Pound of trumpet,' and drums again rose amid the acclainstions, which had been silent while the King stopped; while the effect of the whole procession resuming its motion was so splendidly dazzling, that even /likes anxiety about her father's health was far a moment suspended, while her eye fol lowed the long line of varied brilliancy that proceeded over the heath. When she looked again at Sir Henry, she was startled to see that his cheek, which had gained some colour during his eon. versation with the King, had relapsed into earthy paleness, that Ida eyes were chised. and opened not again ; and that his futures expressed, amid their quietude, u rigidity which in not that of sleep. They ran to his assistance, but it was too late. The light that burned so low in the socket had leaped up and expired in one ex. hilirating flash." Even in there parwarea, beautiful and powerful in they are, the most negligent perusal will be su ffi cient to detect many instances of neglect but the stamp of genius rears upon them. and critics have little more to do than witness the deal, and WC it delivered into the hand, of fame. . -e.. -;: MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF MR. ALDERMAN 7710 M PEON. -- Yesterday a D , DT/TOUS and highly respectable Meeting of the I friends of Air. Aldermen Thompson was held at the Lando,' Ta vern, for the purree of securing his return to Parliament BO • %lember for the City; et the next election. At one o'clock Mr. Heel. proposed that Sir R. C. (Krim Bart. should sake the Chair, which was unanimnipsiy tomcod to. itr R. C. ii 1. 1 .131 nutted the object nt the Meeting, and said that he attended. tea merely from the 'mune be felt towards the worthy Alderman, whose morn to Parliament they were all anxious to ercure, but from hie aneviction that bin election would confer a dignity and be an I.onuur to the reprenentatitm of the City of London. (C:ern.) . He was most anxious that the City of London should hind Representatives who would be a artily to it. He win anxintis that gentlemen of educe:ice,, fortune, and inde pendence, should he chosen. Gentlemen of education, because education was incessant to enable them to meet the various eir continence% upon w:ticli they would have to exercise their judg ment--of fortune. l.ceiuse then they would never be blamed by those little meatenemes which WV apt to cling to those who are without it—and of independence of mind, because that (Wall things was most requisite to enabla a Representative to do his duty con scientiously. and for the advantage of his country. ((heat cheering.) Their Representative should hen man who would judge of a mea sure by its intrinsic merits, and not by the fact of its having origi nated with the Treasury henches, or with theOpposesinn. (Chem.) Every gentleman present was aware that Aldermen Thompson had been in Parliament for some yews. so that his public and private character were both not unknown to them. Ile was certain that if his lion. Friend were returned as their Hcpresentative, he would anxiously watch surer the commerce of the nation, and of th It col in particular : he s Auld attend to the shipping interests and to the manufactures of the counter. Having said thus much, he would leave every thing at the disported of the ,dieting. (Cheers.) Mr. _neve here rest) the two Resolutions which were to last sub mitted to the 3leeting. for which see our advertising enlonnor. Mr. A14(.71111111 LUCAS then wee to propose the first Resolu tinn. There amid be, he said, but one opinion as to the fact that the Representative of the City of London 'should not merely be intimeeely acquainted with the commercial affairs of the country, but Olaf he should Also be largely connected with the trade of hoodoo. The chatactir and conduct of Mr. Alderman Thompson were already betare them; and horn them he thought they might infer that he would he an able, worthy, and honour able Reprenentative. (Tremendous cheering.) His worthy Friend was largely interested in the trade and commerce of London, and was therefore eminently qualified to serve them in the Parliament of the nation. (Cheers.) Mt. J. CURTIS seconded the, resolution. It was, he said, indis pensable that the per.nna who should represent them should be acqtiainted with the commercial transactions of the country, per tieulaely at the present time, when such great changes - mere taking place in the legislative meastires connected with our commerce. ' The lionninable Gentleman (Alicrinen Thompson) had shown himself fully efficient in these matters. aid he hoped hot friends would not merely look to returning hien to Parliament, but to place hint at the head of the poll. (('heers.) The first resolution was then put front the Chair, and carried by acclamation, upon which 3lr. Alderman THOMPSON rose, and regretted that he did not poesem the faculty of adequately expressing the deep sense he entertained of gratitude towards his motterons, ardent, and kind frirnda, who were then so Inxiously promoting his return as a Re presentative in Parliament for the city of London. (Cheers.) The decision to which they had itist come, einanatiag from such a body, could not fail to place him in that situation to which ac looked forward as to the greatest hemmer which it was in their power to confer upon hint. (Cheers.) fle felt happy to see around him those friends who were most largely connected with the great branches of industry—with the trade, the commerce, the manufec tures, and the shipping of the metropolis; and he felt equally happy at beholding near him, upon that occasion, many of those friends who were nmocisted with him in the manngement of the Corporation of London. (Cheers.) When he reflected upon t mighty trusts reposed in the Representative for the City of London, he felt that it required transcendent talents to be enabled to main tain them as they ought to be maintained. Of such talents he possessed but a small portion, but still he appeared before them with confidence, because their support had not been obtained by any professions on his part, as to what would be his future con duct, but by a review of his pent public conduct during a period of six years, (luring which period questions of the must vital im portance had been discussed and settled. (Hear, hear, he a r.) lie honed they would give hint credit for the feelings of gratitude to which he emend it impossible to give expression. (Cheers.) lie hail only one word to nay in conclusion—there were at prevent five candidates for the representation of the Cite, one of whom most be disappointed. Ile wished to declare that he would never Reek to raise hie own pretension' by attempting to lower the pretensions of others, but that lie would fairly and honestly place himself bet re the Livery, and oppose any unjust attempt to prejudice any other candidate whatever. (Great cheering.) 31r. ATT WOOD, in rising to propose the second resolution, said. that after the manner in which the first resolution had been agreed se, there could be but one opinion as to the propriety of the second, which would pledge them to aid in securing the return of the wor thy Alderman. (Cheers.) In fact, his return was already secure. but they should exert themselves to give a manifest and signal proof of their respect, by placing him at the head of the poll. The snore overwhelming the majority by which lie wan returned, the more weight would he possess in Parliament, and of course their interest would be attended to with better effete lie had had many public occasions of meting with the worthy Alderman, and his firm belief was, that the representation of the City could not be entrusted in better or worthier hands. (Great cheering,.) 31r. Alderman St:HOLEY said that it was with inexpressible Mi. tiafaction that he seconded the motion. cominciel as he was that the knowledge of the worthy Alderman in the commerce of the country qualified him pve-eminently for the station. Mr. iisee, before the question we. put, begged to state, that many persons might be inclined to deem the worthy Alderman tardy to not having wooer called his Chminittees together, and he wished to explain the motives wbich actuated him in delaying to do 0.0. lie was aware that the election would require a great ea_ entice of the time and the attention of the gen:lca - len appointed, and therefore it was that he was willing to put it al' as long as pos. aible, in order to limit its duration at much as circumstances would permit. There were, however, twenty-eight Committees out of twenty-nine now formed, and he believed that on Monday all of them would be in a state of activity. (Hear, hear.) There was one rule which ought to actuate every gentleman present, and that was that each should imagine that the success of the worthy Alderman depended upon a single vote, and art accordingly ; and however humble might be the views of that gentleman, his friends never theless ought not to be satisfied unless they placed him at the top of the pod. Indeed he thought there was little reason to doubt such a result, when he stated that the twenty-eight Committees were composed of no less than GOO gentlemen. All that was re quired was, a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether. (Cheers.) TZte resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman Lucas was then called to the Chair, and a vote of thanks was unanimously agreed to be given to Sir R. C. Glynn, Bart,, foe his conduit in the Chair. Sir R. C. GLYNN returned thanks, and the Meeting disselved. About three weeks since, a man, with every appearance of the greatest respectability, accompanied by his wife, and having with them a carriage and three dogs, arrived in Worcester, and took lodgings in the Foregate-street for a fortnight; at the expiration of nine days, however, they decamped, leaving divers tradesmen's bills, from whom they had obtained goods, undischarged. He gave his name as Paton, and mentioned several gentlemen in the neigh hood, with whom he said he was intimately acquainted ; he appears to be about sixty years of age. They left 11'orcester in their own carriage• with post-horses, and pro ceeded to Droitwich, Alcester, &c. IVe understand they carry with them a large quantity of plate. A poor child, the daughter of a man and woman named Leathers, of Dias, was last week taken to the workhouse of that parish, in a state of emaciation, from starving and ill-treatment, inflicted by her unnatural parents, to whom ehe hail, it seems, been an object of dislike. She appeared an intelligent little girl, and though nine years of age, was found to weigh no more than :it lbs., and looked like a living skeleton. The governor and mistress of tho house are eminently distinguished for humanity and tenderness to the afflicted, and under their fostering care she has so much improved, that within nine days she gained 4 lbs. in weight, and her flesh and complexion is recovering. On the night of Wednesday week, as a young gentleman was returning to Dundee in a gig, from Cupar Angus, he was attacked, near the woods of Brewhead, by four ruf fians, who demanded his money or his life. One placed himself on each side of the gig, presenting a pistol towards his face; a third took hold of his horse ; while the other stood at some distance. The young man thus attacked, put 'one hand into Ins coat packet, as if to comply with their demand, while with the other he seized his whip, and with the end of it knocked down, first the one, and then the other, at each side of the gig; and having urged the animal for ward, he escaped, leaving the two robbers lying on the road. He had about 3201. in his pocket. Last week, J. Alcock wilfully threw him se lf I n t o a coal-pit, belonging to the Bowling Iron-works, near Brad ford, and was killed. He had been in a low desponding state for some time past. Thursday last, a barge,belonging to William Wilkes, of Gloucester, laden with bricks and timber, was lost on her passage to Slimeroad, near Chepstow. The unfortunate owner, being confined by illness, hail given directions to the crew to proceed with the vessel no farther than Gat comb, not deeming her sea-worthy. The master, however, imprudently ventured into Slimeroad, where they encoun tered a heavy gale from the N.W. which upset lvr, and in leas than five minutes after the crew had abandoned her in their boat, the decks were blown up, and she became a per fect wreck. BRITISH AND FORE IN BIBLE' SOCIETY. Yesterday the subs , :rihers and Neal% Pr this limitation hell their Annual Afeetbg at the Freemasons Tavern. Great QUM. street The Right Hon. Lord TEIGNMOUTH in the Chair; supported by the Earl of Harrowhy. Lord Calthorpe. Right Rev. the Lord P.ishop or Litchfield and Coventry, tNe Hight Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sal•shory, the Right lion. Cheriim Ate Right Hon. the Lord Mayne, Major-General Dire, bleut.-Colehol Phipps. Admiral Lord Gambier, the Raton Pelet de La Lorierti (representative of the Paris Bible Society), the Hoe. and Right Rev. G. T. Noel. Rev. Wm. Alarsh, Rev. J. Cunniuglsam, Rey. E. Irving, and several other eminent divine*. The Noble CHAIRMAN avid it gave film grey Patlifection to be hold such an amemblage arrayed m tempest of the institution. The Sotiery, In common with ()then, had met very great opposition. but he entertained no apprehensions of evil to the cause on that account; on the contrary. he wax led to antic...pate an increase of support from those tote friends who stile bad the rause of God and the interests of mankind at heart. (Hest, hear, hese. t He should now conclude by requesting the Secretary Co read the Report. The Report was of very great length, but only an abstract e' it wan presented. The finances were not so floortsning as in Aeon years, there being a oelicietcy of upwards of 10,0001. in the teseiss. as compared with those of the past year. The Right Hon. and Right Res. the Inn! El t tio of , LW" rturn and COvENTRY mo v e d th at " t h e R e p or t , an animate which bus been read, he adopted and printer!. tinder the direetiem of the Committee." The British and Poreien Bible Society *toed on the highest possible ground, a ..d wee Ent;tied to tire Mews% consideration, an it was the parent of almost e:ery other Inatituties of the kind. Lord CALTRORPE seconded the motion. The first part of hie• Lordship's remarks were delivered in so low a one that wertiottitt not catch them. We understood him to say that the detelehtlow in the funds was not to be attributed to the Society having declined Mr ptiblic estimation s bin was owing to cit?tc.tltt., which Could nether be foreseen nor controlled. rgo one who rallied the well being of society could withhold hia support from an Lamination. alit was calculated to convey such imporabt benefits (.4" .1A at lightened nations of the earth. fhe lion. and Right Rev. fl. T. No's: t. :ntrodoced the Baron Pelet de la Loxiere, as the Rerresentat.':e of the Paris Bade tiociety. The Baron de la ; d oz. I Ent, in a long and en..cgt'ic addrees, pointed out the great improvement Ilea had taken place in hie ni.'xive country since the formation of the Fitlde 8 .cietv in PA/M. A great moral change had been effected, and die Str;inn& were floe stUght for with avidity. The Right Rev. the Bi.bop of SALIMICR4 mortal a siPt• of thanks to the Right lion. Lord Teigninouth, as Preident, fee Mai lAwdslite's unremitting gtention to the interests crate Instkaltion. The l.arl of llARaortl e t - seconded the mota:n. It gave:gm great pleasure to have this opportunity of bearidg testimontns the inert?, of his No'de Friend, whose name was conspicuous f:; every work of usefulness and benevolence. • The Nout.t: CHAIRMAN acknowledged the :entesti eon erred upon him, and said that he considered his contiealiertmith this Sc., ciety as the highest honour he could have attained. He regretted' exceedingly that other pursuits called him away on'the_resent oc casion ; but he should never omit any epporturdtcre.trancint the interests of this truly excellent institution. . . E,rl tnirssoUTll having Vacated the Chair, Admiral Loa GamerEn was called thereto. _ . The Right Hon. CHARLES 011.411 r rose, amidst loud setrr. proptoie a vote of thanks to their Royal Highnesses the Days of York, Cumberland, Sussex, Cambrhitte, and Gloucester, fot their continued patronage to this institution. Fanaticism sod % lolturr had crumbled before them, and the human mind become free front those degrading fetters which had enthralled it. This great motif change was also observable at home, where education wag making. rapid strides. The tritinh and Foreign /Able Society had gone on most sUccessfully, and now stood upon OH imperishable basis ; it would rise superior to the feeble shucks of opposition, and trans mit its blessings to future generations. (Hear. hear.) The Right Hon. the Lorin MAYOR seconded the motion. Sla conceived that nothing could he mere calcutated, in a 'moral and political point of view, to ameliorate the condition of suffering humanity, thin the diffusion of religious truth. On OS principle. it there were no higher motive to induce hint, he should always be hapoyto give this Society his support, both in Wile and pr:. vate. (C heers.)) The Rev. Mr. CrNNYW6HAM, Vicar of ffirfrow-on.the-Hlll, prnrosed a vote of thanks to the Vice. Presidents of the fratitution, for their cumtinued patronage and support. Vitt Reverend Gentle. man took an elabovite view of the proceeding.; at the Society since its formation. and d eel% with particular energy on the defalcation in the income of the pant year. That he conceited was by no meant surprininv„ and did not at all discourage him. 11 was welt known that mnii? personx !lei subscribed to it frown peculiar pea. sinus anti prejudteni, rather than from principle atirt contfction. Witen those stimulants had died away, their cmotenance and sup port were withdrawn, and to this he would attribute the falling off which appeared in the Society's fond.. The loss of such friends was a Rains and should operate at an incentive to Ineteasecr exertion on the part of those who supported the institution o* the solid rood victim of it, intrinsic value. The Rev. Dr. l'n frt.' el, Secretary to the Booth African Bible Society, supported the motion. and gave a very therentlng view of the progresa of Christianity in culotte pare of Southern Africa. A vote of thanks being moved and seconded to the Treasurer and Secretaries for their services, Jon x THOR aToN. En 9., rerlietl. lie said, that, as Treasurer to the Society, it became his duty to explain the way in which the lest year's defalcation had arisen. The income tmd been 02.0001., and although this was so much lens than that of the previous year, yet it did not wholly proceed from a diminution In theimbscription. In consequence of the privilege-whith the King's printer in Scot. lamt had obtained, to circulate the English eMtion of the Bible, a pensihte decream- of sale had occurred. The legacies had also been shout :LOW less the peat year than , !rey were in the former, so that the defalcation did not exceed 3,000/. in the regular income. (Hear, hear, hejm) The Rev. , Mr. Er.Lis. 3fissionary from the Sandwich islands, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Auxiliary Societies, related some interesting nnectiotes respecting the state of society in those islands. The Rev. Gentleman also read two letters, one from Poki and another from Madame Poki, entreating him to come and corn. plete their ingtruction in the pri lyres of the Christian religion,, which i.is fla itannic Majesty had aintioni.hed them to embrace. Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, and the Meeting broke up. StcooriNa.—The Greyhound Revenue cutter, Lieut. William, commander, whilst cruising near the Dudgeon Light, fell in with, captured, and took into Gritnsby, a tine three-masted lugger, with a cargo consisting of about 700 tubs of gin, brandy, spirits, tobacco, &c. There were only ten men on board the lugger at the time of the cap. ture, the remainder of the crew having eseaped in the boat. We are afraid that d demoralizing process is at present going on at Pontefract, in anticipation of the approaching contested Election for that borough. Not only numbers of the free and independent electors themselves, but many of their wives and children, sre contracting inveterate habits of dissipation, at the cost of the candidates, some of whom give almost nightly entertainments and it is no uncommon thing, indeed it is an affair of daily occurrence, to find decent-looking women begging; of the agents, tickets to obtain bottles of spirits at te public-houses, for the purpose of drinking at their own fire-sides, with the wives of their neighbours. It is expected that the contest, if carried on in the same spirit as at present, will cost each of the candidates 8,000/. at least. Owing to the skill of Mr. Houldaworth's agents, he has become quite the po pular candidate—his election is now considered certain, and the event of the contest will lie between Mr. Hardy and Mr. Starkie. Last Monday evening, there was a tee drinking and ball at the Star, given to Mr. Houldsworth's friends, at which about 160 persons, male and female, a;- tended, and kept up the festivity till nearly daylight on the following morning.—Leeds Puper. _ _ In clearing away some rubbish from beneath the shop floor of 111 r. Stephenson, grocer, klarket.pbsee, Reverie', en Tues.. day week, the workmen turned up six rose nobles, of Edward 111. in a perfect state of preservation. They had evidently been placed where found some years ago. not appearing to lure suffered in the least front circulation. The impression on the coin represents is figure of that monarch embarked in a ship of that period, with Edwar D. Ora. Rex, Angl. Z. Franc _ SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—An hosthr at one of the inns in Leeds, while engaged in exercising a hone, rode into Dowman-lane, for the purpose of calling on sonic person who dwelt there. Having occasion to alight, ht entrusted the animal so a lad, who had nn sooner mounted, than, in the height of his grati fication, he set him off at a rapid pace, which soon increased to the greatest speed. insomuch that the horse, instead of making tre turn at the top of the lane, dashed straight forward, forcing his head through the window of the opposite shop, in possession of 31r. Coultate, the currier, and sending the lad to take his station very comfortably on the counter, upon which Mr. C. was at that moment usefully engaged in cutting leather. The wonder is, how the lad escaped without hurt or injury, as not the slightest scratch is discernible on his person. Ott Monday week, at Bawtry, an interesting little boy, about four years of age, named Wm. Lane, was observed running up Wharf -street, enveloped in thmes. Mr. Broughton, whose house the child passed, humanely ran out, and with the greatest presence of mind pulled off his coat, and wrapped it around the child, thus extinguishing the flames, and then took the little suf ferer into the nearest house, a ladies' seminary, where surgical as.. nistance was immediately obtained ; but notwithstanding these ae tive exertions, we regret to say that the little sufferer expired on the following morning. It appeared from the statement given before the Coroneron Wednesday that the chill was left for a few minutes, during which time its clothes, that were entirely ut cotton, aceiden tally took tire. Such occurrences so often happen, that it is not likely any timing we can say will make the careless more careful respecting the leaving infants alone, where they can have access to an open tare; but we do not hesitate to say, that it children were more frequently dressed In stuff or cloth frocks, such accidents would nut so often happen, and would seldom be fatal. In every instance of severe burning which we recollect to have occurred to young children, they hove been clothed in cotton. ..I=l ..+llll.ll