The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-17 00:00:00

SHIPp Ii k tG r iNTELLIGENCE.--(THIS . DAY.) FR OM L L YD' S. DEAL, Nov. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Oc tavio, Athers, from Antwerp. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Wanderer transport, from Bermuda. Off port the Robert, Witton, for New York. PLvuount, Nov. 15.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Cato, Moon, from Quebec ; and Restitution, - Moon, from St. John's, N.B. Sailed the . Brito mart transp ort , for Barbadoes. , LIVERPOOL, Nov. 14.--Arrived the Richard, Williams, from Demerara ; Economy, Williams, from Genoa ; Fame, —, from Salor; iuid Sonia, Legget, from Mirarniehi. BRISTOL, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Leander, Rob son, from Leghorn. The Industry, Booth, from Grimsby to London, was‘lriven on shore yesterday morning near Eales. The Britannia, Bruce, from Sunderland to Frazer burgh, and Swan, Beazey, from Sunderland to • Buckie, were totally wrecked on Thursday night near Peterhead. ' CLYDE, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Aris, Murray, Irwin Oporto ; and the Jasper, M'Nairn, from Li.bon. BELFAST, Nov. 14.—Arrived the Heroine, Van. dyke, from Virginia. TOPSHAM, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Auspicious, Scaleby, fiom Quebec. DUNDEE, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Aimwell, Mor .. rison, froM New Liverpool ; the David, Fyfe, and Hero, Nene, from Riga ; the Addison —, from Pillau ; and the Mary, Ireland, from Memel. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—The Richard, Williams, arrived from Demerara, experienced on the 24th Ult, in lat. 36., long. 44. a heavy gale of wind, which lasted for four days ; it commenced at the N.N.E. and veered round the compass. CRONSTADT, OCT. 30..—A great deal of ice has made its appearance in the Mole, and its strength is such as to be with difficulty broken by the oar. R ESPITE FOR THE DONERAILE CON SPIRATORS. On Thursday evening a respite arrived in this c itY, CO stay th e e xecution to th e sth December— or, Shine, 1?oclie, and Magrath—who were to have II forfeited their lives this day. The Administration of public justice is a matter of so delicate a nature in itself, and is so intimately and essentially corn- Pounded with the very existence of social life, that we approach any question which may be raised, as to particular instances and examples of it, with the greatest reluctance. There are various things in termingled with the fundamental interests of com munities, which will bear rough handling, without • injury; where error can do but little mischief, and Passion is met with passion, and prejudice with pre judice ; and on whichever side the balance may be, the injury can be only transient, and the good will vouch for and recommend itself. But it is not so "en men tamper with the administration of justice to carry a point—when passions are appealed to, and sympathies enlisted on the side of parties—and when a cry is raised and spread through the land, which at Me moment the Executive might not be able to 'distinguish, from the hottest working of public opi- Ili ". By being reserved, we cannot do any harm— we have no imperative duty pressing us forward to assert any opinion upon the one side or other ;—in whatever depends upon the wisdom of the Govern . erit, those who are entrusted with the Administra . t ; l3° of it, must be responsible. We are only desi _doeuasthtafr such t o ourforbearance to argue a question of we are as yet to assume it is—on one • side and clemency upon another, be not imputed N any participation in those opinions which have been intruded on the Government. The Member for Clare has presumed to thrust his advice upon the Lord Lieutenant, and in opposition to more authentic, as well us more immaculate admo tition—there is no place protected against this matt's intrusion and presumption—he is really become a • , national nuisance.—Cork Constitution. j . FRENCH NAVY. (IFF ICIAL ACCOUNT of the PRESENT STATE . . :. . of the FRENCH NAVY. No. of Vessels Vessels which afloat Jan. 1, will be building • 1829. Jan. 1, 1830. Ships of the Line Frigates 4l Corvettes Brigs, from 20 to 16 guns 25 Corvette Avisos of IS guns •••• S . . Brig Avisos of 14 guns Schooner Brigs of 16 gun 5...... 15 Smaller Brigs 2 Cannonieres (gun boats) Brigs... 6 Schooneers 34 Cutters, Lugeers, Avisos • llotilla Vessels S tearn Ves9eli Corvette Store Vessels Gaharre store Vessels Tr/import% 4 Yacht s Total 279 73 Three vessels, one of which is a corvette, have been f und sufficient for the protection of the fishery on the ' 4 nics of Newf oun dl an d, in whi c h fr om 250 t o 300 ves le Is are employed every year. The West India station has 14 head- quarters at Poi t Royal. It is charged with the I "pecti on o f t h e coasts o f C entra l A mer i ca , o f t h ose o f Elkmbia, and the numerous Swedish, Danish, and Dutch f 7 an d", in the waters of which piracy goes on with in . ea skng audacity. Four vessels are employed in hydro bra•Phic surveys on the coast of France and other parts of • . • the globe.• There are three steam-boats at Toulon, at l fthefo r t, an d at B rest , an d one at R ouen . Th ey are ke pt ready for whatever service they may be required for. The cruisers in the colonies are employed to put down -14111 ggling and the slave trade. .A FAMILY CONNEXION.—A gentleman of ",- al acqueintaive, while occupied in examining the sculp ,, ' tures over. the burying-place of a noble family, observed a . Person of the. lower class sidling up to him with an air of Inuch importance. My friend thereupon, without seem ., - to g to withdraw his attention from the insignia of the . - illustrious dead, devoted part of it, nevertheless, in side vat the stranger, wh ), after a preliminary cough, i . 11424 eleion of hisbody so far beyond its previous heieht, . Itit one might have fancied it composed of India rubber, 1 . Ins delivered himself:—" I was connected, Sir, with that . 1111 „ i1 Y" " Indeed !" said my friend, not a little surprised ''' •Z: the shabby appearance of this scion of nobility ; " how Ore you connec t e d w i t h i t ?" f' I n th e s h oema k er li ne , Aberdeen Observer. I , n the ear ly p art o f J u ly l as t, w h en 'th e wea ther was at its most inclement state, two boys, named 13 " t, the sons of a labouring man of South Zeal, one aged 13, and the other only six, were sent with a donkey to a Part of Dartmoor, to gather heath. After they bad e4 ecuted the mission, one of those tempests which so fee- I l ue ntly sweep over th a t d es ol a t e pl a i n t oo k pl ace , a nd no doubt hastened their return. It seems that the elder lad s ent hi s b rot h er to fetch a bun dl e o f heath, w hi c h had been bo un d up f or t h e purpose, a s h ort di stance f rom 1 " ; he co n ti nue d hi s wa y s l ow ly h ome , accoun ti ng f or is h rot h er ' s not overtaking him by the supposition that he 1 ' 44 passed hi m uno b serve d, and had reached home be fore him. When, however, he got to his father's cottage, e found that nothing had been seen of him, and it was ezent that the poor little boy had lost himself upon „:" ell to sea r Plain s . Upwards of no t l raceo pers of ons him immediately u ch, b co , e ;e 1 ," 1 , although `"Y three months. Alsout three weeks since, 1 1 7, 1 :" n n i t Was generally believed that the little fellow had ~ washtd away by the floods, a shepherd passing across Ilinlietrtn""' nor more than a quarter of a mile from the spot . e the cl-ild • s first missed, discovered a leather cap, and Up o n 77 Via ~. . . • . to tie searching further, the girth that had been used abou ie the heath, and 'the thigh bone apparently of a child ;{ i h i, ii , x t es t t h the i wetness years'of age. There were no other remains; etness of the season, and the immense number of . .•a_ Simon and birds of prey abounding on these desolate and :,,,, ,es . t intermi na bl e moors, ren d ere d i t too cer t a i n th a t th e at...,nild had bee n torn p i ecemea l b y th em , a n d th a t his a )Otlaes, tyliieta must have become' rotten, were dragged 1 . 4 ~. way with th e h uma n fiesh attache d to them. It is the 1, 1 43 / 4 tl 7t ?irion of th ose who went in search of hi m, t h at neither 'T0..., : " Poor child nor any human being lost upon Dartmoor, and scantily cloth e d as h e was, cou ld h ave li ve d th roug h a night so dreadfully tempestuous.---,Exeter Paper. MUSIC. SIX ANTHEMS, adopted I'm. the WORKS of HAYDN, 140VELLO, WEBBE, sen, &c., and a MORNING and EVENING SERVICE, composed by the late Wm. RUSSELL, Mu% Hae. Oxen. The whole arranged by Wm. PATTEN. It has been said, and certainly not without reason, that we are not a musical people. And why is this ? Are we so very differently con stituted from other nations as to render it i►n possible for us to be so ? We think not. Again, then it is asked, " Why is this ?" We are afraid we must reply—from the all overpowering principle of self-interest, that desire of gain which absorbs all those finer feelings which are neces sary for the production in the first instance, and for the due enjoyment in the second, of real classical music. To what else can we attribute it that such men as MesSrs. Clementi and .J. B. Cramer, the very pillars of the profession, have so far descended from their high station as to become music-sellers and composers of trashy quadrilles, &c. but that it brings more money ? To what else is it to be attributed not only that all speculations for the improvement of the art, more or less fail, but that nothing is to be got by supporting them ? Were there any mode by which the public generally could be made to feel that they had an interest (Anglice , gain !) in the advancement of the art, they would (how ever little they might in the first instance be able to appreciate it) patronize liberally, and then . artists would feel that they also had an interest (gain) in it ; they would continue to write classi cal music, the public . taste would be improved, and thus reciprocal benefit would be derived from it. As it is at present a first-rate professor composes an opera or other work of sterling merit,—its worth is acknowledged and talked of, but when published (a . select few excepted) there are no purchasers, it consequently languishes, and in a short period dies. A bungling pretender vamps a vulgar melody, gets some fashionable female to sing it (upon payment of 201.! !), and it be comes the rage and fashion of the day, is seen and heard every where, even those whose better sense would lead them to reject it being carried away by the torrent, and thus the national taste is formed and nurtured. We have been led into these reflections by observing how few original compositions for the church or the chamber there are in comparison to arrangements. This again is solely owing to the above-mentioned (money-getting) cause, which prevents the mind from being in that clear unoccupied state necessary for invention, (to say nothing of want of time) but which does not pre vent it from sticking together in a variety of shapes the inventions of others. Have we not such names as Attwood, Crotch, Novello, Wes ley, and a variety of others, and will it be said that they cannot write ? Yet how few, compa ratively speaking, are their original compositions, while of arrangements we have abundance. There must be something wrong, something " rotten in the state of Denmark ;" as if arrange ments will pay, surely as good original composi tions would. Be this as it may, the fact at pre sent is as we state it. Mr. Patten's selection is good. Indeed, with such a fund as Mr. Novello's stores to select from, it could not be otherwise. There are three anthems selected from V. Novello, one from Haydn, one from Webb and Dr. Cooke, and one from Leal Moreira, all of them excel lent. The opening one " Praise the Lord," for four voices, is one of the best, but we give the preference to the second, " Lord we pray thee," arranged from Haydn. In this Mr. Patten ap pears not to have been so attentive as i❑ the others, there being one or two errors of the press, and a positive fault in the harmony of the ac companiment to bar 7, page 7, at the word " follow," where, instead of the mine being, as in each of the other three instances, accompanied by a 6-5 3, it has a common chord upon the bass note following in diatonic succession a com mon chord upon the preceding bass note, thus making consecutive fifths and octaves, an error which the youngest tyro in harmony would have avoided. It is true the C following the Bin the bass does not rise with the treble (it falls to the octave below), but Mr. Patten must or should be aware that a juggle of that sort to cheqt the eye does not make any alteration in the sense. All the others are compositions of merit, particularly the Amen chorus from Dr. Cooke (No. 3), and Hallelujah chorus (No. 4) from Novello. No. 6, " Rejoice in the Lord," is also a sweetly flowing melody, and sings well. The effect of the transition at bar 5, page 28, on the words " He loveth righteousness," is ex cellent. It is followed by a spirited Hallelujah chorus, which winds up and concludes the whole with effect. The Morning and Evening Ser 'vices by the late Mr. Russell, though good, are, we think, hardly worthy of his great reputation. The double chaunts which close the volume are useful, but have nothing particular in them. Upon the whole, great praise is due to Mr. Patten, for the taste and judgment evinced in the adaption of the words, and (with the above exception) for the correct and handsome manner in which the work is brought out. We can safely recommend them to all lovers of cathedral music. A potato plant was taken up a few days ago by Mr. HENRY PIPER, of Harrington, and the almost in credible number of 166 potatoes were found at its roof ! UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENT BY ROBERT BURNS.—About sixteen years ago there resided at Mauch line a Mr. ROBERT MORRISON, cabinet-maker. He was a great crony of BurtNs, anti it was in Mr. 11loanisoN's house that the poet usually spent the " mitis o' the day" on Sunday. It was in this house also that he wrote his celebrated Address to a Haggis, after partaking liberally of that dish, as prepared by Mrs. MORRISON. There has lately been put into our hands a detached vetse, written by Buasts, and presented by him to Mr, or Mrs. MoamsoN. It was much prized by them as a relic of the bard, and is certainly curious, as it seems to be a fragment of a poem which be never gave to the world, on the interesting sub ject of-his Highland MARY. It is in a different measure from his only two compositions addressed to her, and therefore cannot have been meant as an addition either to " Ye banks and braes and streams around!" or to the lines beginning, "0, Mary, dear departed shade !" The verse is as follows, and the reader may rely on its authenticity : No more by the banks of the stre;unlet we'll wander, And smile on the moon's dimpled face on the wave, No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her, For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on.her grave!" Etlin. Lit,Journal, FASHIONABLE INTET,bIeNCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Somerset, at his house in Pat k.lane, from I,i s seat in Devonshire; the Marquis of LansdoWile, at Lausdowne House, Berkeley-square, from his seat,. Bowood Park, Wilts ; Lord and Lady Brudenell, at their house in Hereford-street, from Dublin ; the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, in Ireland, from a tour; Lord Althorp, at his seat, Wiseton Hall, Eawt r y, Yorkshire, from Mr. Coke'„ se a t in Noriiilk ; Mr. and Mrs. Mor land and Mr, Henry Minimal, at liawLins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, front Kent ; Captain Sandys, at ditto, from Lancashire; Mr. and Miss Kirwen, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Sir Archbold Christie, Bart. at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, from Chatham ; Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, at S 3 mmons's Hotel (late Jordan's',, St. James's-street, from Brighton; Col. Weston, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, at ditto, from their seat, near Seven Oaks, Kent ; Captain and Mrs. Green, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham ; Captain, Mrs. and Miss Griffiths, at their house in Welbeck. street, from Cheltenham. DEPA RTURES. The fluke of Rutland, for Belvoir Castle; the Duke of Man chester, for Kimbolton Castle ; Lady Stuart de Ilothsay, from the Earl of flardwicke's, St. James's-square, for Paris ; Lady Julia Howard, from Park-street, Grosvenor-square; lor the Priory, Hefts; the Earl and Countess of Bradford, from Shropshire, for their seat, Castle Bromage, Birmingham; the Earl of Ashbuni ham, at Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in Sus sex ; J. Calvert, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Calvert, from their seat in Hertfordshire, for Mrs. Kemp's scat in Surrey ; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, from Arlington-street, for Hatfield ; Lady Charles Fitzroy, from Piccadilly, for Lancashire ; Mr. and the Misses Scruton, from Hawkins's Hotel, • Dover and Albe marle-streets, for Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Shotten, from ditto, tin Liverpool. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST, ROSSLYN, and MixrtuEEN, Viscount MEL VILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. HERI:IES, and Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD. . The LORD CHANCELLOR joined his col leagnes about half an hour after they had asseinlile(l. The Council sat in deliberation about two hours and a half. M. MANUEL DE GOROSTIZO, the new Mexi can Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office with the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Noble Ear!, after the interview, visited the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England attended yesterday at the Treasury, and had a conference with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Viscount MELVILLE and Mr. Secretary PEEL visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday. A deputation of coal-merchants, headed by Mr. HORNE, had a long conference yesterday morning with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER at the Treasury. The rectory of Oldham, and rectoral tithes of 6,000 acres thereto belonging, late the property of N. Nicnom.s, Esq., deceased, were consigned to the hammer on the 3,1 inst., and were purchased by the Rev. JoHN Oane, Rector of Winslade, for the sum of 15,000/.- The EXIT. CHARLES MACKERETH has been instituted, by his Grace the Archbishop of YORK, to the Vicarage of Alidd!eton, on the joint presentation of the Venerable Archdeacon WRANGHAM, the Rev. ARTHUR CAYLEY, and Dr. Taros. SMITH ; and also to the perpe tual Curacy of Old Ryland, on the presentation of GEORGE WomnwELL, Esq., of Newburgh Park, both vacant by the death of his father, the Rev. MICHAEL MAcxEurrn, of Thornton. We grieve to observe, from unquestionable authority, that an order has arrived from Windsor, not only to suspend the preparations at the Pavilion for the KING'S reception, but to proceed in putting the Palace back into the same order in which it is usually kept in the SOVE REIGN'S absence, as his MAJESTY'S Visit to Brighton has been postponed to au unlimited period. —Brighton Journal His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, on his return to his seat at Avington, was waited upon by a deputation of the Corporation of Winchester; a compliment which his Grace returned by visiting the Mayor and Alder men the next day, accompanied by the Marquis of CII.LNDOS. The Earl and Countess of LONSDALE, ac companied by Miss THosirsoii and the Hon. G. O'CAL LAGHAN, arrival at White:given Castle on the evening of Tuesday week, and left for Lowther again on Saturday morning. The son and heir or EDWARD STANLEY, Esq., of Ponsonby Hall, near Whitehaven, was christened on Thursday last. The sponsors were the Right Hon. the Earl of LONSDALE, the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop of Duarrior, and Lady BECKWITH. The distinguished vi siters, atnoragst whom were the Earl and Countess of LONS DALE, the Lord Bishop of DURHAM and his Lady, Miss THOMPSON, the Hon. G. O'CALLAGMAN, &c., amounting to nearly twenty, afterwards sat down to a sumptuous din ner, consisting ofevery delicacy which the season afforded. Drury-lane is said to have taken its name from Drury House, an edifice at the west end of Wych-street, built by Sir WILLIAM DRUB}, a celebrated military officer in the time of Queen ELIZABETH ; the Olympic Theatre now stands on its site. Black-eyed Susan has proved nearly as pro ductive to the Brighton manager as to ELLISTON at the Surrcy. RUSSELL is said to have made a great hit in William, and the tar-like fortitude, disdaining "all snivel," with which he meets his approaching death, is so happily depicted as to elicit the highest encomiums of the Brighton critics. The piece has attracted crowded houses for the last fortnight, and will, no doubt, enable the mamiger, to use a nautical phrase, " to pull up with a wet sail." Mr. YOUNG, the tragedian, who married the amiable Miss GRIMANI (long the principal actress on the Liverpool stage), had by this lady an only son, to whom he has given a medical education in the best schools both in this country and on the Continent. This gentleman in tends to practise as a surgeon. The father and the brother of the actor acquired both fame and profit in the city by a similar pursuit. We very reluctantly give credit to the report that a comic actor, at Covent garden Theatre, an old favourite of the public, who by means of a large salary, coupled with a life of prudence, has become an independent gentleman, is the only individual connected with that establishment who has positively refused to unite with his fellow-labourers in their endeavours to keep afloat the theatrical vessel, by depositing with the Treasurer a cer tain portion of their weekly incomes, to be converted to the use of the Theatre in case of need ; and, on the contrary. to he paid to them at the end of the season. This veteran comedim, it is said, insists upon the " pound of flesh, the whole penalty of his,bond."—Morning Paper. Immediately on its being known in the me tropolis that KEAN, the actor, on his way from his cottage in the Isle of Bute, to fulfil his gratuitous offer of per forming a certain number of nights in aid of Covent garden Theatre, hail sojourned on the road to play at Derby, a messenger was despatched froM the rival house, with liberal offers for an engagement. We have heard the result ; but We believe CHARLES KEMBLE is in possession of a letter written by Mr. KEAN, after he had abruptly quitted the theatre last year, in which be pledges himself to finish his engagement at Covent-garden previously to his acting elsewhere in London.—Morniny Paper. The greatest secrecy is observed by the grand Curators of the two Christmas Pantomimes at the winter Theatres, lest one party should purloin any portion of the plot, incidents, tricks, or scenery from the other. Ihe painting-rooms and the mechanists' apartments are each hermetically sealed from all intruders. Rumour speaks highly in favour both the Pantomimes—the magic pencil of STANFIELD at one house, and the accurate and interesting scenery of the GRIEVESES at the other, even without the aid of FARLEY and BARRYMORE, their usual foster-fathers, give strung indications of success. On one occasion, when Mr. MACREADY was playing in the provinces, BILLY I..AseEr.Lis acted one of the subordinate characters to his Richard: The tra gedian having given offence, no doubt unintentionally, to LAscm.r.ss, the latter determined on a bit of waggery in revenge. Having to deliver the words— " My lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken." To which Richard has to reply -46 Off with his head."— BILLY altered the text a little, saying— .. My Lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken, and we have cut his head off;" Entirely precluding the possibility of reply, to the no small discomfiture of Mr. MACREADY. The suburbS of the metropolis are beginning to experience more than ever the consequences of the approach of winter, and perhaps the effects of additional vigilance in the Westminster police. Within one wtek five robberies a►e stated to have taken place in the han►let of Hammersmith, and three at the North End. Thong! , there is double watch at Cannltn Town (i. e., watchmen from five till twelve, and flout twelve till dayiight), both houses and individuals in that district meet with awkward and almost nightly encroac!Unents and interruptions. ST, i.7;\70 INTELLIGENCE. "'be the acids yesterday at the efo,e ef t!ie ft0t3.1., : - I)? . to I a; , .:st Sir Allt;, The llo:nmer to I ;,g-t Mr R•tre', r 11 to I .:gs: M rh Wood's I to I apt Lord Exetei'. Alahooopi IS to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's \Vat Tyler IS to 1 agst Lord Se!ton's Sall colt IS to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 20 to I agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to I agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 25 to I agst Lord Sefton's Mouelle 25 to 1 agst Lord Selton's Captain Arthur 25 to I agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover 25 to I agst Mr. Roberts's Sister to Sailor 30 to I agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt 0 XKS. 7 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Manche 10 to I agst Mr. Stonehe.ver's Leeway filly 14 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma 16 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Amnia. 16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filigree f. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Alaberley's Nina filly ST. LEGER. 9 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Bud 13 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunsn icker 16 to 1 agst Duke of Leeds's Lady Mow ray 16 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's St. Nicholas 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Reginald 25 to 8 agst Mr. Petre's Laura. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. The H. H., on Tuesday, at Hinton; Thursday, at Nutley Church; and Saturday, at Chawton-house—at Ten. The Darord Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Lithurn ; and Friday at Akeld—at Nine. York City Minim, on Friday, at Acriter—at Half p..st Ten. The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Rocker Hill —at Half-past Ten. The Morpeth Harriers, on Thursday, at Horton Grange, and Saturday, at Cottingwood—at Ten. The Ridgmont Harriers, on Thursday, at Green Blrn gate ; and Saturday, at Shaw Place. Sir T. Sykes's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Lobster House; and Friday, at Rudston—at Ten. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Pickhill ; Friday, at Snaps ; and Saturday, at Brough —at Eleven. The York and Ainsty Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Red House ; and Saturday, at Whixley —at Half-past Ten. The Holderness Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Was,; and Saturday, at Walkington—at Eleven. The Lanobton Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Little Stainton ; and Saturday, at Fishhurn—at Eleven. The Cleveland Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Dale House—at Ten. The Hurworth Fox I(ound3, on Fsiday, at Neasham —at Ten. The Sinnington Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Rical Bridge—at Nine. The .Sorthumberland Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Six Mle-bridge, on the Morpeth-road ; and Friday, at Bolarn —at Ten. The Haydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Alton Side Banks ; and S iturday, at West Banks—at Nine. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Saturday, at Corfe Hills. Mr. Allen's Hounds, on Monday, at Gavton ; and Fri day, Snettisbam Red Barn—at Eleven. Mr. Foijambe's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Clayworth ; Tuesday, at the Jockey House ; Wednesday, at Connisbro' ; and Friday, at Grove•—at Half-past Ten. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Monday, at Swallowfielfl place ; Tuesday, at De la Bere ; Wednesday, at Buckle bury; and Friday, at Burderop—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Shave's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Coleshill Hall; and Friday, at Fisher's Mill—at Half-past Ten. Lord Kintore's Hounds, on Monday, at Bradley Farm ; Wednesday, at Uffington Wood; and Friday, at Burderop Park. The Warwickshire Hound's, on Monday, at Oakley Wood; Tuesday, at Wolford Wood ; Thursday, at Bishops Itchington ; and Saturday, at Upton House—at Half-past Ten. . Mr. A. Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Everley; Wed nesday, at Woodhouse; and Friday, at Shoddesden-gate —at Eleven. The Vine Hounds, on Wednesday, at Ashe Warren Farm ; and Saturday, at Brarnley—at Ten. The Ha►nbledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at West End Telegraph; and Friday, at Westaneon Hut—at Half-past Ten. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Maiden head Thicket ; and Friday, at Longford—at Half-past Ten. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at 3linal Borders; Wednesday, at Welford House ; Friday, at Adbury Lodge ; and Saturday, at Rockley—at Half-past Ten. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Spacey tense; Wednesday, at Wothersoine ; and Friday, at Newton—at Ten. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Bads worth ; Thursday, at Cudworth Village ; and Saturday, at Nostell Park—at Ten. The Duke of Rutland's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Her ring's Lodge; Wednesday, at Croxton Park; Friday, at Weaver's Lodge; and Saturday, at Belvoir—at Half-past Ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Corby Toll bar ; Tuesday, at Owston Wood ; and Thursday, at Carihy Windmill—at a Quarter before Eleven. Earl Fitzwilliant's Ilounds, on Monday, at Sawtty Gorse; Wednesday, at Hunt's Closes ; and Thursday, at Helby Wood—at Ten. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Gautby Ilouse ; Tuesday, at Branston Wood ; Wednesday, Wince by Village; Thursday, at Kettlethorpe ; Friday, at Clay Bridge; and Saturday, at Brant Broughton—at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Scau•by House; Tuesday, at Roxton Wood; Friday, at Elkington Cow Pasture; and Saturday, at Kettle by Thorpe—at Eleven. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Newthn ber ; Thursday; at Plumpton Plain; and Saturday, at Jevington—at a Quarter to Eleven. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on 'Monday, at Newmarket- Hill Wednesday, at Ashrombe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telscombe Tye—at Half past 'fen. Mr. Jolliffe's Hounds, on Monday, at Box Hill ; Wed nesday, at Horse Hills; and Saturday, at Windmill Wal ton—at Eleven. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hamsey Green ; Thursday, at the Pose and Crown ; and Saturday ; at Limpsfield---at Half-past Ten. The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on llonday, at Haidwicke Arms ; and Friday, at Tadlow—at Half-past Ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on INlondiiy, .at Furneaux Pelham ; Wednesday, at 13lakes Ware; and Saturday, at Capons—at Huff-prst Ten. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Melbourn Hyde ; and Thursday, at the Red Lion, Reed Hill—at Haif past Ten. The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Green's Mill; and Friday, at Mill Field. Sir Richard Pulleston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at cio verley ; and Friday, at Crewe. green—at Eleven. The Cheshire Hounds, Monday, at Sandiway Head ; Wednesday, at Henhury Lodge; Thursday, at Withing ton ; and Saturday, at Weaver•hall—at Half-past Ten. The Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Onslow ; Wednesday, at Halston ; Friday, at Cross Houses ; and Saturday, at Shawbury White Gates—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Patshull Park gate ; and Wednesday, at Brineton—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Wicksted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Aqualate ; Thursday, at Swinnertun ; and Saturday, at Butterton— at Half-past Ten. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Upton Snodsbury Village ; and Friday, at Goose-hill—at Half past Ten. Mr. Horloek's Hounds, on Wednesday, at the George Inn, Sandy-line; and Friday, at Hunter's Hall, Cold borne—at Eleven. Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds, to Monday, at Misterton ; Tuesday, at Thornhy ; Thnrsday, at Du•itor. ; and Friday, at Sulby Abbey.--tit Half-past Ten. _ _ • _ The . Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Monday, at Greens norton ; Wednesday, at Drayttn Cross-road ; and Satur day, at Castle Thorpe—at Half-past Ten. The Blackmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, on Stock House ; and Friday, at Milburn Slaits. The Kempstone Hounds, on Monday, at Harpley Mill ; Wednesday, at Mr. Wright's, Rougham ; and Friday, at Newton George—at Eleven. Mr.. 11. Villebois's Harriers, on Tut say, at Northwold Mills; Thursday, at Barton ; and Saturday, at Swan= Race Course—at Eleven. Mr. lierkeley's Hounds, en Monday, at Twin Wood ; Wedneiday, at Clifton Spinneys ; Friday, at Melchbotun House; and Saturday, at Odell Castle—at Half-past Ten. THE ARMY. COURT-MARTIAL. A C curt Martial haii been urd,i•ed to assemble in the R uya i w reiw k,- ; (i f c o , trial of a deserter. ,jor Clark. of t:.e 7th Drago,)o Gu:irds, President, with , e v e - 1 011io,rs of the some Coin,. zn i Captain Studholme I locig,) antl Lieut. C. Pook of the :ilttli Regiment (from Harwich) as members. INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF THE 4TH, Oa ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS. . The Court of Inquiry' appointed to investigate the books and records of the Reg;ments in the Northern District, con sisting of Major-General Sir W. Buureiie, K.C.B , Lieu tenant. Colonel Ramsay, Lieutenant-Colonel Thorn, and Mr. Anderson, of the War-office, have been actively engaged in the barracks during the last few days in the examination of the I oohs of the 4th Dragoon Gmramak The result of this investigation has been most satisficrory, and reflects ;l i e greatest credit on Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, as well as on all the Officers of the Regiment. On Friday the Ma General inspected the barrack-rooms, stables, messes, and school; and on Saturday the Regiment, in review order, when he was pleased to express himself perfectly satisfied with the movements of the Regiment. The Major-General and Lady Bouverie honoured the riding-school with their presence, and afterwards partook of a luncheon in the mness room. The General also dined with time Officers, on which occasion several gentlemen were invited to meet him. Yorksh ire Gazette. Detachments belonging to the 10th, 12th, and 77th Re giments of Foot, are on their march from London to Bristol, t, join their respective corps in Ireland. Mr. Baron BOL LAND owes his elevation, it is *aid, principally to the long and intimate friendship which he enjoyed, when at the bar, with the Loan CHANCELLOR. It is stated that Mr. BRUNIMEL has obtained, through the highest influence, the appointment of British Consul at Ostend. • The two present Sheriffs of London are said to be the wealthiest individuals who have undertaken the office for many years. When the surgeons of Tripoli take off a limb, the stump is dipped into a bowl of hot pitch, which ~ettlrs the bleeding without the trouble of tying up of the arteries. On Wednesday an old man named CHARLES RIGLEY, upwards of 100 years of age, appeared before the Magistrates at Liverpool to prove his settlement on that parish. The passengers of one of the steamers, in crossing from Calais to Dover, last week, had a sight of a large whale, at no great distance frota the vessel, at one time spouting the water in the air, at another showing his back along the surface of the water. A few days since a boy of tender years, the son of a respectable inhabitant of Ashton, died from infla►n !nation occasioned by ardent spirits. It seems that a quan tity of rum in a bottle had been left on the table, and the foolish child, on perceiving it, took advantage of the ab sence of the rest of the family, and drank a great part of it. The consequences were unhappily such as we have men tioned. A few days since a horse belonging to Mr. WING, common carrier, of Chailey, Sussex, died in great agony, after two days suffering, from some hidden cause, the carcass was, therefore, opened by Mr. NEWTON, far rier, who discovered, lodged in the rectum, a concre tion, nearly globular, and of rough exterior, apparently composed of sandy earth, intewixed with 112 . rt hair. It measures in circumference thirteen inchfig, weighing seventeen ounces, and must have been the source of great torture to the poor animal. In consequence of the swelling of the river Findhorn, the Duke of Gordon coach did not pass through Eight yesterday until a quarter past two o'clock, P.M. This river often swells to a prodigious height when other rivers are in their usual state—a circumstance which may be accounted for from the fact, that a great proportion of its course is through a mountainous district. Another small river which runs past Dalvy, is liable to very sudden and extensive inundations from the same cause.—Elyin Courier, Friday. FETE OF HORSEMANSHIP.--On Tuesday, as a dragoon, mounted on a spirited charger, was tndea vouring to rein him in in that part of the Crescent adjoining the Military Road, in Limerick, the horse commence.) rear ing, and, in a sudden effort, he and the rider fell over the bounds wall d.iwn a precipice above IS feet deep ; and wonderful to conceive, although they fell backwards, the dragoon and his charger escaped unhurt. It may not be out of time to remind the agri cultural folks in particular, that it has been stated to have been proved, from experiments made heretofore by Lord TuANET and Mr. GREY, that lime thrown by hand, or distributed by a machine, is an infallible protection to turnips against the ravages of destructive insects. It should be applied, it is said, as soon as time turnips come up, and in the same daily rotation in which they are sown. The lime should be slacked immediately before it is used, if the air be not sufficiently moist to render that operation unnecessary. It is not generally known that Westminster School no longer limits itself to the teaching of Latin and Greek ; it now give instructions in " English, writing, and arithmetic ;" and they are so much honoured, now that they are received into goodly company, as to be the subjects of prizes, and promotion to upper forms. And Merchant Tailors' School (where also every thing was re jected but Greek and Latin, and consequently despised by the scholars as vulgar and unnecessary) has followed West minster's example, or has announced that it is about to I e adopted. The " march of intellect" is making sad havoc with the monastic institutions and systems. The parents and friends of the youths at Westminster School have al most universally expressed their approbation of the en larged system of instruction, TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.—About three weeks ago, a labouring man named TOLK EN RING, was re ceived into St. Thomas's Hospital, with a fractured leg, which he hail received at St. Katharine's Dock. He went on very well WI a few days ago, when mortification hav ing commenced, the leg was amputated. A violent lire tnorrhage then took place, and it was feared that the man would have died in a very short time, when Mr. GREEN took eight ounces of blood from two students, and they were transfused into the veins of the dying man. lie re covered in a very short time, and was left for the night very comfortable. On Sunday night it was found neces. sary to transfuse eight ounces more blood into him. He is now :ranch better, and is expected to recover. REMARKABLE CHANGE OF THE CRA NIU3t. —On Alonday evening the members of the Phreno logical Society held their first meeting, at their house, in Buckingham-street, Strand, Dr. Moons in the Chair. Two casts were exhibited from the head of a young woman, who, at twelve years of age, evinced an extremely vicious and profligate disposition. The devtlope:nent of the cranium, as displ.•ytd in the first cast, corresponded with this character ; at this age she was placed under a rigid system of moral and religious discipline, which was continued for four years, when a remarkable change for the better was manifest; but what was most remarkable, a complete change of craniological developement also took , place, which was said to be evident from a comparison of the casts. CUMESCERYY CARPET MANUFACTORY.- In the present dull, unprosperous state of manufactures, it gives us sincere pleasure to record the flourishing condition of a small rural estaldishment,—the patriotic undertaking of a gentleman ever foremost in promoting the improve ment and welfare of his country. In the village of Comes eerily, Strut!' Tav, dose by the " bilks" and brats and water fall of Aberfeldy—consecrated by the genius of Burns —Sir NEIL MENZIES, Barr. two or three years since es tablished a carpet-manufactory as a means of employment for the poor ,people. About 500/. were expvnded in ma chinery, and a trifling additional outlay made for stuff, &c. ; bur, independently of its manifold advantages to the labouring class, the concern has already more than re deemed the original expenditure. About 21,240 yards of carpet have been wove, and as the average pricn is two shillings per yard, we have here a sum of no less than 2,1241. The quantity of wool spun was 2,339 stones, and its price 8481. The expence of weaving and dying was 1,404/. 13s. 4,1., an amount which at once convinces us of the incalculable benefit the manufactory must hare been to numerous industrious families. There is another consideration of no small moment, the quantity of wool employed. If this single business has in a comparatively short petiod us, d 2,339 stones, would not the establish ment of similar•undertakings throughout the Highlands confer an immense boon on the hill-farmer, as well as on the destitute labouring population ? Let but our proprietors adopt similat plan,, wherever preeticalde, and the wool grower+ will have lesS reason to complain of the low price of their wool. —ltmerneis Courier. SPUtIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL We have been overrun with letters on Mexico and its concerns, the principal object of the writers being to insist on the necessity of Eng land taking measures for the protection of those of the Spanish American colonies whoSe independence she has recognized, particularly of Mexico, which is called " her natural ally." against the attempts of Spain, or other states, to overthrow it. We cannot notice half of these communications, or give insertion to any of them. Great Britain has no business to embroil herself generally in the politics of reign countries, though it be for their advan tage ; and voluntary meddling (the examples are not remote or rare) seldom leads to any thing but embarrassment and mischief. There is one circumstance only referred to by our correspondents which seems to deserve consi deration from English statesmen, and it is as follows :—Within these three or four years cite or more of the new republics (Mexico and Co lombia, we believe, jointly) then at war with Spain, and harassed by her, contemplated an expedition against the Havannah as the most effectual means of annoyance to their enemy, but on feeling the pulse of the British Govern ment, were given to understand (as is affirmed) that " it would not see with indifference any attack upon the Havannth." In consequence of this repugnance upon the part of Eng Lind, an enterprise to which Ferdinand could then have offered not the slightest resistance, was abandoned. The British Ministers who are stated to have shown this disposition, just per haps and politic, though the reverse of unia vourable to Spanish interests, have always pro fessed the most entire neutrality as between her and the young republics. Now neutrality may be of two kinds,—viz. an absolute forbearance from intermeddling on either side, or an inter ference equally favourable to both. The case above alluded to, of protecting the Havannali for Spain, when that important settlement was in danger from the Mexicans and their allies, could be no otherwise rendered consistent with the obligations of an honourable and upright neutrality on the part of England, th a n by h er formally announcing to Ferdinand, that as she had preserved Cuba for him, so would she pro tect Mexico against him, and prevent him from prolonging within the new state, a condition of things no less incompatible with domestic order and prosperity, than with the interests of Bri tish industry and commerce. But to tell the new republic, " You shall not attack your enemy in the " only way by which you can injure him," and to look on quietly the next day while that same enemy torments the republic with menaces, and makes that same Havarmah w Lich was to be held sacred from the arms of Mexico a point of preparation and departure for a squadron filled with troops, which actually executes an invasion of the Mexican soil, is to be any thing but an hottest neutral. It would be unfortunate if' we were to raise suspicions—either with regard to Ferdinand or to Miguel—that where the ques tion was between freedom and arbitrary power the neutrality of England was but an empty name.—Times.. Sir Richard Phillips has published the third portion of his Personal Tour through the United Kingdom. We find in it a very circumstantial account of the very interesting town of Sheffield, a place in many respects well deserving of notice. When the first portion of this work appeared, we expressed our opinion of the tact and industry of Sir Richard, i❑ discovering and availing him . - self of the best information respecting the diver sified pursuits of this industrious country ; while we observed that he had contrived to mix up with his descriptions and statements doctrines to which we could not subscribe. The prescnt portion deserves the same praise, and is open to the same objections. Sir Richard, fur instance, has the following singular theory of rent and prices : " The Conqueror, however, claimed the lands and all property as his own; and robbing the people, divided them and their lands among his Generals and Courtiers. Pclicy, however, made the burtht light, arid rents were nominal; but at length a power of sale was granted, and from that time land became a speculation of commerce, idleness, and avarice. High rents were then extorted till they equalled a fourth, a third, and even half the pro duce ; and, finally, tenants, to indemnify themselves, gradually advanced prices, till all provisions arrived at their existing rate for the last two centuries. Again•t this system labour has had to contend ; hut as provisions arc more necessary than much labour, so one has prevailed over the other; and the labourers, the art isans, and the mass of the people suffer. The contest between hope and avarice— between tenants and landlords, is also one between the weak and the strong, and Ilence the system which afflicts all is perpetuated. Before the power of alienation, given by Statute of Henry VII., rents were riot a hundredth of the produce, and often merely nominal; but since then they have become so large and so overbearing a proportion, and hope so deludes tenantry, who calculate on indemnity from consumers, that nothing short of some enact ment, which shall fix a lower proportion between rent and produce, can restore the community to a healthful state. Such a measure might give a tern. porary advantage to farmers, but competition would_ in two or three years, sink produce to its fair and natural level. At present it is a contest of landlord and tenant against consumers. Some practised valuer determines the amount of produce, and he then assigns a third for his employer, from which the tenant has no escape; a third for labour, seed, and cultivation, by which the tenant is brought into opposition with the labourer ; and :t third for the profit of the tenant and the sustenance of his family. This I found to be the genei al rule through the country, though often it is taken at one-fourth for landlord ; a fourth for rates, tithes, and taxes; a fourth for cultivation, and a fourth for the tenant. Two-thirds or three-fourths, then, are fixed pay ments; how, therefore, can provisions become lower ? If lower, the difference must come from the aliquot part of the tenant ; while it is his interest, \ and of course the combination of all tenantry, to add to his third or fourth by high prices." We confess we are utterly at a loss to con ceive how any legislative enactment can fix any general proportion between rent and produce, and we are as much at a loss to conceive how prices would be affected by either raising or lowering the proportion of produce paid by the flamers. Farmers would always keep prices high if they could, but that they cannot always keep prices high is proved by the ruinously low pike of stock at the present moment. Prices do not then depend upon the will of either the landlord or tenant, but on the proportion between the suppT,_and the demand. And yet Sir Richard thinks if the proportion between rent and pro ducetion N o .e f re fa lo rm w e e r i s ed w b o y: sl a d t: enactment, in two or ttilreeecc3m.eapres: sink itlho produce etbeco competition u competition faire be all oo the hl i lee l tri ß te ? u o t why should n i. May there as well as on the part of farmers; and would not the farmers be very weak to lower the prices while the demand of the buyers satis fied them that they could keep prices high ?