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LITERATURE. LONGHOLLOW - i, a CWuntry Tale. 3 Vole. LONDON, 1829. . 'We have been more than usually gratified by the perusal of this affecting, instructive, and 'ery unobtrusive tale. It is evidently the pro auction of a female (the name, notwithstand ing,on the title-page we take to be a fictitious one, and for a calm, quiet sensibility, a gentle strain of tender affection, and an easy famili.- L . flow of humour, does credit to the tiead an d heart o f i ts f a i r author. The scr..T,e as implies, i s l a id chiefly in the ....e name Middle w a lk s o f rustic lifo _ountry, in the bOurh oo d o f Sid mouth. -, and in the neigh the valley of Long,' ' Devonshire, near which Wed. Th e per . is supposed to be situ- I nost: part. .sonages of the tale consist, for the Ab e -m„ of two respectable country families, li r , ...mtagues and the Blandfords, out of whose 4, calm and unsullie,et as they aro, - a series of 'incidents is wrough:t up, meditative, impassioned, advr.:uturous, to lin eminent degree ; yet in no one the t t • 4t s ric e • respect entstepping the limits of probability. In her mode of oeal .tn ani,• a g in. g her characters, and restricting th e . be. 1 ..tes h'er tale, the authoress before us , ty{t, iwAistinct resemblance to Miss Mitford. 411 e too, has taken up a favourite village, Il s ietiAed it with beings of her own refined crea .%n, described its individualities, its minutest Points of interests, thrown a dim religious halo Over its little humble Gothic church, shed a sunshine over its green sward, and a pictureique- tress .over its humblest inhabitants—and, in fact, given it a local habitation and a name, which no one can pOssibly mistake. But here all fur ther parallel ceases. M iss Mitford caricatures Itier descriptions and her characters, exaggerates it he beautiful, and loses simplicity in straining after effect,—the natural - fault of a poetic frame 9 f. mind. . The authoress of " Loughollow," on 'the contrary, with an equal relish for nature, and 'far superior refinement - in the detail of character, never once loses sight of probability : she keeps strictly within the pale of the tritest truth, and every where purposely subdues her descriptions, f rom a sort of overweening anxiety to be ample, natural, and unsophisticated. Hence the tale. of « Longliollow" to those accustomed to 'the stimulants of fictitious history—to the mere tricious allurements of sentiment—the wildness 9 f romance, or ! the senseless heroism of" such faultless monsters as the world ne'er saw," will be but an insipid composition ; but to those who wish to peruse a tale of artless and natural feeling —who wish to recognise the emotions of thou own hearts expressed just in the way they would themselves have expressed * them—to those whose tastes are thus sound and unpol luted, we strongly recommend the perusal of 'this delightful novel. If they desire, in parti cular, to see the female character adequately 'rendered, they will here be delighted at every Page ; .and once fairly introduced into the so- E~y of the simple enth us i as ti c an d hi g h- m i n d e d in Montague—the flower of the tale—the lively Gertrude Blandford, the affectionate Mary 134tgley, and the unassuming and deeply -sensi tive Susan Paulett, whose catastrophe, just sub sequent to her marriage with young Frankland, the blighted child of a parricide, is really one of the most affecting episodes We ever read— the reader once introduced into such society, will not easily forget it. As a specimen of the touching manner iii which our author draws flat hacknied incident--a death-bed, we will extract the details of Mary Bingley's death: who, we should premise, fell a victim to consumption a few days previous to the one appointed for her Marriage with Henry Herbert This evening Mary's parting with her lover had been kmost tender - and solemn. Mow deeply he was affected, r. and Mrs. Montague and Ellen too well imagined, from the circumstance of his not taking leave of them at his gePartnre ; and Mr. Montague, after removing Mary as Neal to her chamber, finding Ellen in the parlour on his retu rn , told her with much emotion that he feared it was the last time he should have to perform this little service /or their beloved friend. Even where hope is no more, how affecting is every turn that marks the progress of the closing journey to that bourn whence no traveller returns ! 44 Soon after Mr. Herbert left her, Mary's countenance and voice suddenly changed, and her mind for the first tbe wandered, a nd continued to do so at int erva l s during til e greater part of the night. She had for some time conti. 4 0ed to carry about her a little sealed packet: it con tained a few billets which she had received on various oc casions from her lover. Her wandering senses now be came collected ; but oh ! how changed were her tones f rom those with which she was wont to address her friend. LLay this next my heart,' she said. The kneeling Ellen "tot over her to catch every accent. " I have cherished a wish .. a hope ..it is 4 1 " 1 • . . but all things are receding from me.' fit The looks of the dying sufferer became vacant and 0 , 4 1) ,;"cd. Again her sens es wan d ere d an d s h e uttere d whl ti !n coherent words, broken and in a rti cu l a t e , f rom but d Ellen could only understand that her Henry, her tar Henry,' would communicate to Ellen her ' o ne None of the family bad retired to rest. Mr. Mon (Xlcaat in the parlour, Mrs. Montague and Ellen, never ut !tett the bedside, and the faithful domestics continued 4 t lent and mournful attendance. 1 : I Have you any thing more that you wish to say to to ,In.y love ?' said Mrs. M on t ague , d ur i ng an i nterva l , I totch the sufferer's thoughts appeared to be collected. Nothing; she replied, but to thank you and to 7 Yen . . . all is finished, but to die!' 1/4 Showers of tears f e ll f rom Ell en ' s eyes upon h er h an d so,, th ei'e mournful words; and th e dyi ng g i r l th en be ,e., h er t o l eave t h e room, w i th such an expression of t o and earnest tenderness, that Ell en no l onger hesi -111,7 to comply with her wishes; and though the lips and im i Orchead which she kissed for the last time were already i.. 5 2'd damp in death, yet site exerted all her fortitude Pay'sin the parting scene ; but when she reached the lti: 1 ! and beheld her father, she sunk overpowered into !ok: r alo• One of the servants soon afterwards brought 41 m !'easage to Mr. Montague, which she commun i cate d hoe ll 'hiaper. Mr. Woodville immediately followed. He t 11, 71 the tearless eye and fixed and pale countenanee.of ttl,!, I arrived,' he said, ' hut j us t i n ti me t o see our an her flight to heaven.' 1h T ears now gushed fre e ly d own Ell en ' s c h ee k s ; an d, 11474 alternately to the bosoms of h er f a th er an d h er tr , and the friend whom next to them she most re lithe felt the appeal, and promised to be comforted. Ellen became more composed and Mr. Wood :4 t h'' 4 l departed" + she entreated to be allowed to return Re Plumber of death, to watch, one la,t hour, by her Sts,, g °Ol in life she had been so fondly united ; and after 4 1,, I te n .,‘ der expostulation on the part of her parents, they Z: 1 4: 10 : 1 ; jaeticohnesernttcoslthteo doorher o request; the a and her .moththeerer sheac- t)ly her to leave her. I was Zed to be alone with 41 *i: 4 rY Bingley,' she said, r shall I shrink from her ' u% 4 % When Ellen entered the chamber , there was a 111,44 r which site found herself unprepared, and for a , t the stood t err ifi e d an d appa ll e d. N o h an d now 'te:ltt4,,blitat lonely bed, towards which she almost dreaded h er eyes: in the further part of the room sat two tk*olden in mute attendance : as she approached where ° I 147 beloved and lately loving Mary Bingley, the form I +l.lo a few hours_ before, warm with life and fond ; with feeling, was now cold AO ittAie 'anti eeiiSelen as u clod of the valley; 1 - 0111.1 tae Straigttened limbs the shrunken counter' we the hrott,loi eye?) the body prepared for the gram, bar ymithful Itt'att agetin and, for a moment, she ,to ,1 shuddering and agh:A. but the shock so deeply felt too a gave place to other feelings; and, desiring the young women to lcaVe the the then poured forth, over her who could ul bear them, expressions of endearment and os turned to him who bad so largely ra ther than r e li eve d, her tilt'',t eitivia, Until exhausted oi yet to sust a i n the 0-- :k which she had endured, an d mus t e. - — . are in all she suffered. • these thoughts were uppermost in her mind, when a horseman entered the-court-yard at full speed. She started, or the tramping of the steed was well known to her. In 'about an hour he appeared in the parlour, and had an affecting interview with his friends, before he left Long hollow. " On the day which was to have made her his bride, Mary Bingley was laid in the burying place of the family of her lover. Of all the friends that attended the ftiner?l, he was the only one who returned to Longhollow : he had not seen Ellen since• the morning of the fatal event ; a week's grief had affectingly changed both ; they. met with more tenderness than had ever marked their intercourse before ; and as they sat together, although conversing on no other subject than their• mutual loss, yet both appear ing to derive consolation from the union and interchange of their grief and regret, Mrs. Montague invited Henry to stay with them the remainder of that mournful day. " Mr. and Mrs. Montague, deceived by the appearance of Mr. Herbert's almost exclusive attention to her who, betrothed and dying, seemed the sole object of his thoughts, had for some time believed that the sentiments he enter tained towards Ellen were those only of the most exalted friendship. But bad they not thus deceived themselves, they would not, at such a juncture, have imagined that a heart which was still suffering from the recent infliction of the most poignant grief and regret, could, at the same time, entertain such feelings and passions as Henry Her bert that evening manifested. Such is the heart of man— such was Henry Herbert's ; and so dangerous are some of the most generous of his sex, when objects of that amiable confidence which women of the purest and noblest minds are, in the simplicity and inexperience of youth, most apt to bestow. " The day had been exceedingly fervid, and as the even ing advanced, Ellen observed that she had a little duty, a sad task, to perform : this was to water Mary's favourite flowers, and Henry walked into the garden 'With her. After she had accomplished her purpose, they, almost un consciously to themselves, went on until they reached a little arbour at the bottom of an adjoining orchard : this spot had been their summer retreat, the scene of many de lightful hours; their hearts melted with so much tender ness, that they seemed to dissolve into one, but fraught only with love and sorrow for her whom they mourned ; they sat down on the bench in the bower ; they became silent and absorbed, and the shades of evening drew imper ceptibly on; the air was soft and balmy. Ellen gazed on the evening sky, where the stars were now appearing one by one : she became abstracted from every thought but that of her departed friend : at length a deeply-drawn sigh from Henry recalling her attention, she perceived that darkness was falling around them. She now proposed to return to the house; he acquiesced, but besought one mi nute's delay. There was something in the altered tone of his voice, which struck her with alarm : the powerful emotions of his over-fraught breast could no longer be re strained : at the feet of Ellen he declared his passion for her : at this moment, so solemn, he pleaded the sanction of her whom they both mourned—her dying sanction,—for it was in their last interview that Mary had acquainted him with what had been the one cherished wish of that heart, in which they had never been divided. But at the same moment he abjured all hope—l►e asked no return of her affection—he besought her only to forgive and pity his rashness, his love and his despair. " Wholly unprepared for such a declaration, the hour, the spot, the mention of her deceased friend, and even be yond all these, the internal struggle with which those sen t►ments burst with a vehemence that seemed to denote ter ror, rather than those hopes and fears which usually agitate a lover's breast ; quite overpowered her mind, exhausted as it had been by recent and repeated shocks ; her feelings prevented her utterance ; and as Henry bent his forehead on the hand which she did not withdraw, it felt almost as cold as that death-brow which her lips had so lately pressed. " In a few almost inarticulate sentences, interrupted by deep sighs, she at length expressed her surprise, her grief, her pity, her regard—Alas ! her affections were-- engaged. Your af f ections engaged !' exclaimed Henry, in a tone of mingled,•lstonishment and desperation—' Your affections engage; t'`. repeated, while his wh o l e frame became agitated fm - violence of his feelings. Ellen was silent. " Tell me, Ellen,' he said, tell me my doom at once : this is no time for reserve : you have been too long re served with one towards whom you professed, at least, the confidence of friendship. Your affections engaged ! When? Where? To whom? Although I had not dared to hope fur your love, I dreaded not this; but tell me my doom at once, and if it be as you say, oh ! that fiat might be present death !' " Alas!' she said, why would you have me repeat what it sceinsso terrible for you to hear.' • " Ellen spoke in a tone of extreme tenderness, and held out her hand, which he had suddenly relinquished. The colour which had before forsaken his countenance returned, and his eyes assumed an expression almost frenzied, as he pressed it to his lips and to his heart. Surprised and per turbed, Ellen was rising as if to depart, but he drew her back on the seat. " 'Ellen,' he said in a tone of fearful desperation, 'the specious rival who has won your affections, shall never wed you—Ellen Montague wed another ! Hell is in the thought —I swear that it shall not be. Obdurate girl ! if my late be in your power, yours is also in mine; and my name's disgrace—my soul's perdition —your terror —your hate— all are less than the horror of yielding Ellen Montague to the arms of another. But can it be that Ellen Montague, whom I deemed so pure, so passionless, so:divine, should have listened to the breathings of love? Can man have become the inmate of Ellen Montague's breast ! Then why not Henry Herbert? Can Ellen Montague indeed feel woman's love ! In what is Henry Herbert unworthy such love?' " As lie strained her to his bosom, during this speech, Ellen endeavoured to release herself from his grasp ; but an arm of iron could not more effectually have mocked her efforts. Alarmed as she was, her presence of mind did not altogether forsake her. " ' Release me, Mr. Herbert,' she said firmly, ' release me from this unmanly violence.' " He relaxed his grasp, but did not withdraw his arm ; she struggled no more; she sat still, pale, and almost as cold as a marble btatue, while with a mien and voice calm but inexpressibly mournful, she said, I fear you not, Henry ; for to)self I have nothing to fear at your hands; if but for a moment, one thought injurious towards ler who has So long loved and trusted you as a brother, has found a place in your generous bosom, years of remorse will follow this momentary madness. Suffer me to go, Mr. Herbert : I forgive you, but you will not soon forgive yourself.' " Ellen again essayed to rise : he no longer attempted to prevent her, but sighing deeply, and rising at the same time, he put her arm within his, and pausing a moment, and pressing his hand upon his brow, as if to still the distracting thoughts that were crossing his brain; they left the arbor, and walked towards the house, slowly and silently." We have givey a longer extract than usual from this delightful tale, so must conclude by recommending it strongly to our readers' notice, as a work of modest but durable pretensions. The incident s we would particularly point out, are those descriptive of the midnight marriage between Susan Paulett and Frankland, in a ruined chapel, where the latter's parent had shed his grandfather's blood ; and the adventures that befel Mrs. Betty Broom, a fat, humble, country woman in one of her trips to the great Metropolis. As far as mere style goes, the authoress may defy the most hypercritical exactness. Her language is the " pure well of English undefiled,"—easy—unambitious—idio matic—and at times approaching to an im passioned eloquence that makes its way at once to the heart. Thus characterized, her tale can not fail to succeed, and most delighted shall we be, from a mere principle of justice, to hear of its extended and permanent popularity. It is with pleasure we observe it remarked that the carpet manufacture at Kidderminster is in a state of much briskness; that the weavers are fully employed ; and that the best understanding, exists between the work men and their masters.--Birmingham Gazette. tHE COAL MONOPOLY TO TIIE EDITOR OE TILE SUN. Slit,---Your last cdm►rient on the boa! Meeting, held here bft the Bth of Dcc. last, gave such general satisfaction, that I am induced to send you fresh materials for bringing them again before the public, as there is not, nor cannot be, any system of mono poly pursued here that is so generally prejudicial to the interest of all classes of society, as that adopted by the Coal Owners. The report I before handed you was, with one exception, quite correct, so much so that the parties concluded that a reporter had been im the room. In giving you the names of the Nobility who com posed that meeting, I inclosed that. of Lord Dur ham, who did not attend, in consequence of which no definitive arrangement could be concluded amongst them, it having been intimated that his Lordship required a greater share of the plunder than his colleagues thought him entitled to. On the 19th instant another attempt was made, by summoning a meeting at their Council Chamber, situated at the Cross-house, Westgate-street, in this town, the most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry in the Chair, present my Lord Ravensworth, the Hon. T. F. Liddell, M.P., the Honourable Member, Matthew Bell, Esq., the Honourable Member, Wm. Rusiell, Esq., H. Lamb, Esq., Wm. Brandling, Esq., R. Brandling, Esq., James Losh, Esq., James Potts, Esq., John Buddle, Esq., the principal Secretary and Stage Manager, with a deputation from each Colliery on the Tyne and Wear; but on opening the business of the meeting it was found that my Lord Durham was again absent, and on some questions relative to his Lordship's views, on the subject of regulations as they are pleased to call it, being put to his Lordship's representatives, Messrs. Loraine and Hill, they declared their inability to answer, having no directions from his Lordship on the subject. This declaration, so contrary to the expectations and feelings of the meeting, naturally created con siderable confusion, being a bar to any further pro ceedings, without leaving my Lord Durham out of the compact, and the Noble Chairman, in conse quence, made a motion to the effect, (and this country would have for ever prayed had it been carried) that the restriction should be abandoned; this was seconded by H. Lamb, Esq., the represen tative of the Berwick and Craister Wallsend Col- fiery, when the dismay and confusion depicted on :he countenances of those puny members who ure nursed and exist only by the practices pursued by a certain part of the trade, and who, like so many ii.cubuses, are hung about the necks of the larger esta blishments, and without which they could not exist for one day, were most appalling; but instead of the meeting being dissolved, never to meet again, for such diabolical purposes, it was agreed to adjourn it until this day, in order to try what effect remon, strance may have on his Lordship, as the conside ration is, a renewal of the system, or a certain re. duction of the Coals here at least ss. to Bs. and 10s, per Chaldron ; so much for the disinterested con duct of our representatives. Now, Sir, I would wish to put you in full pos session of the nature and workings of this job, which I perceive your correspondent from Whitby does not understand. It has never, you must ob serve, been the object of these jobbers to prevent a supply of coals, for the more they sell the better for themselves, but for the purpose of securing an enormous price, which they do in the following manner. You are aware that the London and Coasting markets are calculated to consume a certain quantity of coals; the high prices obtained and secured by the system pursued has been the cause of so many Collieries being opened, that if necessary they could supply double the quantity of coals required. The difficulty then is, not as to the propriety or impropriety of the plunder on the public, but how the spoil is to be apportioned amongst themselves, and as it seems only right that certain high person ages, who it seems are the greatest sufferers, or who make the greatest sacrifices, should be sufficiently indemnified, I highly applaud the conduct of my Lord Durham, in asserting his high claim to con sideration in the coal trade, or what would for ever immortalize his name, free himself from the tram mels of a connection, which is a disgrace to nobility, and a depopulating pest to the country. It works thus :—one halfof the Collieries are equal to the pro duction of the quantity of coals required; fresh Col lieries, which ought not, nor would not, have ap peared for a century, have been opened year after year, and as they arrive at maturity they claim a part of what they call the vend, under the pretence of keeping up the price, and so regulating the job, as to obtain it, that many of the great Collieries have been reduced from a vend of 80 to 100,000 chid (lrons a year, to half the quantity, merely for the support of establishments which are like as many leeches feeding on the vitals of the country. Now, Sir, it is an admitted fact, that if the great capitalists would free themselves from their present connection with the trade, and work their mines to the fullest extent, that they might double their quan tity in many instances, and more than remunerate themselves for a reduction in price to the public of from ss. to 105. per chaldron. The total vend or shipment of coals from the Tyne and Wear we will suppose 500,000 Newcastle, or 1,000,000 London chaldrons, 2-sths of which go from the "Wear and 3-sths from Newcastle ; this quantity they take as a basis to be apportioned amongst them, according to the nature and quality of the coal and the facility of sale. I will suppose I get 25 or 30,000 chaldrons for my share, upon the basis that would afford me 2,000 or 2,500 chaldrons per month ; but the Committee say I am not to be left to my discretion how I am to sell or dispose of my quantity, they will do that for me, and they ac cordingly meet once a week to determine what quantities are to be allowed to be sent from each Colliery, in order that the issues may he so regulated as to enable them to secure to themselves the present enormous prices. In January they will say you must do nothing, the market is already over stocked, and the ships are laid up. Next month, February, they will order a double quantity to be shipped, as the club insurances take place, and the Ship Owners will be all on the alert. In March, they will find that the job is likely to be overdone, when they will beat a retreat, and limit my quantity to 500 chaldrons, by which means they are enabled to command whatever price they chose to ask, as it frequently happens, on the arrival of a large fleet of ships, that the vends of the best coals for the month are filled up in one hour; the second 'best follow ; the third, and fourth, &c. get their quantum of sales made up in the same way ; and those who come l as t must either take such as they can get, or stay till the commencement of the following month, when the new issues take place; this is the effect of what • is termed regulations, restrictions, &c. I am happy to say that this day's Council has ended as the two former; the jobbers have not succeeded in seducing my Lord Durham ; I trust he will long continue to oppose such disgraceful measures, and that with a/rec. trade in coals. The Coal Owners themselves, such as oug h t to b e C oa l Owners, as also the Ship Owners, and every one else connected with the trade, \ vil 1 again feel the happy effects of the destruction of this as well as every other restrictive system of trade. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,- AN ENEMY TO MONOPOLY. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 24, 1829. SPO LIVING IN'TELLIGENCIL SPARRING AT THE BIRMINGHAM FIVES'- COURT. Several very scientific sets-to have been displayed at the Fives'-court here, this day, for the benefit of Davis and Manning, who fought a shoat time since upon Wolver hampton Race Course. The Court was crowded to excess, and many swells were obliged to return, not being able to get a peep. It was generally allowed by the " Reg'Jars of the Fancy" that a more numerous and respectable assemblage never collected within the walls of the Brummagem Fives%court. The Masters of the Ceremonies were " the Swell Horse dealer, the Pink of Brum., and the Tidy Tinker." These, however, were not sufficient, after the first two displays, to keep the coast clear, so great was the anxiety ex hibited, and the crush so tremendous to get to the centre of the Court, where the different aspirants for pugilistic notoriety showed off, that it was deemed necessary to ap poiat several deputies to assist in keeping a proper ring, and orders were given at the doors not to admit any more persons. The first set-to of any note was between the " Swell Gun-lock Finisher" and " Lang Tom the Carpenter." These men went to work in first-rate style. The counter ing and stopping on both sides was very excellent; and, although the " Long-one" jobbed the " Swell" very se verely, he would not be denied : it was, however, difficult to say which had the best. After the account, was closed between th ese t wo ou t and outers, " Goodman the Patten card of tailors," (who fought Preston in the same ring as Davis and Manning), and Pat Kelley, who fought Larkins, made their appear ance—anxiety was the order of the day—Kelley having challenged the " Pet of Brum, Larkins," to fight for 50/., the Pet's friends being al3rmed at the weight and length of their customer, declined the offer ; but Pat having been very uprorious about , fighting, and having used several very ingcnteel expressions about the Brummagen Pet, a resolution was passed uuanimously at Arthur Mathewson's, on Friday last, that he should not return to the " Land of Praties" without a customer. Several attended pur posely to see what this blustering Irishman could do with the " good" man; and long before he threw off the gloves, there was a general cry of " Oh, you muff," for to the great astonishment of all present, " the Pattern Card" did what he pleased with Pat. Whether he was gammoning on purpose to get a match we know not, but true it is that he had no chance with the tailor. He exclaimed, on taking off the gloves, " sure now, sparring is not like the fighting—if there be any gentleman' that thinks me a muff, if he will be after fighting me, he will be rendering me a grate big piece of sarviee ;" whereupon Preston came forward and stated that he would fight Kelley for 100/. in three months; 501. in two months ; 25/. in a week, or for 101. this day or to-morrow. A row ensued, but no terms were arranged—doubtless there will be a match. After order was a little restored, a curly headed gentle man appeared, and challenged any 9i stone man in Eng. land for 50/. ; he stated, that he would prefer Ned Stock man. No one appearing on the part of Stockman, it was no go. He then said he was ready to set-to with any man near his weight, when Long Tom, who had previously done a good day's work, accepted his polite offer. Imme diately upon the curly headed one stripping he was recog nised as the " Little Show Boy." He nodded and winked to his friends, as much as to say, " 111 soon polish the Long one—but he found his mistake, for Long Tom gave him pepper after the two first rounds. The Show Boy's friends cried out " wait for him Punch," and sure enough he did, for perhaps a better round for countering, jobbing, and getting away was never witnessed—the applause was tre mendous. The next round was nothing but real fight ing, and it was deemed necessary by the Master of the Ceremonies to interfere, and upon the men leaving off it was discovered that great execution had been done, for both their physogs were severely damaged. Several other admirable displays were exhibited, a.nong which Manning and Preston, and Davis and Shropshire Perkins, who did their best to amuse. Phil Sampson did not attend, agree able to his promise, to set-to with Davis, the game Welch man, which gave very great disappointment. Phil is very anxious to fight Whiteheaded Bob, and Davis's friends wish him to fight Ned Neal,—a great deal of chaff WWI had re course to but no matches made. We think that Davis would make a most excellent fight with Neal, indeed, we never saw a man so likely to lick Neal as he is,—he can bit very hard, possesses good science and courage, an admi rable thrower, and can get away well from mischief. Such a man would prove what Neal really is. As to Ned Neal's repeated challenges to Phil Sampson, he knows it only to be idle bombast, for Sampson has declared several times that he would not fight any " dancing-master." THE FANCY. ARTICLES OP AGREEMENT BETWEEN WATSON AND LOVE. LOCK. James Lovelock agrees to fight George Watson, a fair stand-up fight, half-minute time, in a 24-foot ring, for 25/. a side, on Tuesday, the 10th of March. One sove reign a side is now deposited in the hands of Mr. Burn ; four sovereigns a side to be deposited at Mr. Burn's, the Red Horse, Bond• street, on Wednesday, the 28th inst. ; five sove reigns a side to be deposited at Mr. Gaynor's, the Queen's Head, Duke's court, Bow-street, on Wednesday, the 4th of February; another deposit of 5/. a side to be made at Mr. Cribb's, the Union Arms, Panton-street, on Wed nesday, the 11th of February; a further deposit of five sovereigns a side to be made at Mr. Eales's, the Bromley Arms, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, on Wednesday, the 18th of February; and the final deposit of five sovereigns a side to be made at Mr. Burn's, the Red Horse, on Wed nesday, the 25th of February. Each of the respective deposits to be made good between the hours of eight and ten in the evening, and the party failing on any occasion to make good his deposit within those hours, to forfeit the money posted. The fight to take place within 30 miles of London ; the choice of the place of fighting to be tossed for at the last deposit. In case of magisterial interference, the referee to name another place of fighting, at which the party failing to appear and fight shall forfeit the money. If the fight should not from unavoidable circum stances be decided on the day named, the battle-money shall not be given up till fairly fought for. An umpire to be appointed by each party on the ground, and also a re feree, whose decision, in the case of any disagreement be tween the umpires, shall be final. Mr. Cribb to be the final stakeholder for the whole amount of the battle-money. JAMES LOVELOCK. (For George Watson.) JAMES BURN. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ArpotarTstarrs FOR THIS WEEK. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Aylesby Village; Wednesday, at Fox Dales; Friday, at Kettleby Tharp ; and Saturday, at Hendale Lodge—at eleven. The Blackmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stourton Inn; and Friday, at Stock-house—at ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Wednesday, at the Shoulder of Mutton ; and Saturday, at Alderney Cottage —at half past ten. .The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, near the Race Course; and Friday, at the Dyke— at half-past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellescombe Tye—at half-past ten. The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at St. Andries ; and Friday, at Crocombe Park-gate. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Winsford ; Wednesday, at Booth-lane Toll-bar-gate; Thursday, at Minshull Guide-post; and Saturday, at Sandiway Head —at half-past ten. Mr. Price's Hounds, on Tuesday, at The Gint (Nant glyn) ; Thursday, at Cefn Liwyd-bridge,; and Saturday, at Gwaenynog—at half-past ten. The Westacie Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Swaffham Race Course; and Friday, at Necton Tuna—at half-past ten. General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Abbott's, Wicker' Castle Acre ; 'Wednesday, at Beetly ; and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven. The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Firly ; Thursday, at Chailey South Common ; and Saturday, at Hellingly—at a quarter before eleven. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Badsworth hall ; Thursday, at Heil-house—at half-past ten ; and Sa turday, at Acton, at half-past eleven. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Shuckburgb-hill ; Wednesday, at the Kennel, Thinchurch ; Thursday, at Bourton; and Saturday, at Princethorpe Village—zit half past ten. Mr. Mcynell'm Hounds, on Monday, at Egginton ; Thurs day, at Eton Wood; and Saturday, at Blithfield—at half past ten. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Bunney Park ; Tuesday, at Cotes-turnpike ; Thursday, at Great May ; and Friday, at Martinshaw Wood—at half-past ten. The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Catterly Banks ; and Friday, at Imber Furze—at eleven. The Gratisden Hounds, on Monday and Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. Mr. King's Hounds, on Monday, at Holn-bridge ; and Thursday, at Park—at ten. The Whitehaven Harriers, on Monday, at Barrow Mouth; and ‘Vednesday, at Moresly—at eight. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Mitford bridge ; Wednesday, at Wainbody Wood ; Friday, at Al veston Pasture; and Saturday, at Austey Wood—at half past ten. - Mr. G. Mure's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stowl ingtoft— at half-past ten. The Cumberland Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Galt; and Friday, at Middiescaugh Woods—at ten. The Lamhton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shotton ; Tuesday, at Chester-le-t.treet; Thursday, at Brandon; and Saturday, at Sunderland-bridge—at ten. Sir G. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hardataff Common ; and Thursday, at Norton—at ten. The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Red-house ; and Saturday, at Whixiey—at half-past ten. The Ilurworth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Haughton bridge—at ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Westhido Vil lage; and Friday, at Credenhill—at ten. The Cleveland Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Court green—at nine. The Haydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Threpwood ; and Saturday, at Kinneyheug Crags—at nine. The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Milby— at half-past ten. The Murpeth Harriers, on Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Walton Heath—at ten. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Chahlen —at eleven. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Lock's Bo' torn 7 -at half•past ten. Mr. Meager's•Harriers, on Friday, at Harley-green. at half-past nine. _ . Mr. Cod r ing to n's Hounds, on Friday, at Grove Quarry —at ten. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. THE KING V. RUMP BRADY. ,On Monday the, 19th inst., the following trial took place at the Cavan Quarter Sessions, before Mr. GUMLEY (Assistant Barrister pro Icinpore) and a full bench of Magistrates. The defendant was indicted for posting and pub lishing an address, issued by the Catholic Associa tion to the Roman Catholics of Ulster, which the indictment charged as a seditious libel against the King's Government, tending to • alienate the affec tions of the King's subjects, and to bring into con tempt the administration of justice in the province of Ulster. Mr. SWANSEA and Mr. M'DERMOTT, solicitors, were employed to conduct the prosecution.. Mr. MURPHY, barrister, was brought down spe cial on behalf of the defendant, accompanied by Mr. M. O'REILLY, solicitor. When the case was called on, the CHAIRMAN in quired of Mr. Murphy (Counsel for the defendant) if he was satisfied with the Jury then in the box, which had tried the previous case. ' Mr. MunPnv was perfectly satisfied. However, there happened to be two Roman Catholics on the jury, in .consequence of which the professional gen tlemen employed to conduct the prosecution objected. Mr. MURPHY then proposed to have the case tried by the first twelve men that should be called on the panel. This he considered a fair proposal, for he had no local knowledge of the Jury. The CHAIRMAN considered the proposal perfectly reasonable. Notwithstanding this, it was rejected. Mr. MURPHY then said—l now clearly perceive what is meant to , be done. Although this a political trial, it was my wish to conduct it with as little party prejudice as possible. But this I find impossible, as my two most reasonable and most equitable pro posals have been rejected on the part of the Crown. It is now quite obvious that you want to pick a jury out of the panel to suit your own purposes. I therefore now challenge the whole array. The CHAIRMAN—Upon what grounds, Sir ? Mr. MURPHY—Upon the ground of partiality in the Sheriff. The CHAIRMAN—What is the nature of the im puted partiality ? - Mr. Mtn - ma—The Sheriff is an Orangeman. The CHAIRMAN..--I do not. conceive this a good ground for challenge. Sitting here, I know nothing either of the Catholic Association, or of Orangemen. I shall therefore over-rule your objection ; but you may, if you think proper, move in arrest of judgment. The panel was then called over. Mr. MURPHY asked some of the jarors, as they came to the book, if they were not Orangemen; but the Court did not consider their being so good ground of challenge. The posting of the document in the market-place was then sought to be proved by a police-constable, who swore that he took down from the market-place the placard containing the alleged libel and by a Mr. Sturdy, an innkeeper in the town of Ballyco mei!, who swore that he saw the defendant nail up a paper in the market-place, the heading of which corresponded with that produced to him. It ap peared, on the cross-examination of both witnesses, that they had had a previous quarrel with the family of the defendant. Mr. Sturdy, the innkeeper, was also called to sustain the inuendos, and swore that he believed the paper to have a seditious tendency. He underwent a long cross-examination by Mr. MURPHY as to the grounds of his epinion, during the course of which he said he was not a profound philosopher, metaphysician, or politician : h e was a good judge of a horse, b u t not of a libel. He would not undertake to say how many grains of violence would stir up discontent in the mind of a moderate man. lie did not know what an Orange Juror or an Orange Magistrate meant. An Orangeman meant a loyal, good subject; and be could not tell if an Orange Juror meant a man who brought his Orange prejudices into the jury -box; or if an Orange Magistrate meant a man whose Orange prejudices hung about him when he ascended the justice seat. lie admitted that it was upon his information this prosecution was founded; but he denied that he was an informer. Mr. MURPHY then addressed the jury at consi derable length. He commenced by complaining of the difficulty of the situation in which he stood. If a foreigner had landed upon our shores from the most distant region of the earth, the humane policy of our Constitution had provided that half his jury should be foreigners. But here was a purely party (Protestant and Catholic) trial ; and what did he find ? The Judge who presided was a Prot► stint, the jury who were to decide were Protestant, the Nlagistrates who were to apportion the punishment were, to a man, Protestant, the sheriff who empa nelled the jury was a Protestant ; the very officers of the court were Protestant ! all, all were Protestant, except the unfortunate defendant and his feeble arid inefficient advocate. He did not mention this as a subject of reproach to the jury, it was not their fault that not even one Catholic had been admitted into the jury-box ; but it did rest with them to prove to the world, that this startling and almost in credible anomaly in the administration of justice was only bad in theory, but did not impose the slightest practical disadvantage on the Ro man Catholic who was subjected to the experiment. The Learned Gentleman then submitted that the proof of publication was insufficient; that it was absurd to call this paper a seditious libel on the Government, inasmuch as it breathed throughout a spirit of affectionate attachment to the Government, and inculcated tranquillity to the people. He fur ther contended, that by no fair and honest con struction could it be tortured into a libel on the ad ministration of justice. It was neither a libel on the administration of justice generally, or on the Ma gistrates of Ulster generally, unless the Jury be lieved—that all the Magistrates of Ulster were Orangemen. The indictment could not be sustained, inasmuch as it was not sufficiently specific as to time, place, or persons ; and he implored the Jury to inspire confidence in the people by demonstrating that even in a violent party case, an exclusively Protestant jury would do justice to a Catholic. The CHAIRMAN charged the Jury with impar tiality, and, after an absence of an hour, they re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was received by the Catholics with great delight, and excited in the minds of the Orangemen proportionate vexation. An intense sensat►on was produced in the town both by the trial and the result. SPIRIT OP tHE LONDON JOURNALS. One of the most intolerable evils growing out of the distracted state of Ireland, perhaps, as a general consequence, the most to be lamented of them all, has been the difficulty of obtaining redress for injuries through the medium of Ma ' gistrates or juries. So extensive is party, and on both sides so inflamed, that in some parts, principally the north of Ireland, a neutral Justice of the Peace can can hardly be found through many miles of country : a fortiori, an un tainted Bench of County Magistrates, and an unprejudiced jury, in political cases, is a God send upon which no. man can reckon. If, for instance, an Orangeman (and most of the Protestants of the north arc Orangemen) ac cuses a Catholic, no matter of what ofTence, he has hitherto, at least, had little trouble in. getting his examinations immediately sworn, the - " Papist rebel" laid hold of by virtue of the Orange Justice's warrant, the charge tried before a Bench composed of similar worshipful p i, e r r o s t o e tag s i tan e t s, Tur a y, ve a r i c l l d ic - t a of g s en u t e dy n t ce fromto his content. The whole apparatus of provincial law, in the eight or ten northern counties of Ireland, coming as far south as Longford and Fermanagh, is absolutely and exclusively Pro testant—the Governor of the county, his creature the High Sheriff, and the jurymen again, his creatures. A Catholic, therefore, has usually found but a cold reception for his complaints from those tribunals, however keen and eager might have been the welcome given to the wildest accusations against him. Catholics have been beaten at fairs, and in the streets of market-towns,—sometimes attacked with bayonets, at other times fired at,-== always wantonly insulted. Why ?—because the Orange hatred was confident of impunity for ita worst excesses, and seldom was that confidence deceived. The examinations of a Catholic were very rarely taken, let his wrong have been ever so serious ; when taken, the warrant was issued with reluctance and delay; the offender in most in stances was left at large, while magistrates and policemen encountered him at every corner. If he came forward to be tried, it was to face but the form of a trial, the bench were friendly, and the jurors incredulous of aught against their " loyal" brother. In the south of Ireland, where the larger portion of men of any fortune are liberally disposed, or at least are not mem bers of the Orange body, the magistrates, awed, perhaps, by the immense majority of the Catho lic population which surrounded them, have done their duty with greater strictness than the above-mentio»ed gentlemen of the north : but if the southern bench be more fairly in clined, the juries are but little • better than those of the Orange counties. If Catholics, they acquit a Papist ; if Protestants, they lean hard upon him. If mixed, as happens for the most part, the spirit of division is carried into the jury-box—opinion takes its colour from the creed—the Protestant says " Guilty," the Ca tholic " Not Guilty,"' or mulatis mutandis ; and the triumph is with the most obdurate tem per, or the most patient stomach. This inalr administration of justice, through the perversion of magistrates in some counties, and of jury men in all, would be in itself sufficient to de stroy every safeguard of society in a kingdom possessing the wisest norninalinstitutions. Such are human feelings under,lhe sense of' injury, that nothing but a reasonable confidence of redress from soine common avenger, like the law, has ever proved capable of restraining men from the use of their natural means of vengeance. The personal outrages which have more or less prevailed in Ireland at all periods of her history, have arisen mainly from a distrust of the law—from the difficulty of obtaining justice but through personal retaliation. Of' the nature of party prosecutions is one, the details of which we have inserted, but. which has not sprung from any act of violence, and to which we are happy to refer our readers for evidence of some prospect of better times in the north of Ireland. It was a trial at the Quarter Sessions of Cavan, where a man was indicted for posting up the address of the Catholic Association to the Roman Ca- thollcs of Ulster, and where certain passages were selected, " as seditious libels against the King's Govcrament,--as tending to alienate the Vfections of the King's subjects," (query from whom ?) " and to bring into comempt the administration of justice in the province of Ulster." This indictment was artfully worded. But on looking over the passages charged as containing sedition against the " King's" Go vernment, we can discover nothing more than heavy accusations against the abuses both of justice and good government per petrated by the Ulster Orangemen, whose tyranny and cruelty, and usurpation of powers which they had not lawfully, and perversion of others which the law had given them, are set foith in language by no means disrespectful to the King, but in the highest degree provoking, we admit, to the Orange autocrats of Cavan. The trial commenced inauspiciously ; two Jurors were objected to, and dismissed for being Roman Catholics; and while not a word was listened to by their Worships, in the nature of objection auainst acknowledged Orangemen. In brief, however, it remains to be told, that with an Orange Bench and an Orange Jury, the man was found " Not Guilty" of the libel ; and an avowal thus recorded by the gentlemen them selves, that the " King's Government" did not of necessity mean the government of Orange Justices and Orange yeomanry in Cavan. The salutary effects of such a verdict—unlooked for 'as it was—will be felt, we trust, throughout the kingdom, and were pointed out by Mr. Murphy to the Catholic inhabitants of Cavan.—Times. As the day for the opening of the Parlia mentary Campaign approaches, the preparations assume an unwonted activity ; the necessary drill of the awkward squad of the Prcetorian Cohorts commences forth - with ; the experienced Fugel Man has received his letter of readiness, and the hours of relaxation he is permitted to enjoy at Brighton are already numbered. The first Dress Rehearsal of the prologue to the grand political drama is fixed—by the way this same prologue, or, to speak without a metaphor, the King's Speech, was the subject of prolonged -discussions, and, as has for some time invariably h'en the case, of earnest and animated diversity 0 opinion, until at length the " s i c vo l o , sic ju')eo," silenced, if it did not satisfy all scru ples ; it yet remains to be seen how these glo riously discordant elements will stand the test they are certain to be tried by at St. Stephen's Chapel. We are pretty sure there is little of elective qffinity in their organization —as the event will prove.—Morning Chronicle. The Rev. Mr. Sutherland, who accompanies the Duke of Northumberland to Ireland as his Private Secretary, owes that and other more substantial 9bligations to an early college friend•