The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-30 00:00:00

HEREFORD, MARCH 28. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PARK.) JONES V. NICHOLS. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW said, this was an action O r a malicious prosecution. The plaintiff in 1826 `~ a rried on business as a cabinet-maker at Swansea, partnership with a Mr. Edwards, and became 'embarrassed in their circumstances ; the present de fendant, who Yves a creditor of th e pl a i nt iff, cause d hies to be arrested for the sum of 40/., and judg ment was t } ',erenpon entered for 631., the increase fl/ei nf; for l'ne costs of the action. The plaintiff sub ;ol,e","'nthi took the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and d his discharge. In his schedule, he returned , 84 5 e bt of 63/. as due to the defendant, for which d e 1, although he h a d o b ta i ne d hi s di sc h arge, the , re e a dant sued out a fresh writ, the defendant stir „ 'r :7 ll !red in discharge of his bail, and was confined in t';,e al for n ear l y six weeks. , thit .' Ir. CA MPBELL, f or t h e defendant, contended that action could not be maintained, for that he uld call witnesses to prove that, when this writ hrs sued out by the defendant's attorney, the E d er-sheriff was instructed not to issue execution, Process being in order to fix the bail. :I:Mr. Justice PARK—Mr. Campbell, I will not tell 4 1 wh at e ff ect this has upon my mind, but I have 1 opinion : t hi s poor man was unjustly confined in 101 for 38 days, by the folly of this gentleman and h e tinder-Sh er iff , and I think they ought to have ' their heads knocked together for it. • obj Mr. MAULE tendered some evidence which was ', te ected to by Mr. Sergeant Ludlow; which oh eti" his Lord s hi p a ll owe d . Mr. ;Mule was pro %ling to argue The point, when— xlB„ LoßDsityp said—Mr. Maule, I have said it, ' 4 cl do not ex pet a reply. 111 r. 3141-7. 1.11--I trust vour Lordship will not ex udegen ; ev'dexcoe which, with your Lordship's indul , e a c d e f °r. A. very few moments, I think I can prove to 61,11' dssible. 'o f. / Jrustice PARK—You gentlemen are .very fond 4ttro;,Tig the last word, and you shall have it now. 11 1AULE--I accept your Lordship's indulgence "k"ike Purpose of saying, I trust your Lordship will t' - rule th a t w h at I offer is not evidence, because a 7 1 Icrge is made against thi s d e f en d ant f or ma li c i ously '' a rresting the plaintiff; and if I show that his attor r"Y acted bona fide according to the estabrshed IT•sractice o f t h e U nder-Sheriff, of Glamorganshire, t hen the charge of a malicious arrest will not be ''sgainst him. Mr. Justice PARK—I have said it, Mr. Manic, and have ruled it, and I will not accept it. His Lord ship then recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury Zeturned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 40/. DIBDIN'S MONUMENT. About s i x years ago Dr. Kitchiner, and a few ' le nds of the late Charles Dibdin, formed them- Ives int o a C ommittee for the pm pose of raising a Bubscription to defray the expe nce o f erecting a konurnent to his memory. Mr. Sievier, the sculp tor, submitted a design, which was approved of, and ail order was given him to proceed. I n 1824, a emnd festival was given at the Freemason s ' H a ll, 'which w as attended by upwards of 400 persons, in 'eluding Braham, and about forty vocalists, who sang ~k o n t lolber of Dibdin's songs, to the infinite delight tile company. Sir Joseph Yorke presided on the t e esion. A num b er o f G ent l emen put down their , 4 1+es as S u b scr ib ers — many pa id at t h e t i me ; but he total amount actually received was 2691. 65., I pit of which th e . extra expences of the di nner , print % advertising, &c. &c. was defrayed. In conse quence of the death of many of the original pro- Posers, nothing was done to further the monument, e xcept t h at the Artist was completing it, until lately; When another Committee was formed, and Admiral ,!! 1 ' Joseph Yorke appoi n t e d Ch a i rman, t h roug h M',nose interest permission was granted to place the on ument in Greenwi c h H os pit a l, an d i n or d er to rnunerate the Sculptor, who had only received 1 001 • on account it was resolved to g i ve a gran d 4 dra matic and musical performance at C oven t G ar d en 4 eatee an T ues d a y A pr il t h e 7 t h , the whole to nSist of Dibdin's compositions. NO sooner was the intention of the Committee h tt td,e kn o W n , t h an s i ngers of the first eminence, elt" ft a readines s th at d oes t h em honour, offered services on t h e i nterest i ng occasion.* The b t k uk es of Clar ence , B e df or d , an d D evonshire, granted "'e Use of their boxes. Mr. Coleman, acting under the Lord Chamberlain, granted a license free of ex- Pease, ae a tribute of respect to the merits of his de- Parted brother Bard ; and Mr. Parry undertook to superintend the musical department. Miss Paton and Madame Yestris cheerfully consented to perform Leonor a and Leander in the operetta of The Pad lock, they will be supported by those sterling ac tors s , Blan c h ar d as mungo, and Mrs. Davenport, Ur uia; J. Russell will play Don Diego. The Inusical entertainment of The Quaker will also be acted, in which Wood, Keeley, J. B. Taylor, Miss Ru ghee; and Miss Forde, will perform. A Concert will - be performed between the dramatic pieces, in W hich the following eminent Vocalists will sing : ±,:xiss Paton, Miss Byfield, Miss Goward, and the dlteees Cawse; Mr. H. Phillips, Broadhurst, Goul- Collyer, J. Smith, Fitzwilliam, Stansbury, 3. ) 4 , 4ke ere, Purday ; M asters W atson, Smith, Lewis, 4 "- J. O. Atkins, and Mr. E. Taylor. Master Bla trare will perform one of Dibdin's Melodies on the 'toll n. The evening's entertainments will commence with overture consi s ti ng of extracts from Dibdin ' s 11 , ° rIgs, concluding with his ponderous song of the Ar nchersmiths,' which the author used to sing so 'e ll effectively, with what he called, "a clanging 44ecompanirnent." Mr. Bartley will deliver an ad tea; written for the occasson by Tom Dibdin : 1 . 4 r which t h e c h arm i ng elegy of " Torn Bowling " eaIII be sun g b y a num b er of vocalists, dressed as hC,reen on b oar d a mats of war, su rroun di ng a trans a-." bust of the Bard of" Poor Jack," who wrote ds of t we l ve h un d re d songs, w hi ch have been b hews l ace of sailors in l ong vo y ages, i n storms, i n 4 ttl ex ; and they have been quoted in mutinies, to , -xe storation of good or d er and discipline. h e monument is completed, in beautiful marble, by A Tr.Sievier, 34, Southampton-row, Russell 4'Pare; I t cons i sts of a bust (large as life) of Dib !r.', on a pedestal, the recording Muse reclini ng on tyre; pointing to the following lines from his so n g q", Torn Bowling :" . " Although his body is under hatches, " HL soul is gone aloft." jMr. 13ralksm, Si nc l a ir, Harley, T. Cooke, Beiford, j a 4jet Miss Love, Mies Betts, Miss Graddon, &c., „Irait edly of it consented to sing, but th ea t r i ca l et i quette will not '. .t. AWCUTION OF WILLIAM JENNINGS AT 4 l'iltirr.—Since the condemnation of this unfortunate .4ti th (only 17 years of age), the worthy chaplain, the 9. EDW. JACKSON, and the rest of the clergy of Appleby :qd the. neighbourhood, were indefatigable in administer -4t every spiritual consolation to him. From his extreme Itiorance, and naturally rath er weak mind, little impres h. , 6 _ could for some time be mad e upon hi m, in rendering h. l4l eufficiently sensible of the awf u l s i tuat i on in which th• was placed. About one o'clock on Monday afternoon, he sheriffand his officers went to his a p ar t ments, where V a's Pinioned preparatory to his being pl ace d i n the , e 4 r ,rt "whi . ch w as to convey hi m to t h e f atal place. His now wa,s indescribable—crying and sobbing loudly Etr r i '' '' °le ntlY• The Appleby troop of Yeom anr y Cavalry 1 ,,,, ) " (1 in fro n t o f t h e gao l , an d escorte d t h e melancholy etl ' i6 n, in the midst of an immense concourse of people. li ttu l"ing the fatal beam, on Gallows-hill, his anguish kentl e " great that it required great exertions in those ~ mplori enien to k him in the cart, the poor fellowconstantly ~Plogreat "ng them to let him go home—" l et me gang hewn Po w l 1 ," me gang hewn." He wa s so ex h auste d or over t 47 1 . ‘`eq that it b ecame necessary to support or rather i tl 1 1 1 , 41 1 Upon th e p l at f orm , a sma ll ingenious drop, t ot - m e Mr. GEORGE ROBINSON, late of this city. The l'e ttt .7 • how formed a circle round this apparatus, .to pre -4,341 tno crowd from pressing too close—the chaplain read (portions of the funeral service—the signal was given, e r ,, e l i tens he w as l aunc h e d i nto etern i ty , an d di e d with etrugglet Carlisle Journal. • OUS THE KING.—On Wednesday Lord MANS FIELD had au audience of the KING, on which occasion his Lordship presented some petitions. This morning the Earl of ELDON had a long audience of his MAJESTY. The object of the Noble and Learned Lord's intet view was the presentation of petitions. It lasted from half -past twelve till four o'clock. Mr. CHANTEY has placed a very fine bust of his MAJESTY on the landing of the Royal en trance which leads to the corridor, and the corridor itself has been lately adorned with a new bust of the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Rev. Dr. BLOMBERG arrived at the Castle to-night, and will officiate to-morrow in the King's closet. The private band have orders to attend tomorrow night. The KING remains in good health, but there has been little company at the Castle in the course of the week.— Windsor Express, saturday. On Saturday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, the Earl of ELDON arrived at the King's Palace, 'Windsor, from London. The Noble Earl notified to the Page in waiting his request to have the honour of an audience of his MAJESTY. His Lordship was admitted into the presence of the KING soon after 12 o'clock, the KING being particularly engaged at the time of the arrival of the Noble Earl. This is the first interview the Noble and Learned Lord has had of his MAJESTY since his re signation of the office of Loan CHANCELLOR. The audience lasted near four hours, during which time the Noble Earl presented to the KING sixty petitions against the Bill in Parliament for removing civil disabilities from the Roman Catholics. At twenty minutes past four o'clock the Earl of ELDON left the King's Palace, on his return to London. Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND and he Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Princess AUG CSTA. His MAJESTY received despatches at his Palace at Windsor, on Friday night, from the Duke of WELLINGTON. Mr. Secretary PEEL visited the Duke of WELLINGTON on Saturday at the Treasury. On Saturday night a King's messenger was sent off from the Foreign Office to Naples. The Lords of his Majesty's most. Honourable Privy Council had a meeting at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning at the Council Office, Whitehall. Those present were, the Lord President of the Council, the Chief Justices of England, Lord MANNERS, and Sir GEORGE ROSE. The following cases of appeal were set down for hearing before their Lordships :—" APTarvy and Co. v. Dawson," from Demerara ; " Advocate-General v. executors of Ame chand," from Bombay ; " Maitland v. Gerrard," from Lower Canada; and "Barrett v. Barrett," from Jamaica. Of these, the two first only were argued before their Lord ships. The consideration of these causes occupied their Lordships till half-past four o'clock, when they adjourned. NT. BERMUDEZ, the Spanish Minister, and Baron Bueow, the Prussian Minister, had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN on Saturday, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of ELDON arrived this morning, at half-past two, at the White Hart tavern, in his carriage and four. The seats of the carriage were stuffed with pe titions, which, to judge from their weight (for they re quired a strong fellow to carry them up to the Castle), must needs have been on tie Catholic question. His Lordship, it is stated, had an appointment with his MA JESTY at eleven, but he was not admitted in the royal pre seence until an hour and half after that time, after which he remained closetted with:the KING until four. His Lord ship appeared to be in very good health and remarkably well pleased with the result of his visit. After leaving the Castle-yard he proceeded on foot to his carriage at the double-gates, followed by a number of the inhabitants, who testified their respect by plaudits and waving of hats. TVindsor Express of Saturday. The KING is said to have been highly amused at the Duke of WELLINGTON'S relation of the affair be tween himself and Lord WING HILSEA last Saturday morning ; so much so, that on his Grace's concluding, his MAJESTY indulged in a hearty laugh.__ Windsor Express. The following conversation is stated, upon pretty good authority, to have recently taken place between the First Personage in the State and the greatest and 'Host favoured of his Ministers :—" I was not aware, ARTHUR, that MURRAY was so superior a speaker. I thought him a gallant and a clever fellow ; but, until this same Catholic Question, I did not know that lie was a finished orator." The reply of the PREHIER was to the following effect : " I feel great admiration, but no surprise, at Sir GEORGE'S speech. I knew him to be one of the first, if not the very first soldier in Europe; and I also knew, that if they could only contrive to draw it out of him, he could speak quite as well as he can fight." No wonder that the speech which gave rise to such commentaries in such quarters should be the subject of general conversation and eulogiutn. We understand that the whole of the sum of 214,000/., which has been lately granted by a vote of the House of Commons for Windsor Castle, was not intended to be applied to the carrying on the works, but that a great portion of it is reserved to pay for thefurniture and fitting-up of the King's state apartments.— Windso r Express. ELECTIONEERING HOAX.— During the late contest for Newark, a person waited upon a physician of great eminence in London, and informed him be had been sent express to request his immediate attendance on a great northern Peer, who had been taken seriously ill on the road to London ; a chaise and four was ordered, and the messenger saying lie must return with the physi cian they set off together at full speed. lOn reaching Newark the messenger made an excuse for a temporary absence, but not returning as expected the physician be came impatient, and on inquiry it was discovered his com panion had, in the interval, given his vote at the hustings, and immediately quitted the town on a coach that was passing through, leaving the indignant and astonished M.D. to proceed north, or to return to London at his leisure. It is said that the gentlemen of the long robe are likely to have something to do in the ensuing Term, in a case which will excite some interest, na•nely, between Mr. COOIILAN, proprietor of our theatre, and Mr. BONN, the lessee of the Dublin theatre, and Mrs. WAYLETT, for breach of engagement on the part of the latter, who agreed to perform twelve nights in this city, but subsequently broke it off. Miss FOOTE has left Mr. BUNK, the Dublin lessee, at Cork, and complains that she, au unprotected female, has been oppressed and harrassed by his agents, and refused a benefit. —Limerick Chronicle. Our eleven o'clock coach brought in as whim sical a lead this morning as ever paid inside fair. Among the company were two or three Irish Catholics, headed by Mr. O'GoE3t AN , th e " Lib erator, " who sat cheek-by jowl by the Rev. Mr. TURNER, who is well known for his staunch Anti-Catholic principles. Upon the coach getting .‘ off the stones," the Irish orator and the Rev. Divine happened very naturally to light upon the one question which is generally represented as possessing such universally absorbent properties, and which, in this in stance, engrossed the attention of the company until their arrival in Windsor. We understand the question was handsomely debated, eliciting unusual powers of reasoning on both sides, and that the gentlemen parted with a mutual good opinion of each other's sound sense and mo• deration. Mr. O'GoEstAri, after his arrival, had an in terview with the Marquis CONTNGIIAM at the Castle, which lasted for nearly two hours. The orator and his friends were afterwards escorted to the Castle-inn by Mr. O'REILLY, where they partook of refreshments.— lVindsor Express. One of the Brunswick Papers, which piques itself upon its obstinate resistance to truth, in whatever shape truth can approach it, has called upon the Loan MAYOR to resign his seat in Parliament, on the ground that he had violated the promise which he had made to his constituents at his election, not to vote in favour of the Catholics. Now it happens, unfortunately for this invi tation, that the Loan MAYOR made no promise whatever upon that occasion, as the proceedings at the hustings will testify. It will he remembered, that Alderman Woon distinctly pointed out to the Livery that Alderman T7IO3IV SON had given no pledge of the sort. But the Brunswick print knew better than Alderman Woon, or the electors, or the LORD MAYOR himself, each and all of whom are aware that no such promise was mark. It can scarcely be necessary to mention, that the advice which accompanied the mis-statement is not likely to be attended to, under all the circumstances. NATURAL HISTORY.—Last week, a hen belonging to Mr. W. Lucns, Bridge of Allan, near Fal kirk, laid an egg, which having been slightly boiled, and served to breakfast, was bound to contain a common white pea, quite sound and uninjured. The ingenuous disco_ veer of this ovarial pea being anxious to ascertain whether it might not still retain its vegetating power—set it in the garden, and was agreebly surprised on finding that the genial influence of the spring weather had actually induced a healthy shoot to spring forward, seemingly quickened from the novel transit it bad undergone.—Scotsman. CATHOLIC QUESTION. (From No. I, of the Aberdeen Observer.) The concessions to the Catholics are not propo sed on account of any prediliction for their religion, but with a view of terminating those unhappy dis sensions which have so long prevailed in Ireland ; and whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the policy of the ►neasure, the design must be ad mitted to be laudable. It is, on the other hand, not opposed, at least, by the intelligent part of the community,because it is either consistent with justice or Christianity to impose civil disabilities on account of religious opinions, but from the dread, that, if equal rights were granted to the Catholics, they would, by the industry and cunning of their priests, re-establish their religion, and act the same persecuting part as their ancestors. It is as serted, that their principles are unchanged, and that they will never be satisfied until they obtain pos session of the church-lands, which they consider were unjustly wrested from them at the Reformation. Now, supposing that these are the wishes of the Ca tholics, the question, and the only question, worth dis cussing is, will the proposed measure have the effect of making their system the national religion of this country ? When the Catholics had the ascendancy they could not preserve it, and how an insignificant minority will obtain possession of power does not very clearly appear. Protestants term the Catholic religion idolatrous, and maintain that its doctrines and practices are contradictory to common sense ; from such a system of religion, then, what is there to dread ? By the light derived from the transla tion of the Scriptures, the unjust pretensions, and domineering spirit of the Catholic religion were made visible, and, by the force of truth, it was overthrown by Protestants, amidst persecution, and under the most unpromising circumstances. The same causes, therefore, which operated to overturn that system of religion, will, it is presumed, for ever prevent it from regaining the ascendancy in this country. It is exceedingly injudicious to admit, that granting the Catholics equal rights will subvert the Protestant religion; for it is a tacit admission, that it cannot stand upon its own merits, if unsupported by exclusive privileges.— Great alarms about the subversion of each of the Na tional Churches in this Island, were expressed at the union of England and Scotland. The Presby terians were opposed to the Union, from the appa rently well-founded dread, that the hierarchy of England would be extended to Scotland, to the de struction of their religious establishment ; while the Episcopalians, on their part, considered that their church would be subverted by the sixteen Presbv teriau Peers and the forty-five Members of the House of Commons about to be introduced into Parliament. These fears have passed away, and, as respected Scotland, they were certai►►ly more natural than the alarms expressed on the present occasion. The inhabitants of this part of the country have a religious establishment of which they have reason to be proud ; and therefore it is not to be wondered at that they should be jealous of any measure which they may honestly believe tends to its subversion It would be found, however, that if any attempt were made by " Italian priests to tithe and toll in our dominions," that all parties would unite, and with the undaunted spirit of their forefathers, suc cessfully resist such an encroachment on their righis arid privileges. A NAVAL EXECUTION. " The fatal morning came. It was eight o'clock. The gun fired—the signal for punishment flew at our mast-head. The poor men gave a deep groan, ex claiming Lord have mercy upon us I—our earthly career and troubles are nearly over 1' The master at arms came in, unlocked the padlock at the end of the bars, and, slipping off the shackles, desired the marine sentinels to conduct the prisoners to the quarter deck. " Here was a scene of solemnity which I hardly dare attempt to describe. The day was clear and beautiful; the top-gallant yards were crossed on board of all the ships; the colours were flying; the crews were all dressed in white trowsers and blue jackets, and hung in clusters, like bees, on the side of the rigging facing our ship; a guard of marines, under arms, was placed along each gangway, but on board our ship they were on the quarter deck. Two boats from each ship lay off upon their oars alongside of us, with a lieu tenant's and a corporal's guard in each, with fixed bayonets. The hands were all turned up by the boatswain and his mates with a shrill whistle, and calling down each hatchway, ' All hands attend punishment !' _ " You now heard the quick trampling of feet up the ladders, but not a word was spoken. The prisoners stood on the middle of the quarter-deck, while the Captain read the sentence of the court martial and the order from the Commander-in-Chief for the execution. The appropriate prayers and psalms having been read by the chaplain, with much feeling and devotion, the poor men were asked if they were ready; they both replied in the affirma tive, but each requested to have a glass of wine, which was instantly brought. They drank it off; bowing most respectfully to the Captain and Officers, • " The arms of the prisoners were then pinioned, and the chaplain led the way, reading the funeral service; the master-at-arms, with two marine sen- tinels, conducted them along the starboard gangway to the forecastle; here a stage was erected on either side, over the cathead, with steps to ascend to it ; a till block was attached to the boom iron, at the outer extremity of each fore-yard arm, and through this a rope was rove, one end of which came down to the stage. The other was led along the yard into the catharpings, and thence down upon the main deck. A gun was primed and ready to fire, on the fore part of the ship, directly beneath the scaffold. " I attended poor Strange to the very last mo ment ; he begged me to see that the halter, which was a piece of line, like a clothes' line, was properly made fast round his neck, for lie had known men suffer dreadfully from the want of this precaution. A white cap was placed on the head of each man, and when both mounted the platform, the cap was drawn over their eyes. They shook hands with me, with their messmates, and with the chaplain, assur ing him that they died happy, and confident in the hopes of redemption. They then stood still while the yard ropes were fixed to the halter by a toggle in the running noose of the latter; the other end of , the yard ropes were held by some twenty or thirty men on each side of the main -deck, where two lieu tenants of the ship attended. " All being ready, 'the captain waved a white handkerchief, the gun fired, and in an instant the poor fellows were seen swinging at either yard-arm. They had on blue jackets and white trowsers, and were remarkably fine-looking young men. They did not appear to suffer any pain, and at the expira tion of an hour, the bodies were lowered down, placed in coffins, and sent on shore for interment." —From the Naval Officer. The trustees on the Dalkeith district of roads have resolved to build a splendid new bridge over the Tyne, near the valve of Pathead, on the great Lauder road. It is to consist of five arches, each fifty feet in span, and as there is a steep declivity at the spot selected for the erection, it is intended that the arches shall be of suck a height as to render the passage across the river quite level.—Edinburph Paper. A lithographic caricature has appeared under the title of •' The True Holy Alliance storming the For tress of Superstition," in which the ducal and mitred par tisans of "No Popery" are endeavouring, with their ar tillery, to make a stand against the assault of the cham pions of emancipation. Though strongly fortified, and supported by the great Cumberland bomb, they seem to be in dreadful dismay at the formidable and evidently irre sistible attack of their assailants. The design is clever and well-executed. In the back -ground are the shades of some of the former advocates and opponents of the great work of political justice now about to be accomplished. Thus this piece may he said to contain portr a it s o f b ot h the dead and the living who have taken any di st i ngu i shed part in this measure. LITERATURE. YESTERDAY IN IRELAND.—LoNnox, 1829. Mr. Crowe, the author of these entertaining and instructive volumes, is the same gentleman who some few months ago published " To-clay in Ireland," a work replete with local information f every sort, and much and deservedly admired for its very accurate sketches of Irish character. The present tales, consisting of two, entitled " Corramahon," and " The Northerns of 1798," profess to be a sequel of the foregoing ones, and to illustrate Irish peculiarities of past times on the same principle, and in the same style, that the others show forth the national habits and customs of the present. The plot of Corramahon, which is the longest and most characteristic tale of the present series, is some what hurried and desultory ; it is something to the following effect :—A Major Roger O'Mahon, (an Irishman every inch of him), the descend ant of a long line of illustrious ancestry, after fighting for many years in the service of the Grand Monarque (as Louis XIV. is usually styled), feels a natural anxiety to return home to his paternal roof Corramahon, and accordingly quits France for that purpose, and arrives in Dublin somewhere about the year 1713, at which pe riod the incidents of the tale are laid. After staying in the Irish metropolis, of whose ex cited habits and peculiarities a slight but forcible sketch is given, fbr a few days, he sets off for Corramahon, which he finds in the possession of hiS elder brother Ignatius. Here he contrives to become acquainted (but not without many misgivings) with the family of his house's enemy, Sir Christopher Burton, a staunch bill liberal Protestant, into whose hands the vas domains of Corramahon have fallen. After a variety of domestic adventures, which serve as mere pegs to illustrate the state of Ireland at the period of which Mr. Crowe treats, Major O'Mahon is finally married to Anastasia Bur ton, the daughter of Sir Christopher, and becomes, of course, as happy as most men are under such circumstances. We have here, we should premise, merely sketched the lead ing features of a tale which is full of incident and underplot, all, however, tending visibly to one end—the instruction of the English reader, by placing before him the calami ties under which Ireland has always laboured from an ungenerous Protestant ascendancy. Viewed in this light alone, Mr. Crowe's tales will richly repay perusal : they are a fine practi -1 cal answer to Mr. Sadler's plans for the regene ration of Ireland, and arc worth at least a dozen bulky pamphlets on that subject. As far as character is concerned, the work abounds in it. We have first the two brothers, Ignatius and Roger O'Mahon, the travelled and untravelled Irish chieftains, put in fine contrast to each other ; the Protestant society at Sir Christopher Burton's; the admirably sketched low Irish attorney, M'Crosky ; the wild Rapparee, Ulick O'iNlore; the Protestant military dandy and libertine, Major Willomore ; and last, not least, the graceful and affecting character of that untu tored child of nature, Rachel O'Malion, daugh ter of the chief Ignatius. In addition to the dra matis posonce, the tale is replete with thought ; shrewd practical observations, the result of deep and varied reflection, abound ill every chapter, and prove that its author, though he throws off his aphorisms in a most unassuming, sententious, and sometimes negligent manner, has it in his power to add the character of philosopher and metaphysician to that of novelist. We give the following cursory hints, with which we must con clude our analysis, as a proof of the truth of our remarks. " The Chef and Rachel had by this time mounted. Their fresh and impatient horses soon bore them to the scene of joyous tumult; and the peering eyes of the be holders from the old port of Corramahon soon ceased to distinguish them amongst the crowd of pursuers. Amongst them, however, they were soon noticed, and by no means with welcome. Party and religious bigotry were eve❑ there to poison the naturally frank and generous feelings of the sporting-field. In the minds of the squirealty, small and great, who followed the chace, the Papists were a de graded race, which, nevertheless, they felt compelled to fear and to hate, more than to contemn. They knew that the degradation under which the Catholics suffered was merely the work of law and statute, and that these once evaded, the naturally superior claims of the said Papists to respect, both as more ancient in birth and more powerful in right throughout the land, would cast them into the se cond place. And therefore the ruling Williamites regarded the least infringement of the penal statutes in favour of their enemies, as endangering at once their supremacy, their dignity, and safety. The aim of the Protestant party was to elevate themselves into the gentry of the na tion, and at the same time to sink the Catholics into the serfs, as the Normans did with regard to the Anglo- Saxons, and as the Francs had served the Gauls. " The means by which the modern and self-entitled con querors of Ireland attempted this was borrowed, as well as the policy itself, from those remote times. Then, the possession of a horse was the characteristic of the noble : the gentry were equestrian, the base-horn pedestrian. And on this principle was introduced the law which forbade to the use of Catholics any steed that could be applied to no bler uses than agriculture. This was one cf the many modes, one too perfectly in unison with those chivalric principles on which modern gentility is founded, that was put in force not more than a century back to reduce the Roman Catholics of Ireland to Helotism. "As the use of fire-arms was at the same time denied them, they were excluded from all means of rural and gentle amusement. And for fear, it may be supposed, lest this prohibition from manly exercises, should have the effect of turning the attention of the degraded caste to the cultivation of their minds, education, either abroad or at home, was by other edicts as expressly denied them. The natural consequences were, that Catholic youths became, in many instances, such mean wretches as the heir of O'lllahon, or else, if holding still to honesty and to their .' native pride, they united these to an ignorance, a narrow ness, and a want of cultivation that rendered them barba rous, and tarnished even the national virtues. If the per secuted thus degenerated, the persecutors did no less so. If mean submission, or barbarous vindictiveness was the eternal lesson which circumstances instilled into those, in humanity, and bigotry, and prejudice were, by the same circumstances, blended with the characters of these. For history establishes no truth more fully than this, that slavery debrutes the enslaver as much as the enslaved, and that the forger of fetters always sinks morally to the rank of him whom he compels to wear them." FIRE AT CAMBERWELL. -INQUEST ON THE BODIES. —An inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies of the three unfortunate sufferers who fell victims to this destructive fire. Verdict—" Accidental Death." WHIST EXTRAORDINARY._A game at whist was played a few evenings ago, at Brampton, the singularity of which is worth recording :—The winners scored eight by honours in the first and second deals, los ing the odd trick each deal ; the third deal they gained the odd trick, the honours divided ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth deals, they held four by honours each deal, (losing the odd trick the fourth and fifth, and gaining the sixth deal,) snaking twenty by honours held by one party in one game before they could win it, although good players.—Lea mington Spa Courier. CHANCERY BAR. We some time since directed public attention to the extravagant nature of the monopoly attempted to be maintained by the senior members of the Chancery Bar. These Gentlemen insist not merely that the business in which they are engaged shall, while they are present, be transacted before that entrusted to their junior brethren, but they would also have the Vice-Chancellor to stand still while they are absent. In consequence of the abuse growing out of this usurpation on the part of the Seniors, Sir L. Shadwell found himself on a recent occasion, as he had often been before, without any business before the Court, the Counsel retained in all the causes in his paper being engaged in the House of Lards ; and with a vigour not very usual in his Hono ur , h e f ort h w i t h i ssued an order direct ing that all causes in which the Counsel were not ready should be struck out of the paper. Hereupon Mr. Sugden, with a naiveté worthy of Lord Eldon in his happiest hour, comes forward with a grave complaint, protesting that he could not be expected to give up all Appeals in the House of Lords, though he had relinquished the Scotch and Lis!), and mo destly concludes by proposing, that instead of pe remptorily striking out the causes, for which Mr. Sugden might not find it convenient to attend, the Court should go up and down the list, and spend its time in fishing for something to do, until he (Mr. Sugden) can return. Arid pray why may not Mr. ugden be expected to make his election between the House of Lords and the Vice-Chancellor's Court—or for what purpose is there a plurality of Equity Courts but that they shall proceed, pari passe, each in its separate department, at one and the same time with the business of the country ? if we are to have but one set of practitioners, we need have but one Court. Having had the courage to make his present order, we hope the Vice-Chan cellor will have the virtue and firmness to maintain it.—Morning Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES T Anson Hunt March 31 Croxton Park April S Mallon Cottesmore Hunt Pyt,hh.y Hunt lO Newmarket Craven 2O Catterick Bridge 22 Bath Spring Newmarket Ist Spring... May 4 Che , ter 4 Clifton and Bristol l2 Hambledon '4 Newmarket 2d Spring Liverpool lO York Spring Meeting 25 Epsom June 2 Beverley Manchester lO Ascot He.ith Newton l7 Haigh Park (Leeds) 24 Buxton 24 Stockbridge 26 Ascot Second Meeting 30 Lancaster 30 Ludlow July 1 '0 COME. Newcastle July i 1 Liverpool 7 Bath and Bristol 8 , Newmarket July Meeting l3 Preston ll • Cheltenham 21 Bibury Stamford 22 Knutsford 2B Oxford 2B Brighton 29 York August Meeting... Aug 4 Wolverhampton l2 Goodwood 12 Warwick Sept. 1 Lichfield Northampton Leicester 9 Doncaster lt Shrewsbury l5 Heaton Park 23 Lincoln 23 Carlisle Newmarket Ist October 28 Newmarket 2d October... Oct l2 ,Newmarket Houghton 26 HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at the New Lodge, Wi❑kfield ; and Friday, at Farnham Common--at half-past ten. Mr. O'Kelly's Buck-hounds, on Monday, at Hoke Down ; Thursday, at Bull-Furze ; and Saturday, at the Kennel, Henbury. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Wathe Wednesday, at Howsliam ; Friday, at Kingerby; and Sa, turday, at Cuxwold—at eleven. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Legshy; Tuesday, at Kenwick•house-bar and Stvinethorpe; Thurs day, at Tothill Wood and Blankney ; Friday, at Revcsby Village ; and Saturday, at Orineby Park and Gate Burton —at eleven. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Culver; Wed nesday, at Peverells; and Saturday, at Walton---at half past ten. - Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Higney. house; and Thursday, at Fineshed-hall—at ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Monday, at Parkstone ; and Wednesday, at the Old Kennel—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 Crave❑ Hounds, on Monday, at Clench Common ; and Wednebday, at Tottenham-perk —at halt-past ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Wolseley ; Thurs day, at Holly Bush ; and Saturday, at Blythyford—at half-past ten. General William Fitzroy's llounds, on Monday, at Mr. Brown's, Weasenliam; and Wednesday, at Brisley—at eleven. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Thursday, at Wereham ; and Saturday, at Hocktvold Grange—at eleven. The Quorn Hounds, on 'Tuesday, at Great Dalby ; Thursday, at Widmerpool Inn; and Saturday, at Thrump ton—at half.past ten. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Wallop ; Wed nesday, at Dorrington ; and Friday, at Acton Burnsll— half-past ten. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Perry Wood ; and Thursday, at Hundred House—at half-past ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Sandiway Head ; Wednesday, at Brereton Green ; and Friday, at Shipbrook bridge—at half-past ten. Mr. Wickstead's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Brough ton ; Thursday, at Stapleford-bridge ; and Saturday, at the Red Bull, Lawton—at half-past ten. The H. H. on Tuesday, at Mitchelmersh ; Thursday, at Toothill Brick-kiln—at ten. The Hambledon Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Waterloo Inn ; Wednesday, at Westbury ; and Friday, at Bursledon Windmill—at half-past ten. The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Ditchling Common ; and Thursday, at Cook-a-Roost-hill—at a quarter before eleven. On Wednesday last, died WILLIAM BROM LEY, the old and well-known coachman of the Rocking ham, Leeds and London coach. He performed his du ties as driver so late as last Saturday, but then com plained of being unwell, and on Wednesday he died. This old " servant of the public" had driven the Rockingham coach from its commencement, that is, for forty-seven years, and by his respectable and upright conduct had given great satisfaction to his employers and the public. He had remarkably good health, and seldom rested a day. For twenty-seven years he drove fifty miles a day, and for the last twenty years he drove forty-five miles a day, making the average yearly space traversed by him as a driver 17,475 miles, and the whole length of his course 821,250 miles—equal to thirty-four times the circum ference of the globe ! He was 6(3 years of age wizen he died. —Leeds Mercury. The tonnage of vessels at the pier of Perth last week exceeded all former precedent. There were be tween 20 and 30 brigantines and schooners, besides sloops and small craft to a great number. A good many came to take in cargoes of potatoes, the export of which this year is beyond that of any former season. —Perth Courier. There are now for trial at the Clonmel As sizes 201 persons, and altogether in Clonmel gaol 245 we have 39 persons charged with murder for trial at this Assizes ; one would be inclined to think there was some charm in Clonmel gaol, which ought to be inquired into. Limerick L'rening Post. REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY OF LANCAS TER ASSIZES.-After having recommended this measure of public convenience and utility for many years past, it is with satisfaction we find that the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the state of the common liw courts have presented their first report to Parliament. The Com missioners, it is said, have recommended that the assizes for the county of Lancaster should be put upon a com pletely new footing—the causes and felons from all but the West Derby and Salford Hundreds to he tried, as at present, at Lancaster ; those from the West Derby Hundred to be tried at Liverpool; and those from the Salford Hundred at Manchester. —Liverpool Mercury. A RARE INSTANCE Or LONGEVITY.- There is now living in the parishes of Hesket and Dalston, 1 two sisters and a brother, of the name of Simrsox, whose ages stand thus ; the oldest sister is in her ninety-second year, the brother in his ninetieth, and the youngest sister in her eighty-fourth year, and all have pursued a course of life worthy of imitation. It is not many days since the brother went a journey of three miles to see the Cumber land Fox-hounds cast off at Middlesceugh, its company i l , v a i v tl the i t ngbe en worthy ol fond 0 ft t i l , enii chasellt. rof l in th e ir l •e-g f i o l l r Mill, mer ia ; 8 1 h dais.--- Car. lisle Journal. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. On Saturday the anniversary of the foundation of this excellent charity was celebrated by a dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence was in the chair, and around him sat the Earl of Darnley, Sir M. Shaw Stewart, Bart. M. P., Mr. Keith Douglas, Mr. James Gordon Duff, Lord Salton!), Sir George Murray, Mr. Macleod of Macleod, Mr. W. Dun(las, M.P., the Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, the Hon. W. Frazer, Sir Gabriel Wood, and several other distinguished persons connected with Scotland. The charity of the Scottish Hospital is applicable to the poor me chanic, the artisan, and labourer, natives of Scotland, with their wives, widows, and children, resident in the metropolis and its immediate neighbourhood, who, not having acquired any parochial settlement in this country, would in age and pol erty, in sick ness and distress, or when in want of employment, be exposed to wretchedness or beggary, but for the fostering care of this institution. In the course of the last year the institution afforded temporary re lief to several hundreds of people, besides which, 70 old and infirm persons above the age of 70, receive each a pension of 101. a year from the funds of the charity. Such being the useful and benevolent effects resulting front this institution, we strongly recommend it to the support of the public, and more particularly of those who are connected with Scot land. In the course of the evening the Royal Chairman presented a donation of 1001. from the King, and stated that his Majesty intended to give a similar sum annua ll y to t h e charity. This com munication was received with great applause. Several appropriate toasts were drunk, and amongst the rest " The health of Sir George Mur ray," which the Chairman prefaced by declaring emphatically that it had no reference whatever to politics, but was proposed solely with reference to the services of the Right lion. Gentleman in the field, and on account of his presence at the festival. Sir G. MURRAY, in returning thanks, expressed his concurrence with the Royal President as to the propriety of excluding political considerations from a social and charitable meeting; at the same time he could not forget that he was one of the crew em ployed in the service of the vessel of state, and he trusted that with the Monarch at the helm, the aristocracy for ballast, and the breath of the people to expand the sails, the ship's company would be able to carry her safe into port. With respect to his services in the field, to which allusion had bee;.) made, he must observe that he had commenced and proceeded in his military career under very favour able circumstances. He had constantly obtained the strongest marks of regard from an illustrious Prince now no more, the memory of whose virtues was en shrined in the hearts of all British soldiers. By Abercromby he had been treated with the partiality of a parent, by Moore with the affection of a brother, and when these were gone, he was taken under the patronage of another chief, whose genius and the bravery of British soldiers had gained for him an im perishable name. Thus befriended, he could not fail to earn for himself some portion of the gratitude which the British nation showers on her defenders. The address was received by the company with every possible demonstration of satisfaction. During the evening Mr. Broadhurst sang some Scotch songs with great taste and sweetness. Miss Grant also sung several airs from the ladies' gallery, and dis played powers of voice and brilliancy of execution greater than she has hitherto obtained credit for. Her exertions were rapturously applauded. Sub• scriptions in aid of the charity were made by . the company t o th e amount o f 322 1 ., exc l us i ve of his Majesty's donation. DEATH EXTRAORDINARY. Died, some time this month, in the parish of St. Stephen's, Westminster, the Reverend Dr. Tory, A.S.S. He had been ailing for some time; and, indeed, the ablest physicians had held out no hopes of recovery, ever since the ISlethodist Parson had been admitted (by a Vestry regulation, passed about a year Since) to a share in the common land of the parish. The family of the Tories was highly re spectable, and very ancient; some antiquaries have traced their pedigree from the celebrated founder of the Inquisition; whilst others maintain their legiti mate descent from the Helots of Sparta. It is pro bable that both are correct. Dr. Tory was fond of the society of elderly ladies; and it was thought they put many fancies into his head. In particular, they filled him with the fears of a ghost which had often been the terror of the poor people of the pa rish. This was the ghost of one Dr. Pope, formerly lord of the manor possessed by the late Dr. Tory. This ghost was a terrible thorn in the Doctor's side during the latter part of his life; indeed, the agony of his terror came to such a pitch, that it was sup posed by some to have been the main cause of his death. Dr. Tory's almost exclusiv e res id ence i n t h e country, and his love for female society, made him regard with despair certain innovations on the com forts of the poor of his parish. There was a perni cious scheme formed for selling shoes, stockings, bread, &c. at a very low rate; a man of the Doctor's sagacity could not but foresee the ruin that must arise to the country from this system of plundering the poor. Several untoward circumstances conspired to render the latter part of his life very melancholy, not to say burthensome. There was a descendant of the above-mentioned Dr. Pope, who said that as he had paid poor-rates and served in the militia, he had a right to a voice in the Vestry, and to a seat at the parish dinners; from both which he had been excluded for some years past. The Doctor pre dicted the downfall of the parish, if this demand was granted; and when he found it likely to be conceded by the Vestry, whether it was that the warmth of his heart or his head misled hiM, or that his education had been some neglected—from whatever cause it arose the Doctor certainly played some very odd, and not very intelligible tricks. Amongst others, he sent for the parson, and told him that if he didn't send all his congregation on the following Sunday to the Vestry, to frighten them into refusing Mr. Pope's demand, he would kick him out of the vicarage forthwith. People thought this very odd, because, some years ago, when Mr. Radical, the shoe-black of the parish, persuaded the poor to petition the Vestry for a supply of bread, the Doctor sent for the constables and dispersed the petitioners, and nothing but Mr. Radical's running away saved him from being well cud ge ll e d. Th e D octo r, failing on this tack, set about abusing the overseers of the parish ; but one of these being an old soldier, took this in such bad part, that he horsewhipped the Doctor, and then made him beg g rte bu d t id ro lt gen tleman's spirits, indeed his character seemed to un dergo an entire change. He had not opened his be could. Ile had mortifications made sensible inroad h s is o p n ar t d h o e n o . ldihesemouth on parish business for some years . past ; and the constables; lie and s d e i t d th n e o t w c i a lo r i e e a vi b ll t a i g tt e m i t u fo fi r am th e e gft t oh o arabm s tb p ell e erv a laya k ys ;bt beery b e euurdi t t r a u a : fiin h ord , imo theshe supporterlodnigd Doctor's anso t of s rather than see Mr. Pope in the Vestry. It was not to be expected, that under these circumstances; his death would be characterised by that tranquillity constables,b u t now, h andesaid, id : would h e and resignation which so eminently enno b le the end of the real Christian. We reg ret to sa y , that the spirit of Dr. Tory left his dwelling -place in the midst of struggles and convulsions, which had only the effect of increasing the distress of his friends, and furnishing merriment to his enemies. We ought here, perhaps, in charity, to close the me lancholy scene; but historical candour compels us to add, that he died swearing at his two best and oldest friends, the parson and the overseer. KING'S THEATRE. -- The new ballet Masaniello was performed here for the second time on Saturday night. It is a splendid piece, full or-liiroitianirM. f f, incident, and will, we have no doubt, have a prodigiOfisf r ',,,M. \ run. The expenses of getting it up hate eeeu clionnou, and speaking highly for LAroaia's JibrlhfiY• va.;;:e 5 ~~ ,~